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The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
"Ten Thousand People Were There"

mense skyrocket and trembling all over at the thought of the explosion when she went off. And all over the land people who could not go to the farm were watching the heavens and paying very little attention to the oth CT fireworks of the United States, be- cause the papers had told all about the rocket and had explained that it could be seen hundreds of miles when it went up.
 When the time came, Uncle Dick gave Jimmy big piece of lighted punk and then he stood in front of the tree and said:
 Ladies and Gentlemen: You will notice that this tree is inclined toward the north. My calculations tell me that when the rocket is lit it will pull the tree clear out of the ground and go north for at least 1000 miles, which will bring it over uninhabited country, where it will fall without hurting any body, unless a bear or a moose should get in the way. Now, Jimmy, touch her off '"
 Jimmy touched the end of the fuse and then everybody ran away to safe distance. The fire climbed swiftly, and suddenly with bang that shook the hills and broke the windows even in towns 100 miles away, the giant rocket went off.
 Out came the tree, roots and all, and sailed grandly into the sky with hiss ing trail of fire behind 1t. The amazed spectators watched it for more than half an hour, getting smaller and smaller, till it disappeared in the northern sky.
 For days after that the paper printed reports from distant places from peo- pie who had seen a wonderful fiery thing in the night. By means of these reports, it was possible for Uncle Dick to pursue the course of his wonderful rocket until he found that it had gone far over Canada; but he could not learn where it had fallen and he did not learn until recently.
 But about Q week ago hunter who had been in the very far north of Can ada, near Hudson bay, shooting musk oxen, NlSlleu ouCle DiCh I1c lOIu d lOl of interesting hunting adventures. and finally said:
 "The queerest thing that I saw was far up in the barren lands where there are no trees. One day 1 saw something odd some distance away and l went there on my snow shoes.
 What do you suppose I found? A mighty tree, That was queer enough up there But queerer still was the fact that this tree did not stand in the ground as other trees do, but stood roots up with its crown buried deeply in the soil It was the most marvellous sight have even seen, and I can hard ly believe it yet. l would give a good deal to know what caused this strange freak of nature.
 Uncle Dick chuckled and winked at Jimmy.
 Did you ever hear of Jimmy's won derful skyrocket?" he asked
 ''No, never" said the hunter. You know I have been in the wilderness long time"
 So Uncle Dick told him. After he got through the hunter said: z am glad to know this. I intended to write a book about it, but now I shall be able to save myself the trouble"
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Henry stroder Found Dead.

Henry Stroder, a German, aged 60 years. stonecutter, who has resided
 in Franklin county and in Ozark for 20 years. left his home Saturday after- noon and did not return Search was made for him, but without result until II a. m Sunday. when in a vacant house in the outskirts of the town his body was found He had purchase from a drug store Saturday morning 20 cents worth Of carbolic acid and dozen morphine tablets He had been a great sufferer from dropsy and kid. ney troubles He had told his WIG several times he would end his life. His wife and five children survive him.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
May Be Lynched If Caught.

A telegram was sent all over the state Tuesday by Sheriff (. Al Philpot of Pine Bluff, offering S250 reward for Prince Mansfield the negro who is charged with attempting to assault Mrs. Hugh Harper in that city Monday afternoon The negro has thus far eluded the officers, who spent the en- tire day securing the woods for miles around the city The officers have bloodhounds and hope to capture Mansfield soon.
 Hugh Harper, husband of the wom- an who was attacked by the negro. arrived Tuesday afternoon from War ren and has joined the officers and citizens posse in their chase.
 If captured it is believed the negro will be lynched. He is reported to have been seen in the woods west of Pine Bluff at l o'clock Tuesday after noon and the officers are hot on his trail
 Of the s250 reward, $200 is offered by the state and $50 by Sheriff Phil pot.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Tries to Pass Boqus Money.

An attempt was made Monday by a stranger who stopped in Argenta to ob- tain cash for a five-dollar Tennessee road warrant made to resemble five dollar bill The stranger promised a small boy cents if he would take the "bill1' to some business house and have il changed into silver. The lad took the parcr to Henry Miller's book store, but Miller suspected the paper was not genuine and refused to make the change, calling Patrolman Charles Brown Brown made an effort to find the stranger, but he could not be found
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Pullman on Frisco Train Goes Into
 Ditch

A Pullman on train No. 3, known as the Cannon Ball, on the Frisco, left the track at Cayanal, 20 miles south of Fort Smith. al II o'clock Tuesday morning Four persons. all railroad men. were injured. w. Moore Monett, a brakeman. will die. T. R. Griffith. travelling auditor, of St. Louis. received sever scalp wounds R. Scott and Tom Slaughter os St. Louis were severely cut about the head
 The Pullman was empty after feaN- ing Fort Smith, although every berth was taken when it left St. Louis. The train was going at good rate of speed when. without apparent req son, the Pullman lurehed. broke the coupling and rolled down an embank- ment. After going completely over the ear righted itself The other pas sengers on the train were badly shak- en up. Moore and Griffith were pass ing through the train 10 the Pullman when the car lurehed. Intense heat is believed 10 have warped the rails.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Book Agents Beware Conway.

Charles w. Waddell of Rogers, Ben ton county. was arrested at Conway twice Saturday for selling his books ture on social purity and after the lee ture sold his books and was brought before Mayor F. E. Robins and fined S50, as there is an ordinance against selling books on the street. He took an appeal to Circuit Court and gave bond for the cost. He is fine talk CT and drew large crowd
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Thyee D.. of Paralysis.

Three deates have been reported at Fayetteville this week from paralysis. The first WIS that of Jessie L. Fetch CT, of Middle Fork. Uho was S2 years old He was well known and highly respected Another was Mrs Nancy Clark, who lived on the Goshen road and who was sister of Joe Frost, of Fayetteville She was 6 years old. The third death occurred in Madison county, the deceased being sam N. Welton. one of the most prominent men in that county and a man with many friends in Washington county and Fayetteville.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02

He set the men to work untwisting ropes until they had more than 300 feet all unraveled. Uncle Dick went up the derrick and put the end of the unrayeled rope into the bottom part of the rocket. Then he poured kerosene oil all over it and rubbed gunpowder into it.
 That afternoon Uncle Dick sent out invitations both by mail and by mes senger to places as far away as 200 miles, saying:
 Jimmy Frederick respectfully in- vites you to his Uncle Dicks farm to see him set off the biggest skyrocket in the world on the evening of the Fourth of July"
 Uncle Dick also sent word to the papers about it, and on the evening of the Fourth more than 10000 people were at the farm. wondering at the i'm.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02

- IMMY BPODERICK'S Uncle Dick
 was not only great inventor but onc of the kindest men that
 ever lived.
 Although he earned his living by in. venting useful things like automatic Flows that would blow a whole field in 1he night time while the farmer lay in bed asleep. and automatic fish poles : 4hat would bait their own hooks and throw out sheir own lines and pull in z lheir own fish and take them off and bait the hooks over again, still Uncle Dick was ready at minutes notice to Grop all that sort of thing and invent something to give boy pleasure. And ' you will agree that nephew who has en uncle like that has a treasure & Jimmy Frederick knew this and he look great care of Uncle Dick, carrying on umbrella for him when 1t rained and &atching to see that he ate his meals Regularly, for like all great inventors, Uncle Dick could not take care of him belf very well
 # What would you like for the Fourth of July. Jimmy" asked Uncle Dick ebout a week before that important day.
 H T would Ike most of all to have great big sky rocket" said Jimmy. % You shall have one" said his uncle end immediately went into his inven- tory shop which is the funny name zthat he gavs to the little room where he invented things.
 s The telephone bell rang a good deal that day. On the very next morning big truck arrived from the city with two big casks on it. They were painted red and marked Danger, Powder," in big letters. There were also huge rolls of thick pasteboard, each sheet big enough to make the whole side of a house, and there were so many of them that the horses could hardly pull them
 Uncle Dick rubbed his hands and chuckled like anything when he saw the material
 You shall certainly have a sky ] rocket said he to Jimmy And the best of it is that the greater part of 5 the country for hundreds of miles around vii; have one, too"
 Jimmy was very curious and still more puzzled, but he knew that Uncle Dick did not like to explain his inven- tions beforehand, so he asked no ques- tions. but merely kept his eyes open and did not go out of sight of the in- yentory shop all morning.
 Before noon a great gang of men ar rived, and under Uncle Dicks orders they began to carry all the material to the pasture, where they deposited it around huge old dead pine tree that stood smooth and straight reaching into the air fully so feet without a branch to break il except on the very top, and that was soon gone, too. for Uncle Dick sent men up there and they Topped it of so that then the tree stood sleek and smooth like a mast
 Then the sheets of pasteboard were laid on the ground and rolled into a great cylinder 30 feet long and at least ten feet in diameter.
 As soon as a sheet was rolled into shape the men tied it tightly with yards on yards of rope and then an other sheet was rolled around the first and more rope tied around that and so on until all the pasteboard had been used up, and that was such lot that It took the men all day with the hardest kind of work
 The next day they opened the casks of powder and began to load 1t in and ln, hour after hour. until the last grain
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Heber Postffioce Robbed.

The postohiee at Heber was broken into Thursday morning about 3 o'clock, the safe was blown open with nitro- glycerin and robbed of S1, 900 in cash. No one knew that the robbery had oc. cured until about o'clock that morn ing. The night watchman heard the explosion, but. hearing no further noise, and thinking it was a gun dis charged, did not make further investi- gation. He saw a man pass hurriedly along the street about ten minutes af- ter the explosion, but did not notice anything strange or unusual about his conduct.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Charles H. kehr.

Charles H Kehr. inmate of the Con- federate Home near Little Rock, died Saturday night. He was S6 years old and was a musician by trade He had been an inmate of tha home for two months and IS days, having gone to the institution from Little River county. He was born i'll Germany. The funeral was held at o'clock Sun day afternoon at the Home. The body was buried ia the Confederate ceme. tery.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02

was pounded in good and hard, and Jimmy's Uncle Dick said:
 "So! There's 500 pounds of powder in there. That ought to make her fly"
 But how about the stiek?" thought Jimmy He did not say it. knowing how easy it is to spoil an inventors ideas by interrupting him with friv- olous conversation.
 He was to learn very soon how about the stick, for as soon as the mighty cylinder was all finished, Uncle Dick had a derrick rigged, and up went the big thing until it dangled alongside of the dead pine tree near the dizzy top of it.
 Then mighty cables were sent up and the mea lashed the loaded paste board cylinder to the tree until 1t was completely hidden by ropes.
 Now for tho fuse" said Uncle Dick
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Monticello Boosters Promote Inter
 urban,

The Boosters Club of Monticello and Drew county has under considera- tion and is preparing to promote an nterurban railroad between Monticello and Pine Bluff, which shall run along the middle of the fruit belt, extend ng from a point several miles south of Monticello for distance of about 8 or 40 miles north toward Pine Bluff. The fruit belt is one of the most prolific undeyeloped stretches In the state and produces peaches. straw berries, watermelons and other fruits of the finest quality and uneXcelled flavor.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Opening Gun in Prohibition Fight.

The campaign to be waged through. out the state this summer by the Ar kansas Anti-Saloon League against liq- uor traffic was formally opened Sun day, when hundreds of Sunday schools and churches celebrated Stainless Flag Sunday" by holding temperance services. From many pulpits pastors made appeals to the voters and people of the state to drive out every saloon in Arkansas and establish statewide prohibition.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Civil Service Examinations.

Civil service examinations will be held July 29 for the following posi- tons: Transferrer in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. at a salary ranging from $2100 to s2,400 per an mum; negative cutter and lfthographic draftsman in the United States Geolo- gical Survey at salaries from $1.50 to s3.5O per diem. IL will not be neces- sary for applicants to appear at any place for examination.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
History of Skeletons Owners.

Several stories have been advanced as to the identity of the men whose skeletons were found at Fayetteville by the workmen digging ditches for the sewers on College avenue, some saying that they were killed by bush whaekers" during the Civil War The true story, however. is probably that told by Alph L. Williams, who got the story from his mother. According to this information the men were bu- ried in 1S41, and all died of natural causes.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Peach Crop Coed.

The peach crop in the vicinity oi Clarksyille is unusually good and thc growers will begin shipping in two or three weeks. Quite a pamber of buy CTS have been there from Kansas City, St. Louis. Little Rock and other points. and many of the growers have already sold their peaches at a good price
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Pool Room Manaoers Fined.

Several pool room managers at Fort Smith who operated their establish ment as usual Sunday, each forfeited s5. the usual fine. in Police Court However Judge Freer has issued q warning that hereafter the fine will be increased, as the Grand Jury has urged some action. The maximum finc is S25
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Will Start Goat Farm.

F. NJ. Gravette has purchased tract of $40 acres of hill lane near Gravette, and will stock it with Angora goats He believes there is good profit in goats in that section of the country
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Held for Embezzlement

Dr. Frank Roberts, an optician vel. known throughout the state, was ar rested at Fort Smith Tuesday cn bench warrant issued in Crawford county charging him with embeazle- ment
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Big Meeting at Crossett.

The Methodist meeting at Crossett continues to draw great crowds. The large tent will no longer hold the peo- pie and outside seats have been pro vided Miss NJ. (. Kenzie, deaconess, Rev. J. NJ. Workman and Rev. ]. D. Hammons, pastors, and G. T. Tatam, singer. are aided by a large number of volunteer workers. The employees from the logging camps are attending the meeting, the camp foremen run ming special trains for them. There had been s3 accessions up to the meet. ing Tuesday night.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
A Profitable Crop.

The Irish rotate crop is proving to be one of the most profitable in the vicinity of P. escott A carload sold at Prescott for $51S16.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
13-Year Old Boy Is Sent to Peniten-
 tiary.

Tn the Miller County Circuit Court Monday Earl Young. 13-year-old white boy, pleaded guilty to charge of burglary, He will be sent to the Arkansas penitentiary, from which it is thought he will be transferred to the Reform School by the state authori- ties The boys father, who lives at Shreveport, informed the authorities some time ago that the boy was abso- lutely incorrigible and that he had given up all hope of retaining him.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Iron Tank Collapses.

The big iron tank at the Grassy lapsed and he mill was shut down TOT week until the tank could be re- constructed
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Matches Freak Chicken.

One of the eggs in O. F. Bruter's incubator al Fort Smith produced a chicken with four well-developed legs and three wings.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02
Child Killed.

The 4-year-old son of Mrs. Walter Evans Of Sheridan fell out of wagon Sunday and was killed instantly.
The Monticellonian., 1908-07-02

V T is possible to hold Fourth of July celebrations in the shadow
 of the structure which saw the
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
AUCTION SALES.
THOMAS DowLING 3 CO.. AuctIOr

THOMAS BOWLING & CO.. Auctioneers,
81 r ST. y. ".
III STEE'S SALE or IMPROVED REAL
ESTATE BEING STORE AND DWELL
ING NO 403 ISL ST. NV.
BY virtue OF certain deed OF trust duly
recorded IL Liber No @SU5 ct folio f0i Ct SEQ,
one OF the Land Records for The District OF
Columbia and a. the request Of the party
secured thereby. We uill sell at public auction
ln 'front.' OF the premises on MONDAY. APRIL
20 1908. At 4.So O'CLOCK p. N. the follow
ing described land and premises. situate in
Inc CITY OF Washington. District OF columols.
known and distinguished as and being all OF
lot lettered ''P'' il Arthur j. Vests and
others subdivision or part o. square mum
Dered Six Hundred and TwenJy-rine 62el.
as per plat recorded in Li5er B. folio -.
or the records or the Office OF The Surveyor
OF the District OF Columbia. together with
the improvements thereon.
Terms OF Ssle-One third OF the purchase
money in cash and the balance I'm one and
two wears. with interest payable semi
annually and secured BY a deed % trust on
the property, or all cash. al the purchaser 8
option; SOD deposit required 81 the time OF
sale All cOnreyancinC. recording and no
tarlal fees at cost OF purchase Terms OF
sale 10 be compiled with within l. days
otherwise the trustees reserve the right 10
resell the property at the risk and cost Of the
defaultinS purchaser.
LOUIS 2. SHOEMAKER. Trustee.
6l2 18th nv.
WILTON :. LAMBERT. Trustee.
80 5th St NV.
Observation-Disclosures
The Washington times., 1908-04-11

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The Washington times., 1908-04-11
OLD CUP DEFENDER
TO Be RACED AGAIN

NEW YORK, April 1.-THE old Amer
ICES cup defender ViSilant VIII he put
i'm commission this summer and raced
by William T. Iselin.
The famous yacht is now laid up high
and dry on the beach OF GarCiner's
Bay. al GreenPort. L l., but work OF
uncovering her and fitting her out viii
be begun shortly.
The Nigilant is deliberately furnished
and, therefore. much heavier than she
was when she defeated Lord Dun
ravens Nalkyrie IT. of Sandy Hook in
lS93. but she is stiu fast and probably
vii! be queen Of the coast this sum-
mer in Windward work
Though now rugged as a yawl, she
retains large mainSau ana has little
less power than a sloOp Of the same
size. Whether Mr. Iselin will race her
In the new handicap class or not he
has not decided.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

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near Chevy chase. rooms and bath. cellar
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VA. II. SAUNDERS & co. 1907 r ST. y. ".
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WILL EXCHANGE an attractive sFaom
residence I'm PetwOrth, heated by furnace
Colonial porch. Price. 4.S5o Trust $3.50 at
per cent 30 run two years; trade equity Tor
clear lot.
VIZ. r. SAUNDERS & CO, $40. r St y W.
The Washington times., 1908-04-11
CHESAPEAKE AND Ohio RY.

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ff-l0 p NJ. +. Y. LIMITED Daily.
said vesti1ule train. Pullman sieepers %
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The Washington times., 1908-04-11
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