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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-02-20
New Road for Piggott.

Judge f. G. Taylor. of Jonesboro was
in the city, yesterday and filed With
the secretary of state the charter Of
the Northeast Arkansas Railroad COM
pany. which was granted by the state
board Of railway incorporators, says
the Little Dock Democrat. The pro-
posed line is to run from point on
the Cotton Belt in Clay county, at or
near Piggott, in a southeasterly tiirec-
tion. to a point on the St. Francis
river at or near the northeast corner
Gf section %. township 19. north.
range 8 east, distance of nine miles,
Judge Taylor also FLED an amendment
to the Charter of the PigSott and
Northeastern railroad, increasing the
uu1nher OF directors to six. judge
TAYLOR is president and R. J. Gneppin
GER is secretary of The company.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Rather Not a Formidable Foe
Alabama Newspaper Man Cites Facts Which Prove That This
Dreaded Snake Is Not So Greatly to Be Feared
Mountaineers' Sovereign Remedy for Bites

Every summer ! sojourn among
the mountains of Jackson county, not
far from my home" said Ben p
Hunt, prominent newspaper man of
Huntsville, Ala. at the Riggs house.
When | first went. there some years
ago | stood in mortal dread of the
rattlesnakes which were said to in
fest the region. The particular noun
tain on which my log cabin stood had
reputation as the habitat of innum-
able rattlers and every morning when
| went forth to shoot squirrels fear
ed encountering some of the danger
GUS reptiles.
I'm all the years of my visits to the
mountain | have never yet seen a live
rattlesnake, but a number of them
after they were slain by some OF the
mountaineers. The natives do not
stand in much awe of the snakes for
they know of a sovereign remedy
a certain oil that has never yet failed
to cure a person after being bitten
Every countryman in that mountain
country keeps a bottle of his oil at his
home, and one hears many wonder
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21

full stories of the cures 1t has
wrought.
But a worse enemy to the rattle
snake than his human foes Is a mem
Der of their own family-the black
snake. l have come across several
reputable men in the mountains who
have witnessed with their own eyes
these snakes in deadly combat. Ac-
cording to their unanimous testimony
it is always a fight to the death, and
the black snake ever comes out vic
torious. In fact, 1t is purely Il one
sided duel. The rattler is no sort Of
match for his willy opponent, who
glides round and round his clumsy
antagonist till he gets either dazed or
tired out Then at the opportune
time the black jumps on the rattler,
catches him by the back of the neck
and enfolds his helpless victim, crush
ing him. boaconstrictor fashion, until
life is extinct.
Numbers of mountaineers who
have seen these strange encounters
say they never knew a rattler to es-
cape. Washington Post.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
How Parrot Inflated Bass Voice,
Daniel SuHy Relates Instance Of Remarkable Intelligence
Displayed by Pet Bird-Used Seed Cup to
Give Resonance 70 Its Voice.

Daniel ]. Sully, whose speculations
in cotton have made him prominent
of late, has a great fondness for par
rots. He collects data in proof of the
intelligence of these birds.
"A cotton grower down South, e"
Mr.. Sully said the other day, has
sent me an amusing story about a
green parrot that he owns. This par
rot, it seems, began as soon as it was
bought to learn to mimic the voices
of the household of my friend. 1t
mimiced the contralto voice OF the
mistress, the treble voice of the
young son, the soprano voice of the
daughter and the Irish voice of the
cook; but the heavy and deep bass
voice of the master it was quite un-
able to cope with. 1t would practice
for hours at time, but it could not
produce from its throat the deep,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Salt a Valuable Life Factor
Berlin Scientist Claims Have Made Important Discovery
Saline Solution Used TO Overcome Arteros>
cIerosis, a Common MaIady of Old Age.

An exceedingly interesting investi-
vancing age has recently been con-
Quoted by DR.. Trunecek, a noted Ber-
lin scientist. He declares that the
most characteristic of these ills is
due to deficiency of salt in the blood
which causes a hardening OF the
arteries, arteriosclerosis, as physi-
clans term it. DR.. Trunecek has been
treating aged patients suffering from
arteriosclerosis by injection of saline
solution and with very astonishing
results.
Arteriosclerosis is an affection
almost exclusively confined to the
second half of life. for it depends on
all kinds of chronic poisoning and on
the use and maltreatment of the
arterial walls. Nevertheless, 1t is not
excessively rare to meet with 1t In
subjects who are yet young, either
because of a special predisposition of
peculiar vulnerability of the blood
vessels. or of serious chemical or
microbian poisoning.
This malady is characterized by
local or general thickening, which.
starting in the internal layer of the
artery, extends later to the middle
and outer layers. 1t forms in the
great arterial trunks mere or less
numerous layers, Isolated or confiu-
ent, often resembling cartilage, and
infiltrated with calcareous salts,
among which phosphate of lime holds
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21

a foremost place. In the small arter-
les and the capillaries the hardening
process goes so far as to transform
pact tissue that gives to the touch
the sensation of rigid tube or cord.
The disagreeable and even danger
GUS consequences of such a change in
ones arteries are apparent. 1t may
result in their further degeneration
and liberation of the arterial walls,
ending in death, and if matters do not
go so far. it may lead at least to loss
of elasticity in the greater arteries
with diminution of the calibre, and to
the actual obliteration of their finer
branches. The blood does not flow so
readily through them and aLemia re-
suits, with all its connected evils The
resistance encountered by the blood
increases the work of the heart,
whose enlargement often follows. as
well as other heart troubles depend
ent on disorders of the nervous sys-
TEN.
When man or a woman has at
tanned a certain age and may be said
to be in his or her declining years,
arteriosclerosis is a malady almost
impossible to avoid. A deposit of
calcareous salts, and particularly of
phosphate of lime-a compound in
soluble in distilled water. but soluble
in a solution of common salt-con-
stitutes the principal factor of the
malady.-New York World
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
The First Wireless Message.

What fools we nave been! Has not
George. gazing ardently but silently
into the eyes of Mabel, been trans
mitter pure and simple? And as the
silent message. circling. expanding.
swept into space, what was it. all these
years, but the psychologist coherer in
Mabel's ear that caught and recorded
the message that contains but three
words. Sent wireless by George and re-
ceived wireless by Mabel? Has it ta-
ken Marconi to tell us this?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21

hoarse masculine sounds that it so de-
sired.
Therefore the family was aston
ished one day to hear the parrot MINI
licking the masters voice exactly.
They sat in the dining room. The
bird was in the hall in its cage. Dis
tinct and loud the sounds came from
the hall to them, a thunderous and
rolling bass voice saying:
Bring me the evening paper
Some one went out and looked at
the parrot. Its head was hidden in
its seed cup, and it was making its
voice resonant by speaking from
within the seed cups hollow. And
always, now, when it wants to speak
in a bass voice, it puts its head in
its seed cup. Isn't that proof of the
almost human intelligence of the
bird?"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Pats Puzzle,

Five or six men were recently chat
ting in village inn, when one of them
said:
Il say. l bets ye dinners all round
ye can't tell me the answer to puzzle
knows off,
Done" they said; Il bet we can.
What is it?"
Well" said Pat, why is journal
list the funniest creature in the
world?"
After vainly trying for about two
hours they sadly said they must give
it up.
Why" said the delighted Pat, "be-
cause his tale comes out of his head,
don't it?"-London Spare Moments.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Fairly Caught.

"Ah, my darling!" he murmured,
what matters it that sorrow and
trouble must of necessity be lurking
IN the unknown future? While / am
with you l think of naught but tho
present-the superbly beautiful pres
ent"
so do I. dearest" she replied
But you'll take me with you when
you buy it. won't you? Men have
such queer tastes in rings!"-Stray
Stories.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Sweetness That Never Pals.

sweetness That Never Pals
/ During a sleepless night the Vezier
Muejjeduddin Kumija dispatched his
slave, Bedruddin E1as, to bring him
sweets. Tho slave procured a copper
kettle heaped with many kinds of
fruits and sweets, and Mujjeduddin
began to eat.
You relish them, my master?"
asked the Save.
The vsaN sAruSssa his shoulders.
These frults ere sweet for the mo-
meat" he sstl; '1ot show me fruit
the svsssaSO a vAADh will endure
evo A0 ~ J061s0 Day"
"SsSA frutS thsrs are my mas
tori" crss1 tAS saSwA md hastened
towax4 the AsaShsA Ansa, where he
awoAs ~ stasvAG orph ans in the
house OF Alvin and he'd them forth
and into the room of his master.
Overjoyed. tie fAnished children de-
voured the fruits.
Look, o, my master" said the
slave. Here you see fruits the sweet
ness of which endures unto the Judg.
ment Dayi"-New York Press.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Cause of campaniIe,s Downfall,

AS the result of the official inquiry
into the collapse of the campanile at
Venice, it is declared that the cause
of the disaster was the cutting of a
trench without the adoption of pre-
cautions. The report censures the
district architects.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Trials of the Great.

Dislike of titles is ingrowing here.
Man who loudly announced in Seventh
avenue that he was private secretary
to Police Commissioner Greene"
emerged from the crowd that had
fiocked to view him with his left eye
discolored, his nose rapidly assuming
shanty-like proportions. and his lips,
ears and other appurtenances much
the worse for wear.-New York Tele-
gram.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Oldest House in Great Britain.

The oldest inhabited house in Great
Britain is Dunvegan castle, the seat
of the McLeods of Mcleod, part of
which dates from the ninth century,
or couple of hundred years before
the conquest of William the Norman.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Goat a Natiye of Aaia

Originally the common or domestic
goat was a native of the highlands of
Asia Naturalists generally regard It
as having descended from an animal
found In the Caucasus mountains and
the hill country of Persia. called in
the Persian language the pesang.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
The Pepper Plant.

The pepper plant-piper nigrum-
which produces the white and black
pepper Of commerce. is climbing
vinelike shrub. found growing wild
In the forests of Travancore and the
Nalabar coast of India Pepper is
entirely tropical in its requirements.
The white pepper is the black pepper
decorticated by maceration and rub
bing.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Ii Certainly Would.

"Yes. it would fill long-felt want" +"
said the man who likes to talk to him
self occasionally.
What would fill long felt want?"
asked the party who accidentally
overheard the remark
"A device that would compel a man
to shut up when he has said enough" !"
replied the loud thinker.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21

Stoves Barred from Railroad Trains.
In many parts of the country the use
of stoves in passenger cars of steam
railroad trains is prohibited by law.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Commensurate Power.

"Say!" the man who had never be-
fore attended a concert remarked as
the cornet soloist began his number,
who's the feller wavin' the little
stick?"
"Sh!" replied his neighbor, that's
the conductor of music"
"Oh! and is the feller with the
horn the motorman?"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Street Sweeping Prohibited.

For sweeping the streets of Ben.
digo, Australia. where much expense
is caused by people who scrape the
roads for the sake of the gold dust
obtainable. a man has been fined
twenty-nine shillings.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Inconsistent

Here, you!" cried big Mrs. Cas-
sidy, "sthroike or no sthroike. Oi1I
not hov ye standin' round doin'
nothin'."
We'll, oh. WE'LL" meekly protested
little Cassidy, "'tis the most onr'as-
onin' woman ye are. Last wake ye
told me If OF didn't behave mesel'
ye'd make me stand 'roun, an now
that Ohm doin' it ye're kickin'."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Just to OhIiue Him.

"Oh, let me like soldier dis!" ex-
stormers.
"Oh, if I only had q guH" ex-
claimed some one in the gallery in a
tone that savored Of genuine sym
pathy.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Already Supplied.

A book canvasser went in to a bar
ber's shop and ask the proprietor II
he could sell him an encyclopaedia.
Whats that?" asked the barber.
"It's book that contains informa-
ton on every subject in the world"
There was a victim in the chair,
and he put in feebly, He doesn't
need it."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
OnIy the Truth,

so your wife accused you of
spending that extra dollar in hard
drink" interrogated Guyer
Yes" replied Rounder, but told
her l spent it in fruit"
"But you did not?"
"Oh, yes. l bought cherries"
Get out! Where can You find
cherries this time of year?"
"In cocktails"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
New Light on Esau.s Character.

DIR. Van Dyke was one day ex-
amining class of boys on their ac-
quaintance with Bible characters.
And who was Esau?" he asked
For a moment there was silence.
then the youngest son of Mrs. Mala-
prop piped out: 'Esau wrote a book
of fables and sold the copyright to
Messrs. Pottage. New York Times.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Old Connecticut Statesman.

Mr.. Daniel Phillips of Hartford
served in the Connecticut General AS
sembly in 1854, and now, at the age of
"a years. is believed to be the oldest
surviving member of the states legis-
ature.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Noted Shakespeare Folio oefaced.

Noted Shakespeare Folio Defaced.
A Shakespearean student in the
Berlin Royal Library has discovered
that the unique copy of the famous
1923 first folio. which Emperor Will
liam l. presented to the library. has
been completely mutilated by a care
less or malicious reader. The whole
of The Comedy of Errors" has been
cut out.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Tesla Makes larqe Promises.

Locomotives propelled by electricity
drawn from the air without cost, and
ocean liners racing over the sea by the
agency of the electric current drawn
fnexpensively from the same source.
are promised for the near future by
Tesla 1t is to be done on the prin.
ciple of wireless telegraphy.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Project for Fast Travel.

An electrical railway is projected be-
tween Paris and Brussels, upon which
cars are to cover the distance-191
miles-in two hours.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Plausible Theory.

She-I understand you are a great
novel reader.
He-Yes, indeed; l have reed ovss
hundred novels during the past six
months.
She-That probably accounts for it
He-Accounts for what?
She-Your ability to talk fiction.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
ISion's lonuinu,

Teacher-You have heard about the
terrible punishment of Ixion. Have
you ever thought of the agony he
must have suffered?
Pupil-Yes; always longing for =
chainless wheel, suppose.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Close Quarters Preferred.

Helen-1 wish l had some kind of
enchantment to cast over him to
keep him fond of me.
Ned-Why don't you borrow
some?
"Oh, dear! I'm afraid no one has
any to lend"
why, yes. Distance lends enchant-
ment. Have you tried that?"
mo, and I'm not going to. I'd
rather take my chances at close
quarters. kansas City Journal.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Better Than a Platform Pledge.

Various contemporaries in the Uni
ted States are belittling the cars
reform uhhdse with the assertion that
it will amount to nothing unless the
reforms are properly put into effect.
They have not. however. gone so far
as to claim that the ukase is no more
binding than platform pledge of our
own happy land.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Lofty Solitude,

Andrew Carnegie has found a road
to lonely eminence. He will pay the
whole of the taxes for which he is
assessed in New York without trying
to reduce or evade them.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
The Limit,

Browninsky-Th fellow Blank is
rather dense, isn't he?
Smithovich-Well, l guess yes. The
only time he ever gets next is in a
barber shop.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
One Woman's Wisdom.

Tomdix-They say that rich young
wicow across the way is going TO
marry her coal dealer. What do Won
think of that?
Sensible woman. She nro-
poses to keep her money in the family.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Hit.

Knowter-Well. after all, you know,
beauty is only sliin-deep.
Newitt-Yes, and the people who
refer to that fact most are usually
extremely thin-skinned about it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
A Sudden Departure.

Clapham-Didn't your new cook
leave you rather suddenly?
Brixton-Yes. She got mixed In her
dates. She had a policeman and n
burglar call on her the same even
ing.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Georgia Sprinc Item.

Run here, daddy-Jipa~ny done
felled in the well!'
Too bad!" exclaimed the old man,
"and l wanted him % dig bait for me
this morniph"-Atlanta Constitution
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Don't Worry.

HE has patented a new fountain
pen"
"Is that so?"
Eyes; calls it the Independent
"Ah, very appropriate; it doesn't
care whether it works or no!"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
The First Rank.

you say this cigar is bad one.
Why, l think it's might good"
well, I'll admit that it's of the
first rank Baltimore Herald.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Broad Hint.

Staylate-'Do you believe in long
courtship, Miss Annie?'
Miss Annie-"Well, I'm in favor
Of a sixteen-hour limit on each $685.
sion"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
r ather Stale.

Boxem-Your friend Blowitz seems
rather fond of ventilating his opin-
ions.
Noxem-Yes; and goodness knows
they need ventilation all right enough.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
TAKING No Chancea.

Mr.. Younghusband-Wh don't you
try your hand at cooking. dear?
Mrs. well, will If you will
promise to continue to love me.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Chance for American Goods.

Hernando de Soto. United States
consul at Warsaw, announces a de-
mand for sticky fly paper in Russian
Poland.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Way to vuIcanize Timber.

Timber is now vulcanized in Eng.
land by forcing boiling solution of
sugar into it's pores.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Good Piece of Information.

1t is only necessary to boil a cork
for five minutes to make it fit any
bottle.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
Slow Work.

Kallow-Yes, I'm trying to raise
ihustacne and I'm wondering what
color 1tll be when it does come out.
MISS Pepprey-Gray. l should say.
at the rate 1t appears to be growinc.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-04-21
VARYING consumption of Er1i,

VafyIh9 Consumption Of Fruit.
In England the annual consumptic7
of southern fruit amounts to fifte1
pounds a head. In Germany it aver
ages not quite three pounds a head.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-18
ohinaman Surprised Them

An amusing illustration of the lin
guistic capability of the educated China
man comes from Berlin. On the kaiser
comphmenting the new Chinese min
lister on his excellent German. the man
from the Orient replied: "I can do bet
teri can speak the Berlin dialect.
one day, during the occupation of Pc
KING encountered a number of your
maJesty's soldiers. one of whom, think
ing that 1 would not understand him
took the liberty to address me as fol-
lows; Wait, you Chinese baggage: If
ever / catch you in the dark 1 will
twist your queue for you Shut up,
you Berlin weiss beer pot 1 replied in
his own vernacular, or I will knock
all your teeth into your bread basket. >
Your majesty ought to have seen the
soldiers faces" concluded the minister
If you yourself had addressed them at
that moment without warning they
couldn't have been more astonished
and frightened"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-18
LENGTH OF SESSION.

! Again there is a difference Of opinion
over the Legislature. and this time it is
because some persons. alarmed by the
inactivity OF the House. already are fig
uring on the length OF the session. The
Loan bill VIII be an easy one but with
unpaid bills, eighteen months current
expenses and two salary measures TO
J consider there seems chance that the
| time is slipping away. Fifteen DAYS
have gone by and as to how long the
session may last there is question.
Section 20 OF the Organic Act reads
thus: That each session Of the Iegis-
lature shall continue not longer than
so days, excluding Sundays and holt
days: Provided, however. that the
Governor may extend sucn session for
not more than 30 days. This section
follows after the provision for the first
legislature and against adjourning for
more than three days.
1t is held that this limitation affects
the present session which is called IN
der section "a, where the words are:
THE governor shall. upon the adjourn
ment of the Legislature, call it in extra
session for the consideration of appro- |
priation bills" Some there
are who contend tFat the Limitation of /
section 40 does not affect this extra SEES
sion, but that would appear to result
from a forced construction. as the
words are each session" In fact one
member holds to the opinion that since
section 81. which provides for sessions
like the present, does not make any
limitation. perforce there is none and
the legislature may then sit until the
election of successors.
1t is hardly probable that any dead
ock can occur however which viii force
the session over the limit set forth
above. despite the little accomplish
nents of the fifteen days passed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-18
IRISH AND IRELAND.

Britain is moving none too soon in
looking after Ireland, if the recently
published vital statistics may be quoted
as evidence of the depletion of the citi-
zenship of the isle. The report of the
registrar general recently laid before
parliament shows the volume of emil
grafton from Ireland for the year 1902.
The total number of emigrants was
40, 4O1, or 81 per thousand of the coun-
try's population, as estimated in the
month of June. These emigrants COM
prised 1888 males and q, sos females,
an increase of 531 over the number
emigrating during the preceding year,
1901.
The province of Connaught furnished
the largest portion of this outflow COM
pared with it's population. the number
being 1883, or us per thousand; next
came Munster, with 1872. or 14.7 per
thousand; then Ulster,-with 1901, or 81
per thousand, and Leinster, which con-
tains Dublin. with 1854, or 80 per thou
sand of the people. Compared with the
year 1901, these figures show an in
crease of 294 emigrants from Leinster.
a decrease of 500 from Munster. an in
crease of 351 from Ulster and an in
crease of AL from Connaught.
The portions of the report taken up
with the tables and the analysis of the
emigration figures since May l, 1S5t-
the date on which the collection of these
returns commenced-show the heavy
drain of population that has taken
place. Between May 1, 1851, and jan
nary 1 of the present year the emf
grants from Ireland make up the total
of 1922, 222, comprising 2,O4O,2S6 males
and 1,1sO,9s females. The largest num-
Der in any one year was 1892. in 1852,
and the smallest 32,241, in 1898.