Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-22

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have d supera bunaanco Of nerve. but
q doctor told ne a story the other day
Which Illustrates about as cool a piece
OF nerve as ever heard of on the
part Of woman. 1t is said that Wo-
:. men are nervous bat not at all nervY,
and have been inclined to believe
thal way. but the incident am going
t. relate coavinees fao that some wo-
men have sufficient amount
& nerve and thai the nerve
of this woman is sufficient to
stop a clock noticed a large wheik
On TIE horse Of one of the local doetcrs
en} / asked Him what causei il. He
id tnat he had lad patient who
was a constant reader Of the patent
Ecdieine ads" and that she nasincs
she has all the ailments described in
the advertisements named hence he
was liable 70 receive a hurry call at
any time after she had read an al
iiit'ilu' lpI Ittil till liJul - lN" va. .
ago she called him by telephone and
said: Hurry DOCTOR He knew
what was wanted but had two other
calls he had to make before he could
go to see her, hence he was a little
late in arriving When about two
blocks from her home he met the lady.
She WAS walking leisurely along the
sidewalk. and the doctor was very
much surprised as he anticipated find
ing ner at home suffering all the
ailments described in the patent medi-
cine advertisements; ehc had been read
in& He drew alonesi lt the sidewalk
and asked her what had produced her
sudden recovery She replied:
Arc you very busy, doctor?"
NO" said the doctor
We'll then. doctor. viii NOu lot me
have Year rig to drive out to BellWood
cemetery to see about our lot in the
cemetery? I'll hurry back. You can
just go into my home and wait have
a good supply Of kindlng and coal in
the CRATE Just ready to ligst. Ny
husbands pipe and tobacco and sev-
eral magazines are on the library
table. I'll get back just as soon as
possible"
VI gave my horse such cut with the
whip" said the doctor, that the ami /
nal made such a lunge forward that |
4.}me near going out of my rig back
AarGe twthstanding the deep mud |
the horse went away in a gallOp My |
bump of disgust increased very much !!
at the nerve of the woman. and guess |
ny anxiety to get away made me strike |
the horse harder than intended. That |
blow with the whip made that whelk."
The Kicker heard one of the promin- |
ent ladies' of the city comDloining |
Her front yard had been entered in |
the night and had trampled all her |
flowers down and she was quite wrathy |
and swore vengeance against the COW
catcher. | hope she'll get him and |
make him attend to his business as he |
should. Next thing somebody will be !
CHASING Pine Bluff with Jonesboro.
The council has done one thing
which am not only not kicking about.
but | am well pleased with. and that
is the enlargement of the police force
instead of cutting it down as was con
templated The city dads also did the
proper thing in providing for mounting
two of the bluecoats. so that they may
also catch COWS as well as criminals.
am not the only one who is pleased |
with this last named arrangement as
the COWS of the city are invading the
flower gardens in droves.
have heard patrons of the street
railway kicking because of the very
rcueh crossings Of tie Main street car
line aero SIS tie Iron Mountain and Cot
ten Belt tracks. When one Of tho q
pile driver short coupled hrOnchO i
cars strikes one of these CROSSINGS
person with a headache. lame back