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The Winslow mail., 1906-01-06
Burt Mossman Married.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Mitchell
c. burn, of Berino, NJ M. f., an
nounCe the marriage of their
daughter. Grace Eleanor, to
Burton G.. Mossman, at 1923
Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas
City, Mo. Accompanying this
announcement is the statement
that Mr.. and Mrs. B. G. Moss
man would be at home after
January / at Lakewood, n M .
The groom was the first cap
tain of Arizona rangers. and IN
that position pretty thoroughly
cleaned the territory of rustlers.
This is not all of Mr.. Mossman S
history, but probably the one
incident most familiar to New
Mexicans. Mr.. Mossman is at
present resident manager OF the
Turkey Track ranches iii the
r os W e | country, while the
bride is the daughter of the gen
eral m 9 er OF the same
ranches. Messrs. Mossman, Co
burn and W. c.. Greene are
closely connected in the cattle
business, all three of them hav-
ing a very large pasture in
North Dakota, where they are
pasturing and feeding steers
from their New Mexico and Old
Mexico ranges.
G.. W. Mossman and wife,
parents OF B. c. Mossman, live
at Earlham and have been resi-
dents Of thattplace for twenty
five years "A b q u 7 q e
Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1906-01-06

SIMPLY irresistible and one of
the best pieces of Theatrical
property in the United States.
They have become institutions
like Uncle Tom S Cabin. People
who are never seen in a theatre
at any other time take their
children and go to see these
performances. They are good
n d wholesome, thoroughly
American and any newspaper
that attempts to criticise Hello
Bill and Mr.. Plaster of Paris
are wasting time. The people
want them and that settles it.
The owner of these two plays
has always been wise IN that he
never Cheapens his productions,
his plays are produced today as
Capably as the plays were pro
duced on his first trip, in fact,
the two new plays, Hello Bill
and Mr.. Plaster of Paris are
bigger and funnler than any yet
produced The first mentioned,
Hello Bill being a companion
play to the Man from Mexico.
You will see the entire company
at its best in each play, the
dates being set for January 18th
and 14th at the WinslOw Opera
House
The supreme court of the
United States has affirmed the
decision OF the supreme court of
Arizona ia the case Of II. G.
Herrick and others, versus the
BouquilIas Land & Cattle Com
pany, the decision being in fa
vOr of the latter This case
involved controversy over
the RouquiIlas land grant iu
Cochise county. Arizona, EN-
bracing 1920 acres This &C
tion was brought by about
thirty settlers, who claim TWEEN
ty years occupancy before the
cattle company took posses
sion. They ask for the resto-
ration Of the lands, $4,000
damages, and $4,000 year
rental since 1901. The cattle
company purchased the proper
ty from W r. Hearst, and he
from claimants under a grant
made in 1898.
The Winslow mail., 1906-01-06

a great opposition has de
veloped in the lower house
agsinst the joint-sta tehood bill,
and from all indiCatio the
measure will be defeated with
out reaching the senate.
The Winslow mail., 1906-01-06
AmuSementS.

Hello Bill and Mr. Plaster of
Paris as presented by The
George Samuels Company is
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
PLANT PECULlARlTIES.

No plant will produce flowers unless there is iron in the soil in which it grows.
 All plants are provided with flowers though sometimes these are so small and so hidden as to escape notice.
 The bleeding heart. according to an eastern legend, originated in the drops of blood which fell from Christ's side at the crucfixion.
 Every flower that has a perfume at all secretes a volatile oil, the evapora- ton of which constitutes the peculiar olor characteristic of the blossom.
 The smallest flower known to the botaniSt is said to inc that of tue yeast plant. It is microscopic in size and is said 10 be only one-hundredtl of mill limeter in diameter.
 According to tie poetical idea of Ca julius the rose was once white, but bllsliea red and remained so out of shame for allowing it's thorns to inAict a wound on the feet of Venus.
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In a Mexican Hat Store.

Half d million straw hats is no un- common sight to be met with at one time in the hat stores of Mexico. The hats are made of q long pampas grass which grows nowhere else in the world. It is specially cultivated for the hat in dustry. So rapidly are the hats made that some skilled workmen can turn out ten or a dozen day, and they are then sent to all parts of the world. They cost about fourpence each to make, are retailed at from 1 shilling sixpence ito shillings and are so dur able that it not infrequently happens that those of an economical turn of mind make q single hat last ten years. London Queen.,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
\ Turkish SfarY.

The Turk. ;ls a rule, is not energetic. but he is capable of sudden bursts of activity. \ writer in Cassellss Family Magazine gives an illustration:
 He was going home late one night ill Constantinople when d man ran by him, pursued by four zaptiehs. Direct ly they caught the man they belabored him vigorously with the butt ends of their guns. The Englishman inter- fered.
 'If he is |. thief, why not take him to prison and let him be tried properly ! Don't half kill the man without a trial.'
 70 effendi' said the spokesman of the party "we don't mind his being |: thief We're only hitting him because of the trouble he gave Us to run after him." And that is an offense which the average Turk never forgives.
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SINGULAR CUSTOMS.
Bulgarian Ceremonies That Como
 From Pagan Rites.


 The people of Varna, on the coast of the Black sea, In Bulgaria, have sin gular custom which they observe at the feast of the Epiphany, which takes place on Jan. 6. The clergy, both Greeks and Bulgarians, accompanied by all immense crowd, go to the sea shore, carrying with them wooden cross. The cross Is thrown by the clergy Into the sea, and thereupon the strongest swimmers jump in after it, The best swimmer gets it, of course, and brings it ill triumph to shore.
 The Narna people have still more singular salt water custom on the same day. After dark at night all the newly married men In the town are conduct ed, with bands of music and singing, to the shore and made to take three successive plunges into the icy water. They are then conducted home, where their brides, accompanied by their rela- tives and friends, have been awaiting them in state After this there is feast ing and merry making. These singular customs are believed to have a Pagan | origin
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
Photo Amateurs a Study,

One of the most interesting places in New York to study human nature is 1t q counter ill a photographers shop where the customers come to get anna teur photographs they have had devel- oped and printed. The anxiety they display to get the products of their shots would seem to be out of all proportion to the results, when you catch glimpse of them. and their dis appointment if the prints are not ready Is almost as keen, apparently, as if some important business transaction had fallen through. And when they do get the prints their faces are even more interesting The satisfaction of these amateur photographers over set of fairly good pictures is absolutely idiotic, and their dlsmay at lot of failures is tragic. The frankness of these exhibitions is not the least inter esting phase of the whole thing.-New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
DEATH BY A BOMB.
Imaginary Incident "f the Crimcnn
 E&r=F.S Fpf>toi.

 H. f-,.p-.ss .l&a>insry incident of
 thc CG.l.J:.! ',;.'l> found ill Count Tol-
 stoi's ''>eya~;. l-..i; ,'fhe bomb. t-'!ss-
 ing f,;<tn. IL. A.>se. aud nearer and
 nearer. so Gb"t IL, sparks of itS fuse
 We're already a.>i,le. dcseeE'lett. Lie
 down" sol.e clic shouted. They ly
 flat on ;!lp @"o,iln, I'rashouhin, closing
 his eyes. heard aill. tl!e bomb cra~'ling
 down oil the hard earth close by. X second passed Ws.eh seemed all hour. The bomb had I.ot exploited. He open ed lis eye, and tt that moment caught ! sight of the glowing fuse of the bomb not yard off. Terror, cold terror. eA cluding every otbcr thought and tc%l ing. seized his whole being. He covered , his face with his hands.
 .Tlen he remembered the 12 ruhleS i he owed. debt in St. Petersburg that l should have been paid long ago and the
 gypsy song he had sung that evening.
 The woman he loved rose ill his im-
 aginatioD, wearing q cap with lilac rib bons, and yet, inseparable from all these and from thousands of other rec opections, the present thought, the ex- pectation of death, did not leave him for moment. Perhaps it won't ex. plode,' and with desperate final de cision he wished to open his eyes, but at that instant red flame pierced through the still closed lids, and. with
 q terrible crash. something struck him in the middle of the chest.
 "IIe jumped up and began to run, but, stumbling over the saber that got be- tween his legs. fell on his side Thank God. I'm only bruised was his first thought. and he wished to touch his
 chest with his hand, but his arms secm- , ed tied to his sides, and it felt as if a wise were squeezing his head. Soldiers fitted past him, and he counted them 1 unconsciously. Then lightning flashed ] before hs eyes, and he wondered whether the shot were fired from a mortar or cannon. Cannon, proba- bly,, and here are more soldiers-fvc.
 six, seven soldiers. They all pass by
 He was suddenly filled with fear that they would crush him. He wished to SAOut 'liat nc Was Huft, put HlS ih'a'il
 was so dry that his tongue clove to the roof of his mouth.
 "He felt it wet about his chest. and
 this sensation of being wet made him
 think of water Fearing lest the sol
 diers might trample on him, he tried to shout Take care with you but instead of that he uttered such q terrible groan
 that he was frightened to hear it. Then other red fires began dancing before
 his eyes. and it seemed 10 him that the
 soldiers put stones on him. He made
 an effort to push off the stones, stretch
 ed himself and saw and heard and felt
 nothing more. He had been killed on the spot by bomb splinter in the mid
 dle of his chest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
THE SWISS ARMY.
Always Ready For War Service at . H Moments Notice.

The total ln,pi,lation of Switzerland ie rather less t'lan half the population Of LcAt!on alone. yet the Plucky little rerui}it can thraW into tue field at Il Aonlellt $ notice four c3mple1cly y equip. ped and trained army corps to Ger suany.s :sird Frances tWeiltN and Eng. lands nolf.. .Il;tl eight. In proportion to her population as compared With SWlt 9egland. England should possess fifty.
 Every abebodied Swiss is, ipso facto, . member of the army from eighteen to for1y-four, yet never does one hear tle least complaint made by a Swiss of whatever social class at the tlif1n2 Sacrifice of time that his military duties demand. To watch a Swiss bat talion on it's way to maneuNerS In camp or on it's return is to watch as contented, seryiceable and cheerful q lot of men as one could wish to meet. s# The only serious tax upon the time of the soldiers is the first two months of hard training as d recruit. After sward sixteen days in camp every other Year is all that is required of him. xBetween wliles he shoots with his } Comrades every little village has it's a, a,hooting r;,nSe-because he loves it. N1nd devotes a certain amount of time ESgoluntarily to the physical exercises sAe is taught at school to keep himself S6t. On first joining he is carefully Examined as regards his suitability for this or that branch of the service and is drafte1 into that for which he is best fitted, and he invariably takes as great a pride in his regiment, battery or 3iaquadron as could any voluntarily en- listed man in our smarteSt corps at home
 ss@Ihe Swiss army comprises 100 bat Mlions of infantry and twentyfour 1Quadrons of cavalry. with the neces- a1ry ordnance and departmental corps, While the artillery includes forty eIght field batteries, ten batteries of < postion and two excellent mountain < D4tteries.-Pall Mall Gazette
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

A sick man talks about everything eX- cept death.
 No man is big enough to laugh at a real W0Hrv.
 While loatin% a man usually thinks about a big scheme that won't work.
 An apology never gives satisfaction to but one person-the one who makes it.
 If you must kick, make it swift and sure. and do hot prolong the agony by making excuses.
 \ boy thinks. What a good time a man has,. And a man thinks, What a good time a boy haS.' And what d poor time both have.
 It may be as good q feat to have all of little girls petticoats the same length as it is 10 have everything that goes on the stove cooked at the same time.-Atchison Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
The CMtlike Fox.

The fox is an excellent mouser. He will lie and watch for a field mouse ill the long grass like q cat. bounce upon it, kill it with a bite and lay it on one side until he has caught another and another, when, picking them all up, as many as he can carry in his mouth, he will canter away with them to serve them out to the cubs. This fact was confirmed by witnesses in Scotland who were examined by committee of the board of agriculture when taking evidence on the occasion of the plague of field voles on the lowland sheep farms in 1S93.-I.ondon Graphic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
COLOR COMBINATIONS.
rov They Were CieverIy Used Tn
 Exposing Fraud.

Tn large factory in which were enl- t5oyed several hundred persons cn" "f tbe vorkmen i'll welding his hanlaer earelessly allowed it to sip from A.s hand. It flew halfway across tlc room and struck fellow workman in tle left eve. The man aftcrWard avelltd that his eye was blinded by tie blow, although a careful examination failed 10 reveal any injury. there being not ! scratch visible.
 He brought q suit ill the courts f0s compensation for the loss of h@if of his eycsight and refused all o;.c.s Of compromise. Under the law the oWn~. of tLe factory was responsible for an injury resulting from an accident of fhis kind.
 The day of the trial arrived. and ill open court an eminent oculist. retained by the defense examined the alleged injured member and gave it as his opinion that it was as good as the right eye.
 Upon the plaintiff loud protest of his inability to see with his left eye the oculist proved him perjurer and satisfied the court and jury of the fal- sity of his claim. He did it simply by Knowing that the colors green and red combined make black.
 He prepared black card, on which 8 few words were written i'll green ink. Then the plaintiff was ordered to put on pair of spectacles with two differ ent glasses, the one for the right eye being rcd, and the one for the left eye consisting of ordinary glass. Then the card was handed to him, and he was ordered to read the writing on it through the glasses.
 s This he did without hesitation, and the cheat was at once exposed. Owing {o the effect which the colored glass must have had upon the green writing the sound right eye fitted with the red glass could not possibly distinguish the writing on the black surface of the card, while the left eye, which he pre- tended was sightless, was the one with which the reading had to be done.- i, London Standard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
Firing a Distress Signal,

When a ship does not carry a can distress signals, a metal socket on the bridge or poop rail is used for that purpose. Into the socket detonating rocket is placed and inside this Is a firing tube. A lanyard Is hooked on to the tube, and man. by giving the lanyard a sharp jerk, explodes the rocket. It contains q high explosive and on leaving the rail gives loud report and another on reaching It's highest altitude. Both reports are as loud as the report of twelve pounder cannon. The socket Is slipped in the rail at an angle to prevent the rocket touching the rigging.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
CAUCASIAN AND NEGRO.
They Are lr u-lan,clsaGts oa.a. :u

h'H t't 4fl' - tt 4' . Ntt
 E.Nt;s-, '. l., i-soi.--;,:..
 The ,uuei~lan F.us tls, ~.si .i.ct.yc fas- utcS wei lotol :,.,: tlr.l..-t2 t..> o)- jectivc TAe t';5z..t- 1G. >td Bore !e.}.- tierlafly Ee .Hz1p->aEa k aouiaa95e and douiuce..A,.s .d9j fe>~e>~ed pIiH.3- rily with delrefa,ls=sliaas. #.n bower, self control self .sevrl4HurlJ and ;,] the attributes ot lie subjective self with Il high dpyelnr4ctt ul the cthic. ] and ac~lHrij" fa .uEi,cs and %gr:.t req sonin@ powers. Ihc negro i> in di"r contrast ny reason "i |; certain la,'k If these powers. and < great development of tue objective qualities. Tine negro is primarily ahectiouate, immensely emotional, thpn sensual. and, under proYocattan. passionate. TEore iN love of outward show. of oStenta1ion. of aI'- probation. He loves melody and flltle kind of poetry and sonorous language. There is uhdcveloped artistic power and taste-negroes make good artisans and handicraftsmen. They are dcti- cient in judgment. ill the formation of new ideas from existing facts, ill de- vising hypotheses and in making de- ductions in general. They are initiative rather than original, inventive or con- structive. There is instability of char acter incident to lack of self control, especially in connection with the sex ual relation, and there is lack of oricntatien or recognition of position and condition of self and environment, evidenced ill various ways, but by d peculiar "bunptiousDess,' so called by Professor Blackshear of Texas, this is particularly noticeable.
 The white and the black races are antipodal then. i'll cardinal points. The one has q large frontal region nf the brain, the other q larger region behind; the one is subjective, the other objcc- tive; the ono q grea reasoner, the other pre- -eminently emotional the one domi- neerins. but having great self control, the other meek and submissive, but violent and lacking self control when the passions are aroused: the one q very advanced race, the other very backward one. The Caucasian and the negro are fundamentally opposite cX- tremes in evolution Robert Bennett Bean in Century.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
 A Spelled Sermon.

A clergyman was unexpectedly called upon to preach before the students of 8 we'll known college. He chose ser mon from his barrel and without reading 1t went to the college chapel. He got on splendidly until near the close, when he amazed the boys with his peroration, beginning. And now a word in conclusion to you who are mothers"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
First Thermometer,

9sllhe first thermometer was made ill MI by Dutch physicist named Cor 14ljus Van Drebbell and consisted of
 tube filled with air. closed at its up : end and dipping at its other eX-
 Unity, which was open. in a bottle of
 ric acid diluted with water. AS the
 nperature rose or fell the air ill the
 pe increased or grew less in volume l1 consequently the liquid descended DgfOse. This instrument is now known &an air thermometer. but as its meas
 Sments were based on no fixed prin- Dle it was of little use
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
CheSapeake Bay.

Few people fully appreciate the great size of the Chesapeake bay. It is the largest ndentation on the At lantic coast. and it has often been called the Mediterranean of America. On it's bosom the navies of the world could easily float It is POO miles long. and in some places it is forty miles broad. It has an area of over 2,OOO square miles. and it shoots off into great rivers with an aggregate length of thousands of miles. - Baltimore Amprican
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
THE GOLDEN FLEECE.
Most Iti2l..x prizrh "3 ti,e s.:f, i,inaz
 N.t.r.. -n. ' !.i1...y.

hip~I II iss A'A2=.tti E. htf tA LII V
 G., ,:srr- -c! fAt,.i.y.
 Of all tAc osu-' ~@ .--,.5- vi e+tT- airy which have e.;">l,.s. .5..' Sa,,e Jf successive reyolutjJ, M -, continent df Europe since t.,-zs z. eatJell~r1 If i7S2, that of the t'-t5t,ca I-.ecer k l""~ haps tho most di-,=5-l. AaJ ard line most highly coyt.ss#r5 prseoua- '~ of royal birth ar 4t 1..3 iitoas pau .eiaa lineage.
 The ba9-, eff l!.r cv,!er S the figure Of a sheef, .G embossed =eid suspend ed from d heavy cl.,., of g2ld. The full robes consist of Il ionG mantle of crimson vt5vet. r,.t tn the fashion of q sacertlot& cope, richly ei:!goi1e"2! at the borders with cis.!Helu&tic devices of stars, ualf moons and flccccs ill gold and lined with white satin, over a doublet and hose of crimson danask. The full robes also comprise chap. eron," or hood, with a long flowing streamer of black satin, but this head gear has in modern times been gen. orally dispensed with
 Originally the robes of the order. which was founded in 1929 by Philip the Good. duke of Burgundy, were of crimson cloth lined with white lambs wool, and this circumstance has some what strengthened the theory that the golden fleece was instituted by Philip the Good in grateful recognition of the immense treasures which the Duke of Burgundy had acquired from the wool of the hocks reared on his vast estates in Flanders Be it as it may, the woolen costume was changed In 1473 at 2 chapter held at Nalcnclcnncs for the more costly materials of vel vet, tah'eta damask and gold embroid- erv.-London Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
Pay Premiums Promptly.

Those who carry life insurance poli- cies should be careful to see that the premiums are promptly paid. Neglect in this important matter has caused pay premiums few days before they are due. On the final day the policy holder may forget it or be called away, as many things can happen to cause neglect of payment.-Nashville Amer ican.
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Quite Different.

Papa-\o: he's not the proper sort of husband fer you, my dear. Dau9h- ter-Oh. papa. he'd die for me. Papa Oh, that's all right Tell him to go as far as he fixes. l was afraid he want ed to marry you.-Cleveland Leader
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No Relative of His.

Duncan, aged two and half, had en naughty. To punish him his Hther tied him in his high chair and pt him there for one hour, by the 4ck. His father got home before the
 pr was quite up and asked the
 pngster why he was tied up.
 %Father,' replied Duncan, pointing Maccusins finger at his mother, "l'm
 npletely surprised at that lady"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
Embarrassing Attentions.

"A dog said mcandering Mike, ''is one O the few animals dat'll foller q man."
 p!olding Pete seemed to consider this statement for d moment. says the Washington Star. and then answered.:
 "fhat's so. One was follerinS me yesterday so fast I could hardly keep ahead of him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
The I.0tPSf.

Customer-You say, then, that this material is the latest: ShOpman-Ihe very latest. madam. Customer-But will it fade in tie sun? ShOpman- Why, it has been lying in the window for two years. and look how well it has stood.-I.ondon Mail.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
The (:rcafCr O6enSe.

Professional Hypnotist-Can l get
 mission to bury old Joe Soaker alive dig him up after thirty days? |yor of I.onelyville-No, ding ye! Ie bury him alive if ye want to, but if |eyer dig him up ag'in I'll jug ye'- NV York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
Several Dialects.

McCall-W'hat sort of hybrid crea- tare Is that new butler of yours? Nu- rltch-Why, how do you mean? Nc Call called to see you the other day, and when I asked him what time might catch you at home he said. "At half pawst tin, sah." Philadelphia Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
Gratifying Progress.

"Your son is studying art, I believe Has he made much progress:'
 "Oh, yes. He is able to talk the Ian guaYe quite Guenlly. Judge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
An Artist,

[he-You said you were going to Try an artist. and now you're en-
 fed to a dentist. Flo-Well, isn't he |artist? He draws from real life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-10-30
Flaming the Weather

"Ths is awfully sticky weather Do you find it so:N
 "Yes, BiikM> stuck ne for another i've t?li> IAoHang Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Quite Regular.

''The last time saw Gayley he wasn't very-er-regular in his habits. "Oh, he's very regular now
 "Well, well. didn't think he'd ever reform"
 "He hasn't. His habits are all bad aow."-Philadelphia Ledger.