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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-27
THE GARDEN SCHOOL.
,.,., ch;idren of Newton Were Taught
 to Beautify Home Grounds

=FsT low Children of Newton Were 'a"sn'
 +o Reautify Home Grounds. rs-7s vUritino in Maxweirs Talisman of
 he work of the garden school ID New ; oar:on. Mrs. H. A Elliott says:
 An object lesson to the citizens or Newton was the garden schooi con by the ladies of the soc'ai SCI ance club of that town during the sum- mer of 1906. Assured by George II f3isMaxweil of the Home Crofters' guild Of of the free services of an experienced garden director, provided a the club could defray the further ex , pense of q garden, committee of five TrAcIadles was appointed from the club to see what could be done
 -rp First they obtained the use of 3 nface of vacant land on Jackson road, which was then an open grass plot Then an appeal was made by the com, tei mfftee to the department of agriculture aNsWasbing gton for free seeds, which NWrve promptly sent. The committee Ee@ circular letter to about fifteen of
 enterprising business men of New sAa% telling them of the plans for the
 fden school and asking them If they
 vre sufficiently interested Tn the eX- t1piment to give it some financial sup pit.
 The response was quick, and at the - ell of week we had the required tito, and the director went to work. 0ne hundred and six gardens 9 by 35 feet were planted by as many different children from the Nonantum district, and the names of as many more inter- eafed children were placed on the wait lng list.
 k few of these children, having learn odShow under the direction at the gar MI don school, went back to the home 'iV d0Sryards which had for all time prevl- oeoly been used for dumps, cleared csf aSyay the debris, spaded up the earth .dS a& planted seeds which they procured HTGtis from the director The reward WIS scarlet runner at the doorstep, a :. roW each of lettuce radishes and beans ;. and for garden flowers nasturtiums onfowers and sweet alyssum. One 0G the boys carried some vegeta bles E fE&m his home garden into the exhibl, tn at Horticultural hall and was - awarded prize. Could these children t14nk you, ever again be contented to 1iXe in dump instead of flower gar d3n? These girls and boys learned the Inv of cause and effect; that the soil fcough healthful, pleasant labor will Upduce food supplies sufficient to hour. ,NA the body; that debris, squalor and
 ltidness may be supplanted by clean. Ness, order and beauty and many oth T. = lessons, not the least of which were pxide in ownership and respect for oth- :. & peoples rights.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-27
How They Dance In Hungary.

With the exception of the Spaniards there Is no nation in Europe tha' dances like the Hungarians. They lovs They not only go in for 1t heart and soul, but they will dance on anything in any sort of weather. A paddock. a village street, a stable yard, the earth en floor of a wayslde csarda-it is al! the same to them. Not the scorchinc sun or the whirllng dust or the peltn:, rain or the falling snow will deter them. They all dance beautifully too It seems to be in their blood.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-27
He Placed an Order

A small, sharp faced boy, one of whose eyelids had an inclination to droop in chronic wink, entered a tailor shop in upper Broadway, ap- preached the proprietor and silently handed him a button. The tailor took it and looked puzzled.
 "What's this for?" he asked. 'I don't want it. I've got plenty of but tons."
 Oats all right" said the youngster. "But yer want business, don't yerT "Yes'
 well. just sew a pair O pants on dat button."
 The small boy was half way up the block before the tailor reached the door-New York Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-27
it Was Still There.

The story is told of clergyman who, after he had finished his sermon heard one of his congregation say "Yes it was good sermon. but he stole it.
 A short time afterward the preacher called on the man, resented the accusa tion and asked him to retract what he had said.
 "I am not" answered the man, "like ly to take back anything that I have said. but in this case will, for on re turning home and referring to the book whence I thought you had taken your sermon. found that it was still there , St. Louis Republic
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Retribution of the Law.

Judge Co lawyer)-Mr. Sharp, are you defending this prisoner? Lawyer-I am. your honor. Judge-And how much is he charged with stealing? !? 1.awyer-Fifty dollars. your honor. Judge-We'll let him go. He'll be pun ished enough anyhow. Lawyer-What t do you mean, your honor? Judge Why. by the time you get that $50 and then he works out the other $1OO4ou'll charge him he'll be sorry enough he ever was dishonest-Toledo Blade.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-27
Too Heavy to Keep.

Magistrate (to prisoner)-Misera3 3le being. not only have you robbed youl employer of the fruits of long years oi labor, but you have dissipated it ill the widest extravaganza. Prisoner That is true, but 1 couldn't keep the stolen money; 1t weighed too heavily on my conscience.-LoiSirs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-27
The Riaht One.

"Sir, I want your daughters hand.
 "You may have it with the greatest pleasure. dear boy. if you'll take the one that's always in my pocket. ."--Ba' umore Sun
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-27
Try This.

Bill had a billboard. Bill also hat' U board bill. The board bill bored Bill 90 that Bill sold the billboard to pat his board bill. So after Bill sold his billboard to pay his board bill the hoard bill no longer bored Bill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-27
Both Hard and Touqh.

landlady at the dinner table, ''to think that this poor little lamb should be de- stroyed in it's youth just to cater to our appetites.'
 "Yes," replied the smart boarder, struggling with his portion. "it is tough" h."-Philadelph Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-27
PROUD OF HIS TOWN.
: One Man Is Doing to Improve
 Jackson, Tenn.

Jackson, Tenn.
 Dhe of the most progressive town &Qcials in the south is Samuel Lan- 1Sster, city engineer of Jackson, Tenn. IT. Lancaster thinks there is no place Ike Jackson, and he wants others to Mink so, too. and he is doing every Hing in his power to make it one of 2 Ae prettiest towns in the country. It
 due in a great measure to his eff brts that good roads are being built in ! fadison county. But road building is r ot all that has engrossed the big brain Sam Lancaster, says a writer in
 reeder's Gazette. As manager ot be waterworks he saw a chance to do hings Jackson had no park, and near he waterworks there was needed 8 |aised roadway. Sam Lancaster made he fill. and before any one knew what De was up to he had built fine lake Dn the site whence came the earth for the fill. Smaller lakes near by cam> then drives, bridges, boats, lilies (mai' Felous lilies), banks of flowers, trees.
 An unsightly railway yard adjoinetl he waterworks. The railway was ask bd for few cars of earth. Presto! Sam made the yard and the park join. Grass, flowers, shrubs, beauty, order, |seats, comfort, inspiration, hope, all |came out of that old sink hole. And |the manager only grlnned when he |saw that Sam Lancaster had actually parked and fenced a part of his right of way Now travellers on that railway will pass by and say, "Jack son, Tenn. is a beautiful place and must have people of culture within it."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-27
In MitiQation,

Judge-Prisoner. have you anything to say to the court before sentence is pronounced? Prisoner-I beg the court to consider the youth of my attorney White and Black.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-27

The language of the face and man, ner is the instantaneous shorthand of the mind. which is very quickly read Success Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
The Lost Launch.

Whether the MinnesOtas launch recently
lost IN Hampton roads with eleven men.
iouied the cable of passing tow, or a gas
buoy. or another craft, the conclusion can
not be avoided that there was bad man.
agement on the launch itself, unless the
buoy. or the other craft, or the vessels of
the tow were unlightsd at the time The lat
ter supposition is hardly credible. The naval
board of inquiry has reported that in its
Judgment the launch came to grief through
running into the steel hawser of the tow
in which case it is TO be assumed that the
navigator OF the little boat tried to cut in
between the tug and its barge This was
assuredly contrary TO all rules OF good sea-
Inahship, eXcusable only on the ground that
the thick weather caused the Observation
or the barge lights In which case the steers
man may have thought the tug unaccom-
panied But towboats carry lights indi-
eating that they are followed by barges
the number Of signals indicating the num-
Der OF these consorts. Had the steersman
seen the tugs lights and properly noted
them he could not reasonably have blum
dered into thinking 1t unaccompanIed
Secretary Metcalf II is reported is NOT
satisfied that the damage shown In the hull
of the launch could have been caused nv
contact with a steel cable and believes thar
there was collision with another craft
There Is. however. no indication of such q
happening. no other boat having felt an
impact. and the gas buoy, SO far as known
showing no signs of blow sufficient to
have stove in the launch's hull and sent
her 10 the bottom. Taking all the evidence
into consideration, 1t appears to be the only
possible deduction that the members of the
launch company were making haste to get
back TO their ship, and that the steersman
took short cut. impatient at the DELAY
caused by the passage OF tow across his
course. lnasmuch as every man who was
on the boat al the time is dead, there is no
possibility OF perfect explanation of the
disaster The error of Judgment. II such
was committed inflicted its own punish
ment upon not only the man responsible
but all the others in the boat
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The unhanny Oil Trust.

What is your income?' asks Federal
Judge Lands of Chicago of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey. Judge Lands
wants TO know because he is about to assess
a fine upon that corporation to punish it
for accepting rebates from the Chicago and
Alton railroad. The law allows him to
mulct the big oil trust in the sum of So
24u.GoD. The defendant of record in this
case Is the Standard Oil Company of In
diana which is owned. within five out of
80 shares by the big New Jersey corpo-
ration. OF course, the little Indiana con-
Germ could not stand a twenty-nine- million
dollar fine. But the big TRUST is amply
able. It is believed, to pay such tax and
still continue 10 do business. So Judge
Lands has expressed a not unnatural curl
oslty upon the subject of the income OF both
the little and the big trusts.
The questions ne asks have embarrassed
the oil combine. II IL answers it must put
its replies upon the court records. where
they will stand for all time. II 1t refuses
TO answer ii does not shield itself from the
imposition OF the maximum fine. for in
truth the precise facts regarding its rela-
tons To the Indiana company and practt-
cally all regarding It's income parent
company are known, though not formally
o. record. During the trial of the case of
reply TO these same questions were offered
in evidence by the government, but were
held to be not admissible.
Thus the oil trust may be fined in the
| sum of s29.2I0.0Oo whether 1t replies or not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
The Back Track.


Says the Memphis Commercial-Appeal
why not get back to the simple life?
This country is badly in need of a statesman
of the Cleveland or Tilden order. We need
a statesman. not simply a man who will
start something. whether there is anything
to be started or not. Mr. Bryan is always
doubtful proposition. Not that he is not
personally man of exalted character and
one who is thoroughly honest, but he is too
evanesCent. too shifting. 1t does not seem
probable that a majority of the American
people will ever elect him President, and
so under the circumstances he ought to
drop out and give the other fellows clear
field"
The Backward, turn backward. o Time.
in your flight spirit has seized upon
the anti-Bryanites in the democratic party.
First came Mr.. WatterSon with his cry of
Back to the Constitution" Now we have
this cry of Back to the simple life" What
leader or what newspaper, will raise the
cry Of Back to Eden? For. if we should
and can go backward. why stop short of
the perfect thing? Why not begin at the
beginning and correct all the errors which
have crept into affairs since the first error
was committed?
All. that simple life. which Mr.. sTilden
led and stood for so conspicuously! Recall
the railroad wrecking which was SO prom
inent a feature of that day. Recall the
politics played to secure that much needed
electoral vote from Oregon in the contest of
1851
And what blissful period for the coun-
try that between 1893 and 1897 when
Mr.. Cleveland was at the helm, OF course
we should all pine for a return of that
We might not be able to stand four years
more of 1t The four years we had of 1t
came near finishing US. But maybe our
decade of unexampled prosperity since has
made US strong enough to tackle the prop
osition.
II we are to return to the simple life II
should be under the leadership of that
time. Mr.. Tilden is dead. But Mr.. Cleve-
seventy. AS Organism calls for Mr. Bry-
an. Clevelandism calls for Mr.. Cleveland
Does the Commercial Appeal propose the
Sage of Princeton cor next years nomina-
ton? Does 1t think that he could be elected ?
Could 1t with straight face ask Mr.. Bry-
an and his friends to support the man who
left Office in 1897 execrated by the majority
of those who had given him his second
term in the White House?
These new cries but illustrate the hys-
terra of the times. Back to nothing.
Neither party is going back to anything
Parties are like revolutions in that they
do not go backward They go forward or
go to pieces. party may do both. The
democracy's peril is great regarded In any
light, but greatest in the light of a pro-
posal to turn its back on issues 1t has de-
liberia tely raised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20

wheels upon even the best Of rails. and at
tributing the repeated rail failures to the
persistent use Of rolling stock that should
long since have been sent to the shops for
repairs But the railroad men have replied
with the declaration, with a fair degree of
proof that the breaks in the rails have
been almost uniformly at the ends, and have
adduced evidence to show that these breaks
are caused. not by defective wheels, but by
the too economical use of steel. In the
casting of steel ingots, 1t appears. certain
impurities rise in the mold TO the top and
cause a poor class Of metal. The present
practice of the railmakers Is to cut off 10
per cent of the ingot to reach the solid
metal The railroad men contend that at
least % per cent should be cut, to offer
a perfectly sound end to the rolls when the
metal is presented for transformation into
rails. The presence Of any of the sulphur
Gus steel at the ingot end results 1t is
claimed. In the piping or splitting of the
rail end. even when It has passed complete
y through the rolling process. This defect
IL not visible when the rail Is finished. but
develops under pressure and in service.
With greater portion Of the ingot cut off
before rolling. the railroad men assert, the
danger of piping" would be eliminated If
now the steel magnates are thinking about
rail It Is possible that they may
have consented to try the suggestion of the
railroad men to cut their ingots shorter
and to make sOunder. as we'll as better
shaped rails. 1t is certainly to be hoped, in
the interest of the public safety. that they
are going to do something that will lessen
the percentage of danger to life on Ameri-
can lines
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The Calendar.

Ev'ry day Is numbered. though I don't
know how it s done
Some months stops at 80. an some has 81
Since 1 kin remember l has had to play
dat game:
Sometimes Is unlucky, but l likes it jes
de same.
Dey say dat time is money but it's mo
dan dat, l guess.
Oar ain no way of payin' cash fob real
happiness.
An so 1 watch dem numbers come. ex-
cited as kin be.
A-hopin' dat dar's dividends eff fun in store
fob me.
An sometimes every blossom seems to
know me as pass,
An dars music in de tree tops an dar's
diamonds on de grass,
Whah dewdrops Is a glistenin' FUN de sun
shine In de skies,
An den 1 sure feels good because 1 knows
Is won prize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
The Political Canvass.
A current news paragraph says:


Republicans interested In the national
battle next year travelling all over the
country pryinG into the situation in all of
the states. They looking into the
strength OF Hughes of New York. Knox of
Pcnrsy lvania. Cannon of Illinois and Fair
banks Of Indiana. They are interviewing
business men and politicians. for all seem
20 believe that the impending battle is to
be memorable one
Yes. there Is a good deal of running about
on the part of democrats as well as repub-
Hcans. Everybody interested in the stua-
tlou and able TO make a journey or send a
man. wants the latest Information. What
changes are taking place here? What
changes may he expected there? What
could be accomplished by a small invest
ment or a little fine work yonder? And
so on.
The crop report scheme is thus being ap-
piled TO politics. Wheat prospects. corn
prospects, cotton prospects. tobacco pros
poets carefully looked after by can
yasSers. who travel from section to section
and inspect things for themselves. They
indulge in little gueSswork. 1t is their bust
ness to gather facts as Ear as they are OBJ
ta!nable and upon them base forecasts and
advice
Politics in this way has become sys-
tematized Il IS more than ever a sort of
business. man TO accomplish anything
should not go into it for but a day, but for
"a season. He must have an organization.
and an organization calls for time and at
tentton and money. He must keep himself
informed about the remotest localities and
this demands agents and drummers. The
men sent out on such errands unjust not
only sound sentiment. but, whenever pos
sibie, create sentiment. Where their chief
is already fayorably considered he must be
praised anew; where a stranger, he must
be favorably introduced
The old order has changed. Many men
are living for politics. and double that num-
Der by politics. In the case of man like
Mr.. Bryan his followers serve largely from
enthusiasm They are filed with adj
miration for him they work for love. OF
course they will be remembered If he comes
into his kingdom, but IL he does not they
will stllI feel rewarded by his gratitude for
all their trouble.
In the case of Mr. Hearst II is largely
money that makes the mare go. He is
very rich man and very liberal spender,
and desiring preferment. and being able to
pay his way, finds the way expensive His
organization is already large, and before
this time next year it will have been ex-
tended to all sections OF the country. He
is a strenuous player in strenuous times.
and not to be overlooked or despised by the
opposition.
Everybody is on the go. and everything
is on the hum, and for a full year there
will be neither rest for the weary nor en-
liShtenment for the stay-at-home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
Steel Rails. .

dispatch from Pittsburg states that
President Schwab OF the Bethlehem Steel
Company and Vice President Bope of the
carnegie Steel Company have recently
been in consultation on the subject OF steel
rails. with the view, II is ascertained of de-
Visag. Il possible, a new form of railroad
IaI that Will meet the present require
rTruts OF heavy traffic. Thus far the steel
raILmakers have been inclined to take is
sue with the railroad men who have com
p.a'ued that the rails are defective. and
that many Of the wrecks are to be at
tr.huted directly to this cause. This Pitts
burg dispatch. however. indicates that there
Is a flaw In the railmakers' faith in their
product. They have been talking rather
Enormously about the bad effect of Nat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
Magnanimity> to China.
From the Baltimore American.

Indemnity claims are q fruitful source
Of extortion. 1t reflects credit upon the
United States that in it's attitude toward
the Chinese Boxer award it is setting an
example to the world Of moderation and
Justice. Mr.. Roosevelt's notice to the re-
firing Chinese ambassador, Sir Chentung
Liang-Cheng. Of his intention to ask Con-
gress to remit China's obligation to this
country for the damages sustained by its
citizens and the cost of the military demon
stration. beyond the actual expenses Is
most credtable. The moderation of the
country's demands from Spain at the close
of its war with that power, and its exer-
tons in behalf of freeing Cuba, without
seeking personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT, are in
stances Of commendable restraint in recent
years,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
W Weddings and Fools.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

CltVtiHllu DedIer.
This is the month of brides and roses
and also the month OF idiocy. There Is a
peculiar type of mental alienation that
breaks out among guests at wedding cere-
monies. 1t is always extremely foolish
and sometimes violent. People who under
other circumstances are normal, sane well
behaved and conSiderate of others seem to
be 'locoed' by the presence of bridal
couple. Every device that perverse and
cunning ingenuity can suggest they utilize
for the torment of their newly married
friends. And the closer their friendship
for the bridal pair, the more they feel i'm
PEELED to idiotic stunts" embarrassing
tricks and acts of violence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
MI. Bryan's Clothes"
From the New York Tribune.

the NEW 1OrK IrIUune'
Mr. Bryan seems to be looking about for
more clothes" when he seizes upon the
two-cent fare as an issue. He acts as II
he felt desperate at the approach of q
national campaign which promises to find
him standing in absolute political nudity
Gov. Hughes veto Of the two-cent fare
bill presents, to his mind. an immediate
living issue. Gov. Hughes. says the Ne
braskan, gives the benefit Of the doubt to
the railroads instead of to the people -
THE next governor Of New York will not
veto a two-cent fare" This means tina,
Mr.. Bryan is going to make the two-cent
fare an issue on which to win.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
Where Delaware Stands.



For goodness sake, II we nominate Judge
Gray, don't let's call him a southern can
didate. Delaware Is a border state, and
Judge Gray is no southerner, kindly as he
may feel toward u.s. If we ever nominate
a southerner he must be a southerner. in
the south. Judge Gray is a good man, fit
to be President. and the southern people
will vote for him cheerfully If he be nomi-
mated, but not because he Is any south
erner. If we to take a candidate from
that side of the party, Senator Daniel Is
enough
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20

and If It should refuse to answer 1t stands
before the country as guilty Of an attempt
at secrecy which will serve still further to
prejudice the public mind against it. Yer
lily, the way of the corporation transgressor
is hard in these days Of ruthless trust
hunting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
A Grim Diversion.

1.-THE season has been very unsatisfac-
tory to you, has 1t not?' said the sympa-
thetic stranger.
Yes" answered Farmer Corntossel; "the
only satisfaction 1 git Is seem the disap-
pointment of the mosquitoes when they
come around lookin' fur summer board
ers''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-20
An Apprehension

Charley said young Mrs. Torkins,
aren't favorite sons remarkably numer-
Gus in politics, just now?"
Yes. What of it?''
Nothing. Only do hope it won't wind
up in a family quarrel"