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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-05

Edgar is splendid talker, isn't
he?" Zone of the finest l ever escaped
from."-Life.
Did you have a fine auto trip?"
Very much so-aH fines" ."-Balti-
more American. -
"How many people work in your Of
tlce?' Work? Perhaps two-thirds of
them. "-Fliegende Blatter.
Stella-So she divorced him for de-
sertion? Bella-Yes, he positively re-
fused to live in the auto-New York
Evening Sun.
'They say that he married her for
her money" And what did he do
when she lost her Wealth." "He lost
his reason" n."-Harvard Lampoon.
Il haven't a pull with any one,"
said the unsuccessful man. ''Oh, yes,
you have, DEAR" said his wife. encour-
agingly; with the fool-killer" Life.
Senator A-And do most of your
constituents think as you do on this
question? Senator X-Well, most of
them think as they think | do-Som-
eIVll1e JOURNAL.
I'm going to make lot of money
writing books, and then I'm going to
farm" ''Why not make a lot of money
farming and then write books ?"-Lou-
isvile Courier-Journal
In few years." said the inventor
1--WE will be travelling by airship." Il
hope so," answered the automobilist.
1T will be a joke on the country sher-
ifs. Washington Post.
Towne-Yes, Muttley is married.
Didn't you know that? Browne-No;
why he told me he wouldn't marry the
best woman on earth. Towne-Well,
he didn't Philadelphia Press.
Tommy Figg-Sister's beau kicked
my dog yesterday, but got even with
him, you bet. Johnny Briggs-How ?
Tommy Figg-I mixed quinine with
her face powder. er.-Indianapolis jour
nal.
Never marry man to reform him,
dear" Il won't auntie. And I'll prom
ise you another thing" What is that,
my child?" 'I'll never reform man
for some other girl to marry.'-St.
Paul Pioneer Press.
''You must have good appetite, .
remarked the thin man, enviously
what do you take for it?" "In all
my experience" replied the plump
one, "I have found nothing more suit
able than food. d.'-Philadelphia Public
| Ledger.
The elevated railway guard had re-
signed his position as an usher at the
church. s'It mixed me all up he said.
| when I was showing people into the
pews on Sunday morning I'd tell 'em
to step lively, and once or twice l
started to take up a collection in the
smoking car."-Chicago Tribune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-05
rueLoNELY LITTLE FELLOWS.

rhs lonely little fellow sits among his
idle toys
thought his greatest joys;
He does not run and laugn anu Piay' Ao
A-' will but sit and wait
And listen for a football or the rattle OF
the gate,
And watch to see somebody coming
1' through the open door =,
cor,ebndv who will clasp him and will
sing to him no more.
ua is too youn., they tell us, far too
' yOunc to know at all
r,o iruth S1uT7 about the sorrow that the
And VET he sits and watches with his
1iA hone told in his eyes -,
And oft with lips a-qulver ne VIII s'iiio
He gazes from the window in the sunshine
and the rain
And none of us may fathom how his heart
is wrung with pain.
And nights he bravely chambers in his
little bed alone 49, -.
And whispers little prayers that his
trusting soul has known
Since first he lisped them SLOWLY, kneel-
ing at somebody's knee
And should we tiptoe lightly to his ped
side we should see
Dim tear stains on his eyelids, for, the
The little boy has stumbled on the barring
question 'Why?"
He can not understand it? All, we try
hard to believe
That lonely little fellows know not what
it is to grieve,
But they waken in the morning and they
look about to find
The arms that once would hOld them IN
embraces warm and kind,
And they. too, have their sorrow, and
they dumbly hold and keep
memory. that mocks them OF the grief
4 that*wll not sleep.
The lonely little fellows! Do you know
Of one somewhere?
Then go take him up and soothe him
while you smooth his sunny hair,
And sing to him and whisper little sto-
res all the while
Until his eyes are laughing and his lips
will wear a smile.
For life is scant of gladness, and the
shadows dull the day
When the lonely little fellows do not sing
and laugh and play.
w. D. Nesbit in ST. Louis Republic.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-05
Deafness at a Premium,

In China there are many inns
where there is shelter for man and
beast in very truth, and without re-
gard to whether you are man or
beast. Animals belonging to the
pack trains, men who drive them and
any traveller who may chance upon
one of these democratic inns, lie
down-not in peace-but in confu-
sion-together. The braying of ass
es, believing of oxen, bleating of
canlels and snores of exhausted man
kind all rise together. An American
traveller may indeed be thankful that
railroads are doing away with pack
trains, and that soon these queer inns
will have no reason for existing.--
Washington Star
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-05

The doting parents of a Connecticut
boy who had gone to New York un-
der the patronage of prosperous
hardware merchant were naturally
most desirious to know just how the
lad was getting on"
When, after a fortnight, the father
wrote to- his Boys employer, saying
that his son was mo hand at writ
ing letters" he stated that he was
anxious to know the boys progress.
"And," he added, II wish you'd let
me know where he sleeps nights"
In a short while reply came from
the hardware man, who, among other
things, impaired this information:
"Your son sleeps in the store in
the daytime. l do not know where
he sleeps at nights ''-Pittsburg Press.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-05
the voyage would soon be over, this
matter seemed small one.

the voyage would soon be over. this
matter seemed small one
A man Of little more than thirty. but
with hair prematurely gray from pro-
longed residence in the East, and a
skin like weak coffee, paced restlessly
up and down the narrow passageway
between the row of cabins His face
was careworn and his fingers itched
restlessly as he walked. Judging from
his clothes and general appearance
one would have been inclined to put
him down as storekeeper, or at any
rate as a person engaged in some SUBJ
ordinate occupation.
At the threshold of the second sa-
loon the ships doctor met him, de-
scending the companion. He was al
most the only individual on board to
whom the shy, unsociable stranger
had spoken. Nearly every one else held
aloof or sneered covertly at his awk-
ward ways and rough speech.
WELL" he said, pleasantly, "you
won't be sorry to get to Marseilles, l
eXpect?"
81 pray to the Almighty, sir, that
we're there by Tuesday at latest" was
the earnest reply.
'Is it so important as that?" laughed
the other.
II believe life hangs on it, sir. My
wife is in London-dying. It's eleven
long years since 1 left her and the
child-the little lass that won't know
her father when she sees him. Two
months ago my poor Mary met with
bad accident The matron at the hos
pital she was taken to wrote NE in
Bombay, and said as how I mus, co1.,e
at once, If l wanted to see her alive,
for paralysis had set in. Well, l got
leave and raised the passage money
somehow. 1t was hard pull, but
did it. At Port Said there was tele-
gram saying she might last till Thurs
day morning. Oh, sir, do you think I
shall be able to catch the night train
on Tuesday?"
The doctor glanced at the daily rec
ord of the ships run hanging under
the clock
II should certainly say So" he re-
turned encouragingly.
Thank God," replied the other fer
vently, as he watched his retreating
figure. The doctors confidence inspir-
ed him with fresh hope. He went on
deck to enjoy it.
AS he passed the first saloon alley
| way he had strange feeling that the
| ship was slowing down a little. He
| told himself that it was imagination,
and went toward the rail to look at the
waves. Through the soft darkness he
could just see man with girl by his
side a few yards in front of him. He
had no intention of listening but in the
still air he could hear plainly what
they were saying.
isn't it glorious, sweetheart?" ex-
! claimed the man. 1--WE just had it
straight from the chief engineer-the
propeller shaft has snapped and WE
can't possibly get to Marseilles before
Friday afternoon. Pail Mall Gazette
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-05
NO POOR OLD MAIDS.

The Maiden Insurance Company Is
q singular Denmark institution. It
Is confined to- the nobility, and the
nobleman, as soon as female child
Is born to him, enrolls her name on
the company's books and pays in 4
certain sum, and thereafter a fixed
annual amount, to the treasury. When
the girl has reached the age of 81
she is entitled to fixed income and
to suite of apartments, and this
income and home, both almost prince
~, are hers until she either marries
or dies. The society has existed for
generations. It has always prospered.
Thanks to it, poverty-stricken old
maids are unknown among the Dem
mark nobility.-New York Tribune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-05
His Slim Chance.

"You can answer NE one more ques-
ton, perhaps, Miss Butte" said Ar
chic, mortified at her refusal rs
there any other man."
There is every other man, sir" she
responded, with flashing eyes. You
would be absolutely the last, Mr..
Feathertop."
AS there appeared to be no further
business before the house. Archie
hastily adjourned E..tt,ao...s fcin-Chi
cago Tribune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-05
The Broken Shaft

The big homeward-boun liner plow-
ed her way through the Tyrrhenian
sea, heading for Bonifaco. Far away
in the starboard the red flare of Strom-
bonean eruption served as a convenient
lighthouse. Overhead in the blue, il
AMtable vault cleaned countless stars,
their pale reflections seemingly caught
up again in the long eddies of phos-
pnoTescent water that raced past on
either bow.
man and a woman came up the
Erst saloon compartment, and, walking
10 the taffrail, looked over the side for
some moments without speaking. Pres
emily the man turned to his compan-
ion
We're bound to make Marseilles on
tuesday at this pace he declared, with
GAmistakable dissatisfaction in his
lone.
I'm sorry" replied the girl frank
ly.
so am l." .
"Why?"
Dear, you know" he protested.
ne girl smiled with content.
Yes, but tell me-" she persisted.
Because, if by any unlooked-for
pece OF luck we don't touch Marseilles,
tA'H Wednesday it will mean another
SA days Of heaven for me-"
Do2 be silly" she answered, re-
r,o'lAs!y, 'but-well; it will be nice
J17-+
vi l.-either forty-eight more hours
09elner tor us like this and then good
~ CT else nearly a whole week Of be-
ing together"
There's no alternative?"
~ None II we get to Marseilles on
10!' m to meet my people and
~ nome with them overland. If we
w" get in until the day after I'm
~ sop where l am and go to sea.
ns1 sa'eS-' can't anything be done to
aoNe Us late? Could't you bribe the
n, lie s too unsympathetic, I'm afraid.
n9 only thing that could do us any
Gooo Go would be for the engine to break
,,, we Il hope it will then. I think I'd
-'1"' give the chief engineer-ugly
does" - Aoi nin1Seil Il liz
sno3o 1Ge man n looked up at the thick
fo1t -, pelchlng from the tunnels an,
~. ~, lhe quick throb of the screw.
vua NO such luck, sweetheart" he an
S"eFed, moodily.
WHIT l' and down below the main dec]
si4e, ele The heat and motion are inten
dearo.ln me second-class passengers en-
Iort.J, 7o 10 make themselves as com
cahi~ '~2le as their stuffy, ill-ventilate,
tbcsn snS permitted. The majority O
Tho ~ we're SO near the water line tha
tbs p1+'hoIes as could not be opened. Il
ee'lul assurance, however. tha
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-05
Retaliation. {

4 guest at one OF the summer re.
sorts in West Virginia tells OF a
wedding ceremony he witnessed in
the town near by.
The minister was young and easily
embarrassed. It was the first wed.
ding he had ever undertaken The
prospective bride and bridegroom
were both younger and still more
easily embarrassed than he.
When the minister had finished the
service and muttered a few kindly
but halting words to the young cou-
pie he had just united. the bride
looked at him, biushing but conf.
dent.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-03-05

Ire1anu no1ds the recctd for centen,
!. rinuc
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
MIKE: SHANE.EY
shot IT'D Death.
Ward Heeler ard Bully VINO Has Terrorized Memphis
Tennessee, People For Many Months Shot and
Killed by Detective Tom Shea When He Refused
to Submit TO Arrest ent Fer His Gun, But Shea
Was Too Quicz- Shanley's Record

Memphis, Tenn. ADriI 2f.-H.he
Stanley. who for several years has
terror-zed this city with his bullying
methods, assauItfng various persons,
threatening policemen, destroying air
ships and doing other deeds of a des-
perate character, had his eyentful ca
reer ended tonight in front of the
Postal Telegraph Office when Detective
Tom Shea, acting in self defense, SHOT
him to death. Shea was sent to az
rest Stanley and when he said, "Mikc,
[ want YOU" Stanley went for his gun.
but Shea was too quick for him. Two
bullets sped into Shanleys stomach
and he dropped TO the sidewalk a
corpse.
The shooting occurred at o'clock.
Stanley was wanted for assault upon
Fred a. Fellows, a Chicago superyis
ing engineer, who was assaulted by
Stanley Monday afternoon i'll Kelly
Puryear's saloon. Stanley had been
drinking during the day but could not
be found. While out looking for him
tonight Detective Shea met Stanley in
front of the Postal office. He told
Shanley that he wanted him. Stanley
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22

replied, On. 1 guess not" and, ac-
cordin@ 10 eye Witnesses, reached for
his revolver. \ pistol fired twice and
Stanley dropped dead Shea backed
off from the dead man, with his smok-
ingreyolyer in his hand He surren-
de1'ed to brother officer and was
taken to headquarters
Stanley, who was a ward hceler
and known rs a bad man, only few
weeks ago covered a policeman with
Il revolver and made him release a
negro, who had been arrested by the
officer. \ few weeks previous to that
episode Stanley and several of his fol-
lowers prevented an airship exhibition
at West End park, by shooting the
balloon attachments full of holes.
Stanley had figured in many sensa-
tional escapades and the manner in
which he died tonight WAS often pre-
dicted for him
\ big crowd Of persons gathered at
the scene of the killing almost imme-
diately, the scene of the tragedy being
in the heart Of the business district
Of Memphis and at time when the
downtown streets were crowded. The
killing created no little excitement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
Some Base bAiicfl<,

We are still on top.
Argenta VIII GET theirs again to
day
Newport is not out OF the pennapt
9ace by any means.
Some days must be dark and drcary.
Newport jumped five hundred points
in the percentage column yesterday
and pulled Poplar Bluff down five
hundred. That's playing the game.
No, baseball players, it does not
cost anything to get your name in the
papers, if you play good ball, but if
You fail to hit and play like you are
going to take a nap, then look out
Pine Bluff is in the game to win and
We propose to tolerate no loafng
among the players. If YOU are not
satisfied ask 10 be released and you
VIII be accommodated and maybe YOU
will be accommodated before you ask
for IT,
Well Argenta did not win the open
Ing ball game, but Manager kerwin
made good his promise to let the 9th
er fellows know they We're playing
ball. The game was lost in extra in
ninSs by an error of judgment, and the
fans are highly pleased at the show
ing of the "ShamrocksH in their first
clash. There was a broad smile of
satisfaction on the countenances Of
the fans last night when they received
the reports of the Scores to 4, 2 to
o, . to 1. Guess that looks like good
baseball all risht.-Argenta CORES
pendent in Arkansas Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
Senator Warner
Ridicules Foraker

Hearst News Special to The Graphic.
Washington, April Ex-senator
Warner of Missouri, in a speech today
defending President Roosevelts action
ia discharsins the negro troops of
.he Brownsville riot fame, strongly
condemned Senator Foraker for stir
ring UP racial strife over the matter.
He said the negroes had cause for re-
sentiment over the unjust treatment
accorded them by the whites but they
shedId have acted in an orderly man
ner. He analyzed the evidence and
ridiculed Foraker's charge that white
people shot up the town.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22

The erue rain maker prevented
what might have been q fast game OF
ball between the Pine Bluff pennant
ehasers and the Argena Shamroeks
Tuesday afternoon at Forest Park. \
fair sized crowd had already gone To
the Park 10 witness the second game
of the sea=oa.# 1asa an April shower
made HI mema.rs Of the Two clubs
take TO the sHa4lstand Tie twenty
minutes Of pasaHz waitiua Developed
no improvemea in The Weather con-
ditlons and te sadly disappointed
fans and ea@=r bail tossegs boarded
the cars and turned to the city
st Hot Springs that same weather
man kept the fans at home and would
not allow Riggs bunch to meet tae
Helena boss on the diamond. Ne0-
port. hov7er, played in luck via
ming fro H2plar Bluff by a score Of
II to + uing the tables on Poplar
Bluff The Niss0Urians Won the frs;
game of the season from Newaa -
a score Of 70 I, hut NeWpoa faas
Were yelling loud last night aM ex-
claimin@ Revenge is sweet" II The
weather man permits. the three cor
nered battles today will make up for
LOST time. Tor al She six clubs are
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
Williams Protest
Had No e fleet

Hearst News Special 10 the Graphic.
Washington. April 21.-John Sharp
Williams, the Democratic leader in
the House, today opposed the inquiry
proposed by Speaker Cannon into the
paper trust on the ground that it will
attempt to whiteWash the evils of the
tariff. He said there will be no real
search for truth in the investigation.
The House passed a resolution proyid-
ing for the investigation and the
Speaker appointed a committee of six
members.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
Liquor Interests
Gaining Ground

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
Chicago, April 21-In local cleo
tons held in about fifty Illinois towns
today there was evidenced a notable
reaction from the sentiment which
voted prohibition in two-thirds of
elections held just two weeks before
and over two-thirds of the towns vot-
Ing today gave at least moral support
to the liquor interests. The elections
today, however, will have little or
no effect in changing the map of the
wet" and 'dry" territory.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
After Carl Ware.

Manager Kerwin Of the Ar@enta
team, is making strenuous EFFORT
ito get Carl Ware, a local player, to
don a green uniform, but up to last
night Ware had not yielded to the
tempting offers of the manager player
from the town opposite the capital
Ware was one of the stars in the Cen
trail University ball team last year
and has developed into trst-class
second baseman and batter. He is re-
garded as one of the most promising
Youngsters in this section OF the coth-
FRY and several offers have been re-
ceiyed by him since the State League
was organized Manager Beaver OF
the Pine Bluff team stated last nlSht
that he would like to have Ware IN
the Pine Bluff lineup, but offers OF
his TO the local player had not been
accented. He said he was mighty
GOOD ball player" and he was sur
nrised to learn that Manager kerwln
was negotiating for his services. A
nice salary was offered Ware by DeaV-
or before the season began, but Ware
is said to be holding out for more
money. Should Kerwin sign him. ne
will doubtless have to pay the iocal
,ad his price, for Ware says he has a
,n;ebtv GOOD home here; Is dead struck
an Pine Bluff and is not specaiiy
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
''None OF Your
Business Castro

Hearst News Special to the Graphic
Caracas, Apr! Elm an inspired
editorial in Ell Constitutional today,
President Castro said Judge Cal
houn, who reported as just the Amer
lean claims based on the Fitzgerald
concession was clouded issue With
branded the conclusions of Calhoun
as mere sophistries of a pettifogging
lawyer He declared that the depart
ments of neither Venezuela nor the
United States have anything to do with
question.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
L)YnAMI77 !: EXPLODED
XII. ED L-AD0RERS
Thousand Pounds of Blasting Powder and Several
Gases of Dynamite Prematurely Exploded in Con
struction Camp on the Missouri & North Arkansas,
Killing -Four.

Heber. April 21.-(Special.) Am I'M
timed and premature explosion of a
thousand pounds of blasting powder
Burkes' construction camp west of
here, resulted in the instant death of
fou! Italian laborers and the serious
injury of a score of others, some of
whom are citizens.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22

The mangled bodies of the killed
were recovered
The explosion was caused by sparks
from an iron tamping stick igniting
the blast.
The camp is located on the extern
sion of the Missouri & North Arkansas
railroad from Leslie to Helena. on
which nearly two thousand men are
employed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
The BANK OF PINE BLUFF
Miraculous Was
Autoists' Escape

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
New York, April 21.-A sixty horse
power Mathison racing automobile.
carrying four passengers and running
at express train speed over the Briar
Cliff trophy course today, crashed
through The low railing of small
bridge and plunged ten feet into a
shallow stream. The car turned
complete somersault in the air, throw
ing out all the occupants. James 3.
Byall, c. d. Weed, Robert Murray and
Charles Robertson We're the occupants.
They escaped unhurt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
NotoFlrnan Saved The
kim, Given $40

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
Madrid, April 2f.-A motorman say
ed the life of King Alfonso today. The
king, with Prince Leopold of Batten-
burg and the infant prince, Alfonso
of Orleans We're speeding in an auto
mobile when the machine ran into
street car. The motorman's quick work
prevented a disaster. The king was
profHse in his thanks and followed it
with a gift OF 80 pesos Or $40 in Ameri-
can money.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22

AT the regular meeting of the City
Council Monday night an ordinance
was adopted creating an improve
ment district for the paving of the al
leys in the downtown district. The
territory included in the new district
is between Barraque street and Fifth
avenue and State and Walnut streets.
This was the most important business
transacted at the last meeting.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
Woman Kills Man
Saved Her Husband

Hearst News Special to the Graphic.
Joliet, H., April 21.-Mrs. Johanna
Mikletti of No IA Woodruff avenue,
slew her brother, John Soni, this af
Mikletti. The two Soni brothers had
jumped on Mikletti and were beating
him up when the woman fired
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
A Style for Every Individ
ual Man.

0 The day when a single sty.& was
made for men of all ages and all sizes
has passed. We make that individual
style of sultings that conform in style
making to each separate individual
Eisenkramer the Tailor over Citizens
Bank, Second avenue, corner Pine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
Arkansas League Standing.
Yesterday Results.

New port =, Poplar Bluff
Pine BIuff-trgenta. No game: rain
Hot SPRINGS Helena. No game; rain
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-04-22
" here They Play Today.

Argenta at Pine Bluff
Helena at Hot Springs.
Poplar Bluff at Newport.