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The Springdale news., 1906-03-30

 showers, and the fellow who sings, T want to be an angel" and "I am bound for the Promised Land, has the stouteSt storm house and out runs the whole family to get shelter from d gem tie zephyr which might wait him to the place that he sings about.
 The berry folks are still think ing that they are going to get rich this season, which k a little aggravating for those who blow ed up their berries and said the berry business was q failure, just because they had to pay two cents quart for getting berries pick ed. Mully hopes that the local expectations will meet an ample financial return great enough to justify Uncle Sam in locating d sub-treasury down here among the hills, close to J $. EWalt's mineral find.
 Local mail carrier Smith las been having a tough time on his route recently on account of bad weather which has caused such horrible roads.
 No, We don't like to grumble about bad roads. cause when we do that road over-seer gets busy warning hands, and we're gener- ally among the first ones warned out over here.
 While Clear Creek was getting on her pantaloons last Friday evening she hitehed onto the big trestle of the Fayetteville Lime Works and washed away one low CT section of the first trestle bent on the south side of the creek The loss can be easily replaced, but If much drift should accom- pany some of these big floods there is a likelihood of repeti- ton of this disaster on a much larger scale.
 George Claypoole has been hay ing case of chicken poX to con tend with during the last week, and George would have had e1ght doctors and four nurses waiting on him, if he could have had his way about the matter.
 No, Jim Mullens and Hub" Mcguire are not going to practice to join Buffalo Bills show, but they just like to show folks how they can stay on the hurrican deck of a lively young horse.
 Mrs. J. w. Schaberg, of Porter, Ark, retuned home Sunday after spending several days with her friend, Mrs. J. E. McClendon.
 A new house is being built down at the San Juan kilns where E. F. Claypoole Is contractor and builder.
 Ike Holcomb, of Lowell, spent several days of last week with Uncle Ben Johnson.
 The crate makers have two cars of material to work on now and the crate house is very busy place.
 The Avis sheep ranch IS dwindling away, cause the sheep are dying in spite of all the her culean efforts of general mana ger Gene Avis.
 The Stony Point Band had Prof. Bagby with them Saturday night. The professor will be with them only on Saturday nights, twice a month now, cause the boys are getting a whole lot of good music learned and can make lots of racket all by their lonesome selves.
 Say, you who are patent medi- cine users, you had better lay in supply of your favorite tonic Friday or Saturday, cause the lid will be on after April 1st, un- less your druggist gets retail liquor dealers license. Quite q
The Springdale news., 1906-03-30
Looks Good for
 Senator Berry.
Latest From Little Rock is That He is in the Lead
 and Friends Confident He Has Won.
Springdale Township.

Following is the vote in Springdale which, as will be seen. went for Berry by majority of 1T, which was d surprise to Berry's most enthu- siastic supporters. Two years ago Davis carried the township over Wood by majority Of ll6, more than to 1.
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signal the lon1an, but as mis- line was
already on the steamer he did not
care He was too busy-aitogether too
bcsy-to bother with other towboats
AS long as they left him alone with his
prey he did not worry about what they
did. Il they tried to interfere. he'd
see.
AS the power of the Titan's engine
was exerted upon the propeller the
stout hawser shrunk In size and tight
ened like violin string. Great drops
of pitch oozed from IL and were thrown
in all directions by its numbcrless vi
brations.
Guess we'd better send EN- another
line. Jack" said Bob. after watching
the straining hawser for a few minutes
Inc old liners harder to start than
/ thought; beats all how sand will
cling to an iron bottomr'
After fifteen minutes lively work a
second hawser was aboard the Ionian
and made fast.
Give her all she'll stand, Billr'
yelled Bob through the tube in the
And Bill did
Lars and Jaan. the two Square
head" firemen. shoveled coal incess-
antly. and the way the deep furnaces
ate up the fuel would have given Joe
Black heart disease. Steam rose, rap
idly, reached the danger point and
stayed there. the safety valve all the
while suffering like an angry old wo-
man. Bob kept calling for more power.
and when he did not get 1t. damned the
engines and the engineer in thirteen
different languages. Start that damn
steamer he would II he killed every
one on the Titan doing IT.; what was
the damn boat good for. anyhow, IL she
could not start an old liner just touch
f.~r ox.I 10 go
thing or know the reason whyi That
what he'd dol Think he was coming
all the way from Boston for the ex-
press purpose OF pulling that steamer
off the shoal. just to be baked by a
contrary engine and damn fool en-
gineer?
Things were getting warmer every
minute up in the pilot house and down
in the engine room. At last, after en-
especially honest exchange of water
front compliments between the captain
and the engineer. the latter lost his
temper.
by God. Bob McIntire.' he yelled
up the tube. .if you want more steam
Iii give 1t TO We. But IL We don't pull
that tub off in the next three minutes
we'll all be blown to HEIR And with
that he clapped couple of big weights
upon the safety valve.
Those weights did the business. The
steam assembled to a height beyond
Bills Widest dreams, and the screw
increased It's revolutions nearly two
fold. The hawsers fairly shrieked and
the stout bits. built to hold. groaned
and creaked from deck to keel. With
her timbers and knees creaking and
her sides trembling. the stanch boat
loudly protested at such treatment,
but in vain. So, great-hearted as she
was, she buckled down to her task
with all her power. Every one on
board. from the captain at the wheel
to cookey in the galley, held his
breath. Had the dandy tug at last
undertaken too much? Would she fail
them now, success in sight?
Suddenly something gave way. Bob
started as if he had been shot. The two
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their love of a Joke would have more
effect with them than any words of his.
Don't believe the cap'n II take our
line, jest the same" said the mate,
shaking his ,ead gravely, after Bob
had dismissed the crew. I'VE know
the Northern people have a contract
with the Maritime Company
Well, we'll try II on,r replied Bob.
Hes in hurry and is likely to jump
at the chance TO get up to the city
He's got big cargo of perishabl
freight and crowd of passengers anx-
ious TO set home and kicking like
mules at the delay. Tell you what,
Pete" he added. with smile. Captain
oHara isn't having the best time he
ever had, and don't you forget it."
mo, and he might have a wurser one
before long" said Pete.
BY this time the Titan was well in
shore, within quarter of mile of the
stranded liner. Slowly she approached.
carefully feeling her way over the
shoals and between the rocks
How the cap'n ever got over the
rocks and shoals. | dunno" remarked
Pete, as he looked over the rail at a
reef just covered by the sea-
Guess he happened In" replied Bob.
I'll bet he can't get out alone though.
Wen have to help him out after we
hook on Guess we're going to earn
lndt money, Pete.
With barely enough steam to give
her steerage way, the Titan crawled in.
Her arrival was soon noised about and
in few minutes the liners decks were
black with passengers, wildly excited
at the prospect of a rescue.
Bob gave the wheel to Pete and took
his stand on the top of the after cabin.
one hand on the engine gong
pull the other srasping a megaphone.
me Titan swung around, her stern in
snore, close to the stern of the liner.
Take line. Cap'n?" Bob shouted
The megaphone shook in his hand and
his face was white and set.
Captain O'Hara examined the Titan
very carefully. glanced at the other
boats, looked at the sea and sky and
held a consultation with his chief offi-
Ger. another glance at the water and
he shook his head.
No., he answered, don't think r
do. Think can get OFF under my own
steam as soon as the tide ebbs.,'
Old John tried to bite off a chew of
tobacco, but the plug slipped from his
nervous fingers and dropped into the
sea. Bob felt his heart stop beating
He tried to speak his lips moved. but
no sound came from them
Captain O'Hara had no sooner an
nounced his decision than he was sur
rounded by excited passengers begging
and imploring him to allow the tug
to pull them off.
Take us off. Take us off! wen all
be drowned. And shrieking, young
woman. with three-months -oId baby
in her arms. fell to the deck in a dead
faint
Better change your mind. captain. :"
said tall imposing man. known as
the financial leader OF State street
Take the line. If Tn not ashore to-
,,forI,f fhere.1l he fba Very davif ~ -.
Let the tug pull us off" The demands
of his passengers were too rruch for the
CAPTAIN He turned to the Titan.
"AIl rivhtr' he yelled. .'Heave II
aboard Wei try it. Any rocks or
shoais alead?'
..Isots Of en- answered Bob when he
could get his breath. when you slide
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on well tow you Apuul a quarter or a
mile Then youll be out OF aanger.
Jack dempsey, --nown as strong
Arm because OF his speed anu
strength, stood on the oyernans OF the
Titan, long casting line coiieu in MS
nand. AS the tug rose on huge sea
ne hurled the light line over the water.
1t struck clean upon the -.ner's rail-,
slipped away from two clumsy deck
hands who tried to grab it, and drop
ped back into the sea. A murmur of
disappointment went up from the crowd
on the steamer. Bob cursed his luck
under his breath and great drops of
Precipitation rolled down his face. The
smallest delay meant everything to
him, for any minute Captain O'Hara
might become suspicious and change
his mind Even while he was fretting
Jack" made another try Like a
flash his arm shot forward, and the
freed line with all the power of that
long arm behind 1t snapped like whip
as 1t Strengthened out. over the rail 1t
flew. directly into the arms OF the sec
ond officer, who quickly seized 1t and
made fast.
a moments hard work by half a
DOZEN deck hands and the blight Of a
six-inch hawser was hauled aboard.
led under the rail and across to the
hits on the opposite side of the steamer.
Bob heaved a sigh of relief; the line
was aboard: the hardest part of the job
was done!
All fast. sir!' beloved the second
officer.
Bob did not waste time answering.
but signaled Bill for half speed ahead.
The screw of the tug began to thrash
the water vigorously. AT this the peo-
pIe on the liner set up glad shout,
which ended as suddenly as it began
when they perceived that the big
steamer was still aground, hard and
fast
As soon as the hawser was aboard
the steamer Dempsey and Dinnie O'Neil
had taken q couple of turns around
the bits of the Titan. and as the great
line felt the strain paid 1t out slowly,
fighting with all their beef and
strength to keep it from slipping away
too fast.
.snub her. Jacls.' yelled Bob. when
twenty fathoms had been paid out.
"Snub her and make fast! Lively. boys.
or we'll lose her,"
With "a splendid exhibition of
strength and agility Jack threw half
hitch over the bit, barely losing q
haIf-fathom in the process. The line
moancd and groaned, slipped a little.
then. settling itself In horrible coil
around the smooth bit, held like a
wise. Another half-hitch for safety
and the line was secured.
Until now Bob had been too busy to
notice what had been going on among
the fleet. AS he glanced seward to
pick up his course, he saw a big COM
motion among the maritime towboats.
All of them we're hustling about like a
flock of hens and one or two were
standing In toward the Titan. Bob did
not like this and made up his mind
that If any tug attempted to help
him there would be trouble. The near
est boat was the Argo, the largest tug
in the fleet whose captain, old Frank
Wiley, was In command of the expe-
dition. Wiley was blowing his siren
like mad and displaying a string of
flags at his masthead. Bob had no
doubt that the old man was trying TO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08

Float round your throat or gently ride
Upon your heaving bosom; brown waves that seek
The shelter of the eddyng dimpe in your cheek
Brown hair, whose soft and Silken strands
love to smooth, then tange in my hands.
Oh, it has been a weary, weary day,
With you away.
This has been a weary day to me
weary day, with breezes dumb
Of word of you And though listen so expectanty
With strangled breath, they never come
The peal on peal of your glad laughter. And my
heart
Grows lonely in the stiffness. kneel and part
The grasses, scan the imprint of your shoe,
And touch with my fingers since twas left by YOU
But your glad laughter! How long for it!
AS breezes softly blow at first increase and roar,
So is it with your laughter, that comes from
Heavens door,
So pure it is, so tender and so sweet
Oh, it will be the soul of music when we meet!
But this-ah this has been a weary day,
With you away.
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of great intrinsic value may be
struggled in the aerodrome; but
so they now are in ships, and the
illicit process will be detected
and punished as it is at present,
through the backward tracing
of the incoming valuables.
But the great bulk of the
worlds commerce will probably
never be moved through the air
and above the earth. Now and
then a bold air captain may
ind it worth his while to carry
a few Cinnamon or other would
be immigrants of the excluded
classes across the international
boundary; but this will be,
after all, only a vexatious in
cident in the life of the imni-
grafton inspector, and the sum
total of such an addition to the
population will not be consider
able, and it may be confidently
expected that the resources
of the lawgiver will prove equal
to the development of the aerial
traffic of the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-08

This has been a weary day to me
weary day, because about me, anywhere,
! could not see the sweet serenity
OF your brown eyes
Your brown eyes, as sweetly softly fair
To me as Gods pure skies
Brown eyes so full of tenderness, and yet
So full of pathos, too, as though still wet
With some dead tear, shed years agone;
Brown eyes so full of beauty, like the field
That autumn kisses-far too pure to yield
To one dark seowl of anger or of scorn.
This has been weary, weary day,
With you away.
This has been, to me, weary day,
Since round about me every breath of air
Seemed saddened that it could not play
With your brown hair
Your brown hair-Soft love-lockS that entwine
Themselves about my heart, like some brown win
That holds the sturdy oak in its embrace
And would seem lonely in another place;
Brown curls, like tangled sea-weed on the
surging tide,
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electrician is the invention Of artificial ground
He supply the aerodrome with cells OF two sorts
positive and negative as to recept1v1ty-each OF
enormous potential
Conceive if possible, an aerodrome equipped with
such cells; also with metallic projectors capable OF
sending forward many leagues through space
powerful positive current from the port side, and
a negative current from the starboard. Delicate
silver-wire screens known as antenna connected
with the receptive cells, and arranged, like the
projectors on the right and left of the car
The steersman's headpiece, besides the auto
mobile mask and goggles intended to shield his face
and eyes from the cutting blast OF the century gale
is fitted with brace of tiny telephones. A slight
hunting sound is heard aerodrome IS approach
ing though many miles distant. The humning grows
louder in the right ear the electrical balance is
disturbed showing that the starboard electrical ear
receiving the electrical projections from the port
protector of the approaching aerodrome, which IS
consequently known to be passing to the left.
By such devces-and they wait only upon the
needs of the aeronaut-ight will be turned into day.
as far as safe traverse in the air concerned And
the fog that dread of the mariner, against
which no human skill at the helm, courage, or
experience may be safely matched, will become only
disagreeabe incident in the flight of the aerodrome
And perhaps it may not be too much to expect,
having in mind the promising experimentation
in wireless telephony, that these ships that pass
the night may be able to hail and converse as they
speed along, giving notice of good or bad weather
conditions ahead, and passing the news of impor
lance What with the shr blast of the locomotive
american devil, it is called in Europe), the da-
phragm- disturbing siren of the steamboat, and the
"honk- honk" of the automobile it is pleasing to
reflect that the inauguration of aerodromics will
mean additional affection upon the overtaXed
auditory nerves of the earth jewellers.
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electric blaze upon the
PROV, like a giant pin
wheel, answering at one
glance any question as to
the angle of incidence of
the approaching aero
drome by the distortion
of the circle of light from
its perfect form.
But to return to the
subject of aerial planes,
it must be realized at
once that these are to be
laid down and main
tanned only with diff
Guilty. Between New
York, Chicago, and St,
Louis, for instance, the
shortest line in point of
time may not be the
straight one for the aero
drome. AS well expect a
locomotive to climb
mountains and leap rivers
as the crow flies. Prob
ably the aeronaut will
find that it NAV be an
economy of time and
power to avoid the pro-
digious lifts over a noun
tain ridge by slipping
through a pass and it is
certain that, like the mar
iner, he will take account
of the direction of winds
that prevail at certain
seasons, when he take
fights.
The result of these ca
tons will be the laying do
certain trunk lanes whicl
vary with the seasons, an
lines between two ports m
as widely apart as those
sued by sailing ships going
San Francisco to Honolul
those returning. And 70
sons already indicated
carth's surface between
aerial lanes must be set
from other lands and dedi
to the uses of aerial traffic
original owners of the soil
be compensated for their
and required to move Q
they may remain, sub1e
their own risk to the dang
downfalls from above, su
nature never contenp
Certain it is that many
spirits will assume the risl
will crown their houses
roofs OF stupendous sire
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OF the boundleSS ap-
proaches of the air? How
would it be possible to
police the whole bound
airy line between the
United States and Can
ada on the north, or Mex
leo on the south? And
every West Indian Isle
might be a starting point
for smuggling aero
dromes. Unless this pred
atory warfare upon the
customs revenues can be
restrained within narrow
limits, perhaps the whole
system of protective tar
if is doomed through the
memorable developments
of science.
Fortunately, the lirni-
tations of the aerodrome,
as at present conceived,
may for a long time post
pone the necessity of
meeting this great issue.
Freight means weight,
and many years must
pass before the air-ship
can undertake to carry
heavy burdens. Passen-
ger traffic will be the
main source of income,
and that will be expen-
sive. Articles of small
weight and compass but
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Great Whirling Headlights

T LIGHTS of some kind will of course be necessary
- part of the equipment of the aerodromes if for
other purpose than to signal below their approach,
and to give visible warning to the careless aerial
skipper whose electrical signaling apparatus may
have fallen into unreliabity. But these lights must
be distinctive-probablys such as a great whirng
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Frequent Stops for Supplies

SUCCESSFUL aerial flight must obey many OF the
~ laws of navigation. Ships on long voyages must
make port between to take on water and fuel, if
not fresh food. So must the aerodrome, and in the
beginning of the science of aerial flight the stops
must be often, because of the small size of the
chine. Two hundred miles, straight away, at full
speed, would tax good locomotive. That distance
would be but the decimal of the performance of
an liner but it might in the beginning at least,
mark the limit of endurance of aerodrome in
average weather conditions, and in bleak and adj
verse head winds the possible fight might be less.
And so there is to be the aerial relay station just
as there is the water-tank and the coal-hopper
alongside the railway trunk lines. The shape is
problematic at this stage. Probably some high
hill, tall steel tower with a broad platform and
tanks filled with water and with naphtha alcohol;
suitable devices for graphing strongly, yet firmly
the lowering air craft and for swiftly injecting
through flexible hose the elements necessary to its
fight, ora wilder fight of imagination, perhaps
in the of the rapid express and mail aerodromes
relay-supply aerodromes of great power and large
storage tanks, capable of rising swiftly and soaring
along in company with the liners of making flying
connections and replenishing their depleted water
and fuel tanks.
And this fuel, what shall it be? Naphtha or gaso-
1ene at first, probably. But already the supply is
diminishing and the price increasing; that in
Europe, for economical reasons, petroleum is be-
ginning to be supplanted by alcohol. Fortunately,
wherever vegetation may be found, the production
of alcohol is possible so that endless store of
that essence which is the basis of power of the motor
of the future is in sight.
Laws without penalty provisions and the means of
enforcing them of little avail. Of what use,
therefore, is it, to prescribe lanes of flight for aero
dromes and to lay down other regulations for their
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY 8. 1906

But even allowing for the voluntary assumption
of such risks by many agriculturists, must
pay heavily for the actual depreciation in value of
the land below these aerial lanes, and the question
for the future political economist is, whether it shall
be the State the individual or the corporate
of the lane that shall pay. Here again the bugaboo
of government ownership must be faced.