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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
THE AGENT DIDN'T KNOW,
story of an Editor and a Life In.
sUrance Solicitor.

There are today some thousands Of
varieties Of life insurance policies. each
OF which has technical name and is
capable of being made quite unintel-
ligible to the average man. Some I'M
scrupulous agents trade on this. Many
Go not really understand the meaning
Of terms themselves, but have learned
their lesson parrotlike, and most Of
them apparently find it unnecessary to
describe in plain English to those
about to insure what they are contract
information and confusion about the
whole subject.
For instance, an agent was trying to
insure an editor on some new plan.
The editor had a theory that any fact
could be put into plain everyday Eng
lish If the man behind the fact really
knew what he was talking about. Aft
or listening to an Involved flow of
premiums" deferred dividends
"cash surrender values and Optional
choices he said gravely:
''See here, / don't understand what
you're talking about. But III tell you
what I'll do. If you'll write that prop
osition out in ordinary English SO that
an ordinary man can understand it I'll
not only take the policy, but I'll pub
lish the explanation as an article and
Day you a hundred dollars for it.
"Wiu /? Sure, WILL" exclaimed the
overjoyed agent, thinking he had In
deed struck an easy Job. And he de-
parted, adjuring the editor not to for
get.
A week passed by. The agent called
up on the telephone to say that he was
working on the thing There was less
exultation In hts voice.
Two weeks more elapsed. The edi-
tor had forgotten the whole thing,
when the agents card came in one
day. 1t was followed by the man him
self.
"Well," said the editor. got my ar
ucle?''
: IN no. said the agent sheepishly.
The fact is. guess, l can't do it the
way you want it, after all. Let's call
II OFF,
a., 1t is hardly TOO much to say that this
is typical Worlds Work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
Deeds.

Deeds.
+. A. Carver to Geo Battle; lots
and ;, 1919 Ct al lands. $3.50.
Oliver Rucker to Lutte B. Mont
eomery; lot 5, block 2 ne ne 7-6-9,
$500.
T.. B. Houston to VIM l.. Himmah;
part Sc NV 32-6-1O, 500.
A. r Whitelaw to A. Bewrster ct
al; part block GA, Dexter Harding's
addition, 1912
J. Y. Saunders to G. w. D. Biven !;
lot 3, block g. Doris addition, SLIP.
II. F. Pohlman to H. c. Bluthenthal
Tart lot 2, block 10, James addition
s4.25o.
c. G. Collins to H. G. Cady;> ne NV
$40, 800
Beal-Doyle Grocer company to II. G
Cady: NV IA 3O-3-1O, s240.
State of Arkansas to c. c. Collins;
ne NV $40. $50.
State of Arkansas to II. G. Cady:
i ID ne S-4-10. S150.
State of Arkansas to H. G. Cady;
NV NV $40. $50.
State of Arkansas to H. G. Cady;
ne ne G-4-1O. $50
Sarah a. Peterson to NJ. G. Cross
undivided 10 part ne ne o-6-9, $50
/. c. Matthews to l.. O. Knox and
F G Smart: part NV NV 1868. $4,000
Matt Jones to A. Brewster ct al;
,art block GA, Dexter Hardine's add
/ ton, S..
J. w. Wihers to Bank of Pine Bluff
IL ct al. 81.
a. d. Crossett to H. H. Phillips
IL sw 1O-G-11. $500.
!. A. Laminack to NJ. i. Case; par
So sw 30-5-9. 81.
Savannah Austin 10 ]. A. Laminack
rart Sc sw 30-5-9, s4S.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
ROTH ON VACATION.

Maurice Parrymerc waS riding or
p Now York train one day and, ne
and the passengers around him St
ting into conversation it developed
that nearly ali of them were COINS
nm vacations made necessary fN OK
work Then spoke up one wAo ma
heen silent. "I'm going up to the h2i'
for Measure solely" said he; y dor
WI. Tn, a gentleman" Barry
more's prompt reply was, quietly
"Ch. yes, see. You're on Vacaf'a'
toe ="
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
Ore md Fuel.

Pennsylvania. which makes more
than half the iron used in the United
States. produces less than 2 per cent
Of the iron ore mined. Ohio, which
comes next to Pennsylvania as an IRON
maker. mines less than per cent OF
the total. In both cases the ore Is
brought to the fuel, and this Is the
policy in this country. Only in Ala
hama are the ore and fuel found to-
retler- Scientific American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
Trust Deeds.

lanes Rrazelton to Lutte B. Mont
somery: W IL lot 4 block 2. Geisrei
ter's addition. S515
Katie Williams to Lutte B. Mont
oomerv: lots 80 and 81. block ,, E. ]
Waters addition. $50.
Ohio Hawkins 10 F. G. Smart; lot
G. block Il. Rogers addition. $50.
T.. n. Jones 10 Cotton Belt Saving:
and Trust company: Sc sW PAIN ct
1914
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
A Cruel InxlnuatiOn,

Mrs. Enpeck-I notice here in the pa
per that a young girl in New York con
fesses that she has been in the bur,
glary business for long time Enpeck
(recklessly - No doubt she inherited
the tendency from mother who was
in the habit of making nightly Jour
neys through her husbands pockets
Baltimore American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
RpVPng e.

why didn't YOU stop for that MANI
inquired the passenger on the front
platform.
"Because." said the motorman. with
a metallic ring in his voice. "he ust.'
IN RIM one Of these cars when had Il
job Of cIcrkin downtown. I'm getln
even With him. by gosh"-Chicago
Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
Not Taking Chances.

Office Boy-Lady to see you, sir.
Editor-ls she good looking? Boy
Yes, sir. Editor returning)-Nicej Judge
of beauty you'll make! Boy Gin outer
office to other boy)-Not takin' any
chances. Thought she might be his
wife.-Kansas City Independent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
Her LaudabIe Desire,

"Ah," said the earl, 81 am afraid you
are marrying me merely for my title!'
"Oh, dear, no." replied the heiress.
TITS merely because l want to see that
dear old castle Of yours repaired be
fore it is an utter ruin."-Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
w. Z. TANkERSLEY
FIRE and Tornado Insurance

nave added 10 my list the Missis-
Slppi Home Insurance comn,nv an
"id line stock company, with record
q; more than twenty years success.
'ul operation; this but improves my
1arlilltles for offering safe indemnify
represent none but solvent stock
companies; my facilities are second
TO none in The city invite inquiry
and investigation | have no SNAPS"
TO offer but sound insurance at the
lowest rates compatible with th6~naz-
ara. See me. Both phones No. H.
Main street
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

The worlds great men have not corr
monty been great scholars nor tts sTsa1
scholars great men.-Holm1A
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
b ARKANSAS IN BRIEF. 4
+ + + + + + + + + + + + i

A detachment Of the Salvation
Army has invaded Stuttgart.
G.. W. Turner will be a candidate
for sheriff of Craighead county
being built between Big Flat annd
Mountain Home.
John Burlington. a boy. fell out of
a tree at Sans Souci and broke his
right arm
The new school house at DeQueen
will be finished and ready for occu-
pancy by October I.
Eggs and potatoes We're thrown at
members of the Salvation Army in
Jonesboro recently.
Rev S. NJ. Erickson of Hamburg
has accepted an appointment as mis-
sonary to Japan.
Ed Dawson. a painter fell from the
of of hotel at Forrest City and was
painfully injured.
#. j Minyard. who lives near Alma
7as secured patent on a combination
fruit and lard press.
The annual memorial services of
John H. Morgan Camp, U. G. v, at
De Queen will be held Sunday.
The cornerstone of the Odd Eel
lows hall at Buckvi]le was laid last
week with appropriate ceremonies.
Misses Ivy Ingram and Ethel But
Ter have been engaged as assistant
teachers in the public school at Star
City.
Edmund II. Black of Memphis is
promoting the establishment of a
100000 cider and vinegar works at
JonesborO.
Ben Morton, of Fort Smith, who is
now resident of New York, will as
sist in digesting the ordinances of
the city of New York.
gel G. G. Goodman, promoter of
the Mena and Eastern Railroad, held
a conference with Black Springs cit
zens in regard to the proposed new
line
Henry Walker, a negro who lives
on the John p Mccre place, neal
Helena, while playing with a sho' eu,
shot himself through the arm, necess
tating its amputation.
The Harvey eating house at Rogers
Will be abandoned. An eating house
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

The Judsonia Advance says. Lit
tie Rcd river has been higher the past
week than for many years at this
time of the year Usually the river
is fordable during the summer
months, but it has not been low
enough for fording this year, and APP
pearances are that it will not be -
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

Look Before You shoot.
The true sportsman may he defined
as one who looks before he shoots.-
Amateur Sportsman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

w. A. ReeS, of the firm of Rees and
Re's. Fayette vile, has been at De
Queen seeking to secure a franchise
Tor waterWorks system there A
proposition was made to the city coun-
Gil at IFS last meNtinG, but was not
acted upon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

Winslow. where Frisco trains viii!
stop for meals, instead of Rogers, as
formerly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

Men Of business believe in advcr-
Using but many men fail 10 succeed
Tor lack of Acknowledgement Bos-
ten,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
|i[1!f1f1Ed SIN

administered by a mother whose love
was tempered with common sense.
She knows that OZOMULSION is
fountain OF energy for grown-rps,
Zoo. 1t stops waste of flesh. 1t makes
plenty OF rich blood. For pale, feeble
fo,k il is the chief nourisher at lies
t.ast. 1t cures Consumption when
eaten in time. All druggists sell it
~ cents and $1.oo the bottle. Let us
send you
Free Sample Bottle by Mail
Write letter or postal to
ozOMULSlON CO.
% Pine Street, New York
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13
low Is Baby Today Z

Better, thank you. In fact, quite well.
a.. round and full OF life and mischief.
blink and white flesh, dotted with dim
ples. No cough, no indigestion,
All on account OF
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

There is talk of a telephone line
being built between Big Flat annd
Mountain Home.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

Jhe Harvey eating house at Rogers
VIII be abandoned. An eating house
Will be established by Mr.. Harvey at
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

John Edrington. boy. fell out of
tree at Sans Souci and broke his
right arm.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

The new school house at DeQueen
will be finished and ready for occu-
pancy by October l.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

G.. W. Turner will be a candidate
for sheriff of Craighead county.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

Henry Walker, negro who lives
on the John p MCcre place, near
Helena, while playing with a shotgun
shot himself through the arm. necessi-
tating its amputation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

detachment of the Salvation
Army has invaded Stuttgart.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

Eggs and potatoes We're thrown at
members of the Salvation Army in
Jonesboro recently.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

ECel. c. c. Goodman, promoter of
the Mena and Eastern Railroad held
conference with Black Springs cit
Hens in regard to the proposed new
line.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1905-08-13

Ben Morton, of Fort Smith, who is
now a resident of New York, will as
sist in digesting the ordinances of
the city of New York
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-15

To equal a predecessor one must
have twice his worth.-Balthasar Ora
cisn
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-15
of the wesleys. Come and enjoy this
service.
HOBO STEW.
4 Culinary Triumph That Is Dear to
the Tramp.

the Tramp.
The professional hobo generally trav-
els and operates alone, but if upon ar
irving at some large town or city he
happens to meet other congenial men,
bers Of his profession a pooling of in
terests is sometimes undertaken, no
DO camp set up, and the town is sys-
tematically worked. The spot or a
camp usually chosen is in the outskirts
on some wooded tract not too far from
the railroad. Here the profits are d.
vided and the different territories al
lotted. At nightfall all congregate to
this point with the spoils and supplies,
and over the 'hobo stew" incidents Of
the day are discussed. Hobo stew" is
a triumph Of culinary art that these
gentry have particular weakness for.
A large iron pot is purchased, begged
or stolen and half filled with water.
Into this are thrown pieces Of beef,
pork, chicken (from some robbed hen
roost, bread, potatoes, carrots, onions
and, in fact, everything edible that has
been or can be secured. When the sa-
vory mess is sufficiently boiled it is
eaten with much gusto by the tramp
These camps are never kept in exist
ence long, however, because the hobo
realizes that the danger of detection
and roundup is an ever present one
when large number remain long to-
gether in any one camp. Professional
tramps, like the birds, have regular mi
gratory seasons. From April to Sep
tember this tide Of immigration is to-
ward the northern and eastern states
and the region Of the middle west
From November on through the win
ter his peregrinations take him south,
southwest and to the southern Pacific
coast-Pilgrim.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-15

Birmingham, Ala, April 15.-Rock
Island interests are said to be con-
sidering the advisability of reaching
the Atlantic seaboard through the ac-
QUESTION of the Atlantic and Birming-
ham railway by the Frisco system.
This would give the latter road an
outlet to the coast at Brunswick, Ca,
from its terminal at this city.
The Atlantic and Birmingham.
which runs from Brunswick to Mon
tezuma, Ca, is making ARRANGEMENTS
to complete its extension to Birming-
ham. 1t is a corporation formed un-
der the laws of Georgia, being a con-
solidation of the railroad company
of the same title with the Tifton,
Thomasville & Gulf Railway com
pany, and the Tifton & Northeastern
Railroad company.
1t was at one time considered prob
able that the Rock Island would OBJ
tain the Seaboard Air Line for its de-
sired outlet. That plan was not car
ried into effect, however. Then the
st. Louis & San Francisco, which is
controlled by the Rock Island, OBJ
tanned an entrance to Birmingham
through the purchase of the Kansas
City, Memphis and Birmingham rail-
road. Reports have been prevalent
from time to time that it was seeking
for connection to the seaboard.
The Atlantic &; Birmingham inter-
ests have been active of late extending
their road. They have bought the
Wadley and Mcun' Vernon railway, 30
m''s long. eSt'nding from Wadlay
Ga south to Ftckledge, Ga. An tx-
tension of about 50 miles southward
from I;ochleGge TO Fitzgerald would
join the Wadley & Mount Vernon
with the Atlantic & Birmingham, and
also form a ch cot route from Wad-
ley to Thomasville, Ca, by a conn &C.
tion at Fitzgerald with the Atlantic
& Birmingham branch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-15
SAVING FLOUR GOLD.
New Inventions to Be Tested at Og.
den Soon.

Arrangements are about completed
for giving the Michaelson concen-
traitor and flour-gold machine ex-
haustive tests or Ogden river, near
Ogden, Utah. It is the purpose OF
the Management to have many tons
of gravel and sand shipped from all
the placers Of the country where there
Is flour or fake gold, platinum or
magnetic sands. The large machine
is cxle cted to be ready by May 1.
The first machine from the hands
of inventor Michaelson was a small
model which was tried in Denver,
Later is was tested in Salt Lake with
apparent satisfactory results. A
larger model was tried there for two
months, with such good results that a
full-sized machine, having a capacity
of from 500 to 500 cubic yards day,
was erected on Snake river, II miles
below American falls, in Idaho. The
machines work warranted plans for
more permanent operation.
Gravel or sand may be delivered
into the hopper Of the machine direct
from the flume of a hydraulic placer
or sluice Of a dredge. Sizing elimin-
ates heavy gravel and coarse material.
The product is passed then to ANAL
gamating plates, to 12 of which may
be placed in each machine. The
course of the sand over the plates is
arranged to bring the lightest ma
terial in contact with the quick" so
far as this may be accomplished with
out agitation in a confined space.
From the plates the product passes
to the concentrating device. which is
distinct from the plates. There are
three distinct motions to the concen-
trators-longtitudin lateral and a
swing-says the inventor, likening the
surface Of the table to the bed of a
goldpan in the hands Of an expert.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-15
WILL FRAUD STOP?
GUY e. MITCHELL ASKS
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
Declares That the Prosecution VIII
Only Made the Land Thieves More
Careful-Few Instances Now Be
fore the People Are Not Among the
Big Frauds-Entire Land Law Sys-
tenn Must BE Revised.

Washington, D. c., April 15.-(Edi-
tor East Oregonian) THE biggest OF
the land frauds, involving the highest
public officials in some of the West
ern states and untold acreages of land
would form after all but a passing
nine days wonder with the busy pop
ulace were it not for the fact that
their ramifications are so extensive
that as fast as one set of men is in
dicted the Investigations of the gov
ernment bring forth another brood of
frauds.
The government land frauds of the
West is a question, however, of far
deeper significance than the mere
matter of the illegal requirement dur
ing the past few years of some public
lands or timber by private individu-
ais, corporations or government Off
cials. The question is, will the pres
ent prosecutions affect the system.
Not one iota. The cases being pushed
are those in which the government
sleuths think there is a possibility
of obtaining conviction The great
mass and majority of equally great
frauds will never be heard from out
side Of their immediate localities. The
reason for this is that such frauds
have been legal-frauds committed
entirely within the law.
But how can land fraud be legal?
An instance: The Legislature of Geor-
gia granted some three million acres
of land to certain syndicates. The
grant became law. Subsequently it
was discovered that all the members
Of the legislature who voted for the
grant were members of the various
syndicates which secured the land;
but the title nevertheless was de-
clared good. This was legalized
fraud. So in the West. The timber
and stone law, the desert land law
and the commutation clause of the
homestead law, are in themselves and
the regulations under which they
are administered, fraud laws and
while their letter may be observed
their spirit can be violated and the
men who receive government patents
under them, in the great majority of
cases, have no right in equity to the
land.
1t is a question whether taken as a
whole 5 per cent of the timber and
stone entries are actual bona fide
claims in which the entryman carries
out bis part of the contract in strict
compliance with the spirit of the
timber and stone act. The desert land
act and commutation cause are not
so universally fraudulent in their
operation but the vast preponderance
of claims under them are to a more
or less extent frauds and do not in
any full sense comply with the spirit
of these laws which requires settle
ment and home-making.
So that even should the government
be able to make out its cases, and
fine and imprison every man indicted
for land frauds, the great bulk OF
fraudulent land dealings would con-
tinue exactly the same. The activities
of the department VIII simply make
land and timber men careful to evade
the laws and not criminally violate
them. The laws themselves must be
revised If honesty is to be expected
in land matters.-Guy E. Mitchell.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-15
aorxeou. Japanese Robes.

In number the diaphanous robes
worn by a japanese woman of high
rank Of the eleventh or twelfth cen
tury were seldom less than twenty,
while on great occasions even more
might be necessary. Thus at a great
palace fete 1t is said that some wore
as many as twenty-five suits, showing
glimpses Of purple, of crimson, Of grass
green, Of wild rose yellow and Of sapan-
wood brown, their sleeves and skirts
decorated with golden designs, while
others, by subtle commingling Of will
low sprays and cherry blossoms and
by embroidered patterns picked out
with gems, represented the poem Of
the Jewels and the flowers"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-15
FRUIT MYSTERIES.
The Banana Is Seedless, Though no
body Knows Why.

The Banana Is SeedIess, Though No.
body Knows Why.
The banana Is seedless, or nearly so,
and has been for centuries. though
nobody knows why. 1t is propagated
by suckers and possibly had NO Seeds
when It was first found In its wild
state. The banana Is modified berry.
Cutting the fruit through the middle
you will sometimes see a few little
brown spots, which are the rudimen-
tary seeds. Occasionally the banana
does actually produce few seeds.
The pineapple is seedless, being prop
agated likewise from suckers and from
slips. The eggplant, which is fruit,
botanlcally speaking, is occasionally
seedless. This plant is able to pro-
duce developed fruit whether the bios
som is fertilized or not. Horticulture
lists are endeavoring at the same time
20 rid fruit plants of thorns. Some
oranges and lemons are very thorny-
for example, the high priced King
orange, which is the best of the man
darins. The first trees were brought
to the United States from Cochin Chi.
ma. In Florida its thorniness has been
reduced by selecting buds from the
branches with the fewest thorns
Thorns are Objectionable because they
puncture the oranges and lemons
when the branches are blown about
by the wind. Efforts are being made
to get rid Of the thorns on raspberry
and blackberry plants simply for con
venience in picking the fruit. The
thorns are meant by nature to protect
the plant from animals. Cultivatort
select those plants which happen t.
be thornless or nearly so.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-15

Learn to laugh. A good laugh is bet
ter than medicine. Learn how to tell a
story. a well told story is as welcome
as a sunbeam in a sickroom. Learn to
keep your own troubles to yourself.
The world is too busy to care for your
ills and sorrows. Learn to stop croak-
ing If you cannot see any good in the
world keep the bad to yourself. Learn
to hide your pains and aches under a
pleasant smile. No one cares to hear
whether you have the earache, head
ache or rheumatism. Don't cry. Tears
do well enough in novels, but they are
out of place in real life. Learn to meet
your friends with smile. The good
humored man or woman is always vel
come, but the dyspeptic or hypochon-
driac is not wanted anywhere and is a
nuisance as well.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-04-15
Fathers and Sons.

Observers are struck with the CANA
raderie carried to the verge Of equali-
ty which obtains between fathers and
their schoolboy sons, so that their mu-
tual companionship is source Of un-
feigned pleasure to both and should
prove a safeguard against many evils
in the future. This is essentially a
modern development and stands to the
credit of the fathers Of the present
day.-London Spectator.