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the very clothing of the attendants en-
ployed to exterminate it, so that In re-
cent epidemics the physicians and all at
tendants have been compelled to wear
Dig waterproof cloaks and have them
selves sponged Off In formaldehyde to
prevent carrying the disease to healthy
herds under their inspection. 1t can
llnger in farmers beard or in his
long hair for weeks and can cross the
ocean in a diseased hide. torn months
before off the steer which died sick Of
foot and mouth disease.
SO that combating this, the smallest OF
all germs which has apparently the
greatest ease for transporting itself and
its deadly activity uninjured, medical
science confronts task of tremendous
difficulty. Herds in good shape, appar-
emily, with no signs of illness, speedily
become ill-natured, drop of In their feed
ing and die. from what the average farm
err and cattleman is disposed to term
"distemper."
Cattle are subject to many ulcers and
foot diseases that closely resemble foot
and mouth disease, and 1t is highly diff
cult for any layman, however experienced
as cattleman, TO diagnose aphthous
fever. 1t is only after a cersain amount
of leeway has been obtained by the cpl
demic that suspicion is aroused, not so
much by the nature and symptoms as
the tremendous and rapid increase Of the
fever. Thus the fever always obtains
big start and this more than any other
feature of its course In the United States
demands the stern weapon of complete
determination.
1t is war TO the knife, bitter, bloody
and unrelenting; that the scientists Of I'm
Gle Sam must wage on the scourge Of
the cattle yards, for there is at stake our
enormously profitable and proud position
as not only the worlds granary, but also
the supplier of the roast beef of old Eng
land and the meat stuffs depended on by
half a dozen other nations.
The cost of the battle runs into mil.
lions but the stake counts up far above
a billion of dollars. So far science has
kept the upper hand, but it would only
take one serious mistake, only slight
exercise of hesitation and INDIGESTION to
prevent this dread disease from invading
the vast herds that roam the cattle
ranges of the United States. In this
case eternal vigilance Is the one and only
hope of safety.
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is the son of His Highness Prince Ching,
the foremost statesman of China. Prince
Tsai Flu, who Is, according to oriental
standards, more than ordinarily good
looking, Is, when arrayed in the gorgeous
silks and satins of his court robes and
bedecked with jeweled decorations, vi
sion Of splendor. If he but spoke English
with a little greater facility, he might
have proven lion among title-loving
American girls.
Ambassador Tang's "right-ha man"
In the Special Embassy is Mr.. Yung Kwai,
who might almost be termed an Ameri-
canized Chinaman, for all that he contin-
ues to occupy a prominent place in the
diplomatic service of his government. Mr..
Kwai, who was educated in this country
and has an American wife, was for many
years first secretary of the Chinese Lega-
ton at Washington, and, indeed, returned
to his native land less than year ago.
1t was the original intention that
Chinas special ambassador and his suite
should entertain lavlshly during their
stay In America, and to that end there
was leased one of the most notable man.
sions in Washington. However, all these
plans had to be abandoned us the result
of the deaths of the Emperor and Em-
press Dowager, which occurred while the
Special Embassy was crossing the Pa
cifc. In consequence, all the Chinese
visitors were thrown into the rigid
official mourning Of their race-a mourn
ing so strict that they could not
even attend President Roosevelts New
Year reception. Indeed, this oriental ETH
quette which prohibited them from max
ing or receiving calls WIS given as the
main reason for the suadeH termination
of the visit of the Special Embassy. 1t
had been planned to remain In America
until after the Inauguration of President
elect Taft dispensing bounteous hospi-
tally all q while. but with veto un-
expectedlK placed on the social program.
and with he official functions OF the
mission II discharged, it was decided
that the legation should cut short It's
visit. WALDON FAWCETT.
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merely spread the disease and serve to
intrench it more firmly in infected dis
tricts.
Root and branch, foot and mouth as it
were, all cattle in these United States
once infected, and indeed, when clearly
subjected to infection are slaughtered
with no attempt to cure or alleviate.
In Germany. however, the disease has
been endemic for 80 years and has cost
the empire hundred millions of dollars,
enough money to duplicate Emperor Will
helms cherished and Wanted war navy.
In Germany the disease is so widespread
that Strengthening the animals would ruin
the farmers of the nation, so that yaccin-
ation which is what Loeffier's incubation
process practically amounts to, has been
tried with fairly good results.
While such dangerous foe to cattle,
sheep goats, hogs and every other ami
NAL that treads on cloven foot, the NOR
tality of aphthous fever is not as high
as with some other diseases. 1t runs from
ten per cent. as the usual figure, to as
high as 80 per cent, where reinfection has
occurred; for one attack of foot and
mouth disease does not confer immunity
on the sufferer from later attacks of
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Sitting On the Lid in India

assassinated recently. 1t was because Lord
Kitchiner, with the sagacity of states
man and the relentlessness of a soldier,
was fighting this pro Hlndoo movement
in India that he was recalled.
Tremendous money interests, which
were influenced by the vastly wealthy
natives behind the Hindoo movement,
were the real influences that brought
about Lord Kitchiner's recall and the re-
tirement of Lord Curzon from the viceroy-
ship In India. The British government
maintains huge police system. practi-
cally modelled after the famous Third
Section of the Russian police department,
which is constantly occupied In trying
to follow up the plots of the Indian
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moves against the British.
The main causes of the dissatisfaction
in India are first of all the absolute lack
Of political representation by the natives.
secondly heavy taxes are bearing hard on
the shoulders of these people, who occa-
sionally starve by the tens Of thousands
whenever the wheat crop falls slightly
below the average. Many East Indians OF
Importance are now coming to the United
States to finish their education. This Is
violently opposed by the British influences
all over the world. 1t is feared that Inn
portant Hindoos educated at American
colleges and universities will return and
increase the dissatisfaction with the
British rule in India.
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ing places and even suspected meadows
with dsinfectants Into streams, thought
capable of having been infected, for
maldehyde is poured and not vestige
is left unburned of the hay. oats, corn
or any other food which could possibly
have been muzzled over by the diseased
animals.
No especial hardship is worked by this
slaughtering of infected animals and the
stern destruction of every possible source
of contagion. The national government
has sensiby and justly taken the stand
that what the constituted authorities de-
eide must be destroyed for the common
good of the nation should be paid for out
of the common funds. So the disconso-
late farmer or stock herder whose valu-
able animals have fallen prey to
aphthous fever is not only protected from
future infection, but is promptly paid
n fair market price for the animals de-
stroyed.
Difficulties Are Tremendous.
Tremendous difficulty is sometimes en-
countered in getting the diseased anil
mails into such quarters that they can be
killed Even greater difficulty has been
experienced in getting sufficient labor to
excavate the vast graves which must be
dug deep to hold the carcases of the
slaughtered animals and to put an effect
i've layer Of earth between the living and
the infection that can SO swiftly be alb
sorbed from the dead.
1t is only in rare cases In this country
that the disease progresses to a stage
where the animals froth at the mouth.
Usually high fever, sometimes ms much
as log degrees, has been encountered in
foot and mouth disease, but where the
deadly Inflammation of the germ has
reached this extreme high point recovery
is out of the question, owing to serious
chemical changes in the blood, among
them Il vicious tendency to coagulaton.
The final thought in the pathological
search after the germ and the nature of
aphthous fever is that the bacillus must
be some infnitesimally minute vegetable
parasite which defes the ordinary tests
for germs like those of consumption, ty-
phoid fever, etc. Its minuteness is prob
ably the cause of the tremendous ease
with which the disease can spread itself.
Nothing known to medical science is so
easy of propagation as foot and mouth
disease.
Carried Inside Doctors Hair.
1t can be carried on the insides OF
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China has already sent to this country
upward of 100000 in principal and in
terest.
In formal acknowledgment of Chinas
sense of obligation, the Special Ambassa-
dor at his first audience at the White
House presented to President Roosevelt
letter from the late Emperor of China,
IN which that ruler commended the Chief
Executive for his magnanimity in taking
the initiative In the matter and praised
Congress for its proof of friendliness in
adopting the Presidents recommends
lions. As tangible evidence of the graft
tude of China's ruling powers, the Spe-
ciai Ambassador brought numerous gifts.
The collection Of thousands of rare and
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being perfected In a practical fashion.
This would also mean tremendous stride
toward relieving the wood pulp and raw
paper situation.
The United States Forest Service has
made careful study of the alleged waste
allowed in big sawmills and has reported
to the national authorities that mills with
total cut Of 5,440,000,000 feet of wood
showed a waste of 100000 cords of
slabs after the best of the wood material
had been cut up into laths. Tens of
thousands of tons of sawdust each year
are thrown out as refuse or sold for
minor purposes for insignificant sums
which would be worth an immense amount
of money il chemistry could find a cheap,
practical method of turning it into useful
wood pulp for the paper mills.
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few years much OF this waste in the fac
tories and mills has been done away with,
but 1t will not be until some mans
brain has solved method for using up
wood mill waste material, especially in
Guiding the sawdust, that any effective
relief can be hoped for.
The only anew material for the manu-
facture of paper which is said to hold
out present hopes of an effective substi-
tute for wood pulp is the use Of corn
stalks. 1t is claimed that paper OF
seryiceable grade has been obtained from
corn stalks If this is actually true In
a commercial sense it will bring consid-
cradle relief
An invention to allow the utilization of
mill sawdust for the production Of wood
pulp is claimed to be now on the point of
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~ He scientist Of today has no more
golden quest before him In the
- realms of chemistry or invention
than the reward which awaits the fortu-
nate man who can invent some practical
commercial method of turning waste ma
terial into wood pulp. The paper famine
is still gnawing ravenously at the very
heart of the publishing trade and, indeed,
Affects noticeably many other lines of
Industry.
A vast drain on the resources of the
country's forests for the production Of
wood pulp and paper is the result of the
tremendous waste which has been made
of forests and the swoefully extravagant
methods pursued by the saw and paper
mills of the United States for a long
time. 1t Is true that within the past
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the fever.
In Germany, in 1890, there were of
known cases actually located and identi-
fed so as to enter into the statistics of
the empire 431 ,235 cattle, 230, $50 sheep
and goats and 153,sOs hogs. During this
year the foot and mouth disease was
rampant in France, Italy, Belgium, Aus
tria- Hungary, Switzerland, Roumania and
Bulgaria In 1883 in England alone, the
losses from cattle infected with aphthous
fever ran as high as s5,00o,0o0 and com
pared to the United States, England pro-
duces so little cattle as to be not worth
the comparison from financial view
point
Germ Cannot BE Caught.
The germ of the plague has been sought
by many scientists and in every known
manner. Numerous attempts have been
made to cultivate the germ and stain it,
so as to get suitable culture for the
microscope. Careful experiment has demon
strated that the bacillus will pass easily
through all the standard germproof filters
and even through some which, at enor-
nous expense. were especially invent
ed to catch and isolate the tiny and slip
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WNECENTLY the United States authorl-
X ties were called upon to combat
" and defeat aphthous fever, the
deadly and dreaded scourge of the cattle
ranges and yards. All the tremendous re-
sources of the national government were
exerted to cut off in detail the mysterious
forces of this unseen, yet remorseless
enemy of our greatest single source of
national wealth; for no other kind Of pro-
huction equals in value the output of our
live stock industry, including as it does,
over a dozen important branches of sub
and by-products, any one Of them involv-
ing a trade mounting far up in the tens
of millions.
The live stock trade Of the United
States in a single year runs close to a
billion of dollars and when all this has
been devoured there yet remains an in
vested capital of over billion more in
the form of actual live stock or products
evolved from the varied and various
branches of industry, primarily depend
ing on cloyen foot animals In this class
are included cattle, sheep and hogs, for
each and every variety of animal that
walks on cleft or divided hoof is sub
ject to the dread foot and mouth dis
ease.
Two Outbreaks Last Year.
In 1908 but two important outbreaks of
foot and mouth disease las aphthous fever
Is called in the vernacular) were chroni-
cled in the United States. The first was
in the Middle West and caused only local
disaster and was promptly stamped out
by sudden determination of the cattle in
yolved. The second attack occurred in
the Middle Atlantic states and led to an
embargo of exporting cattle from two
great seaports and the destruction of
thousands of dollars worth of stock. In
both cases the United States authorities
took immediate charge of the situation
and the national treasury was called upon
to pay the owners the value Of the cattle
infested and destroyed.
Before detailing the appearance of this
dread cattle disease which causes a con-
slant standing expense amounting to sew
eral millions annually, the origin of this
epidemic is especially interesting. The
first outbreaks of foot and mouth disease
were simply termed epizootics by farmers
hundreds of years back, and the disease,
like every other known scourge but two,
originated In the crowded sections of Cen
trail Asia.
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Notice

R. B. Webb, contractor and build
 CT, who has been doing the brick work for the Pine Bluff Water and Light Company over 8 year, is pre- pared to do your brick work, has a special line of jacks and am prepared to do your foundation work and any kind of brick work, boiler setter, f1ues and chimneys and am able to furnish you any kind of reference you desire am able to furnish most any kind of bond necessary. See me and save money before you let your contract All work guaranteed. Write me for plans and specifications at 1120 West Second avenue, or ring old phone 857, Pine Bluff. Ark. 3-2 If
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BOARD OF TRADE
 DIRECTORS MEET
Invite Grand Lodge Knights of Py- thias to Meet in Pine Bluff in 1910 Other Business Matters Discussed.

The Pine Bluff Board of Trade held a regular business meeting yesterday afternoon and discussed many mat ters of importance. Tie steamboat service and patronage of local mer- chants was taken up but no definite action taken. A letter was received from A. R. Bragg, of Little Rock, in- viting cooperation in the Little Rock packet service, was read. Secretary Caldwell was instructed to get some suitable badges and advertising mat ter to be used at the various con- ventions to be held here and invita- tions were extended to the grand lodge Knights of Pyrhias and the As sociation of Public Utilities to meet here next year. The presiding elder of the Southern Methodist church. colored, appeared before the Board ot Trade directors and asked that they arrange for a meeting of citizens, for this week for the purpose of hearing a proposition from Bishop Cottrell for the establishment of a negro col lege three miles from this city on a tract of land of 200 acres. Senti- ment in favor of the college is all that is desired. No money will be asked for.
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The delinquent tax list has been completed by Deputy Sheriffs Will Miller and s. F. Hilzheim and has been turned over to County Clerk J H. Shelby. The list shows the real estate delinquents in the sum of 3D. 919.03, compared with $3,190,03 last year. The delinquent property will be sold on the second Monday in June.
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MERCHANTS MAY
 ENTER THE PARADE

As a great many of our enterpris- ing merchants want to advertise dur ing the Arkansaw Travellers conven- tion in our city you will be permitted to follow the Mardi Gras parade with whatever manner floats you desire and distribute samples or other ad- vertising matter.
 J. 0. CHESNUTT.
 Grand Marshal. a6ardi Gras Parade.
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THE COLORED
 TEACHERS INSTITUTE

Jefferson County Colored Teachers Institute will convene at the Merrill school building, Monday, June ', at g o'clock a. m
 Instructors, Profs.' J. C. Corbin, \. w. Johns, NJ. w. Pleasant. and Mrs. c. 4. House. Let every teacher in the county come and assist in mak- ing this the best session in the his tory of the Institute.
 w. II. BARNES, Pres.
 MRS. ELIZABETH NELSON. Secy.
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LIBERAL OFFER
 TO BOY OR GIRL
Majestic, Formerly the Theatorium, Has a Word Making Contest That Promises to Interest the Little Ones Money Given Away.

The Majestic, formerly the Thea torium will give away $20.0O in gold, to any child. under 15 years of age composing the words with letters talk en from the word MAJESTIC" hav- ing in their possession coupons which will be issued to each child attend- ing either the Tuesday or Friday az ternoon performance of each weeS during the last weeks of May and first weeks in June. In other words, the first four weeks of the house under it's new management. Two days in the week special children's matinee will be given. on Tuesdays and Fridays, and coupons will be given each child, if he or she has attended on either of the days mentioned for four weeks, and have in their possession the four coupons, showing same with their lists of words, the child, showing list with the largest number of words, will re- ceive $20.OO in gold, the second. 5000 in gold.
 Manager Brown wishes to make the 1 word Majestic" popular with every boy and girl in Pine Bluff. The con- test will close Tuesday June Sth. Each list of words sent in should have on the first page the following: My name My address ................... My age ................. I am a girl. .................. 1 I am boy ........... l This list contains. ......... words, composed from the letters forming the word Majestic" No letter is to be use in forming any word that it not contained in the word Majestic. :" ! The list should be addressed to Mrs. D. H. Brown, Care Majestic, and must 1 be at above addresses not later than June 9th. The first and second prizes, $2O.OO in gold for first prize and 5000 in gold for second prize, will be awarded to the winner Sat ; urday, June F, at the matinee that day. and the winner must be in the house that day, and have ill his or her possession the four coupons issued two times each week to children, as well as the special coupon issued that day to each child buying child's ticket.
 Start now. boys and girls, cou- pie of hours each day. and it's an education for you. as we'll as the $20.00 gold piece for the winner of first prize and 5000 gold piece for the winner of second prize. This con- test will be run strictly in accord ance with above. no partiality being shown any child. The one who has the most words composed of letters found in the word Majestic" to- ther with the five coupons, receives the money.
 D. H. BROWN,
 Manager Majestic.
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SCHOOL DIRECTOR.

The Graphic is authorized to an- nounce the candidacy of Tracy Mills for the office of school director of the Pine Bluff School District, at the en- suing election, May 15, 1909. 4-2s tf
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SEE CHARLES J. MADDING, DISTRICT MANAGER OF THE NA. TIONAL LIFE OF THE U. $. \. {CHICAGO). HE CAN WRITE YOU ANY KIND OF \ POLICY YOU WANT. 3-14 If
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The Boyce Construction
 Company

Are in the fiell for business and have the most complete moving out fit in the city and do general build ing business. Also general repairing business. Fix all class of roofs. shin gle, tin and composition. Make hign class screens. When you are ready to build. move or repair you do your self an injustice 10 proceed without getting our estimate. Call old phone 71 or S97. D. W. BOYCE, Mgr. THE ROYCE CONSTRUCTION co. If
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See us. We have just what you want in a Lawn Mower; Rubber Hose, Ice Cream Freezers, Gasoline Ranges, or any other summer hard ware, ClevelandMatthews Hardware Company.
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ManZan Pile Remedy is put up in tube with nozzle attached. May be applied directly to the affected parts. Guaranteed. Price soc. Sold by Dr. McCammon & Son.
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Thomas s. James is preparing to move into his new home on West Sixth avenue, recently purchased from Dr. J. F. Simmons.
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Refrigerators and Ice Boxes, spe. clal prices on Monday and Tuesday at Union Furniture Co. 5.9.2t
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William Harvell, 66 years old, died at his home near Sherrill Sunday night. He was i'll for several weeks.
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The best value for the money is always in order at the Union Furni- ture Company. 5.9.2t
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Get pricecs of the Union Furniture Company and you will save money.
 5.9.st
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a5 Per Cent. Discount on Cedar Chests Monday ard Tuesday at the Union Furniture Co. 5.99t
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BASEBALL.
National League.

National League. Brooklyn, 4; Philadelphia, New York, 2; Boston, 1. Pittsburg-Chicago, wet grounds.
 American League. Detroit-New York, wet grounds. Cleveland-Boston, rain. Washington, 1: Chicago, O. 11 innings.)
 Philadelphia, 5; St. Louis, 1.
 Southern League. Birmingham, 4; Nashville. ,. Montgomery, 1: Atlanta, ?. Little Rock, ?; Memphis, 1. Mobile, 2; New Orleans, 1.
 .Arkansaw State League. Hot Springs-Alexandria, no game. Argenta-MOnroe, no game. Fort Smith, 1: Helena, [. Texarkana, |; Jonesboro, ,.