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Culinary Courtship.

Janet had nodded the domestic af fairs of the family with whom she lived for 50 many years that the news of her intended marriage had much the effect of an earthquake. Have you and David been engaged long? yanturcd the mistress of the house hold.
 "One week when next Sabbath eomes. stated Janet briefly.
 "And-and had you any thought of marrying before that:" asked her 'nis- treSS.
 Times l had and times l had not said the imperturbable Janet. ''as any person will But month ago when gave David wee bit of the cake Iti been making and he said to me. Janet have you the recipe firm in your mind lass, so you could make it if Mrs Manns book would be far from :"tt reach?' I knew we'll the time was draw ing short.
 And wben," said Janet closing it.: eyes at the recollection, s'I said to hil:i David, lad. the recipe is copied in !, little book of my own and ! saw the glint in his eye l reckoned 'twnn'd be within the month he'd ask me
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
Hippo's Mouth an impressive Siqht

Hippo's Mouth an Impressive Sight.
 The hippopotamus Is a sort of float Ing island which inhabits the African rivers. To see q hippopotamus rise GU: of tue water and go away is as discon- nertjlg to iie tourist as it would be t. see 4 sand bar get out of the Missouri riser aud chase COW. The hippo fife is too short to write his full name --'s big brother of the pig. He weighs five tons, and gargoylc Is cute and pretty beside him. He is ia, and flabby. covered with a reddish skin adorned with bristles and has q broad. flat head as wide as a dinner table. The mouth of the hippo is ail- other of natures African cxtrae;. gances. He has mouth enough to do the eating for boys boarding school His jaws are very flexible, and those who have gazed into the inner works of hippo when he has opened his vast pink lined mouth, studded here and there with tusks that look like broken eff Grecian columns, have been impressed with the sight, = Collier'F Weekly
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
A Dangerous Subject.

Professor Henry Drummond when a boy discovered that he could hypnotize people. At birthday party a little girl declined to play the piano. Drum mond happened to catch her eye and said, Play To bis surprise she rose at once, went to the piano and played. At another time he hypnotized boy and gave him a poker for gun. NOW" said Drummcnd, "I'm pheas, ant Shoot me-" The boy did so, and Drummond fell to keep up the illusion, wheren~cn. .A1 boy, seeing rne 'Dird' ,nove, was about to hit 1t over the head with the poker. The hypnotizer had just time to stop the magnetlzed sports man.-Pearson's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
His Mistake.

The vender of imagess who had jus been thrown out of a large office build ing. wept bitterly as he looked at his torn clothes and broken waves.
 "Who did this?" Inquired the friend ly cop. "Pll pinch 'em if yau say tho word"
 "No; it was my fault" said the vic tim, gathering up the remains of plaster image. 'I insisted on trying te sell bust of Noah Webster to a meet ing of stmpllfed spoilers. - Dcnve RcnubliCan.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
Trouble Ahead.

It was in an electric car coming from Streatham one day last week. The loquacious lady seemed greatly per turbed and fully prepared for the strenuous life.
 "Yes, I don't usually go into town at this time of the morning." said she. "but I rang up my husband on the telephone, and I heard him tell the office boy to say that he wasn't in. and that's what I'm going into town for. ."- London Tatler.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
A Woman's Smile.

Strange what little thing will turn the W hole current of mans life!'
 What's the matter now, Jonesf"
 Up to thirty days ago the young lady of my choice was taking my at tentions seriously and our marriage seemed q foregone conclusion. Then 1 met her on the avenue, lifted my hat, made my best bow and dropped through a coal hole. Now she can't keep her face straight minute while we're together."-Detroit Free Press,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
Color In lies.

It's white lie when mamma tells papa what baby has been saying, but when papa goes and repeats 1t at the office it's another matter; lie becomes more or less solled by being mopre@ around Exchange
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
Some Excuse For the Sun.

Artist-There sir is my latest pie ture Ingenious Friend-Well, yor haven't economized paint on ii, have you? What title have you given tc It? Artist-What do l call it?e Why sir, that Is an autumn sunset. Ingen uous Friend-You don't say so! Well 1 don't blame the sun at all for set ting
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
Nothjno Special.

Library Assistant Qo visitor who is wandering about in puzzled manner) Can help you? Are you looking for anything special! Visitor (absently)-- No, thank you l was only looking for my wife.--Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
Ai. Lava Llk. ths oesaa,

Gerald-My love for you is like the houndless ocean. Gexaldine-Exactly the way I take 1t. Gerald-What dQ you mean1 Geraldine-With good many grains of .salt.-Philadelphia In. Quirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
The B0yce Construction
 Company

Are in the field for business and have the most complete moving out fit in the city and do a general build ing business. Also general repairing business. Fix all clasS of roofs, shin gle, tin and compositions Make high class screens. When you are ready to build, move or repair you do your self an injustice to proceed without getting our estimate Call old phone T or 897 D. W. l'OYCF,. Mgl.
 THE BOYCE CONSTRUCTION co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
His Choice.

Bustin Scems-H yer like to h. one of desc here turin rulers, Se|! Seldum Shaves-Not me, Bus. I'd To, rather be king bum dan bum king Kansas City Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20

If you want to be we'll informed take a paper. Even a paper e( penl will give you points-Hxchau0A
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20

It is bettag to lend than to stvs. r> give empl~ ls.t k better thsn either .!TalmuA.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
sIo.50 5ae MILE BOOK SI2.56

Good for bearer locally between points in Arkansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
Wanted.
ECUNUM Y !,
Economy everything

zen anu y5 Two large unlnrnished
 by clevess for light housekeeping, in Fhe co9,able residence district. Apply F. Who v. Pike, room 240 Jefferson some hl' 7-1G-Gt led no impl .,:.- NO" ID ehe Men to learn barber trade, Pf' atei elzs required. Best paying ger UT any e'thin the reach of polr men. seI pais"1e shop with small capital.
 foN' '$12 to $20 weekly Wonder |Dept.) efnand for barbers Catalogue Save Med free. Moler Barber Col ening l. Dallas, Tex. 7-1l-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20

all sor4ID-First class clothing press onaple lly experienced party need ap-
 y. Henry Marx Co. 796t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20
For Rent.

uVHe RENT-7-room cottage at S25 Texas street; large lot and fine lne shade trees. See Frank Dietrich
 ol.at Her,ry Marx Co. 7-9-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-07-20

ket KA'is, ssc six-room cottage at Bsors COG. worth ,ech streets, furnished $1.15 at Clevela7 Will rent for three
 ..--.-,ss~ reasonable terms. For "A lette n. atfon, call phone 1880. or !. .fS. Tsly to T. D. Johnson, at Dreyfus', |tbr oj 7-61Gt
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-19
The State Press

A bank~is both a creator and a
result of enterprise. The bank
ing interests of a town represent
the financial strength of a COM
mounity and as such are neces-
sary forces in its well being. A
banking institution is usually
composed of representative men
who have the welfrre of their
town at heart, and whose judg-
ment and business qualities have
gained for them the places they
hold, Belzoni News Enterprise.
A subscriber who is anxious to
see Vardaman roll McLaurin for
his SENSATIONAL job asks us to give
the exact time when the race will
be on. McLaurin's present term
expires on March A, 1913. Dur
ing the year 1912 the voters of
Mississippi will elect McLaurin's
successor. -Poplarville Free Press.
A war-timestatute was abolish
ed By congress yesterday when
the provision for keeping troops
at the polls at southern elections
was eliminated from the penal
code. This is no victory for the
south for, like the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments. the
south has long since settled this
question according to its own adj
vanced ideas. Port Gibson Re-
veille.
AS a rule men dislike each
other or hate each other because
they do not understand each 9th
err, says the Indianola Tocsin. It
is not always possible to look into
a fellow mans heart or to cor
rectly Judge his motives. How
many times in your life have you
concluded that you did not like a
certain man.. and then when you
knew him better, learned to love
him as brother? This is the
experience Of all humanity. One
of the great needs of men is to
know men as they really are.
The Saturday Evening News.
The Vicksburg American hands
the following hot one to Jackson
LAWYERS. Jackson LAWYERS gain
ed a verdict Of $50, 900 for young
and pretty Mrs, Sivley against
her mother-in-Iaw for the aliena-
ton Of her husbands affections.
The lawyers, it is understood,
were to get half the fee. Pend
ing the settlement Mrs. Sivley
eloped with her husband and.
baby one dark night, leaving the
lawyers in the lurch, and there is
Wailing and gnashing Ut teeth
among them in consequence. It
is presumed that Cupid arranged
matters by a more satisfactory
method than court procedure;
and IN q controversy between
love and law, public sympathy
don't hesitate long. Lawyers
don't often get left, but in this
case probably folks won't care
much if they never get their fee,
so that the Weethearts are hap
by.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-03-19

Why experiment when the best
can Be had ~ gofng to the right
place. Hinds-Hoyle Gfocsfy &c:
seH sEItcf -four. Non. exceis ~
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23
GROUND THE WIRES.

Death OF stock during thunderstorms
is in a majority of cases thP result Of
their nearneSs to wire fences. which
have become charged with electricity
during thunderStormS 1t is a charac-
teristic of the electric current to read
lily leave the overcharged wire for any
object within q short distance Losses
from this source may be almost entire
" done away with if the fence wires
are grounded This may be done nv
running short pieces of wire down the
fenceposts at intervals of from six to
eight rods, attaching them to each of
the two eT three wires and having
the ends extend into the ground a foot
or more, When this is done the over
charge is diverted into the ground
which is an excellent conductor in
stead Of iifo cattle. horses or other OBJ
jects which may be near by
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23
The SLEEPING SICKNESS
WHICH MEANS DEATH

How many readers have heard of this
terrible disease? It prevails in that
far-away country-Africa- especially
the Congo district. It is caused by
the bite of the tsetse fly. When it
bites a person, the sleeping symptoms
begin and finally the sufferer sleeps
until death occurs.
Contrast this with the peaceful,
balmy sleep of health. Is there any
thing more wearing than to lie awake
at night, tossing about, nervous, with
cold feet, hot head and mercy knows
what else? Short of letting the tsetse
fly bite us we would do almost any
thing for relief. How can we pre-
vent it? Mr.. George Hayes, Of
Union City, Pa, writes: 81 had lost
my appetite, was all rundown, could
not sleep nights. I had tried every
thing without relief. Vinol was rec
commended, and to my surprise, it
helped me at once; gave me splendid
appetite, and now sleep soundly."
What Vinol did for Mr.. Hayes, it will
do for every rundown, nervous and
overworked person who cannot sleep.
s5IiAW DRUG CO.,
WEsTMiNSTEn, MO.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23
THE RouND BARN.

Some who plan to build barns are de-
hating whether the round OF more com
mon rectangular structure will be the
more satisfactory Some points in ia
Vor of the round barn as we'll as some
disadvantages are worth noting. The
round barn is the more substantial in
case of storm, and the stable work in
some respects is more easily done. par
ticularly if the silo is in the center
On the other hand, the round barn is
mOrP difficult and expensive to build.
while the interior space cannot be so
economically used. owing to the seq
mental rather than rectangular spaces
AS to the sile advantage in the round
barn, it is no longer considered neceS
sary that the silo should be included
in the barn structure and hence its
location at the center of the round
barn. except for convenience in feed
ing operations. would seem TO be Il
drawback rather than point in its
favor
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23
The Cause of War.

The fair young debutante was sur
rounded by an admiring crowd of Of
ficers at the colonePs ball. Mamma
was standing near by, smiling COM
placently at her daughters social sue
cess. The discussion was over the
quarrel of the day before between two
brother officers.
What was the casus belli?" asked
the fair debutante.
Maud" exclaimed. mamma in a
shocked voice, "how often have / told
you to say stomach?"
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23
THE Ely PEST.

IncesSant warfare can be Waged
against the common housefy without
any compunctiOn Of conscience on the
part of even the most chicken hearted
There is not q good and redeeminG
word that can be said in it's favor. 1t
makes a bad start by Matching in the
horse manure pile, and its career Is
filthy one from this on. 1t frequents
Swill barrels masses of foul smelling
and decaylng vegetable and animal
matter and resspools, and from these.
seeking and garm laden, it seeks ref
t1ge in the house, befouling paint and
paper, dish and glass and contam1nat-
ing any foodstuff that 1t has access to.
It is recognized by health authorities
everywhere as a prolific spreader of
typhoid ant other filth disease germs.
One Of the best ways to reduce th'
numbers of the pest is to keep the ma
nure pile cleaned up and spread on th
fields, and if this is not practicable tn,
same result may be accomplished by
scattering small quantities OF air
siaked lime ever the compost pile as
IT accumuIates. Swil barrels and
moist piles Of refuse should be moved
from the kitchen door, and in the lat
Ter case the lime treatment will have
the desired effect. In the house the
good work may be continued by hav
ing tight fitting door and window
screens and the keeping Of fly paper In
convenient places.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

In a majority Of sections one of the
foes most destructive to the life of the
orchard trees is the little white boreI
which is laid in some crevice in the
bark near the ground in latter May or
early June and soon disappears, boring
and working damage as it goes. The
borer works in the tree two full sea
sons, emerging from it as a mature
borer beetle two years from the time
the egg is laid. The presence of the
pest in the tree is often shown from
the brownish wood dust which it
throws out, usually at the point at
which it enters the tree. A sharp
jackknife and a pliable peeled twig
are the equipment needed to extermi-
nate them. The bark should be cut
away carefully-just enough to locate
the culprit-when he can be jabbed to
a finish. Trees are often nearly gir-
died below ground with little exterior
evidence that anything is the matter.
For this reason it is well to keep all
grass and weeds away from the trunks
of the trees and in the trips of inspec-
tion to scrape the earth away from
close to the trunk to the depth of
two or three inches.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

In sections of the country which are
likely to be visited by heavy wind
storms during the summer season.
when the silo is empty, there seems
to be a considerable advantage in the
cement or brick structure over those
built of wood. Where the wooden one
is on the place it should be stayed
with three or four strong guy wires.
which will enable it to Withstand most
anything short of tornado.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

Every well regulated home should
operate its own curfew ordinance and
not look to the town to herd the boys
and girls off the street when they
ought to be home and in bed.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

In the life of many girl there comes
the trying hour when she meets her
first affinity She is usually from tif-
teen to nineteen when this happens
She tries to make her mother believe
that if she does not accept the proffer
Of this first knight she will die Of a
broken heart-she just knows she will.
OF course it would not be considerate
to view her mood lightly. but it is
more than likely she will survive If
she doesn't take up right away the
work of washing dishes and darning
socks for this first conner. This dear
girl should realize that there are as
good fish in the sea as ever came out
of it: that at twenty-five the bait will
be just as good. and better, while at
that age she will know what fish are
really worth catching.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

# the feeding schedule carried out
with the dairy cow-so many pounds
of feed for milk given-were applied
to a good many men and boys and so
many ounces of food given for hours
work done, there would be big bunch
of them scratching gravel or reduced
to a fare Of cheap toothpicks and wa
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

There are still !ltns In the soutn
where geese are driven long distances
to market In order 10 Keep them from
getting footsore the birds are driven
over a spot smeared with tar and then
over fine sand. which gives them
patent footgear
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

Only the marauding hawks or owls
seen raiding the poultry yard and
actually caught with the goods should
fall victims to the shotgun. When
they develop the chicken stealing
habit they belong to the same class
as the cat which kills little chickens
or the egg sucking dog, and it is then
all right to dispatch them.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23
ORIGIN OF BORDEAUX MIXTURE.

Like many another useful prepara-
ton, the bordeaux mixture, which has
been used as a fungicide since 1882
and is an Invaluable aid to orchar
and vineyard owners, was discovered
by mere chance. 1t is said that near
Che town of Bordeaux. France, owners
Of certain Vineyards by the roadside
were in the habit of sprinkling Their
with verdigris to give them the al
pearance of having been poisoned in
order to prevent depredations. Later
a mixture Of copper sulphate and lime
was used as a substitute for this.
When the mildew made it's appearance
In these vineyards it was noticed tha'
the vines which had been given this
treatment were freer from the disease.
and thus by a very simple deduction
the mixture, later called bordeaux.
was given the credit for the good
work From that day to the present
1T has held first place as the most
valuable and effective Of fungicides.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

Sorghum hay is roughage ration
that may be grown late and makes
an excellent feed. After being cut.
which should not be done until there
has been a good hard frost, it should
be piled ir good sized cocks and al
lowed to lie thus until fed. If put
together in large quantities, as is
cured hay. it will spoil. Stock relishes
the sorghum fodder and seems to do
well on it.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

A discerning contributor to a well
known dairy paper in accounting for
the financially strapped condition Of so
many dairymen in sections Of New
York which he visited finds the chief
reasons for their unenviable condition
to be poor COWS. the buying Of much
feed that ought to be raised on the
farm. failure to utilize to their full
value the crops that are produced. es-
pecially corn, and waste of money in
eXtravagant personal habits when it
ought to be spent for supplies for the
home and feed for the dairy cows. The
causes cited by this investigator would
seem to be sufficient to account for a
good deal of low ebb dairying and
farming.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

The pasture should be one Of the
best assets on a we'll managed farm
and if properly handled should give
as large a return with as little outlay
of work az any other acres on the
place. One way in which it's efficiency
may be Increased is to give it lig
top dressing of fertilizer with the
spreader. paying special attention to
the spots where the soil seems to be
the thinnest. In this way an effective
disposal can be made of much of tn"
manure which accumulates about th
stables during the summer months,
which if not carried out would los"
about half of it's fertilizing value from
exposure to rain and weather.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

A hog raiser who reported his case
in the trouble department of late
issue of an agricultural paper states
that he fed his brood sows on ration
of corn and cob and oil meal and
many of the pigs were born dead. This
was about what might have been ex-
pected. the ration being badly out of
whack, hea ing and fat forming rather
than cooling and bone and muscle
forming The oilmeal should have
been replaced with barley. beans or
peas, while oats and bran should have
taken the place of the corn and cob
meal. The feeder simply made a mis-
take and got the ration for the fatten-
ing shotes into the brood SOW trough.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

One resourceful chap we read OF the
other day-a Missouri man it was-has
hit upon the plan of attaching small
sized road drag to his empty wagon on
trips to and from town. In this way
one side of the road is leveled off 60
ing and the other returning. In such
good condition has this stretch of roa'
been put that merchants CT the near
by town as well as the farm owne'
are adopting the scheme on other
roads.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

In England there are farms which
have been cropped continuously for
hundreds of years which are today
giving larger crop returns than at the
beginning in some instances two and
a half times the yield. This has been
possible as a result of the English
mans recognition that the soil is
crop manufacturing plant and that 10
give generous returns it must be sup
piled with the necessary fertilizing
elements from which to give returns
1t would be just as reasonable to ex-
pect a steam power plant to give effec-
tive pressure without fuel or water as
the land to produce crops without con-
serving the fertilizing elements it con-
tains and supplying such as are con
sumed in the crop growing process.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23

A remarkable instance Of the in
crease in value of Washington fruit
lands is told in connection with one
orchard proprietor in the Hood river
valley who nine years ago advised one
of his workmen to buy forty next his
own. The latter closed the deal at SO
per acre. The tract was set to apples
and is today valued at $4,000 an acre
or $4,000. This smacks of the days
of 40, only the gold is picked off the
trees instead of being washed out of
the ground.
The Democratic advocate., 1909-07-23
DOING ONE THING WELL.

The boy just starting out in active.
eager life would do well to remember
tI1at more than all else success in
life depends on doing some one thing
better than others do it. whether
preaching a sermon. saving board.
painting rose. digging a ditch, being
a college president or running a farm.
There is plenty of opportunity at good
wages for men in these and other
and do it exceptionally well. To fit
oneself fol this kind of service de-
pends upon selecting the occupation
one likes best and is best suited to.
making thorough preparation for it
and. lastly devoting ones energies -
the object III view with patience anG
enthusiasm
Following one line means success in
a majority of cases, but did not with
the Illinois farmer who got fine
homestead land at $1.25 per acre sixty
years ago. has grown nothing but
wheat and corn on 1t since and today
gets but two bushels of wheat and ten
of corn per acre. and even to get this
uaItry return has to let his land rest
part of the time at that to get its
breath. He was one of your practica,
fellows who followed in the agricul-
turaI ruts of his forefathers and had
no time for lead pencil farmers or ex-
pertinent station bulletins.