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Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29
JAMES IL. BERRY
Makes First Political
Speech AndOpens
Campaign
AT MELBOURNE
AT MELBOURNE
Leaves Off Personalities And
Talks OF His Service AS
Governor.


Melbourne, Sept. 25.-United
States Senator james H. Berry
made his first political speech of
the present campaign here today at
the opening of the fall term of IL
ard County Circuit Court. There
was a large crowd present, and the
senator, who has always been a
favorite with the people of Izard
county, was well "eoelved. He was
invited to come here and meet his
old friends, and while his coming
was not widely hearalded, the size
of the crowd was complimentary to
the senator on such short notice.
Congressman S. Brundidge Jr.
of Searcy and Hon. w. A. Oldfield
of Batesville, both contestants for
the Democratic nomination for Con-
gress in this district, also delivered
speeches and received close atten-
ton.
Senator Berry's appearace called
forth a demonstrate of satisfac-
ton from his friends. His speech
was a dignifed, calm discussion 70
the questions of great moment now
before the people. He indHlged in
no vitriolic language, alt heugh tax
ing occasion to reply pointedly to
attacks made upon his record as
governor and as senator by Govern
or Davis, whe is opposing the sen
ator for the senatorial toga. Sen
ator Berry did not engage in per-
sonalities, however. He spoke
with his old-tine vigor and earn
estness in his discussion of national
issues. In the main his speech
covered the points in his publish
ed recent address to the people of
Arkansas, which appeared in the
Gazette.
Senator Berry stood the Journey
from Bentonville well. He left
there last Thursday and came over
the North Arkansas and White
River Railroads, leaving the latter
road at Mount Olive to come to
Melbourne, He leaves here romor-
row morning.
Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29
SIXTY CONVERSIONS
Result OF Campmeeting Re.
50.
Gently Closed Near
Texarkafa.

Texarkana, Sept. % The an
nual campmeeting at Mount Pleas :
ant Methodist, five mile south
east of town, closed night before
last after a successful session of 10
days.
There were some go conversions
and 25 additions to the Methodist
church. Rev. A, P. Few, pastor
of the Methodist church at Fordyce
and his brother Rev. B. A. Few,
presiding elder of the Texarkana
district, were present and did most
of the preaching. Both preachers
were reared on farm half u mile
distant from the camp ground, and
t was from the old church there
that they went into the ministry %
years Il go. Both are considered
among the able and influential
preachers Of the Little Rock con-
ference.
Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29
BOWIE COUNTY WET.
Prohibitionists Defeated By
~
About 200 Majority On
Texas Side.

Txxarkana. Sept. o. The pro-
hibitlon election in Bowie county,
Texas, today passed without any
undue excitement, 4 very light
vote was polled in the county dis
tricts and smaller townships, while
Texarkans voted less than its full
strength, the full returns are not
yet in, but Chairman Fullbright of
the prohibition forces at s o'clock
tonight comedies that The county
has been carried by the "antis"
by about 2 0 majority. The vote
in Texarkana stood: Anti, AS
pro, 1877.
The prohibitionists attributes
their defeat to their inability to
get the people TO the polls in the
western and central portions of
the county.
Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29
JUDICIAL TIMBER.

Among those who have been an
nouncel, or mentioned for circuit
judge for this district, are j. H.
McGollum of Hope Judge W, S.
Eaking eff Washingt IN, j. M. Car
ter of Texarkana and G. G. Handy
of Prescott, all good strong men
The candidacy of the two last
mentioned gentlemen has been an
nounced by authority, but it is not
vet known whether or not JUICE
Eakin aud Mr.. McCollum will
make the race. tho both have been
strongly urged by their friends to
enter the contest.
The man that can't-pick himself
a good judge out of that crowd is
not looking for justice.
Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29

Why is it we cant have poll
tical campaign in this state with
out the mud Singing contest2 IF
the people would sit on the first
mud-slinger nice and hard, serve
the second in the same way, then
treat the third likewise and so on
this business would change. 1t
is worth trying anyway.
Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29
INDUSTRIOUS NEGROES
Who Remain In Arkansas And
Make Good Citizens.

r. d. Galloway of Prairie coun-
ty in an interview published in the
Arkansas Gazette, speaking of
negroes emigrating to the northern
cities says:
This is true, no doubt, so far
as what are called the city negroes
are concerned. But there is class
of negroes that You couldn't get to
leave Arkansas for 40 acres and a
mule in Utopia. r, refer to the
plantation or country darky, not to
the,thriftless, don't-care element of
that class, but to the well-meaning
industrious negro, who doesn't
have anything to do with anvbody's
business but his own, hence gets
along swimmingly well in Life
affairs. There are many of these
whose highest ambition is to own
a little patch of ground, raise
bale or two Of cotton and be there
own bosses; steadily the negro
landowner is getting to be more
numerous in the cotton counties
of the state. Thus it is that we
frequently read in the papers about
an enterpriSlng negro farmer who
brings to town valuable bale of
cotton, for there is no diScounting
that the negro is a postmaster in
the business of co!ton-raising. He
knows it from A to q.
''At Des Are last week a negro
from the Surrounded Hill neigh
bOrhOod marketed the season S first
bale of cotton, which was of his
own raising, and he got $71.25
for the bale, which weighed $40
pounds, and sold for 123 cents per
pounds. | have noticed u number
Of similar instances reported in
regard to "first bales lately. It
goes to show that the negro can't
be beat at cotton-raising, and that
those who are wise enough to
know it are making the knowledge
pay them we'll. 1t will ALWAYS be
noticed too, that where Won find
negro farmer you will fin 1 citizen
who gets along well because he has
enough to do without dipping into
politics. The country negro as a
rule is not afflicted with the virus
Of politics, and the consequence is
that he gets along far better than
many of the city negroes. Ii is
said that the blacks are proverb-
tally happy race, and that it doesn't
take much to make'them happy,
which in large measure, accounts
for the contented idleDess which
one often sees among some of them.
But the genuinely happy darky is
the one who lives on farm of his
own, and, by the efforts Of him
self and his family, raises enough
cotton to afford them comfortable,
living. This is the class which is
not leaving Arkansas, and is not
going to leave -
Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29
Reports VeryE Encouras.
ing And Situation
Brighter
81 NEW CASES
Latest Report Show Decided
Improvement Says
e.58ts
DR.. White.

New Orleans, Sep 25,.-Officia
report to 6 p. M.
! New cases, 81 total cases to
date 1853.
Deaths Stotal, $40.
New foci, Z.
Cases under treatment, 2S2.
Cases discharged, 2,216.
Reason tor continued hopeful
ness that yellow fever will be prac-
ideally a memory on the date sche-
dnled for the visit of President
Roosevelt was found by the author
tiles in to-day S report which, while
exceedingly encouraging In the
matter OF new cases, after the low
report for Sunday, also indicated
that the the fever now prevailing
IS of a comparatively light tyne.
Though the authorities do not
desire TO stress the fact that not all
the cases that go into the official
report are yellow fever, the COM
tirnation is partly furnished in the
low number of deaths which are
occurring at this time and which are
in disproportion to the number of
cases that were reported in the
past two weeks.
Doctors as rule are now turn
ing IN every case of fever that
comes into their practice, and these
figures are placed in 1.-The daily Of
ticlal report. On occasions where
there is a demonstration. on .8fhe
part OF the family of the patient
the explanation is gived that the
authorities desire to be informed
OF every possible case of fever,
and the physician declares his un-
willingness to run the risk Of ar
rest and imprisonment for the fail.
ure to make report. In many in
stances this reporting Of cases
which are obviously not yellow fe-
yer causes considerable adverse
criticism, hut the general thing is
accomplishing submission to the
rules which the fever situation has
brought about, even though the re-
snlt is that New Orleans is credited
with more fever than exists.
Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29

One Arthur Mandlebaum it is
alleged recently made an attack on
Rev. J. P. Lowery in Little Rock
and by ISLANDERS separated the COM
batants. Arthur evidently wasn't t
very we'll acquainted with Rev.
Mr.. Lowry or he would have
known better.
Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29
HE NEEDS HELP,

A Missouri editor writes One
of oow newly married young la les
kneads bread with her gloves on.
The editor of this paper needs
bread with his Ashoes on he needs
it with his trousers on and unless
the delinquent readers of this old
rag of freedom pay up soon We
will need bread without q darn
thing on,
Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29
NEW PAPER AT PRESCOTT.

Prescott, Sept. 23-The Nevada
County News, weekly paper will
be started acre in a few days. II.
B, Mckenzie will be proprietor and
Charles E. Shankle editor and pub
fishers. 1t will be a seven column
folio, all home print, and Demo
cratic,
Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29

' Fu htlON II w iVOhCl vi llDU ia lSE
Eakin and Mr.. McCollum will
make the race. tho both have been
strongly urged by their friends to
enter the contest.
The man that can't-pick himself
a good judge out of that crowd is
not looking for justice.
Oyster Bay Sept. 23.-Arrange-
ments fqsthe trip Of President
Roosevelt through the South prac-
tlcally have been completed, ex-
cept those pertaining to his visit to
New Orleans and Little Rock. On
account of the prevalence yellow
fever in New Orleans it is not I'M
likely that the president may de-
fer his visit to that city until a lat
er time, in which event he would
visit Little Rock at the same time.
He is being urged not to go TO New
Orleans so long as the yellow fe-
yer epidemic continues ther J,
but he has received assurances that
the fever will be stamped out be-
fore the tentative date of his visit,
October "a. A suggestion was
made recently that on account Of
the quarantine placed by Arkansas
on passengers from New Orleans
the president should visit Little
Rock before going to New Orleans.
This matter is in the minds of the
New Orleans authorities, as evi-
denced by the following telegram
rom the mayor of New Orleans:
"New Orleans, Sept. 29.'
"Hon. Thedore Roosevelt, Pres
ident of the United States, Oyster
Bay:
Referring TO my telegram of
the 18th inst. l have the houor to
report our telegraphlc correspond
enee with the Arkansas authorities
has resulted in the final message,
dated Little Rock, September 20,
and addressed to DR.. !. H. White
surgeon in charge Marine Hospital
and Public Health Service here:
"Wpuld it not be possible for
President Roosevelt to arrange to
go to Louisiana after visiting Ark
ansas? Impossible to say with
present outlook, that our quaran-
tine will be raised by October 20.
j. P. Runyan,
president Board of Health.
GAS the average date of the first
frost in Arkansas is October II, it
seems reasonably certain that any
quarantine against yellow fever
will be raised by October Is, at
the latest.
Martin Behrnan"
" City of New Orleans,
1t was announced only tonight
that if the quarantine regulations
of other states should prevent the
presidents entrance into to Ark
ansas on his return to Arkansas
by rail, after having visited New
Orleans, he may consider the plan
of making New Orleans the final
stop on his trip and returning
Washington telegraph., 1905-09-29
SAVE! SAVE! SAVE

These words are fortunes
foundation Sonnd, Solid Last
ing and Sure---deep down in the
soil.
Are your still wanting to lay
,he corner stone of your for
tuner Don't put il off
DO IT TODAY!
Interest on time deposits.
The BANK of HOPE, Hope, Ark.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11

By the voluntary retirement of
Rear-Admiral j. II. Rainier, the navy
loses another distinguished veteran,
who for close upon half century has
served with conspicuous ability in
many parts of the world. During the
early eighties he took leading part
in our first "little war" in Somaliland,
and while employed there was largely
instrumental in putting down the ex-
tensive slave trade on the east coast of
Africa. Admiral Rainer enjoys the
very rare distinction of having COM
manded in action the forces of five
different nations, an incident which
arose during his captaincy of the Rod
ney, when he led the English, French,
Russian and italian landing parties at
SelinOs Kastelli, in the Cretan insur-
rection of 1897, and successfully re-
lieved the beleagured Turkish garri-
son and Moselm inhabitants of Kan
danos. The gallant officer, who
reached his present rank in 1901, was
formerly member of the War Office
Committee OH Machine Guns. and for
n period was secretary to the Com
mittee on Torpedo Instrucuon.-Lon
don Telegraph.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
ElY-Leaf Mann, anda.

Every now and then you will find in
some periodical an item relating to the
subject of book in which you are in
terested. 1t is good plan to enter on
the fly-leaf a reference to this passage.
so that you may find it again when
needed. Such notes, neatly written in
pencil, do no harm, and will often
save you much time. You may, in the
same way, make notes of the number
of pages in which you have been spe-
cially interested. n correspondent
writes to us asking whether to recon-
mend marking books" To this ex-
tent we certainly do, provided the
book is not so fine an edition that it
should be kept as spotless as can be.
Besides, very light pencil notes can be
removed in a moment without harm
TO any page. But the marking of books
that extends to disfiguring them will
never be done by any one who realizes
how long a good book may continue
to delight new readers, and to bring
them help in right living and think
lng.-St. Nicholas.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11

Tired, nervous and irritable, the
mother is unfit TO care for her chill
dren, and her rcondition ruins the child's
disposition and reacts upon herself.
The mother should not be blamed, as
she no doubt is suffering with back
ache, headache, bearing down pains or
disa' segment. making life burden.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the unfailing cure for this
condition. 1t strengthens the female
organs and permanently cures all dis
placements and Irregularities.
Such testimony as the following
should convince women of its value:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
want to tell you how much good lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done me
| suffered for eight years with ovarian
troubles. | was nervous, tired and ir
ritable, and it did not seem as though / could
stand it any longer, as l had five children no
eare for. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was recommended and it has en-,
tirely cured me. / cannot thank you enough
for yOur letter Of advice and for what Iv1iia
f. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has done
for me.-Mrs PHI. Hoffman, 100 Himrod
Street, Brooklyn, N. Y"
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wone,
free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
IN CUSTODY OF A BoARHoUND.

During a visit to a friend in the
country Sir Henry Hawkins had an
adventure with boarhound which he
describes in his "Reminiscences
There was an enormous Danish boar
hound, which had. unperceived by us,
followed Mrs. Harlstone from the IL
brary. He pushed by without cere-
mony, and proceeded until he reached
the lady, who was some distance in
advance. He then carefully took the
skirt of her dress with his mouth, and
carried it like an accomplished train
bearer until he reached the bottom Of
the stairs and the garden, when he let
go the dress and gazed as an interest
ed spectator.
But before we parted from Mrs.
Harlstone, and while was talking to
her, felt my hand in the boarhound's S
mouth, and a pretty capacious mouth
it was, for seemed to touch nothing
but his formidable fangs. So soft was
the touch of his fangs that was only
Just conscious my hand was in his
HOuln ny HOW anu Ine0 IHe SeulleSJ
reminder. I knew animals too well
to attempt to withdraw it, and pre-.
served calm more wonderful than /
could have given myself credit for.
While l was. wondering what the
next proceeding might be, Mrs. Harl.
stone begged me TO be quite easy, and
on no account TO show any opposition
to the dogs proceedings, in which case
she promised that he would lead me
gently to the other side of the lawn,
and there leave me without doing the
least harm.
AS was being led away Mrs. Harl
stone said: 'Do exactly as he wishes.
He is jealous of your talking to me,
and any one who does so he leads
away TO the other side of the garden"
Having conducted me to the remotest
spot he could find, he opened his huge
Jaws and released my hand, wagged
his tail and trotted off, much pleased
with his performance.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
A FAMOUS ENGINE.

Not long ago a little old fashioned
switch engine was haulded down the
main line of Western railroad to be
thrown into the scrap pile. Dingy,
rusty, worn out, not worth repairing
further, it was yet of sufficient impor-
tance to attract to station platforms
hundreds of men and women who had
not forgotten the record OF Engine o.,
of the Alton" and wanted q last look
at the old machine.
Just third of a century ago "97"
was the most famous locomotive in
the world. To the bounds of civiliza-
iton, wherever the telegraph and the
daily news reached. it was talked
about, praised. spoken of with the
pride which all the world feels in one
of mans creations which has done a
wonderful thing. And a wonderful
thing "97' had done, for, stopping only
for water. it had run for three con-
secutive hours at speed approXimat-
ing a mile minute, and had even run
long stretches of the way at the then
undreamed of speed of a mile in fifty
seven seconds.
That was in October, 1871. The
engine was in the roundhouse at
Bloomington, III. On the previous
night word had reached Bloomington
that a great fire was in progress in
Chicago. Early in the morning n
telegram came to the Bloomington
fire department from the mayor Of the
burning city, asking for aid. The fire
department called up a railway official
and asked for a special train.
SO "97' was fired up rolled out to
the main line, coupled to a coach and
fat car, and sent to team track.
There all the fire fighting apparatus
that could be spared was run on the
fat car and fastened securely. the fire.
men found places in the coach, and
"97.' with full head Of steam, slipped
easily away on what was TO be the
most famous run of its life.
A clear track had been provided for
the whole distance. Every opposing
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
Negroes Immune to yellow Fever.

NSS'oeu iIHHuHe 10 rcHoW Fever.
Though In almost every industry
In Mississippi and Louisiana partial
paralysis Is felt. railroad building and
repair goes on uninterrupted, as
though nothing had happened, be-
cause the laborers used are negroes
and are apparently immune from yell
low fever" said ]. b. Carbondale, of
Jackson, Miss. Large gangs are
constantly working on the roads, and
l understand from a talk | had with
one of the engineers recently that the
Italians who had been used left, and
negroes are used exclusively.
He told me from his experience
that mosquitoes which carry yellow
fever had not attacked them. This
seems true, when 1t was stated from
another source recently that none of
the negroes had died during the pres
ent epidemic. A negro is supposed
to have a larger liver than a white
man, and that may have something to
do with 1t. At any rate, though the
negro has been supplanted to some
extent by the foreign labor during the
last couple of years, he now shows
his peculiar fitness for work In the
far South, particularly in the delta
where the fever is most rife The
Italians live in unsanitary conditions,
and when the fever comes they are
attacked to a greater degree than
others. The negroes live in condi-
tlons quite as unsanitary, and yet
they do not suffer" ."--Washington
Post.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
Many ferils of Women.

A physician in Kansas City has
discovered that high collars worn by
women produce cancer of the throat
and the Hopkins (Mo) Journal adds;
"Low-neckedl dresses produce pneu.
monia, corsets cause heart disease
and shortness Of breath, long skirts
gather up germs of all infectious dis.
eases, thin soles produce consump-
tion, tight shoes cause the toes to
grow together, and looking at bright
millinery causes sore eyes. Women
should be very careful about these
things"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
A Strange silk Difficulty.

An unexpected difficulty has cropped
up in connection with the movement
for taking up the production of silk in
Ceylon. The demand is now almost
entirely for unpieced cocoons, for the
turning out of which it is' necessary to
destroy the worm inside. But all life
Is held sacred in Buddhist beliefs, and
the question is how far this will prove
an insuperable barrier to the develop
ment of the industry. The act of de-
stroying the silk worm would be in
distinct contravention of the Five Pre-
cepts, which prohibit the taking of
even insect life.-Allahabad Pioneer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11

train was side tracked, and men were
stationed at all the switches to assure
safety. Louis Hawks was at the throt-
tie of the little engine-little as ell.
glnes go to-day but big fellow therp
He gave ''97" notch after notch on
the throttle till the train flew at a won-
derful speed. From Chenoa to Pom
tiac, ten miles, the train passed in ten
minutes. From Dwight TO Gardner.
nine miles, was covered in nine min
utes. Then in burst of speed that
made the wondering officials in the
despatcher's office cape in amazement,
''91' wheeled off the seven miles from
Wilmington to Elwood in barely six
minutes.
At the throttle Hawks sat, bent for
ward, his eyes intent on the track,
strained, nervous over this never be-
fore cqualed speed, coaxlng his engine
with magicians hand. And at last,
in almost an even three hours. he
closed the throttle and brought the
train TO stop in the smoke enshrouded
Wy lItti IL ltNolu run VI Ouc
and twenty-seven miles.
The story of that ride went every
where as one of the great feats in con-
nection with the big fire. Sermons
were preached about the engine, and
spread pictures of it broad
cast. Like the "John Bull" of the
Camden and Amboy line, or the Gen
nral' which once pulled Andrews and
his raiders, "07" was set down for i'm
mortal fame. But no such easy berth
awaited it as those others found-level
'idings in snowy eXpositons. 1t pulled
special trains till it was out of date,
md then was put into the shops and
made into switch engine, in which
5uise it wore itself out.
Louis Hawks, too grew old in serv-
ce and died a little before his engine
IN January 3, 1905, after nearly fifty
'ears of continuous service.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1905-10-11
The Voice of Sincerity.

Children are said TO be good although
unconscious judges of human nature;
and most of them do at least recognize
sincerity and detect pretense.
Come here" my little darling" said
the book agent. She had a voice which
belied her words, but she was trying
to cultivate the little daughter of the
woman who had not yet come down.
stairs. II do so love children" she
added, in clear tone, as she heard
footsteps on the stairs. "But you seem
to like the kitty better than me. Why
are you so fond of herr"
"'Cause she purrs as if she meant
It," said the little girl, calmly.-Youth's
Companion.