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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-05
A POSER FOR MARKsMEN.
The Eccentric Flight of tho woodcoek
Makes HIM Almost Impossible to Hit.

The Eccentric Flight Of tho Woodcock
Makes HIM Almost Impossible to Hit.
The peculiar habit of the woodeoek
and his corkscrew flight make him
probably tne most difficult of winged
marks. IN the daytime he rem aims al
ways in thickets, eopses or cane brakes.
He must have ground upon which to
sleep and and in winch to do his oeca-
sional daylight boring, and moist
ground generally means always dense
underground. Indeed, some of the
places most favored by the woodcock
are so thickly overgrown that a rabbit
finds difficulty in getting through. In
such places the hunter send in his
cocker spaniel, il he has one, knowing
that the dog will flush the bird with
his shrill, constant barking, and trust
ing to luck to get a shot as the wood
COCK clears the tops of the trees or
canes Generally, however, man and
pointer may work their way through
almost anything that grows in shape
or woods and entangiing vines, and it
must be admitted that the difficulties
OF 1t lend to the sport peculiar fas-
e1natloa that does not pertain to any
other form of American shooting. 1t
is characteristic Of the woodcock that
he will not fly far horizontally when
disturbed. He does not see well, even
IN the shadow OF the oaks and C y
presses, and he fears that if he les
himself out in a straight line he will
run into something. At night he sees
rs well as an owl. His fight, conse-
quentiy, when he rises before the
heayy tread of the pointers owner, or
before the yelp of the spaniel, Is con-
tined to spiral shoot straight upward
and drop to earth almost as perpen-
dlcular. II not struck he will hit the
ground probably not more than fifteen
yeards from where he left it. In cane
or other kinds OF swamp he might as
well be hundred yards away, so far
as any chance Of shooting him Is con-
cerned. The flight is nothing like 50
fast as the buzzing dart of the quail
or the wide-swinging zigzag of the
1acksnipe, but it is highly eccentric.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-05
WISE WooDPEcKERS.
How They Drive worms from the fnsia,

HOW Ghey Drive w Orms from the tnsih1
of Tree.
A Chicago professor who has bee1
n the Maine woods this summer tells
an interesting story of the intelligence
Of a family of woodpeckers which he
encountered near the headwaters of
tie Allegash, ard which were most
ancommenly bright birds AS every
ere knows who has observed these
birds at all, they feed on the worms
which burroW into trees. Any worm
with a fair amount of activity can
bore a gallery three or four feet long in
tree in single season, so to find his
prey the woodpeeker has to make sew
eral holes in the tree in order to get
at his victim. This particular family
Of woodpeckers, having some difficulty
IN getting at the worms after they
lad drilled hole into his gallery,
proposed to save themselves unneces-
sary work. And what do you think
they did? In the Allegash woods
grows the Indian poke" plant with
berries possessing an alkaline juice
particularly disagreeable to all animal
life. And SO these Allegash wood
peckers, having made an entrance
into the DOM of the borer, proceed
next to drop berries of the Indian
poke into the opening. And so much
does the worm dislike the odor of the
poke berries that he comes out to ge.
away from it, and incidentally to see
aTh had no fi,,o r..
cause him SO much discomfort. He
never gets any further than the en-
trance, because Mr.. Woodpecker is
waiting there, and that worm is goh-
bled up SO quickly that he never
knows what happened to him. This
seems like good deal of a fairy story,
doesn't it? But Prof Eastman J.
Clarke says he saw it with his own
esySs-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-05
THE PENALTY ron A HAT.
y Coat fennsyivanla Young Lady der
Membership IN n Church.

Because Miss May 0ller, daughter OF
the late Bishop Jacob F. olier, persist
ed In wearing pretty creation Of
hat in preference TO the plain br met
worn by the women OF the German
Baptist church, she has forfeited her
membership in the Antietam German
Baptist church Of Waynesboreagh Pa,
according to the Philadelphia Times
Miss 0ller is A highly educated Young
woman, a graduate of Juniata college.
Her brother is superintendent of the
Friek company. Last spring Miss Oh
Ter returned from European tour, and
wore II place of the conventional bon
net u Ct the latest style In July a
naee 5Hs OF the authoities of the church.
was h1ld and Miss 0ller was notified
that II she would retain her member
| ship in the church she must return
to the palmer headgear, and that she
would be given until the next quarter
~ meeting to make the change. Miss
0ller wrote to the church authorities
asking them to extend the time mean
while continuing to wear the hat. The
time was not extended, however. and
at the quarterly meeting she was form
ally expelled from the church. Elder
Jacob Snyder presided at the meeting,
which was unusually lively. Postmas-
ter S. E. Dubbel and J. J. and Jesse r.
Oller, brothers of the young woman,
made fight against expulsion, claim
Ing that the annual meeting had made
the wearing of the bonnet discretion
airy. This petition was, however. bit
terly fought by the two young German
Baptist ministers, the Rev. J. B. Rath-
ruff and the Rev John 0elig, who in
sisted that the traditions of the church
should not be broken down, and they
were successful in their battle by
large majority. There is much indig
nation among Miss Oilers friends and
relatives and they will take the matter
TO the next annual meeting.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-05
A Novel Wager.

Reading (Penn.) Cor. Chicago Inter
Ocean: Solomon Watson, of this city
as the result of bet, has had silver
quarter in his mouth, night and day
since September 4. He found the
money that day, and a banter that lie
could not keep it for year led to this
novel wager. The bet IS for $40 1T
was agreed that | must eat, sleep and
drink with that quarter in my mouth
for II months Watson says. At first
it was hardship, but with the course
of time it became easier, and today
don't mind it much. Of course. I'll
win. Here's the quarter" He showed
the piece of silver. which he had in
his left cheek, resting against a set
of molars as sound as ivory.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-05
tne Untnose visiting card.

The Chinese visiting card consists
of q large sheet of blight scarlet paper
bearing the name of the owner in very
large letters, the larger the better. The
paper is folded ten times. and the
name is written on the right-hand
lower corner, prefxed thus: Your
Unworthy friend, who bows his head
and pays his respects, Your verg
stupid brother" or something to that
effect. In place of Yours truly, I"
Your stupid" is written on the Chin
csc card. The return of these cards
to the visitor is considered etiquette.
they are too costly for general dis
tribution. So it is necessary that each
card should do duty several times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-05

Water constantly freezes il summer
IN a rocky crevice on the farm OF John
Dood, in Sweden Valley, Pa. Aside OF
this fact, with the intention Of forming
natural icehouse, the owner tried to
have shaft sunk In the rocks. When
the men had gone down fourteen feet
the atmosphere became so densely cold
that they had to cease work. Drip
ping water freezes there il few
minutes
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-05
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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-05

z OR RENT-One house of rooms, one of 4,
and one rooms situated on Georgia and
Second streets. Apply 407 Il. End ave. 233
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17
GIVEN TO HUNGARY's POOR.
Count PalHy's PrinceIy Estate Dcdi'
catcd to Charitable Purposes.

Count John Palffy has just made over
his vast possessions, yielding an income
of 100000 a year, to the Hungarian gov
eminent for charitable purposes. merely
STIMULATING that he should enjoy the use
thereof until his death. and that tho
state, when once placed in possession OF
his fortune. should devote IL to philan-
thropic purposes without regard to creed.
One of the finest palaces in Vienna be-
longs to him and among its features Is a
marvellous collection of Chinese and Jap
anese curios and an entire gallery of por-
traits of his favorte race horses. each of
them painted by the famous horse paint
err, Won Blaas, the gallery being all that
remains to remind him of his former con-
nection with the turf. Strangely enough,
he never inhabits this palace. and when
he visits Vienna invariably takes up his
residence at the Hotel Sacher close by.
The last occasion on which 1t was opened
was at the time Of the marriage of Prince
Herbert Bismarck to Countess Hoyos,
when he placed it nj the disposal of the
old chancellor. the honors being done by
his sister. Countess Gabriel Andrassy.
He is a bachelor, and has remained I'M
married owing to some unfortunate and
romantic love affair in his younger days.
The object of the count In making this
gift TO the Hungarian government while
still alive Is to avoid the legal proceed
ingS which would almost inevitably have
been instituted by his kinfok to upset
his will had he left the property to the
state in the form of post-mortem be-
quest The duke OF Aumale took identi-
cally the same precautions with regard
to the palace and collections Of Chantilly,
which he decided to the academy during
his lifetime, solely with the object OF pre-
venting his relatives from raising any
legal obstacles to the branch Of the great
prineely house OF acquisition OF the prop
erty by the academy had ne left Il in
the form of Request.
Count John Palffy has not an altogether
undeserved reputation for his eccentrlclty.
which would Doubtless have been exag-
gerated into proofs of dementia by his rel
atives In order TO upset his VIII He Is
the last OF the so-called John Palny Fro
dy which belongs TO the Hungarian IRA
del--that IL, to that portion of the aris-
tocracy who were already great mobiles
al the beginning 81 history. One OF It's
members. a young Count Palny, blew his
brains out on the Havemeyer estates in
New Jersey, where he was employed "a
gamekeeper. having been cut adrlft by
his family In consequence OF his mar
rage 90 an estimahle Swiss woman Of
humble birth No motiSe was given for
the counts suicide at the time.-Wash-
fneton Post
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17
MEXICAN SILVER DOLLARS.
UNUSUAL DEMAND HAS REDUCED
HOME CIRCULATION.
This and the Throwing of Too Much
Industrial stock on the Market
HID had Eject on Securities


CITY OF MENlCo, Dec. l6'-Minister
Iimantoufs report OF the nnahclat cohul-
ton of the country IS notable document
lie estimates for the ensuing year rev
enue amounting to S6l.6sLep and expendi-
does not anticipate a large surplus. lie
which Is characterized by monetary
stringency, and remarks:
1T Is impossible to disregard certain
economical Phenomena ana certain sythp-
toms OF the present business SITUATION
which reveal condition OF uneasiness
caused by the partial paraiyzauon OF
transactions, and which, 10 continue Tor
long time, would probably occasion a
crisis IN the commerce ana INDUSTRY Oh
large portion OF the republic.
Inc hnance minister estimates that IN
addition TO So,vouv"o IN cash, depositeu IN
panks. the holdings OF the general pun
lie in cash does not amount TO more than
S4o,VU,ooo, so that the total circulstion OF
silver money may be estimated III the
neighborhood OF SsoWn.VW.
the minister continues.
1t Is not therefore strange that When.
suddenly. the country's supply OF cash
was curtailed from 10 to IL per cent, ny
the expectation of silver dollars, business
has experienced some degree OF paralyza-
ton. There has been an unusual de-
mand Tor Mexican dollars, ana TINS de-
mand has sensibly diminished the supply
of metallic cash here.
The report shows that the formation
OF new stock companies for manufactur-
ing and other purposes was a revelation
to many business men OF the prodigious
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17

Consider able alterations are IN course Of
being carried out az the birthplace OF
Robert Burns known as Burns Cot
tage." AZ Alioway. scotland. II Is .n-
tended 10 remove a ha,l attached % the
back OF the cottage used as a museum
and temperance refreshment room and
TO transfer the Barns relies from this 90
new and larger hali In range 81 COZ
tage buildings which have just been CONE
pleted ws,hin the groMds attached 10 the
cottage The caretakef and his family
who lnbaht part 81 the cottage. have
also been provided WIKI accommodation IN
the new buildings The cottage will thus
be restored as far as possible 20 rs orig
mai condition.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17
WILL NEED MUCH LUMBER.
RAILROAD BUILDING IN IDAHO AND
UTAH AGAIN ACTIVE.
Short Line and Rio Grande TO open
New Agricultural Districts for
settIers-Puget sound Miiimen
In Re Greatly ProHted Thereby.

The opening of the Spokane gateway.
which let's Puget sound lumber and shih-
giles into Idaho, Wyoming and Nepraska'
promises to be productive of even greater
results than anticipated. Ii mas alreauy
aroused an unlocked for activity IN ram
road building in Idaho ana utah, ina.
will necessarily mean the opening up OIL
new territory. the incoming of new set
tiers, the opening up of new farms, ana
in every way creating new and increased
markets especially for Puget sound lum-
Der and shingles.
1.-THE Oregon Short Line and the RIO
Grande,' said a prominent railroad man
yesterday, ARE preparing to build extern
sions to reach new agricultural districts,
and both roads are cooperating with iand
agencies for colonizing the new territories
as fast as opened. The Short Line seems
specially to be centering its effort In
Idaho, which they propose to make
scene of great agricultural development
in the near future Ninety miles of road
is to be built. extending from Its main
line at Blackfoot to Houston. the central
point of the Big Lost River country, all
In Idaho. A continuation of this line into
the Salmon river region by way of Challis
is part of the plan.
1.-THE same road is also cherishing a
plan to shut out the Los Angeles & Salt
Lake road from the rich region of Deep
1ltth, ny DunuitlP tntrt itsetI- n party
of engineers is already at work on the
terminus of the Garfield Beach line. which
is about to be broad-gauged. running
survey from the point of the mountain
south to Ironton. The scheme is to con-
meet the Tintic district with Salt Lake
around that way, and possibly abandon
the present line to Tintic. lying west from
Fairfield. That done. the plan Is to build
from Ironton to Deep Creek.
THE Rio Grande Western proposes to
push Green River to the front, which is
one of the most important propositions
in the West, as II contains perhaps 100 900
acres of the best farming land, with plen-
ty of water for irrigation. Already the
territory along the route of the Short
Line through Utah is pretty well settled.
and that company expects within three
years to double the population of S0,000
along it's right-of-way In Idaho. The Rio
Grande Western doesn't run through so
thickly settled a portion, and it's efforts
are being bent to bringing settlers to
Utah.
Now, all this means a new market for
your lumber and shingles. and | am only
afraid, from what I anticipate next spring
and summer. that neither your mills nor
your railroads will be able to supply the
demand that they new colonies will re-
quire."
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17

SAYRE DODGE. the University OF
washington's football coach dur
ing the past season, left for his
home in Elkhart, Ind, last week. he
intends to spend the rest of the college
year in law office, and next fall will
enter some one of the Eastern law
schools. probably that of Harvard.
While Coach Dodge has many critics in
sporting circles who do not admire his
system of developing a team, he leaves
a number of warm personal friends De-
hind him in Seattle. Considering the sit
uation as whole at the college, II IS
believed by many experts that Dodge did
good work, and that the seasons record
for the varsity has by no means been a
failure.
In speaking of the team before he left
for Indiana, Mr.. Dodge said that the
chief fault at the university seemed 10
be n lack of interest In sport among the
physical heavyweights, and that on ac-
count of this the aggregation was COM
posed of men of medium weight. Aside
from his work at the varsity. Mr. Dodge
greatly enjoyed the three months and a
half which he spent in Seattle, this be-
ing his first visit to the Pacific North
west.
II expected to find hustling. wide
awake city here" he said in speaking of
Seattle, but was hardly prepared to find
the place a commercial metropolis of the
modern type. The long stretch of crowd
ed wharves on the water front, with their
large number of deep-sea vessels en-
gagged In the Alaska and Oriental trade,
was all complete surprise to me. Ev-
erything about Seattle was on much
larger scale than | looked for although
| had read often of your city's greatness.
The advanced condition of the local and
commercial enterprises was also sur
nh ,.s.r l. asl.afsf IN
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17
DiSfi9ured Skin

Wasted muscles and decaying
bones.
What havoc,
Scrofula, LEI alone, is capable Of
all that, and more.
1t is commonly marked BY
punches in the neck, indammations
in the eyes, dyspepsia, catarrh and
general debility.
Many medicines are said 20 eradicate n
bat Hoods Sarsaparilla DOES eradicate
H. positively and absolutely This state
nent Is based on the permanent cures
this medicine has wrought Susie A
hairston. Wiihera, y, C.. was go afflicted
with scrofula she came near losing her
eyesight-for four months she could not
see 20 do anything She took Hoods Sar-
saparllia. ana writes that when she had
taken two bottles she could see 40 vaik
and when she had taken eight her eve
sight was as good as ever and she was
perfectly Well
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17
TAKING THE TIME AT NOON.
All Western Union business stops
for Three Minutes Daily

Just before IL O'Clock each day all bust
ness must be taken off the wires con-
trolled by the Western Union Company.
and that means the absolute cessation OF
business along the main lines of electric
communication In the principal cities of
America. Three minutes before noon wire
chiefs in each of the principal cities and
the towns and cities leading to and from
their large sisters cease sending or re-
ceivng messages, no matter how impor-
tant they may he, and devote themelves
to switching on wires In such a way IA
to make an unbroken circuit OF commu-
nication from Washington around the ut
termost boundaries of the United States
This Is called an 'unbroken circuit"
Thus smooth track is made along which
the electric message may flash encom-
passing the Union and announcing the
time of day. Ten seconds before the time
bell strikes comes another silence, and
then a mighty throb. a titanic heartbeat
from the foremost factor In modern COM
merce, and an electric current pulsatcs
from the Atlantic TO the Pacific, from
Gotham to the Golden Gate, announcing
tho fact that the sun has passed over
the seventy fifth meridian, and IL is noon
at Washiugto on. pearson's Magazine
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17

Some months ago the managers OF the
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific railroad
gave notice that cigarette smoking among
it's employees must cease. II was announc-
ed officially that after careful investiga-
ton among the trainment. tobacco had
been found 10 be physically. and so men
tally. detrimental. Opinions of eminent
physicians were quoted TO that effect. The
president OF the road averred that from
personal Investigation he was satisfied
that the use OF cigarettes tended TO DE
fog the mind and make one listless and
careless In the discharge OF duty" Among
an employments. said the president. with
reason a clear brain Is especially needed
IN that OF trainmen. Many Of the Rock
Island trainmen didn't take the new rule
seriously at first. but Il was soon discov-
cred that 81 was meant 10 be obeyed.
Now the Chicago, Burlington Quincy
system has published this regulation:
'sThe use of tobacco by employees IN or
about station buildings or on passenger
cars Is prohibited"
This clearly Is not. IN the first place.
70 better the health OF the Burlington
men. hut 20 better their manners Gig
arettes are forbidden only about station
buildings and on cars freqsented ny the
public. and the public viii need no profess
slonal certificates 20 convince them that
the Burlington anti-clgaretfe scheme Is
wen undertaken. Smoking on duty 81 any
sort IL a sign ~ divided attention. and Il
there Il an emblem ~ Indifference 20 the
world IN general and in particular 20 the
company present. it ~ the cigarette left
hanging from ~ lips-1 condition In
which II Is 50 frequently found.
Tire medical men may debate the sound
ness % the Rock Island theory that cigar
ettes are positively Injurious % the mind.
but the pnbllc knows that the Burlington
theory that cigarette smoking is ~ man
ners ia itself. when ;rainmen bring IL in
contact with travellers IS sound beyond
dispute Other roads win do weu to foi.
low the example set by the Burlington
New York sun
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-17
SPORTS
AND
PASTIMES.

~N HE Seattle Athletic Club bowling
team defeated Hoquiam Friday
evening on the s. A. c. alleys
three out of four games and by
II a score OF $50 to 800 pins. The
local men were confident of
winning, but did not expect such decided
victory. A margin of ninety-two pins
in four games is SO wide that the element
Of excitement cannot be fouad.
1t is only fair to the visiting team, how
ever to say that the match was similar
10 one played between the s. A. G. and
Mutnomah in the days when the Seattle
Athletic Club men were new at the game.
With more practice, especially of tour
nament character, Hoquiam will be in
position to give the old-timers of the blue
diamond better race.
Adams, Of the Hoquiam team, did ex-
cellent work. His score was 1874. and
places him third on the list of individual
records. / may be mistaken, but l think
Mr.. Adams probably has had experience
outside Of Hoquiam However that may
be, he may credit himself with good
performance. especially as he was
stranger to the alleys
Hull, Of Hoquiam, who scored only 1l9
pins, had hard luck, and as the old say
Ing goes. he could not get ''out OF the
ditch" to save his life. Slime and Rytie,
both OF Hoquiam. did fairly good work,
considering that they were unfamiliar
with the alleys.
N. b. Nelson, who has been sweeping
everything In sight at the s. A. c., led
the local bowlers with a score of 1889.
Edward Brady pressed him hard with a
total OF 1856, while old reliable Tom Bowes
fumed because he could not get more
than 15i Higgins and DIR. F. A. Churchill
were low men. with 149 and las respective
w. Following are the scores