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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-10
A WALL OF DESPAIR.
A Republican Organ Plays a Dirge
For Its Failing Party.

Those who followed the fortunes Of
the late Senator Hanna are divided
into two factions The officeholders
are mostly climbing, with apparent
pleasure, on to the Roosevelt band
wagon, but the great majority of the
other faction take gloomy view Of
the Republican outlook. Many infuen-
tial Republican newspapers voice this
fear Of the future and are warning
their readers Of the coming troubles
The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune Is
one Of them and some time ago ad-
vised its party that it was taking des-
perate chances in nominating Mr..
Roosevelt and its belief that q crush
ing defeat would follow. The death Of
Senator Hanna at this juncture it
views as another nail driven into the
Republican coffin, but takes a calm
though resigned survey Of the desper-
ate condition of its party arc evident
ly sees but little encouragement for
success in the coming campaign. It
says that with both Mckinley and
Hanna gone the party dangers are
coming fast and thick. 1t names New
York. Indiana, New Jersey, Connecti-
cut, Illinois and Colorado as doubtful
states, ''all important, absolutely es
sential," for Republican success, and
concludes with this e:y of despair: "a
weak candidate, WitA no Hanna to
help. can carry nee Of them
There is no G.s.5t that a large mum
Der of the T. publican leaders feel
equally despo9dent with this sincere
"nd entspoken organ of the party.
The Republican party, having tied IT,
self 10 the trusts and corporations and
declining to enact legislation that the
great majority of voters are claiaorino
for to relieve them from high prices
and reduced incomes, has nothing TO
offer in place of the debasing CONNER.
eialisln that believes every man hos
his price.
The Democrats have q glorious pros
pect OF success, and their consistent
and persistent efforts for all essential
reforms which the voters are now do
will, With the best candidates
that are availahle, lead to this most
desirable victory.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-10
PRICES OVER THE LINE.
our steel Trust Selling Goods IN
canada at Cn-American Prices.

our steel Trust Selling Goods IN
Canada at Cn-American Prices.
Once more the Iron Age contains IN
formation that will increase the un-
easiness Of the ''stand patters on the
tariff question. If the Republicans DO
not soon adjourn their congress they
will be compelled to recognize the rap
idly growing sentiment in favor or
do something as against do nothing
policy on the tariff question. Items
like the following from the Iron Age
of March s are getting very numerous
and are making the people madder and
madder:
Toronto, Feb. o. 1004.-American
iron and steel products are still De-
ing offered on this side of the line at
prices which cause dismay among Ca
madam manufacturers of like goods.
A notable example is the cut in steel
bars. These are quoted for the Ca
madam trade at Pittsburg Sc a ton be-
low the price current in the n.ted
States. Nor is this the only induce
ment. Besides the concession offered
BIZ the manufacturers Of the bars there
IS the additional advantage OF low
freights on shipments from pittsburg
A Montreal manufacturing concern,
wishing to place an order fer steer
bars, has, let us suppose, a bid from
the company in Hamilton, Ont, and
one from Il pittsburg steel mill. The
Hamilton company should have ma
terial advantage in freight rates, Tor
the haul from their mill to Montreal is
only about half that from FittsburS to
Montreal. Yet tie freight rate on the
pittsburg steel is only cents higher
than tit on Hamilton steel delivered
at Mon real.
"Babiitt metal from the United
States has been sold in Canada at
quite low prices recently, 412 to .
cents, freight and duty paid. being the
usual range of the quotations.
"Gn the 23d inst. the Canadian Pa
cific Railway company announced
that it had an option from the Penn
sylvania Steel company to take all the
rails required on their system this
year and next at $13 ton. free on
board at mills, or $21 delivered in
Montreal"
The Pennsylvania Steel company is
one of the five or six members Of the
steel rail pool, which has held the price
Of steel rails n this country firmly at
$.S ton for three years. This trust is
protected by a duty Of S7.S4 ton on
foreign rails. This duty added to its
Montreal price shows that the trust
lacks just "a cents a ton of getting the
full benefit of the tariff in this country
This is cutting pretty close to the tariff
line. It is not unlikely that the trust
is cutting entirely up to the tariff line
on sales in other parts of Canada or OF
the world
The tariff is great blessing to some
people. but not to those on the outside
Of the protected trusts.
BYRON W. HOLT.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-10
COMMISSION NAMED TO DRAFT Law

Failure OF Subsidies In Other Coun-
tries to Revive shipping interests.
Experience of France ana thA|.
Shfpbuildcrs In France RAISED
Price of ships.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-10
Republicans Claim Everything.

Representative Sheppard of ,IeXas
was piling 1t up on the Repuhlicans
in the excellent speech which he made
the other day on the tariff question for
claiming all the prosperity under the
sun.
why. Mr.. Speaker" said this fer
vent young Texan. "the next thing 1
expect to see is some Republican ris-
ing in his place here and proposing to
amend the Old Testament. expect
some prophet of prosperity will rise
In his place and move to strike the
name Of the deity from the first line
OF the first chapter of the book of
Genesis so that it will read:
:" In the beginning the Republican
party created the heavens and the
earth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-10
All Depends on the nv

publishers Of Republican high tariff
Journals We're among those who SIM
ported the demand for the removal Of
duties ca pulp and paner at the recent
New York meeting of the American
Newspaper Publishers association, and
they are given good scoldng for this
5y the New York Commercial, an or.
gan OF the trusts. There might seem
TO be little Inconsistency in their at.
titude. But then you cannot expect
that a tariff for the protection of trusts
IN general will appear the same as q
thrlT for the protection Of trust
which hits them in particular. Goriny
IS all we'll enough if it is not your OK
tnat IS being gored.-Springfield Re-
publican.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-10

HE French ship Subsidy system
date; from the year 1881 and was re-
ai.i@a."tl in 1893. The payments III the
year 1895 Ghe latest date contained in
the tinted States consular reporiso
We're:
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16


OF the third that 1t suddenly dawned
upon him what had become of it.
Then he went to see the coal PEG
pie They were amiable but firm
They couldn't remember that the coal
had been paid for, but they would
make every effort to find in their
BID ks some mention of the money
wi .ch the man said he had given
TIL lin.
Well, they couldn't find it, and SO
the man in the end had to pay the
bill again.
He told his wife, and that lady bit
her lip. He had to tell her because she
had to help him look fo- the receipt.
or the chances are she would never
have heard of it. AT all events, she
didn't say 81 told you So; or Il hope
hereafter you will take the beam out
of your own eye before you attempt
to take the mote out of NINE" but
the man never tells her now that he
wishes she would save her receipts;
he's afraid she might reply.-Balti
more News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
A Famous Squash.

Most every boy on a farm knows
how to fix up squash by feeding them
milk so that they will grow to pro
digious size, but Unadilla youth has
smashed all records. if the statements
of his friends are to be accredited
The Unadilla youth determined to
produce a prize squash that would
make all other prize squashes ever
raised look like marbles in COMPARE
son.
According he clipped the end OF
the vine and immersed it in sweet
milk. In time the vine took as much
as a quart of milk day. The squash
grew beyond all expectations, and was
eventually exhibited at the Morris
Fair, and it easily won a premium OF
ten dollars.
But the most surprising part Of the
story is yet to come, according to the
narrator, whose reputation for verac'
ity has never been questioned. The
squash was cut the other day, and it
is alleged that it contained seven
pounds and fourteen ounces of fine,
rich butter, equal if not superior to
any made last year at the co-opera'
tive creamery. 1t is to be greatly re.
GREETED that the squash was seedless.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
CLEVER woMAN,s RUsE.

A charming society woman has az
CURED a reputation for all-round clev-
erness by her tact in dealing with
celebrities. With an artist she talks
art, or rather talks art while she
draws him out with neat little ques-
tions and explanations. l happen to
know that she plays no musical in
strument. but she poses as a patron
of music and really knows lot about
it from those who thought her so well
informed that they talked freely. So
it is with authors and iecturers-all
believe her exceptionally well inform
ed, while she is eternally fishing con-
cealed in feminine art. You will not
find her telling anything about herself
or about her neighbors either. She
finds impersonal matters safer to dis
cuss. but does not waste many words
on those. Silence is golden" she
wrote on a dinner card for one Of her
guests. Each had a motto. but none
expressed her attitude like the brief
praise of silence.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
HINTS FOR MOTHERS.

It will be found a great convenience
to have a low chair to sit in while
bathing the baby. If this is not at
hand take one of the common kitchen
chairs and have a few inches sawed
on the legs. 1t is not nearly such a
strain on ones back if the STOPPING
over the tub can be done from a low
seat, says The New England Farmer.
An infant should not be given any
food containing starch until it cuts
its teeth. Starchy foods include corn,
flour. tapioea. sage. rice. potatoes, etc.
An infant is not old enough TO digest
any Of these until its teeth are cut.
We must never allow ourselves to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
Foreign TITLES.

The King of Italy, since his son
was born, has been celebrating by do
mating titles with which no property
goes. In the German Empire. a title
Of nobility can be Purchased. with
guarantee attached. for $4,000. In
Portugal. the price is about one-fif,
tieth as high. Austria. Roumania,
Spain, Turkey, Persia find in such
sales an honest source of income. In
England titles are not sold. A bank
er or a brewer who becomes a peer
gives nothing directly in exchange
nor does the unfortunate who receives
the glorious appellation of poet-laur-
cate. Alfred Austin received his pro
motion on his merits. He wrote
verses so fiat that no member of the
virtuous German household that sits
on England's throne could imagine
they contained anything so indecent
or dangerous as thought.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
VALUE OF A RECEIPT.
Kept Harping on the Subject to His
Wife Until One Fatal Day.

Kept Harping on the Subject to His
Wife Until One Fatal Day.
There's a man in this town who is
always talking to his wife about wo-
mans unbusiness like ways and how
impossible it is to make the sex I'M
derstand that it is necessary to keep
receipts if one would avoid paying a
bill twice. He has talked and talked
on this subject until his better half
has piled everything in the house
with the receipts of bills for articles
which were long since worn out and
the fragments cast away.
About eight months ago the hus-
band bought the winters coal and
paid for it. 1t amounted to goodly
sum, and when he tucked the receipts
for the money in his overcoat pocket
he had that warm sense of well-doing
which is given to the man who pays
his bills.
When he went home that evening
he told his wife about it. I've paid
for the coal" said he, land have the
receipt put away, and l feel like a
vanastorbilt in consequence. | wish
could teach you to file your receipts.
Some of these days l. am going to
have to pay your bills twice, and I
certainly shall dislike that I'M
mensely."
1t was a few weeks after this that
the man with q spasm Of generosity
gave away the overcoat that had the
receipt for coal in it.
He gave it to a poor fellow who
was going West'to find work. and the
coat and the man mad no sooner pass
ed beyond the punctilious persons
ken than the coal people sent in the
bill for the winters fuel.
The man spent three days looking
for the receipt, and # was at the end
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
STUFFED CABBAGE.

Scald the cabbage until the bones
lose their crispness. Open the heart to
the very center. Have nearly a cup
full of rice; add a cupful Of chopped
meat, and season with salt and pep
per. Put teaspoonful of this mix
ture in the center of the cabbage; fold
over the first little leaves, then add
another layer of the mixture and fold
over the second leaves, and SO on.
Tie piece Of cheesecloth and throw
in boiling water with a little salt),
simmer gently one hour. remove the
cheesecloth, drain dish and pour over
a pint of cream sauce or drain butter
sauce.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

If a little butter is rubbed round
the spout of a teapot it will prevent
the tea from trucking down when 1t
is poured out.
Prevent cheese becoming modify by
wrapping it in cloth which has been
dipped in vinegar and wrung as dry
as possible. Keep in cool place.
If you find difficulty in threading
your needle, try holding it in front of
a piece of white paper. This shows
up the eye, and the needle is much
easier to thread.
If a sheet of paper is laid at the
bottom of crate so as to prevent air
from coming up between the bars.
and a fire built on this and lighted
from the top, such fire will be prac-
tically smokeless.
One of the best places to store blan.
kets which are not being used is I'M
der a mattress which Is continually
slept upon, as here they are kept
comparatively well aired, and need
little extra exposure to the fire before
being used.
When IL IS necessary TO clean win
dows in damp weather. use a little
methylated spirit. and you will polish
the windows in half the time. as the
spirit evaporates. and dries the SUI
perfluous moisture as it goes.
Without care, knives not in use
soon spoil. Keep them in box in
which sifted quicklime has been
placed. The blades should be cover
ed with this, but II must not touch
the handles. which should be occa-
sionally exposed 10 the air to keep
them from turning yellow.
After fiannelette articles have been
washed they should be rlnsed in
wate- in which one ounce of alum or
sal ammonia has been dissolved.
This little preeaution may be the
means of saving many little lives
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
CHOCOLATE FUDGE.

Put two cups of sugar, two-thirda
cup of milk and two squares Of choco-
late together in granite saucepan.
and when it has boiled four minutes
test to see If soft ball will form when
a little is dropped in cold water and
rubbed between the fingers. After
three minutes cooking add rounding
teaspoon of butter. When the fudge
will become a soft ball add half tea
spoon of vanilla, and take from the
fire. Stir until smooth and thick
enough to keep in shape; then spread
a half inch thick in shallow buttered
pan. Mark off in squares as 1t cools
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
Efarn yfha PriReess.W

from aThs Princess"
WVAen am come to the House Of the
Dead,
Promise me this--the Princess said:
Once year when the land grows
green.
And the pulse Of the world beats
strong once more,
Come to the place of my frozen sleep,
Lift the latch of my silent door.
Carry me forth to the world loved
The bright warm world that left
behind
Give me the glimpse of the sun again,
The open sky and the touch OF the
wind.
Take me back to the streets knew,
The noise and the clamor, and the
gay unrest;
The laughter and cries and the broken
songs
OF the old glad life loved the best.
Wu6u ye COme " q PloSS enot ~
women knew,
Where the tall palms crowd in the
temple square,
And q rose vine swings like pen
dant flame
Let me rest for moment there!
Carry me forth as BELTS my state,
Save-girls and futeplayers on be.
fore;
Just one day in the happy world,
Then turn in peace from my silent
door.
When I am come to the House of the
Dead,
Promise me thistle Princess said.
Arthur Ketchum, in the Atlantic.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
IRIDIUM LAMP FILAMENTs.
A Resort to Them in the Effort to
Find Satisfactory Substitute
For Carbon

VI Sdtb
The objection to carbon fllaments-
disintegration, fusing with strong
currents, and therefore waste of en-
ergy through the necessary employ
ment of weak ones-have led to many
attempts to construct filament OF
greater efficiency and durability.
In the infancy of incandescent
lighting experiments were made with
metals of the platinum group These
experiments have lately been resum-
ed, the greatest hope of success be-
ing placed on osmium. But osmium
is by no means unobjectionable. Like
carbon, 1t vaporizes at bright white
heat, and if air is present, as in an
imperfectly exhausted bulb, it forms
hyperrosmic acid which, even in q
very small quantity, is exceedingly
injurious to the lungs and the eyes.
Similar objections apply to ruthen-
ium. Iridium is the only member OF
the group which is neither vaporized
nor oxidized at white heat. Fused
iridium is free from osmium, ruthen-
ium, and palladium, which are vapor-
lied during fusion.
Edison has recommended filaments
of iridium wire-but the metal is ex-
tremely brittle and cannot, according
to Guelcher, of Charlottenburg, be
drawn into wire. With care it can be
rolled into strips 1872 inch thick, but
it is impossible to make such a strip
of either circular or uniform cross
section.
Guelcher has, however, succeeded
in producing round and uniform iri-
dunn filaments by mixing fine iridium
powder with vegetable glue. forcing
the paste through a perforated plate
by hydraulic pressure, drying the fla
ments and heating them to whiteness
in an oxy-hydrogen flame. The fila-
ments thus produced have a bright
metallic lustre, and though very hard
are flexible enough to be used in cleo
trio bulbs. They are said to be very
durable and economical of power.
Instead of the chemically-pure
metal. iridium powder as precipitated
from solutions may be used. AS this
contains some oxide, the filaments,
before being heated, must be exposed
to the action of stream of hydro
gen.
Without this precaution they would
explode on being heated. It should
be noted that the heating must be
done in an exposed flame. not in a
covered crucible or bed of charcoal,
as the object is to effect complete
combustion of the adhesive AMI leave
nothing but pure iridium.-From the
German in Umschau.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
oMELET souFFLE.

Beat the whites of three eggs very
stiff; beat the yolks; add them to the
whites, then add one and one-haf Ia
blespoonfuls of sifted powdered
sugar and the juice of half small
lemon; put these ingredients to-
gether very carefully and heap by
the spoonful into buttered baking
dish or in paper cases; dredge with
powdered sugar and bake in moder-
ate oven until golden brown, about
twelve minutes; serve as soon as re-
moved.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
ASPARAGUS.

Scrape the stalks. till they are
clean, throw them into a pan OF
water, tie them up in bundles. cut OF
the stalks at the bottom all of
length, leaving enough to serve as a
handle for the green part; put them
into stewpan of boiling water with
a handful of salt in it; let boil un-
til tender at the stalk, which will be
in about 80 minutes; when they are
tender, take them up that instant;
while the asparagus is boiling toast
a slice of bread about IL inch thick;
brown it delicately on both sides; dip
it lightly in the liquor the asparagus
was boiled in and lay in the middle Of
a dish; put asparagus on top Of
toast; now brown some butter a light
brown in a pan; when brown take of
the stove and add a spoonful of the
liquor the asparagus was boiled in
and put over asparagus and toast.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
DUCK WITH GREEN PEAS.

Clean a duck, prepare it as for
roasting; put in saucepan a small
piece of butter and IA pound salt
pork cut in dice; when butter is not
put in duck and brown on both sides;
then add pint boiling water ana
pepper and a little onion juice; cover
and cook IL hour; add pint OF she'll
ed green peas; cook As minutes
more; serve duck on platter with
green peas around it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
UNsELFIsHNEss OF WOMEN.

Much has been said and much more
written in recent years about the self
ishness and frivolity of fashionable
women-so much. in fact. that only
occasionally has some one been brave
enough to say a word in their defence.
There is no reason to doubt, however.
that in all that goes to make up true
womanhood the fashionable set would
be able to furnish its quota of noble
women whom to know is a liberal edu-
cation. Chicago has just furnished
such an illustration in the person OF
one of its best known women. whose
little daughter. an invalid for years.
was recently stricken with smallpox
and removed to the pesthouse. The
mother, however, refused to part from
her child, nursed 1t back to health and
strength, and then stricken herself by
the dread disease.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16
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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-12-16

PEANUT COOKIES.

One-fourth cup butter, one-half cur
sugar, cream together, three-fourths
cup peanuts, rolled fine; one egg, well
beaten; two tablespoons of milk.
sweet; one cut flour; one and a half
teaspoonfuls of baking powder; drop
a teaspoonful on buttered pans and
bake in quick oven.