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The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

a great shaft Of pale brftttdnce shot up.
ed maelstrom of varied radiance.
pale with distance. but marvelously
beautiful. Forsythe passed them with
q troubled face on his way below to
report. as his relief went up.
The Quartermaster reports the COM
pass behaving queerly.' he said.
Three minutes later the captain was
on the bridge The great ship had
swung, and they were speeding direct
for the phenomenon. But within
few minutes the light had died out.
Another sea mystery to add to our
list" said Billy Edwards. did any
one ever see a show like that before?
What do you think, Door
"Humph," grunted the veteran
New to me- Volcanic, maybe"
Irn pr rOVTINEED
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

Our Tontitown neighbors are
preparing for a great time to-
night-Wednesday. Beginning
at 80 o'clock an entertainment
will be given at the home of
Aldo Maestri. one mile west of
town, for the benefit OF the church
and school house. There will be
dancing and games, and prizes
will be awarded the winners In
all the latter, and supper will be
served at 3 cents per couple.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03
Save Money by Buying Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy.

You will pay just as much for
a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy as for any other cough
medicines, but you save money
in buying it. The saving is in
what you get, not what you pay.
The sure-to-cure-you quality IS
in every bottle OF this remedy,
and you get good results when
you take it. Neglected colds
often develop serious conditions,
and when YOU buy cough med
icine you want to be sure you are
getting one that will cure your
cold. Chamberlain S Cough
Remedy alwas cures. Price 25
and 50 cents bottle. For sale
by all druggists.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

We have had d number of COM
plants from subscribers that they
did not receive Saturdays paper
last week. The papers were all
mailed Friday afternoon, and
should have reached local and
rural route subscribers the fol-
lowing day and we cannot ac-
count for their non-arrival. Per
sons failing to receive their pa
pers at any time will be supplied
If they will notify us.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03
Not" Just as Good" Its the Best.

One box of Hunts Cure is un-
failingly, unqualifiedly, and abb
solutely guaranteed to crre any
form of Skin Disease. 1t is par
ticularly active in promptly re-
lieving and permanently curing
all forms of itching known.
Eczema, letter, Ringworm
and all similar troubles are re-
lieved by one application; cured
by one box.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03
Makes Pain Go Away

Are you one of the ones who pay
in toll
For your right of way through
this life?
If 50 you will find Hunts Light
ming Oil
A friend which will aid IN the
strife.
To those who earn their own
way by their own labor, accidents
occur with painful frequency
Burns, bruises, cuts and sprains
are not strangers to the man who
wears corns on his hands. a
better remedy for these troubles
does not exist than Hunts Light
ming Oil.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

city is some 500 miles away objected
Ives.
Mirage. maybe" suggested Ed
wards.
Pretty hard working mirage to Gov
er that distance" said Ives. Though
I've seen EN-
Great heavens! Look at that"
shouted Edwards
4 great shaft of pale brilliance shot
up toward the zenith. Under it whirl-
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

Rev. J. w. House, who had
been visiting relatives and friends
in Springdale for a few days, Us
now at Rogers attending the dis
trict meeting of the M. E.
Church, South. On account Of his
health Rev. House did not take
regular work with the conference
for this year, but will engage in
evangelistic work His family is
now at Conal, Ark, but they
will probably make their home at
Bentonville again.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03
Delay.

The season of coughs and
colds is not yet past-they will
be prevalent for some months to
come. De not neglect or expert
ment with them. Use the safe
and sure remedy Summons
Cough Syrup. 1t heals the sore
ness and stops the cough.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03
ITCHING SKIN DISEASES

Are readily cured by ZEMO, clean
liquid for external use. ZEMO draws
the germs and their toxins to the surface
and destroys them, leaving a clean,
healthy skin. ZEMO givesinstantr relief
and permanently cures every form of
skin or scalp disease.
For sale everywhere. Write for sam
pie, L. w. Rose Medicine Co., ST. Louis.
For sale by w. G.. Ownbey.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03
A POSITIVE CURE FOR DANDRUFF.

ZEMO stops itching instantly and will
cure any case of Dandruff or itching
scalp. ZEMO destroys the dandruff
germ and prevents falling hair. 1t will
give the hair arich glossy color andleave
the scalp clean and healthy.
For sale everywhere. Write for sam
pie, E. w. Rose Medicine Co, St Louis.
For sale by w. Or. Ownbey.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PlMpLes.

Zemo, a clean liquid for external use.
draws the germs and their toxins to the
surface of the skin and destroys them,
leaving the skin clear and healthy.
Two to six bottles will cure any case
Of pimples and blackheads.
For sale everywhere. Write for SAM
pie, E. w. Rose Medicine Co., ST, Louis.
For sale by w. G.. Ownbey.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03
1T Knocks the Itch.

1t may not cure all your ills,
but it does cure one of the worst.
1t cures any form of itch ever
known-no matter what 1t is
called, where the sensation is
itch. it knocks it. Eczema,
Ringworm and all the rest are
relieved at once and cured by one
box. It's guaranteed, and It's
name is Hunts Cure.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

A specific for pain = DR..
Thomas Electric Oil, strongest,
cheapest liniment ever devised.
A household remedy in America
for Is years.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

Kodol fer Dyspepsia and Indi-
gestion does the ordinary work
of the stomach, so that by taking
a little kodol every now and
then you cannot possibly have in
digestion or any form of stomach
trouble. Sold by II. A. Daily.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

When a woman has occasion to
hit her husband for a little pin
money she is apt to make few
remarks that are striking.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syr-
up not only allays inflammation
and irritation of throat and lungs,
but it drives out the cold from
the system by a free yet gentle
action of the bowels. Sold by
H. A. Daily.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

Widowers have to shoulder the
responsibility for lot of things
they formerly blamed on their
wives.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

The residences of Mrs. Alice
Hart and T. B. Barlow in the
south part of Fayetteville were
destroyed by fire Friday night,
the fire originating in the resi-
dence of the former. 1t was only
by the splendid efforts of the fire
department that the residences of
Tom Logan and Geo. 7. Lake
were saved. Mrs. Harris resi-
dence and contents were covered
by $3.50 insurance, and Mr..
Barlow,s loss is given at $4,000,
with $1,000 insurance.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

Begin 1909 by profting by the
mistakes of 19OS-not by regret
ting them.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

Send this advertisement. together with name
ofpaper in which it appears your address and
four cents to cover postage, and W. will send
.ou Complete Handy Atlas o. the World"
SCOTT 6 HoWfSE. 400 PcarI 81 New York
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03
Ask Yourself the Question.

Why not use Chamberlain
Eminent when you have rheu-
matism? We feel sure that the
result will be prompt and salts
factory. 1t has cured others,
why not you? Try it. 1t costs
but a trifle. Price, IS cents:
large size. so cents. For sale by
all druggists.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

A skeptic is a man who has
lost faith in himself.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

Dead men tell no tales and
even their epitaphs are not al
WAYS believed.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03

The brand of popularity that
you can buy isn't worth the
price.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03
SCOTS
Emulsion

of Cod Liver Oil is the means
of life and enjoyment of life 10
thousands: men, women and
children.
When appetite fails, it restores
it. When food is a burden, it
lifts the burden.
When you lose flesh, it brings
the plumpness Of health.
When work is hard and duty
is heavy, it makes lie bright.
: the thin edge OF the wedge;
thick end is Iaed But
It is the use of food when
Ft.. hate it and can't d;;gC st it?
Scot s 4,fiQision CT Cod Liver
OH is the food that makes you
forget your stomach.
The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1909-02-03
CHAPTER l.

HE late afternoon sky Haunted
its splendor Of blue and gold
like a banner over the Pacific,
across whose depths the trade
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-09

joint stock company in every town and
city in the land. such an instrument
would place in the hands of the presi-
dent an autocratic personal power
greater than ever before lodged in the
hands of a single man under a free gov
eminent. 1t is no argument in favor Of
the bill to say that the powers conferred
would never be abused while Taft is
president There are other presidents
to be elected. If sCch law had been in
force in Roosevelts time it is not hard
to imagine the abuse he would have
made of IT, The bii is un-American
and inimiCal TO the spirit of free gov
eminent 1t is inquisitorial and would
demoralize and paralyze the business Of
the land if enforced. Above all, it places
the issues Of corporate life and death in
the hands Of a single man who would
not be directly answerable to any one
for the misuse Of his power"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-09
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING.

Mrs. Frederick Nathan recently de-
livered a lecture to members of her sex
in New York, and startled her hearers
in some respects by her questions. Did
you know" said the'lecturer. that there
are 126 women in this country who can
do your plumbing? That any one Of
7S6 women in this broad land could fill
your teeth and perform other dental
operations? That 1,O41 women can and
do plan houses? That 1878 make prac-
tice of preaching of a Sunday-from a
pulpit, and 1,O1O defend prisoners at the
bar? That 545 are carpenters and can
drive a nail without pounding their
thumbs? That there are 167 women ma
sons, 1856 women work in mines. and "a
who are engineers? And more remark
able still that 1873 women are black
smiths by profession, and that you can
be buried by any one Of the S2S women
undertakers?"
Most of US have listened to women in
the pulpit, but that they have invaded
the realm of the blaCksmiths. carpen-
ters and masOns is somewhat of a reve-
lation. Mere man must get a move on.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-09
LAVISH REPEALED.

After tagging in the rear of civiiiza-
ton for a couple of centuries. Connecti-
cut has repealed the blue laws" relat-
ms 60 Sunday observance, which for
bid almost every form Of recreation and
secular activity The laws, which sell
dom have been enforced, are relics of
enactments by the law-giving body of
1922.
one of the laws specifically repealed is
that which provides for a fine of 81 on
each person who shall attend a concert
or entertainment on the Lords dav.
The new Sunday bill is short. Tt de-
fines the Sunday, and prohibits all
sports and secular activities except
such as are demanded by necessity and
mercy, and such as are for the general
welfare of the community" The penal
section provides both fines and impris-
onment for violation. Under the words
general welfare of the community"
baseball probably is permitted, and the
advocates of the bill admit that the
courts must interpret the wording in
several places.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-09
Wheat PRICES.

The average price Of wheat in Eng
land is said to be approximately S1.3O
per bushel the highest average since
1882, when the cereal was quoted at
SI.367s. 1t is too early 10 make predic-
tions as to the immediate future. but
the British price Of wheat is generally
recognized as being the worlds market
price. The Wall street Journal, dis
cussing the future course Of the market
ir the United States, says:
Two points of view here require con-
sideration What is the outside world
likely TO contribute to the surplus wheat
supply in the way of determining inter-
national values? Surely Russia and
India as well as Australia, will con-
tribute enough To work prices down
ward. Last year the British price aver
aged 96l cents a bushel the year before
it was $685.. and i'm 1906 it was 50. As
far back as 1899 it was as low as 76-.
cents a bushel following that of S1O2I5
in 1898. The lowest price was 6S3t cents
i'm 1894, only three years after the price
of S1l1ls In 1891. The price Of wheat
i'm England fen for the first time below
the dollar mark i'm 1888, thanks largely
TO the United States. Meanwhile. in
only two years it has averaged above
dollar bushel.
1T may be that 1893 will be a dollar
wheat year for the British consumer.
But the determining factors are 10
longer with the United States. Other
countries are becoming the mainstay of
the importing wheat nations. For long
years we should have exports to spare.
The larger surplus countries will weigh
more IN determining the price at which
we may sell. If our local market is not
prepared to work off supplies as they
come, during August and onward to the
end of the year, the American wheat
grower must either hold his wheat or
take what the world market is prepared
10 pay for it. The European merchant
is under no illusion as to the actual con-
ditiOns in America, India or Argentina:
and the American farmer will do we'll
TO keep in mind the prices of the past
in determining whether to sell or to hold
the 25,OO0,OOO bushels he may not need
for seeding purposes"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-09
MEIeHT o. lie RRAlN.

In a lecture before the Royal Institute
of Great Britain on the Brain" Pro
fessor Frederick W. Mott said that al
though in s per cent Of the cases in
which the brains of great men had
been weighed, the weight was above
the average. brain weight itself did not
always mean brain quality.
When there was a lack Of the function
ating tissue, the lecturer explained, the
structural material might receive more
than its normal share of noUrishment
and the extra weight be due to over
growth of brain scaffolding." This &C
counted for the very large and heavy
brains sometimes found in congenitai
idiots. Pointing out that the brain
weight Of a race long civilized surpassed
that Of aborigines, the lecturer stated
that whereas the ordinary European
hospital patient had a heavier brain
than a savage, the Chinese coolie labor
er's brain, developed by centuries of
use. weighed IL ounces more than that
of the European hospital patient.
Referring to the relative brain weights
of Caucasian men and women, Professor
Mott said that the female brain had a
good start, weighing nearly 1l5 ounces
more than the male brain at birth In
adult life, however, the average mans
brain weighed about 90 ounces more
than the woman's.
The average weight of the European
male brain was pounds Is ounces 8
drains TO . pounds 16 ounces 9 drains,
and Of the female brain pounds 10
ounces II drains to pounds 10 ounces
IA drains. Among savages there was
not this difference. since I'm the strug-
gle for existence the female had to ap-
ply her brain as fully as the male,
hence it was developed at practically
the same rate.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-09
COME DOUBTS ARISE.

The Kansas City Journal, the leading
Republican newspaper OF Missouri out
side of the St Louis Globe Democrat
does not particularly admire the new
tariff bill, more especially President
Taft's corporation tax amendment The
paper gives utterance 10 its doubts and
fears as follows;
There is a little clause in the bill con-
tanning the words by direction of the
president. This refers to what may be
made public by the government agents
concerning any corporation that is in
vestigated. Il means that one corpora
ton may be selected for special prose
cutiOn, anu that government agents may
demand all books and accounts, con-
tracts and the most private memoranda
pertaining 10 trade secrets and plans,
questions OF management and methods
of manufacture whose concealment may
be essential 20 the very existence OF the
corporation. and if the president so
directs, all this information may be pub
lished to the four winds and there is no
redress.
This presidential power is not lin
tied to the great corporations. but per-
tains equally to every corporation and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-09
cUBA's DEBTS.

The Cuban government has been com
PEELED to contract a loan of SIC, SOC, 900.
but the present administration is not
responsible for the financial condition
of the country. The United States sent
one Charles Magoon over to govern the
island, and his DEGREES, ultinatums and
manifestoes when carried into effect
drained the treasury of its last available
dollar and saddled the Gomez govern
ment with contracts amounting to $2S,-
100000 in round numbers. Magoon not
only governed the island while satrap,
but undertook to expend the revenues
for a generation ahead.
Cuba is rich in natural resources and
will probably recover from the Magoon
regime, but another such experience
would leave her hopelessly bankrupt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-09
Poker Wonder Had DOubIe-JOinted Eyes

stayin' on; but that's got nothin' to do
with the story O PelIeas Pinikins.
1t sure was lucky fr Little Rock Z
Pelleas Pillikins want no hawg. He
played poker like he done a good many
other things, better n anybody he
stacked up ag'in anywheres round
town.
First time I ever seen him play
seen he was gifted. There was five in
the game sam Fuller bein' one on 'em
as matter o. course, an two o. the
others bein' p'fessionals.
Graham an Fisher, they called their
selves In Little Rock, but there amt no
Known what their names was anv-
where else. 'Tother man was a member
O. the legislator, same as PiIIikins was.
an the two pals an Sam was reck'niD'
on dom EN- Outen a months paw what
they'd just drawed
Fur as Wheeler, this here legislator
chap I'm Pike county. was concerned
'peared like there wouldn't be no gre't
difficulty in gettin' what he had. but
Pelleas Pillikins was dif'rent First 1
noticed was on Graham's deal
i was passin' behind Pillikins. when
he picked up his hand. an I seen he had
pat flush. Settin' next to the acc
which was Fuller, just nachully he come
In thouten raisin it. which, o. course.
was good poker. Then Wheeler he rose
It =. an Fisher he dropped. but the
dealer trailed. an Fuller he throwed
his hand I'm the discard.
! was reck min on PilHkins raisin'
back, but he kind O. hesitated. an I
looked at him some curious. Then I
seen ne was rollin' his eyes most amaz-
IN an first I knOwed he dropped.
Lhen Graham give Wheeler two
cards what he called for an toOk two
hlssen. an beat Wheeler Outen IS. hav-
In four sevens agin' three tens. o.
I course. ! seen t Pillikins d ha' been
beat + he'd stayed. an likely he'd ba'
lost more'n Wheeler did. havin' a hand
was good f'r consid'abl play ag'in a
tWo-card draw: but I couldn't see what
mace him drop. an, bein' consid'abl
cur Gus. 1 watched him alter that every
time seen him at the table.
The more watched the less I seen
Feared ike he sure did know 1ybat
everybody belt round the table. an
moren that, he 'peared to sense il when
ANYBODY was dealin' crooked.
20 course. I cd understand the last
part ont, bein' as alTs he had to do was
10 watch player close for to know
Wneh ne was q p'fessional. an nobody
/ ain goin to play ag'in a p'fessionsI
When he.s got three Of a kind an the
/ deal BUT what bothered me was to
know how In thunder PeIleas PfTfkins
c'G tell what all the others belt. 'Tyvs'r,'t
case o readin' marked cards. 'cause
l seen him play frequent with new
deck what I'd just. sold, an I knowed
'twa mt marked.
But / KEEP a-looEin till I knowed
for certain how Pillikins knowed toFable
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-09
Philadelphia North American.)

philadelphia North American)
Somewhere in the Scripter," said old
man GTeenhut, there's a prOveTb what
says, 'Barkin' dogs don't never bite,
but 1 reckon that's to be took parabOlic
like, same as a heap of other things in
the Good Book what's open to doubt if
you take EN- literal"
Il sh'd say that couldn't be took lit
eral, anyway" observed Jake Winter
bottom. There was reighbor O. mine
in Loosianny what KEEP a dog t baTked
mon he done anythin' else, an he bit
off the heads o. seventeen chickens O.
mine afore l shot him"
ooh, I don't know" said Mr. owen
Pepper. Il reckon the dog want bark
in while he was btin' chickens, an if
he want he want a barkin' dog. Not
just then, he want"
"Speakin O. barkin' dogs" Greenhut
said, at length, there was a Teller what
came to the legislator up 10 Little
Rock when 7 was 'tendin' bar there
what went by the name O. Pelleas Pilli-
kins. Stands to reason 'tWa'n't his reel,
nat'ral name, count o. there not bein'
no such name but that's what he called
hisself, an there want nobody felt
called on to pick no quarrel with him
about it,
This here Pillikins come I'm some
where's up in tn Ozarks, an they said
the reason he was lected TO the legis-
latur' was { he was the tallest man in
the deestrick, bein' as he were some
over seven foot high an double Tinted
all over.
Pears they didn't know much about
him at home, him bein' a mountaineer
what hadn't no neighboTs; but the way
Pelleas Pillikins Explained it the voters
said they wanted to send somebody o.
the highest standin' in tn community
so they sent him.
There want no denyin' but what
Pillil0ins had some natral talents. be-
sides bein' as tall as he was an
'twa'nt long afoTe people in Little Rock
begin to see Z them Ozark voters hadn't
made no greet mistake a sendin him 70
the legislator but even then they didn't
fully pTeciate the remarkable talents o.
Pelleas Pillikins, not till he come to be
recO' nized as one o. the slickest poker
players in town.
sam Fuller, the man Z owned the
s'loon I was runuin', was likely the most
enthusiastic poker player in Arkansas
them times. Feared like he never done
nOthin' else an never give a thought "a
nOthin' else but draw poker. an his
back room just nachully come TO be a
fav'rite resort o the best players there
was in town.
Made it a p'tic'larly fine place for to
work in, bein as there was alays con-
sid'able to be had en- the kitty, an
then sam never interfeTed with nothin
t I done in the bar. / was mighty sOr-
~ when Sam went broke an his cred
itors seized the place. more special as
they didn't pear to like the notion O. nae