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HOLIDAYS a Mistake.

DR.. Toulouse. the eminent French med
zeal writer has just published book
in which the holiday as an institution
is unsparingly condemned. Above all, the
doctor objects to the old idea that lit is
necessary to rest the mind by exercising
the body"
To take long walk. for instance, after
several hours of intellectual labor is
simply adding one fatigue to another, he
says. Fresh air and one hours walking
per day are all that is required
The system of taking a whole days
rest every week and a month or two at
time every year Is also, he assures his
readers, ridiculous. when we take holi-
days we generally devote our time to
some physical exercise-cycling. noun
taineering. yachting. swimming-to which
our body is not adapted. 1t upsets our
physique. and the fatigue reacts on our
minds, with the result that nine out OF
ten persons feel worse after a holiday
than when they started.
I'VE do not need long rests: we want
short ones.' goes on the doctor. 'Do
not rest sixteen hours per week on Sum
day, but four separate half hours per day.
Do not rest one or two months per year
after ten months of intense life and work.
but divide these two months into occa-
sionaI half days of delightful lazness,"
says Home Chat.
What would you say of man who
would work increasingly for SIX years and
then spend whole year in idleness? Yet
this Is exactly what we do on q smaller
scale with our Sundays and summer holi-
days"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31

At the Circus.
From the Bohemian Magazine.
1.-The two living skeletons have mar
ried.'
We'll. you can't say anything about
their being made one flesh"
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Of the human head. (2) 8ehead sphere and
leave a part of the human ear. t3) Behead a
transparent substance and leave young girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31

JRING the summer months 6
family had come from town t.
camp on the banks Of the river
right In the very midst of Bird
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-31

Mr.. Speckled Bird knew there was no
use in trying to stand out against so
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PIMA RICHARDS had two dolls.
One was a big and beautiful
~ wax doll and the other was
great. limber-limbed rag doll.
The roc lolI uyac much older
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01
PEOPLE WAKING UP.
B. F. LEE.

Pineview, Miss Sep. Is, 1908.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: People are waking up
in this section, as never before, to
the need Of a new party, if we are
ever to get our rights. They realize
that nothing can be expected of a
leader and party that changes so con-
stantly as Bryan and the Democracy,
and you will get lots Of votes in this
section from people who have never
voted anything but the old party tick
cts. The principles of the Farmers
Union are making us think for our
selves, and as the Populist party is
the only one that is contending for
these principles, it seems to me that
a Union man who doesn't vote the
Populist ticket hasn't got any Union
blood in him, especially when it is
considered that you have stood UNI
finchingly by your principles for
twenty years, while what Bryan
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01
THE HEARST GAME IN KEN
lucky.

Spottsville, KY, Sept. p, 1908.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson.
Dear Sir: I enclose herewith q
card and blank petition from Nation
al Committeeman j. E. Merrick of the
independence party. You will see on
the petition my name appears as an
elector from the Second district At
the instance of 10. A. Parker, [ at
tended conference in Louisville,
| think it was on the 10th of July in
Which Populists and independence
people took part. Mr.. Parker
thought best and so advised a Joint
electoral ticket for Kentucky We Sc
lected "a ticket in which Populists pre-
dominated. On the petition 7 onlv
note two Populists, myself and G. W.
Pipes.
The Peoples Party is not men
toned in the petition and it seems
to me the intention Of the Independ-
ence people to be to scoop the Popu-
lists IN Kentucky. I for one don 7
intend to be pulled into that apgre-
CATION.
write you to show what they are
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01
NO LATTER-DAY DEMOCRACY
FOR HIM.

Kissimmee, Fla, Sept. Is, 1908
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: I was born in Schley
county, Georgia, August 8, 1859.
Therefore voted my first time in the
fall of 1880. Ny father being Dem
ocrat, Of course [ was a Democrat,
and, I must say, [ am still a Demo-
crat, but not Of the latter-day kind.
How any man that doesn't belong to
the moneyed class can follow the So
called Democrats is beyond my con-
ception. There is not one thing that
they advocate which will help the
working class, and still we of the
South are expected to come up with
our 156 electoral votes to help to elect
Bryan, who has dropped his crown
of thorns and cross Of gold, and has
gone, soul and body, in the gold-bug
camp. IF he wanted to be president,
he ought to have stayed with the peo-
pie.
The people must have relief from
the CALLING yoke that is bearing them
down, down, harder and harder every
year. With the gold-standard, ma
honal banks, high tariff and railroad
and other monopolies all gathering
their tribute from the producing class
and Bryan for all these-we must
look somewhere else for relief. I see
no chance for us in the two old par
ties, but / think the light is breaking
for us with Williams in the north and
west and the fearless Watson in the
south to rally the people to the stand
ard of equal rights to all men.
Things are going to come our way.
1t may not be this year, it may not be
next year, but it's coming, coming,
coming. Wishing you success, I re-
main Your true friend,
G. B. WOODALL.
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OLD SOLDIER NAMES
THE SLAUGHTERS OF
GEORGIA.

Franklin, Tenn, Sept. Z, 1908.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, GA,
Dear Sir: While in prison at Rock
Island, ILL.,, during the winter Of '63-
ga my bunk mate was young Geor-
gian named E. R. Slaughter, a son
of DR.. A. B. Slaughter, Of Forsyth, or
Cuthbert, Ga. I have often thought
that I ought to try in some way to get
in touch with his people, for | felt
they would like to hear something Of
him. He was as fine a young man as
[ ever knew. He was taken to the
hospital during the latter part Of the
winter, where he died Of smallpox.
thought perhaps through one Of
your Jeffersonians that this would
reach some one of the. family, and
will be glad if you will publish it.
Yours with best wishes,
J. X. MARSHALL, SIR.
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WATSON WOULD LIKE TO GO.

Texarkana, Ark, Sept. Il, 1908.
Hon. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
My dear Sir; Oh that we could
have Popuist speaker in our midst!
Will it be possible for you to come
to Texarkana before the election? It
would do much good. I am doing,
and will continue to do, all I can for
you and the cause for which you long
have so ably struggled and which will
inevitably eliminate in glorious tri-
umph.
If you can come to Arkansas, let
us know in time to get the good news
we'll advertised so that all may share
in the. good results Of your visit.
Ny wife joins me, not III wishing
you success, but in congratulating you
upon the success which you have met
with already.
Ever for and with the cause,
j. NJ. RAMSY.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01

hash It stood for in that time isn't in
the book.
Bryan has been Dragging on the
fact that this is the only State in
which he carried every precinct, but
after visit through the southeastern
part Of the State, / have come to the
conclusion that considerable starch
will be sweated out Of his shirt when
he hears the Mississippi election re-
turns when the Ides Of November roll
around.
Yours for victory,
w. e. ATWOOD.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01
A RALLY FOR ALABAMA.

Owassa, Ala, Sept. Is, 1908.
Mr.. Thos. E. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
Dear Sir: I am going to try and
have rally in this county about the
middle of October. I have the prom
Use that Judge Longshore, from
Shelby county (Watson elector),
will come to this meeting and make
a speech. If you can possibly come,
you set the time and let me know,
and [ will advertise it thoroughly. IF
you could go to Montgomery and Biz
mingham, and then come on down to
Evergreen, [ am satisfied you would
do a lot Of good.
Let me hear from you, but I am
going to try and have this meeting
whether you come or not.
Yours to a finish,
NJ. JOHNSTON.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01
IN THE CAUSE TO STAY.

Atoka, Tenn, Sep. IA, 1908.
Hon. Thos. e. Watson, Thomson, Ga.
You are our leader. We have all
confidence in you. Have our people
send up here in Tennessee some good
speakers in our cause, and let make
the fight of our lives. [ am young in
the Populist cause, but I am there to
stay as long as we fight for the prin-
clples that you advocate.
JOHN w. CLARK.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01

doing in Kentucky and to ask what
is the best thing to do to preserve the
remnant Of our party in the state.
Yours very truly,
L. R. GREEN.
Note: I hope that every true blue
Popu1ist in Kentucky will let this
Hearst business alone. Fight shy Of
the payroll crowd. It is an insult
to an old Pop to ask him to surren-
der to the copyrighted party that be-
longs to millionaire Hearst.-T. E. W.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01
A WORD ON NATIONAL AND
STATE POLITICS.

Editor Jeffersonian: AS to national
politics, permit us to say word or
two. The situation is a peculiar one.
Mr.. Bryan claims there is great har-
mony in his party, which means his
election. Let us see. There are the
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15be . effersonton
LETTERS FROW THE PEOPLE


Debs Democrats, the Hearst Deme-
Gratis and the Bryan Democrats, all
with a candidate in the field. Beauti-
full harmony! They have agreed to
disagree. The controlling elements in
the Republican party are together, but
the rank and file are preparing to
shoot regular scatter gun on cleo
ton day, and who knows but that our
"Tom" may be our next president?
The farmers in Alliance days met
in Ocala, Florida, and formulated the
Ocala platform-the greatest political
document Of it's kind in America, and
Watson indorsed it, though
not an Alliance man, and we
elected him and four others
pledged to stand by those princi-
pies and have them enacted into law.
He is the only one who stood the test
and is still fighting for us. You see,
he is our flag bearer, and has planted
it upon the ramparts of the enemy.
and we are inst 'followino orr fap
boys. Why, that is just patriotism.
We had fnnnv state election
didn y wo tbonob Rat = wac no+ 90
funny after al 70 Soma Morho onr
national election will ho met &c f,,,nu
TO some others Home 60
49, w. a'o' l loililll~''U ~. y? wv plI'
e. 1''' ~ 10 ii,''l 0l'''G' anu 'n0
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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01

England is a free trade country.
Germany is a high tariff country. Yet
the wages paid workingmen in the
factories of England are much higher
than IN Germany. Will some high
tariff advocate tell us just why this
isY-Custer County Beacon, Broken
Bow (Neb.l.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01
INTERESTING ITEMS.

The average price Of the American
potato last year was 61.7 cents a
bushel.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01

Boats engaged in mackerel fishing
off Milford, England, have landed as
many as 3O,OOO,0OO fish, and a hun
dred fish have been sold for q shilling.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01

The use of the gas engine on the
farm is growing more popular every
year. In the last two years $4,000 of
these motors were purchased by farm
ers and the demand this year has
every indication Of being greater.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01

Two new electrical journals appear
ed recently about the same time bear
ing the same name. One comes from
New York and the other from Chicago,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01

Saskatchewan, Canada, will some
day be the greatest wheat-growing
country in the world, owing to the
peculiarly advantageous conditions Of
it's soil
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-10-01

Up to 1906 Pennsylvania produced
more natural gas than she could make
use of, but now it is necessary to
draw upon the supply Of West Vir-
ginia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-02

if the Iros Faiis, What Of shs ivy'
 We hear great deal about the mod &n girl developing mannishness, lnde p>ndencs and losing her femininly. 4 great many people arc much alarmed because girls arc not trained, as for merly. !n womanly gent!eness. It is | beautiful figure of speech to describe the feminine character as the ivy which cl!ngs to the masculine oak for support and ln return covers and beau ddaS its htdeous knots and scars.
 But if the oak falls what becomes of the ivy!
 There Is too much of this Ivy clIng1ng and beautifyfng Idea In training girls, They should be taught that t IS just as necessary to be independent, to be self supporting. as to be able to cling and beautify. In other words, they ought to be able to stand alone If the ree falls and not go down with It. Success Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-02
Heart toHeart
 Talks.
 By EDWIN A. ME.
CLEVELAND AND GRANT.
By EDWIN A. ME.
Copyrtght. 1908. by Edwin A. Nye
weet are the uses of diversity.

Sweet are the uses of diversity.
 It may not seem so sometimes.
 To him who is exercised thereby the chastening may be not pleasant. but grievous. yet it works out a far more exceeding weight of glory"
 Which is proved again in the career of Grover Cleveland and by the career of every great man.
 No one has ever trod the higher planes of Fife e~ ept he has come up to his place by ny that sometimes was dark and sfef'
 There was a inc in the life Of Grover CleYela Hd when he had to decide be- tween the demands of his party and the demand of his cons .ienee-On the one hand the tumult and the shouting of the captains. on the other the whis- rerine of the inward monitor. And. treading the wine press alone he shut his ears 10 the shoutings and listened to the still small voice.
 Grover Cleveland had his failngs. but he will always stand in the recol- lection of his countrymen superb if ure of moral courage
 He faced detraetion and islander. Some of it he lived down. Some o' his tfetractars he won ovnr There ar. those who believed to the day of his death thar going into office poor he came out millionaire It remained for tue probate court-whea this stub born patriot was in his grave-to show the Werl that he was not rich man.
 AdversitF made him great.
 His effort, to do the right and his bravery to suffer wrong shaped him into the full measure of real greatness.
 It was so with General Grant.
 It was dark for him when the com mandant of that lonely post on the Pa cific coast gave Grant notice that he must reform his drinking habits or re- sign
 And Grant did both.
 yicksbure was not the first great victory for Grant Down on that little forest farm near St Louis he laid siege to his fell lust for liquor and con- quered it.
 Like Cleveland. It. was greatly bused by his fellows. Ta this day there are many who believe h. was q drlnkard
 Nor was .Nrpo@atfoy his latest vic tory It was when he was old and broken in fortune. mortllly stricken by disease fighting death with broken sword he rose to the full height of Teal greatness and sent 10 all his coun- trymen his dying exh.rtation:
 Let Us have peaee'' Cleveland and Grant are far beyond the reach of partisan rancor and cen sure of the multitude. their grand fig ures lit up by the pure sunshine of merited fame
 Adversity made them great.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-02
Are Women's Watches inferior?

"Yes, madam" said the Jeweler. slowing watches to a woman custom or, "thls Is sixteen point action, the best that Is ever put in lady's watch"
 "Don't you put just as good works in iady's watch as in a gentleman's?" asked the woman.
 "Why. Do. not at all, madam. La. dies do not need such good watch Most always they wind up their watch once in awhile, and then they let 1t be for week or two without using 1t This Is as good as any lady needs
 The woman explained that she was a business woman and just as depend snt on trains and boats as a man, but tho jeweler remained unmoved In the conviction that sixteen point was al! any woman needed-San Francisco Call
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-02
SCHOOL GARDEN RULES.
Now a Massschusetts institution ts
 Managed by Women.

Now Massachusetts institution a
 Managed by Women.
 A school garden Ia Watertown Mass, has adopted the followi ns rules, says the Los Angeles Times. Bs regular and punctual in attendancs Keep garden orderly. Keep record book correctly Leave tools cleaned and put away before going home Be courteous to all. and if absent or late furnish excuse from parent or teacher rules bis relation with the school will erminate The classes meet twice veek-W ednesday after school anG Saturday morning gone hour each pert sd They will work h the garden. through the summer vacation If pupil Is absent. substitute Is sent Badges or pins of green and white are worn, telling garden, number and time of class Notebooks are kept, record Ing the temperature, attendance, date, time of planting, plan of garden and any other notes they care to record.
 When Insects are found or birds heard, questions are asked and notice taken of their habits. etc During the summer children will be taken In small groups on short walks to hear the voices of nature The children already give advice to parents. telling them the best methods for planting cucunbers and beans and setting out tomato n.anr. The parents and friends take nuch interest, visiting the garf,e1 while the children work. helping to keep theI- no:ea correctly and the gar len lu good order The Woman n!'.& pay7 tAe expenses and bfs the b(.si aess infringement of the gaf.len Tisn~ have tq1aa rr the work in mot satisfactory and LeIDful way.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-02
Great pi7.on Cities In tn. swarp..

Each spring in May all the rosy gulls # wide region somehow agree to re- sort to particular one of various marshy lakes for the purpose of rear ing their young. Just how they decide the important question Is not for US hu- mans to know. At any rate, what they do select is great area of grass, reeds or rushes growing out of the water and there, out of the abundance of dry stems, each pair builds q partly float Ing nest, side by side with others, thousands upon thousands of them. These great cities of the prairie pi. seon present one of the most dramatic, spectacular sights In the bird life of this continent, comparable in way to the former breeding "roosts" of the real wild plgeon.-Herbert K. Job in Outing Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-02
rathpiG,<a


 ToothpickS were Ia cCmU1a use h lndent Roma Sometimes they wefo made of auills, but preferably of tho wood of the mastic or lenttsk tree, WnnDe astr.ngent and aromatic gum A nown to modern dentistry. MartiaPs sptgrams frequently mention the den. oDcalpium. or toothpick. and recon mand the wooden kind atove the quill ~e toothpick was taken to England h travellers from Italy and France. As Mares says. The usAg of 1t in public was bnS deemed an affected mark of gentlIty." Shakespeare taken ohas view when be makes one of tho characters In King John remark: Now, your travelsr-
 fs and his toothptck at my worhtps
 mesa.
 And when my knishtly stomach is sui
 nced.
 Why. then l suck my teeth and catschtse Ny picked man of countries.
 The most fantasdc us to which the tpothpick has ever been put was the sixteenth and seventeenth century fash ipn of wearing 1t in the hat as . no phy or an ornament
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-02
BOOMING HIS TOWN.
How a Y5arg soa-5 of Trade Prssi
 Mi. Good" Stten the Peop

"M14 Good With the Peope
 Systematic roFss boosting is Il 9ea. ure of American business aeti. which aims at the general good instae of persona: prCtit One western t0T.' had q board of trade which had slep. along for years without doing anytt4is. ln particular, except eating some foe once year at a banquet and listenin. to some spread eagle oratory, says tn ptttsburg Dispatch The organizatiaA became aoribund, and It's presideHe1 was an honor 10 longer sought for, The directors met and gave the place to q young man of the type i've like t. encouraee." The young man took hi> Job seriously and went to work. r wasn't long before he grew an Idea of his own.
 Every family that moved to town he spotted. Employment was prov ldeG for the breadwinners where necessary and the new people were made to fee at home When thIs personal atten ton had got in It's work. represents tive of the board of trade interviewed the head of the new family. This In. terview was incorporated into letter mimeograph copies were made, put intC stamped envelopes and made ready to mall. Then the letters were taken to the newcomer. and be was asked tC address them to his friends "bacl east" The scheme worked like mag.c and the population boomed. Of that Idea many new ones were born. Ths young man has been several times re- elected president of the board of trade Of that town can give him
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-02
itaIy's Leaning Towers.

Most gleauers of the wonderful COZ nder the leaning tower of Pisa to b. something unique Ia architecture Th!a is an error. however, for there are tvq others !n Italy and several h othe, European cities The two at Bologna are the most remarkable One Of them Is a21 feet h height and leans oyer six and half feet from the perpend.c ular, and the other Is 161 feet hts&.1 and has "a lean" of over nine fec The oldest of these two remarkab.r structures was built in the year 111e
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-02
Flies.

The astonishing abundance of flies during the latter part of the summer ts accounted for by the estimate made by an eminent entomologtst that the progeny of a single house fly In the course Of one summer will mum Der 2oSo32u If It were not for the in aumerab,e enemies provided by nature tW the destruction of the fly, the whole atz would be filled by the end of Aur gUt with swarns 0: dies, which would eonder life insupportable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-09-02
School Gardens Create Taste.

The educational value of the sehoo garden cannot be overestimated Wh2' We want to do is to teach the chidrnn taste-get taste Into the child, get taste into the household and then finally tasr. Into the community and when we hc"a done this We need not fear the resun~ says the Los Angeles Times The lack of taste, ia the community generally l. an unfortunate fact notwithstand.a our grand school system. and may l- attributed Tn large degree to the failure to appreciate it's necessity by our educators It is particularly plea ing to those most deeply interested ta note how universal ls becoming demand for school gardens Reform
 many branches of public improvement would be far easier of aecompush4e now had the children Of the previ0u generation been trained In the tun4, mental principles of taste the pow of perceiving. appreciattng and disco erlng beauty and excellence. The mo;' we consider the curriculum, of our put He schools. the more We perceive hov 1t could be improved to meet the chan Ing conditions Of our American llft Our children need far more than th, three R's 10 fit them for citizenship a., It Is drawing upon us The atmosphe~, and appurtenances of the schoolrools should tend to impart culture anr taste. which h turn are transferred tc the home and thus minister to the gen eral upbuilding One of the surest and best ways to accomplish this grea tes good to both school and home Is to carry at times the schoolroom (fgura dvely, at leastl out Into the pure and slevating atmosphere and influence O; the school garden.