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The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
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Coal Discovered Near Pin. Bluff.

While section foreman of the Iron Mountain Railroad was having grave dug for a horse which was killed on that road, near Jefferson Springs, recently, he discovered layer of coal about three feet from the surface of the ground. The place is about quarter of a mile from the railroad station. and steps have already been taken to make a further investigation of this impor- tant discovery The layer of coal which was found is between two and three feet thick. and is very soft, known as blossom coal. but when 1t was set afire it burned with ease.
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Land for Homesteaders.

Stone county has 1O0,GSo acres of government land. al of which. except that available only for timber and stone, is subject to homestead; and at the rate it has been taken up in the last two years, there will be none of II left in two years more.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Neoro Uses Shotgun.

Will Lewis, negro living at Llt- tie Rock, went to the house of anoth- CT negro named Williams with the intention of shooting him, but inst ead shot Williams wife who interce1ed for her husband.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
County Examiners Report.

The reports of three county exam iners were received by Superintendent Doyne Saturday as follows: Lonoke, 147 schools 9.30s pupils; Lafayette county, 67 schools, 4,s4l pupils; St. Francis county, 97 schools. 7,1f9 pu- pills, of which 2,005 are white.
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Sets Fire To Clothes.

Annie Lowe, a negro living at Lit. tie Rock, committed suicide by pouring coal oil on her clothing and setting fire to the saturated garments. Domes- tic troubles are said to have been the cause of her taking her life.
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Boy Drowned Near Fayetteville.

Arnold Henshaw, a 13-year-osd boy who lives near Fayetteville, was drowned in Clear creek while fishing. He lost his balance and fell into the stream, drowning, although the water was hardly over his head.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Convict Farm levee.

At the next meeting of the State Penitentiary Board the details of the work of strengthening the levee along the state convict farm will be thor oughly considered. The work on the levee will begin August 20. Fifty men and about 30 teams will be employed on the work, the machinery that will be used being the property of the Linwood and Auburn levee district At the Penitentiary Board meeting next month Gus Waterman, president of the levee district, will be asked to furnish superintendent of eonstruc- ton for the work on the convict farm. It is expected the work will be com pleted in about three months.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Increase In Value of Land.

As indicating the rapid advance in the value of Arkansas timber lands, 1t is worthy of note that a tract of 2S,0OO acres near Harrisburg sold re- gently for $2S to $30 per acre. Five years ago a smaller tract near the one just sold brought s per acre.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
M E. orraar Injured.

W. E. Orrgar, who lives few miles southwest of St. Paul, was seriously injured while working at sawmill, by the breaking of large belt which thrashed him around considerably be- fore the machinery could be stopped.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Baxter County Finances.

Baxter county's indebtedness has been reduced this year from $4.269.23 to $2,661 It is expected the county will be out of debt within the next is months. The price of county scrip ranges from 95 cents to par.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Creamery Expenses.

The Stuttgart Creamery durirg the months of April, May and June. paid out $9,700 for milk and cream. The concern receives daily from 12,9O0 to l3,0o0 pounds of milk and cream.
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Baby Left on Porch.

A little baby, aged about one month was left on the porch at the residence of Dr. Wood in Fayetteville recently.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Pension Matters Keep Force Busy.

Confederate pensions and sheriffs' settlements are keeping the clerical force in the auditors office busy, and will continue to take up their time until October 1.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Nashville Chapter of Accidents.

A number of accidents have oc- cured at Nashville within the last few days Mrs. W. Feazel was bitten by a spider. w. J. Risinger, fore man of the Nashville Lumber com pany. got his fingers crushed off be tween cars, Hugh Caruth, manager of the Nashville Telephone Company stuck a large nail in his foot, an em- pleye at Will Smith S mill had his foot crushed, and c. w. Smalling had his head badly bruised by being thrown out of a wagon.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Medical Examiner Appointed.

Dr. R. A. Hilton of Fl Dorado has been appointed member of the Board of Medical Examiners for Arkansas Medical Society for the Seventh congressional district, to fill the unexpired term of pr. J. w. Week of Camden recently resigned.
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w. L. Guntrop Pardoned.

w. L. Guntrop. convicted in the Faulkner Circuit Court July. 1899. on the charge of carnal abuse and sen- fenced to one year in the penitentiary. has been granted pardon by Acting Governor Pindall, in order to restore his citizenship.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Mustered Out.

An order has been issued by Adju- tant General Paul Little ordering the mastering out of Company H, First Regiment, Arkansas National Guard, stationed at Charlottesville. for failure to maintain it's membership to the number required by the secretary of war
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Sold His Sweetheart.

A young man by the name of My att, living in Baxter county, is said to have sold his sweetheart for span of mules which his father gave him on condition that he would break his engagement.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Ell In Stone County.

An elk, which is supposed to have escaped from some show, was seen near Rushing, in Stone county recently.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Children. Home To Be Built.

A children's home, to cost about $20.000, will be erected at Hot Springs by the Children's Home and Girls Protective Association.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Such a Silly Idea.

Lingerie waists should be squeezed nd not rubbed" says a magazine writer. Tut, tut. Who'd care about rubbing one if he could squeeze 1t? :
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
New Spoke Factory.

spoke factory will be established at Hot Springs and negotiations are eoins forward to secure lease.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
CreditabIe,

It is a credit to Americas scientific spirit that money can be found to finance a polar expeditiens instead of being invested in a trust nearer homo.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Four Counties to Be Heard From.

The sheriffs of Il counties in AT. kansas have made their annual set dement's in full or in part with the state auditor. The collectors who have made no settlements this year are those of Cross, Little River, Poinsett and Sebastian counties. Quite a number owe small balances, which is usually the case every year, and which Is unavoidable. The larg- est balance due on an unpaid settle ment is by the collector of Conway county, who has paid about $1.000 on a collection of about $2O.000. The law requires the collector to settle with the auditor within 15 days after he has made a settlement with the County Court, and the County Court meets every year for the purpose of making this settlement on the first Monday in July.
The Monticellonian., 1907-08-01
Collectors Fees.

Attorney General Kirby in an opin- ion recently handed down as to the compensation sheriff or collector is entitled to for collecting revenue says that the law allows them commissions on the kind of funds they receive for taxes. His opinion is as follows: The collector is to be allowed and paid commissions in kind of the funds col lected. For the first $10,000 collected. per cent; for all sums over $10.000 and under s20,000 collected, 3 per cent: for all sums over $20,000 col lected, ? per cent. Thus, if the wholo revenue collected shall amount to S6O,00O in one year, he is to be allowed on the first s10.000 5 per cent $500. on the second s10,000 3 per cent, $500: on remaining s40,0O0 per cent, $500 In all, s1,600 dollars, or an average of 2.66 2-3 per cent on the said S60.000, He also Is allowed the same fees for making distress and sale of goods and chattels for the payment of taxes as are now or hereafter may be allowed by law. to sheriffs for making levy and sale of property on execution and trav- cling fees, to be computed at 50 cents for each delinquent visited"
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natured beast: 'Dood Don! Dood
Donr The father nearly dropped in
his tracks from surprise and alarm,
and wildly cried out to a groom to get
the little one.
This action angered the elephant and
when the interfering keeper took the
child away the beast showed his dis
pleasure by fierce trumpeting, and a
few minutes later he caught the Of
Tending employe around the waist and
slammed him against the ground with
energy enough TO shake it. The poor
fellow had his breath knocked out and
an arm broken, and would have Jared
even worse if the enraged beast had
not thrown him out of reach.
She soon learned to know all the ele-
plants by name, and would move
among them with the utmost freedom
talking to them as she would to her
kitten or puppy, or the good and bad of
her dollies.
Those who have made a study of
wild creatures say that the infection
of the human voice has everything to
do with arOuSing their likes and dis
likes. Elephants are obviously fond of
children, and none was known to hurt
one
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cage and quietly contemplate the af-
fectionate interest of his weakened
spouse in her little friend. When the
child would rise to quit the cage, the
big fellow always came forward and
tapped her hands and cheeks in tender
est token of his regard. The child
would open the door and close it, with
no attendant near.
Pitied Him as if He Were a Dog.
At Providence, when all hope had
been given up for the handsome lion.
Brutus, the little Schadei girl was sent
for. When Brutus saw her he was al
most beside himself with joyous eX-
element. For a week he had been as
limp as a wet rag. and had eaten
hardly enough to keep a bird.
The little girl went into his cage and
threw her arms about his neck. as she
would have done about the neck of a
beloved Newfoundland dog. The lion
Tapped her face and hands, and cir
cled around her, put his paws gently
in her lap as she sat down, and in a
dozen different ways manifested the
deepest qualification at seeing her
again.
Most of that night the child slept
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won't let him. After she has SpraWled
and flOundered until all the graceful
poses possible have been shown, the
man brings a headless barrel, into
which she slides as into a skirt, and,
thus screened by slaves for petticoats,
she makes a mock modest exit.
The producer of The FolIies of
1907 is the husband of the risky
frisky Anna Held. and while she is
resting, her trained ballet-chorus is at
work in this summer solstice play.
Therefore the wicked ideas are ex-
pertly carried out. l wonder if some
of them are Annals own. This is an
example. The scene is in the Ham
merstein opera house, at the rear of a
row of boxes, in which sit twelve wO-
men They face an ina ginary stage,
with their back towards the actual au-
dience. Their hair is deliberately Golf
fured in the latest mode. but Of their
raiment not a scrap is visible above
the boxes edge. We see d dozen pairs
Of shoulders, and portions of a dozen
backs, while arms are lifted into view;
but the women might as well be in
bath tubs as in opera boxes, so far as
the spectator can be certain about
their garb and that is WHY breaths
are gasped, while glasses are raised.
when those mimic society bellies sud-
denly pop out of their seats and stand
arrow behind the footlights. They are
a practical joke in gorgeous gowning.
Not only are the skirts trailingly long,
but, by the deft turning UP of seme
latent contrivances, the shoulders are
covered.
Let me think if there isn't some fun
that is masculine in THE Follies of
1907" Roosevelt makes a speech that
we hear through his secretary's mega
phone, while the president ways his
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-04

Theresa Schadel. an S-year-old school
girl of BarabUO, Wis, is SO beloved by
the wild animals in the circus menag-
erie wintering there that unless she
visits them every day their spirits
droop, and frequently they decline
their food. A few weeks ago when the
little girl was kept home by illness a
Petted lion and liOness were reduced to
the utmost detection, and her return
reused them to such transports of joy
that she was obliged to enter their den
TO pacify them.
1t is her habit to caress and feed and
talk TO the various animals, especially
those of the cat family. She talks to
them as she would to a playful kitten,
and evinces no more fear in mauling
them about.
This strange fascination of hers for
wild beasts was shown first when she
was about 3 years old. Her father is
circus rider, and the first few years
of her life she accompanied her parents
in their travels. One day her father
found her in the menagerie of Ringing
Bros circus, swinging on the trunk
of an elephant and saying to the good
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Magic Spell of the chiId's Voice.

lawful of big teeth silently. and goes
away arm in arm with a huge Teddy
bear. No one laughs at that. Tenor
Caruso is tried for pinching women in
the Central park monkey house, and
convicted on the DantOmimic evidence
of an ape who has seen the misconduct
from a cage; but the papathy isn't dis
PEELED till the jurors, who look like
QuakeresseS when sworn in, disclose
themselves as ballerinos when they
turn their diverse sides to take thei1
seats. The first man to induce laugh
ter is a jay with a beard as long as
himself. and who uses those whiskeTs
for drapeTies in a skirt dance on a
stove, the fire in which Eliminates
them from beneath. The August men
go to see girls. They take notice of a
PocahonIas because she wig-wags like
a couchee dancer. Very much they like
a scene at a stage door, where show
girl is watched by a blind beggar while
she puts off her stage costume in Sha-
dowgraph behind a window, and they
laugh out loud when, emerging in the
sober Salvation lassie dress of Edna
May. she pulls her skirts away up and
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The little Sehadel girl was called
from Baraboo to Providence last sum-
mer when the finest lion in the menag-
erie seemed to be nearing the end of
his earthly career. This beast was a
splendid specimen and docile as a dog.
He had lost his partner, Mona, at the
beginning of the season. She was a
high-strung beast, and loved by all of
the attendants. Her majestic better
half waited on her by inches during
the long time of her sickness, and when
her condition became critical-which
he instinCtively seemed to realize-he
would let no human being come near
her but little Theresa Schadel. Even
the head keeper of the mena gerie. who
always had been a friend, he turned
against, and in a fit of fear and rage
one evening cruelty tore the flesh of
the keepers arm from the shoulder to
the elbow.
The fear that might come naturally
to a person knowing this did not seem
10 touch the little girl. Theresa would
even go into the cage and pet the sick
lioness and crack meat bones so that
the poor beast might have the relished
marrow. At these times, the male
lion would retire TO the end of the
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takes a banknote from the top of an
exceedingly long stocking to give the
siy-eyed. peeping mendicant-
It is easy to forgive an eXquisitely
artistic rascal. Such ones are La Pc
tite Adelaide. IN one of these summer
extravaganzaS, and Mamsel le Dazzle in
another. Adelaide is a dwarfish and
not pretty creature. who has been with
us many year, and whose tip-t0e in
stead of heel-down feet-that is. feats
may have become unappTecIaredly
familiar Dazzle has been advantaged
b. a manager who has wound I'D by
marrying her. She had eyes so weak
when he first met her. that the foot
light glare had driven her from the
stage. Very WELL" said he, I'VE will
shade your eyes, and put you forth as
the Girl in the Red Domino" That
made her a roof garden wonder of 1906,
for she was a remarkable dancer. But
she must have an ugly face, or she
wouldn't hide it. He answered that by
leasing her to the Manhattan opera
house last winter as premier danseuse.
This summer she is the sensuOus extra
in roof garden play. She is stiff in a
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French doll dance. timber in a Japan
csc Ji-Jltsu dance, and saucy, auda-
eious, indecent and beautiful in a Sa-
lone dance Emma Carus is fat She
sings IL a travesty of the operate YER
sion Of oscar Wilde's ''Salome' But
when the time comes for Salome to
dance before HerOd for John the Bap-
lists head, Emma disappears and in
her stead comes Dazzle. half Emma S
size, but cOstumed and made up exact
ly like her. 1 won't 90 into the par
ticulars of Dazies dance of the seven
wells" The thermometer as 1 write
quotes "a Suffice it that when Dazie
has flung off the seventh veil there isn't
enough of gauze left on her for an
eighth.
We must beg the audiences pardon
for an Interruption, says a man who
comes down to the fOOtlights agitated:
the police have seen fit to make a
raid"
Dazzle shrinks and covers timidIy.
For a moment the audience is fooled.
Then a lot of mimic policemen Chamber
to the stage and join in can-can for
a finale.
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in between the bars and caught Dandy
by the tail. He dropped his hold on
Garry's shoulder as if he had been
shot The move was so sudden that
even Garry let so, and both shot a.
swift glance at the intruder.
1t took but an instant, and down
went their heads and tails. They drew
into opposite corners of the cage and
began to lick their wounds. and then
the little girl began to talk to them
She did not scold them but, on the
contrary. sympathized with each one
as though he were the unfortunate vic
tim.
She threw her arms about the
wounded lion while he had his Shout
der stitched and helped the animal
doctor bandage the injured leg. When
they were patched up. and had gotten
over their emotions of fear and rage,
she went into the cage and petted both
in turn and finally led Dandy over to
his growing foe. She put one arm
around each of them and brought their
faces together, with her own head
partly resting on each. This act
touched their noble natures, and they
soon began TO caTess each other. and
from that time on became fast friends.
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curled up at his side, and when the
time came for her to quit the cage he
tried TO follow her. She talked to him
in the kindeSt. gentlest tones, as she
always had, and babe him go back.
He went to the end of his cage as if
he understood.
The little girl remained with the
show for, two weeks, and every day
and every evening she spent much of
her time talking TO and petting the
nObIe-tempered beast.
Magic Spell of the chId's Voice.
Even the tiger and the jaguaT, which
are supposed to be athirst always for
blood, have come under the influence
of this affectiOnate little girl. She
uses no secret method or magic spells.
She just talks to them, and this ex-
plains the influence children generally
have over animals. 1t is the charm of
tender tones.
This power of the voice in its effect
upon wild animals was practically
shown at the winter quarters of Ring
ling Bros circus a short time ago. A
new keeper, man of experience and
temperate habits, seemed to have a
good deal of trouble with his charges.
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The dislike of the big family of beasts
was not shown at once, but soon be-
came universal and strongly marked.
1t was suspected that while Outwardly
he treated them with kindness, he Sc
cretly hurt or annoyed them, therefore
a watch was set on him, with the curl
Gus result that it was found he did not
talk to them.
Another instance of the remarkable
power of Theresa Schadel over wild all
imals was shown when she recOnciled
two African lions that never could get
along together. Several times they had
to be separated by streams of hot wa
ter One was a cOnceited beast called
Dandy, and the other was a square
headed, heavy-jawed and deep-chested
animal called Garry
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Huge Cats Have Savage Fight.

Little Theresa happened into the
quarters one day when the two huge
cats were having a savage fight. Both
were torn and bloody, and several at
tendants were trying to separate them
with iron bars and wooden stakes. The
child was Mortified and, running to-
ward the cage, began to cry and
begged them to quit; she even reached
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-09-22

After having served two years and a
half of an eight-year sentence for steal
. ing a COW. George a. Williams applied
. to the state pardon board yesterday for
pardon. The board denied his request
Fred K. Henderson, after serving fiji
teen months Of three-year sentence for
assaulting young girl at Liberty park
was parOled.
Williams was charged with grand lar
ceny and sentenced by Judge Armstrong,
February %, 1905 He asserted that he
had purchased the COW, but the man who
sold IL could never be found. The dis
trict attorney was favorable to pardon
Henderson was sentenced May "a, 1900,
by Judge Armstrong. His defense was
that he was drunk at the time of the at
tempt on the girl. The district attorney
was also favorable in this case.
John w. FreshWater, convicted OF a
statutory offense. was also pardOned- His
sentence. however, expired today and the
pardon only gave him an additional day
of freedom He was sentenced July 5.
1905, by Judge Booth of Provo, to eighteen
months in the penitentiary.
John Holmes, convicted of burglary IN
the first degree, October &c, 1906, by Judge
Armstrong, and sentenced to eight years,
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fine MUSIC IS PROMISED
Festival to Be Held in Spring to Have
Many Interesting Features
Arrangements in Progress.

The Salt Lake Music Festival associ-
alton is sending out to its subscribers
announcement of the seasons festival,
which will be held next spring. The fcs-
tivdl held last April was such a decided
success that it has been decided to hold
festivals each spring, making them an
nual musical events. The best talent
available will be secured. The Festival
chorus, which Fred Graham organized es-
pecially for the last event. is now per-
manent organization. and will. of course,
take part in all festivals. So many ap-
plicationS have been made for member
ship in the chorus that it has been de-
clded to have all new members furnish
letters of recommendations from mem
bers of the festival committee. The
committee includes many of the most
prominent vocal teachers of the city.
The vocal scores of the works to be
given at the coming festival-Sullivan's
Golden Legend" and TaylorS Wedding
Feast'-have been received by Mr.. Ora
ham, and it is likely that the chorus
will be called for rehearsal the second
Monday In October. The chorus will be
augmented by the Tabernacle choir in
giving The Golden Legend"
The festival will be carried on along
Graham, who is responsible for the an
nual music festival. and who will con-
Unue to be manager. has secured the
services of Professors Stephens as choral
conductor. There will be four perform
ances, each one different in character
Two performances will be of a miscel-
laneOus nature and two of oratorio.
Subscriptions are now being received
for season tickets. Subscribers sending
in their names before the list closes
Will be entitled to first choice of seats
at half the regular price of admission