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The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28
Beech Grove.
Health is good at this writing.

Health is good at this writing.
Crops fine, somewhat extra good.
Eli Breckenridge has moved oui
with us again. 7-~>
We had a fine rain Sunday night,
which was much needed rain,
Farmers are well pleased.
Hon. J. M. Futrell, of Rice, was
in our burg on business Monday.
Rev. Jeffett preached to quite a
large crowd the 3rd Sunday in May,
Rev. Johnston, of Knobel, will
preach Sunday, the 1st.
Rev. Ira Fl. Russell, of Jones.
boro, will preach the End Sunday
in June at the holiness arbor, near
the levee.
Baxter Woodard and wife are
visiting in our burg this week. h
~. H. Breckenridge was electe
school director for this district alV
2 1-2 mill tax voted.
Mr.. Thompson, father-in-law
Rev. Tarwater, died at his home
w. Is. Breckenridge's farm ls
week. Mr.. Thompson was near &c
years of age, and died in tb
triumph of the living faith.
often told his folks that Jesuf
calling him home. Elder Nick.
preached his funeral at the
grave yard, where he was
rest. The bereaved ones ha,
sympathy of tho writer an.
entire community.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28
JOHN MITCHELL IN CHICAGO.
The President of the United Mine
Workers On a Western Trip.

Chicago, May 27.-President John
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
arrived in Chicago and held a short
conference with Secretary w. d. Ry'
an, of the state organization. Mr..
Mitchell insisted that his visit was
purely personal, he having come to
Chicago to meet his wife, who has
arrived from their home in Illinois.
lie declined to discuss the possi-
bility of a strike of the bituminous
men, in sympathy with the anthracite
workers, or even admit that is would
be considered.
Mr.. Mitchell said he would remain
in the city until Tuesday night or pos
sibly until Wednesday. He insisted
there would be no conferences on the
coal situation while he is here. Secre-
tary Ryan left the city for his home
in Springfield Sunday night.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28
IN CONVENTION Az DENVER.
Western Federation of Miners and
the Western Labor Union.

Western Federation of Miners and
the Western Labor Union.
Denver, Col, May 27.-The annual
convention of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners and the Western La
Dor assembled in this city
Monday. There are 800 delegates in
attendance, representing over 1oo,-
600 workers in the western states and
British Columbia. The two organiza-
tions work in harmony, but the con-
ventions meet apart, both in secret
session. President Edward Boyce
presided over the miners and Presi-
dent Mcdonald over the western La
Dor union.
The only business transacted was
the appointment of credentials COM
mittees. A mass meeting was held at
night at which Eugene V. Debs was
expected to outline his plan for the
participation of labor unions in poll
tics.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28
Want a Ten-Hour Day.

Ballston, N. Y, May 27.-Employes
of the Union Bag & Paper Co. here.
who are members of the Laborers'
Protective union, have gone on strike
for an increase in wages from $1.25
to $3.50 for ten-hour day and for
Is cents an hour overtime. About 300
men in six paper and pulp mills are
affected by the strike.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28

G.. W. Gibson, the enterprisine
second hand furniture dealer 90
North Pruet street. has a new ad-
vertisementi the SoliphoLe today.
Read it and pay him call.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28

Buy garden hose at 8 to Is cents a
foot with lawn sprinkler free at j. B,
Avera's. tt
You can get the Commercial-Appeal
every morning at Buck Woods Blue
Front. The best metropolitan newspaper
published in the south. tt
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28
Thief Gets Aw.,,
Five Dollars Fro
Depot Safe.
Gained Entrance at one of the Front
Windows-Committed at 8
O'Clock Last Night.

"A very OOld burglary was COM
mitted at the passenger depot last
evening at nine o'clock, when an un-
known sneak gained entrance into
the ticket Office and carried away
sixty five dollars in paper money
from the cash vault 10 the Office safe.
There is no clue to the identity of the
burglar, but the officers are dillgent-
ly at work on the case.
Entrance was gained through a
front window of the Office by re-
moving one of the bars. The dis.
covery was made by T.R. Nash, day
operator, who went to the depot !
few minutes past nine. The safe
door was found open and the floor
Uttered with papers and he gave
immediate alarm.
H. M. Woods, the night operator,
who has charge of the ticket sales
from seven in the evening until
seven in the morning, had left the
Office shortly before nine o'cl ock to
go to the Hotel Amberg for lunch
which had abeen prepared for him.
While enroute from the ..hotel to his
post of duty he was detained in con-
versation with Red Rigsby atCharley
Wise's barber shop. While at this
place Mr.. Nash came running to the
shop and informed him of the burg
larry. They went to the office and
instituted thorough investigation
and Mr.. Woods informed the writer
that the money vault of the safe con-
tanned $40. OF this amount $65
was in paper, the sum taken away
by the thief. The remainder was
in coin and was not molested. The
safe was locked by the day com bina-
ton, but it being an old model affair
and very simple in it's operation,
little effort is required to handle it,
especially by one who had perhaps
closely observed others manipulate
the lock.
Mr.. Woods said he had been away
from the Office only about fifteen
minutes and had left Grady Norvel,
night express agent, who was at
work at his post in an adjoining
apartment. Mr., Norvel did not de-
tect anything out of the ordinary
Turing Mr.. Woods absence and was
not conscious of what had occurred
until the alarm had been given.
In consideration of the details of
the affair one is led TO the belief that
the theft was committed by some
miscreant entirely familiar with the
surroundings and one who had pei
haps closely watched and waited for
an opportunity. The thief is evil
dently ofQqute small stature DIS the
entrance gained by him would indi-
cate. However, there is at present
40 clue to the identity OF the guilty
Darty.
The act was very bold piece OF
work and it is reasonable to believe
that more than one was engaged in
the theft. A lieutenant or two per-
maps stood guard while the actual
thief made way into the Office and
secured the Doodle.
Mr.. Woods will lose the amount
unless the funds are recovered, but
this fact doesn't seem to seriously
disturb him and without complaint
he has made the company safe for
the amount. lie says the money is
gone and it cant be helped, but as
sures Soliphone reporter that he
yet has led-pipe cinch on a good
impulse.
Woods is clever good fellow and
his many friends regret the loss he
sustained as result OF the incident.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28
THE GEORGIA COTTON MILLS.
All the Mills In the Augusta Dis
trict Have Started Do.

Augusta, Ga. May 27.-All mills in
Augusta district started Monday
morning, and with the exception of
the King mill every one has full COM
plement of hands. King has only 400,
but it was expected this number
would be augmented during the day.
AN King mill houses occupied by op-
eratives refusing to work were or
dered vacated by night. An increase
of ~ per cent, instead OF ten per
cent. has been granted in some de-
partments of the King mill.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28

Neuralgia pains, rheumatism, lun
60 and sciactic pains, yield to the D
trating influence s-of Ballard's s
Linement. Price 25 and so cent?
C. Grizzard. fxg
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28
HOTEL AMBERG.

CE Shoemaker, Little Rock; NJ f
Jones, Memphis;J LHarris, Paducah; ;
] NJ Bomson, Anniston; r E Mont
gomery, nesboro; Mrs j M Baird,
Senath; p p Gradey; Cairo; w FL
Hight, E G Mohntor, Dexter; w T
Lyford, Helena; e G Bowman, Padu
cah; w II MCGOWAN, d N Conner,
Pittsburg, Pa; G W Hill, Caruthers-
Vile; NJ r Wise, Cincinnati, Ohio.
HARVEY HOUSE.
FC Posey, Marmaduke; f FL Nit
chell, Knobel John Burton, Cardwell.
sTANCILL HOUSE.
H L Page, Gus Bandelier, 2 9
Elsey, Henry Wrape, Jr, st Louis; ]
NJ Turner, Piggett; d N Conner. To
peka, d w Swain, Chicago; Ben
Herr, Jr, Louisville; P W Barnes,
Laurenceville, Ill.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28
NEW COMMERCIAL.

G Fay Lane, Bertig; B K Brierton,
Chicago; G Springer, Hornersville;
G w Richardson, Charlottesville, Mo;
Mrs J A Pemberton, Warner, Mo; G
F Patterson, Piedmont, Mo; Miss
Jennie Slaughter, Corning.
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28

Indian Herbs, the cheapest and best
medicine on earth. d 12tw 2G
The Daily soliphone. (Paragould, Ark.) 1???-1911, 1902-05-28
Transient Visitors.

Among the numb ber of transient
visitors TO Parasould since yester-
day, registered at the hotels of the
city, the following is afist:
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19
Hedgehog Kills VIpsr

A resident at Versailles. NJ. Guignet,
sends TO Nature a vivid account of
duel he saw between hedgehog and a
viper. The two enemies knew very well
at first sight who was who, and eyed
each other as if they knew a moments
inattention would be fatal. The viper
was the first 10 get tired Of gazing and
it began to glide away. just then the
hedgehog rushed for the viper's tail.
and having nailed il fast with his teeth.
It rolled itself mp. The hedgehog was
very careful, however. not TO cut the
tail of. The viper curled back, and
delivered furious assaults on its ag-
greSsor, wrestling and rolling with the
curled-up hedgehog all over the place.
At length the snake. wounded in a hun
dred places, died The hedgehog be-
gan its repast on the tail of its victim.
and was careful not TO eat the head.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19

mOOnshiners had hidden the worn
and still too securely for the search
ers 10 find them.
Nothing more was heard u The
gang until Jeff Cunditf got Iatorma-
tion that the outfit was located OF
Big Meeting creek, four miles north
of Big Clifty. Maj. Hancock left
town Monday afternoon al i.ay
o'clock for Big Clifty. JEFF CundL1
met him with five possemen Tie
party left Big Clifty al ly.sJ O'Clock
Monday night. going north. II Was
about midnight when they came ID
TO the neighborhood - the STILL
Creeping as close as they could 5y
taking advantage Of the ground ne
officers from a distance " -t trst
watched the sinners at warE. l-rIs
were three of them, and they "rE'
just preparing 10 stop for the nglL
Hancock and Cundiff crenr -a 10 ,
feet, and then suddenly stepping "I
into the light win their pistols drawn
Surrender in the name of Tie s.''
ernment!"
Two moonshiners jumped back mo
the shadow of the cliff, ra- 'la
leaped sidewise and crouchet ar.ll
the worm. And then three --'.y
rang out together. 4 bullet selIs1
Maj. Hancock's face, spinning LII
around.
JEFF Cundiff's pistol had ALREADY Pc.
gun to work. As the old s'.lG
Strengthened his hand went up all
his 44-caliber Colt spoke out. WIZ
the deputy's gun. The two "rl'
standing straight up in the Hrel's-t
plain marks themselves, ana VIZ
only the flashes Of their antag'H'~.
pistols 10 shoot at. For minute 4.
was like the sound Of corporal
squad firing at will, then me w
moonshiners who had jumped D1'l
against the cliff broke away anu I''
down stream.
The boy crouching behind -
worm only took more careful ann
the officers. IN another instant ~
firing was over. the boy was dral
The men who had run brushed I1..
the guards on the lower path. 'ah'-, ii
a pot shot as they ran past. a--
raped.
Mai. Hancock and JEFF lH1'.1 - e
amined the young man '. r.t
fallen. He was dead. v.rh q 2al., ..,
head. Both recognized -.. -7 q
Humble. one Of the men -.1 - tr.
they were searching zrNr "a.
some Of the posse laid him .-- -5 n
Gently as they could others --'''''
the still.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19

girl, depends upon the nature Of the
man, the climate, the weather, the sur
TOundings. the moon. the state Of his
mind. and a little bit on the way the
girl trea H him. Sometimes they pro-
pose all of a sudden. without any
treatment at all beforehand. If the
moon is full and the man is not, the
average man should be expected 10
propose within IS days after he has
first met the girl. If he sees her three
times day, for three hours at time,
he can usually become we'll acquainted
with her nature and all her little char
acteristics IN that time, provided the
girl is simple, as is apt 10 be the case.
Few women are complex. 1t isn't
important whether the giTl under
stands the mans nature or not. But,
anyway. she can learn il in no time
al all. because all men are alike. They
mostly all are brainy. and can smoke
and love with equal ease. There are
men who say. fiercely. az if they were
really desperate: VIII YOU, or won't
you marry me" That sort of men are
not much good, because you can't tiirt
with them and keep them dangling.
They make YOU say either yes OF no
right away. You can't fool them.
There are many ways in which girl
can tell that a man is going l % propose
before he does. First, there is the tone
in his voice Then his eyes always fol-
low YOU about the room in the most
admiring, adoring way. He looks at
you with a vague, far-away gaze, as if
he really saw a vision, or an angel:
but he thinks he does. so let him alone.
At this stage he wouldn't even dare TO
call you darling But he has other
WAYS Of showing how he likes YOU.
Sometimes he drops little hints about
his ideal of a woman. He says he never
met her-until now. Again. he makes
allusions TO his income, and saws he
suppoEes il seems so little to YOU.
Some men propose by showing YOU
their bank books. and saying; will
that be enoughT
The only way 10 propose is the old
way-the way Adam must have pro-
posed to Eve. before there was any
money. or reason. or anything in the
world but-love. Go TO her and say:
You've got TO marry me because love
YOU and YOU love me, and I can't live
without YOU And that style Of pro-
poSal Is always in fashion
4
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19
A GREAT MONUMENT.
The Hieroglyphic Stairway Found
at Copan, Honduras.
Finest Specimen Of Aboriginal Amer
lean Architecture in Existence
Its beauty Is "a Puzzle to
ArchaeOIOgists.

The remarkable hieroglyphic stair
way at COpan, in Honduras, not far
from the boundary of Guatemala, is in
many ways the most important and in
teresting monument of aboriginal
American architecture that has ever
been brought TO light by the excava-
tiOns of the archaeolOgist. Ten years
ago it was practically unknown, but
since then it has been uncovered and
studied as a whole by the various Co
pan expeditions of the Peabody mu-
scum Of American archaeology and
ethnology at Harvard, under the di
rection Of George B. Gordon, whose
elaborate report on the discovery and
restoration of the stairway-iust IS
sued TO subscribers by the museum au-
thorities-affords much incidental in
formation concerning a memorable
prehistoric civilization that may prove
10 be older than even the Assyrian or
the Egyptian-that Of the ancient
Maya people which once dwelt in the
plains and valleys of Central Amer
lea.
How many hundreds-Or thousands
of years old the hieroglyphic stair
way really Is, even the archaeologist
hardly ventures to guess. It is a prin-
eipal feature OF the ruined acropolis
Of what is known 10 be one Of the most
ancient cities on the American con-
tinent. the annals Of which, however,
were no more than shadowy legend
even when the Spaniards came 10
Mexico: and in spite Of the fact that
the steps of the stairway carry. craven
in a series Of picture characters or
hieroglyphics. what is apparently
some kind Of a continuous chronology
zeal record, these "glyps" are still, for
the most part. quite undecipherable,
and the record which they contain is
as yet little more than an archaeolog-
zeal puzzle-though TO solve it might
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19
WHEN MEN PROPOSE.
They All Have Sheepish Ways and
Look Absurdly Silly.
Jne Girl, Who Ought TO Know, Tells
How Various sorts Of KaIe Crea-
tuFes Pop the MomentouS
Question.

\ girl who can no longer be counted
young, and who has been constantly
courted and frequently loved, is con-
vinced that the ways Of proposing are
as numerous as are the different types
Of men who propose. She has her
suitors classified. and knows each by
the class 10 which he belongs.
Some propose fippantly, lightly, as
if they invited you 10 luncheon instead
Of matrimony," she says, in the Chi
cago Tribune. They appear 10 be
preparing to hedge if they get no
for an answer, and 10 say that they
were only fooling, and really didn't
mean what they said. There are 9TH
ers, straightforward. manly, and hon
orable, who take no with such serious
grace that they win your respect and
liking even if they cannot win your
love.
Many men propose on their knees,
some sneak back in the corner Of a
sofa, while others stand up boldly, as
though they were interviewing You on
a business proposition. But il makes
little difference what attitude a nan Sc
leets TO propose, he always looks
funny. Men have such dazed and
dazzled expression under such condi-
tions that they look az if they had
been struck right between the eyes.
believe science asserts that Cupid
strikes somewhere on the left side.
has a man descended 10 his knees in
proposing TO me. This one had on
white duck trousers, and he knelt
down in the dusty path in which we
were walking. His mother would have
spanked him had she been there.
When he got up there was a great,
black spot on each knee.
The length Of time it takes man
to propose, after he has first met the
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19
ADVANTAGE
OF
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Improved Truss.

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All uncomfortable and injurious steel
spring pressure is avoided.
The pad is held in place bv woven
bands, which retain an equal pres
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II can be worn in bed, a great desid-
eratum to the young as tending to a
perfect cure.
II IS the only suitable truss for chill
dren and females.
ne proper amount Of pressure can he
wrought to bear and maintained in
ny position without pinching or
n, Tul 10 the Wearer.
II Wh sure hernia If placed on the M.
ITEM UthCientlv earlv.
Excepting umbilical. it is the hest
truss ever offered for all kinds Of
hernia. VI
II Is so perfect and comfortable in ifs
adjustment that the patient IN a
snort time forgets he is wearing II
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Johnson.) 11aiiiC'
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receipt OF price; s. for single and e.
for double truss anu -
In ordering, give location of hsr,i.
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when the truss Is returned IN 800
order Address: A0ou
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central America
well mean the opening up Of chapter
of history as romantic as IL is mys-
terious.
At one end Of the main structure OF
Copan, as the acropOlis Of the city is
called, broad pyramid, which at one
time was crowned by some public
budding temple or palace-rises TO
a height of about SIS feet. On the
western slope of this pyramid is the
hieroglyphic stairway, originally af-
fOrding access from a square or plaza
below TO the temple above and a sys-
TEN of terraced courts beyond. AT
some time in the past. however. land
slide swept away the symmetry of
two large faces of the pyramid and
brought down the upper steps of the
great staircase in an almost indistin-
guishable mass Of debris which com
pletely buried the lower stairs. so that
when Mr.. Gordon first visited Copan
the whole plan of the stairway was en-
tirely obliterated, and the pyramid IL
self was little more than an overgrown
mound of earth and broken stones.
Four entire seasons were required
to bring something ike order out Of
this chaos From 50 TO 100 Iaborers
were at one time constantly employed,
and the fragments which were re-
moved covered an acre Of ground
Every important fragment was care
fully nodded, and the moldS shipped
TO Cambridge in order that some day
a restoration of the whole staircase
may be made and set up in the Peabody
museum. Only IS of the 30 or so up
per steps which went down in the land
slide retained in any degree their iden-
tity or their relative positions, how
ever.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19
FIGHT FOR LIBFPr5
Three MOOnshiners Trapped bvL
ternal Revenue Men.
The story of "a Lyrical ~.
Officers Of the GOvernmert IS sa
Illicit DistilIers-ERcirfn-
Midnight Battle.

Standing out in the frar-r. ,
marks for the antagon.s-s -- s,-A
Revenue Agent K. 4. H...---. -..---.
Special Deputy JEFF Cuaa.- [-@
three hidden mOonshiaer. and .-s-.
one, says the Louisville Cs--..- .,---'-
nal. The exciting mila.rl- ..- LIE
took place on Big Meeting .-...
Hordin county Asa H--.. 4
young fellow just u. fell r
he wouldn't run. After m. ---
they found him with rw. s-'
chambers in his pistol and H -.
weapon half-cocked. Maj H.-..-]
bears an ugly red welt I'D l.. -''
where a bullet scraped the c.a-.
Asa Humble was one ~
that has been making .u..a..-.3
in that vicinity for some tim. -
weeks ago Maj. Hancock and "a
Hundif thought they had -a.a-.r .I,
still II was in cave rL.r ....3
out from the bottom oa .ir.-#.T-
within few yards OF tie e..-,s
road. To enter the cave meant II
most certain death, but Mai Han
cock and Cundif determine 10 nv
They crept out one dark night ana
dropped down into the hole E-..
the length of a U7an'z ler down +,
the hole was a ladder thar lr..r.l
away into darkness. Without fin,
and silently as possible. the two r-n
climbed down the ladder into the nm.
explored cave, not knowing what
might be awaiting them. Once f,
the cave, they used dark lanterns r
so happened that the - .--a.rar,
were not there, so the officers. ar--,
exploring the cave, noting the moon.
sinners plans for defense and Sc.
curing evidence 10 show who vera
members Of the gang. crenr awsv
without disturbing anything. The
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19
what He wouId Need.

''My friend" exclaimed the eloquent
minister. were the average man to
turn and look himself squarely in the
ewes and ask himself what he really
needed most. what would be the first
reply suggested 70 his mind ,"
a rubber neck" shouted the precO-
eious urehin IN the rear Of the room.
~-Tit+Bi.s.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19
Keen ObaerNation.

'Do you know anything about the
people who have moved next doorP"
abe inquired.
mot much" he answered; except
that their honeymoon is not Yet over"
How did YOU find that out?"
''By observing. II was raining when
hs came home this evening, but she did
not make him stop al the front door
10 wipe his feet. et."-WaShington Star.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19
rhrcr stenn to Perattion.

An intimate friend was unceremonf-
ously ushered intothe presence Of two
ladies in Paris upon whom he had
called To his surprise. he found them
drinking brandy. Upon expressing his
amazement. they said that brandy had
been recommended 10 them as a capital
preventive against cholera, and that
first they took il with water and then
they took il without water, and now
they took it like water.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19
AttentiHe RlhIe Render

From early youth Ambrose =. Ottev.
Of Cecil county, Nd. has been an at
tentive reader OF the Bible. He has
read It from beginning to end IL times.
and informs rs that it contains 1889
chapters, 3Ll9s verses. 773.697 words.
and $500, $50 letters.
The Washington bee., 1902-07-19
Mhen - kaf.er -. 80,

EmperorW William of German. .L5Iss
ak languages huentIy. but '-z- '--.;.s
angry, and adorns his con .l-.---.s,3
with profane expletiyes. h.i .s't q, z
listeners think he Is sPe2A1S -
languages all at oncG