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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19
NOTICE TO MOVE.

Arthur Murray, owner and manager
which has occupied part OF the city
hall has been served with notice to
vacate the premises and will move
within month. The police depart.
ment will then be moved into the
building at once.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19

The sanitary committee reported
sfh1t the trouble on Third avenue be-
tween Main street and Georgia street
Rame from a down spout on a house
s&6l0n ging to T. S. James and occupied
Chas Lumpllin. On motion the
1I0ut was declared nuisance and or
[&9xed abated. alderman Jordan for
IdtS committee also reported that sew
sS&6fAl closets in the city had not been
eroperly attended to and asked il the
5Sanitarian knew MS duties in regard
a3oEthe matter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19
PLUMBING SPECIFICATION.

Secretary A. d. Richardson OF the
Y. NJ. G. A. has received the plumbing
specifications for the bath rooms OF
the building. New heaters, new boil
ers and new tubs will be put into the
building. and everything made brand
new and up to date.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19

Regarding the fence that was erect
&by Mrs. kaufman on West Sixth
enue, a resolution was passed order
the removal of the fence within
\ days, as it was built out in the
pet belonging to the city,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19

tee will hc ready To report on thr.= 'dat
ter O! assessing each OF tho rlaatlr-
Tor the rebuilding of the lcvee ii 'n"
meeting .Iuly Il. The meeting ~!
bo held at he board OF trade rooms
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19
Wouldn't Have Il Iona

"Well, said the tiresome bore. who
was fond of quotations, Ca fool and
his money are soon parted, you
know"
eyes. How lucky you are not ia
have any money"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19

Frenchtown Committee Preparing.
Leo NJ. Andrews, chairman OF the
committee appointe4 by the French,
town leyee meeting, says the commit
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19
III Committee Complains Of Ser
coNpRAY VERBALLY REPORTS.

The c5tg council was il session just
Sone hour last night and transacted
the business to come before the BODY
In that time The council was called
Sto order at s o'clock. Mayor II. King
White presiding. Aldermen Boyce
SEiement, Fox. Jordan. Meyer. Nichol
afnswereti TO roll call.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

w. H. Brooks, aged twenty-five,
and Mrs. Rhoda M. Miller, aged thirty
eight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19

City Attorney Coleman reported re-
arding the widening of South Main
treet between Sixth and Seventh
venues, and said he thought terms
fould be reached. On motion the city
'torney was instructed to proceed
Fith Judgment in the case.
Alderman Jordan called for the re-
Port OF the city sanitarian as required
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19

| The committee appointed at pre-
Pous meeting to obtain estimates and
cures for the establishment of a
god gate in the east end of the city
eported that they had nothing to re-
|ort as yet, but were getting figures
n the matter
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19

He on East Barraque street near the
pat landing, and on motion it was or
pred removed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19

Why don't these rising people get
to the top?
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19

The Whites and Negroes We're Both
From Mississippi and Net o.
Arkansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-19

Well brushed skirts. we'll cleaned
shoes, and trim waist line cost very
little. Home Chat
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
. G

is in the hands of Cinnamon. 1t is
probable that when the United States
comes into control of the canal prop
erty and begins active operations that
the town will undergo great changes.
The town has the advantage of natural
drainage, and with the sanitary rules
and regulations which the United States
will be certain to enforce the place will
be made perfectly healthful.
While the name Culebra is applied
to the mile of heaviest work on the
canal, it is used as a general appella-
ton for the eight-mile section that will
separate the proposed lake of Bohio
from the Pedro Miguel locks on the
Pacific side. There is some very hard
rock at the upper end of the work, but
the greater portion consists of a hard
indurated clay, with softer material at
the top and some strata and bikes Of
rocks. This cut has been estimated on
the basis of a bottom width of $50 feet,
with side slopes of one on one. With
the provision for broad beaches on the
olue anu uldihaSe Vi dill lne iduu dpoFo
the masonry wall of the canal it is be-
lieved that landslides, such as that
which occurred a few weeks ago, will
be avoided.
The estimates of the American 18TH
milan canal commission place the
amount of material to be removed from
this Culebra cut of less than eight
miles at something like 43,237, 200 cubic
yards. 1t will probably take eight years
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28

use may be made serviceable with new
woodwork; the dredges are good
enough, though not of the most modern
pattern. Ton after ton of expensive
iron work scattered over hill and dale
represents nothing but waste. The
French company built houses in almost
as prodigal a ann as it purchased
machinery. The number that ii owned
is placed at 2,431, making almost a
continuous camp across the isthmus,
with accommodations said to be suffi-
cient for $4,000 or 26, 600"
The purchase of the canal by the
United States carries with ii the own-
ership of the Panama railroad and in
cluded Herewith is practically the en-
IT, city of Colon, and the first work to
be done by the Americans will proba-
bly, be to put the city in a proper sani-
tary condition. AS it now is. those
who visit the place pronounce the con-
ditions as disgraceful. Preliminary
plans have been made for its improve
ment. The entire sea front is to be
converted into a broad drive, the
marshes are to be drained and most Of
the ground raised. Public baths are to
be located at different points along the
shore, with several small parks. just
inland. When this work has been COM
pleted the city of Colon should be a
healthful place to reside.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28

1ores, the canal has also been COM
pleted, a distance of something over
seven miles. In the middle and higher
section of the canal the work was car
ried on for many years, with the sea-
level canal in view. Here is where
practically half of the work which has
been done on the canal has been
thrown away.
The plans of the American engineers
call for a system of four locks, one at
Bohio, where an immense dam will
be constructed as part of the locking
system; another at Obispo, over 10
miles away; a third at Pedro Miguel,
eight miles farther On the route to the
Pacific, and a fourth at Mirafiores, at
which point vessels will enter the
canal at the sea level of the Pacific. Be-
tween Bohio and Obispo there is to be
formed a lake Is miles long, with an
area of 40 square miles, and an eleva-
ton of SIS to 80 feet above mean tide.
The Chagres river will pour its torrent
into this lake and maintain the depth
of water which will be necessary. This
lake will afford vessels the opportunity
of anchorage. According to the plans,
the velocity of the currents in the mar
rowest part of the lake should not ex-
coed two feet per second. This lake
will be formed by the building of a
dam at Bohio, and this with the double
fight of locks will require an outlay
of $11, SOC, 900.
The section between Obispo and Pc
dro Miguel, a distance of less than
eight miles, is known as the big cut.
This is the section of the Cordilleras
which the canal encounters. The high
est point of the Cordilleras will be 2S6
feet above the bottom Of the canal
when it is completed. 1t is in this sec
ton that the work of the French canal
company has been prosecuted during
recent years. About 700 men have been
kept busy up to the present time and
it is said that until about a year ago
the force ranged from 1900 to 5000
men and the amount of material taken
out averaged 1000, 900 cubic yards an
nually.
Mai. William M. Black, of the engi-
neer corps, United States army, with a
corps of helpers, has been watching
the work done by the French company
since the American commission recom-
mended the purchase of the c%ompany's
property. lie has made a special study
of the isthmus, and is now engaged in
preparing an elaborate report to lay
before the new commission ~embodyfng
many suggestions. 1t is said that he is
an earnest advocate of a tide-level
canal, taking the stand that a lock
canal could not offer the same strate-
gic advantages, and that in the event
of war one man with a stick Of dyna-
mite would be able to destroy the locks
and prevent joint operations of the
American fleets in the Atlantic and the
Pacific. Maj, Black and his associates
have made their headquarters in some
of the few good buildings which are
outside of the town of Culebra, in the
cultivated patches. Culebra's popula-
ton is largely made up of Jamaica ne
groes, brought hither by the De Les
seps company when it began to dig the
canal. Most Of the business, however,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
FOUR.
ANCIENT SHIPS IN BATTLE.
Methods of Fighting Employed and
Arms and Equipment Of the
Roman Fleets.

Lieutenant Commander Roy C.
Smith, U. S. n, naval attache to the
United States embassy to France, is
the author of an extremely interest
ing article in the North American Re-
view entitled can Untechnical View OF
Warfare" In warfare, at all times,
by land or sea, the eternal principles
are the same. The supreme necessity
is to be superior to the enemy at the
point of contest, whether in numbers,
weapons or position, and the purpose
OF the science of war is to effect this
superiority. Commander Smith fol-
lows out these elementary principles
In their application to land and naval
warfare, furnishing Illuminating illus
tra-iors of the variation in tactics and
IN strategy necessitated by the dif-
ferent conditions of different ages. In
describing the methods of fighting i'm
posed upon the fleets of ancient Rome
by the nature of the construction of
the galleys and the character of the
power by which they were propelled
he says:
THE boats, or galleys, carried fight
ing men as well as oarsmen. These
were armed with missile weapons of
various sorts, as well as the usual
sword and shield. In the bows of the
boats were often found war engines,
such as the ballista, or catapult. The
boat was also provided with a beak
or ram Next, as to mass. The in
dividual units or boats had to be suf-
t1ciently large to carry a number Of
fighting men, but they were limited in
size by the method of construction and
the material, wood for the greater part,
as well as by the necessities of oar
propulsion. The motion vas compare
lively rapid at top speed, for by long
training the oarsmen were enabled to
exort a tremendous power for hours
at a stretch. The resistance of the
battle unit, composed of the boat and
her crew, depended mostly on the life
OF the boat; for the fighting men did
not differ materially from foot SOL
diers on shore, protected by helmet
and shield. The boat had an excess
of longitudinal strength, but was
weak transversely.
From these considerations it would
seem that the tactics would be 10
fight bows on, and to take the enemy
in flank. This would permit the devel-
opment of the full offensive power Of
the catapult and ram, would retire its
own weak flank, and seek eventually
to pierce the enemy's flank. AS the
motive power was ~self-contained, swift
and skillful combinations could be
made to bring about a bow to flank
attack, and the enemy's motive power
could be deranged by sweeping along
his side, with suddenly boated oars,
and so %chopping off the blades Of the
opposing oars. Once in contact, pro-
vided neither boat sunk, a hand-to-
hand battle would ensue, and the best
crew would win. But the result would
usually be brought about by ramming,
following a surprise attack or skillful
m%aneuvering. These tactics are de-
rived from a simple consideration of
the elements as they were at the
time"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28

e Spokogee, a town in the western part
of the Creek nation, is the only town of
1000 population in the territory that
has no town officers. The people there
say they have no need of officers, and
do not want any. They pay no taxes,
and whenever they want any public i'm
provement they call a meeting of citi-
ems and raise the money. A deputy
United States marshal is located there,
and is all that is needed to keep the
peace. There is not a gambler or
gambling house in the town, and the
people will not permit them. They need.
ed a s~choolhouse, so the people cot to-
gether and built a good two-story build
ing for that purpose.-Fort Worth Rec
ord
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28

ton of the lining walls Of masonry and
the locks. This work will cost $44,414,-
AGO. In addition to this will be the
locks at Pedro Miguel, which will cost
SO, 0S1, 900. Less than two miles below
Pedro Miguel, at Miraflores, will be
constructed another set of locks, which
will cost S 6 1000, 900 more. From that
point on to the harbor at Panama, the
canal is practically completed.
From Culebra %northward, where is
encountered the section on which most
of the work on the canal has been done,
the route of the ditch is marked by
vast accumulations of machinery of ev-
cry possible kind. A correspondent of
the New York Herald, who recently Wis,
tied the isthmus and inspected the en-
tire route, says that cit would impress
the casual observer that everything
had been bought by thousands where
only scores could by any possibility be
required, Some of this material may
be utilized, but a great portion of it is
worthless. The little locomotives are
said to be in a fair condition; the
dumping cars that have not been in
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
THREE.
ODD GOOD FRIDAY CUSTOM.
Portuguese Sailors Vent Their Wrath
Upon a Straw Efigy of Judas
Iscariot.

There are curious Good Friday Gus
toms prevalent all over the world in all
communities where the Roman Cath
Ollie religion is the religion of the bulk
OF the common people. In Mexico, for
Instance, on Good Friday little images
of Judas are sold as souvenirs, and they
may either be preserved or broken
with a show of wrath. A still more
curious custom, however, is to be found
among Portuguese sailor folk. Not
long ago, says the New Orleans Times
Democrat, a young man who now lives
IN this city was spending a spring on
the levees at the mouth of the Missis-
sippi with the engineer of those useful
embellishments, and on the Thursday of
Holy Week a Portuguese bark moored
against the levee to. await the tide the
next day to carry it up the river to
New Orleans. On the Good Friday
morning he and the engineer went
aboard this bark at the invitation of
he captain to witness the Good Fri
lay celebration of the crew.
A life-size straw efigy of Judas had
been constructed in the night, and now
was suspended from a crosstree, a bag
labeled Thirty Pieces of Silver" in it's
hand. This efigy was so suspended
hat it could be lowered from one cross
tree, falling by the side of the ship and
railing through the water, and then
:aised to the crosstree of the foremost.
Two sailors, one below either cross
tree, pulled the ropes that swung it,
and as soon as the Americans had ar
rived the rest of the crew gathered 1T
the gunwale and gave the signal to
swing down Judas.
AS the effigy passed by the rail the
rev, armed with %boathooks, prodded
Ind tore at it's body with cries of rage
Ind imprecation, and again stabbed at
It as it rose, dripping and sogsy and
;orn, from the water and swung up to
The other crosstree. Again the effigy
descended by the rail, and again the
crew shouted and tore at it with their
boathooks. This was repeated until the
efigy was entirely demolished and the
remnants of its clothes and the broken
pieces of the straw were drifting out on
he waters of the Mississippi.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
THE CID RAIL N

oh. those blithcsone boyhood days
With their happy truan ways,
When every little sorrow
Esd its joy to recompeEse,
Excepting just one grief
That never found relief
From the terror of the "old Rail
Fence"
As soon as spring had come
With the sunshine glowing warm,
A fear began to haunt US
INC We waited in suspense.
For we knew that it was coming
With the yellow hammers drumming,
The moving of that "Old Rail Fence"
Through the warm bright days of spring
h birds might build and sing.
But all of this, for us,
Was of little consequences.
For what was springtide joy
To a luckless farmer boy
Working at al "Old Rail Fence?"
When, midst summers toll and strain
There came a friendly rain
With its ever gladstone promise
OF a day of Incidence,
At only found us wishing
That we, too, might go a fishing,
While fixing up some "Old Rail Fence"
Then come drowsy autumn days
With their cobwebs and their haze,
When all nature seems a resting
From harvest's toll intense,
But our muscles can't relax
For we must fence the stacks,
Fence them with an "Old Rail Fence"
The "Old Rail Fence is passing:
Oh, quickly speed the day d.
When the last rail
Forever shall go hence;
No tears of mine would flow
If I might look on the glow
Or the embers of the last Rail Fence!"
Prairie Farmer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
PRAIRIES BECOMING WOODS
Railroads and Government Unite in
For~estrating the Plains
of Kansas.

The largest area of timber land in
Kansas is the Yaggy tract of 500 acres,
near Hutchinson, says the New York
sun. This has been under cultivation
Tor II years. In that time $50, 600
worth of posts have been sold sbd
100000 worth are ready to be ia
ken. All of this production has been
secured simply by thinning out, the
trees where the growth has been too
thick, and all of the largest trees are
still left for future profit. This gives
an idea of the immense profit in for
sstration.
In this work the railroads have
Joined hands with the government and
the land owners. Twenty of them are
annual contributors to the Nationa!
Society of Arboriculture, and most of
them carry on Independent forestra-
ion. The government has had experts
in the field in recent years drawing
plans for wood lots and suggesting the
proper trees. These men have also
been studying natural reproduction
with a view to controlling it for prac-
teal use or assisting it where desir-
able.
The catalpa is coming into more
general favor as a profitable tree. It
is of rapid growth and great durabil-
lty. 1t puts on about an inch of di-
ameter each year, so that at the end
Of 16 years good sawlogs are produced.
Much of it brings higher prices than
walnut, some selling as high as $100 4
thousand feet. The forest reserves up
in the sandhills of western Nebraska
have proved a big success. While the
land will never be available for farm
Ing, the planting of trees there has had
the effect of holding the surface water
and doing it out to the adjacent lands
So that many hundreds of acres have
been reclaimed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
Hamlet at Singapore.

1 saw Hamlet" played by and adapted
for Malays at Singapore. 1t was sung
instead of spoken, and mostly to English
tunes. Hamlet addressed the Ghost TO
the tune of Her Golden Hair" and
killed Polonius to Listen to the Band"
Polonius addressed his son to That's
English, you know" and, with the King
and Queen, sang MARY Was a House
maid" to other words. The ghost scene
included three ghosts, two clowns and 2
bottle of whisky.-Sydney Bulletin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28

CN0MS WOrk lone on the Dig Qltcn
~ by the two French COM
panies has gone a long way
towards completing it. and that what
remains for the United States to do is
to put upon it the finishing touches.
And 1t would seem as though nearly
$500, 600, 900 sunk in the gigantic under
taking by the De Lesseps company and
its successor, the company from which
the United States purchased the canal
property for $40, 0O0, 900. ought to make
a splendid showing of work COM
pleted, but the fact of the matter is
that the biggest part Of the work still
remains to be done.
Of the IT, 900, 900 cubic yards of exca-
walton which has been completed up to
the present time, only 80, 1856, 1892 cubic
yards will be of any value or use to the
United States. De Lesseps planned a
tide-level canal. Mountains and hills
were to melt before the dredges and
shovels and the army of workers, and
a ditch cut out which would be free
from locks from Colon on the Atlantic
to Panama on the Pacific. Work was
carried on at three points: At either
end and in the middle. On the Atlantic
side from Colon to Bohio, about Is
miles, the canal has been completed
through the low-lying country. From
Panama on the Pacific side to Mira
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
No Old Maids in Sian,

There are no old maids in Siam, for
there all the girls marry, and woman is
not considered to have attained her
highest estate till she has become a
mother. Then che has reached the PIN
nacle of honor. The chief wife is the
first wife and she may not be sold, but
II her husband desire to be rid Of her he
must divorce her according to the law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
Circumstances Alter Cases.

Ex-Queen R~anavalona, of Madagas-
car, banished by the French to Algeria,
until recently hated all things French
Not long since, however, after under
going a cure IN the continent she
was permitted to spend some days in
Paris. There she was made much of,
Madame Calve sang to her, and she
was entertained by all. The result has
been that the ex-queen is now in love
with Paris, and entirely forgets her ex-
'le in looking forward to another visit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
Thorcughness

what are the duties Of the United
States senator" inquired the visitor
from abroad.
"You see.N said the man who now adj
mits that he cant tell you all about
everything, there is invariably a
great deal to be said on both sides OF
any question"
"Yes."
We'll, 1t is the business Of the senate
to see that it is all said Washington
Star,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
Had Seen Better DAYS.

Bob-Gosh. Rob, where'd you rake
up those seedy old shoes?
Rob-Why, man, those are my patent
feathers.
Bob-But the patent has expired, Ell?
Yale Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
Eaience Ware.

At the Hotel Drouot, in Paris, a snc IT
time ago, a dish of old Rouen faienee
with blue and red decoratlons brought
$1,1S1. A hollow dish of old R,uen
with blue decoration in the Ch.aese
style realized 1888, and another deco
rated with blue cupids, brought $243.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
Exercise for Sailors.

At the naval academy of Jalan one
hour daily is devoted to the most rigor-
BUS exercise, and naturally the sailors
are q particularly hardy lot.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
An Artificial Maid

Madge-When he proposed she asked
for a little time to make up her mind,
Marjorie--Oh, 80 she makes that
up, too.-Town Topics. m
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-04-28
Knew His Business.

Mrs. Plat (angrilyl-oh, you think
you know a lot, don't you?
Mr.. Plat (calmly)-Well, | oughtto
my dear, I've been in the real estate
business ten years.-Cincinnati En-
auirar.