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matter their bank accounts grew to
such an extent that scores of their
former neighbors in New Jersey were
attracted to the island.
This influx of New Jersey farmers
has already changed the physical ap-
pearance of the western and southern
parts of the borough. Farms that had
not been cultivated for years are now
in splendid condition, waste lands and
woodland have been turned into good,
arabic fields and the old barnyards
that five or six years ago had an ap-
pearance of desolation are filled with
neatly painted market wagons, we'll
kept buildings and sleek horses and
cattle
With the farmers there came from
New Jersey some of the customs of
that state, chief of which is the an
nual farmers picnic" It was held
the first time on Staten island recently
and more than 1000 persons partici-
pated. There was a parade, led by
nearly 800 horsemen, and in the pro-
cessiOn were scores of carriages and
wagons, magnifcently trimmed with
flowers and filled with the wives and
children of those who are making
farming pay almost within sight of
the New York city hall.
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representative persons from all over
the country to unite at Bennings to
witness the steeplechases and hurdle
races. The hotels are overtlowing
with the racing crowd, especially from
New York, and dinners and suppers
follow fast.
Many members of the official family
are back-Mrs. Root, Mrs. Metcalf,
Mrs. Straus and Mrs. Cortelyou. Mrs.
Bonaparte runs over when necessary
from her country place near Baltimore
to be present at the meetings that
Mrs. Roosevelt holds to discuss the
arrangements and dates of the win
ters official entertainments, as these
are made long in advance.
Several more debutantes have been
added to the list-Miss Eleanor Ridge
ly, daughter of the controller of the
currency, who appeared first as maid
of honor at her sisters wedding re-
Gently; Miss Constance Hoyt, daugh-
ter of the solicitor general; Miss Jane
Sands and Miss Yulee Noble. Mrs.
Mcmillan hopes to present her daugh-
er, Miss Grace Jarvis who came home
from Europe in time to attend the
wedding of her aunt to Sir John Har-
ringt, minister to Abyssinia, but fall
from her horse was followed by such
serious illness that it is feared she
will have to wait to make her debut
until after Christmas.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

"A German Psychologist has ad-
vanced the proposition that the Phar-
aoh who would not let Israel go had
seven bad teeth, and that it was their
combined influence that gave him so
bad a disposition. This might be
plausible, but it hardly accords with
the theory of the divine mission of
Moses. If it had been merely a case
of toothache it would have been much
simpler to have had Moses cure it and
gain the unlimited favor of Pharaoh
than to go through with that long list
of plaques and worry lot of innocent
Egyptians who did not have the
toothache. 1t looks like another of
those insidous attacks on the inspira-
tion Of the Bible.
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BIG CHECK FOR CANNON
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

sylvania, clerk of the house, will be
the acting speaker when the Sixtieth
congress meets, and will WELD the
gayel until de facto speaker has
been chosen.
The salary-increase law enacted last
winter raised the compensation of the
speaker to $4,000 a year. Since the
adjournment of congress Mr.. Cannon
has been receiving the salary paid
every other member of the house.
$625 a month. The difference between
this and $1,000 a month-the speak
er's stipend gone into an account
which is placed to the credit of the
speaker to-be.
When congress meets there will be
approximately $4,000 in this fund. For
the month of December Mr.. Cannon's
compensation will be $1,000, so that,
in round figures, with the $4,000
added, he will receive $4,000 as salary
at season when most mems ex-
penditures exceed their incomes.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

Prohibitionists are now preparing
to force upon both great parties in
next years campaign recognition of
growing popular sentiment in their
platforms.
1t is proclaimed to be the intention
of the temperance men to demand of
the two great parties the insertion of
plank in their respective platforms
favoring the enactment of laws that
will prevent the shipment of liquor
into states that have adopted prohi-
bition. In the coming session of con-
gress a bill carrying this provision
will probably be passed.
1t is predicted by persons who have
watched the trend of affairs here that
should long debate on the proposed
bill be brought on, the prohibitionists
will take advantage of the opportu-
nifty to raise the question of prohibit
ing the sale of liquor in the District
of Columbia, and that law to this
effect may be adopted.
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''DRYS"TODEMANDPLANK
in OLD PARTY PLATFORMS

4 CTUAL statistics show that 33,60O,-
"a 900 Of the 80,0OO,OOO inhabitants
OF the United States now live in COM
munities in which the law does not
permit the sale of alcoholic beverages.
In this condition of affairs can be
found the reason for the widespread
comment created by the "cocktail' in
cident at a luncheon given by Vice
President Fairbanks to President
Roosevelt in Indianapolis.
The liquor question cut figure in
nearly every state campaign closed
by the recent elections. In Kentucky
New Jersey and Delaware it was the
decisive issue. 1t swept from power
the democratic party in Kentucky and
came near ousting the republicans
from intrenched power in New Jer-
sey. And, singularly enough, the
highest vote ever polled by the pro-
hibition party in a national election
is only little more than 25O,OOO out
of a total vote of about $4,000, 900.
That was in 1904.
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around the corner with a tin pail to
be filled with water. Plumbers can
be seen excavating to get at the
blocked water pipes, and Riverside
drive in spots resembles mining
camp. To go down 20 or 80 feet into
the ground and then to begin hunting
for Mr.. Eel, who, to add to the trou-
BILE, is generally dead, Is an expensive
process, which up to date has aver
aged about $40 an eel. Apartment
dwellers living in sight of whole
river full of water, do not relish not
being able to get drop, and when OBJ
structions are cleared away are not
enthusiastic over the eel-tainted
supply.
The city has been called upon to
keep all eels out of the mains, but
after a vain attempt to do so has
taken the position that it has no ju.
risdiction over eels.
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College Manners.

The dean of the women's depart
ment in western university recently
told her undergraduates that they are
habitually guilty of various offenses
against the laws which govern the
well-bred. It is wholesome that this
criticism should come from within q
college, for that brings hope of ra-
tional improvement 1t has always
been true that a community composed
chiefly Of persons of one sex has q
tendency to drop into carelessness Of
behavior. Colleges have been no ex-
ception to the rule. A certain mother
had entered her daughter at a we'll
known college, and went to the town
to make the last arrangements for her
room and studies. She CHANGED to
arrive on the campus at the time Of
the hourly change Of classes. She
stood on the green, watching the hun
dreds of young women as they trooped
out Of recitation rooms and dormitor-
les. What she saw in five minutes
caused her to determine to send her
daughter to Europe with a tutor
rather than to college. What was
wrong with the girls?" asked a friend,
who could not understand what
seemed to her capricious change of
plan. Nothing was wrong" replied
the mother. IF there had been any
question of morals in the case,
should not have hesitated to trust
Mary to stand her ground But bad
manners are more subtly contagious
than bad morals. l could not bear to
think of my daughter among the
screaming, 'stramming,' slouching
girls, careless of dress and hair and
voice, who swarmed over that campus
Doubtless there were well-bred girls
there, but they were lost in the
crowd. Education of the mind is good,
but unless it goes hand in hand with
breeding in gentle manners, it makes
scholars who are neither good citizens
nor sweet wonderland I want none of
such in my family" So, remarks the
Youths Companion, deans and presi-
dents and professors of women's COL
leges may we'll take to heart the fact
that the world now, as in the past, is
more exacting as to girls manners
than as to her requirements Nothing
would prove a greater obstacle to the
future spread of the higher education
of women than evidence that it is in
consistent with their being in the
fullest sense of that noble word, gen.
tleWomen
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PLAGUE OF EELS in THE
RIVERSIDE DRIVE SECTION

IN NEW YORK'S exclusive Riverside
/ drive section eels are now costing
about $40 apiece, in spite of the scar
city of money. This price, however,
is paid not to get them, but to get
rid of them, for this locality is lit
orally suffering from a plague of eela
such as has never been known before.
Insignificant little eight-inch speci-
mems have been coming from the
river into the water pipes of many
apartments, causing stoppages, while
the big fellows, two feet long, unable
to get this far, pick out the main in
let for whole building as desirable
resting place, cutting off the entire
water supply.
One of the most exclusive apart
ments was without drop of water
for two days and nights owing to the
eel blockade, bell-boys being pressed
into the humiliating service of going
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

1t looks strange for New York to be
shipping buffaloes to Oklahoma to
stock a reserve, but careful estimate
of existing pure.blooded buffaloes in
1903 explains the necessity for it. At
the time the total Of wild buffaloes in
the United States was "a, and in
Canada 600. The captive buffaloes
were, in the United States, 969; in
Canada, Al; in Europe, 100. And yet
40 years ago hundreds of thousands of
them roamed the west, and these were
but remnant of the vast herds that
existed a century earlier. 1t is evil
dent that stringent precautions will be
needed to preserve enough of them
for the wild west shows of the next
generation.
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with
social conditions
to rejected
he
the result
particular
the dismissed the
financing
weekly
Hardns franknes
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
NESTS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE.
Bird Invariably Builds His Home at a
Great Height.

Every pair of eagles whose habits
l have had an opportunity of watch.
ing over period of few years would
seem to have invariably at least two
alternative sites for their nests; some
have three, and I know of one with
four sites. In fact, only know of one
pair out of many which habitually re-
sort to but one place and only one.
The reason for this is, however, ap-
parent, for owing to its situation it
has never been disturbed. The nest
is in small cavern on the face of an
absolute wall of limestone rock some
800 feet high, at about 400 feet from
the summit. Above the cliff is a talus
of loose stone at an angle of As de-
grees or so, above which again rise
other precipices. To reach the near
est point above this nest would be a
long days work.->Saturday Review.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

Roused to envy by the fame of In.
diana's pearl producing mussels. a
Pennsylvania woman processes to
have found diamond in an oyster.
And she claims that it is cut and
ready for setting.
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COREY TAKING TREATMENT
TO REDUCE AVOlRDUPOIS
placed on leather couch and given
an electrical massage.
Ever Hear It?


julius Tannen, the cleverest mon.
ologist on the vaudeville stage I'VE get
space rates for this), sprung this one
on us the other day:
1.-TWO uncles of mine from Chicago
came to New York the other day, and
showed them the town. had date
on the top floor of the Flatiron build
ing, and they stayed below while I
went up. When I finished my busi-
ness looked out of the window to
see II they were waiting for me. Final
ly spied them-but you know how
small people look from such height?
Why, my uncles looked like ants
Groans interrupted the speaker at
this point, so we, never learned what
the story was about. - Cleveland
Leader. -
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his wife
geniay
avoided odiceeekng he
of Tamma ma
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
ON CONCLUSIONS.

1t doesn't pay to Jump at conclu-
sions. Once we had a dog that had a
bad habit of jumping at conclusions.
When he had no other animals con-
clusion to jump at he would go round
and round In circle for half an hour
at a time, trying to reach his own
conclusion. 20
That puppy would wait until a cow
had gone past and then jump wildly at
her conclusion. AS is the custom OF
people similarly afflicted, once he
reached a conclusion he hung to it
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

Women farmers are said to be In.
creasing rapidly in the New England
states. II the profits from farming
keep on growing at the present rate.
says the Chicago rd-Herald. It
will not be long before titled foreign.
ers will be coming over in droyes to
try their luck in New England.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
PATHOS IN DISCHARGE OF
Observation-Disclosures

ever, nothing to do but to order dis
missals when clerks become too old.
The work must be done It is piling
up more and more every year and
congress is niggardly about making
appropriations for clerical help.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

The early discoverers of this coun-
try multiply rapidly and leave poor
Columbus in the shade, though moth
ing is said of the first Indian who
came over to America by way of
Behring straits. Why not erect a
statue to him, as the great Unknown.
and give the sculptor chance to use
his imagination?
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

rebelious
himself
OF
donnd silk
LoydGeorge president the
cabinet
navigation
Furnishes responsible
matters relating to trade Where
right make regulations itself
seldom ignored.
loydGeorge some of
thesed dayS
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

The alarm Is given that the former
home OF Francis Scott Key, author of
the "Star-Spangled Banner" is in
danger. The owners are about to tear
down the house and put up business
building unless funds are raised to
purchase the property, and the Fran
els Scott Key association is calling
for subscriptions to prevent the calam-
ifv
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

Willie did not want Consuelo's mic.
ture "took," and he smashed the in.
trusive camera and paid for it like a
little man. Next time he will ptoba.
bly, ray, do F:ur prettlest!"
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06

DR.. Osler says he is the best doctor
who knows the "worthlessness of
most medicines" This idea is not new.
1t was advanced by the late Dr. Oliver
Wendell Holmes long ago, and the
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table al
ways knew what he was talking about
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
MAYs LEAD TAWNnANY

Thomas F. Foley, Tammany leader of the sec.
ond district, who recently elected sheriff, is
typical specimen of the born and bred New
Yorker He has been politician ever since he
was Is years old, when he went out to support
his widowed mother and two younger children.
An unerring memory for faces and names and
sunny smile were his whole stock in trade, but
he soon proved himself a man to be reckoned
with He made money in the saloon business.
He was never slow about dipping into his roll
to help family in Distress and he would peel
off $50 or $100 bill with the remark, Don't
hurry about repaying that little loan. 1t will do
when your missus is better and your boy is work.
ing"
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Appropriate.

VPPT0PT1atee ?
u. Customer Tin cigar store)-Give
me quarters worth of facts.
Dealer-Beg pardon? s
2 Customer -. Cigars - quarters
worth of cigars. 5<f1
Dealer-But why do you callathe
facts? ~t--..,
Customer-Because, like facts. they
are stubborn things Chicago Daily
News. ~. 8, "a,
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till he was kicked loose. AS is usual
also with people of similar proclivi-
ties, he was dash.gummed nuisance.
But one day that hasty pup jumped
at a big, thoughtful bay mules con-
clusion, and the next day we had to
get brand-new dog. The old one
wasn't even worth repairing.
No; it doesn't pay to jump at con-
clusfOns.-Judge. - =.
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educated himself
imprisonment
all astocratc He
revolution the
or wealth He
which
father had before him. He
on MS stump of the 1900 He
militia Spanish
lieutenant
in
in 1884,
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The unexpected.

did she say she would be sister to
you when you proposed matrimony? %
II should say not. She agreed to
marry me."-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
IN THE LIMELIGHT
HAS LANDED THIRD TERM

Curtis Guild, Jr., who has been elected for the
third time governor of Massachusetts by the phe-
nomena1 majority of 105,000 and that too in
spite of the spread of free trade ideas in his state
is one of the very few men In public life who scorn
to yield to public opinion when they think it is
mlsdirected. Guild is a bulldog in some respects.
This was shown when he refused to commute
the sentence OF Charles L. Tucker, who was con-
vlcted on circumstantial evidence of numbering
Mabel Page Many of the best people in the state
pet1t1oned the governor for clemency, but he
couldn't be convinced and Tucker, guilty or in
nocent was hanged.
In like manner Guild refused to mitigate the
punishment of man who had been in solitary
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
AVERTED GREAT STRIKE

David Lloyd-George, M. p, president of the
British board Of trade, is the hero of the hour in
England, having prevented strike that would
have tied up all the railroads in Great Britain.
Lloyd-George and Richard Bell also an NJ P,
head of the Amalgamated Society of Railway
Servants, got together and convinced capital and
labor that arbitration was better than a fight.
Lloyd-George is A, the son of school teach
er, educated at national school in Welsh town.
From the obscurity of a provincial law Office
Lloyd-George has fought his way, unaided by
wealth or social prestige, to the front rank in
parliament
Lloyd-George is short of stature, has sharp
features, fresf-colored complexion small Stub
by, bristling mustache, keen viglant eyes and
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
An Oheervafion.

An Observation.
When man has no one to blame
but himself, he doesn't do much kick
ing.-Detroit Free Press. 7s.*~,ss .-@..zssas.
The Virginia enterprise., 1907-12-06
ENEMY OF THE KAISER

Maximilian Harden, known throughout Ger
many as "the enemy of the KAISER" is the editor
whose sensational charges of immortality against
the Round Table crowd in Emperor Williams
court brought public disgrace to Gen. Count Won
Moltke.
Harden turns from immortality in court to
criticism of the monarch without the slightest
hesitation. Every week his paper, Die Zukunft,
ridicules the emperor. He has done it for years
and his attacks have earned him three terms in
prison fortress.
Harden served the sentences cheerfully. From
his cell he continued each time to edit his paper
and to present without interruption the idiosyn-
crasies of his majesty in dashing sarcastic style
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-23
JEFF DAVIS AND
 THE PRESIDENT

Franklin A. French, a writer in the October Scrap Book (New York) on Our Bellicose Governors" has the following about Senator Jeff Davis. Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas, who is now senator from that state, drew upon himself the presidents rebuke a year ago at a meeting where Gov. Davis, Gov. Folk and the president were all three present Gov. Davis spoke on the negro question in a manner which grated on the presidential nerves. lmpulsively, and yet with dignity, the president followed Gov. and uttered what is substantially Davis. traversed all his statements a scathing criticism of his views. The governor made no reply The article is accompanied by an excel lent photo of Senator Davis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-23
GREAT LIVE
 STOCK SHOW

St Joseph. Mo-. Sept. 23,-One of the finest collections of pure bred live stock ever seen in the West is on exhibition at the second annual Interstate Live Stock and Horse show, opening today at the South Sa. Joseph stock Yards Cattlemen all oyer the West have sent their best thoroughbred animals for eXhibitoln, and all of the large swine associa- tiOns of the country have united to make this the most important hog display of the year. An unique fea- 1ure of the show will be the military tournament by United States troops. to be held each evening of the week, in which 5000 regulars, representing every branch of the service. will take part. This is the first time the war department has ever given permission for United States soldiers to take part in an exposition of this kind on such large scale.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-23
PARTNERSHIPS NATIVE
 SONS RETURN

Nashville. Tenn. Sept 23.-ln con nectlon with the greatest state fair ever held in Tennessee. which was formally opened this morning. many thousands of former Tennesseeans are gathered in Nashville as the honored guests of the city and the common wealth. Every train into the city adds to the happy throng and il now appears certain that Nashville will he the scene this week of the greatest home coming ever held in the South.
 Tennessee. more than any other state has furnished settlers for the new Southwest. and it is estimated that not less than 500.O00 natives of this state are now residents of other commonwealths that stretch west ward toward the setting sun. Texas alone has 100000 native Tenesseeans within her expansive borders, and it is believed that not less than 25,0OO of these will be here during the week.
 Faraway California, Oregon and Washington have furnished contin- gents of home corners, and every state in the central West and South is largely represented. A lavish pro gram of entertainments has been ar ranged for every day of the week
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-23
BOOST-TOWN
 FAIR OPENS

Kansas City, Mo. Sept. 23.-kan- sas City's interstate fair and exposi- ton. exhibiting the combined re- sources of Missouri, Kansas and Okla homa, opened today and will extend thirteen days. The agricul- tural, manufacturing and mineral wealth of the three states forms an exposition such as has never before been seen here and is expected to at tract a half million visitors to Kan sas City within the next two weeks. Kansas City's fall festivities, known as Priests of Pallas week, begin next Monday and will aid the fair in bringing unprecedented crowds to the city. The annual Priests of Pallas parade has been set for October 1, and the Priests of Pallas ball will be held the following night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-23
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

so"e of the Loading Wholesale .no merit . liberal share of your pat PINE 0lUFF IRON WORKS ys general Found~ md Machinlsts sbrass and .Astings and AA enlne Repal. ... Stock of all AtAnd sfd goods and castings carried ss 'toci all the time. LocomotiveA h slnes and Boilers Repaired. Lons uStance telephones day, a16, niGs' 'H Piua Bluff, Arkansaa NHs
 we operate our machine shop bots Gay and night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-23
COTTON SEED
 CRUSHERS MEET

New Orleans, La,. Sept, 23.-For the first time in it's history, the In terstate Cotton Seed Crushers as sociation held a special session to- day. Matters considered included the reported bad handling of cotton seed prouucts by the transportation companies in the foreign ports, and the Austrian duty on cotton seed oil. Several officials of transporta- tion companies are in attendance at the meeting, and have promised to do all in their power to remedy the conditions of which the cotton seed crushers complain:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-23
tsAAC DREverUS.

otF wholesale department 'e c"" I'esA in Tirv Goods. FuTntsnir sn Es 14ons ans Aa's quick delivery AS' o1antt"'~s a,,tt te nrr H1r, nv pG 'Elza-lZ6 l1 Main etIas'. fL,e Ee A,tsnsax
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-04-19

The Escurial. the royal palace near
Madrid. Is so large that II would take
four days to go through all the rooms
and apartments. the distance being
about 100 miles.