davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-14
Goes to Hot Springs.

Although Major General Haynes has
not vet authorized any statement to
that effect, it is understood to have
been definitely determined to hold the
Arkansas state guard encampment at
Hot Springs. An official order is ex-
pected to be issued this week.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-14
A ROSTER
OF ARKANSAS TROOPS IN THE
LATE CIVIL WAR TO BE
COMPILEC.
aeoe8 10 Procure 0ae Is to Sc Con-
tnued by the Beard Selected
for That Purpose.
A ROSTER

TIIe baF passed by fhe legislature ap-#
rroFJmns 81 2Q0 for the work of pre-
pairing a roster Of the Arkansas troops
engaged Ia the civil war, has been de-
elared invalid ana CHS means the fail
ure q Tie project, unless other means
can be devised 10 carry it through.
The last congress appropriated
$500 aaQ 10 be =osea Tor the purpose of
compiling a roster of all soldiers, IN.
ion and Confederate WHO were en-
gagged i'll the war. blu Mai Nowlin has
been informed that none Of this money
is available for state use. Therefore,
as all hope Of government aid must
be abandoned for the present, and as
will be necessary for the committee
Of the Historical society TO devise some
new plans or the project which has
been 50 favorably received and avnit
ed with SO much interest must be
| abandoned. The members Of the ex-
ecutiye committee are as follows s.
| Il. NOwln, +. w. Green, j. f. Smith,
j. w. Colquitt and Dan w Jones, Lit
| tie Rock; v Y. Cook BateSville; A. S.
| Morgan, Camden, and r. NJ Knox,
| Pine Bluff.
The following call for a meeting or
the executive board of the historical
society of the Arkansas Confederate
Veterans has been issued by Maj.
NoWlin, the chairman of the commit
tee and compiler of military records
of Arkansas for the war department:
To the Members of the Executive
| Board:
A meeting of the executive board OF
Confederate Veterans is hereby called
to meet in this city at 1 o'clock a. m.
at Gleason's hotel, on Tuesday August
1S. All measures heretofore planned
for the procurement of roster of the
Arkansas troops who served in the
Confederate army having failed, and
nothing being available for state work
| from the war department under the
act of congress of February 25, 1903,
appropriating 100000 for the pur-
pose of compiling a roster of the un-
ion and Confederate soldiers, other
measures must be adopted or the
work be temporarily abandoned. For
| this purpose the executive board is
called together, and every member is
| expected to be present. The board is
composed as follows:
Maj. Gen. B. w. Green, chairman.
| Little Rock.
Col j. w. Colquitt, secretary, Lit
tie Rock
Ex-Gov Dan w Jones, Little Rock.
Gen. James f. Smith, Little Rock.
Col. S. II. NoWlin, Little Rock.
Gen. A. s. Morgan, Camden
Gen. V. Y. Cook, Batesville.
Gen. r. NJ. Knox, Pine Bluff
S H. Nowlin,
Chairman Historical Committee, G. G.
V. OF Arkansas, and Compiler of Mil
itary of Arkansas for the War De-
partment.
At this meeting Maj Nowlin will
make full report to the board of the
efforts which have been made in the
direction Of compiling this roster, and
will explain in detail the status OF
the matter. He will recommend that
the board make an appeal to the Con-
federate veterans of the state, and. al
so 10 the Daughters Of the Confeder-
acy and to The sons of Confederate
Veterans, to come to the aid of the
work
Under no circumstances will the mat
ter be allowed to drop, and some inn
portant action may be expected at tha
meeting of the board.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-14

Lee Cmohundro, w. R. Duley and
Gibson Thibault, the Little Rock par
ticipants in the gun shoot, returned
home this morning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
COST OF LIVING MUCH HIGHER HERE
THAN 1T is IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

heard that the of living in
while prices of foodstuf have
economical
pane World
before
taiomade clothes
higher
with could the old world and
than Those emgrang southern Europe SPAN Italy Greece
differences They
figuring
astonshed
500 month Madrid
renting SIS $50 month
Mexican Herald
Ayre the of living Is
labor struggle
workngman of Buenos Ayr
which Is the
while fire. light
small he
small
paid harvest hands
shnng blackmiths the
go United States Probably abo and artisans
off
n Tribune
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

No provision of nature is wiser or
more benefcient than that whereby
the terrors of youth grow neutral or
amusing in the retrospect The stone
bruise, the bee-sting and the green
apple collie are still tender memories
but not in the original sense Speak
ing day" in school was one of the
hardest of boyhood's crosses. 1t
caused our hearts to thump and our
knees to knock together, yet the
thought of dropping it from the cal
endar would cause pang to many
a gray-haired boy whose son never
knew the fervor with which his father
used to address the Carthaginians. The
solemn and time-honored occasion
seems to be in danger. Letters Of pro-
test have appeared in the newspapers.
The men who write the letters doubt
less had to take their turn as boys
at defamation, and if they were real
boys, hated it as cordially as their
children hate it to-day. But-and it
is a very large but-they know now
what the declamations were for, and
what they did. They see, if they
are men in any sense leaders Of their
fellows, how useful is the ability to
get upon ones feet and say what one
has to say simply and effectively.
They know, too, that the accomplish
ment is rare. Speeches in town meet
ing, at alumni dinners, in fact, on
social and public occasions of all kinds
how dull most Of them are, and how
ineffective! Yet the men who make
them, who drone along for a dreary
how to stop, may be able and interest
ing even racy and entertaining, talk
ers when off the platform and at their
ease. stage fright" is all that ails
them. They have never been trained
to face an audience. Self-possession
most urgent. and self-consciousness
takes its place. It is just this train
ing which speaking day helped to sup
DIV. The mimic 'Spartacus' learned
more than Roman history when he
harangued the imaginary gladiators}
Patrick Henry" became familiar with
more than American history when he
addressed his schoolmates as the
House of Burgesses. Beautiful
Snow" "Bingen on the Rhine" Cur
few" and all that lovely collection
would any old boy or girl to-day spare
them from his memory? Will .any
permit such a good old custom as
speaking day to pass unhonored and
unwept? We hope not.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

What is declared to be the best
counterfeit presentment'' of the late
Right Hon. w. E. Gladstone ever
made is the statue herewith repro
duced, which was recently unveiled In
the north transept of Westminster alb
hey The statue is of the finest Car
rara marble and shows the dead states
man as D. c.. L. of Oxford. The
royal family of England always feared
more than it admired Gladstone, but
since his death it has come to reali-
zatiop of the fact that he was a pretty
safe man, after all, and the placing Of
the statue so promptly in the place
reserved for the elect is a recognition
that he possessed qualities which will
cause his fame to grow greater as
the years go by.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

Here goes another fool,' shouted
man as he jumped from the deck Of
New York, ferryboat. By the time his
body was recovered he was dead, an0
his body was carried unrecognized to
the morgue. 1t is a most depressing
fact that there were between 5000
and 5000 of such fools" last year
a marked increase upon any previous
twelve months. This prevalence Of
suicide indicates that a grave national
danger confronts us. In the multi
plication of our wants, in the in
crease Of what we call the 'neces-
sites" Of life, we are losing sight of
the value Of life itself. Men measure
themselves by what they own, and
sudden loss of property therefore
brings the value Of existence down to
zero. Others are overwhelmed by the
vastness and strenuous life Of great
city, and a sense of their own 1nsig-
nificance and helplessness drives them
to self-destruction. In all these cases,
the underlying cause is lack Of self
valuation. A man or woman becomes
discouraged and says: Nobody values
me, therefore 1 amount to nothing and
might better be out Of the world"
1t is peculiarly tragic that there should
be so many suicides at the present
time, when all great world-movements
have become SO rapid and interesting.
Almost every morning we read of a
new triumph of science. Travel has
become safe and comfortable in nearly
every country. Inventions and dis
coveries such as the past never dream
ed of are to-day commonplace facts.
This is an age when the lines Of
Wordsworth should be true: "Tis bliss
to be alive and glorious to be young"
The terrible fact that over 5000 a
year think otherwise shows that there
must be something out of gear in our
social machinery.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

At any rate, it is not our business.
We are not nation of Quixotes, but a
nation of people engaged, with much
success, in minding their own business.
1t is quite certain our bits Of exports
Of cotton goods or kerosene, or what
ever, is not an object for which Amer
lean public opinion would justify our
fighting to extrude Russia from Man
churia. AS little is it an object that
would Justify Us in joining any 'alli-
ance" to that end, in defiance of the
sound tradition that is as old as our
nation. And it is not even certain, nor
even likely, that our trade, such as it
Is, is at stake. 1t seems as If f. might
perfectly be saved by the frank and
manly diplomacy which we have of
late been exhibiting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
A Gentle Hint.

He had taken the curtain lecture
meekly, but at the conclusion he re-
marked casually:
Now, there's the case of that woman
who was accidentally pushed under
water while she was in bathing
What of herr" his wife demanded.
why, if she had learned to keep
her mouth shut" he answered brutal
~, "she wouldn't have drowned before
help reached her"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

Despite deceptive appearances Uncle
Sam is really modest sort Of fell
low, who does not believe that he has
nothing to learn from the rest of the
world. He is prepared to admit with
out humiliation that some things are
probably done better in London, Paris
and Berlin than in the United States
But there is this to be said to the
credit of American manufacturers. AS
soon as they discover that an article
superior to home manufacture is pro-
duced abroad they at once secure a
model of the foreign product and be-
gin to improve their own goods. They
do not wait for years until an ex-
position is held somewhere in the
world to get a copy of the finer and
more original product.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
COAL SUPPLY is AMPLE.
Anthracite Newly Discovered Will
Warm World for Years.

Anthracite Newly Discovered Will
Warm World for Years.
Eight veins of anthracite coal were
located in the upper district in sub
1rb of Wilkesbarre recently and
twelve veins now worked in that dis
trict, lying below the new veins, were
found to be rich and apparently very
productive 1t is estimated that the
tract of 100000 acres which includes
the deposits contains 300,0OO,OOO tons
of coal and that it would require 5000
men to work 200 years, 250 days in
the year, to bring the vast deposit to
the surface. Allowing much for the
eXaggera ton which usually character
ICES the first reports of discoveries Of
this nature, says the Philadelphia Led
ger, the new veins will probably add
greatly to the anthra cite coal supply.
The estimates of the duration Of this
supply must be revised If the new
fields are as extensive and productive
as the early predictions indicate. One
of the dispatches announcing the find
says that it is estimated that the de-
posits will furnish anthracite to the
world for twenty years.
In Roberts Anthracite Coal Indus
try" a valuable and informing work
published in 1901, several estimates of
the probable continuance of the anthra-
cite coal fields Of Pennsylvania are
presented, as computed by mining en-
II 10 ,f1
of these authorities the supply will
last from eighty to 100 years if the
annual production be 100000 tons.
The total number of tons mined from
1920 to 1900 inclusive was 1877, 706,-
1S1 tons. 1t is estimated that four
times as much Is still in the beds.
The author notes that all the terri
tory embracing the anthracite coal
fields was purchased by the govern
ment from the Indians. In 1749
section 125 miles long and 30 miles
wide, comprising all of Dauphin and
Schuylkill counties and parts of North
cumberland, Columbia. Luzerne, North
ampton, Monroe and Pike counties,
was bought from the Indians for the
paltry sum of $500. Nh Roberts
continues:
To-day an acre Of coal land con-
tanning three feet of workable coal
will command from $500 to 5000, while
building lot in the city of Wilkes
barre on one of it's busy thorough
fares will command more than $40,
600. In 1868 a similar purchase of
the Wyoming valley was effected and
the price paid the Indians was about
the same DR.. Throop says in his
Fifty Years in Scranton that in 1774
land was sold in the neighborhood Of
Scranton for 4 cents an acre; in 1884
the same land could not be bought for
$4,000 an acre"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

Get. The modern cook or the person
who calls herself such, although she
may be positively instructed to roast
meat in the good old-fashioned way
in a screen in front of the fir, COM
monty ignores her Instructions at every
possible opportunity and puts the joint
in the oven. The Introduction of the
kitchener" or the closed range, and Of
the gas cooker, probably accounts for
the preference which is given to bak-
ing, while it does away with the neces-
Sity Of basting and other little but i'm
portant culinary attentions which
roasting involves. There can be little
doubt that by this exchange Of method
not few persons are dietetic suffer
ers
preference for meat openly roast
ed before the fire is not a mere SEN
timent, for the flavor of meat so cook
ed is infinitely superior and the tissue
is generally more tender than when it
is baked. Now, the flavor and tender
ness Of meat have much to do with it's
u4SesI1olilly anu consequently Win us
real value as a food. Without relish
and appetite digestion is sluggish and
heavy. Indeed, it has been said that
the process Of digestion commences
before indigestion and certainly the
digestive functions are stimulated to
healthy activity by the sight of a ten
der and well-cooked morsel as we'll as
by an excellent flavor or aroma.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
Dog Ambulance for English Arm,

A dog ambulance is likely to be es-
tablished soon In connection with the
British military service. The dogs Of
the war ambulance are intended, when
trained, to find the casualties on a
widely-scattered battlefield, and SO
shorten delays in search work. Recent
trials with trained dogs proved how
certain breeds can be taught to find
the wounded when hidden In rocks,
wood or grass, even where the scent
was crossed by water, and to guide the
bearers by continuous barking. In
South Africa there was often difficulty
in recovering wounded owing to the
wide extent of front. and when night
fell before the work could be accom-
plished. as in the case Of big actions.
some wounded were not recovered be-
fore dawn. The best dogs for the pur-
pose are st. Bernards, cross-bred set
tiers and collies, especially those of
deer-tracking stock.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

And the dog. He was the staunch
helper Of the stone age man. In all
periods of history he has been a trust
worthy friend, constant comrade, de-
voted guardian. His name Is In itself
synonym of loyalty. To all Of these
man Is a god. Shall their deity, to
whom they look in dumb and humble
worship, reward their trust and fidel-
ity by lack Of love and justice, by
harsh and cruel treatment? For
shame! AS God rules man, gently
and with compassion, SO let man rule
beast and bird.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

Judge Lindsey, of Denver: Every
man found guilty in my court of cruel
ty to animals must go to Jail; there
will be no other sentence in this court
so long as l sit on the bench. The
sooner this is understood the better
it will be for the community" A Jail
sentence is severe, but not too severe
for the man who maltreats the brute
over which he is master. Let him
mediate in the seclusion of a cell the
responsibilities of a living soul that
has been given domination over the
beasts of the field and the fowls of
the air. What a friend of man the
horse has been! That noble animal
was companion and assistant to men
when history began its records. He
mas plowed mans fields. borne his
burdens and carried him to battle
Civilization would have come slower
upon the earth but for the horse
Often abused, frequently neglected.
he is always mans willing slave.
What right have you to mistreat him.
even though you hold a paper YOU
call bill of sale? Your race owes his
race more than you can ever repay.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
WILLIAM MATTHEW!

WILLIAM MATTHEWS chewing gum TO
ruminate on until the noon intermis-
sion, and then as they come back
from lunch he supplies them with cigars
to puff on as they stand about the
lobby talking politics. He is busy all
day long, and at night walks home as
nimbly as boy in his teens.
Mr.. Matthews was born June IA,
1910, in Vermont. In 1880 he came
to Illinois at the solicitation of his
brother, who had previously gone to
Tazewell county. He first visited
GAINESVILLE. Despairi1g of the future
of GAINESVILLE, Mr.. Matthews trudged
on foot across the open prairie to
Bloomington, and secured employment
in a wooden mill. In 1887 he was
elected constable and served six years.
Il tell you those were great days"
said Mr. Matthews, in speaking of his
experiences. LAS a constable l had
to make long trips over the billowy
prairies of Mclean county. No roads,
seldom any paths, no fences, and the
inhabitants exceedingly few and far
between. When riding across the pra1-
RE l would keep my direction by
picking out some object in front of
me and riding straight for it, and
then taking some object ahead Of that,
and so keeping straight on my course.
Many a night l would have to camp
out on the prairie or in a woods Dor
dering some little stream"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
Followed Directions.

A school teacher in Kentucky had
some trouble in teaching a little fell
low to say double l." double e.
double s." etc. But after a while
his efforts were fruitful, and he was
gratifed by an extraordinary appear
ance of interest on the pupils part.
In fact, the boy became double let
ter hunter, and ceased altogether to re-
quire attention at that point. About
that time they reached the lesson con-
corning the early riser, beginning up!
Up. and see the sum-!
He read it Double up! and see the
sum-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
BUOY IS LIGHTED BY THE
ACTION OF THE WAVES.

An inventor Ia Germany has pro-
posed a novel method Of supplying
electricity to light harbor buoy at
night. He dispenses with a cable from
q power-house on land and generates
his own current by the rocking Of the
buoy. The audible signals given by
bell buoys in fog are produced in the
same manner. The motion Of the waves
tits the apparatus first in one direction
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

Now that a Chicago pedant has dis
covered that the bard of Avon was a
cheap punster, a murderer of the
kings English, and as poor as a spell
Ter as some of the university students
Of the present day, perhaps the fol-
lowers of Tgnatius Donnelly will quit
trying to prove that Lord Bacon wrote
those stupid, witless productions COM
monty known as the plays of Shakes
peare.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
and then in the other and makes the

and then in the other and makes the
clapper strike at short intervals.
A full description Of the mechanism
employed in the new buoy is not yet
at hand, but one can easily fancy how
it is arranged. A small dynamo is
operated by the motion of the appar-
atus, and the current is first fed into
a storage battery, so that the supply
to the lamp may be kept uniform. If
the brilliancy Of this light varied with
the condition of the sea this system
would be unsatisfactory. Hence 1t
would not do to head the electricity di-
rectly to the lamp. 1t is said that ex-
periments with the invention are al
ready in progress on the German
coast
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

Frank L. Mayes, editor and manager
of the Pensacola Journal, is a news
paper man of genius, enterprise and
ability.
| On Saturday morning recently the
Journal contained serious typograph-
ical error. A large mercantile house
advertised thirty pieces Of wash silk
at 20 cents per yard, but when the ad.
appeared in the Journal it read ''thir-
ty pieces Of wash silk at 10 cents per
yard"
Early in the morning the ladies of
Pensacola began a raid on the silk
counter, calling for that "ten cent
silk" The merchant was wild. His
reputation was at stake. He could not
afford to refuse to sell goods as ad-
vertised. He asked Mr.. Mayes for an
explanation over the telephone. Back
came the answer from Mayes, "Sell
your goods just as advertised and
charge up the difference to the Jour
nal"
By noon Saturday every yard of the
thirty bolts of silk was sold, the pur-
chasers paying 10 cents per yard and
Mr.. Mayes paying the other 10 cents
per yard.
1T was costly mistake" says the
Journal, ''but we paid it. The reputa-
ton Of the merchant to sell goods as
advertised was maintained, and the
reputation of the Journal to make good
its mistakes was again and forever es-
tablished. But the advertisement the
mistake and the swarm of ladies who
hurried down that morning to buy silk
did more than all this.
'They esta blished the fact that peo-
pie do read advertisements and that
they trade with the merchant who
advertises. '-DaytoDa Fla.) Gazette
News.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
Striving to Be Eligible.

Wiggs-What's the matter with
Kraft these days? He's positively stu
pid.
Waggs-Not at all. He's merely pre-
tending to be stupid.
Wiggs-Pretending? What's the idea
in that?
Waggs-For some reason or other
he's trying to get into society.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

A man worth millions leaves his all
to his many nephews and nieces, with
the injunction to marry. If he had
been married himself he would prob
ably have had no millions to leave
There seems to be a fine chance for
an argument here.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
Hard to Believe.

Kwater-There's a good deal of
common sense in that old saying about
giving the devil his due"
Ascum-How does he get his dew?
Do you think there's really any hu-
midity there ?-Philadelphia Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper shcald be accom-
panied by the name Of the author; not necessarily fo
publication but as an evidence Of good faith the part
Of the writer Write only side of the paper Be
particularly careful ia giving and dates to have
the letters and figures plain sad distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1903-06-12

A woman has obtained a divorce be-
cause her husband insisted on her sit
ting up late at night and studying.
1t is hard to please women. Most of
them are dissatisfied because their
husbands want them to go to bed early
and pay no attention to the time the
head Of the household comes in.