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The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1906-09-07

IN. S. Walker, Of the BrinkIey
Machine shop. went to becton Wed
nesday to do some repair work on All
engine.
Mrs. J M. Kerr and little daugh-
ter arrived from Clarendon Wednes-
day and are the guests Of Mrs. Kerr's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Hill.
Fred Dauer was up from Helena
Thursday. meeting friends and So
iiciting orders for his popular tailoring
establishment.
Frank Weimeller has purchased
the lot on East Elm street. between
the w. .. Pslgh and w. w. Hendrix
residences, and has planned a coy
cottage to be built upon II, the frame
work Of which is already constru tied.
| Garland LsRs4ss was taksa ssri
|oualy " Satunday threatened with
congestion. After several hours. he
began to improve and now Is GONZALES
cent, we gladly report.
We call AtteA,icR 10 an adver-
tisement we have IN our columns this
week Of the Mohave Cold Silver Co..
OF Arizona. We are told that Prom
finent Memphis business men endorse
the proposition.
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desco'
desco' Tudesco.
Harry H. Myers came
I'm Little Rock Monday to
ives.
5 Annie Combs has osen SICK
Jays at the home Of Key. a''d
lW. Hendrix.
Elna Hudson was taken
the latter part Of last week
nvalescent nov.
! c. Smith, one Of Wheet-
|rprising stock dealers, was
8 visitor in Brinklcy Satur-
]. Henry Barnes, Of claren-
4 the city to spend a couple Of
longer with her parents. Mr..
/ O. M. Norman.
II. H. A. Carter came home
from Armstrong Spring where
two weeks. He weighs sew
nds more than when he LETT
IS spry as many men halt his
hy not be ready for q position
many will open up this fallp
Is Business College will pre-
! for these places. Write to
5 BUSINESS COLLEGE. 80 N.
t., Memphis Tenn. THOMAS
LEY.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1906-09-07

Mrs. J. w. Stuart. who has
been sick.for week. is convalescing.
We are glad to report.
The front OF Foote & Gazzola 5
shoe store is bsing re-paintei this
week.
Miss Pearle Anderson, Of Forrest
City. is in the city. the guest Of Miss
Sarah Sump.er.
IN. C. Hickman came home
Wednesday. after having spent most
OF the Summer in Illinois. We are
glad 10 have him back among Us.
|l-Mrs.- J. w. Savage and Miss la
Gresham came home Tuesday from =
very pleasant visit to relatives in Tex
IS points. including Corpus Christi.
Mrs. Goo. Congden. Of Little
Rock. was In Brinkley this week, the
guest Of her father, Capt. }. w.
Savage.
Henry Pursley, now member Of
the Rock Island brakemen force.
spent part Of this. week at home with
his mother and sisters. being on the
sick list. He returned to Little Rock
t'day.
Messrs. Summet and Tho rnton,
Of this city and Crabtree, Of Keevil,
| left Wednesday noon for Armstrong
Spring to spend few days for resi-
end recuperation. They may also &c
to He.er before returning home.
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Monroe County's Share Of
the State School Fund.

The State Board Of School Com-
missioners has completed the work Of
appoFtiQnine the state school fund to
the various counties. The total
amount Of the fund is S679. l3O 88.
Monroe ccunty's share is S8.848. 81,
our school population being o,9l3.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1906-09-07
]. w. HaIe's Exhibition.

Merchant j. w. Hale has secured
collection of farm product samples
which make quite good showing for
productiveness Of the soil In Brinkley's
immediate territory.
Samples Of corn are shown as fcl-
lows:
Foir ears OF corn weighing eight
pounds. grown BY Bun Sain. in the
Dickson neiehborhood. about three
and half miles from the city.
One ear Of corn weighing one and
three fourths pounds. late planted,
growa b. j. c. Blessing in his gar
den.
Three ears Of corn weighing five
pounds ,ssand three fourths. grown BY
Joe WauIErown on land at the Cath
olic cemetery, close to the city.
Three ears Of corn weighing fireE
polEds, grown by Whit lrowsda(~ ~
two miles south Of town.
Six ears OF corn weighing nine
pounds. grown by y. NJ. Cole close to
ths city.
Sorghum stalks. twelve feet high.
grown by Joe Vance on the Evans
place. owned by Nv. Hale. Also
limb from cotton stalk which is as
large AMI contains as much fruit as
the average whole cotton stalk in an
average ordinary season. The cotton
WAS grown on the same place as the
sorghum.
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The City Transfer.

II II Is hauling or tranfer work Of
any kind to any part Of the city. night
or day. teams and wagons, or any
thing In that line, we are 1T when II
comes to serving you. Reach US BY
phone No. 28-2.
? GILLLsnE & Son. Mers.
The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1906-09-07
%ND PERSONAL NOTES.
$500 Reward.

"a nv nae for the arrest ana
Paia INV " person stealing timber OF
emonroe, ., arn Lee and St. Francis
IN. GAVIN.
Memphis, Tenn. I
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Ne are Changing tbs 4.

ssso ssS -
Pur prices are changed -rHEY'RE
R-but the grades are as good as
Malvern Lumber Co., ST.
Is. Mills. Perla, Ark.
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III It It's fit to print you'll see in
In the ARGUS.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
CHARlNG CROSS.
History of This Ancient Landmark
of London.

In reading English history you will
happen across numerous references to
Cbarlng Cross, but the chances are you
will wonder If the ;lluSion is to real
cross erected as Il memorial or simply
a crossroad. Charlng Cross was for
merly one of the noted landmarks of
Britain, and its history is an follows:
Queen Eleanor" as she was termed by
her loyal subjects, was called to join
her husband, who was then making an
expedition into Scotland. When Flea
nor had got as far on her way as
Grantham she sickened and died.
The remains must. of course, be bur-
led at Westminster. AMI the funeral
cOrtege starred in that direction.
During the time this royal funeral
procession was slowly winding its
weary way toward the capital thou
sands of people flockel to the wayside
to get n glimpse of it. 1t was n great
event in the history of the rural dis
tricts, and they did everything possible
to make the solemn occasion a mem
orable one Wherever the procession
halted for the night or for other cause
the people afterward set up memorial.
One of the longest stops was made at
Charing, and subsequently a richly
carved memorial cross was erected on
the site of the camp. This was the
Charing Cross of history. 1t stood un-
til 1G47, when the last vestige Of it was
destroyed during the civil wars Of
Charles l., the vandals who destroyed
the relic claiming it to be monument
of popish superstition. Charing Cross
as seen today was erected by the
Southern Railway company in the year
1861
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
CLIMBING ELEPHANTS.
How They Make Their Way Up and
Down Steep Cliffs.

Elephants are able to make their
way up and down mountains and
through country OF steep cliffs, where
mules would not Care to venture and
even where men find passage difficult.
Their tracks have been found upon the
very summit of mountains over 1000
feet high. In these journeys an ele-
phant is often compelled to descend
hills and mountain sides which are al
most precipitous. This is the way in
which it is done: The elephants first
maneuver is to kneel down close to the
declivity. One fore leg is then eau
tiously passed over the edge and
short way down the slope, and if he
finds there is no good spot for a firm
fOothold he speedily forms one by
stamping into the soil if it is moist or
kicking out footing if it is dry.
When he is sure Of a good foothold, the
other fore leg is brought down in the
same way. Then he performs the same
work over again with his feet, bring
ing both fore legs a little in advance
of the first foothold. This leaves good
places all ready made for the hind feet.
Now, bracing himself up by his huge,
strong fore legs, he draws his hind legs,
first one and then the other, carefully
over the edge, where they occupy the
first places made by the fore feet. This
is the way the huge animal proceeds
all the way down, zigzag, kneeling ev-
cry time with the two hind legs while
he makes footholds with his fore feet.
Thus the center Of gravity is preserved
and the huge beast prevented from top
pling over on his nose.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
Animals That Do Not Grow Thirsty

There are many different kinds of an
imals in the world that never in all
their lives sip so much as a drop Of
water. Among these are the llamas
of Patagonia and the gazelles of the
far east. A parrot lived for fifty-two
years in the ZOO at London without
drinking a drop of water and many
naturalists believe the only moisture
imbibed by wild rabbits is derived
from green/herbage laden with dew.
Many reptiles -serpents, lizards and
certain batrachians-live and thrive in
places entirely devoid of water, and
sloths are also said never to drink. An
arid district in France has produced a
race of nondrinking cows and sheep,
and from the milk of the former
Roquefort cheese is made. There is a
species of mouse which has estab-
lshed itself on the waterless plains Of
western America and which fourishes
Notwithstanding the absence of mois-
ture.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
H0w tn Rest.

To understand how to rest is Of more
Importance than to know how to work.
The latter can be learned easily. The
former it takes years to learn, and some
people neveE learn the art Of resting.
1t is simply change of scenes and ac-
tivlties. Loafing may not be resting;
sleeping is not always resting; sitting
down for days, with nothing to do, is
not restful. A change Is needed to
bring into play different set Of facul-
ties and to turn the life into new
channel. The man who works hard
finds his best rest in playing hard; the
man who is burdened with care finds
relief in something that Is active, yet
free from responsibility. Above all,
keep good natured and don't abuse
your best friend, the stomach.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
Trinidad's Asphalt Lake.

The famous asphalt lake Of Trinidad
looks like great black swamp sur
rounded with fringe of cocoanut
palms. A little railway runs across it,
and men stand in it working, some on
asphalt firm enough to support them,
some on asphalt in which they keep
sinking down an inch or two a minute,
some on asphalt so soft it is like quick
sand. The stuff looks like cross be-
tween black mud and pitch. The lake
is 110 acres in size, and its depth is tre-
mendous. The thick asphalt, mixed
with water, moves a little, and now
and then an old tree comes slowly up
from the depths. The men work with
pickaxes, digging out the asphalt in
Jumps the size of pumpkins.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
CRIMINAL BEES.
Honey Gatherers That Have Very
Loose Moral Ideas.

Loose Moral Ideas.
Almost every form and variety Of hu-
man crime is to be found among ami
mails. Cases of theft are noticed among
bees. Buchner in his psychic Life Of
Animals" speaks Of thievish bees
which, in order to save themselves the
trouble of working, attack well stocked
hives in masses, kill the sentinels and
the inhabitants, rob the hives and car
ry off the provisions After repeated
enterprises of this description they ac-
quire taste for robbery and violence.
They recruit whole companies, which
get more and more numerous, and
finally they form regular colonies Of
brigand bees.
But 1t is still more curious fact that
these brigand bees can be produced ar
tificially by giving working bees mix
ture of honey and brandy to drink.
The bees soon acquire taste for this
beverage, which has the same dlsas-
trous effects upon them as upon men.
They become i'll disposed and irritable
and lose all desire to work, and finally,
when they begin to feel hungry, they
attack and plunder the well supplied
hives.
There Is one variety of bees - the
sphecodes = which live exclusively up
on plunder.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
INSURANCE..
The Beginnings of This Now Common
Mode of Protection.

The Beginnings of This Now Common
Mode of Protection.
The practice of insurance was known
to the ancients, being in vogue at the
beginning of the Christian era.
The insurance of ships was undoubt-
edly part of the business of the Hanse-
attic league, which was formed about
1140 by the port towns of Germany to
protect themselves against the pirates
Of Sweden and Denmark.
The custom of drawing out insurance
policies originated in Florence in 1923,
although a regular chamber of insur-
ance was formed at Bruges early in the
fourteenth century, and the practice
was in general use in Italy in 1894 and
in England in 1860.
Fire and life insurance is of much
more recent origin. Some of the an
cient guilds provided compensation for
any of their members who suffered loss
from fire, but the insurance of goods
and houses as a distinct branch of busi-
ness cannot be traced farther back
than 1867, the year after the great fire
Of London.
The first regular company, the Hand
INLAND, was founded in 1885, and five
other companies still existing were
started in the quarter of a century
which followed. Life insurance was
first undertaken by the Amicable in
1706.-London Standard.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
SYSTEMS OF WRITING.
The Famous Method Known as the
Boustrophedon.

About the year 450 B. G. the Ionians
first introduced the system of writing
from left to right. Previous to that
time all scribes and penmen in general
had been in the habit of beginning the
line on the right hand side of the page
and running 1t toward the left. The
Introduction of the left to right mode
of writing caused considerable confu-
sion for time. and from the mixed
systems which prevailed during the fol-
lowing century sprang the famed meth
cd known as the boustrophedon. Those
who used the system last mentioned
would begin line at the left margin
Of their parchments and run 1t through
to the opposite margin and then drop
n space below and run back to the OPP
posite edge Of the sheet again. In 9th
er words, the boustrophedon mode of
writing was system in which the lines
ran alternately from left to right and
from right to left. This system did not
entirely disappear until about the time
of Christ The ancient Hebrew and
Greek languages were written from
right to left. but Mt about the time the
Ionians were reforming writing meth
DDS the Greek letters were changed in
form from the uncial to the cursive,
and the system of writing was changed
In 10th cases so as to run from left to
right. The following quotation from
Franklin illustrates the mixed or bous-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
SHOE NAILS.
The Way They Are Made and Why
They Are So Cheap.

Three million separate shoe nails are
often cast from one ton of metal. OF
the smaller sizes 1000 nails are mold
ed in single mold, and an expert
workman will make eighty molds in an
ordinary working day, thus turning out
100000 separate nails.
When the metal in liquid state is
poured into the mold it runs through
the sand in passages provided in the
molding process: the whole Of the nails
are cast together and are, when re-
moved from the sand connected by a
network of iron one with another. In
this condition the iron Is as brittle as
glass. and very little force is required
to separate the nails from the network
which holds them together.
They then have to undergo the proc
ess known as annealing. They are
mixed up with hematite iron ore, which
is in a powdered state. put into iron
pots. and placed In an annealing fur
mace. sort of kiln. Here they remain
for some days. care being taken to so
regulate the heat to which they are
subjected that the iron will not be re-
melted, but brought very nearly to
that condieion. The action of the raw
iron ore 'tron the brittle casting is
marvellous. After cooling. it can be
bent without risk Of breaking, and it
becomes a useful and serviceable arti-
cle.-London Express.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
Black Snakes.

have never seen black snakes over
seven feet long and much doubt If
they grow to greater length. They
are not hard to catch, though in an
open field they can run about as fast
as a man can. When caught, they
struggle desperately until they find
there is no opportunity to escape. when
they will give up fighting and may be
handled with impunity, have never
found these snakes to be vicious, They
can be handled easily, and their bite is
harmless. They can squeeze pretty
hard If they get turn around your
waist, but not hard enough to break
bone.-Forest and Stream.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21

The early astronomers were all as
trologers and claimed to be able to pre-
dict the future careers of various indi-
viduals by casting horoscopes" show
ing the position of the planets at the
time of their birth. The position and
movements of the various celestial
bodies were not only supposed to con-
troll the destinies of men. but were also
thought to bring veal or woe. tempest
or sunshine, upon the earth itself. A
man born when the sun was in the con-
stellation of Scorpio was believed to be
naturally bent toward excessive lndul-
gence Of the animal passions. One born
when the sun was in Pisces was pre-
destined to grovel or be a servant,
while one whose earthly career was
opened when the great luminary was
in Aries would be great scholar and
q man known to the world despite all
opposing influences.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
T IBEL IN DIVORCE.

Della Fish VS.. Thomas Fish.
No 1856, November Term, 1906 Pluries SUBJ
poena in Divorce.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, SIS:
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
To THOMAS FISH. Greetings
We command you, as twice before you we're
commanded, that all matter OF business and
excuses being set aside, you be and appear
in your proper person before our Judge at
Brookville, at our Court OF Common Pleas,
there to be held on the second Monday OF
April next, to show cause, IL any you have,
why your wife, Della Fish, should not be di-
vorced from the bonds of matrimony which
she hath contracted with you, the said
Thomas Fish agreeable to the Petition and
Libel exhibited against you before our said
Court, and this you shall in no case omit at
your peril.
Witness the Hon. John W. Reed, President
OF our said Court at Brookville the sth Iay
of January, A. ID. 1905.
Allowed by the Court.
CYRUS II. BLOOD, Prothonotary.
To THOMAS FISH, Greeting:
You are hereby notified to appear before
the Honorable Judge OF the Court of Common
Pleas, at Brookville, Pa, on .he second Mon
day OF April next, to answer as set forth In
the above subpoena,
GRANT sCHEAFNOCKER,
March 9th. 1906 Sheriff
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
T IBEL IN DIVORCE.

Rachel w. Thompson VS.. j. ID. Thompson.
No. 10, November term, 1905. Pluries Sub
poena in Divorce.
JEFFERSON COUNTY, IS:
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
To ]. ID. THOMPSON, Greeting:
We command you, as twice before you were
commanded, that all matter of business and
excuses being set aside, you be and appear in
your proper. person before our Judge at
Brookville at our Court OF Common Pleas,
there to be held on the second Monday of
April next, to show cause, II any you have,
not be divorced from the bonds of matrimony
which she hath contracted with you the said
j. ID. Thompson agreeable to the Petition
and Libel exhibited against you before our
said Court and this you shall in no case omit
at your peril
Witness the Hon. John W. Reed, President
OF our said Court at Brookville the Sth day
of January, A. ID. 1905.
Allowed by the Court.
CYRUS II. BLOOD, Prothonotary.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21

1t is only in comparatively modern
times that buttons have been utilized
as fasteners. The Greeks and Romans
knew nothing of them. and though they
presented themselves as ornaments in
the fourteenth century buttonholes
were still an undreamed of possibility.
1t was not until nearly the middle Of
the eighteenth century that the manu-
facture of steel buttons was entered
upon at the Soho works in Birming-
ham. England Then, on the accession
of George III. the gilt buttons appear
ed and became quite the vogue. But it
was reserved for the artisans of our
day to make these useful fasteners in
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
VARIETIES OF CRAMPS.
Curious Affections of Men In Various
Walks of Life.

One of the curious consequences of
the modern division of labor is the
cramp that attacks those who constant
ly use their hands in one particular
Juanner.
Writing cramp was the first to ap-
pear, being quite unknown until the in
PRODUCTION of steel pens. 1t affects men
far oftener than the fair sex, and, sin
gularly, those who suffer are not liter
airy men, but copyists. 1t is almost in
curable, and even when the left hand
is used the cramp very soon crosses
over to It,
Musicians Of every kind are attacked.
Among pianists 1t is chiefly ladies am
bilious to become professionals who
are the victims. Violent pain, weak
ness and fatigue of the arm make play
ing an impossibility. Violinists are af-
fected both in the fingers of the left
hand and the hand that holds the bow.
Clarinet players get cramps of the
tongue, and flute players get cramp in
the larynX.
they call it "loss of the grip" Tailors
get cramps in legs as well as hands.
Smiths and carpenters get what Is
called ''hammer cramp," resulting from
the enormous number of blows struck.
1t Is estimated that forger of knives
and scissors strikes 2S,000 blows every
day.
Drivers get cramps in the hand, espe-
cially in the case of those who break in
hard mouthed horses. Cigarmakers,
watchmakers, photographers, auction
GERS, sawyers, billiard players, dentists,
turner's, stampers, weavers, painters,
money counters and ballet dancers-all
suffer from their own peculiar cramps
and often so severely that they have to
exchange their employment for some
other.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
Needless Wear.

Many people wear themselves out
needlessly. Their conscience is a ty-
rant An exaggerated sense Of duty
leads a person to anxious, ceaseless ac-
tivity, to be constantly doing some
thing, overpunctual, never idle Sec
ond of time, to scorn rest. Such are in
unconscious nerve tension. They say
they have no time to rest, they have so
much to do, not thinking they are rap
idly uniting themselves for probably
what would have been their best and
greatest work in after years.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
A short Sermon.

No time or place is sacred to the en-
thusiastic joker. Duclos tells in his
memoirs how the prince archbishop Of
Cologne asked license to preach in the
royal chapel at Versailles when visit
ing Louis XIV. himself. All the court
assembled. 1t was April 1. The prince
archbishop mounted the pulpit in state
ly fashion, bowed from side to side and
stood a moment as if collecting his
thoughts, then shouted "April foolsr'
picked up his skirts and ran.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
The Calm Spirit,

The people in all lines Of duty who
do the most work are the calmest,
most unhurried people in the COM
munity Duties never wildly chase
each other in their lives. One task nev-
er turns another out nor ever compels
hurried, and therefore imperfect, do
ing The calm spirit works methodical-
ly, doing one thing at time and doing
it well, and it therefore works swiftly,
though never appearing to be in haste.
Home Notes.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21
RopemnI.,np 1000 Year, n. G

The name of the first ropemaker ana
that of the land in which he practiced
his art have both been lost to history.
Before the beginning of the historical
period considerable skill had been ac-
quired in that line. Egyptian sculp-
lures prove that the art was practiced
at least 1000 years before the time of
Christ.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-03-21

The American Tourist-I suppose I
fpeak broken French. eh. Henri? The
wafer Not eggsactly, m'sieur. You
mar word describes it bettaire-let
me see-ah, yes 1T is pulverized.-
Puck.