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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-20

The American girl bachelor is known
| fer her fine figure.
From the North Pole to South Pole,
and from ocean to ocean she is famed
for the elegance and grace which is the
envy of the women of other nations, as
we'll as an impcssibility for them.
II you were to ask the bachelor girl
the secret of her art, the inner story
of her grace and bearing, she would
tell you that there was no secret about
it.
81 DO not try to be graceful she
will declare Though, if she be truth
full girl bachelor, she will add: "Yet I
endeavor in all possible ways to make
as much of myself as can
That is the secret of it all.
She tries to make as much of herself
as she can. And she keeps on trying
and trying, no matter how near to per-
fection she may have come.
There was an American girl bache-
lor who lived in a family of five girl
bachelors.
They kept house in a flat and had
one delightful little parlor and one de-
lightful little corterie of friends.
But this one girl bachelor-the tall
est cf the lot-was afflicted with lack
of grace.
She was young and pretty, but, oh,
so awkward!
She had the Ethel Barrymore figure
without the Ethel Barrymore art of
carrying it OF.
She stopped, she was hollow chested
and her arms were hung upon hinges.
1t was too bad, for she was so pretty
otherwise.
But this girl was not discouraged,
With a bachelor girls persistence
she took stock of her deficiencies and
resolved to remedy them.
Physical culture is what l need"
she said, "and physical culture will
have' So, like bright girl, she kept
her eyes open for opportunities.
One day, while walking along the
street she saw boy beating drum.
He was a vigorous boy, beating a
vigorous drum, in vigorous way. But
what impressed her was not the drum
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-20
TIME -HON0RED CHILDHOOD GAMES
REVIVED FOR YULE-T|DE SEASON

Environment has much to do with
Christmas pastimes and pleasures.
The child of wealth, riding in the
erest-marked family brougham to the
prCscenium box at the Christmas pan
tomime may excite envy, but have you
ever watched the muffled country by
who never saw a theater in his life his
we'll Worn last years fur cap pulled
spun woolen muffler, every stitch in
which he knows has been wrought with
motherly love, his homemade "mitts"
grasping his crude but valuable sled,
trudging to some hillside to join his
village playmates for that most eXhiar-
ating of all bcyish sports, coasting?
Have you watched the ragged little
negro. following his "daddie,' with the
lean old hounds already far afield, trac-
ing rabbit tracks on crisp glinting
snow field, on Christmas morning?
Which of the three is, after all. the
happiest? Which is most imbued with
the Christmas spirit? They are all
happy, perhaps, but the boy butfeting
the wintry Christmas air and sunshine
seems to be having far the better OF it..
Christmas, of all other festivals in
the calendar is essentially children's
holiday. It is the spirit of the Christ
child, the .Aadcnna, the humble manger
and the lowing kind in the lowly stable.
Without that the festival is bereft OF
everything.
1t is with the dreams Of Christmas
Eve may only look upon the festival,
and Christmas and its pastimes are
children's pastimes.
How eagerly, then. do they cling to
tnat legend of Santa Claus till 1.-The
wise boy' rudely disenchants them
with his proud, superior wisdom.
IT is with the dreams of Christmas
I'VE that the pleasure begins. Then
comes lAe eager tip-tceing to the en-
cnanted. o'erflowing stockings in the
morning. What wonderful surprises
are there in store!
"hat omnicient wisdom is this that
% m'nutely anticipated every hope and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-20
SOUTH WILL BE ON TOP.

that II they can keep up the price OF
cotton two or three years to the pres.
ent basis, that they will transfer Wall
street from New York city to the south
Jackson Whig.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-20
coLoMsIA's WAR. FOOTING.

Colombia, - is commonly understood,
neither pays nor feeds her soldiers.
Waging war in such circumstances is
inexpensive, hut also likely to be
somewhat eneffective. - Providence
Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-20

Every girl is coquette until she is
caught.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12
DEATH OF A HERMIT.

Philadelphia, June lit did not need
Bird. one of the oldest men of the coun-
ty, a recluse and all-round eccentric
character, died in the home OF his
niece Sunday evening For fifty years
he lived alone in his little log cabin
on the mountain side, near Mill Gap
When stricken with his fatal illness
he was carried to the home of his niece
and kindly nursed, although refusing
medical aid. He was both hermit and
miser, and few days before his death
sent few hundred dollars to bank,
and, on a leaf of medical memoran-
dunn book, disposed of his cash, fifty
acres of valuable land, cows, shop, etc.
He was passionately fond of his violin
and in earlier life was one of the brag
fiddlers of the day.
The last twenty years of his life were
spent in and about his. lonely cabin
and his fondness for seclusion was not
forgotten in death. By request he was
buried in the centre of his only mead
ow-feld, far away from any "city of
the Dead and close by the humble
home where his lonely life of more
than eighty years was spent.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12
SENATOR HANNA.

| The practical results of a strike
nine times out of ten, comes from q
misunderstanding or from indifference
on the part of one side or the other,
and it is generally on the side OF the
emnloyer. An antagoniStic
spirit is aronsed by hasty word or by
a refusal to consider the situation.
have seen the two stand apart, each
with a chip on his shoulder, the en-
ployer determined he will not make
the advance and the workingman too
proud to do it.
| have been an employer of labor for
many years; Lam no novice at that. l
know men pretty well. But I know
another thing-that the natural ten
deacy in this country, aye, the world
over has been to selfshly appropriate
the larger share to the benefit of capt.
tai. AS long as labor was in situa-
ton in which it was pound to submit,
that, to very large degree, would con-
tinue 1t is human nature. Butein the
evolution of the twentieth century,
when thinking men are beginning to
think seriously of this great question,
he time is coming, aye, it is here, when
we must make up our minds tina. not
only will we give consideration to those
who are in our employ with view t.
close and more friendly relations but
a large proportion of the profits.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12
w. M. TWEED DIED IN PRISON.

Portsmouth, June 11.-As has been
stated the shops of the Seaboard Air
Line railway in this city, will be inn
mediately rebuilt as soon aus the work
of clearing away the piles of debris
can, be completed.
The new shops will be commensur-
ste with the increased needs of the
Seaboard system and consequently they
will be shifted from their former posi-
tions in order to avail of the ground
necessary for the engagements that
are to be made.
The contract has, as was stated, been
awarded to Mr.. John B. Pettyjohn, of
Lynchburg, who has done much con-
strlction work for the Seaboard. Mr..
Pettyjohn is to do the work of erecting
the buildings. The road lost no time
in ordering the material and machin-
cry for the new structures, as soon as
the fire had spent itself and it was
known with some degree of certainty
what was to be replaced. Therefore
the contract price is not stated, but it
| is known that there will be a very
large expenditure of money involved,
probably 100000 to 100000.
The new plant for the repair of the
cars and locomotives of the Seaboard
and for the supply of the various di-
visions of the great system with all the
material that will be needed by them,
which is not manufactured at the di-
vision shops will be larger and more
elaborate than before the fire The
plant will be in every respect finer
and the facilities for handling heavy
work and much of it very greatly i'm
proved.
| The storehouse which was burned
was located near the main entrance to
the shops, close to the street car line.
This department will be removed to the
vacant plat alongside the old main line
tracks in the shop "Y" Just east of
the superintendent of motive powers
office.
! 1t will be a large building with am
pie storage capacity for all the tons
of supplies used along the system
There will be provided also, commo-
dious platform for the handling of all
the freight that has to be forwarded
from this house.
! The position of the carpenter shop
which was burned will be changed to
the same spot formerly occupied by
| the StorehouSe Improved arrange
ments for the handling of the heavy
cars that are to be repaired in this
shop will be provided. 1t will be in
all respects the most modern car repair
shop in the south.
The freight car repair tracks will
remain where they are at present, but
the remainder of the shops will be so
changed that one familiar with the as
meet of fhe old Shnns will ccarco1u roe
ognize them.
All the paint, storage and machinery
will be removed from the carpenter
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12
THREE VIEWS OF ORGANIZED La
Dor.

Readers of the Journal will undoubt-
eddy be interested in recent utterances
on the labor question by prominent cit
zens. Below we give the views of three
men, as quoted by the daily press,
whose opinions will carry more or less
weight with the general reader. SEN
ator M. A. Hanna is an employer of la
Dor in large numbers, D. M. Parry con-
ducts non-Union road-cart factory
in Indianapolis, and the Rev. Charles
Bayard Mitchell pastor of wealthy
Methodist congregation in Cleveland,
Ohio.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

Mr. w. R. DUNCAN has returned from
Denver, Col, where he attended the
recent meeting of the sixth biennial
convention of the B. of L. e. Mr..
DUNCAN runs between Roanoke and
Bristol and he was greatly pleased with
the hospitality of the citizens OF Dem
yer and the railroad companies in the
west, that gave them outings on their
various roads.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12
y. NJ. PARRY.

Organized iaj or knows but on law
the law of HE Huns and Wants, the
law of the savage. All it's purposes
are accomp,,'s 81 ed by actual fos e OF by
the threat ct force. 1t holds
a bludgeon over the head of the en-
plfyer, laying down the terms upon
Nhi,h he seall Re permitted to do busl-
ness.
Composed as it (organizel laborJ y
of the men OIL muscle, rather than the
men of intelligence, and commanded by
leaders who a.e at heart disciples Of
revolution, it is not strange thar organ
lied labor stands for principles that are
in direct cont 81 with the laws of econ
omics It's first principle is thai an
arbitrary division of production would
be better than the division regulated by
natural law, provided, however. 1t can
dictate what this division shall be.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

fshop and placed in separate~5uildi ngs,
this lessening the danger OF future
fires.
This work has been pushed to be-
ginning, plans being considered winnie
the fire was still burning. 1t will be
finished within sixty to ninety days,
and the work of the great plant will
90 forward uninterrupted, almost.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12
RICHMOND STREET CAR MIDDLE

Trouble has been brewing in Rich
mond between the street railway en-
ployes and the company for sometime
and strike may occur at any time.
During the past few months several
Misunderstanding between the man
agement and men have occurred, but
each time arbitration among them
selves have settled the matters, but it
seems neither party has been satisfied
with the settlement and differences are
continually cropping out.
The street car company now claim
that the members of the city council
are secretly aiding and abetting the
employees. and trying to get them to
strike.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

An Edgar Allen Poe craze is agan
sweeping over the country. Thus is
genius recognized years too late for
the genius himself to enjoy it.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

The Understanding debt of the
United States is just little over $780,
100000. There need be no fear that
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

The announcement that about 10000
veterans of tie Spanish-American dis
turbance have applied for pensions
would indicate that the little brush in
Cuba bids fair to cost Uncle Sam a
thousand dollars for every man who
showed what he didn't. know about
war
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

The Hon. Bill Dewey is said to be
contemplating writing a book. 1t will
doubtless be the recognized guide on
slang, pigeon English and billingsgate.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

Meantime it might be a good idea to
build a prison wall around the post
Office department and permit only those
who can have their innocence estab-
lished to get out.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

Those gentlemen who continue to
advocate harmony in the Democratic
ranks usually talk loud about it and
vigorously wave red flag.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Pennypacker has discovered that his
press muzzle bill was loaded to tie
muzzle.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

The three uninhabited inslands an
nexed by Great Britain might be a
good place for men to emigrate who
have been talked to death.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

The sympathy of Virginia people
will go out to the stricken town of
Gainesville, Ca, in its hour of dis
tress.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

To avoid mistakes Mr.. Bryan should
designate the residences of the OBJ
scure gentlemen he from time to time
suggests for the presidency.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

Really the weather is too warm to
discuss whether or not a man should
take off his hat in business elevator
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

The Parker boom is able to eat solid
food, but it hasn't yet reached that
growth where it can get along without
a nurse.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

Friends of Senator Hanna have to
be masters Of facial expression to look
like they really enjoy the pill.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

1t is said number of the automobile
racers have had their legs pulled. Per-
haps by the surgeons.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

The amount of abuse which Tul-
loch is receiving ought to qualify him
for career as an umpire.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

Slowly but surely is being established
the fact that in the postal scandals the
half has never been told.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

It will take more than pomp and
pageantry and pyrotechnics for the
Car to atone for the crime of Kishi-
neff.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

Postmaster-General Payne is now, be-
ginning to realize the distinction be-
tween reputation and notoriety.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

Mr.. Bryan seems to have lost his
batting eye. He never makes hit
these days.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12
REV. CHARLES BAYARD MITCHELL

If you (the workers) do not hang to-
gether you may hang separately.
The only protection that labor has
secured, everything done to increase
wages, has been brought about through
the organized efforts of laboring men.
| call on you to honor your owl,
special trade, lend your influence to
exalt the dignity of your calling. To
this end ally yourself with your fell
low tradesman. Organize your fellows
| for self improvement and for the bet
terment of the class of apprentices ad
mitted to your trade. Organize TO
self-protection. Labor has the SAM
fright to organize as capital has.
gu are not organized you will not b.
treated like men, but like slaves.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

The Washington Post says that Post
master General Payne has disappointed
some persons by refusing to use white
wash in his. spring house-cleaning.
Still there are great many persons
who believe that the 17Torse will never
be kept in first-elass order until there
is a change tenants.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

Arithmetical example-fgure out the
number of crooks connected with the
post Office department
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12
SHIPPING TIED UP AT NORFOLK.
Disagreement Between Ship Owners
and Employees Results in Strike.

Norfolk, Va, June 11.-Thirty-se
steam vessels are tied up at this port
as result of the refusal of vessel
owners to grant the new scale of wages
adopted by the Marine Engineers Ben
efcial Association. Most of these YES
sells are tug boats in the river harbor
and bay. Many owners have COM
piled with the demands. of the engi-
neers, including the Merritt Wrecking
company, Atlantic Coast Line and the
Chesapeake & Ohio. There appears no
immediate prospect of a change in the
present situation.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

Norfolk, Va, June 5.-Thirty- seven
the assertion.of the executive board of
the textile workers to carry conviction
that the greatest conflict between en-
ployers and employees ever seen in Phil
adelphia is now on. The crowds of
idle men, women and children that con-
gregated on the streets Of the city's
textile mill districts formed story
without words.
1t was estimated this R.evening by
leaders in the strike that more than
10000 textile workers refused to go to
work. as a protest against the employ
ers refusing to reduce the working
time of the workers from. sixty to fifty
five hours a week. There, are about
800 firms in Philadelphia, and with the
exception of those which have agreed
to the demands of their employers they
Sc y.they will not make any concessions
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12

The rumor that Mr.. w. r. Hearst's
presidential boom has cut tooth is
understood to be a false alarm.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-06-12
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Arizona republican., 1903-08-20
CHARLESTON RESERVOIR
Cochise County Enterprise for Agri-
 cultural Development.

w. o. Ferris, secretary of the San Pedro Development association. is ip Tombstone and will appear before the board of supervisors in behalf of his associates and plead for county assist ance in the matter of the Charleston reservoir. says the Proscetor. The as sociation is doing much toward the de- velopment of the San Pedro valley and in order to interest the government in water storage and artesian wells considerable money must be expended, all of which so far has been borne by q few individuals. The association be- ieves that as these enterprises will contribute to the general welfare of the public the county should lend ma terial aid. The board is now in ses- sion, and it is quite likely that the water enterprise will receive favorable consideration.
 The Charleston reservoir site is an
Arizona republican., 1903-08-20
LEE QUAk LANDED
Chinese Immigration Agent Who Has
 Operated Extensively.

One of the most important captures of badly wanted Chinaman was made Sunday morning about 10 clock by Chinese Inspector Charles T. Connell, chief inspector of the immigration bu- reau stationed at Douglas.
 The Chinaman in question, says the Douglas International American, is one of the smoothest individuals of the al nlond-eyed kind operating in the United States. He has been doing busi- ness for several years and operating from San Francisco to Fl Paso. He has for the past year been located at Naco, Sonora and operating along the San Pedro river, where he has been crossing chinks into the United States at different intervals.
 Inspector Cornell has been working up the case for some time and knew that Lee Quan was the guilty party, but he had to get the evidence and prove to the satisfaction of the govern ment that Lee Quan was doing the business.
 Without notice to anyone, early Sun day morning Inspector Cornell took the first train from Douglas and got off at Charleston, where he met Deputy Mansfield, and both doubled back to the Chinese colony, stationed near the San Pedro river, and unceremoniously walked into the house owned by Hop Sing, a Chinese gardener, where they