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Definition of a Box Car.

Not all the instruction given to youns railroad men is intensely serious. The following definition was recently of fered to beginner: "A box car be longs to the fowl family. During the spring and summer months 1t can be found in nearly every part of the coun. try, it's favorite haunts being railway tracks, and 1t Is easy to capture lr the autumn. however, like certain otl, CT fowls. 1t goes into Information ol flies to other climes. Scattered ill stances are known where specimen are captured during the autumn. months. X lasso or we'll greaseti switch crew is sometimes used in snar ing tue box car, but main strength |, the best weapon. In any case the hunter must be very wary. as anv noise like the dutteIing of wayb.l. will make the quarry disappear. Some railways own large focks of domesti. cated box cars, but they are careful
 guarded during the closed season. Th. wild box car when caught and fair. we'll loaded becomes perfectly station ry."-San Francisco Argonaut.
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Not to to His NaE,e.

George Peabody. the philanthropist. and John Bright often went to Ireland together to fish. One day they went . couple of miles up the Shannon be tween Castlsconnel and KillHloe They had engaged the services of two boatmen. and as Bright and Peabody were keen anglers they made long day of 1t. On returning in the evening Bright, noticing policeman on the river bank. asked what sum the boat men were entitled to for their time The constable said anything from seven and sixpence to 10 shillings. Bright turned to his companion, say
 lg: q have no change, Peabody
 lave you three half crowns?' The
 Millionaire produced the coins and
 ave them to one of the boatmen. whc
 aid, And Is that all ye're givln' mo? That is all." replied Peabody. Well, that bates all iver heard" observed the boatnan, adding. as he scratched his head: An they call ye Paybody Faith, I should call ye Paynobody!"- London Standard.
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Tho Twins.

Ehe Harmon twins looked so much Gl2ke as babies that their parents &6Uid scarcely tell them apart. As they 6rew older it became evident that to Grandmother Harmon at least the Ewins were unit
 eYou were asking me how much the twins weigh" said Grandmother liar fHon to a neighbor. When l went out Chat afternoon I put one of them on the scales at the grocery and found they weigh Just twenty-slx pounds"
 "Do they always weigh exactly the @Ame?' inquired the neighbor, ant Grandmother Harmon looked quite iln- Satient.
 ~The twins?" she said. "Of course khy not
 The neighbor had no reason to give. put she rebelled few days later when ln answer to her inquiry Grandmotll"t Harmon said:
 "FWhere are the twins? Oh. the, Got a cinder in one of their eyes. and ahefr mother has taken them down tc the ocuist's to have 1t removed, the. were fussing so over it."-Youth's Companion.
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Where Diners Had to Be on Time.

Where Diners Had to 6e on Time.
 Closely parallel to the flag end of the Huston road and visible from 1t at various turnings is a street which be Gcngs to few mems London. It is a dingy, granite paved, populous street of no attraction. Yet this street has
 mown better times and eager guests Nm the house he knew as 43, now oblt Gxated by big new warehouse. nr William Kitchener entertained his fel tow wits and gourmets. He had an' ~le means to ride his three hobbies optics, cookery and music. His d;!.
 7ers were often elaborate experiments fn cookery, and the guests had to rec ognize this fact Five minutes past :: was the minute, and if a guest cam. fate the janltor had irrevocable orde,:, Mot to admit him, for 1t was held by the mythical committee of taste Tf whom Kitchener was "secretary.' that the perfection of some of the dishes was often so evanescent that <'the delay of one minute after their sarrival at the meridian of concoction will render them no longer worthy e' men of taste. -. P.'s London Weekly
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Some Wives Are Different.

Most men," said the man of expert ence, think it must be awfully nice te have a wife who takes things as cool, iy as Dave potter's wife takes them but others, more discriminating prefer . good honest row to her style of quiet cynicism. The way she behaved the other day when she found letter in Dave's pocket from girl in Brooklyn Is an example of her method.
 "I don't see.' wrote this girl, how on earth can ever live without you.
 "Dave's wife read that @llsh and a lot more just like 1t without ever turn ing hair.
 "'Well,' she said quietly. that eir. 6 fool. If she knew you as we'll as l do she would be wondering how on earth she could ever live with you
 And that, in the opinion of the dis eliminating few, cuts whole lot deep sr than common, everyday rumpus' New York Globe.
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A Wonderful Fish.

The Bohemians baye q pr"verb. "E, cry fish has another for prey" Y!
 wells (sllurus) has them all. This the largest fresh water fish found t the rivers of Europe except the stul 0eon. It often reaches five or six fee, fin length. It destroys many aquatl' hirds, and we are assured that 1t does not spare the human species. On the &d of July, 1700. peasant took on' i1ear Thorn that had an infant entire in its stomach They tell in Hungary of children and young girls being dc Voured on going to draw water, and they even relate that on the frontiers Of Turkey poor fisherman took one chat had in its stomach the body oi q woman, her purse containing gold and a ring. The fish is even repute1 ep have been taken sixteen feet long
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The Jolly Jestera


 -Mr. Middleman. Ah desires to pEo. pound question"
 "Very well, MT. Tambo."
 "Why do dey designate dat beautiful southern vegetable as ah watermelon? ?" That's easy. Because it makes your mouth water"
 NowAar near de answer. It's called ah watermelon becase yo' cut it In ds spring"
 "Speakin' ob de spring reminds me. broke in the other end man. "Ma ole daddy went out to git some water 0ns day an he done fell in ah spring."
 "Was he drowned:"
 "He warn't zactly drowned, but 1. done killed him.
 'Thats strange. He fell in the spring and was killedw
 "Yessah."
 "But he wasn't drowued?'
 "No, sah."
 "Well, did he die in the spr.ng?~ "No, sah; he died in de fall"
 "Our golden voiced tenor, Mr. Vic Lett, will contribute that heart touch ing ballad entitled, Warden, Brush Those Locks Away; Yearn for Lib erty. y."-Harper's Weekly.
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Chon Suev Best of All.

"1 have tried them all in their na. tive haunts, and like them," said the traveller. according to the Baltimors Sun.
 "Tried whatT asked the bystander "RailroadsT'
 "No; national dishes,' answered the traveller. "rhe hot tamale of the Mex ican, tn" goulash of the Hungarian, the chop suey of the Chink, are all known to me and many others.
 "The best of them all Is chop suey The hot tamale is too hot and has very little nourlshment to 1t, and goulash is too heavy. It tastes pretty good. but II Is not a foo,l to recommend to a man with weak stomach. Chop suey, how ever Is appe:izing, easily digested and very nourishlng. It is the great contrl button of the orient to the occident in my opinion. It Is made of rice, sprout cd beans, celery and chickens blood all mixed together in the form of soup and nicely seasoned"
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A Plant of All Work.

The fields as we'll as the broad road of Ecuador are inclosed by adobe wai4s surmounted by the broad leaved A!ns lean aloe. The aloe, sometimes cnlleG the century plant, is one of the mos, useful and important plants in the country. The Indians thatch their huts with It's leaves. The leaves when tap ped yield sirup. They can also be used aH soap and the spines as pins. The fiber is woven into sacks, and from it are made the coarse sandals worn by the common people. The tall flower stalks are used for beans and ladders. The flowers. boiled and soaked In vine al Geographic Magazine.
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The Carlvles'- Maid.

The Carlyles had a maid who We. antidy, useless in all ways, but ~hhoundng in grace and in conse queut censure of every one above ol nelow her and of everything she could 3ct understand. After a long apustro. Yhe one day as she was bringing in dinner Carlyle ended with, And this I can tell you-that if you do not carry t1e dishes straight, so as not to spill the gravy. so far from being tolerated 3n heaven you won't be even tolel ed tsN earth"
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Quay and His Letters.

The late Senator M s. Quay of Penn sylvania kept all the letters his constit uents wrote to him asking for favor, He had stacks of them when his las light for the senate came along. Tho. he sorted out the letters. eliminat.~, those from people who were dead. an on the back of each letter wrote:
 Dear John or Blll-Do you -eme1abe when you wrote me this letter and do ,.s, remember that did what was as!le.l- want your help now In my light for v. senate. Can I have it?
 The politicians in Pennsylvania Se' those letters, mailed to the orig. senders with Quay's request oa E" backs Of them, had as much as any q , thing to do with ouay's winaiu, !. 6ght,-Saturday Evening Post
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A losino Game.

Not long ago new Turkish bath es tablishment was organized and as is the custom the promoters went out tc form a regular clientele The account. of what Turkish bath would accom- plish were most glowing Among t.lt men approached was German saloon ist. His complaint was obesity, as was shown by the fact that he was below the average height and weighed 2o6 pounds
 Now. it is like this,' explained the masseur when the German had beei inveigled to take a look into the bath house, Il will guarantee to take of two pounds at each bath"
 "Vat" exclaimed the kaisers forme. subject. "Two pounds init each bath Ach, dot means von hundret baths and den no man. Nein, dink I take den not"-Columbus Dispatch.
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Who Fra C,avoIo Was

Fra Diavoio was the nickname si+.., Michele Pezza. a celebrated re3a:x 4t: monk and Italian brgand. whn w;4> born n l7sO. It should be noted t,,,7 the opera of Auber has nothing in con non with Fra Diavolo but the name Pezza was first stocking weaTa' then soldier in the pope's service. a.. finally he became monk, but was rr pelled. In the mountains of Cala,,r.. i Pezza took to brlgandage, and sucl. was his notoriety and so great were h!- cruelties that the people nickname l him Fra Diavolo. It Is consoling 10 know that he was eventually executed in 1SO6-New York American.
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GRAPHIC or any other newspaper.


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 The foregoing law is self-expanatorv. It makes if absolutely bindng on the Graphic to stop every sub scrpon to the Graphic that past due months and every daily subscriber that is past due three months m less renewed within reasonable time The regulations went into effect January 1908 but owing to the fact that previous notice had been given publishers wa have been granted reasonable time to notify all such subscribers and give them chance to renew hefora stopping their paper. At' ''e
 Hence, we earnestly call upon every one of our sub scrbers who past due to either call and settle or mail us the amount to extend his subscriptions as reoured by the Post-ofice department ''a"'A7o
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When Gle. e!and Said "By Gosh!"


 SA lon" legged friend of mine, wht may be ealfed Rill Jennings as well Il anything else says Emerson Houol an Appleton'S Magazine "always l4 sisted that be was responsible for the opening of the Cherokee country. ! went down to Washington said he eto see Cleveland about it. I went [; to the door of Cleveland's house-rieht at the front door-and knocked. and ! heard Cleveland holler out to n1e "Come in..' went in. and there wae Cleveland sittin' in the parlor, with ai his cabinet there too. says to Cltve tand, "Cleveland, them Intuns has 7. Go go and them COW mon too" rut to him right plain. Cleveland he !. Gened, and by and by he got np ae' come and put his hand on my >lol:i,.r and says he. Bill. by goS';. >! pops"
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Getting Rid of His Cards.

The other day one of the members raw to London, was introduced to 2 party of ladies in the dining room of the house of commons. As he left he gravely presented each lady with his card. A friend ventured to hint that this was carrying pollteness too far for London customs. Sure" was the re- ply, "it didn't matter. had POO of them printed. And I've changed my address anyway, so they're no use to me."-Leeds Mercury
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FOR RENT BY N. T. ROBERTS &
 SON, 113 MAIN STREET

TWo-story S-room house, Mo- 627 East Third avenue, fine location for boarding house, city water; $20.
 Six-room house, No. 625 East Third avenue, city water; $15.
 Three-room house No. 214 Louisiana
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-24
Iakino Than Down.

Dr. Risk did not satisfy the Calvin isttc portion of his flock. Why" said they, you dinna tell us enough abooi renouncing our ain righteousness. , "Renouncing your ain righteousness ?' shouted the doctor "I never SAW any ye had to renounce." D-;ftwood
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Good Manner. of the Mind.

A man is known by the company hi> mind keeps. To live continually wi:h noble books. with high erected Thoughts seated in the heart of coul Hsy," teaches the soul good manners. T. B. Aldrch.
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Applying the Proverb.

A professional humorist was having his boots blacked. And Is your ia ther bootblack, toow he asked the boy.
 No, sir," replied the bootblack: my father is a farmer"
 "Ah," said the professional humor' ist, reaching for his notebook. "he b. lleves in making hay while the son sh1nea"
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Nea..inu the Limit.

Mrs. uenpeck seems to have her husband so well trained that he'd jump through hoop If she held 1t up and gave him the word."
 'Tts worse than that. She even makes him help her celebrate the ami versary of her marriage to her first husband "-Chlcaso Record Herald,
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Not to Be Overlooked.

Blobbs-Why does Subbubs hate his next door neighbor so1 Slobs-The man built a nigh spite fence. Blobbs- We'll. must say that isn't an easy thing to overlook. ok.-Philadelpiha Rec. ord.
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1t Often Comes.

In Scotch Sunday school the lad teacher, after speaking on the subjec of death. asked. And what comes aft er death?" Instantly little girl ca!la. out eagerly. "A fight about the money.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-24
The Horse He Wanted.

X Scotch farmer bought horse Go ing home he thought drink would re &resh 1t, so he got pail of water bui tho animal would not take 1t. O reaching home he gave 1t . feel ot corn, but 1t would not touch tha el r&aes. "Ye're the vera horse for me if " only work! the farmer was heard to Dav.-Dundee Advertiser
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Modification.

.yre--sils.1 Mertifeation. ''Of course, doctor, German meag,' { 6se seliom serious?'
 "I never met but one fatal case
 Fatally
 "Yes. It was Frenchr1u. " when he discovered 1t was '"".l= IL. measles that he had mortific:taou set k"
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A Yachting Trip.

Captaln-Please, sir, your wife has fallen overheard. Owner-COnfound it. Another of those sinking spells of hers .-Harper's Weekly.
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The Perfume of Good Cheer

We were nAt q D radiate the per fume of soai heer and happiness a. sweetness .3 very passerty. Hcceea, Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-06-24

Fr.ckiy thistles have their uses with out do1ht. but that doesn't justify you tn becoming oRs.--Sparta PlAindeAler
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There are no points of the compass Gn the chart of true patriot1sm.-Win &Asop>
The Detroit times., 1908-08-06
AUTO FILLS AIR
WITH RATTLERS
WHITES OVER REPTILES, WHICH
LAND, SLICED, ON WON
EMS HATS.

WATERBURY. Conn, Aug lie
roy b. Ames and Mrs. Ames, Miss
Ames and John Watkins. all Of the
Bronx. New York city. and j. f.. Spen.
Ger, of Philadelphia. in an automobile
ran over a lot of rattlesnakes yester-
day on the road to Greystone The
machine was going slowly when col
lection OF snakes was seen ahead in
the road. Watkins, at the wheel. turn
ed on the power.
Soon the air was full OF fragments
of snakes. The women were carried
from the machine into farm house
and finally brought 10 Waterbury and
have hardly recovered yet Parts OF
rattlesnakes were found on the hats OF
the women, and rattler's head ana
four inches of the body landed on
the inside OF the automobile cover.
E. Hart Penn and Ransom I. Hewitt,
autoing on the New London turnpike
near Glastonbury. yesterday, had to
leave their machine TO Kill rattlers In
the roadway, as the snakes had put
up a determined resistance
The Detroit times., 1908-08-06
SM0ONS WHEN SHE
. IS SERVED WITH
DIVORCE PAPER
MRs. FLORENCE GRIFFITH, WHO
FIGURED IN SENSATIONAL
SHOOTING EPISODE. READS
DOCUMENT, THEN SAINTS AWAY

Mrs Florence Griffith, who last De-
cem5er shot Or J A. Attridge, in the
Roycour apartments learned for the
lrst line wednesday, morning that
Aer husband, james b. Griffith had
arted suit fCr divorce against her.
said upon receipt OF tae news tainted.
The information reached her IN the
lape OF a summons from the court,
which was served upon her by Deputy
Sheriff Max DePfosse. in her home,
30 AL fulrt-&ye., where she has
been lving since she separated from
her husband Mrs Griffith answered
the -Oihccr's ring. and after she had
made herself known be handed her
the paper She read the contents and
then fell in swOon. Efforts no revive
her NCrc unaYailug and the officer
carried her into the house. whore re-
storatiFes were applied, and in a few
minutes she recovered consciousness.
The shooting OF Dr. Attrilge pro.
duCed sensation He was one Of
the best known physicians In the city.
and the GriHths' family doctor me
woman charged that he had ruined
her life. and the attempt 70 kill him
and herself was the result Her aim
was bad and both recovered. after
lowering between life and death for
several weeks The Griffiths were
separated al that time but the hus-
band came 10 his wife's assistance and
II was given out that they had become
reconclled.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-06
WALKS FROM FRISCO TO
NEW YORK IN Ga DAYS

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-John Walsh
who says he is a sergeant in the Unit
ed states army. stationed a, the Pre-
sidio, San Francisco, arriving here
after walking across the continent,
according TO his story. In 90 lays and
% hours. Walsh, who went to the city
hall 10 get Acting Mayor McGowan's
signature in one of the fOrty-odd
small books in which he has secured
the signatures of mayors and ether
officials on the way, said ne would
not repeat his journey for 100000
He wore khaki. an army hat and
leggings He said he had lost fifty
pounds and his hair had turned gray.
Among the annoyances OF the journey,
he said. he had been forced To kill a
mana robber. who attacked him
outside of ElversoR Wyo,. and who
died In a hospital. He says that he
made the walk on wager of $4,000
with Col John Wand, Of San Francis
co. against the Golden Gate Athletic
club
Walsh said that at one point in his
trip he was forced TO crawl along a
narrow ledge 10000 feet high and
nine inches wide. He said he did
most OF his walking at night To avoid
wild beasts, snakes and insects.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-06
The Man and the Lion.

Mr.. Roosevelt was out lion-hunting
with Barooba. great hunter of the
region about Lake Nyanza.
Hist" whispered the native.
They dropped into the grass and a
big lion approached.
shall | shoot?" MIR. Roosevelt whis'
pered.
Barooba looked around at him with
amazement and scorn.
shoot" he asked. iHeem be
alone!"
Mr.. Roosevelt did not understand
at the time what difference IL made
whether there was one lion or twenty;
but he tumbled moment later when
Barooba darted from hiding grabbed
the lion 10y the under Jaw with HIS
left hand .tripped him up with his
right foot and hog-tied him in seven
seconds.
The former president removed his
cap.
"Barooba" he said, 1T IS the regret
OF my life that | am not still prcsi-
dent OF the United States. II I were
would make you United States mar
shall for the western district of Okla.
homa. and let Catches EN- Alive Alb.
ernathy rustic. st Louis Post Dis.
patch.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-06
KAISER'S BACHELOR
SPEECH NO Joke

BERLIN. Aug. Though the kais
ers hint in his Hamburg speech re
garding n tax on bachelors was moi
meant 10 be taken seriously. 1t sent
distinct shudder OF apprehension
through the ranks OF Germanys tive
million unmarried men today
They argue that. the kaiser was not
given to Joking in his speeches. and
regard as very real the danger Of their
being called upon TO bear a substan
tia share of the 1922 100000 new
taxes which the imperial government
desires TO levy.
According 10 the census OF 1900
the latest figures vailable-4 ,604, 005
males over twenty were tnen tread
ing the lonely paths OF single blessed
ness, while there were 5.023,136 single
women OF over eighteen. Reckoning
twenty years as the average age wher
Germans begin to think.of matrimony
the unmarried element In the Father
land on December /. 1900, represented
1881 per cent OF the population.
The Detroit times., 1908-08-06
HOME BROKEN Up
BY HOLY GHOsTERS
WIFE AND MOTHER NEGlECTS
HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN
FOR THE "skY PILOTS"

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. "A wife'5
affiliation with the Holy Ghosters re
suited in her loss of home and her
three children. who were turned over
10 the care OF their father.
When Thomas Walker, OF No. 1884
Rose-st.. was arraigned this morning
before Magistrate Scott, his wife
Sarah walker, went upon the witness
stand 10 support a charge of non-sup
port against him.
NO woman could want better
home than ! have provided for my
wife," Walker said in answer t. his
wife's charge The whole trouble Is
due TO the fact that she joined the
Holy Ghosters about two years ago,
and since then she has neglected tht
home. She seems TO be under the In
fiuence of the leader Of the Holy
Ghosters or sky pilots. as they call
themselves. and, at his bidding. has
taken the children with her To other
cities
Il went TO Trenton Few weeks
ago and rescued the children from a
mission there. One Of my daughters,
Lillian. aged 10 years. is also "a mem
Der of the Holy Ghosters. and she
started for California a few weeks
ago with another girl member of the
sect to found a mission"
An agent OF the Society 10 Protect
Children from Cruelty. AMI an oldet
daughter corroborated Walker, and
City Detective Jones, VINO lives IN
Yeadon. said he found the l5year-
old daughter with a girl and boy OF
about her own age sleeping on a
churchs steps last night He saw
they were cared for and today lock-