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The Springdale news., 1907-08-09

1tei -. O''t o = .a a td- ble young man ard will tae position eficiently.-Faye.t le Democrat.
 The Fayetteville pas.4za4s there are at least two=.s.=s457ed summer visitors ti4a. xs. With the proper effort r.rg- dale could be filled e1es.= f..=- mer with people -r4M tiie ~o#.ls. Ot course we do not get .H@ @ad- gertising the Frisco rraae# gives to Fayetteville. S.ns5Q. Rogers and Eureka Spring. 5sst "e could do IittIe profitable advertising on our own Ha5f.
 Another freight wreck 555a-gd II Brentwood "Wednesday after noon. Train No. 4o was stand ing or the main line in front at the depot, when trelght traln N. =ss which was following. cane down the grade from Winso9 Before the engine could be stop ped 1t had telescoped the eabooSe on the train in front. Tn efl- gineer and fireman jumped aad aa=o ore was injured. Fas cite eil1e paily.
 Glvde Hull. boy sixteen qears ot age. whose home k atAIaF- TOW. this county. met with sz- r:aus accident last Sunday. Wf.i4e# riding a horse. The horsg 5a- cane frightened ard threw ti.a boy of, his foot hanging .a .av >tirrup, and was dragged zau- siderable distance before IL 9ot became .oo~ened from the ~tir7ap. NJ have not learned tlIe extent 7s hie 3njurie>, but d telephone message this morning states shat he is getting along tgr4 nicely. Prairie Grove Herald.
 Rev, F. NJ. Tolle>on left Mon. day night for Northheld. Mas. where he will spend the vacation granted him by his congregation. He will attend the Christian Workers Conference at North. fed while absent, and will re- turn To his duties here much ber- ettted by his vacation. Mrs. Tolleson and children left on tie same train with Rev. TollesoH. and will stop at Sloan Springs to Spend the remainder ot tie sumner there. Van Buren Press.
 ReT To,e>on Was former pastor T. the NJ. F. e!9ar5h. S7..til. in Springdale.
 Raymond BeaueIIamp. the IT. t3e son of AIr. and Mrs. N. II. beauchamp. met with very painful accident yesterday. He Was playing around the room when he stumbled and fell against the wall At the point where his face came in contact with the wall, it turned at right angles, and his face went down. his nose struck the sharp corner. splitting ii full length Physi- eians We're quickly summoned and after the little fellow Wa put under the influence Of ehlo- roform, tlle wound WIS sewed ID He is getting along nicely, ana bears his injuries with much more lortitude than would many older persons. Fayet teyille Democrat.
 This year the General Flee trle Co. of Schenectady, \. Y.5 notified Prof. N. N. Gladson. head of the Electrical Depart ment ot the University of Arkan- s3s, they would give positions in their large factory to two of the Il. of A. graduates grading highest in the department. Their representative came here not long since and selected Yer non A. Harding of this city, and William Steltzer of Auadarko,
The Springdale news., 1907-08-09

Miss Byrd Nock has accepted the chair of Latin aid Greek n Forest Park College. St. H.ouis. She VI ease tHe first et Sep tenber. Her sister, Mss Gene We've, Nil spend tse winter with her and >tud azlss.z z,1 tzle sehoal.
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The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23
NEW MALAY PLANT Cure FOR OPIUM HABIT

Ian the leaf of creeper which would
cure smokers of the opium habit. and
they became enthusiastic in getting
the new medicine.
Upon visiting the Chinese towkay.
who had introduced the medicine In
Seremban with good effect. found that
tie leaf had been discovered In Jelebus
by a young man who was an opium
smoker He had been told BY friend
to take the leaf OF q certain plant
growing in the Jungle and to boil it
and drink the medicine. he did so and
found that he could break on his opium
habit He told others about it. and
when the Seremban towkay went to
Jelebu to collect his house rents he was
told of the medicine tie ordered hi1
mining coolies to collect the plant for
him, and then introduced IL into Sereni-
ban. We asked him TO let US have
some OF the leaf. and he sent us IL
sacks at once. The Chinese preachers
and young men enthusiastically took up
the matter and the medicine was pre-
pared at the mission hall. The news
spread and hundreds per day came nm
til the mission hall and street OUTSIDE
became blocked with people. The de-
mand was more than the supply. ara
we had to engage two coolies to heIn
prepare the medicine. Never Shau +
forget the touching spectacle of these
men eagerly asking for help; OF chIf~
dren coming asking for the eur. sr
their fathers"
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23

and it's antiopium properties are stated
by some scientific authorities 10 be
mythical. a local doctor is quoted in
the daily paper as saying that an infu-
sion of Assam tea would have the same
effect. But agains. this evidence are
many such testimonies as that OF an
other member of the medical fraternity
that a man whom he had treated in
the most orthodox fashion without sue
cess had come to him to say he had
been cured by the climber of challenged
potency
1t is claimed that since this treatment
has been given in the Federated Malay
states the importation of opium into
the native states has beenfredueed from
so to 80 chests per month. The sup
porterS of the cure claim il is respons-
ible for the decreased importation,
while others claim the antiopium move
ment is the cause in a measure
The Malaysia Message of December.
1906, contains an article written by the
Rev. w. E. Horley, who has this TO say
about the discovery OF the cure and its
effectiveness
During the last few weeks the Chi
nese have emphatically proved that
they are desirous of breaking of the
opium habit. About two months ago
the members of the Chinese Young
Mems association in connection with
our Kuala Lumpur mission hall heard
the good news that there had been dis
covered In the jungles OF NeSri Sembi-
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23
A NPA
SClIQN. RNLFI

a, nome. The servant then took them
to the room where the rich man was.
When he saw them he asked them
what they wanted and they told him
that they were looking for employ
ment. When the rich man heard this
he was very glad, for he was In great
need of clerk and a cook.
so the rich man went into the next
room and called q servant and ordered
him to prepare a table having on. it
both articles for writing and some food.
Then he called the two poor boys into
the room where the table was and
left them there. He then went out and
hid in a secret corner of the next
room to observe what the two boys
would do with the different things ON
the table.
AS soon as Pedro saw the articles
OF food upon the table he immediately
took up a spoon and began to eat, for
he was very hungry. Juan was very
hungry also and would have liked 10
eat too, but as he was going to pick
up the spoon and eat, he remembered
the puzzling words of the dead man,
not to take the spoon but the pen.'
80 he took up the pen, instead, and
began to write.
After some time the. rich man en-
tered the room, and when he saw what
they were doing he said: Now, l Will
employ both of you. You, Juan, will
be clerk, because you are fond OF
writing; and you, Pedro, will be a cook
because you are fond of tasting differ
ent kinds of food And so it turned
out that Juan became a very rich MAJ,
while Pedro was nothing but a cook
for all the rest o. his life"
This story illustrates to a certain
extent the antipathy of the Filipino
for any kind of manual labor. This
antipathy was not much repressed. II
indeed 1t was not actually fostered, by
the proud Spanish dons who first gave
them some idea of civilization. Many
Filipinos prefer a position as q clerl
or teacher at one half or one thirc
of the salary they would command il
an occupation In which they would
soil their hands or their clothes. There
have been complaints in some quarter.
that the present system OF education
in the Philippines is not altogethel
adapted to the needs of the Filipino
school children, and the educationa
department, recognizing the cogenc,
of these criticisms, has recently framed
new system in which more stress 4
laid on the Industrial aspect of schoo
life. This new system tries to recog
nize the fact that Filipino education
should not only satisfy the aspirations
of Filipino students in the domain o
learning and research. but should sup
ply the government with a succession
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23

and they were quite as dirty. The
Chinese, who are a very dirty people
even now. are not so dirty as the Fill
pino people were then.
'One day it happened that a poor
little Filipino boy went into the woods
to gather ciriguelas (plums), and when
he was near the top of the ciriguela
tree a branch broke and he fell down
to the ground. At the foot OF the tree
there was pool of water and plenty
of mud around the sides of il. The
boys face got all covered with mud
and made it even dirtier than it. was
before.
Soon a kind man chanced to pass
that way and found the boy crying at
the foot of the ciriguela tree Think
ing that the boy was cut about the
face. he washed his face with water
from the pool, but could find no wound.
After giving the boy some words OF
comfort he sent him home quite happy
and just as If nothing whatever had
happened.
when the boy returned home the
neighbors looked at him with aston
ishment. They said, That looks like
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23

of upright and intelligent servants,
and should train workers in every
branch of commercial enterprise that
has made good its footing in the Phil
ippines. When 1T has offered to all
classes, from the laborer to the well
to do, training suited to their posi-
tion in life, the American idea of the
dignity of labor will follow as matter
of course.
The next story was given to me
by little Filipino maid of the mature
age of IL years Her name is Miss
Luz Arciaga and she halls from Tugue-
garao, the chief town of the province
of Cagayan. The title of her story is
How the Filipino People Became tho
Cleanest in the World"
The story has q suspicious resem-
blance to many Sunday school anec-
dotes in English or Spanish. but I give
1t exactly as | got it, merely correct
ing its mistakes in grammar:
A Lesson in Cleanliness
Long, long ago the Filipinos lived
as savages, just as the little Negri-
toes do now In the mountains of Luzon.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23

time 6lgs1n9 fn the ground. But Juan
continued his good work, sure that
by doing se he would be granted great
indulgence from God
when he was lifting the corpse to
It's place in the grave the dead person
opened his mouth and gave him a
million thanks for his Kindness. Then
he advised Juan that when he should
reach tho country they were going to
he was not to take the spoon but the
pen-' Juan then asked the dead person
what these words meant, but 1t had be-
come a ifeless corpse again and never
uttered another word.
When Juan had finished burying the
corpse he rejoined his companion, Pc
dro, who was waiting for him and who
scolded him very much because they
were now very late. At last after
riding all day they arrived at very
big house and were told that the man
who lived there was the richest in the
country.
''They then knocked at the door and
asked the sarvant il the master was
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23

and at once the sky moved little
higher up. The harder Maria worked
the higher went the sky, and that is
why the sky is now so very high"
Now, a modern American telling this
story would probably do so in this way:
There was once q poor woman who
had to support a worthless lazy hus-
band. At last, through hard work and
exposure, she began to be troubled
with asthma so that she could not do
those kinds OF work which required
her to raise her arms above her head.
A kind old lady cured her asthma by
recommending her 10 smoke the leaves
Of the stramonium plant"
lit may be explained that the cachu-
bong plant referred to in the story is
datura alba, and is closely allied to the
jimson weed or thorn apple, being
merely a different species of the same
genus.l
The next story reflects characters
tically the usual Filipino ideas regard
ing the lack of dignity in manual
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23

newly discovered Malay cure Tor
the opium habit, containing the follow
ing particulars:
Through the courtesy of the Selan-
gor antiopium society of Kuala Lumpur
and the aid Of Rev. w. E. Horley of
that place, 1 am enabled to send a
quantity of the prepared opium cure
plant discovered in the Federated Malay
states. which has been used with con-
siderable success of late.
Attention was called to the treat
ment about three months ago; but, like
all new cures for supposed incurable
diseases, it was thought best to give
It a chance to prove its merit. 1t is
safe now to say that there is no doubt
that there have been a large number
of cures, which the friends OF the rem
edy emphatically claim are permanent.
The scientific name of the plant
which is credited with effecting such
widespread and marvellous cures of the
opium habit, is pronounced by H N.
Ridley. the director of the botanic
gardens. to be combertum sundaicum.
1t Is not, as some suppose, the plant
known by the Malay name OF tampal
(tampa) bsi. The now renowned plant
is climber of no hitherto known use.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23
Why the Sky Was Lifted

Long time ago there was a woman
whose name was Maria Busangsang,
who lived in the country with her hus-
band. whose name was Don Pedro.
Maria was very pious and Industrious,
but Don Pedro was very idle and did
not want 10 work. He slept all day
and all night. too. and only awoke
when he heard the clatter of the plates
and the rice bowl for then he knew
That it was time for dinner. Then when
he had finished eating he would go
back TO his room. lie down on the
uoor and fall asleep again.
Poor Maria worked very hard 10 flnd
food for herself and her husband. She
went out To fish md brought back sea
food. she plowed her little plat OF
ground with TIC help Of the carabso
and succeeded in keeping the wolf
from tho door for many years. Being
an Industrious woman, she liked work
ali except pounding the rice in the
wooden mortar with tho long wooden
pestlo made OF the wood Of the guava
tree.
The reason why she did not like
pounding the rice was that the sky
was too low and interfered with her
arms when she raised the pestie high
above her head. one day, when the
tkN Was pressing DOWN upon her more
than usual, she stopped pounding the
rice and sat down on the wooden NOR
tar alongside of the unhusked grains.
soon an old woman passed by.
walking with crooked back and sup
porting herself with a big stick made
Of santol wood Why are YOU so sad
Mariag asked the old woman, who was
p stranger 10 Maria, and Maria won
dered that she knew her name
81 am sad because / cannot pound
the rice today, for the sky hangs Sc
low that ] canot raise the pestle high
enough
You must go TO the barrfo Of Sar
Vicente replied the old woman, and
you viii gather the leaves of the ca.
chubong plant which you will finc
there. You will then dry the leaves
and smoke them in a pipe like tobacco
and then when you have done that ths
sky viii be lifted and you will be abI.
to pound the rice once more
Maria did everything that the kint
old lady told her to do. and next da,
Ghe took a bag of rice and put it IL
the wooden mortar Then she begar
pounding the rice with the woodeT
pesfie. AS soon as she raised the pestls
above her head --a0 touched tic sky
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23

Juan Escay, and yet that cannot be,
for he Is very clean
Presently his mother sees him and
knows at once that it is her own boy
even though he is so clean. He looks
much more handsome than he did be-
fore. and Gs she sees that her own face
is very dirty. she washes II so as TO be
pretty also.
AFTER that the father comes home
and seeing that his wife and his son
were clean he thought that his own
facet was very dirty. and so he followed
their example.
The father, mother and son being
now clean. the mother began to think
that the room looked dirty, so she
cleaned all the house.
The woman who lived next door
saw so great change in her neighbors'
house and faces that she saw her
own face and house was very dirty.
and so she cleaned them. too.
And so 1t came about that the ex-
ample OF these people spread all
through the PHILIPPINE islands. and that
is why the Filipinos are now the
cleanest people In the world"
Many Americans will doubtless be
surprised to learn that the FiIipinos
claim to be a cleanly people, and yet
there is a sense in which the statement
is true.
The japanese are probably the most
cleanly people in the east. The Fill
pino people. who are their near kins-
men. are also cleanly as far as their
bodies are concerned. This may be
seen by any one who journeys by train
or boat along the banks Of the Pasig
river. where they are seen bathing and
washing themselves daily.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23
By DR.. John Stuart, B. A.

- he tales that are handed down
from parent TO child in any coun-
try would doubtless afford us
some glimpse into the past his
tory Of that country, or give US some
information as 70 the origin of some
Of its manners and customs if we
could only read them Alright Few
countries have so rich collection Of
these children's stories as the Philip
pines. and some systematic attempt
should be made 10 collect them before
they disappear abashed in the presence
Of modern education. which is fast sub
stituting nature study for the fairy
lore OF childhood.
The Philippine child stories are most
~ handed down from one generation
TO another by word Of mouth, and can
IS rule be obtained only by American
teachers and others who are able &c
gain the confidence Of the Filipino boys
and girls.
our excellent American system Of
education which is fast extending
knowledge Of books and. better still,
q
tion of Filipino school children is. how
ever fast causing these traditional
stories 10 disappear. The more ad-
vanced boys and girls of the high
schools seem in many cases to be
ashamed Of these tales Of fairies and
Of magic, since they no longer believe
So them and regard them as silly "a
the many superstitious beliefs which
are common among the Filipino peas
antry.
The present writer, while engaged
in teaching natural science in several
high schools throughout the Philip
pine archipelago, made d collection Of
over a hundred such stories, some OF
which are given here. Some of these
were told TO him by Ibanags children,
who attended the high school of Tugue-
garao in the CagayaD valley; others are
from nocano and Pangasinan pupils IN
The high school Of Lingayen; some are
from Visayans at Bacolod, the capital
Of Occidental Negros, while still others
are from Tagalog children in Pasig, a
small town near Manila and the capital
Of the province OF Rizal.
The first story IS a short one and
IS entitled How the sky was Lifted Up
So High" 1t was given TO me by Miss
Fructuosa Gonzaga of Bacolod Pro-
fessor Tyndau once gained fame and
credit by explaining 10 q puzzled world
why it is that the sky is so blue, but
Miss Gonzaga's story IS more ambitions
than the Royal society paper of the
distinguished Irish physicist, since It
attempts an explanation of an even
more mysterious quality of the sky.
In the story 1 have corrected a few
mistakes in grammar, but retain in
many cases the quaint English of the
story teller.
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23
The Clerk and tho Cook

Once upon time two poor boys
wished TO go to another country TO make
their fortune. so they both obtained
permission to go from their mothers.
When the mothers OF the boys had
granted them permission. they kissed
their boys and the boys kissed their
mothers hands and then rode away on
horseback.
AS they were travelling they saw
dead person lying on the road One
of the boys. whose name was Juan,
pitied the dead person because his body
was not buried deep enough in the
ground, and 1t was already rotten.
Then he dismounted from his horse
and digged hole in the ground for the
body.
The other boy, whose name was
Pedro, would not help him and was
very sagry bccsI..e Juan was wasting
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23

"ONSUL GENERAL D. f. WILBER
of Singapore, Straits Settlements.
has furnished a report of the
newly discovered Malay cure for
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-23
Municipal Filth

But there is another sort OF cieanlf-
ness besides the personal. which may be
called municipal cleanliness. In this it
is that FiIipinos are wanting. Filth
out of sight Is generally out OF mind
All through the islands villagers are
drawing their water supply from sur
face wells and other polluted sources
When epidemics OF cholera, typhoid
fever. dysentery and other diseases OF
water carriage appear among them they
regard them as 'visitatiOns" for their
sins 1t is quite true that they are
the consequences of sin but the sin
is municipal in that it violates the law
Of hygiene: it is not personal as they
deem it to be.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-27
WOULD RESTRICT
JAP PANESE FLOOD

VANCOUVER, B. G., Sept 26.
Nv. d. Scott, or SOME other official Of
the Canadian government familiar
with government affairs, will prob
ably be sent to Japan Immediately to
attempt to arrange restriction of the
immigration of Japanese. This prop
osition has not been finally decided
upon by the federal government, but
1t was given out at Ottawa today
that the question was being fully
considered, and detailed announce
ment would be made in day or two.
The fact that the government is
considering sending special envoy
to the mikado shows that the nego-
tiations between Ishii and Premier
Laurier last week at Ottawa were
fruitless Mr.. Scott, head of the inn
migration department, is now in
Vancouver, and could be on his way
to Japan within five days.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-27
PACIFIC FLEET
At GOLDEN GATE

sam FRANCISCO. Sept 26 A
wireless message from the flagship
West Virginia, received this evening
at the Goat Island station, says that
the cruisers Of Admiral Dayton's
squadron are lying outside and prob
ably will pass through the Golden
Gate soon after daylight tomorrow
morning. The officials of San Fran
cisco, Oakland, Alameda and Berke-
ley and a number OF commercial or
ganizations met this afternoon with
Secretary Jennings Of the California
Promotion Committee to arrange for
a greeting and future entertainment
Of Rear Admiral Dayton. commander
in chief of the Pacific feet, and his
officers.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-27
PROGRESS MADE
IN BORAH TRAIL
LBy Associated Press.l

BOISE, Sept. 26. At today's pro-
ceedings in the trial of United States
Senator William E. Borah. the gov
ernment disposed of thirteen wit
nesses, all of whom swore that John
Wells, one of the men indicted with
Senator Borah, gave them money
with which they took out timber land
claims. When they received their
patents to the land, they all declared
that Wells sent them to man named
Pritchard, who took their deeds and
gave them $3.50 each. One of the
witnesses, Wean West, said that in
addition to taking out claim for
himself, he induced several others to
do So
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-27
STANDARD OIL
BRIBER ARRESTED

H.- = I45 5i / vi .
FINDLAY, Ohio, Sept 26.--L. B,
Williamson was arrested yesterday on
an Indictment charging him with at
tempting to bribe Charles f. Thomp-
son. juror in the case Of the State
of Ohio against the Standard Oil
Mrs. Thompson said Williamson
approached her and asked her to per-
suade her husband to hang the jury.
The final vote of the jury was eight
to four for conviction. Williamson
in jail today admitted that he made
the proposition to Mrs. Thompson,
saying that her husband would be
paid from $500 to $1,000 should the
jury disagree.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-27
CONSPIRATORS ARE
THROWN in JAIL
[By Associated Press. ]

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26. Official
word of the arrest of the conspirators
in Havana reached the War Depart
ment today in the following cable
gram addressed by Governor Magoon
to Acting Secretary Oliver:
Information, more specific than
heretofore, received late tonight is to
the effect that Mateo PARA, angered
by failure to bring about an uprising,
threatened to dynamite some build
ings in Havana and then escaped.
Local police arrested him and two
OF his gang, named Lara Miret and
Dacase, and they are now in Jail.