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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-27

HOT TAMALES.
Fred Bromberger Won the Price Of
Them of$5.

Fred Brom berger, Young man
who works in Dllley's machine
shops, did not report for duty to
day. Brom berger and I a C ].
Bloom, a relative, were up town
last night and Bloom wagered him
the price of ten doz4n hot tamales
on the side, that Bromberger could
not devour that number of tamales
without interruption. omberger
lost no time getting on the outside
of the required number, and Justify
called for three dozen more.
These, also, he oolted down, Sc :
cured the So and marched home
singing There's a Hot Time in Ny
Insides Tonight. " Today be is hay
ing the attention of a physician,
who announces that Bromberger
will be alright aud ready for more
tamales soon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-27
Trials Realism.

c-prl-zwm-xl kyqg- hbdhbjmrk-
qzzxmx- psf The author sat at
his desk with The perspiration pour
ing from his brow like the far-famed
falls of Lodore. His matted hair
slapped round his head at each move.
ment like hastily wrung dishcloth
He was writing a realistic novel. The
day was warm. It was dreadful and
exhaustive job, but being realistic it
had to be done to the life. He started
again. Ggggc-yywg@c) I'M !px$vgh
Unfortunate wretch that | ami" The
author could be distinctly seen melt
ing away under the hot fire of the
terrific undertaking. He made an
other supreme effort Kt-kt-kt-
-klk-tk-tk-tki Z" It'll have
to do. he soliloquized under his
breath. cts the best l can do unless
I compromise with Get up!-but no.
never!' He was endeavoring to write
on paper the sound made to horse to
accelerate its speed. Such-such are
the trials of realism STRAY Stories.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-27
A Tale of a Turkey.

From the Swea City Iowa) Herald:
Along in the night large turkey
climbed from the ridge of the roof on
Ole Petersons house to the top of the
chimney and sat down, so as to get
the benefit of the heat from the fire
below. Early in the morning Mrs.
Peterson and two children sleeping in
the room where the hard coal stove
was located were discovered to be
deathly sick and the room was full
of gas. The turkey was soon discoy-
cred and driven off, but it took quite
a while for the sick to recover.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-27
The Satire in Writers slippers.

One evening as | sat with Mr.. Whit
tier before his Franklin stove he hos
pitably brought forward pair of Slip
pers and laughed as he pointed at the
satirieal device embroidered upon
them. He said Gall Hampton worked
them for him when his wartime poems
were being published. They represent
ed a pair of belligerent American
eagles, armed with the thunderbolts of
Jove, and they were done in the sober
est Quaker ab-thunderbolts and all,
"Thee sees he said, "she is as sharp
with her needle as with her pent"-
Samuel T. Pickard, in Ladies Home
journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-27
pensioned widows of omcers.

Among the widows of volunteer Of
6cers of the civil war to whom pen
sons have been granted are Mrs. F..
P. Blair, $4,000 a year; Mrs. John NJ.
Corse, $1,000; Mrs. Nathanie! P.
Banks, $1,000; Mrs. Walter Q. Ores
ham, $1,000; Mrs John f. Hartranft,
$1,000; Mrs. John A. Logan, $1,000;
Mrs Fletcher Webster, whose hus-
band was the son of Daniel Webster.
$1,000. Among the widows of the reg
ular establishment pensions have been
granted as follows: Mrs P H. Sheri-
dan, $500 Mrs. G. H. Thomas, 81 900;
Mrs. G. B. Mcclellan, $4,000; Mrs.
John G. Fremont. 81 900, Mrs. Grant.
$4,000; Mrs. Hancock $4,000; Mrs
Crook, $4,000, besides a large number
of less known persons at $40 and $50
month
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-27

Prof. 7. s Nettleton has accepted
position as bookkeeper at Alexan-
der Brothers general merchandise
store. He has sold his college to
Prof. j. w. James. formerly of the
Speers-Langford Military Institute,
who will arrive here in few days
and be in school on Sept. 5. No .
tice Of the change is given in anoth
er colu m. Prof. Nettleton conduct
ed this college here for the past sew
eral years. He turned ont many
competent scholars aud leaves the
work with the consolation that his
institution is in competent and de-
serving hands.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-27

Mr.. W. T. Cason, representing the
Corinth Clothing Manufacturing Co ),
of Gorinth, Miss, VAS in the city
Mr.. Cason represents one OF the larg :
est and best clothing establishments
In the South and ALWAYS does a
good business when be comes to
Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-27
AN OFF DAY,
The Shooters Should Have Taken the
Side-of-a-House Target.

The regular weekly shoot OF the
Pine Bluff Gun Club took place at
the club grounds near the water
works Thursday afternoon. There
were quite number Of contestants
but not as many as registered here
tefore. We are sorry to note that in
terest, instead OF increasing is de.
creas,og in the weekly Shoot, and
som a he old time shooters, who
NV 'asra an active part in the
merlrs Ga previous occasions, are
not il attendance. Thursday SEEM
ed to be an off dav for all the shoot
ers, as the score will indicate. Some
of the best marksmen ia the state
participated in the shoot Thursday
afternoon bat made unusually poor
showings.
Out of a possible one hundred
birds Clements killed 80, Lloyd q,
Coles So, Vick 46
In the fifty bird event there were
a large number OF shooters entered
The following is the result of the
City bird event: Clements 36,
Lloyd 81, Coles 28, Cromwell %,
Stewart %. Wick %, Williams 20,
Chaddiek IS, jackson 10
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-27

Mr.. Jake Friebarg, the competent
manager of the Grand Leader leaves
tonight for New York, where he will
purchase goods for that establish
ment. He always selects the best
and most attractive to he found and
that accounts for the fact that that
tile most fastidious can BE- suited at
that store,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-07-27
chamber Of Commerce at Tunis.

A British chamber of commerce.
authorized by the prime minister of
the hey. has just been established at
funis.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29
PLANT A TREE.

What are you going to do in the mat
ter of planting trees this spring? Some
where there is a place where you
should plant one and perhaps many.
1t may be nice elm to grow and
shade that back kitchen where your
wife has ito work SO many hours
through the hot summer days. It may
be a few elms or naples to be set
around that barren and desolate school
house lot. It may be row Of white
ash, maple or even cottonwood to be
set along the highway, bordering your
farm about so feet apart, to beautify
the landscape and break the force of
the prairie winds. 1t may be few
fruit trees to be planted either in the
orchard or in unoccupied hooks around
your homestead. II you don't know Of
place where you may plant trees, find
one. Americans have been SO slash
ing, cutting and burning up their mag
nificent forests for a hundred years
that it has become the imperative duty
OF every patriotic citizen to do some.
thing each returning spring season to
help repair the wanton waste of trees.
Plant them for beauty, plant them for
fuel, plant them for protection and
plant them for their beneficent influ-
ence on climate.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29
AGRICULTURAL ALASKA.

The agricultural possibilities con-
nected with Alaska are being slowly
developed and are very interesting.
During the past season II varieties Of
spring wheat, 2 dozen each Of barley
and oats; I'VE, fia1 and bHckwheat have
been grown ard miaattlHHred the vicini-
ty, Of sifka..a Red clover has lived
through the winter and has matured
seed. The finest Of 4caulifowers, cab
bages and other garden vegetables
have been grown On the coast is
lands, which are warmed by the Japan
current Of the Pacific ocean, cattle and
sheep have Been wintered on the ma
tive grasses alone, and sheep have been
kept the year round without housing
or food. We have had the idea that
because Of its latitude Alaska is en-
tireiy without agricultural possibilities
and that only furs, fish, lumber and
gold could be there produced, but the
contrary is being proved true, and as
the resources Of the country are de-
veloped the products of the farm will
yet add to the marvellous wealth Of the
country.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29
COME no JupGMENr.

All through the west craze has de-
veloped for the unearthing and forced
collection Of taxes due the state which
should have been levied, but never
were, because old Moneybags was able
to stand the assessor of and swear
that he did lot have cent of taxable
property in his name. Syndicates of
sharp fellows. have taken this work up
and are. after these delinquents, doing
the work on percentage basis. and
are making fortunes out OF the work.
Whatever the result may be SO far MS
back taxes are concerned there is not
the least doubt that the moral effect
on future assessments will be very no.
tceable.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29


The inquiry is made whether hog
cholera is to become one Of the fixed
and permanent factors connected with
hog raising in this country or whether,
like most other pests Of vegetable and
animal life, it will gradually wear itself
out and disappear. We think that it is
here to stay, and while the destructive
ness Of the disease may possibly be
mitigated in some degree by the use of
better methods Of breeding and feed
ing the man with big drove of hogs
must always face the fact that he is
liable to lose them all inside Of 80 days
by this disease. No breed is exempt,
no known method of care and feeding
will bar the disease and no known
antidote cure 1t when 1t appears.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29
TEACHING SCHOOL VERSUS
RAISING POULTRY. asssssk

The opportunities for the young wo-
man to make her own, living sare}alf
too limited at best where she .doesinot
have the chance or does not desire to
marry. Thus It comes that a large per
cent of our nice girls take up teaching
as the most desirable and often for
them the seemingly only business in
which they may Independently support
themselves. In the comparison drawn
we have reference to the country
schoolteacher, and not to the one who
by virtue 81 superior education can
command q $50 position n some city
school. Sue needs 10 heIbb from us.
The average lady teacher Of our coun-
try schools receives, say, $25 per
month for seven months in the year.
Out Of this sum she has to pay for
board $40 and other expenses insep-
arabic from her profession not less
than SIS. When she has properly
clothed herself, she will have less than
$50 left for her years work. And this
money has been we'll earned at the ex-
pense Of a vast amount of nervous
strain and fret and worry, never her
own mistress and independent, but
public employee to be criticised and
found fault with as it might please an
unfeeling constituency. Now let's sup
pose that our nice girl, instead of
teaching school, devoted her time and
attention to poultry, and we are going
to assume that she has father or
brother who will assist her in getting
start, for men will generally help
woman who thus wants to help herself.
Such a woman could easily take care
OF enough poultry after the first year
to bring her in an income Of at least
800 and give her net profit of more
than four times the amount which she
can. make teaching school and not one
half the fret, worry and hard work.
There are too many of the $25 teach
ers, but there never will be too many
10 cent eggs. We know personally of
several women who get gross return
from their poultry Of more than 5000
per year, and they give their poultry
but little care, having husband, chill
dreH and hired men to provide for. It
Is lots easier to feed chickens and
gather eggs than it is to teach the null.
tiplication table to Bill Jones' boy.
Now. If any Of our young lady readers
should find themselves interested in
this proposition we would say go slow
at first and increase your flock as you
acquire experience. If you take up.
the poultry business in a businesslike
way, you may rest assured that you
can make twice the money you can
teaching school and find the work in
finitely lighter and pleasanter. ,,s...d
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29
From Burlington to San Francisco.

Beginning February rs frst-class
thru Pullman sleeper from Burling-
ton to San Francisco will be hauled on
train: No. 3 thru Iowa daily.
This will give Colorado. Utah, Ne
vada and California passengers thru
sleeping car without a change at Dem
yer.
The route is via Denver, Pueblo. the
Colorado mining district, Glenwood
Springs, Salt Lake City, Ogden, themes
TO San Francisco.
East-bound the thru sleeper is re-
turned from San Francisco to Chicago
on train No. 6, which arrives at Bur-
Angton at $40 a. M, daily.
All intending travellers for the above
territory should see Burlington route
ticket agents and arrange for tickets
and reservations of sleeping car space
a few days in advance of their trip.
In addition to the above a tourist
sleeper will leave Burlington on No.
3 every Thursday morning for Los An
geles, CAL, via the same route as the
above.
For further information as to rates.
routes, etc, call on or address w. s.
Parker, ticket agent Union Depot.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29

company. Do you see that bank right
across the street," We happened to
be opposite the Ninth National. .Well.
that bank would cash my check for a
fortune.'' f5
Naturally when spoke OF the bank
her eyes turned in that direction. In
stantly she interrupted me with a
sharp cry.
wait" she exclaimed. "Wait for
me here! I'll come backn'
And she darted across the street re-
CARELESS Of cable cars and lesser CON-
mercial juggernauts. She disappeared
in the Ninth National bank building,
and q moment later, regardless of her
request, 1 rushed after her.
The situation was too much for me.
1t looked as if the girl had gone across
to inquire what my balance was, which
you will admit would have been very
unusual proceeding. could not find
her In the bank, and the king Of the
elevators in the main hall said that he
had seen no one answering that de-
scription. After fruitless search I
returned to the spot where we had
parted, regretting deeply my folly in
ever having left it. Alice did not an
pear.
On reaching my home in the Belle
aire apartments late that afternoon
the hallbov handed me a letter that
had been addressed to me there Gin
care of the janitor." The envelope
NM 80
Wheel company, and the letter within
merely requested John Williams to call
at the Office on matter that might
prove to be considerably to his advan-
tage.
knew Charley Brayton of that COM
pany very slightly, but had never met
his father, who is the head of the firm.
I judged that young Brayton had die
tated a note to me about some club
matter and that stupid secretary had
mixed it with some other.
Being down town the next day, I
called at the Brayton company's Of
fee. Charley was not in, but the old
gentleman was just passing by as 1
gave my name to the boy at the rail.
Williams? ,Williams?" said he.
ooh, yes; let him come In"
1 followed the pompous old fellow
into his Office. he seated himself and
beamed upon me through powerful
glasses, which, however, appeared not
to quite remedy the defects of his
vision.
Williams" said he, 81 have been in
formed by "a person in whose opin-
ion I have the greatest confidence, that
you are a very worthy fellow
Don't you ever have confidence in
that PERSONS opinion again." said 1.
"He's off his base" $780,
The old mans jaw dropped.
More likely perhaps he was refer
ring to somebody else" Z continued.
II am Jack Williams, loafer, and any
clubman in town will tell you that Pm
no good at any honest work, for I
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29
HOW TO RAISE cELERY,

We have three letters inquiring how
to raise celery. This is the way we
raise 1t. 1t may not be the best way.
but it is good enough: Get paper Of
seed Of the self bleaching variety. Sow
the seed one-half inch deep about the
middle of March in a box filled with
good earth. The plants will be long
time in coming up-three or four
weeks. When the little plants get in
to the second leaf, transplant them in
to another and larger box or into the
garden If danger from frost is past,
prtcking them out about one inch apart.
When they cover the bed, transplant
them again into bed four inches
apart and let them remain there until
they are wanted to set out perma-
nently in the trench or bed. The OBJ
ject of this frequent transplanting Is
to secure strong, bushy, vigorous, well
rooted plants, which, when last set,
may be moved with plenty Of earth
and go to making vigorous growth at
once. We set the plants not in q
trench, as so many do, but in an oblong
bed feet wide and "a feet long,
throwing out from this bed six inches
OF dirt to the sides, then spading deep
ly and thoroughly enriching the bed
and planting these big, strong plants
ten inches apart each way. The bed is
well hoed and watered, and when the
plants are ten inches high part Of the
dirt thrown out is returned to hill
them up, this being repeated as needed
during the season. A box of boards a
foot high is placed around the outside
of the bed to keep the earth in place.
The bed must have an abundance of
water. SO it. is best to locate it near
your source of water supply. When
the celery is large enough to use, which
will be in early September, commence
at one end Of the bed. When cold
weather comes, cover the part Of the
bed not used with a lot of hay or
straw, and you can dig nice celery well
into December. By taking I'D the
plants and packing in moist sand in
boxes in the cellar good supply can
be carried over for use during the win
ter. We have In the manner described
raised year after year an abundant
supply for family use Of this delicious
vegetable. 1t may be mentioned that
the celery thus grown at home is very
much more tender and toothsome than
that imported.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29
REGULAR HOURS FOR FARm wonK

REGULAR HOURS FOR FARM WORK,
II bought three watches two years
ago, one for myself and one each for
my two boys, who help me with the
farm work, and when II o'clock comes
we quit work promptly for dinner, and
at 6 o'clock we quit work for the day.
We are always on time for our meals,
and this makes mothers work at the
house much easier and pleasanter. I
find that we can accomplish more work
by having regular hours and working
not over ten hours q day than we can
In any other way" So said farmer
friend Of ours a few days ago. There
ts a point here for other farmers. First
as to the work in the house. It is
enough to make sweet tempered wo-
man a scold and crossgrained to never
be able to tell when the men folks will
come to their meals. The food gets
cold and half spoiled, and the routine
of homework is all disarranged. Then
as to the work. There are we'll estab-
llshed limitations on both man and
team as to work. No team should
draw q pillow, harrow, seeder or har-
yester more than ten hours, with an
hour off at noon. No man should
work more than ten hours save in cases
Of emergency. In the long run it will
be found that both man and team will
accomplish as much when thus worked
as when a 12 or 10 hour day is drag
ged out in the field. Modern machin-
cry has enabled the farmer to keep his
work inside of ten hours, and the sensi-,
bic farmer will try to so limit 1t, both
for the sake Of his family, his men
and his teams. Suppose you try to-
work 10 hours a day as regular thing
and wear yourself out and die at So;
who's ahead, save the undertaken?
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29

Horace Lorrimer, the illustrator, has
r. studio on the top floor Of the Rogers
Building. / go up there frequently be-
cause I like him and the view from bis
studio windows.
he nearly always gets me to pose for
htm. Posing is hard work. If ever
fose the property which my ancestors
were kind enough to amass, shall not
f to posing for a living. It's won
deffnl how tired one gets standing or
even sitting perfectly still for half an
hour But L0rrimer has played on my
vanity. He has told me that can
hold q pose longer than any one else;
that I'm a Hercules for standing on
one foot in the attitude of man go
Hng up stairs with no stairs to 60 up,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29

Whenever women organize and take
hold Of some public improvement con-
nected with municipal life they always
make a success of it. The best kept
cemeteries in the country are managed
by women. Tree planting, parks, street
cleaning and the general Improvement
of the appearance OF q town are all pro-
noted by getting women interested in
such work. Women are, further good
dnanciers and will make dollar Of
the public funds do more and better
work than will most men. We never
heard of one stealing. More women
should interest themselves in this sort
Of patriotic work. $780,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29

Twenty miles Of barbed wire fence
Is utilized in an Indiana community
Tor system of rural telephone COM
munication and with much success.
The only break there has been in the
line after years service was when
one day bull broke through a section
Of the fence. The cost Of the line COM
plete with 80 telephones in 80 farm
homes was only $500. The connection
across the highways is made by an
overhead wire.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29

oka6 S1aGShGD 16kbcGAkc oUOOENLY Az SIGHJ
OF ME.
take 1t, my dear sir, from your man.
ner, that under some strange misap-
prehension you were about to offer me
q job"
"Well-er-that is-Mr. Williams" he
stammered, ito be perfectly frank with
you, my daughter, who sometimes Wis
Its the studio Of her cousin, Mr. Horace
Lorrimer, told me that you were earn
ing precarious living as an artists
model and that she believed you capa-
BILE Of better things"
"May ask, Mr.. Brayton, If you have
seen your daughter since yesterday"
mo, sir; no, sir; have not. spent
the night out of town. am told by a
young man who was here few min
utes ago that my daughter narrowly
missed me yesterday afternoon at the
Ninth National bank. She saw me
from across the street or something Of
that sort. don't fancy it could have
related to this matter"
"But it did," said I. "NIiss Brayton
had just been informed that did not
need work, and she wanted to tell yoi
about 1t in a hurry, knowing that 9TH
erwise She mightn't see you till today"
At that moment Alice herself burst
into the office. She checked herself
suddenly at sight Of me and stood
there looking from one to the other
of us.
"Well, hope you and father have
had good time" said she at last.
1--WE haven't quarreled yet" said L.
"He's offered me job, but it isn't the
one want"
whats that?"
II want him to engage me as son.
in-law."
She looked at the second button Of
my waistcoat for about a quarter of q
minute and then up into my face again.
'- have already recommended you
highly for any position" she said.
So that was all settled, and nothing
remained but to square accounts with
Lorrimer and his assistant liar, Garlic
ton King.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-03-29
1885,.
BY j. S. TR1GG..
.-..-
COPYRIGHT, 1859. J.. s. TRIGG RockFoRp. IN

II you will get a tea chest, one in
which the tea is imported from China,
you will get very good idea of some
conditions which prevail in that coun-
try. By stripping the covering from
such chest it will be found that the
wood or boards of which it is made
are all the product Of small trees,
conifers, not over six or eight inches in
diameter, the sap wood and even the
bark being left on the pygmy boards.