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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-28
SPARED BY THE ENEMY.
A Dramatic Incident In the Career of
 General de GaIlifet.

It was on that fatal day. Sept. l. 1870. that GcncrIi de GalIitct distin- guiShed himself hy commanding the cavalry charges intended 10 clear the elevation at lily, with the view of opening q passage toward Eloin@, where ii was hoped the army might re treat. The first chai9e overthrow the Ei@hty-third regiment of the lruS$ianS and penetrated among the German troops. but the latter formed again rapidly after the retirement of the French cavalry.
 General Ducrot then asked if they could renew the charge with what re- maincd of the light cavalry and hus- sars. and then Gallifet answered in the words that have become historic. "As often as you wish. general. as long as a man remainS!' The second charge was not so successful as the first. Only few men. with their gen eral at their head. succeeded in pene sra ting the first ranks of the enemy. It is known that :he king of Prussia, who was watching the battle from the top of the hill of Marfce, exclaimed with admiration, "Oh, les braves gens.'
 Just at this moment an astonishing event occurred in the midst of the bat tie. AS Gallifet was returning with few survivors. their horses for the most part wounded or foundcred. he passed before the Nassau regiment. The rrussian officers ordered their men to cease fire and even struck up some of their guns. The French Sa- lutcd and shouted. "Nive Iempcreur" and the German officers acknowledge the salute. some of them applaudng- West minister Gazette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-28
4 Mite"

The difficulties experienced hy our forefatfsers ia trying to reckon money in very small proportions appear in the various values given tQ 8 mite in the sixteenth and seventeenth cen tury books of commercial arithmetic, The original "rite" seems to have been third of a Flemish penny. hut the use of the word for the widow < coin of the New Testament made it, regular English meaning half far thing. and some old people may rc- member applying the name to the short lived nineteenth century coins Of that value. Tn these old arithnlf tte books "nite" stands fer various v2j- ues nof represented by actual coins. but obviously used in reckoning. X work Of l70G makes t one-tWelfth ot a penny. two sixteenth century hooks one-sixth of q farthing, and in lti7f Jeako's arithmetic made it as !htle as one Sixty-foNr,h of a perny.-Lon- ddn ChroH:&,c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-28
Hereic Treatment.

Tn Guiana f q child is slow ill ifs movements tbe parents apply an an' to the e.hi:d instead of 6 whip to Inak" it move faster. This little ant bifeS more cvUelly than mosquito. and it's bite is apt 10 be troublesome after ward. AS you can imagine, this treat ment does not make the child kind to others, and tine children of Guiana are said to he particularly cruel 10 ami malls. The little boys in Guiana do not reckon their age by years, but by their ability to endure pain. Until he gets to the point where he can let the Eucl ant biIe h!m without wincing he is considered merely baby.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-28
A Mean ErienG.

.'All the dust flies up my nose.''
 "Well, Cholly. maybe the city viii pay you to parade the streets. Per haps. instead of sweeping it would be better to clean them by vacuum proc ess. "-Kansas City Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-28
Sympathy.

11e-1t was a frightful moment when I received your letter telling me oi the insuperable obstacle to our mar riage. would have shot myself but ! had no money to buy revolver. She-Dearest, if only you had let rnr know -Simplicissimus.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-28
All the Difference.

"My wife is very bad" said man at .he Bloomsbury county court.
 'You mean she is very ill. hope she is not bad" replied the magistrate sympa hpticallv.- London Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-28
st, Louis Centennial October } to 3, l900

The St. Louis Centennial October 5 versary of the incorporation ohe City tH Louis The scale which this celebration damned and the pendor the event WI" attract housahas ol visitors extraordinarily varied ana hcudes special Centennial paeeants motor s magnificent erDagNM
 Every prominent organization planning special Of
  with special music fire wor aniMnt Examinations night . fail October 3os- will be of ! enter
Holbrook argus., 1909-03-23
To Start Work on Parker
 Cutoff

Phoenix, Ariz. Mar. 9-Simul- taneousl V with the order of E. H. Hartman to complete the P. & E. line, comes the news that work on the Parker cut off, which was suspended recently, is shortly to recommence.
 Grading outfits are assembled at Bengal and Parker and the ut-off will be completed before the end of the summer. Yards for construction purposes are laid out at the California end of the bridge and the Santa Fe has posted notice that freight ship mentS will be received to that point. The grade has been com pleted from Parker into he desert for a mile or more and the laying of steel is to follow.
 It is believed that this means that Phoexix will be on the main line just as soon a., the Box Can yon link is completed
Holbrook argus., 1909-03-23
SerNisn Proverbs.

Some of the Servian proverbs are interesting. Che is: What is taken by force or unjustly is cursed" Others are as follows: God does not settle his accounts with men every Saturday but the day comes or which he settles them;" The devil never sleeps;" Where big bells ring the little bells are not heard" Boast to stranger, complain only to d friend;' 'Ii you wisi. 10 know what a man is, place him in authority" Who readily lies readily steals" an1 Tn evil days the man shows what he is. Another of theiS sayings: The fools build the houses, the wise men buy them when they are ready" would probably in this country be re- versed.
Holbrook argus., 1909-03-23
Fire Threatens Mesa City

About II o'clock Saturday night fire broke out in an old lumber building in the rear ofthe band stand, near the new Chand- Ter building. One man, d Mexi- can, was burned to death. For a time it seemed as though the whole town would be con ;umed in flames, and it was only the he rOic work of Mesa citizens that saved the entire town from de- struction. Just what caused the fire is unknown, but it is sup posed that it started from cig- arette.
Holbrook argus., 1909-03-23
May Build Into Mexico.

Phoenix, March 9.-It is one of the extreme possibilities of the immediate future that physical steps will be taken toward the completion of the Rock Island and Frisco systems from Kansas City direct to the City of Mexico. News of such intent comes first hand from an authority who re- fuses to disclose identity but who can hardly be disputed
 There have been published be- fore rumors to the effect that the Rock Island and Frisco have en- deavored to find a way across the border at Brownsville and build to Tampico, with Mexico City as the ultimate destination. To make this span it will be nec- essarv to build from Tampico to some station on the Mexican railway, which will give the pro- jectors the shortest line from Mexico City to Kansas City and the east.
Holbrook argus., 1909-03-23
African 6 alt.

Mons. Lapic ue i-forms the French Society of Biology that 25,000,00O hu- man bein-s in the Congo region com monly employ salt of potassium in stead of salt of sodium for seasoning their food. They obtain this salt from the ashes of certain plants. Recently since the opening up of the country, ordinary salt has been largely i'm ported, but the negroes regard it as in sipid, and abandon with regret the use of their familiar ashes. They take the imported salt only because it Is cheap.-Youth's Companion.
Holbrook argus., 1909-03-23
Chinatown Destroyed

Tucson, Arizona, March g.
 The cries of a pet cat, which first discovered the blaze that destroyed Chinatown at 4 O. clock this morning, awakened Yet Lee: e::and his family, consist ing of a wife and two children and saved them from death in the flames. It was with difficulty that they escaped from their sleeping quarters in their store which was destroyed together with other buildings Tn the block.
 The historic joss house, the grocery stores of Yet Lee and Ram Wo and abode buildings
Holbrook argus., 1909-03-23
New Courthouse and Jail

Last Monday the board of su pervisors adopted plans for q jail for Moha,e county and are ad- vertising for bids for its tsconstruc- tion.
 Plans were also submitted for a new court house but no action was taken at this time .-Mohave County Miner.
Holbrook argus., 1909-03-23
A Terrible Threat.

You say your titled son-in-law holds threats oyer you?"
 "Yes," answered Mir. CumroX. "He has us where we can't give him any argument at all. Mother and the girls say we must yield TOT the sake of the family honor"
 "ls there-er skeleton in the clos et?''
 Not at all. He simply announces that unless he has his own way he'll get natralized and be a plain American citizen"
Holbrook argus., 1909-03-23
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owned by the Sol Warren estate, were destroyed, causing a loss estimated at from $lO,OOO to SIS, eco.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12

ton in the shows of that period OF
late years their popularity has been
somewhat on TIE wane, the Orping.
tons, on account OF their smooth legs,
having somewhat taken their place.
In the colder regions breeders were
attracted to them because they proved
rather good winter layers; in our
climate, however, this advantage has
never been pronounced. In shape and
size they much resemble the Brahmas,
the line of differentiation being lar
ger abundance of feathering and
rather rounder contour of body. Pro
fuse feathering at first attracted the
fancy, which was carried to almost alb
normal proportions. The hens are in
veterate sitters, and hence would be
good mothers only for the fact that
they are somewhat clumsy, hence
often break eggs and smother their
young. When once on their feet they
are hardy race and easy to grow. AS
table fowl, they rank with the Asiatics
generally, furnishing good carcass
of fine flavor and good grain. As
exhibition fowl, all the varieties are
attractive in the show pen, and are
handsome on a run of green grass. As
a commercial breed they have OF late
years been somewhat eclipsed by the
American and English classes.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
HATFIELD GETS FIVE YEARS
Makes Earnest Appeal to the Court
in His Own Behalf.

Los Angeles.-With an eloquent plea
that he had committed crime and was
willing to take his medicine, but implor-
ing the court to release him from prison
before he became a gray-haired old man,
J. w. Hatfield, one of the last survi-
vors of the famous Hatfield Mccoy feud
in Kentucky, and rough rider who
fought at San Juan, told Judge Davis in
the superior court that he had run away
with 14-year-old Pearl Eastman, because
he wanted to marry her. He was SEN
fenced to five years in San Quentin, the
minimum under the law
Hatfeld's brief and simple recital of
the story of his life brought tears to the
eyes of the listeners.
Il have done wrong," the prisoner
said, Il want to be sentenced, Judge,
and to serve a prison term; but / don't
want to come out from prison a white
haired man. / want a chance to be a
good citizen and to help my old mother
when I come out.
Il want to marry this girl. She was
willing, but her grandparents would not
let us. / was hired man on their
place at Ventura. When her grandfa-
ther opposed our marriage, we ran away.
Back in Kentucky that was no crime"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
MAY SCOURGE UNITED STATES
Rigorous Measure Must Be Taken to
Stop Spread of Pellagra.

Columbia, S. C.-"While we regard
Mr.. Rockefeller's princely gift for the
eradication of the hook worm at its
true value, we say one million dollars
for the battle against the disease OF
pellegra would be far more valuable"
declared Col E. j. Watson, South Caro-
lina's commissioner of agriculture, COM
merce and industries, in an address on
the economic factors in the pellagra
problem in South Carolina, before the
first national conference on pellagra,
which opened here Wednesday, with an
attendance of three hundred prominent
physicians and scientists representing
more than a third of the States and the
United States government. Colonel Wat
son has made careful study of pellagra
because of the generally accepted theory
that it is due to the consumption OF I'M
pure corn and corn products. He declared
that not only the Federal government,
but the corn consuming States as well,
must put into force rigorous inspection
Of corn and corn products.
In this view, Colonel Watson has the
support of the eminent physicians and
scientific investigators attending the con-
ference. All agree that radical measures
must be taken, and without delay, to
prevent the spread of this disease.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
STUDYING s0UTH's ROADS
Government Engineers Will Tour
Southern States.

Washington.-The Department OF Ag-
riculture today started road engineer
and photographer out on a trip
through the South for the purpose of
studying the present status OF road
btiilding and maintenance throughout the
Southern states.
The party will follow the line of the
Southern Railway through Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama
to Memphis, thence down through the
Delta country to New Orleans, and
thence through Mississippi, Alabama,
Georgia and Florida.
From the standpoint of the road build
er, the tour will be exceedingly instruc-
tive, as it will afford opportunity for a
comparative study of crushed stone,
gravel, sand, clay, shell and other types
of road under various conditions and
climate, topography apd traffic. The
use of convict labor in road work also
will be made the subject of careful study,
as well as the economic results following
the expenditure of large sums of money
for road building in many of the South
ern states.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
TAFT CAPTURES ''REBS'
KU-KLUX AND SECESSIONISTs
THROWN IN FOR MEASURE.
President Shook Hands Alternately
With Confederates and g.
A. r. Veterans.

Birmingham, Ala. - President Taft
brought his twenty hours stay in Birm-
ingham to close Wednesday afternoon
and left for Macon, Ca.
In his principal Birmingham address,
delivered to an immense and an unusual-
ly demonstrative crowd, the president
expressed again his good will toward
the South. While doing so, an old.
gray-bearded man in the crowd called
out:
Sod bless you! We all love you!"
A broad grin came over the president 8
face as he turned and replied:
''That reminds me of the old quotation,
Tt MAY be all right to dissemble your
love, but why did yoa kick me down
stairs?'
But / have no fault to find on that
score" added the president.
One of the prettiest incidents OF tho
day occurred as the president was leav.
ing the luncheon. The way from the
clubhouse to the waiting automobile was
lined on one side by veterans OF the
Confederate army and on the other side
by men of the Grand Army of the Re
public AS he passed down the avenue
formed by the grizzled old soldiers, Mr..
Taft stopped to shake hands alternately
with each one.
AS he shook hands with one of the
Confederates the old fellow said:
Mr. President, you have captured the
secessionists, the Ku-Klux and the cranky
Democrats, all of them"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
TARIFF BILL is A FAILURE
Treasury Must Issue Certificates OF
Indebtedness.

Washington.-Treasury officials who q
few weeks ago declared that the issue
of certificates of Indebtedness was un-
likely, and were inclined to expressions
of felicity upon the then pleasing pros
pect, are constrained to change their
tune. The failure of the Aldrich-Payns
tariff bill as sufficient revenue pro-
ducer means that the administration will
soon be forced to issue certificates OF
indebtedness, owing to the continued
growth of the treasury deficit and the
steady decline in the working balance
in the treasury.
The Payne-Aldrich tariff law is not
yielding the revenues predicted by its
trainers. There is deficit for the four
months of this fiscal year of nearly
s24,OO0,0OO. The total balance in the
general fund is only $ss, 100000. OF this
amount only s29,oo0,ooo is actually in
the treasury offices. National banks
hold S50,O0o,O0o, and s6,oo0,o0o is In
the Philippine Islands.
Consequently, it is not possible for
the government to come to the aid OF
the banks by making more deposits. On
the other hand, it is more likely that
the government will be calling on the
banks for funds. There are now $685.
$4,000 per cent. bonds in the treasury
az security for bank circulation.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
GOOD COTTON FARM
Profitable Change Made in South
Carolina Plantation.
Fields Arranged in Proper. Shape for
Crops, Borders straIghtened, Gull
lies Filled, Scrubby Trees
and Bushes Cleaned Out.

The department of agriculture re-
Gently published in bulletin form an
account of the progressive and sue
cessful .arm operations of farmer OF
South Carolina who, by combining
thorough tillage, crop rotation, barn
yard manure and judicious use Of
commercial fertilizer, has changed a
previously rundown cotton farm into
very productive ana profitable enter
Prise. Upon reading the bulletin
Farmers Bulletin No. 1854, which will
be sent free upon making application
to B. T. Galloway, chief of bureau Of
plant industry. Washington, ID. CD
ways and means may be suggested to
other farmers of the south by which
their methods of management may be
improved so as to make their farms
more profitable.
The farm Illustrated is located in
the east central part of South Caro-
lima. 1t lies on low, sandy ridge,
having good drainage, the land slop-
ing in all directions from the central
ridge like turtles back. The soil is
a gray, sandy loan, in some parts
quite loose and almost white in color.
1t is underlain at depth of y to Is
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
WHITES,ONLY TO VOTE.
SENATOR CULLOM WOULD ELM
INATE THE NEGRO.
Declares That tho South Believes in
the Republican Doctrine Of
q Protective Doctrine.

Washington. - Senator Shelby M.
Cullom, of Illinois, chairman of the for.
eign relations committee, has two politi.
cal ideas.
One of these is that if the negro did
not vote in the South all the Southern
States would join the Republican party.
The other is that the negroes ought
to be permitted to vote everywhere else,
including the State of Illinois.
Mr.. Cullom, talking on these subjects,
said in part:
President Taft is showing wisdom in
his Southern tour. Mr.. Taft is ming
ling with the Southern people in order
that he may get better acquainted with
them and they with him.
"Of course, the president doesn't in
tend to surrender any principle, but at
the same time he is willing to make con.
sessions to the Southern people commen
surate with any fair sense of justice.
"And likewise does he intend to eradi
cate the Mason and Dixon line. In my
opinion, he is Just the man for that task
and if he doesn't accomplish it, to GER
tain degree at least, / shall be sadly mis-.
taken.
-''That line must be wiped out at some
era or another, that much is a certainty,
and I can't see any logical reasons why
the proper action shouldn't come right
now. There are several States in the
South simply ripe for falling into the
Republican column.
Eliminate the negro from politics in
the South--give that section of the
country an exclusively white ballot, or
q reimbursement, which shall mean an
absolute and unequivocal white suprem
acy in the management of its whole at.
fairs, and there's not State below the
Mason and Dixon line which will not be
found in the Republican column OF the
electoral college.
''The whole South believes in and
really needs the enforcement of the Re
publican doctrine of a protective tariff
Therefore, the people of that section
would like to vote in behalf of candidates
congressional, national and State
who would support such policy"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
Horses Teeth.


Old horses or others with poor
teeth should always have ground
grain. 1t is almost impossible for
them to make use of the whole grain.
During the spring months or at any
season of the year when they are she'd
ding teeth colts should have ground
grain, in order to prevent any unnec-
essary use of the jaws during such a
period.
It is argued by some that the cost
of granding will not make it profitable
to grind feed for horses not at work,
unless they have defective teeth. But
whore one is prepared to grind his
own grain himself the work can be
done at odd times and the expense of
grinding need hardly enter into the
question.
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
DROUGHT CAUSES DRY FARM
Unusual Spell Of Dry Weather Along
Texas Coast Country Induces
Scientific Methods.

The unusual spell of dry weather or
drought that has recently affected the
Texas coast country is causing farm
ers and truck growers to seriously in
vestigate the dry farming methods oil
conserving moisture in the soil. The
desire for reliable information in re-
gard to this system of cultivation is
increasing and there is great demand
from many parts of Texas for the
dry farming bulletin recently issued
by the Sunset advertising department.
An authority on dry farming in
speaking of the matter the other day
said: while every one, including the
oldest settler. will admit that this Is
an exceptionally dry and unfavorable
fall season for planting winter vege-
tables and other crops, it reminds US
that such seasons occasionally occur
in the gulf region, and is particular
ly appropriate time to study and in
vestigate socalled dry farming cult
walton, which is simply another term
for sensible soil culture in all regions
where droughts are known to occur.
Dry farming or scientific soil culture,
as some prefer to call it, is nothing
new. 1t has been advocated by the
United States department of agricul-
ture and the state agricultural col
leges, and practically demonstrated
by Prof. Campbell and others. 1t has
been successfully practiced for many
years past by many well-known Texas
farmers and horticulturists, including
such men as Bushway of Algoa, Neel
of Seguin, Walton of Victoria, Pyron
of San Antonio, Kirkpatrick of McKin-
ney and others, who have written and
lectured on this subject and who call
it common sense farming" Dry farm
ing has been practiced for centuries
in the old world and by the original in
habitants in the semi-arid and desert
regions of North America, who learn
ed the secret in prehistoric times. how
to prevent evaporation and conserve
moisture enough in the soil. with
limited rainfall, to grow their crops
In some desert parts of Asia, where
irrigation is impossible and rainfall
irregular, after preparing the soil to
receive the rains, planting the crops
and continually cultivating to conserve
the moisture in the ground, the inhab-
itants pray for dry weather and no
rain till the crops are harvested"
The Tupelo journal., 1909-11-12
COMING down RIVER
WATERWAYS MEN TO GO FROM
ST. PAUL TO NEW ORLEANS.
Accompanied by Senators and Con-
gressmen-M Missouri, Mississippi
and Ohio Will Be Inspected.

st. Paul, Minn.-The National Wa
terways Commission Saturday started
down the Mississippi river on the gov
ernment snagboat David Upton. The
commission is expected to reach New
Orleans about November IS.
Six senators and the same number OF
representatives make up the commits
sion.
Congressman Stevens, concerning the
trip, said:
"We have two years in which to COM
pile the full report. Between now and
January / we shall study not only the
Mississippi from ST. Paul to the mouth,
but also the Ohio, the Missouri and
Eastern and Southern waterways. Our
full report will cover not merely the
subject of navigation, but the whole
question of the conservation of our wa
ter resources, including water power and
forestry and every other economic phase
that suggests itself"