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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
Enough said.

Down in Anderson county, Of soon.
to-be-Senator iatimer's domain, there
resides notable character, known 10
public life of the Palmetto state as
Josh w. Ashley Some years ago
Josh, illlterste n speech, but pos.
sessed of much se.oG sense, broke into
the Legislature. and his campaign tours
have been replete with honey anec
dotes.
81 once heard Josh tell a stor/."
says Mr.. Latimer, which arused his
hearers immensely
A young feller had teen a-co'tin',
said he, and wanted to- AK the girl to
marry him. He wen. % see her and
sot and so1 and sot closer and closer
- her.
Mary, he sxad her, will yer hev
me-
"."Yes," she told him.
"'Then he sot and sot and sot.
''"'Why don't you say somethia'?"
she finally yentured.
49, VIZ. nuff's been said." ."'",~
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
CHECKS CLEARED E,Y PHONE
Novel Scheme Is Pi acticed in the
"Prosperity Belt"

prosperity Belt.
Down in the Prosperity belt as
we call it, we've got the whole world
beat for real progress" said a coun.
try banker who was in the city last
week. After delivering this declara-
ton he bit the end of a cigar and set
tied back in a chair in a lobby of one
of the big hotels.
yes, stree, we beat the world for
genuine progress" he contin' ed.
We've got something down in central
Illinois that you won't find anywhere
else on the globe. It's telephone
clearinghouse. We call it clear
1ng-house right here in Chicago or in
New York. Now you'd think banks
couldn't clear their cheeks ny tele-
phone, but, as l said before, We 3eas
sne world for progress and have In
vented the new system.
The whole scheme is very simple
and has proved y safeguard against
some of the bugaboos that worry
bankers-suea thi1gs as overdrafts,
for instanue. Every day at noon one
bank will call vp another by tele.
PAOuc, Icdd On the amount OIL LQ0
checks and the names of the drawers.
Some Of these checks will BE- on the
bank TT the oth\r end of the wire and
some OF them will be drawn on an in
Stitution with which that bank has
considerable business
Now, you see, half dozen or more
banks in one county or section of the
state can arrange certain time for
calling up some one bank, which is
the central bank All the banks call
this one, notifying 1t they have checks
on 1t or upon any of the others.
When each bank has found out
how much it owes the other banks up
until certain hour drafts are for
warded to cover the balances. BY
using the telephone clearing house we
expedite business, saving an entire
day in man. instances. It's a paying
scheme and is pretty nkely to be
adopted by other groups of country
banks wherever the telephone is j
general use. e.'--Cnicago Inter Ocean.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
Oriqin Of Nuns HeaddrOss.

Very few persons, says a French
paper know the origin of the head
dress viii h SO many nuns wear. and
which hides SO much of their faces It
was formerly the custom for converts
to send nuns to the various cities and
towns for the purpose of collecting
aims, and as a rule Two nuns, one old
and the other yourg, went to each
place. They wore small caps and
were popularity known as Swallows
cs lent"
On certain Asa Wednesday two Of
them suece nded in obtaining admis-
sion to the Kings palace in Paris
and though the monarch and his
courtiers were at dinner, they did not
hesitate tc solicit aims from tnem
One of the nuns was very pref and
the young noD!es who we're feasting
cast such bold glarces at her that
she blushed with shams, whereupon
the king rose from tae table, and,
taking his napkin, folded it in two and
placed it on her head in such a man
mer that it consealed her bushes.
Ever since that day. it is said. this
kind of hes ddress has been worn by
Runs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
GOOD CUSTOMER or: FRANCE.
En9eand Makes Heavy Purchases
from He, Oid--ime Foe.

Jean Finot, editor of the Revue des
Regpns, recently put the relations be-
sweer France and England in a most
striking fashion. He said:
Great Britain deserves tho name
sf the richest and most important OF
S'reneh colonies. France is SC bound
Ep With 1er fate that the disappear.
hrce of England's economic power
vGMla cause her in alculable mischief.
sjur total exports il. 1901 were only
.a,1gE 100000 francs, OF which Eng
3aaa took 1864, 100000 francs, or
nlte-e .han 30 per cent of all the mer
zhandise which we cast on the
Aorid'S market. But even Of more i'm
partanr,e is the fact that the amount
II English purchases in France Is
constantly growing. From 1882 2,000.-
200 francs in 1896 j. rose to 1,132 ,0O0,-
400 francs in 1897, to 1888 100000
fancs in 1899, and to 1854, 900 900
rsncs in 1901, thus showing an in.
.>rease of 232,000,000 frf.ncs, or over
- ker cent in five years. Now the
ess,rch ases from the mother country OF
ali the french colonies, including
Argeria, 259, 100000 francs, and Tunts,
shout 100000 francs. together eith
hose scattered all over tte world,
about 1S3,000,0SO francs, lid not
amount in 1870" to more than 476, ,O0O,-
100 francs. Besides this colossal
amount cf purchases, the Eng.:5a
y=arly spend considerable sums N
france. The money left in our coun.
ny by Fnglishmen visiting Paris or
gAeir ia, orite resorts is commonly
estimated at 50O,00O,0O0 francs, thus
making 1900, 100000 francs as the
formidable total yearly paid by Eng
aIS to- France"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
ALL ANIMALS CAN HOPE FOR.
Should Be Satisfied If They Can Cb
tain Mere Justice,

Should Be Satisfied if They Can OBJ
tain Mere Justice.
Senator Gallinser told a marine an.
ecdCte at the last hearing Of the anti.
vivisection bill.
1t is he said. "an anecdote abont
a captain and mate, and the way the
captain treated the mate seems to me a
good deal like the way the vivisection.
lists treat animals"
Then he went on to say that on q
certain ship the captain was inordi.
~ately fond Of the plum part Of plum
.u!f. The cook had orders to mako
the duff in the form of an oblong, to
put al the plums IN one end and to
set the dish GU the cabin table in such
way that the plum end would al
ways be toward the captain.
But the mate of the ship got tired
after while of the duff without plums
and one day he contrived to descend
into the cabin earlier than his supe-
ricr and to trun the platter of duff so
that he for once had all the plums and
the captain had the dough. When the
latter came down and took his sea- he
soon perceived the trick that had been
played on him. So he lifted up the
dish. as If to examine it, and saying.
ice. my lad, this is a fine piece Of
crockery here" he set it down again
with the plums apon his side.
Aye, captain, a fine piece Of crock.
cry it is," replied the mate, and he.
too, lifted the duff, studied the platter
carefully and turned the plums his way
again.
At this the captain gave a loud
laugh. We'll joe" said he, "'since
you have found me out, this time we'll
cut the duff lengthwise."
animals are like the mate" Sena-
tor Gallinger concluded. They can
never hope to get the best of bar.
gain. All they can possibly hop for
is mere Justice"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
Avstralla q Rich Country.

Australia is, II natural resources
are considered in proportion to popu.
'ation. the richest country in the
world. Although the united popula,
ton of the six colonies OF the com.
monwealth is under 100000, the total
production for 1S99>19OO (the last year
tor which the figures are available)
vas no less than S560,000, 900 in value.
or over $3.50 for each inhabitant II
the val&e of manufactures be sub
tracted, the primary industries alone
give total OF S41S,o 600. or about
flo per inhabitant. The primary pro-
auction of the United Kingdom is, &C.
cc:ding to Mulha,l. but $32 head.
and OF France, the most productive
European country. but s57. America
reaches $57. and Canada SCI; but Aus
tralia stands easily 6yst.--Tit-Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
Brlnu Back the Mississippi.

The proclivity of the Mississippi
river to make erratic departures from
It's bed and select new one is mors
or less we'll known. At one time
Vicksburg. Miss. was on The shores,
but the stream suddenly shifted, ABOUT
twenty-five years ago, and left the
city far away, greatly to the iacoh.
venience of the merchants and others
who depended on the river traffic For
several years past the United States
government has been at work digging
a canal which will bring the river
hack to Vlcksburg and make it once
more an important part, This work Is
approaching completion. and it's con.
summation will again enable the river
boats to land ir front of me city As
" old.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
sPEAKERsHlP OF TRe HOUSE.
Only One Ohio Man Has Held the
Office-No New Yorker Since 1872.

Only One Ohio Man Has Held the
Office-No New Yorker Since 1872.
Among the earliest duties which will
1evolve upon the recently elected
= aembers of the Fifty-eighth Congress
will be the choice of a speaker, and
present indications make it probable
aat the speaker will be chosen from
he west
The speaker of the Fifty-seventn
congress, David B. Henderson. was the
..rst to be chosen from the territory
vest of the Mississippi.
The first speaker was F. A. Mullen.
surg of Pennsylvania. The post Of
peaker was held in the Twenty-fourth
and Twenty fifth Congresses by James
X. Polk. afterward president.
Speakers of the House of Represen-
atives who have been candidates for
resident are numerous and include
;enry Clay John Bell and James G..
,.aine. Schuyler Colfax after having
)een speaker, was wee president Of
he United States.
The Oldest surviving speaker is
tialusha A. Grow, born in 1923 and
peaker from 1861 to 1864.
The last Democratic speaker.
'narles F. Crisp, was a native of Eng
srd. Two surviving speakers, John
q. Carlisle and Thomas B. Reed.
~houga elected Representatives -
kentucky and Maine respectively, are
Low residents of the city of Nep
York
There has never been speaker
from the Pacific coast and it is a some.
what curious circumstance that Ohio.
though pre-eminent in nearly all other
political offices, has had in the coun.
trys history but one speaker, John w.
kiefer, who served only a single term
The state Of New York has had no
speaker since the close of the Nine
teenth Congress in 1927, though New
York has been. during the whole of
.hat period. the most populous state
and the one having the largest con.
gressional representation.
The speaker Of the Fifty-eighth con.
eress when chosen will preside over
larger number Of Members of Con.
gress than any of his predecessors, the
total membership of the next house
being 1856.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
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ANQd
TRICKS o. sN..AN DOCTORS
ssesw the IN edicine Men" Treat Those
Afflicted With Disease

An Indian trader in Western Color.
ado claims that the Navajo medicine
men treat their patients by means OF
belief. nothing more nor less than
Christian Science. All sickness il the
eyli spirit. says the Indian. The am.
edy is to get rid of the devil The en-.
Any OF man is mortal mind, claims the
CHRISTIAN Scientist; overcome belief
N material things and there will be no
sickness or death. That the Indian
has practically no knowledge Of even
the simplest medicinal remedies Is
veil known among anthropologieal
Ssudents. Many of the medicine men
40 not even employ herbs, but rely on
ancantations and commands. Their
claim to power is not based on any
special training or education, and some
OF their most remarkable cures have
seen imputed to hypnotism.
At any rate, the belief of the af.
1icted Indian in the pOwe. of tho
healer undoubtedly las much to do
x1sh the cures effected. When a brave
rs III and calls upon the tribe doctor
the wise man will begin wild, in.
Ugorating chant, while dancing and
r1nning in circle about his patient,
-ae continues this until the latter IL
properly enthused, finally commanding
him to arise and join in the heroic ex.
Rreise. Invariably the evil spirit In
the forI1 of disease is conquered
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
Aceiinlated All Over.

When the Marquis Of Lorne wae
Governor-General Of Canada. as the
story goes, he stood, clad in furs.
watching winter sports at Ottawa The
temperature was about zero. An In.
dian a few feet distant seemed equally
comfortable and as much interested in
the games. though his body was
mostly uncovered. The noblemar ask.
ed the savage how ne could endure
such exposure. * should think you
would freeze" he said. why white
mans face not freeze" replied the
Indian. Our faces are used to the
cold" answered the Governor The
Indian ended tfc colloQuy with the
1ithy retor:. all face."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
IL
Moral In Temperance Lecture.

The latest temperance lecture is in
vulved in the story of the aged man
al Sodus Point, N. Y, who, wishing
little stimulant, went out into the
woodshed where the hard cider bar,
rsl was kept and mistaking a cup OF
lye for cider. drank nearly all of it
before he discovered his error Some
people, however, may :hink that the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
SMOKERS OF THE WORLD,
Enjoyment Of the Weed Is a Universal
Weakness.

"CdNVS38s
Smoking Is universal In Polynesia,
China. Japan and Siam. In Burma
the mother takes the cheroot from
her mouth and puts it to the lips O.:
her nursing babe, while the child
purses its tiny lips and puffs away
with every indication of pleasure.
kaffirs habitually smoke cigars with
the lighted ends in their months and
their tongues adroitly tucked out OF
harms way. Even otanley's Pigmies
OF Centra. Africa are inveterate
smokers. The sun never sets on the
bloking world, before the white man
OF the Occident puts down his pipe
1T night the yellow man of the Orient
as ill., his matuti1 81 cheroot.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-18
Expenses OF Conoressmey.

Under the law, every contestant
for seat in congress is allowed
$4,000 for expenses, provided the con.
test is regular, and it is remarkable
that in nearly every case the contest.
ant finds that his expenses foot up
just the $4,000.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-18
GRAND JURY
DOES ITS DUTY
Indictments of San Juan
Smuggling Cases, Regard
less Of Washington.

SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, April H.
The grand jury, which insisted on in
Vestigating the so-called smuggling
cases, has returned true bills against
people whose names have not been
published. Warrants for their arrest
will be issued tomorrow. 1t is reported
that no indictment was returned
against Commodore Hentz, u. S. N,
because he exhibited a certificate In
payment Of duties to the treasury.
United States Revenue Agent Gibbs,
who Is prosecuting the cases before the
1nsular court was interviewed by the
San Juan News and quoted as making
certain predictions regarding the prob
able acquittal of the men under indict
ment. Both Mr.. Gibbs and the editor
of the News were summoned today be-
fore the district court to answer a.
charge of contempt of court. The hear
ing was not concluded.
WASHINGTON. D. c., April 17.-The
department Of justice today received
the following cablegram from the Unit
ed States attorney at San Juan, re-
specting the pending smuggling cases:
True bills were returned today
against Merritt, Of the navy; Lowndes,
marines; Crabbs, army; Giles and Bat
Ter, civilians.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-18
GREAT GRANDSON
OF HENRY CLAY
Charged With Robbery, He Escapes,
but Is Soon Recaptured.

DENVER. Col, April 17.-"Cherokee
Bilp' Smith, awaiting trial in the fed
eral court, on the charge Of having
robbed the Carlton (Col) postoffice on
Nov. 6 last, escaped from the county
hospital today while his guard was
sleeping. Smith was captured Jan. 27.
after long chase and a desperate bat
tie. in which one of the deputy sheriffs
was wounded.
Cherokee Bill said his real name is
Henry Clay Bateman. and he is a
at-grandson Of Henry Clay. He be-
gan life as a cowboy on his fathers
ranch in Texas, and for a crime COM
mitted at sixteen years of age he be-
came an outlaw. He assumed the name
Of William Smith, he says, and eloped
with the daughter of Gov. Hubbard, Of
Texas. whom he deserted. He lived
among the Cherokee Indians several
years and was employed by the gov
ernment as a scout and interpreter
Bill was recaptured late tonight at
a house in the Western part of the
city where he asked for nights lodg-
ing.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-18
DUNN SAVED $4OO, 1000
SCHALLER DOWNS COMBINE
Senators From the Normal
School Towns Fail in At
tempt to Kill Bill Rear
ranging State School Lii
brary Boards Schultz Bill
Is Killed.

Fighting alone yesterday afternoon
Senator Schaller swung the senate into
line, and despite the opposition of the
state university normal school combine
succeeded in having his bill rearrang-
commended for passage.
Senator Schaller denied the insinua-
tions that he had introduced the bill
merely to secure the removal of the
normal school presidents and insisted
that the only purpose of the measure
was to save the state from the book
contractors. The senator from Dakota
county quoted from price list to show
that the books selected by the board
were being purchased by the school
boards at price we'll In advance of the
price given to the general public.
Senator Brewer understood this to
mean that the honesty of the members
of the state board had been questioned
and he wanted the bill delayed until
they had chance to be heard Sena-
tor Schaller denied any intention of
Questioning the methods of the board,
and with the end of THE session at hand
emphatically refused to consider the
suggestion that progress be reported on
the bill.
To prove that he was not attempting
10 strike at the normal school presi-
dents or at any particular person in
terested he offered to accept any
amendment offered, but insisted that
the amendment be offered at once.
Senator Eberhart thought he could
end the debate, and in a sarcastic
speech moved that the bill be referred
back to its author, where, having es-
capped death sentence, it could re-
main until sometime in the far-off flu
ture a bill of this character might be
heeueu' -lH
Senator Eberhart misjudged the SEN
timent of the senate, for his motion was
emphatically rejected. Senator Brewer
then moved to recommend the measure
for indefinite postponement, and this
motion was voted down. Senator Brow
er asked for delay, but Senator Schaller
was now worked up to a fighting mood
and insisted that the measure be dis
posed OF at once. His motion to rec
ommend for passage carried
The Schaller bill drops the normal
school presidents from the state board
and allows the governor to name in
their place two county school superin-
tendents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-18
: NOT SLOW FOR
A REFORMER"
First Assistant Postmaster
General Wynne on the
GridirOn.
Special to The Globe.

Special to The Globe.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April IL
The disclosure of abuses in the post
Office department continues. Now it is
First Assistant Postmaster General
Wynne's turn to take a seat on the
gridiron. On account of Mr. Wynne's
zeal as a reformer of other divisions
Of the department his enemies have
been looking into his affairs.
They find, first, that the original
salary of $4,000 year was not enough
for Mr.. Wynne, and he had it increas-
ed in the postoffice appropriation bill
to $1,000, or $500 a year more than any
other assistant postmaster general
gets. Then he contrived to get an
allowance of 5000 year for a car
riage, and. strange to say, 5000 a year
for travelling expenses in the District
of Columbia AS if this were not
enough, he put his son, an eighteen
year-old boy, in as his private secre-
tary at a salary of $4,000 a year.
(Which is not so slow for reform
err say the enemies of Mr.. Wynne.
The scandal has reached the stage
where the investigators and the inves-
tigated are telling on" each other,
which is likely to render the work Of
cleaning up the service easier.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-18
MORGAN AFTER LAW STUDENTS.
Freeborn Senator's Bill Is Killed, but
He Promises Another

Senator Morgan's bill to compel the
graduates of the state university law
school to take the regular state exami-
nation before being admitted to the bar
was killed in the senate yesterday
morning, but not until It's author had
served notice that he was coming back
to the next session Of the legislature
with the avowed purpose of securing
the passage of an act to compel a
graduate of the university to prove his
worth before being admitted to the
bar.
Senators Wilson and Lord opposed
the Morgan bill and the senator from
Freeborn, who had noted the shadow
of the indefinite postponement club
hanging over his measure for several
weeks, declined to make a hard fight,
contenting himself with the announce
ment that If possible he would intro
duce. a successful measure at the next
session.
Senator Morgan declared there was
no reason for excepting the Minnesota
law school from the other departments.
Graduates of the department of medi-
cine were compelled to pass an eXami-
nation and he insisted that the law
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-04-18
Mr.. COODSON DID
NOT JUMP FROM
HIGH BRIDGE
He Telephones to Central
Police Station From a
Wisconsin Town, Last
Night, Saying That He
Was on Earth and Would
Return to st. Paul Today.

Frank H. Goodson did not jump from
the high bridge; nor did he commit
suicide
On the contrary, he is alive and we'll
and expects to arrive in st. Paul today.
Shortly after o'clock last night the
telephone at the central police station
rang. Capt. Hanft answered It,
We'll, what's wanted?" inquired the
captain.
This is Goodson, Frank H. Goodson
talking" replied the voice. II am the
man who was supposed to have Jumped
from the high bridge Wednesday night.
l didn't jump. I am over here in Wis
consin. 1 wish you would tell my wife
that 1 expect to be home tomorrow. I
have written her a letter"
But, how about your coat and hat
which were found on the bridge?" ask
ed Capt. Hanft. How came they
there"
"oh, left them there all right" was
the laughing reply. "Goodby."
Then Mr.. Goodson hung up the
phone.
Frank H. Goodson was employed as
a driver for the American Express
company. He lived with his wife and
daughter at 269 West Fifth street. The
last time Mrs. Goodson saw her hus-
band was Wednesday noon, when he
came home to lunch. He told her that
In the evening he would be paid $25 by
the express company. He said he owed
IS of this to his foreman and that he
would bring the rest of 1t home He did
not tell her that he had resigned his
position with the American Express
company.
After the finding of the coat and hat
In the middle Of the high bridge, his
intimate friends were confident he had
committed suicide. His father-in-law.
however, was skeptical, and expressed
the opinion that he had done nothing of
the kind.