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The Washington times., 1907-11-17

st-THE silly old woman. washed her clothes
for her last night in way she did not
expect did not have any soap. so I used little
coal dust and very pretty they looked. Hal Hal
shall wash them for her again tonight"
"Oh. please do notl" implored the children.
Shall starch and iron them9 will do It beau.
Gfully One, two, three, four fve six seven. Abra-
csdabra. turn-tuu-t." shouted the brownie.
To the chldrsns wonder, the basket was gone
and all the clothes, too They found the basket under
large gOoseberry bush and sshst do you tbinkl All
the clothes were in the basket sarched and irOned beau
hfuIly There was not one single mark on anything.
Kind little Brovniel Clever little BrOvnisl
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The Washington times., 1907-11-17

NNE day two men came to give the cellar good
~ cleaning.
1T win not take long, said the sharp voice of the
gardeners wife, fOr there is nothing but coal dust e
eept that one big lump in the corner. You can clear
that OUT too"
Stop. It's Brownies lump; better not medde with
IT," whispered the little kitchen maid
You mind your business, said the gardeners
wife He must be very silly old brownie to live
under lump of coaE
So the cellar cleaned. and the gardeners wife
told the to put the lump of coal wheelbarrOw
and she would wheel It out Of their way.
I do not suppose anybody win miss the COAL she
said to herself i dare say the mistress would give it
me if asked her for it, and for brownies fudgei
Bless u.s. What's thatr'
The Washington times., 1907-11-17

IT HE gardeners wife was very much pleased and
she thought the children had the clothes done
in their laundry and the children did not tell what they
knew about it.
Often curious sounds were heard all over the
house.
'It might he rats The elders said, but the chill
dren were sur It was sort of weeping and wailing;
''They have stolen my coal,
And haven't hole
To hide In;
Not even house
One could ask
TO bide in.'
lit.. - tic brownie was never seen Of
again.
The Washington times., 1907-11-17
7E] Chlldrens Stories
NV Tbe4 Never Croe,OO Ola

: a BROWNIE is a most curious creature fairy.
and yet not the sort of fairies who fly about on
wings. He is a sober, stay-at-hOme household elf;
nothing much to look at even if you DO him, which
yOu are not likely to- He is only ite old man, about
foot high all dressed in brown with brown face and
brown hands and brown peaked cap.
Under one particular coal in the dark corner of the
cellar there lived one Of these brownies The old cook
never forgot to give Brownie his supper But when
she died the young cook dislked taking the trouble to
place bowl of milk in the same place every night She
did not believe in brownies she said. "She had never
seen one, and seeing is believing.
Brownie woke up at his usual hour for getting up
10 ocIoek-snd looked around for his supper. but it
wasn't there He ran about the coal cellar to what
be could find.
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09
FEARFUL BURNING SORES.
Boy in Misery f2 Years-eezena in Rough Scales, Itching and h.
 famed-Curcd ty Cuticura.

"Cuticura has put a stop to twelve years of misery l passed with my son. AS an infant I noticed on his body red spot and treated same with differ eat remedies for about five years, but when the spot began to get larger put him under the care of doctors. Under their treatment the disease spread to four different parts of his body During the day 1t would get rough and form like scales. At night 1t would be cracked. infiamed and bad ly swollen. with terrible burning and itching. One doctor told me that my sons eczema was incurable. and gave 1t up. 1 decided to give Cutieura a trial. When had used the first box of Cuti- cura Ointment there was a great im- proyement, and by the time had used the second set of Cuticura Remedies my child was cured. He is now twelve years old. and his skin is as fine and smooth as silk. Michael Steinman. : Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y, April Is. I905"
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09
SPAIN FAR BEHIND NATIONS.
lIliteracy Prevails There to a Nest
 Amazing Extent.

Of the 20.0e0. 900 people inhabiting Spain. only about 35 per cent. can read and write; another two and one half per cent. of the population can read without being able to write, but the remaining 62l2 per cent are ab- solute illterates. In the south of Spain it is impossible to get serv- ant who can read and write. and many of the postmen are unable to tell to whom the letters they carry are addressed. They bring bun- de of letters to house and the owner looks through them and takes those which are tor which he thinks sre) addressed to him. The Spanish postmen are not paid by the state; the recipient of the letters have to remunerate them according to the amount of their correspondence and each letter costs the addressee at least one cert. It is a joke among the easy-going Spaniards that he who treats the postmen best receives the most fetters-whether they are in- tended for him or hot
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09
Jobn Henry
 In Bobemi "a
By HVCH hcHUCH
 tCser1s v. Hekcrf)

Boys, let me put you wise, If you wan, to keep of the griddl- don't ever try te show your shy little lady friend how the birdies sing in "Bohem,S~
 YouIl get stung if you do.
 For the past six months Clara Jane has been handing out hints that shed like to have me take her down the line and let her Oh. listen 10 the band in one of those real deyilish New York restaurants.
 She iatimated that she'd like to sit h the grand stand and hold the watch on those who are going the pace that kills
 She wanted 10 know If I thought she could toy with tenderloin steak ia a careless cafe without getting tie call down from Uncle William.
 Clara lanes Uncle William hands out the lesson leaflets in Sunday school and wrestles the Golden Rule 10 finish every Sabbath
 During the week be. conducts a fire sale.
 told her thought she could and she was pleased
 I'm just crazy to take lunch. some time. among the Bohemians." she gurgled.
 told her thought she'd have a happier time If We t-amped down to the tunnel and butted in among the Italians just as the F o'clock whistle blew. and she threw both lamps at me good and hard
 few days ago I took her to the matinee al The New York where you have 10 pinch of only 50 cents and then you're entitled to slosh around in parlor furniture and eat up about eish. dollars worth of comedy.
 That New York" thing is immense believe me,
 Everything else has faded away.
 After the show We thought we'd pat the pave for few blocks and who should we run into but Bud Phillips
 Bud belongs to the Grand Lodge of Good Fellows
 So far as I can size him up the Good Fellow puts in 12 hours a day trying to stab himself 10 death with gin riekeys. and the other 12 are de voted to yelling for help and ice water.
 This is not tap on the door. Nix on the knock
 IL isn't my cue to aim the hammer
 When 1t comes 10 falling of the water wagon can do A hir of a speciality in grand and lofty tumbling
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09

dering selzer lemonade. so it oidai make much difference. anyway.
 What is he?" she whispered after bit, "a painter"
 oh, hes painter all right l said. When some one leads him up to a tub"
 ~Wate--colors or oil?" she asked
 "Oil." I said "Fusel oil.'
 Has he ever done any good thing said she
 Yes I said Bud Phillips"
 oh, I'm enjoying th4; so much Who ,s the man with the fawn-like eyes and the long hair al that other table?" she whispered.
 He was the night-watchman Of the apartment house next door but gave her an easy speech to the effect that he was Bill Beethoven. a grandson of old man Beethoven who wrote the wedding march and Nah Rainbow Coon and Father Was a Gentleman When Mother Was Not Near, and several other gems.
 She thought she was in Bohemia and having the time Of her lie. so l let her dream.
 In the meantime Budd was busy try ing to put out the fire in the well Ikey ased for . neck
 Every time a waiter looked over a. cur table Bad.s roll would blaze up.
 Clara Jane concluded she'd broaden cut a bit on Art and the old Masters
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09

so she asked key f he liked Rem. brandt
 key looked at her out of the cor. her of one eye and said, Much 'bliged, but I'm up te here now."
 Then he went to sleep.
 Bud was beginning 10 see double Every once in while he'd stop trying to whistle eSallie. My Hot Tamale. :" and he'd look over al Clara Jane and hand her a sad. sad smile.
 Then he'd press money in the walt CTS hand and wait f.r his music cue
 Clara Jane had about decided that Bohemia was away up stage. but wouldn't let go. I wanted her to get the lesson Of her life. and that's where my finish began to get busy.
 Tom Barclay valued into the sub way. saw me and in minute he was making the break of his life
 Why, hello, John Henry" said Tom. say, l saw her to-day = and she's immense! You've got a great eye, old man"
 l tossed of few wicked winks on that great eye of mine but Tom went right along to the funeral
 Lizzie B is a peach, John Henry. You've got the eye for the good girls. all right, all right he chortled.
 Clara Jane began to freeze.
 I felt like boiled potato in the hands Of an Irish policeman
 Shes every bit to the good, old man" Tom turned | on again: she makes all the other birds chatter in the cage. And her feet-did you ever see such feet2'
 l looked at Clara Jane's face, but there was no light in the window for me.
 You certainly picked out a warm proposition when you put your arms around Lizzie B. and I'm your friend for life for hauling me up in the char. iot with you-whatu you haye?" croaked Tom.
 Thiry-two bars rest" whispered hoarsely. cut 1t all out!"
 Gut out nothing'" said the prize idiot well drink to Lizzie B. Whatll your lady friend have?"
 When Clara Jane arose she was a mass of icicles
 MT. John Henry, will you have the kindness to escort me to a car9"
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09

that gets loud hand from all the members of the High Tide association So nix on the knock
 His father cut out the breathing busi lHss about two years ago and left Bud N00,o00 and a long dry spell on the inside.
 Bud has been in the lake ever since.
 As you were!' said Bud. Why. It's John Henry, touch thumbs. old pal?" and then in side speech he wanted to know what troupe the sou brette was cutting-up with
 f Clara Jane had heard him my finish would have hopped over the fence then and there
 But she didn't. so I introduced them and quietly tipped Bud of to the fact that it will be case of wedding bells when Willie gets a wad-be nice, be nice'
 And Bud woke up to the occasion.
 You 10 the carryall," he said. I'll float you down to Muttheimers and we'll get busy with the beans,r
 Hes out 10 cough for a few cook les, l explained 10 Clara Jane.
 T never heard of Mattheime-fs be- fore. said Clara Jane. on the side.
 Your luck has given you a thrown. down" said
 @Rut I do hope it's Bohemian. she sighed
 Sure" I said. hated to break her heart
 Muttheimer's is ore of those eat. cries where the walters look wise be- cause they cant speak English.
 If you ask them question they bark al you in German
 It's supposed to be Bohemian be cause there's sawdust on the floor and the flies wear paiamas and say. Pro sit" before falling in the stuT that you swallow to-day and taste to-mor row
 Bud punches his hits or the bell and the low-forehead has a Fitzsimmons hug on the order when Ikev N!ncen- pizenstein crawls into the har5or and drops anchor at our table
 I don't know how Key eyer pressed close enough to get on Buds staff.
 spoke his name fast when I intro. duced key to Clara Jane but she was susy trying to live swift life by or,
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09
Queer Idea of en,o,

Dr. Juliet Severance wri,e'
 Vegetarian Magazine: h u
 T am often reminded o, case brought before the o,o .. elts| was in medical college in lss' sas | man had gout and rheumatis.' A the small and large joints a hss st| movable. and his sufferi,g Oeias ia| Dr. R. T. Trall, professor of s ,h ss'ss| practice, was explaining ,o rs'. .'s sa portanee of. a very strict and ,s.. =
 ous diet The poor fellow ,r,as s'ae's to turn his head. and grup,es nal can't go that; I want to s. ou: 1 while l do live" W V
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09

|,ore usi1 |fered eE |for a ye'| |the bae9 | |uous in |the tiul1 l ney Pti l kept oI | time l 1 l uey Pill l For 1
 III | box f
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09

Boys let me put you wise' If you want 10 keep of the griddl- don't ever tFy to show your shy little lady friend how the birdies sing in Cd Hnherf5.s
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09
Makes Pain Gc Away.

Are you one of the ones who pay in toll For your right of way through this
 life?
 If so you will find Hunts Lightning Oil A friend which will aid in the strife
 To those who earn their own way by their own labor. accidents occur with painful frequency Burns, bruises. cuts and sprains are not strangers to the man who wears corns on his hands 4 better remedy for these troubles does not exist than Hunts Lightning Oil
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09
Has 10 Be Cited,

Possibly there is something on Earth that is a surer and quicker cure for cuts, burns, aches. pains and bruises than Hunts Lightning Oil If so, would like to be cited. For twenty years l have been unable to find any hing better myself H. H. WARD,
 Rayyille, La.
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09
Peace Dove Evidently Needed.

During the session of the house of representatives a dove, purple in color, flew gracefully into the hall and lowered high over the heads of the legislators. Naturally the question arose IS to whether it was the dove of peace. Some of the members earnestly hoped that it was.-Hart- ford Times.
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09
Passivc.

Bill-Did you say he has horse sense9
 Jill-No; why, he hasn't even got mule sense. I never knew him to kick in his life.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09

"fi. SSi1h ficiFIs VIII Iou Have
 the Kindness to Esco- Me to 2
 Carr"
 she said giving ne the g,i,terlng gig. lamps, then you may return and dis. euss your affairs Of the heart at your leisure"
 "Stung!" said Bud. bringing his hand down on the table so vigorously that key woke up and ordered an. other htgh-ban
 Me-to the Badlands. l. took me three mortal hours 10 convince her that Tom vas only talking about a horse.
 Hereafter when Clara Jane vear,s for something swift I'll take her doW7 and jet her watch the trolley cars % by.
 convrisAs lscl sy c. V. p.llaSh.n
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09
Proof,

The Bride-How do you k,o, man across the aisle ia r,, r4 The Groom-Why. jus, vs,' v's'' fuently he talks. aas
The Forrest City times., 1907-08-09

some men are so smart in a bust ness way that people do not care to do business with them a second time
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-15
THE GLASS CASE

URPRISES galore have been sprung
on the people in the last few days,
~ but no one of them was as well
fire work in the case of Louis Glass
in his second trial for bribing public
officials.
Proof of high sense of duty to the
people on the part of Judge Lawlor is
seen in this excellent work, showing he
is not affected by the outcome of pend
ing questions in the supreme court
touching the validity of the indictment
under which Glass is held, in common
with others.
In the political maelstrom now raging
in San Francisco it requires determina-
tion and force of character in judge
to do his duty by the people, and Judge
Lawlor may be assured the people see
and appreciate his excellent work.
All the courts in Christendom can
porations, through their leading Of
ficials, bribed the supervisors of San
Francisco to sell their votes and con-
sciences for money. and that the money
was paid and the goods delivered and
now day of reckoning is here and
these wealthy men must prove to the
outraged law they did not do these
things or take the legal consequences
of their criminal acts.
We repeat that the conviction of one
of these wealthy men, whose number is
so few in comparison with that of the
weaker class on which they operate,
will go farther to kill graft than any
thing else can, and if Louis Glass is
proven guilty of the crime charged his
incarceration in Jail will be the death
knell of graft in California.
Weak sentimentalism can have no
place in the classification or adjudica-
ton of these graft cases. Measures and
methods, not men. are on trial, and a
betrayed people demand prompt and
severe punishment for all who may be
found guilty.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-15
PUBLIC OPINION

N LECTION returns in San Fran
cisco Tuesday confirm the fact of
IL the power of public opinion in
nolitical warfare as noted in the dis
astrous defeat of the Herrin ticket.
That this ticket was the one for which
southern Pacific officialdom was re-
sponsible was known to the voters, and
the hue and cry of the press and the
masses awakened the voters to a sense
of duty.
The usual fine manipulating hand of
Herrin was in evidence, through his
henchmen, including prominent federal
oficeholders and other creatures allied
with state off1cialdom, and yet. so over
powering is public opinion when once
aroused that the whole combined forces
were driven off the field, Inundated and
discredited.
There is much of promise in this fact
for California. The long and tortuous
road of railway domination has never
been marked with stones of defeat, but
this beginning favors the belief that the
people. once aroused, will continue the
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-15
GOOD LAND LAW

THE sorely punished people of Wis
consin, seeing the whole timber
Il area of their state laid waste by
lumber pirates.- and being forced to
come to Pacific coast markets for build
ing material they should have at their
doors, and being forced to pay exor-
bitant prices therefor, have taken the
lesson to heart and are now pushing
a new timber land law which provides
that when lands are sold for taxes the
state land commissioners, with fund
at their disposal for the purpose, shall
have the first opportunity to purchase
such lands. In this way a great deal
of land suitable for reforesting, or on
which will be a second voluntary
growth, is being set aside in state
forest reservations.
Even with the drastic reservation
laws now in force on this coast a law
similar to this one would be good for
the people.
AS in Wisconsin, all sorts of timber
is stripped from the ground, mature
and sapling alike, and no provision is
made for a new growth. If our laws
provided for the removal of mature
trees only and the keeping for forest
purposes the best lands there could be
a constant supply of timber which even
trusts could not touch, such a law
placing it in possession of the state.
Federal encroachment on special in
terests through reservation acts may
work an individual hardship here and
there, but to the people at large any law
that conserves timber lands and saves
the forests is good law, and If the Wis
consin law found place on California
statutes thousands of acres of avail
able land now lying idle might be bear
ing forest growth for the future.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-15
WAGES AND FOOD

A STOCK argument of Republicans
n in sustaining the robber tariff is
the great increase in wages men
receive now as against the wages Of ten
years ago when the Dingley law became
effective. Granting the rise in wages,
will the tariff champions tell us wherein
the worker is benefited by that fact
when the cost of food and rents is
vastly more than the rise in pay?
The Dingley law exacts an average
tariff of As to so per cent, and it is a
cruel fact that since the law became
effective the cost of living has in
ccreased in just about that percentage,
while wages have rarely gone beyond
25 per cent in advance. At the present
rate in advance OF the cost of living
the percentage Of increase for 1907 over
1879 will be so per cent, and the end is
not yet.
If revision of the tariff sufficient to
permit foreign competition in many
lines were in effect, and again, sufficient
to permit competition at home, some-
thing which the trusts make it impos-
sible to do, the ratio between high
wages and high cost of living could be
made even and the workingman be
benefited. The benefit now is apparent,
not real, and the Republican sophists
who prate of the full dinner pail know
this to be true.
The careful accountant can find some
thing like 400 great trusts in the coun-
try, nearly all of which are sheltered
none of which could exist but for the
trade conditions the tariff favors; and
1t is plain matter of fact that nearly
all these trusts have come into being
since the advent of the Dingley law.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-15
MOTHER ACCUSES HER
DAUGHTER OF BATTERY
Says Girl Beat Her When She Re-
proved Her for Some Dis
obedient Act-Wants
to Show Marks

Nellie Arid, II years of age, refined
and pretty young woman, was arrested
in Long Beach last night by Patrolman
Ingram and placed in the central police
station on warrant charging her with
battery. :.
The complaining witness in the case is
Mrs. Della Aird, the mother of the young
woman.
Mrs. Aird appealed to the police yester-
day morning for warrant for the arrest
of her daughter, whom she said had
beaten her in frightful manner when
she undertook to chide her for ois-
obedience.
Mrs. Arid desired to show her bruises
to prove her claim, but Lieut.. W1lllam
Murray modestly declined to view the ex-
hibit In the case and referred her to Judge
John Summerfield, who issued the war
rant. Officer Ingram found the young
woman In Long Beach.
Miss Aird is said by the police to be
most estimable young woman, and allege
that her home life has been far from
pleasant because of continual family
rows.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-15
OPIUM DISPENSERS

n EvOCATION of permit to do busi-
II ness in the case of the city
~ against the National California
District Messenger company is step
to be commended by all good citizens.
The police trapped these people into
selling opium to the officers, and the
fact of the sale and delivery Of the
drug opens up such awful possibilities
as to demand the driving out of the city
of all such concerns.
The opiate habit among men and
women is growing all over the Pacific
coast, and safeguards are set to di-
minish the sale of opium, cocaine and
like drugs, and the regular dealer is
hedged about with legal guards he dare
not break; but here is an ostensibly
safe messenger concern whose business
takes its boys into the homes Of the
city at all hours of day and night, and
what an easy thing-and respectable,
too-for habitue of either sex to call
up a messenger and renew the supply
of dope!
The good effects of this exposure are
something for which the families of
those cursed by the drug habit may be
thankful, and the effective results of
the police work are worthy of un-
stinted praise. The mask of respecta-
bility covers many a cancer in metro
politan life, but none so utterly foul
as the feeding, for money, of the de-
humanizing craving of the drug fiend.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-15

All strong men and sensible women
sympathize with sailors in the navy
who seek reform in their uniform. The
nollycoddle cap is useless affair; it
is not comfortable, and in the wind it
is nuisance. The naval men do not
object to the bell-bottomed trousers or
the blouse, but they do want sensible
cap and coat to wear on shore leaves.
1t is singular how the navy clings to
customs so old most persons do not
know what they mean. Few persons
know the sailors wide collar dates back
to the days when the seamen wore a
creased and powdered pigtail of hair
and that the sundown gun originated
in the days of flintlock guns which the
sentry fired at nightfall so that by re-
loading he was sure his powder was
dry. Here's hoping the jackies will be
allowed to discard the pie-shaped lid.