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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17

rhe Bohcmians have a proverb, "Ev
cry Gsb has another for prey The
Ue?s sjur11sJ las tlcln all. This l.
The largest fresh water fish found II
the rivers of Europe except the stur
geoa. i often reaches five or six feet
in length. 1t destroys many aquatic
birds. and we are assured that it does
not spare the human species. ON the
Sd of July, 100. a peasant took ono
near Thorn that had an infant entire
in its stomach. They tell in Hung1r,
Of children and young girls being *
voured on going to draw watcr, end
they even relate that on the frontier
Of Turkey poor fisherman took onc
that had in It's stomach the bodyeo
a woman. her purse containing golc
and a ring. The fish is even reputed
to have been taken sixteen feet long
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17
THE MAI. SvN.'silnt-Enf55
Bogus Bargains For pumpkins WE

Bogus Bargains For pumpkins WE
Bite az Big Bait ard Get ott
A great Zeal of money Is raaN..a at
Of country communities by tie lit.
swindlcrs." These gentry Eo' "t. ="
the mails III sending oft cir.li. F., -
ferin% fake bargains Cor the un"ar1
but they frequently -ei THEN ai3ilr.H&
advertisements into the cheap !jIjlo
mail order Journals which circulate l..
some cxtrn, in ncarI3 every cammH4'
ty. People should hn on guard H. =
all advertisements which ofIe! al al
reasonable value for a little mont;
The safest way IS 10 spend the mo&ty
ut home, where you have chan" t.
look at the goods before buying. The
postof1ice department issues fraaJ Or
ders against any individual OF concel.s
which is discovered in the practice o.
using the mails 10 swindle, but Ire
uuentiy these swindlcrs rake III mIcE
money before the mails are closed ii
them
The ave"s.:c swindlcr who uses tb'
mails is Il IL fellow. He has learn.
ed the 81. Il wording hts Offers -
they att&;. hc remote and inGi!]&
entity elar :. and SO plausible do a,
statement :9and that He finds COS,
and reae,, ctims. One is franz:
amazed at ~ credulity of The h1lnai
race. A typewriter company of ny"
York induced persons to send S2.oo ~
a guarantee of good faith ia Il "to'.t'ing
at homo" scheme in which the p''rclas'
e. was 10 have a typewriter H1d So'
sheets of paper und copy letters ~
1850 thousand. The t3pe~i ie'
proved to be toy affair that was use
less for the work. The purchaser ;as
out about 81 ard the firm IN THAT '-a;":cA
One clever New York firm b"N,,ht -
4 lot Of letters from al agency 8" se'
addresses, then wrote each person Jaa'
he or she had Won Il prize which would
be sent On receipt Of $l.3s to "covei
cost Of boxing and packing charges
Each delighted person invariably SEN
the amount and received piece g
cheap icwelry worth few cents. a
bluing company offered new at''
matte tension sewing machine to pc
sons selling thirty packages Of wa
blue at - cents apiece. The mach
proved 10 be toy affair. and the
Ter in answer to woman's threat
sue is filed away as a mark of genu
clcyerress on the part OF the art
dodeer Who originated the scheme
Bogus detective agencies We're tn"'
in the land for awhile. For cerfa.;
sum of money they would send slaF
certificate of membership. credentials
etc. to the purchaser. and not until the
astonlshed victim had been hauled III!
before unfeeling magistrates for "a-
yying q gun or for impersonating an 6;
ficer Gil the hlckless fellow realize
that he had been the victim Of scoun
draI
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17
Elephant Life In the Junaies,

nont elephants jungles would be
.iy impossible. The grea. beasts
mixture Of strength and weak.
OF craft and simplicity. The
through the jungle from village
n&c are merely tracks from which
Pterlacing foliage has been cut
hrust aside and the virgin soil
n into a black mud. After a
lis mud is many feet deep and
pnS creature except an elephant,
4|aio or rhinoccros could labor
IN 1t. The elephant makes his
~ lifting one foot 1T a time and
ng II deep into the slough in
withdrawing anothe with a
Iso the popping of huge cork
pg but a ride on an earthquake
Rhe compared with the sensation
fng run away with by an Gle
AS for stopping him. some one
Tell said that you might as well
stop a runaway locomotive BY
F with youre Hiking stick on the
as seek to check an elephant al
moment with goad
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17
The Cay8yIes' Maid,

The Carlyles had maid who wa
untidy. useless in all ways. bn
Astounding in grace and in consc
quent censure Of every one above G
below her and Of everything she coui,
not understand. After long apostro
phe one day as she was bringing il
dinner Carlyle ended with, and thi
I can tell you-that If you 90 not carr.
the dishes straight, SO as not to spi!
the gravy. 50 far from being tolerated
In heaven YOU won't be even tolerate
on Garth
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17

Is an ordeal which al
women approach with
lndcscribablc fear, for
nothing compares With
the pain ana horror Of
clli. J. biytl.. I..ctllnnnht
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17
Business Greed
- ..s-..ss. s,s 49,, :. - -


believe in the Stuff handing out,
in the Firm working for, gand in i11y
bility to get res lts.
believe tn at honest Stuff can be hand.
ed out to hone est men by honest method
l believe in working, not weeping: in
hoos tin g, not knocking; and in the pleasure
| Of my job.
believe that q gets what he goes
after. that one deed done today is worth two
deeds tomorrow. nd that no man is down and
out until he has lost faith i'm himself.
believe in today and the work am do
| ing, in tomorrow and the work to do.
and i'm the reward which the future holds
/ believe in courtesy. i'm kindne ss, in gen
crosby. in good cheer. in friendship in honest
competition.
believe there is something doing some
where fer every man ready to do it,
believe am ready ri Int now.
Worker.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17
The Horse Ese Wanted.

A Scotch farmer bought horse. &c
Ing home he thought drink would re
fresh II, so he got pail OF water. but
the animal would not take It. On
reaching l,nme he gave 1t a feed OF
corn, but it woalI not touch that ci
ihcr. "Ye'rc the vera horse for me il
ye only work. the farmer was heard
10 say. Dundee Advertiser.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17
ne {; 81" W! ~ = .Hs.

are 81 CseG - II Ing Of the 80.
scre minera! lila trsr l.at it come,
rs q shock 10 find this f. y mis-
AS n matter of fact, the layer o.
mold which clothes the ground il;
pltivable districts and from which
tation springs is actually in great
II hvii'~ 'a,lc' Of tiny plants and
|als. il,erlai ing threads Of molds
|rn%i, WORMS and grubs, creeping
=. tiny root parasites, dccayin@
$ and the millions Of bactcr;,.
spring from them-.all these arc
l and mingled together for many
s down below our feet in d con
mass Of life. Germs of all sorts
n In countless millions. Indeed.
70 plants that grow and life that
on the face Of the earth owe
being to the fact that the ground
Te. You take shovelful Of the
soil in the world and sterilize
pit is. beat It till all the life in it
Ftroycd--anl then plant seeds in
amount of care or watering will
those seeds grow. Their life de-
on the life in the soil around
-LOn(lon Answers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17

'sOf course, doctor, German neasle'
arc seldom seriousT'
II never met but one fata, case"
'.Fatalv'
Eyes. 1t was Frenchman, oil,
when he discovered 1t was Germa,
measles that he had modification Sc
In"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17
Good Manners Of the Mind.

A man is known by the company Ii
mind keeps. To live continually will
noble books. with high erectc,
thoughts seated in the heart of cojl
tesy," teaches the soul good manners.
r. e. .Aldrich.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17
The Veterinarians

DIR. WATSON,
Graduate Ontario Veterinary Col
lege, Toronto Canada, class 1891.
Three year course.
DIR MASON,
Graduate New York State Vet.
Urinary College; Cornell Dniver-
sity, class 1905. Three year
course.
Both Phones.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17

"npiain--Please, sir, your wife has
fallen overheard. Owner-ConfOund t.
Another of those sinking spells Of hers
--Harper's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17

t~y
COnYenlent.

10 YOU Lave three pairs Of glass
|essor:''
/ es. One pair 10 req" = III anotf4"i
|ncarS :shtestness AID \ third paai
(ol for the other two with" VII
e Batter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17

There are no points OF the compass.
q the chart Of trve patrsst1sm. --Wsn
NROp.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-01-17

ws ~" made by Old people 4
Ven. Youths and women walt t.
Iptions, old people the rules
{ be-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-16
Iloo|s 10 X WITHDRAWN


Warrington. Jan. II. - President
Rccssvelt has determined e winoiaN
lhe federal troops nom 0oldfsld. Nev-'
,hortly after the legislature begins ~
special session Tuesday. This lnsen'
Ia Va rnAide known q the Wnhe
House yesterday when the report q
NJ special investigating continues
~ made public, together With iet
IN non ne president 70 Gov. Sparkl
dated Jan. I. The president says ne
shall 81 governed ~ the recommenda
lions III tho report unless the governor
IN show that the statements Of tht
report aEe not IA accOrdance Win N
facts. The report says:
The conditions did not support ~
General allegations IN the governor
request Tor troops. nor were his spe
,ific statements established to an!
such extent - to justify his use q
those statements for the purpose Q
getting Federal troops. :
Must % ~ Own Work.
II concludes With this recommends
ticn:
aBut ~ also most firmly believ'
hat upon the assembling Of the legis
lature, Or within ! few dayS thereafter
the troops should be removed. regard
less ~ any request tor their retention
that may be made by the legislator
o. the governor of Nevada, It being 81
xn&s 1902 - - - ~
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-16
BIG SENSATIONS N IilWIRIlI
Nafnrs y New Evideass Prsnisel y
- Defeass StariIss ths
Cart Room.

New York. Jan. 1.-THE Thaw trial
moved with 4 rush yesterday. After
the state had presented its direct case
and Assistant Attorney Caravan had
characterized the killing Of Stanford
White a. "a premeditated. deliberate
and cOwardly MURDER" Martin w. Lit
tleton, for the defense. made the open
me plea for the prisoner. His promise
OF new evidence was sensational and
held the supreme attention Of all In
the court room. Mr.. Littleton prom
ised to forge 4 chain Of circumstances
ana to produce q line Of testimony
which viii prove Harry X. Thaw In
sane at the time OF the homicide.
Evidence Of hereditary insanity and
Of strange, unusual acts Of Thaw, not
even limited at during the first trial.
was told Of by Mr.. Littleton, who said
that physicians and nurses who had
attended Thaw were hurrying here
from Europe; that teachers Of the de-
sfendant from childhood would be on
hand to give their impressions Of ''the
wide-eyed, distant boy" In conclusion
Mr.. Littleton challenged the district
attorney to produce single reputable
hvsician who would say Thaw was
not insane at the time he killed the
noted architect. Mr.. Littleton's
speech fairly bristled with surprises.
Springs sensation.
He startled the court room by de-
claring that when Evelyn Nesbit had
told him her story In Paris in 1908
Thaw .drenched himself with poison"
and would have died but for the heroic
work Of three physicians who labored
over him all Of one night. Mr.. Je-
rome had his surprise to offer, too,
and when Mr.. Littleton started to
Launch into the relations of Stanford
white with the girl whom Thaw mar
Iried, the district attorney was on his
feet with an objection. Justice Dow.
ling sustained him, and the name Of
1.-THE architect was not linked again
with that OF the defendants wife,
Keep Evelyn's story Out.
Littleton touched but lightly upon
the girls story as she told 1t to Thaw.
but, careful as he was on this point,
he again drew an objection from the
prosecuting officer Again Justice
Bowling sustained the objection.
1t was reported st the beginning OF
Il the trial that Mr.. Jerome would fight
this year to exclude the testimony OF
young Mrs 9haw. Mr.. Littleton spared
neither Th.w nor his family in his re-
cital of the defendants life history.
During the speech Thaw sat wide-eyed
and pallid. looking fixedly at his coun.
sci. The outline OF the defense was
generally considered as rejecting a
determination on the part Of Thaws
attorneys to prove him insane in 1906
regardless Of all consequences.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1908-01-16
100 LOSE uVfS N
OPERA HOUSE FIRE
Explosion Cases Panic ana
Actors Start Fire n Try
ins 70 Restore Quiet.
.llusutD N RUSH 70 ESCAPE
su.1.y school, clilarsa Ar 7fa.s'se
u.asr Foot i Aal sta.psds
ier Exits.
'llDsNfD N RUSH 70 SCAPt

novertown. Pa, Jan, Ia caeas
4~c ~, horrifying in its details ana
ssckening in It's results, last nlsne
svent nearly q hundred souls q me
borough into eternity ~ almost tne
tvinkling Of an eve, and injured nss,-
i three score, many Of them fatai-
Is q the result Of hre wn.cn
y nmnletely destroyed the Rhoaoes
opera house in this place. Tne op0La
house was crowded with the members
N ~ Johns Lutheran Sunday school,
~ho we're attending benefit given for
that church. While the show was u
Drogress j tank exploded. The actors
endeayored to quiet the audience Dut
Is their anxiety to make themselves
heard and to avoid the awful stampede
e the women and children, the coal
oil lamps which were used ct the loot
lights we're overturned. setting tne
place on fire.
Wild Rush 70 Escape.
The names, fed by the oil, shot ~
most to the ceiling. and there was g
Wild rush OF the 700 persons TO escape
hon the burning building. Scores @
women and children were trampled
upon ana several who escaped being
burned to death died after being drag
ged from the opera house
III many cases, whole families, II y
said, have been wiped out.
The scene Of the explosion Is inde
scribable. Scores Of persons who were
Ii the balcony at the rear jumped from
he windows and sustained fractured
limbs and skulls.
Left 70 Mercy Of Flames.
TO add to the terrible disaster tn,
aro apparatus became disabled ant
he structure was left entirely to tn
mercy Of the flames. It Is almost Ger
tain not Z vestige Of the bodies Of tn
unfortunates who were overcome b.
the smoke and persisted will ever b
found.
Assistance was asked from Potts
town, but before the nre apparatu
from that city reached this place tn
entire center q the structure was
roaring furnace. Had the women AM
children needed the warning o. TIL
cooler heads Ii the audience the born
BILE loss u lie might have bean avoid
cd, but there was the usual panic ant
stampede which invariably follow
such I catastrophe.
Trampjsd Under Foot.
The flames spread rapidly and CON
municated to other parts Of the thes
Ter. Men. women and children rushe
tor the many exits. and the weake
~ and the children were trample
and manned IN tho rush to gain II
5tfeetS. ss.
Boyerstown y ! borough with POI
ulation IL shout 400. and y locate
about midway between Pottstown m
Readlns.
e1vsnty-lIvs injured.
e = estimated that 1t least ssyent,
1ve persons were injured ~ helm
trnmbled o. either the stairway Or b
jumping from the windows Of the burr
ing structure o. this number 81 lea,
! score Nere fatally injured. AT leai
hall ! dozen succumbed to their mi
~ after being hurried - one 0f ii
tonporaxy honpitaln.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
RAILROAD news.
santa Fee Not Deferred by Loss
of Traffic.
Earnings Decrease Eut I'M
prOvements Are Pushed.
ON PANHANDLE LINE.
Increases Operating Expenses
S4,5OO,OOO in Ten Months.
Other Items of Interest i'm
t. Railway Circles.

Despite the paucity OF traffic and the
fact that earnings have suffered a seri-
Gus decrease. the Santa Fe has contin-
Jed throughout the spring months to
prosecute the reconstruction Of what is
known as it's Panhandle division. The
division extends from Wellington, Kan,
to Texico. New Mexico. and is $40 miles
in length. The completion of this work
practically will give the road new
route from the Missouri river to the
Rocky Mountains. made up of the new
Belen cutoff and the reconstructed
Panhandle division. over this all its
transcontinental traffic. both passenger
and freight, will be handled
The prosecution OF this work is the
reason for the great increase in operat-
ing expenses during the current fiscal
year. amounting to some $4,000. 900 Tor
the first ten months, as whenever there
has been an abandonment OF the old
route for new, the original cost of the
old has been charged off to operating
expenses.
At one time ii was hoped to have this
reconstruction work completed by the
end of the current fiscal year, but this
has been found to be impossible. The
present intention is to open the new
route to traffic gradually as 1t is finish
ed, and now 1t is hoped that the whole
will be under operation early in the fall.
An actual saving of 60 miles in dis
lance will be effected, and the maxi
mum grade will be LIS per cent. and
that only at one point, whereas the
maximum on the old route was 3.5 per
cent at least two points. When the
division Is completed the Santa Fe will
have a route from Chicago across the
Rocky Mountain range, the heaviest
grade OF which, except at the one point
referred to. will be 0.6 per cent. This
will enable the road, should it be so
minded, to clip "a hours off its running
time between Chicago and San Fran
cisco
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
TRAFFIC DECREASING.
Failing OF Shown in Kansas City
Union Depot Report.

Kansas City, Mo, July lone of
the most damaging reports that will
be made to United States Judge Smith
Mcpherson when, in October, he opens
for a final trial the case of the eigh-
teen Missouri railways against the en-
forcement of the 2-cent passenger
rate law. will be the report for June
OF the Union depot joint ticket office.
records for use of the court. in fuller
detail than the records ordinarily re-
quired by the company auditors.
"It will show" said Lynn Banks,
joint ticket agent, "a falling off not
less than 2, and possibly 8. per cent.
This means from "a to s3 per cent
per year, a loss that few enterprises
can withstand. The loss Is small in
comparison. but it is not a fair COM
parison. My Office ought to show
decided increase, though there might
not be so many people travel. There
is now no saving in buying round trip
tickets. The consequence is nobody
buys them. preferring to carry money.
which they can handle, to a small
ticket which may be lost or destroyed.
This collapse OF the round trip bust
ness sends to the joint ticket Office the
resident from Sedalia, Marshall, Ne
vada. Rich Hill and all the other
towns, here for a few days. increasing
this added new business, my receipts
are falling off. 1t looks bad. The q
cent fare did not promote travel as II
was commended it would
This showing by the joint ticket
agent surprised uptown ticket agents,
who thought the depot ticket office
would show a marked and continued
increase.
Every Office on the street Is rum
ming behind" said an uptown agent.
I'VE had all been taking 1t for grant
ed that the Union depot Office was
selling the return tickets. If Mr..
Banks says he is not getting the bust
ness, I predict that the summary re-
port will show a shrinkage of % per
cent"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01

ing the financial condition of the
Frisco road. 1t would appear that
certain bear interests had information
regarding the financing we had to do
and seized the opportunity to depress
the securities which we were prepar-
ing to sell. or upon which we might
desire to borrow. Their efforts were
not successful however, and the
Frisco is in a position to meet all its
payments. The bear attack neverthe-
less, made 1t more difficult to make the
arrangements which we had to make"
Among the payments which the
Frisco has to make today are semi
annual interest payments at per cent
a year on $64,000,00O of refunding
mortgage bonds. and at per cent on
$7,500,000 of notes, and, in addition,
interest on many smaller issues, in
Guiding interest and installment pay
ments on equipment issues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
lection by planting willows.

lection by planting willows.
Right at the edge of the embank-
ment between the earth dixie and the
stream the suggestion Is to plant will
lows which grow quickly and thickly
together and then to avoid undermin-
ing of the bank firmly fasten logs at
an angle. The one end of the log
would rest on the edge Of the bank
and the other would be fastened at the
bottom of the stream. Every other
log would be securely wired to a staple
driven into the embankment while ev-
cry tenth log in addition to being driv-
en- into the bottom Of the stream would
be wired to a heavy stone. The logs
would be placed twenty feet apart
and secured together by stringing
heavy barbed wire six inches apart
from log to log the entire distance
from the top of the embankment to
the end which rests in the stream. The
barbed wire besides giving rigidity to
the whole would catch the drift in
passing and cause the formation of a
secondary embankment. Cottonwood
logs are best, says the city engineer,
for they would sprout out and become
regular trees in themselves after a
time.
A plan of the scheme as proposed is
shown in the accompanying sketch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
HE WAS NOT THE LAST.
w. r. Adams Went Through Libby
Prison Tunnel and In Good Health.

Larned, Kan, July 1.
To the Editor of the State Journal:
The enclosed clipping from the
State Journal was given me by an old
comrade, who was in Andersonville
prison for some time, and knew that 1
had been in Libby prison.
Lake Port. Cal. May 23.-Godwin
Scudamore, the last survivor of the
Union prisoners who, made their es-
cape through the tunnel from the Lib
by prison during the Civil war. Is
dead at his home near Lake Port. He
was SO years of age
Two. at least, of those men survive.
Capt. E. S. Scott and Capt. w. r. Ad-
ans of the seth Reg o. V. I. We es-
capped together through the tunnel in
February 1864, and reached the union
lines at Williamsburg. Va. after an
eight days tramp through the Chicka-
hominy swamps. Capt. Scott is a
Presbyterian preacher and lives at
Winona Lake, Ind, and 1 have lived
in Larned for the past 35 years. Au-
gust IL next, I will be three score and
ten, yet 1 am very much alive; and
able for my rations daily. Capt. Scott
is some years younger, and when last
heard from was in good health.
w. r. ADAMS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-01
FRISCO IMPROVEMENTS.
Several New Projects Scheduled for
Southwest Missouri.

Springfield, Mo. July THREE
miles of track are being put in at the
new Frisco shops for the purpose of
storing bad order cars, there being
about 700 of them at Springfield. This
probably caused the rumor that work
will soon begin on the new shops.
Thirty foreigners are at work on
the Bolivar line. 1t Is the intention of
the Frisco to keep this gang, in addi-
ton to the regular force of section
men, most of the balance Of the sum-
mer in order to do necessary work on
all tracks In and about Springfield.
The Frisco is today placing chats
on Mill street under the track to raise
1t to grade. 1t was lowered at the re-
quest Of the city council so that the
track would be on a level with the
grade of the street. There will be no
night work done as rumored. 1t will
be impossible for the company to do
ANYTHING toward paving the street un-
til the work of lowering and RELAXING
the tracks is completed.