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Shouted ~ Loud 0S-Li

There was much rudcncSS in Ii Hung
Chang'S manner, but if he WAS an
sWercd back in his own coin he melted
into graciouSneSS. Once Junior mem
Der Of q British consulate was sent to
interview the viceroy on some matter.
In the vast audience hail he found no
one to receive him, SO he took a chair
near the door Eventually Ii and his
following appeared at the other end Of
the hall on some lofty seats, and the
viceroy started shouting to him in the
difficult .tnhui accent. To the utter
dumfoundn@ of every one present. con
trary to all principles Of Chinese eti-
quette. the Young Englishlnan shouted
back his answer in the same loud,
rough voice rs far rs he could initiate
it in which Ii had spoken to him. Ev-
cry one in the suit was stricken with
horror Even Ii started and spoke low
er Gradually the conversation as
sumed a convenient tone. and after a
bit Ii, with humorous smile, beck
Oned the young man to come up higher
and sit down beside him. They soon
became excellent friends.-London Men
and Women.
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His Sutnufc Majesty.

During the american Revolutionary
war the coIonists had great trouble
with women who were determined roy
alists "'The SEX" wrote the rebeliouS
governor of New Jersey. ''are mis-
tresses OF infinite craft and subtety,
and never read Of great politician
who did not employ petticoHts to ac-
complish his designs. Certain it is that
the greatest politician on record q
mean the devih applied himself to n
female agent to involve mankind III sin
and ruin
Dean Pigou tells in his book Of anpc-
dotes the story OF the little girl who
was much upset by maiden aunt and
posted in hole In the garden letter
In these terms
Dear Mr. Satan Will you kindly o<rne
and take away Aunt Jane? She is very
fussv peraon md doca worry me so.
Yours anectioIatcly. ALICE.
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ncuth on the Cult IN Bank

No matter what form death assumes.
II iS never w"icumc. The grim mes
sougcr makes his appearance III many
forms in the anthracite mines If Penn
sylyanA. but only one form Is painless
and Pleasant, and u only ono the vic
tim - uuconsciousty IT IS the deata
of the burning cuIn bank.
ManI times during the year is sue
n death recorded WHOM rir of these
great tulu banks is burning. The fire
i nut seen in the daytime. aud al night
II shines only with Il faint glow through
tllr layers Of ashes which separate the
live c.tiis from the outer air
10 these burning baHkS trInpS and
Other unfortuuAtc$ forced To spend Il
night in the open air 20 when the
nights grow chilly. The warm breath
Of the clIIn lures them on with prom
isc of Il warm bed for the night, and
they lie down 20 sleep i'll the comfort
able atIuospherc of the bank and never
open their o.ses again
The =noy!nue gases cinanatinI from
the bank Wait over them so softly that
they are soon asleep and in lnatty cases
thov never awaken. being Sutfoc2t2e-
during their Slulnbcrs. Detroit IL"
Press.
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A.Dcfenae of Slang.

So far from being an evidence Of a
national levity and lack Of seriousness
slang Is the language of sincerity. 1t
is the result of an instructive effort to
get as far away as possible from every
thing like pretentiousness. 1t is the
antipodes of bathos. 1t is the Ian
guage of the whole people. because it
is expressive Of the national sense Of
humor that is never SO keen as when
It contemplates with a JOY likewise
unutterable the spectacle presented by
fake exposed 1t is blunt, it is crude,
it is brutal sometimes, but It IL always
sincere. 1t directs against the citadels
of evil the mighty enginery Of laugh
ter. 1t does for our nascent abuses
what the mordant satire Of Martial and
Juvenal failed to do for decadent
Rome-Professor Herman Spencer in
BookloverS' Magazine.
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HAVE MANY STRANGE Beliefs.
Superstition a Strong Characteristic
of the Mohar1 m e. dan.

Nohammedans OF India are very
superstitious. no MohammeGan will
take a bath on Sundaj or Tuesday.
But if one bathes on "Wednesday all
miafortunc5 and misery that are in
tore for him till the next Wednes-
day Will be averted. As a rule all
Mohammedans batnc on Fridays be
fore going to perform the Jumm
prayers, For donning new clothes
Saturday, Sunday and TUESDAY are re,
garded as bad days. If anyone dGas
new dress or puts on a new cloth
or allows his tsilOr to cut a piece OF
new cloth on these days he VIII Eve
a miserable life till that dress or
cloth gets torn or is thrown away. #
a shirt is torn and if the Wearer wants
u stitch it, it must be taken off, fol
the person will sOCn die. A Moha IN
medan will never allow barber to
come near him on Tuesdays, for Tues
days ana ESQ Saturdays and Sundays
are bad GayS for shaving purposes.
t absolutely necessary he will get
li,aself shaved on Saturday or Sun
day, but rever on Tuesday, as his star
Is supposed to fall in blood if he does
so. If one receives money or some
valuable thing it is taken with the
right hand. for if it is taken with the
left the person receiving it is said to
forget all about it very soon or to mis-
lay it. A devout Mohammedan will
not start on a journey on "Wednesday,
for it is believed he will never return
.lome s2fely if he does so. And it is
said that even a snake never ventures
5ut Of it's hole on this day.
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Power is teetfal thing aud hath It's
wings always spread for tight Wal-
lace
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Curiositips Sf Cut Gla~~.

The process Of glass cutting requires
great skill and care. n design is first
lightly copied on the glass. and the
cutters take II IN hand A fine stream
OF sand and water falls continuously
on rapidly revolving steel wheel. To
this the glass tx applied. aud the cut
ting is really accomplished hy the fric-
ton which the sand scts up. Then an
other workman with another steel
wheel and plain water brings the cut
ting up to a sharper edge. A third
workman with soft wooden tool takes
off the cIUndineSs caused by the fric-
ton OF the steel. a fourth polshes the
glass. a fifth with Il preparation of on
idc of tin gives to it that irdescent
luster which makes us value cut glass
SO highly.
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The Omen, Door.

Il don't know uow exactly hoW il
happcnrd.' Reggie WAS telling his best
friend over n game of billiards. Il
ucvrr meant to propose, You know
that is, not just yet. wanted to knock
about n little more But after we got
lnm" from the thcatrr and sat in the
pafl0r discussing the plot of the play |
ventured out Oh thin ice and brohr
through before | Knew where | WAS. It
came as deuce of Il shock, Just as /
should imagine breaking through real
ice would he.
but Jessie was all ready for me.
She was expecting it. First thing |
knew She had me by the collar and
landed me on safe ground again but
] WAS engaged No doubt about that.
Anyhow. am glad I've got her. Might
havr lost her through som" slip If Ed
waited But don't want to read amy
NOR" stuff about bashful fellows STAN
mering out proposals. It's ali too easy"
New York Times.
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Roosevelt's III Timed sermon

With cloud after cloud upon his ad-
ministration. with suspicion falling up
on one department after another, with
indictments and dismissals Of corrupt
officials taking up the time CT the cab
inet meetings ana With senators veto
ing the punishment If their proteGes.
he Yet .ia.lS tuue to ~ and sing before
the assembled bishops tAc praises 6f
militant honesty" Vel It is one u
his ifttie=waTs. AND " pfe~0ue tHF
preac!er n 4n Wi}) 4i~a!s b2 ta3
Streu- l4e The mere door 4f lie WORK.
but rea sou j'.l- eeeas=oa he seemed
20 haEn chosen Sis time ~.HguIarIy 5H.
.AelS aoF waais a5g now vnted.-
New Yotk Evening Post.
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\ Compliment.

stern severity of her new photographs.
"Norah.' she said to her pretty wait
ress, do you think this photograph
looks like me-"
Norah'S warm Irish heart came to the
rescue. "Shure. Mrs. lIersey, dear,
rhat would ever have two afternoons
a week Christian Rcgistrr
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Feeding on souls.

a certain minister applied to his
church for an increase of salary.
Salary" cried one OF the me1nbers.
SALARY! Why. thought you worked
for souls"
And so l DO" maokly replied the I'M
pecuniotS minister. but ! cannot cat
souIs and, If | aoS,ld, 1t would take a
good many sonls the sasAs of yours to
make decent meal"
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Net Nka Mx ponies -.

Mrs. He1ppSck Lat lAa saa, " Il ''hig
nmist" or ~polycam miSty'
Mr.. Henpeck What arc you taking
abouti
Mrs. Henpecas-W'hy. a man who has
one wife too many Is 'hiKa niat :"
isn't heq
Mr.. Henpeck-Not necesGa rhy Phil
adelphia Press
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An IRreNaOnMh bio YellON

"Oh, its no fun being engaged tc
him she said bitterly
why not" asked her dea rest friend
why, when You stir up a little quar-
rel Just to drive away the ennui he
takes ii seriously and keeps you wor-
ried for fear you've really lost him.
Chicago Post
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JEFFERSON COUNTY SAV-
lNGS BANK,
100 WEST SECOND AVE.
Pine Bluff, Ark.
322 Main st.

This bank would most highly apprt-
t.iate some of yoa..' business Polite
and prompt attention ana correctness
in keeping your account will ever be
our desire No deposit too small for
our careful attention. Deposits re-
ceived from 81 up.
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INTRIGUE AND PLOTTING
Actions Which Make a Sister
Republic Look Askance at Us.
SOME ROUGH RIDING DIPLOMACY

Those Close to the President We're
IsvidcntIy In Touch with the Pan
anna Hcvolut!uniSts - rho Rotten
tnuni ~chcIte Has Bcsilirc!led Al!
Who Uuvc Iouc! ed It.
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loNtuuptial.

He twhose wife has been reading
some o. his old leve letters To herr
What is the use Of keepsg all those
cid tAiHeS2
SAa- Lest We forget lest we FORGET,
Eroolllrn liz.
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"ssney" indulslns In leapfros.


fleet. But at the crucial time, when he
intended to move his army, his admiral
failed him, and the plan had TO be
abandoned
1t was not the intention OF the first
consul to risk a sea battle in the neigh
borhood OF Boulogne, He was far too
clever TO stake everything on one throw
In any such manner. lie would draw
Nelson and the English fleet away from
the channel by felnt with his own
ships and steal across the channel
when John Bull was not looking. But
the French admiral, TO whom In his
disappointment and rage Bonaparte re-
fened as that villain Villeneuve.'
made a miscue, steamed away TO Lis
bon when he should have gone in some
other direction, and the proposed 'in-
vason" OF England was at an end.
The resourcefuness and readiness Of
the great French commander were
shown by the rapIdity with which he
threw the Boulogne army over into
Austria to fight the magnificent cam
pagn which eliminated In a blaze Of
glory at Austerlitz There are many
who profess to believe that he had this
end In view throughout and that the
move against England itself was but a
feint In order to arouse the patriotism
of the French and to enable the gath
ering together of a larger army than
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Jap soldiers. In the matter Of sim
plicity Of diet Japan, too, has the adj
vantage. Her men are accustomed to
rice, which IL the staple food Of all the
east while the Russians are used 10
vegetables and meats that are not so
readily procurable in Mongollan coun-
tries.
The quartermasters department,
which includes the commissarat OF an
army has TO do with supplying food,
clothing, tents, means Of transportation
and In general looking after the busi-
ness end Of the armys affairs, In the
American army there are four depart
ments- subsistence, having to do with
the food supply; medical, having TO do
with the hospital and Red Cross work;
ordnance, having to do with the supply
of ammunition and arms, and the quar-
termasters department proper, having
TO do with all matters not included In
the other departments All OF these,
while not exactly subordinate to the
quartermasters department, are yet
connected with II and In way depend
ent upon Il. The quartermaster has
more directly TO do with looking after
transportation stores, tents, headquar-
ters and the like. In the English and
American armies the quartermaster's
department and the subsistence depart
ment or commissariat have been sepa-
rated. This seemingly works very well
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me- army to the British shores. has
,anch as three days Of calm would be
,.oured TO get these awkward craft
oysr and for the further reason that
mo stormy English channel was scarce
" ever known to be calm three days
together the carrying out Of the plan
would strike the lay mind as an utter
impossibillty. But the little Cor
,Oraw had such a habit OF accomplish
lpg the apparently impossible that
these considerations did not entirely
r.assure the average Briton. As a re-
suit there was such an uprising
throughout the island kingdom as had
not been witnessed in centuries. Eng
Ind and Scotland became one vast drill
ground. Yeomen got out old guns that
had not been used in years. lmpromptu
companies were formed I'm every VIII
hse and shire. From William Pitt
down practically every man Of i'm
portance In the two countries enlisted
IN the militia, either to drill others or
TO be drilled himself, Arrangements
we're made for the lighting of signal
fires 50 that when the boats stationed
In The channel should give the word
The news could be conveyed to all Brit
ain as fast as beacons could be lighted
On the hills
Napoleon discovered early In the
game that In order to get his great
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There were pleasantrles passed IN
1904, II Is true, but they were Of a
rather savage nature, as will be seen
from the cartoons Of the period. some
Of which are here reproduced The
fact that the righteousness had q cer-
tain feroclous quality Is revealed by the
tendency of John Bull TO say d"
on any and all occasions. The humor
that a man swears over contains a
certain element of grimness to say the
least. 1t is true that there has been a
quality Of wit In all ages calculated to
induce profane expressions on the part
OF the reader or nearer. In the majority
Of cases, however, this provocative to
the smothered anathema lies In the
manner of the would be joker, while In
the case in point the incentive rests In
the situation itself. Not but that the
cartoons are atrocious enough TO excite
almost anything short Of assault--that
is, when measured by modern stand.
ards-but picture Wit was I'm its in
fancy then, and public taste had not
grown hypercrtcal through surfeiting.
Thus Mr. Bulls tendency to the rather
free use of explosives cannot be traced
to the bad carlcatures OF which he was
the subject, but rather TO the fact that
his fighting blood was up.
Yet these very cartoons had much TO
do with precpltatlng the war, for,
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gar, said that ho welcomed the peace
of Amicus as enthusiastically as any
one, but huTriedly added that he
"woud sooner burst than let a id
Frenchman know it, AS an mdica-
tion OF the seriousness with which the
English regarded Napoleons plans, It
may he added that Nelson thought the
French might get as far as the Eng
lish shore.
one Of the humorous features Of the
times was a representation Of Sir Wal
ter Scott, then at the height OF his
fame, as patriotic yeoman newly
caught by the universal war fever
While the great novelist did not break
out into explosives I'm the prevailing
fashion, he did the next thing to 1t, for
he set up a row Of turnlps on sticks
and, valantly attacking them With
drawn saber shouted; "Cut them down,
the villains, Cut them down" Con-
sidering all OF which, 1t would appear
that II was just as well for the French
that the invasion" failed to invade.
Britain was filled with martial ardor
from pulpit, bench and college down to
country yokel. The whole nation be-
came a military camp. Men marched
about with muskets, hoes or any other
weapons that could be brought into
requisition. The three Kingdoms were
saturated with rumors, and not few
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depots in advance Of a campaign, so
that when the march Is actually begun
these stores may become available. The
danger Of these supplies falling into the
hands Of the enemy IL a peril that cam
not be avoided, but Is one OF the has-
ards OF war. one OF the objects of ev-
cry general Is to cut off the opposing
army from It's base or TO capture its
stores. In a siege the method most de.
pended on to force the beleaguered gar
rlson to capituate Is to starve It into
submission.
While foraging upon the enemy's
country Is perfectly permissible, to for
age upon a neutral or friendly country
Is not recognized by the rules Of civil
lized warfare, nor is 1t good policy.
Thus, for the Russians to forage on
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BIRTHPLACE OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

Although most people have some sort
Of notion that Frenchman named Da-
guerre invented photography, probably
not one person in a thousand has heard
Of Daguerre's predecessor and partner.
one Niepce He died six years before
his partner carried their joint labors to
perfection, and his real share in the
discovery did not transpire until thirty
years later. The home of Nlepce still
exists at Chalon-on-the.S oane, and, ac-
cording to the Photogram, the original
apparatus and the first permanent pho
tographic records ever made by man
are still preserved in the museum. One
made about the same time is thought TO
have been lost by the British museum
authorities, II was known to be there
IN 1877, but has since been lost sight Of.
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channel for six hours and We shall be
masters Of the world
Just how TO gain this mastery of the
channel and transport the army to
English soil was the rub. The raft
scheme that has been referred to was
possibly born in the minds of the in
yentiye caricaturists rather than in
that Of the first consul 1t seems TO
have been Napoleon's idea to requsi-
ton every boat that could he pressed
into service then drawing on the Eng
lish feet by a feint OF his own. TO make
one grand rush for The British shores.
His exact intentions In the matter,
however. win always be shrouded In
more or less mystery; likewise its
sudden abandonment It is probable
that Bonaparte's change Of tactics WAS
brought about not more through the
blunder OF Villeneuye than by the fact
Of the coalition formed between Eng
land and the nations Of the continent,
with its menace 10 France In case the
"grande armee" were withdrawn for
the purpose Of oyerrunnlng England
When Napoleon heard Of this coalition
he doubtless concluded that he could
break 1t more effectively by attacking
the continental members of II than by
ha2arding the crossing Of the channel
Then, after he had crushed Austria, he
could deal with England at his leisure
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poleonic ships the following year at the
historic battle OF Trafalgar
Whatever opinions may be held as TO
the real intention of Bonaparte in cree
ating the Boulogne army and whatever
may be thought at this distance of the
practicability Of his apparent plan, the
one seemed real enough and the other
practical enough at that time to stir
both England and France from center
TO circumference. The British standing
army was already 100000 strong the
militia 10000 and the reserve $4,000.
So electrical was the effect OF the pro-
posed invasion that there was armed
and drilled a body of volunteers that
soon reached the enormous figure OF
$4,000 in England and 10000 in Ire
land. The navy was built up In pro-
portlonate degree, the number of men
being raised from 10000 TO 10000 and
a hundred vessels of the line, even
larger number OF frigates and hun
dreds OF smaller vessels, being gather
ed together for coast protection. Will
liam Pitt appeared daily at the head OF
5000 volunteers. In the country dis
tricts men were drilled with pitchforks
or any other weapon that came handy,
while In Edinburgh jeffrey, the re-
viewer marched In company, preparing
to slash men with his sword as he had
previously slashed them with his pen.
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THE OLDEST NEWSPAPER.

The Oldest newspaper in the world Is
the Picking Gazette, which was estab-
lished at the end Of the ninth century
and has been regularly published since
1851 4, d, II is at present edited by
six members Of the Chinese academy, Is
issued daily and consists Of ten or
twelve pages OF brown paper az by 81
inches, stitched together in pamphlet
form and finished with yellow covers.
II IN printed from movable wooden type.
Is greatest Importance lies In the fact
that It is the government organ or gov
eminent blue book, as It contains form
al records of all important ceremonies,
proceedings, judgments, opinions and
transactions of the imperial govern.
ment and household.
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The Centenary of Napoleon's Invasion" Of England

floats to England II would require the
cooperation of a strong fleet. Now,
France has never been particularly ef-
fectiye In naval way, and, with all his
military genius, the "little Corslcan"
indicated no ability to organize a CAM
paign on water. His theory was that
II he could control the English channel
he could control England, and that
with England once out of his way, he
could be the undisputed master OF all
Europe. The plan had the audacity
that marked all Of his operations, and
he went at the execution OF It in the
energetic and thorough way and on the
immense scale that was characteris-
tically Napoleonlc. Had seafarlng
nation backed him IN his attempt, had
he been supported by the naval ability
that has been shown by the Anglo
Saxon, for example, there might have
been very different history of Europe
The lack Of such support was his UNI
doing. He created and modified his
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mornings did the citizen soldlery Of
some remote shire march forth to meet
"Boney' and his FrenChmen that were
reported to he moving over from the
next county The shedding Of ink con-
tinued and the cartoons grew yet more
fierce. So the bloodless war was not
without its horrors, after all.
France was quite as thoroughly stir
red as England. At last she would
meet her ancient foe and ayenge the
insults Of centuries. She had leader
now, leader who had VIGOROUSLY
marched from one end Of the continent
to the other, leader that on more
than one occasion had turned back the
tide Of overwhelming odds and by some
brilliant stroke had Nrested triumph
from seeming certain defeat a leader
who had filed the world with his fame
as had no other warrior since julius
Cesar WHY should she not invade
England? Had not her matchlcss Ma
poleon said, LET US be masters Of the
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whatever the complacency with which
John Bull regarded them, Napoleon did
not enjoy their humor at ALL lie COM
planned OF them bitterly demanded Of
the British government that the Eng
fish press cease its abuse of him. even
going so far as to name one offender
who was actually tried and would
have been punished had not the diplo-
matte negotiations ended just In time
to distract governmental attention from
the offender The peace OF Amlens was
short lived affair lasting but little
over year. and this breylty was due
In no small degree to Napoleon's irri-
tatlon because of the attitude Of the
British newspapers. After looking over
the samples here presented the public
judgment will be lerient TO Napoleon.
It would appear that John Bull was
not the only one excited to profanity
by the strained conditions Of the times.
Admiral Nelson, who was so soon to
meet death and immortality at Trafal-