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The Green Forest tribune., 1903-04-04
The White River Railroad.

A late report says that the con- struction crews of the White River railroad are making good time considering the bad weather that has been encountered. The cars are running to a point only four miles distance from North Fork. or but fourteen miles from Buf- falo and twenty five miles below McBees where the river is to be crossed. As the grade is fully completed to the latter point it will not be long until the cars will be running to point within ten miles of Melville.
 In Marion county graders al-, ready show what a railroad looky like, and are preparing the w as speedily as could be expe
 The workmen at the tunpz
 pushing that great piecesuf <. at rate that bids fairi . completed before thehustl e V fled in the contrae sH4 oso, a e,
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-04-04
To Sell Worlds Fair Buttons.

In short time a canvass of the state will be begun by the county Worlds Fair boards for the sale of the Arkansas buttons, which were ordered some time ago from an eastern factory. A small shipment of the buttons has already been received by Manager Milan of the the Worlds Fair commission, on approval. The total shipment of 10000 but tons is expected shortly. When they are received they will be sent to the various county com missions of the state, who will sell them and will let contracts to agents to canvass the entire state. The buttons are in the shape of the famous Arkansas black apple, and are made of thick celluloid, with a metal black piece. The board experienced some difficulty in getting the oval shaped button rom the fact that new molds had to be made in order to cut oat the small piece of celluloid to represent the apple stem. According to the makers this was an attempt they had never made before. The buttons bear the picture of the proposed new state house, with a sun burst above it. On the lower right hand edge is a railroad train and on the opposite side is a well de- fined lot of vegetables with a number of trees. The colors of the buttons are pink and brown. It is about the size of a half dol lar. It is proposed to sell them for 25 cents each to raise the ad- ditional funds for the Worlds Fair fund of Arkansas.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-04-04
THE NEWS OF BERRYVLLLE
Chronicled by Our Ever Alert
 Special Correspondents.

Special Correspondents.
 J. E. Hanby of Carrollton was in town Saturday.
 o. D. Thornton is absent at Eureka Springs this week.
 J. P. Fancher was over from Green Forest first of the week.
 B. o. George spent Tuesday in Eureka Springs on business.
 J. B. Pendergrass of Eureka Springs was in town first of the week.
 Mrs. W. A. Pearson of Car rollton was shopping and visit ing friends in Berryville first of the week.
 Mrs. T. H. Fancher and chil- dren returned Tuesday from a visit with relatives at Keener, Arkansas.
 Mrs. Carrie Mott and daughter of Denver, Colo, are visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Josh I've north of town this week.
 Miss Jessie Lewis, who has been visiting relatives here for some time, left for her home in Springdale Tuesday night.
 Mrs. J. Y. Vaughn, who came here about a year ago with her husband, died Thursday and was buried in the Rush cemetery Friday.
 Mr. Johnson of Siloam Springs has bought the fixtures of J. D. Hailey's meat market and will continue the business at the same stand.
 James Muse an, old time res- ident of Carroll county, died at his home east of town early Sunday morning and was buried Sunday evening at the Farmer cemetery.
 Little Harry Marsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Marsh, died of membraneous croup, in St. Louis last Saturday morning and was brought here by his parents Sunday and intered in the l. o. o. F. cemetery.
 w. l. Mitchell, who has been sick for the past five months, died Wednesday of last week and was buried in the LOG F. cemetery Thursday. Will was a model young man and his death was greatly deplored by all who knew him. He was one of Carroll county's successful teachers.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-04-04

offer for sale 18O-acre farm, no acres cleared, all under fence, 1-2 mile Long creek front and four never failing springs. It is as fine piece of land as there is on Long creek. It is within ? 1-2 miles of Mo. Pacific rail . road now being constructed. h. ouire of Iverson A. Jones. Dem yer, Ark, or the Carroll Go. Ab- stract Co. Green Forest. 37tf
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-04-04

Attend the National Assembly Cumberland T rsesos Mav ofst to 29th. One fare plus sz for the round trip, via the Choc taw, Oklahoma G Gull k. S'
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-04-04

A Demonstr te-AA Z. "i''
 lain's Co, 20 YE4ft beneiit. A
 rhssslMk rhs.asssslMk EXEC f.o he commenced
 "Ons 4vI4zasE Eberlains colic, chol5 ly re N Harrhoea Remedy ana had1nn Nhort time was entirely fir g Many citizens ol En. \ SC who know the gentleman, pSssE testify to the truthfulness ol 1..
 vGG statement. For sale ps ;ly ,, "a asffs $ s,reen Forest Drug Co.
The Green Forest tribune., 1903-04-04
JUDGE BUTT FOR MAYOR.

Names of Men Who are Popular 1y Slated for City Officials. Here are good selections for mayor and recorder and material from whi oh a good council can be selected: For Mayor
 w. A. BUTT. For Recorder
 J. c. HARBERT. For Aldermen
 L. V. PORTER.
 J. A. BUELL..
 E. s. HARRIS.
 G. s. FIRESTONE.
 E. c. COOPER.
 R. D. GALLOWAY.
 E. M. GOFORTH.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
NEW LAMP FOR MINERS.
II In Provided with q Gas Detecting
Attachment, Placed Just Above
the Fl1m1.

One of the most practical inventions
Of the last century was the miners
lamp, with its sheet of gauze sur
rounding the flame, enabling the miner
10 work in coal mines where gas was
liable to be found without danger Of
causing an explosion with his light.
Que objection to such lamp Is that
the gas might increase in volume in
the chamber so gradually that the min
er would not be aware of its presence,
continuing to work with the assurance
that there was no danger of an explo-
sion and not detecting anything wrong
in the atmosphere. AS an improve
ment over the lamp a Pennsylvania in
ventor has suspended above the flame
a series of wires, which become heated
and grow red in proportion to their
distance from the blaze, and also in
ratio to the quantity of gas mixed
with the atmosphere. The operation
Of the device is apparent. The sensi-
tive wires are adjusted on the harp to
positions determined by experiment, in
which they represent percentages of
gas present by becoming redeemed with
the heat Of the flame. The user OF
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
Perfume. from F1ouer..

A common method of extracting per-
fumes from flowers is enfleurage, which
consists in placing the blossoms in con-
tact with purified lard for few days.
When saturated with the perfume, the
lard itself may be used, or the essential
oil may be extracted under strong alco-
hol. The process being tedious, many
attempts-mostly unsatisfactory have
been made to obtain the essential oil d.
-ect from the flowers by means of light
etroleum A curious recent discovery
is that perfume-making still goes on in
the flowers during enfleurage, and DR..
Albert Hesse reports that ton OF tube
rose blossoms only yielded sc grams
Of oil by petroleum extraction. but gave
up 8O1 grams to the embedding fat in
enfeurage and yielded Is grams more
when the faded blossoms were distilled.
The flowers appear to have contained
more perfume after exhaustion by en-
feurage than when first gathered.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
MISS HELEN ! q ! =, KELLER.
The Remarkable Achievements OF 4
Remarkable Girl.
Arthouxh Born Deaf and biino sne
Ha. Learned to Speak anu No"
I. /. senior In Radcliffe
College. f ~

Enthusiastically the most remarhaD.e
deaf and blind person in the world -
Helen Keller She Is SO interest,ns'
indeed. that one never tires OF reaolns
about her and her wonderful acnleve-
ments. She is certainly the pest eoa-
Gated and her natural mentality *
ceeds that of any blind and deal per
son of her day. She was entlle1y
dumb for years. but has now ACQUIRES
q surprising degree Of speech ana eau
be understood by. anyone. lnoeeu,
when the Schermerhorn addition oi
the New York eye and ear ln lil11 ma ~
New York was dedicated last spring
Helen Keller was one of the speakers
and her address, delivered with her own
lips. was remarkable illustration OF
the success achieved In teaching the
deaf and dumb to speak. While her
speech lacks infections and mooula-
tons. and while it sounds strange ana
forced. it can be understood and 1t IL
an invaluable boon to Miss Keller. as
she must now be called, since she
reached her twenty-third birthday on
the 9th of last June. The same month
witnessed the close of her second year
rs a, student at Radcliffe college, where where
her progress has been surprise even
to those most familiar with her aDll-
tiles. -. So
What this totally deaf and blind girl
has accomplished as student at col
lepe falls but little short of the
miraculous. A quarter Of. a century
ago the most hopeful of the teachers
of the deaf and dumb and blind would
have declared the achievements OF
Helen Keller to be impossible. In
deed, some of the most sanguine OF
her friends sought to dissuade her
from entering college after she had
successfully passed the, preparatory
examinations because they felt that
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
.nTHAT'LL do now, Babe" said
the animal trainer, extricat-

At ao,n do now t,s;,a Babe said
ing himself from the serpen-
tine embrace of great black trunk.
She's very playful, Babe u.s." he
added, somewhat breathlessly, which
was natural for Babe and her mate
had been playing ball with him, throw
Ing him from one to the other and
catching him beautifully in a manner
calculated to inspire baseball rooter.
Shes good deal friskier than Basil.
You see. she's only half az Old rs Basil,
who is 60 this year"
Babe was stamping her foot, just
like an infant, and demanding more
play. Frank Healey, the trainer, pat
ted her on the trunk and said: Il guess
she won't be contented now till Evan
comes around. He's my son, you know,
and he can do more with these two fell
lows than l can" II ] 81
So he sailed forth to find Evan, and
his visitors went with him. expecting
his father. But all they saw was a
yellow head full OF curls peering shyly
from behind tree and vanishing as
soon as the strangers approached sg
Dragged forth finally by the arm,
with his face turned bashfully away,
behold Evan, aged four years and II
months, master of the elephants,
In the doorway of the elephant house
the parental grasp relaxed and with a
dive Evan got between the mighty
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
RAILROAD ADVERTISING.
Has Done Much to veal the Beau
ties of Travel in
America, 3fySl5 los

When the passenger departments OF
the railroads began to advertise the
advantages of their respective lines
and the beauties and points of interest
along the right OF way, the conserva-
tives stood aghast at the innovation.
says the Toledo Tones. 1t was freely
predicted that they would get tired OF
wasting their money or that their en-
ployers would call them down and re-
fuse to countenance such expenditures.
Yet how different has been the out
come. The pioneers in the business
have been followed by imitators and
competitors, until some Of the most
attractive and interesting and instruc-
tive advertising of the day is done by
the railroads It is. of course. impos-
sible to know the full extent OF the
influence of this advertising, but the
result has been to Immensely stimulate
travel. We Americans are just learn
ing to appreciate leisure and to know
that one doesn't have to go thousand
miles from home to get genuine rec
reation and an education that Is .
pleasure to acquire. tat
The theory that everything worth
seeing is in Europe has been exploded
and the railroads. with their persist
ent, artistic and well constructed ad-
vertising have lighted the fuse that
led to the explosion. Everyone with q
spark of ambition desires to see sur
roundings different from his own. He
wants to travel. But he breads going
into strange scenes and conditions.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
SAVED BY HIS DOG.
who Was Buried Under
tt Load of Wood.

Frank Mullen, wood hauler, of Jop-
lin, Kan, has his faithful dog to thank
for his life. He was hauling wood from
Shoal creek, near Joplin, one day last
month, when his wagon partially broke
down under big load. He had to crawl
under the wagon to make repairs. He
knew it was dangerous, but he took the
risk. While he was working the wagon
completely gave way. and Mullen was
buried under "a pile of cordwood. He
was not hurt, but was imprisoned SO
he could not escape. He was in a Sc
cluded part of the wood, and his chances
seemed good for starving to death.
Finally he bethought himself of his dog.
Calling him-"Go home, Brunei" he
commanded. The dog obeyed, and the
morning after the accident occurred
Mrs Mullen, who had worried all night
about her husbands absence, was at
tracted to the door by the dogs scratch
ing and bowling. When she opened the
door she noticed he had bad cut on
one of his shoulders. He had been hit
there by a stick from the falling load.
Mrs. Mullen, who had worried all night
and, ordering the dog to return to his
master, set out, following him. The
dog led her directly to where Mullen
was, several miles distant, and, with
the aid of the man who accompanied
her, Mrs. Mullen was able to extricate
her husband. He was half starved. but
uuhurt.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
STARTLING THEORY.
Ia " allace Annonness
rhat Earth IL 1t Center %
the UnivcFse.

Dr Alfred Russell Wallace, Of Lon-
DON had already celebrated his his e IGN
tieth birthday anniversary last jan jan.
u saery when he put forth . new idea s,.
that surprised the scientific word a.,
most as greatly as the TREMENDOUS
theory Of natural selection-tne. Lar.
winian theory-which DR.. Waliaee an1
Charles Darwin discovered lndepeno
emily of each other almost nan 2 cen
fury ago. .,..,. ,.v
theory. is that the earth is at eRactly
the center of the universe. and that
the whole scheme of creation was evil
IDENTIFY planned for the purpose Of pro-
ducing man. Some of the old theo-
logians have always maintained TINS
but DR.. Wallace arrived at the 1dea
unite independent Of theology. Wnen
his first announcement OF his dasco''
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26

wrinkled pillars that supported Babe.
That playful young creature had her
vast ears thrust forward like immense
banners. Her piggy eyes were all
a-twinkle. She gurgled deep down in
her caverns, like q mountain full OF
sizzling hot water.
Gently, ever so gently. her big trunk
with its pink oriflce reached out and
seized the little chap. Slowly she
rocked him to and fro while he sat,
holding to the trunk as calmly as other
children would hold to the ropes Of a
swing. But Basil wanted bit of it,
too. She reached and pranced and
trumpeted until Babe swung Evan over
to her. A toss, and catch, and Basil
had the boy. Back and forth they
swung him like q ball, but with care
and gentleness that seemed impossi-
BILE in creatures SO huge.
A muttered word from Healey, and
Basil lifted the little golden-haired
trainer up, up, until she held him ten
feet above the ground. Thensthe trunk
curved backwards and set him as softly
as il he were bisQue on her big back.
He sat there few moments, slapping
the leathery skin down the sloping
back to the tail, swung from It as il
1t were rope, and let himself drop to
the ground, while Basil and Babe
trumpeted and wagged their ears,
watching for him to appear between
their legs again.
"Safe?" said Mr.. .Healeye why, Of
course. I'd rather have Evan play with
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26

servers usually provided on ship.
board all the time, but here is an ap-
paratus which will answer the same
purpose, and yet without discomfort
when constantly worn. The spiral
form which the tube is given enables
the wearer to suspend it around his
body by means of the supporting
jacket, beneath the outer clothing, and
it takes but short time to initiate the
reservoir through the mouthpiece.
which is provided with valve to
check the outward flow Of the air. The
spiral coils lie fiat when Debated. and
are scarcely perceptible to the wearer.
who, even if the device rendered him
slightly uncomfortable, would have the
feeling of safety to counterbalance tho
annoyance.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat. .f.z.+ -
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
EMPEROR IS REvERED.
Ruler of Japan Usually Has HIS Own
Way In Things Ceremonial
& and Political.

Although Japan has in the last 30
years become a modern civilized ma
ton. it still retains many of its ancient
supersitions. The pomp of monarchy
has not become obsolete with the
changes in the practical government.
But the emperor Of Japan is not a mere
puppet; he has real power. Japan.
our New Ally" by Mr.. Alfred Stead.
gives an account of the emperor's posi-
ton.
In 1900 there was majority Of four
fifth against a scheme of extra taxa
ton, which was then before the house
OF peers. The emperor sent word that
he wanted the bill passed. and the OPP
position voted for it unanimously.
Everyone reveres the emperor. which
is good in monarchy wisely governed.
and, what is not SO good, he is still
surrounded with superstitions and
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
MICE MADE TO WORK.
Colony of Tiny Creatures Compelled
by Thrifty Scot to Earn
Their Living.

Thrift is generally acknowledged to
be one of the leading characteristics OF
the natives of Fifeshire, and it never was
more forcibly exemplihed than in the
person OF David Hutton, a native OF
Dumfermline, who actually proved that
even mice, those acknowledged pests OF
mankind, could be made not only to
earn their own living, but also to yield
respectable income to their owners, says
the Edinburgh Statesman.
About the year 1920 this gentleman
actually erected small mill at Dunn
fermline for the manufacture of thread
"a mill worked entirely by mice 1t was
while visiting Perth prison in 1872 that
Mr.. Hutton first conceived this remark
able idea of utilizing mouse power. In
an old pamphlet OF the time, The Curl
osity Coffee-Room," he gave an account
of the way in which the idea dawned on
him.
"In the summer of the scar 1872" he
wrote: II had occasion to be in Perth,
and when inspecting the toys and trim
kets that were manufactured by the
French prisoners in the depot there my
attention was involuntarily attracted
by a little TOULOUSE with wheel in the
gable of it that was running rapidly
round, impelled by the insignificant
gravity of common house mouse. For
one shilling purchased house, mouse
and wheel. Inclosing it in handker-
chief on my journey homeward. was
TO re
amusement But how to apply half
ounce power (which is the weight OF .
mousse to useful purpose was the diff
ficulty. At length the manufacturing
of sewing thread seemed the most prac-
ticable."
Mr.. Hutton had one mouse that ran
the amazing distance of 18 miles day,
but he proved that an ordinary mouse
could run 1Oh miles on an average. A
halfpenny's worth of oatmeal was SUI
ffcient for its support for IS days. during
which it ran 736 half-miles. He had &C
tually two mice constantly employed IN
the making of sewing thread for more
than a year. The mouse threadm1ll was
so constructed that the common house
mouse was enabled to make atonement
to society for past offenses by twisting.
twining and Keeling from 100 to 10
threads day, Sundays not excepted.
To perform this task the little pedes-
trian had to run 101s miles. and this
Journey it performed with ease every
day. A halfpenny's worth Of oatmeal
served one of these threadmfll culprits
for the long period of five weeks. In
that time it made 1880 threads of 25
inches, and as penny was paid to wom-
en- for every hank made in the ordinary
way the mouse, at that rate, earned nine
pence every six weeks, just one farthing
a day, or seven shillings six pence year.
Taking sixpence off for board and allow
| ing one shilling for machinery. there
was a clear yearly profit from each
mouse of six shillings.
Mr.. Hutton firmly intended to apply
for the loan of the empty cathedral in
Dunfermline. which would have held.
he calculated, 10000 mouse mills. suf-
ficient rooms being left for keepers and
some hundreds of spectators. Death,
however. overlook the inventor before
this marvellous project could be carried
out.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
ONE ON THE GROCER.
How Little Johnny smartaleck
Forged His Way Ahead In the
gl Arithmetic Glass. ta

p
He walked into the grocery store with
+. slip Of paper in his hand, and the gro
Ger at once produced his pencil and order
hook for the boys mother was good
customer.
",ood morning" said the boy, whose
.,,rlv head scarcely reached to the coun-
ter. 81 want three and half pounds
n sugar It's six cents pound, amt
tp And rice is eight? want two and
= quarter pounds of that. And quar-
tar Mound OF your 70-cent tea, and two
and fifth pounds of your S5-cent Gomez,
and three pints of milk. That's eight
oants a auart, amt it? And please give
me the BILL he ended breathlessly,
s.for / have to get to school.
The grocer made out the bill. won
aar;ne at the. queerness OF the order,
and handed it to the boy, asking as he did
so:
.snid YOUR mother send the money, OF
does she want the goods charged?
The boy seized the bill and said with
: sign of satisfaction:
"Ma didn't send me ut all. It's my
arithmetic lesson, and had to get 1t
done somehow.
And as he ran out the grocer opened
+he cipar case and handed out smokes
n the men who were there. t2
.Tt,s on me-" he said. Say, there's
more than one way to skin an eel, lsn
therein. Y. Times.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
WALLACE.


ss1.f,-z the Universe.)
erv was made few months ago scien-
fists in all quarters of the globe arose
forthwith, and smote him hip and
thigh. They said it was all nonsense.
just as they had said 1t was madness
to suppose man had descended from
1nonkeys-which was the popular way
of describing the doctrine put forth
,by DR.. Wallace and Darwin. and now
almost universally accepted.
DR.. Wallace was living In one OF the
remote Moluccas islands In 1883 ana
suffering from violent attack OF
fever when the idea of the law OF
natural selection burst upon him.
Fever or no fever, he could not rest
until he had worked 1t out and put 1t
upon paper. He sent 1t OF to- his riend
Darwin to ask him what he thought OF
it, little dreaming that his letter would
BE- a thunderbolt to Darwin.
DIR. Eziuace, who, at the age OF 80.
is setting forth on one of the greatest
scientific battles Of his life, has always
been a tremendous worker. He began
to earn living at the age of Is d. a land
surveyor, but soon turned his attention
to natural history, setting forth to
the Amazon on scientific expedi-
ton, and going later to the Malay
archipelago, where he was when he
hit upon Darwin's great idea. He
lectured in America II years ago and
has written many books that take
high rank in scientific research.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-09-26
NEW LIFE pREsERvER.
Il :. =. 1,rnt ana compact That Con-
slant Wear Occasions No
Discomfort.

The steamship companies which did
not provide life preservers In NUMBER
equaling or exceeding it's passenger
carrying capacity would be summary
dealt with by the government, and yet
every one knows that when the time
arrives for their use the passengers
and crew may be too much excited 70
profit by the provision thus made Tor
their safety The passenger crossing
the ocean would certainly feel no
small degree of added security were he
provided with the apparatus shown in
the illustration. No one would think
of wearing one of the bulky life pre-