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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-15
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Comparative Color Blindness.

If thousand men gaze a q garden of flowers. fifty of them will see the colors falsely. If q thousand women view them. nine hundred and ninety. six or seven will perceive the hues cor rectly Of the six colors of the rain. bow. which, mingled in thousands of combinations, give all the varying hues of sky and sea, of mountain and val ley, some are never seen by the color blind or are felt only as light and shade of black and white Very few persons are totally color blind. yellow, blue and violet being rarely lost To the totally color blind all landscapes and objects are like an engraving ilt black and white. e.-Edward A Ayers In Century
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-15
"Ducllino tte Drunkard." !"

In Herzegovina 'dncking the drunk
 ard is Il New Years practice by the common people and jf no drunken man can be found d prisoner from the nea;'
 est jail is borrowed. then ,uckcdl
 soundly kicked and set at liberty. In to celebrate all marriages on the first day; hence during the last month of the year business was good with the go-betweens. Ia Dalmatia any man whose conduct had nnt been what it should Was expected to go before the priest of the ncighhorhood and put good resolutions iH writing. Il certified
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-15
New Years In the Alps.

Among the many time hon"red GUS totnS of the 4 lps none is more interest ing than that of New Year. The vii lage pastor delivers his sermon. which is listened to by people. who have come distance of many miles over snow frequently thirty feet deep. When midnigh, comes the bells ring out upon the frosty Alpine air. and aS they re-echo far and wide over the hills and valleys there ;:are. mountain villages where .the malody of other village church bells chords in harmony. pro ducing d concert no city could afford
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-15
Rroiied Prairie Doa.

"Prairie dog ],rilcd. is darn good eat in', said the zoo keeper. but you couldn't get t plansman to admit il.
 "The plansmen claims that owls and rattlesnakes and prairie dogs frater- nize together, share holes and eat one another's dead corpses at the end. They claim that to eat proi-ie dog is the same thing as t. ERS ratlesnake or owl
 "Of course it's only a superstition but 1t holds good on the plains. and prairie dog is never eaten there. eat it, though, every chance get. It has q fine taste. It tastes, by gum. like young chicken.'--New Orleans Times-Dem" c"st
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-15
Overlooked the Side Issue.

Andy Horn. who was once q well known proprietor of a large saloon on the east side, New York. was hiring as barkeepcr Il man since prominent in political life and who told tlle story with considerable @lec.
 'I'll give you S1o a montb," said An dy.
 ''Tcn dollars. A man can't live on that
 You forget the pickings,' said Andy in serious earnest 'The barkeepcrs down here tell each other that my till $ the easiest one to work in New York.
 T took the job without further argtl- ment" says the cX-bartcuder.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-15
Harvard Then a Colleee Of ChiIdre F

1GSo, when elected president o' Harvard, the Rev. Increase Mather r. fused to resign the pastorate Of the North church in Boston for the sake O.. forty or fifty children" Therefore he used to ride back and forth from Hos ton to Cambridge. charging to the co, iese the cost of shoeins and batting hi. horse and mending his saddle. Many of these students were but twelve of thirteen years old. 'Individual Trai!i Ing In Our Colleges" by Clarence F Brdseye
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-15
Scotch Kisses,

A highly popular custom of the young Scots of past years was for young men to go about the streets ringing door bells, and theirs was the right to kiss the girl who answered the ring. In case the girl proved elderly or unat tractiTe there was no evading the eN
 Pected salute, however much it might go against the grain of the bell ringer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-15
Rattlesnakes.

Some persons believe that. in addi, ton tc ete>,Ins venom through their faRgs, rattlesnakes have the power to throw off poisonous dust. Some per. sons. 1t Is claimed, are able even tc smell snake some distance away.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-15
Business Creed

believe in the Stuff am handing out, 1 in the Firm 1 al working for, and in my l ability to get res ults.
 believe that honest Stuff can be hand 1 ed out to honest men by honest methods l 1 believe in working, not weeping: in boosting, not knocking: and in the pleasure l of my job.
 l believe that a man gets what he goes i after, that one deed done today is worth two 1 deeds tomorrow. and that no man is down and out until he has lost faith in himself believe in today and the work I am do- 1 ing, in tomorrow and the work am to do l and ln the sure reward which the future holds l believe in courtesy. in kindness in een l erosity in good cheer. in friendship in honest competition.
 l believe there is something doine some- l where fer every man ready to do it. l believe am ready right now. l Worker.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-15

copy being given to his wife. or. if un- married. to lis mother. . Boston Herald
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
SAVING aHello. 70 Hart rhrobs.


ut is curious thing" said prom
inent lecturer recently, how some
books have strong radiating person
atty, so that you feel like saying
'Howdy' every time you come across
them. Last Christmas l visited friends
back at the old home on the farm.
When the supper dishes had been put
away, the chores done and the evening
lamp lighted we gathered beside the
organ for a good old fashioned sing
On the center table were strewn the
Christmas remembrances taken from
Christmas tree on the evening before.
CHANGING over them suddenly ok.
Hello!' and as the others looked up
with surprise, picked up copy OF
Heart Throbs' and read to them from
its pages the piece spoke in
school 40 years ago.
THAT was enough to set In motion
the friendly entertaining spirit OF
Heart Throbs, and the music was for
gotten as we took turns reading the
humorous and pathetic bits of prose
and verse that have been preserved
in this wonderful volume. Some books
have great literary value, some have
historical significance. but Heart
Throbs is the only book l know that
| slaps you on the back In a friendly
sort of way, suiting itself to your
moods and proving faithful to every
emotion. Next to my love of the Bible
I love Heart Throbs. 1t is the most
notable book of the times"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
MARK TwAlN's RENTED CAT.
Humorist Furnishes Something for
Scribes to Puzzle over.

Mark Twain, as is his custom, hides
himself during the summer from the
head hunters, those persons seeking
autographs, photographs. or inter-
views. This year he selected Tuxedo
Park as his retreat, renting an old
colonial house until the latter part Of
September, when he returned to his
New York home. There, during the
heated days, Mr.. Clemens wandered
about the country byways or spent
the time in various shady hooks in
his grounds.
A visitor who succeeded In discov-
ering his whereabouts found the great
auther in his famous, suit of white
fannels, seated under a tree petting
O kitten.
Where did you get IT," queried the
friendly intruder.
For moment there was twinkle
In the aged humorist's eyes; 1t was
succeeded by solemn look as he re.
piled: Il rent it from neighbor.
You see. cannot afford cat-not
even young one"
Subsequent inquiry proved at least
the first part of Mr.. Clemens state
ment TO be true. He had actually
rented the kitten for the summer sea
son. What does he pay for it? No
body knows what Mark Twain pays
for anything. All the world is inter.
ested only in what Mark Twain Ia
paid.-The Sunday Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Mexieo,s Indian Women.

The beauty of Indian women is one
OF the charms of Mexico. In the cap
ital, where the Indian has degen-
erased through poverty and mental
service It Is less to be remarked than
in the smaller towns and in the coun-
try. But the beautiful faces one takes
in memory away from Mexico are
those of Indian women. Fine eyes
are universal, and, what one hardly ex-
poets, the features, according to eau
casian standards - broad brows,
straight noses, well-formed mouths
and chins full but not gross or heavy.
The expression is very generally intel
ligent, and often one is struck, both In
Indian men and women, with the no
bility and refinement Of the coun-
tenance. One frequently sees types
among the poems that seem to belong
to some highly civilized ancient caste
--an Egyptian priest Of royal blood, a
Roman centurian. an Aztec emperor.
The women are gently lovely where
they are beautiful, and the men at
their best in carriage, in manners and
in countenance are strikingly like the
very advanced product of civilization.
Modern Mexico.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Worse and Worse.

"The late Admiral Walker" said a
naval officer in Washington, believed
heartily in marriage for sailors. He al
ways urged sailors to wed. Nautical
bachelors were held up to scorn by
him.
"Strolling with him IN New York
one day we met young ship-broker.
Admiral Walker hailed the young man
delightedly. He clapped him ON the
back. wrung his hand and cried:
Congratulations on your marriage,
my young friend. No more sewing on
of buttons now, eh?'
"No, indeed said the ship-broker
sharply. I wear belt now. 1t keeps
me so busy raising money to pay my
wife's bills that have no time to
sew on buttons"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
In the Alpine ReqIon.

The heavy snowfall and storms in
the Alpine region last winter and late
in the spring forcibly illustrate the
proverb of its being an Ill wind that
blows no good. For the last half cen
fury there has been observed steady
diminution In the area Of the Swiss
glaciers and jeremaids have appeared
In print as to the dark prospect should
tourists once turn their faces In other
directions. The rigors of 1906-1907
have changed all this. According to all
the Authorities. they have left depos
II which will 60. far to rehabilitate
he glaciers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Mary Knew.

Little Mary's father had been teach
ing her to walk properly. Walk
slowly and turn out your toes" he ad-
monished her.
While she was undergoing this
teaching she attended Sunday school
one day. The golden text was,
Teach me to walk honestly" After
reciting it several times, the teacher
asked:
"Who knows what that means?"
II do" replied little Mary. Walk
slowly and turn out your toes"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
500 Reward. 500.

The readers Of this paper win be pleased % learn
that there least dreaded disease that science
has been a0le 10 cure Ia all tVs stages and that IL
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure IL the only positive
being q cJnsttutiJnal diseas3, requires constitu-
tonal tire itment Hairs CItdrrh Cure IL TAX IN In
ternaly acting directly upon tue blood apd mucous
surfaces Of tho system, thereby destroying tho
foundation OF the disease, and giving tho patient
strength by building up the constitn Ion and assist
ing nature In doing II, work. The prOprletJrs have
so much faith IN its curative powers that they oner
One Hundred Dollars for any case that IL fails TO
cure. Send for Hat OF testimgnials.
Nd lress L. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, O.
Sid by all Drus Itsts 75c.
Take paU's Family Pills for constipation
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Eludlpu the Teacher.

Willie came to school for the first
time. In one hand he carried cap
and in the other bunch Of bananas.
you can't come in here with those
bananas" said the teacher.
Willie went out. In a few minutes
he came back, walking slowly and
painfully.
Where did you put the bananas?"
asked the teacher. II hid them all
right" gasped Willie; they're safe
inside OF me-"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
The Peaceful Cow.

She was even more afraid Of cows
than most girls, SO when she spied a
placid animal recumbent under a
tree, peacefully chewing its cud, she
at first refused to go through the pas
ture at all. Her husband Gained her
fears to some extent. and they started
by, when the COW slowly commenced
to get up, hind legs first, as they al
ways do. At this the little lady
shrieked with terror, and said:
"Oh, Bob, hurry, hurry, he is getting
ready to spring at us!"-Harper' 8
Magazine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Soon Told.

Mr.. Trotter-I spent an entire day
with your husband last week. We
hadn't met for nearly 20 years, and
naturally he had to tell me all he
knew.
Mrs. Homer-He ought to have told
you that much in ten minutes. But
had he started in to tell you all he
doesn't know it would have taken him
the rest Of his natural life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Rural Delivery Increase.

1t is now only fourteen years since
an appropriation of $4,000 was made
for experiments with the project of
rural free delivery. AS recently as ten
years ago the appropriation for this
new service amounted to only $4,000;
last year 1t was more than $4,000, 000
while this year rural free delivery will
cost $37 ,000, 900.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Starch. like everything else, is b

Starch. like everything else, is be-
Ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est Observation-Disclosures Starch-all in
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition Of another ingredient, in
vented by us, gives to the Starch q
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
raklna Immedlate STEPS,

Ruggles (the bookkeeper)-rm
more than half sick with the hay
fever.
Ramage 1.-THE cashier)-That's bad.
You ought to go to some place where
you would be sure of finding frost.
Rnggies-Ill do it, Ramage. I'll go
this minute and ask the old man for
O raise In salary.-Chicago Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14

FITS, st. yitus Dance and all Nervous
Diseases permanently cured by DIR. Hines
Great Nerve Restorer. Send for Free $500
trial hottie and treatise: DR., X: IL. Kline,
Id, o3l Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14

down pains and the Kidney secreuons
were much disordered. ! thought
would not live long, but since using
Doan's Kidney Pills / am different
woman, can do my own work and have
no fear Of those troubles returning"
Sold by all druggists. 80 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
An Estimate and a Hope,

you've heard her, you say?" re-
marked Mr.. Dudley. "Ah! She GER
tainly has the gift of song"
'Well, / hope that's what 1t u.s." re-
piled Miss Knox. II should hate to
think she paid anything for it,"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14

sit In a chair day
after day unable to
move about on &C
count of rheumatic
pains in my back,
hips and legs. ! was
short Of breath and
my heart would fiut.
ter after the least
exertion. / had dizzy
spells and bearing
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Thos. Railway Crackers.

"Yes, that's the great railway man"
''Why does he look so gloorly?"
Hes trying to make himself think
that hard times are coming.
land Plain Dealer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14

Life alone can rekindle life; what
others claim from us Is not our thirst
and our hunger, but our bread and our
gourd.-Amiel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
WHEN MONEY WAS SCARCE.
Practically unobtainabIe During Period
of Missourl's History.

However scarce money may be at
times at the present" said an old Mis-
sourian, ''the oldest inhabitants will
recall when It was almost unobtsin-
able and other commodities had to he
used as media of exchange. The
VOLTS scalp was worth dollar be-
cause 1t was state bounty upon the
death Of a wolf, and venison hams
and deer skins also had purchasing
value. Skins OF the fur bearers were
likewise abundant and valuable. When
the first sheriff of Audrain county, in
1887, went to Jefferson City to deliver
the county revenue, he met an old
friend on the way who, needing
money, wanted to borrow the actual
coin Part of the county's revenue. The
good-hearted sheriff lent 1t to him and
went on to the capital and delivered
only the scalps. BY the time of the
next settlement the loan was repaid
and the sheriff made his next settle
ment complete. No note or other OBJ
legation than the mere word was
given."-Columbia Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
TIED TO \ CHAIR.
Unable to Move About On Account
of Kidney Troubles.

Mrs. Anna Beebe, River and Monroe
Sts., Anoka, Mimi, says: Il had to
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Restricted Choice.

THE people and the corporations"
said Senator La Toilette the other
day, remind me of a woman and her
little boy. There was very large
chicken and very small duck on tho
rrble and the woman, pausing with
the carving knife raised, said: Johnny.
which will you take, chicken or duckT
Duck piped Johnny. But the mother
shook her head. No, Johnny she said
in firm, yet kindly voice, you can't
have duck, mys dear. Take your
choice, darling, take your choice, but
you can't have duck"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Hides. peIts and Wool.

We don't believe people would be
moro lawless IL there were less law.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14

To get full value ship to the old reliable
N. w. Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, Mimi.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
Dear Sirs:
John W. Pritchard, Pres.
Brooklyn. N. Y. Oct. 1. 1907.

Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct 1, 1907.
Dear Mr.. Pritchard:
Noticing Postum Food Coffee adver.
tised each week in your reliable pa
per, concluded to try 1t, and feeling
IL a duty towards those who may have
suffered as have from indigestion,
desire to state what wonderful bene-
fit l have received from Postum al
though using only a short time, and
not do. I alone realize and appreciate
its good effects, but friends remark,
"How much I have improved and how
well look, and / tell the facts about
Postum every time, for since using
It I have not had one attack Of indi-
gestion. 1t is invigorating, healthful;
does not affect the nerves as ordinary
coffee, and IL properly made, most
delicious drink. Although ] have not
had much faith in general advertis-
ing, yet, finding Postum has done SO
much better for me than expected
am more inclined to prove all things,
hold fast that which is good" I am
so thankful for good health that
want II known what a blessing Pos
tum has been to me. You may use
these few lines as an ad. II you so de-
sire and my name also.
Very trIy yours,
Anna 8. Reeves.
275 McDonough St, Brooklyn.
Coffee hurt her. she quit and used
Postum. She didn't attempt to an
alyze but she enjoyed the results. I'm
serneath II all There's Reason"
POSTUM CEREAL CO.. LTD.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14

Some Philippine cigars are foot
and a half in length.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14
TO PRETENpERs.
A Wholesome Word for Guidance.

Just a word to you, Golfers" and
other glazing examples of Modern
Yellow Journalism and Cigarettes.
Environment gives you viewpoint
from which 1t Is difficults to under
stand that some people even nova
days act from motives of old fashion
ed honesty.
There are honest makers of foods
and healthful beverages and there are
honest people who use them.
Perhaps you are trained to believe
there is no honesty in this world.
There is, although you may not be
of kind to understand 1t.
Some of you have been trained In a
sorry class of pretenders, but your
training does not faint the old fashion
ed person trained without knowledge
of pretense and deceit.
These letters came to us absolutely
without solicitation. We have great
many thousand from people who have
been helped or entirely healed by fol-
lowing the suggestions to quit the
food or drink which may be causing
the physical complaints and change
to Postum Coffee or Grape-Nuts food.
You are not intelligent enough to
know the technical reasons why the
change makes a change In the cells
of the body. Your knowledge, or lack
of knowledge, makes not the slightest
difference in the facts.
You can print from old and worn
plates all the cheap books your
presses will produce and sell them as
best you can, but such acts and your
learned" editorials are but CONNER
cial, and seek only dollars" and much
by pretence.
When you branch out into food
values you become only ridiculous
Stick to what you know. The field
may be small but it is safe.
This first letter is from the Presi-
dent Of the Christian Nation, a
worthy Christian paper of New York.
New York, Oct. Q, 1907.
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Dear Sirs:
am, this morning, in receipt OF the
enclosed mighty good letter from one
of my subscribers, which forward to
you, and which / am sure you will be
glad to use. I am personally acquaint-
ed with this lady, and know that she
mas no object in writing, other than
to do good.
Cordially,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14

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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-03-20
Uncle Jim Arnold Thinks Rats Are
Not Needing Protection
Just Now.
He Thinks The taxpayers and The
Highways Need a Little
Protection.

ED. GAZETTE: Corporate interests
always have their Hobbies during the
sessions of the state legislature, to
help out their interests in legisla-
ton, but as rule the masses do
nothing to back up their represent
atives after they have elected them.
This is not fair to our represent
atives, for amid all the temptations
of legislative session, the man
who keeps a stiff backbone should
hear from his constituents the words
"well done" Not only that, but
words of respectful suggestions,
am sure, would be welcomed by all
reasonable representatives.
There are some bills before the
legislature now on which our repre-
sentatives should receive this coun-
tvs backing, viz; the township ditch
bill, the bill to withdraw state pro-
lection from muskrats and minks
and the bill to sell all produce by
the pound. it's fractions or multiples.
To sell produce by the bushel is
antiuqated and unjust to the pro-
ducers, for there is nothing we sell
but what the legal weight will over
fill or under fill the measure. Then
why perpetuate it? 1t is kept as it
is only for the benefit Of buyers at
the terminals, and is detriment to
all producers. AS to the minks and
muskrats, they should if possible be
exterminated FOR the amount of
poultry killed and the damage to
roads in this state is incalculable.
| know of one piece of road not
far from here, it is not over 40 rods
long, and has cost the town at least
$500 on account of muskrats and as
long as we have rats we will have