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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-11
TIE. "A OF the Beaver.

The beaver IN armed with tvs long
chisellike teeth in each jaw. These
tech are exceedingly powerful and are
10 beaver what an AK is To woods
man One such tooth taken from the
lower jaw OF a medium sized skull
(thcy can he removed without diff
rulty, unlike the most of ours is bent
into nearly a semicircle and measures
i've inches along its outer curve. Only
one inch of this length projects from
the skull. The corresponding one from
the upper jaw is bent into more than Il
complete half circle and measures upon
Its outer face four inches, of which
less than an inch protrudes from its
bone casing. In width each tooth is
five-eighths of an inch. Examination
Of one of them reveals the secret of
how a beaver can perform such feats
as chopping down birch tree sixteen
inches in diameter. not to speak of
softer woods. like the Eastwood, Of
much greater size.
The tooth is composed of two ma
terials. Along the outer face or front
of the tooth is thin plate of exceed
lngly hard enamel. On the inner, form
ing the body of the tooth. is a sub
stance called dentine The dentine,
being softer. wears away with use.
The thin enamel remains comparative
iy unworn so that the tooth assumes
the shape of q keen chisel that never
grows dull. The tooth Is hollow at the
base for half its length and Is filled
with n nourishing substance which
keeps il constantly growing.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-12-11
Sick
Blood

Feed pale girls on SCOTS
Emulsion.
We do not need to give all
the reasons why SCOTS
Emulsion restores the strength
and flesh and color of good
health to those who suffer
from sick blood.
The fact that it is the best
preparation of Cod Liver Oil,
rich in nutrition, full of healthy
stimulation is a suggestion as
to why it does what it does.
SCOTS Emulsion presents
Cod Liver Oil at its best,
fullest in strength, least in
taste.
Young women in their
teens are permanently cured
of the peculiar disease of the
blood which shows itself in
paleness, weakness and nervous
ness, by regular treatment
with Scots Emulsion.
1t is a true blood food and
is naturally adapted to the cure
Of the blood sickness from
which 50 many young women
CT suffer.
:: !" ! !" !: !: :: !: !:
| %Nsy We will be glad TO send
~ ~ sample to any sufferer.
| EssyxESFEI BE sure that this picture in
| s$ts{S3&LEfEI the form OF a label is on the
| sSEErsf1 49, wrapper Of every bottle oil
| -ssE5M Emulsion you buy.
~ ~ - SCOTT g. BOVINE.
liSAesv Chemists.
.5 - Z, tte9s,eAl 400 Pearl ST., New York.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-10
Progressive Tipping.

a correspondent of the Lancet tells
a story in reference to the rapid growth
of the habit of tippling which may be
developed i'll unsuspcctin9 SUBJECTS
Two elderly ladies', he says, We're sur
prised by Il visitor in the act Of drink
ing neat brandy. Upon his expressing
some surprise they said that brandy
had been recommended TO them as Il
capital preventive against cholera and
that they first took it With water, and
then they took it without water, and
now they took it like water
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-10
Three Rules For Fishing.

One day rs the Rev. Mark Guy
Pearse of London was strolling along a
river bank he saw an old man fishing
for trout and pulling the fish out one
after the other briskly "You manage
it cleyerly, old friend he said, 81
have passed a good many below who
don't seem to be doing anything.'
The old man lifted himself up and
stuck his rod in the ground. well, you
see, sir, there be three rules for fish
ING, and It's no good trying it if you
don't mind them. The first is, Keep
yourself out of sight; the second is
Keep yourself further out of sight, and
the third is, Keep yourself further out
of sight still. Then You'll do it,"
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A DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE.
The Reason One Woman's Cook Was
Dissatisfied With Her Place.

"Ths is a queer age we live in,"
sighed a young housekeeper. We've
just lost a very good cook for very
absurd reason, l think. She came to
us about four months ago and was
satisfactory in every way-neat, in
dustrious, respectful and last but
foremost, an excellent cook.
as she was so very quiet / could
not tell whether or not she was as
her, but about six weeks ago the trou-
bic began. She asked me suddenly
one day why we entertained so sell
dom.
Ella l said, we don't care to en-
terrain except few choice friends
now and then. 1t costs more than we
can afford, and We really don't care
for it.
"'Your house is just as handsome as
anybody's,' she went on. Other peo-
pie that I've lived with entertained all
the time, and their houses weren't
near as pretty or as nice as yours
You never have anything but club
meeting once il awhile. Why don't
you have teas and receptions. Mrs
Blank?'
Il reiterated my two reasons-that
we couldn't spend money in that way
and that we preferred simple amuse-
ments. Ella didn't seem satisfied but
the matter was dropped. Last Mon
day she asked to spend a week at
home with her sick aunt, and, as l
couldn't we'll refuse, she departed. To
day | received a postal card from her
couched in these words:
Dear Mrs. Blank-My aunt is better,
but I'm not coming back. I've got more
stylish place.
Detroit Free Press.
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PERPETUAL NOTION.
One Inventor Has Accomplished 1t
by Harvesting Cyclone.

It was during the portion of his ca
reer when he lived i'll the valley of the
south fork of the Big Suntlower river
that Henry Plymshaw, the inventor
made his most notable invention. This
invention had to do with cyclones.
One afternoon Inventor Plymshaw
saw splendid specimen of funnel
cyclone coming over the prairie, and he
called to me and said he would go out
and study it, since it was evident that
it was going to one side. The instant
the cyclone sighted us it came straight
in our direction We weren't prepared
for this exactly, so all we could do was
to run We were just on the point OF
giving up when a most extraordinary
thing happened. Curious thing. Sort OF
natural too. And there it was. Only
one leg and that down a fifty foot we'll
in the middle Of a sheep pasture. II 1t
had had two legs, no doubt it could
have scrambled out, but it couldn't
make it with one. Couldn't do any
thing except revolve. And it did do
that. never saw a cyclone revolye like
that one. Mad apparently because it
had missed Plymshaw and me and got
caught So it just buzzed around like a
top. Nothing in the world to stop it.
Most men-mere men Of action.
would have been satisfied at getting
away and not having to revolve with
the houses and lots, but rot Plymshaw.
No. He got to thinking, and what was
the result? Put d belt around the stem
of that cyclone just at the top of the
well, set UP a dynamo. strung wire and
ran all the machinery and electric
lights in that part of the country. Reg
ular Niagara for power. Going yet.
Nothing to stop it, you see. Wonderful
what thing mind ISL. V. Mari in
Harper's Magazine
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Cultivate Tact.

The average man who curses his luck
because he wasn't born with money 10
take advantage of his opportunities
could get all the money he wants from
people who have 1t if he had small
stock Of tact The youth who hasn't
any friends Who have faith in him
could have an army of them if there
was in his makeup small stock of
tact.
Tact las built more bridges and rail
roads, financed mere banks, created
more public regulations and capped
moro achievements than all TIE ability.
talent and genius III the world. More
subtle than money, it acquires posses
sions at less cost. Surer than brains,
it achieves bigger things with greater
eaSe-NeW York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-10
His Greatest objection.

"}Gu object TO Mormonism and other
forms Of polygumy on moral grounds, /
euppose:'
We'll partly. partly, but not entire.
ly"
"N'hat else should make it offensive
to YOU"
"Wlat else. WHY, great mackerel,
think OF coming home late from the
club and having to make explanations
to teh or fifteen wivesw-Chicago Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-10
CnrelcNs Conductor

isn't this awful?' asked the COM
mon looking man on the crowded street
car. "lsn't this awful? Why. there are
already 1G5 people on this car.
1T is awful" agreed the person ad-
dressed, who was Il street railway
ma%natc. at is awful. There ought to
be at least twenty more in here. III
take hat conductors number and have
him on the casnet tomorrow '-Halti-
more American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-10
Purely Agricultural.

Caller-For goodness sake. what's
that noise?
Hauskeep-Girl next door is having
her voice cultivated.
Caller-Huh! What are they doing
ploWing it?
Hauskeep i don't know, but the
sound Of it is Observation-Disclosures
Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-07-10
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.

Dr. NJ s Cohen the Welhnown Specialist OF Pine Bluff
added TO his heretofore
This is the
Chronic Rheunatn Sciat
Weak rheumatism
cured home without
profession of the Europe
disease o
tarrh Liver, tSomach of
Throat Piles
d.
ph He had many years of cical
East has
Ipa He treated
refl hundreds happy patients
him. their ailments INCURABIE
sicians.
fled the skill OF e4cr physicians do
will
Examination will Speac
and Eyeglasses scientifically Consultation etrey
Permanent Offices 2o2 10 Main Street. J. 2.
5luf Ark Office hours - D. and to s
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-07

Here is a nut for the apple man to
crack: Two apple trees, one located
near Dubuque and the other on the
prairie in north central Iowa, are hale
and hearty and bearing good crops of
fruit at 80 years of age. There is moth
ing very remarkable about this, but
when We say that both these trees are
Seek No Farther apples. top grated
on the stock of a Siberian crab, the
Seek No Farther being an apple which
it is utterly impossible to raise upon a
root graft in the territory named, it be-
Ome a fact of much interest for all
fruitmen. These trees, surviving the
climatic changes and shocks of so years
and bearing abundant crops of one of
the best apples in the world on their lit
tie Russian trunks, is an object lesson
which should be needed by all those
who are interested in growing fine APP
pies. We also know of Jonathan apples
so top worked which are bearing fine
crops of splendid fruit in southern Min
nesota, a territory in which the iona
than apple is no more at home than is
our colored brother. Facts like the fore
going should be needed and acted upon
by our fruitmen.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-07
These Make q Mistake,

We know of some men who are going
to get their heads into a sling by going
daft over this land craze, and these men
who buy farms at SIS an acre, making a
small payment down and expecting to
pay the balance out of profits made on
the farm. These forget that these high
priced farms are manyof them well run
out-been cropped for 40 or so years
and that existing high values for all
farm produce are abnormal and not at
all likely to continue beyond the time
when the law of supply and demand
shall equalize prices. 1t is all right to
buy such a farm for an investment, but
ing for it when the deed is passed, as it
will rent for enough to pay a low rate
of interest upon the investment, but
this is a very different proposition from
that of trying to pay for such a farm
from its products.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-07
A Favored Spot.

There is a small and especially favor
able territory which embraces the East
crn half of South Dakota and the North
western one-fourth of Iowa where, time
ly rains falling. a most magnificent crop
of corn was secured, about the best ever
raised in that section. 1t is needless to
comment upon the kind of prosperity
which follows in the wake of so bushels
of corn to the acre at 60 cents a bushel.
1t means the doubling of farm land
values wherein the crop was raised,
mortgage extinction. new houses with
modern improvements, the substitution
OF elegant carriages for lumber wagons
when the corn raiser goes to kirk or to
n wedding or funeral; it means college
for boys and girls, a new steel range
tor mother in the kitchen and a piano
for the girls in the parlor. What about
the fellow who is forced to buy this
corn at this price? Oh, that's another
question and not a part of this item.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-07
One Hundred Years Ago.

1t is a matter of history hat a hun
dred years ago. before the fine roads
of England had been built, the farmers
living contiguous to the city of London
vigorously protested against the use
of public money for the improvement
of the fearful winter roads leading to
the city on the ground that such i'm
proved highways would hurt their sales
of produce by enabling farmers from
a distance to bring their stuff to market,
The years may come and the years may
go, but old human nature remains just
the same.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-07
HOW MORRIS "CAsHED IN"
A Far Western Tragedy Described in
Far Western Vernacular.

New Denver Oh. O. Claim: In 1897
there were flush times in the SLOGAN.
The overflow of the Rossland boom
swished through the silver camps and
coated them with gold. The wash struck
Sandon the hardest, and for months the
town had its Cairo-like streets literally
payed with dollars and playing cards.
Sandon is built in a gulch between /
mountains over which the sun occas-
~sionally peeps at the burg. In those
days 1t was a hot locality. All night
long the pianos were thumped below
the lead line" while above it the booze
factories had no keys, and the clinking
glasses kept time to he rattle of chips,
and the cries of That's good" I'm
patti Put in with you'll" etc. These
we're the days when it often cost a
plunk to look at your hole card, and
chubber were under the table. Gamblers
were thicker than coons at a cake walk,
and a flash of sunlight made the lower
end of the camp look like a railroad
switch yard with all danger signals
turned on. The town never closed up;
it was one long carnival of wine, wo-
men and cards. When n shift went
hewey another took its place, n Can
ada's Monte Carlo never blinked an
eye.
About this time Morris Butterman
hailed the camp. Morris had no yellow
in him, and packed more than 60 years
on his broad back He had been a gam
bier for nearly half a century. He had
faced the tigers in Montana, shot craps
in New Orleans. dealt stud on the old
Mississippi, and peeped from behind
the -four in many a draw game. Sc
when he hit the camp he was not afraid
of anything in sight. He dealt faro in
the Bucket of Blood saloon. and kept
his shirt bosom ever white. For a long
time his meal ticket had figures or
il. and then the splits came. The crash
in silver, and then the strike, soon made
Sandon look like a dirty deuce in a new
deck, and the old gambler went up the
hill to cook for a while, but he did mo-
suit. and wandered back to town again
broke. but sad, silent, and proud. Sew
eral of the boys noticed that he did no
eat regularly and proffered him aid, bu.
he shook his head and stood pat. ON
day, about 5 in the afternoon, he passed
through the Bucket of Blood to tn
b stairway at the rear on the way to hi
room. AS he mounted the steps h
turned and took n long look at the ba
| and Handsome Jack, Late the mex
5 afternoon Jack went up stairs to the oil,
l mans room, and found him dead. II
| had put on his best clothes, got unde
the blankets, took a a swallow of poison
5 and cashed in.
And thus Morris quit the game
philosopher.
Old, broke, and nothing behind tn
' real, he preferred to pass up rattle
than burden his friends. Just n das
of tragedy in the fever of mining-cam
life.
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HE HAD HIS Suspicious.
Colored Minister Looked Askance ct
Carnegie's Fifty Dollar Bill.

Des Moines Leader: 1t is related
that on the last tour of President Nc
Kinley in the South, Andrew Carnegie
was in the party and all were asked
o attent NEGRO church in Thomasville,
Ga, VIII re a very fervid colored min
lister dictated.
1t is said that whenever a lull came
in the services the deacons took up a
collection. but through ho~spitable mo-
tives avoided passing the box to the
white visitors. The old pastor rose at
last and preached a sermon that was at
the same time eloquent, earnest, n
idiculous-preaching right at the white
folks-and his description Of the pow
erty of the churc was so impressive
that when the deacons passed the con-
| trihution boxes around for the third
time Mr.. Carnegie intercepted one and
dropped a $50 bill in the box.
The old preacher counted their con-
tents. When he had finished he placed
a handful of small change on one side
and a crisp greenback on the other.
Clearing his throat, be said:
"Breddern, we has been greatly bless
ed by dish yer contribution. We has
heah To- dollahs an fo'ty cents dat is
good. ard IL de $50 bill put in by de
white gemmen wild de gray whiskers
is also good we is blessed a whole lot
NOAH And he looked suspiciously at
,ho giyer OF libraries and campaign
funds.
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Wasn't you scared" asked the edi-
tor, who was deeply Interested in TIC
narrative.
Scared exclaimed Uncle Bill.
wall. | rather think | was. Reckon
yer never was on a train when it got
scared at a buffalo stampede was yer?'
mo" answered the editor. 81 was
not, but when a train jumps the rack
it usually tips owe and then comes a
terrible wreck. Did your train tip
over?'
Nope, it run along bout eight miles
across the country an struck the track
agin an run along as if nothin' had
happened said Uncle Bill, as he
leaned back in his chair and loked the
editor straight in the eyes.
What! you sit there and tell me
that a railroad train can jump the
track. run eight miles across the coun-
try and then get on the track again,
without ever stopping?" said the edi-
tor. "Of all the monumental liars h a
have ever heard of, or met, you are
-
Hold on there young %feller,' eN-
claimed Uncle Bill, every word I've
told yer is true an III not set here
an let yer call me a liar without a
halt"
But Uncle Bill" patronizingly said
the editor, 1T is an impossibility for a
railroad train to
RAILROAD train" exclaimed Uncle
Bill. who in thunderatiOn is talktn
bout railroad trims I'd like ter know
Yer poor ignoramus. enyone know.
there wasn't eny railroad trains ten
Denver from Iowa in them days. W.
went on an overland wagon train.
And as he started out the door III
SAID. "You escaped Mr.. Editor, 'caust
yer didn't happen ter be on the train
did yer?"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-07
Live Stock Auctionecrs.

We are asked what sort of compen-
sation is received by the live stock auc-
tioneers-not the little fellows VINO
cry the common farm sale. but those
who sell the blue blooded Shorthorns,
Doddies and Herefords at fancy prices.
Inquiry develops the information that
the best of these auctioneers receive
from 500 to $3.50 per day for their SER
vices and sometimes more when they
sell on a commission and strike a good
lot of stock and a buying crowd. To be
able to command these prices which If
let alone they would not do. Not many
men are naturally fitted for this bust
ness, for a man should have a %reversi-
bic conscience and a tongue hung on
ball bearings to make a brilliant sue
cess at it.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-07
POSSIBILITIES IN A BOY.
Development of Great Qualities Not
Originally Apparent.

Philistine; | have profound respect
for boys. Grimy. ragged. touslcd boys
III the street often attract me strangely.
A boy is a man in the cocoon; you do
not know what it is going to become:
his life is big with possibilities. He may
make or unmake kings, change boun-
Diary lines between states, write books
that will mold characters, or invent ma
chimes. Every man was a boy; it seems
strange, but it is really so. Wouldn't
you like to turn backward and see Abra-
ham Lincoln at IL, when he had never
worn a pair of boots?-the lank, lean,
yellow, hungry boy, hungry for love,
hungry for learning, tramping off
through the woods 20 miles to borrow a
book, and spelling it out crouching be-
fore the glare of the burning logs?
Then there was that Corsican boy.
one of a goodly brood, who weighed
only so pounds when 10 years old. who
was thin, pale, and peryerse, and had
tantrums, and had to be sent supperless
to bed or locked in a dark closet be-
cause he wouldn't mind" Who would
have thought ne would have mastered
every phase of warfare at &c, and when
the exchequer of France was in dire
confusion would say: The finances?
| will arrange them
Distinctly and vlvidlv | remember a
squat, freckled boy who was born in
the Patch and used to pick up coal
along railroad tracks in Buffalo. A few
months ago | had a motion to make be-
fore the court Of appeals at Rochester.
That boy from the Patch" was TIC
Judge who wrote the opinion granting
my petition,
BE patient with the boys, You arr
! dealing with soul-stuff. Destiny wait.
.ust around the corner. D e9patient with
the boysi
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flannel fur u while, an say, yer couldn't
tell the date NV him when | got through
with him. He jest looked like a can
NV termaters in a railroad wreck, he
did. by ginger"
Speaking of railroad wrecks" said
the editor, changing the subject, 81
have had some very close calls in my
time, some narrow escapes, one of them
was the great Ashtabula disaster where
q whole train went through the bridge,
but I was fortunate enough to escape
unhurt."
How did yer happen ter escape?"
asked Uncle Bill.
"Oh, | didn't happen to be on the
train" replied the editor, who haG a
smile lurking in the corners of his
mouth. as Uucle Bill was taken with a
violent spell of clearing out his throat,
when he recovered his compOsure. the
editor continued, Were you even on
a train when it got ~off the track?'
This was the opening Uncle Bill
wished for. and he replied: Was |?
Wall, now, | guess you'd a thought so
if you'd a bin along. Jumpin' gal
lops NV Buffalo's, but there was a mess
Nv t."
lnlS aroused Ile eulJOT ~CuIlOSlIy'
and he anXiously said, Go ahcad and
tell us all about it,"
Wall" said Uncle Bill, this hap
pened way back in the COS, that's a
long time ago an mebby I've furgot
some NV it, but howsomever, guess
kin tell bout all NV it. Yer see twas
all on account NV Hclen's health-she''
my wife yer know-Wall, we lowed
as how we'd take a trip ter Denver
on account uvthe embracin' atmosphere
what they has out there. So | wen
down cellar an drew on my bank &C
count what l had laid away. | had
big fiat stone down there what acteC
as my cashier an could most Away
draw on it fur a leetle money, if II
only git on the right side NV it, an as
was sayin' we started on the trip, tn
train was loaded down with passenger
an it was a durn long train too, Train
didn't go as fast them days as they d
now, but we was goin' along at a pur
ty fast gait jest the same, when all II
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1902-02-07
Tree Planting.

1t will soon be tree planting time
again, and we would like to offer a
suggestion about tree planting around
the home lot. Please do not set the
trees out on regular lines, squares and
the like. The only trees set in rows
should be those bordering the street
andthosein the orchard. The bestmodel
for tree planting for home embellish-
ment is to be found in the native for
ests Or, rather, in the openings at the
edge of the timber-natural and artis-
tic combinations of forest tree, shrub
and vine, with an interval of grass
meadow between. Find some pretty
spot of this sort and study the way IA
ture has arranged the trees and shrubs.
Another thing, don't get the trees too
near the house. They seem all right
when young and do no harm, but they
soon grow, and then you see the mis-
take you have made, and rarely can
there be found a man with courage
enough to lay the AK to the root OF the
handsome and thrifty tree which he has
! himself planted. Nothing so spells the
front yard or lawn as a couple Of ever
greens set 20 feet distant from Tho
house. E%yergreens are ali right but
they should grow alone and be grouped