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PHOTOGRAPH. SOCIAL.
 TST3

We "said something" to the Tex
 arkanian a few days ago as to it's
 brand of Democracy and we are sure the class of readers that peruse the
 Southwest American are of such a high order of intelligence that they appreciate an opportunity to hear
 both sides, so we reproduce the fool ish side for their delectation, asking them to remember that the corporate interests of the country, in common with our contemporary, shout contis- cation every time a reform is sug- gested, and everything that does not coincide with their views is Socialis- tic and Popocratic The Texarkanian takes up it's saffron pencil and speaks in this wise:
 "The yellow Fort Smith American, whose name and politics smell ex- tremely Hearsty, takes the Texarkan- ian severely to task because in one issue it condemns Bryan politically, and in the next issue speaks in praise of Fairbanks as man and citizen. Like all the other papers of it's pe- culiar Socialistic brand the American is unable to see the difference be- tween a personal and political criti- cism of man. Some editors as we'll as other people appear to be so mar row between the eyes that they are unable to see but one thing at time. They run their lines together and never see double.'
 "The Texarkanian could with equal personally, about MT. Bryan that it said about MT. Fairbanks, and vice versa along political lines. But this paper does not mind saying that it prefers Republicanism to full-flow- cred Socialism in politics every day in the year. The Republican high tar if, it's Booker Washington and other malodorous doctrines are repulsive in the extreme, but even sentiments of that kind are highly patriotic when compared with the Americans Social istic theories of confiscation of pro- perty rights, and of turning the coun- try over to the tender mercies of mob of toughs, cut-throats and as sassinS.
 'The American does not think high ly of the Texarkanian' type of Democracy, but it was unnecessary for it to say so. There is not Pop- ulist, a Popocrat or a Socialist in the country who has any patience with our kind of Democracy. Debs, Hay wood, Emma Goldman, Hearst and The Peerless are all agin' such Democracy as is also our 'steemed contemporary, the American.
 "So there now.'-Ft. Smith South west American.
 P. S.-The Texarkanian is edited by former Pine Bluff boy, George s. Valiant
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GOOD AND BAD
 CONCRETE WORK
Contractors Have Different Views Cheap Work Costly in Repairs Lack of Uniformity in Side.
 walks.

H. J. Heilman, formerly in the contracting business in this city, was in Fort Smith yesterday look ing over the concrete situation. In conversation with a TTg,es man he said:
 'I have been in the Territory looking after concrete work but there is not enough cement work going on over there to justify a man in locating. l cannot afford to do the work for g cents and it goes without saying that the con- tractors who are doing the work at that figure is not making a lasting job.
 Just here one of the local con- tractors said:
 There is no excuse for good ce-
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Advertising Rates Made Known on
 Application.
The Largest Bona Eide Circulation of any Pine Bluff Newspaper.
PASS THE PEANUTS.

The peanut has come into it's own at last No more will the luscious goober, groundnut, peanut or binder be despised and jeered at It has graduated from it's ignominious position as an attache of the circus to foremost place among foods. It now takes rank obove the juicy porterhouse steak, says the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record.
 Pro. E M. Jaffa, hitherto un- known but now celebrated through out this country since he ha, hitched himself to the peanut cart, has discovered that contained in the nut are the true elements of nour- Sshment wanting in the average sta
 Ten cents worth of peanuts pos sess six times the energy contained in dollars worth of steak" He says: Think of it, Prof. Jaffa is going to refrom the restaurants.
 Instead of man going in to eat a succulent rare piece of meat, he will order ten cents worth of pea nuts smothered in onions. devou" them and go out prepared to tear apart the jaws of lion.
 ol>o have passed their day of popularity
 Soldiers will no longer carry compressed tablets to stay their hunger in hostile countries.
 Artic explorers will no longer depend on pemmicen. Peanuts will be the ration-a quart allow ance per diem.
 Think of the dramatic opportun: ties suggested to the story writers
 The men are huddled in the snow starving and slowly freezing to death.;. There are only six men and there are three peanuts. Three of the men must perish. Again in the open boat, after six days of drifting under brassy sky, without food and without water, big brawnv seaman, slyly takes a peanut from his pocket, the last vestige of food in the boat. He drops it into t,e lap of young girl and then leaps into the water where the shark fins Hash above the waves.
 Or two cowboys are lost in the desert Two days have they wan dered without water. There is one goober left. They break it in hals and one eats his portion. Take my half-a-peanut, Jim," says the other, you're younger than I and you have wife and babies at home. Jim hesitates, thinks of the wife and babies just sitting down in their little cabin to a homely but whole some meal of boiled peanuts. and sne tears well up in his eyes. But
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-18

ment should wear away just
 stone but that kind of walk a. "@ not be put down for g cents ''
 foot, and the condition of son, p> the walks laid some months a 0' an evidence of the fact so trouble is, that the board of 'ns provement and the city copno;, ~
 engaged in a tug-of-war li,. e
 many boys. There does m. pear to be any way by which Np order to lay sidewalks can ho 'n forced. One man Will obev ~ order while another will isnon. Then again though there arc a,
 and specifications. the contraaa p,aus after he has the grade, is inden.
 dent of the city engineer and ;., sees fit to do bad job he c.n :, it. A half inch cement sn,,. does not make a good walk. Coas walk cannot be. put down for sl cents and there is always so;na :. be more or less trouble With s,., walks costing the property owno,. largely in excess of the contr... price before many months. for thor. will be constant patching and ,a pairing. More than year b., elapsed since sidewalks on son, certain streets were ordered nl.ooa but no notice has been taken of th. order. In fact the people do ahor, as they please. There is a lack ot system in the sidewalk matter I have been in Fort Smith and the cement business for about wear and know the conditions we'll and under them there can be no nAr. lection or uniformity of work"- Ft. Smith Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-09-18

two left wheels a foot high on the curb. Suddenly the right front wheel struck some object, and the machine, turning round, was thrown a dis tance of about forty~fve feet down the hill.
 The car probably would have been whirled down the hill for greater distance but for a telephone pole, which barred the way, and it was this pole that caused the death of two and probably three of the victims.
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manhood asserts itself, "No Tom, can't do it"
 Peanut meal and flour wilF take the place of the un-nutritiOus wheat product. Peanut oil and peanut pancakes will be served at the restaurants. Cornfields will will look like clover patches. The meat trust is doomed.
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 LEFT MILLIONS
 TO ORPHANS

Philadelphia, Pa., Sept, 1S.-Un- der the will of the late Thomas B. Patton, treasurer of the Grand Lodge of Masons, of Pennsylvania, who died recently, his entire estate valued between $2,O00,0OO and $3.000.00, is devised to the grand
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lodge of Pennsylvania for the edu- cation and support of male or phans of Master Masons. Peter Boyd, an attorney of this city, is made sole eXecutor of the estate.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24
UDkDowD L-aDds

sissippi swarmed with people engaged in bust
ness and agriculture; Mexico had a popula-
ruins of great cities in Central America attest
its former greatness; and it is certain that
Peru, under the lncas, was the seat Of
mighty civilization. Australia however, has
always been sparsely settled country.
Such have been the changes of time that
much OF the world is still an unknown land,
and we are now busily engaged in re-discov.
ering much that was known before.
part of Asia and nearly three-fourths of
Africa is still a sealed book to us moderns
The explorations of Stanley, and those who
preceded him, are mere spider-tracks in the
guesswork.
In Asia, there is Thibet, Turkestan and
the great desert of Sahara to be explored.
We know almost nothing of Borneo, Papua
the Pacific Ocean are still unexplored.
Great tracts of Australia have never been
trodden by the foot of white man, and
nearly all of South America, inside of the
coast lines, Is known only by hearsay and
tradition. Coming up to our northern half of
the continent, we encounter more unknown
lands. Central America and Mexico offer
fertile fields for exploration, and Lower Cali
fornia has never been thoroughly explored.
In the far north is Greenland Baffn Land,
the great Hudson Bay region, all of British
America north of latitude 60 degrees, and our
great Territory, of Alaska. Here is a wonder
ful held Tor adventurous explorers, and 1T Is
them. The natives of Northern Alaska also
report that further north is another land, not
down on the maps-,an inhabited land, with
comparatively mild climate.
Even in the new State of Washington there
is an unknown land of $500 square miles
This land is shut in by the Olympic Noun
tains, and Indian traditions say that it is in
habited by very fierce tribe, which none of
the coast tribes dared molest
khan s,h half xf
square miles consisting of unknown lands!
What magnificent field for the men in
search of health, wealth and knowledge!
and what room it gives for future genera
tions to travel and settle! All of it is not
fertile; some is uninhabitable ON account of
severity of climate, but much of it Is as fair
as any land we know, and fully as capable
of supporting life.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24

"You see," he said, "the lady principal
was blind, so she used to have the girls stand
around the room at night, so she could touch
each one as she passed along, to find out u
all were there. She counted one side, nlne
then took breath and counted the next sidt;
that was nine, too. Each side counted nine
See?"
Rob saw.
-Four of the girls wanted to escape, and
four of their brothers came to help their
away. The teacher suspected something, and
entering the room, told them to stand and
be counted. The brothers could not get out,
but they cleverly arranged themselves in the
groups of the girls, so that they still counted
nine on each side and the teacher went away
content. How did they do it?'
Robbie tried several ways of changing the
positions of the checkers, but at last gave up
the puzzle, and let Harry do it for him, as
follows:
"Now," said Harry, "after the four brothers
ran away with four sisters, the other girls,
who were friendly decided to conceal their
flight for day. by rearranging their groups,
80 that when the teacher came again, they
might still count nine on each side, although
their number was so much less. How did they
do that?"
Bobbie was now a little tired but did not
want to give up this part of the puzzle, so
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24


one square mile for every thirty-five persons
big and little.
1t would seem that such an area would be
enough to prevent crowding, and 50 it would
if, the density Of population was the same
all over the world.
But we find that the human race, either
from choice or accident, has always huddled
itself into certain parts OF the world, leav-
ing other parts either entirely deserted or
very sparsely populated. Some very good
reasons sometimes exist for these irregular-
ties, and at other times the reasons are hard
to find.
We can easily understand why Greenland,
for instance, or Patagonia, should not be
densely settled, but it is not easy to under
stand how the, great continent Of Australia
1t is curious to, note the queer way in
which populations have shifted in the course
of ages. Asia, as the cradle of the human
race, first became thickly settled, and con-
tains to this day two countries-China and
Hindostan-wh the population is extremely
Dense But portions of Asia-such as Arabia
half, if not more, of their population during
the last thousand years.
Great as the Shah of Persia fancies him
self to be. he is but. puny prince compared
with the great Darius or. Xerxes.
Africa has likewise suffered an enormous
loss of population since ancient times. We
have ample proof that the valley of the Nile
once swarmed with life. and all through
North Africa now almost desert, given up up
to wild beasts and wilder men, civilization
| once hourished to a remarkable extent.
the very small portion comprising Italy. Spain
and the islands of the Mediterranean Sea were
populous for centuries. while what we know
now as France Germany, England, Austria
and Russia were, forests. and deserts, quite
as barbarous and uncultivated as the pres
ent interior of Africa.
These were the countries of antiquity, North
and South America and. Australia being un-
pOpulous in ages long ago.
The valleys of the Missouri, Ohio and Mis-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24
61r,prEEar,rckrp| Nuzznr,

These were not to leave the central dag
onal line, but to move toward each other,
jumping as in checkers, as opportunity oiier'
ed, but without removing any men. until the
light were in place of the dark, and the dark
in place of the light.
"What you have to look out for" said
Harry, 'is not to let two Of color come
together while they are on the road. As
each reaches its stopping place, of course,
then it can stand next TO It's own color. Only
one person plays this, and the colors do not
necessarily take turns in moving.
The third puzzle was that of the. girls
in the school. II can be set on any board,
as checks are not needed, only the checkers.
Buttons or beans would do as well.
Harry set the checkers thus;
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24

Now" said Harry, you take one side auu
|, take the other, and then we move and jump
the men, the same as in checkers, only we
don't take the men off when we Jump them;
we just go over their heads, and leave them.
And our aim is each of us to form our pyrt-
mid on the opposite side just it was on
pyramid first, BEATS but the more you play
it, the more skillful you grow My little
sister calls it getting into each others
houses.
So the boys went to work.
The first time the checkers became blocked,
so neither succeeded; the next time Harry
won, and the third time, by great good luck
both the boys finished, their pyramids to
gether, which does not often happen
Bobbe was delighted. He said he could
play it with his right hand and his left, when
he was alone
Then Harry showed him the next puzzle,
which simpler.
He arranged three light checkers and four
dark ones. thus:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24
They Used Water

A touching incident occurred recently in a
French village. The peasants proposed to
each one to pour in bottleful. But, alas. for
human nature! Each peasant thought that
bottleful of water would not be noticed in so
much wine, so when the good minister came
Of puPe ouP ' water oniv He Sot barrel @ of fft rea
wine the next day.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24
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bined.
Chrysanthemums are ANIMALS, perennials I
shrubby, and all have leafy stems. They Of
natives of the temperate parts Of the world
and in the beginning were weeds and treate{
as such
The ox-eye daisy is chrysanthemum. AM
so is the marigold. As you probably knoyS
these are not very valuable flowers, but tl(
cultivated chrysanthemum is growing ever
year more costly.
For the past few years there has been
chrysanthemum craze in the United STATED
which started ten years ago from the smalles|
beginnings. Now the annual November show
have become fixed institutions, and the dl5
plays are very magnificent.
The flower was first cultivated in China am
Japan where it can be regarded as the nation
al flower. 1t appears in all decorative forma
in painting, in ceramics, in the exquisite ne4
dlework of both countries, and on the cheapesJ
fans.
The Dutch cultivated chrysanthemmus az
early as 1885, and the first cultivated variety
was brought from China to England in 17So
Until 1920, but twelve varieties were know{
in England, and the first English show wal
held at Stoke Newington in 1916.
Now there are 10000 growers in England
and in that country, well as in Framed
Belgium and the United States. it is now th(
most popular flower of the age And it il
an interesting fact that the finest seedlings il
the world are grown in this country. Th{
principal chrysanthemum shows are held ID
Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, Indianapo|
lis and Orange, N. J.
The species are divided into the incurved\
a globe-shaped flower, almost round, with
broad smooth forets, regularly arranged; th{
Japanese, which are noted for bright, ricG
color and irregular form; the refexed, with
flowers of medium size, more or less spherical
the large anemones, famous for their size will;
two distinct sets of forets, one quilted and
one fiat; the pompous, small, dwarf plants
with short, fiat or quilted horets, and ths
pompouS anemones.
There are thousands of varieties of thesd
species-white, maroon, yellow, variegatet
from the palest to the deepest shade u
Chrysanthemums are not difficult to cultiJ
vate. They need light, rich soil, and are easilA
propagated by cuttings, suckers or partinh
the roots They flower from October 10 unit
sive, ranging in price from ten cents to /
dollar for common but pretty varieties. ID
course there is no limit to what you NAV paJ
for a chrysanthemum. The Mrs. Alpheu1
Hardy came from China, and was first. sol !
for six thousand dollars!
To raise chrysanthemums from seed. which
is the best way, the seed should be sown IN
February or March in welldrained boxes o]
mellow soil, in which there is some sand
press down into the soil with block. ana
water gently with sprinkler. Keep moist
and shaded: They will be up in about a week.
When the little plants have three leaves. SET
out in a nicely. prepared bed in the gardenl
or, if the weather is cool, they may be puf
in other boxes or in jars, rather closely, SAD
one inch apart.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24
Dog Stops a Runaway

In Minneapolis there is St. Bernard doJ
that deserves gold medal. He has trained
himself to stop runaway horses, and has pei,
ago while this dog was walking With
his master, runaway horse came clatterind
along. Just ahead a party of ladies wera
crossing the street, and there seemed to be nd
escape from certain death, when the dog gavd
leap and caught the lines of the runaway bel
tween his teeth. His great weight brought
as he was within six feet of the terrified
women. A
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24

R%lUM Mary. gravely chat boy of four
WEk5U teen can find nothing to do? Has
he mastered all his studies?"
."Oh, | guess / know good deal!' said
Tommy, sulkily.
"And have you explored all the surround
ing country within ten miles? Your uncle
says this mountain and valley region is very
rich in botanical and mineral treasures.
81 haven't travelled around very much,
admitted Tommy, reluctantly.
"Then of course you have put the hinge
on the back gate, mended the horse trough,
fixed the chicken coop and done the ten or
fifteen other odd jobs your father spoke about
last Saturday,"
''But 1 thought you said you had nothing
to do?'
''Now, you're laughing at me- Aunt Mary"
'Wel isn't it laughable?
81 don't think you understand me, Aunt
Mary" said Tommy, earnestly. Il feel awful
dull, and | want something to do-not exactly
work, you know, but something that Will
interest me-"
eyes, l do understand you. You have got
into. a languid, listless way OF thinking and
hands. You lie back and dream of doing
something great instead of doing something
useful; you are always looking abroad for
objects of interest, while you shut your eyes
to the many beautiful and interesting objects
close at hand. When you come of age you
will come into large fortune, and then you
will spend your money killing time and doing
really nothing" , ,
"Oh, no, 1 WON'T" he cried, little angrily.
"When | am a man"
"The bov is father of the man, said Aunt
Mary, quietly. 'If you can find nothing to
interest you now, while you are young and
fresh, what will the world be to you when
you are old? L hope you will find out be-
fore it is too late, that the days are too
short for busy men. Do you know that
aStY
spent in a perfect grind OF work, sighed to
think that he had accomplished so little?'
"Did he, thought
"Yes, indeed and he was only one of
many. Mr. Edison, the great inventor, limits
his hours of sleep to four or five daily, be-
cause he has so much to occupy his time.
He never has to think how he can kill time"
"No, suppose not said the boy, thought
fully.
than he can use-he only thinks so. A busy
man can find something to occupy every
waking hour. Emerson in one of his essays,
wonders why people should be permitted to
live who have more time than they want,
and Pliny said of some dull, sleepy men, who
had complained of having lost an evening
not because they had lost an evening, but
rather because they had been compelled to
make use of it,"
Perhaps 1 am lazy" admitted Tommy,
with an uneasy laugh.
"That is the best name for it," replied
Aunt Mary, with smile, "and you should
begin right away to cure yourself Com
mence today by doing everything you pos
sbly can that needs doing. Work-work un-
til you are tired out, and, as you work, you
that job is finished. Try it for a week, and I
warrant you will not find any necessity of
killing time"
"Pil do it," said Tommy, resolutely; "and
I'll start this very day."
"This very minute" corrected Aunt Mary.
Eyes l mean minute. Here goes for the
back gate"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24

Harry left il for him to ponder over whe
he felt like IL during the day.
Toward evening, Robbie's sister rang Harry
tanning this diagram:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24

SO Harry drew chair close by him, and
laying the board on his knees, arranged the
checkers thus, the dark on one side, the light
on the other:
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24
Copyright by James Elverson).

lHE surface of the earth comprises an
area of two hundred million square
| miles, of which three-fourths is cov-
cred with water. This leaves fifty
millions of square miles of land for
tho human 10 .xlaxaI1f
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24

@-ITTLE BOBB1E MURRAY sat list
lessly by the window, one rainy
~ / morning, looking out upon ths
EIcNi1 street. He had been quite i'll, and
l4ks5akI though now getting better every
day, was obliged to be careful SUM-
and often found time hang heavy on his han1s'
The doctor said he must not read very nlucn'
and il boy could not move about nor reau'
what could he do? -, ,-z.
Suddenly his face frightened with interest
He saw an umbrella coming round the corner
and the knckerbockers, and stockings beneath
it, looked Just like his friend Harrys. ,,,
al wonder if Harry is coming to see me-
he thought, with quick hope.
Yes, the umbrella came up the steps, tne
bell rang, and in minute more Harry was
in the room, with his checkerboard under
his arm.
'1m so glad you've come!" exclaimed Rob;
Harry felt little remorseful, for he had
stayed away longer than he needed to, because
he did not know how to act in sick-room'
but this morning he had brought some enter
tainment with him.
"Mamma has just been showing me some
checker puzzles" he said, "and 1t took me
more than an hour to find them all out, j
thought I'd come and show them to ycu while
they're fresh in my mind"
81 like puzzles" said Bobbie, brightly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-24
Chrysanthemun1s

IRYSANTHEMUM means "gol
flower" although many VARIETY
have no trace of yellow in the
makeup. Indeed, they are CT q
colors-red, lilac, rose-color, Whit
yellow, orange or two colors con-