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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-27
DIDN'T KNOW IT
 WAS LOADED
FIVE

While cleaning a revolver at his home, Eighth avenue and Nebraska street, yesterday, NJ Wigington shoe and painful; wounded his sister. l9 years oid The bullet entered the girls ltft atm. Or Hankins0n was called and dra#sed the wound. which is not serious Hr Wieineton thought the weapon empty
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-27
GG 'imen.sry to Visitor.

Mrs. G. w. Davis and her daugh- ter Mrs. Lillian Mohler, entertained Pr y afternoon from to o'clock, in hGnor of Mrs Davis sister Mrs. AkermaD, of North Carolina. X de- li@atflliE informal afternoon vas en- .>y@d lunch was served and at 5 o c.ot | iea was poured in typical English fashion, accompanied by pleasing refreshments The dining and reception rooms were prettily decorated with handsome flowers and plants. The honoree was presented with a beautifully bound copy oi Lavender and Old Lace" with ths autographs of the guests written o1 the fly leaf. Those present were Mesdames s. c. Alexander, ST, R. II NJ. Mills, NJ. C. Jon.s, Mrs Buchanan J. w. Crawford, Mrs. Doty, s. " Reeder, Mrs. Lovelady, Mrs. Aker man, Mrs. Davis and Mrs Mohlcr
 W. L. Wood, of Texarkana, is
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-27

Some unidci' r-A ,5nrson called the fire departlnel. j.- second avenue and Locust street 'a=r aioHt. but when the lire boys re- l tGe scene they could find no tira ,.t. ,Iloke nor the person who Sour e4 '~a false alarm.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-03-27

The largest stock of linoIeum in the city at UNION FURNITURE '"MiANi. 3-7 If
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HYHAWKER JOTy

Aim high advises the Kingman
Journal but don't aim at the moon
Keep your aim within reach Of your
ammunition"
Garden City is making a loud clamor
for soft water" Not many years age
all that Finney county wanted was wa
ter, and nobody cared whether the wa
ter was upholstered or not remarks
Charley Blakesly.
AS q copper cent. If held close to the
eye, will shut out from sight the en-
tire wealth of the universe so will the
person blind to all the joys and COM
forts Of nfe.-Hill City New Era.
The superintendent Of Parsons Sun
day school has been arrested for con-
Quoting gambling room. 1t is charged
that members of his Sunday school class
games. Farmers evidently believes that
the good old doctrine of mixing relig-
ion with business can be carried too far,
says Charley Blakesley.
Bob Carr, poet, boomer and good
fellow, drops line to one of the writer's
for this paper just to say: This slab of
soil they call Kansas mas more pros
Ierity, health and happiness; more
sweet girls and sweeter mothers-in-
law. and more gimlet-faced, frail-hand-
up in brains what they lack in looks,
than in any other place on top of
earth. Mlzpah."- News
Travelling men like to do freak things
to the names Of their towns, writing
them on hotel registers. There is the
"11thworth." The other day a travelling
man wrote "Javaville," after his name
on Topeka hotel register. Where in
the world is that town." asked a guest
OF the hotel clerk s.,,., That's easy" re-
nj "a iS
kansas City Journal
I'VE made a mistake" says M. M.
Beck, editor OF the Holton Recorder,
'in letting 1t leak out that we contem-
plated a trip across the Atlantic. That
is, we did If we value the time it
pounded. To save little time in
which to get ready for the trip we will
answer a few of the questions that
are being daily fired at us. No, we do
not expect to be seasick. We do not
expect to have time to call on Edward
VII or William III. We have no in
tention, when we return, Of writing a
book or getting up a lecture. We are
not going to visit either Egypt or Pal
estine. II we had any desire to see
the same object could be accomplished
by going to southeastern Missouri.
We are not going to spend very much
time in cathedrals and picture gal
Ier1es. we can go 10 cnurcn at nome,
and never since the Worlds fair have
we hankered much after picture GAL
leries. No, we do not understand a
word of either Dutch. French or Ital-
lam We have deliberately made up
our mind that if the effete people of
Europe desire to profit by our intelli-
gence and general information they
will have to learn English as she is
spoke in Kansas. No. we shall not
climb to the crater of Vesuvius to see
the eruption. Having been mixed up
with First district politics more or less
for a number OF years, we imagine
Vesuvius would be pretty tame to u.s."
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GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.l

GFrom the Atchison Globe.1
There is plenty of room for success
full men.
A man hats tc admit that he got
the worst Of horse trade.
Don't abuse q man to his friends.
1t is both cowardly and impolite.
Another thing we refuse to believe
is that a snake can charm a person.
Another item in favor of the men,
They don't advertise for long lost kin.
The man who won't work is always
willing to make room for the man
who will.
When boy reminds his mother
| most Of his father is at the time when
sne decides he needs a spanking.
The people do pretty we'll. consid-
ering that they had no choice in
picking out their fathers and their
mothers.
An Atchison man, whose wife and
seven daughters have bad teeth, has
put in a chair, and hereafter will do
his own dentistry evenings.
1t seems pity, during the wheat
harvest, when help is scarce, to waste
a good man driving the binder. A
boy or woman could drive.
When a woman has a picture of her
baby taken, she looks at it admiring-
ly, and says: That's pretty enough
to be printed in the Ladies Home
Journal"
1t Is no more RIDICULOUS TO let
doctor make you believe that you
have appendicitis than it is to let a
lawyer make you believe that you can
get justice by going to law.
An old-fashioned woman doesn't
think she has observed all the rules
of hospitality unless she asks her
guests to. have chicken ten times, po-
tatoes six times. and bread twice.
Every girl who gets married has
light blue tea gown. She withstands
the temptation of a light blue tea
gown all her life, but when she gets
her wedding clothes ready. she resists
no longer.
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| teal government of a city is made
possible. The results have been.
where municipal commissions have
been at work. that expenses are re-
duced materially; politics of the pea
nut variety which have ever been the
bane of most cities government are
eliminated entirely; in fact. essential
reforms of all kinds in the admins
tration of a city's affair are possible.
Topeka needs just such a form of
city government, now that she has be-
gun in such a magnificent fashion to
spread her wings. 1t will be in keep,
ing with the spirit of progress which
is pervading the whole people of the
town. And no voter should hesitate
long to put his name on the petitions
which are being circulated. Only six
hundred of them are needed. but let
there be six thousand to show that
the sentiment in Topeka for a COM
mission form of government is WELL
nigh unanimous.
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paid for the real things in the line of
liquors but got nothing more than some
good vinegar. Now what could this
enterprising gentleman be punished for?
He could scarcely be held for violating
the prohibitory law. Neither could he
be charged with violating the pure food
law because the vinegar he dispensed
was Of an excellent quality. Pernaus
he might be amenable to a charge
of fraud for obtaining. money under
false pretences. But then the chances
are that none of his victims will have
the tenerity to prosecute him. They
must feel just a trifie too cheap al
ready
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

lFrom the Philadelphia Record,1
Love Is blind, in spite of all the
Sticketh closer than a brother-a
creditor.
A friend is merely a person we can
tell our troubles to.
The truth that lies at the hottor, NJ
the well is apt to stay there.
There are times when q man fae1s
as Ir1endless as a baseball umpire
An optimist is merely a man who
redi1zeS that things might be worse.
When the barber cuts your hair he
doesn't always make short work Of it.
Money talks in spite of the fact that
many felIow wants to keep it quiet.
When an old maid makes q goose
OF herseif it's a pretty good sign she
is no chicken
1t takes lot of nerve for a fellow
TO propose to girl. but he should
save some of 1t for later emergencies.
The girl who says she wouldn't
marry the best man living will prob
ably live to have the satisfaction Of
knowing that she didn't.
Blobbs-"Henpeckke has all his
property in his wife's name" SIobbs
Yes, he looks as though he couldn't
even call his soul his own"
silence is golden remarked the
man who is fond of trite quotations.
1T ought to be- growled the prac-
tical politician; sit costs enough
Eyes. it is true" remarked the
young man from Chicago; my father
raises hogs "Ah, then you have
some brothers," insinuated fhe scion
Of the effete east.
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SIGN THE PETITIONS.

It is now possible for the voters of
Topeka to attach their signatures to
the petitions calling on Mayor Green
to designate date for a special cleo
ton when the question will be put to
the vote of the people Of this city as
to whether or not they wish to SUBJ
stitute that modern and effective
method of municipal government,
known as the commission plan, for
the present cumbersome and rather
unsatisfactory system under which
the affairs of the city are administer
ed.
If there have been any doubters In
this city as to the absolute adequacy
of the proposed form of government
their skepticism on this point must
surely have been removed by the ad-
dress on this important subject which
was delivered yesterday at the Com
mercial club by Col. LATE Young, the
brilliant editor of the Des Moines
Capital. The fine city that Col. Young
has helped to make has been trying
this plan of government for more
than a year. 1t has proved to be en-
inently satisfactory. It has done bet
ter than even it's most ardent admir-
CTS llcO IGd5Ou W expect. II mas D60n
real surprise to its former enemies,
who are now among it's staunchest
friends. This is the story that is told
in every city where the commission
system has been tried.
As Col. Young said, the work of
conducting a city calls for the appli-
cation of business principles. This is
not practicable where the plan for a
city's government is a complex one
with an unwieldly city council whose
chief function seems to be to delib-
crate ad inf1nitum on every question
great and small affecting a citys af-
fairs. In such a government author
ity is divided and it is a difficult task
to accomplish anything. and especially
with promptness. Things are different
when a commission rules. The COM
missioners have the requisite power
to do things. and 1t has been the his
tory of all of them that have been
tried that they do these things and
do them well. Red tape, which tan
giles up so many of a city's projects
and so much of its work that should
be done at once, when the occasions
demand 1t, is cut to shreds. A prac-
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New York's Sodon,

The following signed stater.
s Msen out Friday by DR.. T. AIexande eS
In view of the publicity that has
Inc relation of Alcohol to CHI; IN
LiIe, and the varied accounts oe III !.
.liat paper contained, it seems nrores
20 me to make the following ststel
me paper was presented to +b.
american Medical Societv 20 ~ me
study or Alcohol and Other Narcot;ns
society composed of me6tnaI
educators and investigators ga
ave section of the United states '
chiIdrepp ootea my studies of 10000
aiioren OF all ages. from fnfancv ~
- years. A few of the facts en-, ~
oouaso IN the papers are as fo1Io1.,s.-
ax,..I nese studies reveal condit;ons
eAHsung IN some sections of orr erea3
~ iss metropolis that paraIJaI
Sodom; conditions with ancient
disregard for legal restraint that ars
ea or an extension that would
ehuanger the INTEGRITY of or
F1fty-eight per cent dr,nL
FORM or alcohol beverage onc.sia,,o
any or at regular Intervals: a. nnr
cent drink one glass of beer a u,aeL
" ufe glasses of beer a, dav. 81 ~
cenl drink wine or spirits. In SOM
90 PS tns percentage of occasional
70 nee eggular drinkers runs as high as
per cent. OF these attending
schools As per cent are backward in
their studies. A =" aio III
me following conclusions NAV he
uraMn from my studies of children.
, FlrstIAlcohol in the form of
peer and spirits does not oyercome
the disturbances of nutrition due TO
pad hygienic environment.
Second-Alcohol tends to lessen
an the bodily forces, mental. moral.
tailed by indulgence in -alcob olic
beverages is not borne BY the
drinker. but by his innocent and
debilitated children anu
MY report was intended solely for
operation 1 requested IN a no. -
haustive and comprehensive study,
New York World.
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THE JOYFUL DAY.

Buttercups from their golden locks
Shake the sweetness faint and tender;
All IN eager wanton flocks
From the willing earth upstarting,
comes again the world of flow RS;
Take my hand; the waking sp1endor
OF the Gay, sweetheart, is ours
lis a blithe day for sweethearting!
Come and find the dreaming pool
Where the sunbeams fit and hover,
And like fro1ic elves befool
Wary fishes, hiding, darting;
Come and own to Pan-I wis
He has canty lover
That our joy supreme is this
lis ripe day for sweetheartingl
Bends a sky of morning blue,
Spreads the world wet with the fairy,
Spangling wonderwork of dew;
All the long day and now parting
You and Love and !. no more:
Tell 1t gladly, oh, my dearie!
Ills a rare day for sweethearting.
Emma A. Opper in New Idea Magazine
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QUAKER MEDTTATIONs.
lFrom the Chicago Nevs

lFrom the Chicago News.1
You can't foot a bill by kicking
about 1t.
The softer a mans head the more
he is inclined to butt in.
Separating an easy mark from his
money Is nothing to boast of.
1t wouldn't be a bad idea to acquire
the habit of lodging pessimists.
Does the ugly chorus girl come
under head of stage frights?''
The good times we long for will not
come in the guise of Ascent watches.
A man likes to think that a woman
thinks he is better than he knows
he is.
What a strain there must be on the
mind of the man who thinks he knows
it ALL
You can never be a great man so
long as you associate exclusively with
small men.
The fact that a man has the sleep
in-in-church habit is no sign that he
will find rest in heaven.
We have often wondered what a
preacher does when he feels like max
Ing a few remarks that wouldn't look
well in print.
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he demanded.
followed you.''
"Alinei"
knew you We're not spending your
sinss at the office. 1t WASN'T teal
ousy or curiosity. Stephen. But il
90, 20 me that I was of no helm TO
sou, TOT moment. when I saw Won
s So,ns INTO the green room. I doubted
yuu, rorgive me, Stephen. But in that
,, aU,enl learned that I loved you- T
w, a. INTO NO the theater. When you came
~ IN the second number, / knew vo,,
ha. spise OF your makeup, and + had
ne OF tnat wonderful athletic stunt
~ ~, yours; l OWNED why you were DO
ing III had been extrayagant snd
IN IN oroer to indulge me you We're siav-
ING night and day, and I was givi,s,
you-rothing! was giving
came home and looked over vorr
accounts and saw we were IN daSSt
MenI TO Lois and told her All She
sIeusAI me TO cook and keen house go
AeIp accounts. I am more fitted raH,
To pc the wife of "a -io"
POOR man.
NO: an honest man. Rut +b.r.,.
more. Long ago father paid off . ,ene.s
sage on Cousin Lois's farm Tbs, ,.ol ~
prosperous now and she oa1,a =. =
q cneck for the $1,000. r won1d,o,t ine
any interest, of course. Won b.,,a , .ane
vacalIon next week; and Stephen 49,
We are going to take soma - .I
si,VOo and have our real honay,o,-,, -
airy Press.) 'o0iateu Liter
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

Good resolutions are as easy to break
as they are to make.
z y
More work and less wishing will soon
err accomplish the things desired.
& y
A barking dog is no worse an annoy
ance in q neighborhood than a talking
machine.
Among the many unfulfilled predic-
lions are the times when the world was
coming to an end.
= y
Early to bed and early to rise may
make a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
but he misses a good deal.
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KANSAS CONAENT
WORK IS REOUIRED.

WORK IS REQUIRED.
Inere is a great deal of talk nova
oayS ABOUT good roads and something
VIII be done. And yet 1t is safe to say
that the public generally does not ap-
preciate the Importance of the subject
20 the general community. Most men
are SO confined at their work that they
personally use, the roads very little, and
the cry for good roads seems to them
something In which they have no per-
sonar interest. That is where they are
mistaken Every good road, every wa
terWay, every additional Improvement
Tor travel and traffic, is of benefit to
every person whether he walks or rides
on the roads or not. 1t is a reduction
In the expense of commerce, a reduc-
tion tnat VIII bring profit that should
pc divided between producer and con-
sumner. Everybody is either producer
or consumer, or both, and therefore he
VIII be benefited by what helps them.
On account Of this indifference On
the race OF the question it takes sirens
and forcefuI action by those directly
concerned in the use of the roads. They
will have to teach and preach, they
Will have to push and pull. JUS be-
cause the advantage of good roads
is to the public will not get the pub
lie interested unless the fact and the
individual benefit are known That
taxes work and worry, patience and
perseverance, energy and enthusiasm.
There is no question of greater inn
POA IoASC tIidu lIlaI OF ROOQ TGdQS ana
none which requires harder exertion
to make understood. When once ap-
precfated and evidence shown, the rest
will come rapidly and easily.-Hutch-
inSon News.
DOG OWNERS COMPLAIN.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion has been called upon to regulate
the shipment of almost everything, but
the dog. owners will spring new one
when they ask the commissioners to
regulate the carrying of dogs on inter-
state trains. The dog owners who
travel complain regarding the many
different regulations on the railroads,
and point out that the regulations
are not only a great bother to the
owner of the dog, but that in many
cases they amount to cruelties. They
want the new regulations to apply to
electric lines as we'll as to steam roads.
All dog owners object to having their
pets put in baggage cars. where there
is danger of the ANIMALS being crushed
by falling trunks. Some roads require
that dogs be Grated and others allow
small dogs in passenger cars. 1t is
probable that the commissioners will
be asked to have a separate compart-
ment built In baggage cars where dogs
can be kept.
Dog owners Of the west will take
no part in this movement until the
Interstate Commerce Commission has
finally decided the claim or this sec
ton that the Missouri river rate basing
fallacy be abolished.-Wichita Eagle.
THE CURVES OF JUSTICE.
A few days ago q man at Brooklyn
was sentenced to seventeen years in
the penitentiary for the theft of dol
lar.
At about the same time, a Kansas
man was sentenced to a year in Jail for
killing his father.
BY a little mathematical exercise,
the diligent student might arrive at
the estimated value of parent
Emporia Gazette.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

tFrom the New York Press.1
Seh-made men need an awful lot
of repairs all the time.
Grand opera is SO as to make you
enjoy the change TO vaudeville.
"A girl even wants the color of a
paper bundle she is carrying to match
the ribbon inside.
Most people want to save money on
the necessaries so they can waste it on
the luxuries.
1t adds enormously to mans
pleasure OF going to the theater and
a gay supper party afterward to have
his wife think he's working late at
the office.
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FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY.

Subscribers of the State journal
away during the summer may have
the paper mailed regularly each day
to- any address at the rate of ten
cents week or thirty cents a month
(by mail only.) Address changed as
often as desired. While out of town
the State Journal will be to you like
a daily letter from home.
Advance payment Is requested on
these short time subscriptions, to save
bookkeeping expenses.
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President Taft has let It be known
that he is in favor of some sort of a
Ehip subsidy plan for the stimulation
OF the shipping activities of the United
States. But what does this count for?
Mr.. Taft has made it known repeatedly
that he is in favor of a revision of
the tariff downward in accordance with
the demands of the people. Congress,
however, and especially the senatorial
portion of it. Is working away to re-
wise the tariff upward.
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Senator Bailey, of Texas, took up the
time of his brethren and the country
the other day with a lengthy explana-
ton as to the reasons for his posi-
tion in voting against the removal of
the duties on hides. iron ore and few
other things on which he has stood
shoulder to shoulder with the Aldrich
crowd. Other senators have INDUCED
An similar explanations. More will fol-
low suit during the closing days OF the
tariff discussion. But they will have
TO do a little taller explaining when
they get home to their constituents, or
else the handwriting on the wall Is in
she nature of a forgery.
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Writed ad Looie Linkenfuser, N'Yawk:
Greetinks, Looie: I undress dis let
Ter TO NYawk, pecaus I hat a bunch
you ISIS dere sloothing oudt der Chfn<
murder case, but uf you aindt, und
dondt gedt dis letter, led me know,
und I Will send you der carbine CODY
vot 1 am keebing, to vereffer you is.
at.
l vandt to discussion dis Chfnk
proposition NIT you. Feirsd, / would
ask, Wy ISIS Chfnk? Nod knowing,
candt say fer cerdain, but diss ISIS my
guess: Pecaus a ape hat hair all ofer
i'd. But ad der same time, I dondt
tink liddle hair, more by less,
keeps der Chink from being a ami
mul. To be sure. dondt know much
aboudt Chinks. neffer knew but Won
Chink. und he vas vashervoman vot
made chop-susie on der side. but I
gadder from peroosilink der noosba-
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The railroads of Illinois have issued
a vast array of figures to show that
during tho past year they have lost
millions of dollars through the opera
ton of a two cent fare law. Some time
ago the interstate commerce commits
sion presented some different figures
on the same subject showing that the
railroads of Illinois had made money
by reason of the two cent passenger
rate. All Of which may be taken as
further evidence that the railroads are
pretty handy in proving any sort of
an argument that they wish to make
through the medium of their own sta
tistics.
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There is some talk of bringing a
French prize fighter over to this coun-
try to try his measure with some of
the middleweisht pugiists here What's
the use? The French boxing game is
one where the contestants use their feet
instead OF their hands. But maybe this
lighting Brenchman IS nifty with the
use OF his tongue. If so he would be
well qualified to carry on a preliminary
contest with several of the American
boxers, and that's really the extent of
most of their fights.