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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
HUMAN RACE AFFLICTED
WITH QUEER DISEASE
Cooper Says Internal Parasites Cause Much
Suffering Everywhere

The following remarkable statement
was recently made by l.. T. Cooper.
1t concerns the preparation which has
been so widely discussed throughout
the country during the past year, and
has sold in such enormous quantities
in leading cities:
1T is now a welll1nown fact that
wherever | have introduced my New
Discovery medicine. hundreds of peo-
pie have brought internal parasites,
or tapeWOrmS, TO me. In many cases
these people did not know the nature
Of the parasite, and were consequently
extremely nervous until I explained
the matter to them. In some cities so
many have had this experience that
the public generally became alarmed.
Il Ike this opportunity Of explain.
ing what these creatures are, and what
l have learned about them in the past.
Tapeworms are much more COM
men than would be supposed. ! ven
ture 10 say. that ten per cent. OF all
chronic stomach trouble. or what is
known as a rundown condition. is
caused by them. An individual may
auHer for years with one of these great
parasites and not be aware Of it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
Legend Of the Moss Rose.

A German tradition gives the ort@''
OF the moss rose as follows: An anc.'
ca1se to earth in mortal guise. II,
sought 4 place OF shelter and reIus,
after his labors Of love, but every tloo
was shut against the heavenly visitor
AT length the angel, being very weary
sank upon the ground and over him ,
rosebush spread like tent. It caugh
upon its ontspread leaves the fallin:
dew which would otherwise hay,
'irencned the messenger Of love. WAX
ing. the angel said to the rose:
'"T'ho,l hast yielded the shelter that rna,
denied:
A proof Of my love shah with the abide
Ard the green moss gathered about tt.
While the dewdrops shone like a diaGe:n
Crownsng he biushng flower.
--Cjrri,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05

The large quantity OF oil that
has been coming down the Arhan-
sas river for several days and which
has attracted no little attention
from Pine B!ufTians, who have Wis
tied the river bank. In droyes to see
the queer oil covered waters, is the
waste from the Oklahoma oil fields.
A special dispatch to the Little
Rock Gazette from Van Buren, yes
terday had the following to say on
the subject:
"Now that the Arkansas river Is
falling some idea OF the amount OF
crude petroleum that has been
swept down that stream by the re-
cent rise can be gained. There is
still large amount of Oil ON the
water. but it is believed that most
of it has passed this point and river
men are heartily glad of it.
The banks Of the stream where
lAt water Has ItCSutu are COdlcn
with Oil and the willows and drifts
fringing the banks in the vicinity
of Van Buren, are covered with il
until any one desiring to reach the
waters edge must carefully guard
his clothing from contact with any
object that has been inundated dur
ing the past two weeks. Captain
Tom Arnold Of the ferry boat Caro-
line at Van Buren, has had a great
deal of trouble recently on account
of the oil and at the end of
days work he has the appearance
of a man employed about the tanks
of an oil refinery.
Local fishermen here claim that
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
Where New Years Lasts q Non.n.

The celebration Of New Year i
carried Oh more extensively ~ 5apAf
than in any other country. The reasol,
for this can only be accounted for by
the fact that the custom ha, been
handed down to succeeding genera
lions for centuries. The time the o.
casion involves is quite lengthy. last,
ing from the 18Th Of December (Koto
Hajime-viz, beginning of things) to
the 18th of January tfIokonin no yabu-
lrD, which is apprentices holiday On
both Of the occasions Il sort of stev
is eaten, composed of red beans, rice.
sliced fish and konnyaka root
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
HOW TO SPEND
$24,ooo,ooo

Philadelphia, March 4.-WiIliam T..
Ellis. OF Philadelphia. who has tray-
eled extensively in the Far East, pro-
posed to the president that the latter
suggest to China that the $4,000 600
that is to be returned to China from
the 100000 awarded as compep6a.
ton for the Boxer outbreak, be de-
voted to the higher education OF young
men Of that country, including the
building o. colleges and sending stu
dents to American universities.
Mr. Roosevelt is said to have given
tentative approval to the plan, il it
could be SEM forth practically
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
THE CHlLDREN'S HOLIDAY.
IN China Now Years Is the Li4t'e
Ones Great Festival,

Except st the Chinese New Year
which comes in February, 1t is %er.
hard to catch glimpse Of children IL
China. Little beggars will run beside
you for miles to earn cash. Il
copper coin with square hole il the
middle Of 1t. worth the twentieth OF q
cent, but children who have parents
to care for them seem to be kept ia
doors all the time or only allowed to
play in walled yards and gardens. We
used to say to each other: why. whore
are the children? Haven't they got
any?" But at New Years we found
out that they had. This Is the great
holiday of all the year in China. When
everybody hangs out flags and colured
lanterns and sets Off firecracke NTe
borrowed our custom OF iirecrachers
for the Fourth of July from Chi;,a'S
New Years. All the people pu, on
their best clothes and the childrea the
best % oil. jackets and trousers OF
bright blue or green or yellow Or pur.
pie, the boys and the girls so .1uch
alike that you can only tell them apart
by their hair The boys Of course is
braided in q pigtail, and the girls is
done glp Oh her, head with silver pjns
or, II She, \ very grand little girl, ~-.th
gold or jade, Thus deckej out. thp
children go walking with their Er",,'
rapas and mammals and often 60 u
the theater which is a rare treat for
them.
Perhaps Chinese children have raslp
Ing plays together. but they always
Look As il thay were born grown up
s. Nicholas
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
Story of a Greek Saint.

A member Of tAe Royal Geographic
society gives this ',tale story OF ::
Greek saint: Our good st. Blazio>
gave Us the phrase drunk as BlazeS.
Tor this saint was pleasantly done I.
death h. having his flesh torn of Il
wool con os, and So he became the 10
tron of the t.ugiish wool combers. a::(
as high feast was kept up on his "a
enl the people who frequented ths
feast We're called Blazers so the Saying
grew into the English tongue and re
mains there fixed and useful"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
u Wal his Dor.

NnoD1le uaS1pd along mo
country roel. Turnin. curve. ii came
suddenly upon Il man with 4 gun OF.
his shoulder ami Il weak. sick looking
old dog beside hin. Tie dog vas Gi-
rectiy in the path Of the motor car
The chauffeur sounded his horn. bllt
the dog did not more until he WA
struck Arter that he did not move
The antoiuobiie stopped aud Que o1
the men got ont and came forward
He had once paid farmer $40 for
killing cali thai belonged tt, anoti,e.
farmer. This time iie vas wary.
WAS that rnrr dog"
Yes
"YOn own hm?
Yes"
Looks - il we'd killed hjm''
"Certainly looks So
every valuab bic dog
swell, not so very"
"Wili s.. satisfy you?"
Yea
"Well, then here you are" He hand
ed a IS bill to the man with the gun
and added pleasantly, I'm sorry &c
have broken up your hunt
Il wasn't going hunting" replied lie
other as he pocketed the bill
mot going hunting? Then what were
you doing with the dog and the gun 90
Going down to the woods to Shoe.
the dog '-Youth's Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
N. Il. ROBERTS & son.
X. T. Roberts Abstracter Of Titles
113 Main Street.
WAY AROUND.

Our complete set of abstract s.
books of Jefferson County, Ark,
(Which are the only ones Of their
kind in eXistence) have furnished =
abstracts Of title to a majority of :"
the land owners of this City y
and County since 1884. All alb
stracts are given our personal at
tention, we have no apprentices.
: It costs 10 more to have your alb
: stracts made from this OLD RE
LIABLE set of books and by Alb
. stracters who have something to >
: back their certificates. Having
. such books as ours in the Office It
an abstract can be drawn up in
: a very short while, hence saving +
} the delay of search Of the many +
: records of this County.
2-29-1w
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
Every Little Bit HELMS,

"You say you encouraged our frieu,.
to make another New Years reso'
tion?'
II did," answered the man who's
heart is all right.
But don't you know he'll break il
at the end of six weeks at the leasi
calculation:
II hope not. And even II he does
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
Both Deceived.

Customer-You have deceived Luz
outrageously! You told me thai
would be provided with a good watcl
as long as I lived. and now after bare
~ fortnight it is quite good for moth
Ing: Watchmaker-But it is not n.
fault that you were so thin and sick
lco,.ing- For Transatlantic
Tales From F'liegende Batter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
A Persuader.

"Did you make any New Years reso,
lution?" asked Miss Miami; Brown
'No." answered Mr.. Frastus Pins
ley, 'but done persuaded Mistah Coll
dover to MAKE one .>fter | got thoc
with him at de las parlor social he
was willin' to promise dat he'd sto,,
tryin' to pick 'sturbances fohever an
ever"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
Advice They Heed,

Eyes, I'm going abroad at once.
gotta GO"
"Oh, you mustn't let the doctor
scare you!"
Il got this from lawyer. "-WasA
ington Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
No CHASING.

Jeweler-This ring is shilliMcs more
than the plain one on account If the
eAasing. Ruyer-But you voa't haze
to chase me. I'm going to pay for
what l get.-London Lady.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05

One of the passengers from q wrecl,
ed steamer who was saved by pi:s;s
swimming ashore with a life line ate
bacon for breakfast as soon as he a,
rived at Sydney. -Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
Revised Version.

I remember. I remember,
The house where was born
And also the janitor. bsllboy. butcher boy
baker boy. bootblack. elevator man
grocers boy
And newsboy Christmas morn.
Now York San
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05

No man was ever SO much deceived
by another as by himself. -Greville.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
FOR RENT.
Dwellings,.

uNeluugs.
No. l0lS West Third ave, rooms.
No. 1901 West Fifth ave, 5 rooms.
No. 2009 West Fifth ave, roous
No. 500 West Sixth ave, 10 rooms.
No. llo% West Sixth ave. rooms
and han
For Rent (Colored,
Dwellings.
No. 2'o" West Twelfth ave, :: rooms
No, liz Louisiana ST, 8 rooms
No. 1929 Fir ST., s rooms.
No. lii Spruce St., rooms
No. 1910 Fir St, rooms.
NO. Sf1 Linden ST, 8 rooms.
NO. S04 East Fifteenth ave, > rooms
Agent Tor Sawyer 4 Austia I.unbs,
Company's dwellings.
Fire! Fire.
Are you insured? I. mo-, wiz nor,
Delay IS dangerous. I represent tt.,
line companies. Plsce your insuraa ~
with me-
C9A9. HANCOCK,
1fS Pine strsM
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-05
A. H. GOODLOE,

- s-Ls - - y y A208l
Contracto1: and Builder.
work a Speciality,
Prepared u Jack up houa-
rs, large or small.
repair work a speciality.
Patching ieaAy roofs,
Building fences.
niA t'huAa 1es
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-17
THE rIAlLiNG OF
HOLIDAY GIFTS

To aid those who are desirous Of
sending out Christmas packages and
who are not familiar with the various
classit tications, the following valuable
suggestions and postal rates are given
4th cisss, merchandise-l cent an o..
OF fraction.
3rd class, printed matter or DO oks-
2 OF. for | cent or fraction.
2nd class, newspapers. periodicals
OF. for | cent.
lat class, written matter, letters seal.
ed or unsealed-2 cents an o. or frau.
tion.
1t is we'll TO remember that no writ
ing Is allowable in 81 or 4th class mat
ter, but such inscriptions as merry
Christmas" Happy New Year, "
with best wishes, together with
the name OF the sender may be written
on card aud enclosed Herewith in
Sd or 4th class matter The limit OF
weight of a package is pounds.
Ii is urged very strongly that all
packages be sent by registered mail,
especially during the busy holiday
season, i'll order to provide against
loss. The registry fee is eight cents
in addition to the postage.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-17
POLES ON STREET
YIELD Revenue

II the average Citizen were asked to
conjecture how mauy poles the differ
ent telephone, electric light and other
companies maintain in Danville he
would probably guess wide of the
mark
Few people would believe that there
are over one thousand poles on our
streets supporting overhead the sys-
tenn OF wires that conducts the electric
current. in one or another of it's forms
that have become such Indispensable @
factors in modern civilization.
To be exact there are Just 1888 poles
in Danville, distributed as follows The
American Telephone and Telegram
company, 53 53;Westeru Union company.
B; Standard Electric Light company
239; Philadelphia, Reading and
Pottsville Telegraph company, 8;
United Telephone and Telegraph com
pany, 150: DanvilIe and Bloomsbure
Street Railway company, 70; Danville
and Sunbury Transit company, 73; Bel
Telephone company, 81; Danville
Electric Light plant, 400.
While the poles in one sense are OBJ
jectionable yet they yield the borough
an annual revenue which is by NO
means to be despised. From each cor.
poration outside the borough a yeal
ly tax of sixty cents per pole is COL
lected. amounting in the aggregate to
over $400.
In the past some trouble was exper
fenced in collecting the license owina
to the multiplicity of poles and the
difficulty in discovering the true own
ers. AT present, however, the ques.
tion OF ownership is settled; none OF
he companies are disposed to dispute
the legality of the tax and payment
| -,
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-17
WOMAN STRUCK
BY TRAIN

Mrs. Henry Messer, of Riverside,
was struck by the 81 passenger train
Saturday evening and hurled from the
track. She sustained only slight in
juries, however.
Mrs. Messer, who is 81 years of age,
was walking down the track. Her
hearing is bad. in addition to which
she had her shawl over her head. She
had reached point below the silk
mill known as Wildsmith's crossing
when the down passenger train ap-
preached
There was train of freight cars on
the siding, in addition to which there
is curve just above that point. which
prevented the engineer from seeing
the woman until he was quite near.
He sounded the whistle indicating
danger. The people living near heard
the whistle. but Mrs. Messer, with her
ears muffled by her shawl, was unable
to hear sound. She kept on her way,
walking on the track, while the en-
gineer applied the emergency brake.
Before he could stop the train, how
ever, the front part of the locomotive
to which the pilot is attached struck
the woman directly under the shoulder
blade and hurle1 her head first off the
track.
The train passed on and as soon as
1t could be brought to stop returned
to where the accident occurred. There
were several eve witnesses of the af-
fair and they all thought that the wo-
man was fatally injured. To the sur
prise OF all, however, she leaped to
her feet and when the crew of the
train came to her aid she refused all
assistance and proceeded to her home
alone.
DR.. l. G. Barber, of this city, ply.
sician for the Pennsylvania railroad
company. visited Mrs. Messer later
and discovered that although bruised
somewhat, yet she was not seriously
hurt.
The injured woman is the mother of
Joseph and Andrew Smith, butchers,
of this city.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-17
To nromnte Basket Ball.

A League OF the five basket ball team.
of Dauville was organized a5 the Y.
NJ o. A. Tuesday. The organization
will be known under the name Of the
Dauville Amateur Basket Ball league.
Represented in the league are the
following
The Y. NJ. O. A. club, J. O. Aims
worth, manager.
The Reading Iron Company A. A.
club, Walter Lovett. manager.
7 st. Michaels Athletic club, Thomas
Trainur, Jr., manager.
The Dauville High School club,
Thomas Barr, manager.
The National Guard club. r. Y.
Gearhart, manager.
The board of directors will consist
of the managers of the several teams.
The officers elected are as follows :
President, John Kase; vice president,
Walter Lovett secretary, ]. O. Aims
worth: treasurer, r. Y. Gearhart.
The object of organizing the league
is to promote basket ball in Danville
it being difficult and expensive to Sc
cure clubs from outside of town for
night games.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-17
Little w ant Ads Always Pay

The tremendous buying and selling
possibilities of a small classified ad
vertisement in great newspaper are
seldom appreciated. THE PHILA
DELPHIA PRESS" goes into thou
sand of homes and is read by n mul-
titude of people, some of whom have
what you want or want what you
have. The advertisement brings buy er
and seller together. For instance. a
man in the South wanted certain
rare book. He wrote to the leading
booksellers in New York, Philadelphia
and Chicagoswithout success. He then
tried a small advertisement in THE
PHILADELPHIA PRESS" and secur.
ed the book within forty eight hours
You can satisfy your wants as quick ly
by putting an advertisement in THE
PHILADELPHIA PRESS " If you
have dogs or birds to sell, try THE
PRESS. II you have farm TO sell,
small want al placed ia THE
PRESS" will accomplish the desired
result
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-17
Why Does the Rooster Crow &?

There are sixteen billion eggs laid
by the hens OF the United States each
year,
Those hens are worth seventy mil
lion dollars, or about one tenth rs
much as John d. Rockefeller.
If we applied socialism to hens we
would each of us-men, women and
children, white, black, red. yellow
and mixed-receive three hens and a
fraction. The share of each of us
would be worth $1.12
But these hens lay their eggs in the
daytime. and, counting the difference
of time between Portland. Me-, and
Portland, Ore, it is fair to say that
the union laying day is not more than
10 hours long.
Every time the watch ticks-every
second from daylight at Plymouth
Rock, Mass, to dusk at Cape Mendoc-
iuo, Cal. .-one thousand three hun
dred and eighty-eight eggs are added
to the worlds wealth.
Our friend the hen seems to be try
ing to supply an egg a day to each
man, woman and child in the country.
There are seventy million OF us. so the
hen is not yet quite up to the mark.
Her output, now, however, would sup
plr one egg for each of US every day
except Tuesdays aud one Thursday q
month.
We hear of our export trade" in
meat. but II we had u big pair OF
scales and we put all the beef and
pork, the tallOw and ham, and all s.ch
stuff as that we export each wear, on
one side aud We puG the year : snnply
OF eggs gu the other, the one billion
seven hundred million pounds of meat
exports would be outweighed.
When it comes down to dollars and
cents. we fluid that the egg output is
greater than the value of all the min.
eral mined in the United States each
year: it is three times as valuable AS
the total crop of wool
So much for glitteriug generalities,
aud now a word on team and individu.
al high scores.
y Peuusrlvaina prize team Of eight
averaged 2S9 eggs per wear, while an
industrious pnllet in Maine perp5trat-
Ell two eggs day in five out 0f "a
30 days aud her total scores
for 33 daYs was 81 egg,
Now let Us suppose that ehickahiddy
went in for faucy as we'll as plain
playing. Suppose she laid her eggs
end tn end aud in a straight line east
and west She wou d lay some 500.
600 miles of eggs per year. or a belt
of eggs around the earth ut the equat-
or 2 eggs wide, and
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-17
ESTIMATED COST
INCLUDES PUMPING

Owing to the near approach of the
date when the borough must prepare
and submit plans for sewage dispos-
al plant the article in our last issue
aroused great deal of interest among
the taxpayers of the borough.
Several persons have asked for furth-
er information on the subject.
First, they desire to know whether
thirty thousand dollars. the approx
mate cost, includes the installing of
the pumping plant. which gees with
the sprinkling filter recommended by
the committee.
Borough Secretary Harry Patton
yesterday stated that he was present
when the expert made the estimate
and that as he understood it the in
stalling of the sprinkliDg filter would
cost $40, 600 and the pumping plant
$40, 900 additional.
Second, they desire to know what
the probable cost of maintaining such
plant would be.
In regard to maintenance it seems
that no definite estimate was made by
the expert.
The city of Williamsport, which is
figuring on a sewage disposal plant to
cost over $500, 600, has obtained some
data as TO maintenance, &C., that
has given the project decided set
back.
According to the figures of an ex-
pert it will cost Williamsport at least
$50 per day, or almost $I1, 600 year,
for maintenance. The visiting engi-
neer also Jared councils by the state
ment that systems and plans employed
in the erection and operation of sew
age disposal plants at this time may be
considered obsolete ten years from
now, leaving the impression that the
expenditure of q large amount of mon
ey at present might be next to waste
full in tue light of what the next de.
cade may develop.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1908-12-17
DEATH AFTER
LONG ILLNESS

In the death of William II. Ammer-
mau, the we'll known insurance agent,
Danville is called upon to mourn the
loss of one of its most beloved and
honored citizens.
Death, which was due to a nervous
breakdown, occurred at o'clock last
evening after siege of suffering nine
weeks in duration. The deceased had
been very low for several days and
death was not unexpected
William H. zimmerman was born in
Rush township, Northumberland ooun-
ty, on November 10Th, 1884. He fol-
lowed farming until he was % years
of age. For several years he taught
school. Early in life he embarked in
the insurance business, being first con-
nected with the Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance company Of Middle Penn
sylvania. He was one of the organic
ers of the Danville Mutual Fire In
surance company.
In 1867 he formed partnership with
Patterson johnson, the firm doing a
general insurance business for l8 years
until the death of Mr.. Johnson in 1883.
Following the death of Mr.. johnson
the insurance business was conducted
by William II. zimmerman.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, five SONS and Que daughter :
Frank Il. zimmerman, of New York ;
Hon r. S zimmerman, George Ed
ward end j. Milton zimmerman, Of
this city; Stephen s. Lewis Ammer-
man professor of mathematics in
the public schools OF New York and
Miss Mary Margaret zimmerman, who
resides at the parental home. He is
also survived by three brothers: Al
bert zimmerman. Lattimer 5. Ammer-
man, of this city and Charles Ammer-
man, of Riverside.
The deceased was a member of
Danville lodge, No. 224, f. & A. NJ.
He is also a member of Montour lodge,
No, 109. l. o. o. f.
For many years he was consistent
member of the Mahoning Presbyterian
church. He was good citizen, a man
of sterling integrity, who will be much
missed in the community.