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The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
Farmers Union at Hoxie.

The Farmers Union of Hoxie are contemplating putting in a stock of goods in their warehouse, which they propose disposing of to the farmers of that vicinity It will also have the capacity of storing a large quantity of cotton for which 1t proposes to give the farmer credit in the union store for half the value of the cotton he stores.
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
A Brick Plant at Van euren.

Arrangements have been completed to establish large brick plant at Van Buren, the capacity of which
 will be 10000 brick per day. Forty acres of choice shale land have been purchased by the company and it only remains to settle a few minor details before work on the plant will begin.
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
Shippers Ask pamaaes.

P A. Byrd, timber dealer at Wood son, has filed suit against the St Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company, in the Circuit Court, second division at Little Rock, s294 .46 for alleged over charges and damage to goods in tran sit and in loading.
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
A Change in the law.

A move is being made by the Synod of Arkansas of the Presbyterian church, U. S. A., to have the present law in regard to liquor license changed They will petition the next legislature to provide that before the saloons can be licensed majority of the adult inhabitants, male and fe- male. shall first petition the county court In favor of such license.
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
They Knew Too Much, Anyway.

St. Petersburg Universities of of St. Petersburg and Kazan, two of the most important in Russia, have been closed by order of their respec- tive faculty councils on account of the violation by students on the stip- ulation that open political meetings should not be held within the college precincts
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
 Sponoe Cake Patties.

Break two eggs into cup, then fill up with cream or milk. Pour into mixing bowl, add cup of sugar and cupful and a half of four that has been sifted, with two teaspoonsful baking powder. Beat all together for ten minutes, flavor with vanilla, lemon or orange and bake in lightly greased patty tins, about ten minutes.
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
Clear Docket for the Supreme Court.

It is expected that at the close of the present term of the Supreme Court, July g, 1907, it will have dis posed of all cases before it with the exception of cases coming in late. The court has been handing down de- cisions at the rate of from F to 15 week for some time, and if the pres ent average is kept up the end is in sight
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
4 Canninu Factory.

The canning factory at Gassville has yielded to the farmers in that vicinity from s60 to $75 per acre for their tomato crops. The factory gives em- ployment to more than sixty persons
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
Apple Crop Heavy.

The apple crop of north Arkansas is unusually heavy, which has tended to lower the price. The farmers in that locality have been feeding them to their hogs rather than place them on the market at the present prices.
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
Injured by Dynamite.

While making preparations for blasting, Wm. Woodring of Bradley had the misfortune to have his left arin and leg badly injured by the ex- plosion of stick of dynamite in his hand
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
Fancy Prices for Cotton.

Two bales of long staple cotton sold on the streets of Texarkana for IT and IS cents per pound, respectively, while in Pine Bluff the same grade of cotton brought IS IA cents.
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
Mrs. George Sengel Dead.

As the result of injuries received in runaway about twelve months ago, Mrs. George Sengel. wife of ey Senator Sengel, is dead at her home at Fort Smith
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
Lanesburg Lumber .kilns Destroyed.

A number of lumber kilns near Lanesburg, belonging to Beatty X Loomis, were destroyed by fire re- gently, with an estimated loss of $1150
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
George TrimbIe Dead.

George NJ. Trimble. son of Judge T. C. Trimble. d prominent lawyer of Central Arkansas, is dead from the effects of burns received in the explo- sion of coal oil lamp. He had been a sufferer from Brights disease for several years, and the shock from the burns was too much for his already weakened condition, and he died after three weeks of intense suffering.
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
EAGLE TAIL.

Probably no better known scout lives fin the southwest than Can't. Charles L. Won Berg
 whose home Is at Fayetteville, Ark. and whose picture appears above. Capt. Non Berg was scout under Buffalo Bill and is well known throughout the west and southwest. where he served during the early period. Not only is he Interested in relating incidents that
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01

came under his observation while riding the frontier, but he Is quite literary student and has one of the finest collections of curios in the country He possesses q buffalo head for which the Smithsonian institute has standing offer of 5000. I'm collection Includes every conceivable relic of Indian warfare and frontier life.
The Monticellonian., 1906-11-01
A New Church.

Calico Rock is to have a new Methodist church, the dedication of
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
FACTS ABOUT THE WHALE.

shining skin is Immediately underlaid
by quick coating of blubber. the
great object of the whalers. This is at
once dense and elastic, and, while 1t
preserves the animal heat, it also
serves to reduce the mighty bulk Of
the whale and to bring it nearer to the
specific gravity of the element in which
it spends its existence.
An interesting trait in the economy
of the whale is the manner in which 1t
suckles it's young. says the Philadel-
phia Press. In doing this it partly
turns on it's side. and the teats being
protruded. sucking and breathing can
proceed simultaneously.
Naturalists divide the cetacea into
two divisions. represented by the
"whalebone" and "toothed" whales. In
the former the teeth are replaced by a
series OF great plates of horny nature.
and these, depending from the palate,
constitute the baleen-the whalebone
of commerce. The laminae which COM
prise this. number about 500, are
ranged about two-thirds OF an inch
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20

and pastures new. 1t is the aim and
purpose OF all police orders that this
class be apprehended whenever and
wherever they turn up.
Some women engage in the work
of picking pockets. but that sex is
not so commonly found nowadays as
formerly. 1t used to be that such
women. when they were not en-
gagged in shoplifting. piled their vo-
cation on the street cars and other
crowded places. usually with male
companion. That was straight pick
pocketing. The business is now done
after dark, more often late at night,
by women who accost drunken men
or unsophisticated strangers and back
them up against a fence or lead them
into a vacant hall, ostensibly for con-
versational purposes. Then they
start in to fondle their victims, and
it is all over.
Some OF these women are so very
clever that when they have sue.
ceeded in removing a mans bank roll
they manage to replace it with a bun
die of blank paper so familiar in di.
mensons to the money they have ab-
stracted that he cannot tell the differ
ence by touching the spurious roll
from the outside. There are both
white and black women in this branch
OF thieving, and they are busy lot.
When one Of them has landed the
prize she has been after she makes
a sign-usually in the form Of a
cough-and man or another wom-
an steps smartly up and splits her
out from her prey.
A Pinkerton man, who has spent
most of his life in finding out the
habits of criminals, says of the new
generation Of pickpockets: In Chi
cago there are several classes OF
pckpocllets. the newest OF which,
perhaps, is made up of the boys who
operate in State street and in the
theater districts when audiences are
leaving the various playhouses.
These are ostensibly newsboys, cry
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ing the hardy serial with fauntirg e
red headlines. Their scheme is to
push the papers up into the faces OF
pedestrians. and. while unaer cover
of the ruse. they get OFF the fronts
OF the duDcs, who either stop to buy
the paper or who cannot escape the
onsiaughts of the persistent young
sters.
For instance "A welldressed man
with a woman companion may be
emerging from theater slowly fas-
tcning his coat. A boy rushes up to
him and posters him with pape-,
SO that he becomes irritable and
angry. He growls at the lat. but
that does not bother his tnrmentor
Having centered the attention of the
gentleman upon the newspaper in
his left hand the boy slips his right
hand underneath the extra and in
an instant is in possession of watch
and sometimes chain. These young
sters go mainly for fobs. which are
more easily acquired than the other
sort. but they are sufficiently skill
full to take watch, chain and all when
1t is convenient or necessary.
This line of thieving has been de
vcloped mainly during the last Is
months. 'and it has been carried to
such pass that the public ought to
be warned to keep sharp vigil when
unduly pressed to buy paper
In the street cars there are vari
Gus methods of working and it is
seldom that less than three or four
operators ply their trade together.
II there is a mob of four only one OF
them engages in the actual work OF
depriving the mark of his or her
valuables. The tEief is called the
tool. and the others are known as
stall. Quite often a woman is en-
| ployed as ii stall BY some secret
code of signals the mark is de.
cided upon and the woman picks a
fuss with him. either accusing him
ing that he has clumsi!y stepped upon
her foot. Then. when he is busy with
his eXpostulatiOns. the others crowd
about him menacingly and the tool
takes his money and jewelry.
The best pickpockets do not work
as rule in what are known as the
rush hours on the elevated and sur
face lines-the hours that is to say,
when workingmen, clerks and sales
women are going to and from their
homes. 1t is the theater crowd or
the crowd going to the races that at
tracts the pickpockets. who are after
the people that have money, not those
of slender incomes.'
Pickpockets, like other criminals,
rarely have any money when they
come to lay down the cares of q
busy life. The only noteworthy in
stance to the contrary was that of .
+, famous pickpocket known as Gold
Tooth Kid" who died five years ago.
and whose efforts for the relief" Of
humanity were largely confined to
New York. although he had graced
Chicago and other large cities with
his presence at various periods of his
career. But in addition to picking
pockets he had worked with the
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
FARM FACTS.

II your family have not had all
the strawberries, peas and other good
garden stuff they can tuck away
whs. do you think of yourself?
Show us how to make swinging a
hoe as popular as swinging baseball
bat and We will solve the labor prob.
lem and provide food for all.
In our Investigation of the farm
help problem we have found man on
the Pacific coast who makes business
of supplying Japanese farm help.
A neighbor who has large flock
of hens saw us carrying large bunch
of alfalfa the other day. why. I pay
$50 ton for that stuff-dried and
ground" he said.
Shocks are not confined to electrici-
ty. The man who takes up dairyins
as an easy way to rake In money will
have shock when he discovers his
mistake.-Orange Judd Farmer.
In spraying potatoes don't wait un-
til young bugs are hatched. Destroy
the laying beetles and eggs by using
good sprayer and tobacco juice
mixed with little gasoline and blue
stone.
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end stage of nymph; f. third stage; z.
full-grown nymph: d. h. !. legs; t.
teak. through which food is taken
small lines show natural size.
Of the bugs, together with the bugs
themselves. by deep plowing. Chinch
Il ugs fly in the fall to bunch-grass,
tleir natural food before crops were
introduced, to pass the winter. Not
finding the grass, they will hibernate
!. any shelter that may be at hand.
plring April they fly back to the
crops to mate and deposit their eggs.
Generally the wheat is in prime con-
.G.tion for them at this time, and 1t
u the crop that suffers most when
the eggs hatch and the young bugs
kegin to feed. OF course the great
elt damage is done later when the
.b.oods become very numerous and
begin to migrate to new fields. The
crop moved upon at that time is the
,o,,e to save.
2. Plant trap crop" to protect
:the main crop, and when the bugs
move upon the trap, plow the whole
under, bugs and all. This method has
given good results. The trap crop
say be millet, Kafir, or sorghum. and
should be on the side of the field
nearest to the wheat.
3. Plow space of ten feet around
the cornfield when the bugs begin to
leave the wheat, harrow and drag
with brush to make as much dust as
This hn hnno nnlv in
dry weather. Small, immature bugs
will not be able to cross the ten feet
Of dust, and the mature ones will
seldom resort to flying.
4. Later in the season, when the
insects move upon the corn. a few
piles will attract the chinch bugs. and
if 1t is warm and the corn heats,
thousands Of bugs will die under these
piles from q chinch- bug disease. The
piles of. green corn offer the ideal
weather conditions. hot and damp. the
disease being naturally present soon
takes" and the result is the death
of all bugs affected.
Do not attempt to destroy the
ch!nch bug by spraying. 1t has been
tried at the experiment station and
by numerous farmers. with the same
unsuccessful results. A few more
tests will be made with sprays. and
the results given II successful. But
un.il then the farmer has adequate
means at hand to materially lessen
tho damages by this pest. by using
tho above methods.
20 repeat: By all means plant a
trap crop and plow it under when
the bugs move upon it in great num-
bers. Plow a dust strip and lay piles
of green cut corn or sorghum in the
pashaof the migrating bugs. Then
finaiV begin next winter to save
your wheat crop. by cleaning up all
places where chinch bugs could hide
away and pass the winter months.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20
SOIL MOISTURE.
To Prevent Evaporation the Surface
of ths Ground Must Be Kept
PoWds-ed

There are still many persons Sho
10 not exactly understand that is
good practice To plow corn durins dry
weather in order to preserve The
moisture already in the soil. / have
in mind field of corn that was free
of weeds. and the ground in such fine
condition that was told the con
did not need. nor would it stand, more
blowing. But went ahead and
plowed half The field for the last time.
In a lew weeks | was in the ,ield
again and noticed that the corn
piowed in dry weather had made de-
cidedly the best growth. [ coul0 not
lay the cause to anything else ,han
that the stirring of the ground had
assisted in reserving the moisture. Cor
Inc ground "as already in good .on-
dition when plowed the last time. Fur
ther investigation has proved this to
be the fact
believe that wrong impressions are
sometimes obtained by some perlons
who have plowed corn in dry weather
when the ground was hard, and ,yi-
dc tItly had a bad effect on the corn.
causing the blades TO roll. The mis-
take was in permitting the goun.l to
get hard, as under such conditio. the
ground cannot be worked without in
jury to the roots of the corn. Besides
this the clods leave openings wnich
lacllltate the evaporation of moisture
A good coat OF fine dirt over the sur
face of the ground will prevent this.
h,t -,
stantly evaporating. In other words,
it is taken up in finely divided form,
carried to the surface of the ground
and given off into the air. At times
it may be well that this is true, for
1t gives the plant a chance of relief
from an occasional oversupply OF
moisture. But in case of drought it
is necessary to prevent evaporation.
This can be done by stirring the
ground, leaving mulch of finely pull
verized dirt on the surface Then the
moisture, instead of escaping, is taken
up by the roots of the growing plant,
To secure this condition it is neces-
sary that the ground be stirred as
soon after rain as the ground will
permit. If, says the Orange Judd
Farmer. heavy rain comes .fght
away after the corn has been p..wed
the last time. it will be necessary, in
the event of dry spell following. to
stir the ground again if the size of the
corn will permit. If the corn is large
enough to shade the ground pretty
we'll. the evaporation will not be so
great, and the heavy dews will also
be more effective.
In preparing ground for oats. or
other plants with shallow roots. the
ground should not be stirred too deep
if dry weather is expected, as tho
moisture will be shut off too far down
to be of benefit.
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20

apart. and have their interior edge
covered with fringes OF hair. Some Of
these attain to a length of Is feet.
The cavity of whales mouth has
been likencd to that of an ordinary
ships cabin, and inside the surface
conveys the idea of being covered with
thick fur. The soft, spongy tongue
Is often monstrous mass ten feet
broad and is feet long. 1t might be
thought that the whale with ITS vast
bulk. would want sea creatures to
nourish 1t; but this is not so. Its chief
food consists of minute mollusks, and
with these its immense pasture grounds
in the northern seas abound. In con-
nection with these will be seen the
beauty of the mouth structure. Open
ing its huge mouth says Prof. Hux-
ley, land allowing the sea water. with
its multitudinous tenants. to fill the
oral cavity, the whale shuts the lower
jaw upon the baleen plates. and. strain
ing out the water through them, swal.
lows the prey stranded on Its tongue.I
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20

trail detail. now housed at the Des-
PLANES Street station. the criminals
and suspicious persons picked up dur
ing the night are held until morning
for scrutiny and possible Identified
ton by the detectives, simple proc
ess that has for some time been in
vogue.
John Smith" for example. the in
spector, lieutenant or sergeant in
charge of the operations. would call
Oh; in gruff. in,perious tones: Hold
up your right hand The individual
addressed on one such instance re-
Gently, dapper. we.l-dressed young
man with a narrow face and bright,
ratty eyes. had raised his hand high
in the air Then the inspector had
repeated: John Smith pickpocket.
works the surface cars and bridge
entrances
TnSmith was thereupon addressed an
inquiry as to who was his partner.
He pointed ont another youthful. but
rather more roughly dressed fellow
in the crowd. This 'dipper" was or
dered over to stand beside Smith.
By this process the detectives were
enabled not alone to fasten in their
memories the faces of the two of.
tenders individually. but to associate
them with each other and in this
manner simplify the task of picking
them out in future.
Everybody brought into this cham.
hpr pf Siftjpp iS uhptpura and
measured by the Bertiilon system
after which all hands are taken to
court to be turned loose BY the va
rious police magistrates. many of
whom seem disinclned to hold pris-
OncrS of this type on vaSrancy
charge or to remand them for further
examination with view to adding
to their dscom!urls. and thus en-
couraginS them to seek fresh fields
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The main physical characteristics OF
the whale are its distorted jaws, with
upward directed nostrils, its great bulk
and rudimentary limbs. The huge bulk
OF the creature is driven forward by
the flexible caudal fin. and, while the
body is rigid in front, it exhibits great
mobility behind. The blow-holes are
placed on the top Of the head. and the
animal can only respire when these are
above water.
The larger whales travel at the rate
OF about four miles an hour, but when
pursuing their prey, or goaded by pain,
they rush through the water at Il much
greater pace. They are aided in this
by the broad and powerful tail, which
is their chief organ Of iocomotion. In
stead of being vertical as in the fishes.
this is horizontal. and the larges spe-
:cies can command immense driving
, power.
The tail is also used as an offensive
land defensive weapon, The smooth,
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REMEDIES FOR cHlNcH BUG
Fighting This Pest ty Disease Inoc-
ulation Has Not Proved Sue
cessful

Spreading chinchbug disease has
not proved very successful in Okla
homa. At one time il was thought
thal perhaps by the spreading of an
injection that this pest could be sue
cessfully eradicated, but experience
has proved that warm. moist weather
Is necessary for the spread of the
disease. On the other hand, cool dry
weather is unfavorable and no infec-
tlon occurs. The authorities at the
Oklahoma station point out that there
are four means by which the farmer
csn protect himself from the chinch
big. These are given in the follow
iI.s:
]. Destroy. during the winter or
early spring. all the winter quarters
The Grit-advocate., 1906-07-20

inai catcher. aided and abetted by
all good citizens. there is constant
war of wits. That the criminal so
often gets the better of his opponent.
hired for his sasacity and paid to
catch the thief. the holdup and the
burglar is sufficient indication of the
average superiority of wit possessed
by the professional criminal when
compared to the criminal catcher.
Que quickwitted thief can often keep
100 famous sleuths busy without re-
suits for weeks. months and years.
aad be plying his particular calling
all the time. The old adage that
the same amount OF ingenuity expend-
ed by the average criminal in earn
ing dishonest living would, il ap.
piled, be the means OF his achieving
unlimited success in legitimate bust
ness channels is exemplified in Grim
inal records every day in the year.
An inspector. whose intimate ac-
quaintance with criminals dates over
a period Of several years. declares
that he has never yet had personal
experience with alleged schools for
the education of thieves along the
plan originated by the late Mr.. Fagin.
OF the Dickens period. But whether
there are Fagin schools for pickpock
cts Or not, it is positive fact that
lin the larger cities Of the country
the pickpocket problem at this period
ia very serious one. and far more
difficult to deal with than was the
NJ IN,
days the professionals were not near
ly so numerous as they are now. and
nine times In ten when the detectives
became acquainted with the details of
q job in the pocket.pcking line they
could tell offhand who did it. and
all they had to do was to look up
the man or woman whose peculiar
kind OF handiwork was shown in the
crime In those days. too. there were
less people in Chicago who bought
stolen goods, and it was compare.
lively easy matter to trace anything
lost through the pocket-picking proc
esS.
There was time when the Eng
lish we're considered the most expert
ia this branch of crime. but that is
no longer an existing condition.
crowd of English crooks came to this
country couple of years ago. They
got no further than New York. which
has the system OF experimenting pro-
fessional crooks boiled down to
fine art This party included four OF
the wiliest and most sliillful pick
pockets of London and the continent.
The New York police caught them
all, one after another. SO rapidly that
they were daZed. The same kind OF
performance occurred when a party
of German thieves landed in Phila-
delphia. The thieves were arrested
very quickly after they began op-
erations, one of them being caught
with seven watches on his person.
In the cases of most thieves who
My their calling between New York
and Chicago and other of the larger
cities the process of making the de-
tectves acquainted with the criminals
makes it difficult for any well-knoMn
crook to be in the city any length
OF time without being recognized and
watched. For instance. at the Har
rison Street station or the old cen.
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