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i believe continued the secretary,
that great good would come from
pc introduction Of agriculture as a
fudy in the common schools. and that
the gospel I am preaching this
ummer. / would not prescribe it as
course like writing, arithmetic and
geography, but | would have the teach
Prs competent to give little talks to
ne scholars on plant life and cultiva-
Jon and show them simple little ex-
Perlments that would fasten the prln-
Elples In their minds. Give the child
the kindergarten a little box full
y sand and few seeds. Let him
P'aht ana moisten and watch his tiny
safden and each day dig up a seed to
Nla oul what it is doing. Another
|sood ldea fer nature study is to give
Fach pupil a strawberry plant, and
Ouer reward to the one who will
p'o" the most plants from it during
fue season. The pupils can work at
tolne or at school, and if the planting
T. zone early in the spring and the
|'nliafen take an interest in their work
lucy viii have such results as Will
'each them the miraculous powers of
|nature,
Inc Agricultural Department can
~ out little for the public schools.
l0nsfess can appropriate money for
asacuitural colleges and experiment
s,a'lohs but has no jurisdiction over
.D' common schools. 1t can train
,'aeners, and is doing so. Our great
-. .NeA nas been university of agricul-
a !. normal school for teachers of
- uiins 1t has even been impossible
~ US to obtain competent men for
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-14
SAND! lSAND!!
CRAVEL!!!

Have you not seen til
The Holland Sand and
Fuel Company's New
Plant, on River Bank,
Corner Scull and Oak
Streets, Is now in op-
GRAFTON. Electric power
hoist and storage bins fur,
nsh ample facilities for
prompt delivery Of a,d
and gravel at all stages
of the river. Order load
or two of sand for your
side yard for the children
to play In, a few loads for
the back yard or lot, to
make it dry, healthy and
Convenient; a load Of
coarse sand and gravel for
the poultry yard, and
some rich, sandy Ioam for
your flower yard ard gar
den.
Special service to CON
tractors and builders.
Good articles Of sharp,
Coarse sand and gravel
our speciaIties. Both
phones at plant. Down
town office at County Elk
position Building, New
'phone No. t41.
ARTHUR HOLLAND,
Proprietor ard Manager.
ny
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-14
THE NEW YELLOW.

A new shade of the season is amaryl-
lis yellow, a pretty blend between a
light canary and a vivid lemon colr.
The fall silks and chiffons came in
this exquisite tint which can be worn
by blonde or brunette with equal be-
eomingness
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-14
2YAN'S ChTATRHliNE

Is Gods lit TO Man. IS positive
eure for catarrh of the head and nose,
hay fever. asthma, headache, and will
cure a cold in one nights time. For
ale az a.. drug stores
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-14
Farm life Should be mace more at:

| Farm life should be mace more AZ:
tractive: children should be interest
ed in the different branches OF the
| science Of agriculture in order that
! the next generation may have broad.
, er view Ind do their part in the ma
| tlonal development with greater In
telligence than the last believe
| that this can be done as easily as the
| teaching of grammar and languages,
but the trouble is that the teachers
don't know how, and before they can
teach they must be prepared The first
step is to instruct the instructors
They are prepared for their life's worl:
III normal schools and colleges, and
hence | am urging the introduction ot
course in the simple branches Of
the science of agriculture in all the
normal schools of the country, those
which prepare teachers for the pup
lie schools of the cities as we'll as for
the rural districts
with this end in view, we have
made an arrangement with the direct
ors of the normal schools of the DIS
trict of Columbia to send their stu
dents TO the department OF agriculture
twice a week, to receive practical
instruction from Professor b. T. Gal
| ioWay. chief of the bureau of plant
industry who, with his corps OF as
sistants. delivers lectures and gives
demonstrations in soils and cutiya-
ton. There are about forty OF these
stS,.ents, and they have taken hold
of the work with the greatest enthu-
siasm, which | believe they will be
able to communicate to the children
that are placed under their care
This is an experiment in the ma
ture Of an object lesson for state au-
thori1ies throughout the country At
present the ability of the department
TO impart such instruction is limited
practically 20 Washington, but the
educational authorities Of each state
can de the same sort of work mucn
more extensively, and | hope that they
will be convinced of its value and i'm
portanee, so that agriculture will be
come IS permanent feature OF pub
lie school education as mathematics
in Missouri and Alabama state appro-
priations have already been made for
that sort Of education, and the results
are most encouraging.
The students OF the normal schools
who nave attended the lectures OF
Dr. Galloway confirm all that Secretary
Wilson mas said as to the interest and
value of the work they are doing and
they are confident that they can com
| municate their enthusiasm to the
school children The instruction is
| very simple thus far, and has been
limited to study of soils and plant
life. Each student has been instruct
ed to make a few practical expert
ments in pottlng and grating plants.
AS an illustration of their lessons one
day, the class put two plants in two
pots. One had half an inch of dust
on the top and the other had none.
The one that had no dust lost two
ounces in weight between lessons and
so the manner in which the dust pre-
served the moisture was demonstrate
ed. Next season the secretary intends
H.
o. the agricultural department for the
normal school students to use in prac
tical experiments in gardening-Wm
E. Curtis IN Chicago Record-Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-14

another ere 81 those pr2atyaHgea ma
euyers preceding TIE e4&e4aisazl %
Manehulla Indianapolis New.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-14

Impossible TO foresee an accident.
Not impossible TO be prepared for II.
Dir Thomas Electric Oil. Monarch
over pain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-09-14

|, The teachings u
.uas4s 1ae and universities these
e0ae5 : aaid Secretary Wilson, have
,.sov to lead the boys away
oeaet s f.rms. and nothing is being
'n' make the farms attractive to
have always believed in the
- that # you want a boy to
uN tho farm you must not bear
W heavily upon the grindstone.
ping is hard work. We remember
M .1sm was told that he must earn
ood bv the sweat OF his brow,
,naf curse had fallen particularly
w. mon the tillers of the SOIL.
and American ingenuity have
Tad various methods by which
80 and cultivating, hoeillg and
can be made much easier by
30 80 of machinery and horse and
nover and farming isn't hall
hard as it used to be IN the days
- aranofathers. And it can be
IL much easier still by the proper
| of education and the application
scientific methods to secure the
Iotpst results from the least labor.
unfortunately, however, the eduea-
of farmers has not kept pace with
oducarion of mechanics and pro-
|,ional men. We have schools tor
medicine. theology, electricity, en-
|ooring stenography, bookkeeping,
bting and fer almost everything that
|, can imagine. 4 special training
he obtained for almost every oe-
nation except farming. We teach
voung people of this country to
everything but cultivate the SOIL
vet fully one-half Of the popula-
n living under the flag OF the
itpd States earn their living in that
Y Not only has there been but
le effort tu instruct them how to
# but very little has been done
make that kind of labor attractive.
are doing something through our
icultural colleges and experimental
tons. but these Institutions are in
ded for scientific training and not
the benefit of the ordinary tiller of
soil. In the higher branches Of
icultural science we are in ad-
ICE of all other nations, but in the
ming of children the ordinary
Ill farmers Germany and other
opean countries have the advan-
g of US. Last spring, you will re-
nber, a large party OF German
.ntists came over and made a tour
he United States. At my sugges-
they went to Ames, Iowa, anu
lie thorough investigation of the
icultural college there. When they
Ames they sent me a ninety-word
gram thanking me for suggesting
visit and saying there was moth
in Europe to compare with our
ege at Ames.
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A Token of 2egard.

Russia has launched another big
pattleship This is supposed to BE
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-02
CHARGE FRAUDIN MERGER
Phelps, Dodge 8 Co. Say Small
Minority Opposes.

Trenton, y. J.. Dec. 1-Vice-Chancelor Stevenson
to-day granted order compelling the Old Domin-
ion Copper Mining and Smelling Company and Its
officers and directors and the United Globe Mines
Company and it's officers to show cause in Jersey
City December IA why they should not be re-
strained from consolidating the properties CT the
two corporations. Phelps. Dodge & Co, who, 1t
is said, TO engineer the transaction. are also
included in the rule to show and are made
party defendants In the suit which brought about
the order and which instituted by George Z
Elliot of Boston.
It is alleged in the bill OF complaint that the
Old Dominion Company is Increasing its capital
stock from 100000 to Ss,750000. with the view OF
acquiring the property, rights and franchises OF
the Globe concern. The transaction. outlined in
a statement to the stockholders. is alleged to be
fraudulent and calculated to njure the interests OF
the shareh Olders OF the Old Dominion Company: IL
is alleged that the sum to be paid for the GLOBE
companys rights is double the value to be received
Arthur Curtis James. OF Phelps Dodge & Co,
said last night to Tribune reporter: Phelps,
Dodge & Co. are connected with this movement,
as the owners OF tbs United Globe Mines Company.
We proposed to sell the United Globe to the Old
Dominion Copper Company and about 81 per cent
of the stockholders voted favorably. This adverse
action started by the disaffected minority.
That's all there is to it. / do not see that there
Is any good ground for injunction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-02
FIND ACADEMY VICTIM.
Stage Hands Body in Ruins Neat
DOor-TaEk of Rebuilding.

Burned to a crisp the body of Wallace II. Brooks.
of No. ia South Eighth-st.. Brooklyn, was found
in the ruins of McGroartys cafe next to the Brook
Ign Academy of Music, yesterday afternoon. Brooks,
who was a stage hand. is the man reported lost
on Monday He was running into the cafe
just before the walls of the Academy wrecked the
building. The fire was declared officially out at
10 a. m. yesterday,
There is said to be some difference of opinion
among the directors about rebuilding. and they
will not take the subject up for discussion for
several days. George W. ChaunCey admits that the
directors had received offer of 100000 for the
ground but it is safe to say that no such offer
will be considered. The property is estimated to
be worth between $4,000 and $750OG0. Mr. Chauncey
favors rebuilding a playhouse and music hall on
the present site
1t seems probable that. If the Academy company
does not decide to go into building operations
a structure similar to the Academy. The directors
of the Brooklyn Institute may take the initiative
N
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-02
THEY OVERLOOK $4,000.
Daring Burglars Get 1913 from
Station at MOrriSto1CR.

Morristown n. J.. Dec. THE Lackawanna
station here was entered by burglar at noon
to-day. and S215 was stolen. The roober over
looked about So 900 more which was in the Of
fee. There were, i is believed. three young
men concerned IN the affair but they got away
and no trace of them has been found. The au-
thorities believe the robbery was the work of a
gang which for somf time past has been robbing
the automatic telephone stations along the road.
II being the first Of the month. the ticket
agent Thomas L. Flynn. last night ana TINS
morning took in a larger amount than usual by
the sale Of the monthly tickets to New-f ORR
and Newark. After he had finished the rush
work this morning he began to separate his
money. Eight hundred dollars in bills which
were interrupted he placed in a large railroad
service envelope which he stuck back Of some
others in a rack beside his table. Two thousand
dollars he placed between two heavy
pieces of cardboard and ran elastic bands about
the whole in order to fatten out the bills and
restore them to as good shape as possible. These
he threw on the counter
At 1910 o'clock Mr.. Flynn left the station for
luncheon. He was absent twenty minutes or
less and when he applied his key to the lock he
found il had been broken He hurried inside,
but found the 50, 800, in addition TO all his sill
Yer, remaining. The robber had simply gath
cred up all the bills in the cash drawer, and,
not even stopping TO take the silver, had gone
away. The agents revolver which lay close
TO the ticket wicket and drawer, had also been
taken.
Mr. Flynn gave the alarm at once. Some
railroad hands told him that three young men
had been about the station, had gone away
only short time before. and had walked up the
track toward Morris Plains and Dover a
freight train had just left the yards. and Flynn
telegraphed TO Denville TO stop it. and search
for the men. The train was stopped. No one
but the train crew were on it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-02
LABOR PLEASED WITH DECISION.
Leaders Here Hope That Kansas Case May
Affect State Conditions.

Labor leaders. especially those who were instru-
mental in bringing about the passage of the New
York Eight Hour law. which has been declared IN
constitutional Were hopeful yesterday that the de-
cision of the United States Supreme Court declaring
the Kansas Eight Hour law constitutional would
have some bearing the Eight Hour law here
This law was tested in the case OF the PEOPLE
against the Orange County Road Construction Com
pany. which had been indicted for its violation A
demurrer 10 the Indictment was sustained by the
Appellate Division, but this was reversed by the
Eew-York State Court of Appeals in April and tie
law declared unconstitutional
Carlos c. Alden. Of Alden & Carpenter who rep-e-
scented the unions when the test was made WIS
yesterday by Tribune reporter and asked if
he believed the decision would have anv effect y,
this State. He replied:
II 10 thar IL will and in that case ,iebt
affect the Prevailing Rate Of Wages law. which ma
also been declared void, but would not underta Ie
TO express positive opinion Until read the fun
text Of the decision, which l have sent Tor There
two sections IN the New-York State law one
Of which only was touched by the Court Of Appe9Is
This was the criminal section, which made II n mis-
demeanOr 10 violate the law. The other which W.
not touched the civil section. which Tnada
contractors who violated the law liable to 70 felt
The contracts.
James Wilson, chief business agent OF the Inter
national Association II Maehiaists said that re
question would undoubtedly be taken up by the
unions with a view 70 bringing the case of the old
law before the courts some new ground
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-02
CHARGE, SHE MARRIED.
Queens Teacher Tried for Commit
ting This Offence

Mrs. Jennie L. Vandewater. formerly Miss
Patterson. teacher in Public School No. %,
Queens, was on trial before the committee on
elementary schools of the Board Of Education
yesterday for violating the bylaw of the board
which prohibits married woman from being a
teacher. After taking the evidence in the case
the committee determined to reserve it's decision
until December 6.
Mrs Vandewater was appointed a teacher
about six years ago. Since 1900 she has been at
Public School No. So. Before the close of school
last summer Principal Smith of the school had
determined to esta bIsh special class for back
ward pupils, and give her charge over it, as he
considered her the best of his thirty-fve teach
ers. This fall, when she returned, she signed
her name Mrs Jennie l. Vandewater, nee Pat
terson Thereupon Mr.. Smith requested her
resignation.
Tell Division Superintendent Stevens that l
respectfully refuse to resign" she answered.
The charge of marrying was preferred against
her on October %, and her pay was Immediately
stopped Yesterday she said that she did not
know that by the school laws prevailing in
Queens at the time of her appointment she virtu-
ally accepted the anti-marriage bylaw of the
board as part of her contract Mrs. Va1dewater
is devoted to her profession and intima-ed that
she would seek redress from the courts II dis
missed.
Mrs Vandewater had no counsel at the trial,
but depended her principal, Cyrus W. Smith.
advice.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-02
RUSH HELP TO BUTLER.
SDecial Trains Take NurSeS-CauSe
of the Epidemic.
IBr Tr1EsRArH TO TIVE TaIBrNn.I

Butler Penn. Dec. IA special train bearing
twenty-five nurses is due here from Philadelphia
Tomorrow morning. and party Of thirty nurses
and servants is expected from Pittsburg to-
night. -Four nurses arrived from Newcastle
to-day, two from Buffalo and one each from
or City. -Kensington and Lancaster.
Offers OF relief have been received from a
hundred cities in this State and from Cleveland
Cincinnati. Indianapolis. Chicago and many
other cities in the Central and Eastern States.
NeU-Vork and Brooklyn and other New-York
State cities have been heard from.
All offers are being answered promptly. The
letters and kilograms are being fled, and the
help win be called as it can be used. Con-
tr.buti0ns Of money continue TO flow in. The
effort 10 raise money in Butler meets with con-
tinued success. Tonight the relief funds sub
scTiptious exceed $4,000
The Board Of Health has begun the work Of
gathering fever statistics. The total number Of
cases in the city viii be known by tomorrow
morning and each day hereafter doctors must
report all new cases promptly.
There IS a feeling among the merchants that
the appeals for aid have been too far reaching.
and that Butler should have in measure sup
pressed the news of the epidemic and pulled
through the siege unaided- A letter has been
issued signed by four business men, calling for
an indignation meeting. In the letter the local
papers especially cIllClSeO AOI diooSlHS thS
town 10 a realization Of the devastation that is
being wrought.
That the newspapers and relief workers have
not exaggerated the conditions. is attested by
every person who has come here to investigate.
DR.. johnson left here for Philadelphia tonight
with statistics that show that even more than
has been written be truthfully said -Four
Of the employees OF the pumping station that sent
the typhoid infected water 10 Butler people are
down with the fever. For weeks before an ex-
o
rather than drink the water il was sent into
the city mains direct from the polluted river
drank the dripping from the steam exhaust pipe
OF the pump station.
The local Board OF Health now knows that
drainage from the 'hoTn Run Basin was used
10y the Butler Water Company as II ran through
Tie gravity pipe from the reservoir TO the pump
station when there were typhoid cases on the
hill above the dam and that mixture of this
contaminated water and tee drees Of the ty-
phoid infected COnnOqUeuesslng was pumped
into the service pipes of the city, when the
people thought they were drinking water gath
cred by a Golfer dam that was supposed to have
replaced the BoydstOWn Dam after il was
washed out. II was not until after the investi-
cation late last month that the true source OF
the local water supply was Lown, even II the
health authorities.
Dr. Wilmer Blatt, OF the state Board of
Health, is here and the rest Of the State board
viii be here tomorrow, 10 see that the water
works reservoirs and pipes are thoroughly
cleaned out.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-02
Il BLOODY WARNING.
Miners Send Finger to AdjutGnt
General of Colorado.

Denver. Dec. 1-Aujutant General Sherman
NJ. Bell to-day received fsom Telluride the fol-
lowing letter wrapped around human finger:
General Bell: We send you the finger of
man who disappeared from Telluride some time
ago. His will follow. and then his head
If his friends want to see him again in any
other way but the way We send him. you have
got to do one thing. We only want you TO with
draw the troops from Telluride at once. If you
don't you win receive his ears in a few days
Don't try to find US, for it is not In the power
Of a tin soldier TO do il. S. D.
physician who examined the finger pro
nounced It the ring finger from the right hand
and said ii evidently cut off shortly before
the letter was mailed, the bloodstains on the
letter bore evidence Of being fresh and the blood
the finger was hardly dry.
After comforting with Governor Peabody, Cen
eral Bell turned the letter to the postoffice
inspectors, who Will endeayor to find the author
1t is generally believed at the Capitol that the
letter intended hoax
In consequence of the arrest at Telluride yes
terday of twenty-eight idle men and their being
ordered TO leave town, the executive board of the
Western Federation of Miners has sent a tele-
gram to the Telluride union advising the men
who were ordered out of town to stay, to
drive them away was contrary to their consti-
tutiOnal rights
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-02
BARGE OFFICE CAT COMES BACK.
Driven Away by an Insult, Paddy Has Made
a European Tour

After a tour through Europe Paddy the Barge
Once cat returned yesterday. Paddy tired Of New
York about a year ago. and one day. after lie had
been insult,d, shook the mad Of the Battery from
his paws and started for Europe. Paddy one
OF the most hard working members Of the Immi-
grafton Bureau here Every Gay he would board
John G. Carlisle so 10 Ellis Island. There he
would make Inspection Of the big building, visit
Commissioner u llIallIs. glance sulerCl-CuaIy over
the immigrants and then come back TO the Barge
Once.
One cay Paddy came into the Ship News Office
and sgnlneQ ia his Ie4-He way that he was hungry.
A mean and yellow reporter gave him some milk
IN ar empty tobacco box. t-addy took single sip,
looked IeprOac hf-ly al the reporter and jumped
through the window, not 10 return until yesterday
The window through which he jumped Is stlll
pointed oul 10 the increduious. That day Paddy
disappeared. month later officer Of an Italian
boat reported having sighted Paddy around the
cueys at Naples Since then he mas been spoken
IN nearly every Mediterranean port A couple of
weeks ago, apparently hOmesick for the familiar
sights and smells Of the Western metropolis, he
boarded the Aurania al Naples, walked forward
10 the charthOu.e and went 20 sleep Yesterday
morning when the cutter down 10 meet the
Auralla Paddy leaped Gown from the rail and
made Decline aft for The galley. As he
reached the Battery landing he started his old
tour or inspection When he reached the Ship News
once an attempt was made to get an account OF his
adventures. but he absolutely refused TO talk for
puhiica tiOn