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Arizona daily citizen., 1901-10-23
SUPERSTITION

Has been responsible for much OF human
mortality. Men and women die by thou.
sands in an Indian famine, not
n because of lack OF food but be-
~ cause caste superstition prevents
them from accepting It. Even
y in America there are still to be
found those who believe that healing
herbs lack virtue unless gathered during
certain phases Of the moon.
The great foe of superstition Is science.
Every year science increases the terri
Arizona daily citizen., 1901-10-23

Artists supplies Browns art store.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Good Groy.n1 Or Discourage snent,
 \ woman Who has been refuraishti :; her house this season and has depleted her purse and her strength says that she was not discouraged until Il frienG travelling in Mexico wrote to her that rosewood and mahogany were so plen tiful in that country that some of tl1t copper mines were finished with rose. wood, and mahogany was used as fuGl for tie eugi@es."
 The recipient of tl4is cheely bit of in formation had just ordered I set of bedroom furniture iH birch stained look like mahogany because she !ss2 }, set her heart on an empire bedroom, but found she couldn't afford the real thing. She didn't countermana the e. der for the aasqueradins birch, bat she sat and wept over the letter from Mexico. = New York Commercial Aa- vertiser.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
wol4tOi Crows Go,;ant

Count To.stoi has just paid tribute to Carmen Sylva, the queen of Rouma- n;a, which is all the more noteworthy in that the gri2zled old Russian is not in the habit of s;;ying pretty things 10 women.
 The queen had written congra tulat- ing him on his recovery from his re- cent illness. He answered it by OK pressing his great appreciation of her work and telling her that her collec- tion of the songs of her country was most commendable. those songs being. in his opinion. the best literature in the world. In closing he said, You have in high measure those gifts Of poetry and the idealizaton of things which are, alas, found much oftener among wcmen than among men,"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
Very Sensible Fashions.

Never was fashion more comforta- ble, from the corset to outside gar ments. How sensible we are nowadays. We never pinch anything, not even ou: feet, and our waists Are in due propor- tion to the rest of our bodies. The days of pinched waists and tight shoulders have disappeared with the vapors and mysteries of our grantmothers. The cleverness of the tailor has also done away with the craze for hideous ath- letic garments, and nowadays the sportsWoman or country girl is as par ticnlar about every detail of her toilet as her town cousin. We must be on the side of beauty and suitability.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
1c t.ost Bargain.


 It is iol.s3GS pol@9.nS. Down tha street hul.iss q yty.4Aly dressed woman.
 Why does she hasten 90? Nl.y that look of intense excitement iG her eyes? ? Is she going to the office of her lawyer. there to he#.- tie will of her tavorite uncle read: CT is .he hastcang to the bedside of tic dying: Nc: rone Of these. She paIls q newspaper out of her pocket and reads again the an- noCnccment Of the wonderful bargains to be had nt the department store
 She rUSheS frantieally into the store. Yes; slle can see before Ter the rem nant of pongee silk which is selling at only l. cents q SarA. What Il crowd of excited women are clustered about tie prize.
 She forces her way into thc thickest of the crowd. SAc is tossed this way and that. She cares not Her hat is pulled off and walked on by the halt craZed mob. She cares not She reaches the counter Ten yards only of the silk is left
 Il Will take it. she says. just in ad- vance of four other women, all reach ing for the coveted prize.
 The clerk says. Tt is yours" The woman feels for her purse. She has left it at home.
 The other women exClt. They buy the pongee. The wonderful bargain is gone. The bargain cay is over. There will be no more bargain sales for one yroak ->
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
Uh slie=WusH Married

It is qgmef low fl'6nclld bt Of convention and =cengeEdn alterations. They have . ,:bt and a wider inl.,lenra thaG h son, < elGtH8enf OF ethics itzqlf. an whose marriage may @. mcd;rGlT successful admittd didH .et; ;eHg ago that at tie \ moHF s.59er. never would sl nla;";;5..gt. ter husband Lad t 4 for &ti.e=th augAt of all the conVl cons idcratiouS involved.
 'On the wa. to our wedding tle woman. " Lad the no'| ki,,d of q TOW G.2t ma'.e ne wardls never, Lever to Flaf Then at the II .;gl' of 'he
 Id to col..e off at I friea'!s @ If ffast that, thanks to aef' pared and the invited sacsfs they would all tllll:: at any ,4an. l grit my tseI'l aal F'li it Eut il H;is i'le tAoush' q ven.ions alcHe ,a"t EeT' at other poss.l l. =li.ess;Fe col,a ,..' duced me ta E.ali'y hi2l aifa TOW as We ha v OUT Waf VI ding. gii; sG'l.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

III OTuef Should themselves and discover what is most aponriatc h or , charm They should possess individuality in the selection of the,
 put know their strength before attempting any. sls that could be considered daring their rai,ent
 by carefully watching this point almost any woman can des. "ei-hat S beconngly, small her income And every woman desires be well gowne for notbn so adds o h, appearance and her ability please It feminine trait this desire " ' Iu woman without 1t would to my mind be most feminine
 BUT DO NOT THINK THAT LACK OF PROPER nRrss co,u roH ANY LENGTH OF TIME REAL A,ENr I'M AM Ac ,..xr M . sooIo CHANGE OF GOWNS SEVERAL TIMES DAILY >. AN AHsI OF ONE WHOSE WAS LIMITED TO THE SELECTION OF SILKS AND LAcEs ALONE "
 ao mat carries one to the top of the ladder of hstrions sans Clothes may an opportunity for an eut 1t IS talent that wins the place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
Will RingIets Come Back?

The early Victorian fashions are slow. ly returning-the low cut dresses, the bell sleeves, the tichus, the pelerines the hair drawn over the ears and gath erd low in the neck. Will ringlets come back too? Our mothers loved those GU face, half hiding, half revealing it in the most coquettish manner possible The poke bonnet. the ringlets which re. quired constant attention. are surely unsuted to quick movements. 10 the bi- cycle, the hockey field or the lightning return.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
GOWNS Don't Make
 The Actress
By
 ELSIE DEWOLFE "BeSt Dressed Won3aD OD The Americap Stage"

one adnlres a neat gown more than l, but at the same time, what constitutes proper dress? The tendency in America, both among the omen of the stage and of society, is toward ovcrdress The shop girl, with her white waist and neat cotton skirt, seated m modest lunchroom at the noon hour, is better dressed woman than many whom have seen at the Waldorf Astoria at tine same hour clad in l1eh velvet and abIaze with jewels
 PROPER DREsc CONSISTS, FIRST, OF A DIS. PLAY OF GOOD TASTE, WHICH io UeuALLv SHOWN IN moDEsTY OF PAYMENT RATHER THAN THE OTHER ExTRGME
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17


 and meetings which not properly peakng crowds Almost every ea-e IN ASSEMBLY IS LESS INTELLIGENT THAN ITS MMBEI council of less than the generals jury less than the individuals form gathering ina their aggregate intellectual level becomes lower
 Crowds subject collective hauenaons and to all those mental disturbances known aenaGta insanity anias, pac concentration They dominated by en5ee pride, of hvperrphy of the collective well of the individual 
 A FoUNEAToN INSIGNIFICANT NGeE, TRANeFoRI PEACEFUL cgoWo INTO HERD PANIC CHICKEN BRUTEs. FEAR cROWDS BECOME TE22oRS7tC POSSESSED PERFECT FURoR AND A MANIA FOB DESTRUCTION.
 It is that dangerous disposition of crowds which as induced soc ologsts make study of them Each of the individuals of which crowd composed aigny toward Feelings of hatred easily kinded than those of love- may ruthfuy be said that refined and civilized individual there SUMMERS A REMINISCENCE OF PRIMITIVE FEROCITY also true that crowd forms the favorable condition for the overwhelming sumberng brutal instincts In such returns to his original barbarous condition with all the ferocous cestors It of atavm pathetic force of collectivity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
ROSA LEE RUE,

Pine Bluff. Dee. 13 1901-Dear Santa Claus: ] have never written you a letter before, but as so many of the would. too. Will you please bring mo small aX. am good wood-cuter but my aX is so large and dull for ! chap as small as I. Please bring me some cartridges. and blank of course Some candy. nuts, etc. Your little boy, HILBERT MATTHEWS.
 63S Morris Street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
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 e f,sa4: '1e LIEN .r ms, aa .l= ,l9ds s,.. !, a v5lf.s. ..; ,.4z. s.,y a s2eal,: T z tinc of crt...l. when two CT '1Is high. cut of is t4'foot as N \ has enough oeller roo'lels ,,'u 'g no, <, and rcpl;Rtt it in d saa'!on .,.Io,I r,] allowing the end of tae tapY'' rD2Y t!Ic bottom of the pa'l :. <, clay laolded to the >'ze .. :, V,| t] inst sufficient in qpantity, 'ol1 sca1ty sc}l 9r'4 aonris!lment is then then, tbe 1 pot. Water, heat and Ils''| nnitted on the same basis ,,,i
 The Chinese also use s ,,oIt ,T challicai contriranees .0 arI,J pr metl.y of growth. s .As' and Il shallow pots, both top .san,r ana easily accessible the sap0.s.I gar ss,t pruning knife and ,...,o .ns free. freely, so t&at the l,a1lv l',.n eigs| on every side, exen'aa.', ...teati unequal st,.us@Ie and' ,af. eft'ss sp / with tie t1tle life ,.,' ls'T veiI enough to live a&a i0VA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
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"An AHaerican Vo''..,''I .,%.1 i1 2 ton Journal. "who }. I'fa 1lar l.al famous for ller c2oh: ., '',, aait, popular and celen1a't%'' le'1 . tt::'batsn ute The day catae vnea sNt forIl to the United states, ..i,1 m tet! be persuaded to 9.s.ors go %''3 But y Leave Paris? Nevs,, ','os ipc,J' him a salary tat s,d Sa] re rf posterorsly hish' 'D' l her. ,,r spttle0 T when she gave q daInnls,jopal dInp'I a hoped would be ,a selaen aa,ep. 1b1 dish fish. was Ssrsterlcal, rs after [, ,5 tl a,lnGS, n,na1 was over rushed lss ,e,s, ls t',tal to find out whether the satpoq ts matter of rarislaa 4ne,,. sbe then. and only ohsf ,ns'l bad that her famous .n <. parls; got 1''i.. it all from 3 VOL"
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Pine Bluff, Ark, Dee. s, l901.=Dear Santa: l am a little girl seven years old. l want you to bring me a doll and doll buggy, a stove, set of dishes and a horn. candy, nuts bana- mas and a ring. That is all Your little girl, WILLIE RUE.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Pine BIH. Ark =1G82 Vest Fifth Strcet-Ny Dear Santa Claus Please brins me q little bureautwo nice little school books, an a slate cause that other one is broke. an d head for Mamie, cause that poor little old baby. haven't played in q long time. I want little lamp like Weba (I1liza- beth Brown1 had an dest like shes 2ot yet An I want some candy, ap pies. nuts. an oranges, an that's all. Tom little girl.
 TYLER DANIEL. Ny Dear santa Claus-I am a little girl six years old. wish you would please bring me nice little bisaue doll and dress my big doll want set ef dishes, please. and q little pot and skillet. and table, aad please bring me a black velvet nat with tips on Il and a pretty pair of shoes. bring my little brother, Victor some thing nice Yom little friend DELL5LE LAltRlN
 My Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me q hobby horse, and fl you will bring me hook and ladder wagon. l will give my big patrol to my little brother, Ray Bring me a hose cas't too, and have it well loaded with hose Bring me hatchet so l can fix my papa's fence. and a big sack full of nails. l live at 622 South Walnut street Your little friend.
 ALLEN SHEPPARD
 My Dear Friend Santa Glaus--l want you to bring me a fire engine, q flying jimmy, and a jumping jack. 1 live at the same house that my big brother Allen does, and my name is
 RAY SHEPPARD
 My Dear Santa Claus-Will yoa please bring me a plaid dress, pair of red ribbons for my hair, some mittens, a pair of red silk galters, and anything else you want to bring me l live at 522 South Walnut street Please do not forget me. Your little friend, NELLIE WADDELL4 Sherrll, Ark, Dec f3, 1901.-Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me doll and set of dishes and doll bed. and a nice cowhide for Aunt Ada to whip me With when l am a bad girl l will try to be good as l can be until after Christmas want a brick chim- ney. l will go to bed early and not look Your little friend,
 AMELIA RODGERS
 Sherril, Ark, Dee. 13, 19o1-Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a gun and bicycle and some candy and apples and a drum. Your little friend
 BILLIE I.EPHIEW. Sherrill, Ark. Dec. 13. 1901 Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a doll and set of dishes. Please bring mo a little cooking stove and some candy. l will do what you want me to do, and l want a little doll bed. From your little friend,
 NETTIE MCALL. SharriI1 Ar Dpp 1QA1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
NETTIE MCALL.

Sherrill, Ark. Dec. B, 1901.-Dea, Santa Claus: Please bring me a drum and a gun, some candy and apples and oranges. Your little riend.
 EARL DALTON
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
GROVER SHEPHERD.
 1114 West Barraeue.

Dee. II, 1901.-Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me a big doll and buggy set of doil dishes and some nuts and fruit Your little girl,
 JULIA BELL M'CORD
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Pine Bluff. Ark. Dec. 13. 1901.-. Dear Santa Claus: Other boys and girls are " ting to you. l will write to you. toe. and let you know what want for Christmas. l want some fireworks and some nuts of all kinds. and some candy, and some friut. and anything you can spare me. will g to bed at s o'clock, and shut my eyes
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Sherrill. Ark. Dec l3. 19o1.-Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me some candy and bicycle nnd some blank cartridges for my pistol some walnuts. some apples. oranges and nuts From your little friend.
 HUNTER LEPHIEW.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

tight. live at 1893 East Sixth ave nue Goody-bye. Your little friend,
 HARPER MATHEWS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Santa Claus: Please bring me a doll bed, and a set of dishes am little girl ten years old. will be good and try to help my mamma, tend to the baby and learn all I can. I will Dc good and do what God wants me tp. and do what my mother and papa tell me. will treat my brother and my sisters good. l must close. Your lit. tle friend,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Sherrill, Ark, Dec. 13. 1901. Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me doll and set of dishes. Please bring mo a little cooking stove and some candy l will do what you want me to do, and l want little doll bed. From your little flienn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

My Dear Friend Santa Glaus--l want you to bring me fire engine, q flying jimmy, and a jumping jack. 1 live at the same house that my big brother Allen does, and my name is
 RAY SHEPPARD.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Sherril, Ark, Dee. 13. 1901-Dear and a bicycle and some candy and apples and drum. Your little friend,
 BILLIE LEPHIEW
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Pine Bluff, Ark. Dec. 10, 19ol.- Dear Old Santa: Christmas is nearly here again. 1 want you to bring me this Christmas an air-gun. a pound of mobile. a little printing press. and engine and train of ears. Be sure and bring me some fireworks. candy. nuts and fruit. That is all 1 want, for I know you will bring me something on the Christmas tree at the church. will close. Your little boy.
 FRANK WESTBROOK.
 P. S.-Dont forget my boots l want.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
RUTH SCOTT.

Sherrill, Ark, Dec. 13. 19o1.-Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me little watch chain and a doll bed. am little girl eleven years old will be a good girl and learn all can at school. Bring me some candy, apples oranges and a book. Your little friend
 MAGGIE CHASE.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

My Dear Santa Claus-Will yoa please bring me a plaid dress, a pair of red ribbons for my hair, some mittens, a pair of red silk garters, and anything else you want to bring me. l live at 522 South Walnut street. Please do not forget me. Your little friend NELLIE WADDELL.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17
1119 East Sixth Avenue.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec s. 1901.-Dear Santa Claus: I am little girl just one year old and l want to let yol know what to bring 10 me. so got my sister to write for me. I don't want much. want a little doll anG cradle and q set of dishes, so l can give my little friends a tea party sometime. and don't forget to bring the oranges, bananas and candy and nuts. Your little girl,
 ROSA LEE RUE,
 1119 East Sixth Avenue P. S.-Don't forget my sisters and brother. O. yes, and I want horn too. Well. goodbye.
 Pine Bluff. Ark. Dec 14 1901.-- Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me pair of leggins. pair of gloves and doll. and bring little sister red wagon. a doll and kitty and plenty of fruit. Your little friend.
 LILLIAN BEATRICE CORDER.
 400 East Sixth Avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Sherrill, Ark, Dec 13. 1901.-Dear Santa Claus. Please bring me doll. bed, little watch, and fork. :! a1N little girl eight years old and will be nine years old Oct. 12. have
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Pine Bluff. Dee. 12. 1901. Dear Santa Claus: will tell you what I want you to bring me I want huff and a eollarette. a great big doil and writing desk. a little dresser. and lots of nuts and candies. And bring little brother a little ball and rocky horse, Your little girl.
 NANNIE LOURY.
 1421 Olive Street
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Dear Anta Caus: l am just two years old and cant write. but my mama is writing for me. You are so good. Bring me nuts, candy and fruit. Your little girl
 REITA JOHNSON.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Two sisters and one brother want some apples an1 some candy aHd oranges. l have one doIl and ! babE sister and two books. Papa bought mo little Bible. must close for this time. Your little friend,
 ALLIE MAY SCOTT.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Dear Santa Claus: Please bring Ge q chief Of police wagon and barking dog and some nuts and candy and bring brother, Edgar, something niea Your little boy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Pine Bluff, Ark. Dee. 9, 1901.-Dear Santa Claus: Please bring me I too too. and horn. and a little 2X. so | can chop the wood for mama Don t forget the too-too because l want to play train with Walter Williams. Good bye Your friend
 CHS REEVES Jp
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Dear santa Claus: l am q little girl ten years old. I want ? ring. , baeis and q mackintosh Good bye aat your little brown eyed girl
 PAULINE POOL P S.-Bring papa something siie
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HE nE.l..I4J n.l.. L.o .,.. OF A Lvz , E RENG DOUMEG, pgosa5zor at StaniSIas Collcse, pazIs

 EE intellectual level of crowd Is always lower than the average levels of the component indiyidua
 No crowd can ever rise to high intellectual evc'
 but 1t may sink to the lowest depths of brutality.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-12-17

Dear Santa Claus: I am eight years old, and I want an aX and Il macItin- tosh. Good bye. Your little boy.
 ASA WARD POOL.
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-07-12
The Persim m on.

The persimmon is wild fruit pos
sessing much value and worthy the
consideration of every farmer and
fruit grower. It sells readily on all
markets, and nets more than the
peach or pear if properly handled.
The tree is a native of most of the
southern and eastern states and is
good for timber for various uses. The
market for persimmons is not over
stocked and the people as a whole
seldom have the pleasure of buying
any but the Japanese varieties. The
American trees bear from two to
three bushels each every season.
There is no reason why the fruits
should not sell in the large cities at a
price that will bring the grower at
least five dollars per tree.-Farmers'
Home Journal
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-07-12
HERE AND THERE.

There is one unanswerable argr.
ment in favor of scientific processes
in farming, and that IS that it is sue
cessful the civilized world over.
How to get rich-promote a cot
ton crop; incorporate cid beck, capt.
talize your muscle, water your stock,
spit on your hands and sail in.
Dark stables are injurious to
cows or horses as a dungeon is to q
man. 1t is the basement barns for
mich cows that has developed tuber-
culosis to such an alarming extent.
American thoroughbreds now in
England are having great success in
winning races. American jockeys are
riding a great many winners.
The pure-bred, or well-bred bee:
steer sells fer more money than n
scrub of the same weight, because the
retailer can sell the cut-up carcass for
more.
Constant and clean cultivation il
the best guarantee against the disas-
trous effects of drought. The dryer
it becomes the more rapidly should
the work be done. The dust blanket
is q modern invention, and a good
one.
Man learns but little, and that lit
tie slowly, who learns only from his
own experience. To keep up with the
progress of the age. one must add to
mis- own experience and knowledge
that of other men, either by reading
or personal intercourse.
1t is an altogether mistaken idea
that soil needs rest. Unless it is pro-
ducing something it is certain TO
deteriorate. Better q crop of weeds
than a bare surface exposed to rain
and sun. Some crops are well worth
planting and cultivating for their fer
tilizing properties alone.
The southern states should be the
greatest peach growing field in this
country. The soil, climate and mar
l.et conditions are all favorable to the
success of this industry. There is no
crop that is more profitable and the
original investment is rot SO great ~
in some other fruitA
The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1901-07-12

the foolish and the wise without dis
elimination. The farmer who makes
above the average, yields steadily year
after year, is evidently better farm
er than his neighbor. who makes less
than an average Tor four years. and
only reaches the average once in five
years. And II he is better farmer,
~ is because he knows better how 10
farm, and actually puts his knowledge
into practice. The reputation of ag-
rlculture as a field of human effort
is seriously compromised by her i'm
competent devotees, while the fact is,
that for normal intelligent men, there
is no occupation that supplies so full
iy all the conditions of happy. con-
tented and enjoyable life.-Texas
Farm and Ranch