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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09
THE COOKS FAULT.
No Wonder the Bird Was Not Tender When Served,

No Wonder the Bird Was Not lender When Served.
 One of the most annoying things about swans is that they live to all extremely great age and that it is impossible for the ordinary observer to guess what their years may be. President Grover Cleveland once had an amusing experience with some swans, according 10 writer in the American Magazine He had been i'll the south shooting and brought home a number of wild swans. one of which he sent to each member of his cabi- net and to some other associates.
 All the boys" said Mir Cleveland. thanked me politely for having re- membered them. but none of them seemed to have much to say about how they enjoyed the birds
 Carlisle, l found, had his cooked on night when he was dining out. Another. when 1 asked him, said he hoped I wouldn't mind, but he had sent his home to his old mother. Thur Der didn't mention his bird at all for two days. Finally 1 asked him about It.
 "Thurber, did you get that swan all right
 ".Yes, sir-oh, yes, I got the swan all right, thank you and he bent over his desk and seemed very busy.
 "'Fine bird said
 ".Yes. sir. fine hird.' and he went on working.
 "'Enjoy eating him, Thurber:'
 "He waited minute. and then he said: Well. sir, guess they didn't cook him right at my house. They cooked him only two days And he went on working without cracking a smile
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09
WARRINER'S SHORTAGE
 MORE THAN S643.0OO

New York. Nov. S.-"The amour, of the dedication of C. l.. Warriner treasurer of the Big Four road at Cincinnati is $643,oOO,'' said Albert Harris, vice president of the road to- day.
 He has turned over property val ued at $100,000 and the surety con- pany on his bond must pay $5O,OOO The method which Warriner adopted was to cover a dedication in an item recorded cash in transit. At the end of each month there were con- siderable sums on the way to the treasurer from local agents.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09
l25,OOO MEN YO1f::
 FOR ANsINCREASE

Chicago, Nov. S.-More than l2o,- 900 conductors, brakemen and bag gagemen from the Mississippi river to the Atlantic ocean today began voting on the question of asking an increase in wages of from 10 to 12 per cent. while 25,000 fremen in the western district are voting on a p per cent increase and 2,oO0 sWltch men in Chicago have presented scale asking for an increase of hve cents per hour.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09

are in awful condition.
 We respectfully call the attention or Mayor Toney to the dangerous man holes at Second avenue and Ol- I've street, and urge him to give the matter his immediate attention. There IS no excuse for such negligence on the part of any of his subordinates. If they cannot remedy the trouble there. which is an easy matter to do. then the city ought to put red lights ov- CT the man holes and keep them there permanently. Unless this is done pedestrians are liable to sus- tain serious injury.
 gamwS and etand and then dartnd
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09
IS ENDED FOREVER

Take your sour, out-of-order stom- ach-or maybe you call it indigestion,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09
A Dandy of 177o.

From an English newspaper printed in the year TIT is the following de scription of dandy: "A few days ago macaroni made his appearance in the assembly rooms at Whitehaven. dressed in a mixed silk coat, pink satin waistcoat and brooches covered with an elegant silk net. white silk stock ings with pink clocks. pink satin shoes and large pearl buttons, mushroom colored stock covered with fine point lace, hair dressed remarkably high and stuck full of pearl pins.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE,

It does look rather strange that
 gerous man holes to remain open at
 dark corners, thus endanSerinS the
 lives of pedestrians. Strange as it
 may seem, two large man holes at
 Olive street and West Second avenue,
 are only partly covered and on Sun
 day night two prominent ladies of
 verely bruised. It is a miracle that
 they were not crippled for life. A
 little girl fell into one of these dan
 gerous openings in broad day light, and although she escaped injury she
 suffered a severe nervous shock. It
 was stated yesterday, authoratively. that the attention of the city officials has been repeatedly called to these
 dangerous excavations. Iron lids, covering only a small part of the op- enings were placed over them. One of the ladies who fell into the man hole at Olive street and West Second ave- nue Sunday evening shortly after dark, went into the opening up to her neck an dseveral persons who witnessed the accident declare that they thought she had been killed She had to be helped out of the hole by several pedestrians who were pass ing.
 Negligence on the part of the city officials in not placing red light over an excavation on West Bar raque street, between Walnut and Olive streets Friday night, came very near costing the lives of several fine horses and resulting in injury to sev- eral persons.
 Horses, buggies and wagons went into the ditch repeatedly for several hours and residents of that block l were kept awake throughout the night l by persons who were busy extricat- ing animals which had fallen or | were unsuspectingly driven into the | ditch. The absence of street lights | at that point and for several blocks along West Second avenue, and at various other dark and dangerous places over the city, makes it doubly dangerous to pedestrians and driv CTS and especially so when the city authorities are negligent in not doing their duty.
 More street lights are needed in thls city, on many streets and ave- nues The city council should provide them without further delay. IT "ouid De better to continue the city III deot and give the public some pro- lection and conveniences than to try 10 economize and boast about the excellent financial condition of the city treasury, Let's have more lights ana better service from some of our city officials, whose duty it is to close man holes and protect the people iron, personal injury.
 On West Second avenue for several olocks, 1t is so dark at night that ne. uestrians can hardly see their hands before. them. Utter darkness also applies to many other streets in the city, where lights are badly needed and where the streets and sidewalks
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09
Ettcaction.

Fruits fall to the earth because the earth attracts them Bubbles in a cup of tea stand around the sides of the cup because the cup attracts them The little bubbles gather about the large ones because the large bubbles attract the smaller ones. Why do the bubbles follow teaspoon? Because the spoon attracts them. Why are the sides of a pond covered with leaves, while the middle Is clear? Because the shore attracts the leaves to itself
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09
Utter Contempt,

T s'pose you wouldn't marry me If l were the only man on earth"'
 II wouldn't even be engaged to you, v responded the girl, If you were tho only man at a summer resort. .'-Louis. vile Courier Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09
Lots of Company.

Stranger-You must find 1t very lonely on these hills. Shepherd-Lone- E! No, I don't. Why. there was . man an a 'oss passed yesterday, an' there's you today.-London Punch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09
And the Parson Passed On.

And what are you here for, my friend?" asked the visiting parson of an inmate of reformatory.
 "'Cause I can't get out, thank you" replied the victim.-Ladies' Home Jour nal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09

Suffered day and night the torment of itching piles Nothing helped me until ] used Doan's Ointment. It cured me per manently. "-Hon John R. Garrett. Mayor. Glpard, Ala.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-11-09

Greatness is the ability to rect tAs unexpected.-Stowen
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17

A famous Chinese proverb says, "Ev-
erything is easy at first"
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
Forced Into | xiIe

VIM. Upchurch, of Glen Oak, Okla.
was an exile from home. Mountain
air, he thought would cure a fright
full lungracking cough that has defied
all remedies for two years. After
six months he returned, death dog
ging his steps. "Then began to use
DR.. Kings New Discovery. he
writes, "and after taking six bot
ties l am as we'll as ever" 1t saves
thousands yearly from desperate
lung diseases. Jnfallible for Coughs
and Colds, it dispels Hoarseness and
Sore Throat. Cures Grip, Bronchitis,
Hemorrhages, Asthma, Group, Whoop-
ing Cough, SOC and S1.0O. trial bottle
free, guaranteed by Benton N. We'll
don, druggist.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
ANSWER IT HONESTLY.
Are the Statements Of Smyrna
Citizens Not More Reliable
Than Those Of Utter
Strangers?

This is vital question.
1t is fraught with interest to
Smyrna.
1t permits of only one answer.
1t cannot be evaded or ignored.
A Smyrna citizen speaks here.
Speaks for the welfare of Smyrna.
A citizens statement is reliable.
An utter strangers doubtful.
Home proof is the best proof.
Thomas Davis, mail carrier, Main
St., Smyrna, Del, says: 81 have
used Doan's Kidney Pills with excel
lent results. l believe that this rem
edy should be in every home. Twen-
ty yeas ago l was troubled with my
kidneys and when l first learned of
Doan's Kidney Pills l was suffer-
ing severely The kidney secretions
were frequent in passage, disturbing
my rest at night and my back was
weak and lame, causing almost con-
stant misery. When l saw Doan' s
Kidney Pills so highly recommend l
procured a box at Clifton and Ray
mond's pharmacy and they did me
more good than any other remedy l
had ever used. Relief came quickly
and has been lasting"
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so cents. Foster Milburn Co, :,
Buffalo, New York, Sole Agents
in the United States.
Remember the name-Doan's--
and take no other.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17

1t is a question which causes moth
er the more worry-a boy so sick
that he is good or so thoroughly well
that he is bad.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
THE
THE
new YORK WORLD
THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION.
Read Wherever the English Language
Is Spoken.

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Hahas full markets, splendid cartoons and
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Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
Heat as a Healer.

Heat is one Of the most important of
stimulants TO living cells. The hot
bath is the commonest means of apply
ing heat as a therapeutic agent and is
useful in a great number of condi-
tions. especially to plethoric individ-
uals and in advanced tuberculosis,
The usefulness of local applications of
hot water is well known. The general
hot dOuche is a remarkable means Ia
bring blood to the surface of the body
to accelerate the circulation. etc.-Ex-
change.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
A ScaIded BOYS Shrleks

Mortified his grandmother, Mrs. Ma
ria Taylor, of Nebo, KY, who
writes that, when all thought he
would die, Bucklen's Arnica Salve
wholly cured him. Infalllible for
Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Corns, Wounds,
Bruises. Cures, Corns, Wounds,
Bruises. Cures Fever Sores, Boils,
Skin Eruptions, Chilblains, Chapped
Hands. Soon routs Piles. 25c at
Benton N. Weldon's drug store,
Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS.
Tuesdax. November 9.

The Carnegie Steel company issued
official notice of it's intention to build
an immense finishing mill plant at
Girard, Ohio, adjoining the Ohio works
at Youngstown, o.
Walter Hyde, twenty-eight years of
age, of Brooklyn N. Y. an attache of
the Barnum & Bailey shows, was killed
and placed on the tracks of the South.
ern railway near Central City park. at
Macon, Ca, according to Coroner
Young.
Charles w. Howell. charged with
holding up the clerks in the Great
Northern express Office at Seattle,
Wash. and stealing $4,000, was iden,
titled as the bandit who boarded a
Great Northern mail car at Bonner's
Ferry Idaho. on March Is, 1908, and
riAed the registered mail.
Wednesday, November 10.
Three trainmen were killed and
thirty-five persons injured in a wreck
at Kleinart's station, twenty miles
north of .Knoxville, Tenn.
After %hree minutes deliberation,
the jury in the case of Waverly Will.
der, a boy of sixteen years, charged
with killing George Swift at Norfolk,
Va, rendered a verdict of acquittal.
Walter Osborn, a wealthy lumber
dealer, shot and killed himself in a
loft in the warehouse Of the Byron w.
Green, Jr., Lumber company at New
York, of which he is vice president.
Thursday, November II.
Cash Moody, Of Berea, KY, killed
his wife with a butcher knife, set
fre to the house and took carbolic
acid.
The tipple and power house of the
Neff Coal company at Neffs. o., six
miles from Wheeling, w. Va, was
burned, entailing a loss of $125.O00
The body of Clarence Mcdowell
who disappeared from South Bend
Ind, a month ago. was found in the
st. Joseph river, with his skull
crushed.
Handsome and lavishly gowned
Maud DAILY, twenty-four. years old
tearfully pleaded guilty in police cour'
at Toledo, o., of shoplifting, and was
given an aggregate sentence of i'm
prisonment and fines, which, if full,
enforced. will require her to serve
nearly two years in the county jai
here.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
PRODUCE QUOTATIONS.
The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
end Live Stock.

The Latest Closing Prices For Produce
end Live Stock.
PHILADELPHIA - FLOUR steady;
winter low grades, S450O475; winter
clear, $4.900 $40; city mills, fancy
S6@6.25.
RYE FLOUR firm, at $4.S5Q45C
per barrel.
WHEAT steady; No. 2 red, $114@
1.16.
CORN steady; No. 2 yellow, / cal
71@7112c.
OATS quiet; No. 2 white, Acc; low
er grades, 441ac.
POULTRY: Live firm; hens, 14d
1415c.; old roOsters, lie Dressed firm;
choice fowls, 1515c.; old roosters, 12c
BUTTER weak; extra creamery
34c. per lb.
EGGS firm; selected, SO % 3Sc.,
nearby, 33c: western, 33c.
POTATOES steady, at $4,000. pc.
bushel.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
OFFICERS.

BENJAMIN Nields. President
yeunes 3. Clarlgon, Vice- President
Ssan 8, nosseii, See. q Trust OfnunaA
L Scott Townsend, Treasures.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17

You have been experimenting with
the oldfashioned "Cure-all" Condi-
tion powder long enough. It's time
you We're using the Modern, sensible
and Scientific kind, the Fairfield Blood
Tonics. A separate and Different
Conditioner for each kind of animal.
(Ask for Fairfeld's Free Book. Sold
under written guarantee by The Clay
ton Enterprise Company, Clayton,
Del.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
Card

This is to certify that all druggists
are authorized to refund your money
if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to
cure your cough or cold. 1t stops
the cough, heals the lungs and pre-
vents serious results from a cold,
prevents pneumonia and consumption.
Contains no opiates. The genuine
is in a yellow package. Refuse sub
stitutes. Sold by W. R Keys & Co.,
Clayton; all druggists, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
Live Stock Markets.

PITTSBURG (Union Stock Yards)-
CATTLE strong; choice, $65O@7.
SHEEP steady; lambs higher; prime
wethers, S450@4.65; culls and com
mon, $1.50M3; lambs, $5Q775; yea
calves, SSQ2.75.
HOGS active; prime heavies, $500
8.35; mediums and heavy Yorker
S8.2008.25; light Workers, $7.S5@790;
pigs. $7.7097S0; roughs, $70765.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
Mrs. Astor Wins Divorce Suit.


In the space of one minute by the
clock and without once mentioning
the names of either John Jacob Astor,
the millionaire social leader or of his
wife, Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, Jus.
tice Mills in New York granted an
interlOcutOry decree of divorce to
the latter and signed an order sealing
the papers so that the public shall
know nothing of the case.
The great wealth of the litigants
and the astuteness and diplomacy of
the lawyers engaged on both sides
combined to make the Astor divorce
one of the most remarkable court pro
ceedings ever witnessed in the state
If not in the country.
1t is said that the court has ordered
that Mrs Astor is to have custody OF
Muriel Ava Alice Astor, her seven
year-Old daughter, and Colonel AstoI
will take charge of Vincent, the son
who is at present cruising with his
father on the yacht Nourmahal in
West Indian waters.
1t is q question which causes a moth
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
Friday, November IL.

Friday, November II.
Lucian Pickett, the convicted biga
mist, was sentenced in Cleveland o.
to three years in the penitentiary and
fined $500.
Fire destroyed a building in the stock
yards in Chicago owned by Armour &
Co., and used for storing fertilizer
The loss is estimated at 100000.
A correspondence school for minis
terial students is an innovation which
is to be started in Chicago in connec
tion with tbe Chicago Theological sem
mary by the Congregational church.
Negroes of the United States will
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary oi
the Emancipation Proclamation in
1913 with a mammoth exposition at
Macon, Ga, if a movement launched
by the Georgia State Agricultural ami
Industrial association is carried out.
Saturday, November 13.
The Bank of Norden, S. D., was rob
bed of $23S4, the safe and building be
ing wrecked completely.
Three italian track laborers were
struck and killed by a train on the
Erie railroad near Guynard, N. Y.
Mrs. Ann Coker shot and fatally
wounded James Coker, her husband
at Knoxville, Tenn, whom she met in
company of his first wife, divorced fif.
teen years ago.
An attempt to burn alive Professor
James Payne, a colored Spiritnalist OF
Chicago and his family was made by
persons who poured kerosene over the
porch of the Paynehome and in the
hallway and then set fire to the place
Monday, November IS.
The Massachusetts supreme cour
denied a new trial to Chester S. Jor
dan, convicted of numbering his wife
in September, 1908.
Because Indians are threatening ar
outbreak in Manitoba women and chill
dren are being sent in canoes from
Hazelton to Prince Rupert.
The SEVENTEEN anniversary of the
birth of President Joseph F. Smith. ot
the Mormon church, was informally
observed at Salt Lake City.
Convicted of embezzlement, George
o. Lamprecht, a Cleveland, broker
whose firm failed for $1,5O0,0OO, wa!
given three years In the penitentiary
The general committee of foreign
missions of the Methodist Episcopa
church, meeting at Albany, N. Y, ap
pOrtioned over $S25,000 for next year!
work.
Smyrna times., 1909-11-17
Capital s6OO.OOO Surplus SOOV, 900

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ENTHUSIASTICALLY SPEAKING.

Il will ask you. Mr.. Yipsley," said
the attorney for the defense. where
this alleged Transaction took place"
In Joe Perrine's grocery store" an
swered the witness.
How do YOU happen 10 know"
Il was there"
Just so. You were there. What
were you doing there?"
%. / was Just sitting around the
stove, kind o loafing. you know"
You were merely sitting around the
stove. were your"
Yes. sir"
You are sure OF that?"
Yes. sir"
That is as true as anything you
have testified in this case, is it?''
Yes, sir"
Now, then, Mr.. Yipsley," Numbered
the attorney, rising to his feet, lean
Ing forward, and shaking a long fore
finger in the face OK the witness. will
you be good enough to tell this jury
how a man can sit around a stove?"
Gentlemen" said the imperturbable
Mr.. Yipsley, turning to the jury, IAN
ordinary man might not be able to do
II: but IL you think can't sit around
stove. or anything else that amt
more'n three feet wide. gentlemen.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-06-05
Potato Chocolate Cake-

DO not be afraid TO try this cake be
cause it sounds queer It is delicious
and win keep indefinitely Twothirds
OF a cup Cf butter two cups Of granu-
lated sugar. one cup OF mashed pota-
toes, hot. one-half cup OF sweet milk.
two cups OF -four, four eggs. two tea
spoons baking powder. heaping. one
half cake OF unsweetened chocolate.
one-half teaspoon each OF cloves and
cinnamon, one cup OF chopped walnut
meats Mix sugar and butter 90 a
cream. Add eggs and milk. then po-
tato mashed smooth and hot: also
chocolate which has been allowed 10
dissolve over the teakettle Flour.
baking powder. spice and nuts. Bake
iu a moderate oven.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-06-05
IT is TO SMILE.

In walking through a train. a smile
always relieves the tension OF the mo-
ment-even II II is the train OF your
hostess best dinner gown.
A smile is frequently used to con
ceal a vacuum. II It is broad smile,
however. IL defeats its purpose.
II your newly married friends In
sist upon your holding the baby, grab
the infant firmly by the back OF the
neck and smile. The parents will re.
move the child at once.
II your dinner partner is talking
over your head, smile. He will prob
ably grow uncomfortable Immediate
ly and change the subject.
II your rival appears TO be cutting
you out OF the only girl, smile. This
viii rouse her suspicious at once, and
she will devote the rest OF her time
trying TO find out who that girl is.
A smile is a handy thing To have
round. even when It is as broad as IL
Is long II may square a IOng-stAnd-
Ing grievance. - Barbara Blair, in
Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-06-05

one quart OF small thin pieces Of
cold boiled or roast beef Season with
salt and pepper. put into a buttered
earthern dish and pour over IL this
sauce. two scant tablespoons -four.
STIR together I'LL brown. Add one
pint hot water. stir and boil three
minutes. Spread over the top the FOL
lowing mixture. Eight good-sized po-
tatoes, boiled and mashed. one cup
boiling milk, one tablespoon butter.
salt and pepper TO taste Bake 30
minutes. l add chopped onion 10 the
meat, but some might not care for
that
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1909-06-05

Much Of Nest Nltrit cls Part Of Ve5e.
table Is in t.

The water in which pared potatoes
have been boiled should never be
wasted. as it contains much OF the
most nutritious part OF the potato. but
10 is usually thrown away. except
when used for bread To make a
delicious, wholesome gravy when
milk is scarce lift out the potatoes
carefully with a fork. setting the dish
in the oven to dry the potatoes and
keep them warm. Thicker the potato
water with -four and season with salt
and butter For a savory. n0urishing
soup. mash a few potatoes and put
them back into the water in which
they were boiled. season with onion.
celery salt OF the water In which
celery tops have been boiled. and add
cream or milk and butter This is one
OF the most palatable and economical
soups that can be made. II the soup
Is not wanted Immediately the potato
water can be saved for the next meal
or until the next day. or the soup can
be made at once. as it is equally good
warmed Up for a lateral meal