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ASSESSORS NOTICE

will attend the different townships
tx jefferson county at the places and
dates specified in this notice. for the
rHrpose Of assessing the real and per
1unal property for the year 1905
Iaxpayere. to save trouble and avoid
penalty. are requested 10 asses in
tlfeir respective townships, or at thr
Courthouse in Pine Bluff, on the dates
I,orcin specified. and are especially re-,
guested 10 give the assessor the mum
9rr of their respective school dis
'ricfs.
Melton township, T.ad5..s June ;.
Melton township. Bethel church,
I7ne 8
WhiseviIle township Faith. June :.
Whifealle township Macedonia
church, June s
Washington township Whitehall
school house, June 9.
washington townshrip, Ruth school
Ys1use. June 10 till 3 p. m.
Richland township Tamo. June II.
Richlana township, Einwood, June
n and n
Victoria township. Noble Lake.
June Is.
Victoria township, Fairfield, June
u; and L till 2:@o p. m.
Old River township. Swan Lake.
,jrine - and 20.
Old River township. English, June
u.
vHIemont township, Langford. June
c&2
vllIemont township. Reydel, June
2,s.
yillemont township. Hannaberry
.yNne a It'll Il m.
Villemont township, Walker Jones
,iane q from p. m.
R0sy township. Wesners, June 2G.
Y}ogy township Cornerstone, June
~.
8osy township. New Gascony, June
~ till T. m.
Bogy township. Madding's, June %
rron ill p. m.
Pastoria township, Pastoria. June
~
pastoria township. Chadiekss store,
Inne 80
Plum Bayou township. shefill July
Plum Bayou township. Rob Roy. Jul
r. 5.
Plum Bayou township. Atheimer,
July and 5
Dunnington township. Wabbaseka,
-J1lly and =
Roberts township, Humphrey. July
Barraque township. siier,s school
house, 1rly 3.
Barraque township Redaeid July
\ and till $50 a NJ
Banaqoe township Kearrey. July
: from lo:2e till
jefferson township Jefferson spgs
,5i.ly s
Jefferson township, Dexter. July :.
Tanadeea township. Hudson schoo,
house lily <
Bolivar township. Greer's store. Iuly
10.
Bolivar township Kausmans store
Iuly y.
Dudley Lake township. Tucker, July
-
Dudley Lake township, J. NJ Morris
residence July T.
Dudley Lake township. Gatasemane
school house. july il
Spring TOWNSHIPS. Provideuce
c:hnreh. ,fu!y 10, till = m
Spring township CaliaaIf mitt.
~inly Ii from tilt p
String towcsAip Wajta sGiQhur
Springs. Ju.y Il.
Nivan township Wa5s5a'5 c1aQe,.
1uly = aat 3
Eaugin4 township s. Loats sw
shops. 5uiE =
Tang:ae township. Sawyer and Aus
eir MI Tt'4 Is til. ESQ NJ.
T@Qst.s t2uns4:n Rlse cGy m.rl
Iulx f.'sG III
yaas.aa t2vr~htp c78s House
11iy - = = inclusive
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ti3Gs Extension o ijrit origicai
#8fea8sars may. bg deg9stttng ticket
With joint agent at Louisville not ear
Iel Gdan June 10 noc later than June
- aaa upon payment of .. fee of 80
cents ST such tine. secure ex,ersioa
81 return limit for leaving Louisville
not later than July 10. 1905.
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above occasion, tae following rouDd
trip rates aud arrars seH4fts sre aa=
aorzed to Little Rick Ark: Rate,
ST 70. Dates OF sale. May II, Is ard
lG RetgrG limit, My 10.
Annual meeting southern Baptist
r7aVaetfon ana a4Hfiiafy societies.
Kansas City Mo. Nay 10-17, 1905.
For TIRE above occasion the following
round trin rates ard angementa
are authorized t. Kansas City, Mo:
Rate. sl5.To Datas ST sale, May 9
10 T., inclusive Return limit. May
p Extension Of limit, by depositins
ticket with JOINT aser. at Kana ,s
City on or before May &c, and upon
payment of a fee Of so cents at time
Of deposit, original purchasers can Sc
cure au extension for feaving Kansas
Ctty n2t later than June ;, 1908.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-05-09

IS, inclusive. second series, Septen-
Der Is to October Is, inclusive. Sl3c-
overs will be allowed aI various
points
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-05-09

Special cre-way second class cel9-
st rates to California The follow
ing rates and arrangements are au-
thorized foc the sale Of one-way sec
ond class col9rists tickets 70 Sar
Francisco, Sacramento. Los Angeles
and San Diego, California Ogden and
Salt Lake City Utah. Granger. Wy
oring. also to Prescott and Phoenix,
ARIZONA a1sA Asl satarMSlls-tA DSiass
on d.ect ft-ss 70 vt,ee t4e regular
second class rates are higher. The
same rates will apply to such branch
line points as ordinarily take the
California common point rate. Rate
From Pine Bluff $50 via Texarkana
aud s31.65 via ST Louis. Dates of
sale-First series. Daily March / to
May is, 1905, inclusive; second Sc
res, daily September IS tc October
Is, 1905. inclusive Limtts-Ail tick
cts to be limited for continuous pass
age Stop-overs-By special arrange
ment between California terminal
lines stop.overs will be allowed il Cal
ifornia at all points on the Santa Fe
| system and the Southern Pacific com
pany, except San Francisco and Los
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-05-09

ST Ia Mina's day celebration. I'M
proved Order of Red Mer. Joplin.
No. May y, 1905 For the above oc-
casian the following round trip rates
and arrangements are authorized to
Joplin. Mo-; Rate, s1f40. Dates of
sale May 10 and II. Return limit,
May 15 Transit limits. continuous
ssassage in both directions.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-05-09

Annual convention Grand Lode x
Il P, May Is to Is, 1905 -Meetins
Arkansas Medical society, May 16 t,
ss, 1908, Little Rock. Ark For th
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-05-09

s. M DlCKE,Y Agt.
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nus &na ii W. . 90 >
T1 %iH7 @ ta nl tI :m H1as Il
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07
RUG MADE OF HUMAN SCALPS.
Seventy seven Lives the Cost of One
Possessed by Iowa Indian.

Possessed by Iowa Indian.
n rug which took seventy-seven
lives in the making is owned by an
Iowa Indian living in Stroud, o. T.,
says the Dallas News. 1t is 100 years
old and consists of seventy-seyen
scalps torn from the heads of as many
human beings. The rug, which is
barely five feet square, is OF many
hues, for the scalps are red, gray.
black, white, brown and auburn.
They belonged 70 peaceful people, too,
and are said to have been taken by
special command of the Great Spirit
from the finest specimens of men, wo-
men and children belonging to the
white, red and negro races.
AS soon as the scalps were secured
they were sewn together and the rug
was from thar time regarded as the
remedy for all trouble. When an In
dian was taken sick he was laid on
this rug and if he did not recover his
spirit was assured of a pleasant jour-
ney to the happy hunting ground.
This remarkable creation can be
seer only once a year.
At the annual wild-onion feast,
which comes on April /, the Iowa In
dams make the rug play an import
ant part The onion is freely used.
the Indians saturating themselves
from head to foot with the juice. This
was their successful way Of driving
away the evil spirits.
A prayer rug belonging to the shah
Of Persia Is another valuable mat.
Though barely two feet square, its
design Is most elaborate. 1T Is work
ed throughout In precious stones and
the effect is dazzling. The ground Is
formed of rose diamonds and in the
center Is a large bird, whose neck Is
made Of amethysts and its body Of
rubies. The vines. which form a net
work, through which the bird may
be seen as through a cage, are made
of emeralds, while the bands which
connect the stones are Of seed pearl.
The floral emblem of Persia is worked
out in blue, yellow and pink stones,
this design being known as the Nina
Khani design.
1t is difficult to determine even the
approximate value of this small rug,
but it has been estimated that If 1t
were sold the proceeds placed at 5 per
cert interest would bring In an income
of at least S250,000 per mum
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07
Land of Twins and Triplets.

Scotland is the land of twins and
triplets, holding a long lead over her
sister countries in this matter. In
twelve months no fewer than 1,625
mothers gave birth to twins, and TWEEN
ty-fve presented triplets. Scotland is
among the few countries in Europe
where the proportion of male babies is
greater than of females. Striking an
average, it is found that there are
about 104 males to every 100 females,
but the surplus of grOwn-up girls is
nevertheless large, as so many men
travel south, and apparently neglect
to take the ~precaution to obtain return
tickets to the land of cakes. There is
yet another interesting fact about
Scotland. 1t is the land of hale old
age. Recent returns show that during
one year 6T3 people died between the
ages Of 90 and 100.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07

"He would like nothing better, and If
there is a wedding breakfast he VIII
sing at your dessert-'
"As much as he pleases,' replied the
American.
Then it is to be-
Here"
"In the train?'
in the train
But TO be married you require
IAN American minister, and we have
the Rev. Nathaniel Morse"
bravo. Mr.. Ephrinell! y wedding IN
a train will be delightful."
1t needs not be said that the CONNER
Gals were of full age, and free to dis
pose of themselves TO enter into mar
rage before a clergyman and without
any of the fastidious preliminaries re-
quired in France and other formallstlc
countries. Is this an advantage or other
wise? The American thinks it is for the
best, and, as Cooper says, the best at
home is the best everywhere.
1t is too late for the ceremony to take
place to-day. Ephrinell understood that
certain conventionalities must be COM
piled with. The celebration could take
place in the morning. The passengers
could all be invited, and Faruskair might
be prevailed on to honor the affair with
his presence.
During dinner we talked of nothing
else. After congratulating the happy
couple, who replied with true Anglo
Saxon grace, we all promised TO sign the
marriage contract.
"And we will do honor to your sigma
lures" said Ephrinell, in the tone OF a
tradesman accepting q bill.
The night came, and we retired, to
dream of the marriage festivities of the
morrow. / took my usual stroll into the
car occupied by the Chinese soldiers, and
found the treasure of the Son of Heaven
faithfully guarded. Half the detach-
ment were awake and half were asleep.
About 1 o'clock in the morning I visit
ed Kinko, and handed him over my pur-
chase at Mia. He anticipated no further
Obstacles; he would reach port safely,
after all.
II am getting quite fat in this box"
he told me.
/ told him about the Ephrinell- Bluett
marriage, and how the union was to be
celebrated next morning with great
pomp.
"Ah!" said he,. with a sigh. 'They
are not obliged to wait until they reach
Pekin."
'Quite so, Kinko; but it seems to me
that a marriage unGer such conditions is
not likely to be lasting. But, after all,
that is the couples lookout"
At 3 o'clock in the morning we stop
ned forty Minutes ot Tchertchpn. almost
at the foot of the ramifications of the
Kuen Lun. None of us had seen this
miserable, desolate country, ~treeless and
verdureless, which the railway was now
crossing on its road to the northeast.
Day came; our train ran the four hun
dred kilometers between Tchertchen and
Tcharkalyk while the sun caressed with
its rays the immense plain glittering in
its saline efiorescence.
CTo be contiaued.)
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07
ATAX|A IS Durable
REPORTED CURE STANDS TEST OF
FULL INVESTIGATION.
A Former Victim of Locomotor Ata1in
Now Free from Suffering and
Actively at Work.

<hclisUiS "a
eyes" said Mr.. Watkins to a reporter,
sit is true that I have been cured Of
ataxia by DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
care you sure you had locomotor
ataxia?"
1.-THE doctors themselves told me 50.
Besides l recognized the symptoms.
"What were they?"
I swell, the first indications were q
stiffness about the knee joints that came
on about four years ago. Afew months
after that appeared, my walk got to be
uncertain, shaky-like. l lost confidence
in my power to control the movements
of my legs. Once, when l was i'll the
cellar, l started to pick up two scuttles
of coal, and my legs gave way suddenly,
and / tumbled all in q heap in a basket.
I couldn't close my eyes and keep my
balance to save my life. Then I had
fearful pains over my whole body and I
lost control over my kidneys and my
bowels"
"How about your general health?" .
Sometimes l was so weak that I had
to keep my bed and my weight fell off
twenty pounds. Things looked pretty
bad for me until I ran across q young
man who had been cured by DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills and who advised me to
try them"
did these pills help you rightaway?"
81 didn't see much improvement I'M.
til I had used six boxes. The first bene-
fit I noticed was a better circulation and
a picking up in strength and weight. I
gradually got confidence in my ability
to direct the movements Of my legs, and
in the course of seven or eight months
all the troubles had disappeared"
"Do you regard yourself as entirely
we'll now?"
II do the work Of a we'll man at any
rate. I can close my eyes and stand up
all right and move about the same as
other men. The pains are all gone ex-
cept an occasional twitch i'll the calves
of my legs"
Mr.. James H. Watkins resides at No. 70
Westerlo street, Albany, NY. DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills can be obtained at any
drug store. They should be used as soon
as the lrst signs of locomotor ataxia ap-
pear in a peculiar numbness Of the feet,
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07
The Special Correspondent

And | add" said the major, that the
Chinese government has done wisely in
sending an escort of twenty well armed
men. From Kothan 10 Ian Tcheou the
trains will have two thousand kilometers
to traverse through the desert, and the
safety of the line is not MS great as it
might be across the Cobb
~All the more so, major, as the re-
doubtahle ki-Tsang has been reported
in the northern provinces
quite so, and a haul of fifteen mill
ions is worth having by a bandit chief.
but how could the chief be informed
of the treasure being senty'
That sort of people always know
what it is their interest TO know"
Yes" thought L, although they do
not read the Twentieth Century"
Meanwhile, different opinions were be-
ing exchanged on the gangways. Some
would rather travel with the millions
than carry n corpse along with them,
even though il was that Of Il tlrst-class
mandarin. Others considered the carry
ing of the treasure n danger to the pas
sengers. And that was the opinion of
| Baron Observation-Disclosures, in Il furious
attack on Popof.
You ought to have told us about it,
sir-you ought to have told us about
it! Those millions are known to be in
the train, and they will tempt people to
attack us. And an attack, even If repuls-
ed, will mean delay, and delay | will not
submit to. No, sir, / will not"
mo one will attack us" replied Popof.
mo one will dream of doing it,"
"And how do you know that-how do
you know that?'
"Be calm, pray"
IL will not be calm; and if there is a
delay 1 will hold the company response
bic"
That is understood; a hundred thou
sand forms damages to Monsieur lie Bar
on Tour de Monde.
Let us pass to the other passengers.
Ephrinell looked at the matter, of course,
from a very practical point of view.
There can be no doubt that our risks
have been greatly increased by this treas
ure. and in case of accident on account
of it the Life Travellers Society, in
which | am insured, will, | expect, re-
fuse to pay, so that the Grand Trans
%asiatic Company will have all the re-
sponsibility."
'Of course said Miss Bluett; "and
If they had not found the missing van
the company would have been in a seri-
Gus difficulty with China. Would it not,
Fulky'
Exactly, Horatia."
Horatia and Fulk-nothing less. The
Anglo-American couple were right, the
enormous loss would have had to be
borne by the Grand TransasiatIc, for the
company must nave known they were
carrying a treasure and not Il corpse,
and thereby they We're responsible.
AS TO the Caternas, the millions roll
ing behind did not seem to trouble them.
The only reflection they inspired was,
"Ah! Caroline, what a splendid theater
we might build with all that money!
But the best thing was said by the
Rev. Nathaniel Morse, who had joined
the train at K~achgar.
1T is never comfortable to be drag
ging n powder magazine after one"
Nothing could be truer, and this van,
with its imperial treasure, was a pow
der magazine that might blow up our
train.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07

sides. For q time l was unable 70
walk at all, and every makeshift |
tried and ali the medicine l took had
not the slightest effect. My back con-
tinued to grow weaker until l began
taking Doan's Kidney Pills, and / must
say l was more than surprised and
gratified to notice the backache disap-
pearing gradually until it finally
stopped"
Doan's Kidney Pills sold by all deal
ers or by nail on receipt of price, so
cents per box. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, n. Y.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07
XIX.

The first railway was opened in China
about 1877, and ran from Shanghai to
Fou-Tcheou. The Grand Transasiatic
followed very closely the Russian road
proposed in 1874 by Tashkend, Kouldja,
Kami, Ian Tcheou, Singan, and Shang-
hal. This railway did not run through
the populous central provinces, which
can be compared to vast and humming
hives of bees. and extraordinarily pro-
life bees. As nearly as possible it forms
a straight line to Sou-Tcheou before
curving off to Ian Tcheou; it reaches
cities by the branches 1t gives out to the
south and southeast.
Since we left Kothan. we have covered
a hundred and fifty kilometers in four
hours. 1t is not a high rate of speed,
but we cannot expect on this part of the
Transasiatic the same rate of travelling
we experienced on the Transcaspian.
Either the Chinese engineers are not so
fast, or, thanks to their natural indo-
lence, the engine drivers imagine that
from thirty to forty miles an hour is the
maximum that can be obtained on the
railways of the Celestial Empire.
At o'clock in the afternoon we were
at announcer StaIlOu, Ma, Wnere Uencral
Pevtsoff established n meteorological OBJ
servatory. Here W. stopped only twenty
minutes. / had time to lay in a few
provisions at the bar. For whom they
were intended you can imagine.
The passengers w picked up were only
Chinese, men and III There were
only a few for the first class and these
only went short journeys.
We had not started a quarter of an
hour, when Ephrinell, with the serious
manner of a merchant intent on some
business, came up to me on the gang
way.
.sMonsieur Bombarnac." he said, II
| have to ask a favor of you."
'Only too happy, ! car assure you,''
| said /. What is it about?"
II want you TO be a witness. l nm go
ing to marry Miss Bluett."
Marry herT'
YES. A treasure of a woman. well ac-
quainted with business matters, holding
n splendid commission"
MY compliments, Mr.. Ephrinell! You
can count on me-"
And. probably, on Monsieur Cater
mai"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07
A Developed Daisy.

For many years Mr.. Burbank work
ed upon the daisy, taking the tiny
field daisy, the pest Of Eastern farm
ers, as a basis of his experiments, and
developing it until it is now a splen-
did blossom from five to seven
inches in diameter, with wonderful
keeping qualities after cutting. In
the same way he has greatly in
creased the geranium in size, and at
the same time has made it far more
brilliant in color.-Century.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07
cHaprER yIy.

'sMillions-there are millions Iii that
pretended mortuary van!'
In spite of myself, this imprudent
phrase had escaped me in such a way
that the secret Of the imperial treasure
was instantly known to all, to the rail-
way men as well as to the passengers.
And so, for the greater security, the
Persian government, in agreement with
the Chinese government, mas allowed it
to be believed that we were carrying
the corpse of a mandarin, when we were
really taking to Pekin a treasure worth
fifteen millions of francs.
Now the secret is d~ivulged. and we
know that this treasure, composed of
gold and precious stones, formerly de-
posted in the hands Of the Shah of Per-
STA, is being sent TO its legitimate owner,
TIE Son of Heaven.
That is why my lord F~aruskiar, who
was aware of it in consequence of his
position as general manager of the com
pany, had joined the train at Douchak
so as to accompany the treasure to its
destination. That is why he and Ghangir
and the three other Mongo!s-had so
carefully watched this precious van, and
why they had shown themselves so anx-
$3.50
ious when it had been left behind by the
breakage of the coupling. and why they
were so eager for it's recovery.
That Is also why a detachment Of Chi
nese soldiers has taken over the van at
Kachgar. in relief of the Persians. That
Is why Pan Chao never heard of Yen
Lou. nor of any exalted parsonage of that
name existing in the Celestial Empire!
We started to time, and, as may be
supposed, our travelling companions
could talk Of nothing else but the mill
ions which were enough to enrich every
one In the train.
This pretended mortuary van has al
ways been suspicious to me-" said Major
Noltitz. "And that was why / ques-
toned Pan Chao regarding the dead
mandarin"
II remember" I said; "and / could
not quite understand the motive of your
question. 1t is certain now that we have
got a treasure in tow"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07

and a, nail
miles from
Il + g n t o n,
Mo-, s a y s:
"a S G v C r G
cold settled
in my kid
neys and de-
veloped s o
quickly that
l was obliged
to a off
work on ac-
count of the
aching in my
b a c k a n d
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07
EVERY WALK IN LIFE.

A. A. Boyce, a farmer, living three
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07
About the Size of 1T.

"Say. paw" queried little johnny
Bumpernickle, what does a paper
mean when it says that further COM
ment is unnecessary"
1T usually MEANS" my son, that
the writer doesn't know what else to
say" answered the old gentleman.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07
He Was Skeptical.

II "a tell the character of any
oma by her hair" said the wise
man.
NONSENSE" rejoined the skeptical
person. Many a true woman has hair
that Is false"
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1905-06-07
DO Your Feet Ache aud Burn?

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease,
a powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or
new shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Bun
ions, Swollen, Hot and Sweating Feet. At
all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample
sent FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE
Rnu ~ ~