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Forestry in New Jersey.

New Jersey is making splendid
Jrogress in its forest park reserva-
ton policy under the able and ener-
eetic administration Of Alfred Cas-
kill, the State Forester.
On the Bass River reservation the
forester planted 500 Michigan jack
oines this year. He has $4,000 seed
iings of various kinds in the Bass
River nurseries, and has started seed
that will produce half million young
trees. He has planted $4,000 young
trees in the Newark watershed and
$4,000 on the State Experimental
Farm at New Brunswick.-Bulletin
of the American Forestry Associa-
ton,
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WESTERN FRUIT.
Great Development Of Fruit Raising
in the Northwest.

! in the Northwest.
California oranges, apricots, plums,
cherries, grapes and other fruits have
long been familiar to Eastern peo-
pie, who. if they have thought about
the matter at all, have very likely
regarded this influx of Pacific coast
| fruit as due to climatic conditions
which do not exist elsewhere, and the
fruit itself as incapable of being
raised in the East. The Eastern
apple, they may have supposed, was
supreme and destined to remain so.
Such persons are doomed to dis
appointment. Apples from Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and British Co.
lumbia have already captured the
greater part of what is known as
the fancy trade" of the Atlantic
coast cities and the supply is increas-
ing at a wonderful rate. Moreover,
Northwestern fruits are rapidly gain
ing the ascendancy in England, the
Continent and Australia.
The rapid development of the fruit
growing industry in this region is
due to the great fertility Of the soil,
the intelligence and energy Of the
Western farmers, and the co-opera-
tive organizations Of growers. Poor
fruit has been discouraged and al
most eliminated. Packing is III
boxes, with every apple wrapped
separately and warranted to be per-
feet. The number of apples which
box contains is printed plainly on
the outside, and there is absolutely
no "deaconing.
These methods have enabled the
Western growers to realize profit
on apples and pears of 500 to $1,000
an acre; on berries from $400 to
5000 an acre, and on other things
even more. One especially skilful
grower of tomatoes received $4,000
from single acre.
The fruit pack Of the region this
year will be the largest in its his
tory-five times as grea. as in 1906.
Canning associations have been
formed and canneries built to take
care of the surplus. they have been
successful from the start. One can
merry paid for itself in a week.
There is no mystery about this
remarkable development. 1t is due
solely to intelligence, enterprise and
hard work, and is just as much with
in the reach of Eastern growers as
it was in the grasp of their Western
rivals. The lesson ought not to be
! lost upon Eastern farmers who wish
to retain such of their fruit market
as still remains to them.-Youth'
! Companion.
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EndoVing a Family.

An editorial in The World To-Day,
speaking of large fortunes and the
manner Of their bequest by men of
wealth, says:
We have had our discussion con-
corning tainted money. 1t is time
we considered the endowment of
families. Recent events exhibit the
new tendency in American life to es-
tablish parasitic class composed of
descendants Of men who have accu-
mulated fortunes. These fortunes
are no longer distributed among a
mans heirs, but are kept intact and
placed in the hands of trust COM
panies for administration. The bene-
ficiaries face no responsibility Of
wealth, but simply receive the whole
or a portion of the funds income.
In one case three young children
have approximately the same endow-
ment as that of Harvard, Yale, Co.
rumbia and Chicago Universities COM
bined.
The next step in our financial evo-
tuition is the concentration Of wealth
in trust companies, An enormous
percentage of tae productive wealth
Of the United States is now held by
small proportion of our citizens.
Should each one of these citizens at
death-and this is to-day's drift
provide that for the next thirty or
forty years his wealth should be
handled by trust companies for the
benefit of his descendants, it would
follow inevitably that large proper
ton Of our national capital would
be concentrated under the control Of
half dozen financial institutions.
There may be benefits attending such
concentration, but the most conser-
vative Of us can SEQ that it's dangers
are inevitable and tremendous. With
all respect for the ability and hon
esty Of these companies, no single
group of men is capable Of admins
tering such power. No group Of men
ought to have such power to admin
lister.
/, The America people have no desire
to destroy incentives to the creation
Of wealth, or to deprive the family
of rich man Of generous share of
his fortune; but the establishment Of
an endowed class Of idlers Is con-
trary to the American spirit and dan
gerous to American institutions.
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Washington and Paris Streets.

washington and Paris Streets.
Two cities which have in the past
acquired perhaps q higher reputation
for street paving than any others
Paris, France, and Washington, D.
C.-have recently been criticised as
failing to maintain this reputation.
Representatives Of Paris daily, in
order to call attention TO the poor
condition Of the pavements, recently
placed three ducks in puddles formed
by rain in the pavement Of. the Place
de TOpera, the holes being deep
enough to permit the ducks to swim
in them. This place is the centre Of
the pleasure district Of the city,
where one would imagine especial at
tention would be paid to the appear
ance of the streets.
Washington, D. c., was for years
referred to as having a greater
length of flrst-class asphalt pave
ments than any other city. In
length she was some years ago sur
passed, and Mr.. MacVicar, secretary
Of the League of American Munich
palities, last month quite severely
criticised the character of her pave
ments. The explanation by the
Washington Engineering Department
was that Congress had withheld in
creased appropriations for repairs un-
til recently, and that they had not
since then had time to catch up with
their repair work. There is possibly
significance in the word I'm
creased" which apparently indicates
that asphalt pavements cost more to
maintain than they did some years
ago.
The experience of these two cities
may serve to console certain others
which are having trouble keeping
their pavements in repair. AS mat
ter of fact, this same trouble is being
experienced in "a very large numbor
of cities in this country. Some of
it is undoubtedly due to the fact that
a considerable number Of the older
pavements have about reached the
limit of their useful life; but we fear
that much is to be attributed to de-
fectiye construction and materials in
new pavements and to lax mainten-
ance.-Municipal Journal.
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Gravel and Macadam.

In response to an inquiry as to the
actual cost of Indiana good roads
and their quality, Municipal Engt-
neering gives some statistics show
ing that gravel roads in Indiana cost
from $1,000 to $4,000 mile, and
average S1995 in twenty-one coun-
ties; and that macadam roads cost
$500 to $4,000, and average s2402
a mile. In 1904 Indiana spent ST.
509,5S7 for building 1925 miles OF
new roads, or S244S mile. State
Geologist Blatchley has collected and
published statistics showing 6S,285
miles of roads in the State, Of which
23,937 miles, or thirty-five per cent,
have been improved, 20,5S2 with
gravel and 1855 with stone. He
gives the average cost of all tha
gravel roads in the State as S140S,
and of the stone roads $2221 a mile,
the average of all being s1507.
Municipal Engineering eommends
the Indiana system, which produces
reasonable good roads in large guam
titles at low unit cost. Indiana
spends as much money on its new
roads as any State in the Union,
with, perhaps, two or three excep-
tions, but it has many times as much
good road to show for it as other
States, few even approaching this
State in mileage or percentage Of i'm
proved roads. While road materials
are comparatively cheap in many
parts of the State, much of the excel
lent result is attributed by Municipal
Engineering to the system under
which the roads are constructed
Washington Star.
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DOMESTIC.

While the guns of Admiral Evans
feet were roaring out a farewell at
Hampton Roads, the first keel plate
of the great 'battleship North Dakota
was being laid at Quincy, Mass.
Exercises commemorative of the
centennial anniversary Of the birth
of John Greenleaf Whittier were held
in many New England cities.
His attentions repulsed, M. L. Dill
lon, salesman, fatally shot Mrs. N.
G. Cochran at Chicago and then killed
himself. -,-.'-- - ~ ~.
William H. Burke, manager Of the
Central Drug Company. Of Chicago,
committed suicide at his home by
shooting. The act Is attributed to
protracted insomnia.
A jury at Americus, Ca, acquitted
Marion Sims of the murder Of Benja-
min Lightfoot. whom he killed with
a billiard cue. Self-defense was
pleaded. Sc. r.5
Stabbed in the back by Thomas
House, manager Of poolroom at
Plant City, Fla, Will Hobbs killed
him with billiard cue.
The Smelter City Bank at Durango,
Cal, State institution with $780,
600 capital, closed its doors.
Gus Ringing, head of the circus
combination which controls the shows
of Ringing Brothers, Barnum &
Bailey and Forepaugh-Sells, died In
New Orleans.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
York City, declared in court that
George w. Perkins, indicted in in
surance cases, is "afraid to have five
judges of a higher court pass on the
question whether he is an honorable
gentleman or An ordinary felon."
The Illinois Supreme Court de-
cided that property Of church occu-
pied as a dwelling for the pastor
Is not exempt from taxation.
Prompted by jealousy, George
Perry killed Miss Myrtle Craig, at
San Bernardino, CAL, then committed
suicide.
Five coal-boats, containing 10O,-
900 bushels Of coal, were sunk when
a towboat ran into the Ohio River
bank, near Pomeroy, Ohio.
Rev. Robert Lewis Paddock, of
the Church of the Holy Apostles,
New York City, was consecrated
Episcopal Missionary Bishop of East
ern Oregon. o..
Fully five hundred men guarded
warehouses and wagons loaded with
tobacco at Lexington, KY. The
guards were formed by the owners
of the tobacco. There was one mil
lion pounds sold, Notwithstanding
the threats from night riders.
General Frederick D. Sewall,
eighty-one years old, Civil War
eteran on the staff Of General o.
". Howard, died in Boston.
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cat" and "AcrOSs." "

Dissenting from the opinion ol
most of his fellow-countrymen, Pro,
fessor John Lester, an English speak
er. at a meeting of the Friends
Educational Association, in Phila'
dclphia, declared that the manners
of boys in the United States were
better than those of English lads
This he held was due to the influence
of American mothers and woman
teachers in our schools.
"The American boy" said Pro
fessor Lester, learns his first lessor
in morality at his mothers knee
The English boy generally learns hi!
across his fathers. ."-Woman's Home
Companion.
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standard? What do you see, readers,
;ong-sighted, short-sighted, clear
eyed. purblind readers? Upon what
sort of universe do those unreliable
eyeballs of yours look out? We have
given common names to the things
you and l see, but they are not the
same. Luckily there seems to be
some sort of family likeness between
them, else were we hopelessly cut
off from all comparison. What you
mean is something like what I mean
by umbrella, but not quite. ana
when we take more remote and COM
plicated objects-when we comDlae
them, when we begin to deal with ap-
stracts. how we must diverge! 1t is
uncanny to realize that each Of us
moves and lives and has his being
in an entirely personal, particular.
original world. a place that was
never seen or imagined by any oise
else. To realize that. though may
get help by comparing your notions
with mine, in the last resort l must
throw myself on the mercy of my
eyer-changing impressions.
Which is the better world? The
old one, vague but steadfast and Or
ganic; or this new, real, definite,
anarcnic world, with its perpetual
shifting paradox? For, mark you,
there is 10 world of the spectacles.
The spectacles have opened to me
infinite panorama of worlds all
different, all unbelievable. When
was my state more gracious, think
you-before or after the spectacles?
This question 1 have not quite de-
cided.-London Daily Mail.
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less than a garter for the glove. In
the absence of some such device as
this it is a common thing to see the
fair ones in the mode of the moment
engaging in constant struggle to
keep their glove tops and sleeves in
the same vicinity, but it would not
require a very keen observer to note
that the two articles seem like any
thing but harmonious neighbors. The
apparatus shown links them together
perfectly, and at the same time offers
a touch of color to the costume. It
may be worn on the outside or inside
of the arm. 1t consists of pretty
buckle, which is secured to the
sleeve, and a neat fiower-like clamp
which clasps the top of the glove. A
chain link holds the two parts to-
gether Washington Star.
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THE MIRACLE.

Among the hills and valleys of the soul.
Working his miracles, Love came to me
And touched my blinded eyes and bade
me see.
7 watch the water retlden in the bowl,
I drink the marriage wine. Upon the scroll
Of life trace the word of prophecy
In flaming letters; my mortality
Burns on this altar as living coal.
Many of Loves disciples have pursued
His wandering steps with worldly aims
and wishes;
Many have climbed, as for a festival,
The mountain where he feeds the multi
tude.
For them the counting Of the loaves and
fishes,
For me-the wonder CT the miracle.
Elsie Barker in The Reader.
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FOREIGN.

Union dealers in Paris have begun
a legal war on the philanthrop1c
milk depots established by Baron
Henri de Rotshchild.
Rudolph LemieuX, Canadian Post
astar-General and Minister of La
:, is assured that Japan will limit
emigration to British Columbia.
The Chilean Congress has sup
pressed the import duty on Argen-
tine cattle. The measure is popular
with all classes.
Despite the varying reports at Ber-
lin as to the state Of Emperor Will
liam's health. his physicians agree
that his affection is influenza.
The Chilean Congress has reduced
the import tax on all kinds Of sugar
by fifty per cent.
The charity fete in Paris in aid
of the flood sufferers in the South
Of France was great success, $780,
900 being realized.
The Stoessel court-martial brought
out that he disregarded three orders
from Kuropatkin superseding him as
commander at Port Arthur.
1t is announced in a despatch from
Pekin that the so-called forbidden
City" Lhasa, is soon to have tele-
graph wires and a newspaper.
A naval war automobile has been
sent from Paris to the front in Mo-
rocco to be used in action.
A cablegram to the Victoria, B.
c., Sealing Company states that the
sealskins sold at Lampson's annual
sales brought the same price as last
year, when the average was $21.56.
Japan's policy In China, according
to Pekin advices, threatened a new
crisis in Manchurian affairs.
The Creusot Works of France have
begun the construction of a big
wharf at Corral, Chile.
An extradition treaty between
Mexico and the Netherlands has been
signed.
A demonstration against tho con-
stitUtion was made by large num-
ber of monarchists in Teheran.
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DIR ADOPTED ISLANDS.

The Santa Fe Railroad Company
has just contracted for 100000
railroad ties in Hawaii, the biggest
contract ever let for such material
to he shipped by water.
The movement recently started to
readjust Cuban political conditions
and bring about the re-establishment
Of the republic is gaining new and
influential followers.
CuSa's census shows a population
of 2,02S,2S2 in the island.
The American fruit growers Of
Porto Rico, representing a total in
vestment of about S4,000,000, have
organized for the purpose Of secur-
ing relief from alleged mishandling
of their goods in transit.
Benito Legarda and Pablo Ocam-
po are the Philippine delegates to
Washington, carrying positive in
structions from the commission and
Assembly to secure tariff reform.
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British Museums Decline.

Is the British Museum losing its
powers of attraction as one of tho
show" places of London? The
official returns for 1906 show a strik-
ing falling off in the number of atten-
dance. 1T is matter for regret"
says the report, that further de-
cline in the number Of visits to the
museum has to be recorded for the
year 1906. The total number was
,95O-a falling off of nearly 1872
900 from the number in 1905. Nor
has the decline been confined to week
day visits, as it was in the previous
year. The 57.73S visits on Sundays
we're less by 1859 than those in 1905.
We must go back to the year 1900,
with its 6S9,249 visits, before find
ing total to compare with that Of
the year 1906. At the same time it
is an indication of a steady growth
OF intelligent interest in the collec-
tions that, while the numbers Of
visits decrease. the sale of guide
books generally tends to increase.
The number of visits of students to
the reading room has also been re-
duced by 1000, the total for the year
being 212,997, as against 214,940
in 1905. The daily average was 702.
The number of visits of students to
particular departments in 1906 was
55,513, as against 57,557 in 1905.
The number of visits to the news
paper room decreased by 1000, while
as regards other fluctuations. there
we're 1900 fewer visits in the sculp.
ture galleries, but 500 more in the
department Of manuscripts, and
nearly 100 more in the department
of British and mediaeval antiquities.
London Express.
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Mrs. NIalaprop.

81 knew that woman" said Mrs.
Lapsling, when she had to take in
sewing for a living. I've given her
work myself. just to help her along.
And yet, when 1 met her on the street
this morning she held her head up
and pretended not to see me. I de-
clare, 1 never felt so saponaceous in
my life" ."--Chicago Tribune.
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Late News
BY WIRE
WASHINGTON.

President Roosevelt indicated that
he would set aside the Wood River,
in Alaska, for salmon propagation.
Bids for dirigible balloons to main
tain speed of twenty miles an hour
have been asked for by the War De-
partment.
Colonel Goethals, engineer in chief
of the Panama Canal, said that the
locks can be widened to- any extent
desired by the navy. a....
The annual report Of Frank P.
Sargent, Commissioner General Of
immigration, showed the year ended
June 80, 1907, to be the banner year
for the number of arrivals.
Government clerks in Washington
have decided to boycott the street
cars and go to their work on roller
skates.
George w. Woodruff, Of Pennsyl-
vania, is to be Assistant Attorney
General for the Interior Department.
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Helms Automobile Trade.

The Brazilian automobile trade
continues TO expand as more good
.oads are built, but American motor
manufacturers continue to neglect
his market. The tariff rates are very
reasonable compared to the duties
charged on other products. s.-Amefi'
IAN Inventor.
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Plenty Of Time.

The pretty nurse had taken the
best OF care Of the STEEL millionaire
II want you to marry me-" said ne
simply.
But, Mr.. Giltedge, this IS rather
sudden"
az know, child. I know. But you
have plenty Of time to get used to
Inc idea. III have q fierce job get
ting rid of NY wife. ."-Plttsburg
Post.
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of the eye and holds tightly while it
is driven into place. With the aid of
this tool the eye can be driven into
the wood up to the very ring, and
thus 1t will hold a considerable
weight, which would be impossible
under other circumstances Wash
ington Star.
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Glove Sustainer.

The prevalence of the short sleeve
and long glove fad has made place
for new arrival among the fal-lals
of femininity, and that is piece of
jewelry, which is nothing more or
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The Bavarian Government will in
stall a locomotive claimed to make
ninety-four miles an hour.
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For The Children.

1t is said that London produces
over 200 v designs in penny
toys" every week.
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The gold mines of Western Austria
liza have paid dividends amounting to
nver S70,000,0O0.
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Lava may be blown into beautiful
green-colored bottles, lighter and
stronger than ordinary glass.
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Road Signs From the New York State
Prison.

AS a part of it's industrial activity
the Prison Department of the State
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-25
c. R. JOHNSON. 4tOFT PRATT. JOHNSON & PRATT
 Contractors
 X Builders Estimates Furnished on Request. Old Phone l205, Pine Bluff. Ark.
CALLING IN SCRIPT.

July Term of Jefferson County Court
 July 6. 1908.
 In the matter of calling in the County
 Warrants of Jefferson County, Ark,
 as provided under Section 1175 to
 1179, inc, of Kirby's Digest; ss.
 It is hereby considered, ordered and adjudged by the Court that the County Warrants of Jefferson County, Arkan- sas, be called in on Saturday, the 10th day of October, 1908, for the purpose of cancelling and reissuing said war rants a. provided by law. State of Arkansas, County of Jeffer-
 son.
 I, J. R. Core, Clerk of the County and Probate Courts of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the above rypewritten matter is true and correct copy of the original order as made by the County Judge in the matter of reissuing Jefferson County Warrants as the same appears of re- cord on page 104 of the Jefferson County Court Record, Vol. U.
 Witness my hand and seal this list day of August, 1908.
 JESSE R. CORE, Clerk. (SeaD c. M N1CHOL, D. c. 1e d2w
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-25

to better conven- fence, have moved my cleaning and pressing shop to 21S State Street, where I will be glad to serve the trade. All work entrusted to me will be turned out in first class shape. I have mastered the cleaning and pressing business. I hope to serve you often. Very re- spectfully. E. T. Blanson.
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Umbrellas

GLICKSBERG, Expert Umbrella Re- pairer. Corner Second Avenue and Walnut Street, opposite Old Tele- phone building. Covers from soc to $7.50 always on hand. All work ex- ecuted promptly and satisfaction guaranteed. Work called for and delivered. Your patronage solicited
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1908-08-25
Iron Works

PINE BLUFF IRON WORKS-Gen- eral Founders and Machinists. Brass and Iron Castings and Machine Re- pairing. Stock of all standard goods carried in stock all the time. Locomotives, Engines and Boilers Repaired. Long distance telephones, day, 47e; night, 934. Pine Bluff. Ar kansas. Note: We operate our machine shop both day and night.