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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
TRIBUTE rO YANKEE INGENUITY
Chinese Paper Describes Truly Won.
derful invention.

derful Invention.
Admiral Dewey was prominent
figure at the Saratoga races. Usually
he occupied a box One afternoon q
little party of farmers came up to
shake hands with him and, naturally,
the talk turned to agriculture
when l was in the Philippines" !"
said the admiral, IAN American resi-
lent brought me a Chinese paper. He
said this paper would interest me be-
eause it contained an account of an
American invent Then, with q
smile, he translated a paragraph that
ran something like this:
The ingenuity of the yankee Ia
typified we'll in a hens nest that he
has recently invented and patented.
This nest increases the laying capacity
OF the hens to an unlimited degree.
In the bottom of It there is trap door,
governed by delicate spring. The
hen lays an egg, the weight OF which
causes the trap aoor to open, where
upon the egg drops Town into 9 sub
terreanean compartment and the door
closes very swiftly and silently again.
The hen gets up, turns to look at the
egg, but sees none there. So she 1e
cides that she must be mistaken IL,
thinking she bad laid. Aud she sits
down again and deposits another egg,
which. like its predecessor, disappears
The procHss continues indefinitely. :"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
KITCHEN RACKS.

the brackets and made fast to the wall
position A smaller knife stick for
pairing knives is very convenient if
fastened near the sink. The wood
work should be given two or three
coats of white or enamel paint Care
should be taken to have the knives dry
and perfectly clean before they arS
dropped into the slots.
For saucepans, tin cups and dippers
and small hollow ware a simple contriv.
ance is shown in the illustration for a
saucepan rack.
A stick four inches wide and thirty
six inches long is held in place by two
brackets, which enable 1t to project
about six inches out from the wall.
These brackets are fourteen inches
long by eight inches wide. The curved
top and bottom lines are made with a
compass saw.
The stick is held in place by means
of three screws driven through the side
of each bracket end and into the end
of the stick.
Along the top of the strip and on the
brackets round pins are driven into
holes bored with bit. These pegs,
which are for cups and measures,
should be of hardwood, so that they
will not easily break Galvanized
nails are driven into the face and back
of the strip, from which the utensils
can be suspended.
For spoons. heaters. long handled
metal forks, steels and skewers a
spoon bar is almost a necessity. This
is somewhat similar to the saucepan
rack, but is longer and does not project
so far out.-Woman's Home Compan,
ion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
The Christmas dinner.

The Christmas dinner.
The hclly and the mlstletoe, the say.
ory turkey, the blazing plum pudding,
the happy, smiling faces across the
table! How the term sums up the
total of Yuletide joys.
No restaurateur' declared the
manager of one of Pine Bluffs most
popular cafes, that | have ever heard
Of can give any points to prepare
Christmas dinner.
Il might give you a menu as long
as this table, and yet it would not equal
the dinner you will find in many an Ark
ansas house on Christmas day | have
been in the restaurant business for
many years, but | have never
eaten a Christmas turkey such as you
VIII be able to get in a happy Pine Bluff
home.
The elaborate menu fascinates the
eye, but the housewife with but sim
gle range against our several will
prepare dinner that | would tramp a
mile through the snow to eat
One may only read the description
Cf that Christmas dinner, participated
in by the members of the crew of the
good ship Discovery in the South Are
tic Zone last December, IT, realize how
around a mess table of the NEST hum
BILE description, there glowed in every
heart the memories of other Christmas
dinners, which impaired to that unique
meal among the ice floes all the spar
kle and JOY of past banquets, whose
memc.ries only can arise at Christmas
tide
the mid-Atlantic with the crew Of a
cattle ship: enjoy it at the home OF
the American Ambassador in Berlin, or
st. Petersburg. One may partake of
it with the members of the Salvation
Army in ST. Louis, and perhaps the last
may be the best of all. Wherever it
may be- however, there is something
about that Christmas dinner that no
other dinner in the world may impart.
Christmas Abroad.
1t is in America, England and Ger
many that the Christmas spirit prevails
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
BEST OF CHRISTMAS DINNERS TO
Be GIVEN IN PINE BLUFF HOMES

most. While Pine Bluff, London and
Berlin are enjoying the Christmas fes-
tivities Paris, Rome, Madrid and Ven
ice are awaiting New Years on which
to convey their Fluctuations TO their
fellowmen
The Englishmen of all others makes
Christmas a home holiday. London at
Christmas tide is deserted. The Sun
day rule prevails in the public house.
That means to say that you may not
So much as quench your Christm
thirst save from the hours of u to 3
in the afternoon and then again from
6 to 11:30 at night.
Within his own home the English
man is thoroughly, lavishly enjoying
himself. II is the height of the game
season, and the game is high indeed
for if the pheasant, the grouse, the
black game, or the deer served at the
/ Christmas table, has been hanging a
week Or nlCGe in the keen, crisp air
your English cousin would have none
of it.
The great salver of game will occr-
py one end of the table. Then the
fowl which may be French capon, or
eXquisitely tender Deyonian turkey,
will be at the other. If you are stop
! ping with friends who desire t.. pay es.
pecial compliment to his American
guest, you may have cranberries with
your turkey.
There will be an abundance of ex-
cellenty prepared vegetables. You
| may have Brussel sprouts with flavor
| that does not reach the American mar
| ket. You will have deserts galore,
| blanc mango of every hue and flavor,
ices, nuts, Camembert, Roquefort, Neut-
chatel, any brand of cheese you may
desire and excellent coffee and cigars.
That is y~ur London Christmas dinner.
Quite complete with it's blazing Christ
mas pudding, flaming blue alcoholic ac-
compartment. conductive of sight and
smell, its glowing holly, and over all
the spray of mistletoe, without which
no Christmas dinner in "Merrie Eng
land" ever was, or ever will, be com.
plete.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
THIS AN UNLUCkY YEAR,
The Superstltious Man Produces
Some Figures to Prove Il.

III something terrible doesn't hap.
pen to the human race before the end
OF this year, I'm no true prophet"
said the surerstitious man. Fate has
written it down just as plain as day
and there's no way of lodging it.
I'm the first place, the year 1908
contains a mighty bad combination OF
figures. If you take them separately
and add them up you will find that
the result will be thirteen, no matter
which way you work it out.
"All right. You may laugh at me
as far as I have gone, but wait until
produce some more facts. In the
year 1903 there are three days In
which the thirteenth of the month
falls on Friday. The first was Feb.
13. The next March 13, and the last
will be Nov. 13.
Take a look at the calendar and
find out how may previous years had
this many Fridays which came in the
thirteenth of the month On the 13th
of February l forgot myself and walk
ed under ladder. Before | had gone
half block beyond that lcdder
fell down and sprained my ankle.
IF figures count for anything this
is the unluckiest year that old Father
Time has presented to us in mighty
long while. It's combination that
cant be beat, and Fm just sailing
around looking for trouble all the
time"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
Babies aaa roea.

An old doctor gives 1t as a rule for
mothers to follow that no starchy food,
such as cereals, potatoes, crackers or
bread, be given to babies till they be-
gin to "drool" This 'drooling," as 1t
is called. Is the first appearance of
saliva. and saliva is necessity in the
digestion Of starch. When food is CIV
en- before the saliva begins to now II
passes into the intestines perfectly un-
digested. and if there are no worse re-
suits there will be a severe case OF
"gripes."-Good Housekeeping.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
handkerchief For Lingerie.


A new field has beep opened to the
handkerchief, and it is not unusual to
see woman purchase at one time one
or two dozen that match perfectly.
Not only are they used for corset COW
ers, but to trim entire sets of under
wear. Sheer squares. with Ella aborate
lace borders, make charming. ruffles
for cambria petticoats. They are cut
in two diagonally and arranged around
the skirt, placing tip to tip and FORM
ing pointed hounce. The corsage OF
chemises and corset covers may be
trimmed with half the handkerchief
set on the front and half on the back.
or the four corners may be cut to make
triangles and joined at the ends. form.
ing shallow rufle to match the
nounce on the skirt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
SANTA CLAUS LETTERS

l would let you know what would like
fer you to bring me: | want football
game, pair of boots, and just lots OF
candy and fruits. l am a little boy IL
years old. Please don't forget me.
will go to bed at o'clock, also be a
good boy till you come. My name is
Lawrence Rue live at Ills East
Sixth avenue. P S. Den't forget my
sisters. Their names are Tillie, Ruth,
Mile and Rosie Lee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16

Notice is hereby given that ON Mol
day, January 1, 1904, at the cour,
house door in Jefferson county, Ar
ansas. will offer for sale to the hign'
est bidder for casa the following de-
scribed school lands, tc.wit:
Lots two, nine, ten, eleven, twelve
thirteen, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen
e, 9, 10, II, IL, 13. IA, Is and 16) in
section sixteen (1e) township three (S)
south range seven (7) west.
At JAMES GOULD, sheriff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16

Very lew rates to the south east via
the Southern Railway-Round trip
tickets will be sold, reading over the
Southern Railway to all points in the
southeast, at rate of one fare plus 81
10, 29, 21 and 26th, good to return 30
days from date of sale. See that your
tickets read via the Southern Railway.
Three daily trains cut of Memphis.
Fine gas-lighted, steam-heated trains.
Quick schedules. For further informa:
ton write c.. A. DeSaussure, division
passenger agent, Memphis, Tenn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
Electron.
Development

Development: Electron.
DR.. Kaufman 0, many, in a re-
cent lecture, traced the histor.' of the
development of tie electron.. The
roots of the idea go back about TWEEN.
ty-five years. The growth of the stem
has taken place within the last ten
years, and now we have a flourishing
plant and a large literature on the
subject. Broadly speaking, the latest
theory accounts for inertia. suggests
a cause for gravitation. explains the
leading phenomena of the spectra Of
hot gases and co-ordinates hypothet-
.cally a host OF miner phenomena that
seem at frst sight to have no discern
ible mutual relationship, says Electrt
eal World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
To Frekhen Fruits.

Most housekeepers are accustomed to
freshen salacs and other vegetables by
soaking in cold water. but not every
one knows that most fruits are vastly
improved by being treated in the same
manner, Pears, peaches and like thin
skinned fruits, likewise berries, should
never he soaked, but plums, melons,
bananas and even grapes benefit by the
process. Tomatoes and cucumbers are
made over, so to speak.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16

City, Dec. l5.-My Dear Santa Claus:
am little boy, three years and ten
months old. do not want you to
bring me very much. l will tell you
what to bring me. l want drum, air
gun that l can hunt with, and a real
horse that l can drive and bring my
mother home from work. She works
SO awful Iateat Mr.. Dreyfus' big store
every night. Now dent forget me. l
will hang my stocking up behind the
heater N my room and don't forget 10
fill it for me. l will go to bed at 8
O'Clock and close my eyes tight I will
not peep indeed l wont. Your little
boy, John William johnson, 1113 East
Third avenue.
City, Dec. 15.-Dear Santa Claus: l
thought l would write you letter and
tell you what | want. want you to
bring me fur to keep my neck warm
When go to school, and bring Regina
the same as you bring me. You can
bring me anything you think need. l
do not want very much. Oh, yes, dent
forget my three little nepheWs in Okla
homa. Well l will go to bed early.
Your little friend, Catherine Veronica
Ferguson, 1113 East Third avenue.
Pine Bluff Ark, Dec. 15.-My dear
Santa Claus: l thought would write
to you and tell you what want for
Christmas. am little girl two years
old, and want rocking chair. and a
candy box, and a dcll. and a jacket.
That is all for this Christmas. Your
dear friend, Roselee Rue. P. S. Don't
forget my mamma. live on East Sixth
avenue, 1115.
Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec 15.-My dear
old friend: l thought would write to
you and tell you what want for Xmas.
want pair of house slippers and
game, and new dress, and handker-
chief bag, and that is all for this
Christmas. Yours truly. Ruth Rue. P.
s. I live on East Sixth avenue, 1115.
Pine Bluff Dec. 15.-Dear Santa: l
thought would write and tell you
What l want for Christmas l want
Set OF white furs little stove, doll,
set of dishes, candy and nuts, all
Kinds of fruits. l will go to bed at
o'clock. Your little girl, Lena Maui
pin.
Pine Bluff, Ark, Bee. 15.-Mr. Santa
Claus: Dear old fellow: AS it is get.
ting so near Christmas l thought that
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
Why Willie Passed Up the Ham,

WY "H"S dSoSU 0P S''0 ''aUss
Willie had been particularly i'm.
pressed with that part Of the cate.
chism which recousted the things
which his sponsors IN baptism had
promised and vowed in his name"
So when the grandmother said sweet
ly:
Willie, dear. won't you have some
deviled ham," be looked at her stern.
ly and replied:
"No, grscdma. You know I have
renouneed che devil and all his
works."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
Meroan's Gold Dinner Service

PieYpont Morgan has gold dimes
service. said to be worth $4,000.
which was presented to him by Will
lam H. Vanderbilt when he (Morgan)
made an extensive sale Of New York
Central stock in Europe. It is a re.
production of service in the British
royal family. but the Morgans are not
ioud of display and seldom use It
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16

Praise fer American ooldiese.
Field Marshal Lord Wolseley -
Gently wrote to q friend in this coun
try that he always quotes the Ameg3.
-an army as being. to my views of ~
tiers. the best army In the world"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16
K>s PHILOSOPHY.

Miss Pretty Teacher (sooA y -
uarried)-Of course we're tired te
death of teaching. Tn going tc stop
soon. Why don't you?
Miss Prim (who is always tslkins
marriage but has no ofers)-rd like
to.
Miss Pretty Teacher-Why don't
you, then? You're not consistent
philosophy. What is it, anyway1
Mss Prim--Kapt. principally.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16

CAsTo7IA.
Bear, th. 4 The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature ss &WzZzZx
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-16

Pine Bluff, Ark, Bee. 15.-Mr. Santa
Claus: Dear old fellow: AS it is get'
tlng so near Christmas I thought that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-13
THEY PROTEST
AGAINST TAXES
Board Of Equalization, in
Raising Assessments,
Causes Indignation.

county Treasurer Metzdorf sent out
1900 postal cards Saturday calling
for personal property tax settlements
On each was given the amount due and
the size of the assessment
Yesterday County Assessor ConIav.s
ONCE was besieged by an angry crowd
and 1t required the combined efforts
d hlnseH and the office force to an
S"ef the avalanche Of questions and
pacify the Indignation.
The entire trouble was due to the
ACTIVITY ct the state board Of equaIiza-
tlon' which raised the valuations
given on goods and merchandise 10
per cent, tackled 20 per cent on to
the Item of household goods and effects
anG doubled that Of gold and silver,
Jewelry and saloon fixtures.
All had kept in mind the Valuation
given when deputy assessor had
called and filed out a blank. and no
amount of argument could convince a
lot OF them that some one had not
tan pered with the figures after the
blanks had left their hands.
Assessor ConIey argued, one of his
clerks pounded the table in a vain eff
Tort to show hard-headed West slider.
that it was the states fault. while tha
balance of the office force dug into
dusty tones and records and raised
their voices in explanation. Some were
convinced, let's went away satisfied.
but there were others whom nc aroa11nt
OF argument would convince that thew
had not been robbed.
One saloonkeeper, who had turned
In valuation Of $500 for his fixtures
found $4,000 on the postal card sent
him. and this raised his ire, but he was
told that he could take his troubles
to the board of abatement and he went
away satisfied. This was only one of
hundreds of cases, but 1t was a good
illustration Of the task the department
faced the better part Of the day.
Merchants and business men gener-
ally recognize the source of the in
crease" said Assessor Conley, but the
ordinary householder simply thinks
some one is trying to rob him. There
are hundreds Of persons who have
made honest returns, but their eyes
viii be opened next year and they will
underValue. The action of the state
board is a bid for dishonesty"
1t is expected that when the county
board Of abatement meets 1t will ne
deluged with applications for relief In
the case Of the j05bers and local Eusi-
ness men some of them are hard hit.
One firm alone finds that it will have
to pay fully $4,000 more than it die a
year ago.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-13
MURDY ORDERS A
44-CALIBRE GUN
Indignant Husband Who
Challenged Ray Walker,
Hurrying to st. Paul.
HattOn. N. D., Jan. 9, 1903

f1dlGDDs IN. u, Jan. =, lSU0.
st. Paul Hardware Co., st. Paul, Mimi:
Please send prices on 44-calibre Colts
double action revolver, bronzed barrel,
and oblige; also one box center fire cart
ridges. Samuel Murdy.
That the challenge to fight duel to
the death, made by Samuel Murdy to Ray
Walker, of this city, was no idle threat, is
indicated by the above letter, wh%h was
received by J. F. Mcclure, successor to
the ST. Paul Hardware company about
the same time Walker received the chal-
lenge, which had been sent by express.
AIurdy formerly lived in st. Paul. but
is now filling a theatrical engagement
with the FOuntaine Dramatic company,
playing North Dakota towns. He charges
Walker with being on too intimate terms
with Mrs. Murdy, who lives with her
father. James Wormley, at 905 Edmund
street, In this city. Walker is a day la
Dorer. and served as a private in one Of
the Minnesota regiments during the Span
ish-American war. As told by + h e
G e Sunday, Walker received a chal-
lenge from Murdy to fight duel to the
death, Whereupon he took the letter to
County Attorney Kane to see what could
be done about the matter
Yesterday James Wormley, whose
daughter is sMurdy's wife, secured a war
rant for the arrest of Walker whom
Wormley charges with assaulting him.
The affair has disrupted two homes. Mr..
Wormley told the story of the trouble to
T h e G b e yesterday, when seen in
the city prosecutors Office, where he went
TO secure warrant fer Walker The
father blanes( Walker and his daughter
and says he will stand by Murdy in any
thing he does. 80 -
Mr.. Wornlley received word from Murdy
yesterday, in which the hus band said he
would soon be inst. Paul to settle mat
tiers, and When he reaches here it is ex-
pected that there win he something do
ing, unless the determination expressed
by him in his letters to Walker and other
people is forestaIled in some way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Murdy have been married
three years.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-13
WILL BREAK RECORD
LAYING SIDEWALKS
City Engineer Making Preparations
for Large Amount of Work.

Local property owners who may be
unfortunate enough to be called upon
to build sidewalks this year will find {.
slight advance in the prices OF the ma
ter1al that enter into their c5nstruc-
ton.
In preparing estimates fer the guild
ance OF contractors who will be ask
ed to bid on the coming seasons out
put Of cement sidewalks, the city en-
gineering department has added 10
cents to last years price for granite
curb1ng and SO cents to the concrete,
making them both 80 cents and $3.50
a cubic yard respectively. All other
material has been raised in value cor
respondingly.
Last year bids were received on a
basis Of 100000 square yards of CO.
ment blocks, but this year rates will
be asked on double that quantity. The
department feels confident that 1905
will witness the largest amount Of ce-
ment walks ever laid in the history
of st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-13
SAYS SHE STOLE THIRTY
CENTS AND MADE A ROW
Mrs. Mullen Tells How Her Good OF.
fees Were Requited.

Mrs. Eva Mullen, who lives on South
Robert street, near Robinson, secured
a warrant yesterday for the arrest OF
Mrs. Maggie Gaughin, Of 127 Robinson
street, who is charged with having as
saulted Mrs. Mullen.
Mrs. Gaughlin, who is one of nv
neighbors, came over to my house yes
terday," explained Mrs. Mullen to City
Prosecutor Keller. and she was So
drunk she could hardly walk, 50 1 took
her home. After had taken her home
and placed her in bed she accused me
Of stealing 80 cents from her, and then
she threw a stick of stovewood which
struck me between the eyes"
Mrs. Mullen's eyes were badly dis
colored, and Mrs. Gaughin Is said to
bear several marks of the fight which
followed the throwing Of the stick of
wood. Mrs. Mullen admitted that she
had struck her nefghbor a few times
and that they had pulled each others
hair, but maintains that the Gaughin
woman started the fight.
She's an ungrateful thing, anyway"
said Mrs. Mullen. ito accuse me OF
stealing 80 cents. after had taken her
home when she was too drunk to
walk"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-13

AS means of getting around the
law which makes it impossible for
Ramsey county to employ an expert
bOokbinder, 1t was suggested that e.
A. Moeller be employed to look after
the bookbinding, and render his bill
each month" The matter was refer
red to the county attorney and in this
manner the board expects to secure the
services OF bookbinder even if he is
not officially known as such. IF the
plan is fav0rably reported upon. an
expert printer will be employed in the
same manner.
Mayor Smith suggested that the new
jail be made district Jail, in which
prisoners from outside counties could
be cared for when necessary, and the
plan met with the approval of the
board. The county attorney will give
the board his opinion on the matter at
the next meeting, which will be next
Monday.
Some of the commissioners were late
in arriving at the meeting Yesterday
morning, and it was almost II o'clock
before a quorum could be secured.
This angered Commissioner Seng. and
he took occasion to declare his dis
like Of the habit.
This meeting is called to meet at
10 o'clock and the members should
be here at that Time" said Mr.. Seng.
My time is worth money, and I can
not afford to wait here all morning for
members who neglect their official du-
ties for personal reasons"