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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-12-30
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For Sore Throat, Hoarseness, Bron- chills, Plurisy and Pneumonia, use Pneumo Enollient, at all druggists. Price 5Nc and $1.00 l2-14-1m.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-12-30

B. s. Brannon, Proprietor of the Home Bar, has recovered from an ill., ness of several days duration.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-12-30

They are never alone that are accom- panied by ncule thoughss.-Sir Philip Sidney.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-12-30

''auRered day and Wisns the torment ~ ltchins plies. Nothing hetred me wott' ~s..f NNAn's Ointment. k cured ne DIT. snanentiy ~-Hcu- Jchu B. Garrett, Mayor. 0tros6. Ato-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-12-30

Accidents will happen. nut the best -rtgu- atcd families keep Dr. Thomas Electric oil for such emergencies. It snhdnes the pain and heals the hurts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-12-30

W.ANTED-YoUNG MAN WILLING
 to work and capable of quick pro- motion. Apply l04 Pine street. AL
 so few solicitors. l2-3o-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-12-30

Harsh physics react. weaxens the bowls cause chronic constipation. Doans Hesu lets operate easily. tone the stomach. cure them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
THE WORM TURNED.

Strange things happen and strange changes take place in this world of ours, but one of the most unexpected news items we have recently read was to the effect that a farmer in an auto mobile had run over city man and badly injured him. As all of us know, there has been complaints from the ru- ral districts of all parts of the coun- try that the city man In their large and fine machines were a menace to the country people. It was charged that these machines not only frighten- ed horses but that they had no regard for human life and would not try to avoid running down any one who chanced to be in their way. It may be that not all these complaints and charges were we'll founded, but there is little doubt that many of them were.
 Now, to be told of farmer going in- to a city, buying an auto and running it over one of the town people looks like the old saying about the worm turning has come true. We have not seen all the details of the Incident and do not know whether it was awk ward ness, ignorance or design that actu- ated the man. It is possible that he had no practical knowledge of the red devil" sort of wagon and did not know how to manage 1t. He had seen them skimming and footing along the high ways and thought 1t as easy to guide and control one as to push a wheel barrow, and this one shied at the wrong time and struck the man. Such things happen to those most competent to manage the vehicles; and 1t Is also fact that the machines themselves are sometimes to blame. No mach inery is perfect, and the machinery of an auto Is no exception. so that in this case the most careful and experienced driver might not have been able to avoid the accident that occurred.
 And yet one cannot avoid a sort of sly suspicion that 1t was not accident or the fault of the machine in this in stance This farmer may have had some unpleasant experiences with such things out in the country. He may have had runaways on the part of frightened teams. may have had stock killed, and possibly had been forced to climb trees or leap dItches to save his own skin. If any or all these expert ences had come to him he was doubt less sore over the memory and when an opportunity came to him to bowl over one of the town fellows te em- braeed 1t gladly and made. 2 thrilling
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1909.

Another polar record has been made. and all previous records broken. ac- cording to the news sent out from Lon- don last Tuesday. The announcement that an expedition penetrated to within Ill miles of the South Pole, was in the nature of a surprise. and full details of the trip will be full of interest The fact that this expedition reached lat itude much farther south than any previous one had ever done is an evil dence of what modern methods may enable determined men to accomplish, and it may be that the information and experience thus gained will be suf- ficient to ensure the discovery of the actual pole at no distant day. What Lieutenant Shackleton accomplished will serve as a fresh stimulus to other fearless and adventurous explorers, and we may reasonably expect further discoveries in the near future. What Commander Peary may do in the other direction remains to be seen, but the chances are against his making such a record as the Englishman did.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
Goals Contribution to History.

The Metropolitan.
 The first mention of coal in the an nals of mankind occurs in the Bible, Proverbs xxvI. 21. and is as follows; to kindle strife" This was written about iol6 B. c. at the time King solomon came into. power. Part of his dominion was Syria, and ancient coal mines are worked in that country to- ces to coal in the Bible. all of later date Tools and cinders have been found near the Roman wall indicating that the Britons were familiar with the use of coal prior to the Roman invasion in 54 B. C.
 The first actual record of coal transaction Is the receipt for twelve Abbot of Peterborough A. D. s52, .
 Years before the Christian era coal was in common use in China. Anthra- cite is powdered, mixed with wet clay in the sun and the poor use this fuel in little hand furnaces precisely as they did centuries ago. Marco Poio speaks of seeing in 1275, "a kind of burn better than wood" Marco rolo's
 The earliest historic mention of coal in the United States Is by the French Jesuit missionary. father, Hennepin traces of coal appearing on the banks of the Illinois river, and makes the site of a Cole mine" on the James river. near Richmond. the first mine opened for the market In 1766, an thracite was discovered in the Wyo. sent to Thomas and William Tenns in |
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
KING COTToN,s THRONE. Is 1t Here, or in Lands Where H
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Daniel Sully in The Cosmopolltan.

Daniel Sully in The Cosmopolitan.
 In all discussion regarding cotton, two facts are paramount-frst, that cotton controls the world. and. second. that the nations that reap a prodigal harvest from the sale of cotton goods depend upon America for the raw sup ply.
 realize the significance in the fact that alien nations that never saw a cotton plant have long since entered the Kingdom of cotton and now divide do- minion among themselves, excluding the United States where the cotton is grown. S #E-" n =s
 The contest among the powers today is for trade, and cotton In some form inconceivable that other nations can so on at the expense of America win ming trade trtumphs with 2 commodity which they do not naturally possess, which they cannot obtain in sufficient quantities outside of the United States and which they could not manufacture at profit but for the fact that we sell the product near and at times even below the, cost of raising 1t.
 An analysis of this trade in cotton goods reveals that of our exports more than $s,o0o,000 worth consists of un- bieached cloths, while of our imports finer fabrics. including embroideries laces and curtains.
 Altogether. the figures show that sndea was we Ws s1pS5teS pooeSer in & as ten SSn6 worth of the output of our cotton mills the nations sold to us almost 1Oe per cent. more than we sold them.
 It is a srotesque and almost unbe- lievable item in the commerce of this age that resourceful nation like America, the producer of the worlds cotton, hould buy back s2 worth oi cotton goods for every S1 worth it ships abroad. Now Is the time foI American statesmen. American genius to awaken. The dawn of the cotton century is here,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
The Art of Conversation.

There Is no place where the art of conversation is subjected to greater strain than in making or receiving a call. Long experience and much cb- servation convince me that not man ! people are equal to the demand. If you are calling 1t Is required of you that you make yourself agreeable; II you are called upon, you are to make your caller welcome. This seems sim pie. But it is really q test of caeaeity and somewhat of quality. The wealth CT Is n common platform; but convsr' sation must not be allowed 10 finger there. To get down or up to weignti- CT matters is attended with peril Have you not noticed how often the first effort plpngss into perplexity' There are subtle discords of temper ament or taste or opinion that begin to show; and unless one or the otheF Is quick of grace and tact some abrR- sion Is inevitable. And how grievout 1t is when all the concessions must be made by one side. Some otherwise excellent people have habit of as senting to what you may advance in terms that make you feel the poverty of your ideas in comparison with the improvements they Immediately sug. gest. And no guide book is the least help. To learn to swim you must ven ture into the water, at risk of drown inRi
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
AMERICAN TARIFF LAWS
By Frederic J. Haskin.
N.. The Morrill, Tariff

that the measure could not stand on its own merits, so it was coupled onto the internal revenue bill, and in that shape 1t went through the House with flying colors. It did not encounter se- rious obstruction thereafter. and was signed by President Grant in July, 1870. There was additional tariff legislation in 1872. during the consideration of which the Senate and House were at loggerheads over the constitutional prerogative of the House to originate revenue legislation. At this time, how ever. 1t was to the interest of the House leaders to uphold the Senate. even to the extent of amending to the point of entire substitution. There was as much parliamentar sparring over the bill of 1872 as ever there was over any tariff bill of Its kind that Congress has passed.
 Again in 1875 a tariff act was pass. cd. It repealed the 10 per cent reduc- tion that had been made by the act of 1872. Party lines were ignored in both branches of Congress when the meas ure came up. The late Senator Allison and Senator John Sherman were among those who voted with the free traders on thls bill.
 From 1875 to 1881 the House of Rep resentatives was Democratic. and from 1879 to 1881 the Democrats also con trolied the Senate. During those years and the two that followed, there was much manoevering for position on the tariff question, but as one of the three branches Of government that must concur In Legislation was always of the opposite political faith, there could be nothing accomplished. William R. Morrison, who afterward drew the cell ebrated horizontal bill, brought for ward measure in 1876 that never got further than the talk stage. In the next Congress Fernando Wood. of New York. introduced a measure that was considered in the House but a motion to strike out it's enacting clause was carried and the measure was thus killed.
 In 1882 Congress created the Tariff Commission, composed of men who were not members of Congress- The Commission travelled all over the coun- try as far west as St. Paul. visiting twenty-nine cities ana hearing over 500 witnesses who talked to the extent of some 2.6o0 pages! The Commission recommended reduction of 25 per cent in the average duties. The following session of Congress was the short one. The forty eighth Congress was al- ready elected. and was overwhelmingly Democratic. Things were stormy in the House, and to secure the passage of the bill, 1t was necessary to bring in one of the worst gag rules the House has ever seen. The Senate Democratic members of the Conference Committee refused to serve. William Mckinley was one of the Republicans who voted against the measure. and Samuel J. Randall. Pennsylvania Democrat. voted for 1t. The bill became a law only few minutes before final adjournment. Copyright, 1909, by Frederic J. Has,
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 TOmOrrow--American Tariff Laws.
 XIT--Morrison's Horizontal BilI.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
Not Much Public Land Left.

American Revfew Of HeVieWs
 Of the public land, some s15. 900 600 acres or one-sixth or the orlglnal ter is 'o too arid for settlement on the origi- nal plan. Of State land, the amount Is limited, save swamp and overflow tracts that can hardly be settled by
 Over 75.O00 900 acres of wet lands might be reclaimed to form homes for 10. 0oO. 900 people, while r., 40; oOO;9oS Or Or irripsted to sustain as many more, but this cannot be done by individual or family pioneering. and must be done. If at all. either at collective cost in the nuhiic interest or by corporate enter prise for personal interest No longer is Uncle Sam rich enough to give us ail a farm" his princely possession or A century past is already given.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
This Date in History
March 2S.

1s21--John Carver reelected Gov ernor of Plymouth colony.
 1634-Lord Baltimore's first colony landed in Maryland.
 1655--Battle at Annapolis, Md, be- tween Puritans and Royalists.
 1744-Lotteries were authorized by law in Massachusetts.
 1s25--The University of Virginia was opened for students.
 1S54--Oakland, California. incorpor- ated city. .te
 is5s--Kansas State constitutions convention met at Mineola. and ad- iourned to Leavenworth.
 lss3-Confederates captured Brent wood, Tenn.
 ls65-Fort steadman. near Peters burg, Va, captured by the Confeder- ates and recaptured by the Federals.
 1s72-First issue of The Chicago In- ter-Ocean.
 lss6-Joseph W. Drezel, Philadelphia banker and philanthropist, died.
 1s94-Coxey's Army of the Com monwealth" started from Massillon, O., for Washington, D. c.
 1908-President Roosevelt sent q message to Congress urging corpora tion and industrial Legislation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
CONSULAR EXAMINATIONS.
No Change TO Be Made in Policy (
 State Department.


 State Department.
 Washington Correspondence New York
 Evening Post.
 President Taft will retain and extend the Roosevelt policy of requiring com petitive civil service examinations for This service was rescued from the spoils system by an Executive order of June '. 1906. The terms of this order will be kept in effect. and 1t is not im- probable that Secretary Knox will de- wise other safeguards and provisions which will eliminate all political ap- pointments whatsoever to any consular office. These assertions are made upon the best possible authority.
 The postponement of the consular examination scheduled for March was purely matter of decorum. but gave rise to a report that the new adminis- tration had decided upon restoring the consular offices to the spotlsmen and making them part of the patronage of Senators and Representatives.
 Reasons for postponing the exami- nations of applicants for places in the consular service are simple. Under the practice of the State Department candi- dates for this examination were desig mated two months ago. The new ad- ministration came into office a day or two before the time set for the exami- nation to be held. Under the circum- stances 1t was thought best to avoid possible complications by canceling the designations of candidates and order ing a new examination. Possibly the entire list of candidates will be re- named when another competitive ex- amina tion Is ordered. It Is probable however. that Secretary Knox win re- gard the precedent of the department and make his designation of candidates two months befoe the examination is held.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
This q Ny 6lst Birthday
Isham Randolph.

lsham Randolph, one of the noted Engineering experts who accompanied president-elect Taft on his inspection Clarke county. Virginia, March 2s. 1S48. Educated only by his mother and by few months attendance in the his scientific career as a farmer boy of twenty. and in the capacity of an axe man in the survey ot the Baltimore q Ohio Railroad. Within four years by the closest application to his studies, he had risen from the stake driving stage to that of engineer in the same service. In 1880 he was called to Chi- cago as chief engineer of the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad. and In 1901 he was appointed consulting en- gineer of the road in whose employ he began his career. Later he served as chief engineer of the sanitary dis trict of Chicago. MT. Randolph is re- garded as one of the foremast Ameri- can authorities on excavations and bridges.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
Keeping the Record Straight.

Houston Post.
 The Montgomery Advertiser says a burglar recently stole cabbages from the garden of the Old women's home near San Antonio. and that "it was a meaner act than taking candy away record straight, it is proper to say that the theft of growing vegetables from the garden cultivated by the aged and dependent inmates of the Old Women's home did not take place near San Antonio. The crime was perpetrated fin Galveston.
 There is no division of opinion as to the grade of meanness to which the act Chicago. long known as the most criminal town in the world. have been thoroughly searched by the offiicals there and the declaration is that Chicago's meanest man never approxi- mated an act of such inexpressibie de- pravity.
 We understand the Professor Lon- brosa has devoted much time to the deed of Galveston's vegetable thief anJ holds to the opinion that no crimi- nal brain could possibly originate a more despicable crime.
 But we desire our contemporary to San Antonio that the deed occurred.
 As throwing further light on the situation. we call especial attention to the vegetables. If he tells the truth and 1t is to be hoped for the credit of the human race he is telling the truth -he did not know the garden belonged it was the garden of the orphan asy- lum. We are left to infer that while he was willing to rob the orphans, even he would have halted at so ap- growing vegetables from a garden cul- tivated by the aged and dependent in- mates of the Old Women's home:
 As heinous an offense as stealing NA.k kYAes hw hA [ can be readily seen that 1t could not approximate in infamy the robbery of aged and dependent women. Orphan children at least have life and oppor- youth, strength and the prospect of health. wealth and happiness. Not so with the aged and dependent inmates of the ola Women's home. Bent, feeble, ill wrinklej and gray. they lin ger near the western horizon of life watching the lengthening shadows. No respendant sun mounting to the meridian, no happy days nor nights ,or Of merely press with weary feet toward the eternal twilight Their chief comfort lies in cultivating few but from a desire to keep In touch with some form of life and growth. They could see in the sprouting.. radishes: turnips and onions dim retiection or fruits of the labor of their feeble hands promised them the slight comfort af- foried by the reflection that they were still able to perform some service In the world
 And then to have their vegetables stolen by some bold, but undeniably brilliant thief-well, it passes under standing. And to think that 1t hap pened within forty-eight miles of Houston It makes the soul sick to think about 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
Man of Sixty Not Aged.

New Yorker, signing himself Con necticut," takes exception to the habit to a man of 60 as aged. and thus ex- presses his views in The New York Times:
 We often run across paragraph in some daily paper in which the cal cal than himself as "the aged couple of 50 years, etc. This Is careless and misleading writing. for great many good people are yet actively gong contrary, notwithstanding who never again will see so. or even 70, years. Therefore 1t is better to speak accord ing to the facts and not by random and slipshod writing to convey the idea years is ready to be passed over to the dust heap.
 Tt is not to be wondered at that so many kill themselves by immoderate eating, drinking, indulgences. pleas ure, or work, but the writer knows and can name some that are well and hear ty in this city, active, able. sound in mind and body, and wtthal young look- tieman comes frequently to New York and takes Turkish and electric bath weekly, and he is past s2; Another vigorous specimen. about 20, yet hate and able 10 attend to his financlal aI- fairs, went to Europe year or so since, ani may do so again for aught I know to the contrary.
 "Every man is not just like every other man as to his heredity. endur- ance, ability or understandins, nor does every one alike lead a temperate life and treat himself to the same amount of care; hence one lasts longer than does another. There Is small doubt but that 8 mans way or living can shorten or lengthen the span of human life from ten to twenty or more years" ,.,- expresses truths which are undeniaole Some men. are old at 50. even 4V' wnlie others are capable of their best efforts at three-scoreN There are men In Nashville much beyond 60 whose men, tality is now at its best.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25

One of the largest churches in Mas worship all women who refuse to re- move their hats before entering the church auditorium. The trustees say that the fancy millinery of the pres ent time attracts so much attention that women spend more time examin- ing hats than they do listening to the sermon" What will the trustees do with the declarations of Paul in the 1lth Chapter 1st Epistle to the Co., rinthi ians wherein 1t is said but every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoreth her head"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25

Now comes the announcement that the present administration will aban- don the suit against Standard oil in Illinois; suit instigated by the great trust-busting administration which Is now only an unpleasant and unsavory memory. All of us remember the blare of the Roosevelt trumpets, the roar of Roosevelt drums and the deafening rattle of Roosevelt musketry. all of which was intended to keep the coun- try in mind of the fact that Standard oil was to be slugged. blg-sticked, de- horned and declawed and generally put into a condition where it could do no more harm. And all of us, also, who have in any manner kept up with the business know what a miserable f1asco the whole thing has been. Now we are told that the requiem is about to be sung and the last funeral rites per- formed over the corpse of the dead litigation. It is very sad.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-25
Birth of the German Navy.

LondOn GIoDe.
 Some idea of the wonderful progress of the German navy is gained when one realizes that Vice Admiral Rein hold von Werner, whose death Is an nounced at the age of 84. saw prac- tically the birth of that navy as we now know it. When the German fleet was sold by auction in 1852 Werner secured a commission in the new Prus- sion navy and during the war with Denmark he commanded one of the three steam frigates. then the principal ships of the Prussian navy: At the date of the formation of the federal navy Werner was director of backwards at Danzig Tn 1869. however. the de- ceased vice admiral returned to active service, and at the time of his retire ment in 1878 he held the command of the Baltic station. He devoted the last thirty years of his life to the patriotic task of popularizing the Idea of that sea power which he had seen grow from Insignificant proportions to a strength which has done so much to stimulate the shipbuilding of other na- tions. He was a prolific writer, and his authorship extended over a long period Even at the time of the battle of Jasmund he attracted attention by work on the Prussian navy. its present and It's future.