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The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Government to Renair Guns.

Forty guns, the property of the State guard, which were damaged by fire two years ago in tho burning of the armory at Littlc Rock will be shopped 10 Springfield, Mass. for re- pairs. Announcement that the gov ernment will repair the guns has been received from th" War Department and Maj Jet is collecting. the damaged arms for shipment.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Floods. Snow and Ice.

The late storm which Was general over a large portion af tho United States Was of varying quality through ont Arkansas While the southern half of tho state enjoyed rain fol. lowed bF colder weather tho White and Black river section vas flooded followed bv heavy freeze, and at Fayetteville. SiIoam and Eureka Springs fheEe Vas six to eight inches ef snow and Two degrees below zero.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Brakeman Killed.

E. & Lorance, a Frisco brakeman. was fatally injured at Hope. In mak- ing a coupling his foot became fast betwen the track and d guard rail Of the switch and he was run over b+ q freight ear, one leg being severed be tween the hip and knee and the other frightfully mangled. He died a few hours later His home was at Paris, Tex
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA.

Gen Lineyitch reports all quiet with the Manchnrian armies; also that ordei has been restored in Nladivostol, where the mutineers have been disarmed.
 Following several serious encounters between revolHtionists and troops it Transcaucasia. Ger. Alikhanoff arrived with troops from filis and restored os der
 Another matiny is i'll progress aA Nladivostok. worse. if is said, than hai of November last sailors and artilletz lsts held the Holy Innocence battery. ard a1e vel supplied with machine guns and munitions Fresh troubles have also broken cut n the Caucasus.
 [ According. To official accounts res ceiyed at St Petersburg the Baltic provinces are now aaiet Nearly al! of the southern province of Gosfland is occupied by troops. Lawlt ssness still reigns at Riga and in Liyunia.
 \ St Petersburg dispatch ,eports the ecution of 45 revolution sts in one village in the province of Li7)nia. dnGer the convenient tftion that they were shot while trying to escape
 \ new party with a platform of aREs- sia for the Russians has been formel al Moscow to uphold thc principles of the extreme right in the donna. It's programme is "autocraoy and ortho- doXy ill Russia are one and indivisibe
 Matters appear 10 be gradually quiet ing down. TEe reyouucnaries, disap- pointed ln the atdtuGe of the soldiers. as body, and the peasantry are coming sututional monarchy or d military die tatorship, and they prefer the former.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
ARKANSAS STAIE NENS. INTERESTING ITEMS GATHERED
 FROM ALL SECTIONS.
COLLEGES WILL CONTEST
Steamer. Joe. Wheeler Wrecked Negro Laborers Organizing
 Frisco Brakeman Killed.
oratoricai Contest.

The intercollegiate oratorical con test between Hendrix College and Ouaehita Baptist College will be held some time during the early part of April, in Little Rock. The following is the subject: Resolved, That cor porations in the United States doing an interstate business should be re quired to incorporate under a nation al incorporation act" j. s. Utley and H. T. Harrison will represent Hen dix and will represent the negative while John Matloek and E. l.. Com pier of Ouachita will affirm.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Narrow Escape from prowninu.

William West and wife of New Edinburgh had a narrow escape from drowning while returning home from Warren. The recent rains caused Franklin creek to overflow and in at tempting to reach the bridge they drove off the bank of the creek into deep water. MT. and Mrs. West were saved. but the team drowned
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
HsVinq Labor Troubles.

sheriff James Gould of Jefferson county has been appealed to for as sistanee bY the white people of Wab- baseka. who are threatened with labor troubles. The citizens claim that white men are coming into the country and organizing the negroes and fixing an exorbitant rate for working the cotton fields, and adyis. Ing them to leave the plantations f the planters do not agree to their de mands
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Cotton Belt Inspection.

President Edwin Gould, of the Cot ton Belt, accompanied by Nice Prest dent and General Manager F H. Brit ton, General Superintendent W. F. Green and W. II. Taylor. vice prcsi- dent of the Bowling Green Trust Company Of New York. spent several days in the State inspecting the diff ferent lines of the system.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
RecIaiminq Land.

A large amount of Mississippi county land is being reclaimed by ditching and draining into the Tyron- ga river. One of the ditches is 4 feet wide and miles long; another 100 feet wide and 20 miles long, and the miles long
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Prominent Arkanssn Dies.

Col George w. Sappington, an old and prominent citizen of Arkansas, died at his home in Little Rock on January 25th. Col. Sappington was born at Charleston, Va. in lS2a. and came to Arkansas in lSGG.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Child Accidentally Killed.

The 2-yearold daughter of Dr. l.. Lamb of Dorado was accidentally shot in the jaw with a pistol which her 5-year-old brother was handling. The boy had found the weapon and was playing with it when it was dis charged.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Boiler Blows Up.

One of the large engines at the oil mill at Monticello blew to pieces few days ago and tore away a portion of the building. causing damage es- timated at s1000 The accident oc- cured at o'clock at night, when no one was in the engine room.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Barn Burned.

The barn of l " Black. two miles west of Melville, was destroyed by fire a few niehts ago The loss was about 5000 and there was no insur- ance. Mir Black represented Marion county in the last legislature
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
uniuersitN Stud,nt Dies.

Robert B. Wadley. a student at the State University at Fayetteville, died suddenly from complications follow ing a ssrgical operation. He was the eldest son of J. L. Wadley. editor of the Hot Springs Evening News
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Heart Failure Follows Excitement.

Anna Moore. q Little Rock negroes, hearing a noise made hy a mule ran out of the house to investigate it and fell prostrate from excitement on the porch. She died few moments later when t9kea into the house.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Disease Amonn Mules.

Several of the mules owned by the Williams Cooperage Company at Les lie have died Of q disease similar to glanders. Precautions have been taken tc keep the disease from spreading 10 other stock.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
New Lodae BuIIdinn.

The Knights of Pythias and Masons are preparing to erect a two-stor.' brick building at Conway The con tract was le. to E. ". Jenkins for $3,100 and the building will be com. pleted by April It.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Automobile Tour.

L. O. Knox of Pine Bluff. has pur- chased a 40-horse power automobile, and purposes to make an extensive tour through Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
Returns From Cuba.

After a 13 days trip, eight days O which lie spent in the city of Havana. Cuba. !. L. scofeld, general secre- tary of the Y. NJ. C. A. has returned to Little Rock
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
A Factory MetropoIis.

The Fort Smith Commercial Club claims to be negotiating with 63 diff ferent factories and that most of them, if not all, will be given induce ments to locate in that city.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
New Realty comnanv.

Members of the Newport lodge Elks have formed the Elks Realty Company for the purpose of taking over the recently purchased site fer a club house.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01
THE WEEKS NEWS
 TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome of the Most Important Events at Home and Abroad
 the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.

Nhnt Congress is Doing, Together With Latest cNeIopments in the Internal Troubles in Russia, and Items CuIled from Important Hap penings All over the World.
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01

Who are the two brothers that live on the opposite sides of the road, yet never see each other?-Your eyes,
The Monticellonian., 1906-02-01

Full military honors were paid to the remains of Ger. Joseph Wheeler at the funeral services ill New York, afteI which the easket was forwarded to Washington for interment in Arlington e 4mptpTV
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
TO PREVENT seAsIckNEss.

In spite of the innumerable methods
which have been suggested in the
course of the last few decades OF
avoiding seasickness, this is still the
most serious inconvenience of sea
journey" writes Dr. Alfred Gradenwitz
in Technical World Magazine.
"A novel device, intended to pre-
vent the distress. has. however. been
tested recently, with most excellent re
suits, on the steamship Patricia of the
Hamburg-American Line and on the
channel steamer Peregrine. This is
based on a vibrating motion. The
outfit is OF great simplicity and merely
comprises a comfortable chair, the
seat of which is set rapidly vibrating
up and down by the force of an cleo
tromotor connected to the electric
mains of the steamer. Those
wishing to protect themselves against
the dreaded sickness should sit down
on the vibrating chair. when they will
feel about the same sensation as in
riding In an automobile. The vibra,
tory motion makes the rolling and
OF the ship less felt. the slow
downward motion of the vessel being
by the numerous short
vibratory shocks occurring in an up
ward direction
The apparatus is the Invention OF
Messrs. r. 4 W. Otto, of Berlin. Ger
many"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
vERBlAGE OF THE LAW.

Over thirty years ago John Ruskin,
while writing his wonderfully inspir-
ing and eloquent series of letters to
workmen that he called fancifully
Fors Clavigera, had occasion to ex.
press his opinion of the forms. techni-
calities and verbal contortions of the
Eng fish law. Since that day English
practice has been simplified to some
extent, but much of what Ruskin said
remains true. and practically all of
1t is true of the pleading and practice
in the courts of Illinois, where we
have a hodge-podge of common law
survivals, code improvements and sub
situations and bewildering crosses be.
tween the two.
Ruskin was planning his st. George
agricultural colony. A sympathizer-
deuded mortal-wished to help me
grand apostle of simplicity and right
eousness and gave him an acre of
ground with some cottages on it. Rus
kin's troubles began.
He consulted able lawyers. and after
much talk and effort he found that ne
could not find out how to ACQUIRE that
acre for his colony. Il suppose, he
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
ON AMERICAN WEALTH.

The group of people that attracts
the largest amount of attention In
press and talk. that most obscesses
the American imagination. and that Is
indeed the most significant at the pres
ent time, is the little group--a few
score men, perhaps. altogether-who
are emerging as distinctly winners n
that great struggle to get into whlca
this commercial industrialism has nat
urally resolved itself.
These men who are creating rhe
greatest system of correlated private
properties In the world, who are
wealthy beyond all precedent, seem,
for the most part, to be men with no
Interior dream or aim. They are not
voluptuaries. they are neither artists
nor any sort of creators. and they be-
tray no high political ambitions. Had
they anything OF the sort they would
not be what they are: they would he
more than that and less. They want,
and they get; they are inspired by tho
brute viii in their wealth to have more
wealth and more to systematic ar.
dor They are mer OF competing,
patient enterprising, acquisitive en-.
thnsiasm. They have found in Amer.
lea the perfectly favorable environ
ment for their tempertments. In no
other country and in no other age
could they have risen to such emf
nence. America is still. by virtue OF
its Puritan tradition and in the older
sense OF the word. an intensely moral
land Most lusts here are strongly
curoed by public opinion. by training
and tradition. But the lust OF acqul.
siton has not been curbed but glori.
hed--H. G, Wells in Harper's Weekly
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
The Piano on the Frontier.

Week after week the scholars came
and went, driving in on farm wagons
long distances to come to the teacher
who had a Steinway. At the conclu-
sion of every term concert was given
in Union" hail. This was the great
event of the year, and intense ex-
element prevailed when the square
piano was removed from its home to
the hall. Sixteen or eighteen men
were required to perform this sacred
ceremony, and with solemn delibera-
ton, many blankets and equipments.
made to order, the piano was novel
Never will those concerts be forgotten
by that family, for as the boys reached
the mature age of from five to seven
years they were made participants in
the musical events that were so much
enjoyed and are so well remembered
by the people of that village. l re.
member playing, at the age of five,
violin solo, with a piano accompani-
ment by one whose very presence
was an inspiring power when the first.
symptoms Of stage fright appeared.
How her eyes twinkled when her sons
one by one won the plaudits Of those
kindly and beloved neighbors. Joe
Mitchell Chapple in National Maya
zine.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29

wrote, 1.-The conveyancing viii cost US
in the end ten times the value of the
land
A year later he wrote that he had
spent $35 on letters alone in regard to
The transfer, while that operation, not
yet completed, had cost him $3.50. He
ventrred to suggest to his able law
yers that all parties might have been
more pleasantly employed" For. he
added, if the members Of the legal pro
fession were put to Illuminating ini-
tial letters all that In common sense
would be needful for the sale Of any
lot would be an entry Ike this: .The
piece of land hitherto belonging to A.
B. is this day sold to and henceforla
belongs to C. D., whereof we are wit
nesses."
This offended the legal firm, and
Rusldn had to repeat that his accusa-
ton was against the legal profession
generally, which he felt was cbstr.c-
tive, welded to forms and verbiage
and utterly opposed to sanity and
sense in law.
Ruskin's troubles excited interest,
and one correspondent sent him let
ter on the whole subject which he
heartily Endorsed and reprinted. He
and his correspondent protested
against cumbrous deeds representing
jargon ON parchment INSTEAD Of plain
and simple English" which all might
understand. ANY six honest, clear
headed men," they said, could devise
system in a month which would put
an end to the needless and costly
worry entailed by existing legal para
phernalia. We have never yet seen
any objection to the simple system
nor any satisfactory reasons for re-
tanning the present circumlocutory,
wasteful and foolish one"
What is true Of conveyancing in
England is true of all our pleading
and practice. 1t is an outrage on
common sense.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
ASTRONOMERS lNTRlcAciEs.

Miss Dorothea Klumpke, the Ia
nous astronomer, was talking about
the difficulties and intricacies that
astronomy presents to the lay mind.
For instance" she said smiling,
there is the well-known case of the
meteorite that fell on Vermont farm
in 1896.
ut was valuable meteorite and
the landlord at once stepped up and
claimed it. All minerals and metals
on the land belong to me- he said.
That's in the lease
But the tenant demurred This
meteorite,' he said, wasn't on the
farm. You must remember, when the
lease was drawn up
The landlord perceived the Justice
OF that claim. He thought a moment.
Then he said decisively: I claim her
as flying game
But the tenant was ready for him
She's got neither wings nor feath-
ers,' he said, therefore, as ground
game she's mine
They continued their argument,
and in the heat of it revenue officer
arriving with a truck, proceeded to
put the meteorite aboard I claim
her for the government he said,
as an article introduced into the
country without payment Of duty"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29

case these are young men, generally
under thirty; and it is surprising, In
visiting factory employing 2,700 men,
to find the head engineer man but
three or four years out Of college, who
has not yet completed his quarter-cen-
fury. and who frequently has not en-
tered the benedict stage. Here is an
infant industry which has become a
prod gy in proportions, and which Of
fers untold opportunities to young
men. Not only does the manufactur-
ing end of the industry deserve con-
sideration, but the selling part is
equally important Every city in the
United States of over ten thousand
population contains agencies and
branches of many or all Of the auto
mobile manufacturing companies.
Each salesroom or branch has its
force of statesmen, demonstrators, re-
pairmen, and clerical stat, aggregat-
ing In all from :. dozen to a score of
employees.
The problem of the motor-car has
yet to be worked out. Probably conn
bining maximum strength with mini
mum weight, is the problem, coupled
with that Of selecting grades of metal
equal to the vibration and the strain.
Entrants into motoring must first OF
all study what has been done-the
achievements of decade are inyalu-
able-and. after that, continue the
work. 1t is a great expanding field
for wide-awake, resourceful young
men.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
PEARLS OF THE PACIFIC.

One of the most curious industries
on the coast of California is the clam
fishery as it is called" says Technical
World Magazine. The claims, how
ever, are very different from the or
binary biyalve of that name. and are
known as abalones. While some Of
them are secured for food, most OF
them are dug up and exposed in racks
on the beach until they die and de-
compose, when they are examined FOR
pearls. Some of the pearl which are
found adhering to the interior she'll
are OF such a fine quality that they
readily bring from 500 to 5000 in San
francisco and other cities. Pearl
hunting is the vocation of large num-
per OF people who reside on the Cali
iornia coast in the vicinity of these
cam beds. The Jewels are so scarce,
however, that thousand CLAIMS may
De opened without finding a single
peari; SO the vocation is by no
means very profitable"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
Appropriate Reply.

Mildred--'ls 1t true that you have
broken your engagement with young
Smiley?"
Forence-"Yes. He was under the
influence OF liquor when he called the
other evening. but he had the audacisy
to call ME up by telephone the next
morning and try to apologize"
Mildred-"what did you answer"
Florence--"Ring ont"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
OPPORTUNITIES IN MOTORING.

Technical World Magazine. There
were s6O.OOO.OOo worth OF motor-cars
manufactured and sold this season in
the United States. according to David
Beecroft, who writes on Motoring OBJ.
portunities'. To put out this tremen.
dous caravan OF automobiles. there
are 1876 factories entirely devoted to
the manufacture OF motorcars. and
ESQ more which make automobile
parts and accessories. AT the fac
tories a SCORE OF firms employ 1900
men all the year round: and In every
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
TWO BROTHERS.
"a contrast.)

I'll tell you a tale Of a pussy | know
The neighbors all call him Cantanker-
Gus Joe;
He lives all alone at 10 Cattikin row.
He does as he pleases from morning
till night,
Yet nothing he does seems to give
him delight.
No wonder. for selfishness carnot be
Now. Mr.. Tom Tabbihns, living next
door,
Compared with his brother is certainly
poor,
And yet he wins hearts, so they say,
by the score.
And this Is the reason-he's kind as
can be;
There never was cat 30 unseIfish as
He'd share his last sparrow with you
or with me.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
Eor euslness Reasons.

He is starting out as beauty doc.
tor"
But beauty doesn't need a doc
tor"
II know II. but II he called him
self an ugly doctor who would patron
ixe him."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
PEOPLE or PROMINENCE

Francis H. Gates of Chittenango,
Madison county, N. Y, spent $31, 700
to be reelected senator in the Madi-
son Oswego district. The office pays
$500 per year. Senator Gates, who
is millionaire and a republican,
was turned down for denomination
this year, but organized a party Of
his own called the square deal party.
He then got the Endorsements of the
democratic and the prohibition parties
Assemblyman Tom d. Lewis of Os-
wego, who ran against him, spent
s1.276.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.

The method of skinning a sable is
to draw the skin over the head with
out any incision In the body. The
feet and tail are left as part of the
fur. Every thirtieth of an inch is
valuable. for the average length Of
the animal is only twelve inches and
the tail about six inches. In the
reign of Henri VIII. the use of sable
was forbidden to any below a Wis
count. A coat lined with sable is
often worth from $500 to $1,000. A
set of genuine sable tails can hardly
be sold for less than $3.50.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
Big Fire in Frisco

san francisco, Nov. 2s.-Fyre last
n'sne DESTROYED the plants Of he
barber Asphalt Paving company.
The loss is $500. ooo
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29
WISCONSIN RICH
IN OPPORTUNITY
CONCLUSION OF REPORT OF IN.
pUsTRlAl BUREAU.
MILLIONS OF IDLE ACRES

Vast Trscts of Good Land, Covered
With Timber Enough to Pay for
Clearing for Agricultural Purposes
Immense Waterpowers undevsi-
oped All Over the State.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29

the military maneuvers.
A Paris newspaper is the organ
for beggars. One of the advertise
ments of business opportunities
offers good situation in a very pop-
ular winter resort for one-armed
man or preferably man with no arms.
References given and required Cash
deposit also required
Skim milk as fertilizer for crops
is interesting many farmers abroad.
several of whom declare that as
tonishing results have come from
its use. In the vicinity of one
farm a dairy had lot of skim milk
that could not be used. Two farmers
took the milk and poured 1t on their
lands as an experiment One
emptied seventy-five cans and an
other 49, Remarkable results have
been obtained Their grass is now
seven times as vigorous as on ad-
joining fields where the milk was not
used, but which were covered with
commercial fertilizers.
1t is estimated that the United
Kingdom alone manages to consume
50O.O00,000 matches a day, which
comes out at about twelve for every
man, woman, and child. Smokers
probably account for the great num-
Der, SO that they will be Interested to
know that about ninety tons of wood
are used up in the form of matches
every day, or about 10000 tons a
year. If one days consumption of
matches were placed end to end,
they would extend for a distance of
about $4,000 miles. Sweden and Nor
way, where matches are made in
enormous quantities, export over
$4,000 tons of wooden matches every
year. In France. where the tax on
matches averages fourpence per in
habitant, the consumption is COM
paratively small.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-11-29

Many woman royalties of Europe
love sport and are excellent marks
women. The queen of Italy is a
dead shot, and practices with both
gun and revolver on the island of
Monte Cristo. The queen of Portu-
gal shoots straight and has received
German medal for saving life. The
Grand Duchess Cyril of Russia-King
Edwards niece-shoots well enough
with gun and revolver, and her sis
ter, the crown princess Of Roumania.
also shoots and is a splendid horse
woman.