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The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-29
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 ,,.+le Rock. May 2S.-The crest ,t thp flood stage of the Arkan- Vas river is expected to reach .Sis city today, Friday, and it is feared that levees below Lit ,lo Rock. nearer the Mississippi mlll not be able to stand the ad- apd pressure. It was at first bplioyed that the crest would ar rive here today, but later it was soon that the rise would contin- ue for another day. There has Ieen no damage on the Little Rock side of the river and little on the north side. as reported, here. A part of Argenta is un- der water, but it is of little con- seQuence
 Supt Pitcock of the State Pen itentiary reports that the state Farm levees are hold ng well. and prospects favor them. He has sent a large force of additional men to the farm to aid those there in maintaining the levees inst the crest,
 Fourche Bayou, which lies m tO the south and east of Little Rock is beginning to look dan rerous to crops in that section and a further rise of any extent will result in damage.
 @ a @ ~e.
 Little Rock, May 29.--Although the Arkansas river had not, at dark last night, reached the 26- foot stage predicted by the Weather Bureau, thousands Of acres in Pulaski county were flooded Every inch rise means sn increased flooded area and damage will be heavy North and west of Little Rock leyees washed out yesterday, but south tnd east they were intact. At o'clock the river at Little Rock was at a stage of 25.3 feet and slowly rising It was falling at Fort Smith, but still rising slow y at Dardanelle.
 In Owen tow nship the river is lowing over the lowlands and mas backed to the foot of Pima cle mountain. The water in laumelle has risen until it is within six inches of the floor of the steel bridge.
 While the river is not as high Us Tn June, 1904, when the stage was approximately 2S feet. the manage in Rowland and Owen townships will be equally as great, it is claimed.
 Ihe situation down the river @ laSt night was grave, but nc IlGeSpread damage was done Suuee George l.. Basham stated naat m about 5000 acres of his DE DE Lake plantation were under water The flood was threat
The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-29

Little Rock, May 29.--The spe- cial committee appointed by the Hon. John F. Rutherford, chair man of the Democratic Central Committee to hear the contest between Congressman Minor Wallace and Former State Sen ator William $. Goodwin, fC: the nomination for Congress from the Seventh Congressional Dis trict is scheduled to meet here today, Both parties to the con-
The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-29
PARK HOTEL ARRIVALS

Thursday-E. c. Hulse, s. Stern- burg. St. Louis; J. A, Lore, w F.. Bilhemmer, Jas. Wolf, Little, Rock; l. Maddin, A. l.. Cuppen, New York; I. H, Mask, jr., Tex arkana. Today-L. E. Rowe, Edward Rose, Texarkana J, k. Hayden' Houston w. l.. Kline, New York ; ]. Frank Cox, E. R. Williams, J, D. Johnson, Little Rock; E. w. Noah, Buffalo; J. D. Barlow, Geo, D. Middlebrooks, Hope; J.. l.. Ber-- baum. W. G. Flight, St. Louis w. NJ. Johnson, Memphis; 5. WI Turner, Fort Worth. "a
The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-29

Ihis nature story is told by a Philadelphia bird fancier: "A Nicetown man came in the other day to tell me of gray African parrot I had trained for him. He said that they kept the bird in the nursery, where it showed the most remarkab ble liking for the baby. It was especially in- terested in the baby's morning bath All through the opera tion of filling the little tin tub, undressing the tiny child, scrub ping it and so on, the parrot on it's perch squawked and Tapped it's wings in the greatest excite ment and delight. Well, one day the parrot was removed to the Kitchen while the nursery was being papered. It passed sever al hours in the kitchen quietly then, all of a sudden, it utter ed succession of ear-piercin2 shrieks, Oh, the babyl Oh. the poor, dear babyl' it screamed over and over again, in accents of terror and despair. The en- tire household rushed to the kitchen The parrot on it's perch Tapped it's wings and tugged al it's chain, whilAit watched witt frantic eyes the cook preparing a little sucking pig for the roast ing pan"
The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-29
Special to The News.

Special to The News.
 Little Rock, May 29.-3 :46 P. When the special committee to hear the Wallacc-Goodwin contest case at ? o'clock this afternoon, Goodwin protested against Gustave Jones, of New port, serving on the committed. from the fact that he came here prejudiced in favor of M Mailace. The committee sustained the protest and placed II. NJ. Dac~C way, of Dardanelle, 1n the e m- mittee. Jones then demurred to jurisdiction of the committee. holding that it has TO power to hear the contest. Half an hour was allowed each ,ide for 8rgu- nent
The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-29
CONVENTION POLITICS.
What It Will Likely Do in Seiectin: Men
 to Fill Important Positions.
special to the News.

special to the News.
 Little Rock, May 28-3:O8 p.m Governor Pipdall has accepted an invitation to become tempor. ary chairman of the Democratic State Convention which meets in this city Tuesday, and is now preparing his speech. Nom lnee Donaghey has asked him to preside at the opening of the convention, and he has consent ed to do so. Donaghey is out in a card denying that any slate has been made.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-29

Subsribe for The News.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-29

Little Rock, May 29.-Unless all signs fail Bruce Bullion of Faulkner county, will be the next secretary of the Democratic State Central Committee, suc- ceeding the Hon. John H.. Page of this city.
 This prediction may appear very peculiar to many who nave not watched the trend of affairs in politics in Arkansas for the mast few days, yet conservative men declare that this will be tht result of the convention which meets here Tuesday Of the com ing week
 The withdrawal of Col. Reuber G. Dye, of Forest City, from the field, left two receptive candl' dates. the Hon. John II. Page an( the Hon. Oscar Vim, both ol this city. But it has been al lowed to leak out that Hon. Geo w. Donaghey, of Conway, favor' the selection of his townsman Bruce Bullion, and if this is true and there is apparently no req son to doubt it, Mir. Bullion vii be selected from the fact that Mr. Donaghey will easily con trol the State Convention.
 This also gives strength tt the rumor that Mr. Bullion VII be appointed private secretary | to Governor Donaghey when tha' I individual is inaugurated nex1 January. The machinery of the Democratic party in Arkansas i' | run through the central commit tee, of which the secretary ii the chief working member, ant the selection of the private sec retary of the new governor fol this position would strengthen materially the new administra tion.
The Prescott daily news., 1908-05-29

Little Rock, May 29.-The Hon Guy B. Tucker, commissioners of ElDoradO. Union County, is can didate for National Committee man from Arkansas. Col. Tuck cr's friends made this statement Thursday, while discussing the change of front in the matter of the secretary of the State Cen tral Committee. Col. W H. Mar tin, of Hot Springs, is at this time national committeeman and has been for the past eight years having succeeded Hon. James k. Jones, after the defeat of Bryan for the presidency, which Sena- tor JCnes managed.
 Col. Fuckers friends declare that there is no particular req son why Col. Martin should re- main the representative of the states Democracy on the Ma tionai Committee, and that Col Tucker has aided materially in the nomination of the new gov ernor who will take his seat in January of the coming year
 The State Democratic Con- vention selects this officer, and Col. Fuckers name will be pre- spnted at that time
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24
From the Scientific american.

surface Of the tip may be naked Inn
plies the Independent origin of the
grasping power in different groups.
prehensile tails are more common
among mammals inhabiting the for
ests OF tropical America than any
where else. The kinkajou, relative
Of the raccon, is a creature in which
this feature is developed, So great
is the grasping power Of tails Of this
type that opossums and spider mon
keys, when shot will remain suspend
ed. In spider monkeys the thumb has
disappeared, although whether this Is
connected with the Development of
grasping power in the tail'is not easy
to decide. Probably there is no con
nection between the two features. the,
loss of the thumb being the com
mencement Of the reduction OF the
hand to the hook-like organ Of the
sloths. n
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24
PUTTING Men to Death.

A correspondent is DESTROYS to
know which is the most common form
employed in the carrying out Of the
death sentence The probability is
that most people, if asked, would at
once say the gallows, yet this is far
from being the case.
The fayorite mode appears to be
the guillotine, which is employed pub
licly in France, Belgium, Denmark,
Hanover and two cantons Of Switzer-
land and privately in Bavaria, Sax
ony and also in two cantons of Switz-
erland.
The CHEEKY gallows come next in
the running, and is favored publicly
in Austria Portugal and Russia, anil
privately in Great Britain and the
United States of America.
Death by the sword obtains In fif-
teen canitons in Switzerland, in China
and Russia publicly, and IN Prussia
privately. Ecuador, Oldenburg and
Russia have adopted the musket, ali
publicly, while in China they have
strangulation by cord, and in Spain
the garrote, both public; and in
Brunswick death by the ak and by
the electric chair in New York.
In Italy there is no capital punish.
ment--London Chronicle.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24

The late William Cassidy, one-time
editor Of the Albany Argus, possessed
the traditional Irish wit On one occa-
sion, a number Of years ago, he was
guest at a political banquet in AL
bany. At that time finger bowls were
seldom used, and their correct usage
Ga passing fad) meant to dip corner
of the napkin in the water and there
with daintily cleanse the finger tips.
Most of the men present eyed the inno-
walton when introduced at dessert mar
rowly and uncertainty. One after am
other ended by plunging the hand into
the crystal dish. But Mr. Robert Pruyn
a well known Albany gentleman COR
rectly moistened a bit OF his napkin
and layed his fingers. Mr. Cassidy
watched him admiringly, not having as
yet touched his own glass. That's
good" he whispered to a neighbor.
That's good If Pruyn hadn't done
thatI should have put my foot in IT,"
-Harper's Weekly
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24

ccals out into the yard. looked al
one OF the cages; it had droppei 70 a
hundred and seven! The boilers
were beginning to cool off. But the
danger was by no means over.
AS Joe backed away from tho
hearth with a heaping shovel. one
OF Uncle Dukes shoes caught him IN
der the ear just hard enough to stir
his temper and spill the Goals over
the wood floor. We had lively cine
getting them on the dry bolris.
"Joe's head was twinging from the
kick, and the Indian in hin fiared up.
He slapped Uncle Duke two or three
times with the fiat of his shovel.
"'P'r'aps you like to put mother
tin in the flre-box now said he. Then
he dropped his shovel and started for
the door.
"'Joe! Joe!' cried; but he would
not stop.
Il began to work harder than ever.
Only a small heap of embers was
left, when suddenly the flames burst
out through crack in the floor One
Of the red-hot Goals had started FIRE
under the building.
THE old shop was dry as finder. I
could never put that fire out alone
Uncle Duke would surely be burned
to death, for he was wedged so tight-
ly that the factory would be blazing
before could cut him clear with my
pocket knife. What should do?
felt angry and bitter against Joe for
deserving me just when needed him
most.
"A figure darkened the door. Joe
had come back. In his hand was a
chisel. He had not intended to aban-
don Uncle Duke, but had simply gone
after something to cut away the floor
10 get him down. He was white
Indian.
Together we fought out the fire.
Soon the Goals were all in the yard,
and the cages began to drop rapidly.
We went upstairs, cut through the
boards, and freed Uncle Duke. Then
the three Of us made tracks for the
road.
1T was half an hour before l came
back. BY that time the cages stood
below fifty, and all danger was over"
From Youths Companion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24

State History Traced in Giant Oak.
One of the stately old post oaks
on the campus of the University Of
Georgia has been cut down 1t is
commented on that these post oaks
are probably the largest of the kind
in the State.
Chancellor Barrow and Prof. Ak
erman, of the department of forestry
in the university, counted the rings
from the bark to the centre Of the
tree in order to find the age Of the
tree. Two hundred and ZEN years
in rings were counted, and still a
certain distance remained to the CEN
tire that could not, be counted. It IS
believed that the tree was least
$50 years old.
At the ring on the tree correspond
ing to a little more than 100 years ago
it was found that a space between
the rings existed that was fully three
times as wide as the others. The
reason for this was at once apparent
It correspondent to the time when the
University of Georgia was establish
ed and the forest cleared out in the
neighborhood of the old tree. This
caused an abnormal growth that year.
and consequently the ring was much
larger than the others.
The year in which Oglethorpe land
ed could be pointed out on the tree.
At that time the old oak was a large
tree, although that was more than
ITO years ago.-Athens correspond
ence Atlanta Constitution.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24
THE FAITHFUL ONE.
BY Frank /. Stanton.

"a the storm and the strife, when
lightnings of life
Had blasted my deepest endeavor,
Che crept to my side when the last
hope had died.
And whispered: Il love you for
ever!"
And the bitter unrest OF a grief
stricken breast
Saw a star through the black shad-
ows living,
Knew q joy from above in the
strength of that love
That is wounded. and yet Is for
giving!
And Sorrow now seems but phan-
tom of dreams,
And Peace shall depart from RE
never;
Der Life's Valley Of Signs, see! The
light in the skies!
For she whispers; II love you for
ever!"
From Uncle Remus's Magazine,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24
RugggR.
How It Is Reclaimed from Scrap Heap
Material.

Material.
Gould Charles Goodyear, the father
Of the rubber industry, return to life
and visit a modern rubber factory, 1t
is. safe to say that his establishment
would be expressed not Sc much at
the machinery used in tho manufac-
azure of rubber as at the materials
used in the makeup of the rubber
goods of our times. Every one knows
that it is practically impossible to
find pure rubber article on the mar
ket in these days, and one often hears
the rubber manufacturer arfaigned as
a constituencies defrauder. But let
the public, which stands in judgment
on the manufactures, stop to consider
it's own part in the case. One com
Germ informs us that it pays $1.40sa
pound wholesale for crude Para rub
Der and 2S cents pound for canvas,
yet it makes up and sells rubber hose
for rs cents pound. Problem: Find
the profit. There is no methods OF
adulterating canvas, although to be
sure it forms relatively small part
by weight of the hose. Ii any profit Is
to be made it must come out of the
rubber, and the public, which refuses
to pay more than one-fifth as much for
the finished product as the n1anufac-
turer does for the raw material,
should find no fault with the quality
Of the goods it receives.
qrx. 4Yau Sr.N rNf q
process for reclaiming oSd rubber the
lot Of the manufacturer wquld he a
hard one. Fortunately for him, he is
not dependent upon the forests of
Brazil or Central America for the
precious gum. Rubber has been Inn
ported into this country for nearly q
century, and since the material Is
proof against all ordinary deteriorat-
ing influences, it follows that the
country is stocked with a large supply
OF the material in scrap form, to be
sure, but rubber nevertheless, and ca
pable Of being reclaimed by simple
process and remanufactured into new
goods.
Rubber in its raw, unvulcanized
state becomes soft and plastic when
heated at a moderate temperature,
while cold renders it quite stubborn
and hard. The vulcanizing process
consists in adding to the gum GER
tain proportion of sulphur, which
when mechanically combined with the
rubber and then subjected to heat
gives it permanent character which
is unaffected by variations in temper
allure. The material may be made
hard or soft as desired, according to
the quantity Of sulphur which is added
to it. While the sulphur remains in
combination with the rubber, the lat
ter cannot be worked over and re-
moulded into new goods The vulcan
izing or reclaiming process, consists
then in extracting or multiplying the
sulphur and thus reducing the rubber
to it's original workable state. There
are several retaining processes In
common use and they form most i'm
portant part Of the rubber industry,
Scientific American.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24

The Court of Appeal at Lisbon,
Portugal, has decided that the hawk
ing Of Protestant Bibles for sale in
the streets does not constitute the
crime Of disrespect to the State re-
ligion.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24

An enterFrising scissors grinder Of
Los Angeles, Cal, has mounted his
grinder on an automobile, using the
carts power also to run the grinder,
and now rides from place to place in
stead Of walking.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24

A Paris insurance company refuses
risks on men who dye their hair.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-01-24

More than 200 men in New York
city are working to improve automo.
biles.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-09-17
nARCAVITCH
TAKES DENIAL

Staney Marcavitch, on being told by
his counsel, Attorney J. H. McDevitt,
OF Sunbury, that the Shamokin Dis
patch had published an account of
confession of the murder of Charley
Yesalonius, which he was alleged to
have made to county official who
called on him recently, denied alb
solutely having made any such confes-
sion. He stated as ne has scores of
times before, that what he told in the
trial was the truth and the whole
truth in the matter. He said that
Pimple Face" Joe struck the fatal
blow; that he was not at the cobbler
shop when the deed was committed I;
that he looked in the door just as Joe
was about to come out that he fol-
lowed Joe to an alley where the guilty
man gave him some of the money he
stole from the dead man to persuade
him to keep quiet. He did not hit'the
oobbler on the head with billy, as
the county official said he did, nor did
Joe then finish the job by striking the
cobbler on the head with hatchet
when he saw that the was not dead.
Attorney McDevitt felt strongly con.
cerning the alleged confession, as he
had had the utmost confidence Of his
client, and is firmly convinced in his
own mind that Staney had nothing to
do with the killing of the.cobbler.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-09-17
BOY HELD UP
BY RAGGED NEGRO

A terrible experience was that Of
thirteen year old Atwood SwRnk, the
son of Theodore Swank, VINO resides
at the mouth of Little Roaring creek
when he was held up Sunday about
noon by ragged negro, thrown to the
ground. gagged, then left to depart
after the man found that his pockets
were empty.
Young. had been to festival
at Rushtown, and spent the night with
friends there. Sunday about noon he
was returning to his home on foot,
About half mile from his home he
met a negro, who grabbed him and
threw him to the ground and placed
his knee on the boys chest. The boy
called loudly for help. when the ruffian
gagged him with handkerchief and
then went through the boys pockets.
Finding nothing he let young Swank
proceed on his way.
The boy ran as fast as he could
travel toward his home where he told
his mother of his experience. A band
of the neighbors at once started on the
trail Of the negro. They tracked him
by foot print9 in the dust to within q
mile and half of Elysburg, where he
took TO the fields and no further trace
Of him could be found.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-09-17
BLOOMSBURY MAN
STRUCK BY BRIDGE

William Smith, a Bloomsbury man.
while riding on the top of house car
on his way to this city Tuesday was
struck by an overhead bridge at Rup-
ert, sustaining what may prove fatal
injuries.
The accident occurred on the D. L.
& W. fast freight No. 1873. Smith,
along with two companions, it seems.
boarded the train at Bloomsbury. The
bridge at Rupert is too low to permit
a man to maintain an upright posi-
tion, even while sitting, on house
car.
Smith was probably unawareIof this
and was struck on the head and rend-
cred insensible by the bridge. He fell
over and, Notwithstanding the const-
ant jar and the swinging motion of
the car, he maintained his place on
the roof.
At Catawissa the train stopped.
when one of the brakemen happened
TO spy the prostrate form of. Smith on
tOIl VI btlb OdIs l. nc IOLli pan iOIs VI Gld
latter, who were on another part of
the train, came to his assistance and,
still unconscious, the man was placed
in the caboose and brought to Dan
Vile
Arriving here at about IL 30 o'clock
he was carried into the station and
DR.. Cameron Shultz was called. The
doctor made superficial examination.
after which it was decided to remove
the man TO Bloomsbury on the all
passenger train. The probability is
that the mans skull is fractured Aft
er arriving here he rallied little and
seemed conscious. By the time the
train got here, however, he had re-
lapsed and seemed worse than when
| he arrived at Danyille
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-09-17
DEDICATION OF
VOUGHT'S CHURCH

ST. Johns, commonly known as
Vought's Lutheran church, in May
berry township about three miles from
ElysbuTg, will be dedicated on Sun
day, September 27th, with appropriate
ceremonies.
In the morning at 10 o'clock the de-
dicatiou services will be held and the
congregation will be addressed by
Rev. W. Z. Fischer, d. d, of Sha-
mokin, president OF the Susquehanna
synod and by Rev. S. G.. Shannon, of
Norwood, Pa, father of the pastor OF
the church. In the evening Rev. U.
Myers, d. D. of Catawissa, will preach,
The new church is n fine frame
structure of which the congregation
had every reason to be proud. 1t re
places another church on the same
site