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Jobbers, Wholesalers and
Manufacturers
OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS.
LUMBER
BLUFF CITY LUMBER COMPANY.
hanufao in Lumber a1 }t1tutf4 s ~
Doors House Bills speciality Cheap Lumber FOR s AMI
cut buildings cur buildings cheapest and
best earth
HOME FURNITURE COMPANY.
Our beds bedroom suits phe strongest ana
ape TO s7ost&hfiae Hold Your us for ~
PuDDEpHATr FURNITURE COMPANY
"holS2le and retail office a. Main
sq Merrill institute
BROS, HARDWARE CO.
Leaders for Hardware Stove, zyt &
CUTLERY and Mill Supplies orders shipped pronntv ~ 80
ceipt Our motto is Fair satisfied customer Is ms
oe loieNe'' "nen 10 heeo OF anything
' sa2.-..@a4--4-~-
oUEENswAnE
RYLAND ouEENswARE COMPANY
We are wholesalers Of ans'ya e'eeA mwar
and lamps Headquarters for fancy China your service e,
business day in the
l.
us The
floor superb line both wholesale
and retail of Queenware Fancy Granite Tin and
Woodenware Lamps Cutlery, solicited
Hu7r AND SONS
Wholesale Grocers, established Right prices and
prompt attention to orders has been the feature
Mail orders quickly receipt ahaross
Flour and PoTmondo Cigars beat
GOODS
DREYFus
Our wholesale department is complete
ngs Notions and Hats Quick &eyey and quantities
cur strong point 122 "a 26 and IS Main street Pine Bluff
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
WEsTERooK GRAIN .yN COMPANY
We sell for cash. Lime Cement Plaster,
Plaster hair Etc. Bran Corn OATS
Hay, Chops Cotcnseed shpsun, Seed ETC.
Carload lots specially
MARSH
provisions State agents
of "Narrita Flour" best made
J. A. HOLMES COMPANY, ucorporated)
Wholesale for Graham Wagons pnlstnrvs
Flour Grain Hay Provisions Packing Products Lime
Cement, Fire Brick Clay
FOUNDERS.
DlLLEY FOUNDRY COMPANY,
Logging locomotives and rails boilers
planlng mill machinery iron Machinery
--~7 7z.zx4aEs~
Marble and Granite Monuments trade solicited
Corner Walnut and Second avenue.
l.. o. KNOX FURNITURE COMPANY
Wholesale dealers in Furniture Carnes R,.oe.
Carriages and Harness. Sales 2 West
Barraque Manufacturers of Mattresses Grades.
BUSINESS COLLEGES
JAMES PRACTICAL BUSINESS voLLEeE
soieis the patronage of ambitious young an women
hoohheephg shhahd lypewtng
n'ehe sessions j. w. JAMES, Prin, Bluff
TOBACCO
F. NJ ALTscHUL, Opposite HotelTruock3
The Oldest cigar store
high grade cigars Sole distributor Of EN- pR1
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-22
Jobbers, Wholesalers and
Manufacturers
OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS
LUM BEIt.
BLUFF CITY LUMBER COMPANY.

BLUFF CITY LUMBER COMPANY.
Manufacturer and dealers Lumber Shr.e4 Sash ana
Doors House Bills our specially. Cheap
cut buildings cur buildings il; the cie3o
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Have You a ssPOund" In Your House z

Every mother With a flock of little
ones to care for knows what a difficult
matter it is to get the children to keep
their belongings in order. but when
once the habit Of neatness is inculcat-
ed 1t is Of inestimable value to the boy
or girl for future life.
An ingenious mother thought out an
excellent plan. She made it an unalter-
able rule that there should be place
for everything and everything kept in
its place. Whenever any Of the family
found anything belonging to another
member of 1t out of place he was at
liberty to put it in "the pound" The
pound was a room kept locked and
presided over by the mother Every
article entering there called for cent
to effect its release.
At first caps, states, pencils, slippers,
came teeming in, and following them
the pennies for release, and these
formed fund for purchasing some
thing to promote tidiness, such as
waste paper baskets, paper racks and
so on. Soon by firmly adhering to the
rule Of demanding the ransom money
the articles coming to the pound de-
creased in number. and the lesson was
thoroughly taught to the children.
Outside the pound door hung a slate,
with pencil attached, and when any
article was conf1scated the date was
noted. A certain time fixed for their
detention was a wise forethought, for
II the little articles or toys must re-
main In the pound three or four days
or week their little owners will think
more Of being deprived of their treas
ures than even Of paying the necessary
penny to release them. and the toy
comes out again with q certain fres6-
ness that makes It aqubfs attractive.
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 taking In two dozen golf balls and then started out for fresher fields. The tele- phone was then brought Into service and it was found that the birds. golf balls and all had gone to East Lake where they were swimming around contented with life, knowing not tho worry they had caused the country club They promised to return the golf balls at their earliest convenience as their recent diet had given them a ball bearing move ment which was although too fast for fresh water fish.
 Having solved the mystery the two detectives repaired to the club house, made their report, drew their pay and were cordially invited to spend the af- ternoon on the golf links. These two famous clue hunters make 1t a rule never to offend anybody by refusing an invitation. They were anxious to learn the game of golf and were soon on the course lesurely walking around among the varigated sweaters that would make Navajo rug look as tame as an undertaker's clothes on working days.
 How They Were Dressed.
 George c. Whatiey was trimly clad In a huge red sweater and wore a pair of white trousers. On his head was Lat that looked like oil cloth, but it was not He carried four sticks which he explained were his driver, his mid-iron, his brassy pronounced brossy) and his butter.
 Edwin K. Campbell was clad in rich green sweater about the color of a poll parrot, and wore ordinary trousers. His shoes were tan. He wore the same peculiar hat and carried sticks just like those of MT Whatley.
 MT. Thach wore shirt of some dark , colored material, but his trousers were cream colored. He wore that same kind of a longshoreman looking hat and carried the usual bag of tools or at least little boy carried them for him.
 MT. Martin, the architect, was attred in cowbay style. He wore a dark blue shirt. sombrero. his glasses and white flannel trousers. His bag of tools looked like the rest of them.
 MT. Faust was becomingly rigged out in q green and white striped sweater, but wore 10 hat at all. He and Secre- tary Ward never play under hats. The idea is that the shade from the hat might cause the drives to vary a foot or two as they whiz over the course.
 MT. Ba61am Beyond Description.
 It Is impossible to describe Mr. Bad hams makeup That will have to be left to some society writer who is an expert in describing clothes MT. Percy must be left to a similar fate. Ills rig ging was beyond description.
 These partial explanations give a clear idea of the picturesque appearance of some of Bi.minghams business men dis guised as golfers It is said that the makeup $ the important part of the game. The score cuts no ice whatever just so the player is rigged up in one of these fancy costumes, The general color scheme is a mixture of green red and white, and 1t is carefully carried out.
 John NJ. Caldwell was on the 'eourse" Chats technicaD but as he was under the eye of the instructor he was not all lowed to wear the fancy makeup. Am ateurs are allowed to wear only plain clothes. Prof Charles Brown, wore a very plain tennis outfit, but this was
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have signfed their intention not to play golf again until the club comes into pos session of a freezing machine that will cover the lake with ice so that they will not lose so many balls MT Brown has also requested that Turkish rugs be placed on all greens, otherwise he refuses to play.
 Culpepper Exum, who is president of the club, is not supposed to play golf. He merely fixes the rules and explains how it is done while sitting in his of
 fee. In fact Mr. Exum s duties as pres , ident are so arduous that he really has no time for golfing. He can always tell you anything you want to know
 about golf. however. and he is supposed
 to settle all disputes.
 Returning to MT. Whatley and MT.
 Campbell, whom the two detectives fol-
 lowed, it must be said that they are most perfect athletics. One weighs
 about 11O and the other about 2o4Ka. They make nicely matched team. N1r.
 Whatley readily acted as instructor to
 the two detectives but for some reason he felt embarrassed and could not drive
 the ball to suit him. At the hgh-ball
 station he frequently drove the ball in
 the lake. He explained. however, that
 he could drive it over if he just didn t know the lake was there. That sounded plausible.
 It IS over two miles around the course
 and the two detectives feeling that they already had enough exercise they made
 short cut and caught the golfers as they were coming in home. The Radham Stroke.
 On the way they learned that Mr. Badham has the honor of having origina- ted the most successful stroke in the ] golfing profession. It is called the Bad ham stroke. When the ball shoots for
 ward the drivers head is under one of 1 his knees, and his legs and arms are fly l ing in all dil leetiens. This pose is very effective but not quite slow enough for an artist
 | MT. Percy simply plays straight golf l and manages to beat MT. Badham occa- l sionally. His victories are due entirely to luck. His playing is considered | .'bogic.'
 ] Possibly the reader does not know what "bogie" means. When a golfist
 reaches the "bogie' stage he is what is l termed in baseball going some" There
 was a man named Bogie who played a l good game of golf and the standard | playing took the name from him. In 1 ether words a golfist who can go from l one green to the other in four strokes l is considered bogie. He is then in the 1 average class of good players. This word "bogie bears no relation whatever | to the word 'boozy' and must not be so | construed.
 A l.. Fuenweider will take up golf
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by special permission on account of his havinig to teach during the day. MT. Stiles appeared In a gray shirt and souch hat which effeetually disguised his features so that the artist could not make a good sketch.
 After carefully watching the start old Keen Nosoe and Johnny Qnieksight de- oided to accompany MT. Campbell and MT. Whatley around the course so as to thoroughly understand the fine points.
 The Game Explained.
 The two visitors soon ascertained that the little square places on which sat the green boxes was called "T." Whet@er a capital T or plain little they did not understand Anyway, that's what it is called and tie act of seeretng the little pile of sand is called "t-ing' a ball. Old Keen thought 1t ought to be called eup- sing the ball. as they say in marbles, but being guest he decided to accept MT Whatley's explanation.
 After the ball is knocked off the "r' the caddy has to watch where 1t falls, and if noboody is looking he Is instructed to lay it out in a good clean place where it can be hit again. The ball has no more chance than a quail tied by one foot when poor marksman wants a shot The next thing is to knock the ball Cadrive the ball" is teehnicaD to the
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 round flat places called greens. They are called greens because they are sup posed to be covered with grass In the middle of the T Is little round hole and the prominent citizens must get the ball Tn these hoes. The golfist usually lands on the ball with q driver and when ha gets near the hole he must use his put ter. His brassy (pronounced brossy) is used to knock it out of hard place. The mid-iron Is used when you can't use any thing else. It's a kind of an excuse and is used just before or after pro- fanity.
 Object of the Game.
 Right here it would be well to say that the object of the game is to get the lit- tie ball into the hole in as few strokes as possible. When the ball goes in the hole the golfisit has right to put it on the T and then drive to the next green which is sometimes about five hundred yards awly It must be understood that every man plays for himself and nobody has anything to do with his game. If he beats himself he feels something like q man beating himself at solitaire, and when he loses he says something that mustn't be printed and starts over MT. Weakley, who Is a dis tinguished golfst, says if man strikes at the ball and knocks 1t about ten feet and then looks around and discovers that nobody is looking and if then counts it a stroke anyway he can read his titles clear. In other words he is a man wrapped up in honest motives, and his like is seldom seen. The two detectives noticed several of the players casting fnrtive glances over the course to see how near vas the next player They did not knov' the motive of this stealthy act and as it was not their business they did not care
 By the way, Mir Weakley. or Squire Weakley, as he is called by his fellow golfists, has a very effective stroke which he practices a home in his office and in drawing rooms. He is always willing to explain if.
 Want the Lake Frozen Over.
 Wilson R. Brown and Alex T. London
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 selse So as to look like newspaper re- porters. l. they approached the he'le squafe where Mr. Faust was irving io gal the ball on little pile ol sailu. smash he lunged at the ball, ana 10 ana behold two inches of ground were pioWed up and the ball struck In the middle m of drove of ducks swimming on she lake. He tried another ball and IL had similar fate. The ducks were now in danger and a little boy called a caddy' had to go out in a boat and sa1her up the balls.
 soon other players came along and Old the same thing and old Keen Nose With wise owl look announced to his partner that he had his case worked out to his perfect satisfaction.
 The Mystery Is Solved.
 By eomapring notes the two detectives soon reached the following conclusion: The pelcans were the guilty parties. The iake had recently been stocked with government fish and needing light lunch the big birds had scooped up MT. onderwoods little finny tribe by the quart. The golfers in trying to get the ealls over 'he lake had failed and the peheans promptly ate the balls when the fish gave out. The amateur golfers had so endangered the lives of the peli- cans that hey made one grand scoop
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Or Startling Discoveries Made by Old Keen Nose and Johnny Quick
 sight on the Private Preserves of the Country Club
Score Prominent Men Disguised Lively Coored Sweaters Go
 Around With Sticks Pounding Poor Little nofensive Ball.

| man with Linn is none other than J. D. Kirkpatrick Quieksight, l am afraid this Is a bad case
 Without taking their eyes from the spot the two spies saw MT. Thaeh run his hand in the high ball'' box and pull out some wet sand He arrahged this carefully m the square place, just like a boy when he goeos to ups marble. When he got the sand arranged ne placed thereon a little white ball He then picked up long stick with a knot on the end of it and began swinging 1t around his head Suddenly he swooped down on the little ball and like a rifle bullet 1t shot across the lake lading on the steep hill on the other slde. It was celan three bagger as judged by the hidden detectives. There was no cheer ing, however and this the hidden men could not understand. Peering oUf of the bushes they saw little boy with bag on his shoulder standing on the hill and they instantly came to the conclusion that MT. Thach had shot at the boy They started to go to the rescue but sudden jerk from Quickshots hand pull ed Keen Nosoe back in the bushes Look" he cried as MT. Kirkpatrick drew back to knock the ball at the sane boy. With a long sweeping swing MT. Kirkpatrick cracked the ball square on the nosoe and it went whizzing to the top of the hill The drive was good for home run and every one could have scored As they call it in baseball, 1t was oorkarina. The little boy made
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~ NCE upon a time a huge tame
 pelican, two dozen golf balls and
 three quarts of thoroughbred fish, fresh from the aquariam of Con- gressman Underwood. were suddenly dis covered missing from the placid waters of Country Club lake, and old Keen Nose, the famous reporter detective, and Johnny Quicksight, his true and tried Rartner, were called upon to solve the mystery.
 When the call came Old Keen and young Quieksight were seated in the rooms of the latter intently discussing the placing of 4OooOoO of their recently acquired government bends in some wor- thy enterprise. When the messenger came to report the fearful loss to the country Club and the gong golfers who dnfest the chores of the pretty little lake ithe bonds were scattered all over lrudely constructed table. Always ready ito help the needy young Quckslght lquiekly scraped the valuable papers into a large wad and earelesslv tossed them lin corner saying We must go and that sat once. Let not money stand in the fway of duty Keen Nosoe we are called to the front and we must catch a car lin fifteen minutes"
 Without further ado the two famous clue scenters lost no time in reaching
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Twenty five dollars 0 : ward for the arrest and con- viction of any person, other than employee, caught tamp- ering with or removing caps from gas pipes or drips of this company. Birmingham Railway Light & Power Go.
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While
 Mr. kpatiW the taught
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~ NcE upon a time huge tame pelican, two dozen golf balls and
 three quarts of thoroughbred
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Confusion of coIors.

As far as the eye could reach nothing could be seen but confusion of red. green, blue. orange yellow. indigo. white and black sweaters. The plismatic col- CTS were everywhere. These were at tached to golf players and for the first
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MT. Faust Appears.

Presently they saw fat. chunky man wearing d green and white striped sweat CT trying e coax a ball into the little hole which Quicksight had seen before
 He finally succeeded and with a long stick and the ball in his hand he passed dangerously close to where the man hunters were concealed. The detectives were dsguIsed as dead leaves however
 and were not observed. The man was discovered to be MT. Faust. a famous golf player. The detectives could wait no longer. Quickly changing their dis
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passing the ,ast T and after partaking of light refreshing drinks, furnished by the association of golfists, they went away much wiser and staified that one more great mystery had been solved and that they were responsible for the happiness of scores upon scores of ambitious ath- letes.
 Within a few weeks the two detectives will open np a school on physical cul- ture.
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A couple of poses.

within the next few weeks. He pro poses to start just as soon as he can get a caddv who can take an adding machine around in a wheel barrow so as to keep count on his strokes. He says the machine must be able to compile as many as 10000 numbers. Then he will play golf
 Old Keea Nose and Johnny Quick sight having thoroughly mastered the game repaired to the club house after
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a dive for the ball and as soon as he found 1t he stood perfectly still. The batter yelled something about "brassy' pronounced brossy) and as others were approaching the two detectives remained biJda,
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| NaAANt sight were stumped. They knew no which way to proceed. Before crossing the lake both of them had quick. donned disguise and as the nearby golf CTS knew them not they were eyed will deep suspicion.
 Just at the end of the bridge the quick eye of old Keen Nose discovered lit tie square place nicely kept and on the end of it was a large green box with two holes In the top of it. On the side was printed in large white letters High Ball" 18o.
 Do my ,ses deceive me-" exclaimed Old Keen as his breath came In short gasps. With that he made break for the High Ball.
 Hold on compose yourself" ex- :, claimed young Quieksight. That does not mean that you must take the 1sOth high ball there. It has another a for deeper maanlng. Don't get excited. With that the two cautiously approach. cd the box and were soon able ot peer Tn the two holes
 They contain nothing but sand and water said the old detective with an expression of disgust. The two were completely mystified. The idea of put ting high balle on a box filled with sand and water was more. than they could solve end without a moments dis cussion they decided to sit right there and await developments.
 -Four, Four" YeIed the Golfer.
 As they sat there discussing the strange incident they were suddenly startled by some one yelling four. fourn and both lodged behind a tree as little ball went whizzlng by their heads and struck the lake with a resouding splash.
 Aha. a clue" whispered old Keen. we are getting on track of the missing pelican. Quick slght, you rick your way through the bushes up there and see who 1t was fired that shot and called it four and 1 will lay here by the iake- side and walt further developments" Quel1sight stole away through the shrubbery but in few minutes returfieo with the information that he Lad seen a prominent man disguised in a gree: sweater and a longshoremal. nat He said that the man carried a long stick in his hand and was trynig to roll llt- tie ball in s hole which was Gug in the middle of 2 round place called green. Quioksight said he didn't know why 1t was called a green for 1t was simply a round flat place with sand on 1t and hole in the middle.
 Two Prominer Men.
 From thels hiding place they soon saw d long tall man with the fsherman's hat appone..a nied bV an eIdprlNs ooptIa
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the scene of trouble. Alighting from the car on the western st ore of the lake the two detectives hurriedly walked across little bridge and were soon on the private preserves of the Country Club. and in the land where golfers are allowed to roam nt will
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Two Prominer Men.

From theg hiding place they soon saw a long tall man with the fshermans s hat aecomeanied by an elderly gentle man with whlskers and glasses and a golf cap on his head They both kept very quiet and listened. To their utter surprise and amazement they immedi- ately recognized the two men ns their friends. That is Robert II. Thach,"
 said young Quicksight .'Yes, and the
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-05-13

set fire to the house." This was before
the days of policemen, for 1.-The Earl Of
Albemarle attended in person, with a
party Of guards, to secure what goods
were saved from being plundered by
the mob; and all persons unknown
were searched as they went out"
The. burning of the houses Of parlia-
ment over sixty-nine years ago was
caused by official stupidity. For CEN
turies the accounts Of the exchequer
had been kept by means of the anti
quated tally stick, and though in the
reign of George III. proposition was
made to use pen, ink and paper, red
tapeism secuted the idea, and the use
of tally sticks was continued down to
the year 1925. In 1884 the large stock
was ordered to be destroyed, and in
stead of distributing them to the poor
Of the neighborhood, some wiseacre
decided that they should be burned in
the stove of the House of Lords. The
stove became overheated, set fire to the
paneling, the paneling set fire to the
House of Lords and the House Of
Lords set fire to the House Of Com
mons. The cost to the nation was
about f2,OOO,OOO.