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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-06-12

The real estate men of Prescott say
they have been doing q land office
business" for the past two weeks in
and around Prescott, and that many
thousand acres of land have changed
hands.
If you knew the value of Chamber
lain's Salve you would never wish to be
without it. There are some of the dis
eases for which it is especially valuable:
sore nipples, chapped hands, burns,
frost bites, chilblains, chronic sore
eyes, itching piles, letter, salt rheum
and eczema. Price % cents per box.
For sale by Baker Drug Store Whole
sale and Retail.
Mr.. H. Zappe of Emmett, is justly
entitled to be champion of the old adage
1.-The early bird etc. = so far as early
grown corn is concerned. for he brouhgt
down to his landlady, at the Commerce
al hotel a basket full of fine early grown
corn.
We are turning out Buggies every
day, but still have one for you. Car
Luedinghaus wagons and Moon buggies
will arrive in few days, if you want
the best on the market you know where
to find it of course, at Mcdaniel Hdw.
Co.
Master Howell Herring Ind Father
FINS, of Bodcaw were in town yester-
dav.
If yos wish to sell your farm this
summer or fall you should list it now
to get the benefit of our summer ad-
vertising. See Ellsworth the next time
you are in town.
Those who are indebted to the firm
of w. J. White & Co., will please call
at the sto.e of Steed Callicott & Co.,
where our books will be kept and our
temporary headquarters.
w. j. White & Co
iHtIS VIII bS pldSSU III pie VI Tic
windows of the Prescott Supply and
Hardware Co. One article only, each
day during June, marked at special low
price Watch this window.
PRESCOTT SUPPLY AND HDW CO.
| take orders for music rolls for all
Piano Players and Player Pianos. Come
and select your choice from catalogue.
A. Monsoon.
Will pay l-2 cents for good second
hand cotton seed meal sacks at Varity
store. d. B. Brown.
The California Pefume Co.'S goods are
reliable. Their extracts the best, and
toilet articles fine. Let their Ag't.
supply you. Mrs Evered.
Mrs. Evered would like the patronage
of the ladies of Prescott and vicinity as
she represents fine of toilet necessition
Extracts, Perfumes.
Let Mrs. Evered order your Olives
for table use, the pure article from
California.
Our trade constantly grows because
we give people what they want and at
a price that is fair. Hesterly Drug
Store.
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If you are hunting for Duck Hats
call on Mrs. Shankle.
Jim Snodgrass represents the Globe
Oil Co., of Cleveland Ohio. If you want
Roof Paint or Lubr;cating Oil it will
pay you to see him.
Nothing equal to Prickly Ash Bitters
for removing that sluggish bilious feel
ing, so common in hot weather. 1t
creates strength, vigor, appetite and
cheerful spirits.
Good appetite and cheerfulness fol-
lows the use of Prickly Ash Bitters. 1t
purifies the blood, liver and bowels and
makes life worth living.
Call at Hesterly Drug Store and get
free sample of Hesterley's Vegetable
Liver Pills.
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles
Itching, blind, bleeding, protruding
piles. Druggists are authorized to re-
fund money if Pazo Ointment fails to
cure in to Is days. SOC.
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Our next holiday of any note will be
the Fourth. 1t will be needed when it
comes, if only to remind US that we
were once a united people, and not
equally divided, as we are now, into
exposers and exposed
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Robt. Brooks of Lumber, Ark has
been numbering around Prescott the
last few days.
Mrs. Ella Ware of Emmett was in
the city Saturday.
Miss Betsy Hinton is visiting in
Camden
Here lies mine babe as dead as nits,
Whom Gott has kilt nit ager fits.
He would not let him live with me
So took him up to live NIT He"
The child would have lived had he
been given DIR. Mendenhal's Chill and
Fever Cure. Sold by Honest Drug
gists.
We deliver drugs store articles. =
Hesterly Drug Store.
We lead, others follow. DR.. Bakers
Liver Pills are the best.
Detroit Vapor Stoves, the best and
quickest baker on earth. On sale at
Mcdaniel Hardware 90.
Drop in and take peep at the
Detroit Gasoline Stove at Mcdaniel
Hardware Company.
You can buy the Detroit Vapor Stove
on installments at Mcdaniel Hwd Co.
Easy payments on furniture, stoves
and housefurnishings at Mcdaniel
Hardware Company.
Horace Brown of Arkadelphia is Wis
iting his grandfather, DR.. R. L, Hinton.
Mrs. Geo. J. Terry and little daugh-
ter, Mary Beth are visiting in Newport
for few weeks.
Little Mary Jones visited in Hope
last week returning Saturday. Glad
dine Bennett came home with her and
will spend the week with her little
friend in Prescott.
Frank Jones of Stamps visited home
folks Sunday
B. H. Woodson of Route was in
town Saturday and ordered the Pic sent
to his box.
Mrs w. T. Hart and children return
ed Saturday night from a few weeks
visit to relatives in Corinth Miss.
Our Sheriff is looking his best this
week. The town is full of young lady
teachers. See.
Welcome to the teachers institute.
The town is putting on her best this
week in honor of the young lady Teach
ers.
Willis Watson, of Smackover, was
in the city Sunday.
Dophus Written and wife, of Hope
were in Prescott Sunday.
See Mrs. w. A. Moncrief when you
want hat. She is selling them at
reduced prices.
Mrs w. A. Moncrief is selling all styles
of hats at prices that will astonish you.
See her before you buy.
There was something doing in Squire
McGraw's court last Friday. The fol-
lowing parties were given preliminary
hearing and bound over to await the
actions of the next Grand Jury:
John Flurnoy, Grand Larceny.
Tom Trammell Robbery, and Grand
Larceny,
Hance Hamilton Robbery and Grand
Larceny.
Arthur Gilmore Robbery and Grand
Larceny.
Let US have your laundry work. We Will
call at any time. Telephone 200. Pres
colt Steam Laundry.
HOWARD TERRY, Prop.
No man can work we'll with torpid
liver or constipated bowels. A few
doses of Prickly Ash Bitters will quick
ly remove this condition and make
work pleasure.
New room house and acres land,
81, 900. See Ellsworth.
Let us have your laundry weak. We will
call at any time. Telephone 200 Pres
colt Steam Laundry.
HOWARD TERRY, Prop.
]. T.. Wicker of Willisvllle, and his
two daughters are in the city. The
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-06-12
Home Laundry, gives good work Quick
Service. Telephone 200 Prescott, Steam
Laundry.
HOWARD TERRY Prop.

Jailer, j. B. Whitesdes tells a good
one on the veracity of one of the col
ord inmates of the Jail. When arrest
ed last week for robbery and Grand
Larency, he was telling how it all hap
pened and every now and then would
emphasize the fact that he was nara
ting the truth by saying, II never is
told lie, white folks. - And after
having been in Jail less than one day,
he wrote to his wife and among other
things said; Honey Use been in Jail
heah three monts and 'spects you
'trayed me, but with all your faults
and down-falls, | loves you still.
Home Laundry, gives good work Quick
Service. TELEPHONE 200 Prescott, Steam
Laundry. ,s.. s,
HOWARD TERRY Prop.
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WILL BUY pICAYUNES.

|u vou have a copy of the
Eoovune Of 1904 and 1905,
1 will pay you loc each.
[ook among your old papers
N ,ee if YOU can't dig up an
n pICAYUNE.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-06-12
ChiIdrens Day at Oak Grove.
4th Sunday in June

Song by choir.
Prayer by Will Hanna.
Address by L. J. Bryson.
Recitation by Brozy Haynie.
!" by Chas CRANBERRY.
+" by Lena Barr.
=" by Maudie Cox.
" by Sam CRANBERRY.
+" by George Haynie.
4" by Della Haynie.
Song by choir.
Recitation by Willie Moore.
Recitation by Jessie Frasier.
" by Artie Stuart.
=" by Eta longs.
/" by Grace Riding,
+" by Ludie Stuart.
Song by choir.
Recitation by Pearl Moore.
:" by Ella Barr.
=" by Myrtle Berry.
:" by Willice Andrews.
:" by Eta Barr.
3" by Fanny Bolls.
Quartette by Messrs. Cox, Moore,
Emerson and House.
Recitation by Emma Bolls.
q by Ida Barham.
q by Fanny Cox.
q by Bert Formby.
Song Solo by Fanny Bolls.
Recitation BY Beckie Riggs.
=" by Kate Riggs.
. by Joe Bean.
" by r. w Riding.
q by Lizzie Riggs.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-06-12
WANTED

Practical mill man at once who
understands his business, to operate
country sawmill. Butcher and Dye,
Prescott Ark. R. F. D. number 4.
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The real estate men of Prescott say
they have been doing land office
business" for the past two weeks in
and around Prescott, and that many
thousand acres of land have changed
hands.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-06-12

If you are hunting for Duck Hats
call on Mrs. Shankle.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-11

he had been all the time Natcherly, we
was some put out but the maister said
that IL we made any complaints he'd put
us all In irons an try US for murder an
hang US from the yardarm. The storm
had left US. He said. too, that he'd keep
the extra passage money wot we had
paid as a lesson to us on the error o
our ways an fair busted -hlssclf maxim
a moral le1tor, Well. that made us real
izc what hoodoo that red-haired fellcr
was, an VIC WAS all most thankful when
he went ashore.
He KEEP up hoodooin'. too, as l heard
arter, but nc fell in with some cannibals.
who decided TO make a stew o him an
the rubber rings he had with him. They
had never tried to stew missionary be-
fore but they had tried en- all other
ways, an never found 'em good eatin'.
Well, he tasted all right goIn down, but
awful an made 'em all dyspeptics. which
is the fust time that ever struck the
tropics
SO when ! sees wot I has run into on
the Battery, / knows they is only one
thing to do, an that Is whrl around like
! had got religion sudden Ike TO keep the
cuss off. So | does so, but II don't seem
to do no good for while / is vhIrlln' 1
gets under a ladder %lch is o sure sign
o. had luck a uncle o mine once
walked under ladder an the next day
lost his starbonrd eye an never could get
q glass one wot would fit 1t were most
troublesome TO him. His eye We're allus
fallin' out when he were a courtin
gal, an he'd mover know it ontil she told
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money out o their wages he didn't have
no objection to throwin' him overheard
CT keelhaulin' him or anything else wot
seemed proper an law adbidin', addln'
that nc never did have much use for mis-
sionaries. so many o en- hnyin whetted
tho heRtbcns' appetite for white meat. so
to speak, an 70 make a lot o islands un-
safe to land an do tradin' at
We'll, all o. the crew havin' had moro
family life than average, none o en- cared
to give up wages to resoom same, so to
speak. so tho matter was dropped for tho
time oein' In tho hope the felier might
show little decent feeln' an fall over
board by hissef. That night. however.
bolt o. liEhtnin' struck the 10 o'marst, an
that settled II. We goes TO the marster
an signs allotment notes covcrin' the cost
O. the passage The marster agreed TO
throw tho feller overheard hisssel, sayln'
II were more legal If done by the one In
command. an That had to satisfy us.
they were a-Payin' for II, IL only seemed
proper an right as wot they should have
the fun G. lookn' on.
1T didn't do no good, however, as the
maister had his mind sot, shown US so
by knockin' US all down quite promiscus
an with no partially to speak of, though
he did kick a couple o men arter they
was down We didn't see no more o the
red-headed feller, so we concluded the
maister had heayed him overheard spe
shall as got a spell o nice ca m
weather an made port all right When
let go the anchor though, UP he
comes from the masters cabin. where
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thing too instant. TO cyanescent, too much
OF the time and the occasion for cold
writing down. Everywhere men congre-
cute in Ireland Is Il center OF wit and
humor, 1t iaVades the learned professions
and those whom age might hcaYe stalled
20 laughter. The -Four Courts Library In
good stories cmanatc. The wits of Dublin
within my memory have been Baron
Dowse, a Judge, Lord Morris of Splddal,
also a Judge; Father Healy. q priest; DR..
Most happily. Richard Adams County
court Judge set remains. And 10 be
sure the vacant places have been filed.
Even politics nave not made tho Irish
sad, and there is no tax on laughter
When you set out to tell good stories
from ireland they jostle each other so in
Jour memory that you hardly know which
to select L Will put down few hap
hazard
friend OF mine who was very en-
lhusiastic about things Irish. herself being
an English woman. was driving on an
outside cnr IN Dublin. She was praIslng
everything To the Cnrman. and among the
she had just become acquainted What
an excellent drink II is" she said: why
It's meat and drink. too"
''Thrue for you. ma am. J." replied the car
driver; IAN u nights lodgin'. too. If you
only drink enough Of It,"
The Retort Courteous.
Another story was told mo by leading
pledge againet Joke. y wcll-known Dub
lin citizen, also prominent on the temper
anCe platforms in Dublin. was addressing
a crowded meeting. ard arguing against
the assumption that stlmulants were
necessary To the health
Look at me. boys he said. Here I
am 50 years old. I've been a total alb
staincr all my life and could YOU see any
man OF 50 healthier than 1 ann
"Yerra, Mr. b said a voice in tho
crowd III you'd taken your glass like
man It's hundred you'd have been by
now"
Tho beggars are chartered wits in Ire
land, and occasionally the VIE stings, un-
less one has the sense Of humor TO laugh
with II. May the blessing of God go
after you" says the beSgar with out
stretched hand, and when you have
passed without giving any aims, and
never oyertalIc you
Again the Dublin carman, when he has
received an insufficient fare, looking at
the coin in the palm OF his hand as is the
way OF his brethren elsewhere: "Ah well,
sir" moro in sorrow than I'm anger. Il
leave YOU to Him that made you"
Another on similar occasion said
ECuTtily
''Arrah. bad luck to the Land league"
But Why" asked the aStonishcd pas
sengcr 'Ycrrn sure sc killed out all tho
gentry.
In another case a friend OF mine. Il
small man who was walking with his tnll
SISTER was importuncd by a bcggar and
gave nothing, The begear mlStook tho
relationship and got homo neatly on tho
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him, an when he'd put IL back hasty like
he usual got II in wrong side aforc, wich
made him look like he were both comm
an goin' an were very disturbin', al
though il didn't make no difference In his
personal appearance. account o his good
eye bcin' light red an 1t bein' TO match
tho color In glass eyes.
But II didn't need my uncle's experience
for 10 teach me II wero bad luck to walk
under ladder I found that out myself,
for as ] was a-whirlin' I HE the ladder
an knocked her over Just as swab o
Irlshman were a goin' UP II with n hod
load O. bricks. Fust tho bricks fell on
thin awful wich showed he wasn't no
way grateful TO Inc for breakln his fall.
an II he hadn't landed on me he'd landed
on tho pavement wlch done In his place.
arter wlch he hit me in a way TO marster
ever done, nm called on wages with the
best He hit me till L were tired but that
didn't matter to him He werc enJ yin IL
an KEEP II UP till he were tired, arter
Wich ne KEEP on hittln' me anyway, be
cause, as l said afore, he were Irish, an
that am the way tho Irish behave. II"
keeps II up until his boss come up an
docks him for takin' time of for amoose-
ments In work time, wich shows me thot
/ has hoodooed him, though he says hc
don't mind none. as he are willin' 10 get
docked any time for a fight.
But ] knowed ] wero hoodooed an
somcthin' awful were about TO happen TO
me Wot it am, I don't know. but II II
amt Gettin' married again or Sivin' UP
Ticker / don't much care,
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one does ever get accustomed asked
the conductor of an electric train which
was humping us on the way 10 Hammer
smith the other day and finally lung
US from our seats If the line was not CON
trolled by u man named Jerks He
only stared, and my fellow travellers
looked an anronted amaZcment. As we
camo across from Holyhcad recently the
Irish ticket collector on the boat scruu-
nlzed our return tickets closely. They re
a fortnight old" said one OF us BE. ..
dad then they're wearin' their age well,
he replied dclightedly. When we lunched
in the trnin our supply Of salt was of tho
sparsest We addressed the English
walter.
THE tax is on sugar. not on salt, We
said. We had TO repeat the remark sew
eral times and aftorward TO state PAIN
ly that we wanted moro salt After-
ward the waiter and several OF his feloWs
looked at us surreptitiously from behind
barriers We were apparently taken Tor
a pair of escaped lunatics.
Wit Before Dinner.
In Ireland the whole world jokes ana
the responsiveness Ia delicious, In Eng
land YOU have learned a sober demeanor.
AS soon rs the first velvet breath OF lrlsh
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two watches, so TO speak When one is
s-lookin' out to port the other Is shinin
up the starboard side very comfortable
like, Well none o the crew likes this
very much, but we has sot sail an they
were no chances to desert besides wich
the marster o the Ceylon are a quick
tempered gent, an most impulsive in the
use o q belayin' pin.
so we gets under way but isn't far out
o sight o land when pecoolure things be-
gins to happen-most pecooluro things.
an every accident wot can happen to US
happens. We loses sails. we loses spars.
we loses men overheard, we springs leaks.
the rudder Is constant gettln' crazy 1t
ore n plumb dreadful time. Well. tho
crow knows these things can't happen on
less we have a Jonah on aboard, an We
is all certain that the Jonah Is that there
missionary, epeshal since he arc allus
walkin' up an down tho deck very free
an careless like. singtn' how cam an,
peaceful IKE he are when he are rocked
IN the cradle O. the deep. w'ich we takes
to mean whales stummick. there boin'
no other cradle around the deep that any
o us ever heerd on.
So we goes to the marstcr. very p'lito
an atf bic lS-we has to be because
when the marster aln't a-throwin belny-
in pins about careless like he arc a-prac-
tisin' high kicktn' an a putin his whole
heart in Il 90 to speak Well We asks
that he be kind enough to throw the mis-
sionaTy oyerboarCl-him bein' a Jonah-So
we won't oil perish, but can be restored
TO the bosuIn o our fam lies or at least
those families w'ich we happens to be on
spcakin' terms WITH each o. us haYln'
considerable number o EN-. all boln'
o. . affccshonate nacher like. The mar
stcr says he carn't do that, though he'd
ike cXceedin' 10 oblige the crew, account
q the sassio.y wich is shippin' him out.
bein' Scotch an Cdnpy, having drew a
hard bargain with him. insistn' that the
missionary be delivered to the heathcn IN
good condition afore payln' his pas sage
He were shipped c. o d. so to speak In
course the marster said II the crew had
mind to pay the mlssonary's passage
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: He had takent1ree steps
each one fairly On the line" ~'-

down on the Battery, sailln' along to get
a smack o salt air an thinkInF how
much | had missed on account o. my
moral trainln', me hayin' once refoosed
snip with Capt Smith on the pirate
schooner Mollie May, on account o.
him oein n Unitarian. which me an all
my family wus strict orthodox when |
becomes forgetful like. an driftin' out O
my course l runs into female pusson Of
about forty tons burden, with red hair
rather trim built she is, but overloaded
the surface.
Well. before I can como about an
present my compliments she sends me a
Where arc you a-saiIing to. you
loafer" says she, for all tho world as
though we were married to each other for
two years or moro. Why don't you watch
where you're a-goln', you clumsy swat,
you ugly marne?' says she.
Naturally such talk chccred me up
considerable, an ! were about TO answer
her very plite an aft' BILE by a-calin' her
a old ramshackle canal boat wot
wuss than Chinese junk. when / looks
her owe: agin' an wot do you reckon2
She was cross-eyed. her starboard eye
bein' listed permanent to port, while her
port eye sails about shiftlesswise. like a
derelct- Red headed and cross eyed
That Is wot j had come up alongside O.
In course. right there ! knew I were hoo
dooed, cause once afore l had run up
against a party so rigged. an wot hap
pencd was awful.
That were when / shipped on the bark
Ceylon, O Kllo. for a voyage from Frisco
TO the Chincha islands an return. Just
afore we sets sail through the Golden
Gate the master ships missionary wot
were goln out to show the heather the
error o his ways. takin' with him for
that purpose q lot o tin horns, some
fancy colored cloth an a lot o rattlcs.
rubber rings an SILK hats, 1t bein tho
nacher o the heather to be most friyilous
regardin' religion an only bein' con-
verted by pecoolure methods. Well, this
here missionary are red headed. an his
ewes is not mates They is formed into
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on his back. and after a careful inquiry
into Mr., Bowden's ancestors. carefully
tracing them from the moment OF their
boarding the Ark and showing that each
successive generation had been more lax
In their morals and uglier to the ewes
than the one preceding IT. made a heart
felt appeal TO the old tars present to as
sist him to an upright position. that he
might Kill the last OF the race OF Bow
dens.
AT any other time such a challenge
would have been received by the latter
with alacrity-almost Thanksgiving. Now,
however. 10 the auazement and conster-
nation OF all present. he turned even paler
than before and hung out flag of truce
Don't help him, boys" he exclaimed
Blow me, don't help him l won't fight
him"
why not you bloomn' porpoise." re-
turned the irate bo'sun. breathing with
the most supcrhuman effort. DO YOU
think you are goin' TO come in here imi-
tatin' blarsted propeller o twenty
knot liner an forcIn' honest saiormen to
turn turtle durin' their hours for amoose-
you hght2"
why not7 says YOU" replied Mr. Bow
den. ceasing his revolutions. why not2
Because I'm hoodooed, says j. That's
WHY not. says l. I'm hoodooed "
'Wot" exclaimed tho bo sun. in
frightened voice. while thrill OF super
sttious awe went about the room.
"Wotl" he repeated. evidently shocked.
though not sufficiently 40 to assume even
sitting posture Ihougn ne MADE gal
liant attempt
Yes" went on Mr.. Bowden, now far
more at home, since II was evident that
he had caused a decided sensation; yes.
says l. I'm hoodooed; an, wot ls more.
I'm hoodooed two days to oncet, w'ich
means somcthin' very alarmin' Is goin to
happen to me. Mebbc I'm goin' TO get
married ag or mebbe I'm goin' to meet
some o my wives i aln't very perticklar
about meetin mebbe, wi'ch is con-
sIdered wuss I'm SoIn TO be forced to
give up likker.
This is the way IL happens. j were
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In a land where they are all raconteurs
the wonder is that there are any listeners
1t must only be by a generous system of
reciprocity Eyen when they blunder they
thunder wittily. and that makes the diff
hllndcrs of other peoples, and accounts
for the so-Calcd Irish bull The Irish
hull often contains an ellipsis Ike that
orc of the gentleman who satd II would
bo better to be a coward for five minutes
than to be dead all your life. Even when
1T is a blunder 1t Is not stupid. 1t proyokcs
good laughter.
per find the following gem
III punctualty Is tho polltencss or
princes then was tho Prince exquisite
ly polito Yesterday for his train arrived