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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
BOOMING HIS TOWN.
97W How a Young Board of Trade President
 g "Made Good" With the People.

Systematic town boosting is a fea-
 {nre of American business activity
 which aims at the general good instead s6f personal profit. One western town lad board of trade which had slept Along for years without doing anything
 n particular, except eating some food .Once year at a banquet and listening 10 some spread eagle oratory, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. The organization became moribund, and its presidency Twas an honor no longer sought for. ASThe directors met and gave the place Sto a young man of the type i've like to encourage" The young man took his Fjob seriously and went to work. It wasn't long before he grew an idea of his own
 Every family that moved to town he spotted. Employment was provided for the breadwinners where necessary, Aand the new people were made to feel Iat home. When this personal atten- F1on had got in its work, a representa-. tive of the board of trade interviewed the head of the new family. This in. terview was incorporated into letter. mimeograph copies were made, put into stamped envelopes and made ready to mail. Then the letters were taken to the newcomer, and he was asked to address them to his friends "back east" The scheme worked like magic, and the population boomed. Of that Idea many new ones were born. The young man has been several times re- elected president of the board of trade. ana he can have anything the people Of that town can give him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
Witchcraft In the Mineteenth Century

ais ifh ShS isNaGtSGNSb N~htuE y'
 Most people believe that witcherts.t: i: among civilized people ended when the "Salem witch mania" ran it's course and died out in the year 1892. It did as far as America Is concerned, except among sayages, but in other countries the belief Tn the superstition did not die until much later date, even if 1t can be truly said to be dead now. In France an old beggar was tortured to death as late as 1907 on the charge of being one who "communed with evil spirits" and in Spain a witch was burned in 1908. In 1850 in France a man and bis wife tortured a suspected witch to death, and nothing at all was done with them by the criminal courts on account of the lingering belief in sorcery Four years later witch was drowned in England, and in 1860 one was burned in Mexico. In 1874, 1879, 1880 and again in 1889 witches were publicly burned in Russia, and even as late as 1890 regular Judicial trials of witches were had in Prussia, Pc land and Austria Hungary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
School Gardens Create Taste.

The educational value of the school garden cannot be overestimated. What we want to do Is to teach the children taste-get taste into the child, get taste lnto the household and then finally taste into the community-and when we have oone this we need not fear the results
 says the Los Angeles Times. The lac!; or taste in the community generally is an unfortunate fact, notwithstandin: our grand school system, and may ha attr1outed in a large degree to the 1aliure to appreciate it's necessity by our educators. It is particularly pleas
 ing 10 those most deeply interested to aote now universal is becoming the oemand for school gardens. Reform in many branches of public improvement would be far easier of accomplishment no" had the children of the previous generation been trained in the fund.-,
 mental principles of taste, the powe, ol perceiving, appreciating and discov
 er'ng beauty and excellence. The more ', we consider the curriculum of our puh
 nc schools, the more we perceive how IL could be Improved to meet the chang
 ns conditions of our American life vur children need far more than the :. .ee KS to fit them for citizenship as 4. is drawing upon us. The atmosphere anu appurtenances of the schoolroom suouid tend to impart culture and ts .Ss'e' which in turn are transferred to s-e nome and thus minister to the gen erai upbuilding. One of the surest and oest ways to accomplish this greatest eoou to both school and home is to sai1y at times the schoolroom (figura- e,s ee.y, at leasb out into the pure and ta .4eSatlhg atmosphere and influence Of the school garden. VI
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
CircumstantiaI Evidence.

Chick Bruce was a famous Adiron dack guide. who accompanied Grover Cleveland on one or two of his hunting trips in those mountains. Chick left MT. Cleveland sitting on a log one morning while he went out to drive down deer should he chance to find one. When he came back he saw his distinguished employer still sitting ou the log, but with the muzzle of his gun pointing directly at the presidential chest. v
 Here" shouted Chick, "quit that dod gast ye! Suppose that gun had gone off and you had killed yourself what would have happened to me: Dern ye, everybody knows I'm Re publicanv'-4Saturday Evening Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
A Iaroe Order.

The proprietor of a certain restau rant leased" the reverse side of his bill of fare to a carriage manufacturer who prints advertisements thereon The other day customer, in a great hurry, ran into the restaurant, sat at a table and was handed bill wrong side up by the Hurried waiter. The customer put oh his pince-nez, curled hts mustache wirh his left hand and shouted in a voice of thunder: Bring me fly, laudau. two victorias and q dogcart. Got any funeral carsT' The waiter fed.-London Graphic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
Cont Throw CudqeIs at Your ro,.

hol hever h railings you may haye.and rh.. heaven knows Ill have some
 eney should struggle day and night 1,., as you coldly frown. p"oe anu +h an the strength that you possess throw cndgels at your town. u streets and squares. 'oo' "e' sons, e ner officials have. the par uo not M an endless platnt your o. small opinion give l'' 'oo' w%o mucn better things were done "nere you have chanced to live. nss are not what they should be Rou qua s.n ought to be improved, o" up your sleeves and go to work and R,t Lave whats wrong removed.
 70. me say. whatever line of action , you pursue,
 uoe destroy what you now have til, you can build anew
 Boston Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
SCHOOL GARDEN RULES
1.,. Massachusetts in''isu''0" "
 Managed by Women

~ Manaqed by "o
 A school garden 'n so,,ovina 'M1as.S has adopted the following pa ru's .s.,,,ar ,rS and punctual in attendance ,,Kesn garden orderly. Keep reeora a lhoo,. @ Correctly. Leave tools cleaneo , .nd p,,t away before going home De ! courteous to all, and if absent or ,a,e rurnisb excuse from parent or teacher
 Ifany one repeatedly breaks 'neSr l'.;', rules his relation with the scnool .,oa " ''' ', tern1nate The classes meet t"'oe wooE- "Wednesday after school ano sa+,,rday morning-one hour each per oS nhor will work in the gafuehs through the summer Vaca.ion a aa,t pupil i, absent, substitute ls seaa' Badges or pins of green and "hl,e @ are { worn telling garden, number ana tlnle eu,xssIo ss Notebooks are kept, record 2 fha temperature, attendance oa'e, tlSk& of planting, plan ot garden anu any other notes they care 10 recoiu
 g,vvhep insects are found or oirus heard questions are asked and notice 1sbon of Their habits, etc. During the s,1,ssnmar children will be taken In small { ~,nrns on short walks to hear the v0Ices of nature. The children already s11e advice to parents, telling them the Tgat methods for planting cucumbers anh beans and setting out tomato nf1nt The parents and friends take ns.sch interest, visiting the garden while the children work, helping to txen their notes correctly and the gar sdn in good order. The Woman's club TVS the expenses and has the busi- I31l s management of the garden. They live taken up the work ill a most antisfactory and helpful way.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
Something of That Kind,

"Young man." said the serious gen tleman, "did you ever pause and think that each tick of the clock brings you another moment nearer to the end Of your existence?"
 T was thinking of something of that kind this very minute" cheerfully rc piled the youth, 'only the idea strucs me that each tick brought pay day thai much nearer"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
Judoment Reversed.

Schoolteacher-I am sorry to com. plain, but Johnnie Jones has been very impertlnent. Princlpal-You must be more patient, Miss Howard Teach the children to respect you as they do me, and we shall have fewer complaints. What did he say? Schoolteacher-He said you were the sklnniest old maid alive!-Bruoklyn Life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
A Puzzier.

An old white haired darky living o. q plantation, not feeling well. had th, doctor pay him visit. The docto. told him as he was getting old h must eat plenty of chicken and st: out of damp night air But, sah, said the old darky. "how can you ex pect me to stay in de house at nigh and still get my chickens?'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
His RiSino Dav.

"He never did llse in the world til, he stumbled over lot O dynamite . the village gossip said, "an' even then like so many men in the risin' bust ness. he never did know what he rix fer!'-Atlanta Constitution.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
A Ni.e Present.

It Is said of champion mean man that the only present he ever made to his wife was on the twenty-fifth ami versary of their wedding. when he gave her four yards of cotton cloth with which to make him shirt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
ISAAC DREYrU3.

Oxr wholesale department ts con plete 1n Dry Goods, FurntsEirgn Ne t!ons and Hats. Quick delivery ans 'nantf+.es to s',it Ls our strcnx "a '22-l24-12S.129 Main strsst. Plas Es ArkanaaA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
Health Recipe.

One time q man asked the poet Lon. fellow how to be healthy. and this the answer he received:
 Joy. temperance and repose
 Slam the door on the doctors nose.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
louioaI Rasult.

Teavher-Wha, happens when a pc. sons temperature goes down as far as 1t can go? Tommy-Then he has cold feet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
The pisadvantaoes of Schools.

"Why have you taken your son out of school without asking permission?"
 Father ia grocer) = But they were ruining hiu. wish to bring him up t. carry on my business, and they were teaching him that there are sixteen ounces in a pound.-Motto Pu Ridere
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
WE ARE READY FOR BuSJyrss

We can save owners money on brick, concrete, carpenter, papering and painting work. We solicit an op. portunity to compare figures. The Boyce Construction Company.
 By D. ". Boyce, Business Manager Bell phone No. ,.
 New phone No. }.
 Office 1G6 Pine street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01

England and Australia are the onl, islands which exceed Cuba in thei, natural resources.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01

soms of the Leading Wholesale and merit a liberal share of your pat
 PINE BLUFF IRON WORKS
 General founde" and MachInjsta
 Brass and ui LAstings and Na chine RepanILe. Stock of all stand ard goods and castings carried iS stock all the time. Locomotives, Az zines and Boilers Repaired Lons distance telephones. day, AIS: nigbt 234 Pine Bluff, Arkansaa Note We operate our machine shop both day and night
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01

The world knows nothing of It., grea test man.-Van Artevelde.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-01
BUSINESS DIRECTORY

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The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

Manager Fred Clarke, Of the
Pirates. has sprung a sensation in
baseball circles by lodging a
formal complaint with President
Harry c. Pulliam against the now
famous shin padsWorn by Catcher
Roger Bresnahan. Of the Giants.
Clarke Is in deadly earnest in his
war against the novel armor, and
he threatens to protest the game
lost by the Pirates to the Giants
last Saturday, claiming that Bres-
nahan's guards had a great deal
to do with the result.
As the matter stands at pres
ent. New York has big advan-
tage over every other club de-
clares Clarke. With BrtSnahan
wearing those guards it would be
next to impossible for any oppos-
ing player to touch the plate in a
close play on the Polo Grounds.
Il am not stretching the truth
a particle when | say that those
shin guards cost us Saturdays
game
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
BOBYS & BOBYS,
7l0 Ninth ST n. w.

Mrs. P. Hagan, mother OF
philadelphia Jack O'Brien, has
faith in her son, and saws that she
does not believe half the stories
that are being told about him.
Mrs. Hagan has telegraphed Jack
telling him to come home. and if
he saws he will do so she will take
a cottage at either Atlantic City
or Wildwood and live there in
quietude for the rest OF the sum
mer.
Who has the right to call off
bets on a boxing contest is a ques-
ton which is now worrying the
sports. If the referee or mana
ger of a fight has no right, who
has?
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

Harry Lewis is a IO-to-7 ia
vorite over Jimmy Gardner for
their ten-round bout, to take place
in the arena Of the Coliseum Ath-
lehc Club, Of Denver, Colo, on
May p.
Tommy Lowe, Of this city, is
getting plenty Of bouts before
Philadelphia clubs.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

The Chicago Cubs are now
well fortified in every department
Of the game, and every man. with
the exception Of Reulbach. is fit
and trim to do battle with the best
in the league. How long it will be
before Reulbach can take his turn
in the box is a question. Chance
has him out every day hustling
hard in neutrality-suspicious.
especially when the teams turn
for batting prachceoom around.
No amount Of that kind OF
work will get control forapitcher,
though said Mordecai Brown.
A pitcher can only get conf
dence and control by pitching in
a game. Warming up to a catcher
and pitching to batters in practice
are a long ways off from the work
that comes to a man when he is in
the box and every bali counts for
or against him. If Reulbach could
pitch in a game the way he warns
up to a catcher no team in the
world could beat him. | don't be-
lieve the best batters in the league
would make half dozen good,
healthy foul tips off him. But in
a game it IS a different thing. Nc
pitcher works in the box as he
does when warming up.
Before the game his object is
to get his muscles loosened Up
and to determine whether his con
troll is sufficient to lead him tC
expect he will be right when il
the box. After the battle start,
he tightenS up and works hard
where before he was relaxed. L
makes a great deal OF difference
in the quality of his work. ClarI
Griffith came near as any man
ever knew OF to pitching the same
in the box as he did to the catcher
in warming up. He never seemed
TO exert himself. Pfeister is wild
as a hawk when warming up, but
put a batter between him and tn,
catcher, even if the batter doe;
not strike at the ball at all. anC
Jack steadieS down and gets the
sphere over in great shape
Jack Sullivan and Hugo Kelly
have agreed to box twenty
rounds before the Pacific Athletic
Club, of Los Angeles. on June !.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

Jim Donovan and Tommy
Sullivan have been matched to
box ten rounds before the Man
chester (N. H. Athletic Club on
May 30.
Joe Bernstein and Jack Good
man have agreed to box SIX
rounds before the Brown Ath-
letic Club next Tuesday night.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

Cyclone Johnny Thompson
and Pete" Sullivan have signed
articles of agreement calling for
a twenty-round bout to take place
at Bingham, Utah, on June IS.
If Bill Squires cannot defeat
Tommy Burns inside of forty
FIVE rounds he had better return
to Australia.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19
SPORT BULLETIN

Cincinnati sprung one OF the
most interesting questions that
have cropped up in baseball for
years in a game at New York last
week. Umpire Rigler introduced
it, and it is certain to go to the
highest tribunal before a definite
decision has been rendered. The
baseball world will await the YER
dict.
In the middle of the game Rig
Ter threw wet ball out of a game
and ran in a dry one, notwith-
standing that he had upset all
precedents and caused the game
to be played under protest by Nc
GraW.
For years it has been custom
AIRY for ball clubs on a wet day to
have a conference about the balls
to be used. If they agree on
dry balls it Is the duty Of the
umpire to throw in a dry one
every time the one in use gets wet
and slippery. If this rule has not
been agreed upon in advance it is
customary for the game to pro-
ceed under the regular rules, and
the ball must be kept in play until
it is fouled out Of the grounds or
the cover Is cut.
Umpire Rigler upset this prece-
dent by running in a dry ball any
way. He claimed that he was act
ing Under the well-known rule
which authorizes an umpire TO
throw a ball out Of the game any
time that it is damaged. Umpire
Rigler maintains that when a ball
becomes wet and slippery it is
damaged. Do YOU see the point
On the other hand, McGraw
claims that It has always been the
rule that unless a ball be cut or
torn 1t IS not damaged. 1t has al
ways been the rule among ball
players that when a ball becomes
wet, slippery or discolored from
natural causes It does not come
under the technical meaning OF
damaged -
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

As sporting men IN general and
holders OF bets on the recent
Burns-O'Brien fight at Los An
geles, Cal, are talking about the
action of Referee Eyton in calling
all bets on the battle off, the fol
lowing opinions of three we'll
known referees will be Of inter-
est:
George Sile7: Referee Eyton
acted under Tom McCarey's in
structions, and | presume was
compelled to declare bets off, but
unfortunately the rules do not
touch on the betting
Charley White: The man
whose money was on Burns
should win. for Referee Eyton
decided that Burns won the fight.
Eyton had nothing to say about
the bets. either before or after the
fight. The rules give him no such
authority. and his business was to
enforce the rules and the agree
ment under which the men met.
\ fight is not, under the rules,
primarily a contest for money. 1t
is 10 decide which is the better
man. Bets are incidental.
Suppose that | had money on
Burns. how did Eyton get control
of it? The bettors themselves
named the only conditions, which
was that the money should go on
the referees decision OF the fight
He might tell who won, might
decide that it was a draw. that
one man won on a foul, or might
call it a no contest. The money
would follow any one of those
possible decisions, but no other
Johnny White: The people
who had their money on Burns
should collect. Notwithstanding the
declaration Of Referee Eyton.
"A referee has nothing to dc
with betting; has no jurisdiction
Of the subject. Officially he doe,
not know that a bet has beer
made. 1t is his business to say
which man won, to declare ;
draw, to decide the fight on fou
or to call it no contest
The usual wager Is on the ref
ereeS decision. because the bet
tors are satisfied with his judg
ment in picking the superior man
His decision may be that join
Doe or Richard Roe wins; tha
John Doe or Richard Roe wins OF
foul; that it Is a draw, or tina
there is no contest. He has N
authority to say anything else tha
will in any way affect the none,
up on the result. Eyton decidec
that Burns won. That IS the pOin
on which the bettors placed thei
money.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

Another Piccadilly favorite Is
due to arrive in this country in
the next few weeks to try his luck
against Yankee mittmen. He is
Jack Goldswain, who thirteen
months ago defeated Jabez White
and won the lightweight cham
pionship Of England, writes J. c.
Isaminger, OF Philadelphia.
Goldswain is finding it as hard
to get a match in his native coun-
try as Joe Thomas, Jack Black
burn and Jack Johnson do in
America. For that reason he is
packing up his trunks and sweat
ers for an American campaign.
Goldswain is no longer a light
weight. He cannot fight under
40 pounds, which may prevent
his obtaining a match with Bat
Ting Nelson. whom he is particu-
larly desirous OF meeting,
The Engishman will find no
end Of boys in Philadelphia who
will sprint to get to him first.
Boys like INK Russell. Willie
Fitzgerald, Young Erne and one
or two others will be at the docks
when Jacks steamship arrives,
and they won't make any burden
some conditions to prevent a
match.
If Goldie has no scruples
against one Of Booker Washing
tons race he'll find Jack Black
burn on the job instanter. If he
has been oStracized in England
he'll find himself smothered with
challenges on this side Of the sea.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-23
BIG WHALES KILLED
NEAR LONG ISLAND
Old Time Whalcrs Got Busy With
Harpoons and Captured VaIua.
Bile Prizes.
tCont,nrad ~ popo rive !,

AMAGIhNSETTE. l.. l.. Feb. ~ -
Three whales following school OF
fist, working along the Atlantic coast
were sighted off the south shore OF
Long Island toda" and two uf them
were killed by old time whnlers, V M
live hero or ut Wninscott.
a bull landed hcrc Is II foo; 'nrg
and perfect Tho ono nj Wnnscou
Is calf between forty and fifty foot
long. Tho hull promises To vio,d ~
barrcls of oil while the whale homo
Is IL feet long. Tho third wh;ln
did not escape until harpoona bad
hFon made fast. Whalers think he
will font up off shore within u day
or two. for he appeared mor,a!iy
wounded
The hull WAS killed bv Captrin 10
scph Edwards. who has spent most
o! his &c years whaling. Til. calf
was the prize Of Cantnin Oliver Os-
borne and his crew of nine men.
Captain Everett Hand vafc-an
New bedford whaler. had found his
mark I'm the third whale, bur as tho
boat came along side the flopping tail
tore the oars from one sidn aad
threatened to swamp the craft Cap
tain Hand cut the line ana the wpunt-
cd whale scudded seward.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-02-23
i T Il
SMALLPOX IN MISSOURI
HOUSE OF DELEGATES
Representative Salts Stricken With
Dread Disease While
in His Seat.
CONNECTION AMONG THE MEMBERS
Boarding House Keepers Refuse to
AiIo" Legislators to Enter Their
Homes and Governor Folk Offers
Hla Manolon for Temporary quar-.
tcrs-eovernor Not Alarmed.
lBy Aasociated Prnss. !

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, FEB. 22,---
Representative w. j. Salts, of Phelps
county, was taken down with small
poX while In his scat on tho floor OF
the House in tho state Capitol today
Much commotlon among the other
mrmbers enBued
The House of Representatives this
afternoon after the hall had been
fumiEated by the State Board of
-enlth. adjourned until D. IN. Mon
day. y resolution. adopted amid the
confusion and with but half OF the
members present, provides for thor
ough fumlEntion Of the capitol.
Barred From Boarding Houses
MANY boarding house Keepers have
refused to allow their homes to- ho
entered ~ legislators. III cnnsc.
qunncn Governor Folk has offered the
mo OF his mansion to legislators who
are unable TO obtain quarters else.
where,
Representative Saltz was in confer
cnce with Governor Folk this morn
ing Governor Folk said al noticed
pimples on his face. hut thought
nothing cf II at tho time, Possibly I
iahgll have to get .vnecinatea now. sbnt
n do spet feel g III I'll alarmed. = i s.
'fheF unveI'iiort was yaccinnted dbnnt
three years ago, he said.