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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
Umbrellas In Battle.

BIT Is conceivable that the officers y.
kellington's day thought him a terri,
e old bully. He actually Forbade
nbrellas in battle. He expected lhem
BIT only 10 expose and sacrifice tAri9
YES at the word of command. but IT,
ALLY to risk the furnishing of lhni.
eautitul uniforms in the rain viii
Bin during .~5rttle near Bayonnr, lie
wv t1e~s%fdiers shcltorin@ onde9 :.
resG oft1Y5relIas ana sent off Lord
&1i.. with LIN message: Lord Nriii5sr
ton does not approve Of tilc ust' Of IT,
brellas during the Cunt3 = firing an,
VII not allow the 'Gcnt.eHen'S SUI:
A uaEc Themselves; ridiculous in t'.t-
q Of The army After the bat5te
n mel Tynjm- vas reprimandcd H..
II duke fuF permitting The ull'gIi~.
N | The great man. THE guards il
y form may when Oh duty 1T y;
1ames'. carry uithr"ilaS if they plctsf.
But in the field il is not only ridic,lou>
Nut EHl!!iiMart>" Let it not be for. =.
len, however. hat the Ielinuucnts.
4andics iil"o"l thry We're. proved
EheDlselvos Among he brayest when
lighting was ..Uin.; Oh. ST. James Ga
&ette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25

M A certain large millinery ssta blist
neDt makes Il spacia!ty OF women
rim.cd hats II s., and $40. II is cur
sGng largely iniu Ih'' tval.' Of The s,ll,i
|er high priced dealers. :, short ,i.u.
Ego i woman Of fashion Nrnt into til,
mentioned and tried u.
'beveral hats, b}:1 found none to So.
her. Befor, going out $'lr missed !,
valuable hatpin. \ careful seal',:u
Jailed to bring it TO light. and lis d.
appearance remained q -. stely.
few days later the customer. SIN to-
Ing for suitable hat visited uH, .
the expensive millinery shops in /,
city. Among the hats shown to Il
none of which WAS priced bower -
SS5, was one that closely .r,@A:h =
i ne Of the hats she had tried Oil i'll {
IN dollar store. She took it NJ to -,
mine it more closely. AS She It.,
he trimming she noticed that the G
@l hatpin was concealed beneath
ellnch of artificial flowers Drawing i
Qut, she discovered it to be her missile
hatpin. York Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
WHERE THERE'S NO XMAS.
4 Spot IN the Middle Pacific Where
Dec. Is Exists Not.

0cCs 90 C&iStS NCt.
The Christmas hater may be made
happy. He can have his wish and go
somewhere where there isn't any
Christmas. He will not have to die
to do it either, but he will have to be
good sailor in order to fully enjoy
his paradise which is not on earth, 1t
Is on water. Let him start on his
search from Vancouver, B. c., on De-.
IS in the direction Of the orient. AZ
the days pass and he comes nearer and
nearer the 25th of the month he MAJ
begin 10 feel uneasy and think himself
the victim Of joke. Even as late as
bedtime on Dec. "a he may feel resent
full over what he fears IS q wild goose
sail. He may fall asleep thinking Of
the disagreeable things he will do next
day just because it will be Christmas.
but he will be disappointed, for when
he wakes in the morning he will find
1t the 26th Of December. The 25th is
not and has not been. 1t seems 10
have passed in the night. 1t is gone
completely-but where? An expert
enced navigator explains the lapse thus:
"In just about the middle of the Pa
cific ocean is the one hundred and
eightieth degree Of longitude, and
when that imaginary line is reached
the westward traveller drops one day
out of his calendar for the year. That
line crosses the antipodes, or point on
the earth's surface which is precisely
opposite to Greenwich. England. the
place at which by common consent of
all nations the counting of time begins.
At monday, when the sun is directly
overhead at Greenwich, at other points
to the westward the time will be eari-
err by one hour for each Is degrees of
longitude, so that when 100 degrees is
reached it will be midnight.
Twelve hours have thus been gain
ed, and the other twelve would be add
ed if the journey around the globe
were completed. So by universal agree
ment the 25th of December would be
dropped by all navigators reaching the
fatal line on the previous day, and
travellers would be cheated out of their
Christmas ut the only place On the
carth's surface where such thing
could happen" Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
COMFORT FOR SANTA CLAUc
How Little Edward Provided For RI.
Chimney Friend.

! Chimney Friend.
/ Edward was seven wears Old a~}
had not Vet been dist lusioncd alt ut
! that old yet ever new tory Of So.
Claus coming down the chimney. Just
before Christma. he had proudly Wr.
/ ten L letter Ghi~ lir>u. stating Tie l",r
ticuIar gifts j" wanted, and after I.'~
mother had read it I'd WAS rarctu
put into the lire
I Nov" said Elnart~ nothtr. tri},..
ihe lie chccrfully. 't'at letter viii
right M the chimney AND direct lo
Santa claus"
Edward seemed very much ina
pressed.
Christmas morning The child We
perfectly delighted With the shower Of
gifts and with the sIitterins tree.
Wasn't il good Of Santa Claus e.
bring me so many more things than /
asked for in my letter?' he said ut ~,
breakfast table, clasping his hands in
an ecstasy. After this outburSt he
grew thoughtful, then, suddenly jump
Ing up, disappeared into the kitchen
His mother and father looked at Gael,
other and wondered. Then the moth,
followed TO see what the inspi:l ion
might be.
She found Edward standing in from
Of the kitchen stove pouring out a cup
of coffee.
why, Edward, dear. what are Nul
doing:' his mother asked, coffee beihi.
one of the cllild's forbidden things"
Edward looked up app"a'ingly. 1t is
such cold morning, motGer'-
But, Edward, you know never PEI
nit you to take Coffee his mother il
terruptcd.
mo, no, mother; ! do not wish II
drink it, ! want to give it to SAINT,
Claus. He was SO Kind to send mo
more engines a4d things than | askc,i
for. May I give him some coffee ala
rolls, mother-n1ay ~
Before lis mother had time to thin.
of a suitable reply the child had put
cream and sugar into the cup; thcY
with his little face I'll aglow with az
probation and gratitude, be earnestly
poured the steamiDg coffee into the fire
There now.' he exclaimed, with
satisfaction. THAT will go right III
the chimney and direct to Santa Claus,
won't it, mother? And it will warm w
his
{ little so,ind belly
THAT shook when he laugh'si, like
bowl fun Of jelly
"won't it, mother" Lippincott's.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25

Judge Ito lawyer)-Mr. Sharp. are you.
this prisoner? Lawyer
Va. your honor. Judge-And how
buch is he charged with stealing:
dollars. your homo,
&dge-We'll let him go. He'll be pun
Med enough anyhow. Lawyer-Wha;
= you mean, your honor? Judge
Thy, by the time you get that $50 ana
Ven he works out the other 800 you'll
barge him he'll be sorry enough he
Yer was dishonest.--Toledo Blade.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
Iceland From Lava Wall.

The general impression that iccia",
Is a cold country Is false one. says >
writer in Travel Magazine. In ReyE
javik, the capital Of the island, one
day perched myself on one Of the lava
walls and looked at a scene Of summer
warmth aud beauty. Familiar cows
and cats and hens were busy in the
sunshine. Children, thinly clad, were
playing about with shouts Of merri'
ment. Potatoes were in full blossom,
and cabbage and various vegetables
added to the sense of homelike comfort
But such days are GASES in vast deserts
Of rain, for If Iceland in summer is
not cold it Is not comfortable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
II Was Still There.

Ths story is told Of clergyman
vho, after he had finished his sermon
card one Of his congregation sa:,;
Yes it was good sermon, but III
tolesit."
A short time afterward the prcache'
allied on the man, resented the accus;,
ion and asked him to retract what h,
lad said.
II am not" answered the man. "likc
y to take back anything that l hay
aid. but In this case will. for on re-
nrning home and referring to the boo
Whence thought you had taken your
krmon. found that it was still there
LIST. Louis Republic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
He Placed an Order.

small. sharp faced boy. one O.
ghpse eyelids had an inclination L
roOp in chronic wink. entered II
ailOr shop in upper Broadway. ap
troached the proprietor and silently
anded him a button. The tailor tool
4nd looked puzzled.
What's this for?" he asked. ~
ont want it. I've got plenty Of bu,
orr
Dat's all right" said the youngstel
But yer want business. dou't yer?'
Yes
We'll. just sew pair O. pants on
IAt button"
The small boy was half way up the
lock before the tailor reached the
lo0r.- New York Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
Room Doors on the Stage.

In real life room doors always open
IN toward the room itself. On the
stage, however, room doors. as a rule
open outward, or away from the room,
Exits are one Of the most difficult parts
of the actors art, and if he or she had
to tumble with the handle. pull the
door toward them, step round 1t ano
pass through they would probably
make a clumsy dodge of it. THAT is
why, as a rule, doors are constructed
to open outward at push.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
Chinese Troons-Good Runners.

In the drilling Of recruits for thu
Chinese army each man is required to
carry sand In his knapsack. For the
first day he carries two ounces; Oh
each succeeding day he increases this
amount by two ounces until at last be
Is carrying sixteen pounds. These mel
can run at dog trot for ten consecu'
tive hours and arrive at the end Of
that time III fit condition for lighting
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
Retty's Gift.

A Lancashire vicar vas asked by the
choir to call upon old Betty, who was
deaf, but who insisted in Joining In ths
solo Of the anthem, and to ask he'
only to sing in the hymns. He shontea
into her ear, "Betty, I've been request
ed to speak to you about your sins;;
ing" At last she caught the word
singing" and replied: Not to NE be
the praise, sir. It's gift."-Pall Mall
Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
The Oyster and The Cookie.

1t the average person were asked
what was the strongest living thing IL
Is probable that he would name the
lion or some such huge denizcn OF the
forest and would not even think of the
unasscrtiye bivalvc. But so great +
the power possessed by the oyster that
to open it force equal To 1905 times
the weight of its shell-less body is re-
quired. The shell.less lmpet pulls
1854 times its own weight when in the
air and about double when measured
IL the water The Mediterranean COG
l1le Venus yurrucosa, can exert rul!
ing power equal 10 2,011 times tie
weight Of its own body. If the human
being Possessed strength as great IL
proportion as that the average man
would h" able 70 lift the enormous
weight of $4,000 pounds, pulling In
the same degree IS the irnpet And II
the man pulled in the same proportions
ate degree rs the cookie he would sus
tain q >veisb. d no less than 3,1G65o0
nnlDIS
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
Both Hard and Touch.

bits hard" said the sentiments
|ndlady at the dinner table. Ito thin,
lat this poor little lamb should be de-
|royed in it's youth just to cater to our
(petites.'
teYes." replied the smart boarde"
Juggling with his portion. ''it i
|ugh. "-Philadelpn.a Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
Wise Little Willie.

"Mammn." said little Willie as he
held up q big bundle in the car. whats
in this box?''
Nothing for you, Willie" said his
mother
"Well where's my Christmas?''
Santa Claus will bring that"
"Well Il he gives me anything big
IKE this tnx III know it's YOU"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
Better Than His Pick.

A story is told Of IN Irislinal who,
while walking with his friend. passed
a jewelcr's shop where there We're Il
lot of precious stones in the window.
"Would you not like 10 have yonr
pick?'
mot me pick, but me Shovel" said
Mike.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
Christmas Trees For Many.

For dudes-Spruce.
For the winter belles-Fir.
For lovers-Pine.
For bad joNers-The chestnut.
For sugar men-Maple.
For politicians-The plum tree.
For tobacco men-The smoke tree
For dentists-Gum.
For slippery people--Elm.
For swilnmerS-Beech.
For disappointed candidates The
lemon tree.
For pets trees Dogwood.
For oil men-Olive.
For doctors-Sycamore.
For carpenters-Plane. Baltimore
American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
In Mitiqation.

have you anythin'
ksay to the court before sentence
bnounced? Prisoner-I beg the cour
consider the youth Of my attorney
hite and Black.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25

A man who makes two jobs grow
where one grew before Is about the
best working definition Of patriot
Nashville American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
8EV1D
FOR RENT.


No. 1901 West Fifth avenue. !,
@eoms witt oath.
No ~ a.st uanuc. 7
-9'r
Ga F.onu~,
Aesz.- eoIere4t.
No. 1904 We. . .. 81. .'. rlo~rs
Ne. 702 Elm street. ) soom..
No. 1908 West Two,<-a ay9a.5. .
rooms.
No. Ills Texas street, . -Qoms
No. 1910 Orange street. room
No. iii Spruce street, . rooms.
Agent for Sawyer e. Austin dws.,4,
inss.
Fire! Fire.
Are you insured? & not why 1aa9
Delay is dangerous. | represent alM
line companies. Place your INSURANCE.,
with me.
CIlAS. 1IAYCCEEy
l13 Pine etgsEs
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25
Noboe Eve at" London.

A case of ir:r@nIar!;y occurs In a
ca blegram fil"t announGes from New
York the residence Vi Il certain az
cused person at London" You will
perceive at once tie ahsurlity Of those
words-"at london" \ New Yorker
may want TO get al l.on@on, but those
who live there live ''in London An
it is one Of the triunphs Of Londou
and language Though most irregular
that no enc is ever at London. Yor
can drop oil at Paris on the way to
anywhere, au1l YOU may spend the win
ter "at'' st. Petersburg OF ar Ne"
York. You mag change cars at Chi
cago. But there comes q moment whe,
the English language gets Irregular. J.
it when the fifth million is passed? Nc
Englishman was ever 'at" London. n
would be as irregular as Icing ar
Asia or at hea ven.- Lonsi'H. St.tf,a
ard
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25

me language of = face and man
Is the instantanf ous shorthand OF
mind, which is very quickly read 80
fscess Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25

Total liabilities. ...$1.062,777.38
I, NJ. E. Bloom, cashier OF the above
named bank do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
NJ. E. BLOOM, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 31st day Of December, 1907.
FRED r. GOODE,
Notary Public
My commission expires January a.,
1909.
Correct; Attest:
w. II. LANGFORD
2. P. BYRD,
y. NJ. Bl.UTIENTHAL,
x. n Knox.
JOHN !, SPEERS,
L T. WU.LERFORD,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-25

RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. s4s27s4. 81
Overdrafts ................ 434.12
Bonds and stocks. ........ 39,231.67
Real estate. ..........,..,. 15,535.57
Furniture and fixtures. -. s,925.70
Cash and due
from banks S1S8,465.53
Exchanges for
Clearing House 26,609C9
Cashiers checks
3other banks. 11,4800O
Demand loans
on cotton. 1911, 1851 .09-s537,915.1
----.
~oco,,ooc nc0 7T7 90
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-04-24

Like convicted felon. adjudged
guilty after a fair trial. a big half
breed New foundland dog belonging 10
Hugh Mclaughlin of Leipervile. Pa.
was hanged not long ago by the, neck
until dead. Every effort was made
to keep the matter quiet. but 1t grad
ually leaked out. and the disclosure
reveals one Of the most interesting. if
not dramatic, episodes relating to AMI
NAL life.
The dog. which had suddenly devel-
oped vicious disposition. sprang upon
five-year-old Thelma Berger. pretty
little girl living near by. Knocking
her down. it sank its fangs into her
flesh and probably would have killed
her or manned her for life but for the
fact that the child's screams attracted
several men. and the big brute was
driven of. The child was carried
home, and Mclaughlin. who is en-
ployed in Baldwin's Locomotive works
at Eddystone, was notified. WAS 1t
my dog?" he asked. Then. according
to an old custom on the coast Of Lab
rador. where dogs are hanged when 1t
has been proved against them that they
have the blood lust of human being.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-04-24

A tickling cough, from any cause
is quickly stopped by DR.. Shoops
Cough Cure. And it is so thoroughly
harmless and safe, that DR.. Shoop
tells mothers everywhere to give 1t
without hesitation, even to very
young babies. The wholesome green
leaves and tender stems of lung
healing mountain shrub, furnish the
curative properties to DR.. Shoop,s
Cough Cure. 1t Gains the cough,
and heals the sore and sensitive bron
chlal membranes. No opium, chloro-
form, nothing harsh used to in1ure
or suppress. Simply a resinous plant
extract, that helps to heal aching
lungs. The Spandiards call this shrub
which the doctor uses, "The Sacred
Herb" Always demand DR.. Shoop S
Cough Cure. DR.. ]. G. WanDamaker
Mfg. Co.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-04-24
Caught Convict by the Feet.
Brave Daughter Of an Illinois Sheriff Prevents Third Jail
Delivery by Grabbing Prisoner.

slumber by the crashing Of thunder
and lightning shook her nerves badly,
but it was all forgotten when she re-
allied her fathers official competency
was at stake. She threw off the feel
ing Of terror in an instant and was
across the room with bounl. 1t was
no simple feat even for girl in such
conditions to seize desperate making
his escape from captivity. The girl
tried to catch the hair Of the man dis
appearing down a ladder and, failing
threw her arms about the legs of the
man coming down from above. Then
she set up q screaming that rose above
the din Of the storm.
Sheriff Hanson and his jailers bound
ed from their beds. A jailer seized
the man Miss Hanson held and yanked
him into the room. Hanson and two
keepers ran to the prison ward and
drove the seven men waiting their
turns to climb out to liberty back to
their cells. The men had been pro-
vided with tiny saws, with which they
had cut the bars Of window. The
same saws were used to cut the cell
locks. New locks were put on the
doors. and. Drawing the storm. the sher-
iff and his men started out to search
for the six fugitives.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-04-24
Dog Tried, Convicted, Hanged.
Pennsylvania Canine Pays With His Life For nprovoked At
tack on Little Girl

Mclaughlin tied the dog up in his
yard.
The child. still suffering from hsr
wounds. was the prosecutor and chief
witness. She described the attack and
told how the dog had leaped upon her.
showing her wounds to substantiate
her story. The me1 who had rescued
her corroborated her statement. Then
she identified the canine culprit. who
looked UP at her from his leash. COVER
ing like prisoner in the dock in the
full realization OF his ofense. Next
her rescuers identified the dog The
case against the animal was made out.
In the owners mind there no longer
remained a reasonable doubt" Of the
dogs guilt So he proceeded To pass
sentence. 1t was that the dog be
hanged by the neck to tree in the
yard until dead.
The child prosecutor and her wit
nesses filed solemnly out Of the yard.
Half an hour afterward moose was
slipped about Jacks neck and his body
drawn up on limb. All day his body
hung suspended as warning to other
dogs. Then it was cut down and bur-
led.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-04-24

Lightning flashed, thunder roared
and heavy rain pelted against the jail
windows at Murphysboro. ILL.,. with
such terrifying effect that the pretty
daughter OF Sheriff Sylvester Hanson
was awakened from her slumbers. In
the fash Of an electric bolt the girl
saw man climbing down outside her
window. and the feet Of another came
into view from somewhere above. Ter
rIfed as she was by the war of the
elements. the girl darted across her
room, flung up the window and grab
bed the legs Of man. 1t was g jail
delivery under cover Of the terrific
storm, and the girl realized it. Cling
ing to the prisoner, she screamed and
held on despite the desperate efforts et
the fellow to kick her away from him.
The sheriff rushed up to the prison and
with his revolver drove seven prisoners
back to their cells. Four negroes and
two white men had escaped.
Fora Hanson. the sheriff's daughter.
is seventeen years old and is regarded
as the pluckiest girl in the county. She
has prevented two previous jail deliv-
cries by her quick wit and pluck, and
when she saw the forms climbing past
her window she knew what was TAX
ing place. The sudden awakening from
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-04-24

\ Kodol for Dyspepsia has helped
thousands of people who have had
stomach trouble. This is what one
man says of it: "E. G. Dewitt & Co.,
Chicago, III, Gentlemen: In 1897
had disease of the stomach and
bowels. l could not digest anything
| ate and in the spring of 1917
bougbt a bottle Of KOOOI.
and the benefit I received from thal
bottle all the gold in Georgia could
not buy. l still use little occasion
ally as l find it fine blood purlfief
and a good tonic. May yon live iohs
and prosper. Yours very truly, &. n
Cornell, Roding, Ga, Aug, p 1866.
A. C.. Dukes, and a. c. Doyle & CO.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-04-24

Rather than succumb to a maniacal
desire to kill. Colonel William L.. De
Lacey, one Of the best known lawyers
in eastern New York apd hero Of many
civil war battles. committed suicide re-
Gently at Poughkeepsie.
The aged warrior. who. when! only
sixteen. became q soldier. died after
he had turned on the gas jets in his
room in a local boarding house.
For more than week the colonel
had been wandering around town say
Ing he would kill some one. Who his
intended victim. was ne would not
state. He had grieved much since his
second wife died. and this is believed
to have aggravated his totteriag men,
tai condition.
On g bureau in the soldier-lawyer's
room the following note was found, ad-
dressed .'to whom it may concern
What am about to do I do with n
full realization that it Is my. end. |
don't quite like the way Of doing it.
I would rather go by some other hand.
For the past two years have moral