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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-12
The Curate Scored.

A late lamented and populaf Dean
had, even when curate, pretty turn
of wit and hardly ever failed to make
his mark in encounter with his clerical
brethren Speaking on the marriage
laws at a ruridecanal meeting, pre-
sided over by an archdeacon, he re-
marked that 1T was not generally
known that a man could not marry
his Widows COUSIN
"Widow S sister, you mean" cor
rected the president.
NO." replied the youthful cleric
Il mean widows cousin"
The archdeacon was on his feet In
an instant. His raw must not be
challenged by curate. II tell you,
he rejoined, that man may marry
his widows cousin, but not his wild
ow's sister You must really" he con
tinued, amid murmurs of Hear, hear,
from the clergy around, not one O
whom saw the point, "allOw me t
know, and | suggest that you examine
more closely the tables of affinity il
the Prayer Book"
But" persisted the future dean
"how can a man do anything in thu
way of marrying when his wife is
widow
1t was some minutes before orde
was restored.
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THE BRIGHT CHILD AGAIN.
Remark Of Observant Younsster En-
barrassed His Father.

Have you ever encountered the
child who. in the matter OF smart
sayings and straight truths, is an alb
solute terror to all with whom he
may chance to come in contact?' said
an anxious parent recently. Because.
if not, ! snould like to introduce you
to that boy of nine"
What has your boy done, then?" in
CURED his frien'i.
What has he done?" said the par
el.s. why, he's always at it. Only
this morning he came to me and asked
What it meant to be apprenticed.
told him that it meant the binding CT
one person to another by agreem eHt,
and that one person so bound lad to
teach the other all he could OF his
trade or profession, while tie other
rad to watch and learn how things
we're done and had to make himself
useful in every possible way"
We'll, what then?'
why, after a few moments the
young rascal edged up to me and said;
Then | suppose you're appIenticed to
ma, amt you, dad?"
No win" in His Family.
Someone asked Congressman Mer-
Ger Of Nebraska: Are you any re-
lation to the baseball player named
Mercer who killed himself out west
tie other day." None whatever,
vas the answer. His name | see,
vas Win, and tacre has not been a
win in my family since before elec-
| ton"
Nearly 100000 acres OF coffee Or
chards in Central America are owned
by Germans.
If you would know. and not be
known, live in city.-Cclton.
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FiG.JRiNG UP HIS AGE.
Boy Certainly Had in Him the Making
IF | .ntvor


of Lawyer.
The ready wit of a lad secured him
a position as an office boy with Park
Row law firm the other day, says the
New York Times. Over a score Of
boys had answered the advertisement
and waited in the outer office to be
examined as to their fitness.
"Ali who are under ten years and
over twelve may go" said the lawyer,
hoping to reduce the number of appli-
cants, but not one stirred.
He then called to him boy who
appeared scarcely more than ten and
read his Recommendation"
why, this says yon are only ten,'
said the lawyer
"But it doesn't count the months,
SIR" responded the lad. II am ten
years and two months, sir, and ten and
two make twelve
There was just a CLEAN or roguish.
ness in the boys blue eyes as hs
looked the lawyer full in the face.
II guess you'll do, said the man.
you've got the making of lawyer In
you."
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Novel Sea.Sickness Cura.

NJ. des Planches, the Italian ambas-
sador to Washington, who has re-
turned there from Italy, had a terri
bly, rough voyage. The ambassador is
said to have told his friends that he
discovered a remarkable cure for sea
sickness by looking at his own re-
lection in a mirror The longer he
looked the better he became until the
sea sickness vanished. The eXplana-
ton given is that by gazing into a
mirrors the eye rest on an unchang-
ing surface and the sense of motion
gradually becomes ,ess. This produces
soothing effect on the brair. and the
stomach and restores the victim s
equilibrium.
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THE OLD MANS THREAT.
Youth Quickly Saw Way to Render
II Ineffective.

Youth Quickly Saw a Way to henoer
It Ineffective.
"Mv boy. said the millionaire,
you've got to reform or there will be
trouble.
"Will you disnherit me?" asked the
youth.
Worse than that replied the old
man.
1T seems to me- said the youth,
that that's about as bad as 1t can be.
That's where you're wrong, re-
piled tne old man. "If | tried to dis
inherit yes. you might go into court
and succeed in breaking the will. just
now you don't seem to be disposed to
do anything but spend money"
"Well?'
"Wel. you might as well understand
that it isn't because don't know how
to spend money that | haven't done
it"
The youth grew pale. There was
threat behind this.
''If my money is to be wasted by an
individual" the old man went on, Il
want to be that Individual. Now, you'll
have, 70 show that you're capable OF do
ing something else or III turn loose
and spend the money myself.
For a moment the youth was Wor-
ried Then his face frightened.
! That's all right, dad" he said
with your reputation for conserva
tism and economy you wouldn't more
than set started before would be able
to go into court and have conserva
tor appointed for your estate. It's al
right in me, but in you it would be
evidence of serious mental trouble.
And the youth-well, the old mar
! had to admit that the youth had the
best Of the argument.
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Ills Boys.
"Didn't he .amElo ramble? sang
two boys who are tie nope of a Brook
iyn family.
Now, boys" said their father, a
stald citizen. who has always taught
his sons to Gm;;late his example, Il
wish you wouldn't sing that. When
men taking more CT the sidewalk than
they are entitled TO they are always
singing that song. Maybe there are
sober men who sing it, but have yet
to find one"
"All right. papa said the boys.
A few evenings later the staid clti-
zen came home in particularly jovial
mood.
glances. Going into an adjoining
room they began: "Didn't he ram
Ram m -bl-e-e-e." came in stento-
rian tones from the father. And he
sang what he knew of the song and
then repeated.
The delight of the boys was equaled
only by the CONSERVATION of the
mother, whose suspicious were now
confirmed for SIZE now knew that the
Odorous breath she had detected on
the arrival OF her husband emanated
from something stronger than orange
phosphate.-New York Times.
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JUNGLE JOE" PLAYS SOLITAIRE.
Illinois Statesman Cevctee of the
Fascjnatirc Game.

A great deyotee Of solitaire is In
Gle Joe" Cannon. In the hours when
he is alone, and often Wien some one
is With him, he plays the Fascinating
game persistently. Not irfrequently
he seems to pl1y it automatically for
le conducts conversation easily
While he deals and arranges his cards.
Not a long time ago Mr.. Cannon
peellaa out of the window in his cor
Ter room at the Cochran to see If
there was a light in the bachelor es-
aDlishment of Brother Moody the
secretary of the Navy. There was.
aofthwith Mr. Cannon journeyed
around to the Secretary's to see what
might De doing Mr.. Moody and Rep
sentative Gillett of Massachusetts
ere at dinner with some friends, and
II. Cannon seated himself in the par
or. There he saw a pack OF cards.
IS he waited he started a game of SOL
jaire, and he played and played. The
secretary and Mr. Gillett and their
rierds came out from dinner, but Mr..
arEon was still at his game of soli-
aire, They engaged in conversation
and talked in informal fashion. Mr..
Cannon talked, too, but he stuck to his
game Of solitaire.
| 1t was we'll toward midnight when
he concluded this game with himself
stepped out into the rain and darkness
and again skipped around the corner
10 his own vine and fig tree.-Wash.
ngtOn Post
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HOIST BY HIS OWN PETARD.

Worthy Citizen Forgot His Caution to
t!is Boys.
Didn't nc HamEle ramble?' sang
two boys who are tie nope of a Brook
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For Protection n mails.

Rev. r. Lawrence, secretary OF the
Society of Kindness to Animals, says
the Swiss government is about to can
conference OF the great powers to
consider the protection nf anilnals en-
ployeS in var.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-12

DR.. M. 8. COHEN,
The only x-ray Specialist in Southern
Arkansas.
Chronic Diseases Of Men, Women and
Children; Eye, Ear, Nose and Throa,
CONSULTATION FREE.
Offices, 202 IL Main st, over j. B.
Simon Cos store.
PINE BLUFF, ARK.
Office Hours: 8 to II, to 6 2. n1., 7 Ia
Evenings.
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County Correspondence.

ton, who pitched against Jansen,
Manchester's college twirler.
Mrs. w. II. Parker of Minneapolis
has been visiting atthe home of John
Cruise Jr. north of town the past
week.
Ed Rundell expects to come down
from Minneapolis to spend the 4th
with relatives.
Rev. l. B. Bickford Of Radcliffe,
Iowa, formerly a Methodist minister
at Delhi, preached trial sermons in
the Congregational Church Sunday.
Louise Brandon Of LeMars has
been visiting at the home of her
uncle, Jas. Currie.
DIR. Jas, Ball Of Seattle, Washing
ton, was calling on friends here
Saturday. He has been visiting his
parents at Delaware and expects to
leave for Seattle Tuesday of this
week.
Prof. s. F. Hersey of the State
Normal School at Cedar Fails, who
has been at the home OF his mother
the past few days, will leave We'd
nesday for Boston, from which place
he goes to G Cambridge, Mass, to take
a course in Harvard Summer School.
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Early Day "reminiscences.
Mrs. J. L. Mccrear,

OF Delaware county have many
pleasant recollections. You will par
don me if go back to the starting
point from which | emigrated to the
far west. 1t was about the middle OF
March, 1S56,that we left Cattaraugus
county, New York, in the midst Of a
raging snow storm that drifted high
along the Erie railroad. There were
twelve in our party, my father,
Abram Knapp, and his family. After
about ten days travel in cars packed
with emigrants, both native and for
eign, we reached Dunleith, to. find
that the ice in the Mississippi river
was beginning to break, which rem
dered crossing many way dangerous.
The hotels were over-crowded, the
city full of people who were waiting
for the ice to break, and many went
out in the country to seek shelter,
The best that my father could dpwas
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BAILEY,s FORD.

Mesdames G.. b. Davis and Helen
Mckee were shopping in Manchester
last Tuesday.
Mrs. r. E. Grommon visited Mrs.
Elvira Davis last Wednesday.
Mrs. Jay Lillibridge was Man
chester caller last Wednesday.
Helen Mckee visited her sister,
Mrs. J. W. Hartman last Thursday.
R. E. Grommon and wife spent
Friday at the home Of ]. p Belcher.
Mrs. VIM. Raster and daughter,
Mable Talmage, were IN Manchester
last Wednesday.
Mary Trumblee Of Lamont is Wis
iting her sister Mrs Baker Hersey.
r. q. Grommon had business. at
Delaware one day last week
Madison Trumblee had business
in Manchester last Wednesday.
Mable Talmage, who has been vis-
iting her parents has gone to Water
loo.
R. B.. Grommon had business in
Delhi1ast Saturday.
j. q. BAKER has gone to S. d., to
look after his land there.
lola Raster visited Mrs. Jay Lilli-
bridge one day last week
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EAD,s GROVE.

Ike Fisher and Gussie Frentress
visited at Yves Alcorn's last Sunday.
Mrs. Croyle has been attending
her son-in-law, George Masters, who
lives near Manchester and who was
badly injured by an engine a short
time ago.
Jake Moser and family were shop
ping in Strawberry Point on Mon
day.
s. E. Way, accompanied by his
father, visited at Colesburg Satur-
day and Sunday. Mr. Way ST. has
departed for Pennsylvania.
On account of the inclemency of the
weather but very few from here at
tended the /. o. o. r. memorial
services at Greeley last Sunday.
Harry Culbertson and family Wis
{ tied att j. I. Fowler's Sunday.
Ed Robinson went to Chicago last
week and intesrasa. to bring his
daughter home with him ii she had
sufficiently recovered.
Mr.. Lash has received his saw-mil
and is saving out the timbers TO
his new barn
A gentleman, representing Leno:
college, was in this vicinity on Wed
nesday endeavoring to secure ney
students for that institution.
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Mrs. Frank Emerson has returned

Mrs. Frank Emerson has returned
home from visit with her son and
wife who live near Volga City.
Claire Engstrom returned to his
home in, Manchester Thursday after
a weeks visit with relatives in this
place.
Harriet Steinhilber, of Pocahontas,
is the guest of her grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Scofeld.
A. j. Pease Of Manchester was a
business caller in this place the
latter part Of last week.
Manchester has a very swell ball
team now, and expect to win many
honors on the diamond.
Miss Nellie Westfall left for Man
chester Tuesday evening for few
days visit with friends.
II Fisher came up from Man
chester Monday to spend few days
with his family. Mail Press.
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HopK1NroN.

Fred Vesey who has been work
ing with the fence gang at Waucoma
returned home Monday.
John and Olaf Swanson, two
thrifty farmers residing near Man
chester, drove down here Monday tc
do some trading.
Cecil Ricketts, arrived home Satur.
day evening from Huron, S. d.,
called by the death Of his brother
w. FL. Ricketts,.
The following friends and relatives
from out Of town were called here by
the death of w. H. Ricketts,: Andrew
and Milton Alcorn, and Mrs. w. j.
Breed and two daughters, of Edge
wood; Mr.. and Mrs Savage Of Cog
gon; Mr.. and Mrs. Galliart of Du-
buque; Mr.. Lathrop Nathan; Lathrop,
Howard Lath rop and wife, Oxford
junction.
The following members of the 1.
%. O. L order from out Of town were
in attendance at the funeral Of w.
H. Ricketts, last Sunday afternoon.
From Delhi: o. e. Holdredge w.
q. Phillips, A. A. Cummings, Peter
Jakelin, g. Il. Blanchard, J. w.
Swinburne, JAS, Carlow, q. r. D.
Smith, q. Barnes, D. r Jones, s..
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Shaw, H. Kragenbrink, +. Buchholz,
J. Eshelman, T. Andrews. Leader.
REUNION OF OUR FIRST
SETTLERS.

The meeting Of the Delaware
County Old Settlers Association, held
at the Fair Grounds last Thursday
was one Of the most largely attended
Of these meetings held in years.
Over a hundred partook Of the
basket dinner and it was one big
family of happy pioneers and their
children and and grand children.
Through the kindness of Secretary
G. j. Bailey, of the Association, we
are enabled to present to our read
ers the papers in full.
The following poem and prose
pen-picture written by Mrs.J. L. Nc
Creary, were read by Miss Mary
Bailey:
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GREELEY.

w. G. Kirchheck and father were
over from Colesburg Thursday.
Frank and Mrs Matthews are the
guests Of Durham Corell at Neceda,
Wis.
Born-on Tuesday June %, 1908
to Mr. and Mrs VIM. Hockaday, Jr.
a girl.
A. G. and Mrs. MARKHAM came
home Tuesday after 1.-TWO weeks
visit in Missouri.
d. A. Cole won his case against
the II. X. L." Remedy Company at
Eldora last week.
The new telephone exchange will
be located at Farwells and Miss
Mate Willard will have charge of
the board.
Gay Miller and wife were up
from Manchester on Sunday.
Robert Goldsworthy cut his leg
very badly while moving grass at
Delaware Tuesday. Several stitches
were taken in the wound.
Eads Grove Letter: Charles
Lash, Grace Edmunds, Lon Fren-
tress and Blanche Wood spent
Sunday at the fish hatchery. 8 I. .
A few more hellos' on our line
now: Jake Moser, John Cropp and
Floyd Harvey being added to the
list. q 4 u Mrs j. j. Edmunds Wis
tied her aunt in Manchester Satur-
day, and brought her mother, Mrs.
Williams home with her. Mrs. Will
liams departed for Oelwein Monday.
y d y Fred Frentress and wife have
been entertaining their daughter
Mrs. Birdsell Of Oelwein, the past
few weeks. She was accompanied by
her two daughters. Home Press.
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absence, a well-known citizen of
Manchester, and an honest man,
came to. the office with the pocket
BOOK and the; forty dollars. ] was:|
.coi,nting. out. The amount that had
-bFen olbued Tor the return of the
pbeketbfbk anaits contents when the
finder, With q tflnid and a pleading
voice, said: Gould you give me
greenbacks, SO | can pay my taxess'
/ gave him the greenbacks, and he
went in the direction of the court
house with aquick step and a smiling
face. hope that honest man is still
living in Manchester and will be
present when this is read
& Much might be said of war times,
of the rejoicing. over victories, of the
terrible shocks of defeat when per-.
lhaps our loved ones were. slain,
when an hour would bring its bur
den Of years. The results Of the con-
flictmay be traced in many ways /,
recall the meetings we had from
house to house to make garments
for thosesin hospitals and prepare
eatables that the sick might relish.
Five. years we toiled and struggled
|.toskeep alive the Delaware County.
Journal, a republican paper striving.
to exist under a democratic admins
|tration. From the files that are
stored in our, house in Dubuque
many items of interest might be
lgleaned. When we go back to Du-
| Buque we will forward to Delaware
county these files to be preserved in
1.-The archives Of the county. They
Twill serve as a lasting monument to
an enthusiastic pair wlloswere more
| plucky than wise. We might add to
this file the old subscription book,
showing unpaid subscriptions to the
amount OF nine hundred dollars.
| Weleol upon the adyersities of the
tpast as stepping stones to something
better, and we cherish kindly feel
l.ings toward the friends of Delaware
Ecountyswho were struggling with us
forssomething better.
Delaware county is well represent
led here in Washington, and Iowa is
always to the. front. To all friends
1--we overwhelmingly greeting.
Very sincerely,
s;rs LORETTA w KNAPP McCREERY
4 232, 18th st. N, b.,
Washington, d. G
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Continued Next Week.
EXPERTS WITH THE WHIP.
One Man Gould crack ON a snake.
Head Mt Twenty Feet. ~

One Man Could Crack ON n Snakes
Head Mt Twenty Feet.
'"That grabbed old German, Schopen-
hauer, who said the crack Of q whip
was like drink from the bad place,
would have found but little to COM
plain Of If he had postponed his pass.
Ing for awhile" said O thoughtful
man. for the whip is getting to be an
awful scarce article in this age. sup
pose the whip will finally pass out of
existence altogether unless 1t is put to
new use. OF course the small riding
whip, the kind which jockeys use in
urging the horses they ride, will be
used as long as horsefesh is used.
But the kind Of whip the old Ger.
man had in mind was of larger, lon
ger and older type, the kind the OK
driver uses even now In some Of the
more remote sections Of the world.
Whips of this kind generally swing
easily on the end of a long handle.
Frequently the handle is eight or ten
feet long and is made of hickory or
some wood that is supple enough to
bend fnethe green state. The whip It
self, which is generally four and six
platt rawhide, is from ten to fifteen
feetin length, with sen grass cracker
on the end tightly twisted and knotted
ut spaces an Inch apart 1t is this arti-
Gle that makes the noise Of which the
old German pessimist complained, and
whip Of this kind In the hands Of an.
expert can be popped until 1t sounds
like the crack Of doom. In quiet for
est where timber men carry on their
work this noise is even fiercer than 1t is
in the cities.
"Teamsters in the cities still use the
old whip to some extent, but 1t is grad
ually going out, andsthe sharp crack of
the sea grass is rarely.heard
Speaking of whips, am reminded
Of the marvellous accuracy some men
acquire In the use of whips. suppose
the Eskimo has reached a higher stand
ard of proficiency in this respect than
any other class of men, have seen
boys of this race pop a silver half dime
at a distance of twenty feet every time
they swung a whip. They can simply
hit anything they want to hit as long
as 1t is within reach of the whip. But
here In the south have seen OK cart
drivers crack OF a snakes head at a
distance of-twenty feet, and they could, i
do 1T whenever 1t pleased them to do
ft."--New Orleans Times Democrat,
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EARLv1L1E.

Mrs.J S. Reeder returnedIthe latter
part Of the week from Fredericks-
burg where she was called by the
serious illness Of her sister, Mrs.
Potts.
Mrs. j. M. Dunn spent part OF
last week with Mrs. Osborne at Des
! Moines.
Rev. and Mrs. B. w. Soper re-
turned Thursday evening from Ur-
bana, where they were visiting Mrs.
;Soper's father. Friday evening Rev.
Soper delivered lecture at Thorpe
for. the benefit Of the NJ. E. church
at that place, on the subject, from
New York to Liverpool and Scenes
from London Life" The church
realized about $50 from the lecture.
Everett Bartle, formerly night
operator on the I. @. R. R. here was
calling on friends Thursday and
Friday. He is now operator on the
Northern Pacific near Duluth and
is now out on his summer vacation.
part Of which he will spend at his
home in Usage. He contemplates
a trip to the coast before returning
to work.
FranksLoomis and family were at
Farley Thursday visiting at the
home Of his father.
Kent Ferman, chief clerk in the
Cedar Rapids National Bank was
looking after business interests here
Wednesday,
Frank Metcalf of Almoral was in
Chicago a few days last week.
Henry Staehle,. who has been
spending his summer vacation of
two weeks at home, returned Sun
day to Chicago where he has posi-
ton with Hubbard, Spencer, Bartlett
& Co.
A number from here attended the
ball games at Manchester last week.
The fans" were especially well
pleased with the showing made by
Powell of this place, now with Vim
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lockwood.

Rev L. Hubbell and daughter
Kate were Manchester callers last
Wednesday and Thursday.
Mrs. Doc Coolidge and two
daughters went to Manchester last
Wednesday and returned home
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Breed and daughters drove
to Hopkinton Sunday morning to
attend the funeral , of the formers
nephew Vim. Ricketts, who was
killed in the wreck near Waterloo.
They returned home Tuesday after
noon.
Mr. Jay Barr who is attending the
U. I.U. is spending his vacation with
his father.
Quite number from our midst
attended the Old Settlers Reunion
held in Manchester last Thursday.
Wesley Boyer has returned home
after finishing his course at Cornell
College.
The memorial services for the
Modern Woodmen was held last
Sunday at the M. b. Church, The
sermon was preached by Rev,
Huatley,
S. W. Robinson, wife and daughter
Floy left last week for Dubuque
where they expect to make an ex-
tended visit with their two sons, Anie
and Herb.
10 and Edna Minkler are both
home for their vacation.
Andy and Milt Alcorn attended
the funeral Of their nephew Will
Ricketts,, which was held at Hop
kinton Sunday afternoon.
Bert Shaffer's galleryiarrived here
Friday evening from Central City
and will be opened july 1st