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Grace, elegance, comfort and durability are features of our line of vehicles. Best material and workmen used in their construction. Be sure to see them before buying.
 Fox Bro. Hardware Co.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-08

We have a desirable store for rent. Cotton Belt Savings & itIst Co.
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We Can Sell You

several thousand acres of fine bottom cut over land at $7.50. Will rent for s when cleared. near R. R. station. Cotton Belt Savings & Trust Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-08

S7.5O knickerbOcker knee suits. S5.95 Henry Marx Co.,, Removal Sale.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-09-08

Good National Cash Register for sale. !. E. ROYCE. 9-5 d6t Receiver.
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Open ?. m. to 7:30 s- m ana re-' liable. Special attention to train ':aila Old phone 3sl. New pAo0o 10s aaao O6ord, prop. Pms Bi11. Ark
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MONTHLY REPORT OF
 POLICE DEPARTMENT

The monthly report of the police department for August shows the re- ceipts $1,23S. Although Chief Ed Stanley has been handicapped by different members of the force being away on their vacation the report is an excellent one. The figures of the ropprt nra fo1louc.
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Total
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09
HIS HOLLOW KEY.
Ne lent II, but Had Occasion %
Crave its Return.

Nc Lent u, but Had Occasion %
Crave ts Return.
They hiss In the French theaters
with the help OF hollow key" related
Richard Harding Davis. Paul Rour.
get once told me an odd incident upon
this custom.
Va piaywright-call him Duyal-had
the unhappiness one fine night to SIT
through o most successful production
or Ills latest play. The house respond
ed with 1eers and Kisses. and a. young
man. turning to Duval. said.
by love. how I'd roast this miser.
able piece II only had q hollow keyr
MY dear boy said Duvai, II am
happy to be able to accommodate YOU
And he handed hollow key to the
young man, who at once set up fierce
and continuous kissing. Just then a
critic appeared.
Duval. he said to the playwright,
J am sorry for you, Poor fellow. you
don't deserve this"
THE young man with the key looked
amazed and ashamed. -
what! Are you NJ. Duyal? I beg
your pardon q thousand times he
cried.
You owe me no apology said Du.
val. Lunch with me tomorrow
The young man accepted the invita-.
ton. and ut the end OF the luncheon
next day. when the coffee and olga
rettes were brought In. he drew a
bulky manuscript from his pocket and
begged leave TO read comedy to NJ.
Duval. for he was a playwright too.
"puval consented and listened atten-
lively to the reading. At the end the
young man said.
Wen. monsieur. what do you
think OF itr
"Duval smiled as he replied;
could you oblige me by returning
my hollow "--Clncinnati Com.
mercial Tribune.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09
The Much Used z.

Do you know the one Individual let.
ter IN the English alphabet which ID
used the most? 1t is the letter e. Just
glance over a line Of print any time
and see the number Of ELS that are
used. There goes my o againr ex-
claimed the typewriter lady who had
rubber key caps on her machine.
That's the third healthy young e I
have seen reduced to fragments In a
year. AT FIRST / thought It was be-
cause the lettering on the cap might
be defective. and sent It back to the
mandatory. They replaced II, and
said Much obliged But IN three
months that new began TO look faded
and haggard. No amount of cleaning
and rubbing helped II. 1t simply was
worn on. Even the rubber OF the kew
was worn down on one edge, showing
where 1t was struck more than any
other letter. And looR at this new Q.
It's going fast. The q comes next I'm
point OF use. Then It is a question
whether 8. or t Is the most popular.
But there is no other letter in the 0
York Press.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09
POTOMAC RIVER RourE

Schedu'e in effect Saturday, May 18th 100,
Washington. 0ro shu
leave Bal'imore. Pier 3, Light Street
wa a,,ner per mltting at y. m every Monday :
49, ,Seuay ana saturday. for the fol Inv
ny. landings. Alexandria and Waahingto1,.
ps a. more p N. MilIers Bro lmcs. Porto
10 ~, oraSons. Coan u m. Bundicks lars
"aihut Point, Cowarts. Levi eta. Kinsale
.ouse; mundy Point. &C mira, Piney Point ii
=: ~. Leonardtown l2 noon. AbeIls' Cobrnms
Suones. Bushwood, Lancaster 10 m Riva.'
washington.
stops only on signal
., leave warrington. ID C., 70 It OF Sew. NH
NutleeI weather err hitting. at %. m eyerv
iIsonioay, "edne sday aud Sat rday for the fol-
why wk river findings and IL 'timore:
Liverpool Point, Rivers dc, Bush aood Ian
CASTER Coorums Stone Leonardtown Ga M
Aoclis. Piney Point fCintra Lodge M a -,
mundy Point. Kinsale IL noon Gao. R,Sn.
ulcks: iat es. Walnut Point. owarts. Lewis
Ia Mille's 4p IN. q rasons d. m Hroomcs
Fosto Beilo u. M, Baltimore.
stop only on signal
arriving IN ia timore early "Wednesday. y, T.
oaysnu Monday mornings.
:, rreiknt received in Baltimore oa sailing
This timetable shows the time st which
steamers may be expected TO ARR, q nj AMI
ucP s from the several wharves, hut their
arrivals or departure at the times stated is no,
guaranteed nor does the Comrany hold itsait
res ponsioie for any delay or any CONSEQUENCE,
arislng therefrum.
SsTEpHENSoN BRO, Agts.. washinston
nHAh poN ana CIR MES. ACTS. Alexandria
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09
THE GHOST At THE FEAST.
'@hss us Ensign Saw and What Has-
Pensd After Dlunsr.

@hst ubs Ensign Saw and What H.,-
Psnsd After Dinner.
In THE Story OF Ny Life~ nv Mr.
Augustus Hare. - told the 6ollovinr
creepy story:
A regiment was passing through Der
pysnire on las way to fresh quarters In
she north. The colonel, as thsy STAYED
Tor the night In one OF the country
towns, was invited TO dine ae a coup-
try house In the neighborhood and TO
bring any one he liked with him. Con-
sequently be took with him a Young
ensign for whom be had a great fancy
They arrived. and II was a large Marty
but the lady OF the house did not an
pear till just as they were going In to
dinner and when she appeared was so
strangely distract and preoccupied thar
ne scarcely attended to anything that
was said to her.
AT dinner the colonel observed that
Ills young companion scarcely. ever
took his eyes OF the lady OF the house.
staring at her I'm a way which seemed
ar once rude and unaccountable. IL
made him observe the lady herself. and
ne saw that she seemed scarcely to
attend to anything said by her neigh
bors on either side OF her, but rather
seemed, In manner quite unaccount-
able, to be listening TO some one or
something behind her.
AS soon as dinner was over the young
ensign came to the colonel and said.
"Oh. do take me away! / entreat You
70 take me away from this placer
The colonel said: "Indeed. your con-
duct Is so very extraordinary and I'M
pleasant that quite agree with YOU
that the best thing we can do is to 90
away" And he made the excuse of
his young friend being IN and ordered
their carriage
When they had driven some distance
the colonel asked the ensign for an ex-
PLANTATION of his conduct. He said that
ne could not help 1t. During the whole
or dinner he had seen a terrible black
shsdowy figure standing behind the
chair OF the lady OF the house. and II
had seemed to whisper to her and she
70 listen to 1t. He had scarcely told
this when man on horseback rode
rapidly past the carriage. and the
colonel. recognizing one OF the servants
or the house they had Just left. called
out to know II anything was the mat
ter.
"Oh. don't stop me. sirr' he shouted
Il am going for the doctor, My lady
has just cut her throatr'
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09
A WARNING FROM JOLIET.

Young mani
Let Peter Van Vlissingen, <'the for.
ger king" OF Chicago, have your ear
n minute.
You might cut out these words OF
Van Vussingen and paste them where
you will see them often:
BE honest In small things. All
criminals begin by practicing dishon.
esty in small things.
DO not permit your conscience TO
become calloused. Once this takes
place. your fall will be sure and GER
tain.
BE economical and never risk other
peoples money in a venture, no matter
how certain OF success you are.
once you commit a wrong, make
restitution Immediately. Delay means
ruin"
This is the story Of Van vlissingen:
He was a leading real estate dealer.
known In business circles as 'sSonest
Pete" he was trusted TO tn limit
One day IL was discovered that this
man, looked up to as straight and
successful. was a forger.
He made and uttered forged paper TO
the enormous amount or 81 100000.
The warning he gives to young men
Is wrung from his bitter personal ex-
perience. He began his forgeries I'm a
small way. Once started, he had TO
cover one forgery by another. And
how do you suppose this man felt. liy.
ing daily I'm the dread fear of discoy.
cry?
Here Is look into his soul:
NO one can know the relief I felt
when first the uniform Of a convict
was put upon me-a relief after twenty
years or crooked work and deceitr
van Vlissingen's words are the
words of a man who sees nothing
ahead of him but the four walls of a
cell, and they are worthy your atten-
ton.
The essence OF his warning Is TO BE-
WARE OF THE BEGINNINGS OF
DISHONESTY.
one link In wrongdoing may not
undo you. but one link added to an.
other VIII forge chain that some day
VIII bind you hand and foot.
one step down may not ruin Won
but one step leads to another below
1t. and soon you are on the toboggan
slide. The descent to Avernus" be-
comes easy.
Dishonesty betrays itself 1t cannot
keep a secret.
Ii must be so. young man
Because this world and all that "a
In 1t, including men. were made to run
along certain lines OF rightness. De-
parture is abnormal. If you get of
the track and keep going. nothing can
pick you up but the wrecking crew.
Wrongdoing Is its own sheriff and
court and jury.
dishonesty and discovery grow on
the same stem.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09

man emperor conveyed to Queen wn.
helmina the assurances OF Germany's
well wishes over the birth Of the child
1t was purely formal and without any
heart 10 the words.
Because
Germany Is just as anxious for the
control OF the mouth OF the river Rhine
as were we Americans In an early day
for the control OF the mouth of the
Mississippi
The Germans note with envy how
the prosperous Dutch cities OF Amster-
dam and Rotterdam fatten commercial,
ly on the enormous traffic originating
on the Rhine river.
And they keenly realize that IL Queen
Wnhelmina should die childiess her
nearest kin on the fathers side would
be a German prince. And he would be
king OF the Netherlands.
And
On their side the Dutch fear ABSORB
ton by Germany. They are afraid of
the heavy taxes and the military serv.
ice.
A literal prophecy faced by the Dutch
on the night of April 30. 1909. and fits
fulfillment was that "a little child
shall lead them"
This royal baby was doubtless just
as red and just as ugly as any other
newborn kid and cried as Justify.
Physically that mite OF humanity does
not yet weigh more than ten pounds.
but
Politically and commercially 1t weighs
q ton.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09
A BEAR STORY.
Inc Picture the Amateur Photographs,
Did Not Wait 20 Ca

The Picture the Amateur Photooraph
Did Not Wait 10 GET.
The best bear story ever heard.
states writer In Recreation. was told
me by an amateur prospector. who
might have stepped out of q comic
weekly. He had made q big trip in
the sisktyous With no weapon save a
nickel plated miners pick,
asked. =
None at ALL" he replied in his dry
falsetto.
mo bear" I exclaimed. knowing he
had come right through Bear Camp,
On. yes," he returned. t.Quire 30.
now that you mention 1t I dare say
tnat IL what Ii was, Didn't occur to
me. you know. i was so very angry.
DON'T you see, i took no pains TO tden-
tify the brute"
why. what did he do to your
What did he do? WHY, nothing OF
course. You see, the little bepear ran
ana climbed up stump. And he
wouldn't come down so COULD obtain
a decent photograph OF him. Sat up
'Here haif day, tfty feet from the
ground. Then his legs got tired hold.
Ing on. 1 imagine, for he started in to
squeal. And. do you know. the brute
must have given me away. for pretty
soon his mother, suppose 1t was.
came hurrying up. and had to; clear
out. Four times as big as he. she was.
! assure you"
Did you runT' ! asked. laughing.
"oh. not at all: not at ALL" said he.
but still l thought IL best not 20 re-
main. he paused and stroked his
stubbiy chin refiectively.
by JOve." said he finally. show
very interesting! should have thought
to photograph the old one. She looked
quite savage. don't you know"
"such q picture would have been
unique. to say the least" replied.
"Quite So" said he.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09
A BETTY BABE.

A lot OF fuss was made over the
birth OF princess to the royal bouse
OF Holland
news dispatches tell how the heralds
accompanied by trumpeters clad I'm tho
ancient Dutch dress. made the rounds
OF the ancient city, hating in the prin.
clpal squares, and then, after a flourish
or the trumpets. made this proclama.
ton:
Fellow Citizens-With great 10Y we
announce the news that her majesty
by the grace OF God has been delivered
or a princess. Long live the queenI
Long live the Princess OF Granger
So anxious were the people over the
announced advent Of an heir to the
throne OF the Netherlands 1t is said
Few Hcllanders slept that night.
Whereat some people In this country
smiled.
Why SO much anxiety over one childi
But
When one realizes that the birth OF
no child to the queen, who married
Prince Henry in 1901, would have
passed the throne at her death to a
German prince that is different.
The Germans understood the signI.
ficance Of the birth Of this baby. And
when the representatives OF the Ger.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09
SOME PLAIN WORDS.

1Oung mum
You have no right TO make love to a
girl unless you intend to marry her
And especially you have no moral right
to continue your attentions for n long
period of time without declaring your
self.
Because
Such n course OF action Is dishonor-
able and because you harm yourself
by pretending love when you do not
entertain such sentiments.
But particularly
BY your continued counting and I'M
warranted delay you are guilty of per-
sonal wrong TO the young woman, and
you are standing in the way of her fu-
ture happiness.
Youth is woman's opportunity for
marriage. Ii Is her attractive age. II
she misses that chance she may go
through life disappointed and bereft.
You are seen at her side and visit
regularly at her house. You are sup
posed to be her sutton, and the COM
munity after time takes it for
granted yoL are engaged to her. And
because OF this general belief other
marriageable young men stay away.
Meantime the girl awaits your pro-
posal
1t ought to be forthcoming, and by
Withholding the formal offer you treat
the girl most cruelty. "Hope deferred
maketh the heart sick"
Besides
You may subject her to humiliation.
Her friends, In view OF your actions.
are apt TO ask her what day the we'd
ding Is set for. And thus, besides her
personal misery because OF your neg
lect. she is made to suffer mortifica
ton because OF your selfishness.
What has the poor girl done that you
should punish her?
Particularly dishonorable is such
conduct II the young lady is unprotect-
ed-if she has no big brother to put
he integrity OF your intentions SQUARE
y up to you; no mother wise enough
IND keen enough because of her love
% wrest your secret motives from you
md compel formal declaration.
certainly you are not base enough to
WIN the heart OF good girl merely to.
prove your mastery or merely for your
port
In love matters, as In all others, the
'niy right way is the open and honest
way. Let the young woman know pre-
,iseiy what you propose. Let nothing
10 taken for granted.
III you do not intend to marry her
'ou should not monopolize her
Give the girl her chance.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09

WIND UP The CLOCK.
Get plenty of sleep.
He who gets less than eight hours OF
sleep In twenty-four gets less than is
necessary for health aud long life.
Napoleon tried TO prove otherwise
He affirmed that six hours In twenty
four were sufficient. More than that,
he put In the six hours at any time he
got a chance
Napoleon died at ffty-two.
Moreover. good historians say he lost
the battle of Waterloo because of loss
OF sleep.
lived TO be eighty-three. He allowed
nothing to get In the way OF his eight
hours of sleep. And I'm his advanced
years he Invariably took q nap In the
middle OF the day.
Balzac. another great Frenchman,
systematically robbed himself Of sleep
in order to write his novels. He re-
garded every hour stolen from sleep as
so much gained.
Balzac died at ffty-one, a year
younger than Napoleon, a physical
wreck.
George Washington believed in
plenty OF sleep. He invariably with
drew from company at 10 O'Clock,
some member of the family coming In
at that time to say:
Ladies and gentlemen. the general
bids you ali very good night"
Early hardships and suffering like
that at Valley Forge shortened his
life. yet he lived to be sixty-seven, dy-
Ing OF an acute attack.
The fact is we human clocks are so
made We must be thoroughly wound
up once in each twenty-four hours.
Shakespeare said that sleep "knits
up the raveled sleeve OF care" and
that Is natures kind restorer."
One cannot burn the candle of life at
both ends and expect it to last. Yet
that is precisely what is done when
one filches from nature what is com
Ing. whether by habit or by force OF
will or by stimulants.
Physicians tell US that loss OF sleep
Is the source Of many Ills usually at
tributed to other causes.
Poor Richard was right when he
said:
Early TO bed and early to rise
Makes a man healthy. wealthy and wise
Victor Hugo put the same truth in
couplet which. being translated.
reads:
Dinner at six. bed at ten,
Life TO last ten times ten.
Do not be reckless OF your physical
and mental resources. Conserve them
10y following the reasonable dictates
OF kind nature.
Wind up your clock.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09
TWO RoYS-PLuS.

The names of Wilbur and Oryille
Wright. inventors Of the aeroplane.
will be written down alongside those
of Morse and Edison. And one reason
why fame and fortune came to them
is because
They had a real father and mother!
The boys got their mechanical abll-
ity from their mother and their power
OF analysis from their father. From
both parents they got sympathy.
Mrs. Wright is one OF those rare
women who can do things with her
hands. She made sleds for her tots.
and when they grew older she helped
them I'm everything.
When Orville was fifteen and Wilbur
eleven the boys printed a newspaper.
They got In a hurry and left one page
blank. Bishop Wright promptly sup
pressed the whole edition. You see,
he was teaching his boys that work
must be well done.
Thirteen years ago the Wright broth
ers began to he interested In flying
machines. They read all the books
they could get their hands on and
watched the fight OF birds whole Sun
day afternoons, lying ON their backs
on the hills near Dayton, o.
In 1900, after five years OF study and
experiment. they built their first ma
chine and took 1t down into North
Carolina. They came back from that
summers work tired and discouraged
Most parents would have said, "Well.
boys. you better quit fooling with fly
ing machines and get down TO bust
ness" Bishop Wright and his wife
were not that sort.
The boys found out that summer
that all the tables OF calculations
made by scientists were wrong. They
must begin at the bottom and work
out the first principles.
On the 18th OF December, 1903. after
hundreds OF trial flights with gliding
machines, the first successful voyage
I'm the history OF the world OF a power
driven heavier than air machine was
made.
To be sure, the Wright brothers
came TO their own and their own re-
ceived them not. They went abroad.
and honor and wealth came And now
their own country delights TO honor
these Dayton men.
How did II all come about?
Because these boys. doing team work,
went at scientific problem in n scien-
titic way and kept at 1t until they
succeeded. Yes, and because they had
a father and mother behind them.
Therefore. IL your boy wants to
tinker" let him. 1t Will keep him
out OF mischief and develop his char
acter. And there may be a genius In
side OF him
And. above all. don't throw cold wa
ter on your boys enthusiasm.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-07-09
PATHS EARNINGS.
The shrs~d financial Methods Of En-.
Musical Miracle.

Musical Miracle.
Adelina Patti never suffered from
fhe financial timidity Of a Jenny Lind
Not only was she q supreme vocalist.
but, as Colonel Mapieson remarked
no one ever approached her In the art
Oh obtaining from a manager the
greatest possible sum he could by any
possibility contrive to pay" But the
musical miracle was the spoiled OAR
ing or her day. and she never failed
10 obtain exactly what she wanted
She was first engaged In London I'm
1851 by Mapleson to sing four nights
"on approval" and In case OF success
10 obtain f40 a week This contract
was not fulfilled, however, for being
naru pressed financially. she had bor-
rowed ESQ from rival manager. and
ner receipt proved practically a con-
tract. This was the beginning OF a
career so dazzling that It's successive
steps are simply a series OF Increasing
oanknotes. In 1872 she obtained in
London 200 guineas a night. since che
insisted on having more than Christine
NILSSON. who was receiving 600. She
sang twice week. Ten years later
she was given 5000 a night! Her IA
nous contract TO sing in America pro-
vided that the money should be paid
her at O'Clock on the day she sang.
also drawing room and sleepinR car
to be especially built for her. with
conservatory, fernery. etc. Further.
there was to be deposited to her credit
$oO.OOO for payment OF the last ten
performances-Patti's favorite device.
She thus received about twenty times
what Mario and Grisi got.
Her private car incidentally cost
100000 and contained a silver bath
and gold keys to the doors. to saw
nothing Of $1,000 piano. Patti gave
TO the manager only her voice and her
costumes. Her drawing capacity justi-
NED this. Lucia" as an example. was
sung 70 an average OF $4,000. "Travi-
alta drew more. since she sang more
notes, 1t was frequent occurrence
among the poorer music lovers to buy
club ticket and each take turns sf
nearing her for twenty minutes. IL
one overstayed his time he paid for
the entire ticket. Some mathematician
computed by dividing the number OF
notes sung by the sum paid that In
'Semiramlde" Patti received 42Ss cents
for each note, THIS was found to be
JUST lilo cents note more than Ros-
stni got for writing the whole opera
George Middleton in Bookman.