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The log cabin Democrat., 1908-03-19
Township Mass Meetings.

In each township p mass meetings of the Democratic voters have been called for two o clock p. m., for the purpose of selecting delegates to the county convention. The oth- cial call of the chairman and secre- tary for these meetings is published below:
 By authority of a resolution adopted by the county Democratic cenlral committee, notice is hereby given that mass meetings of the Democratic voters of Faulkner county are called to be held in each township of said county, at the usual voting place in said town ships, on Wednesday, March 25, 1908, at ? o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention to be held at Conway, Ark, on April 4, 1908. The basis of representation in said convention shall be one delegate for each township in the county, and in addition thereto one delegate for each 25 votes, or fraction there of exceeding I2, cast for John S.. Little for governor in September, 1905; and all townships created since that time shall elect two delegates.
 Upon this basis the number ot delegates in the county convention and the number to be elected by the reSueCtiVe townships IS as
The log cabin Democrat., 1908-03-19

]. l.. GEORGE, Chm. Dem. Go. Cen. Com. R. w. ROBINS, Secretary.
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CuSSion
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BIoodIess "Warfare."

English travellers on the frontier be-
tween China and Burma recently
found the various villages at war with
one another. One traveller, George
Forrest, writes: "The men of Jill
were at war with their neighbors, and,
indeed, we watched the progress of
the fight during our tittin. The cause
was the theft of some maize, and a
whole army corps, consisting of so
warriors, had been modified. These
fellows, with their grotesque orna-
ments of silver, deer horns, pebbles
and cowries, their blackened faces,
their flowing hempen robes, their
war bows five feet long, their war
swords five feet long, and their broad
oxhide shields five feet high, moved
in a line beyond their village. The
enemy occupied a position higher up
on the hill and a fierce bombardment
of opprobrious epithets was main
tanned, but neither side got further
than swearing and stringing bows un-
til the time arrived for the afternoon
meal, when the combatants dispersed
to their respective homes"
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National Soldiers Home, Maine,
More important Than War.

The American harvesting machine
has won its way to usefulness all over
the world. Whether drawn by horses,
steers or dromedaries, this invaluable
device is always in the vanguard Of
civilization. An incident showing the
full significance and importance of the
harvester even above an army in war
time is related in H. N. Casson's re-
cent book entitled, "The Romance of
the Reaper"
During the Russo-Japanese war sew
eral troop-trains that were on their
way to the front were suddenly side
tracked, to make way for a long
freight train loaded with heavy boxes.
The war generals and grand dukes
in charge of the troops were furious.
Why should their trains be pushed to
one side and delayed to expedite a
mere shipment of freight? They tele-
graphed their indignation to st. Pc
tersburg, and received a reply from
Count Witte.
"The freight train must pass" he
said. at is loaded with American
| harvesters. 1t means bread"
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A Personal Opinion.

The constitutional dislike to giving
an opinion on any subject, which had
always distinguished the Gorham fam
lily, reached it's fullest development
in Abel Gorham. He could scarcely be
persuaded to express his mind freely
about anything, still less about any
person. Yet he managed to preserve
reputation for keen discernment.
Il really wish you'd tell me what
you think of young Hobbs" said one
of the summer residents. Come, Mr..
Gorham, mean to give the young
man a lift If he's worth it."
Mn said Mr.. Gorham, with his
usual deliberation. when you come
to lifting anybody that can be lifted
is wuth lifting, seems to me. AS to
Pete Hobbs, I'm expecting he'll turn
out just about such sort of man
as l take him to be. l don't know as
I'm called upon to speak any plainer'n
that. t."-Youth's Companion.
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SIZE. .................
Prefer Money to Husbands.

There are LOO women in Noting.
amshire alone who would rather have
money than husbands. The fact does
strike terror to the male English
mind when it is remembered how
realty women outnumber men in
ome parts of England.
The theory is advanced, however,
hat eligible husbands are so difficult
% obtain that the proverb about the
bird in the hand has sunk deep into
the mind Of the average Noting
amshire lassie. When Wilkinson
Smith, a rich lace manufacturer, died
le left $1,25O,O00 to found pensions to
be given to widows and spinsters of
the county on condition that the bene
ciaries undertake a VOW Of celibacy.
rhe eligible list was oversubscribed
more than ten times. Seventy of thu
PENSIONS have been allotted, and the
rusteers will have some difficulty in
disposing of others in view of the nu
1erous applicatiors.-New York Her
aid.
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Fawn Faces the Camera.

One day recently B. N. Rogers, a
farmer in the Shirkshire district, found
a doe and a beautiful fawn not more
than three or four days old in his
meadow, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The doe became frightened and
fed, but the fawn showed no sign of
fear, permitting the farmer to caress
it, and finally it followed him to the
barn. Mr.. Rogers drove to Shelburne
Falls and had the fawn, lying at the
feet of his two little daughters, photo
graphed.
During the picture taking the fawn
gazed steadily at the photographer
and his camera, but gave no indication
of being afraid. On returning to his
home Mr.. Rogers took the little ami
nal back to the meadow and in short
time it was joined by the doe.
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1 closed her eyes and composed her
limbs.
she was rare old bird" said Cor
son when l had done, but there was
some good in her, after all"
she has been a good friend to
me-" | said, and we called a servant
from below and left the grewsome
room to his guardianship.
and now, there's another little job
to be done There's one of my men
prisoner down on Davis street. I must
get him out"
I'm with you. sor." said Corson
heartily. I'm hopin' there's some
heads to be cracked"
had not counted on the police
mans aid, but was thankful to accept
the honest offer In the restaurant
found five of my men, and with this
force | thought that l might safely at
tempt an assault on the Den.
The Den was low, two-story build
ing of brick, with warehouse below
and the quarters of the enemy, ap
| preached by narrow stairway above
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Scarcity of Princesses.

BY the birth of the little son and
heir to Prince and Princess Alexander
of Teck the number of unmarried Eng
lish princes is now increased to II, and
If to these are added the two sons
of Prince and Princess Louis Of Bat
tenberg there may be said to be 13
princes for whom wives will have to
be found at some tire. 1t is note.
worthy that at the present time Eu'
rope is suffering fICEl a dearth Of
young princesses. OF late boy babies
have appeared in all the royal fami,
lies, and, even as matters now stand,
it is difficult to see how these little
princes are tc ER mated
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BLACK Dick-curse his soul. And he's
roasting in hell for it this minute"
cried Mother Borton, savagely.
"Hush!" l said. You mustn't ex-
cite yourself"
There's maybe an hour left in me.
We must hurry. Tell me about your
trouble-at Livermore, was it?" said
she.
| gave her a brief account of the ex-
pedition and its outcome. Mother Bor-
ton listened eagerly, giving an occas-
ional grunt of approval.
well, honey; l was some good to
ye, after all, was her comment.
Indeed, yes"
And you had a closer shave for
your life than you think" she con-
tinued. Tom Terrill swore he'd kill
ye, and it's one of the miracles, sure,
that he didn't"
We'll, Mother Borton, Tom Terrilrs
laid up in Livermore with broken
head, and I'm safe here with you
ready to serve you in any way that a
man may"
"Safe-safe?" mused Mother BOrton
an absent look coming over her skin
ny features, as though her mind wan
dered. Then she turned to me i'm
pressively You'll never be safe til
YOU change your work and your name
You've shut your ears to my words
while I'm alive, but maybe you'll thinl
Of EN- when I'm in my coffin. tel
you now. boy, there's murder ant
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sIsERIA's MANY LARGE CITIES.
They Are a Surprise to the American
Visitor.

One is continually surprised al |
finding such large, prosperous cities IN
Siberia, writes Prof G. E. Blakeslee
in the Boston Transcript. omsk has
some $1,000 inhabitants, OBJ 25,OOO,
Tomsk $4,000, Krasniarsk $4,000 and
Irkutsk $4,000. In many ways, how
ever, they still show the crudeness OF
frontier life. In OBJ hardly house
is over one story high, and the dust IN
the unpaved streets lies some inches
thick. On the other hand, there Is
large number of schools in the coun'
try. Tomsk is the educational cen
ter, besides being the largest city. II
has an institute of technology and
university of some reputation, which
is attended by several hundred stu
dents.
After travelling for days over the
level, monotonous plains of the west
it Is a pleasure to reach the borders
Of the hill country, which stretches
from Krasniarsk some hundred miles
on to Lake Balkal. In ones first en-
thusiasm one is tempted to eXclaim
that KrasniarSk is one of the most
beautiful cities in the world. 1t GER
tainly is charmingly located, remind
ing one of many town on the Rhine,
1t is built in the valley where the
Katscha flows into the great Yenisel
mountains on every side, and the
high banks of the river above and be-
low Seen from distance, with its
many church domes glistening be-
tween the hills, it makes the most de-
| lightful picture of all Siberia.
A further ride of a day and half
through this hill country, much of
which is heavily wooded with thick
growth of pine, brings one to lrkutsk,
which after Tomsk, is the largest city
in Siberia. 1t is in many ways very
attractive place. Its main streets are
paved and it is lighted by electricity;
it has three daily papers, large thea
ter, handsome art museum, tech
nical school, a theological seminary,
26 churches and one of the most i'm
posing Cathedrals in the whole en-
pire. There are two or three factories
in the city, one of which is porcelain
establishment, which turns out most
excellent work. In strolling through
the business streets one is surprised
at the great variety of goods displayed
in the stores, especially at the real ele'
gance of the silver and jewelry assort'
ments. There are many American
wares to be seen-kodaks, sewing ma
chimes, typewriters, gramophones
reapers, tools from Massachusetts
canned fruit from California, canned
oysters from Maryland. In some of the
show windows were pyramids o.
boxes of an American food product
each with Russian label and repre-
sentation of the American and thu
Russian flags.
Irkutsk is over $500 miles from
Moscow, a distance greater than tha
which separates San Francisco from
New York, yet it is only two-thirds o
the way to Vladivostok.
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death before you. Do you hear? Muir
der and death"
She sank back on her pillow and
gazed at me with wearied light In
her eyes and sibyl look on her face.
Il think | understand" said gently.
Il have faced them and | ought to
know them"
Then you'll-youll quit your job
you'll be yourself?"
Il can not. l must go on"
And why?"
my friend-his work-his murder
err"
Have you got the man who muir
dered Henry Wilton?"
No"
Have you got man who will give
a word against-against- know
whO?"
Il have not a scrap of evidence
against any one but the testimony of
my own eyes," l was compelled to
confess.
And you can't use it-you dare not
use it. Now I'll tell you, dearie,
know the man as killed Henry Viii,
ton"
"Who was it," l cried, startled into
eagerness.
1T was Black Dick-the cursed
scoundrel that's done for me. Oh!'
she groaned in pain.
Maybe Black Dick struck the blow
! but | know the man that stood behind
him, and paid him, and protected him
and I'll see him on the gallows before
| die"
Hush" cried Mother Borton trem
bling. IF he should hear you! Youl
throat will be cut yet, dearie, and I'm
to blame Drop it, dearie, drop it
The boy is nothing to you. Leave hin
go. Take your own namo and ge
away. This is no place for you. Wher
I'm gone there will be no one to war;
ye. You'll be killed. You'll be killed.
Then she moaned, but whether from
pain of body or mind could not guess
Never you fear. I'll take care o
myself" said cheerily.
She looked at me mournfully. 81 an
killed for ye, dearie."
started, shocked at this news.
There" she continued slowly, ''
didn't mean to let you know. Blu
they thought l had told We"
, Then have two reasons instead o
one for holding to my task" l sal
solemnly. 81 have two friends I
avenge."
You'll make the third yourself,
groaned Mother BortOn, unless the
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-29

put a knife into Barkhouse first, and
then you'll be the fourth belize"
"Barkhouse-do you know where ne
is?"
He's in the Demon Davis street,
YOU know. | was near forgetting to
tell ye. Send your men to get him to-
night, for he's hurt and like to die.
They may have to fight. No-dont
leave me now"
q wasn't going to leave you"
Mother Borton put ner hand to her
throat as though she choked, and was
silent for a moment. Then she con-
tinued:
I'll be to blame If don't tell you
| must tell you. Are you llstening?
Her voice came thick and strange
and her eyes wandered anxiously
about, searching the heavy shadows
with a look of growing fear.
'T am listening" l replied.
You must know-you must-knoW
i must tell you. The boy-the won
an is"
On sudden Mother Borton sat boil
upright in bed, and shrek, so long
so shrill, so freighted with terror
came from her lips that l shrank from
her and trembled, faint with the hor
ror of the place.
They come-there, they come!
she cried, and throwing up her arm
she fell back on the bed.
The candle shot up into flame, spu'
tered an instant and was gone. An
| was alone with the darkness and tn
dead
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A MEMORY OF WAR.
1o61.1965,

lool-loVS'
Iron, time 10 time bright memories
of scenes passed long ago .oo.,ber.
When as boys We marc. a,a's glow.
Iouppea around the camp hIe -.
Stood on picket guard a. a. rjns
SWING out on skirmish hhe, q. .d-
49, -, dovn-then rise up 10 au
vance their stars a-shine! ro-
~, Ir.ao1or,,s cause we battled' 10 P'
serve the Nations hle' Ito tour
Cu,,,,Ia5 centuries of progress INTO ioU'
fierce years of STRIFE ,.,,, ano
ADd we Iooj; back to those old DAYS anu
kaen their memory green
When we old boys for solace SANE
ressed the old canteen!
Tbouqh twas filed with turoiu va
how we drank and dranN 20 Inns
,ru.as nectar on our marches, OF u up"
of dying men! ,oir upon
We fancy now they sihs
that distant shore: -. tbrea
"yyo ore coming. Father Abraham 'ireo
hundred thousand more! ,,,i.,,
JUc dream we see them marchls's' "i''
their long and swinging strloe,
To tbe rhvthm of the dipper' uhhHhs
clear at each mans side 5,
And as they tramp DER ragseH io'u''
flags wave and bayOncts shine
And word comes sharp, by BdIop, -, re
Form men quick into Hhe'
Tenso-nerved brave men form lines OF
blue. with flags held firm between,
Tho vines of our old regiments from
right to left are seen , hui
Shells shrek and burst above lheI'
let's sing their fatal song; .,,,
The bugle sounds the chai iiN'
the dreadful battles on!
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Small Bows Comment.

The average small boy of to-day is
quick at perception, but not remark
ably bright at application; but some
times these two qualities are COM
bihed with startling effect. On the
ball grounds, during game at Albany,
a small boy occupied a seat on the
benches opposite first base. One of
the Albany players, after two balls
and a strike had been called on him
hit foul to right field. He at once
started for first base, and, with head
down, plunged along like steer run
ming through corn field. The small
boy on the bench watched him until
he had passed first base and was on
his way to second, and then he yelled
out at the top of very shrill and
sQueaky voice. Say, sonny, come
back! You're working overtime"
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Aesop In "Little italy,"

A school teacher in the Italian quar-
ter of an American city told her chill
dren the story of the fox and the
grapes. Tony was especially delighted
with the story, and eagerly sought his
chum, Joe, who was in another class.
BY good luck, the teacher overheard
Tony's version.
In his excited, broken English, he
told the fable much as it is written,
until he came to the end. This was
his rendering of the climax:
"De olda fox he say, 'Da grape no
godo, anyhow; ALA sour! l guess l
go geta de banan'' n''"-Youth's Com
panion.
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But Perhaps the World Might Not
Agree With Him.

In a certain village of New Hamp-
shire there is a quaint old character
known as Boss Mellin, keenly alive to
the truth of the old saying, Silence
is golden" Mellin's gift in this re-
spect approaches genius, though he
was fully aware of what he deemed
his shortcomings therein.
Mellin used to make mattresses for
a living. One day native OF the
place entered his shop and asked,
BOSS, what's the best kind of a mat
tress?"
"Husks," was the laconic response
of Boss.
Twenty years later, so runs the ira
dition, the same man again entered
the shop, and again asked, what, In
the opinion Of Mellin, was the best
kind of a mattress.
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Scenes on that field Wen not portray
dead men and mothers boys,
The curse of War-a change TO Hell,
from peace, with all its joys!
When at sunset came the battles end,
means of wounded filled the air;
For North and South the dtrge was
played: "rhere'll be one vacant
chair"
Comrades, our march grows shorter, as
we near that other shore,
But We'll meet our fate as braVely as we
did in days Of yore;
Wen leave our dented coffee dpper and
that precious old canteen
Hanging right above the mantel, with
Old Glory in between;
And our famous friend, old hardtack,
We'll just nail it to the wall
'Twould stand a trip, towcd by a ship,
from here to Donegal!
And in fancy. when we reach the end,
and tread the golden way,
Well see the men who wore the blue,
and men who wore the gray
And they'll greet us, when we meet them
on that bright and happy day,
While all will sing the army songs the
old bands used to play,
And that which touches every heart,
wherever men may roam,
The song that always brought the cheers,
that sweet song, Home, Sweet
Home"
Hugh Young.
National Coldiers' Homo Maine
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Anarchists Use Esperanto.

Recent police Investigations in Bo-
hemia into a supposed miners labor
association, which turned out to be an
anarchistic organization, have brought
to light large quantity of books, pa
pers, documents and letters of high
ly discriminating character, and it was
found that the bulk of correspondence
with anarchists abroad was carried Of
In Esperanto.
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CHAPTER XxvI.-continued.

There was none of the sounds OF
riot had expected to hear as we drew
nm before it. The lantern blinked out
side with its invitation to manifold
cheer within. Lights streamed through
the window and half-Opened door, and
quiet and order regned.
| found the explanation of the
change in the person of policeman,
who stood at the door.
Has there been trouble here, of
ticer?" | asked
"Oh. is it you, sor?' said Corson's
hearty voice Il was wondering about
We. Well, there has been bit of
row here, and there's power of
broken heads to be mended. There's
wan man cut to pieces, and good rid
dance, for it's Black Dick. I'm think
ing it's the morgue they'll be taking
him to, though it was for the receiving
hospital they started with him. 1t was
a dandy row, and it was seventeen ar
rists we made
Where is Mother Borton?"
THE ould she-divils done for this
time. I'm a-thinklng. Whist, forgot
she was a friend of yours, sor."
Where is she--at the receiving hos
pital? What is the matter with her.
"Aisy, aisy, sor. 1t may be nothing.
She's upstairs. A bit OF L cut, they
say. Here, Shaughnes-y, look out for
this door! I'll taE@ ye up, sor."
Il. r,tn nlra IN
the light of tte smoky lamp that stood
on the brs.. .Ket, and COrsOn opened a
door for me.
A nt&kering candle played fantastic
tricks with the furniture, sent shad-
oWs dancing over the dingy walls, and
gave a weird touch to the two figures
that bent over the bed in the corner
The figures Strengthened up at our en-
trance, and knew them for the doctor
and his assistant.
"A friend of the lady, sor" whisper
ed Corson.
The doctor looked at me in some
surprise, but merely bowed.
Mother Borton turned her head or
up at the sight of me.
"Eh, dearie, knew you would
come" she cried.
The doctor pushed his way to the
bedside.
Il must insist that the patient bc
quiet" he said with authority.
BE quiet?" cried Mother Borton
as it for the likes of you that I'd b.
quiet? You white-washed tombston,
raiser you body-snatcher, do yol
think you're the man to tell me to holt
my tongue when | want to talk to
gentleman"
Mother Borton had raised hersel
upon one elbow; her face, flushed an
framed in her gray and tangled hail
was working with anger; and her eye
were almost lurid as she sent fierc
glances at one after another of tn
men about her. She pointed skim
finger at the door, and each man a
she cast her look upon him went OF
without word.
Shut the door, honey" she sal
quietly, lying down once more with
satisfied smile. That's it. Now m
and you can talk cozy-like."
You'd better not talk. PerhaI
you will feel more like it tomorrow
There won't be any tomorrow fc
me-" growled Mother Borton. "Tv
seen enough Of 'em carved to kno
when I've got the dose myself Ours
that knife!" and she groaned at
twinge of pain.
"Who did it?''
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-10-29

Paris Pattern No. 1881, All Seams
Allowed.-A pretty little frock for
small girl which is equally appropri-
ate for her older sister, is here illus
trated. 1t is developed in fawn-col-
ored mohair, with featherstitching of
bright red silk. A box-plait down the
center-front and center-back and
wide tuck over each shoulder give the
required fullness, and the short, full
skirt is gathered and attached to the
waist under narrow belt of the ma
terial. The belt cuffs and collar are
reather-stitched to match the box
plaits, and a pretty finish would be
to feather.stitch the hem. If de-
sired, soutache braid may be used in.
stead of the feather-stitchng The
pattern is in six sizeS-two 10 twelve
years. For a child of six years the
dress requires 3B yards of material q
nches wide, 21s yards SO inches wide,
or "a yards AZ inches wide; SA
Yards of soutache braid.
To procure this PATTERN send 10 cents
| to Pattern Department. OF this paper.
| Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number Of pattern.