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BRIEF MENTION.
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Clyde McCrosky left yesterday mor- ming on a business-trip to Grads. w. C. Hudson has returned from q brief business visit to Little Rock. f.,@y1r and ~,N..se,....C .CIoss are. .@vfSz iting in Camden, during the harvest fair.
 | Major S. w. Boswell,--of- Richard son, was in the city yesterday on bus mess.
 Miss Dot Cooper is in Little Rock as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Henry Anderson.
 Miss Annie Owen is the guest of Miss May Benson at Camden,--for a few days. -----------
 Mr and Mrs. Alex Perdue are the guests of relatives in Camden for a lew days...-,.----=--.--,ss @z---'s'-----~>
 Miss Myra Adams, of England, az rived in the city yesterday for d visit to relatives.
 Mrs. D .A Caldwell and baby are home from visit to relatives at Cros- sett and Monticello.
 Miss Elizabeth Matthews and Mrs A. R. Sherrill are in the city visitir. Mrs. V. wander. ef........
 Mrs. c M. Hampton, of Fordyce. and sister, Mrs. koonce, of Monticello. were in@the city yesterday.
 T. J. Craighead, or the Craighead Laundry in Hot Springs, is attending the convention of the Eagles
 Mrs. George Mckinney, of She,rill, arrived in the city yesterday to visit Mrs. c. H. Rason for a short while.
 Miss Marguerite Browne will arrive this week from Leavenworth, Kansas, and visit MT. and Mrs. F. M. Culver.
 James A. Henderson, of Little Rock, passed through the city yesterday ell route to Stuttgart on business visit.
 Clarence Stovall is expected home today from La Crosse, Wis, where he attended the funeral of w. w. Car gill.
 H:~Fellheimer has returned to his home in Hot Springs. after visit to his daughter, Mrs. Sidney Well, in this city.
 A .E. Hartsell, of Draughon, recent ly paid business visit to Pine Bluff Mr. Hartsell is manager of the Saline Lumber company
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-21
DIR. c. D. SMITH.

veterinary Surgeon and Dentist. Calls night or day answered prompt. ly. Office at Alexander Bros. store corner of Fourth and Pine street. Old phone 629. Residence, 12e7W. 9th ave. old phone 109.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-21
PLANTERS HOTEL

(Colored) Rooms 25c to 75c. The best place for the money. J. s. THOMAS, Mgr.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-21
SPECIALS

SPECIALS Pure Pork Sausage. Dill Pickle. New Barrel Kraut., New Evaporated Fruits. New Grits. New Whole Wheat Flour.
 THE LLOYD GROCERY co,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-21

/>*fs. R .E Hunter of Memphis, 1s> 'in the city and is the guest of AIr and Mrs Horatio Riley. Mrs. Hunter was formerly Miss Nellie Hicks, of this
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-10-21

Sam Fliesher, of Albany, Ga, who Ben Thalheimer, has gone to Hot Springs to spend a while for his bnoltb
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
Passed On.

Mrs. L. Stillwell, wife of JVdge
Stillwell, fell asleep at her home IL
Erie last Friday morning.
Mrs. Stillwell was a long time resi-
dent of Neosho county. She was the
daughter of that old pioneer, Dr.
Stsuber, who is we'll remembered by
all the old citizens Of the county.
She and Leander Sti1lwell we're mar
rie6 in 1872, and have lived in NeosnC
county ever since.
Mrs, Stillwell was loving and
loyahle woman. She early tecame a
member of the Christian church and
was an active, earnest Christian
woman. She died, as she had lived,
steadfast Ia the faith Of life beyond
the grave.
MIS-. Stillwell was very kind
hearted woman, devoted to husband
and family and warmly attached to
her friends.
Her influence in life was always for
the good aad the true. She has
passed out of sight but not cut Of
mind. The influence of her sweet
pure life will be felt in generations
yet TO come. Mrs. Stillwell had long
been a sufferer from Bright's disease,
and finally succumbed to its ravages.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
store Wall Paper House. Barn and Carriage Paints Phon
CASTRO BARRED.
1t seems great rational combina

1t seems great national combina-
ton has been formed against the
former Venezuelan Governor, Ciprl-
ano Castro, and he has no where
to lay his head or rest his tired body
in the Western Continent. He came
over expecting to domicile in some
of the islands adjacent to his coun-
try where he could hatch treason
raiseh- generally. However uncle
Sam had been Illuminating on the mat
ter and came to the conclusion tina
it might be better to have peace and
quiet in Central and South America
while the big canal is being built.
SO after scratching his head and
chewing the Good awhile, he called
uncle Johnny Bull over the phone
and said, "say Johnny, don't you
think it would be good joke on
that kid, Castro, not to let him land
On any of the islands round about
here, and make him return to
France"
Johnny shook his fat sides with
laughter and said: "Say Sammy, l
had not thought of that, but since
that kid Castro used to be SO bloomin'
mean when he was in his own coun'
try and would not play fair with any
of the boys, we will just do that.
I'll phone over to my cousins on the
continent who have some cane pat
ches scattered around in those parts
and have them posted SO when Ci
tries to land any where he will be
| asked to move on"
"All right uncle John, Pll have
some of my boys out with their beats
to see that the kid don't slip up some
bioin my plantation, by by, Johnny"
So 1t came to pass that when the
exiled dictator sought to gain foot
hold on this continent from which
to ferment trouble, he was loaded
into an eastern bound vessel snC
told he could not land anywhere II
the Western Continent.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
COBURN AGAIN.

We have received from +. ID.
Ceburn a very neat folder that is
another boomer for Kansas. Among
the many good things we noticed in
this folder, outside of its beauty and
its poetry, is a little bit of poultry
statistics that is astonishing. The
fetal egg and pOultfy product of the
state for the last five years was
S44,7Ss,6 ,653, nearly 10 million dol
lars annually brought int the state
from the scarcely considered pro-
ducts of the hen. Large as this
.ssms it Is but small half Of what
II should be and might be by a little
mare attention from thousands OF
sur good housewives who have not
stopped to consider the great source
- income the hen may be made.
C.hurn hss the happy faculty of
Getting the pith out of everything
md his last effort, which he chooses
70 label. "The Idyls Of Kansas" is
M TO the usual standard.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
POVERTY IN ENGLAND.

Enlgand's distinguished comlh'S'
sion to study the condition OF the
poor, presided over by Lord George
Hamilton, has after three years OF
investigation prepared its report the
first of forty volumes in which 1t Will
be published having appeared II
is a disheartening report, as was
anticipated, for the curse ofpoverty
in England and the lack of steady
employment are conditions OF general
knowledge. To mitigate the distress
of its people England distributes IN
private charity the huge sum of 800
millions year, there are ordinances
for the aid of the state in furnishing
land fer applicants, old age pension
bills are brought forward, colossal
sums expended IN constructing the
greatest navy the world ever saw
thereby furnishing state work foI
the idle, but Notwithstanding all
that public and private charity does,
poverty grows, and especially in the
cities. Says Lord George Hamilton
in this report;
"The serious feature of our report
IS the deliberate statement that con
ditions OF life in London and other
large towns are such as to produce
degenerate race, morally and ply
sically enfeebled."
England's course of poverty, SO
deep seated and SO widespread that
attempts to relieve 1t are as futile
as dosing cancer with bread pills,
would seem to prove that poverty
is a natural, inevitable product of
civilization. The higher the civlliza-
tion and the larger the great centers
of population, the more difficult to
obtain the means of living at all.
1t was seldom that people starved
in barbarexs times, but In London
the entire population is never above
starvation,
The cry of "back to the la1d" is
being heard In England, but land is
not easy to get. Conditions al
life Ia London and other large towns
are such as to produce degenerate
race" There is warning te
younger nations like our own against
artificial laws, Of transportation
mainly, the tendency of which h to
| concentrate the population in rela
lively overgrown cities. Such con
diticns are unnatural aad briag a
heavy toll in poverty and costly
measures to relieve it. Prosperity
of the agricultural regions ard ol
small towns and villages is the
greatest social blessing that a coun-
try's statesmen can promote, which
will distribute its population natural
ly over the land,-TSpeka Capital.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
Good Day for Runaways.

Tuesday Afternoon there were three
runaways on the street east of the
Santa Fe. No one was hurt aud no
particular damage done. 1t is anus
Ing how quick little excitement like
that will gather a crowd. Let team
break away and start down the street
and slmost instantly tie street is
full Of men. As soon as the race is
over the crowd begins to melt away
and soon all 10 serene as before.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
SUCCESS.

We are glad to know that Ded
CASTOR has at last found his level.
We note by the Topeka papers that
he has been appointed janitor in the
State house. We always rejoice to
hear of NeOsho County man Sec
uring a position suitable to his
attainments.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16

Monday night was a pretty cold
one. Ice formed ever water in
vessels that were left out of doors,
and the ground was frozen. Just
how much damage the fruit crop
suffered cannot yet be told. The
cherries, plums and pears are
generally In bloom and good many
of the Strawberries. 1t is to be
hoped that these fruits are net
seriously hurt as the peach crop
will be very light at best.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
DEMOCRACYS LAST PRIN-
CIPLE.


A new and passing strange doc
trine for his party's government Is
that given out in recent interview
by Senator Chamberlain OF Oregon
who, although life long Democrat
was elected to the senate by Re-
publican legislature in obedience 10
the mandate of the people expressed
in a new tangled state primary
When asked whether in mis- opinion
the Democratic party has any pros
pectlye chance of getting control OF
the national government, the Ore
CONAN replied:
~ think so, but the leaders OF
the party must be sensible, reason
able and Just. l don't believe If
opposing the Republicans when they
are right-the people perceive the
motive instantly. We are no longer
a nation of party bigots. If
measure is good fer the country,
help it along, no matter who sug
gested it; any other policy is stupid
intellectually and rulnous politi
cally."
Unquestionably there is much
wisdom in such counsel, whict
comports we'll with Senator Cham
berlain's reputation as a mah with
out frills and with plenty of plain,
every day common sense. 1he
trouble is, however, from party
standpoint, that this sort of policy
would destroy the last remaining
and me est conspicuous attribute OF
Democracy as party of everlasting
negatien. The only other artiele In
the Democratic creed which had
survived repeated defeats, viz, the
free trade idea, has been shot to
pieces and abandoned like a worh
cut garment by the Democratic
representatives in the present special
session of congress. They have
thrown principle TO the winds and
are presenting a taelancholy spec
taole as political freeboeters soundly
whipped and scrambling for the
crumbs of tariff protection that fal
from tho table of Republican pros
perity. Now to ask them to saeri7
fce the sole surviving thoagh
pitifwl Democratic prerogativs of
opposing everything, ne matter hew
good, that Republicans propose,
would be more melancholy still. Ii
would leave the Democratic party
naked to the world, without stitch
to its back. That keen observer,
the editor of the Versailles, Mo,
Statesman recently gave a complete
epitome of the Democratic party
leaders in a pithy comment upon
the Dem ocratic congressman from
its district, who bobs up pretty
often in debates, as follows: '"By
watching him little it Will not be a
hard matter to see that he is not a
Republican. Most every move he
makes in congress is against some
thing and seldom ever for some
thing. Some men are born to be
against but not for thing. II
would be impolite, and suPerfiouS
as we'll, to call Rames-everybody
will recognize the picture as ideally
and comprehenively Democratic.-
Kansas City Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
BattIeShipS Useless.

The investigating committee that
has been appointed to investigate
the condition of the Freach wax
vessels reports two of their brag
vessels as absolutely unfit for service
and the work of examination is hat
just begun.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16

A delightful shower Monday
morning frsshensd up the crust in
fac shape, but the frost and freeze
Menday night we're not so pleasant
or bsne6cIal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
Murphy Dead.

Conductor Murphy the well ksowu
Santa Fe employee, died at his home
in Kansas City Sunday afternoon,
after a short illness. For many years
Mr.. Murphy has passed through Chr
mute on the regular passenger rua.
He was we'll known by the travelling
public and very popular.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16

FIFTY British mechanics with their
families laaded in this country Sun
dsy. They came to make their
heme in this country stating that
they cannot secure work in England.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16

F. D. CoburA defends Kansas
from California attacks on account
Of eur prohibitsry law, with some
statistics that are very conclusive.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
Phone S28, Street No. Ill w. Main
FROM ANOTHER VIEWPOINT.

is fnlly justified in resorting to ex-
treme measures to prevent the Vene-
zuelan ex dictator, Castro frcm
fomenting a revolution in his native
country; and yet it is running some
risk IN dong so, on account OF the
sympathy which many people espec-
tally in his own country, are apt to
feel for a man who is driven into
exile and finds powerful nations ar
rayed against him In determined
effort to keep him in that lonely
condition. Even the vilest criminal
often becomes an object of sympathy
when prosecution sayers of persecu-
ton. This view of the case is likely
to become popular in the Central
and South American countries which
are about as nearly complete mill
tary despotisms as can be found in
the civilized world. Castro's cruel
code of Imprisonment or summary
execution of his political rivals
strikes a familiar chord in nearly all
of these Latin countries; and like
wise his policy of graft for personal
agrandizement in connection with
public utilities and other corporate
franchises is universally practiced
by the rulers of these countries.
Accordingly, in their opinions the
little Venezuelan despot may not
seem such an arch criminal as he
appears to enlightened minds, and
therefore in resortirg to harsh and
extreme measures to drive him to
the wall the American Governmen,
is in danger Of creating the, very
situation which it hasleng studiously
sought to avoid, and which has
been for years the controlling mo.
tive in causing il to refrain from
executing summary justice upor
Castro while he was the head of tht
Venezuelan government. If the
people, orr rather, the politicians
of the SoIth American couatrie.
take up the notion that Castro is 4
victim of persecution on the part o
the powerful republic of the North
as they call the Uaited States, th'
good work which Secretary Roe
accomplished with such signal tact
in disarming their suspicious anC
winning Their friendly regard, will b,
undoae, and the pacific attitud'
which this country has maintained
for years, even at the expense of th'
rights of its own citizens in many
instances, will have been in vain
Meanwhile, it will be iRterestin.
to observe the merry chase in which
the United States aud the leadinl
coCntr;es of Europe are engaged fo
the purpose of keeping Castro ou
of Venezuela or from establishing
himself at any nearby point wher,
he could hope to communicate with
his supporters and organize a move
meat to overthrow the Venezuelan
government. Between Castro's un
questionable courage and otbel
resourceful qualities and the cowar
dice of his enemies ia his home
coUAtry there is plenty of room fol
the unexpected to happen, and il
would not be greatly surprising il
the news came some morning that
coup d'etat had restored the auda.
clous little plotter to power in the
Venezuelan Yellow House. In such
an event it would still be more in.
terestiag to see what Secretary Knox
and the foreigR diplomats would dc
to regain their shorn prestige and
prevent the little dictator from
giving them the laugh.-Kaasas
City Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16

The Crazy Snake uprising is
about exploded. The people of
Oklahoma are beginning to realize
the fact that these crazy stories are
hurting their state and doing no
body any good but few yeKow
journals. There has been no rea
son from start to finish for dignity
ing that little broIl down in that
country by calling it an Indian up
rising when it was simply a little
scrap with few negro thugs and
Indian half breeds, when the officers
undertook to arrest one of their
number.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
ChenyVaIe Happy.

Itis reported that Senator Porter
of Montgomery county has succeed
ed In financing a railroad project
from Cherryvale to Fl P&so, Texas,
and that work will begin on the
proposed road in 60 days. The
money is to be French capital and
is all ready snd the Surveying is
under way.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-04-16
RuSh for the Northwest.
During March the Hartman lines

report they hauled 5,73I settlers
into Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

visible-the sun in inconceivable
brightness, the two peaks on Catalina,
distant sixty-fve miles, and the dome.
The cloud surface is not fiat, but Is
heaved up into colossal rolls like long
windrows of hay The rays of the
rising sun light up the eastern sides of
these billows with a radiance whittier
than the Imagination can conceive,
while the western sides are pearl white,
shading to gray. The earth is entirely
hidden from view, and at night the
stars burn and blaze with brilliancy
unknown in low attitudes. And Los
Angeles does not behold the glory.
Sirius in the great telescope looks
like a white-hot sun, tinged with vio-
let flashing like hundred Kohinoors.
Aldebaran burns and glows with or
ange- colored light, while every possible
color is seen in the stellar hcsts. They
march i'm majestic motion before the
great object glass, each in contest
with all the others to determine which
shall flash out the most resplendent
colors.
The Pleiades display something more
than one thousand stars, while the stu
pendous nebulae in Andromeda and
Orion shine with unwonte1 b illiancy.
The rotation of the earth-always to
be seen in the telescope-is most i'm
pressive in the absolute solitude of a
mountain night.
When a morning opens with clouds,
magnificent scene is sure to be on
display soon-the temperance of the
hidden world Eight thirty a. m. is the
best time to begin looking. Soon the
clouds become less dense, and thin,
over the immense valley; a peck is
noticed-it is Catalina. Then another;
it is peak near Newhall; then several,
they are SUBMITS north of Los Angeles.
Next the church spires of Pasadena
and then the towers of the court house
and city hall in Los Angeles, distant
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

thirteen miles. Then the faint outlines
of a chess board forty miles square
are seen. The squares are countless
orchards of oranges and lemons of the
San Gabriel valley. Following come
the entire ocean beaches, from Port
Los Angeles to Redondo; Point Fir
min, San Pedro, Long Beach and New
port Then the mighty ocean to the
islands of San Nicholas Q10 miles),
and San Clemente COZ miles,, and be-
yond. Often steamers are seen, es-
pecially when coming up to Port Los
Angeles.
At night a scene of terrestr al splen-
dor is on display. The cities of Los
Angeles and Pasadena blazing with a
myriad of electric lights s7em to be
scarcely more than a mile away.
Every arc light in Los Angeles is
visible, and the city is in shape like
that of an eagle with outstretched
wings. Each square in Pasadena is
marked out in lines of electric light,
while the cities of the beaches and
valleys glow in the dusk.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
A DEPARTURE

OF course, you have read, from time
to time. of how a card bearing the
name and address of girl factory
employe, enclosed with some of the
products of the factory, brought her a
husband.
Muscotah sends a story which begins
that way. If you don't know where
Muscotah is you may be able to find
it on a map.
A young man living in Muscotah
bought pair of overalls. In one of
the pockets he found card bearing
the name and address of the girl who
made them. Following the course by
custom prescribed in such cases, he
wrote letter. After due interval the
purchaser of the overalls received this
reply:
I am a working girl. 1t is true,
but l make a good living and / do
not care to support a husband. as
l would have to do If / married
some silly noodle who gets mashed
on a girl he never saw Permit me
to say that l do not know how my
card got in that pair of overals,
and that when do marry, If ever,
it will be some fellow that can af-
ford something better than a Az
cent pair of breeches
1t was really high time for a radical
departure from the customary conclu-
sion of such an ncident-Philadelph
Telegram.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
Infant Like

Church-"I see it is said that Russ'a a
has already over 41.0O0 miles of railway,
and the Russian railways are still only
in their infancy"
Gotham-"That's the reason so many
of the trains over there only creep, |
suppose. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
More Dangerous Than Microbes

1.-THE air of Switzerland at an eleva-
tion of 1000 feet is free from microbes.
Why not try it over there?" said the
physician to the wealthy bachelor.
But, doctor" replied the timid man,
there are so many marriageable girls
go over there every year!"-Yonkers
Statesman.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19
Identified

Police Sergeant-Can you give me
description of the person who ran over
You?
"Oi can that. He had on a fur coat
an an autymobile cap an goggles."-
Exchange.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-19

NIU has been written about the
wi great Mt Lowe observatory, ,o I:
A'A Few persons. however, nave as