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The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-03
Women and Diplomacy.

Almost all the celebrated women have gained their fame by diplomatic means. The famous women of Jewish history were all subtle in their meth ods-Rebecca. Jael and Herodias, to name but few of them. What born diplomatists, too, were Catherine of Siena, the great saint, and Catherine de Medici. the great sinner. The list of them down the ages is intending. The royal road to fame as we'll as to peace would seem for women to be marked by the sign posts of diplomacy.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-03
The Mockinq Bird.

Of song birds the mocking bird Is easily king. The skylark and night ingale deserve all of the praise that the poets have given them They are sweet songsters, indeed. but when it comes to contest with the mocking bird their famed laurels wither away. ln its variety, range volume and sweetness. the song of the mocking bird has no equal in the feathered Kingdom. To hear the falling song" Of the mocking bird on a moonlight night in June is to hear that which never yet came from throat of skylark or nightingale.-N. Y. American.
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Addicted to Swearinu.

A big. husky truckman was belabor- ing his horses with a bullwhip. ac- companying each stroke with a tor rent of horrid profanity that could be heard block. A timid looking gen tleman stood near. waiting patiently for an opening. and when the psycho- logical moment arrived said in a soft voice. My dear fellow, in acquiring : your education you sadly neglected
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-03
Ignorant Woman.

This thermometer" complained the old lady, ''ain't no good. can never tell by it how cold the room is."
 My dear madam" said the rascally dealer, with pitying. air. do you not know the word thermometer is de rived from two GreeS words meaning Q measure of heat? Naturally. there.
 Failures, to heroic minds, are step ping stones to success.-Hallburton
 Our sweetest enjoyment is in the happiness we shed about us.-Smiles.
 The first step to virtue is to love virtue in another.-Samuel Maunder.
 Like star without haste without rest let everyone fulfill his own best. Goethe.
 Do not be afraid of your happiness Laugh and sing and make music.-C F. Aked
 He who thinks his place below him Will certainly be below his place. Saville.
 To dare to do your duty always. this is the height of true valor.-C. c. Sim mons.
 The great fact is, that life is a ser vice. The only question is: Whom are you serving g?"-Faber.
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PERT PARAGRAPHS.

Worry for worry's sake seems to he the working motto of many peopIe
 These are the joyous days when the coal is in the furnace and the ash is in the bin
 Many worthy young men are fired with the highest ambition to marry an heiress to reform her.
 No matter how crowded time may be with events, there is always room for the nimble rumor.
 A millionaire is not necessarily hard-hearted creature. but as long as somebody is bound to be poor he is eqrslly determined it should be mil. lion other fellows.
 There Is nothing that makes the or. dinary man feel better and be meaner than to give an order and have if nh. sequiously obeyed Nashville Amsri. can.
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JUDGES SOLlLOQUIES,

If you attempt to kiss a woman, she generally sets her face against 1t.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-03

A certain kind of a man will only stop drinking-when it's his treat.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-03

There's no one so hopelessly rushed as the man who cant find time to dc anything
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Entered as second class matter April l5, 1907, at the post office at Prescott, Ark, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-03
Ube Rrescott Dallp Hews.

Published every day except Sunday by the News Printing Co.,, Prescott, Arkansas.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-03

The one advantage in suffering is that you are not apt to speak before you think.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-03

the simplest rules of oral hygiene" The truckman was so astounded that be cursed no more for a full minute.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-04-03

If you attempt to kiss woman, she generally sets her face against 1t.
 A certain kind of a man will only stop drinking-when it's his treat.
 There's no one so hopelessly rushed as the man who can't find time to do anything.
 The one advantage in suffering Is that you are not apt to speak before you think
 Like a kittens tail, happiness is fun chasing it.
 When drunk, men often say sensi- ble things, which sound foolish to them when sober.
 Many man puts his property in his wife's name, including his happi- ness.
 It Is not until a man becomes welded to his art that he feels he can neglect it.
 It may not be true that women are more fickle than men, but they cer- tainly have more chance to show it.
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Like a kittens tail, happiness is hard to catch, but there is lots ot fun chasing it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-15
TORCHLIGHT PARADE
FOR MARTIN SHERIDAN

DUBLIN. August 1.-two thousand
members of the Gaelic Athletic Associa-
ton met Martin Sheridan of the Irish
American Athletic Club. New York. on
his arrival here last night with a torch
light procession, headed by the mayor of
the city. and escorted him to his hotel.
The demonstration was intended as an
expression of gratitude for his support
of the Gaelic Athletic Association In its
recent dispute with the Amateur Athletic
Association. Last month a number OF
American athletes came here to partici-
pate in games governed by the athletic
associations rules The Gaelic Associa-
ton protested and threatened to black
list any athletes participating therein
They also cabled President Conway Of
the Irish-American Athletic Club. who ad-
vised his athletes not to compete. 4
number of the Americans, however. re-
fused to accept the situation as Mr.. Con-
way saw 1t and took part in the games.
Sheridan was one of the men who did not
participate.
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spot in the Great Desert of California.
1t was desert pure and simple. and as
forbidding spot could have been
found the length and breadth OF the
land.
This California desert is freak OF
nature. 1t is valley lying between
the two ranges of mountains. and is so
low that 1t is actually many feet below
the level of the sea. Ages ago ii was
part of the bed of the Gulf of California.
which then extended far TO the north OF
Its present limits.
In that far-away time the Colorado
river. carrying on its food the debris
cut from its mighty canyons through
the mountains filled up a part of the
Gulf of California and cut off the north
ern half of that arm of the Pacific ocean.
Heat and evaporation did the rest in
the absence of rainfall. and in due time
the bed of the CUTOFF part of the gulf lay
exposed to the air. The proofs of this
mighty natural change in the face OF the
country lie plain to the geologist-among
other things. there are many miles OF
salt deposits that may be gathered with
the pillow and Scraper.
Then man discovered that part Of this
old bed of the gulf was OF marvellous
fertility. and needed but the touch OF
| fresh water to blossom like the rose. Sc
plete the work it had begun.
| across the desert. took from its waters
conveyed the life-giving flood to the bar
rem sands. and called the place Imperia
valley. And Imperial valley forthwith
proceeded literally to blossom like the
| rose
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the scene of action describe wildly nap
penings on the lake. Such incidents are
photographed to the limit every year and
pictures spread broadcast in sporting pa
pers throughout tho world.
This convention is the most important
the Illinois fishermen have ever held.
More entries than ever before nave been
received due to the fact that the annual
convention of the National Association OF
scientific Angling Clubs will be held in
Chicago before the close of the hy-cast1ng
competition.
Robert c. Peters of Capitol Hill reports
that the little streams Of Preston county.
w. Va, are giving up some splendid
trout.
Another down-river fisherman is Harold
Chase, who claims that an oyster shell
bottom indicates the best place for white
perch fishing He caught basket full of
large perch last Tuesday.
During the international fisheries con-
gress. which will soon meet In. Washing
ton. there will be fly and bait casting
tournament. Joe Hunter is one of the
loudest shouters for the scheme. He be-
lieves it can be made a great success.
When a sturgeon six feet long can be
captured with a carpenters hammer it
and take up the question of revised edi-
ton of 1.-The Complete Angler
A dispatch from Muskegon. Mich..
would have us believe that Ferdinand
Dratz. while running his dinky little
launch on Muskegon lake, came alongside
large sturgeon lying asleep about a foot
below the surface. Quick as a flash, the
dispatch says, Dratz reached into his
tool box and taking a hammer. dealt the
fish a stunning blow in the head. Then
he grasped it through the gills and drag
ged it into his boat.
The sturgeon weighed eighty pounds
and measured sixty-eight inches.
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American Marksmen.
From the Omaha Bee.

rom the Omana Bee.
The Olympic rifle contests have closed,
leaving the Americans undisputed cham
pions of the world, their victory over
other contestants being SO decisive that
no room remains for argument. The
English were the only entries that came
within contesting distance of the Amer
lean team. The Olympic victory, COM
ing SO closely after the American capture
Of the Palma trophy in Canada last year,
clinches the title Of worlds champions
and sets a record for marksmen of other
nations. American marksmen have al
ways been rated as the best in the world
and the reason is not difficult to find
From the landing of the first colonists
to the settlement of the last new terri
tory on the Pacific, the rifle was the
pioneers best and trustiest friend. 1t
supplied him with food and defense
against human and animal enemies and
served as his ablest ally in wrestling a
nation from a wilderness. In the revolu-
tionary war the American colOnists de-
veloped the worlds first corps of sharp
shooters. The backwoodsmen at. New
Orleans, armed with rifles of their own
selection, fighting along individual lines
routed the tried veterans of Packenham
who had served under Wellington in the
wars against Napoleon and inflicted the
most complete and overwhelming defeat
that any English army Of like numbers
ever sustained. Since that day the Amer
lean has been the worlds best marks
man.
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BRlTONS DON'T LIKE
OUR ATHLETIC CODE

LONDON. August 15.-Theodore Cook,
a member of the British Olympic council.
has sent a long communication to the
newspapers of London. stating that as the
criticisms from America on the 60Ometer
race at the Olympic games appear to be
based on an ignorance Of facts he has
deemed it advisable to give the exact facts
on which the decision was based. He then
gives the statements of the various off,
Gals of the amateur athletic association
who acted as starters. umpires, etc, and
the evidence presented at the inquiry after
the race, showing that all the starters in
the race were warned at the start that
watchers had been placed around the
track, and that any willful jostling would
result in the race being declared VOID. Mr.
Cook. commenting on this official evidence.
says:
1.-The only question that can be raised
is whether the Olympic games should have
been held under American English
rules 1t was not open for the American
athletes to appeal for American rules
after entering under English rules. All
can say is that after our experience with
what the American code appears to per-
init, no English athlete is likely to accept
it as a fair basis for international COM
petition
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-15

DIR. Hart, post physician at Fort Hunt
an enthusiastic bass fisherman. has a pri-
vate spot Of his own somewhere below
the fort where he always manages to find
enough bass to make a good meal.
The hot weather. lack of bait. bad
luck and several other elements have
combined to make bass fishing farce
this last week. One fishing goods dealer
who painted his window with the legend
Rivers clear. Good fishing at Grea,
Falls" reports he has had the dullest
week in the history Of his business
Dull as 1t Is up-river. the men who &c
down toward the mouth report fine fish
ing, especially in salt water.
Guy Marks went down the river this
week and camped at Sandy Beach. He
says he never had such good luck in his
white perch, some a foot long.
Following Marks good luck comes a
similar story from A. W. Carne. He
says he went to Nomini creek on Ran.
dali line steamer and tossed overheard a
second hand fishing line. baited with q
the steamer. Carne fished for twenty
minutes and caught thirty white. perch
and one crOaker.
II have not been fishing for five years, y
said Carne. but l am beginning to fee
so encouraged by the results of my skill
expedition to lower Machodoc creek In
the near future. Fishing on the lower
Potomac is now at its height. Followers
of the piscatOrial muse will find that a
dozen finny members of the watery tribe
will rise where usually one cannot be
caught by the daintiest of coaxing.''
The international fly-casting tournament
under the auspices of the Illinois Bait
casting Club is now in full tilt in Wash
ington Park. Chicago. Dispatches from
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and navy agent before the civil war, who
died but a few years ago; Silas H. Hill.
lawyer. and frequently in the councils.
and president of each board.
Third Auditors Office.
The Office of the third auditor was on
the first story Of the Navy Department
building when established. AS before
stated Peter Hagner. an accountant or
the War Department was the first in
cumbent A fellow accountant. John
Abbott of Georgetown. was here many
years. as were Bennett Clements and ii.
c. Matthews of the same place. Charles
Vinson of 18th and 1 streets. NJ I.ati-
mer, 18th and l streets; Richard Bur-
CESS of 18th street. James Davidson. F
and 18th streets: f. S. Lewis of Green
leaf Point and William Ramsay of Goth
and F streets, with two Or more 9th
ers. Mr.. Hagner was here about 1S4J.
as were MesSrs. Vinson. Burgess
and Clements. Among others were
Brooke B. Williams of Georgetown.
Benjamin L. Began, father of the
after well known physicians; Anthony
Hyde of Georgetown, connected with
Corcoran & Riggs Bank; Levin Jones
of Georgetown, prominent in Odd Eel
lowship; S. Norment, afterward promi-
nent in business circles as banker
Thomas and Richard Dove were also
here as messenger or clerk during half
of the century. JAMES CROGGON.
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RACQUET AND NET.
Drawings for National Tourney.

NEWPORT. X. L.. August l5.-The
drawings for the national lawn tennis
tournament at the Casino here. beginning
August u.s. were made public last night
by the officials of the United States Ma
tional Lawn Tennis Association. The en-
trants aggregate 145 In only a few
cases are players of acknowledged cham
pionship material ptted against each
other in the opening round. Among
them are r. D. Little VS.. w. J. Clothier.
R. l.. Agassiz VS. Charles f. Sands. r. R.
Pell VS.. j. D. E. Jones and B. c. Wright
VS.. NJ. G. Chace.
James Dwight. president Of the natiOna!
associa ton, stated that arrangements had
been made whereby the first round Of the
inter IA tional tournament for the Davis
trophy will be played In this country be-
tween American and English teams on the
LongwOod courts. Boston. during the
week Of September Z. The winning team
will go later to Australia to play the
Australian team, the present holder OF
the trophy.
On the grounds of the Crescent Athletic
Club Thursday at Bay Ridge, Beals c.
Wright and Raymond D. Little by de-
feating Nat Emerson and Louis Fl. Waid-
ner have earned the right to challenge
Hackett and Alexander. the national
champions. at doubles, and will play
them here August IS.
Wright and Little's steadiness and stay
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New York and Indiana.

From the New York World.
Mcclellan in 1884 lost New York and
Indiana. He was defeated
Seymour in 1868 carried New York but
lost Indiana. He was defeated.
Greeley in 1872 lost New York and In
diana. He was defeated.
Tilden in 1876 carried New York and
Indiana. He was not seated, but almost
no student of American politics now
doubts that he was honestly elected.
Hancock in 1880 lost New York and In.
diana. He was defeated
Cleveland in 1854 carried New York and
Indiana. He was elected.
Cleveland in 1883 lost New York and
Indiana. He was defeated.
Cleveland in 1892 carried New York and
Indiana. He was elected.
Bryan In 1896 lost New York and In.
diana. He was defeated.
Bryan In 1900 lost New York and In.
diana. He was defeated.
Parker in 1904 lost New York and In
diana. He was defeated.
In fifty years no democratic candidate
for President has been elected who die
not carry both New York and Indiana
Since Jacksons day no democratic candi-
date for President who carried both New
York and Indiana has been de. Gated.
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MATCH GOLF ROUNDS
AT POLAND SPRINGS

POLAND SPRINGS, Me-. August 10
w. c. Chick, the old Harvard golfer, and
w. J. Travis of Garden City qualified to-
day for the final of the chief cup in the
golf tournament here. In the semi-fnal
round Mr. Chick defeated H. c. Holton
of Cape May by 5 up on the fifteenth
green. while the Garden City crack dis
posed Of H. Poultney Smith of Philadel-
phia by 8 up on the eleventh green.
The summary:
Poland Springs cup-Second round--w. c. Chick
Oakley. beat Paul Harrison, Montclair by de-
fault: II. {: Holton. Cape May. beat Hiram
Kicker. tr.. South Poland, and 3: II. p. Smith
Philadelphia. beat DIR. W. $. Harlan Columbia
= up; Walter ]. Travis, Garden City beat Gar
ret A. Hobart. tr.. North Jersey, 3 and =. Semi
hnal-Chick beat HOltOn, ) and 3; Travis bea,
Smith. and Z.
Maine State cup-Sccond round-R NJ Dyer
Essex Country. beat ID. &. Nugent, IT, Oakley
up and 1: +. Winslow Taylor Philadelphia
beat r. A. Elliott. Fairfield, 2 up: Hugh falls
we'll. Dallas beat W. J: Hammer, jr., Columbia
3 and 8; Allen Petit, Philadelphia. beat ". II
Taylor beat Dyer 4 and g; HalsweIl beat Petit
and 2.
W. II: Childs cup-Second round-David Lam
son. Baltimore. beat Frank Pearson Merton
Flint. Commonwealth. 5 and 4: H. B. Dodge
Glen Ridge. beat l.. Werner. Fairview, 8 and Z
Davis Pearson, Merton. beat r. Birnie, Navesink
l up 10 holes. Semi -fnal-Iinsley beat Lamson
= up; Pearson beat Dodge. up.
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ADAM A. wEsCHLER. Auctioncer.

CHANCERi SALE OF vALGABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE ON STREET BETWEEN
THIRD AND FOURTH STREETS NORTH
EAST.
BY virtue of n decree Of the Supreme Court
Of the District OF Columbia. passed In equity
cause No. 21314. the undersigned trustee VIII
SELL mt public auction in front Of the premises
ON THURSDAY. THE TWENTY SEVENTH
DAY OF AUGUST. AID. iaiS AT FIVE
O'CLOCK PM. the following described land
and premises, situate in the city NJ Washington.
In the District Of Columbia. and designated No
and being the east 22is feet front on street ~
the full depth thereof Of lot ID In square ISS.
and the west - feet front on said II street hy
q depth Of "a feet of snid lot Il In square 50.
improved ny houses 311. 31Iia and SO street
northeast and the house known rear NJ 313
X street northeast. These houses VIII frst he
offered for 81 le separately.
Terms of sale: Onethird I'm cash. and the
balance. I'm two equal instal'ments. payable In
one and two years. with interest Mt six per
centun per annuni. payable semi annually from
day Of sale. secured 10y deed of trust uoon tao
property sold. all cash. ut the option VI tbs
purchaser A deposit OF 500 on each house will
he required Of the purchaser NJ the time NJ sale.
All conveyancing. recording aud notariai fees
at the cost Of the purchaser. Terms of sale to
be complied with within fifteen days from day
OF sale. otherwise the trustee reserves the right
to resell the property at the risk Ind cost of the
defaulting purchaser. after five days advertise
ment OF such resale In some newspaper published
in the city OF Washington. d. c.
MICHAEL J. COLBERT. Trustee.
au12 dads. eSu 412 5th ST. NV.
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WooDLoTs OF JAPAN.
Example Furnished of Tree Growing
on Small Plots.

FROM the Pathhnder.
In these times of great drains on the
timber supplies, caused by the heavy de-
mand for forest products of all kinds.
Americans may see in Japan an ex-
ample of what can be done in growing
wood on small plots.
That country contains 81 900, 600 wood
lots, about three-fourths of which belong
to private persons and One-fourth to
communes. The average size of the plot
is less than nine-tenths of an acre. They
usually occupy the steepest. toughest.
poorest ground. In this way land is put
to use which would otherwise go to
soil by the wash of the dashing rains.
From Japan's wood,ots the yearly yield
of lumber is about SO feet, board meas
ure, an acre, and three-fourths of a cord
of firewood. In many cases the yield is
much higher. More than iCO.O00.O0O trees
are planted yearly to make up what is
cut for lumber and fuel.
Assessment for taxation is low. averag-
ing for the 81 100000 lots less than 81 an
acre. With all the care in cutting and
the industry in replanting. ii is by no
means certain that Japan's forests are
holding their own. If the preservation
of the forests is doubtful there, it is evil
dent that repletiOn must be alarmingly
rapid in other countries which cut un-
sparingly and plant very little. On the
other hand. it is encouraging to see what
can be done with rough. steep and poor
land. The United States has enough of
that kind, without touching the rich ag-
ricultural acres, to grow billions of feet
of lumber.