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Woodruff County news., 1902-03-06
Buchanan to Retire.

It is reported Dr. J. L. Buchanan will retire from the presidency of the State University at Fayetteville in June. Dr. Buchanan Is widely known, not only in Arkansas, but throughout the country as an emi- nent educator. His determination to retire is said to be due to i'll health. pr. Junius Jordan and Hon. J. J. Doyne have been men, toned in connection with the pres idency of the university.
Woodruff County news., 1902-03-06
Tough on the Officers.

Two Little Rock policemen re- gently had an unusual and unpleas- ant experience with three highway men. The officers were shadowing the suspects, who suddenly turned and leyeled drawn reyolyers, con- handing the guardians of the peace to throw up their hands. The off cers were so taken by surprise they offered no resistance. The bandits disarmed them, took what money and yaluables they had, and then compelled them to march out in the country a distance of ten miles At this point the robbers returned the weapons of their victims, after drawing the cartridges, and told them to ''hotfoot it'' back to town. 1t is believed the trio of bandits had planned to rob Choctaw train on the night of the above occurrence, but abandoned the idea.
Woodruff County news., 1902-03-06
Killed by a Train.

Louis A. Brown, collector for a furniture house, was killed by an Iron Mountain switch engine at Lit tie Rock Brown was crossing the track and did not see the approach ing train, which was backing up. His body was badly mangled. The man was from Mississippi and had been in Little Rock only d few weeks.
Woodruff County news., 1902-03-06
suspect Will Die.

J. P. Dunn, one of the men ar rested at Wichita, Kas., on the charge of robbing thee bank at Clarksville, is not expected to live He has wound in the abdomen, and blood poison has. set in. He refuses to tell by whom the wound was inflicted. Geo. Durham, the other suspect, has been brought back, and is now in jail at Fort Smith.
Woodruff County news., 1902-03-06
Fight With a Bear.

James E. Griffin narrowly es- capped being killed by bear re gently at Hot Springs. He went to feed the animal, which, instead of being caged, was chained to tree. The bear had not before made any efforts to harm his keeper, and Grif- fin walked boldly within reach of his stride. The bear jumped on Griffin suddenly, planting his teech in the right thigh. After a desperate ef- fort the bear was shaken off and Griffin borne out of reach of the animal. When Griffin recovered from his shock he was so enraged that he grabbed up a large stool and started after the bear again. This time the bear caught him on the arm, almost seyering the member. The bear was beaten back by attend ants, who had reached the scene at this time. Although badly wound ed, Griffin will recover.
Woodruff County news., 1902-03-06
New Postmasters.

The following nominations of Ar kansas postmasters have been sent to the senate by President Roosevelt: Mabel R. Sharum, Walnut Ridge; J. R. Greenwood, Stamps John r. Cox, Fordyce; Henry R. Houghton, Jonesboro; Samuel I. Clark, Helena; John W. Howell, Hot Springs; James G. Brown, Magnolia; Wm. K. Baker, Wynne.
Woodruff County news., 1902-03-06
BRIEF MENTION.

Miss Cora Foster, Q young lady of Fayetteville, was burned to death, her clothing catching fire from hot stove
 It Is estimated that it will cost candidates for state offices $56 to get their names printed on the varioas county tickets for the primaries March 20.
 Miss linda Hall, of Clarksyille, won the prize in Peabody normal, Nashville, for the best essay in the colonial danes contest, decided few weeks ago.
 In contest at Little Rock, John J. Sumpter, of Hot Springs, de- feated C. E. DeLohg for the state live bird championship by d score of 31 to 36.
 Miss Hallie Derrich, head nurse at the state insane asylum, fell dead from heart disease February 26. She went to Little Rock from Flu reka Springs.
 Chas Mays, colored, was killed near Parkdale by Tom Young, his cousin. Young claims the shooting was accidental, but was arrested and held to the grand jury.
 Frank Banks shot and seriously wounded Ike Feister in a Pine Bluff saloon because the latter asked him for cigarette. The men had not spoken for several months.
 Much excitement prevails at Mansfield over the discovery of a gas well at that place. It is esti- mated the flow from the well is about million feet day.
 Chas. Jenkins, who it is alleged murdered his wife at Texarkana about two years ago, was arrested at Greenville, Tex, last week, through the confession oI hlS second Wife.
 A camp of Spanish-American war veterans has been organized at Little Rock named Camp Julian Da- wis, in memory of an Arkansas boy who fell in battle in the Philippines.
 The executive committee of the State Sunday School Association has sent out a circular urging the organization of Sunday school as-s sociation in each county of the state.
 Gov. Davis has pardoned Larkin Meezs, convicted in Randolph coun- ty of bigamy. The petition for pardon stated that Meeks was un- der the impression his first wife was dead when he married the second time.
Woodruff County news., 1902-03-06
Killed Her Sister.

Ella Ward, aged Is, shot and llill- ed her IS year old sister near Pine Bluff. Both were colored. They were participating in social at the home of neighbor, when Ella play fully seized a gun and aimed it at her sister, with a testing remark. The gun worked fatally and the vic tim's head was almost blown off
Woodruff County news., 1902-03-06
Choked Wife to Death.

William Ward, a negro of Sher- Till, has been lodged in jail at Pine Bluff, charged with brutal murder. During the night Ward and his wife quarreled, when the man choked her to death and so vice-ike was his grip that he broke her neck.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31
Resurrection.

The bare brown branches lace their arms
 Across gray sullen skies, The grass is sere, no hint of green
 Adown the valley lies; No sound of bird or insect life
 Greets one with glad surprise. Yet well know each branch and twig
 Is set with buds and leaves, Awaiting but the springs warm breatn
 To clothe the bGrren trees: And apple blossoms soon will shed
 Their odors on the breeze. Beneath the semhance drear of death
 Life waits with life to wed, And when the Easter sun is hlgh
 Will rise as from the dead; And all the earth will be again,
 4 joyful bridal bed. So rest my heart; the lesson learn
 Beyond the grave is May, Beyond the chill of deaths dark hour
 The soul shall live alway: And many hope close folded now
 Will blossom in that day.
 Townsend Allen in New York Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31
4 GOOD DAY.

Day of all the week the best" and This is the day the Lord hath made" could have been very appropriately and feelingly sung yesterday. It was as good a day as anybody could want. 1t is said that when Prince Henry was in this country he was very much inn pressed with the good looks, the good bearing and the good clothes of the peasantry, or common people. It is a pity that he couldn't have stayed over and seen them yesterday. They looked so we'll on the street and in the meet ing houses that they could hardly be distinguished from the aristocracy, and the aristocraey might reasonably have be some truth in the curious theory that the Lord looks with equal eye on all the members of the human family. It was a great day for fine clothes and the fine feelings that go with them. The people were pleased with themselves and with each other, and if they didn't get all the good out of the day they could they got more than they would if it had rained or showed. The great lessons of Easter were pleasantly inn pressed on many contented and re- captive minds and the outward sunshine helped the inward glow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31
FOSSIL E l. E.

Dubious Praise.-"Did you hear my illustrated lecture last nght?" "Yes; the views were very good - Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Lot of Company.-Pa Patient-Doc- tor do you think that I will recover? Doctor-No but don't worry about it, because there are lot of other people dying from the same cause. Ohio State Journal.
 A Serious Case-Cook (reading from daily paper)--Last nights official statement shows that there are 5o,O00 cases of influenza in the metropolis.
 Nervous Parlor maid-Oh, Mary! And how many are there in case?-- Punch.
 Instructor.-"In what respect did the fourteenth and nineteenth centuries re- serhble each other?
 De Grees-The nineteenth century re- sembed the fourteenth in that both were hundred years long.-Harvard Lampoon.
 No Real Danger-Clara-Bob Preston has proposed to me, and l really don know how to refuse him. l hate to
 
 break the poor boys heart.
 Amy-Oh, don't worry about that. refused him twice last week, and he seems to be getting along.-Chicago Record Herald.
 Smithson (the celebrated poet. novel, ist, playwright, etc.)-But, my dear young lady I really don't understand you. I haven't been winning any ping pong tournament. I don't play.
 Miss Brown--Oh, but surely I heard our hostess say you were the MT. Smithson.-PunCh.
 Nothing Too Good.--Mose Johnson Dat liniment you sold me did nah wife lots ob good.
 Druggist-Why that was horse lini- mentl You said you wanted it for horse!
 Nose Johnson--Ah did, sur; but dar ain't muffin too good fo' nah old wo- man. needer-jess you understan' dat! Puck
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4y yNTEREsTISG EpIsODr.

The resignation of Pension Commis-
 sioner Evans is an interesting episode and an interesting explanation of it is made It is said that MT. Evans has has been made unpleasant for him by those who didn't like his efforts to do the pension business as he thought it ought to be done. But he didn't want to get out under fire and President Mckinley wouldn't turn him out. When MT Roosevelt succeeded to the Presi- dency, MT, Evans was the first officer attacked by the people who were bent on making changes. MT. Roosevelt re- fused to be a party to any plan to oust Evans. When he learned from the lat ter's own lips that he desired to go as soon as the right time arrived, the Pres ident expressed his unwillingness to let him retire till a man of equal honesty and courage could be found to succeed him. and until he could be transferred to some position which would be recog- nized everywhere as a step upward in the scale, and a sign of the administra- tons apprecia tion of his sterling qual- ities and excellent service. Two or three positions in the diplomatic field have been under consideration, and an an- of MT. Evans appointment to one of them will doubtless be made in a short time.
 This is the slick way of putting it. The other way is that he has finally been forced out by those who have per- sistently been after his scalp. It is not that he is tired of the strug- gle, and it will be surprising if his place is filled by as good a man.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31
ONE ON THE PRESIDENT

The clubs in Washington are having much amusement over an incident of Prince Henry's recent visit which ap- pears to have escaped the notice of the "Argus-eyed reporters" As the story goes. President Roosevelt wished to do the nations guest, in private, a compl- ment which the formalities of his public entertainment put out of the question: to wit, to prove to him that the peoples drink of the fatherland won as sure a foothold in the New World as it had long enjoyed in the Old, To this end the President ordered from a leading German restaurant a supply of Wurz- burger Hofbrau for an informal supper which was to be served at the White House. As the table equipment of our republican palace does not include the covered stein necessary to give this beer it's proper relish, the same lestaurateur was directed to furnish several of the finest specimens from his own stock. When the Prince was brought to the table he found the beer
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31
INDIAN INDUSTRIES.

A general idea prevails that North American industries have small trade and smaller artistic value. It Is not correct
 Two devoted missionary workers in Oklahoma, by encouraging the making of beadwork, have rescued an almost lost art. and created so large an out side market that seventeen Indian wo- men earned col actively, over $1 100 dur ing the last year.
 In almost every large city Indian shops are spring up, and the large de- partment stores have sections for the exclusive sale of Indian work Every museum Is dusting off it's Indian bas- kets and blankets and pottery, and col lectors are eagerly buying up the older specimens on the plains and mesas.
 The art of our Indians is unique The Navajo blanket for instance represent S the best weaving in the world to-day. It will withstand the tread of elephants 1t is impervious to water, it will keep a man warm in the bitterest weather, and in it's earlier forms the colors are imperishable.
 A second example of beautiful native art is the old Indian canoe. Mrs. Can dace Wheeler declares that some of the canoes she has seen on Puget Sound, canoes followed from huge redwoods, exquisitely carved, stained in marvel lous tints and classical designs. are so perfect as art specimens that they de- serve to be preserved to posterity in glass cases.
 Moreover experts affirm that Indian leather, as manipulated by the elder workers, is only comparable to that made in ancient Cordova. It is a fact that the United States has ignored for many years native arts and crafts which, wisely fostered, would have add ed immensely to the artistic and econo- mic wealth of the whole nation.-The Youths Companion.
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and have acquired, including Benson's holdings, 10000 acres of land Other ne- groes in the vicinity own total of 1000 acres--so here is a, nucleus of l2,0oo acres to Dtart with.
 Now the proposition. The negroes only have to work for six months in the year the cotton season, That oVef' they are idle and subject to the demor- allzation of idleness. It is noticeable that there have been no criminals among MT. Benson's 250 people, He says the reason is because he gives them eln- ployment The new company Will di- vide its lands into 40 and SO-acre lots, build comfortable cottages on them ana sell them to industrious and honest ne- groes, at reasonable advance to cover cost and interest. They are to pay for their land by working during the six idle months.
 What work? First, by bringing up their own land and making their own fertilizers. Second. by the manufacture of their own abundant resources of the best timebr There is a demand for all the broom handles, tool-handles, spokes newels, banisters, and other simple pro- ducts of the automatic lathe that they can make, also for hardwood flooring, mouldings, etc,
 This is not in the air-not theorizing it is not only extending an activity along intelligent lines which has made MT. Benson a wealthy man, and the hope of his community-and it is per fectly solid financially. The stockhold- CTS of the company-there will be no bonding or ortgaging foot of the property-will have for their stock the foundation of valuable timber and cot growing lands. The benevolence in it is the giving of employment, and the turning of the wages into the owner- ship of the soil.
 That is what we call a solid proposi tion, without an ounce of balancing or theorizng in it. (Any of our readers who wish further information may ad- dress William F. Benson at Kowaliga, Ala, requesting it.) The authorized capital is s100.oO0, of which $22,00 is al- ready subscribed--Chic Interior
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

already in place, each stein being filled to the brim,, and ready for action. It was a most pleasant surprise, which he attested by proposing merry round of health. As he drained the last drop and was about to set down his stein, his eye was caught by something at the bottom of it, and the smile on his face relaxed. He cast a glance of quizzcal alarm, first toward the President and then toward the door. as if he more than half expected a raid from the con- stabulary. His companions, consumed with curiosity, tipped their stein and peered in, too. In rich blue capital let ters, burned into the clay, this in seription stared up at them from the depths; Stolen from Heidelberg's Deutsche Wirthschaft, S863 Pennsyl- vania Avenue. "-Harper's Weekly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31
4 i.E.IL GOOD ROaD.

This week the Department of Agricul- ture will do something which will be good thing in itself and also a valuable object lesson. 1t will build road from Charlottesville to Monticello, the home and tomb of Thomas Jefferson. From the Revolution till now the only way from Charlottesville to Monticello has been over a mule path narrow, cross ing a stream under water at one place, with an alternative of a rickety bridge, and slippery with mud after a rain, es- pecially at the preposterous grades, which are sixteen feet in a hundred at several points. A new survey has been made for d road which will be wide, hard, well drained, and will have grade of not more than four per cent. at any point. After certain oratory and other celebrations in Charlottesville fif- teen carloads of machinery and road material will be unloaded in that town, and throng of workingmen will begin to grade and pave the new highway. In three days, it is expected, the entire road, two and half miles long, will be finished.
 Good work, and needed work. When there is good road to Monticello it is to be hoped that Democratic pilgrim ages thither will be much more ire
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

A most unusual step for house of it's high grade has been taken by The George H. Ford Company. All of it's magnificent and select stock will be auctioned off, begin- ming Tuesday April l, at 1O:So o'clock.
 This radical determination is due to the large amount of stock that still remains, although the dis count retirement sale has been in progress for some months. The sale has been the means of liQui- dating substantial portion of the stock, but the change of business demands a more relentless method to clear the shelves and cases.
 This will not be an auction of imitation gold or cheap silver or articles at catch-public prices-a here to-day and away tomorrow subterfuge to gull people. It will be bona fire parting of the con- servative ways heretofore main- tained by the firm, in which their personally selected articles will go under the hammer.
 These articles are not confined to American products. They include many exquisite examples of Euro pean art selected in the European markets and of exclusive design. It has been well known fact in the trade that the stock of The George Fl Ford Company has been conspicuous for it's richness, ele- gance and variety, and that 1t has for years been in excess of the de- mands in this city, SO that many of their best things have been dis posed of in other cities.
 The excess over the inventory re- quired for the formal change of in- terests will all go into the auction. The store will be closed on Monday to make preparations, and the sale will be held each day beginning Tuesday April 1, from 10:30 to 12:30 and 2;30 to 5:30 Seats will be pro- vided for all
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POSSIBLE CAUSE OF CATARRH.

I'oSiNlbI LA l EoIN Ci Ny~N | A ieIAiL' It is a well known fact that marked changes of temperature induce catar- rhal affections, and it is also evident that the best prevention of a. "cold' is a ready adaptation to the varying condi- tions of an uncertain climate The latter implies a certain resisting qual- ity of the respira tory mucous mem branes which must be necessarily de- veloped along rational lines. The hard ening processes thus become questions of vitality, habit and environment,
 The old Indian explained his immun ity against low temperature by explain ing that he was "all face" 1t was with him the habit of exposure to inclemen- cies and its reactive protecting tenden- cy. The other extreme is seen in the coddling process which our modern methods of civilization encourage. When houses were made of willow the men were made of oak Our super heated houses reverse these old time conditions.
 The dry hot air of the modern dwell- ing is undoubtedly the most prolific of all the predisposing causes of catarrhal troubles The mucous membranes are thus placed in the worst possible condi- ton for resting the impression of the outside atmosphere. Their natural pro- tective secretions are not only decreas- ed, but the blood supply of the air pas sages becomes relatively supera bund- ant, congested and sluggish, and the be- ginning of the end is evident enough.
 Persons who are luckily unaccustom- ed to these high temperatures often ex- perience a sense of oppression from the same cause. It is the protest of healthy resistance against artificial enfeeble- ment. Foreigners say with truth that Americans literally bake themselves in their houses, and there is in this con ncction also much reason for their opin- ion as to the cause of the American ca tarrh.-From The Medical Record.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31
lFINY MEN OF M4NY MINDS.

Efforts have been made by welldis- posed members of Connecticuts Con- stitutional Convention to shorten de- bate, but they have been about as sue cessful as were the efforts of member of a recent Kansas political convention, who made up his mind that he would try to get something through the con- vention without fight. So he wrote the following resolution and sent it to the clerks desk to be read: Resolved, That as time flies, we welcome the early approach of spring looking hopefully forward to a bumper wheat crop" MT. Chairman" yelled a town mem- Der, time don't fly. Time stands still we fly; and move to strike out that part of the resolution" and it was stricken out. MT. Chairman" roared another member T don't see how we can welcome the early approach of spring when spring should have arriv- ed two weeks ago" and the spring end of the resolution was eliminated. MT. Chairman" bawled a third man, 'as bumper wheat crop means low prices and as we are going to have very fair crop in this county anyhow, I can see no use of a resolution expressing hope for big crop" So out went the bump CT resolution
 Many men of many minds, as the old copy books used to say, but let us con tinue to hope.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

quent and much more numerously par ticipated in than they have been. If they are perhaps the honored name of as much as it has been. Jeffersonian Democrats may then get interested enough in their patron saint to try to learn something about his work and words
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY 15 CENTS WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, s3 FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS DY MAIL.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

Aunt Ann" of the Windham County Transcript says: Let us never forget that we put on our new Easter hats and suits as symbols of the resurrection, when all life is renewed'' Proba bly, that never is forgotten.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31

< C. C. Georgeson of Sitka, special agent in Alaska for the Department of Agriculture, is of the opinion that our northwestern territory can support a population of three millions.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-03-31
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements One Cent Word each m serttoE. Five Gents Word for full week tSeven times).
 Display advertisements. per inch. one m, o sertion, St.20; each subsequent insertion, 4o cents; one week, $3.20; one month, Slo' one year. $40
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They are not all Mes and Os. A contributor to the Pilot finds that in every 1000 of the population in Ireland 13S bear the name Murphy 11S the name of Kelly and 9.2 the name of Sullivan.