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Gilpin observer., 1906-10-18
sTRAIeHT FLUSH IN PAWN.
Collateral Loan Banker Advances
Money on Strong Poker Hand.

MANY queer things have been Of
sered to me as pledges for leans" said
the head man in Simpsons, "and the
stories behind them would I'LL book.
There was one man, for instance, who
put up $40 gold piece for loan of
S5. The coin was a keepsake and
he wouldn't part with it. But the
oldest loan 1 ever made was on a
poker hand, says the New York Press.
Of course, [ took a chance, but the
risk was good and the profit consider
ably above the usual rates of interest.
1t happened not SO long ago, either.
1T was late one afternoon when
three men came in. They were all
more or less excited and asked to see
NE privately. The spokesman was
city employe, member of Tim Sui
livan's Hesper club, and / knew him
slightly. He explained that he had
been sitting in pretty stiff game
| guess you know where it is-and
there came a big jackpot in which,
after lot of play, the betting had mar
rowed down to him and a prominent
politician. No, it wasn't Big Tim or
Little Tim, either, but you're warm.
Ny visitor was all in. The game was
table stakes, but the politician offered
to waive the rules and wanted to bet
$500 on his hand.
My visitor asked for and received
10 minutes time to raise the money.
In the presence of the other players
the remainder of the deck of cards had
been wrapped and sealed. Each play
er had then shown his hand to com
mittee to guarantee against substitu-
tion or any crooked play, and the
search for the necessary $500 began.
MY visitor had gone after one or
two friends, but they were not to be
found. AS a last resort he came to
me. If | would advance the money on
the strength of the hand he would
pay any interest within reason. With
that he drew his five cards from his
inside pocket. He held a straight
flush of hearts, king high. There was
only one other hand that could beat
it, and that was an ace high flush.
The first question I asked was: Who
dealt the cards?' My visitor had.
considered the proposition for half a
minute and decided to run the risk.
There wasn't one chance in a thou
sand that the other fellow had a
straight flush also, so, putting $500 in
my pocket, l went around to the place
where the game was being played 1
found matters just as my visitor had
described The politician weSted to
raise the bet then to $1,000, but l de-
clined to go that far. The cards were
then shown. The politician held the
four aces. He was game, though, and
never batted an eyelid as my man
gathered in the stakes My $500 was
handed over to me with the rate of
interest agreed upon
How much was it?" asked lis
tener.
That's a professional secret" said
the pawnbroker, with a chuckle.
Gilpin observer., 1906-10-18
Use Guns to Plant seess.

at is sometimes necessary" said a
landscape gardener, ito use artillery
in my business.
Artillery in gardening? Absurd"
"Not at ali. You sec, We often want
to plant certain kinds OF trees or vines
or noses upon inaccessible peaks.
In such cases we load a number of
canister w.th seed and fire them from
big 5rn at the place where they
are to row. The caaisters strike the
rocky heiriit. the seeds hy here and
there some Hight on fruitful soil and
in due season the gray cllT turns
green.
Soldiers with their guns destroy
life, whereas We landscape garden
ers with ours create it."
Gilpin observer., 1906-10-18
FLY KITES HIGH IN AIR.
BY Using Steel Wire Wonderful Re.
suits Have Been Attained.

The plan of using steel wire for
modern kites, initiated by Douglas
Archibald, of England % years ago,
has produced recently some wonder
full results at the Lindenberg Aero
nautical observatory in Germany,
where recently kite was sent up four
miles. with a series of six kites in
tandem, having a total area Of 1928
square feet and employing nine miles
of wire, height of 6.43O meters, or
about four miles, was attained" ac-
cording to the London Times. "Ac-
cordlng to the automatic recording in
strument sent up with the kites, at
the highest point the temperature was
- degrees Fahrenheit, that on the
ground being 4O.S Fahrenheit, while
the velocity of the wind was Sc miles
an hour. as against about Is miles in
the lower strata. This performance
shows what great advances have been
made in the art of using kites for
meteorological observations in the
upper air. for In Mr.. Archibald's early
Experiments the kites arose only some
1,500 feet. and a few years ago 1t
seemed rs If two to two and a half
miles would prove the limit to which
they could be elevated" Much prog
ress has been made in recent years
in the design as well as the flying OF
kites, with the result that with me-
teorologisS they are good rivals OF
balloons for lofty observations.
Gilpin observer., 1906-10-18
Motor Eye a New Disease.

The motor eye is the latest develop
ment that the medical profession has
to deal with. 1t appears that contin.
ually rushing through the country on
a motor car causes the eye to take a
too rapid impression of the things II
encounters and that this affects the
mechanism Of the eye Nature did not
prepare us for the conditions Of mod.
erh times. and while 1t Is adapting It.
self to them many unforeseen circum.
stances occur.
Gilpin observer., 1906-10-18
Easy Money!,

A superb automobile drew up be.
side the curb. and Senator Blank
turned toward 1t.
is that your automobile, Blank ?"
said Senator Dash. much impressed.
Yes replied the other. isn't II
a beauty? Ninety-horse power"
"Jove! What did 1t cost your"
"Two votes"
Gilpin observer., 1906-10-18
Giving Up Completely.

Two Irishmen were having their
first experience in ocean travel. Mike
became very sick just after leaving
Queenstown and leaned over the rail
in his endeavor to tighten the cargo.
He knew he would die. Pat stood
beside him with vain words of
comfort.
Its no use. Pat" said Mike, ~
, am doomed man. Tell Biddy and
the children / thought of them to the
last"
"Shure.' said Pat, "and what am
I to do with the remains?'
"Never mind" said Mike. as he
trembled with paroxysm of pain and
felt the soles OF his feet start upward.
"Never mind, there amt going to be
uny remains.
Gilpin observer., 1906-10-18
Dolls in Mourninu.

a superb equipage drew up the 9TH
er afternoon before the Newport Ca
sino. The coachman and the footman
We're in deep mourning, and the
horses harness and trappings were
black.
A French maid and a little girl, in
black from head to foot, stepped from
the carriage.
Tho little girl carried a doll in
her arms, doll in a black gown, a
black bonnet and a long black veil
of crepe.
In this there was nothing illogical.
after all If horses wear mourning,
why not dolls?
Gilpin observer., 1906-10-18
INVENTOR OF BASKET BALL.
Y. M. c. A. Director in Springfield,
Mass, Gets the Credit.

Training young men to become pow
erful influences in the lives Of others
is the work of another institution in
Springfield Mass, the Y. NJ. C. A.
International training school.
The school is situated on a pretty
little lake. with generous athletic
fields in connection with it, for en-
phasis is placed on physical training
in this institution. In fact, the work
of the school has two objects: Train
ing young men to become Y. NJ. C. \.
secretaries and to become y. NJ. C. a.
physical directors. 1t was in the gym
nasium of the Springfield training
school that basket ball originated.
James Naismith was its inventor AID
the idea came to him when he was
trying to devise an indoor game that
should be exciting and at the same
time should not be rough or danger
Gus.
Mr.. Naismith, now physical director
of the State university of Kansas, not
only solved a problem for the school
in which he was then instructor but
furnished clean, snappy game for
sportsmen everywhere. From the
physical department athletic, muscular
young men are sent not only isto as
sociation work, but also into colleges
from which there has come a demand
for men of Christian character, educa-
tion and technical ability to guide the
students in their sports and in their
gymnasium work.-Everybody's Maga-
zine.
Gilpin observer., 1906-10-18
Starch In the Language.

Mrs. Knicker-Clcanlines is next
to Godliness.
Mrs. Bocker-Is It? You Just ought
to hear what Henry says when his col.
lars come home from the laundry
N. Y. Sun.
Gilpin observer., 1906-10-18
To East.lndian hero.

A statue OF Gen. Nicholson. the mu-
tiny hero, was recently unveiled at
Delhi by Lord Minto. the viceroy Of
India.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12

together and put them in his
pocket. | would never have to
ask the same favor twice of the
same man. Now suppose the
gutter in front of my store was
dirty, it would not be beneath
me to get a shovel and clean it
out, using the hose to flush it
after the cleaning. A few
minutes every day would keep
my place faultless. Paper and
other rubbish | would have in an
old iron or tin box in front of
my store and burn it in the box.
Wooden boxes will not do be-
cause of the whittlers, (see that
box at post Office and that post
at Nevada Co. Bank
AS for the weeds along the
streets. our jail inmates and
loafers around the depot could
and should be made to remove
them. If the town authorities
cannot undertake this task.
then every householder ought to
be requested to clean up in
front of his own place.
The marshal of the town
should take it upon himself to
order people to clean up in front
Of their houses and stores. Sen
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12

When the British Association
of Scientists quits examining
microbes long enough to devote
a session to temperance it is
evident the world is moving At
their recent meeting DR.. Eceles
made the principal address at
the temperance session. He en-
phasized the point Of the injury
done to the tissues by small
quantities of alcohol. He said
children were born not with an
inherited appetite but with dis
eased TISSUES. This is specially
the case if the mother had not
been a teetotaller, even though
she had never been under the
influence of liquor. Exchange.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
SCHOOL NOTES.

School opened October ! with
an enrolment the first week of
about 375 pupils. We have had
several to come in since then -
mostly outside pupils. We ex-
tend a hearty welcome to all new
scholars.
The names of the tenth grade
this year are: Burtie Britt,
Jean Hatley, Winnie Haynie,
Walter Hirst, Adam Guthrie,
Clyde Skies and CoIen Wylie.
There are twelve in the ninth
grade and p in the eighth.
The first program of the Ze-
NTH Literary Society was rem
dered Friday, October 5, which
was good for less than one
weeks notice. Burtie Britt was
elected president, Winnie Hay
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
CLEAN UP.

Om mayor and council are to
be commended for ordering con-
crete sidewalks ON the main
streets Of the town, and the
walks constructed 50 far seem
substantial and very neat, the
latter so much so that a certain
sick man got up "A hours ahead
of his time in order to prom
enade on his beautiful sidewalk
when he ought to have been in
bed.
But the law of harmony re-
quires that our streets should
be kept neat and clean so as not
to disgrace the sidewalks.
With little good will on the
part of every resident or store
keeper, our town could be made
very attractive.
Suppose, for example, that |
keep store, and fellow comes
along and throws newspaper
or an envelope in front of my
store. All | have got to do is to
90 up to the fellow and ask him
to pick up that paper and to
chew and swallow it. Should
another fellow of the heavy
standing-round class white in
front of my store, | would pre-
sent a broom TO him with the re-
quest that he sweep his chips
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
A Young Mother at 20.

MY mother has suddenly been made
young at 70. Twenty years of intense
suffering from dyspepsia had entirely
disabled her, until six months ago.
when she began taking Electric Bitters,
which have completely cured and re-
stored the strength and activity she
had in the prime of life. writes Mrs.
W l.. Gilpatrick, Of Danforth, Ne.
Greatest restorative medicine on the
globe Sets Stomach, Liver and Kid
neys right, purties the blood, and
purities the blood, and cures Malaria.
BiIllousness and Weakness. Wonder
ful Nerve Tonic. Price soc Guaran-
teed by drug store.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12

Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office,


A sufficient contest affidavit haying
been filed in this Office by Luther An
derson, contestant, against homestead
entry No. 1895, made December A,
1900, for northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter, section |, township
10 SOUTH range % west, by Rufus M
Compton, contestee, in which it is al
legged that Rufus NJ. Compton has
never established residence upon said
land since entry was made and that he
has not made any Improvements there
on. Said parties are hereby rot;tied to
appear. respond and offer evidence
touching said allegation at 10 O'Clock
a. M, November 20, 1906, before J D.
A. Bush, Notary Public in his office at
Prescott, Arkansas. and that final
hearing will be held at 10 O'Clock a. m,
on November 30, 1906, before the
Register and Receiver of the United
States Land Office in Camden, Arkan-
saS.
The SAID contestant having. in a pro-
per affidavit, filed October /, l9e6, set
forth facts which show that after due
diligence personal service Of this notice
can not b. made, il is hereby ordered
and directed that such motto. ne given
by duean3 proper publication.
H. g. tfEDurM. Register
T. A, ~cHeEER. Raea5v4f
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF HONOR.

Prescott Lodge X. K l.. of H.,
will serve a banquet to its mem
bers on the next regular meeting
which will be on Thursday even
ing, October 18th, at the X. ?.
Hall. All members of the order
in good standing are requested
to be present. At this meeting
delegates will be elected to at
tend a Fraternal meeting at
Texarkana on Nov. 28th.
J. O. A. Bush, Protector,
B. J. Daniels, Secretary.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
An Awful Cough Cured

Two years ago our little girl had
touch of pneumonia. which left her
with an awfuNcough. She had spells
of coughing. Just lik one with whooping
cough and some thought she never
would get well at all. We got bottle
of Chamberlain s Cough Remedy, which
acted like charm. She stopped cough
ing and got stout and fat, writes Mrs.
Ora Bussard, Brubaker, III. This
remedy IS for sale by Baker Drug
Store, wholesale and retail.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
''SNAP SHOTS"
[By B. Arnold. !

Stand pat for principles.
Its d poor mule that wont work
both ways.
No question Is ever settled
until it is settled right. Take
notice, Mr.. Bryan.
Time and tide wait for no man,
but the women wait, they say.
Gold and Silver is not money,
money is a creature Of law, gold
and silver is a creature o +
nature.
Railroads are instruments OF
government, consequently the
government should own them.
The Independent voter makes
"Shylock' and t h e politician
quiver in their boots, the party
slave. the yaller dog" voter is
his toothsome diet.
History fails Il record where
an old political party OF organi-
zatioH ever reformed Il govern
ment. Reforms emminate from
among the common people.
How long. Oh Lord, now long
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12

The exposures in the Life
Insurance has reminded North
ern exchange Of Gen. Lees ac-
ton. Gen. Lee was offered the
presidency of a Northern in
surance company at a large sal
ary. He declined saying ne
had no experience in the in
surance business to command
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
CONFESSION TO A GAM
BIER"

MY Dear Boy:
| received your funny postal
with a rowdy, drunken man be-
ing arrested by a drunken police
man and under the picture
When a body meets body
Coming full Of rye
and, as | suppose it was hint, |
take it with the following expla-
nation and confession, for | see
worse than ever the necessity
of not only avoiding evil, but
even the least appearance of evil.
Over year ago the best doc
tor in this part of the state posi-
lively ordered me to take little
Whiskey to s parts of water be-
fore meals. AS ! knew nothing
about whiskey | complied reluct-
antly with his prescription at
first, not 50 reluctantly later on.
I ! recovered my appetite and
thought Whiskey had done Won
ders for me. | never took
drink outside the hours prescrib-
ed by the doctor, and | never
was under the influence of it be-
cause | took it sparingly, but as
| had it, and when | did not
have it, a friend of mine got it
for me from a local drug store,
which | will not name, or through
town official whom | will not
name, made the 0iunder Of
treating several members Of the
funnel gang Of Prescott and thus
it got out that | was a drinking
man.
Months ago | noticed that /
could get along without a stimu-
liant and tins thought, together
with a look OF distress ON my
Wife's face as she detected the
odor of the stuff IN me made
me quit 1T ahfaptIE=re2ardless of
the doctor S protest.
\ woman's look Of distress has
been a powerful factor Tor good
inm5 life.
8hen ! Was zen tedtS oia
took it into my head to smoke
and be man. The ilrst thlng
hit upon was a very strong cigar
The outcome was disastrous ana
humiliating IN the extreme. My
dear mother IN hef ioao SIM
plicity, thought was poisoned,
and her look of anguish as she
numsed me haunted me Tor
months uhtll ga'Ilefqp 5 "p 3l+ oou'I
age and confessed 10 he[ 'i'@'
had smoked on tnat q, dreaolni oay. &
The look ol distress u Ii'a'
dearest ana sweetest u 'liU'liei' ~
caused me never 10 tSe 'oO"''o
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
OF
THE PICAYUNE!

4 special meeting Of the stock
holders Of the Prescott Publish
ing Company is called for Sat
urday, October 9th, at ? p. M,
in Mr.. Bush's office to ratify
some important proposals made
at the last meeting, and to get
everything in good business
shape.
A. d. MEREDITH-BEAUFORT.
}. .. A. BUSH, President.
Secretary.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
Protracted Meeting al the Methodist
charea.

A protracted meeting eIl 0e-
gin at the Methods ehaFgH in
Prescott next Sunday. 18th, and
will continue TWO weeks. With
services At the usual hours sun
day, and 3 p. m. and 7:30 o. n.
during the week. Special SER
mon to young men Sunday even
ing. Come.
J. +. GODBEY.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12

ME vice-president, Beaufoyt WA
son secretary, and Floyd Den
man marshall.
The library will be opened
every Friday. Beauford Wilson
and Parilee Grassland are il
brarians.
Mary Milburn is organist this
year.
Latin is a good thing
To keep you digging.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
FOR SALE.

A fine little farm 2 l-2 miles south
of Bodcaw high school, on the Public
road 80 acres of land in tract, 25
acres in cultivation, fresh land, fine
young orchard, 4 room house. Good
barn, sheds for horses and cattle, fine
spring branch running through horse
lot Dirt cheap For further informa-
tion. see or write l.. G. Mitchell,
BOdcaw, Arkansas.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12

signed yourself "A Gambler y
Do not waste your money on
pictorial cards to me or to that
girl who does not care for you.
Your friend and well-wisher,
A. D. MEREDITH-BEAUFORT.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
Blood Poisoning

results from chronic constipation, which
is quickly cured by DR.. King New
Life Pills. They remove all poisonous
germs from the system and infuse new
life and vigor; cure sour scomach, nau-
sia, headache, dizziness and collie, with
out gripping or discomfort. 25c. Guar
anteed by druggist.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
The Texas Standard says:

The Texas Standard says: IT
has come to pass pretty general
~ that fathers are too busy to
give any time to training and
safeguarding their children.
They have turned the whole
matter over to their wives. and
they are out ON a chase for the
dollars. Fathers will do well to
remember that when God was
going to settle with somebody
about the conduct Of Els chill
dren, He called for the father of
those children, not the mother. "
Exchange.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12

such a salary. They replied
they considered bis name worth
it. and he answered, What in
fuence | have with the Southern
people is not for sale '-EX-
change.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12
Torment, Of letter and Eczema Allayed.

The intense itching characteristic of
eczema, tetter and like skin diseases is
instantly alhyed by applying Chamber
lain's Salve and many severe cases
have been permanently cured by its
use. For sale by, Baker Drug Store,
Wholesale and Retail
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1906-10-12

Stand pat for principles.
It's d poor mule that wont worl
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-27
BIG DRAGNET
LANDS THIEF

Twenty three detectives and ro-
isesuen. al 10 plain eieshrH eta =
ttauxd 80 a. 70 cover the sntire fret
ans u tha city. were responsible fer
TIE arrest last might % John wagk=
r.. yaunN neNfa HpaniaFa. Nha
has bswu tvrruraaiux that fashions
able residenee naefspn Cor the past
fiFe nights by haldsuE ~ womra
ard. at tn revolver ppint. s~curing
their uoo9y and saiuahirs Three
easas Wers rvpeeted % tne peilne
ani several otfsss have been told q.
The officers we're stationed - a.
10 have eaeh man tao hieeAa apart.
Policeman George ftrown captured
ne frfiaW at alxsh ara NAdisan. IN
front 20 ths Central aehooi building
lie attempted - dfau hts rrvoiesF.
bat fhs officer piniane.i hts affas
aa4 han8euffrt hift. A sweating
Vas nec~sssry % s~cnfa hss eaufss-
alon. tie acknowledge al the
hslstars and saf8 ne easne frnm Tns
Mois~s. Ia three weeks aEo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-11-27
WANT NEGROES
RElnSTATED

The Sunday Forum. an Afro
Americas organization 1t this city.
has adstHnd resolutions e0ndefun.
Ing the acts % the newFo soldiers
Who rtoted 81 Dru~naxille. but DO
piorlug the presidents action IN
aiacharFinK al che colored forces
there at the time and wiil petition
congress 90 have the order revoked
in the case 81 those not guilty Al
/. meeting held SUNDAY. AZ Which
$50 II a.aitie'a colored population
attended. the following resolutions
wsre adopted.
Whereas. we condemn IN On
measured terms the actual parti.
clpAnts IN tho Brownsrilis riot. and
trust the guilty ONES wii be detect
Cd aud duly punished. Jet We never
fheleaa believe the presidents order
40 sweeping that lanecent men.
Who not oniY wsre not participants
In that fIot. but were equally as In
nocent a. 10 the actual participants.
have been done an everlasting In.
justice. which vii reflect upon the
Iood name ~ their chlidFena chill.
dron. therefore. be Il
Resolved. That the sunday For
unn Of Seattle hereby petitions con
Ercas 20 reinsfnic the dishonorably
discharged soldiers. OF a. many
thereof aH are not actually found
guilty 81 participating IN that
Brownsvslis riot aud be 4 further
Resolved. that copy % these
resolutions be forwarded 70 each Of
the members ~ congress from the
state Of Washington for the pur.
pose % eniisting their advocacy and
support Of such a motion before the
congress Of the United States Of
America"