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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-08
TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.

Be II this day known that | have sold
to Charley Lumpkin all my right and
ownership in the firm heretofore
known as c. Lumpkln and company.
The said Lumpkin will pay and collect
all debts due the firm
JOE p, DIXON.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-08

Besides keeping your powder dry
to keep the typewriter well oiled
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-08
FOR SALE.

A desirable lot with two dwellings,
thereon, located on WCs. SiXta avenue
within three blocks cf Main strect;
price reasonable, and terms to suit
purchaser
" T ROBERTS & SON.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-12-08

The one great virtue OF Burnett's
Vanilla Extract is purity. It. is real
vanilla extract and nothing but vanilla
extract always use Burnett's.) 3
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side the Americas station on January
20, 1863.
The America was one of the first
vessels to detect. her attempting to
sneak down the shore on very dark
night. Shots and rockets apprised
the heavier vessels of the blockading
fleet of the passage of prize, and the
Housatonic Joined the America, that,
with the schooner Blunt, was sending
shot after shot after the blockade
runner.
The prize offered no resistance, but
was run ashore on Long Island beach,
her crew escaping to the land in their
boats. y
The vessel was saved, with her
cargo, which consisted of heavy guns.
rifles, gunpowder, army stores and
engines for confederate ironclads
then building. The vessel also car
ried English workmen brought over
to instruct the confederates in the
manufacture Of steel-pointed projec-
tiles.
When sold By q prize court of Phila-
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81 famous YACHT AMERICA DID " /
s. <>ae H. lONzCAUSE GOOD SERVICE

Travellers on cars crossing N the
bridge between Charlestown and Chel-
sea, Mass, are often astonished to
see some passenger, fix an earnest
gaze on an old schooner yacht that
lies with q cover of boards over her
deck, alongside the north pier at the
bridge draw. The gaze of the inter-
ested passenger is so intent, and his
look fingers on the old vessel so long
that the other passengers wonder
what there is about the craft to cause
such an eager regard.
Sometimes they learn, and all then
gaze, if in time, for the vessel is the
most famous yacht afoat, being none
other than the America.
For number of years the Ameri-
cas- winter berth has been at Chel-
sea bridge, and this year, not having
been placed in commission by her
owner, Butler Ames of Lowell, she
has has spent the summer there also.
After racing for the cup that bears
her name, in August, 1851, the Ameri-
ca was sold by her American owner
to an English yachtsman, Lord John
de Blacquiere, who used her a couple
Of years and sold her to Lord Temple
town Of the Royal yacht squadron.
In 1859 she was bought by builder,
who rebuilt her, and in the winter of
1860 sold her to a certain Capt. H. E.
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ence, and had set out on the Tacony,
mounting quaker" guns from he1
light spars' as he sailed. The Taconys
crew got ashore on the Delawar.
coast, and warned the navy depart.
ment of the capture.
Tacony consisted Of about thirty YES.
sells, sailing craft and steamers. The
America, commanded by Lieut.. Theo
F. Kane, was ordered to cruise as fa1
south as the coast of North Carolina
She was out ten days, but she met
foggy weather, and having carried
away her bobstay in a blow, she re.
turned to New York, June Is, without
having seen the Tacony.
The Tacony meanwhile had worked
up to the Maine coast, burning nine.
teen vessels on the way. Here, on
the 25th of June, southeast Of the
island of Monhegan, she was burned
and her crew was transferred to the
schooner Archer of Southport, Me-. q
captured fishing vessel.
In the Archer, Reade entered Port.
land harbor, and cut out in the night
the cutter Caleb Gushing.
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delphia the Princess Royal. with her
cargo, brought the government $780,
3S2.61. The prize was converted into
a union gunboat.
During the remainder of her stay
on the blockade the America was con-
cerned in number of minor cap
lures. Her post was one of the most
dangerous on the blockade, as she
was stationed in shoal water, and in
the easterly gales that sometimes
came up she had hard work to draw
off the lee shore to a safe anchorage
in deep water.
The famous vessels service on the
blockade ended May S, 1863, when she
started for Newport, r. J., BY orders
of the secretary of war. She. had
been pressed into service at Charles
town without having been condemned
by a prize court. The officers who
had raised her from the st. Johns
river wished her; to be turned over
to the naval academy, as they regard
ed her with great deal Of! sentiment.
and wanted the youth IN the ingtitu-
ton where they. had obtained their
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the southern coast, and Admiral Sam
uel F. DUPONT, in command of the
South Atlantic blockading squadron,
was apprised of the possibility of the
America appearing on the coast as
blackade runner or dispatch boat.
In March, 1852, DUPONT organized
an expedition to seize the ports of
eastern Florida. Lieut.. Thomas H.
Stevens (afterward a rear admiral,
and now dead), was assigned to take
his ship, the Ottawa, and some other
light draft vessels, across the bar of
the st. Johns river, to move against
Jacksonville. That city surrendered
March ~, without opposition, and
Lieut.. Stevens, hearing that there was
some valuable shipping sunk up the
river, pushed on with smaller vessels
to find it.
5 His quest was highly successful.
According to his official report, a boat
was sighted near Palatka from which
two men fed to the bank. In this
boat was found letter signed by a
person named Hemming, giving a re-
port of the sinking of the America, by
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the writer, albums Creek, 14o miles
above falatka. 49, 4 ,;,,e., 49, .,....,:t !
Lieut.. Stevens took steamer and
two launches from the Wabash (Du-
Points flagship, now a. receiving ship
at the Charlestown navy Yard, and
proceeded to the point described in
the letter.
Here the America was found sunk
in three fathoms of water, her port
rail being out. Anger holes had been
bored in her planking to cause her to
sink. g..
After weeks work, Lieut.. Ste
vens succeeded in raising the vessel.
She was towed by the Ottawa to Port
Royal, 5. c., the base of the blockad-
ing squadron, and there was fitted
with new sails and armed with three
guns.
On the 10th Of June, 1862, the
America went into commission as
United States vessel, attached to the
South Atlantic blockading squadron.
During this period of duty the
America was commanded by Acting
Master Jonathan Baker, fearless
man, who had entered the navy from
civil life and without previous train
ing had made an admirable officer.
One of the most valuable prizes of
the war was the steamer Princess
Royal, which was forced ashore in
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[zE A<zSf/<>9 wE< ST. u21Y<r RIEIER.

Decie, who in the winter of 1S6O-61
cruised in her in the West Indies.
The result, and possibly the motive,
of this cruise may be judged from the
fact that in April, 1861, the America
arrived at Savannah. She lay for
some time in the Savannah river,
while Capt. Decie was entertained by
prominent confederates. Then she
disappeared and her captain with
her.
Capt. Decie had. sold the vessel to
the confederate government, and her
first service was to carry Edward
Anderson, a former United States
navy officer, to Europe, as an agent
of the confederacy, authorized to or
der gunboats and arms and fit out
blockade running steamers.
Anderson's mission was entirely
successful, and it was not until o.
tober, 1861, that the government was
apprised of the service to which the
America had been put by the confed-
crates.
By that time plans were being per-
>fected for Tightening the blockade of
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training to have the$use of So famous
a craft. ss.,,zr+s ,.x ,,r,a,.s,.,. T.
The secretary of the navy therefore
ordered her to- be appraised and sold
This was done in New York in May,
1853, and the vessel was formerly bid
IN by the navy department for 500, a
merely nominal price. The officers
interested waived their rights to the
prize money on condition that the
vessel be given the naval academy
and this was done.
The America was put into active
service as soon as she was turned
over to the academy, by being as
signed on June Is, to join in the chase
of the confederate privateer bark Ia
cony, then cruising off the New Eng
land coast.
The Tacony, owned in Philadelphia
was seized off Cape Henry, June Is
1868, by the confederate hermaphro
,dite brig Clarence, Lieut.. Charles W.
Reade of the confederate navy, com.
handing. Reade had been a cadet
at Annapolis. He had left the confed.
crate steam privateer Clarence, a
prize, on daredevil raid along the
coast, carrying only twenty. men and
one, small gun. On taking the Tacony
he had transferred her crew to an.
other captured vessel, which he liber
ated on bond, had burned the Clar
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17
New Works Milk.

The milk trade in the vicinity of
New York is rapidly taking on a sys-
tel OF its own that seems to be
unique in this country. The milk
dealers are largely organized under
the title of the peoples Pure Milk
Company" The producers of milk
have a gigantic organization, which
they call the Five States Milk Pro-
ducers' Association" Not long ago
they completed a five years agree
ment dating from October, 1903, the
producers Of milk to deliver to the
dealers about 10000 cans OF milk per
day, agreeing to sell to them all the
milk they produce, except sucu as is
used in their homes. The agreement
is on the quart basis, the monthly
prices to be as follows: January,
3 4-8 cents; February, s3-s cents:
March, 31-S cents: April, cents:
May, 5-8 cents; June, 21-s cents;
July, 2 3-S cents; August, 2 6-S cents;
September, 8 cents; October, BIS
cents; November, 33-8 cents; Deem
Der, So cents. However these
prices are subsequently changed they
must never fall below a yearly aver
age OF 25s cents per quart in cash.
After two years, the annual average
is to be increased to 2% cents per
quart. The milk selling company
sells a part of it's stock to the pro-
ducers, thus making them partakers
in the profits of the milk delivery.
The milk delivering company fur.
n1shes all cans and keeps them clean
without expense to the milk pro-
ducers. One hundred pounds of milk
Is agreed upon as the equivalent of
4S quarts. The milk producers living
near the city are to receive in addi-
ton to the above mentioned prices
the difference in freight rates over
the long hauls for which the prices
are made. The milk producers that
do not keep their stables in a sani-
tary condition are to be excluded
from the benefits of this agreement
and their milk will be refused.
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wire should be used to keep out rats.
Rats become very destructive of
chicks after they once get a taste of
chicken. On the other hand rats will
frequently live on farm for years
and never touch a chick. It is large
ly question Of forming habit.
When rats once get the taste for
spring chicken, a relentless war will
have to be waged upon them. At one
time the writer had a great deal of
trouble in this respect. The rats got
so they would attack a chick of almost
any size, and it was not unusual to
find in the morning a half grown
chick killed and partly eaten by the
rodents. One day the fowls we're
making fuss and the writer hurried
to find the cause. A big rat had a
half-grown chicken by the leg and
was pulling it under a broken board
in the floor.
In such cases it will sometimes be
found necessary to use poison. Elec-
trio paste of some make has always
proven the most effective in the ex-
perience of the writer. But it is bet-
ter to so construct the poultry house
that no rats or other animals of anv
size can get in. This can be done in
various ways. Cement always makes
a good floor and prevents rats getting
in from that point. Where a board
floor is to be used, it should be so far
above the ground that the rats can
find nothing to stand on in their at
tempts to gnaw hole through the
boards. Rats never attempt to cut
their way into building from the
outside, and this point may well be
left unguarded. The trouble is that
most floors are put within q few
inches Of the ground, or else cross
beams and foundation stones ara 50
carelessly placed that the rodents find
an abundance OF support in their on
erations. .=>~ =.
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Points on Pasteurization.

BY pasteurization we understand
the application of heat to such a de-
gree that most of the bacteria are de-
stroyed; the. temperature generally
made use Of ranges between 40 to
l85 degrees F., said NJ Mortenson at
a dairy convention. This should not
be confused with sterilization. by
which we understand complete de-
struction Of bacteria; this may be &C.
complished either by application of
heat or by the use of chemicals.
Every buttermaker at present has be-
come so familiar with pasteurization
that he can without difficulty pasteur-
lie milk for starters, but pasteuriza-
ton of milk and cream for city sup
ply and especially cream for butter
making, requires more experience and
very careful work. The cooked flavor
which milk acquires after it has been
heated to a temperature Of $50 de-
grees F. must be prevented when milk
is to be sold for direct consumption.
The consumer generally objects to
the cooked flavor; only a few under
stand that that favor serves as a
guarantee. that this milk is pure,
healthy food. The Wisconsin Expert
ment station recommends that the
milk be heated to 40 degrees F.. for
thirty minutes; that does not produce
the cooked flavor and it does not af-
feet the rising of the cream as do
higher temperatures. Pasteurization
OF milk and cream for direct con-
sumption is continually growing in
favor. AS to the digestibility of pas
teurized milk compared with raw milk
opinions are divided. Experiments
along that line of work have been
conducted at the Maryland Expert
ment station, where they arrived at
the conclusion that raw milk more
easily digested when fed to calves
than either pastedrized or cooked
milk; they also correspondent with
physicians in charge of childrens' hos
pitfalls and the majority of them favor
the use OF raw milk for infants, when
the milk was known to be in perfect
condition, but favored pasteurlzed
milk under ordinary conditions Dr.
Flelschmann together with DR.. Au-
gust Morgen and other European
scientists conducted experiments
which lead to the conclusion that the
heterogeneous matter in milk which has
peen submitted to a high temperature
Is somewhat more d.gestible than in
fresh milk.
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Predatory Animals.

Could census be taken of the fowls
lost by the ravages of animals of prey
the results would be truly astonish-
Ing. In the newer settled sections of
the country forest animals are so per
sistent In their attempts to get at the
poultry that the raising of chickens is
frequently discontinued. One would
hardly expect to hear of large losses
from the ravages of coons, weasels
and minks inside of the limits of Cook
county, Illinois, yet such losses are
frequently reported. The writer knew
OF neighbor who lost big white
Leghorn cock. The animal had en-
tered the hen house at night, selected
the largest bird obtainable and had
carried it. off, climbing a post and
walking along board fence eight
feet high. Indications pointed to a
coon as the mischief doer but it was
not thought probable that a coon was
IN that vicinity. However, the next
day another neighbor shot a coon in
the neighborhood and the case was
proven.
Another man living in good-sized
Chicago suburb told the writer that
some wild animal had destroyed his
whole flock. He got through the wires
one night and killed part of the
flock. The man the next day made
everything secure, as he supposed;
but that night the animal dug a bur-
row under the walls Of the house, got
in and killed the rest of the flock. A
weasel was suspected. This goes to
show that a little precaution against
these animals will hardly prove ef-
fective. The point is that while we
are making the poultry house secure
we should make it so secure that no
loss can be occasioned by these ami
mails.
incidentally we might criticise the
practice of many poultry owners leav-
ing the doors and windows of their
houses open during the summer
nights, with no protection whatever.
This was the case with the man that
lost the White Leghorn cock. A door
aid window made of inch mesh wire
would have been entirely effective in
keeping out animals, even rats. The
writer has used this wire and has
found it very strong and durable. It
is not expensive and there Is no rea-
son why it should not be extensively
used
Where there are young chicks, this
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Renovated Butter Product

There are in the United States in
the neighborhood of 70 factories for
the renovating of butter, and their
product last year is reported to have
been over 100000 pounds. The new
revenue law relating to renovated but
ter went into effect last year and for
the first time we have statistics that
are something more than guesses.
The tax of one-fourth cent a pound
does not seem to find many directors
among the renovated butter interests.
and the supervision given the fac.
tories is something Of a guarantee to
the people Of the production of a
wholesome product.
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Siberian Butter.

The dairy interests of Siberia have
been enormously advanced by the com
pletion Of the western part of the
trans Siberian railway. The number
of creameries and their production OF
export butter are reported to be as
follows: 1898, l40 creameries; butter
produced, 5,416,800 pounds. 1899, 1874
'creameries; 1883, 900 pounds. 1900.
1,107 creaneries; 39;723,2O0 pounds 3
1901, 1900 creameries;' s67, 168,320t
pounds. 1902, $500 creameries; 90,-
8280, 900 pounds. Much Of this butter.
rs shipped to England. /, s N q
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The stowaway on the Cedric who
had only a biscuit and a flask of rum
and four onions to- sustain life with
on the way across the ocean couldn't
had had sweet-smelling breath when
be reached New York, but he was
lucky to have any breath at 2alA ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

A Philadelphia claims to have dis.
covered the secret of making gold
from baser metals. We knew Phila-
delphia was considered sleepy town.
but we didn't know they had dreams
like that there.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

A young clergyman of New York
state, who happened to be a good
checker player, won bride and freed
his church from debt by defeating the
local champion after the latter had de-
feated his father-in-law.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

An automobile has wrecked a loco
motive in Switzerland. Thus is the
British parliament justified in its
classification of the horseless ma
chine.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

A former Columbia instructor has
just written a book in forty days while
fasting. Men have written books be.
fore and men have tasted forty days,
but Mr.. Wellington Putnam holds the
belt" for combining these feats.
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But that is another story.
The America remained in the ser
vice of the naval academy until 1873,
when she was sold by order Of the
secretary of the navy to Gen. Benja,
min F. Butler. Naval men claimed
that the sale was illegal, on the
ground that the vessel was not con.
demned by board of survey, accord.
Ing to law, and there was but one bid.
der at the sale. The matter was made
the subject of inquiry at a congress.
sional investigation in 1876. The
America has remained in undisputed
possession of Gen. Butler and his
family since 1873.-Winf1eld M,
Thompson in Boston Globe.
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Nicholas of Russia is getting after
have pretty sharp point. Go it, Nick.
Here's a case in which we are all
ready to wish you well.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

The statement is going the rounds
of the press that Sara Bernhard will
be SO years old in October next. But
isn't it sort Of mean to tell on a lady
that way
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

The discovery of a counterfeit OF
the 81 silver certificate will interest a
great many more people than the re-
cent announcement of the counter.
feiting Of IS bill.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

The Apple Shippers Association es.
Inmates the 1903 crop at 48,614,000 bar
rels. The apple pickers are going to
have busy fall.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

Real estate values in the vicinity
Of Mt. Vesuvius must be disc6drag-
ingly low just now.
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Perhaps some day the $4,000 com.
pany just organized at Memphis to
make pants, jumpers and overalls will
add trousers to the list.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

Turkey can't tell Macedonia to get a
reputation before fighting it. It pro-
duced Alexander the Great.
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And now the American mule is
threatened by the German zebrula!
This calls for the most vigorous sort
of a kick.
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Every American lady is a queen in
her own right. Have you noticed the
ladies' combs? They begin to look
like crowns.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

Some of the managers are afraid
Patti may not come to make another
farewell tour. They don't know
Patti
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A woman in Washington has re-
ceived license to run an engine, but as
it is stationary engine there seems
to be no danger OF her running over
anybody.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

A Chicagoan gave his bride that old
gag about the biscuits mother used
to bake, by way of invidious compare
son. He is in the hospital.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

Isn't stealage better word than
shortage when used in connection
with a bank robbery?
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

China should be careful how it
leaves it's navy around where mer-
chant vessels can bump into it.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

If the car could only be convinced
that reforms should begin at home
what lot Of places there are for him
to get in his work!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

We understand that Harry Lehr
thinks that the newspaper reporters
who describe his idiosyncracies are
zeal mean.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

A company of Chicagoans is going
to work the Brazilian diamond fields
if the glass trust does not get out
an injunction.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-17

The wife who is seeking divorce
from zone of the incest of men" sure
ly cannot expect to find nicer one