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"TouchinR Wood"

Can any reader explain the origin Of touching wood after boasting of ones exemption from ill fortune?-a species of absit omen practised in Shropshire and Cheshire and probably in many other parts of England. The procedure ss ef shfs HE1. 'TH WeEkfX t> sN. bad sprain in my life-well. I'd Letter touch wood" and a chair or table or anything near that is wooden IS tonch- ed. Gan the custom come from some lingering memory of the veneratioh at tached to relics of the true CY'eS: = London Notes anI Queries,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11

States Sue was second maid In 6 Boston family for Il time and also worked ni Il laundry but. being brought to the attention of Hcnry W. Savage, WAS given hy him t place in The Prince of Pil>en rompany Her beauty and charm dl9 the rest. In London sine created s1le}i craze that she excited the jealousy of Edna May, who finally resigned from Tine Belle of Mayfair company tn q piu,le. As the bride of q future peer Stie will have q new held to conquer that af Eng fish society She is considered l good specimen Of the Gibson gIri type in appearance and character and has the boise necessary for entrance 10 ex- elusive sets Ter Ausband' y father has threatened him with =disInheeitance, but the so9ng man k malIug money in q garage business and enjoys an in cone of s,1:10.UU0 from his estates
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11
Ty,.t.I.inx n HuttOn.

Wife I've iest been reading ah ar= ticlc on electricity, John, and t ap= pears that before long We shall f" able to get pretty well everything He want by .iE,t teaching button Illus band You'd never be able 10 get @pt- thing that way. Wife-WAy not joha: Husband Because nothing on e.=9th would ever make you teuea J o.l'oa- Look at my shirt,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11
MAY INVEST IN
 PINE BEtisl| "Ist.'faliiA


 Mr Woslol Halliburton ,N= ton@iNe reatr state dculsG= =N.m pAa, passed Throash he Ea. .-a' urGay =moInina= efeHft. D szz=zf=t4a# E to look after s0m9 1u2s ia15a l dI& hv has aH there. He stated 1hH on his return It. would stop ln Pine Bluff with view 10 H#Ep@' .HS largely III rcal estate here. that ho recognized Pine Bluff as one 3i the most progressive cities iii lhe ate and if hc could find suitabio prop. cl1y lie would not hesitate to In- vest realizing the safety of I'#N''i- mcnts here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11
OSCAR S. =STRAUS.
The First Jew to Enter nn America Ii
 Cabinet.


 Oscar x. Straus. WHa is ~,'he,tflest for appointment hy President !;poSes eit 7S secretary of eonl0rfee ;tt.A iahef, o''- eHSioned diSeuSSioH ferentiy bF ili~ statement that the ,I"N sH f3eH. to which he belongs s aot lsl'eetfi Il and mHtcrialstc. but deVot'l! |, f.ie k, and that otherwise il would iUtXe >plI out long ago and bought peace from is prrSrcttorS IL is said titnt Mir. StTd'!S will he the first Jew tp hutt3 =Ria.'G In the cabinet of aH .AtlericaH Ptesi- dent. He has served aa minister to Turkey and in that post t'd niofe. al though q Jew, for the benefit of the work of the Christian missionaries in tue Sullau.s domain f!,au any af his Christian predecessors. II WaS Grover Cleveland who first sea. Mr. Strsus to Turkey. and the second time he went there as United States minister il was President Mckinley wil" commissioned him. Though never ali active p"iiti- clan, he used to be considered belN-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11
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 In Hungary gypsy women and Hten whose eyebrows grow together are sup posed to have it special degree tHe power to entertainment. and as illiterate folk have q great dread of such Mys- terious powers, especially as they may be supposed 10 be directed against tue well being OF happiness of th'ir cAil- dren. it need hardly he said that a man whose hrows meet is not q popular person. Even HOW there are parts of England where q belief jn witcheraft still fingers. and not so very long ago ill Northumberland there were peoIl1 who regarded q person whose eyebrows met se q witch or Warloek
 In tlle north of Abcrdeenslrc. ae- cortling to the late Rev. Walter GreGor who Was a very competent authority Oil Scottish lore and customs. "closebroot man. .@t that is. ono Whose eyebrows meet-WaS regarded ;js heinz immoral. Elsewhere iu Scotland stne with close broos. was regarded as fnincky to he met as first H." while eFler folk went good dead further aHA ee&artlod the unlll,,Ey posSessor of selaSe hrnas ss one forcdoolu"d to be I- -ggI I.o,5=56 (, ,iplUt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11

GRoRGEs PlNVtAhi. American woman His most notable act since his acccs slon to the premiership is rhe appoint incnt as minister of war of q man Ill whom Americans have q peculiar i'll 1erest, General Georges riequart. the principal hero, next to Captain nreY- fus himself, of the episode in which that officer figured.
 Tn France the office of president k pfe of great hoHer. hut the powers that 60 with the position are hy Ho means so great as those po~Sessed hy the president of oar own republic II K the premier who is the active ruler of the country iii France, and hence the importance attached to the post. The political complexion of the government may change several times during the term of n French pirsident but tue Iremier must always represent the party which controls the parliament,
 NJ Clemcnceau assumes tie rcilIs Of authority at Il critical period in the history of France oh account of tue agitation over the uew law separat
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11

ocrat of late years h. l,a. voted tiH' Republican ticket. lie i, "-st kh"Wh as a diplomat. but iH 'd''0"h To hIs achievements in the ti,ll of sti,ahaary Le has practiced law. wftt'.m books "' history aHt political eeoann'y end ntt'' 2 succeS~ in hs Siness He x T nteai9r If The Ha-Ge caco tr;h99a!,
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 The prospective ca5i4et ln,'ls.f,H = born in Ger nany in 1S5', ca .a4. country In ,.hilAhooI aod i~ - ~ Y. of Columbia ulvee%i. !' '- ae','S dent of the No,e Ya.k h'"r' at t,''.' and tyan@p ,rtati,n ald p' :a' tH ,en Social .',lttr aSSoe't''''f,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-11-11
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
From the Dundee Advertiser.

Unlike most animals. horses have no
eyebrows, and hares are minus eyelids
Consequently the eyes of the latter can
not be shut. and a thin membraneous
substance covers them when asleep. The
eye of the owl is also very peculiar, see
ing that it is immovably fixed in its
socket and cannot stir in any direction.
To compensate for this seeming disad-
vantage it can turn its head almost COM
plete1y around without moving it's body.
If you were to keep a frogs mouth open
many minutes it would soon die. as ow-
ing to it's peculiar construction, it can
only breathe with the mouth closed. On
the other hand, fishes are compelled to
keep opening and closing their mouths
in order to give their respiratory organs
full play. curious fact about the eel is
that it has less life in it's head than in its
TAIL consequently, when killing an eel
the fisherman smashes it's tafl;it also has
two hearts. Snakes usually have their
teeth in the head. but one variety In Ar
RIGA, whose principal food is eggs, is pro-
vided with substitute for them in its
stomach,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
Only Single-Tax Colony in the World.

The dream of Henry George. as set forth
in Progress and Poverty" has become a
reality. There is actually single-tax col
ony, the only in the world, that is
rapidly becoming thriving and important
community. Two hundred acres of land
were secured some time ago by ardent sin
gle-tax advocates In Baldwin county, Ala
bama, and there, on a beautiful bluff over
looking Mobile bay, the pretty village of
Fairhope was founded. 1t has developed
into one of the most prosperous settlements
of the state.
The population of Fairhope is now be-
tween five and seven hundred. There are
more than one hundred dwellings, three
general stores, a drygoods and millinery
store, a fine hotel, two drugstores, meat
market. bakery, several mills, livery stable,
printing office. several shops, occupied by
various trades a neat church building,
fine public school buildings, town hall and
lodges for benevolent or fraternal organi-
cations.
The association owns, free of incum-
brance. nearly one thousand six hundred
acres of land. 1t also owns wharf which
extends one thousand eight hundred feet
into the bay. The steamer Fairhope keeps
the townsfolk in touch with Mobile, city
of fifty thousand. sixteen miles across the
bay, and the trip is made in an hour and
a half.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The bulk of the soft coal being used by
the Washington Gaslight Company in the
manufacture of Illuminating gas for use In
this city is now being brought here IN
barges from Baltimore The gas-making
coal was formerly brought to Shepherd s
Landing of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, opposite Alexandria, and was there
transferred to lighters, but for the past
four or five months the coal has been
brought here in bulk from Baltimore aboard
barges carrying from 500 to 800 tons each.
Arrived-Schooner Osceola, cord wood,
from a river point; steam barge Dennis
Simmons, lumber and shingles from the
Roanoke river, M c., for this port and
Alexandria; barge Howard, fertilizer ma
terial, from Norfolk for Alexandria; tug
Peerless of Baltimore with a tow from
Chesapeake bay; schooner yacht Ariadne,
from cruise; schooner Gilman Dove, cord
wood, from a lower river point.
Sailed-Schooner Bessie Reed, for Poto-
mac oyster beds to load for this port
schooner Mary Ann Shea, light, for a river
point to load back to this city; tug Edward
E. Gummell, towing Alexandria Chemical
Company lighter to Occoqu1n to load sui
phur rock; schooner c. H. Dagger, light. for
lumber for dealers here; schooner Addie,
light, for Potomac oyster Beds to load for
this market.
Memoranda Schooner A. H. Quinby has
sailed from Philadelphia for this city with
cargo of hard coal aboard; schooner
John MeGinnis has been chartered to load
lumber at Rappahannock river point Tor
Baltimore; sioop Lily Evans is at Alexan-
dria taking on stores preparatory to sailing
on fishing trip; schooner Henry Kreger.
now unloading at Alexandria, will complete
discharging within the next day or two and
will go to a coal port for cargo; tug
Yerkes is on Chesapeake bay seeking a
tow.
-Colton's wharf, on the lower Potomac. fs
temporarily OF the schedules of the steam
ers running to the lower river. The owner
Of the pier has had the greater pr ct II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
Education of Mohammedan Women.

From the Calcutta Country and People.
In Turkey there are 1,5O0 schools In which
girls receive education. There are forty
secondary schools having 5000 girls on their
rolls. The learning Of Koran is compul-
sorry, and arithmetic, geography and ele-
mentary science are taught. Teaching has
now become respectable profession, and
young ladies', after passing the normal ex-
aminations elect to become tutoresses in
distant parts of the empire. Those who
are in position to prosecute their studies
to the higher standard learn the French,
English and German languages, which
they speak fuently. In Constantinople
young ladies go up for the medical pro-
fession, and there are more than 300
nurses at the present day. Female educa-
ton Is not an innovation among the Moham-
medans of the present day.
Arab and Moorish women In their palmy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
Henry Nailor Dropped Dead.

Henry B. Nailor. fifty years Of age. who
lived at 1908 s street northwest. dropped
dead this morning while at 1149 Goth street
northwest. He owned the house on Goth
street and was there this morning to look
after an INSTRUCTED water pipe. While there
he fell unconscious, his death taking place
before he could be taken to the Emergency
Hospital. Mrs. Nailor and her daughter
went to the hospital and made arrange
ments for the removal of the remains to
the family home after Coroner hewitt had
given a certificate of death from heart fail
ure. The deceased was an engineer and he
was employed In the navy yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
$3.50 to $1,000 Skirts, S3.05.

The advantages of buying your Skirt tomorrow twofod
First quality that bought before the
and style that individual and from the
sgner Second about havery likely than half
Materials boadcoth Panama nuns yelling cheviot and
Scotch mixtures. The styles to be found only in
the finest skirts box and panel peats knee and hip @ . M
kits shown in original variations Special for VS
Friday. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29

torn up and has large force of wharf
builders at work on the structure renewing
1t and putting 1t in good shape for service.
AS the work is completed the
steamers will resume making their regular
stops there for fish, oysters and other
freight for this city.
The work of repairing the damaged rud-
der of the steamer Callahan is being pushed
at the Alexandria wharf of the Norfolk and
Western Steamboat Company, and it is ex-
pected she will be ready for service again
by the end of this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
Claimed He Was Robbed.

A colored man named John Jones, living
at 11O4 street northwest, was found under
the influence of liquor near 18th and E
streets northwest yesterday afternoon. He
was picked up and taken to the Emergency
Hospital for treatment. The patient recov-
cred in a short while and was able to go
home. This morning he called upon the
police and complained that he had lost or
been robbed Of 500 in cash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29
Mother Duda Spreads Terror.

Mother Duda has appeared again. In the
haunts she frequents that news strikes ter
ror. Who is she? Find out by reading '"rhe
Chief Legatee," Anna Katherine Green's
masterpiece, which will appear serially in
The Saturday and Sunday Star, beginning
December 1, before issuance in book form.
1t is eighth of the famous $50, 600 series
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days. when their European sisters were
STEPPED In ignorance, would deliver ser
mons and would profess in colleges and
the Mohammedan females Is due to the
general degradation of the nation. An
awakening is now taking place in some
parts of the Mohammedan world and the
day may possibly dawn again when the
stain of ignorance may be wiped of from
the Mohammedan ladies OF this country
with the help of government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29

The Montgomery county school commits
sioners are experiencing difficulty in find
ing young ladies willing to accept scholar
more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29

Thousands Of situations have been OBJ
tanned through the want columns of The
Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-29

The funeral of Charles H. Martin took
place at the First Presbyterian Church at
Ellicott City yesterday. The burial was in
ST. Johns cern~AArv
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Gut Prices i'm Newest Fancy
Goods.

fresh shipment of the Dainty Silk
Scarfs that the whole country is wear
ing. Made Of gauzy Jap. silk,
with hemstitched ends and
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Special purchase of Heavy Golf Gloves
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-25
A NURSERY STORY.

Concerning Paul md Fiammctto. By L.
Allen Harker with Introduction by
Kate Douglas Wiggin. Published by
Charles ScrIbner's Sons New York
favorable INTRODUCTION, by so compe-
tent a judge as writes it. must preds
nose all to take an interest in this book.
As she SAYS. il Is English TO the marrow;
las English as a hsdgerose or a bit of
pink hawthorne" yet the nature of chill
dren Is much the same everywhere. and no
one could fail to enjoy this quiet story Of
the ways and the doings Of the children
Of an English country gentleman, and a
visitor who was In their companionship.
Tho scenes are all moderately drawn. and
In comparison with imaginings OF more
vivid style. might be called commonplace
or dull. but tho quiet charm OF II all ls
most entlcing and grateful The young
Fiammctta is a brilliant child compared
with her more staid English companions.
but they rise to the occasions presented.
with n reckless abandon from care that
is very fetching. Paul is frank and de-
termined young chap, OF reading turn.
Janey. who tells the narrative. is u dar-
ling. The wtchery Of the tale grows on
one as IL is read
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-25
THE MAGAZINES.

Indoors and Out for March describes
with the aid OF many fine pictures, Lake
wood. a community in the New Jersey
pincs. where the members can live out
door lives; and many fine residences arc
there "A Poor Mans Back yard Is
treoted on the before and after Plan
ond the result is certainly striking me
New Residence Of Hon. Elihu' Root As
pictured and described. Othcr speclaities
orc ",The Garden Site" How Shall we
Decorate our windows Tho House
- Roofs for Winter Use"
"1rbe Modern Kitchen" (second and con-
Guiding paper) Reading Lamps Beautl-
full by Night and Day" What Trees to
P,ant-;he Useful Oaks" and what to
Consider In Developing Country Place.
II IS n most attractive monthly. oeautl-
fully illustrated Rogers and Wise Co..
publishers. New York.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-25
a STORY OF CANADA

Hearts and Creeds By Anna Chopin
Ray, author OF BY the Good sIp. saIpte
Anne" Teddy, Her Book. "Nathaiie's 3
Drawings by Alice Barber Stepbene
published by Little. Brown and Com
pany, Boston.
Inc differences and cruel antasonisms
made by opposing crceds afford themes az
old as literature. And the difference he
tween Protestant wife who In her ten
der youth married a Catholic, promising
all that the "mixed marriage" ceremonies
require. is the central theme OF this
novel The husband, Amedee Leleu, be-
sides being q Catholic, is of a French
family; the wife, Airline Lord. is English
and at heart fercely opposed to CathoIl-
cism. But at tho FIRST she tries to enter
into her husbands life and aims enter
tains his friends, and so opens for him a
political career One OF these friends OF
Leleu, named ST. Just. is also a special
admirer OF the wife. and while paving
her compromising attentions worms out
of her things that put her husband in
an exceedingly bad light, politically.
Finally St Just springs in his paper q
scandalous insinuation. which gets him
beating from Leleu, who thcreupon
makes up with Airline. Then their girl Is
born, and Airline plots to have her bap-
tized by the Protestant dean before the
baptism in the Catholic church; then she
teaches the child that II is wrong to pray
10 the virgin. to believe in purgatory, and
In the mass Ieleu heard this and IL
shocked him so much that he at once
bundled the child of to n convent. and
left his wife, with the word that until
she is penitent she need not seek him. 1T
is story of strong passions and intense
feeling. and the author presents in it a
view of The heavy friction that in East
ern Canada attends the contact OF hos
tile races and contepding crecds And it
is good. strong writing