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Why the Whisky Gave Out.

Judge Eppa Hunton told this story:
He was once in Virginia making po
litical speeches and came to little
town in the mountain region. There
was no hotel, and he accepted the in
vitation Of a farmer to have supper
and stay all night.
Before supper the host told Judge
Hunton that he had just put in a
barrel Of good whisky and offereJ him
drink. The Judge took the drink
and took two or three more. The
whisky was excellent.
Two weeks later Judge Hunton got
back to the same town. He remem,
bered his friend and went to his
house. He was cordially received and
invited to supper again. No whisky
was offered. After time the Judge
felt the need of little stimulant and
said:
That was an excellent brand of
whisky l sampled on my previous
visit
Yes replied the host, go it was:
but | am sorry to say it's all gone"
"What!' said Judge Hunton, aston
lshed. "Yon don't mean to tell me
you have used P,rrel of whisky in
two weekso"
Yes" replied host, 81 tell you,
friend, whisky CONT last long when
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-11
IN THE ALLIGATOR PONDS.
REPTILES Collect in Great Numbers in
the SwSnnS


Alligator hunting used to be wanton
slaughter; now there is a well-defined
code Of ethics for the sportsman. Ten
years ago it would have been hard to
overestimate the number of alligators
IN Florida. Since then the skin hunt
ecS have made such inrOadS upon
them that they are now almost diff
cult to find in some localities The
home Of the alligator is the Great Cy.
press swamp west of the Everglades.
In the dry season the water recedes
from great portions of this tract, leav.
ing many small ponds in which alliga-
tors collect in great numbers.
once set up my camera on the
border of one of these ponds which
was nearly circular in form, about 200
feet in diameter, and surrounded by
dense veg tation, says a writer In
Country life in America. At first
the reptiles disappeared, but after the
famera was adjusted, peculiar nasal
sound, like the cawing of a crow,
initiated with closed nostrils, imme-
diately dotted the surface with eager
eyes and soon brought scores of ga
tors into full view One of the PIC
lures then obtained shows seventy
three alligators.
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RED 40 A 1ALKER.
EtoqA,nt Words That Now Seem
Almost Prophetic.

eloqG,nt Words That Now Seen,
Almost Prophetic.
William Allen White of Hmporia
took luncheon with Thomas B. Reed
1t the Century club, New York, the
lay President Mckinley died. Aft
er simple meal had been put away"
Mr. White relates. Reed pushed back
ais chair and began to talk. For three
!ong hours he discoursed most beau
i1Hlly upon life, it's uncertainty, its
zeal rewards, and it's checks and bal
inces; upon fame anu its accidents
nd its emptiness: upon death and
Immortality, and God AID all his ways
md works 1t was a kind of funeral
ration the like Of which few men
ire privileged to hear. At the end
# it all the big man threw back his
cad and looked up at the great oak
alters of the room for a long while.
nd then let his hands fall heavily
n the short arms of the chair as he
lghed: Hi no! What does it all
mean? where is 1t going? who are
We? what is this unfathomed mystery
.,e call Ife-God knows! DON'T"
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"it's Me OWn!'

Almond landhOders Of the state the
Sprecl.les have always enjoyed an
exceptionally good reputation as en-
ployers; in fact, it has always been
more their pride than otherwise to
give the pest possible treatment to
their men. Recently Mr.. Spreckles
gave orders to the foreman who runs
his ranch near Gilroy that all the
buildings where the farm hands slept
should be provided with bath tubs
and hot and cold water. The order
was straightway complied with, but
the weeks passed and the fore
man didn't notice any particular d-
minution Of the rich, red earth from
the countenances Of his followers.
About this time he made some per-
sonal inquiries as to why the bath
tubs were not put into. general use
The first man he interviewed was an
IriShman
DO you ever use the fine, new
bath tubs that Mr.. Spreckles had
put in for you?" he asked.
Bath tubs. is it," said the Irish
! man. mo, I don't use your bath
tubs on this ranch nor none of the
, rest of us, nayther | won't bathe af-
ther that dirthy Portugee there, and
the Portugee says that he won't
battle afther the Greaser and the
Greaser says he won't bathe afther
nobody. So there ye are Everybody
contented wild his own dirt and dis
pisin of his neighbor's. And that 5
me all over. l may be dirthy, but,
thank God it's me own!'
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r A MAN OF LEARNING.
What Possibly Jealous Associates Say
Of Prof. Ladd.

OI CEOt. EdOO.
Grinds on their former instructors
always tend 70 lessen the tedium at
the clubs which college men frequent
Prof Ladd OF Yale, whose erudition
makes him we'll nigh incomprehen-
sible to even the postgraduate col.
lege man, is a frequent target for such
stories.
"Just after Prof. Ladd had published
a particularly profound work few
years ago." said the man of 1896, 'one
of tie seniors met him on the campus.
and with all the flippancy of self
satisfied senior said:
"I say, professor. that's cOrking
book of yours; exquisitely written,
700. But it's too deep for me, and I'm
sure no one understands what it is al!
about
"To this the senior claimed that
Prof. Ladd replied:
"'Yes, it's more than possible that
It is over your head. But Prof. Ladd
understands it; SO does God, and po7-
sibly President Hadley does Also
"Prof. Ladd prepared a revised edi.
Jon of his work recently" continued
the narrator, "and one Of the faculty
to whom l told the yarn says it's So
profound that no Cne but Prof. Lauo
understan Is it, His two previous as.
sociates are cut QUO. kew York
Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-11
The Bank OF
Pine Bluff

offers you a way. Tits financial stand
ing is unquestioned. and its officers
are always happy to welcome new
depositors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-11
eASkiLL MuNDY CARNIVAL COMPANY
wo performances are

The capitalist who would wash the
California ranch hand must be like
Mr.. ilpert's "Gallant Captain of the
Mantlepiece," who provided valet
for every fourth Of his men and pri-
vate bath tub and a barber ship with
every berth-San Francisco Town
Talk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-11

Let me say | have used Ely's Cream
!5aim for catarrh and can thoroughly
recommend it for what it claims. Very
truly. tRevJ H. w. Hathaway, Eliza
beth, n j.
tried Elv's Cream Balm, and to all
appearances am cured of catarrh. The
suffered are gOne.-W. J. Hitchcock,
late maor L. S. V. and A. A. Gen,
Buffalo, n. Y
The Balm does not irritate or cause
sneeZing. Sold by druggists at fifty
cents or mailed by Ely Brothers, Sc
Warren street, New York.
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From the Most
Humble OF Positions

IN life men have mounted upwards to
success and affluence, through the
1a5it Of spending less than they earn
ed. If you have the ambition to be
come wealthy the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-11
Plants and Anaesth etics

Ether and chloroform, SO useful in
sending men to sleep, have the very
opposite effect on plants, which are
stimulated to the greatest possible ac.
tivity by these drugs. In Denmark
and 1ermany advantage has beer
taken of this fact to force flow.
ers in rooms and glasshouses and to
make them bloom out of season. The
results are said to be marvellous.
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1.-THE GIRL FROM UP THERE.'

All I wants is ci-vility Just the COM
monest, plainest, orneriest, condem-
nest civility an | goes forrard."-
New York Evening Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-11

you have big family of children and
you can't get any milk. baltimore
News.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-11-09

Panama possession Of herself
cesed by the Colombia delaying for ordd urn
necessary to secure canal by the
United States her man. reVoed eNpeeu Tue ~
ombn proclaimed their independence ana
have established government for themselves
They maintain their independence
Living treaties this country and botn England anu
Colombia full authority to preserve peace ana
railway Panama No nation OF the
Colombia has OF the
four times that this landed troops on the nnoS o ~
states in pursuance has notified
everybody Europe be Intervention on tne part
questions uppermost only Colombia
her revoted province the United States
What then shall do? Plainly is to deal win 1ac's as ""
in Hawaii in 1893 when provisional
republic was formed a. t ruins OF an overturned fI
wall territory the United States If the Fanaplah sue
nrovine and N - vernment call upon us for recognition
without RESPONSE
blity any other power
The commercial interests Of this country and demand the
peediest building an hman Failure secure the Panama
of Nicaragua But the reYo
the establishment OF at0e gov
international oblgalon VIII
greatly simplify the canal negotiations then treat with the Re
public Of Panama Independently and with our purchase W %
comrays rights proceed at once TO pu
the canaand hat the president has full authority u"0e' W
0
related 70 it. is a matter OF
business and politics
Secretary Hay ven before the the congress at B0-
last chance and It were NOT
take measures hat "o'
a 0 all friends OF Colombia
a kindly warming was 'ne putting
forth of the terms the spooner act-Panama route ~ @
raty the treaty ana sai ray "
on price until do
waiting also PanananS however
picked up the propositions Colombian congress a
lhey dd "hat
of independent before cu0@
Without instgaon they nave UNI
in vital to their rights ana
Will be fully recognized by al M
out powers.
do not want any petty partisan pol
the most gigantic business prop
thought since Balboa crossed the stn
mus and discovered he in 1913
day arrived and should e heard
who dial with the pointer OF tech
ncaide and plea o politics
The beginning of the canal
strcion with guarantee triumph Of the
NJ o any person party.
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as. E5g instance That of the notorious
INkts, IL che state III Ne@ Gork-tllan
to eaueate Whole township.
That cogent statement viii apply 10
at least rs per cent OF the counties
~ the state of Georgia Look at it,
understand what it means-then go
and look at your court house your
iaiis. your bonded debt for both, your
court 8 criminal expense account, leay-
ing out It's cost for civil litigation, and
then, if your are d Georgian to the
manner born. think what all This ex-
pense for crime means as compared
with the cost OF educating the people
OF the future ont OF criminal tempta-
lions and into honest useful ambi
tons.
Is court and jail protected barn
full of field products worth more 10
any citizen OF Georgia than children
educated 10 efficiency IN selfsupport
and selprotection against the yiles
OF temptation ana trickery? If not,
then every good man and woman III
Georgia should get enthusiastically
busy in demanding, ana having at any
cost a system OF common schools in
the state that viii equip every Georgia
boy and girl with sound primary
education.
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Tammany's Opportunity.

The leader OF Tammanys hosts
than could in the face of tremendous
odds, the opposition OF all but one OF
The great newspapers and practically
all the clergy Of New York city, so IN
spirc confidence in the people as TO
gain 10e 600 votes over the electoral
figures OF TWO years ago and bring his
party again into power il the metrop-
oils, can be no mean and unimportant
figure Charles f. Murphy has done
that ana by doing it has once more
put Tammany democracy on trial in
he city and the nation and assumed
To himself i huge responsibility
Il is more than probable that Tam
many in the past has been charged
with more OF evil management in the
municipal government of New York
than it was fairly entitled to admit
But it must be admitted that Tamma-
ny, under some OF its leaders, has not
been a wholesome exemplar of good
government and that it is but reason
able that many persons Of patriotic in
Stincts should harbor a fear Of Tam
many rule.
But now Tammany has been given
a wide and freehanded opportunity 10
show that it is capable Of reforming
evil conditions in the administration
OF d great CITY aAd 10 vindicate its fu-
ture reputation III a fashion TO make
it invincible in the popular confidence.
MI Murphy has shown a high de
gree of conservatism and patriotism
throughout the campaign just ended
and no howl is heard that he used I'M
fair or evil methods to obtain the great
victory of Tuesday.
BY insisting that the government of
New York shall. under the mayoralty
of the superb young Mcclellan, be
clean, economical, progressive and
contributory TO every good form Of
municipalism Fammany can cover its
sins with full forgiveness and make it
SELF the hope and desire of the me-
tropolis. by all its elements. for de-
cades to come
Now is the appointed time for Nc
Clellan and Murphy to show to the
world that the greatest American city
can be made the best governed city of
the earth. They can rejoice the dem
ocraCy of the entire nation by carrying
into actual administration the plain,
practical. democratic principles voiced
in the campaign and for the enforce
ment of which the Tammany leaders
are pledged.
We believe the history Of the next
two wears will prove that Mcclellan
and Murphy are competent TO produce
those desirable results.
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The Edueatlon That saves.

in another column We print letter
from an experienced Georgia teacher
in which be commends strongly the
endeavor ot the Constitution to secure
the rational aud effective reformation
Of our common school methods.
The Constitution has no Other pur-
pose than To serve the best interests
OF the Youthful generations OF Geor-
gians whose only educauve prepare
ton lor after lie and progress must
BE- gotten in the common schools or
tn rural districts and the smaller vii
lases aud towns. We have no liked
fad 10 exploit we want only that
every parent iii Georgia who has a
child to send to the schools for the
two to five years possible shall set for
that child the suresI. most practical
and mind-usefui knowledge that our
money can afford it.
The last conference OF county COM
missloners revealed thai there are cry
ing needs in the school system Of the
state. One is Tor better school houses.
Some GeoTgians who claim To be
proud. well-to-do ana OF Christian
/ virtues. seem willing to let their chill
dren spend their school hours in
houses that but few humane men
would employ TO house their fayorite
horses and mich COWS
Tie growing OF ignorant and IN
progressive men over the cost 81 ed
ucating the children Of the state is not
only inhumane but indecent super
intendent Britain OF this county, in a
recent article reprinted by US from
the great periodical, The World $
Work, says.
7: is significant ana dcporable fact
hat the court house ard Jail OF TIE
average county represent. as a rule me
Investments Of more money than al It's
school houses eombned-that Is, we COM
monty spend more to convict and house
| a criminal than 10 train him so that he
| will become n useful citizen: althouah
| instances could De multiplied Showing
/ that it ! cost more to convict q family
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southern state to the presidents hi
colored scheme OF government without
the consent OF the governed.
These were the three great fights
OF yesterday and these arc the three
great victories which should give
strong heartening and hopefulness to
the democrats Of the nation.
The reelection Of Bates in Massa-
chusetts was one Of the things ex-
pccted-expected because the Bay
State Ephraims Of republicanism are
welded TO their idols ana even truth is
pOwerless to pry them loose.
IN Rhode Island it seems that Gov.
ernor Garvin has a good chance for re
election and in Iowa the democrats
have made gains III the legislature.
Altogether it was not a bad day for
the democrats-eyen if Tom Johnson
is somewhere under a glacier in Ohio.
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Common Rights for the Indians.

common Rights for the Indians.
The time has come when the federal
government ought to quit nursing the
Indians and quit allowing them to be
looted by rascally agents ana officials.
The time has also come when the
Indian should be allotted homesteads,
divorced from tribal government and
made TO undertake the position and du-
ties of normal citizenship.
In the Indian Territory there are
609,000 whites and 10000 Indians, and
yet the Five Nations and their GUS
toms, with added special statutes of
the United States congress, control the
affairs OF that oasis OF America and
those unevenly divided peoples The
anomaly OF minority domination APP
pears under our republican form OF
government.
The whole scheme OF Indian reserva-
tons is out OF date. The solution of
the situation that commends itself to
all sane men, including those specially
organized TO safeguard the rights of
the Indians, is the throwing OF the
tribes into the body Of the people,
giving them the advantages of the free
ownership OF q homestead and their
per capita of Indian funds Then they
will have to work. pay taxes, live like
other citizens and take their common
chance in the full tide Of the national
order of civilization.
The Indian is far better fitted today
FOR this test of his capacity to survive
than the negro was in 1867, when the
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DEMocRAcY's STAR IN THE ASCENDANT

DEMocRAcYs ASCENDANT
the of
the elections
Their individual been suordnated their reve
trustful toward the
democratic
patriots last convinced
governmental measances is no
republican those reefs and re-
through the recall the dem
the control of the national government
that the people take no perna-
destructive
Being nearly not really more than oneha OF
folly Of believing that they would
seek themselves and the government under their control as
republican party an absurdy
lules intellect haroor
politics. swayed from their dem
instincts the 1896 and 1900 campaigns by the cry that the
national dhono dishonest dollars Tor
the sinking the country Mexican or Chinese
eveIa reno
reveals that Massachusetts 10
Utah The democrats nave made gains unaer circumstance" .
local issues but the ardent desire 70
republican policies partial putocIaic and I'M
just between classes and sections The understanding growing
ever be national party
sectional 1t embod the dogmas and practices
electorate never have IN re
representation state and section
becoming convinced that The dominance
such not desirable and that we should have IN inns
country political fine words and eer
they promote only through the
broad principles and o. democratic
that the democrats them
allowed the elimination Of certain
undesirable and propositions that We're apples OF dSeoTd WIN
party OF the
democratic leadership and some OF
The ideas OF which they We're the propagans have no proper place
geously platform these elmina
reputation sanity more than
has gained in actual votes
These readings of the mistaken demo
They demand and he is
wise enough 10 be leader OF the democracy who proves p
people conduct of public al
and equally tired OF
egslated protected republican party they
steal and ready
viii that and fix that pin
n
question those who CON
produce account--want
ustbreedng tariff They want
which protected trust
than the cheap labor free raw
mater old world 10
would reduced needs of
hold the scales Of JUS
the millions
W buy markets.
stable elastic
aapabry the country Such currency was
by Tnden Of
gold paper the demand Of
the holder currency although the
They established the gold
standard by steadily
The viii the
that the Tnden de
quoted
The order day o every is
bury and every member the
10 front The the
dassDne There thousand increase hope
in democratic today hcla Tuesday
they VIII set unload Jonah their
ships every rights all
and special privileges confidently the
omen sea 0i
power Trunk OF he republican fleet
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ism. but is now committed 70 corporate
monopoly 4 great deal OF education
is desirable 10 convince The common
citizen tnat indiyidUaIism is only 70 be
regained and made profitable by The
destruction of criminal trusts.
The great lessou Tor the common
people TO learn, ana tnat viii arouse
them from Indifference 20 public af-
FAIRS and 50 save the nation. is that
ihe party OF Congressman Bouteil IS
the party Of the oligalcny, the twin
devils 81 monopoly ana the corporation
against The man Thal Is the evil
thing 10 be exercised and the demo
cratic party alone offers e protected
indiyidualism and a release OF the ma
ton from The republican dragon
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Lioht from Tuesday 5 Elections.

Light from Tuesday 5 Elections.
The elections of Tuesday. although
Of the off-year sort, were holly contest
ed in most OF the states. The results
NAV not throw thoroughly revealing
light upon the temper OF he people at
large or prove significant pointers to
probable national results at next
years November pollings. Neverthe-
less they are interesting in individual
features and the results in New York
city ii Maryland and Kentucky do
have meaning that viii not be mis-.
taken by the shrewder politicians and
people OF the nation
The fight over the mayorahy in New
York city began with the plausible
plea that the good SO ernment-non-
partisan administration 81 Seth Low
should be repeated But IL was
promptly uncovered thai since a real
fusion OF good government clements
from all parties won ghe elecu0n OF
1901 Mayor Low mad inantalned a re.
publican partisan administration, nm.
der the cover oil which was concealed
the grim visage and strong hama OF
Richard Crokers only pas-one lhom'
as Collier Platt Since taat revelation
was made complete and undeniable
honest democrats have laen returning
loyally to the old parts banner ana
The victory OF Mcclellan is a victory
for the regenerated democracy OF the
great city and the aln0s indlsputable
assurance that New York state will
stand up as the tales member OF the
democratic column in 1904
To win the battle against the repub'
licans the fusionists iol spite's sake
ne detection Of the Mclaughlin
bossed Brooklyn democracy, the inhu-
ence of the president ana the power OF
platt and his unlimited bari OF cor
rnntion money. is one 81 The most sig
ni6cant and grateful ttiamphs won by
the democracy anywhere IN q decade
past
The winning of Maryland by safe
majority will put a tall plume IN the
can NJ Senator German. No less
norsopage than President Roosevelt
insisted upon arousing the country
over the race equality ISSUE ana the
MARYLAND democracy took up ms chat-
1pnan and forced the fight upon It.
The president informed his partlsans
IN MARYLAND that he regarded their
campaign Of national Importance, as
he wanted Maryland TO go republican
and so give a Quotable porder-state IN
dorsemcnt to his policy
The fight in Maryland has plVoted
on that issue and has been fought
like that at Waterloo by the allies.
An men in Maryland who believe in
an Anqlo-Saxon control of white
nation have fought under German and
If The result shall be the victory OF
the democratic ticket that victory will
he like the seer that met Lochlel--say-
ing to the president:
,.rheodorc! Theodore! beware OF the DAY
when the whitelanders meet thee ~ Dat
tie array.
The victory in Kentucky is not less
impOrtant on the same line. 1t was
hoped BY the republicans to wheel the
state back into the republican ranks,
/ rebpke tn convictions OF the Goebel
murderers. fortity Durbn III giving
republican refuge TO d fugitive gov
ernor accused of assassination, and
add the Endorsement Of another border