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The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-07-08
STATE MALTA AT THE FAIR

An order was issued from the
headquarters of the state guard
Tuesday naming twelve companies
of militia which will compose a
provisional regiment to be taken
to St. Louis for weeks encamp-
ment at the Worlds Fair grounds
during the week beginning Sep
TENDER Is.
Col. Charles T. Duke of Monti-
cello, is named as colonel of the
provisional regiment, and the COM
panies included in the order are
those located at Helena, Jonesbo-
TO, Sloan Springs, Beebe, Osce-
ola, Texarkana, Pine Bluff, Nor
rilton, Ola, Black Rock and the
two at Little Rock.
Under the provisions of the or
der, other companies will also be
represented in the regiment, as the
company commanders are required
to recruit their companies up to
the limit Of sixty men from the
companies stationed nearest to
them, and which took part in the
recent inspection. In this way it
IS expected that Arkansas will be
represented at St. Louis by reg
iment of the best-drilled men in
the state.
The selection of the twelve COM
panies to compose the regiment
was based upon the reports of
Brig. Gen. Hayes and Capt. Bent,
the regular army officers who re-
Gently inspected the Arkansas NAL
tia. From these reports Maj.
Gen. Haynes, commanding the
Arkansas state guard, secured the
information from which to choose
the twelve companies for the en-
campment at St. Louis.
Arrangements have been COM
pleted for the weeks encampment
on the Worlds Fair grounds, and
the remaining time until the date
of the encampment will be spent
in drilling the regiment. Every
member Of the regiment will have
complete new equipment, and
every effort will be made to rend-
err the Arkansas regiment one of
the best-drilled and best-equipped
commands sent to ST. Louis by
any state.
The Newark journal. (Newark, Ark.) 1901-1959, 1904-07-08

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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
The ColttmbineS.

We are the Columbines who. night by
Dance for your pleasure IN the garish
light.
Red-lipped. with swift. white feet that
know no pause,
With laughter overload and eyes too
bright.
To win your Iistless. cynical applause
We are the Columbines to whom you call
For jest and merriment and carnival.
Buying our gladness at the market
Tossing the careless coin to one and all.
Scorning the purchase with a wit too
nice.
We are the Columbines who may not
grieve,
Whom no man asks to pardon or believe.
Who have no tears, no sorrow. no
A mimic Juliet you kiss and leave.
The rose of yesterday you soon forget
We are the Columbines who sometimes
To watch your windows where the home
lights burn,
Feeling the woman's shadow on the
Fall on our hearts that take too long to
learn
Their lesson of light laughter. light
disdain.
We are the Columbines, life's bubbles
Hither OiD%n and thither. crimson poppies
For beauty and forgetfulness-no
more;
Ours but to give, never to gain or own,
To know our poverty and laugh there
for.
We are the Columbines-my masters.
Dance we not welI?-laugh we not
merrily?
Beautiful, soulless, blooming but a
day,
All, who would not the moments Pierrot
be
TO laugh and kiss-and yawn and turn
awayi
THEoDosIA GARRISON in July Smart
Set
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
The Most Popular Book.

On Wednesday. March z. 1904, "a nu-
merous and respectable meeting Of per-
sons of various denominations" was
held at the London Tavern, and a So
ciety formed to promote the circula-
tion Of the Holy Scriptures in the prin-
cipal living languages" At that time
the Bible, or portions Of 1t. could be
obtained in about forty living
languages, spoken by two-tenths OF
the race. During the century since the
meeting at the London Tavern ad-
jOurned, and very largely from the
machinery then and there started, the
Scriptures have been translated into
450 languages and dialects, understood
by seven-tenths Of the race. BY the
London society alone $50, 900 900 copies
have been distributed. at an expense OF
s70.OO0,OO0 If we add to this total the
70,0O000O copies already distributed by
the younger American Bible Society.
and the unknown millions printed and
sold by private enterprise. we find our
selves inside a safe estimate II we hold
that certainly 300, ,OOO, 900 copies OF the
Scriptures, in whole or separate books
or portions. have gone into circulation
during the last century.
Amazement attends the study Of the
Bible, whatever the point OF view or
the course pursued. But nothing about
the Bible is more amazing than it's
continuous, universal and utterly un-
paralleled popularity. In nearly every
II not every country on earth where
books are sold more Bibles are sold
than any other book. Last year the
British and Foreign Bible Society alone
distributed 5,94S.775 copies, the majority
by sale. in $40 languages. covering
every part Of the globe. And the issue
by the American society for the year
amounted to 1,s9s,55s Bibles and por-
tions.-The Century.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
Edapard'S S Diplomacy.

Let US briefly inquire into those quail
tiles which make the King successful
as a diplomatist, which give him his
personal equipment. 1t is significant
that our present sovereign has made
no tactical mistakes, has, both as
Prince Of Wales and King, turned the
flank of more than one false movement,
and has, by his intelligence and skill,
won the admiration Of intellectual
men. He has been called shrewd, but l
prefer to think of him as man of tenn
perament and imagination, with an in
stinct as keen as that of a dramatist,
or painter, and with the impulses of
the instinct rationalized by wide and
high experience, and by the best of
knowledge-that directly gained viva
voce from the ablest men Of the world.
In such associations, in this sort Of
tuition, he has had the heart of the
thing laid bare. the essentials concise
ly presented for him to apply at once
in the discharge Of his public duties.
1 believe that the King is naturally one
of the most impulsive men in his en-
pire, but his intellectual qualities, and
his capacity for comparison, historical
and immediate, his curious ability in
feeling what the other man is think
ing" have steadied to powerful use
that temperament which, left to -four
ish unhampered by the convention of
duty, necessity, and high responsible
ity, might have been called genius. In
truth, the King has genius of a kind,
if he is not to be called a genius, hap
PLY for himself. All that rare faculty
for saying and doing the right thing,
for remembering faces and incidents,
and people and places-it is all the
equipment Of the man Of temperament,
it is the secret Of his popularity.
Geniality is no name for ii, for he feels
when to be genial and he knows when
to be "icily" regular. He is too pow
erful in temperament to be merely
genial" With such a temperament as
he possesses there is also dormant in
his Majesty a certain irascibility, due
TO his capacity to feel strongly, to the
sharp decision Of his mind. He is no
waverer, he does not need to lean on
others. and he has a keen impatience
with the dull or the inane; but long
ago the native irascibility was brought
and kept-under control. Still, the
capacity to be wilful-to be impetuous,
to be impulsive-lies at the very root of
his strength. 1t all belongs to his in
f1uence upon men, quite apart from
the power in the state which he repre-
sents. Men who know the things that
count in intellectual equipment have
never under-ated the Kings knowl-
edge; and his capacity for seeing all
sides of a question, thouf he is known
to take one ~e very strongly, and
that not from natural prediction but
according to his own judgment, right
or wrong.-Sir Gilbert Parker, NJ. p,
in July Smart Set.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
Realism.

Artists often have to DO queer things
to get realistic effects. Recently a
painter who has made something of a
reputation with his pictures of animals
wished to paint dog tugging at
rope-straining every muscle to get
away. He thought in this way to make
q vivid reproduction of muscular ten
sion. But it was not easy to get his
model. Finally he hit upon the plan
of starving his own dog until the ami
nal had a keen appetite, and then
tying him in the studio Just out of
reach of a chicken tied with cord
around one leg.
The painting progressed all right for
a time. The chicken didn't like her
proximity to the dog, tugging at his
rope, but after a few hours grew used
TO it and stopped making a fuss But
the bulldog kept right at work tugging
at his rope, and finally it gave way
with a Joyful snap.
The chicken, in the agony Of the first
attack, broke its own cord, and then
there was a helter-skelter Hopping and
scrambling, in which easels were over
turned and canvases, paint brushes and
palettes knocked about. This kept up
for five minutes, until the chicken was
killed. The dog had chicken for dinner
that night, but the artist uses chains
now instead of cords to tie up his ami
rnals.-New York Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
Il Plea for the Birds.

NEW YORK, June 10.
Editor of The Call-Dear Sir: We
are told in the Bible that God created
every winged fowl afr hfs kind; and
God saw that it was good. And God
blessed them, saying. be fruitful, and
let fowl multiply in the earth"
1t is a sad fact that man is not per-
mitting the birds Of the air to multiply
as God directs; they are wantonly
killed for sport by men, and boys de-
stroy thousands of eggs and nestlings
each year. Fashion DEGREES that
women must wear the plumage Of wild
birds for ornaments. Glance at the
bonnets worn at any church service
and note the large number of graceful
plumes known as "Aigrettes." There
is not a woman that does not know
that these plumes are obtained only
by the most cruel and barbarous meth
DDS. How can she kneel and partake
of the holy communion while wearing
them?
Can the children of the Sunday
schools grow to be gooO men and
women unless they are taught that
kindness to all CO wild creatures IS
a part of Christian life? The Saviour
saws a sparrow shall not fall on the
ground without your Father" This
certainly means that human beings
will be held responsible for all acts Of
cruelty to even the most humble of
Gods creatures
Birds are a check on insect life and
so lessen the labor of the tiller of the
soil. Scientific study during the past
two .S~cades has demonstrated the fact
tat birds are the most valuable
friends the agriculturist has: they de-
stroy insect pests and noxious vermin;
they also eat thousands of tons Of
weed seeds which If left to propagate
would soon overrun the land.
Birds require no pay for their labors.
they only ask to be let c-lone to enjoy
in peace and safety the life the Creator
gave them. the same light that every
good citizen enjoys.
Are clersymen doing their duty if
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
An Embeyor's Gift.

The Tageblatt has rather pretty
story of the German Emperor and pic
ture postcards. On his Mediterranean
cruise he was accompanied by his old
gympastic instructor. but before the
instructors departure his daughter had
made him promise to send her a pic
ture postcard signed by the Emperor.
The request seemed scarcely possible Of
fulfillment, but it happened that while
at Gibraltar after lunch the Emperor
sent for some picture postcards, as
usual, and sent them around the table
for the signatures of the company.
They were intended for his own little
daughter, who, as he said, is a keen
collector. The old instructor seized
the opportunity to mention the COM
mand laid upon himself, and the EN-
peror. smiling, signed one of the cards
and had it sent off to the Instructors
daughter with those destined for the
Princess.-Westminster Gazette.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
Warden Tompkins' BaIlSeye.


John W. Tomphns, Warden OF the
State Penitentiary at San Quentin, Is
of the opinion that a prison guard who
does not know how to shoot a pistol,
rifle and shotgun is not Of much value
on the walls that enclose 1400 wearers
Of the black and white felons' stripes.
Warden Tonpkins practices that which
he breaches.
He has established regulation pistol
practice range and a standard 200
yards rife target range for the service
Of his men. And he not only sees to it
that the guards do study to aim
straight. but the Warden himself takes
part in the drill at the targets. Warden
Tompkins is an expert on small arms.
splendid shot and possessed of fine
technical and practical knowledge Of
rifles and pistols.
Several days ago the Warden and
some Of his men were shooting on the
rifle range. The day was very windy
and the brisk breeze that blew over
the unsheltered range was not con-
ducive to good work. And 1t was near
to the close Of the day, the light being
none too good. Under these conditions
the 35's. S8's and thereabouts scored
out of possible SOS by the guards were
we'll enough. But Warden Tompkins
opened his mems eyes. With ten sue
cessive shots he scored 45, and the last
bullets were fired at dusk. That stands
as the record to date. The Warden is
going to conduct competitive shoots
among the guards In the nine months
Warden Tompkins has been in charge
the shooting records of the guards have
improved so per cent
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
EAST SIDE CONSOLIDATION.

m AYOR OLNEY of Oakland has put in definite
I'M shape the proposition consolidate Berkeley
4 and intermediate towns with Oakland and to
project the policy the harbor and take in
Alameda The matter under discussion and already it
apparent that the objection the loss of
identity that will befan Berkeley and Alameda when
they become only the city and county of Oakland.
The objection is something than sentimental
and must be removed before consolidation can be eff
fected Meantime physical consolidation is going on
rapidly. There is continuous population from the
south front of Oakland to the north line of Berkeley
The nterurban electric roads have done that But each
separate has pride of identity and all jealous of
the bigger city of Oakland which the name and
the Berkeley has the university and does not
want that institution transferred to Oakland and will
bear the Ills she has rather than cancel her name off
the map.
When the project for greater New York took shape
it met by the objection, which held it at a
standsll for long time Finally plan found that
would satisfy the pride of identity and at the same time
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
RnfSSOnLi.

Raissouli. the bandit who kidnapped
Mr.. Perdicaris and his English stepson,
is said to be very worthy person, a
good father, a faithful son, the hus-
band of a minimum of Moslem wives
and thrifty and enterprising genius.
with turn for eOmmercialism, which
has raised him above his former hum
bic estate as a downtrodden peasant
in the tolls Of Jewish money-Ienders.
He and his fellow villagers were falling
ever deeper in debt to the Jews: the
more they paid the more they seemed
to owe, and they felt the tolls closing
around them. Then Raissoui had a bril-
liant idea: why not burn the Jewish
village and destroy all evidence OF in
debtedness at one fell swoop? He tried
It, and his consequent emancipation
was the beginning Of a new life for
RaIssouli, who is said to be a second
Namgay Doola. a red-headed, red
bearded savage Of great muscular force
and few scruples. He has prospered
in the work Of village burning, and has
an enthusiastic following, for whom he
is what Napoleon was for the Old
Guard He is even likely to rival Bu-
Hamara, the pretender. who nearly
shook the throne Of Morocco a year
ago. AS Bu-Hamara's following has
diminished. the adherents Of RaissouH
have increased and multiplied, and he
will certainly gain great prestige IL the
result Of the present situation is that,
under pressure Of the powers. the Sui
tan sends a special embassy to the
brigand to ask for terms, carrying rich
Weekly
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
STOCKTON TEACHERS SALARIES.

T HE Stockton City Board of Education has placed
Itself squarely record concerning the compensa-
ton of teachers in the public schools incidentally
the members of the board submitting report have hit
upor may topics of general concern that their
sonng and presentation of facts have than the
ordinary interest The minimum salary of Stockton's
grade teachers raised from $500 5000 per annum,
while the maximum grade salary is raised from $3.50 to
5000 The salaries of the principals of the smaller schools
increased from 5000 $1,000. In the high school
certain salaries advanced.
Among the conclusions reached by the board some
worth attention throughout the State 1t set an
axiom that among the requisites of teachers tact in
management, and kindly disposition and the
health strength and sbiy and inclination for constant
Improvement Added to these specifications the board
holds it be essential tha teachers shall be possessed
of moral character bove reproach and that they shall
have social training shown in personal manners,
habits and dress that will present good example to the
children.
Tie action of the board in raising salaries is based
upon several considerations Stated concisey these
that the growing compensation of the Stockton teachers
has kept pace with the higher standards of work
demanded in the schools that the extended train
ing required takes from six years time
than formerly necessary to properly equip the
teacher; that during the period when the cost of living
has increased there has been marked advance in the
salaries in all lines of 2rc ssona work with the excep
ton of those for teaching that the time and expense
involved IN becoming competent teacher equal such
cays in fitting Tor any other profession; that teachers
have right support that bears just relation to the
kind of work they Going and to the ability needed to
do it WE'LL
Prior voting to give the teachers money for
their services the board inquired how to the
penSaton The conclusion arrived at that teachers
who have made teaching life work entitled to the
largest maximum salary that the city is able pay In
making the adjustment the stand taken that no
salary should De icduced and that all ought to be in
creased.
Applying the schedule salaries paid the individual
teachers shows increase for the coming year of to
2S per those that have been paid The largest
increase granted the younger teachers in the school
department, with substantial increase those who
have served many years.
1t found that schedule based flat salary
would result in cutting the salaries of nineteen teachers
and that basis dropped without further consdera-
ton. This question raised when the board con-
fronted inquiry whether all teachers should be paid
the salary should be compensated according
training and experience 1t also ascertained that
reducing the number of to eapse before the maxi
is reached would down pay of fifteen teach
and that idea rejected Clearly the purpose in
Stockton to encourage the teachers much pos
sble and to provide sufficient salaries make OBJ
ject for persons of ability continue instruct the
young.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

The Board of Public Works has decided that the alb
of all employees the Office shall be duly recorded
check to what appears to be general neglect of duty
the part of many insubordnaes. 1t almost in
credible that municipal department of San Francisco
will become revolutionary in its methods
suggest that its employees must give to the city an
equivalent for their salaries The tax-eater has fallen
unou evil daYs
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
carry the benefits of consolidated government Brook

carry the benefits of consolidated government Brook
yn became the Borough of Brooklyn, New York the
Borough of Manhattan, above the Harlem River the
Borough of Bronx all under the charter and
of Greater New York We of the opinion that it
will be found quite easy consolidate the Borough of
Berkeley and borough of the intermediate territory
with Oakland say, the Borough of Peralta and the
Borough of Alameda all under the charter of the city
an county of Oakland Each will retain its identity
with its separate borough organization and all will get
rid of the costly and unnecessary dual government from
which all saffer in useless taxation
We would advise that the discussion of the subject be
addressed to this proposed creation and consolidation of
boroughs into Debate will develop the
legal hndrances. which be cleared and then
il the game be worth the candle the benefit of conso-
daon justify the effort necessary to make straight the
legal path to it. the work aimed at definite
object
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

Experts have decided that at least seventyve thou
sand dollars will be necessary to repair the damage to
the great reigher Agoa, whose captain economically
inspired tried to bring the ship safely through the
Golden Gate Everybody concerned is probably ready
to admit that this is somewhat expensive if dan
gerous substitute for plotage Experience however is
too frequently like the lights of vessel illumin
ing only the path behind
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

Montana convict was pardoned from the peniten-
ay the other day after he had served twenty years of
life for crime of which he gultless.
life's rewards and punshments may be estimated in
comparisons what indeed be the thoughts of this
as he steps again into the world of freedomA He
will take small comfort in the fact that by of the
tragic mistakes of fate he made victim
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

Again the exuting cry has gone forth that gold has
been found beneath the of San Francisco and the
tongues of the creduous waggng in of amaze
ment. We don't need the boom of this discovery. We
have gold enough in marts and manufactures, our
trade and varied industries, little for revival Of
the stimulus that gave first in the Western
World of civilization.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26
HnSzcerS to Queries.

POFULATION-A Subscriber. Santa
Barbara. Cal. There was no census OF
the population Of the United States.
The census is taken every ten years. In
1890 it was 62.622. $50 In 1900 It was
76, 303, ,3S7.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

The diplomatic representatives of France and Ger
many stoned by the Palace Guards at Port au
Prince the other day and it looks if Hayti is to
have taste of discipline that will make of her
revolutions recreation in comparison.
pruning of the Palace Guards by French and German
bullets would probably be accepted even by Hayti as
an unfnixed blessing
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-26

BUTTER-H. c., La Panza, San Luis
Obispo County. Cal. The following is
given as a method for preserving butter
by salting: Mix we'll together one
ounce each Of saltpeter and white sugar
and two ounces Of the best salt, all In
very fine powder; then add one ounce
of this mixture to every pound OF but
ter and thoroughly incorporate them
together The butter thus prepared is
then to be tightly pressed into clean
glazed earthenware vessels, so as to
have no vacant spaces. This butter
does not taste well until it has stood for
two or three weeks. after which it ac-
quires a rich marrow flavor. which no
other butter possesses. Any good. we'll
made fresh butter. free from butter
milk. viii succeed by this method, but
the application of it to butter clarified
by the Tartar plan produces an article
that will keep good longer than butter
cured by any other process The fol-
lowing is the Tartar plan alluded to in
the above: Melt the butter in WELL
glazed earthen pans at a heat not ex-
ceeding $50 degrees Fahrenheit in a
water bath, and keep it heated. skim
ming it from time to time. until the
butter becomes quite transparent; then
pour on the clear into another vessel
and cool it as quickly as possible bv
surrounding it with cold water or Ice
1t is said that butter melted bv the
Tartar method and then salted in the
manner above described will keen good
and hne-tasting for a period of two
years"