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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
Not a Fashionable Point of View.

He: "Whatll We have, Mirandy?"
She: 81 reckon you'd better order,
Jabez. l amt much good at mental
rithmetic."- Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

One hundred and fifty firemen are
employed on some of the great AmSg.
lean liners.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

Experts have decided that the ia
nous st. Paurs Cathedral, in London,
is safe so long as hebuildings around
1t are not disturbed. and thus ends
long controversy.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

The famous marble staircase of
the Glasgow municipal buildings
coat $4,000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

The operating expenses OF Column
bia College for the year are 81,
662.5sS.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
VETERAN OF THRME WARS.

A Pioneer of Colorado and Nebraska.
Matthias Campbell, veteran of the
Civil War and two Indian wars, and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

FITS, st. Vitus' Dance: IN Nervous Diseases per
manentlycured by DIR. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free
DIR. y. r. Kline, Id. .93l Arch St, Phila., ia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27
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In London there is one clergyman
to every 1900 persons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

Society of New York during 1907.
Much of the tobacco grown in East
ern Bengal is marketed In Calcutta,
whence it is shipped to Burma. where
1t is manufactured into cheroots.
Experts have decided that the ia
nous st. Paurs Cathedral, in London,
is safe so long as the buildings around
1t are not disturbed. and thus ends a
long controversy.
The Bishop of London, who made
such a notable visit to this country in
September, is now planning to tour
Russia next year and visit some chap
laincles in that country.
About the first ship subsidy ever
known was that given by Ferdinand
and Isabella of Spain to Columbus
when he sailed west for the indies
and found America.
Fishes have no eyelids and necessa-
rily sleep with their eyes open; they
swallow their food whole, having no
dental machinery. Frogs, toads and
serpents never take food except that
which they are certain is alive,
The narrowest building in the
world, three stories high, on a plot
twenty-six inches wide, has been con-
structed on Centre street. Reno, New,
by H. G. Gordon, shoemaker, who
leased the ground from bank. He
sleeps on the top floor, has his mar
row bench ION the second, and his
show windows and entrance on the
frst.
When, in days gone by, one hon.
ored in the church died it was GUS
tomary to burn sweet smelling in
cense in the deathroom as o token
that the memory of the deceased was
grateful to God and man. AS early
as the time of Homer 1t was custom
airy to wash the bodies of the more
illustrious dead with rose water, and
in Egypt the practice also obtained
from an early date.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

This woman says that after
months of suffering Lydia n.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
made her as well as ever. =.
Maude e, Forgie, of Leesburg, Vav
writes
81 want other suffering women to
know what Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. For
months l suffered from feminine illa
so that thought could not live. Az
ter taking Lydia e. Plnkham's Vege-
table Compound, and using the treat
ment prescribed felt like new wom-
an. am now strong, and well as ever
and thank you for the good you have
done me-"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

The Bishop of London, who made
such notable visit to this country in
September. is now planning to tour
Russia next year and visit some chap
laincles In that country.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-06-27

About the first ship subsidy ever
known was that given by Ferdinand
and Isabella of Spain to Columbus
when he sailed west for the indies
and found America.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Two Pardons Granted.

Governor Pindall Monday granted pardon to Martin l.. Briney, who was convicted of manslaughter in Febru- ary in the Craighead County Circuit Court and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. He was indicted for mur. der in the fizst degree but the jury refused to convict him on that charge, fixing his punishment at two years for voluntary manslaughter, which the court reduced to one year. Briney has served about seven months of his term. Briney's alleged offense consisted in killing woman while he was engaged ill target practice. He shot at mark in room and the bullet vent through the wall and struck 2 W9man in an adjoining room, the woman dying from the effects of the wound.
 Governor Pindall also granted a par don to Charles Stewart, who was con- yicted in the Pulaski Circuit Court in 1902 on the charge of grand lar ceny and sentenced to one year in the penitentiary. The pardon was granted in order to restore citizen ship to enable Stewart to testify in a case pending in the Pulaski Circuit Court.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Up to President Bowers

R. H. McCulloch o9 Beebe, chairman of the Executive Committee of the Arkansas Farmers Union and secre- tary of the national organization Of the same union, Sunday night stated that he had been misunderstood ln his statements concerning possible ovtra saesou of the state union Tor the purpose of taking steps in regard to the night rider movement i'll Aikan- sas He stated that the calling of such meeting was entirely up to President Bowers of Jacksonville and that he had merely stated that. ill case such meeting was called. it would be held in the House chamber of the state house.
 q knew that I would not have time encugh 10 call the executive committee together to decide where the meeting should be held in case one should De called.n stated MT McCulloch, and merely stated that I would have to de, eide the matter myself and that my decision would be to hold the meeting in the house chamber The calling of the session is up to the president, The place where the session should be held is m to the executive committee, of which I am chairman
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Call on Wife; Is Shot.

Authur Caldwell lies dangerously wounded at his home at Keo, said to be the result of rifle shot, at the hands of H. FoXworth, his father-ln- law. Report haa-it that Caldwell went to see his wife, from whom he has been separated for some time, ana that his father-in-law, who had warned him to keep away from the place, fired on him. He is not expected to live
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
What Jurors Get Mileage.

Attorney General W. F. Kirby Mon day rendered an opinion at the request of Judge Lon Williams. county judge Of Benton county, as to what jurors are to receive mileage under the act of May 6, 1905. The get is as follows:
 Thereafter any person who attends any court of record in the state of Ar kansas as a juror in obedience to 0 summons except such persons as are summoned among the bystanders at said ccurD and are from any cause not accepted on the jury, shall receive, in addition to his per diem, , cents per mile out and home by the most 2, Act May 6, 1905.
 In rendering his opinion 10 the Ben ton county judge, after quoting the statute, Mir. Kirby says:
 This law is plain, and it Is appar- ent from it that only these jurors who attend in obedience to a summons, and are not accepted on the jury, are en- titled to mileage, and such of them as are summoned among the bystanders are exempted from the act and are moi entitled to mileage.
 According to the attorney generals decision, a bystander in court who lives some distance from the county seat, who may be summoned for duty on jury and who serves as a Jury man, is not entitled to mileage. The theory is that the county is not re sponsible for his being q bystander and is therefore under no obligations to pay the expenses of his mileage to and from his home.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
pr. Perrine Allowed Bail.

The appeal of Dr. ] M. Perrine of Fl Dorado, charged with killing G. A. Pryor last June, was argued before the Supreme Court Saturday on the ques- tion of admitting the defendant to bail. An application for bail had recently been denied by the circuit judge, and the attorneys carried the case at once to the Supreme Court.
 After hearing the arguments Of Senator Davis and eX-Senator Flenni- ken of Union county, the Supreme Court ruled that the defendant was entitled to his liberty upon furnishing a bond in the sum of $10,000. Since the killing, Dr. Perrine has been con fined in iail at Fl Dorado.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
NUMBER. 31.
!. L. Rea Warned by Night Riders.

J. L, Rea Warned by Night Riders.
 Some uneasiness was felt at Van Buren Tuesday, especially among cotton buyers, ginners and compress managers over a night rider warning received through the mail there Tues day afternoon by J. L. Req, district manager for the Lesser-Goldman Cot ton Company, of St. Louis Following Is d copy of the threatening letter:
 Van Buren, Ark, Oct 6, 1908. "Mr l. l.. Req,
 Dear Sir and Friend: We ask you to do one of two things and that 1t to quit buying cotton or having it bought or raise the price.
 You run it over the farmers last year and you think you will again, but We will take your hide for a pick sack and leave your town by the light ot bales of cotton on fire.
 Yours for luck,
 Night Rider
 @P S We will paint the old town red"
 This is the first warning of this kind tGttlNtu tHei ' iuIS year dlu "uIiC M l. Req treats the matter as a hoax, the more timid are somewhat alarmed and the first report of bale of cotton be- ing burned will paralyze the cotton industry at that point.
 The letter was posted on the Iron Mountain south-bound passenger train No. 103 al some point west of the city, possibly at Cherokee junction. It was plainly written with 6 lead pencil on leaf torn from cheap tablet, but be- yond this there is no clue to lead 10
 Mr Req declares that he will con the detection of the writer. tinue to buy on the markets in his dis trict and will pay no attention to il. He is not buyer of street cotton, but buys exclusively from merchants and others, and it is thought that soaring Mir. Req from the market. the mer- chants, fearing that they would be unable to find buyer, would be forced to quit buying. MT Req has handled practically ali Of the cotton in that district during the past 20 years. as well as the bulk of the fruit growp in Crawford county until three years ago.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
State Capital Notes
Sheriff Ready to Show Mailed Hand.

Sheriff Ready to Show Mailed Hand.
 K. D. Tucker, the negro planter in Eagle township who was elected jus tice of the peace in the township at the last election. was in Little Rock Saturday and conferred with Sheriff Kavanaugh relative to the night rider notice he received. The notice, he says, was mailed in Little Rock and warns him to refrain from running his gin for a period of 90 days or suffer dire penalties.
 Neither the negro justice nor Sheg..l Kavanaugh believe there is any cause for alarm and fuckers gin will not close down. If anything happens to it the sheriff of Pulaski county will be unrelenting in his efforts to run down the lawbreakers, and if necessary he will commission every responsible farmer in the township as deputy sheriff, so they may have the right to go armed.
 Saturday the sheriff sent letters to the deputy shGriffs in the township telling them of the alleged letter threat ening unlawful acts. He also caused a notice to be posted in conspicuous place in the township calling atten- tion to the fact that the Pulaski Coun- ty Grand Jury is in session and that the federal Grand Jury will convene soon. He called attention to the fact that the federal Grand Jury is a tri- bunal that could look into the sending of letter through the United States mails carrying q threat to do an un- lawful act. and that if the unlawful act was carried out the Pulaski County Grand Jury would also have jurisfiic- tion.
 Tucker was not inclined to take the matter seriously. There is a political fight on in the township. Tucker does not allege the political fight has anything to do with the alleged night rider notice. He merely suggested the fight as possible complication. He feels that. inasmuch as he has been placed in the limelight in the town ship. some person may have tired to play joke on him.
 The neighborhood in which 1ackef lives is not thickly settled with white planters. The white voting strength of the township is about 50, and all Of them and the responsible negroes Will be given the legal right to protect their gins or any other property at all haz- ards if any night riding should be started in that township.
 Sheriff Kavanaugh was reluctant to make any statement at all about the night riding, as he thinks publlcitE lends an importance to this particular night riding threat, which it does not at this time merit. It there should be any lawlessness in Pulaski county, Sheriff Kavanaugh will go after the lawbreakers. MT. Kavanaugh says he will be sheriff of Pulaski county with in the full meaning of the term sheriff" :"
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
52 Years for Standriqe.

At an adjourned term of the New ton Circuit Court, begun at Jasper Tuesday, Yates Standridge, under two indictments for murder in the first de gree, committed in that county last January, waived arraignment and pleaded guilty in both cases to murder in the second degree, and was, by Judge Hudgins sentenced to serve 5 years in the penitentiary. Standridge received his sentence coolly and ex pressed himself as being satisfied He will return to the penitentiary, where he has just finished serving sen tence for assaulting Sheriff Hadley of Pope county.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Would Call Mass Meeting.

At the meeting of the Logan County Farmers Union held at Magazine Sat urday il. was decided that the conven- ton should go on record as faVorlng the calling of mass meetings in each of the county seats of the state, in yiting nonlnion farmers, bankers, meY- chants and other business men to ioin with the union in an attempt to adopt some satisfactory plan for the marketing O. cotton or to consider the i,ivisa bii;ty of borrowing money on the crop and holding it for better crices.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Report of City Physician.

Dr. o. K. Judd Monday filed his re. port as city physician, showing that in the month of September there were 69 month 2S contagious diseases were re- ported, the city physician made 236 visits and wrote 64S prescriptions. In the list of deaths, Il were due tc malaria while tuberculosis claimed eight. But one death was due to ty- phoid fever. One death was due to poison self-administered, and there were five violent deaths. The deaths by violence were all among the whitea.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Sheriff Got the Whiskey.

A unique race took place at Hamp' ton late Saturday afternoon. George Sindle, in company with q negro, drove a wagon into town loaded with four boxes of whiskey Sheriff Biggers found out they had the whiskey, so he set out to capture it. The sheriff was in his buggy and the buggy and wagon had a race for more than half a mile. Finally Sheriff Biggers found a wide place in the road where he headed off the wagon and forced 1t to stop. It is not known definitely for whom the whiskey was intended, but he will be sure not to get 1t.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Saws Neoress Robbed Him.

According to a story told by Henry Rudolph of Caddo Gap to the police, he was set upon by two tall negro women Thursday night about o'clock on Cross street between Markham and Second, Little Rock, knocked down and robbed of S45. He alleges he regained his presence of, mind in, time to chase the .wonaen, and followed so. close on their heels that ore os, them lost her shawl and her' hat. Rudolph took the igarments; to the pos. lice station He described tho women as being tall and yellow
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
E. H. Peters Missino.

With drafts and money on his per son to the amount of .S5,D00 and a
 drove of seven horses in addition to farming machinery, F. H, Peters of near Rogers fshas disappeared lcom- pletelss ssMra Peters recently bought
 property near Rogers and went 10 Oklahoma, where he disposed of a sfatm< near Manchester sHe, yas re- ;turningi with his stock and, 5property and had reached vinita, Okla.Y where Ehe was 1ast seen. s His gwife and brother have gonesover th@sso1te, and are unable o~find any trace of him.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
. NEWS OF '
 ARKANSAS
Farmers Rush Cotton to Gin.

Farmers Rush Cotton to Gin.
 An unusually large amount of cotton grown in the northwest portion of Crawford county has been offered on the local markets at Van Buren, and it now develops that the haste to mar ket the cotton is due to threats of night riders to burn gins, these threats having become more frequent along the Arkansas and Oklahoma state line. Persons in Van Buren Saturday morn ing from Arkloe, II miles northwest of Van Buren, brought the following copy of a letter received by J. s. Brown, a ginner, and posted by him. as requested
 PLEASE POST.
 MT J. s. Brown. Ginner: To all farmers, union and nonunion, we warn you not to sell your cotton for less than 10 cents. If you do you will pay the rest You will think that the Lord has blessed you wonderfully if you come out with your scalp. D. you. Yours for the Dough.
 Night Riders.
 "P. S.-We are out to do the work. If you havnt the nerve to protect your family, we will, and you must go when we call you. God help us through the fight
 ]. L. Req, who received the first warning, and others who have been watching the trend of affairs, are con fident that if there is an organization of this kind in the county it has head quarters in the northwest part of the county in close proximity to the state line. The greatest fear is felt i'll that section, as the county is less t5ickly settled and the cotton growers are small farmers who have hard time to live from one years crop to another. It is absolutely necessary for them to sell their crops as soon as ginned, ana if they cannot market it, many of them with winter approaching, will be re- duced to absolute want.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Standridqe Again in Pen.

"Yes, I thought I would come back to see you again" was the common place remark made by Yates Stand ridge, celebrated criminal, recently sentenced to 5 years in the peniten- tiary in Newton county on the charge placently walked into the offices at the "old walls" iI Little Rock Thursday night, heavily laden with chains and shackles He bears a few light scratches about his neck. where he attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with an old knife at Jasper Wednesday.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Negro Preachers to Work for Prohibi-
 tion.

The Little Rock Ministerial Associa- tion held conference Monday after noon with the negro preachers of the city at the Congregational church, Fifteenth and State streets. At this meeting the cooperation of the negro ministers with the Ministerial Asso- ciaion in regard to matters of civic re- form was urged, and the support of the negro preachers was pledged. 1t was stated after the meeting that especial reference was made to the fight now being made by the Church Temperance Federation on the saloons in Little Rock, and that the negro ministers will support the measure with all their ability. It was also de- cided to hold joint conference quarterly with the members Of the Ministerial Association and the negro preachers of the city.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Chinaman Found Dead.

Jim Coon, G5 years old, Chinese laund,yman who has conducted small laundry in Pine Bluff for more than 40 years, died Friday in the rear of his laundry He was attended by local negro doctor. and is believed to have died during Friday night He was unattended at the time of his death, his body being found Saturday morning by customers who called at the place for their packages. Coon is believed to have had a large sum of money secrcted somewhere in the house.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Ask That Ginning and Cotton Buying
 

Cotton ginners are being requested not to gin any cotton for 30 days and merchants are being requested To cease buying cotton by committee representing the local Farmers Union organization, which met at Russell vile last Friday and Saturday. Al though it is not known to be fact, It is presumed that the committee was appointed at the meeting last week for the purpose of checking the sale and ginning of cotton in that vicinity. IL is believed that most Of the ginners and merchants will comply with the request Of the committee.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Horses Burned; Man Escapes

At 10 o'clock Monday night the sta bleS of the Greer Bros Grocery Com pany at Fort Smith were destroyed by fire Five horses were burned to death and all the company's wagons were destroyed, Night Watchman Cox was in bed on the second floor and he escaped with his clothing on fire. The firemen amothered the flames in time to save his life.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Reward Offered for Ben Pope.

A reward of $100 was Thursday morning offered by the Governor for the arrest and conviction of Ben Pope of Crawford County, charged with criminal assault on the daughter of John Gregory September 15 last. The request was made by Judge Jeptha Evans and Judge H. F. w. Stiensick, who state that it seems that Pope has fled the county, but that very lit tie effort is being made or has been made for his recovery.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Prisoner Wanted in Marianna.

J. c. Wood, deputy sheriff from Marianne, was in Little Rock for a short time Tuesday afternoon on his way home with B. A. Rogers and in Los Angeles, Cal. The prisoners were lodged at the citylock-up between trains Rogers is wanted for the em- bezztement of $400, and the woman for deserting her husband and two little children. It is claimed that when Rog CTS fled the country he induced the woman to accompany him.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Will Do the 90-MiIe Ride.

Major G. D. Deshon, in charge of the army and navy hospital iu Hot Springs, Sunday left for Fort Sill, Okla, where he will take the 90-miie test as prescribed by the president For officers of his rank. Tie test .s that 90 miles shall be traveied on horse back for three succeeding days, and is the one the president prescribed for General Stewart which caused the lat. ter's forcible retirement by the adverse report of the medical board which de- clared him unfit for the test.
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Saloon Closed by Police.

Acting under orders from the City Council, Chief of Police A. J. Stewart Monday closed the saloon of Tom Payne, at Third avenGe and State street, Van Burea. because, it is chars cd, a bottle of whiskey was sold from that building on last Sunday, The whiskey was purchased by man III the employ of the Police Department. it is said
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
State Cotton Sold.

The committee of the State Peniten. tiary Board Wednesday sold to the Lesser-Goldman Company 130 bales of new cotton and 61 bales of last sea sons crop, grown on the state farm. The new cotton brought 10 1-3 cents and the old Is cents, the total amount realized from the sale being $9,300 The entire lot will be ship ped to Pine Bluff. where it will be cOmpracSod
The Green Forest tribune., 1908-10-16
Pictures Still Unhune.

The pictures of the wives of former mayors of Little Rock are still in pro- cess of preparation. Three have been delivered and are ador1ing the walls of the laaies' reception room at the city hall, and as soon as they have been completed. the others will be placed In position.