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Deputy Sheriff Walter Stewart took the county bloodhounds to Wab- baseka, this county, yesterday to join in the chase for man who is be-
 lieved to have set fire to barn on the Rogers place at o'clock Thurs day morning. Citizens of that place requested that the dogs be sent there.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29

Mrs Charles Parker and son and little Miss Hattie Peters have returned to Hot Springs after spending several weeks in the city the guests of Joe $. Altschul and family.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29

Mrs Charles Gwynn Oglesby, of Memphis, is visiting her motie,, Mrs. James Connor at No. 704 Main street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29

Mrs. Joe s. Altschul, who was sick for several weeks. has gone to Hot Springs to visit her daughter, Mrs, Charles Parker, for a few weeks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29

A healthy man Is king in his own right: an unhealthy man is an un- happy slave. Burdock Blood Bitters Builds up sound heaith-keeps you we'll.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29

D. C. Bell, of the Pine Bluff Trust Company, has returned from Little Rock, where he went on business
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29

To produce that lily white com pleXion try Madam Waters Face Cream. ii
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29

Let the Pine Bluff Moving and Storage O., move and store your Household goods. Up-to-date padded moving vans. Under exclusive man. agement of white men. We make a speciality of packing household goods for shipment. Office Union Station. Both phones e. 1-3-d-tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29
NOTICE

Mrs, Magnolia Dawson. my wife. having left my bed and board, will no longer be responsible for her debts.
 VIM. IT. DAWSON. 1-14 Ct.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29

Mrs. J. P. Alley, of Little Rock, will visit her parents, MT. and Mrs. R. w.. Lane, the coming week.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29

HICKORY WOOD Co.-2o0e West Sixth Street. Old phone 1896. Nov phone 206. All kinds of stove wooA and blocks. All orders given promps attention. Wood delivered to any psrt of city. Yours for service.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29
I. M. WHITEHEAD Architect and Engineer

LITTLE ROCK. ARKANSAS.
 Roons S01-S02 Southern Trust Ru,ldinx. Drawing and superintend- ing of all kinds of buildings. OfS phone 3s1e.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-29

Those fun experts. Wood k Ward, with IS helpers, mostly girls, present ing the merriest of al musical mix sures, Two Merry Tramas tte play
 with singy songs and WAistly music. Prices, 25, 35, 50 and .5, box, S1.Oo.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16

on the following Sunday and drove
twenty miles to church for the first
time in two years. Hiram Acton told
a wonderful story Of what he had seen
after the flight Of his two companions.
According to this veracious narrative,
Hiram had conversed coolly with a
ghost "up'ards Of nine feet high" But
what the apparition had told him Hi.
ram dared not tell.
The affair created q great stir in
Tannerytown. and from that time for
ward Sixpence hill ceased to allure
coon hunters.
Only two persons knew the facts of
the case. On the day following his ex-
plot Abijah told James Warner all
about 1t. though he did not dwell on
the FRIGHT he underwent when the
coon crawled over him. The two boys
kept the affair to themselves after
shaking hands in renewed friendship.
AS to the skins. they were found to
have become entirely worthless pend
ing the settlement of the dispute. But
Jonas afterward fully compensated
Abtjah for his loss. as he was in duty
bound to do
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16
Heroic Husbands,

Some women were discussing over
their afternoon tea the statement that
a man Is no more hero to his wife
than to his valet. There seemed to be
no opposition to the idea that mans
servant did not appreciate him, but all
stoutly maintained that their husbands
were heroic in one way or another
my husband is very heroic" said
Mrs. Black. "For instance, he will
give up his visit to the club to play
jackstraws with my old mother. and
she is his mother-in-law. you know
II think can beat that" remarked
Mrs. Gray. "When my milliner's quar-
terly bill comes in my husband smiles
as he writes cAeck and never thinks
of looking at the items"
Il can give you better example
than either Of those!' exclaimed Mrs.
White. "When the morning paper
comes at breakfast time my husband
always offers me the first reading Of
it."
An Informal vote awarded the last
speakers husband the medal for hero
ism.-Youth's Companion.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16

When Boys Were Taught to Smoke.
The habit Of juvenile smoking in
England in the seventeenth century
was practically universal Jorevin de
Rochefort, French traveller Of that
period, in an account published in
1871 gives description Of an evening
he spent at Worcester He was cate
chized by one of the townsmen as to
the habits of the French people.
"While we were walking about the
town." he writes, "he asked me If 1t
was the custom in France, as fl Eng
land. that when the children went to
school they carried In their ,satchel
with their books Il pipe Of tobacco
which their mother took care to fill
early in the morning. It serving them
instead Of breakfast. and that at the
accustomed hour every one laid aside
his book to light his pipe, the master
smoking with them and teaching them
how to hold their pipes and draw In
their tobacco, thus accustoming them
to it from their youth, believing 1t alb
solutely necessary for mans health"
st. James Gazette.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16
A Moqui Repartee.

A certain commissioner was given to
treating the Indians with scorn they
did not deserve. One day us he sat
with great chief in his tepee, smoi-
ing the pipe Of peace, the chief enter
tanned him with many quaint legends.
One of these dealt with a plague Of
locusts, and the grim orator described
in fowery language how they had
swarmed over the land, eating every
herb and green leaf and blotting out
the light Of day for very number. Then
he concluded by remarking that it was
not until the medicine man made an
offering of silver locust to the Great
Spirit that the creatures disappeared,
and this they did swiftly and sudden
~.
Loudly the commissioner laughed
the superstitious Indian to scorn.
do you mean to say you're such
fools as to believe that rubbish?" he
asked.
mot much" replied the chief grave
", 'or we would have offered the
Great Spirit silver paleface long
ago!"-Philadelphia Telegraph.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16
Doino Their Duty.

The Teacher-C Children. we make he.
roes Of ourselves by doing our duty.
Perry's duty was to whip the British.
and he did it. The light brigade's duty
was to attack the Russians without
question, and they did 1t. All great
heroes won their victories by doing
their duty. Children. we have our du-
ties. What should we do for the weak.
the suffering, the oppressed?
Chorus Of Pupils-Sail in an lick
'emI-Cleveland Leader.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16


OF THE PASSAGE.
the color Of birch bark as be pointed
to the hole leading into the edge from
the bars den.
The three men stood gazing with
dropped jaws, bursting eyes and hair
erect where two human hands stretch
ed from the black hole and moved as
II in dumb appeal.
Next instant the hands drew back
convulsfvely, and a shrek SO sharp, so
piercing and unearthly rang from the
bars den that the echoes flung It back
like chorus Of f1ends. It was repeat
ed as white face, distorted by fear
beyond recognition, appeared at the
mouth Of the passage.
The raccoon was trying to crawl
over Abijah's back, and he believed
that some fearful thing was upon him.
The Canadian started with yell
that might have been heard a mile.
He leaped five feet into the air and
sped away in the darkness, crashing
through the bushes.
Uncle Hosea shrieked, "Iand o. the
livin'! in a shrill falsetto and few
after Chute.
Hiram Acton gave no cry. for his
tongue Glove to the roof Of his mouth
and refused to utter a sound. For a
few hundred yards his track was visi-
BILE by the receding light Of his Ian
tern that rose and fell like some sin
gular kind Of fireworks. Soon, how
ever, the lantern smashed against an
oak with a crash that showered the
ground with shivered glass. But when
Hiram stopped three miles from Six
pence hill he was still clinging to the
wire bail, which was all that was left
Of the lantern.
Uncle Hosea was bedridden for sew
eral days. Joe Chute borrowed team
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16

to the manager. He stood on a chair
and as soon az be could make himself
heard said:
1.-THE American will not fight IL VIC
take up collection for the programme
girl. Let US ransom Carl Stenfens. the
waiter who offended him. Carl is a
poor man and has large family"
With that he went around with the
hat. Every person in the assembly
considered that he was bound to dis.
gorge as he had seen stagecoach pas.
sengers disgorge to road agents In the
wild west show. When the hat came
back 1t was brimful of bills and coins.
The manager handed 1t to me, and,
pouring its contents into my handker-
chief. handed 1t to the child. The
manager got on table and cried:
1.-THE American is appeased. Now
60 quietly to your homes
The people shrank away-that is,
those who were left, for u goodly num-
Der had departed by the door and VIM
dows. Some who had to pass me
looked at me with timid curiosity and
when they were obliged to present
their backs to me hurried out as If
afraid to trust me behind them. When
they had all gone except the landlord
he bowed very low aud said to me:
when may l reassure our people
that your excellency has departed2"
To assume such a commanding posi-
ton by striking people with terror
even in SO ridiculous manner has its
effect. I confess myself affected by 1t.
could fancy how it was that even the
great Napoleon got the big head.
'You may tell Them" I said "that
am much pleased with their generosity.
leave by the train tonight
GEORGE DISNEY MILLS.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16

Hiram laughed nervously. Chute
turned up the wick Of the lantern
without laughing at all. The three
hudd!ed together before the great
black hole and talked fearfully Of
spooks and apparitions.
Their "reminiscences were of old
tales handed down in New England
households from ancestors who lived
In wilderness peopled with a thou.
sand terrors. No one but Chute owned
to a belief in evil spirits, but the Cana
dams superstition was contagious.
Half an hour after Uncle Hosea's
story Of "Sam Mash" the three men
were in such quivering condition
that a weird sound would have been
enough to send them flying through
the woods.
All this time the bars den had an
other occupant besides the raccoon.
Abijah Williams was there, filling his
sacks with Jonas Warmers chestnuts.
1t was impossible for those outside to
see his lantern light. And as stiffness
reigned inside the cave Abijah was un-
aware Of the proximity Of the coon
hunters.
After he had filled his bags the still
ness Of the place began to affect him.
He sat there questioning whether he
was engaged in brilliant act of re-
taliation or in mean theft. For the
first time since the trouble began
about the pelts he reviewed the affair
without prejudice. At last he resolved
to go to Jonas in the morning and
talk the whole thing over amicably.
He emptied the bags, replaced the
nuts as he had found them and was
about to leave the place when a vol
ume of suffocating smoke suddenly is
sued from the interior of the cavern.
He was astonished. Had the bars
den turned out to be volcano? Was
an earthquake shock about to crush
him between those stupendous rocks?
Abijah fed for his life.
AS he crawled ON his hands and
knees through the assure to the outer
part of the den he heard a scratching
noise behind him. It was the raccoon,
which was being driven toward the
outer air by Chute's smudge.
The three hunters outside had Just
listened to Wild tale from Chute
when the acute ears of Hiram detected
sound inside the bars den.
cts the coon!' cried he. 'See! The
smokes comm through! Let the dogs
got"
"What ails the dogs? They act so
scarf. l reckon Chute's story must "a
frightened 'em," said Uncle Hosea.
lies git out dis" came from the
awed Chute. Gwen dogs Is skar'd
don't want
Look thar!' burst from the ashen
lips Of Hiram Acton. His face was of
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16

Z By FRANK II. SWEET :
= Copyright. 1903. by American Press
4 Association.
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YONAs WARNER Of Tannery.
town, being an .enterprising
ID Yankee boy, cast about for
some way to increase his cash
capital which amounted to 81. For
this sum he bought from old Mr.. Fig
gins the exclusive privilege of gather
ing nuts on the southwest side Of Six
pence hill. This transaction occurred
about the middle Of October.
Next morning Jonas was ON the road
at sunrise with bundle Of grain sacks,
gun, sledge hammer and tin lard pau,
containing his MONDAY meal. An I'M
usually severe frost the night before
had burst the chestnut burs, and the
trees rained a scattering fusillade upon
the dead leaves.
"I'u hide my nuts in the bars den,"
thought Jonas as he sat at the roots Of
gnarled oak eating the piece Of pie
that had been put into his pail first
that it might be eaten last. "I'll hide
'em in the bars den, and when I get
'em all picked can come after 'em
with the old express wagon"
So when he ceased work that after
noon he shouldered his spoils and
toiled up the steep hillside to the bars
den.
The bars den is cave situated on
the southwest slope Of Sixpence hill.
Here the ledge crops out in many
places, leaving sharp activities Of
gray and moss grown rock. The lar
gest Of these lodges stands out like q
gigantic cut into the heart Of the hill.
A gnarled grapevine clings tenaciously
to the corpse Of a strangled moose
wood near the verge and lowers itself
in angular contortions far down along
the face Of the rock.
Under the ledge Is the main en-.
trance Of the cave, shrouded by moss,
birches, blackberry briers and an over
hanging mass Of rock. This opening
Is dark and uninviting as the shaft of
a deserted mine.
The den itself is about twelve feet
wide and twelve feet deep, but It Is
not high enough to allow q man to
stand upright. Back Of this recess Is
passage large enough for a human
being to squeeze through. II one did
so be would find himself in very mar
row assure, which soon becomes so
high that its roof Is Invisible, even to
one carrying lighted torch or lantern.
This assure turns around a corner
and then becomes 30 narrow that its
exploration IL impracticable, except to
raccoons or lesser creatures.
What lies beyond Is not known.
There Is an opening at the top Of the
cave. and tradition says that this open
ing was the favorite entrance of the
bear which gave the place it's title.
Jonas Warner deposited his nuts as
far back In the cave as he could crawl.
He thought he had more than enough
nuts to make up the sum he had in
vested in certain furs that Abijah Will
liams claimed. Abijah and Jonas were
about the same age and had been
great friends, but during the last six
months they had had nothing to do
with each other.
Their quarrel had been the result Of
Jonas trading propensities. One day
during the previous spring he had
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-07-16

bought a package Of furs from a
French Canadian woodchopper at a
great bargain. The Canadian left town
quickly without explaining that he had
found the furs on the public highway.
They had been dropped there from the
wagon In which Abijah Williams had
been carrying them to sell In the VII
lage.
Abijah, who had trapped them dur
ing the preceding winter. took his loss
much to heart When he learned what
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-01-08
Mrs, MAVERICK to Wed.

Romance has again come into the
life of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, the
American woman who was convicted
in England on the charge of poisoning
her huband, convicted, sentenced to
prison for lie, served for years, and fl
nally released on ticket to leave by
the organized and persistent efforts Of
the women of America.
Since that time Mrs. Maybrick mas
spent her time in America, and has
been featuring for the Saltyon Lyceum
Bureau. Now, according to S. j. H.
McCracken, the Atlanta representative
of the Slayton Bureau, Mrs. Maybrick
is engaged to and will marry Chas. l..
Wagner,a Chicago man, who is the sec.
rotary to the bureau.
Through his duties as secretary Wag-
ner frequently met Mrs. May and
this acquaintance, it is said, soon rip
ened into love. Several times he ask.
ed her to marry him, and several times
she refused, according to the story, she
/ fearing her past might injure Wagner
but finally his persistence was reward
ed.
Recently Mrs. Maybrick and hel
mother, the Baroness Laroques in {
| Virginia court, were awarded title K
valuable lands in Kentucky and othel
States, worth large fortune.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-01-08
Story of the Wedding

A political correspondent of a West
ern Kansas paper was recently asked
to report wedding which was to occur
in the town in which he happened to
be that night. Here is the report the
editor Of the paper got: amid scenes
Of splendor and sounds of sweet con-
cord q suppose that's the way to start
OUT Victoria. the beautiful daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Merrill (may
the Lord forgive me) was married to
Mr.. Edward Post. Promptly at eight
O'Clock the bride, vision in white
IN never do a thing like this again as
long as l live. Of course, the bride
wore clothes and there were roses and
music and things to eat; but l do not
know where to put them in.) The
BRIDES father is a prominent ranch
man and the bridegroom is a decent
young chap, which l suppose should go
in somewhere. Please don't ask me
to write-up any more weddings"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-01-08

Paris, where they will remain until this
afternoon as guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Hinton, at which times they leave
for their home at st. Joseph, Mo.
Born, on Dee. 81, to the wife of
Thos. Sheeler,a son.
VIM. Miller, Jr., who has been
among. the sick is much improved.
Mrs. VIM. Best. of Cincinnati, is
the guest of her brother Mr.. S. K.
Proctor
DIR. and Mrs. Huffman, of Berry,
are guests of mis- brother, DR.. w. v
Huffman and wife.
Mrs. M. E. Hutchcraft returned
from Paris Monday after spending a
week with relatives.
Mrs. Day and daughter. of Coving-
ton, are spending few days with her
sister, Mrs. w. V. Human.
Miss Margaret Stanard returned
from Louisville Wednesday after spend
ing the holidays with relatives there.
Miss Elizabeth Gamble returned tt
Wellesley College, near Boston, Mon
day after spending the holidays al
home.
Miss Bette 7. Vimont is buildinl
a residence for rent on one of her lot
on Seventh Street between Miller ant
Railroad.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-01-08
Much TaIkee. Nothing Done.

AS stated before petition has been
circulated in this city among the bust
ness men in regard to cutting out one
Of the telephone companies now doing
uinesss in this city. A goodly number
of our citizens signed this petition and
a meeting was held Wednesday even
ing at the court house to discuss the
matter and to take some action.
About 65 citizens were present, each
of the telephone companies, the Home
and East Tennessee, had representa-
tives there. Mr.. George Rassenfoss
was elected Chairman of the meeting
and Mr.. Frank Kiser, Secretary. After
stating the object of the meeting aEgen-
eral talk was INDUCED in, most of
which.was done by W. o. Hinton, Chas.
Clendenin, VIC. Dodson and Chairman
Rassenfoss.
The result of the meeting could not
be figured out, some wanting to drop
the East Tennessee and some the4
Home. Those present began to drop
out one by one until all were gone and
an adjournment was not necessary.
Therefore nothing was done, and the
question is unsolved. just where 1T be-
gan.
In our last issue we suggested tt
let well enough alone" and it looks
very much like our suggestion will be
taken as the best offer for the solution
of the question. We are not much of {
standpatter" but when it comes tt
only one telephone company doing bust
ness here, you can put US down as {
"standpatter, So to sum up the
meeting is an easy job, much ~talkee
nothing done"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-01-08
To Meet at Jackson.

A call has been issued from Jackson
for a great mass meeting TO be partici-
pated in by delegates from forty coun-
ties il Eastern Kenucky to be held at
Jackson early inMay at which the gen.
eral situation in that part of the State
will be discussed and plans put forward
for the stamping out of all law break
ing, including feudism illicit distiIiing
OF whisky, operating of blind tiger sa-
looms, etc. Mass meetings will be
held first in each of the counties anC
delegates selected for the big meeting
This will be the first time in the his
tory of Kentucdyfthat this method OF
stopping lawlessness has been tried
The recent Callahan-Deato outbreaE
caused che call to be issued.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-01-08
BrOtherly Love.

Theodore LuttreIl, guard at the
EddyvilIe branch penitentiary, although
he could not induce his brothers to
write to him, proved that spark of
brotherly love remained in their hearts
when he wrote to them last. He had
not heard from his two brothers in
years before he was appointed guard.
A week ago he wrote to each of them
on prison stationery, as follows
Dear Brother-I am in here, Il don
know for how long. 1t depends on my
good behavior. Sunday both brothers
visited him at Eddyville TO see what
was the matter.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1909-01-08
In Winters Grin.

Following the recent rams and the
weather mans prediction OF a cold
snap, the Thermometer took a decided
drop Tuesday night and we are now in
the midst of real winter weather.
While this is not really the coolest
weather we have experienced this win
ter yet it came after a period that
resembled that of springtime, and as a
result overcoats and heavy clothing
bring a genuine comfort. The mercury
Tuesday and Wednesday and Wednes-
day night went as low as nineteen de-
grees above zero, and on yesterday va.
rying between freezing and that point.
Today, according to prediction will
be partly cloudy and warmer.