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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02
EXACT OBEDIENCE.

Tissot, the distinguished painter,
who died recently, while at work on
his Life of Jesus took extraordi
nary pains to have every detail abso
lntely correct, and flattered himself
that he had not made a single error.
until one day he happened to show =
critic water-color drawing in which
the pa, Ale of the fig tree was deblct.
ed Knowing that this drawing was
intended to form part of the series en-.
titled Life of Jesus" the critic ex-
amfned it very carefully, and finally
sad: i am just wondering why
there are SO many aloes in the gar.
den. DO you intend the scene to be
typical of the time of Christ or is il
an ordinary scene, suitable for anv
time?"
My sole object it painting that
garden was to depict a familiar scene
IN the life of Christ answered tho
@shN assure Won thot r
have taken the utmost pains NOT tn in
troduce into the scene anvtb;n, th.+
would be out Of harmony with +ha
epoch"
nevertheless, you have made ono
piunder,' replied the critic: cor j. -
a well-known fact that aloes wero ,ot
introduced into the HOLY Land ~,
into any of the countries adioin;na ~.
a,,a.t -"s",'er.anean' III near, until after the ~son.
quest OF Mexico by the spaniards
Tissot at once laid aside all n..o.
work and did not .est until he baa ~
moved the Objectionable aloes s.
the garden. Shall painter ha n.. o
careful for exactness on ner;asa,,
canvas than we to make o,. ao'e 90
ohedient to the will of orr uo. 'es
Father?-Michigan Christian seuiy n
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

"'All ready, Johnny" He caught
hold of his mothers hand and made
no his mind he wouldn't cry. even ii
he had to bite his tongue off. Along
three blocks, past all the familiar
landmarks that looked different some-
how to what they had ever done be-
fore the boy was led until they reach
n1 the front of the big, dingy-looking
schoolhouse.
few moments afterward he heard
the teacher call his name. but when
STE teacher or schoolroom or any
gh:ng else His eyes were filling up
with hot. salty tears. but still he kept
irving hard to be man.
II was useless, though. He nHght
have pulled through all right. but ne
heard two short yaps out on the street
lust below him. and. tearing to the
window. saw the faithful Biff staring
up in amazement at the schoohouse.
Then he sank into the nearest seat,
and. LAYING his head on the desk IN
font of him, cried as if his little heaft
would break.
His sobs semed to be signal In
;wo minutes half the deso1ate boys
md eirls in the room were mourning
audibfv. and even Biff out on 1he
sidewalk, catching some SOUNDS Oh
xr,ef, lifted up his head to the sNes
and howled in company
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02
WHO KNOWS WHAT IS SMALL

A doctor pricked his finger with a
raed,e in an operation. 1t was Dut
t.;f,o hu+ # resulted in blood poison
ing and he died. 49,,
how struck round bone with fs-
hockey stick. 1t was small 'ninf
,,t the hone struck another boy an~
destroyed one of his eyes.
Pick up a newspaper any day ana
look for the great consequences OF
small things, and you will see that
many small things are not small
things at all, but things OF great I'M
pcrtance.
Things are right or wrong accord
ing to their nature, but they are not
great or small according to their con.
seouences. Almost all seeds are
small. They have in them their own
characteristic qualities, but only the
issue will reveal the magnitude of the
possibilities enfolded in those seeds.
We cannot tell whether thing is
small or not We may think it Is OF
small moment, but We do not know.
The only right thing to do is to 90
right in everything. Then we need
have no fear, for action is to be deterS
mined, not by whether things are like<
1c +o ha ~ irnnOrtancp or not but
whether they are right or not. If they
are right. We can feel safe about the
consequences. whether great or small.
Selected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02
JOhnr1v'S First Week At School

Of ascertaining the true mental status
oe each child under her care.
When this game was over the first
day Of school was over, too. All
round the door, as the children bade
their teacher an effectionate good-by,
were clustered older brothers and SIS
tcrs to take their charges away. A
very few minutes afterwards in homes
all over the district eager and delight
ed little ones were giving a breath
less account Of their first experience
"And did you cry" said Johnnys
mother, "after I left you."
eyes, maam," said Johnny.
"Well. boy. so did H. And she
kissed him again and gave him the
thickest spread of bread and jam she
could cut. Biff, mad with JOY, tugged
a, his stocking while he ate it.
fow hours afterwards when John
ny's father came home the whole
eyentful story was told over again.
The grave man Of business listened
apparently bored, JUS as if he had
rot made an ass of himself dozeh
times during the day by breaking in
on interviews with valued clients to
FOL, them that his Youngest hopeful
had been packed off to school that
morning for the first time
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

The young teacher stood facing th's
ranic of grief. distressed ana oncei'
a,;n. Then she determined to go TOT 'h~
nrincipal. and the latter. qulcK-"'''
led. motherly woman. who kne" ps
experience what to do hurried over
r., tho second grade room. brought oo'
. dozen children and set them 10 WORK
singing and playing games among u'e
frightened herd of little ones.
These second grade boys and g'r'S'
,bonoh only year removed from sim
7lar experiences, entered into the "orh
,,.rr,,v and eagerly. Like sprltes OF
Feirvland drawing frightened chlloreh
81, .ha sweet mountain paths from
J,earv CITY highways. they accon'p'is''-
nj what no teacher could nave oohe'
.nd hapan to draw the little ones lh'o
~, ,.ths of learning before theE
knew anything agout IT.
Our Johnny and all the Diners soo''
began to dry their eyes ana 100" w
~ tho merrymaking with interest. l"
faw minutes they were rolhpin5
,,nnd with the. rest, and then Tue
seeond.grade pupils, their mission ac-
romn,;shed, went back to. their own
room.
II school was to be like TINS, 'heh
x,;nos might NOT be so bad after all
1chnnv and his compaions wondered
tho morning went on win tue
,,mes and the little songs ana russ
and Boots still in progress, "heh ''e
,,nhahet was 20 be brought out.
This certainly was not IKE ehe
,.,hoo, he had been told about Al
that mythical institution there was
rterr.,ooking woman with a long
s,itch consantly in her hand, there
WIS bitter struggle to master an
Sorts of intricate problems Of A . =
r,u1tiplication, division, ssuo'rac'ioh
and the rest, and there were rows up
an rows of rebellious boys and girls
.,tb inky fingers that struggled Win
,.,4books and copy books till arms and
arain alike were tired.
1ohnny's father. just an ORDINARY
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02
LUCY. THE CAPABLE

Lucy and Lily Avery. two pretty
sisters. we're busy over the deserted
breakfast table clearing away the
dishes and speaking in animated cor
versation.
81 tell YOU mama must have the Wis
It with Aunt Mary: it means SO much
to her in her present state OF health
declared dark, energetic Lucy emphar-
ically.
"But you know what papa said
yentured blond, slim Lily. He would
love to send mama on the visit for
he realizes how much she needs both
rest and change. but he simply can't
afford IL
'It isn't that that / am thinking OF,
replied Lucy. 4 know papa $ finan-
cial straits perfectly. an@ hat is one
thing which worries poor mama, too.
But it is useless for us to waste time
| arguing a subject that We hear dis
cussed. pro and con- three 'imes.a day,
OF as often as papa is with us.
why, sister, you speak as if you
blame papa for talking over his busi-
ness. Where else should he go but
90 his family with his worries, I'd like
to know
And Lily,s face wore a nurt, as we'll
as a yexed expression.
We'll, I cant see the advantage of
talking over hard times to the exclu
sion of all other SUBJECTS calmly re-
piled Lucy. But / don't mean to dis
cuss that point further with either
Papa or you The burden of my
thoughts just now is the problem of
how TO get mama two new dresses
one for travelling aud one for fix-up---
and pay her expenses east TO Aunt
Mary's. for that she is going have
fully made up my mind.
Then Lucy took a big tray Of dishes
to the kitchen and put them on the
sink, turning on the hot water, pre-
paratory to washing them. Lily fol
lowed with the cotfee.pot. which she
absent -mindediy set on the floor be
hind the stove.
"Why, Lily. what did you put th,
coffee pot there for" asked Lucy Are
you dreaming?" And Lucy laughed
merrily.
Lily picked the coffee-Dot up, turned
the grounds out Of it into strainer
and began to rinse.
No sister. am not dreaming; bu'
/ am wondering how on earth you In
tend to do the impossible Now, lovt
mama as much as you do. but flattel
myself that | am too we'll balanced K
build air castles. and hope for thei1
realization. Why, papa can't ever
meet the interest OH
"Never mind the interest, nor th'
taxes, nor the rent nor any OF th'
calamity topics" firmly commande'
Lucy. sI az figuring on plan who'll,
independent of papa, I am 16 years OH
next month and am as strong as Samp
sen. Now, what is the experience o
years and physical strength for il no
to be turned to accuont? l mean t.
do something; and if you desire t.
help me, all the better"
"But what can we do?--if you mea'
by doing something to earn money"
inquired Lily, taking the tea towel am
drying the silver that Lucy was bring
ing bright and shining from the suds
well. I've been thinking, and think
ing, and thinking. till at last a schem
came to me of a sudden" said Lacy
"In fact, it struck me just as | sa
down to breakfast, and it has grown
till now it has become fully devei
oped."
what is the scheme. sister," ask
ed Lily, with much curiosity. "Yo'
certainly shall have my aid"
Then as the two went about finish
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02
4 stateman's Queer Amh,.,

The great Lord Grey haa
eh ton IA. above politics. He had nsaso: ol.
the reform bill, but that did ~ paSsea
,;, ,s,y MS S soul, There was talk OF Of Ts' sss'
iloni, and Grey said quite co.. VI rag
What would l give to dancs nestly.
as her!" The statesmen as Well
been Prime Minister aud had ~ ,.,. nad
lnaellole na1! MAJ mark on the history o,' ., an an
country was envious of an VI Ms
A1nesr' London Chronicle 2pera.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

After recess they all wonder
whether the fairyIand is to remain
or il it is at last TO give way TO the
dreaded inky fingers. But no: there
are not even any signs of this calam-
ity Instead, as soon as they are all
seated again with the newness begin
n;ng to wear off from their surround
ings, the teacher asks for volunteers
10 tell stories to the class. and gets
a response that keeps her busy slect-
ing the PERFORMS.
The total lack Of self-conscinosness
is marvellous in such young children.
They come to the front one after an
other, and without the slightest en-
barrassment face the rest of the class
as if it was the most natural thing
in the world, and lisp out, without
pause. the fairy tales and wonderful
adventures they have learnt at home
less1v. Johnny, who few hours be-
fore. was sobbing himself into a head
ache, had so far recovered during the
recess as to send Biff home with his
tail between his legs. and now stands
up smiling and tells the class all about
two little girls who went out walking
cne day, an one had golden hair an
one had blue eyes, an they saw a
house on top of hill an they vented
u it, an a witch lived there, an they
wasn't never seen in the world no
more. an next morning he whole hill
was covered with goldenrod an asters
an that's all.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

Johnny didn't know about it. He
wasn't quite sure-that is not as
sure as he was last week or the week
before or even last year. For whole
twelve months, ever since the day he
was five-years old, he had been dream
ing and planning and wondering about
the great, eventful moment when he
should go to school for the first time.
One sister as far along as the high
school and two highly respected and
greatly feared brothers in the fourth
and sixth grades had been bantering
him ever since his fifth bir hday and
promising him alternately all sorts of
delightful and horrible experiences.
Ard now the great day was here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

When Johnny took his seat the
teacher sent all the class to the black
boards around the room and told them
to draw a picture illustrating the Won
derful tale, which everybody proceed
ed to do, with the exception OF one lit
lie girl. who, missing her morning
ran. was fast asleep in her seat and
dreaming that she was back at home
with mother.
All the pictures having been drawn
and duly admired the pupils
we're given some exercises in
hide and seek One of them was sent
out of the room while the teacher Sc
creted rubber ball. When The child
came in to seek it the rest gave evil
dence of whenever he was "hot' or
cold" hv gentle or loud clapping. NO
better plan could be devised for as
certaining in a short time the charac'
teristics of each pupil. The bright,
the dull-witted, the awkward, the
graceful, appeared in turn. This sim
pie game of hide and seek is one Of
the most certain ways a teacher has
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

what certain advertisement proSt !
tho most results at given time, th
,s a nositive certainty concerning
steadv advertising in the newspaR [
One must advertise to get business
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

E'elhOdS used Wnen lie was DOy aS
travel on limited train is beyond
the progress of a prairie schooner.
Here on Johnny's first day there
were no tagging hours. Indeed. they
flew too fast alike for him and for
all the others in the room. for one
novel form of play succeeded another
without stop. When recess came
half of the infants believed school
vas over for the day, and the teacher
discovered just in time that they were
putting on their hats and coats to go
home. Indeed, after she had pointed
cui their mistake to them she was
very careful to follow them out to the
playground
It was just as we'll that she did.
Johnny and a dozen others began to
look Wistfullv in the direction or
home and wandered perilously near
the gate not that the school was not
q delightful surprise, but they were
be ginning to be wild to get off to
mother as speedily as possible mad
hurst in upon her with the wonder
full story of that eventful first day
Held within bounds, however. they
turned their attention to one another
and used the recess spell TO get ac-
quainted
children thrown into the company OF
cne another for the first time? 1t is
sight worth Watching The boys
huddle together in a corner and keep
as far as possible away from the
girls, apparently for protection against
the common enemy. The girls. ig-
uoring this attitude. get closer and
closer and begin unblushingly to make
eyes. several of them missing their
dc HES adopting the boys in their
places as a matter of course.
The latter hang back abashed. their
uothers soon overcome This restraint.
and before the signal that ends the
recess is given, they are al! good
companions. Johnny is appropriated
Ivy a flaxen-haired Young lady whose
flst name is Lucille, of exactly his
age. but so much bigger and more
alert that she might easily pass for
an elder sister.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02
BITS OF FEMtNtNtTY.

It is said pinking is to replace the
strapplng SO long popular as trim
ming
MousseIine waists of self-tone are
To be immensely popular to wear with
cloth walking suits
Brown, yellow and orange in every
possible shade will be the colors pop
uiar above all others for the fall sea
son.
Novelty shades, such as onion, old
red aud dahlia, are to be very much
favored for house wear
Paris has decrced the revival OF tAe
jam-pOt crown hat, and all the host
houses are showing models, copied
from he Marie Antoinette or direc-
| toire periods.
Black taffeta will be popular for
autumn and winter house gowns, buI
for the present shot green and black
rose and gray taffeta are very chic
Old Chinese clasps for belts, in
which oddlooking stones, powders al
most, are set, seem to have quite re.
| placed the turquoise matrix, which un-
til recently was much worn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

Mother was putting ON her hat In
The next room. and Johnny sat waiting
for her. all ready. swinging his legs
from the biggest chair in the house
and twisting his new cap into all sorts
Of creases with his nervous fingers.
He couldn't make UP his mind
whether to laugh or cry. 1t was great
70 be man and be able to go to
school like the rest and all that, and
yet there was a sinking sensation all
ever him that made him feel as if he
was about to be led out and executed.
Biff, the fox terrier, believing from
an the customary signs that Johnny
Was ready to go out end play. seam
pered about him and barl1ed with
delight. But he only got a quavering
gittle ooh. shut up" and walked to the
other end of the room in astonish-
ment
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

Novelty shades, such as onion, old
red aud dahlia, are to be very mfch
favored for house wear
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

kind of citizen, had dropped many
hints of this kind during the past
year, really believing the things to be
true and not knowing that our much
lLaligned school system has today
reached a point as far beyond the
r,ethods used when he was boy as
travel on limited train is beyond
the progress of a prairie schooner
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

Mousseline waists of self-tone are
to be immensely popular to wear with
cloth walking suits
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-02

It is said pinking is to replace the
SO long popular as trim
ming
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-29
OBITUARY..
James ". Nungezer.

James V. Nungezer died yesterday
morning at $50 o'clock at his resi-
dence, No. 313 Jones street, east. Mr.
Nungezer was 70 years of age. He
is survived by his twin brother, Mr.
William Nungezer, of Clio. a brother
Daniel E. Nungezer of this city. and
one daughter, Mrs. w. B. Spann, also
of Savannah. Mr.. Nungezer lived in
Savannah during his entire life. For
a number of years he was a carpenter
in the Central of Georgia employ.
His funeral will be held from The
First Presbyterian Church this after
noon, at A o'clock, Rev. w. p. Nc
Corkle officiating. The pallbearers will
be selected from Live Oak Lodge of
Odd Fellows, of which he was MEM
ber, and from the elders and deacons
of the First Presbyterian Church.
The pallbearers from Live Oak Lodge
will be Messrs. H. G.. Ward and Frank
Werm. The following deacons and
elders of the First Presbyterian Church
will act: Messrs. C. S. Wood, H. Way,
w. S. Thompson, M. Hood, Walter
Coney, L. w. Miller, H. F. Train, and
William Harden. The interment will
be in Laurel Grove Cemetery.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-29
SAUERKRAUT EXPLOSION.

From the New York Commercial.
An Oregon farmer who raises cab
bages and manufactures sauerkraut on
a large scale was recently trying to
sell fifty barrels of that delicacy to a
Front street dealer in Portland. The
dealer did not appear eager to buy.
He said he could hardly get rid Of
so much sauerkraut before summer,
and it was dangerous stuff to have
around in hot weather, for 1t was likely
to ferment in the barrels. He said his
partner and another dealer on the
street had deal in kraut some years
ago that was not profitable. They both
had big lot of the stuff, about eighty
barrels in ALL on a lower wharf on
the city front, and did not know what
to do with 1t, as the weather was be-
coming warm. Finally they agreed to
play cards to see who should have the
whole. and his partner. who was a
crackerjack at cribbage, won. They
decided to ship it to San Francisco,
but the next day one of the barrels
exploded, threw down part of the ware
house and plastered everything within
gunshet with the seething, fermenting
nasty-smelling stuff.
After cleaning up, the remaining bar
rels we're placed on q steamer and sent
to San Francisco. The night after
they were landed the warehouse in
which they were placed was burned,
and they lost the whole lot and mar
rowly escaped a big damage suit, as it
was charged that the fire was caused
by the spontaneous combustion of the
kraut Since that time he takes his
allowance of cabbage after being cook
ed with corned beef and we'll saturat-
ed with vinegar.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-29
BUSY WITH THAT TALK
OF THE NEW ALLIANCE,

st. Petersburg, March 2S.-The pa
pers are all discussing the possibility
of better relations between Russia and
Great Britain through the intermedi-
ary of France. The Novosti continues
to insist that the absence of conflict
ing interests is bound to bring Great
Britain and Russia together, as their
alliance would be of enormous ad-
vantage to both.
In diplomatic circles the possibility
of such a new triple alliance with it's
far-reaching consequences, attracts
considerable attention, the opinion be-
ing that it is not so fantastic as it at
first appeared. There is an intimation
from a well-informed quarter that King
Edward, who is now practically his
own Prime Minister, sincerely harbors
a desire to compose the long-standing
differences between Great Britain and
the empire of his nephew, and that
while the time is not yet ripe for the
satisfaction of this desire, the way is
being paved for its consummation.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-29

thousands of dollars, show that to-
night the danger and distress are
largely centralized in the Saginaw val
ley and around Grand Rapids in the
valley of the Grand river. At Grand
Rapids, too, marked improvement is
noted tonight.
At Saginaw, however, feeders of the
Saginaw river are bringing down tor
rents of water, the escape of which
into Saginaw bay is blocked by ice
gorges at and below Bay City.
At Grand Rapids it is estimated that
$4,000 people are in distress and at
Saginaw a large portion of the busi-
ness section of the city is flooded.
On the Shiawassee river to-day near
Chesaning twenty-five families were
rescued from their homes on sugar
beet farm just in the nick of time be-
fore their houses were almost entirely
submerged. Gilbert Bertram, a fore
man for the sugar company, lost
his life trying to save some of the
property. He was in the water five
hours and died from exposure.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-29
RUSSIAN TRAITOR WILL
BE SENT TO SIBERIA.

st. Petersburg, March 2S.-Capt. Irk-
orff of the Manchurian commissariat
service, sentenced to twenty-five years
penal servitude for having sold infor-
nation in connection with the quar-
termaster's department to Lieut.. Col
Akashi, ex-military attache of the Jap
anese legation at st. Petersburg, will
be sent to the quicksilver mines at
Nerchinsk, Eastern Siberia, to serve
out his sentence. He has a wife. two
sons in the cadet corps and a grown
up daughter.
The papers in the case of Capt. Leon
tieff of the Russian general staff, re-
Gently arrested at Warsaw for having
sold to a foreign power list of the
secret agents maintained by the Rus
sian general staff in the frontier dis
tricts of Russia's western neighbor, are
in the hands of the general staff. A
court-martial will be appointed to try
the captain.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-29
COMMITTEE OF SENATE
MAY HEAR SWAYNE.

Washington, March 2S.-The Senate
Committee on Rules will meet to-mor-
row to consider the resolution offered
by Senator Hoar in relation to the i'm
peachment case of Judge Charles f.
Swayne of the Northern district of
Florida. This resolution instructed the
committee to investigate and report
whether the case can be heard by a
committee of the Senate.
1t has been stated in the discussion
of the proceedings against Judge
Swayne that the trial following inn
peachment must be conducted before
the bar of the Senate. If this should
be the decision and the case taken up
ct this session, 1t would undoubtedly
delay adjournment. There is little
doubt, it is said, that the committee
will report that the authority to take
testimony in the case can be delegated
by the Senate to a committee of its
members. which may report at the next
session of Congress, If 1t is impossi-
BILE to conclude in time for an early
adjournment of the present session.