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The Brinkley argus., 1906-11-16

Miss Della Whitson-Tid Bits. Miss Cirtie Crider- Recitation. Miss Dora Mcdonald Essay.
 Miss Minnie Whitson-Paper.
 Miss Blanche Salinger-Essay.
 Miss Lizzie Christopher Recitation Miss Nellie Richardson Reading. Miss Della Hudson-Essa
 Miss Pearl Salinger- Rec citation. Miss L'Verta CargiIl- Recitation. Miss Lucy Mahaffey-Recitation. MT. T. E. Nagle- CIarinette Solo. MT. Thos. A. Herring-Reading. MEs F. B. Kellogg Essay. 1 Mr. H. L. D. Herring Essay.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-11-16
Famous Strike Breakers.

The most famous strike breakers in the land are pr. Kings New Life Pills. When liver and bowels go or strike. they quickly settle the trouble, and the purifying work goes right on. Best cure for constipation, headacEe' and dizziness. 25c at all druggists.
The Brinkley argus., 1906-11-16
ORANGE BLOSSOMS.

In BrinkIey on the night ot the 18th. Mir. o. D. Weldon. of Ft. Smith, and Mrs. H Tomlinson of this place were joined in the holy bonds of matrimony. Rev. J. B. Perminter officiating. The happy couple left on the 10th for Ft. Smith, their future home.
 PRocRAME OF THE BRINKLEY HIGH
 SCHOOL LITERARY SOCIETY FOR
 FRIDAY NIGHT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08

passage into Milan had not been discovered
v Visconti just as Della Scala's army was
nSout to march through i'll II only VS.
cont, locked up a prisoner in his own castle
# Brescia, had only been frightened quite
instead Of nearly to death Ly the ghosts
# his murdered father and mother But
Iothing could avail against the Viper OF
Milan nothing until the last, when his
own secretary, the n~ervously overwrought
Gannotto. ran an ~unaccountlble dagger
into him. IL was a tremendous scene at
he last. with Della Scala dead from a hun
let w0lris. ami kE-UontI stopping 70
kiss Della Scala X beautiful dead wife just
So ths seorctary . %convulsiye dagger stroke
heHell. But nearly everybody else had
porished by the time that Visconti was
called upon to pay his account; there is no
sparing Of the good people.
Certainly an overlooking story OF dark
and dreadful things; likewise a well told
story Of its kind, ingeniously contrived and
showing much dramatic ability.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
Fiction

by Anthony Hope. A stirring re
4ib0
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
z

In spite Of the abstract demand for liberty
for all peoples and romantic memories
that Freedom shrieked when Kosciuszko
fell the Poles. we are inclined to believe.
are the least pleasing OF European races
to come in contact with. n of the Poles.
and for tina matter Of all Jews too. the
least attractive are the Polish Jews. Most
people find no ~exaggeration in Heine bal
lad about the -zwei eden Pollen. Pollen aus
der Polackei.' There are few redeeming
features in the history Of incompetent
Encouragement and corruption in Poland
when il was an independent State. Yet
it is pretty hard to indict a whole people
or even 0 section Of a people, and that is
what Beatrice C.. Baskerville has done in
The Polish Jew Macmillans). The in
centive Of the book seems TO be the increase
in the number Of immigrants from Russia
into England, but it might a been writ
ten by the most rabid Of Prussian Anti
semites. The author has studied her sub
iect on the spot. but seems to have closed
her eyes and her ears to any good that
these unfortunate Jews might present.
For their bad qualities she is on the lookout
She ~iusties the Russian massacres and
has been led to believe in or to proclaim the
existence of an association OF Jews against
all existing governments. 1t is a strange
book to appear in English and In likely to
arouse pretty lively comment.
An entertaining and sympathetic account
of the people who come into the United
States has been written by DR.. Edward A.
Steiner in 'on the Trail OF the Immigrant
CFleming II. Revell Company. He de-
scribes the ocean passage and the ordeals
at Ellis Island and then follows the immi-
grant Of zach nationality into the places
he is going to in all likelihood. he points
out the evils hat attend the immigrant''
course and suggests remedies. The bool
Is thoroughly optimistic in n
The immigrant is approached from the
| religious side in ALIENS or Americans''
by Howard B. Crosse young Peoples
Missionary Movement, New York;. A
brief statement about each variety OF immi'
grant backed up by statistics is followed BY
questions on the text. The Protestant
home missions are pointed out as the proper
agents for the assimilation Of the aliens.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
Renxion's Achievement.

The great extension OF the Young Mems
Christian Association and the valuable
work that body has done would justify
the publication OF an adequate life Of its
founder. This task has been attempted
in Sir George Williams" "a. G. Armstrong
and SOM, by Mr.. j. E. Holder Williams.
UNFORTUNATELY the author has turned it into
a rather fulsome eulogy in which neither
the business career OF his subject nor the
history of the institution he founded stands
o,t verv clearly. Greater familiarity with
the work OF the Y. NJ. c. A. in the United
states would nave helped him. Sir George
Wiuiams's career was that OF the good
apprentice; he went to London a poor boy
married his employers daughter, succeeded
10 the business aad never lost the knack
of making money. The story OF the be-
ginniuRs OF his religious organization is
interesting; there was a chance for a much
fuller account Of its expansion.
While he lived Boston held no more pic.
turesoue or respected parsonage than
sFather TAYLOR OF the Sailors Bethel, Of
whom the Rev. DR.. Robert Collyer writes
the story for the American Unitarian As
aociation, Boston. II Ia a spirited charac-
ter sketch from personal "reminiscences
with plenty oil good stories n many com
pliments for the Boston Unitarians.
With the somewhat arrogant title The
Christian Conquest Of India" young Peo-
PIES Missionary Movement, New York;,
Bishop James NJ Thoburn tells the sto y
OF missionary efforts in India. That land
is the only British conquest. save Ireland
where the English have been unable to
exterminats the natives. Its countless mil
lions continue placidly in their ancestral
religions, which nave merit enough to have
made a few Western converts and which
are sensible enough to be C.scussed with
respect by Western theologians. The sta
tistics nthis book show how little impress
sion Christianity has made on India. IL
takes more than optimism to speak Of these
inroads az a conquest" Textbook Is pro-
vided with questions on the text.
The heroic sacrifices of missionaries in
their eforts-to spread Christianity among
savage peoples deserve a better fate than &c
be made ridiculous by gush. hat at times
verges on b~lasphemy, as Is done in the
! papers in The Pacific Islanders" edited
by DeIavan l.. Pierson Funk and Wagnalls
| Company. The subtitle, From Savages
10 Saints" marks the lone OF the book
, There was remarkably. little savagery IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
Funny Books.

Nothing more melancholy than the output
Of humor manufactured to enliven this
Christmastide. If the English a TX their
pleasures sadly Americans this year are in
vited to do 80 too
There is sarcasm and humor in MIR. Charles
Eustace Merriman's burlesque biographies,
who's 1t in America (B. W. Dodge and
Company, New York;. His victims are
all we'll known generally and best known in
New York. His jests are pretty obvious,
but they are, at least, often funny.
Modelled on the cynical distortion Of
familiar sayings is "The Imp's Calendar
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the South e Islands before the white
men introduced their standards, and we
fear that unprecedented observers have
their doubts as to the sanity qualities
OF many Of the professed converts to Chris
tianity. 1t is rather late in the day to talk
Of modern miracles in Polynesia when
the morals covered by external religious
forms are known. and the natives OF Hawaii
who nave experienced the consequences
Of the worldly side Of missionary rule may
lave their opinion Of the "Pentecost at
Hilo." There are noble stories Of Christian
self-sacrihce in these chapters that should
have been told with more dignity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08

administration that the author has ex-
amined with thoroughness and with great
pains. 1t must ave been a tiresome task,
but he has made clear for others out OF the
tangle Of documents what the Revolutionary
authorities did and tried TO do in resisting
Great Britain on the sea with the feeble
means at their command. The story Is by
no means so exciting a. that Of the plucky
fights against greater odds on the water,
but it is thoroughly interesting and must
be taken into account by future historians
OF the navy. The account OF the fleets set
up by separate States also needed to be
told.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-08
for 1907 byuyictor Wyatt Williams "

for 1907 byuVictor Wyatt WILLIAMS ".
Wyatt Williams, New York;. A variety
show is the spice of life" will indicate its
quality and the pictures match the epigrams.
From the same author and publisher 90 mes
Hello Bill Toasts," a classified sele 'tion
Of sentiments, chiefly in verse, which is
dedicated to the Brotherhood Of Elks.
Various skits on marriage in pictures and
jingles by James Montgomery Flagg make
up why They Married Life Publishing
Company. We have tried earnestly, but
unsuccessfully to discover the humor of
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
No Help for crinklna Enqlreers.

Grand Chief stone Of the Brother
hood of Locomotive engineers, recent
ly said: The brotherhood can do
nothing for the engineer who is dis
charged because OF drinking. I would
not hire a man who drinks. neither OF
or on duty, If / were IN that position.
Some men say Il makes no difference
to the company what a man does when
be is of duty, but / tell you that It
does. The company wants men who
come on duty in possession OF every
faculty and not affected by drink.
taken either while at work or during
the hours IN which engineers are sup
posed 70 get their rest"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
"eeer Not a "softr prInk.

The brewers have adopted a plat
form. Here Is one plank: "Educa-
ton of the people 10 tbs value OF beer
as a temperance drink" a temperance
drink, Ell? We heard ex-Judge Stubs.
of the Indianapolis police court say
that 80 per cent. OF the drunkenn ess
Of the city was due 20 beer. When
these gentlemen prove that fire will
not burn. that a copperhead is not
poisonous. or that smallpox is not con
tagious. we will then entertain the
proposition that beer is a soft drink"
In the meantime we will continue to
think otherwise.-Western Christian
Advocate.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
Some Temperance Logic.

We often hear a man say. IF I
want to drink IL is no business OF the
public At first that sounds reason
able. Il would seem that "a man has
a right 20 spend his own money to
suit his own taste and abuse his own
stomach IL he wants TO do so. But
when You look around al the mental.
financial and physical wrecks caused
by whisky, wrecks which the public
must care for and support. then IL
looks different. Honor bright. now,
don't you believe the public has some
right to say how a man shall spend his
own money If in spending IL he is
likely to bring himself and family to
want?-Mankato. Kan. Advocate.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10

About the newest physical trouble is
beer heart" so-called because it is
ascribed by most physicians to y eo2i-
Gus imbibing of beer. 1t is not notice
able in observations so far made. as a
result Of drinking other spirituOus
liquors Some autOpsies that have
been made show an enlarged heart
but no disease to account for It. The
answer probably is" said a doctor
who was asked for an explanation. but
who has not had any cases under his
notice, that the carbohydrates in the
beer are responsible. or course. the
same carbohydrates are to be found in
the Irish potato. but very few of US
eat more potatoes than the system
needs and can assimiliate."
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
No Saloons. No Jail

Iceland. about half the size Of Mis-
souri,. has mo jail, no penitentiary;
there is no court and only one police
man. Not a drop OF alcoholic liquor is
made on the island. and its $4,000 peo-
ole are total abstainers since they
will not permit any liquor to be i'm
ported. There is not an iluterate on
the island. not a child ten years old
unable TO read. the system OF public
schools being perfect. There are spe-
.cial seminaries and colleges. several
good newspapers. and printing estab-
fishment which every year publishes a
number OF excellent books on various
dimes" Such is the report brought by
northern travellers of this incompar-
able and ideal land.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
FOR THE STUDY OF ALCOHOL.
Physicians Unite for the Study OF Al.
eohol ard Other Narcotics.

Something like 200 Of the more
prominent physicians in this country
are banded together in an organiza-
ton for the study OF Alcohol and
Other Narcotics" The society has
led the world in the investigation Of
this important portion OF medical
science. The leading spirit is DR.. s. d.
Crothers. of Hartford, Conn. who has
attained wide celebrity as an expert
in the treatment Of alcoholic and mar
cotic disease. who serves as secretary
and as editor of thir well-known quar-.
terly, Journal of Incbrity. now pub
ished in this city The president is
Prof. W. 5. Hall. Of our Northwestern
university; and Dr. IT. o. Marcy. Of
this city. is honorary president Dr.
l. II. McNicholl. a New York Meth
odist, is one OF the vice presidents.
The society met I'm New York city
during the past week for its thirty
fourth annual session. Important pa
pers We're presented by experts on
various phases OF the topics involved
Prof. Hall. I'm the annual address.
treated The Influence OF Narcotics
upon Metabolism." and brought out a
new definition OF alcohol calling IT "a
protoplasmic poison" DR. Marcy. In
a luminous paper. discussed The In
huence Of lnebrity i'm Railroad Acct
dents; Dr. i. II. Kellogg spoke on
The Effects OF Alcohol on Digestion"
DR.. /. ID. Mason. OF Brooklyn. on The
Psychic Treatment OF Inebriates:" and
Dr. Crothers on The Teachings OF Al
cohol In School BOOKS other impor-
tant papers We're given by others. Il
is encouraging TO find a band Of
Christian physicians. occupying the
highest rank In scientific scholarship.
studying and writing on such sub
iects as those discussed az the Boston
meeting.-Zion's Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
CURRENT VERSE.
The Land Of Iona AGO

The Land Of Long Ago.
Adown the leafy lane OF time.
BY vehicle OF rowing rhyme.
From the Land OF Long Ago.
Here shadows underneath the trees
Are loves Immortal memories.
And family echo Gown the breeze
Sweet vocal ghosts OF melodies
From the Lond of Long AGO.
Here every sorrow disappears:
Here hope is King. and WIN no tears
To his domain, nor any fears
But years are days ana days are years
In the Land of Long Ago.
Here tfriNes no rank and wcedy hate,
Here friendship Gwelis in noble state:
on. he is master OF his fate
Who can unlock The narrow rats
OF the Land OF Long AGO!
II any man or us there De
Whose heart is pure. whose soul is free.
lie shall possess tine golden KEY
To pass him H.. with YOU and me.
To the Land OF Long Ago:
by vehicle OF rowing rhyme.
Adown the ieafy lame OF time.
To the Land OF Long Aso.
N Y. sun.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
ITo BE Continued
S:'55izIz.I|.)iIII,.@5
-E%aM X
TELL THE OTHER BOYS.
Words Of q Victim Of the Terrible
Cigarette Habit.

One Of the most terrible warnings
against cigarette smoking was given
not long ago by a boy who died in
great agony. Almost his last words
were. Let any boy who smokes Gig.
arettes look at me now and know how
much have suffered. and he Will
never put another into his mouth"
He was a bright boy. an exquisite
singer. and had many friends. He
lived with his grandmother and
worked in a chandelier factory.
Here Is his story as he told Il 20 his
nurse. He confessed that his trouble
had originated from cigarette smok.
ing. Some days he said lie smoked
20 cigarettes. At first he kept his
grandmother in ignorance Of his indul
gence. As he continued TO smoke the
appetite grew upon him with such
force that he could not break e on
and IL began 20 affect his constitution
Why" / asked him, did you not
stop when YOU saw to what It was
bringing you?"
"Oh, ] could not" he replied. II I
could not get cigarettes 20 smoke l
almost went wild. / could think Of
nothing else. That my grandmother
might not suspect me. would work
extra hours instead OF spending my
regular wages for cigarettes. For
months kept up this excess, although
] knew It was killing me. Then
seemed TO fall TO pieces all at once"
His disease took the form of dropsy
In the legs, and was very painful.
During all his sufferings he never
forgot what had brought him to this
terrible condition. He kept asking
his nurse 20 warn all boys against
their use. a few days before he died
he called her to his bedside and said
he thought he had not lived in vain
If only those boys who are sim alive
would profit by his sufferlngs and
death.
There is no other form OF tobacco
so dangerous as cigarettes, because
the nicotine in the smoke is not alb
sorbed in the loose tobacco. smoked
clear up to the end. but is taken. I'M
filtered and undiluted, into the lungs.
IL was not the poison in the paper. but
the poison of the tobacco which killed
Samuel Kimball, and is running the
health of thousands OF other pale
faced bOys.-Sunday School Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
WITH TSz sAoEs.

Life without friendship is like the
sky without the sun.-Cicero.
The great art OF learning. is to un.
dertake but little at ume.-Locke.
He who is faithful over a few things
is a lord of citics.-George Macdonald
The fruit derived from labor is the
sweetest OF all pleasures.-Vauvena
CUES.
To be a great man it is necessary TO
turn TO account all opportunities
Rochefoucauld
What sculpture is TO a block OF mar.
HE education is TO the human SOUL
Joseph Addison.
Sincerity. a deep. great genuine sin
cerity, is the first characteristic OF all
men in any way heroic.-Carlyle.
There Is an evangel Of toll. The
workers make life glorious. the shirk-
ers make it detestablc.-C. l. GoodaU
To most men experience is like the
stern light of ship. which illumincs
only the track it has passed.-Cole-
ridge.
Our grand business is not to see
what lies dimly in the distance. but
TO do what lies clearly at hand
Carlyle.
The men who succeed best in pub
lie life are those who take the risk OF
standing by their own convictions
j. A. Garfield
Courage is "A sort OF armor 70 the
mind. and keeps an unwelcome i'm
preston from driving too deep into
eption.-Elmes.
He that would live happily must
neither trust to good fortune nor sub
nit to bad; he must stand upon his
guard against all assaults. he must
stick to himself without any depend
ence upon other people.-Seneca.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
whv the Masses Are pnnr-

In a recent notable sermon on
why the Masses in New York Are
Poor" Rev. Dr. Madison c. Peters
said: IT is estimated that New York
spends $1.000, 900 a day for liquor,
most of it bad. which amounts to
more than half as much as the amount
required to run the entDe government
of the United States. The annual
drink bill of New York is more than
the entire amount received for tariff
The interest on the citys drink bill
at four per cent. is nearly equal TO the
income of all the universities and col
leges in the United States"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
PHENOMENON.

"Ah, Touchemi" cried the man with
the close-fitting eyebrows. isn't this
the most remarkable day you ever
SAW"
see nothing unusual about It," re-
piled Touchem.
but haven't you noticed that IL has
had four afternoons. four nights and
four mornings in it. and here we are
on the fifth afternoon-all in the same
day?"
What"
Am not right2 You borrowed a
ten OF me this morning. or one Of the
mornings OF this day. and told me you
would pay me tomorrow. as sure as
the sun rose on a tomorrow. SO I
cannot reason the thing out any other
way. Judge.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10

Porter" said the fussy lady in the
parior car, Il wish you would open
this window"
The lady in the seat directly across
heard the request. and drew a cloak
about her.
Porter, If that window is opened"
she snapped, testify. Il shall freeze
to death"
And IL the window is kept closed"
returned the other passenger. Il shall
surely suffocate"
The porter stood timidly between
the two fires
Porter" remarked the commercial
traveller. your duty is very plain
Open the window and freeze one lady
Then close it and sufIocate the other"
Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
A Road Soma.

= road IN the sun with the winds Tor play.
iilt IN my heart Co the tune OF the dav.
The blue OF the sky and the green of the
sea.
Through the roll or the years sing delight
TO me-
A wood-dcpth sk.rtur the open way.
The rain-cloud dashing nay face with its
spray.
The CLEAN OF the sea and the gloom OF the
sky.
Sing the song Of the years as they pass
me by
shadows o-swinE az the noon or the day.
a simmer or stars on the da~l,rir- ~.
Tho cry Of the winds 90 leaping sea.
Make the sum OF the years doiei out IN
me
Mary Lowell. IN The Smart Set
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
AZ the Rainhons Ra..

Al the foot OF the rainbow dweIls my love.
And SO come not nigh her.
An h'd the wings of the homing dove
To hy 60 the clouds and hirhcrl
si,eed away when thc storm is past.
And the arch it's curve doth trace.
ana 'nere az the foot ol the bow az last
I'd come to her dwelling place.
~ the loot Of the rainbow dwclls my
heart.
And I know not how Co. nnd r.
Alas. that % beats $50 FAR apart
from The breast which once confined ~
On. show mc the road to the magic place
Ana the way 90 my ady's favor.
Anu yours Zoe the pot of gold az the base.
8ut mine Doe her Kisses flavor
N. y. Herald
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A spinster's lomance is always one
sided.
Men seldom follow good ao,.ice IN
less they pay for it.
Hard labor is a plaster that anevi-
ates the pains OF the mind.
A woman can't see how il Is pos.
sible to lose in a game Of chance.
There is something wrong with a
small boy who keeps his face clean.
Two women like to start a fuss and
then leave their husbands to.fght 1t
out.
Even when a man knows a woman's
age she never thinks he thinks she
looks it.
When a man gets short OF money
lots of his so-ealled friends get short
of sympathy.
The man who marries for money
seldom becomes round-shouldered
from carrying what he gets.
But few women can manage q
Irritation without humping up against
lot Of troublesome complication
Chicago Daily News.