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MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
Or. DoneIan Advocates Them for the
Public Schools.

DR.. Donalan writes TO the Medical
Health as follows:
My experience and observation in
the practice of medicine in this city
for twenty-five Or thirty years, during
which time treated many school
children. has convinced me beyond a
doubt that many lives would be saved
by proper medical examination.
The great number of contagious as
we'll as noncontagious diseases cannot
be detected or diagnosed by superin
lendents or teachers.
Consequently. the Importance Of an
experienced examiner to examine all
who are unwell and take proper steps
to protect the children affected as well
as the other pupils. If it is contagious
disease the child should be sent home
with instructions to parents to call
on their family physician for the at
tention the child may require.
medical examiners for schools l find
Boston was the first city to establish
the system, in 1894, during the pre-
valence of a severe epidemic of scar
let fever. The good results were SO
manifest that New York, where there
was great fatality among school child
rem, adopted the system, then Chica-
go and many others, large and small.
Doctor Green, medical inspector OF
Boston, in his report says.
The children are divided into two
classes: First, contagious classes;
second, .noncontagious disease, dis
abling and rendering children mental
ly and physically below the normal
standard. The examinations are con-
Quoted SO as scarcely to disturb the
school. The medical examiner calls
on the principal or teacher and as
certains if any children under their
charge are unwell from any causes.
If any report the names to the medi-
! cal examiner who has them come to
! the teachers room, where they are
| examined. and note or memorandum
| i. made OF the result of the examina-
ton, and this is kept for future refer
ence. The teacher is then advised as
| to whether the child shall be sent
! home for treatment by family physi-
clan. or remain in school"
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STATE CONVENTION
OF the Y. NJ. G. A. i'm Pine Bluff
This rlOnth

TIC thirteenth state convention Of
he Young Mems Chrjstien aasoeiatian
IF Arkansas eonvenes in Pine Bluff
janlar8 - and viii be IN session
thre" d1ys=Friday. Saturday and Sun
IA Ali men are cordially invited 10
attead the sessions of the conventions
y fe- ial rate of one aad a third
fare far the round trip has been grant
ID by all lines OF railroads Pay fuii
iar" going and take certificate (not
receipt Tho certificate properly
SianrJ al Pine Bluff will entte the
holder % one-third fare returning.
Th" Pine Bluff association very gen
.ror,Is agrees IN provide free enter
)ainmear for all duly accredited dele
ats'-. tredVn1ial secured from any
&scri9fi0n secretary or the state OF
ice at Little Rock.
t"'=Ge "ntation is unlimited All
iAan are invited. either as delegates.
'c r:.,a= =onding members or visitors.
Tie vz.ri0us organizations of young
peoples societies in small towns are
invited 10 send young men as dele.
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due consideration of the petition.
granted it and made the appointment.
The district ONE time back was in
warm controversy as to whom the
court stenographer was Mrs. Free
mans resignation, written out at the
time of her appointment, was accept
ed by Judge Grace, and Mr.. NJ
l.. Bell was given the appointment
Mrs. Freeman secured the opinion OF
Attorney General Murphy and mem
bers of the supreme court that, on the
exposition Of facts furnished them, she
was the official stenographer In the
end Mrs. Freeman was allowed her
salary for little or no work done, and
Mr.. Bell. who performed the duties OF
the Office, had to sue the county for
his pay.
The new appointee, Mr. Bouis, Is
a clever young gentleman and will
make friends fast in Pine Bluff.
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FIRST LC CAL SNOW
Showing Here and All Over State
and in Texas and Louisiana

Two degree above zero throughout the
state. In Hilisboro and Dallas, snow
and freezing; snow at Greenville;
Tyler, rain turning to sleet and then
snow; San Antonio, colder and much
ice; Waco. colder and freezing.
Report from Shreveport. La, says
snow and sleet.
According to the weather man we
ere to continue having disagreeable
weather in this section. as the bulletin
for Arkansas says: Tonight and Fri
day. fair and colder; tonight tempera
trre will probably fall to twenty de,
gress; warmer Friday
The weather has had an appreciable
effect on the cotton market, advancing
several points. The prediction has
been made that cotton will now go up
to the best price it has reached since
the war. All cotton men agree that
the bad winter weather will shorten
the crop. though there is a difference
If opinion on how much of the bolls
not opened will yet make cotton.
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Bishop Alstork, who, in his address,
put especial stress upon the life and
department OF the christian ministry.
He spoke on the plans laid out Octo-
Der 7 by the A NJ. E. Zion church and
C. NJ. E. commissioners for organic
union between tAGrc churches. Follow
ing Rev Harrington CT the G. NJ. E.
church. Rev. J. w. Whitesides. ID. D.,
of tire A. NJ E. church, this city, spoke
interestingly, congratulating the plans
agreed upon by the C. M. E. church
and A. NJ E. Zion church for or
ganic union Rev. Adall Cheek also
spoke briefly. The response was made
by DIR. j. S. Lewis.
At night Dr. G. W. Walters preached
an excellent sermon. his subject being
Gods Providence a Uniform" The
public collection was $12.
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The weather man knew what he was
talking about when he said on yester-
day that there would be snow flurries
in this section of the country today.
Early this morning there was rain &C
companied by sleet but before
O'Clock the first real snow furry came.
The drops We're large and tiaky, and
the snow has fallen in fitful showers
all day, but the ground is SO soft and
wet that it melts as soon as it strikes.
Reports received at c. c. Taylor's
cotton exchange state that there had
been a three-inch snowfall at Clarks-
vile this morning; rain and snow
at Helena: five inches of snow at
fexarkana, and still showing; rain
and wind at Hope, followed by snow
five inches deep; wind and colder
weather at Little Rock.
The reports from Texas said that it
was showing hard at Bonham, Paris
and Mckinney, and that the tempera-
ture ranged from eighteen to thirty
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An ,nexcusabie Pun.

Dr. Percival. the present Bishop of
Hereford, is a staunch teetotaler, and
in connection with his we'll known
views on the subject many goo
stories are related. Passing through
town noted for it's breWeres. the
doctor noticed that many signs OF
mourning were apparent. Stopping
pedestrian, the bishop asked:
why is the flag half-mast high?
Because" was the reply, "the
brewerss wife is dead
"Ah, how sad" answered DR.. Perci
VAL adding, as he gazed round him
"and I see that the barrels. too, are
in tiers. ."-Tid-Bits.
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DEATH RECORD.


William e. Mahar died at the home
of his mother, 701 East Third avenue.
last night at $50. Mr.. Mahar was
thirty-three years old and has in the
past been connected with the city po-
lice force and fire department, but
previous to his illness has not been
definitely connected with any business.
He was member Of the A. o. u.
w. and the Red Men and the Catho-
lie Knights. The funeral will be held
at the Matholic church tomorrow at
$3.50 p. m. by Father Fowler. He
leaves mother and a sister, Mrs. Ag.
nes Picket
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CIGARS FORCED UPON HIM
One Reason Why General Grant Be.
came Such a Smoker.


A reason can generally be found for
everything. Everyone is aware Of the
fact that Gen. Grant was addicted in
an abnormal degree to the smoking
habit. General James Grant Wilson.
torical society of Philadelphia, ac,
counts for his excess in this regard.
Among the yarns spun by the speaker
was the following: 1T seems that
after one of Grants great victories
he was seen riding down the line
with halfsmoked unlit cigar in his
mouth. In reporting the affair the
war correspondents one and all men,
toned the incident of the ha!f.burnt
cigar.
at was not long after that every
express from the north brought the
general packages Of cigars, until there
were 10000 cigars received
at camp. Up to that time Grant had
not been in the habit of smoking more
than two Or three cigars day. But
with this unlimited supply and feeling
that as they were gifts he could not
give them away he started to smoke
them wholesale, and thus acquired a
tremendous appetite for tobacco.
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OFFICERS AND DEACONS.
! leeted by the Congregation Of the
First Baptist Church.

T...e First Baptist church congrega
ion Eeld their annual election last
night and officers were elected. as fol-
DWs:
". W. BYRD, superintendent of Sun
day school.
Elmo Marsh, church clerk.
Chas. w. Haycock, treasurer.
n. L. Jeanin, superintendent OF
mission A.
A. o. Edwards, superintendent OF
mission p.
Nine active deacons were elected as
follows: Elmo Marsh, Alex Perdue
w. w. Byrd. Geo. Gammill, A. O. Ed
wards, E. Ryland, H. c. Fox, E. C
Lame, Theo Wollermann.
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ElkS nemOrial Service

The annual memorial service, or
lodge of sorrow. of the Benevolent
Ordere of Elks will be held next Sun
day from 8 to 4 o'clock. at the Elks
theater This is service which is
celebrated every year by the Elks
of the world. 1t is one of the most
Interesting services connected with
this great order. and attracts the at
tentian the world over. The occas-
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ion will be fttingly celebrated by
Pine Bluff lodge, No. l49 An interest
ing program will be rendered, consist
ing Of vocal selections by Mrs. Jesse
X. Core and a quartette; a reading OF
Thanotopsis by Major c. G. New
man, and an address by Rev. w. ID.
Buckner. The public, interested in the
services, and all visiting Elks, have a
cordial invitation to attend
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SOCIETY NOTES.

Cards have been received in Pine
luff announcing the approaching we'd
ding OF Mr.. T. M. Nelson to Miss Caro-
line Hobbs, which will occur in Little
Rock at the home Of the brides moth
er, Mrs. Helen Hobbs, on the afternoon
of Wednesday. December II. The an
nouncement Of this wedding will ex-
cite considerable local interest. when
it is remembered that Mr.. Nelson was
formerly chief of police under II. K.
Whites administration. He Is known
by all the older citizens and has many
friends in Pine Bluff.
Mr.. E. ?. I.add will give dance at
his home at Ladd's mill Friday night.
To carry his Pine Bluff friends down
to l.add he will run a special train
from Pine Bluff to that place, leav-
ing here over the Iron Mountain tracks
for Noble Lake Friday at p. N. At
Noble Lake the train will 60 over Mr..
Ladd's private line to Ladd.
f
The Twentieth Century club will
2ave their regular meeting at the
home of Mrs. Leo kastor this after
noon.
+
The Bluff City Euchre club will
have their regular meeting this even
ing.
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Accused Of Stealing Turkeys.

Byas Drake is charged with stealing
turkeys from VIM. Anderson. FIVE
miles west Of the city, and sold to Mr..
,. M. Lyons, merchant across the
bridge on Second avenue. His case
was continued until the 18th, and
it seems a sure go that he will spend
Christmas with ]. ]. Holland at the
county Jail.
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ARKANSAS NEWS.

Lee Weigel, accused of wife muir
der at Texarkana, valves examina-
ton; refuses to make statement.
Costly wreck on Fort Smith road
between Lamar and Knoxville.
Fire Losses at Huntsville aggre-
gate $50,000.
Law and order league at Mena en-
rolls sixty members.
-
Robbery of store reported from Ok
alona.
Appropriation for new courthouse
Bradley county.
NJ. NJ. Murray, Lafayette county
colored leader, circulating petitions for
pensions to ex-slaves.
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see mucn good done in the next two
weeks.
Owing to the fact that the Elks are
to have their annual meeting in the
opera house on Sunday at 3 p. m. the
lecture to men only has been called
off and at the same hour Evangelist
Patterson will address the children.
He will hold a String and Magnet. y
meeting and every child is asked to
bring string just the length of him
self or herself There will also be an
Offering taken and it will be seen
whether the children will beat the
men and ladies in attendance and Of
fering. All get ready to attend, as
DR.. Patterson will certainly entertain
you.
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Con. Bragg's New Post.

Gen. Bragg's transfer from the. con.
sulate general at Havana to the con-
sulate general at Hong-Kong will NOT
involve any loss to him Of the emolu.
ments of office, the salary at both
posts being identical. The social pres
iige OF the American consul at Hong:
Kong is greater than that of the cor
responding official at Havana, and
This would be compensation for the
disadvantage of a residence SO far
from home
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Engine Derailed.

switch engine was derailred in
the Iron Mountain yards and caused
the passenger trains to take what is
known as the Dewey track in order to
get to the depot. The engine at
p. m today was still of.
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Mo. Hanf For Mayor.

The announcement Of Mr.. Mo. Harf
for mayer will be noticed more dlUu
for mayor will be more fully noticed
in the Graphic tomorrow than could
have been done this afternoon at the
hour the Graphic received Mr.. Hanf s
announcement.
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FINE ADDRESS
BY Supreme Chaplin Robbins of Mac
cabees Followed by Spread.

cabees Followed by Spread.
The Maccabees had lecture at the
Merrill Institute last night by the
supreme chaplain, Rev. Grant \. Rob
bins. 1t was an entertaining lecture
He proved himself an orator. His
points were we'll taken and his easy
manner OF address and excellent wit
charmed his hearers. A good attend
ance and hearty laughs were evidence
OF his success. After the lecture all
present partook of an excellent spread
at the Merchants Cafe. where the
good victuals and elegant service add
ID two-fold to the already pleasant
time.
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importations Of Cheese.

Great Britain and Ireland import
about 265,000 pounds Of cheese each
year. Canada supplies about 60 per
cent of the whole.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-12-04
FRISCO MAY SECURE ROAD.

Ok LOUIS Party inspecting St. LOUIS
and North Arkansas.
A party of St. Louis and Northern
Arkansas railroad officials and ST.
Louis Capitalists have left st. Louis
for tour Of inspection.
They will go to the end of the line,
which is now 101 miles long, with
Gilbert as the eastern terminus.
One and one-half miles below Gill
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Use for the Eiffei Tower.
In 1909 the Eiffel tower becomes the
property OF the city of Paris, and win
then be used for it's weather bureau.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-08
Tho Fruits n Farmer Can u rs,.

From Farmers Review: what fralt
can 4. farmer raise for his W 10
with the least trouble? | would SAY
apples. pears. cherries, ior long-liyNd
trees; peach and plum, particularly:
Wild Goose, Abundance. Fools Pride
(for pie), Lombard and Burbank piuns
for quick results in tree firita
Ounces of the orange variety are oesi-
ly grown and the trees are productive.
He can grow the Houghton, Downing,
Pearl and Red Jacket gooseberries, and
TO- %currants. Fay. Pomona, red Cross
and White Grape. Among the black
berries | would name Snyder, stones
Hardy and Erie. Among the blackcap
raspberrles he will lpd Kansas, Gregg
and Columbian OF value; for reds |
recommend Loudon and Scarlet Gems.
Strawberries are Nery productive but
need a great deal q; care and culture
to give good results. Huckleberries
aud barberries tan excellent substi-
tute for cranberries) are very produc-
tive here. even under neglect. No plant
will do well and raise itself: the better
culture, the better results.
The Farmers Review has asked the
question, How Shall W. encourage
the raising OF fruit on the farm?"
answer (a) by citing to cXperieace
of many successful growers in all see
lions. having them tell Low thoy ac-
cCmplished these results; tD) by teach-
i-g through farm pap - practical
plant physiology. as well as some Il
the simple facts OF culture, also point
ms out the diseases and how TO copo
against them; tc) by encouraging me
planting OF varieties of known merit.
leaving experiments with new and
fancy sorts to our experiment stations:
Cd since fruit growing pays better
than anything else on the farm. farm
els should be encouraged to make It
a department of their vocation. the
same as poultry or stock.
/ have been asked this question.
How many farmers in your vicinity
raise all the fruit their families can
use?" In answer | will say less than
one in ten; but in this respect condi-
tons are very rapidly improving
J. w. Griesemer, Tazewcl County.
Illinois.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-08
scl.ncs In Tree setiLng.

From the Farmers Review: My ar
ticle in the December IL issue of the
Farmers Review should have read, on
the matter of setting trees in Febru-
airy, "in the line of the sun in Febru-
airy at one o'clock" or II might have
been better to have said Ito set u
apple trees on the line OF the suns
shadow, north and south, at one
o'clock in February" My reasons for
this are these: IL a tree is set up per-
pendicular and 1t is barked or injured
by the sun, II will invariably be found
injured on the side facing half-past
one O'Clock. This never varies. not
even as much as our time pieces vary.
We find these dead spots on the sunny
side of many of our trees that face the
sun at all hours from eight a. m. to five
p. m. II a tree leans from any point OF
the compass from the SUI from eight
to five 1t will be injured where 1t leans
from the sun the most direct, and no
injury will be found where the tree Is
leaning TO the sun. For this reason
you will see the great Importance Of
the admonition ! have so often repeat
ed in my articles relative to setting
and training a tree TO grow to and not
from the sun here lii the northwest.
East OF Chicago this %precaution is
not necessary, but north and west OF
Chicago 1t is an imperative necessity.
| have seen trees seriously injured in
Michigan from sun scald, but never
in the middle or in the New England
states. But here in the northwest 1t is
thought by many Of our best observing
orchardists to have been the cause Of
more injury to our bearing trees than
all other causes. II does not injure
our trees under seven years old as
much as II does those from seven to
twenty. After fifteen or twenty they
are either ready to die or else have
been so grown as to protect themselves
and protect one another.-Edson Gay
lord, Floyd County, Iowa.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-08
A Drink Annuil.d by Law.

Every one knows that the ArkansaA
legislature enacted some years ago that
the proper pronunciation of the name
OF the state was "Arkansaw." II Is not
SO well known that there is a unique
law on the statute book Of Nevada. the
object OF which was to clear from stain
the name of an Indian chief. who, al
though a strong temperance advocate
and an abstainer, took a "pick-me-up"
one day in a local saloon. In his ex-
tremity he appealed to his white
friends, with the result that the state
legislature was persuaded to declare IT,
self thus: Resolved. BY the legislature
OF the state OF Nevada, the governor
concurring, that the drink OF whisky
taken by Johnson Sides In the Magno-
liza saloon July IL, 1887, be and is here
by -%annulled."
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-08

From tue Farmers Review: When,
more than fifty years ago. my father
went from Western New York. to look
over Southern and Central Michigan.
he returned saying that about one
third of the country was waste land.
owing to the many marshes, large and
small. Now for about thirty years |
have been having active experience in
handling this land. and have now
rlore than one hundred acres OF differ.
ent kinds OF marsh and swamp land.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-08
GOSSIP or WASHINGTON

Senator Burrows was a member az
Congress in 1895, 1S79-S3. and 1886
He was elected United States senator
for the term 1869, serving the unex.
pired term OF Francis B. Stockbridge
deceased. At the expiration of this
service he was reelected for the term
1s99-1905. His home Is in Kalamazoo
Mich.
For the first time in twenty years
there will be no general evening re-
ception TO close the season after the
five regular state receptions to officials.
This decision was arrived at on ac-
count OF the tragedy at Buffalo. To
balance this omission. Mrs. Roosevelt
Is giving a series OF afternoon recep-
tons to the public, at which the Wis
itors are all
President Roosevelt received five Ute
Indians the other day. They had come
TO Washington on business connected
with the disposition OF mineral inter
ests in their lands. Only one of the
redskins could speak English and the
president tried in vain to Jolly
them. Everything he said TO them,
through Me rtin Van. who acted as an
interpreter, fer nat. The Indians sim
ply gazed at the cniei executive with
stolid faces and gave absolutely no in
dication OF interest. Finally in desper-
alton the president said to the inter
prefer:
Tell them that | had fifty Indians in
my regiment during the wal with
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-02-08

In this time | have paid not less than
five hundred dollars tax for township
bitches. and have spent as much more
in ,reclaiming some OF this land. AS
a result, | have dried out a coed many
small cat holes" as we call them
here. and am now in full use for crop
ping purposes OF a few traits con.
tanning one to three acres. onC5 DOGGY,
worthless swamp land.
II should be said that In this coun.
try we have three distinct kinds OF
muck land: One kind is springy and
is always soft and miry. summer n
winter. This land is productive when
once dried out. but most efforts TO
drain IL have proved dismal failures.
Within two miles OF my home are sew
eral tracts of two to ten acres, which
have been ditched with great expense
and have produced a few crops OF po'
tatoes, cabbages. onions and celery.
but the cost OF keeping the bitches In
working order was too great, and some
wet season has "swamped" them, so
that now, their last condition Is worse
than the first; they are covered with
boys and the coarsest, most worthless
grass.
The third kind OF soil is found In
our marshes" which are generally
cut for hay. Many efforts to plow
these and seed to tame grasses have
been made, but with poor success.
Timothy and red.top DOR run II ana
the tendency Is for a poorer, coarser
quality Of grass to take their place. !
believe the best way to use this land
is to SOW at times seed Of tame grasses
and harrow the sod over. so that
better quality Of hay can be cut on
these natural meadows; but thinR
the original sod should not he de
stroyed by the pillow. | prize the nay
from this land very much for some
Uses, as ! have written you before. Al
my attempts to reclaim the spring>
land first mentioned. have been fail
ures. am well acquainted with tn
celery lands of Kalamazoo and othei
places which are of a nmilar char
acter. but these are only kept In us'
by an extensive system OF oper
bitches. which control the outnoW o
the springs and fit the land for thes'
special crops. For this t>,ss OF IAN
the best way is to get it and keep
in grass. For this purpose 1t is yer!
valuable, especially during our DIR,
summers. Stock will feed on thes
spots day after day, while upland
dry and barren In the hot months.
would summarize by saying tina
in a general way for farmers the bes
use 10 make Of all springy and swan
and as distinct from marsh meadow
is to use them for pasture, and for pa'
ture only, never disturbing the orii
inal sod, but introducing tame grasse
as fast as possible. II ] hsc Gaopte
this principle twenty-five years ag
1t would have saved me great expens
and disappointment.-S. W. Gibson
Eaton County, Michigan.