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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
ODD FELLOWS
YPointer For Noble GrandS-TrIple
II Link Notes.

the business of the evening
has been transacted and there have
Il been q few minutes intermission for
fraternal greetings, the noble grand
calls the lodge to order and asks if any
\ brother has anything to offer for the
good of the order If the noble grand
has been wise he has seen two or
three brothers during the week, or at
4 least early in the evening and request
i ed them to respond when he calls up
sSOn them for a brief talk or song. an
anecdote or recitation. 1t is scarcely
sprudent to call upon member with.
aout having given him previous notice.
With little tact the noble grand can
arrange q short, spicy programme for
the good of the order, which will also
IL for the good Of each member.
lit is claimed that II l., Bounds OF
Texas is the smallest past grand in
the United States He is tifty-two
inches in height, thirty=tive years old
and weighs about eighty pounds.
In Alabama six lodges were insti-
tuted in period Of thirty-one days.
the dates being Nov. ! to Dec l, in
sclusive
aSs "a member of the order in South Aus
tralia writes that there is now a grand
lodge in every one Of the Australian
states, including Tasmania and New
zealand
.sA In Michigan during the past year
. 1ourteen subordinate lodges We're in
llQtttuted and seven resuscitated.
". J. Muir Of Edora, Ia. is serv-
Ing his seventy-tirst term as treasurer
sg0f the Odd Fellows lodge there.
lM#s5Juy II will be Odd Fellows day at
the st. Louis worlds fair. 1t is eX
gpected that 100000 members of the or
der will be present on that date.
tic encampmont branch is shaving
new yigor In the New York iurisAic-
AtiOn. Several strong eneampIAentS
Il ihaye been instituted recently, and
ssthere is great activity all al0ng The
LINE
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
The Moon Train,

train comes nightly from the east
Across the curNiGS Sky;
Its headlight is the big roUnd moon.
Its smoke the clouds close by.
Those clouds Of smoke conceal the train
l long t. rave appear;
l watch Il brilliant brilliant light
That makes the path 50 clear.
The little saarlls Of stars flv oNt
Along the moon train 5 way;
I'd like to aar the engine puff.
And som fright night may.
I'd like to see She passengers.
Perhaps boy like NC
Rides on IL train to china now;
But oh. cannot see
The splendid headlight blinds my eyes.
The trair seems hut 70 creep
And long before it reaches here
In bed I n fast asleep
Christian Register
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
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gs#Thorc arc now nearly 10000 Nni@hte
kand Ladies Of tbe Naeeabees in tIie
Sjuri Of New York.
q M t,H.s in tire Ghio jurisdiction
nov have 4 membership af over al0.
Pea tent of Cleveland ha, a02HJ SEQ
amen i5e1'S.
Y Char]2a Green OF Three OAKS. H.ca.
lis said to be the nallest Haecalee in
the world lie is twenty Two years
old weighs but sixty pounds aud j.,
only thtrty-onc inches high
s4 MAY new teats We're instituted IN
sFebr0ary and q large increase Was
mad III membership.
Il Lock up the absentee or delinquent
and revive his interest ia yau and the
tent
~ Every dollar Of the orders benefit
fund, says the Zee Hive, belongs to-
the members ana can be used only for
them and rs they direct
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
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ez5'--d{f M.Se;EzzANY)

The Giant Oaks, fraternal benetl-
ciary society of st. Joseph, Mo, has
consolidated with the American Guild
of Richmond, Va.
The Maccabees of the World have
passed the $3O0o,000 point as regards
surplus funds.
The United States leads the worI
in beneficiary organizations on tie
lodge system.
The Temple of Fraternity which fra
ternal societies are erecting at the -
Louis worlds fair is fast reaching
completion and Is to be much more
beautiful building than was originally
contemplated.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
Ihe NInlorll " GOD
ZhRCahtllNf.
How the Ords.g u t;s.s. i:.-4 3i sever
81 a,fsfs=s ssss5zst 5sssss.

Row the 0rdks9 u t;rs=s. i:s4 ~ sever
81 ssssEsst5sssss.#
On Tee ea1l>st1s had "A
active caurr..~, With Il membership Of
2&.0}g
The oadea is 4I54tae raP.3iE in New
Jersey This Jurisdiction nov. i3as 10
councils and close 70 @2,0u0 members
About 900 neW members are initiated
every month ia Illinois. and the meln-
bcrship III HIS Jurisdiction is now over
- GOO
Now York stilI leads all jurisdictions
in membership, recent reports showing
tIprc are 1G,oe0 AreanuntteN in the
Empire State.
Missouri councils have been very
active during tie past SIX months and
now have membership OF 10000,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19

half full Of water If YOU press the
funnel down rapidly and torcibIy, the
water under il, not being able to get
out Of the way quickly enough, will be
pressed up into the funnel and because
of the taperin@ form of the latter Il
jet of water will be forced out of the
small end of the funnel and will rise
to Il height that will surprise YOU.
With a funnel which has a wide mouth
and small tube you can make a foun-
tain ten feet hish.
Of course YOU understand that the
fountain does not play all the time. but
that a jet shoots up each time you
force the funnel down
You see also that this is not q par
lor entertainment. The trick should
be done out of doors if possible. 1t
not. You might try it in the bathroom
or the laundry if you remember that it
is neither necessary nor desirable to
force the jet quite to the ceiling nor
yet to make it shoot across the room.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
Order OF Elks.

& There are S9G lodges of the Benevo-
lent Protective Order of Elks, With a
of $4,000
II In Greater New York there are TO-
900 Elks New York lodge has / 800
active members.
n Elks are unostentatious in their ben
aefactions, but give to the needy about
$150,O0O year. Over $1,250,0OO has
been disbursed in charity since the
year of the organization.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
Mother t,onxc's Grove.

"WaS there ever real Mefl4a
Goose HAT is Il question often asked
by boys aHd 2iTI.'.
Yes there was, and SHE lived in Bo~-
ton Her grave is still 10 be seen in tie
old "Granalys graveyard, eIose 10 1he
old Park Street cE:Grch, which is neXt
to the famous Common.
Only Il tiny headstone marks it, and
on it are craven these words
'.IIere lies Mary Goose Wife Of Isaac
Goose Died 1850. aged lJ.'-Bost8a
Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
MASONIC.
A. Prominent New York EfaAon-i1roln
Nnrious QnnrrieH

The newly elected Eraud h5eh priest
of th" grand Royal Arch chapter o.
New York, George A. Newell has been
active III io4se, chapter and command
cry WORK Tor number Of years All
has achieved hizeh hoaoFs In Masonry
lie Was raised in Medina lodge in 49,
and since then has served rs grand
steward Of the grand lodge, grand
master Of tho grand council. Royal
aud Select Masters. and for tho past
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
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On Jan. 1. 1904, the endowment rank
afhroughout the supreme domain Hard
6350O members in good standing. car
rying endowment to the amount If
S4S1O6 600, 600, and there was Il net - IN
I'm membership of about G.50O since
Jan /, 1903.
During the past year warrants We're
&issued for companies of the uniform
rank at CLANCY, O.; West Derry. y. L. :;
Pearcc, Ariz.; Eaton Mills Cal; Smith
gEAeld, w. Va; Nandergraft, Pa; Mul-
'sberry Kan; Lorain, O.; Trenton, III,
and Sheridan, Wyo.
submitted at the thirty scv.
henth annual convention of the grand
& lodge of New Jersey, knights of Pylh.
\ las show the order to be ttonrishing in
kall parts of the state The present
Membership is reported to be il. .oGG, a
gain Of POI for the past year.
sE Don't cast your ballot for the admis-
sion of an applicant into the order be
cause he is rich or belongs 10 a high
n family if he lacks the characteristics
4of q gentleman, says the Iythan Ban
Hner See that every applicant neas-
ures up to the Pythian standard.
81 The supreme tribunal of the knights,
5of pythias has decided that the el,r-
don of supreme representatives in
PENNSYLVANIA has been made Illegally.
The election was made in tie subordi-
nate lodges instead of the grand lodge
4 Seyeral other states will be affected by
the decision
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
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! ~.sCha.esro 2<saE hssv SN>. !
k.ass[+1ss-~ ~ Ss-'sys s-.a- A --' '-I 0 II
EY rs FOLKS ~ t'
FUNNEL FOUNT Ain.
AT You Nc"d = ,j,:>t Il Common Fun
mel aud some Water.

Fays always love to fuss with We
ter or 10 watch fountain play. Now.
here is Il Sert OF fountain and pump
combined which is SO simple that it
would be pity if amy boy should h"
deprived through ignorance of the
pleasure of seeing il work.
The apparatus needed is only a coni-
mon tin funnel the bigger the better.
1t is worked ny plunging it, with the
mouth down, in Il bathtub or washtub
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
SPOOL BUILDING.
Interesting Pnatime For Ingenious
Boys and Girls.


There is nothing more interesting for
an ingenious boy or girl. Given a lot of
spoolS and Il ball of florists wire, so
much can be done that it is impossible
to give a detailed description. TO coli
lect Spoois is Il much easier j0D than
the old fashioned practice Of collecting
buttons Old buttons are sometimes
valuable in pieciHg out d set but empty
SpoolS are usually thrown away. a
person Of enterprise can always collect
them and the smallest and most insi&
niicant is not to be dospiScd. \ coming
architect can plan a house, and the
builder of n suspension bridge can
string his Spools securely on Wire and
produce a complete and steady Slruc-
turc Strong li,tle taborCtS may he
made ot them If there Is solid wood for
the table part; The spools may be used
for the legs and supports. y trash baS-
ket may be made of Them, strung one
on TOP of the other, With n Woodcn bot
tom, and lined With cay crctonne The
Smailer sitao!s n:alH prHtN picture
frames espaci4IlJ if painted White or
green. HEY may D. used in Il hu01fed
ornauentaI WaNs, tisoE may br collect
ed froHl dozen different sources, a4d
Aey #e84e#ja pfavide alauSomen} fer
jHHHaHefaf5fe= rainy days
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
UNITED WORKMEN.
tems of Interest Concerning the
Fraternity

Items OF interest COnccrning the
Fraternity.
On Jan. | there We're Al active Unit
ed Worl>men lodges in the Kansas
jurisdiction, a net increase of thirteen
for the past year,
u The level rate will appeal most
strongly to all new members and will
be winner in building up the order
ereafter.-Colorado Record.
ss The grand lodge of British Columbia
recently adopted the orders new rates.
Ag So far twenty-one Jurisdictions have
adopted the ORDER new rates.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
EraternaI Union.

This progressive order continues to
grow and is in Il most prosperous con
dition.
Denver Colo. is the home of the Fra
ternal Union of America, the first lo-
cal lodge having been founded III 1896.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19

RoanoIe college at Salem, Va
which has had more foreign students
than any other college in the south.
vjll this year graduate the secoua
,crean to take the degree Of bachelor
arts anywhe-e in the world. the
= being Kin Dan " Snrb, who re-
80 his a "a II ie3s
1894
Oh
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
t.hi,sf a,e...t.fsaa -

I,ar IS 94oat fora years ojI. jFe
r.4Ht-Ge,ia. eH.e, says jho %"W &oe=
2Eaii ana I.Ea5a.s. IN 4 s1l;l 20: .
tha sJbafl5s=
lie tied u lHenf lta II the ooi af
l9u4 eaaa@ a#i Waite3 aor tbr r'.e
fts-..t..#: fazaa5a@= 70 esar-r a}af-. #ts.ff
hits. Wilde H..=....sz z4;t.y.H- lie i.a..#..
mas a45iefea g@sJr rNe'.5=z
greetings With friendly police. =
A=aef=zHfe retaeei sle ez5l
'i.ari. deer. did yea eatch ;a.Ftl .15= =.
rs. Maggie me ;,a~Uor. ii. I ee1t
q 6tle gUuiHg t5tl, ao! he V8E -
gtad to see NE that he just Wa-sat
H.. jaiI like NerN1hiuG.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
TTl III; Wv - y! sr7Vs
EAk VI lNiSAs@29{,A / d is' d ,safA
Vs''1'''i sasses e4, f1.ts sss

Three new camps Of Modern Wood
men have been organized in NHrYlAnd
and the order in western Maryland ahd
the District of Columbia is growing at
a rate of 1000 members per year.
During the past mouth many new
camps were instituted and over 5000
certificates issued.
The Modern Woodmen camp at Elbo-
ran. H., has only lost one member by
death since it was instituted, March
u 1896,
Denver has the LARGEST Modern Wood
men camp in the Colorado jurisdiction.
1t has over 600 members.
Such excellent work is being done in
Iowa tNjS ar hat il is predicted the
jurisdiction VII have 100000 members
by tIo time the beaa camp eoaV2nes at
Milwaukee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-06-19
corean a College Graduate.

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-23

and conferred with big plate or home
made doughnuts. Pies there are, too.
mince pies. with a spoonful of fathers
peach brandy in every one-my, it
seemed as though you just couldn't
wait until tomorrow.
Did you remember how you rubbed
your hands together and chuckled? Ii
was because you knew that father
would laugh as he whetted the stag
handled carving knife and say: We'll.
mother. | guess John won't want any
of your turkey this time after being
used TO all the fine things in the city.
Mother will be at the head of the
table: that fact will never leave your
mind while you are on earth. and she
will be pouring out coffee from shiny
coffee-pot. bright long before the days
of sapoiio. When she looks up and
smiles at you in her quiet way. right
then you will think that there is moth
ing in the wide world but peace and
contentment Honest now, isn't that
so?
This dream is nothing but another
phase of natures many sermons TO
man preached generations before the
day of creedS. There may be some in
fiuence more delicate than this-some
influence with power more subtle in
touching the heart during the years
when the hair begins 10 streak with
gray possibly there is, but with
many worthy people it is still undis-
covered: that's why Thanksgiving day
has more significance for some folks
than present prosperity with big gen
eral balance TO the good.
FRANK ID. BLAKE.
Rock Island, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-23
Philadelphia Shame.

The Philadelphia Public Ledger COM
nients as follows on the election in
that city:
The riotous debauch OF ballot stuff
ing, violence and crime carried Oh in
the downtown wards on Tuesday.
with the active participation of the po-
lice, must dissipate any remaining
doubt OF the insincerity of Mayor
Viewers public professions of disap-
proval.
The debauchery of the ballot has not
even the poor excuse OF party neces-
sity. Nobody questions the overwhelm-
ing Republican majority in Phiiadel-
phia. Why. then, must il be swelled by
fraud: Surely 10000 would be surti-
cient majority without adding 10000
fraudulent votes. as unquestionably
WAS done There could he no other OBJ
ject than 10 maintain the lawless pow
er OF the ward leaders. and in this ia
grant crime against free government
the police were the active agents. They
paid no attention 10 the mayors mean-
ingless order. They led repeaters to
the polls and drove honest voters away.
cluDDtu anu uEdSeeu ~ JAN tuOst w uO
opposed them. and exercised terror
ism that turned farcical election into
a tragedy of crime.
With so great preponderance in the
party vote the fraud made no differ
ence In the general result, no candidate
was apparently wronged. and therefore
no official attention will he paid To it..
The community will not be startled.
But the disgrace to the city and TO
the mayor. who. knowing that this de-
hatchery of the ballot was planned IN
der his very eyes. took no steps TO
check IT, remains indelible.
No pious professions. no Sunday school
speeches about abstract morality. will
efface il. Mayor Weaver knew of the
criminal activity of the police and has
not only allowed II. but protected it.
Not another city in the land has been
SO shamed. and the finger of public
scorn and indignation must he pointed
against John Weaver. this worse than
feeble mayor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-23
THANKSGIVING MEMORIES.
written for The ArgusD

| written for The ArguS.D
THANKSGIVING has a religious signifi-
canoe but. To- a few sentimental old
| boys who are IN the afternoon of life,
the day is inseparably associated with
roast turkey and cranberry sauce and
hearty welcome down al the cid
homestead. The day never fails 10
bring To- the minds of t.i=se old fellows
recollections of the time when they
first started out IL face the world.
Inconsistencies is ire most in1escrib-
able misery known to MAI When Il
fellow gets in the last stages of the
malady and every day adds another
twist To the tension on his heartstrings,
Thanksgiving day is one ray of hope
to- reconcile a stricken mind to hopeless
limitations.
In the old days. Thanksgiving meant
a holiday; return TO the scenes of
happy childhood. II meant that you
were going home. and. TO a homesick
man. that was more than all else in the
world besides. When stricken with
inconsistencies. that melancholy state
when the mind is but Il mirror-a re-
Election of the past, incapable OF re-
ceiying new impressions-you dream of
the old farm house with the chimney
Of the fireplace climbing to- the top on
the outside and towering above the
roof. monument TO comfort and hospi-
tality. You go about your work with
the first real pleasure you have felt for
weeks. for tomorrow is Thanksgiving.
and. when the Office door is closed to-
night. you start for home In your
minds eye Won see the orchard on the
hill where the pear trees reluctantly
acknowledge approaching winter by
looming a dress OF red and yellow You
see the old farm house where YOU were
born and at the back OF the hall a long
barreled rifle rests across a couple of
pegs and straps OF leather buttoned to
nails above, hold il safely against the
wall. Instantly. YOU think of the SOUR
rel trees down in The corner OF the
wood-lot. The timber half encircles a
narrow strip OF cultivated land where
the shocks OF ripened corn look like
wigwams. silent and deserted. In the
protecting branches OF the great oak
trees that fringe this field. the squir-
rels sun themselves. You know all the
holes in these old trees because in hcy
hood days you searched them out:
and no man outliyes these early lessons
in natural history.
Then again. as memories crowd in
upon YOU thick and fast. you seem To
feel the warmth of a wood fire blazing
in the old stone fireplace. Some way.
the vision OF a long table rises before
you - table snowy with fine linen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-23

told her he had been loved for what lie
did not prize and hoped lie .2d won
her for what he did prize, The reply 10
this was noncornnittal.
At the hour appointed for the two to
appear ut their respective windows
Arvine was 1T his window first. AS
soon as Miss Beers appeared and saw
him she threw up her hands in par
oxysm of delight and admiration.
Arvine was perplexed- Had lie been
certain of anything he would have
dropped the matter. As it was he cali
ed that evening. and it was plain to
him that his proposition was TO be ac-
cepted. But how had he won-by his
talent or his beauty:
Miss Beers told him that she had an
explanation and Il confession to make.
When he saw her at the window she
was suffering from an obstruction of
vision She had just been to an op-
thalmic hospital and had it removed.
She confessed that she did not wish
him to know that she was blind until
II was determined that she could be
cured. His letters and illusions had
been read to her by her sister. She did
not understand the illusions, but her
heart had been touched by the letters.
especially the one written her on the
eve of her departure for the hospital.
After this expression of sympathy she
was sure that she could give him her
heart If he was not positively repul-
Sive in appearance. When she saw him
she experienced a delightful relief ut
his manly beauty.
Arvine accepted the situation. After
all the sympathy he had expressed in
few lines had got in ahead of his
good looks. and he was satisfied.
MARY ALICE BERESFORD.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-23

Here is the situation in Adams coun-
~ as told by the Quincy Herald: In
the election two weeks ago Roosevelt
received s.277 votes in Adams county.
-Four years ago Mckinley had S.O4T
votes and eight years ago he received
S.i47. II will therefore be seen that
the republican vote has shrunk 200 in
eight years. The democratic stay-at-
homers are responsible for the election
Of the entire county ticket nominated
by the republicans. II is safe To- say
that had the republicans dreamed of
victory not one OF the county nominees
would have been on the ticket"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-23
A Test of Sincerity.

On March il. 1904. nearly nine
months ago. the supreme court deci-
sion in the Northern Securities case put
the trusts at the mercy OF President
Roosevelt On Nov. 5 these same trusts
were enthusiastically supporting Mr..
RooseveIts election.
If the president desires TO show that
he is. as he said. absolutely free from
any entanglinG alliances with lawless
combina tons OF capital he can do so
by simply resuming the work of prose
cution where he dropped il nine months
ago.
There are still about 40 trusts TO at
tack, and II he smashes one month he
will dispose OF fewer than one-eighth
OF the whole number before the end
OF his next term.-New York World.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-23

The Washington colony Of newspa-
per correspondents beard with interest
the news that ex-Speaker Keifer was
coming back To congress from the Ohio
district which he represented twenty
years ago While he was speaker MI.
Ke.feT undertook TO reform the press
SallcT. &c house. One experience
was enough for him lie took The con
irol of the gallery away from the stand
Ing committee OF correspondents and
on interesting occasions would iii IL
with his particular friends. excluding
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-23

Kansas City Journal: Within the
past few months IL has developed that
a great number OF full-blood Cherokee
Indians are becoming cocaine fiends- A
little investigation shows that drug
gists are disposing of a great deal al
the drug. but what is more startling
still Is that there are a lot of persons
who have been going into the country
and selling cocaine to the Indians. II
Is a new vice for the Indians. but il =
wonderful how II IS taking hold or
them. IL is said thar the drug is being
bootIegged as IL has been the custom
To bring in liquor. The authorities will
start an investigation
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-23
Mothers Praise It.

Mothers everywhere praise One Min
ute Cough Cure for the sufferings it
has relieved and the lives of little ones
it has saved certain cure for
coughs. Group and whooping cough
a. l.. Spafford. postmaster. of Chester
Mich. says: Our little girl was un-
conscious from strangulation during 4
sudden and terrible attack of Group.
One Minute Cough Cure quickly re-
lieved and cured her. and l cannot
praise it too highly" One Minute
Cough Cure relieves coughs. makes
breathing easy, cuts out phlegm. draws
out Inflammation. and removes every
cause of a cough and strain on the
lungs. Sold by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-23

Royalty will be represented at the
coming International Live Stock TX
position at Chicago. The King of Bel
gium is sending 10 of his crack Bel
gians to- be exhibited during the live
stock show Eighty-fiye horses will
arrive from Europe on the "Cerdic
this week. the shipment including in
addition to- the Belgians. a cOnsiSn
ment of so German and French coach
horses from the German and French
governments respectively.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-23

So many hunters in Wisconsin have
been shot. some killed and others seri
ously wounded since the open season
for deer this fall that many. as a
means of protection. have gone into
the woods arrayed I'm bright red jer.
seys. Wearing anything like khaki
uniform they are liable to- be mistat en-
for deer by some other nimrod and
shot without further investigation All
apology subsequent To- ones funeral is
not altogether satisfactory in such a
case