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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-26

Their best to get rid of them, the means
adopted meing simply to select for
propagation specimens which by
ni1anc" happen 10 be thornIess or
comparatively 50.
IN this way tho raspberry is being
freed Of ns thorns Some oranges
and lemons are very ihorny. for ex
anpr. the hish-priccd King orange,
which is the best Of the manAarins
though rarely seen i'll our markets.
Ia Florida its thornineas has been
diminished by selecting buds from
branches with the fe~eat thorEs.
The thorns in this case are ohiec-
lionable partly because they puncture
he oranges or lemons when the
branches are blown about by the wind.
In speaking of secdless fruits, the
naval orange must not be forgotten. It
IS d freak 0f nature.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-26
Banana is a Modified Berry

It is propagated by suckers. and pos
sibly ii had no seeds when il was first
found in the wild state, The banana
is modified berry Cutting the fruit
down through the middle YOU will see
a few little brown spots. which are
rudlmentary seeds: but occasionally
the banana does actually produce seeds
The pinapple is nearly seedless. be-
ing propagated likewise from suckers
and from slips.
Tho4ns are a nuisance on fruit
plants, and the plant wizards are doing
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-26
COTTON BELT ROUTE.

On account of the Spring Race Meet
ing at Little Rock, the Cotton Belt
route will sell round trip tickets TO
that point at rate of one fare IN the
round trip. Tickets on sale March 23,
26, and q. Return limit. March %.
On account of the Spring Meeting
New Memphis Jockey club, at Mem
phis, Tenn, the Cotton Belt route
will Sell round trip tickets to that
point at rate of one fare for the round
trip. Tickets on sale for trains arriv-
ing at Memphis March 20, April Z,
II, 13 and 20. Return limit. five days
from date of sale.
On account of the International Con-
vention United States Society of Chris
ton Endeavor, at Denver, Col, the
Cotton Belt route will sell round trip
tickets to that point at rate of SIS for
the round trip. Tickets on sale from
July / to 10, inclusive, 1903. Return
limit, August 81, 1908.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-26

And Congregation VIII Use Eggs for
the Church.

Bridgeton, n. Y March 26-Inas-
much as their hens cannot be stopped
from laying eggs on the Sabbath, the
Ladies' Aid society of the Marlboro
Seventh-day Baptist church has de-
cided that hereafter all eggs laid by
their hens on the Sabbath shall be
donated to the funds of the church.
On April s an account of the sales of
the Sabbath eggs will be made, and
the proceeds turned into the treasury.
to be used specifically for church i'm
pr0vementS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-26
60 a. sS rxa 80 - Z 81.
Bears the q The Kind You Have Aaays Holgh'
Of eG(zIzf95 Z</lr-@IZ
Miie.a-Minute Boat Failed.

Cincinnati, O., March 26.-The trial
OF the Emerson launch that was built
for Commodore Edward, of the Royal
Yacht club in Canada, was failure
here today, owing to the breaking Of
one OF the propellers. 1t was decided
then to take the launch to Detroit
for test to make a mile a minute
at some future date. To cross the
ocean in two days is a result the in
ventor expects to achieve with the
new method of propulsion. The launch
is built much along the lines of all
launches ef its size, but possesses a
newly y-ieyeloped motor that has thir-
ty-horse propelling power and weighs
less than Geo pounds. A new arrange
ment OF valve action is supplied, en-
abiing the engine to make 1000 rev.
oNlti0nS a minute
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-26
ASK YOUR NEiGH3OR.
Hundreds of Pine Bluff Citizens Can
Tell You All About It.


Home endorsement the public ox-
preston of Pine Bluff people should
be evidence beyond dispute for every
Pine Bluff reader. Surely the eXpe-
rience of friends and neighhors, cheer
fully given by them, will cary more
weight than the uterances of
strangers residing in far away places.
Grad the following:
Mrs. II. Wycott, wife of H. Wyeott
millwright. OF Sl2 Ohio street, says:
II am only too pleased to endorse
Doan's Kidney Pills, for | know from
personal experience that they are all
that is claimed for them. Before
went to ManTankersley DRUG Co. POI
West Second avenue, for a box, there
was constant soreness across my
back and when STOPPING Or eXerting
myself ten pain became very sharp.
If took cold it always settled in my
kidneys, and although | doctored ana
tried different remedies none brought
permanent relief. I could notice the
direct effect on my kidneys in a short
time. The treatment did more good
than all other remedies | ever took
| only hope the benefit received may
be lasting"
For sale by all dealers Price so
cents. Foster MiIburn Co.. Buffalo,
n. Y, sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name-Doan sand
take no substitute.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-26

Uncle Sam has plant wizard, and
his name is Herbert J. Webber.
For quite while past he has been
engaged in the business of making
new fruits and vegetables and some of
the things he has accomplished are
little short of miraculous.
Only the other day he quietly hand
ed to the secretary of agriculture an
unfamiliar looking object golden yellow
represented the long sought cross be-
tween the Tangerine orange and the
grape fruit, or pomelo.
He called it the "tangelo' and prom
ised that before long it should be on
our markets commercially.
1t tastes something like an orange
but is more acid.
Here, then. was a fruit unthought
of by nature. and created purely and
simply by human ingenuity. What
could be moro wonderful? Yet it is
only one of number of similar mar
wells which have been recently evolved.
Burbank. the California plant breed
er. has Just announced the production
the raspberry and strawberry-a delie-
ious mersel. which, as it melts on the
tongue, conveys mingled suggestions
Of both Of those fruits.
Doctor Webber says that the seed
less watermelon is d reasonable hope
for the not distant future.
Meanwhile the thornloss blackberry
is already an accomplished fact, hay
Ing been produced recently at Benton
Harbor. Me, and the pit has been
eliminated from new and promising
variety of plum.
Oddly enough, in this plum the ker-
mel remains, though the stone is gone,
but this may be disposed of eventually
by cross breeding.
At present the experts are engaged
il augumenting the size and improving
the shape of the "stonoless prunc," as
it is called, in order that ii may have
as high commercial value as possible,
There seems to be scarcely limit
to the wonders that may be accomp-
lishod in the line of experimentation in
which Doctor Webher and his fellow
servants are engaged.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-26
TOWN BLOWN OFF MAP.
Surveyor Wants State to Pay for Its
Relocation.

Topeka, Kan March 26.-Hodge-
man county. in western Kansas. has
been technically blown off the map
This is the information sent by Coun-
ty Surveyor A. J. Coombs to Gov.
Bailey today.
Coombs wants the state to pay the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-26

When a man gets too lazy to give
advice. there is no earthly hope for
him.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
here is only one Diaz.
People Eat Less Bread.

"Well, how's business?" asked a re-
porter of a wholesale -four agent.
You would be surprised" he, re-
piled. ito know that in the time Of
general prosperity we are selling less
-four than in hard times. From 1888
TO 1895 l sold more -four than ever be
fore or since. Business is thriving in
many lines, but the country is too pros
porous for the flour men and the bak-
ers."
why is it? Simply because the peo-
pie have money enough to buy other
things than bread. When the country
is hard up people get along ON bread
as the staple Of the table: Now they
use the fancy cereals, breakfast foods,
can use more meat and vegetables and
generally expand their diet, which, Of
course. lessons the demand for bread"
Washington Star.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
AN HONEST MAN.
He Refused to Profit by CareIessness
in Recording Early Transfers.

He Refused to Profit by CareIessness
in Recording Early Transfers.
An incident, which exhibits the sterl-
ing integrity of a nan who could with
stand the temptations Of wealth rather
than do the smallest act of injustice,
is told in H. NJ. Chfttenden's History
Of Steamboat Navigation on the Mis-
souri, River" The principal actor was
one Of the early settlers of st. Louis,
a Mr.. LeBarge, who had purchased a
small tract of land for which he paid
twenty-five dollars.
Land was then Of very little value,
and transfers were often made without
deed and with no more Formally than
in exchanging cattle or horses. In
this way Mr.. LeBarge traded his land
on what is now Clair street, st. Louis,
to Chaurin Lebeau for a horse.
Long years afterward, when these
transactions were almost forgotten,
and the property had become very
valuable, a lawyer presented himself
to the old gentleman and asked him
If he had we owned any land on
Cedar street. Mr.. LaBarge replied in
the affirmative, and described It's local
ity. The lawyer then asked him when
and how he disposed Of it. He could
not at first recall. but Mrs. LeBarge
remembered the circumstances and re-
lated them to the lawyer, at the same
time remarking to her husband that
that was the way they got their horse
to set themselves up on the farm with.
The lawyer then assured Mr.. Lee
Barge that the title to this property
was still vested in him, and that he
could hold it against all corners, for
there was absolutely no record of the
conveyance in existence.
The old gentleman, with a look Of
Indignation, asked the lawyer if he
took him for a thief,
81 traded that land" said he, ito
Chaurin Lebeau for a horse, which
was worth more to me than the land
was. 1 shall stand by the bargain
now. If Chaurin Lebeau's heirs have
no title, tell them to come to NE and
[ will make them a deed before 1 die"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
Supply of Food is Scant

MOBILE, Ala, Oct. Is According
to Information received by steam
ship from GEORGETOWN, Grand Cay
man, the conditions on the islands
as a result of the hurricane and flood
are d%eploTable and the people are
suffering from fever. 1t is also
stated that the supply Of food is
scant. The fever is attributed to
the ~decaying Of sap trees which were
felled by the storm and the numerous
cattle that persisted.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
Rather Embarrassing

A Washington friend cf Mr.. Reed
named her favorite cat for him. One
morning, when the Speaker was call
ing on her, he stroked the cat, and
asked its name. She hastily invented
a name, not liking to tell him that it
was "Mr. Reed" A minute later a
stern voice sounded on the stairway:
"Mr. Reed! Mr.. Reed! Are you in
the parlor? Come out of there, you ras-
cal! What are you doing in there?"
: Before any explanation could be
made, a white-capped maid put her
head in the door, evidently unaware
of visitors, and cried:
Come out of that parlor, now, l
tell you, Mr.. Reed!'
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
ONLY ONE DIAz.
de Is One of the Greatest Practical
statesmen of the Times.

Statesmen of the Times.
General Porfirio Diaz is serving his
tixth term as President Of Mexico,
Gays the Chicago Chronicle. He has
peen nominated for a seventh term by
4 convention Of National Liberals.
This, it is understood, is not In &C.
tordance with the wishes Of President
IS now 73 years old. He has been act
i've In public life for fifty years, and
when reelected President in 1900 he
PLANNED to resign before his sixth
term expired, SO that under the Con-
btitution one of his Cabinet might be
elected President by Congress.
Early In 1902 it was announced that
Diaz would retire from Office when the
work Of the Pan-American Congress
had been completed, or that he would
announce his determination not to
serve. another term. This announce
ment was received with as little favor
in Mexico as in the United States. In
this country Diaz seemed to have no
enemies ard in lis own country he
had no rivals.
The people of Mexico, the capitalists
interested in the development of the
country, the statesmen OF the world in
tercsted in coed government, were of
one mind against the proposition to re-
tire. President Diaz himself evidently
has recalled his decision to retire, be-
cause he said to those who tundered a
denominations: 1T is the duty of every
citizen to serve his country as long
and at as many posts as his fellow
citizens may desire"
This is a doctrine Of continuity in
office peculiar in MEXICO unIer Diaz.
He came into power as q military hero.
He was elected to the Presidency in
1876, because Of his patriotism, his
courage, his prowess in war and his
romantic career.
He retired In 1880, because the Con
stitution prevented his reelection. He
was reelected in 1884, because the
Constitution permitted reelection and
because the people wanted him. So
great was the need of such a mar at
the head of the nation that the Con
stitution was amended that he might
be continued in Office.
He has been President twenty-three
years. He has quieted faction. He
has established order and has given
the Republic prosperity and influence.
He is as much a popular hero as he
was the day he entered the Mexican
capital twenty-eight years ago as die
tator. He appeals as strongly to the
imagination of a romance loving peo-
pie.
In addition, he has proved himself
TO be one Of the greatest practical
statesmen of the time. He has sue
ceeded as an executive and as a diplo-
matist, and the world acquiesceS in the
Mexican disposition to reverse the
rule in republics, and make a man
President fer life.
There is only one Diaz.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
Fighting Over Clay VIII.

RICHMOND. KY, Oct. 14.-One OF
the five wills of the late General Ca
sluS NJ. Clay was offered for probate
in tie county court to-day. The will
dlsinherited his children and all rela-
tiveS except his own former child wife,
Dora Brock, whom it nominated as
sole eXecutrix. The other heirs intro
duced testimony to show that General
Clay was insane. Motion to probate
the will was overruled. An appeal
was taken to the circuit court.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
Firework Are An Evil.

COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 16.-The
state beard of health adopted a reso.u
Ition by which their secretary is d.
Irected to take steps to prevent the
sale of ''toy pistols and other explo'
Isive appurtenanGes." The resolution
lrecjtes that six hundred persons were
killed, one hundred made blind, and
lone thousand others injured on the
last Fourth of July. The board
therefore declares it to be the duty
;of health authorities to abolish the
ievils attendant upon the celebration
of Independence day.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
AND AMI CANCER.
An Indian Army Officers Theory OF
the Dread Disease.

An Indian Army Ohncers Ihcory OF
the Dread Disease.
In an article In the Indian Medical
Gazette. Captain z. L. Rost. 1. NJ. s..
attributes the rise in cancer mortality
to an increased consumption of sugar.
In the form Of sweetmeats and other
d~elicacles of modern confectionery.
and a corresponding dim:nution in the
use of salt-preserved articles of diet.
His theory is that malignant disease Is
parasitic in origin, and is due to the
Invasion of the body by q saccharomy-
sete, the growth of which is favored
Dy glucose, but inhibited by sub
stances containing chlorine. and only
admissible when the amount of chic
line in the body falls below normal.
Some of his experiments, which he re-
cords in support of this view, are rath-
sr remarkable. He has cultivated sac
charOmyceteS from a variety Of tu-
mors on sterile cane sugar. and has
also prepared what he describes as "a
Kind of tumOr JAM" by preserving por-
tons of tumOrs in the same medium.
Sections of this Jam" show the tu-
NOR cell as usual, but the %saccharo-
mycetes Astounding in and between
them" He passed chlorine gas
through his cultures of saccharomy-
ceteS, and found that it rapidly killed
the organisms, and it is evidently the
chlorine that is the active agent"
AaaorIinm To Cnptaip DnCt tho nr,;l
ing principle in the treatment of can-
Ger should be to diminish the amount
Of glucose in the body and increase
the amount of chlorine, thereby rem
dering the patients body an unfavOr-
able culture medium for the specific
heterogeneous. He has put this
theory into practice upon ten patients,
his treatment consisting first, of a
strict diabetic diet, and, secondly, OF
piling in sodium chloride into the
body, and preventing its eXcretiOn as
much as possible" The results are
said to have been most successful,
but, unfortunately, the patients them
selves do not appear to have been
uhOlllLlOuS do W liz III dhldStS VI lIo
treatment they were receiving, since
four out Of their number ran away.
Experiments were also tried upon ami
mails, cancerous material and "saccha-
rOmycetes" obtained by culture from
cancers being used for incubation;
various LESSONS were produced, and in
some instances the influence of a salt
diet upon the affected animals was
studied. In imitation of the human
patients, lone guinea pig and one cat
~absconded," apparently before the
benefits of sodium chloride had been
accorded to them.
The announcement that SWeetmeats
pr~edispose to cancer, If it finds it's
way into the cheaper sensational jour
nalism, may prove alarming to sun
dry juvenile and feminine readers; but
if it checks their appetite for confec-
tionery it will at least improve their
digestion; and, although the use of So
dunn chloride as an antidote would
engender q thirst which might be
slaked unwisely, there is little fear Of
so unpalatable a remedy becoming
popular. Still, we think that Captain
ROst would have been wise in defer
ring the publication of his theories
until he had established them on a
somewhat broader scientific basis
British Medical Journal.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
How to Eat Mushrooms.

An English lady in Japan bought a
can of mushrooms and found the direc-
lions translated into English as fol-
lows: Direction-If several persons
will be eat this in that manner they
shall feel satisfied nutrition and very
sweet or it can put in the hot water
for the half hour and then take off
the lid. They shall be proper to eat.
1t can be supply without putridity for
several years.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
America,s oldest Mines.

The oldest mines in America are To-
Gated in Missouri. They are the lead
and nickel mines in Madison County,
which were worked by the Indians as
early as 1925, and have been mined
continuously almost ever since. The
mines were acquired by a Frenchman
named La Motto, who named them
after himself.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
Telling the Twins Apart.

Faith, Mrs. O'Hara, how dye tell
thim twins apart?"
Jaw, it's aisy-I sticks me finger In
Dinnis' mouth, an If he bottles, l know
It's Moike. "-Harvard Lampoon.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
Rousing q O

20, Tommy. where did you get such
q swollen nOSe?'
"Well papa, l jes' hit that ,newsboy
once-a-n' then he Jes' it-an' fit
an fit"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
Nebraska Notes

Arthur Nelson OF Beatrice was Sc
verely bitten on the left leg by a dog.
Mrs. John Jobman, an old resident
Of neal Beatrice, IS dead at the age
Of II years.
Superintendent Fowler Of Lincoln,
has designated Friday, October %,
as Flower day.
eral fences we're partially destroyed.
The fire started from an ash pile left
by a steam thresher.
A tramp entered the store Of May
hew Bros. at Riverton and stole a
rifle and some shells.
The walnut crop at Papillion is
the largest in years One man picked
City bushels in q day.
prairie fire at Moorehead, burned
300 acres of small grain, and several
meadows and the hay in stack. Sew
Charles S Fisher, a civil val vet
eran, died at Nebraska City. He
was a member of Ill Ohio regiment.
George Westerman, a well known
German farmer Of the Humboldt
country died Tuesday afternoon after
a brief illness.
Hundreds of tons Of hay and some
out bulldogs were consumed in a
prairie fire, which started eight miles
west of Bassett.
The Catholics are holding a ten
day mission at West Point. There
Is a large attendance present of both
Catholics and Protestants.
Miss Estell Payne and Charles B.
Wahlquist were married at Hastings.
The groom is associate editor of the
Adams County Democrat.
Frank Bender, the Lincoln farmer
who mysteriously disappeared two
weeks ago, has returned, but is un-
able to say where he has been.
The saloon of Lacy & Co., at Col
eridge, was entered by burglars.
They secured $40 in change. F. H.
Peck's meat market was also robbed
of s..
The new German Lutheran church
at Crete was dedicated Sunday.
Ministers were In Attendance from
all over the state. The church cost
4 1000.
George Peterson, who lives at
Holmesvllle, has been sent back to
the ASYLUM at Lincoln. He raj there
last winter, but was discharged as
cured.
While cutting a bar OF railroad
iron at Beatrice, Pearl Bates bad a
cash several inches long cut in his
right arm by a piece OF steel striking
him.
The Verdel Townsite company has
been incorporated with a capital OF
$50, 900. The company will do a rea!
estate business at Verdel. Kno1
county.
Miss Emily HERE and Mr.. Marion
James, were married in Fremont.
They will make their future home 10
Phoenix, Ariz.. where the groom IL
a merchant.
PasseIsby frustrated an attempt t.
rob the p~ostofice at Oakland. The
robbers had succeeded in cutting out
a panel OF the real door when they
were frightened away.
Mass was held over ther remains OF
Mrs. Bridget O'Donnell at Platts'
mouth. The body will be shipped
to Burlington, Ia, the former
home of the deceased.
Lot Walters Of Beatrice received
news of the death Of his father, the
Rev. N. j. Walters, at Worcester,
Mass. He occupied a pulpit in
Omaha several years ago.
Telephone connections have been
completed by the Fremont Independ-
emit Telephone company and the
Portsmouth company, making
another link In the independent tele-
ohone system of the state.
Fire destroyed 300 feet Of corn cribs,
| 800 bushels of corn and 300 bushels
Of oats belonging to Taylor & Morgan
In Tobias. The village was saved
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
The Trust Question in Germany.

The German Imperial Board OF
Trade has requested all chambers of
commerce to report infinitely all facts
for or against the organization Of
tr1IStg
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22
Ice the Year Around.

There is a point near the famous
Stony cave, in the Catskill Mountains,
where ice may be found on any day
lf the year.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22

The Rev. J. F. Bennett, who with
ais wife has been conducting meet
Ings at Humboldt for some time, has
been called to the ~pastorate Of the
ocal Baptist church at that place.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22

The Norfolk beet sugar factory
was started up for the first time this
season. The employees in the plant
now number 300 The factory will
run night and day until January.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-10-22

Lot Walters Of Beatrice received
news of the death Of his father, the
Rev. n. J. Walters, at Worcester,
Mass. He occupied a pulpit in
Omaha several years ago.