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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-04
LAWRENCE DAVIS,
A Graphic Carrier Mysteriousiy Dis
 appears From His Home.


 Lawrence Davis one of the Graph ie carriers, has disappeared from his home. He is about fifteen vea.s of ase. and came here with his mothoi not long ago. They reside with Mr. s. II. Jones, 1915 West Third avenn,
 He failed to put in his appeara4er Tuesday afternoon te deliver his pa pers. and h. did not show up his home last night or today. His moth CT has been unable to locate him. but she believed he has gone to Fair Oaks. 10 visit an aunt though ho mede no intimation to her as 10 any intention of leaving home.
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INQUIRY DEMANDED  Historian MacIay's Book Is Brought Before
 Congress. WILLIAMS, OF MISSISSIPPI, IN PRODUCES 4 REsoLu-
 TON
F or the Purpose of Investigating the Truth or Faisity Of maeIay,s
 Statements.
IT STRIKES IN HIGH PLACES

Washington, Dec. 4.-Representa tive John Sharp Williams. of Missi5 slppi has introduced the following resolution proposing committee o, inquiry:
 Whereas, One E. $. MacIay h4e written history of the navy 6f the United States. which was adopted foI. use at the naval academy at Amman. olis; and,
 Whereas, In said history, said E $. Maclay denounces Rear Admiral Sch!ey as liar and a coward; and,
 Whereas, Said Maclav is reported to have alleged that the proof sheets containing these charges were sub, mitted to one Capt X $. Crownin- shield, chief of the bureau of navi. gatlon of the navy department and aDz proved and aequiesced in by him: ;rd,
 Whereas, Said Maelay is reportea t> have alleged tiat ,fs same nroois were submitted to Rear Adimral W. F. Sampson, of the United States navy. and approved and aoquiesced in bv him; and.
 Whereas, Said Maclay vas, at the time of the writing of the said his tory, 3nd is now iii the employ of I,.e navy department of the United States notwithstanding the seurrilous char acter of the charges made by him i:t said history; and.
 Whereas, Said facts disclose Il state of things subversive of honor able conduct and consideration among officers of the navy and employees of the navy department; now. therefore, be it
 Resolved by the house of repre- sentatives of the congress of the United States. That d committee be appointed by the speaker for the pur- pose of Investigating and reporting to the house Of representatives the truth or falsity of the said statements as made by said Maclay, the truth or falsity of the allegations that the proof sheets were submitted to ana acquiesced in by said Capt Crounin= shield, and the said Rear Admiral Sampson. and to recommend to the house of representatives the course of action to be pursued by the house in consequence of the ascertainment of the fact to be mace by the saii committed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-04
SHORT IN ACCOUNTS
FATHER AND SON. POSTMASTER
 AND DEPUTY,
Arc in Trouble With Uncle Sam Be- cause of Cash Gut of Bal
 apce

United States maaisisoner 4 L Burnett has rocoivea inforn3atior thaf warrants have beea issaed for th4 arrest of the postmaster aad assist .nt postmastcl. at Risan rhes aee father aad son e :aa ts..lle f te m son. and are eolored
 The arrest is oceasi0rca by tIe shortage of aeeonHte of l4hHson ara his son. The amount of the eho9tag.. is not known Cots1o'ssiaa.r 8arnett ii eXpe cting ar If g.e today with the two men
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-04
Enaine. DeraiIed.

Texarkana. Dec 4.-At II o'clock yesterday a south-bound Iron Noun tain passenger train ran into all open switch at Vaudeville. eight miles north of here. and the engine turned completely over. \ mail car was also derailed Engineer Wilson was badly hurt about the legs.
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FAILED TO TRAIL
OWING TO DISTURBED CoNDI.
 TON OF PREMISES.
Rtoodhounds Taken to AEetheimer to Trail Burglars Sent Back to
 Little Rock.

Deputy Sioetll Sol Wormser. of Llt- tie Rock, who was in the city lues- day en route to Altheimer with four bloodhounds to run down, if possible the nersons who burglarized J. $. Me Donnells store Monday night. re tuned to Pine Bluff this morning.
 Messrs. Clarence Philpot and w. E. Sorrells accompanied MT Wormsef to Althejmev. The dogs could not scent the trail on account of the dls- turbed condition of the premises. and were sent back to Little Rock.
 Mr. McDonnell's loss was consider ab}e. consisting of shoes and other wearing apparel.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-04

Keep your advertisements as fresh as vour goods. s.-Oscar E. Binner, CEl cago. - s s. ....
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-04

sarlows Minstrels. \ peiiofmance given by Barr w
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-04

Washington, Dec. 4.-Represen{az tive John Sharp Williams. of Missis slppl, has introduced the following resolution proposing a committee of inui1irx-.
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,.s and katydidn't State Of Af- ,,d the Board Able to
 Do Nothing.
,e INTERESTS NEGLECTED

Helena World has a up to the
 that Gov. Davis has asked Co1'
 Whitaker to resign as president
 ,,tansas worlds fair board O. |rnissioners, and that Col. Whl'-
 doc,ined. Commenting on
 matter the World says;
 ,+ seems the governor has under on 10 do all the foolish things aduled for the worlds fair boara
 will not brook any encroachmeh' n his demesnes. It looks a littie
 that these dissensions should sa hut if Colonel Whitaker is the one man for the job, the qulckes l lis fired the better.
 fo Whitaker is not in the city.
 tbe Worlds story could not be ,ied or ratified l.y him. HoWeVe' : is no secret at all that there are tensions among the members com ,ne the board. and as Gov. DaVls ,M not manipulate Col. Whitaker
 Clarke for the senate. il is also ke that there may be some unpleas- |ness between the president of the brd and the shotgun chief eXecu rol. Whitaker has never said Ed to the Graphic or to anybody so far as the Graphic knows, eA bt that the relations between hlm- ii and Gov. Davis are of the most tdia character. but whisperings Nc come from the executive man. n to the effect that Gov. Davis is ] pleased with his selection for esdent of the board and would like have a change. hence the story 1t he has asked Col. Whitaker to ign may be true.
 There have been troubles over the |ecton of those to be appointed 70 kltions by the commission. and so any attempt to make appointments
 proved futile Col. Whit lkei pms that the failure is due to the empt of Clarke's friends to inject ltlcs into the selection of the ap- ntees. while on the other hand fkes friends contend that Col. ptaker is the man who has mixed Eltlcs with his duties as president [1ne commission. The Graphic does
 Know how much truth there is ip
 contention of either side. but it s know that Gov. Davis is leaving FAlng undone to further Clarke's s Fnces of election to the senate. 2 he would not hesitate to prosti- Re the interests of the state of Ar krsas to the political agraldizc- En' or himself and Clarke.
 Ut Graphic also knows that the uoles that have arisen within the 'fu' no doubt due to outside in ences, has seriously impaired it's ffulness.
 Pa' what is to he donc2 If the Fseh' board should resign the fpnle seriously doubts whether
 Dayfs would appoint full board
 would ba able and competent to
 up the work and push it through
 Seoaid be. ignoring politics en- EN' and looking wholly to the in. M a@ of the state at the worlds fair ''Vo' It is nothing but politics I, !, :, Gov Davis. and politics and ''as f'ir matters don't mix With "eSs being made of the latter. l,e nothing but a mess of it cal.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-12-19
EDUCATIONAL ITEMS.

The London school board maintains
1sschools for deaf and eight for blind
children.
The Hebrew characters on the seal
of Yale university stand for Lux ct
Veritas"-light and truth.
Since 1871 Japan has built nearly
10000 elementary schools, providing
room for 100000 pupils, one-fourth
of whom are girls.
The German law forbids teachers in
the school to pull the ears of their
pupils. Many cases of deafness have
been shown to have resulted from
such punishment.
A book four feet long and three
feet wide has been bought from .
secondhand store in Denver by the
Colorado normal school, for $3.50. It
is Audubon's Birds of North Amer
ica." 1t will be placed in glass
case at the normal institute and each
day q leaf will be turned. The pic
lures will also be photographed for
stereopticon lectures in the Colorado
schools.
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MANY SEEK PATENTS.
w. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Others
Protect Their Inventions.
rhe Young Millionaire Makes I'm
proved Devices for Railroads.
Curious Motor WagOn-Maga-
sine Tnck-Ha MINER.

w. Cornelius Vanderbilt has just re-
ceived two more patents, one for
draft gear for railway rolling stock,
and another for a car track. Mr.. Van
derbilt has secured other railway pat
ents, the most notable being for fire.
box. The development of automobiles
has spurred the inventors and pat
ents are being taken out for hubs,
wheels, tires, engine protectors, wagon
bodies, storage batteries and many
other appliances used in the constru
tion of automobiles. The most novel
of these is patent for motor, which
is to take the place of horse. 1t is
shaped like box and mounted on four
wheels, and runs in front of the wagon
or buggy. It's designed to be managed
by the use of reins, as the horse is
guided.
The Buffalo exposition and the or
ganization of the Order of Buffalo are
responsible for many designs in pins
and other insignia. One genius reg
istered design for a woman's stock
ing, pam white AZ lHt DOttOHl, Dup
with the top decorated with charging
buffaloes. A German inventor has Sc
cured patent on an acetylene life pre-
server, in form of belt. When the
person wearing the belt life preserver
10 cast into the sea the belt can be
inflated with gas by admitting little
water to the store of acetylene, which
is supposed to last for hours.
A man in Lockport, ILL.,, finding 1t
consumed considerable time and en-
ergy to place tacks under a hammer,
took out patent for magazine ham
mer, the tacks being loaded into the
handle of the hammer like shells into
q magazine gun.
The movement in certain churches
toward individual communion cups
has brought out patent by John G.
Thomas, of Lima, o.. for an individual
communion service, consisting of sill.
yer cups arranged about silver tray.
The patent is on the tray.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-12-19

DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and
perseverance, in its use will work won-
ders for the most hopeless woman. IF
Mrs. Newton, whose letter is given
below, had not persisted in its use, she
might never have known the happiness
of perfect health. Perhaps the reason
for her persistence was because she used
"Favorite Prescription as "last re-
sort" Physicians had failed. If"Favor-
ite Prescription could not help there
was nothing to hope for. It did help. It
always helps and almost always cures.
1t establishes regularity, dries weaken
ing drains, heals Inflammation and ulcer
alton and cures female weakness. 1t
imparts strength and elasticity to the
organs of maternity and makes the
baby's advent practically painless.
rWhen | consulted you In April. 1899, was
In poor health,r writes Mrs. +. II. Newton, of
Vanbuyen Aroostook Co, Maine "Had been
sick all winter, and to add TO my trouble. was
on the road to maternity, which the doctor said
would end my days. was almost discouraged:
did not expect any help, but thought the end
only matter of time, and-oh my two
poor, little, mothcrless children
Mt was in this condition that began the use
Of your valuable medicine On receipt of your
letter of April 9th my husband purchased six
bottles OF Favorite Prescription and Golden
Medical Discovery" and I used II as you
directed. When you wrote words of en-
courageinent on April 27th had received no
benefit from the medicine, but determined as a
last resort to give It a fair trial. am now TAX
ing the thirteenth and last bottle. have
lovely baby girl three weeks old, that weighed
IIh pounds at birth. MY baby and are enjoy
Ing perfect health, thanks to your wonderful
medicine, to which believe owe my life"
DR.. Pierces Pellets stimulate the liver.
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ELISA ARMSTRONG BENGoUGH.
CHURCH AND CLERGY.

British charitable institutions own
164, 600 acres of land in the British is.
lands.
The Illinois Methodist conference
has refused to exclude tobacco-users
from membership.
Rev. Mr.. Sandford, of Shiloh, Me-,
recently baptized 21s PERSONS in one
hour and 81 minutes.
The Roman Catholic church has Is
bishops and 2,112 priests in England,
2s bishops and 1920 priests in Ire
land.
Despise all refinement, the light and
habitual taking of Gods name in vain,
betrays course and brutal WILL
Chaplin.
Italy owns the three largest
churches in the world--St. Peters,
Rome; the Duomo, Milan, and st.
PauPs, at Rome.
The pastor of the Episcopal church
at West Liberty, o., resigned to ac-
cept a position as locomotive fire.
man on the indianapolis division of
the Pennsylvania line.
The municipalities of Stockholm
and other cities of Sweden have en-
tered into. contract with the saliva
ton Army to look after the poor and
distressed and to take care Of the
tramps and other Hna tiunc nilla f;nnl
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eight on this particular Christmas eve and
she had not yet discovered the hiding place
Of to-morrow's gift.
"He must know that l want diamonds
this time" she mused. "Why, have crit
icized the vulgar display Mrs. Jonesmith
makes of them, and talked of the waste of
! money their purchase implies until he
must have been impelled to buy me SOME
out of sheer contrariety. But where did
he hide them? That"
A knock at the door interrupted her
train of thought, and particularly unin-
viting chap asked for old clothes in robust
whine. The influence Of the season was
upon Mrs. Davidson, however, and she gave
him an old overeoat which her husband
thought he might sometime wear when he
went hunting. He never did go hunting,
but he lived as if he always expected to
start early the next morning.
"No, just can't think where he has put
that gift" she said, returning to her chair
and her thoughts. "Well, one comfort. he
hasn't seen the cuff links and the meer.
schaum pipe have for him. I've moved
their hiding-place twice a week, so he has
had no chance to find them while rum
maging in the waste paper basket for his
clean collars or searching in the china closet
for his necktie, which are always kept in
the upper left-hand bureau drawer. What's
thatw
The front door had opened cautiously and
. stealthy step went up the stairs and stole
across the floor Of the room above. Mrs.
Davidson turned pale, then softly clapped
her hands. "It's Tom going to take peep
At my present! III keep quiet and find out
where it it,"
She heard the steps about the room, and
held her breath until they paused before
the chiffonier.
"Ah, it is in the drawer that Tom said
had stuck and would not open. Why did
! never think OF that before?"
She listened until the cautious footsteps
came down the stairs and the front door
softly opened and shut. Then she rose in her
triumph.
aha, he has slipped out to come in few
moments later, thinking that l did not
hear him. III slip up now, have peep at
my diamonds and good joke on him in the
morning."
She went upstairs and lit the gas; it
fared up and scream burst from her. The
WYNN WOO IA SohiusAohD oio"Sio "SiS upoSN
and their contents scattered on the floor.
As she screamed, the front door opened
and her husband came running upstairs.
well, Tom Davidson, if you think this is
joke, don't!" she cried. "To slip in this
way and play trick on your wife is"
What on earth do you mean by joke"
TON Davidson, you don't mean to say
that l didn't hear you come upstairs Is
minutes ago to look at my present and"
"You certainly did not. Hello!" He strobe
across the room and lifted . drawer Of the
cbifonier which was upside down on the
bed. "As came up the block, ! met the
ugliest tramp ever saw, and could have
sworn that he wore my old coat. You simply
sat there while he riAsd the place and car
ried OF the diamond pin had gotten for
your Christmas gift!"
When she had quieted down little and
Mr.. Davidson was telephoning for the police,
his wife suddenly remembered that the last
hiding place for the cuff links and the meer-
schaum pipe was the breast pocket Of that
old coat.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-12-19
OIL NUTMEG'S SAYINGS.

Instid Nv teachin' NV the young idees
haow tew shute it might be better tew
shute some Nv the young idees.
A great many people take spring
meddercine jest becuz it is spring med
dercine an not becuz it is spring.
Nv course yew can't ride free hoss
tew death when yew are on bisickle,
but many foolish feller rides himself
tew death, which is almost ez bad.
1t don't tal,e long fur a man tew fur
git his aches an pains arter they hev
disappeared, an he shouldn't furgit
tew let others enjoy the same blessin'.
When yew halter put a board over
yewr caow's face tew keep her frum
jumpin' it's purity good sign thet
yewr fences amt up tew what they or
ter be.-Joe Cone, in n. Y. Herald.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-12-19

~You must stop this at once and
DR.. Greenes great medicine will
enable you to do so.
Mr.. ORLANDO KIsER, a5i Reese Avenue,
Lima, Ohio, says:
my nervous system was entirely shattered.
tho nerves controlling the heart became
weak, and the hearts action irregular, which
was q source Of great alarm to me. / was
unable to sleep, digestion was interfered
with, and generally speaking | considered
my time short for this earth. l became dis
couraged and gave up tho thought OF ever
being we'll man again.
To-day l am o well man in every sense
OF the word, and all through the use Of
DIR. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve rem
edy, OF which am proud to speak and give
helping hand to suffering humanity.
My health is my greatest blessing, and
words fail to express the gratitude feel for
DR.. Greene and his wonderful remedy"
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve rem
edy has cured thousands Of these troubles.
1t always cures disordered nerves, and 1t
always enriches the blood. Glorious health
comes through it to the weak and despairing.
Splendid appetite and full vigor are promptly
restored by it. Begin using it to-day and
find out what health means. Free medical
counsel is given by DR.. Greene at lOl Fifth
Avenue, New York City. Call or write.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-12-19
they CRUSH The POWERS

This is written in mid October. The long,
oppressive summer is quite gone. Fading
leaf, withering tree and the rustling corn in
the fields are signs of the season. Fog,
frost, rain, snow, they are coming. You
remember last winter; of 1900 and 1901.
The weather was cruel. All! the thous-
ands it killed, and the hundreds of thous-
ands 1t MANNED and crippled. Oh, tho
rough grasp it laid on men at work, women
at home, and children in cribs and cradles.
Coughs that began before Thanksgiving
Day are rachng and tearing them still; yes,
and growing worse as they dig deeper into
the poor, tired throat and lungs. Many
were cured by using Bensons Porous Plas-
ters. For the soothing and healing power
of these Plasters is wonderful. They con-
Quer the complaints
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-12-19
A CHRISTMAS ACCIDENT.
IT PROVES THAT VANITY SOMETIMES IS ITS
OWN PUNISHMENT.

III ONESTY is the best policy"
IN sighed Florence, especially when
Christmas is near" she added
VD (Which means" queried hel
W dearest friend, eagerly.
Which means that my vanity is toe
near the tip of my tongue for my own good
Luckily that is common complaint, how
ever, else I'd never mention it."
"Oh, l understand, you expected some.
body to give you a handsome present, and
sent an equally handsome one on the
chance. Oh, well, comfort yourself; per.
haps she really believed the price you had
marked upon it"
That wasn't it at ALL You remember
that Dick went abroad early in the fall,
don't you?"
II do-he has told me every incident of
his trip everytime have met him since his
return"
"Of course-what else did he go abroad
for! Well, he came to see me the day that
he went away. He-he told me what q
pretty little hand | have"
"Ah, well, you mustn't expect people to
always mean what they say"
Il am glad that some people do not, dear.
l just mentioned the fact that l always
wore a No. 6 glove-Oh, if you are going
to take it in that way-I am sure that al.
ways did until | was 10 years old"
'Oh, but that"
81 am glad that you have the grace to
apologize, dear. Well, Dick failed to bring
me present when he came back, but l
was just as sweet and nice as ever, because
Christmas was so near that"
There wasn't time to quarrel and make
up, especially, with man who is as pop
ular as Dick"
"No. When Christmas eve arrived he
came to call, with box in his pocket, which
bulged SO plainly that could see it with
my back turned. He drew it out at last
just as my patience was exhausted, and,
Oh, Anne, it was two dozen pairs of gloves
that he had brought me from Paris"
"Oh, how perfectly lovely of him!"
ut would have been, but for the fact
that they were number skies, and each pair
had my monogram embroidered on it, so
that l could not exchange them"
ooh, dreadful! What could be worse"
"That he insisted upon seeing me put
Q pair OF them on"
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THAT ARE KILLING The PEOPLE.

No other plaster, no other medicine or ap-
plicstion, can compare with them. Coughs,
colds, bsokache, rheumatism, lumbsgo,
kidney and liver troubles, asthma. infiu-
enza, they all 60 down before Benson's
Plasters like a snow image in the sun.
You can't throw money away on Benson's
Plaster. Everybody is going to use them
this season. But make certain you get the
genuine. All druggists, or we will prepay
postage on any number ordered in the
United States on receipt of Csc. each.
Seabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-12-19
MINE AND FACTORY.

Four tons of dry seaweed will pro-
duce ton of charcoal.
Sixteen tons out of every 100 of
British coaldug are exported.
The Krupp factory, the biggest
iron-working concern in the world,
uses up 500 tons OF steel day.
Locomotives TO burn oil are appear
ing in the Pacific states. They are
built with the cab and furnace in
front and the smokestack behind.
The tender is discarded, and the oil
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-12-19
Among the tens OF thousands VIII

Among the tens OF THOUSANDS who
have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for colds and la grippe dur
ing the past few We rs, to our
knowledge, not single case has
resulted in pneumonia. Thomas
VIII field & Co 240 Wabash avenue,
Chicago, one of the most promif ent
retail druggists in that city. in
speaking of this, says: "We recon-
meld Chamberlain $ CouyA Remedy
for Ia grippe in MANY cases, rs it
not only gives prompt and complete
recovery, but also counteraets any
tendency OF h grippe 10 result IN
pnermonia.' For sale by The Mid
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Ihe Best Plaster.

A piece of hann 80, pened with
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound
to the affected parts is superior to
any plaster. When troubled with
lame back or pains in the side or
chest, give it trial and you are cer-
tam to be more than pleased with
the prompt relief which it affords.
Pain Balm also cares rheumatism.
One application gives relief. For
sale by The Middleburg Drug Co.