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The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
Bio Man and Little Woman.


 She was a demure little woman with a baby. As the car was crowded she did not put the little one, who was old enough to sit up. on the seat beside her. She carried it on her lap, and made room for a fierce-Iooking, big man with newspaper.
 The child kicked its tiny feet in de- light at the strange things it saw while riding along, and it's shoes rubbed against the big mans trousers.
 Perhaps. madam" he exclaimed, you imagine that this conveyance is your private carriage?"
 "Oh. no don't" was the prompt re- ply. "If it were you wouldn't be riding in it."-Tit-BitS.
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
Perils of "Self- -poctorine D

Large numbers of people in prosper ous circumstances die as sexagenarians from maladies which are evidences of degeneration and of premature senil- ity, while many who pass this period go on to enter upon an eighth or ninth decade of life. The former class com prise those who have lived without re- straint of their appetites and who have sought to allay some of the conse- quences by standardization. while the latter class comprise those who have lived reasonably, and who, if annoyed by imperfect digestion, have sought re- lief by abandoning the errors from which 1t sprang.-London Lancet
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
WOMEN "BUCK THE TlCER."
How the Dealers in a Montana Garn- bling Resort Get the Work
 ing Girls Wages.

In Butte, Mont, there is gambling house where the patronage of ladies is the special feature of the manage ment. and where all kinds of women play the good old game of faro, perfectly at home and without fear of interrup- tion. The entrance is from an alley near Broadway, and the house is luxuriously furnished. Carpets are laid on the floors, softened lights shine over the players. courteous attendants deal and shuffle the cards and pay bets or take winnings without the slightest sugges- tion of the incongruity of the situation, says the Denver Republican
 Here many fashionably gowned wom- en of Butte's elite come in parties or in pairs with escorts to quietly venture sil- Yer or goldpieces coined from copper by their husbands, who busy themselves in Butte's continuous political war.
 Women of the business world keep track of the game. and both dealer and player usually maintain a rigid silence. Money is passed out for chips with the simple word, five" or ten, ''and con- yersation is economized to a minimum
 And there are schemes torinveigle the unsuspeeting that only the initiated un- derstand. Many women of the middle classes are among the most regular pa- irons of the place. A waiter girl was re- gently observed playing her weeks wages with phenomenal luck With S15 she had won S60 and had cashed in her chips with charming coolness prepared to go home winner" The dealer paid her without comment He counted out the money-two twenty-dollar bills, ono ten. one five, four dollars in silver, two half-dollars She picked up the money, put the bills in her purse and laid a half dollar on the ace. It lost She laid down a dollar. It won. Another few moments and she had lost the silver. Re- luctantly she drew out fiye-dollar note and began to play again. In few deals she was playing heavily again. In half trick which has won the bank many mill lions of dollars after the player cashed in-the manner of payment One is re- luctant to break bill, but silver is con- venient to lay down on a card, and most gamblers will do it. Before they know 1t they are again drawn in to the game They sometimes win, it is true, for the games are on the square, but one cannot win always, and the chance on a second round is in favor of the tiger"
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16

plant Never before at an exposition has there been even half as much power developed as supplied from the various prime movers in the Palace of Machinery. In a large boiler house standing west of the Machinery build ing, filled with the latest and best pro- auctions of skilled boiler manufactures, steam is generated to supply 30000 horsepower to the various engines in the Machinery building. In addition to this about 10000 horsepower is re- ceived by electric cable from power sta tions in the city of St Louis But the greatest interest is in the engines them selves rather than in the large capacity of the exhibit, for among them is a giant turbine or rotary engine develop ing 5000 horsepower, besides others of similar type of smaller capacity. This is the first display of turbine engines at a large exposition, as Ss develop ment is a very recent achievement of mechanical engineering and invention.
 At the Chicago Exposition the larg- est gas engine developed only ten horsepower; the visitor to St. Louis may see a gas engine with the capacity of 300 times larger than the Chicago engine The 5000 horsepower gas en- zine is the largest engine of it's char aeter ever built. Many other gas en- zines of various types developing from 1000 to 1 ,750 horsepower complete this feature of the exhibit, and there are many of the more familiar reciprocal ing engines of the latest pattern and highest efficiency.
 Of the total number of prime movers in the Palace of Machinery about one half are comprised in what is known as the Exposition power plant. the other half being exhibitors engines. Nearly all these engines are connected with electrical generators and the power is
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
Veterans in Annual Meeting.

The annual eneampment of the c. A R.. department of Arkansas, was held in Little Rock last week The attendance was small, owing to the high water, which kept many from reaching the railroads. After the reg ular business was transacted the vis- iting comrades were entertained by the loeat post at camp fire and an appro- priate programme was rendered The next meeting will be in Hot Springs al a date next year 10 be fixed later The officers elected are: Department commander, Ed r Wolfe Mena; sen for vice department commander. Frank Pease. Silver City; Junior vice depart. ment commander. s. P. Beck, Conway; medical director, pr. A D. Thomas. Little Rock; chaplain. W s. Earth ol- omew. Mansfield, D C. Rugg of I. ot Springs and F. w Tucker of Little Rock were selected delegates to tne national encampment. which meets in Boston, Macs, August 15 NJ Kirst and George w Lennon were elected alternateS
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
Unique Suit in Chancery.

A unique and interesting suit was recently decided at Russelkille by Chancellor Wallace. The parties to the suit were Mrs. Ada Lewis against w. F. Lewis. her husband The case was heard on an application by Mrs. Lewis for an injunction against her husband to prevent him from speak ing or writing to her, or in any way communicating with her, she having brought suit against him fer di- yOrce. The husband denied that the wife was acting on her will in this matter and alleged that her act was the result of the undue influence on the part of her relatives, who object ed to the marriage of the couple Chancellor Wallace, after hearing the testimony of the husband and read ing letter written by the wife to him during their separation. as we'll as the afHdayits of the wife and her witnesses, denied the petition
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
afr.ld to Face an Arkansas Jury.

4 dispatch from West Plains, Mo, most desperate men the Ozark region eyer produced, surrendered to the Mis-. .ioHri authorities 10 serve out . term of four years in the penitentiary rath- CT than face jury of Arkansas noun taineers and stand trial for shooting a neighboring farmer. Naves. who has resided all his life in the Ozark country, has led a reckless life. When 21 years of age he served term in the Missouri pen itentiary for cattle stealing. Shcrt ly after his release in 1901. rich rel ative of the desperado told him that he had been missing cattle, and em- ployed him to hunt down the guilty parties Without any information as to who they were, Raves started out one night and rode across the line into Marion county. Coming to the home of Ike Lentz. he shot him down Lentz sent his 12-year-old son 10 the home of his uncle. Sam Hillhouse just across the line in Baxter county, one mile
  ing. Just as the boy arrived Waves rope up and shot him dead. The desperate man then rode to the home of Jerry Jenkins two miles away and calling Jenkins to the door shot him in the breast with a loa.l of buck shot After hiding out for some time, Nayes surrendered to Baxter county authorities. He remained in jail at Mountain Home about year. but at his trial his relative came to his res cue and he was acquitted of killing the Lentz boy. Recently the Marion eoun- ty authorities secured requisition for Naves for the shooting of Ike Lentz At the time he was under sentence to four years in Missouri for assault with intent to kill, but was out OH bond. pending an appeal to the su, preme court. Rather than return to this state he concluded to surrender and serve his time ia Missouri.
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
Hardware Men in Convention.

The Arkansas Retail Hardware Deal CTS held their seventh annual conven- ton last week at Little Rock with the largest attendance in the history of the association. The question. how best to deal with what is known as the catalogue houses of the larger cities, was discussed at length It was decided to bring pressure to bear on manufacturers and jobbers to enlist their aid in dealing with such con cerns. II was also decided to educate the public to the fact that in many cases the catalogue houses supply material inferior to that offered by the retab dealers, relying on a slight re- duction from the pyice of the staple article to secure an order Strong resolutions were adopted opposing the parcels post bill now before congress. The resolution points out that such bill would be disastrous to the small dealers in many respects. and be of no benefit to the general public, as under the proposed system the govern ment would have to meet an enormous deficiency in the postal department every year The money to make up this deficiency must come necessarily from the general fund directly. and the people indirectly. the only class to be benefited in the long run being the large mail order houses of the east. Hamp Williams of Hot Springs was elected president and c. E. Taylor of Little Rock secretary-treasurer for the ensuing year
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
Famous Land Suit Decided.

A case involving the title to nearly million and quarter acres of land in different parts of this state WIS de cided in federal court last week The lands involved were those granted to the old St. Louis and Memphis Rail road Company in 1873. Title was claimed by the grantees of the rail- road company on the ground that they had not been forfeited. Judge Trieber decided against the railroad company grantees and in favor of the present owners, the defendants. The suit was filed in the eastern division of the eastern district of the federal court, at Helena, about three years ago. and has been pending since that time. The plaintiff. whose name is Tunnels, is a resident of another state, and the defendants were Adelia BoiCe and Alberta Shark, grantees of Allan Shark, who redeemed the land and paid taxes on it until he sold it. The actual number of acres involved in this suit was between 10000 and 12.000. The actual ques- ton involved was the validity of the deeds to this old St Louis and Mem phis Railroad Company. The road was surveyed from HoXie to Mem phis, but was never built The sur vey was afterward taken by the Kan sas City, Fort Scott and Memphis railroad. now the Frisco. The total deeds secured by the road in 1873 are said to have been about twelve hundred thousand acres. The deeds contained the condition that the road should be built and completed with
 in three years. Stock and bonds in the road were to be issued in pay
 ment for the lands. The old railroad company conveyed the lands to Run nels, who brought the suit. The de fendants contended that the condi
 tion in the deed was in law a 'prece dent condition;" that no title was ever vested; that it was not to be vested until the road was built. and that as the road was never built the title was never vested in the railroad company. Judge Trieber held that this was the proper view of the case and decided that the title never did vest in the railroad company.
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16

transmitted by cable throughout the grounds to the electric railways, the machinery in operation in the exposi- ton buildings, the pumps supplying water to the cascades and fountains, the refrigerating plant and for other purposes. The total horsepower used at Chicago did not exceed 12,000 and at the Pan-American not over 5000, in comparison with the 10000 to 50000 here
 Electricity had only five and one- half acres at Chicago, while at St. Louis nine acres are given to the same de- partment, besides a large display of electrical generators in the Palace of Machinery.
 No one should be deterred from vsit- ing the worlds fair because of the fear that living expenses in St. Louis are too high. If anyone has this notion it is high time that it be dispelled. There is absolutely no doubt of the fact that one can find excellent living aeeommoda- tions in St. Louis now at rates not ex- ceeding the charges this same month in New York. Chicago or any other great American city.
 No one need pay more than one dollar day for a good room That is an aver age rate. though many accommodation of excellent character may be had for less. There are many unrented rooms at five dollars a week, advertised every day in the newspapers. Hundreds of restaurants serve meals or give short order service at the same rates that prevailed before the exposition opened.
 It is suggested that the stranger in St. Louis. who wishes to find reasonable clearinghouse rates. make inquiry at a grocery store or meat market in the vicinity where he desires to stop. The groeers and butchers know nearly all the boarding houses in their neighbor- hoods. and they are quite willing to oblge the stranger by directing him to a place to suit his purse and his tastes. The want" columns of the daily news papers also contain columns of small advertisements for boarders or lodgers.
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
THE WONDERS OF THE
 WORLD AT ST. LOUIS
They Are to Be Found in the Great Palaces and Along
 "The Pike"

St. Louis.-Early visitors to the Louis jana Purchase exposition have found at St. Louis an exposition so nearly com plete that they have in no way missed the few minor details that were unfin- ished on the opening day, and which have since been completed. In fact in an exposition of such proportions as this it would be impossible to discover a thousand little details that might lack completion.
 Weather conditions were against the exposition management for a few days preceding the opening Now every thing is favorable, and the great fair is entirely complete, completeness, we must repeat, that is so enormous that it is all but impossible to comprehend what it has meant to the builders. The last vestige of scaffolding that for g few days surrounded some of the less inn portant buildings has been torn away; the last wagon load of refuse hauled from the grounds; every flower and shrub the landscape gardeners included in their scheme of decoration growing under the benign influence of a spring sun, and the exposition stands forth a completed giant, beautiful in concep- tion, wonderful in execution. stupendous in size, by far the masterpiece of the worlds eXpositions.
 Stupendous size does not half express it. This worlds fair has many sur prises for the visitor but its immense size is the greatest astonisher of all. Amazement at the extent of the fair is heard from every visitor.
 It has been interesting to watch the visitors these first days of the fair. In- teresting to see what would appeal to then strongest, but after one has studied the mass of humanity in their quest for the wonders it is hard to select any one feature that could be designated as general favorite with all Of course all visitors are enthusiastic over the general picture, the grand en semble, which has
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
Says He is Pursued By Ghost.

John Whitehead, Miller county farmer. has been confined on charge of lunacy. His case is a peculiar one Four years ago Whitehead shot and killed a young farm hand ill his em- ploy. after the young man had re- fused to marry his daughter White. head accused the young man of being intimate with the girl. but this the man emphatically denied. Whitehead was arrested for the killing and after lingering in jail for two years, was given trial and acquitted. Since his release Whitehead persists that the ghost of his victim is following him, threatening to kill him.
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16

remote corner of earth are engaged to reproduce the life of p different peoples. Fifteen hundred animals are required to lend reality to the varied scenes. Two shows in the list of 40 represent an out lay of sl 400 000 Twenty of them cost not less than $100 GOO apiece. and hardly an attraction less than $50 900.
 Some idea of what there is to be seen of Pike features may be had from list of the educational amusement features which this section of the fair contains:
 Alaska and EsquimauX Village; An cient Rome and Hawaiian Volcano; Bat tie Abbey; Bohemia Crystal Palace; Cliff Dwellers; Chinese Village; Colorado Gold Mine Creation; Coal Breaker; Cairo; Constantinople; Fire-Fighting Exhibition; Glass Weaving. Spinning; German Tyrolean Alps; Golden Chariot; Grants Log Cabin; Galveston Flood; Haunted Castle; Hereafter; Hunting in the Ozarks; Infant Incubators; Indian Congress and Wild West Irish Village; Japanese Village, Jerusalem; Jim Key Educated Horsel Lineolns Log Cabin; Moorish Palace; Model Playground; ; Miniature Railway; Magic Whirlpool; Morocco; Mysterious Asia Naval Ex- hibition Old Plantations; Old St. Louis, Mo; Old Cahokia Court House. Old Virginia Homestead; Observation Wheel; Palais Du Costume; Pottery; Weller; Paris and France; Scenic Rail- way; South African Boer Exhibits; Streets of Seville; Statisticum; Sub marine Diving New York to the North Pole: Trained and Wild Animals; Under and Over the Sea; Upper Mississippi Views; Water Chutes; Wireless Teleg- raphy.
 What runs in all; what supplies the power that makes the countless wheels go round? The majority of visitors are intensely interested in the mechanical motive force of this greatest of exposi- tions. and well they may be. One of the most striking features Is the power
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
Arkansas Mineral Output

The census bureau on mines and quarries in recent bulletin credits this state with 120 mines. quarries and wells, which give employment to 2.944 men and boys, whose annual wages amount to S1,945,479 The product of these mines for the fiscal year 1902 amounted to s2,S40,341 It is estimated the mineral products of Arkansas for 1903 amounted to nearly s5.000,0 This does not include coal mines
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
ARKANSAS SIAIE NNS.
Suit Decided in Federal Court In. volving Thousands of Acres
 of Land.
EVENTS OF 4 WEEK BRIEFLY CHaOgCLfD
Thousands of Acres of Corn, Cotton and Other Products Destroyed By Floods. Heavy Rains in HeItern States the Cause.

The financial loss to farmers from the floods of the Arkansas river IS the greatest ever known So sudden was the rise that many people liv- ing along the stream did no. have time to save their stock and house hold goods From above Fort Smith to the mouth of the river thousands of acres of corn, cotton and other pro ducts have been destroyed. At Fort Smith the river reached a stage of 8 $ feet, a rise of over II feet in thirty six hours. The water cut through the north bank at Van Buren. food ing large area At Little Rock, on the south side above the Iron Noun tain bridge, the water backed up through a bayou and flooded a large section west of the union station. Several manufacturing plants are To- cated in this territory, which were considerably damaged In North Lit tie Rock the water ran over the banks and in the eastern part of the city several families had to abandon their homes, and the water reached the first floor of a number of business houses and flooded the streets for some dis tance. Nothing like correct esti- mate of the damage done can be made until the water recedes The flood coming this late in the season will pre- vent the replanting of thousands of acres in cotton which had been brought to its growth by the expendi- ture of vast sum of money The Cotton Belt was compelled to abandon both freight and passenger traffic on the Altheimer branch temporarily, and other roads along the Arkansas suffered from the flood Heavy losses are reported by farmers along the White, Black, Red and Ouaehita rivers The sudden rise of all these streams was due to heavy rains in Indian Ter ritory and other western states. and heavy rains in this state
 The waters of the Arkansas river cut through leyees at several places below Little Rock The river at Lit tie Rock reached the highest stage of which there is any official record. II is estimated at least 30.000 acres of cotton along the Arkansas river alone has been ruined. The owners of the overdowed lands are preparing to plant fast maturing crop as soon as the water recedes.
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
Remanded to Jail for Contempt.

G. H. Schweer, formerly a merchant at Montrosc. more recently an Iron Mountain station agent at Monticello, is confined in Pulaski county jail in pursuance of an order of Judge Trie- Der of the federal court. On February 13. 1903, he was declared a bankrupt and was ordered to turn over to the trustee of his estate the sum of S15.- 6076 or be committed to jail for con tempt The order was confirmed by the circuit court of appeals and Schweer was given until June 10 to turn over the money. On the above date he appeared and announced that he had no money, therefore could not comply with the courts ordeg. He will remain in jail until further orders from Judge Trisber
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16

John Aaron, aged 9 years. was drowned in Clear Lake. near Texarka. na. He was in a boat when it cap sized
 A portion of the state convict farm near Warner was flooded by the high water and considerable damage was done.
 Deposits of clay, possessing ab. sorbent qualities that make it an ex- cellcnt base for anti-hagistine com pounds, have been discovered in Gar land county.
 Mrs. w. E. Barnes of Fort Smith was run over by an electric car and fatally injured. She was attempting to cross the track in front of the car when the accident occurred.
 A negro barber by the name of f,e- ter Dodson shot and probably fatally wounded young negro named Eos ter at the latters home in Texar- kana. The trouble was over wo- man.
 
 sawmills. was killed near Berryville by being thrown from a horse. One of his feet hung in the stirrup and he was dragged some distance, his skull being crushed.
 The bridge over the White river on the White River branch of the Iron | Mountain at Cotter has been compet. | ed. and work on the line between Carthage. Mo. and Cotter is proceed | ing rapidly.
 An abstract of the books in the state auditors office shows an increase of 25,000.000 in the assessed valua tion of taxable property in this state for 1903, an increase oyer 1902 of more tan 10 per cent
 The building at Fort Smith occu. pied by the Ward Furniture Compa- ny as an office and warehouse was | destroyed by fire on the l1th inst l The loss on stock and building is s35, ,000 with only s13,500 insurance
 On condition the shops and general offices of the St. Louis, Little Rock and Gulf railroad be located at Lit tie Rock for a period of fifty years the citizens of that city have agreed to donate a bonus of s100,000. The proposed road is to be eventually a continuous line through the state to the Gulf coast.
The Monticellonian., 1904-06-16
Arkansas Building at the Fair.

No state building at the worlds fair is receiving as much praise from visitors as the Arkansas building. Great credit is due to the commission for their enterprise in having the building completed at the opening of the fair. and il is a fact that Arkan- sas was ahead of all other states in preparedness, the building being the only one ready to receive visitors op the opening day.