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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16
"Listen to the r1oCking
Bird" and Its Author

Septimus Winner, the author of
Listen to the Mocking Bird" who
died the other day in Philadelphia,
passed to his reward well nigh pcnni-
less
And yet, during his lifetime, his
5cIgs the one named and others
earned nearly S. ,000,0 900.
OF this sum he received less than
one-tenth of one per cent. Of"Listen
to the Mocking Bird" $4,000 900 copies
were sold. Winner was paid S. for
the manuscript.
Like Nicholas Crouch, the Balti-
morean who wrote kathleen Mavour-
neen,' he won fame without profit
The composer was 10 years old when
ne died
When he wrote the song that made
him famous he was 26 How he came
tc write it was told day or two after
.'is death by his wife
In 1852 said Mrs. Winner. I'VE
had music store near the Delaware
River, in Philadelphia. A young me-
gro named Dick Milburn used to
clean up occasionally. and this young
man was called "Whistling Dick"
on account of his powerful and sweet
whistle
Mr. Winner liked Dick, liked to
hear his whistle and liked to hear him
sing "1f you only had a song that
you could sing and whistle both he
would say, that would be fine COM
bnation
And Dick would ask Mr.. Winner
why he didn't fix up such song as
that for him.
Well, Dick, l will my husband
said one afternoon, and he wrote the
words and music of Listen to the
Mocking Bird that evening-wrote
them in about three hours, and show
eel them to me before he went to bed"
Listen to the Mocking Bird"
These are the words of the song as
Winner wrote them:
I'm dreaming now of Hally.
Sweet Hally, Sweet Hally:
I'm dreaming now Of Hally
For the thought of her is one that
never dies.
She's sleeping in the valley,
The valley, the valley.
She's sleeping in the valley.
And the mocking bird is singing
where she lies
Listen to the mocking bird.
Listen to the mocking bird.
The mocking bird still singing DER
her grave.
Listen to the mOcking bird
listen to the mocking bird.
Still singing where the weeping will
lows wave
Ah, we'll | Yet remember,
Remember, remember;
,h, we'll | Yet remember.
When We gathered III the cotton
side by side.
Twas in the mild September.
September, September:
Twas in the mild September.
And the mOcking bird was singing
far and wide
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16
The Companions Christmas Packet

Can you think OF gift more GER
tain to be acceptable than a years
subscription to the Youths Compan
ion? Is there anyone, young or old.
who, having once had the paper in
his hands and looked through 1t, did
not wish to possess it for his very
own? 1t is gift which, far from
losing its freshness as Christmas re-
cedes into the past, grows more de-
lightful, more necessary to ones en-
joyment week by week.
If you wish to make a Christmas
present Of the Youths Companion,
send the publishers the name and ad-
dress Of the person to whom you wish
to give the Companion, with $1.75,
the annual subscription price They
will send to the address named the
Companions Christmas packet, all
ready for Christmas morning, contain
ing the Christmas number. the Com
panion calendar for 1903, Autographed
in twelve colors and gold, and sub
scrlption certificate for the fifty-two
issues of 1908.
Full illustrated announcement Of the
new volume for 1903 will be sent with
sample copies of the paper to any ad.
dress free.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION.
144 Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16
Bondsmen Wanted.

WHO Is going to guarantee that
Great Britain and Germany will be
have themselves while the investiga
tion by The Hague tribunal is going
OH > Cincinnati Enquirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16

traveller says that Norway is the
most democratic country on earth.
He should look up the election re-
turns IRON Texas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16
Fondu Par Excellence,

This depends for its success upon
che crumbc Of light positively stale
loaf of bread. Dried and sifted crumbs,
ased for deep fat frying, will not ans
wer. French bread, at least two days
old, is good and the remainder, dried
IN the oven and rolled and sifted.
should be reserved for top dressing,
or deep frying. Rub together a cup
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16

The words were:
"Ten Little Injuns."
Zen little Injuns, going out to dine
One choked his little self and then
| there We're nine.
One cried himself away, and then
there were eight.
Eight little Injuns, slept till eleven,
One oversight himself, and then there
We're seven.
Seven little Injuns, cutting up sticks,
| One chopped himself in half, and then
there were six
Six little Injuns. playing with a hive,
The humble killed one and then there
We're five.
Five little Injuns. going in for law.
One got in chancery. and then there
were four
Four little Injuns, going out to sea.
A read herring swallowed one and
then there were three
Three little Injuns, walking in the ZOO,
A big bear cuddled one, and then there
We're two
Two little Injuns, sitting in the sun,
one got frizzled up, and then there
We're one
One little Injun lived all alone
He got married, and then there were
none.
Winner wrote over 200 songs in the
course of his life. For none of these
was he paid over SO, though some OF
them attained great popularity The
song that he believed to be his best
vas called Whispering Hope"
Abraham Lincoln's Praise.
This modest, quiet man, from 1852
down to the time of his death, re
eeiVed from every quarter of the globe
letters in praise of Listen to the
Mocking Bird
Abraham LINCOLN said of it: "It
is real song. 1t is as sincere as
the sweet laughter of little girl at
play"
The King of England said of it.:
Il Whistled Listen to the Mocking
Bird when was a boy
Edgar Allen Poe said "You have
express YOURSELF my dear Winner.
fully, adequately. in this song. What
You have done here | have done in
The Raven Both pieces will live,
ior each is, in its way, perfect ex-
p"ession."
Nine. Emma Nevada, after singing
Listen to the Mocking Bird at the
Philadelphia Academy of Music in
1899, kissed Mr. Winners forhead with
tears in her eyes.
Longfellow wrote to the musician
For sheer simple, naive sweetness,
| know of nothing to compare with
Listen to the Mocking Bird
Edwin Booth wrote: you have Civ
en- America her sweetest song"
And now and then some one would
write: "You are an imposter. List
en- to the Mocking Bird was not writ
ten by you. but b. Alice Hawthorne ="
Alice Hawthorne, which was the
name of Mr. Winners mother, was the
nom de plume under which the song
appeared.
Che good man continued to earn
his living to the last by writing les
son books for beginners in music and
by teaching the violin.
He had to do this work, it was nee
essary for him to support himself, his
wife and his daughter
.cwo days before his death he gave
his last violin leSsOn--tO little boy
at his residence, No. 1906 North Six.
teenth street, Philadelphia.
Il am little tired he said to the
lad. II have been teaching for more
than fifty years. am 76 now, and I
am growing tired
He taught no more after that morn
ing
Two DAYS later the modest gentle
man, who had sold for SIS a world
famous song was dead
| WhAn E vi re mes Meet
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16
When Extremes Meet.

If an observer, you'll allow
Be it q paradox or not
That pretty woman's icy bow
Makes most men boiling hot.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-01-16

Honesty is undoubtedly the best
policy but good many men some
how fail to keep their premiums paid
up.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1903-06-05

from diseased tubers sometimes pro
duce healthy potatoes, but it is O
course best to have sound, healthy
potatoes for seed.
Sweet potatoes should not follow
sweet potatoes nor should they be
bedded two OF more years in success
sion on the same site. Better skip
three or four years.
now have some experiments on
hand to determine the difference be-
tween cutting vines into lengths of
one, two or three leaves.
In order to test with one leaf, from
two to four leaves should be left on
the stubs when two vines are cut and
removed. Succors will soon start from
the stubs, the upper succors generally
leading. When these succors attain
three or four inches, cut and remove
one joint of the stub, with the sue
cor. Then root and transplant as
aforesaid, leaving the tops of the Sue
cors above ground The potatoes will
form from the joint of the old wood,
and will generally exceed in yield
vines cut and set in the usual wav,
say one foot long.
A COW pea sod that was properly
supplied with potash and phosphoric
acid, when the peas were seeded, will
be good for sweet potatoes. The peas
will draw from the air an ample sup
ply OF nitrogen to serve the potatoes
From 200 to AGO pounds of acid
and IS to 10 pounds of
of potash or $40 to $50
pounds of kanit in lieu OF the muriate
OF potash may be applied per acre to
drills and mixed with the soil, pre-
ferably a few weeks before the ridges
are constructed. Bryan Tyson.
Carthage, N. G.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1903-06-05
SWEET POTATOES.
Cut Vines.

are set the better, but they will d.
fairly we'll if set as late as July 1st
People generally use too much vine
The vines should be cut into shor
pieces, containing about three leave.
each.
Roofing and cutting The cut vines
are usually set Immediately after cut.
ting, without any previous prepare.
ton, but I consider it best to first root
them, which can be easily done, as
follows:
Construct a loose bed 8 to ~ in
ches broad and of proper length to
suit the quantity of cuttings. Shove
two joints of the cuttings down into
the loose bed and leave one Joint or
leaf above ground. Proper spaces,
say about one inch, should be left be-
tween the plants. The plants when
set should resemble an ordinary plant
bed to IL inches broad After the
setting of the plants has been conf
pleted apply a proper quantity of
water, which will settle the soil
around them no further packing of
the will be needed. After the water
settles draw loose soil around the
plants, This one watering will last
until the plants are properly rooted,
ween they should be taken up ard
transplanted in the usual way. The
plants should be dug up mot pulled
up) and the soil worked from them
the roots will thus be preserved whole.
It should be noted that the roots pro-
duced by cuttings are much ccarser
than those produced by draws also
that cuttings properly rooted, will
live better and grow off more readily
than draws.
The sweet potato is seni-tropical
plant and needs all the heat possible.
Consequently the cuttings should be
set vertical or perpendicular and no
deeper than is necessary for them to
i've we'll The potatoes will then
orm near the surface of the soil
where they can receive proper heat
rom the sun.
Advantages of Rooting-It will be
little trouble to root the cuttings
ccording to the above plan, but the
advantages derived therefrom will
doubtless compensate we'll for the
title extra time required
BY roofing the cuttings in narrow
eds they eau be conveniently wat
red and also readily protected from
he sun for a few days, if the weather
) warm, by proper covering. One
+ two planks placed lengthwise will
ford the necessary protection until
oots form, which will be in two or
Tree days, when the covering may be
The plants will thus be
repaired to stand the sun. In two CT
Tree days more remove and trans
ant as aforesaid.
If the cuttings be set without first
oting, then they will start very
owly, an may not start at all. AS
e season is usually we'll advanced
hen cuttings are set, it will be we'll
push them from the start by first
operly roofing them.
Other things being equal, cuttings
i'll exceed draws in yield about sc
r cent, and the potatoes will also
of much better n11a1itv
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-03-12
Board of Aldermen.

BOARD met in regular session March 2,
1903. the mayor and ell members being
present
The minutes OF last meeting read, and
the item Of SISz charged for hues aud
costs changed 10 SI66. after which they
we're adopted.
MIR. 4. 5. Drake presented a petition
signed By divers citizens asking to have
the order heretofore passed requiring
sidewalks TO be paved with brick re-
scinded.
Ou motion of DR.. Smith, ordered that
the matter be postponed to a meeting to
be held Wednesday, March 4th.
Ordered that the street committee
meet the board OF supervisors and devise
plans for the protection Of suspension
bridge at foot Of Farmer street.
Ordered that the marshal be author
lied to make contract for the hiring out
Of Annie Puruell for a sum not less than
Sas.
On motion OF NJ. 9 CABIN, ordered
that the SqIo I8 received from state rev.
enue agent for back taxes from 1886 to
1891, Inclusive, after deduciing amount
due school fund, shall be put In sinking
fund that the clerk notify the treasurer
OF this order.
On motion of l.. A. Smith, ordered
that The taxes unpaid on r5th OF March,
will be advertised and damages assessed.
Ordered that the following bills be al
lowed
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-03-12
Women Need

constant supply Of blood-maling material or
their systems break down under the constant
drain. The very moment there is lack OF blood,
or when the blood is impoverished, the signal
appears upon the face In sallowness or pallor
The remedy needed Is DR.. Harter's Iron Tonic.
Nothing else meets this particular condition so
well. Use OF IL has made hundreds OF thous-
ands OF women look younger and made them
feel even younger than they looked. 1t not onlS
restores strength. energy and beauty. but IL is
prompt and certain cure for all ailments pecu-
liar TO the sex. It cures because II removes the
hrst cause. It supplies just what nature needs
to bring health.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-03-12

In pursuance Of section 3 Of the char
ter Of the town of Port Gibson as amend
ed, the following named persons ART
appointed election commissioners il
and for the town of Port Gibson, Miss.
for The term of one year from this date
to.wit: w. T. Morris, ]. M. Harding
and ]. NJ. Edglesing. Each Of said com
missiousrs. before acting, shall take auf
subscribe The oath prescribed by th,
constitution and be shall file same 10
the Office Of the clerk of the board o
mayor and aldermen.
Done this and day Of March, A. D.
1903. r. B. ANDERSON, Mayor.
Whereas, on the 9Th day Of September
1899, the following ordinance was adopt
ed by the Board Of Mayor and Aldermen
OF the Town Of Port Gibson. Mississip
pi, to-wit:
Whereas II Is The wish of the Board oi
Mayor and Aldermen of the Town ol
Port Gibson, Mississippi, to purchase
for a public school building, and the LOT
on which 1t stands, that certain brick
building, knows as the Brashear Acade.
my, and which Is now under lease to
the chAmberlain- Hunt Academy for an
unexpired term OF II years, and where.
as, II Is greatly to the advantage of the
Town of Port Gibson TO have and own
said uuexpirsd term, so that said prop
erty and the ground on which II stands,
and which sppertains to 1t can and may
be used for public school aud, where
as, said brick buildings and the grounds
thereunto belonging, as we'll as all huld-
ings sppertaining thereto, except the
frame buildings now used by the Cham
berlain. Hunt Academy, can be pur-
chased from said chamberlain.H Hunt
Academy for Five Thousand Dollars,
evidenced by FIVE Twenty year bonds Of
OAs Thousand Dollars each, bearing ~
lerest, al the rate of Five per ceulum
per annum, from date of issue, payable
annually, on the rst day Of January Of
each year succeeding the issue Of same
aud, whereas, in the purchase Of said
II years uuexpired lease Of said proper
ty, under Section II OF the Charter Of
the Town OF Port Gibson, Mississippi, it
is 6rst necessary for two-thirds Of the
voters Of the qualified electors Of said
Town, cast at special election therefor,
10 authorize the issuance Of said bonds,
for the purchase Of said uuexpired
lease
Now, therefore, Ia order TO submit the
as 10 whether or not the Board
Of Mayor and Aldermen of said Town
shall purchase said unexpired lease of
said property, and give therefor Five
Bonds of said Town OF 100000 each,
bering interest at the rate Five per ceu-
tum per annum. payable annually, on
the rst day OF January after the date OF
issuance OF same. the principal OF said
bouds to mature IN 20 years FROM the
late OF issuance OF same.
II Is Ordained. That a special election
Tor the purpose Of submitting said ques-
ion 10 the qualified electors of said
Town to determine said question and 10
authorize the issuance Of said bonds, be
Ind the same Is hereby ordered to be
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1903-03-12
ELEGANT Tai|Or-Made Skirts

made specially for early spring
and summer wear, in all the new
Weaves, the handsomest ever
shown in this city, now on dis
play in our ladies' suit depart
ment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-01-09

do you think that is one of
them?" asked Mr.. Kent, looking at
the mountain, whose very top yet
showed white and pink in the last
rays Of the sun.
''.That mountain is Popocatapetl, un-
less l am much mistaken" said Ham
mond. But there is no island on
the map east or southeast of it. An
island the size of this should show
on u good map of Mexico, and there
are two modern and excellent ones
in our library"
''It is too deep a problem for me-
said Mr.. Kent. at is getting dark
Let's be getting back to camp"
They reached the bungalow in time
to partake of light repast, includ.
ing some excellent berries which Mr.
Haven had found on the edge of the
south jungle. 1t was cool ant
pleasant evening, and after work was
done chairs we're placed on the
veranda, cigars lit, and genera
discussion followed
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-01-09
Mail pouch Robbery.

Cleveland, o., Jan. Sit developed
Saturday that registered mail pouch
containing IL large number of regis,
tered letters and packages was stolen
on December 90. while in transit from
the Wilson avenue snb-station to the
main post office in this city. Severa
secret service men, as we'll as local de
tectivek are working ON the case. Il
/, is believed that the pouch contained
large sum of.money and wastaken BY
IN organized gang OF robbers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-01-09
KING GEORGE SINKING.
Condition of the Ruler of saxony
Gives Rise to Grave Fears on
Part of His Doctors.

Dresden, Saxony, Jan. o. King
George is evidently growing weaker
His pulse is extremely irregular, anq
occasionally is imperceptible. The at
tending physicians are stimulating his
majesty with quinine. The kings hears
action is feeble, and his temperature
vacillates 51s degrees in half day
falling to 921a.
His majesty's condition has grown
worse through the insistence of the pa
tient in discharging government bust
ness.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-01-09
I wrote to Doctor
Pierce, who sent me
a very kind letter
and advised me-"

Thousands of weak and sick women
can trace the beginning of new life of
perfect health to that letter written to
DR.. Pierce.
Sick and ailing women are invited to
consult DIR. Pierce, by letter, free. All
correspondence held as strictly private
and sacredly confidential. Address DIR.
r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
weak and aching backs, headaches, nerv-
business and other wonlanly ailments by
curing the wolnanly diseases which cause
them.
vim the spring of 1900 became very ill,n
writes Mrs. Alviena Scholtz, of Lake Washing
ton Lesueur Co., Mimi, tiny back was very
weak and ached so that could do 10 work at
ALL SO was obliged to take to my bed. felt
constant desire to urinate and the pains i'll
abdomen were almost unbearable. wrote to
DIR. Pierce who sent me very kind letter, and
advised me to take his Favorite Prescription
and Golden Medical Discovery 1 took six
bottles of each and am well woman now.
cannot say enough in favor of DR.. Pierce's
medicines :"
uFavorite Prescription makes weak
women strong, sick women we'll. Accept
no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
most desirable laxative for delicate
women.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-01-09
Trust Those who Have Tried.

SUFFERED from catarrh of the
worst kind and never hoped for cure,
hut Ely's Cream Balm seems to do
ven that Oscar Ostrom, As War; =
we Chicago, H.
l SUFFERED from catarrh; it got
ad could NIT work; | used b.
ram Balm and am entirely well
/. Clark, 34l Shawmut Ave., BoS-
n, Mass.
The Balm does not irri tate or cause
sneezing. Sold by all druggists al SO
cts, or mailed by Ely Brothers, 5G
Warren ST., New York.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-01-09
Our Scrawny
People

Not all thin people are In actual
i'll health, but undue thinness means
danger, and "scrawny" thinness
means the result of wasting, when
wrinkles and loss of strength as
well as loss of weight show that
something is wrong.
This something may be worry,
extra work, care of the sick, nervous
arrangement, dyspepsia, bowel
troubles, or the first sign of the
onset of serious disease like con-
sumption or kidney trouble.
How often we hear: "She'd be
a pretty woman if she wasn't so
horribly thin!" It's too bad, for
most of these thin women are sick.
The best thing we have found
for thin people, whatever the
cause of the thinness, is Vinol.
1t seems to nourish at once, and
also to start an appetite for good
food. 1t was great discovery to
combine the medicinal properties
of cod liver oil with organic iron
in such powerful and yet pleas
ant-tasting preparation, and we'll be
glad to tell you how we got hold of
it, if you'll call at the store. Any
how, if you are thin, and want
more flesh and strength, try a
bottle of Vinol. If you aren't
pleased, we pay the money back.
Remember fat doesn't create fat
so you don't need the greasy kind
of cod liver oil to increase weight
Vmol is better and tastes delicious,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-01-09
A Scientific Discovery.

Kodol does for the stomach that
which it is unable to do for itself,
even when but slightly disordered or
overloaded. Kudol supplies the nat
ural juices of digestion and docs the
work of the stomach, relaxing the
nervous tensions, while the lnllamea;
muscles of that organ are alloWeu "
rest and heal, Kodol digests what you
eat and enables the stomach and d.
FESTIVE organs to transform all food
into rich. red blood Shuttleworth
Drug 90.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-01-09
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE,

Estate OF Anna NJ Bloomenrader deceased:
Notice is hereby given. That the subscriber
have been duly appointed administrator TO the
Estate OF Anna NJ Bloomenrader, late OF New
If Iowa decreased, interstate and has taken.
upon himself that trust Dy
giving bonds as the law directs.
All persons having demands upon the Estate
II the said deceased are required TO exhibit the
anne; and persons Indebted TO the said Estate
are called upon tn make payment TO
FRED c, WOELL>TEIN,
Administrator.
December al, 1902. 3iw3.