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The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
THE WORLDS OLDEST CITY.
1t Is Bismya, in Asia, South of Ancient
 Babylon.

Edgar J. Banks, professor of the Turkish language in the University of Chicago, arrived, says the Baltl- more News, was the guest of the Woman's College of Baltimore, here recently, where he is to deliver two lectures.
 "The Oldest City in the World" about which Dr. Banks spoke, is the ancient city of Bismya, in Asia, which lies somewhat south of Babylon. Dr. Banks was him. self in charge of the excavations ot this prehistoric ruin, having been sent by the University of Chicago as director of the oriental research party. For two years the research party works in Babylon and Assyrla, and for two years in Egypt, success ively. From his long period of resi- dence in these countries and his own personal work in the matter, Dr. Banks has a fund of historical knowledge and graphic incidents Of life in the orient.
 'EPerhaps the most interesting find in Bismya, the oldest city in the world," said Dr. Banks, lis a statue of David. It has been proved that this piece of sculpture belongs to the Samaritan dynasty, and is the most ancient statue known to be in existence"
 When asked what had become of the statue, Dr. Banks replied that the Turkish government kept a firm grip on everything found on or in Turkish soil. The strictest sort of surveillance is exercised over for eign excavators that not a single piece of ancient ruins may be taken from the country.
 ''The David,' I am sorry to say, is in the Turkish museum at Con- stantinople," said Dr. Banks. But, despite the stringent laws and the strict watch over the workers exer- cised by the government, Dr. Banks had to admit that an excayator sell dom left the country without hav- ing smuggled something through.
 Exactly how old the oldest city is, it would be difficult to say. Writ ten records have been found in the ruins which actually date back to 1000 B. c.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
CASA.
From the Democrat, February P.

From the Democrat, February 22
 Mrs. Lind of'Conway is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Sweet here this week.
 Asa Wright, the big farmer of the Bend, was here last week with cotton.
 Cotton continues to come in at a lively rate, despite the fact that the cotton season is supposed to be over.
 George Stover is over on his homestead this week, getting ready to build and make other improve ments.
 w. E. Smith has made some substantial improvements on his residence, which adds greatly to the looks of his little home.
 The small child of J. c. Burton of South View died last week after an illness extending several weeks.
 Since the bill to compel the Rock Island to stop its night trains at this place went into effect, they have put on a night operator at this place, which is great conven- fence to the travelling public. J. w. Cazort is the new night man.
 Jno. Q. Allen and family left this week for Morrilton, where they will make their future home.
 MT. Allen we understand has leased the Nally Hotel and will conduct that popular hostelry in the future. We are sorry to see them leave, but wish them success in their new home.
 The Casa Mercantile Company which opened its doors for bus mess this week, is one of the strong est firms in this part of the state and will do a general furnishing business. This company is cap italized at S2o, GOO. co and is com posed of some of the wealthiest as well as the most enterprising bus mess men of this place. The direc- torate of this company is as follows: President, H. c. Harkey; Vice President, L. B. Mccoy; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. w. McCon- nell; E. A. Adney and F. A. Nc Ghee.
 The report comes to us that on last Friday four children attending the public school near Asa Wright s
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
BORDER COUNTY NOTES
 NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS, COLLECTED FROM
 THE COLUMNS OF OUR EXCHANGES.

were bitten by dog supposed to have been mad. The children bit ten, so the report goes, were two children of Tillman Keith and two of F. M~Jaeo's children. It is understood that the dog, which was shepherd, came to the school house just as the children were dismissed for recess and as the lit tie ones ran out 1t attacked them. The children we understand have been taken to a maidstone to test the efficacy of that remedy for the rabies.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28

streets. The stock of goods be- longing to J. w. Mason and J. E. Stewart were also badly damaged by being moved, but MT. Mason S loss is covered by insurance, he being the only loser that had in- Surance.
 The oyster supper given Tues day night at Dyes opera house by the members of the A. O. U. w. was undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable affairs of this kind ever gotten up here. The bill of fare consisting of oysters, fixed in any style, ham, bread, celery, pickles and the various sauces, together with fruit, was all that could be desired.
 A special to a Memphis paper from Mena says that the largest turkey ever seen in that county was recently killed and that it weighed B pounds and had beard measuring nine inches. That is a small gobbler to the one recently killed by our fellow townsman, J. s. Smith. He killed four one morning, the largest weighing B pounds which had beard measur- ing II inches; the other three each had beard 10 inches long, and the combined weight of the four was 100 pounds.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
APPROPRIATE.
chimney

The minister had just finished his discourse when a deacon stepped forward and whispered something in his ear, whereupon the good man faced the assembled worshipers and said:
 lowing to some fancied grievance the choir has struck. The congrega- ton will please arise and sing Praise God, from Whom All Bless ings Flow"
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
SUFFICIENTLY COMPETENT.

T want ter git me cousin Mike Flannery on the poliss force," said the ward heeler.
 'What?" exclaimed the machine boss. "Why, he's almost blind and he's lame, besides"
 "WeIl, he kin draw his pay all right. "-Philadelphia Press.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
Don't Be Irritable.

" An irritated skin makes al irritable person, and an irritable person gathers much trouble unto himself or herself. as the case may be Moral: Use Hunts Cure, one box of which h absolutely and unqualihdely guaranteed to cure any form of skin troub C. Any kind d cures" 24A
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
Rest and Sleep.

Few escape those miseries of winter-a k. cold, distressing cough. Many remedies oaa o recommended, but the one quickest and bsssl sls all is Simmons Cough Syrup. Soothiug av u
 healing to the lungs and bronchial passaSas SIa ! stops the cough at once and gives you weIro.,,na rest and peaceful sleep. 3i 1s
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
A Household Necessity

would almost soon think of runni,o
 farm without implements as without tff my Lightning Oil. Of all the linim ents haze unts used for both man and beast, it is the ever in action and richest in results. For buIns Aest fresh cuts it is absolutely wonderful. Irega-gg it as a household necessity. Yours trp1 sara 24-4t 5. HARTMAN, Kosciusko %t;
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28
MAKING A CHOICE.

"You worked for my election be- cause you thought I was the better man, didn't you?" said the official
 Nope" answered Farmer Corn tossel, "the lesser of two evils" LONG PRIMER NO. 1-2167.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-02-28

The family medicine in thousands of homes for 52 years-Dr. Thacher's Live, end Blood Syrup.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

want to hurt anybody. The road
looked good to him and he had bought
| some OF the stock. In fact, he had
| bought the control. Gates didn't have
any special use for a railroad with
$500 miles of track, and he looked
around for purchaser. He went to
Mr.. MOrgan's office one morning, and
said: Morgan, | own the control of
the Louisville. If you want it or have
buyer for it, you can take it off my
hands Mr. Morgan found buyer
and Gates cleaned up fortune.
Gates is a born gambler. When he
was country shopkeeper out in Hi
nois he spent many night in box
car on the siding, playing the great
American game" by the light of a
trainman's lantern.
In active markets it has not been
unusual for Gates to carry a line of
$25,O0O,000 Or $3O,OOO,OOO worth of
stocks on margin. Some of the older
men in the street have tried again
and again to tie him up, but they
have never succeeded. Gates has
always had his eyes open. Where he
couldn't see far enough with his own
eyes, he paid somebody else to look
out for him. No operator in Wall
Street ever organized more elabor-
ate system Of getting advance infor-
nation of things that would affect
Wall street When the street was
waiting anXiously for the final decis-
ion in the Northern Securities case,
and the Union Pacific party believed
that it had defeated James J. Hill, Mr..
Gates one day sent word to Mr. Hills
office that he had something to tell
him. The railroad president walked
down Nassau street and across Wall
street to the plunger's Office. There
he learned from Gates that the Su-
preme court decision would be against
the Union Pacific Gates didn't tell
how he knew it, but he assured Mr..
Hill that he knew what he was talk.
ing about. Northern Securities began
to soar that day, and never stopped
until it had advanced $40 a share
Some days later the Supreme court
decision was made public. 1t was just
what Gates said it would be.
Of the hordes of newly created mill
ionaires borne into Wall street on the
wave of industrial combinations which
overwhelmed the country from 1898
to 1901, Gates was the most pictur-
esque. He has added to that distinc-
ton the further honor of lasting the
longest and of retiring not without
laurels. One may not wonder if it
might not be said of him now what
he once said of himself on another
question, that he is mot broke, but
badly bent"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
About Movinu Books,

One of the most irksome tasks of
moving is the packing of books. They
are heavy, hard to pack, and the
bindings are easily marred. The best
way, in case there is number to be
removed, is to provide the requisite
number of soap or shoe-boxes, line
them with newspapers and pack the
books in them, filling crevices with
crumpled paper. Spread papers on
top, and box covers need not be put
on. Label each box in case there are
several bookcases, and they will be the
more easily restored to their proper
positions. For part of the joy of hav-
ing books is to. be able to put ones
hand on the wanted one at will.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
The Poet and the Officer.

Carducci, the great Italian poet who
has just died, came near having duel
one day. He possessed a fine spirit
of contradiction and had the charac-
teristics of fighter. Once while trav.
cling in Lombardy he was in a railway
compartment with an army officer
who did not recognize him. Conver.
sation turned upon the latest literary
productions. They spoke of a poem
by the author Of "Odes Barbares,"
which had just appeared.
This Carducci," exclaimed the off.
Ger with enthusiasm, "is superb ge.
MUS, the greatest since Dante, and the
equal of Dante himself"
"Humph," said the other, a go.
MUS? That's too much to say; find
him very mediocre"
Mediocre, sir? You don't know
anything about it."
"Oh, you are capable of judging"
"I!"
"You!"
"Sir!"
"Sir!"
The officer handed his card to his
disputant. The other smiled. There's
mine!" And on it was the name,
"Giosue Carducci, Professor at the
University Bologna
The officer, removing his hat, polite.
ly bowed.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

an Illinois town, from whom he had
been buying his wire.
This was Col. Isaac Elwood. a pion-
eer in the business. He was not look
ing for partners, but he gave the
bright young country shopkeeper a
job as a travelling man for the con-
Germ. Gates travelled back and forth
through the wheat belt selling barbed
wire, and made a reputation as one Of
the best ''drummers" on the road
But he wasn't content with his drum
mer's" commissions. He wanted to
divide the manufacturing profits with
Col. Ellwood. The manufacturer
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

don't have enough demand for such
cigars to make a fortune on them.
The only time anybody buys such
thing is when he wishes to give it
away or to use it for some specially
elaborate dinner. For instance, the
other day Wall street speculator had
birthday, and several of his friends
came to me and bought these four
dollar cigars to send to him. Each
friend bought only one. We wrapped
up the cigars in fancy paper and put
them in ornate, gilt-lettered boxes for
shipment to the speculator. l remem-
Der, too, a dinner given by broker,
at which a dozen Of the cigars were
distributed by the host.
"The guests at that dinner were in
hard luck. know, for saw the ef-
fects of foUS dollar smoke on one Of
my friends. I gave him one of the
cigars and watched him burn it up.
The feat required about two hours,
and when he was through he told me
he felt like wreck. He said he'd stop
smoking altogether If he had to use
that sort of a cigar regularly. No, it
wasn't the strength-the high.priced
ones usually are rathher mild; it was
the time consumed In continually puff.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

plunge heavily in Louisville & Nash
vile. He told his friends that it was
great property and that it ought to
go higher. He and his following in
New York and Chicago, which by that
time had grown to large proportions
because of the money he had made for
them in his steel stocks, put the stock
from around par to above $3.50. The
street woke up one morning to dis
cover that Gates had "cornered" Lou
isville. The Northern Pacific corner
panic was still fresh in the mind of
Wall street and there was momen-
tary scare. But Gates said he didn't
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

fing aawy at the thing. Ordinarily
even the most inveterate smoker takes
rest between cigars. In this case
there was no chance of stopping, un.
less he wished to miss part of the
treat"
The four dollar cigar is about eight
or nine inches long and proportionate-
ly bulky. According to the dealer, it's
value depends principally upon the
length of the tobacco leaf from which
it has been rolled.
"Of course" he said, the tobacco is
of the best quality, but quality in
small leaves is plentiful. The difficult
ty is to flnd leaf Of the size required
and of the proper quaNty 1t the same
time. should say that the leaf for
this cigar measured scout two feet.
"All the nAest cigars come from
Cuba. We could get long leaves up in
Connecticut, but they wouldn't be
good enough. I've no doubt that there
is much tobacco Of big sizes in the
East Indies, but there Is no country
that rivals Cuba In the quality of its
tobacco crop. Undoubtedly the Roths-
child gift to King Edward came from
there"
Incidentally he told of high.priced
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
JOHN w. GATES in
MANY WAYS TRUE
TYPE OF AMERICAN
Few of the Striking Episodes in the Life of the Great
Plunger Who Has Raked In Some of the Biggest Jack
pots Known to the World of High Fnance-Has Had
Many Years of Unvaryng Success.

er crops, and threshing proved so
profitable that before the winter came
young Gates had made enough money
to buy out his two partners. At one
of the farms where the lad had
threshed wheat he fell in love with
a farmers rosy-cheeked daughter.
This gave him an incentive to go
ahead and make a fortune
A farming community away from
the railways does not present many
golden opportunities to an 1S-year-old
boy. Near the farm was a strip of
woodland where Gates shot par
tridges and squirrels. Tramping along
a foot-path in the woods one day the
idea came to him that if the farmer
would sell him the timber rights he
could fell the hard wood and cut it up
into tirewood to sell to the neighboring
villages. The boy went home after a
tape measure, paper and pencil, and
then back to the woods "timber-look-
ing" Going about the woods, select
ing small areas, counting the hard
woods and measuring them, he got an
idea of the density of the forest He
sat down on stump, and by dint of
figuring he made a rough estimate of
the number of cords of firewood an
acre would yield. Then he went to
the owner to make a bargain. He
made an offer for all the timber,
agreeing to pay for it as money came
i'll from his sales of firewood.
Il haven't any money" the boy told
the farmer, but you can have my
threshing machine as security"
Go ahead, Johnny; your word is as
good as a government bond"
Gates as a Woodcutter.
All through the winter the lad was
out in the wood lot before daybreak,
working with wOodchopper he hired
to help him. The great trees were
felled, sawed into short lengths, and
split into tirewood. Young Gates de-
livered two loads of wood a day by
sled to the neighboring villages. Be-
fore the snow was off the ground the
woods had been cleared, the owner
had been paid in full, and the boy had
81 900 in the bank. He took this
money and opened a hardware shop
at the neighboring railway junction.
He sold the farmers their implements
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

New York-John w. Gates, the
most picturesque plunger who ever
rose to fame and fortune in Wall
street, has leased a great hunting pre-
serve in France, and is winding up the
business of his House of Twelve
Partners" He is through with Wall
street, writes Frank Fayrant in the
Times. When a market operator of
his prominence quits the speculative
game Immediately after a disastrous
panic in the market it is but natural
for the gossips of the street to say:
They've got him at last" Ever since
Gates began swinging big lines of
stock in bull markets and running
afoul of men of great power in Wall
street the denizens of the street have
shook their heads wisely and said:
They'll get him some day" During
the panicky days of March, when the
rumor mongers were telling of the
huge losses piling up against wealthy
operators, they were sure that the
"House of Twelve Partners" was in
deep water And now that the famous
house, that in big markets has carried
at times $125,OOO,OO0 worth of stock
on margin, is going out of business,
the rumor mongers are saying: Il
told you So
But John W. only smiles and says:
81 wish they were all as comfortably
fixed as ! am" His friends say that
he began trimming his sails last win
ter. when stocks were selling at sky
prices, and that when the storm broke
in March he had all his reefs in.
They say that he actually bought
stocks during the panicky days of
March, and that banks were carrying
millions of dollars of free cash for
him when some very wealthy men
were lying awake nights wondering
how they would make their bank bal
ances good the next day. His friends
think that he is worth at least $25, ,0O0,-
600, and perhaps a good deal more.
So John w. isn't exactly broke.
5arbed Wire the Beginning.
1t was in barbed wire that Gates be-
gan to build his fortune. Gates was
a poor farmers boy out west His
first business venture was contracting
10 husk a neighbors corn. From the
money he saved out of this work he
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
CIGARS THAT COST 81 TO IS.
But They Are Smoked Only on Special
Occasions.

"a prominent tobacco importer of
this city was asked the other day
whether there was anything extraor-
dinary in the gift of $2.65 cigars sent
to King Edward VII. by Baron Roths-
child, says the New York Post The
baron, it appears. is accustomed to
send to the British ruler a box of
these expensive smokes once in
every year.
That's not record price by any
means" replied the importer.
He produced a box of enormous
cigars, rich brown in color, with fancy
red bands around them. These, he
said, retailed for four dollars apiece.
You can get them as high as five
dollars" he added. Look at the Ha-
vana price list, here. You see this
one? 1t costs wholesale, without duty,
$50. The duty is somewhere in the
neighborhood Of 80 per cent. The
cigar, when we get it, will sell for four
dollars. Our profit, therefore, will be
more than 80 per cent. However, we
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

cigarettes. The moat costly, he ex.
planned, was a Domestic variety that
sold for $1OO thousand, or ten cents
apiece. There was no imported ciga-
rettes costing so much, he said.
The $100-a-thousand sort" he ex-
planned, "does not bring that price be-
cause of intrinsic quality, but largely
because of the fancy box in which
they are packed. They are larger in
size than the average, but not even
an expert could detect superiority in
quality over many cigarette costing
less than half as much"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Another Demand for wood p,,n


Paper milk bottles are all very
fine and doubtless will solve the yex-
ed question of the pure milk supply.
but how about the extra demand on
the wood pulp? Pals and bottles that
shall be used but once must be made
by the millions, and it is plain to fore
see that forests and woodlands win
suffer in consequence from this "ex.
ira" industry. 1t is said in London
these paper pals, called "cans" over
here, are of very simple contrivance.
IL times lighter than the ordinary
milk can and of very strong manufac-
ture, finished off after being rendered
waterproof by being sterlized in fur
mace heated up to 500 degrees Fahren-
heit. They will be cheaper than tin or
metal cans and glass bottles that the
majority OF careless consumers fail to
wash after using.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Tnn Slow for Hin,

This is the notice the crossroads
postmaster tackled on the shutter the
other day:
This here town bein' too slow to
call fer its mail. I've decided to close
up an go to the three days picnic at
Jenkinson's still. There amt no mail
here fer nobody nohowl"-Atlanta
Constitution.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
RIo BrewerIes Consolidate.

Six New York and Brooklyn brew
cries have been consolidated with q
stock and bond capitalization of $19.-
100000, OF which $17,25O,O00 win be
issued. The assets of all the com
panies as computed by accountants are
a little under $S,OOO,OOO. The profits
of the companies last year were al
most a million dollars.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

Pattern Nos. 5697 and 5737.-The.
blouse modes figure prominently in
the seasons designs and certainly no
style is more becoming to the youth
full figure. There is a suggestion OF
smartness about the one here shown
in combination with a five-gore pleat-
ed skirt The material represented is
champagne colored voile, the under
blouse being of figured cream net
The skirt is laid in kilt pleats that
turn away from the center front form
ing a box-pleat in panel effect. Cash
mere, broadcloth, camels hair, taffeta.
pongee and linen are all suitable for
reproduction. For a girl of 16 years
one and one-quarter yards of 44-inch
material will be required for the
waist and four and one-quarter yards
for the skirt. Misses Jumper No.
5697. Sizes for Is, 16 and II years.
Misses Pleated Skirt No. 5737. Sizes
for Is, 16 and II years.
This pattern will be sent to you on
receipt of 10 cents. Address all ORDERS
to the Pattern Department of this paper.
Be sure to give size and number of pat
tern wanted. For convenience, write
your order on the following coupon:
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23
Hen Lays Empty sheII..

William Medows. Of Bedford, Md.
has a white Wyandotte hen that laws
empty egg shells. The shells are
large, we'll shaped and resemble an
ordinary eggs. but tSey contain nei.
ther yolk NOR white matter. One she;l
is laid each dav nv the han.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-05-23

and machinery. One commodity that
had large sale was the newly in
vented barbed wire. The little hard
ware shop at the junction prospered,
but Gates wanted to do something big
ger He saw that there was money
in barbed wire, and so he sold out his
business and went to see the man, in