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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-01
GENERAL STRIKE
 0F CONDUCTORS May Result From Recent Conference Say Pine Bluff Representatives of Rail road Orders.
ALL RETURN HOME
Vote to Be Taken-E. J. Bedding, Daniel brennan and H. H. Hamm Attended St. Louis and Chicago Conference.-The Contract.

E. J. Bedding, general chairman for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Bremen for the entire Cotton Belt railway system, returned today from St. Louis, where he represent ed that order at an important con- ference, held there by the general representatives of the firemen or ganizations and the officials of the road. The signing of contract, governing the rates of pay and rules of working hours, was signed up and an amicable agreement reach ed.
 The contract, secured by the gen. eral representatives, is said to be the most effective, satisfactory and the best all round agreement ever made between the firemen and the officials of the St. Louis Southwest ern Railway company. The con- tract gives the firemen full control of the switch engines, as far as the locomotive firemen are concerned. A committee of engineers, repre- senting the Brotherhood of Loeo- motie Engineers, is now in St. Louis, conferring with the Cotton Belt officials in an effort to get control of the switch engines again. in view of the fact that the fire men have already secured an agree ment and a contract, giving them sole control of the switch engines, the engineers will hardly succeed in their efforts along this line.
 Conductors May Strike.
 It was officially announced here today, by members of the Order ol Railway Conductors, that unless a satisfactory agreement is reached between the officials of all the lines, forty-two in number, in the South west and the Order of Railway Conductors and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, a general strike will be ordered throughout the Southwest among the passenger and freight conductors. This would mean a complete tie up of all roads until the trouble was amicably set. tied. It would materially affect the Cotton Belt and Iron Mountain roads at this point and result in the discontinuance of trains throughout the Southwestern country.
 Want Eight Hour Day. It is stated that at recent con ference in Chicago the conductors asked for an eight hour day and al increase in salaries. The officials of the various roads decided tt grant them the increase in pay, bu !, flatly refused their request for al eight-hour day service. Danie Brennan of this city represented the Order of Railway Conductors a the conference. H. H. Hamm O the Switchmen's order, was als, present from Pine Bluff.
 To Take Vote.
 The representatives of the var ious railroad orders have returne, to their respective headquarters. N, final decision was reached by them A vote will be taken among th trainmen and conductors and in tn event that the proposition of tn railroad officials is not accepted, general strike will be declared.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-01
CARRIERS DAA

Tomorrow being the first Saturday in the month, the Graphic's carriers will call on subscribers for the col- lection of their February accounts. Be ready for the boys and pay them please, when they call.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-01
GOV. HUGHES AT.
 CORNELL DINNER

New York Mar. 1-Governor Hughes will be the guest of honor at the twen- ty-seventh annual dinner of the Cor nell University alumni in the Waldorf. Astoria tonight. President Jacob Gould Sherman will introduce the dis tinguished guest, who served under him as law school professor for several years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-01
PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS, FRIDAY MARCH

amount is over and above the pay ment of $13,516.SS interest on the city's bonded indebtedness.
 The water earnings for 1906 are viz:
 From water rates col
 lected S4o, ,ooo'oo For public service fur
 n1SneQ =. Io,o ooo'oo
 Total earnings .$67 ,3S3.S5
 Expenditures were as follows: For operation and main
 tenance $23, ,122.5 5 For construction ...... ll,6O4.5l For interest on bonds.. 13,516.S9 For rebates .......... 'o.oo
 Total ,32O.S
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-01

The Young Ladies club of the First Methodist church will meet with Mrs. Harry I. Holderness to- morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-01

Camille Lewis Watson, daughter of Reverend w. c. Watson, of South Olive street, who has been sick for the past week is much improved today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-03-01

-J. B. Shelby of Pine Bluff, the contractor for improvement district No. 117, is in the city looking for location. He expects to begin work on the improvement district about April Little Rock Gazette.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
An UNOPENED PADDOCK.
vienn-'5 Strange RI lic Tha4 Defed the
Wcrla's LScksmiths.

Vienn@ strange Relic Tha4 Defied the
Wcrla's LScksmitha.
In 1910 a blacksmigb went 10 Vienna
and locked an iron band around tree
with a paddock. What he did with the
key no one knows to4Sthis day. There
is a mirthful legend ! the effect that
he carelessly threw it into the air and
that it never came down again. At
any rate, the key conlCt not be found,
and the Austrian government offered
a prize of 500 ducats ts3 any one who
could make a key that SHOULD turn the
bolt in the lock without breaking it. Ell
Many have tried to win the prize,
but nobody has won it. Eventually 1t
became the practice amo ing the cds-
testants to drive nail in lfhe tree AID
the heads of some of then nails bar
the initials of those who dlroye then.
The practice of driving nails into tle
tree sealed it's fate. The low Ter part #
the tree in a few years assumed tie
appearance Of a solid masst of ira
One spring the leaves failed to core
out, and later a summer sto RIM blN
the top away.
. The historic stump was CUT off md
placed on a pedestal on one, of he
prominent street corners in Vienna.
At the same time the iron b,and vas
cut in two and put aroAnd TIL stump
to hold it in it's :ricne, leaving the rad
lock in its. original position. s And
there the old stump stands to this day
I. - .-- ~ -
lists and the veneration of the resi-
dents of Vienna. incidentally, street,
Stock i'm Eisen-"Stick in Iron"-has
been named after the stump Scrap
Book
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
A Handy Measure.

If you have pint jug and wish to
measure off half a pint with tolerable
accuracy it is useless to try and do so
by guessing when the jug is half full
A better way is to tilt the jug until
the contents just&reach to the upper
END of the bottom of the vessel and
just touch the lip at the lower end of
the mouth. In this way the space in
the pint jug is practically cut into two
equal portions, each half representing
the space taken by half pint.-Lon-
don Graphic.
II suffered habitually from con-
stipation. Doan s Regulets relieved
aud strengthened the bowels, so
that they have been regular ever
since. "A. E. Davis, grocer, Sui
pher Springs, Tex.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
FOUR TIER (112, STRAIGHT.

by IS, but to accommodate certain ap-
Piles a special box is used which is
longer and trifie narrower, being 10
by IL by 20. These are all inside meas
urements. Experience has shown that
as regards thickness Of material the
three-quarter inch is the best for ends,
three-eighths for sides and One-quarter
for top and bottom.
In speaking Of the styles of pack the
trade in general understands the packs
only when designated as straight or
diagonal. Many people prefer to 'desig-
nate the packs as three, three and one
half, four, four and one-half or five
tier.
! In the straight pack the rows run
straight across the box. parallel to the
edges. This pack includes all the three.
four and five tier apples. The straight
pack is very neat in appearance, but it
is rather severe on the fruit, as each
apple tends to be pressed firmly
against surrounding apples rather than
into the spaces. Some packers place
the apple on its side, Others pack with
the stems up, while some have the
calyx up. The best packs should al
ways have the bottom and top layers
with stems toward the outside. In this
way the apples do not tend to bruise
as badly.
The four tier consists of four rows
across the top and four deep, includ
ing the 96 (six tiers long,, the 12S
eight tiers long, and the 112 seven
tiers long,.
The diagonal pack, or diamond pack,
as it is often called, is SO termed be-
cause the rows run diagonally with
the edge of the box. It's chief advan-
tage is that it accommodates sizes that
do not adapt themselves readily to the
straight pack, although in some cases
we find that the diagonal contains the
same number of apples as certain
straight packs. The diagonal pack con-
tains the half tiers, such as three and
one-half and four and one-half. One
of the advantages of the diagonal pack
is that it allows the apples to adjust
themselves more readily to the space
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
PreVeI. IS
FALL DEALERS"

Stomach troubles, Heart and Kid
ney ailments. can be quickly cor
rected with prescription known
to druggists everywhere as DR..
Shops Restorative. Theprompt
and surprising relief which this
remedy Immediately brings is en-
tirely due to it's Restorative action
upon the controlling nerves OF the
Stomach, etc. A weak stomach,
causing dyspepsia, weak Heart
with palpitation or intermittent
puls;, always means weak stomach
nerves or weak heart nerves.
Strengthen these inside or CONTROL
ing nerves with DR.. Shops Restor-
alive and see how quickly these all.
ments disappear. DR.. Shoop Of
Racine, Wis, will mail samples free.
Write for them. A test will tell
Your health is certainly worth this
simple trial. Sold by all dealers.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
Sold and Guaranteed by
M. M. SWEET.

There are a great many people
who have slight attacks of indiges-
ton and dyspepsia nearly all the
time. Their food may satisfy the
appetite but fails to nourisn the
body simply because the stomach
is not in fit condition TO do the
work it is supposed to do. 1t can't
diges. the food you eat. The stom-
ach should be given help. You
ought to take something that will
do the work your stomach can't do.
Kodol For Indigestion and Dyspep-
STA, combination of natural
digestants and vegetable acids, di-
gests the food itself and gives
strength and health to the stomach.
Pleasant to take. Sold by Sweets
Drug store.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
A Dutch IroncIad.

It is Of interest to note that, accord
ing to some authorities, the Dutch
were the first in the modern period of
history to build an ironclad and that
during the siege of Antwerp by the
Spaniards in 1886 the people of that
city built an enormous fat bOttomed
vessel, armored it with heavy iron
regarded as an impregnable battery.
This they named FINS Belli. Unfor-
tunately the vessel got aground before
coming into action and fell into the
hands of the enemy. 1t was held by
Alexander of Parma to the end Of the
siege as curiosity, but was never en-
pIoyed by either side in any action
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
Identified.

Tommy made himself the hero of a
story, which the Boston Record prints,
when he called for '.that one about the
boy who ate the ribbons and it made
him sick"
Aunt Ethel was puzzled. Il know
of no such story" she said. after
searching her memory vainly.
Nothing she could suggest answered
the description. Tommy cannot read,
but he thought he could find the book.
He found it. They read one thing aft
er another, until in the midst Of the
might Before Christmas" Tommy gave
a whoop of glee. Aunt Ethel was read
ing:
"'He rushed to the window and
threw up the SASH"
'That's it! That's itv' cried Tommy.
"You see. it's just as 1 told your
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
Irish Stories.

An Irishman while taking barge up
the Shannon was asked what goods he
had OH board and answered, Timber
and fruit" :
what kind of timber and what sort
Of fruit?"
"Well an if We must know, the tim
Der is just birch brooms, and the fruit.
we'll, it's pretaties.'
An Irishman averred that the habit
Of Irish landlords of living outside OF
Ireland was the great grievance Ire
land had to complain of.
"Oh, yes answered an Englishman,
"thats the old stalking horse! | don't
believe in your absentees."
mot behave in 'em! Come to Dublin
with me and I'll show We 'em by the
hundred. Why, the country just
swarms with EN-"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
ANTIQUITY OF GEOMETRY.
The Science May Have Existed In
Y. India For Long Ages.

~ lHOtd tut IoTS H9eS. ss-
Did we learn our rule of three and
our Euclid from India? Researches
have brought to light astronomical Ia
bles in India which must have been
constructed by the principles of geom-
etry. Some are of the opinion that they
have been framed from observations
made not less than 5000. years before
the Christian era, and If this opinion
be well founded the science of geom-
etry must have been cultivated in In
dia to a considerable extent long be-
fore the period assigned to it's origin in
the west, so that many Nofsthe elemen-
tary propositions may have been
brought from India to. Greece.
The Indians have treatise called the
.'Surya Sidlianta," which processes to
be a revelation from heaven communi-
Gated to Mega, a man of great sanctity.
about 100000 years ago. This book
contains a rational system Of trigonom-
etry which differs entirely from the
first known in Greece and Arabia. In
fact, it is founded on geometrical
theorem which was not known to the
geometricians of Europe before the
time OF yicta, about 200 years ago.
And it employs methods of demonstra-
ton unknown to the Greeks, who used
others. The former have been attrib-
uted to the Arabs, but it is possible
they have received this improvement
in trigonometry as well as the numer-
zeal characters from India.-Chicago
Tribune
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
Wellman Must Wait.


The elements have forced
Walter Wellman to postpone
his sttempt to reach the north
pole by the air route for
another year. This is the
second postponement, that OF
d year ago having been made
necessary by the failure to
get the airship ready in time
TO make the start. If MIR.
WelLman should finally sue
coed in getting started onshis
momentous trip next August,
he will have spent three sum-
mers in the far north prepar-
ing to set forth and waiting.
for favorable winds. IT thus
appears that while it may be
easier to fly thru the air to
the pole than to make ones
way painfully over land and
ice, either method involves
a large expenditure of time
and money. But if Wellman
eventually succeeds in reach
ing the pole, his three years
and the money of his hackers
will have been we'll spent, SO
far as success for his plans is
concerned.
Il appears that a start was
actually made in the face OF
bad weather and that the air
ship was driven back upon
the bleak shores OF Spltz-
bergen, where it had to be
dismembered before it could
be taken back to it's winter
quarters. In spite of the
augury of certain disaster
that seems to be contained. in
this adventure Wellman sends
word home that the ship is a
success ond seems to be more
confident than ever of ulti-
mate victory. It is at least
evident that he. must have
good weather in order to
make the voyage, to the pole
and back. Arctic Augusts
usually afford periods of set
tied good weather, it is said,
and from Spitzbergen the
wind often blows from the
south for days at a time. II
Wellman is so fortunate as to
start in one of these periods,
he may yet pierce the mys-
terry of the frozen north.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19

The way to get rid Of cold,
whether it be "bad cold or just a
little one, is to get it out of your
system through the bowels. Nearly
all Cough Cures, especially those
that contain opiates. are consti-
pating. Kennedy's Laxative Cough
Syrup contains no opiates and acts
gently on the bowels. Pleasant to
take. Sold by Sweets drug store.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
Books Bound In Lead.

A bookbinder was putting binding
Of lead on book.
''Why leadY' visitor asked.
''This," the binder answered, lis
naval code book for use on battlesh1p.
All such volumes are bound in lead"
"But why?"
$50 that in the event of the ships
destruction the books will sink with it,
for they contain secrets of immense
value, and every precaution must be
taken TO keep those secrets dark.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
THREE AND oNE-HALF TIER, DIAGONAL.

THREE AND ONE-HALF TIER, DIAGONAL.
in the box, for when the pressure is
brought to bear the apples tend to find
spaces, whereas in the straight packs
each apple is brought up firmly against
its neighbor.
In the three and one-half tier we
find that more than three full rows
and yet not four full rows are needed
to fill the box One can readily see
that a good many apples would come
in this class, and more different packs
are being used with the three and a
half than with any other.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
Ravenous Rats.

1t is estimated that the rat does
$50. 900, 900 worth of damage year in
England. In slaughterhouse near
Paris rats in a single night picked to
the bone the carcasses of thirty-five
horses. There is very little that they
will not eat; eggs, young birds and
animals are among the dainties which
they snap up in the ordinary course
of business. But when pressed by
hunger they will-eat anything through
which they can drive their terrible
teeth. Rat will eat rat. The idea that
a trapped rat will bite off an impris-
oned leg and so escape is now said to
be wrong; it is the other rats which do
the biting. They eat the captive.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
II arm ano
Garden
THE APPLE PACK.

Points In The Progressive Methods Of
Hood River.
To assist those apple growers who
want to put better pack of apples or
the market the Oregon experiment sta
ton has issued some information. tina,
includes suggestions from the pro
gressive methods Of the famous Hood
river apple growers. Most of the fruit
of this region. 1t appears, is packed in
what is known as the standard box
which measures in inches 1917 by III!
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
Consolation,

"Steward, how long will it be before
we get into the harbor?'
'About an hour and a half, ma'am.'
''Oh, dear, shall die before then.
every likely, ma'am. But you'll be
all right again when you've been on
shore ten minutes. Marine Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
Southern Pastures.

While very little attention has been
given to the development of the south
ern pastures, it is demonstrated on
farms throughout the south that an
unexcelled pasture can be maintained
for at least eight months in the year
b. III. Rawl.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
A Substitute.

"You're rather young man to be
left in charge of drug store" said
the fussy old gentleman. "Have you
any diplomat" "Why -er-no, SIR re-
piled the drug clerk, but we have a
preparation of our own that's just as
good. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
Gray Wolves.

Gray wolves are doing much damage
in the upper Ruby valley, Montana, at
lacking not only the cattle, but young
horses, according to the Country Gen
tleman. One man has lost twenty cat
tie. Wolves are also numerous in the
Madison valley.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1907-09-19
Stop That Cold

TO check early colds or Grippe with Preventics'
means sure defeat for Pneumonia. 70 stop cold
with Preventics is safer than to let it run and be
obliged 70 cure it afterwards. To be sure, Pre-.
vsntlcs win cure even deeply seated colo; bus
taken ear1y-at the sneeze stage-tney nreak. or
That's why they are called Preyentics.
Preventics are little Candy Cold Cures: No Quin.
ine, no physic nothing sickening. Nice 1or tne
children-and thoroughly safe too. If you zee!
chilly If you sneeze ifyou ache all over. think OF
Preventics Promptness may also save half your
usual sickness. And don't forge -FOUR child II
there is feverishness nightord Ierein prob
ably lies Preventics' greatest v. Sold In
&c boxes for the pocket. also res OF Al
PreventicS Insist on your d. ring you
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-26
Sailors
So Value at csc

very rough
Sailors, the Knox Ia
price
for
CHIDRE9VS eande edvths silk
value sc
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-26
TAFT LEAVES TOWN
FOR CINCINNATI

Secretary and Mrs. Taft will leave
this afternoon at 4;91 o'clock over the
Chesapeake and Ohio for Cincinnati, the
train being scheduled TO arrive there at
SID tomorrow morning.
To the few persons who were able to
see the Secretary, he announced that
there sun was nothing TO say concern
ing politics.
Representative Bartholdt of Missouri
Invited Secretary Taft 10 make an ad-
dress before the National NflIers' Asso-
citation al ST. Louis. May 80. The Sec
rotary did not promise to attend. but
suggested the matter be brought TO his
attention some time next month.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-26
THANKS ROOSEVELT
FOR MAKING PEACE

President Zclaya, Of Nicaragua. has
given to President Roosevelt personally
the credit Of having brought about
peace in Central America.
IN a dispatch to Mr.. Roosevelt, The
Nicaraguan chief executive expresses
his thanks for the work done by tina
President of the United States. The COM
mUnication, which came direct from the
Nicaraguan capital 10 the White House,
and not through the customary diplo-
matte channels, was as follows:
AIanagua, Nicaragua. April .. .2:44
p. N.
President Roosevelt Was '7gt0n.
Peace signed day bei .- yesterday
Tuesday, AT Amapala- / thank Your
ENceIiency for your great work toward
achieving that happy END
j, s. ZELAYA.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-26
HUEsToN STILL CHAMP

GREENSBURG, Pa, April z6-Thomas
Hueston, OF St Louis. ably defended his
title 10 the pool championship by de-
feating ". Il. Clearwater. of Green's
burg in the hnal game of The match last
night by the score of 49, to 49, The
final score is coo 10 81 Hueston an
nOunced that his next match would
probably be with DeOro early next fan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-26
MRS. ANNA SMITHS WILL
OFFERED FOR PROBATE

BY the terms or the viii of Mrs. Anna
NJ. Smith. which was offered for pro
bate today 500 is bequeathed to Sarah
C. Marsh, of Marshheld, Penn. and the
remainder Of the estate to the testator's
step-daughter. Ada J.. Smith. George w.
F. SwartZell and Ada L. Smith are
named as executors The viii Is dated
October Is 1887.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-04-26
Dyer Retains Counsel.

Dyer-said this morning that he had re-
tanned Eirnie & Woodward attorneys, to
look after his interests and at the proper
time would ia all probability institute
civil proceedings against Major SyI
vester and others IN the case. Dyer dc
nieS that he ever received large sums
Of money from Mrs. Fairfield or small
sums from her or any other party for
service as private detective, as has
been charged.
Mr. Dyer said today that Attorney
his interests. had not been retained BY
him, but was the attorney for residents
Of the section i'm which be works.