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The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
Quoald,s Explanation.

Staying at an inn in Scotland . shooting party found their sport much interfered with by rain. Still, wet or fine, the old-fashioned barometer that hung in the hall consistently pointed to "set fair" At length one of the party drew the landlords attention to the glass, saying: Don't you think now, Dugald, there's something the matter with your glass?' NO, sir replied Dugald, with dignity; she's gude glass and a powerful glass, but she's no moved wi trihes."
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26

handled the buying in a masterly way. When the closing gong struck, Beulah Sands had 10000 shares, which aver aged her 115; Bob and l had 30.000 at an average of l25 and the stock had closed 132 bid and in big demand. Miss Sands 20,000 showed $340,000 profit. while our 30,000 showed S210,- 900 at the closing price. All the houses with Washington wires were wildly scrambling for sugar aS soon as it began to jump. And it certainly looked as though the shares were good for the figures set for them by Bob, S175, at which price the Sands profits would be $l,200000. Bob was beside himself with joy. He dined with Kate and me. and as l watched him my heart almost stopped beating at the thought-"if anything should happen to upset his plans!' His happiness was pathetic to witness. He was like a child He threw away all the reserve of the past three months and laughed and was grave by turns. After din ner, as we sat in the library over our
 
 said:
 Katherine Randolph, you and Jim don't know what misery I have been in for three months, and now-wi'l to- morrow never come, so l may get into the whirl and clean up this deal and send that girl back to her father with the money l wanted her to tele- graph the judge that things looked like she would win olA and bring back the relief but she would not hear of it. She is marvellous woman She has not turned a hair to-day. l don't think her pulse is up an eighth to- night She has not sent home a word of announcement since she has been here, more than to tell her father she is doing we'll with her stories. It seems they both agreed the only way to work the thing out was whole hog or none, and that she was to say nothing until she could herself bring the word saved or lost l don't know but she is right. She says if she should raise her fathers hopes, and
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
Kismet.
Kismet is an Arabic word meant,

k1Smet IS an AraDlc word meanina fate" or it is fated" A belief [. predestination is one of the fund.. mental principles in the Mohammedan faith. Not only a mans fortune. but his deeds, and consequently his futur. reward or punishment are, accordin, to this faith, irrevocably, and thus nm. ayoidably, pre-ordained-a doctrin. which has contributed largely to the success of Islam by inspiring it's cham. pions with the greatest contempt fo, the dangers of warfare. When Mn hammedan meets with any disaster Q, misfortune, no matter how great ha accepts the situation calmly, merely saying, "Kismet"-"it is fated."
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
then be compelled to dash them, the offacf would ha fota1p

then be compelled to dash them, the effect would be fatal"
 Bob rushed the talk along fitting from one point to another, but invaria- bly returning to Beulah Sands and to- morrow and it's saving profits. Final ly, he got to pitch where it seemed as though he must take off the lid, and before Kate or 1 realized what was coming he placed himself in front of us and said:
 Jim, Kate, cannot go into to-mor- row without telling you something that neither of you suspect. 1 must tell some one, now that everything is coming out right and that Beulah is to be saved; and whom can I tell but you, who have been everything to me |? T love Beulah Sands, surely, deeply, with every bit of me. 1 worship her, l tell you, and tomorrow, tomorrow ii this deal comes out as it must come, and 1 can put s1,500,000 into her hands and send her home to her ia. ther then, then, I will tell her l love her, and Jim, Kate, if she'll marry me, goodby, good-by to this hell of dollar. hunting, good-by to such misery as l have been in for three months, and home, Virginia home, for Beulah and me" He sank into chair and tears rolled down his cheeks.
 The next day sugar opened with a wild rush: "25 ,000 shares from 40 to 152.' That is the way it came on the tape, which meant that the crowd around the sugar-pole was mob and that the transactions were so heavy, quick and tangled that no one could tell to certainty just what the first or opening price was; but after the first lull, after the gong, there were of ficially reported transactions aggre- gating 25,000 shares and at prices va rying from 40 to 152. 1 was over on the floor to see the scramble, for it was noised about long before ten o'clock that sugar would open wild, and then, too, I wanted to be handy if Bob should need any quick advice.
 A minute before the gong struck, there were 300 men jammed around the sugar-pole; men with set, deter.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
well, Jim, know the Washington

Well, Jim, know the Washington buying his begun. All l know l have dug out for myself and am free to use it any way choose. l have gone over the deal with Beulah Sands, and we have decided to plunge. She has a balance of about s400,000, and l am going to spread 1t thin. am going to buy her 10000 shares and take on 10,- 900 for myself. If you went in for 2O,- 900 more, it would give me a wide sea to sail in. l know you never specu- late, Jim, for the house, but l thought you might in this case go in person ally"
 Don't say anything more, Bob" l replied. This time the rule goes by the board. But l will do better; I'll put up a million and you can go as high as 10000 for me. That will give you buying power of 100000, and l want you to use my last 50,000 shares as a litter"
 1 had never speculated in share of stock since l entered the firm of Randolph X Randolph, and on general, special, and every other principle was opposed to stock gambling, but I saw how Bob had worked it out, and that to make the deal sure it was necessary for him to have a good reserve buy ing power 10 fall back on it, after he got started, the System masters, whose game he was putting in to and whose plans he might upset should try to shake down the price to drive him out of their preserves.
 Thank you, Jim," he said, fervent- ly, and he continued: "Of course, see what's going through your head, but I'll accept the favor, for the deal is bound to be successful. I know your reason for coming in is just to help out, and that you won't feel bad ly because your last 50,000 shares will be used more as a guarantee for the deals success than for profit. And Miss Sands could not object to the part you play, as she did at the un- derwriting, for you will get big profit anyway
 Next day sugar was lively on the ex- change. Bob bought all in sight and
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
TuM0RS CONQUERED Overwhelming Proof that Lydia E. Pinkham's
 Vegetable Compound Succeeds.

One of the greatest triumphs of Lydia E. PinkhaIns Vegetable Com- pound is the conquering of woman's dread enemy Tumor,
 The growth of . tumor is so in- sidious that frequently its presence is wholly unsuspected until it is we'll advanced.
 So called wandering pains" may come from its early stages or the presence of danger may be made manifest by excessive monthly periods accompanied by unusual pain, from the abdomen through the groin and thigh.
 If you have mysterious pains, if there are indications of inflammation or displacements, secure bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, made from native roots and herbs, right away and begin it's use.
 The following letters should con vince every suffering woman of it's virtue, and that it actually does conquer tumors.
 Mrs. May Fry, of s36 w. Colfax Ave South Bend, Ind, writes: Dear Mrs. Pinkham :-
 Adht STtdL plcdsuTe III WrlC- ing to thank you for what Lydia E Nnkham's Vegetable Compound has done for me 1 also took the Blood Purifier in alternate doses with the Compound. Your medicine removed cyst tumor of four years growth, which three of the best physicians declared l had. They had said that only an operation could help me am very thankful that followed friends advice and took your medicine. It has made me strong and well woman and shall recommend it as long as live"
 Mrs. E. F. Hayes, of 2e Ruggles St. {. Boston, Mass, writes:
 Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
 '1 have been under different doctors treatment for long time without relief. They told me I had a fibroid tumor, my abdomen was swollen and suffered with great pain. I wrote to you for advice, you replied and followed your directions carefully and today am well women. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ex- pelled the tumor and strengthened my whole system." |
 Mrs. Perry Byers, of Mt,/ Pleasant, Iowa, writes:
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26

There is Catarrh n this section Of the country than all other diseases put together and until the last few years supposed to be incuraole. or great many doctors pronounced 1t local disease ana prescribed loc al edies and by constantly falling to with local treatment pronounced itincuraoe' Science has proven Cadrrh to be constitutional ds- ease and therefore requires constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio is the only Constitutional cure on the market. It Is taken internally in doses from lo drops to teaspoonful. It acts directly the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case il fails 10 cure. eeno for circulars and testimonials.
 Address: F.J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, Ohio.
 Sold by Druggists, 15c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
A Firm Stand.

That man who has been asking fo, employment" said the private secre. tary, says that he knows all about railroading in this country"
 He does, eh?" rejoined Mir. Dustin Stax. Well, just inform him that if he tries to tell it we will sue him for libel immediately"
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
For Sayinu Life at Sea.

An apparatus for life saving at sea has been invented by MT. R. Lavach- cry, a Belgian engineer residing at Chapultepec, Mex. It consists of a rifled cannon from which projectile is fired; to the projectile are at tached a cable, an anchor and a rocket. The mechanism is said to be very simple, and for humanitarian req sons the inventor has not patented it.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
The Entire Family.

Grand Pop used it for Rheumatism. Dad for Cuts, Sprains and Bruises. Many for Burns, Scalds and Aches. Sis for Catarrh and Chillblaines. use it for everything, and it never dlsap- points any of us. It surely yanks any old pain out by the roots.
 Hunts Lightning Old is what l am telling you about.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
One Bottle or Less.

Malaria is easy to contract in some localities, and hard to get rid of-that is, if the proper remedy is not used. Cheatham's Chill Tonic frees any one from it promptly and thoroughly It is guaranteed to cure any kind of Chills. One bottle or less will do it.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26

Dear Mrs. Pinkham =
 'I was told by my physician that ! had fibroid tumor and that 1 would have to be operated upon, l wrote to you for advice, which l followed care' fully and took Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. l am not only cured of the tumor but other female troubles and can do all my own work after eigh years of suffering
 Mrs. s. J. Barber. of Scott, N. '. writes
 Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- Sometime ago l wrote you for advice about tumor which the doctors thought would have to be removed. Instead 1 took Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound and to-day am well woman."
 Mrs, M. M. Funk. vandergrift, PA. writes:
 Dear Mrs. Pinkham :-
 "I had tumor and Lydia E. Pink. hams Vegetable Compound removed it for me after two doctors had given me up. was sick four years before began to take the Compound. l no" recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Veget able Compound far and near"
 Such testimony as above is con vincing evidence that Lydia F.. Pin1. hams Vegetable Compound stahus without a peer as a remedy for IumoI Growths as we'll as other distressing ills of women, and such symptoms - Bearing-down Sensations, Disp4ace' ments, Irregularities and Backach::. etc. Women should remember that IS Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com. pound that is curing so many women Don't forget to insist upon 1t whea some druggist asks you to accepss something else which he calls ]u'' as good"
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
Important to Moth CTS.
Tenryson's Melancholy.

After meeting Tennyson for the first time, an Englishman asked the poets friend, Jonas Spedding, if his temperament was as melancholy as his countenance indicated. Well" Spedding began, thoughtfully, 'I fancy when he is alone Tennyson finds him. self in very grave company"
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
Mrs. Pinkham's Invitation to Momen'

Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited ~ write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for advice. She is the Mrs. Pinkham who has been advising sick womea free of charge for more than tweny years, and before that she assis1sa her mother-in-law, Lydia E. riln mr ham in advising. Thus she is especiany we'll qualified to guide sick wo"ss back to health.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
Real Enioyment.

"Do you enjoy automobiling?" asked the young woman at the party.
 "Very much, indeed answered the man with the loose-ftting evening clothes.
 What kind of a car do you run?'
 "Oh, I am not motorist. I'm the sheriff in a town with a good level piece of road running through it.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-09-26
The Truth of 1t.

She--I always think of motoring as the Toetry of motion.
 He-Yes, until the machine breaks down. Then it becomes blank verse. Puck.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-26
WANTS s5,000
 FROM RAILROAD w. H. Neal Sues the Cotton Belt fer Being Ejected From Train While on His Way to See Dying Child
Baby Died Before He Reached Home Claims Train Crew Used Force After Having Given His Ticket to .Audit0r-Su;t at Clarendon.

w. H. Neal of Brighton has brought suit ill the Monroe Circuit Court for $5,000 damages against the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company alleg- ed to have been sustained on account of breach of contract. The plaintiff lives at Brighton, near Paragould. Not long since his wife died. He sent his daughter and the baby to Ulm to live with a married sister at that place. A few days ago his daughter telegraphed him from Ulm saying that the baby was very sick and summoning him Io come at once. Neal bought ticket over the Cotton Belt at Paragould. It was in two sections, the first coupon taking him from Paragould to Faiu Oaks, and the second from Fair Oaks to Ulm At Fair Oaks the train crew changed. Neal got into a coach on the train that does not stop at Ulm
 He showed the auditor the telegram, told him that he wished to see his ba- Uy UClOIo It ulCu cuu eiShCu u UC puO off at Roe or anywhere near Ulm and he would walk the remainder of the distance Stuttgart was the nearest stop to Ulm and the auditor, the plain tiff alleges, would make no conces- sions further than to let him off at Clarendon or Stuttgart. There was l clause in the ticket which stated that l it was good only on the date of pur- chase and for continuous passage. Neal therefore declined to get off the train at Clarendon or go on to Stutt- gart, insisting that the company sold him a ticket to Ulm and that it ought to comply with it's agreement. When
 the train reached Clarendon an effort
 was made to have Neal get off ant
 wait for the next train that stopped regularly at Ulm, but he refused to dc
 so, and the conductor, auditor anG
 porter, plaintiff alleges, seized hin and bodily ejected him from the train Neal waited at Clarendon from mid
 night until 1:19 the following day ane
 proceeded to Ulm, but when he reach
 ed there his baby was dead.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-26
FIRST COTTON BLOOM
 BROUGHT TO TOWN
Hardy Miller, a Negro Planter, Exhib. its the First Bloom to Be Seen in
 Arkansas This Season.

The first cotton bloom for Arkansas was brought to this city yesterday afternoon by Hardy Miller, a we'll known negro farmer who has crop on the Murphy place near Fairfield. The bloom is fully developed and Mill Ter reports that many of them are open on his place. Although the cot ton crop is at least four weeks late this season, the farmers have made much progress in the past three weeks, which were characterized by good weather.
 The rain of Yesterday was genera! and although it was nothing more than a heavy shower it was beneficial to growing crops Alderman Gabe Meyer, who visited his place few miles above this city on the Arkansas river yesterday, reports that the rain was exceedingly heavy there, having the appearance of cloudburst. It was not needed, he says.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-26
PARTY DEPARTS
 FOR COLORADO
Professor J. II. Thach, Pine Bluff Boys and Others to Spend Summer in
 Colorado Mountains.

Prof. J. D. Clary, principal of the Fordyce Training school, and Prof. J. H. Thatch of this city, left yesterday for Cassells, Colo., where they will spend the summer and enjoy few weeks outing for study and recreation. The following young men and pupils accompanied them: William Arnold, Texarkana; Levi Bower, Eagle Mills; w. H. Eagle Jr, Little Rock; Paul Giles. Texarkana; Edward Hawkins, Fore man; Booth Moore, Searcy; Robt Ramsey, Camden; Paul Byrd, Pine Bluff; Harry Woodbridge, Pine Bluff.
 The party will go to Colorado Springs Manitou, Pike's Peak Den- yer and will visit Boulder two weeks before their return, the last of Aug ust.
 Profs. Clary and Thatch are two of the leading educators of the state, and the young students who are taking a special course in na- ture study by taking the trip, are from prominent families of the state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-26
TW0-F|FTHS BALE
 ID THE ACRE Such Is the Estimate of John M. Oracle, Who Has Ten Thousand Acres in Cotton.
GOOD AVERAGE HERE
Plant Is Small and the Stand Good Recently Inspected Plantations Over the State-Weather Favorable For Farming.

John M. Oracle, of Little Rock, who has ten thousand acres in COL ton in this county near New Gas 5cony. is in the city today on busi- ness. He is on his way to New Gascony from business trip to Memphis. In discussing the crop condition this morning, Mir. Oracle said:
 The cotton crop is at least thirty days late. The weather for the past three weeks has been very good for farm work and of great help to the growing crops, but the plant is small and~the stand awful bad. I figure that the maXimnm crop this season won't exceed two-fifths of bale to the acre.
 'The crop on my place is a good average of the crop for all over the state. I recently returned from a business trip to Memphis I inspect way to and from Memphis I inspect ed plantations on two railroads. The plant is no larger and the stand no better than on plantations in this county.
 Tt will take a late fall and a most favorable season to make even two-fifths of a bale to the acre. The weather for the past three weeks has been all that could have been asked for. The showers, at intervals have been very beneficial and were needed the time they came. The crop is being worked and if the present weather continues farmers will make up much of the lost time
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-26
ORDER OF EASTERN
 STAR IN SESSION
Grand Chapter Communication at Col 0red Masonic Temple Is Being Attended by Three Hundred
 Delegates.

The twenty-second annual communi- cation of Grand Chapter Order of tho Eastern Star, colored, of the Arkansas jurisdiction, was convened at the Ma~ sonic Temple yesterday morning.
 The regular opening was most inn pressive and the credentials commit tee reported a delegation of between 25O and 300 representatives with some chapters Yet to report.
 The main feature of this session was the annual address of the grand matron, P. A. Gibson of Augusta, ArK. The address was perhaps the most ex- hauStive, certainly one of the finest and most interesting, reports ever made by 3 grand matron.
 The afternoon session opened with the address of the G. w. Patron, Rev erend w. L. LeGrand of Dalark.
 The address was to the point and in- spired all with new energy.
 The able address Of the C. w. As.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-26
MORE ABOUT NORTH
 AND SOUTH ROAD
Cars Will Be Running Over That Line From Monroe to Hamburg Within
 a Few Months.

MT. J. M. Parker met the engi- neering corpse of our North and South Railroad here Monday nora ing and spent some time in looking for the best route through the town and a site for the depot. The To- eating surveyors reached here Mon day and as soon as the route through the town is decided on they will probably go back down the line about miles and survey spur from the main line out to Crossett Mr. Parker returned to Monroe Monday evening and promised to be back in Hamburg in few days and bring Mrs. Parker with him. and intimates that he may make his home with us again in the near fu- ture.
 The surveyors are now ready to locate the line through town, and as soon as the same can be done the contract for clearing the right of way and grading will be let from Hamburg to Bastrop and the sur vey pushed on north to Monticello, contracts having already been let and the work now in 4rogress be- Bastrop and Monroe, La., which means that cars will be running on this line into Hamburg within a very few months.-Hamburg Eagle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-26
RDAN AND KNOX
 TENNIS CHAMPIONS

nius Jordan Jr. and Sam Knox Jr. (efeating Phillips and Ezell yes ly afternoon on the tennis courts |e Lakeside Tennis Club by scores Ito 1 and to 2, became the ten Champions of the city. They re- E defeated Alexander and Tucker they will hold this honor until tennis players wrest it from
 Several lovers of the game out at the Lakeside court to see anne yesterday afternoon, and say that the games were very (HNed. Phillips and Ezell were N3ide champions for soma
 Alexander and Tucker held
 4ionship. of the West End
 Hub for several weeks. AS are no other organized tennis h the city, Jordan and Knox |ghtfully claim the tennis cham ip of the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-26
EQUALITY SHOP"
 WILL BE ITS NAME
X. G, Bedell Has Purchased the Place of Meyer Weller and Will Remodel and Open Same in Ten
 Days.

A. G. Bedell, the we'll known drug gist of this city, yesterday closed the deal for the purchase of the confectionery and bakery, which has been run by Meyer Weller for a number of years. The deal was not made public until this morning and the purchase price has not been given out.
 MT. Bedell intends to remodel the store and soda fountain, and for that purpose it was closed this morning, and the work has already begun. MT. Bedell intends to run 8 first class bakery and confection- ary there and hopes to have it open in about ten days or two weeks. MT. Weller will remain in the city and will manage the bakery for yet to be selected is to run the con tectionary and soda-fountain. The store will be known as the Quality Shop."
 As soon as the arrangements for the new business are finished, an opening will be given by MT. Bedell at which time souvenirs and drinks will be given to the visitors. while music will be played all day. The opening will be held in about ten days
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-26

sistant Matron was followed by re- ports of c. T., G. $. and G. L.
 A. H. Turner S report on foreign grand chapter would be held .u Bos ton in September and the grand chap ter of Arkansas would be expected to send representative.
 The untimeIy death of P. c. F., J. '. Peake, of Philadelphia, was feelingly remembered by the grand chaplain, and resolution to erect 8 monument over his grave at Philadelphia and un- veil the same at the next grand chap ter meeting was unanimously voted.