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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
An Ancient t.is:a Custom.

yn tae Gia;"i@t l..t.vH q 'ta" bar" uf Tor;!l." il G.s-H..... ..extor.!. i.e.,.:: Ks {" hr i7f.ne=. ..es. 0f Aaraworai snGl .s.iaus Ne3 v. H.: :n@ in thet9's cot,.t ,'; Nss.'l e.',..a ,i@eWA he! '@''s@ which hi .Acir ,<c...".i Whi',Has5= once stare@t ,Af att..2ii,& of the vi Ibese IftssF'o ,i.Tri .H t.:uny rn.a'@ from the f='.ili.aah: e. tlr other i1' of t,ss.= s:524.s' eoEu'H "al have l., ,. and customs 2, u..a.' l" themscll' When a fss.',.,,l t9..::e.' Ia.atn two "''., en c,.'e.:es gre pros:t'ei. Oa the VI eo tHa ceme.eHf aalt iS made at reltail sla, i.y the de of the r. uerc pra., ,arS ase Hai.> for the dece:>", after witch one c:D>., is deposited in hawthorn lN@h or Hn:.ef it. The pc eesSion then @oes oa is way, and af', the interE.ent thr other cross Is f. at the hea" of t!," grave. This straA@ custom dates from ;iue immcmori. as the great pile of crosses by the roa aide indicates
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
Walked Him Up.

FaTe. cThe passenger gave no heed. Fare, please"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
4 Russian Pastirr ..

If the human jaws need so"9" of"n- patton In the Hl.erF.ais of " < gossip, says Health Culturv a.rs5 '- eors could learn a lesson .Ae peasants of southern tcassia ho ex- esreise their teeth on. the hard seeds of fine Caspian suuiiu-Yer. There Is not a suspicion of q sli'nulant about it, no cEeEi1,g gum dyspcps!" aF navy plug nuisance. It is a pasliMe and incl dentally an cXecilc.tt dnntifrice, In Mstrakhan a pint of the requisite seeds can be bought for q quarter of a penny.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
His Choice.

A witty member of tue legal profes- sion was once q guest at q dinner re- markable for it's neagerness, The din ing room had been newly and splendid ly furnished. Some of the guests con- gratulated the host on his taste iu dec oratlon
 For my part, l would rather see less gliding and more carving" said the wit
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Conscientious.

McAlister-'Tis threepence Pm owin ta ye, meenlster. The fact 1A Pm a conscientious mon, and pit naethin' in the plate on Sunday, The smallest l had wi me was Il saxpence, and I dldna theenk the sairmon was up ta 1t. Dundee acve-..sc:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13

The passenger gave no heed
 Fare, please"
 Still was the passenger obliyiouS.
 By the eiaculatory term 'rare, as1o tho conductor, Il imply no .p'eI ence to the state of the weather. th, complexion of the admirable blo%, you observe in the contiguous seat. no Gven to the quality of service voUch safed by this philanthropic corpora fton. l merely allude in a manner per haps lacking in delicacy, but not ls conciscncss, 10 the monetary ob' atiol set up by your presence ill this ear an, suggest that. without contempcrin2 your cclerity with cunctation yol tfqujdatc.'
 At this point the passenger CT el from his trance.-Columhus DiSpH,vA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-12-13
The Surprise.

Grandma - Were yVC @rrised tt Gave me come and visit you? Johnny Mot so surprised as mamma was 4randma--Why, she knew was com Chg. Johnny-Yes: what she was sur Drised at was papa's language when AAe told him about if Cleveland Eaader.
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

other the water Of death; and both rushed
and bubbled like an iron pot when the
water is boiling. The two doves flew up
there and got first the one pitcher fun from
the one spring and then the other from
the other spring. When they were through
they took no time to rest, but returned at
once and gave Sepp the two silver pitchers
Of water. He needed no more, and as
quick as his legs could carry him he ran
TO the palace.
'weu, beautiful love Of my heart. here
IS what you wanted; and now come with
mev
"Ah, beautiful love Of my heart, I can
not go away from here II we do not take
with us this castle, with the garden and
all, as It stands here. so that not even the
tiniest little nail shall remalnw
Well. If poor Sepp never has had any
trouble until this hour he has it nowl His
chin fell down like one who Is taken to
the scanfoldi He worried and grieved and
not even his meals could he enjoy as nc
used TO- What do. what begin? God alone
knows II, for this Is truly a work that
even a thousand wagons would have "a
drive back and forth a hundred years and
they could not have cleared more than
the least little bit Of the placel All at once
he remembers the things In his bag. How
II one or the other might help him? Is
takes his bag and the feathers, shakes
them. and lookl There are the two doves
again!
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

the ring came out Of her stomachi Sepp
was just going to take It from the ground
when did not a hare jump out from the
bush, take the ring, and-hellO! haven {
you seen az, off he goes like shot from the
sunl Well, Sepp does not need morel He
takes the three hairs he got from the dog
1ut of his bag, shakes them, and there
stands the white dog right before him.
What is the matter, dear master; what
Is the matterg
do you see the hare over there2 He
vent away with a ring. Go catch him.
OF course. when the dos heard chat, hop.
hop. hop. off he was as quick as a thought
after the rabbit In a few moments he
caught him, tore him to pieces and brought
back the ring. Sepp pat it upon his finger
and returned to the palace to the princess,
Goldhair.
"And, now beautiful love Of my heart,
here is the ring, and now you must come
with me-"
"Ah, beautiful love OF my heart, 1 can
not leave this place until somebody hss
brought me a jug filled from the Spring Of
Life and one from the Spring of Death.
But these are IN such place that no man
can reach them unless he has the wings OF
a bird"
Sepp started thinking, and all at once he
remembered he had still the three feathers
from each OF the doves he had rescued
upon the mountain. He took them out of
his bag, shook them. and look, there are
the two doves right on the spot, Ike the
Ten Commandments Of God.
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

the pedler. puts the cup into his pocket
and goes home. In the evening. when
supper IS over but an are stin sitting
around the table, asks the father:-
well, my son, what did you buy for the
hundert gulden2'
"A little wooden cup. dear sir father"
''Go show us; let us see what Is In
there"
by jove dear sir father. do not know
II myself"
With this ne opened the cup. and within
stands another cup that looks just tnf
same as the other. He takes 10 out and
lifts also this cover. ana there is a third
CUP. and In opening this one out comes a
fourth. fifth and sixth and seventh. Blu,
In removing the seventh cup a little Ittis
frog jumps OUT just -nt0 the middle or tht
table Ihe toad Immediately starts 10 eai
40 All The 10Jl tnat was ieft On the table
Just as though some one was whipping ~
TO do 90. ms antly it Degins % grow
first &c becomes like Wari. then il,c d
hen egg then Ike a goose egg, and Whel
it had eaten up just everything that was
upon the table u pas 80 flt Ike
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

What Is the matter dear master: what
has happened 10 your"
"Ah, God alone can tell how great my
misfortune IS, DO tell me how shall / all
alone as ] am. carry away this palace2'
"Wen, we really cannot know It, why
should We not tell 81 IL we knew it2''
So ha did NOT get muchI wiser here.
Now he had only the three hairs the dog
gave him, but in these ne had Just about
as much confidence as in the stone wall.
lie takes thcm out after all and shakes
thcm. There stands tho large white dog
before hin.
''What IS the matter, dear master?
What has happened % you2"
".Ah. God alone can tel how great my
misfortune isl But do tell me. how shall
I, all alone. carry away this palaceg
"Ah. is that all? You mood nos 30 50
dreadfuny sad about tha- A. home I
have q golden rod. You wait a httle:
will get II right away. With this you
must strike all four corners Of the palace
and then the whole palace viii become a
golden ample. II sou Win make the palace
again aftcrward Just knock upon the
eolden apple an around with the d,sand
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

For three days it was lying in this cor
ner, aud because it was eating an the
time 81 was growing rapidly. and at last
the bod became go narrow that they took
it out into the barn and fixed q good place
Tor IT, In seven days IL grew as large as
an OK. But after the seventh day ii
thanked warmly for the kind hospital y
and went away. Il IS going on and on and
on untl Il arrives at big pond and In Il
croeps.
From that day The peasant got poorer
and poorer. he could do what he would; y
vain no works night and day and nearly
digs up the earth with his nose: an was foi
nothing At last he was sanding there
Ike my hngeri So he says 90 his SON.
'Afy son, 7 canno. work for you any
more. CO out iu-o the world, try youi
iucki IL viii go somehow. We both. YOU
mother anc I. VIII not starNe at home Il
we work right along
sepp started out ana went on and ON
over seven times seven countries. Way hc.
yond. over the hills of slRss. Al last %,
comes 90 a beautiful capAtsl. There 81,
goes Immediately 20 tle kings court an,
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

rivers, just as Tom had seen them on hi.
window at home when he got I'D In the
morning. They were all as busy as bees
while the King was looking at them.
] II have a great many things to show
you, said the King, such as the seala
and the bears and the icebergs and where
We keep the whales; but first 1 suppose
you would Ike TO see the Snow Mills. I
think they are grinding a storm there
now"
Yes Tom said. THAT'S one Of the
things wanted to know about"
Come with me, them" the King replied
and they went out of the Frost Works to
some very large mills IN which there was
great rumbling sound
I When they entered the door they found
themselves among the Snow Miners. Thev
wore dong coats and were powdered ali
over. Tom saw that there were large
round pieces OF ice, like mill wheels which
kept whlrling around and grinding out the
snow between them. 1t came pouring out
very soft and white. and the milers had
to work hard to keep Il shovelled away
so that It would not bury up the wheels
While they stood looking at It they heard
a moaning sound, such as Tom had often
heard at home in the winter when he ia,,
curled up IN his bed.
Look outr' the King cried "The North
Wind Is coming"
He ran out Of the snow min as fast a.
/ ue NoulO 80 VIII ION ana All the SDdnH Hlod
People who had come with them.
But they we're not quick enough. nor the
North Wind overlook them. bringing Inc
snow heaps with It. First the drifts came
over their feet and then up to their waists
and then almost over their shoulders Al
last, when Tom looked around, he could
ses nothing but the heads of the King and
the Spangled People. and they all smiled
at him out OF the snow.
Il wonder what viii happen next" Tom
thought
Just then the North Wind sent a pue,
which. carried the spectacles on his nose
and he found himself standing at the Raae
where he had been when the strange old
man passed with his bell
Tom was very much astonished. Hs
rubbed his eyes and looked around him
again. A few flakes Of snow came lazliv
whlrling and dancing down through the
air and he heard the moaning Of the North
Wind at the corner.
Il think had better go IN" thought
Tom, and he ran into the house and
watched through the window as the North
Wind drifted the snow outside.
Il know where that comes FROM Ton,
said to himself, but I wish I could have
seen the seals and the other things that
they were going 10 show me-
Evening journal., 1907-02-20
Instantly the palaee win rtand h.fnr. u,

again" 'ou
All right AS soon as the dog finished
his speech he Disappeared; and vet ona
could hardly have counted to a hundred.
there he was again.
7 could not be back sooner; the children
had been playing with the rod and had
mislaid 1t! And now do Just as I tolS
your 0'e
Now sepp went up stairs in the palace to
The fairy princess. Goldhair. and said to
herr
well. beautiful love Of my heart a,
sadness Il over. Come with me ana wa
viii take with us the palace with the
garden and everything"
He embraced her and Kissed her and
went down into tho stable, saddied ths
horse and lifted the fairy princess upon A.
But he himself goes around the palace and
knocks with the golden rod three times
against all four corners and in a second
there was neither palace nor garden to be
seem Alone he was standing with the sirl
on horseback upon a huge heath and a
golden apple was lying at his feet. senn
took the golden apple from the ground ana
placed It in his bag and, mounting tba
horse, too, they rode on; always on ana
on. over seven times seven countries. until
court
Whose joy could be greater than IN.
Kings when he saw the beautiful nrin-
cess, Goldhair? He would have 9one
catching hares with the hand from pure
joy, the old fool
And wasn't there now a chasing around
of the Wallets % invite the guests? But
they must come that very minute, for the
wedding would be right away. Then Sepp
was called into the palace to the King.
How what now happened no one knowsi
Anyway the princess sprinlled a few
drops of the water which was from the
Fountain of Death upon him and Instant
ly poor Sepp was at once burned and dead.
The old King nearly died OF worry and
grief for his brave coachman.
"Ah. you need not worry about him 50
much" said the princess. he will soon
be In perfect health again."
Then she took the secoud pitcher and
poured its water over the dead Sepp; the
moment he was alive again and seven
I times more beautiful than he had been be-
fore! After that the old king felt as II he
wanted to be young again. too, and so re-
quested the Princess 10 do likewise to him.
She poured the water OF Death upon him
and there he was burned like dried brush
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

- HERE was once. heaven knows where.
maybe heyonl the oporenzianic sea
I Oho ocean,, a rich man who had a son
whose name was Scpp once there
WIS o big fair Gives him the father a
hunderi sudden and tells hin 20 20 Co inc
market and buy whatever hc wants. "Weli,
ail right. sepp goes 10 market and while
he was loanns ANA hanging around he
sees a tiny little wooden cup with a cover
az Slovak pedlor's Ie takes the pretty
little cup 10 his hands and. looking at %
ne asks
How much do you charge for this cup?'
1lundcrt gulden." says the slovak.
Scpp says nothing. but takes out from
his pockctbook the money and hands Il 20
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

what Is the matter, dear master2"
"Ah. God alone can tell now great my
misfortune Is. But do you know where
the Spring OF Life and the Spring OF Death
are?f
eve know them right WELL
"wen. then. bring me Of each a little
jugful."
"Ah. that's no easy thins, indeed t-sle p
ciauy from the Spring 0f Death, for where
unon thore falls evcn the least little drop
that SIS burned and dead the instant, But
II * be possible sou shall have of them,
cost what H. WIZ!
With that sepp save the doves Two silver
ritcners. with which thcy few away iney
flew through the air quick as the wind or
perhaps even quicker, until they came 10
I, rreat mountain which, not enough that
h was an glass. L was so steep that II one
had wanted TO climb around one would
hnve broken ones neck a thousand times,
even though the moutain had had the
usual shape Ike others. AS ! say. there
on top. but quite on top 0f this high
mountain. were two springs; from one
came the wstar Of life. and from the
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

Instead. nc saw that ho was IN the middle
Of a city with beautiful palaces on all
sides and smiling people who were all
dressed In clothes with spangles on them.
The palaces seemed to be made Of Ice be-
cause their walls we've green ana he could
sec through them almost as weil as though
they had been made of glass. OF course,
they didn't have to have any windows In
them.
He looked through the walls OF the PAL
ace that was nearest 10 him and saw
great many people inside. They were all
moving about very busily and smiling all
the time. In one end of the inside Of the
palace there was a throne, and on the
throne sat a king with a tan crown on
his head He wore a long white robe that
seemed 60 be made OF ermine. When Tom
looked at him through the wall Of the pal-
ace the King beclxoned with his hand and
nodded his head. smiling, as much as TO
say, Come IN. We shall be glad to see
you"
Tom went around TO the door OF the pail
ace, where the Spangled People formed
In two lines and all made a very low
bow 70 him. This made him feel quite
proud.
He went IN between the lines to where
the smiling King sat on his throne.
Come up here and sit beside me-" the
King said. pointing TO another throne by
his side which was not quite so high as
his own. That's really the Queen 8
throne. but shc won't mind II you don
lnuss 1t up"
"I'n try not TO-" Tom said. sitting down
on the throne, which was covered with a
great white bears skin. with the head
down on the ground for him to rest his
feet on.
He expected 10 feel cold with so much
/ Ice all about. but he didn't
"Turn on the Northern Lightsl" cried
the King IN a loud voice.
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

wood-yes. but in the other pitcher there
wasn't drop of water left and therefore
she could not bring him TO life again.
What else could one do nut to bury him
and while they did it. they did II most
magnihrently.
As the ,ate King had no children ana no
hcir. all came 70 Sepp. He ordered them,
thar IS of course when he was King, 70
break down the old palace. and dug up
from tine bottom OF his bag tho golden
ample fsnacized al 1t All around with thu
GOLDEN fbl-and there. nv gracious, If yon
believe II or not, wasn't there az once. in
tho place 90 the old palace. this wonder
ful nalate here, iu whsch tbs fairy prin-
cess. oodhair, used to live, with AL the
gardens. just as il had been IN feiry lana'
ana SO beautiful to look At that the people
from scyen countries came 10 gaze az u!
And now sepp took the fairy princess.
coldhair. for his wife. They both lived
happv lie With each other The Queen
rad wonderfih golden-curled children and
'they an lre until nowaday' maybe. Il
they hive not died
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

Immediately some OF the spangled Peo-
pie turned on the Northern Lights and the
palace was filed with the most beautiful
colors Tom had ever seen. The best thing
ike ordinary colors, but kept running
about and flashing here and there In every
direction. so that the Spangled People
were sometimes blue, sometimes red and
sometimes green or yellow. and they
laughed TO see each other change from one
color to another. The lights made a great
cracking sound. like an enormous fire; but
they we're not hot. so Tom wasn't at all
afraid of being burned.
They sat and admired the Lights for
some time. Tom was too much interested
IN them to say anything.
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

genuine. true Hungarian loaf OF bread.
Those who sat around tho table stared
Right az o.. what ls going to become or
hatg" All az oncc-you would not be-
nevo that II I would not be telling it--the
now big frog begins 20 talk quite DIS
unctly. with a voice that n man would
have. "Give me still something TO eat. for
am very hungry
eco into the pantry, my son. and get
from the board some bread and a piece or
hacon'
Scpp goes and brings it. When the toad
has finished this also e says.-
Now make me IN the corner n nice little
bed. ] am sleepy"
They made II a comfortable bed and the
frog slept In e like a sack.
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

Now, perhaps. you'd like to see the
Frost Works." the King said.
Yes. indeed" said Tom.
Right this way" said the King; and he
led him through long passage to a great
factory. which was filled with Frosters.
They were very small people and they sat
On benches. Each one had little brush IN
his hand and they were painting the frost
very carefully on thin sheets Of ice-like
window panes.
They're just practising" the King said
''but you can see how they do IT,"
One of the Frosters painted Toms name
on a piece of ice and gave It to him. II
looked very pretty. but It didn't last long
Most Of the little people were trying tC
paint forests with hills and valleys and
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

Instead OF the ringing it seemed 10 Tom
thar he heard q burst Of music all around.
It began with crash. as loud as band,
and then grew fainter and fainter as X
died away somewhere Ia the distance. This
astonished Tom very much and he stood
looking after the old man until he had
turned the corner. Then he looked on the
ground. and thero he saw a shabby spec
laclo case. He picked St up and found that
.hcre was "a pair of spoctacles IN lt like
those the old man had been wearing.
Il guess they must be an extra pair
and Dc dropped them," Tom thought. so
he ran after the old man TO give them
back 90 him.
But when he reached tho corner the old
man was nowhere 20 Zoe seen. Tom looked
up and down, but he could not even hear
the bell.
Perhaps he viii come back after them
when hc misses thom," Tom said TO him.
self. and he went to the gate again to wait
Although be waited a long time, keeping
d sharp watch for the old man and lstea-
mg for the sound Of his bell, nothing came
of 80.
He drew the sncciacles out OF the cas,
and looked az them. He saw that tho
Glasses. instead Of being clear like other
|spoctacics, shone with different colors lS'
the stone IA a ring or like ice sometimes
when there Is a crack In g..
Perhaps Ia better try them on and see
whether they are good for anything" Ton
thought.
so he put them on his nose and then h'
winlsed and hiinked.
lie winked and hlinked because every
thing looked so different through Tho
spectaclos. They were magic spectaclel
and he was finding Il out
ANhon he looked around him. the stree
IN which he lived. with rows OF houses OF
each eide. was gone and so were the peo
pie who had been walking up and down
Evening journal., 1907-02-20

4 u everybody had 81 palr of magic spec
tacies. people would know % great deal
more about some things than they DO
now There were "a great many things
that Tom wanted Co know besides the
thlnes chat ho was learning ia school.
ne wanted 10 know what made the
snow f1ll. what made the stars shine,
where the clouds came from and where
they went when thoy were through sailing,
what started Tho me,eur3 which he some
times saw lashing across Tho Sky, how the
birds knew lt was time to come back again
ard the grass and the flowers could tell
that winter was past and it was safe Co
come out. There were over SO many more
things that hc wanted 90 find out, but there
was nothing ABOUT them Do his books, and
when De asked people 90 tell him they
either sud that they didn't know or else
thoy said he asked too many questions
Tom was standing at the front cato
when q necr0manccr came along. OF
course. Tom did not know that he was a
necrmanccr. because he looked moro Ike
an umbrella mcndef or something OF that
sort. He carried n pack ON his back and
punQlo under his arm, and tho pockets OF
his long gray coat woro nilcd with things
that madc thcm stick out. As he walked
De kept ringing a boil. but hc lid not cry
out ANY umhfellas 90 mcnd?" as tlo
usual umbrella members do Tie Just
walked along and let the ben ring as he
walked.
As De passed Tom he gave him a look
and Tom saw .hat he was wearing "a large
pair of spectacles on his nose. They were
round anu the rims Of them were made OF
horn. Tom felt very queer when tho old
man looked at him through these spec
tacics. but he did not know tho reason. II
seemed 10 him that the old man was not
looking 90 him ON tho outside, but was
seeing into his thoughts.
When be went by the OLD man held out
the bell toward Tom and gave Il n shake