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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-03-25
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT

|ro the officers and members of
lyada Lodge 203 |. 0. 0. F.
We your committee on memor-
beg to report that
Whereas, Brother J.W. johnson
hseful and beloved member OF
S lodge has been called away
I'M the walks of men and will
ket with US here no more, and
ereas his sudden demise re-
nds US that the grim reaper is
respector of persons; that his
thless hand spares neither sex
rank; that he loves a shining
rk and stalks into happy
mes and cuts down alike hoary
rs and prattling children, ad-
nishing us that we too must
long join that silent caravan
70 journey to that bourne from
ence no traveller returns.
Resolved, That in the death of
bther Johnson this lodge has
one of it's most devoted and
thful members; one who loved
d Fellowship because of its
lutiful tenets and ties of a
hthless brotherhood. We de-
re our loss and will miss his
IDLY words and friendly coun-
and yet the memory of our
ociation with him will linger
p sweet incense to lead US on
higher and better lives.
We bow our heads in submis-
b to the will of our Father
% rules and governs all things
good to those who love and
st Him. Farewell our brother
We too are called away to
Yet thee in the bright beyond
ere no pain or sorrow ever
hes and where unalloyed hap
Jess invites the two million
hnbers of our grand order. Be
further
Resolved, That these resolu-
hs be spread upon the minutes
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-03-25

that the rapidly increasing Ma
tional expenditures were due to
the tendence on the part Of the
people to militarism, and he
showed by the figures he had
prepared that the appropriations
chargeable to military expendi-
lures amounted to the grand
total of $525, 100000, or more
than one-half of all the costs of
the Federal Government.
The situation is more serious,
more startling than Mr.. Tawney
or any one else has made it appear
1t is an entirely new danger which
threatens the American people.
1t was supposed up to ten years
ago that the policy Of peace and
material progress was the very
masterpiece achieved by civilized
man up to the present time. The
wisdom of the fathers was sup
posed to be exemplified largely,
if not chiefly, in our refusal to
adhere to that sort of militarism
run mad by which the old world
has been cursed from the first.
We were admitted by the best
thought and the best morals of
the world to be far in advance of
other Nations particularly in this
regard. Within a decade our
greateat achievement has been
cast under foot as rubbish, and
the higher and finer appreciation
of the ats and policies of peace
have given place to the coarser
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-03-25

of this meeting and a copy be
given to the local paper for pub
lication and this order wear the
usual emblem Of mourning for
thirty days.
Respectfully submitted.
Alex Vaughan,
R. A. Highsmith,
]. H. Crow.
Committee.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-03-25

clamor and desperate preparation
for war. It is a most unfOrtu-
nate, costly and dang erous
change for the worse. Already
the wholly unnecessary and mex
cusible burden of it has begun to
pinch and Cypress the people. In
the meantime, through thought
lessness and indifference, the
American people are loosing day
after day more of their power to
relieve and save themselves from
this oldest and greatest curse Of
mankind. Dallas News.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-03-25
DO YOU NEED A PILOT?

Every young man and young
woman entering the business
world needs a pilot-a knowledge
of bookkeeping, shorthand and
typewriting. or telegraphy. Such
a training is ample capital and a
safe pilot when setting sail on
the tempestuous sea of business.
Many have embarked without
this knowledge, and as derelicts
have been cast ashore. Secure
knowledge Of the laws and GUS
toms of business, combine it
with a knowledge of bookkeep-
ing shorthand and typewriting,
and you will have a safe pilot
that can weather the storms and
and avoid the dangers and whirl-
pools of financial wreck and ruin,
and steer you safely into the
harbor of independence and sue
cess. Hills Business College,
one of the leading business col
leges of America, has been the
pilot of thousand of successful
men and women, and it will do
the same for you. It's away
ahead of all others in the South
in everything. Modern Short
hand, our new shorthand system,
can be learned in one-half the
time required to learn other sys-
TENS. You can learn more book
keeping with us in four months
than you can in six months in
most schools. $50 life scholar
ships in bookkeeping, or in type
writing and shorthand, are only
$42.5O. $1OO life scholarships in
business, shorthand and type
writing are now $75. $5O LIE
scholarships in telegraphy and
station work are $35. Mail course
in shorthand, 500. Come now
while rates are low, and be with
a big crowd of enthusiastic work
ers. Our attendance has more
than trebled since January /,
and still they come. Address
Hills Business College, Waco,
Texas, or Memphis, Tenn.
Wanted. IS men also 3 log
teams, good haul. Weekly pay
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-03-25

If the landlord and tenant sys-
tenn could be abolished there
would be good times: and the
way to accomplish this will be to
buy homes. The farmer who
owns a home is Independent OF
renting systems, and does not
need to move on" from year to
wear
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-03-25
GOOD FOR THE BLUES

Is your appetite on vacation, your
energy absent, and everything else out
of "Whack?" If so, you had better
take something and take it now.
Simmons Sarsaparilla is the King
of Tonics. 1t will make you eat all
you want to pay for. Try it and hear
Yourself laugh again.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-03-25

The Federal government is
going to investigate the resources
of Guam. At present Guam is
known largely for its great re-
sourses of rest cure.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-03-25
RAPIDLY GROWING BURDEN
OF MIlITARISM


people to slavery and crushed
more Nations into the earth than
any of the other burdens. 1t is
unaccountable that the civiliza-
tion of today will promote or en-
dure it. It means the same thing
over again, and yet the educated
people of the twentieth century
tolerate it and hurrah over it Just
as the Assyrians and Persians
did in the remote ages of passion,
tyranny and conquest. The
penalties of it are incalculable.
The appropriations for armies
and navies, tremendous as they
are. are by no means the heaviest
losses. There is no other line of
jobbery and graft that is COM
parable to that of the sharp op-
portunity-hunters who invent
causes of war, and who sell to
their pets in a military politics
the stores, supplies and equip
ment which are consumed by
armies and navies, whether idle
or active. But more scandalous
than all the costly plundering
and grating is that loss of self
reliance, of ability to make a
living, of civic character and
peaceful purpose that follows in
many instances the change fro m
life of working for a living to
a life of idling or fighting for a
living.
Truly, as an observant contem-
porary says, it is of little use for
consumers to protest againts a
tax on coffee and sugar. for
property owners TO protest
against income taxes, or for
States to object to Federal in
heritance taxes, unless a similar
protest is made against the poll
cies which relate to these taxes
as cause to effect. What causes
the deficit National finances?
Out of total of $810. 600. 600 ap-
propriated, exclusive of the
Postal Department. $526, 600, 600
was required to meet the war
bills of the Government! We are
paying 81, 440, 900 a day for war!
That is more than the cost of the
first year of the Civil War, and
more than half the cost of the
last year, in which great armies
were maintained in action. We
are at peace with the world, but
we are maintaining a war stand
ard of equipment. We must
pay for it. We have followed the
Nations of Europe in our military
policy. In this we have taken
on the deadly curse of the ages.
AS a Nation we have never COM
mitted before any blunder that
is comparable to it in either
material or morel penalties.
Our present inheritance is
militarism and an empty treas
ury, and it is terrible inherit
ance that will increase in burden,
oppression and disaster unless
the present policy is abandoned.
In his speech against the de-
mands for millions to send fleets
aroung the world and for enlarg-
ing still further the enormous
burden upon the country, Con-
gresham Tawney, though a
member of the party in power.
performed a manly service for
his country and for the cause of
truth, justice and peace. He
noted that, although expendi-
lures are now running from $152,
600, 600 to $3.50, 900, 200 in excess
of revenues, the executive de-
partments of the Government
submitted larger estimates for
the fiscal year than ever. These
were trimmed down to grand ap-
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-03-25
A SWOLLEN JAW

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it's caused by neuralgia, toothache or
accident, Ballard's Snow Liniment will
reduce the swelling and relieve the
pain. The great and sure cure for
rheumatism, cuts, burns, bruises, ,scalds
any and all aches and pains. Sold by
Bakers Drug Store.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1909-03-25

Wanted. IS men also 3 log.
teams, good haul. Weekly pay
day. Berkman Lumber Compa-
ny, Laneburg, Ark.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-19
KEEPING MONEY IN cIRcULA-
TON.

The pace which Mrs. Howard Gould
set for herself appears to be defensi-
BILE upon the ground that she gave
work to scores of persons and kept
her liberal allowance of cash in speedy
circulation. She put out 5000 a day,
and her dress cost her from $4,000
to $4,000 a year. Although some OF
her suits cost $500 each, she declares
that no woman in her class would
be in good form to wear the same
dress twice. It has not been dis
closed what was done with Mrs.
Gould's once-worn clothing, but it is
apparent enough that she had enough
to run a little secondhand clothing
store on her own account, and that
some one must have been benefited
by the disposal of her clothes, as well
as by making them, goes without say
ing. The $4,000 a year she spent
was less than 10 per cent. Of her hus-
bands income, so proportionally she
may be reckoned as operating within
the economies of high domestic life.
Mrs. Gould made the needles fly and
the wheels Of industry hum in a way
which prevents denial that she was
public benefactor. She promoted
both trade and labor.
II is not likely that the court will
sympathize with her in her idea that
10 lady can live on less than s175.Oo0
a year. the sum which she demands
for alimony, but, considering Mr..
Gould's financial ability, the court is
likely to allow her what the world will
consideral a liberal maintenance.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-19
pRoTEcrINc GREAT FORESTS.

At last the time has arrived when
great forests are regarded as worthy
of protection. The time to stop for
est fire is when it is getting under
way but until this late day forest
fires have been left to burn out unless
homestead buildings or towns were in
danger of being swept from existence.
New York is the first state to pro-
tect it's forests, and it has done so
by establishing four fire-fghting sta
lions with permanent watchmen, in
the Adirondacks. This action comes
so late that one editor cautiously re-
marks:
Anyone who has seen the Adiron-
dacks after last summers reign of
devastation will wonder what the war
dens are to save from fire. Future
generations among the bare hills of
the Adlrondacks, when the value of
forest lands, for water power, soil
saving and flood prevention is gen
orally known, will ask what would
have been the result if prevention in
stead of protection had been employed.
They will inquire, perhaps, what would
have happened If the railways had
been made to burn oil, or use electric
ity, or pay for the damage the sparks
from their locomotives began. They
will wonder at the carelessness of the
public in letting fires start at all, or
not fighting them when they got head
way, as was the common attitude a
few years ago"
These great fires are preventable,
and it is probable that other states
like Maine and Michigan, will guard
their forests from the fires which
annually rage through them. destroy
ing millions of feet of lumber.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-19
The stannarinn Load

When one glances from bottom to
top of the list of appropriations rec
commended by the state committee on
appropriations, wonder doesn't seem
re cessary. How the million people of
this state stagger under the load of
SIX and a half million dollars on this
list IS uncomfortable. Over a million
and a quarter for judicial expenses as
compared with a million seven hun
cred thousand for public schools pro-
vokes thought In the first lines of the
list. 1t costs over a dollar to every
nan, woman and child in the state for
tte court machinery and not quite
two dollars each for education. We
" Guild like to hear these relative
amounts compared, say by President
Hadley of Yale and Chief Justice Bald
win. It would prove interesting with
out a doubt. Over three hundred and
sl1ty thousand dollars to maintain the
military establishment looms UP large.
too, which IS more than one hundred
dollars for every man in the Connecti-
cut brigade. Is that excessive? 1t
locks so.-New London Telegraph.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-19
THE BULLETINS DAILY STORY
RAKING THE YARD

Far be it from me-" said the young
woman who was trying to get in or
der for the summer cottage at
Michigan resort, ito mourn at the
prosperity of my own country, but I
can't help wishing there were a few
good, lively paupers, haggardly look
ing around for a meal in this coun-
try. 1t would make life SO much cas-
ierl
TT seemed quite a normal idea of
mine to clear up the yard. Most yards
with which / have been acquainted
have got themselves cleared UP each
spring without causing a convulsion
OF nature. Therefore, with trusting
innocence, turned back after a cas-
ual conversation with the hotel care
taker and hailed him.
please send the boy over who
worked here last year said l. I've
got work for a day or so for him.
Then L got my first jolt. The care
taker was impressive, but all the ma
Art?' queried the caretaker. He's
working by the new boathouse around
the bend. You don't can get him this
time
"'Well, find me somebody said I.
Maybe said the caretaker.
II waited two days and each day
the winters accumulation Of leaves,
fallen tree branches and general de-
bris grew worse. 1 mentioned it to
the caretaker with some asperity.
There don't be anybody said he,
placidly. Arts father. he plants po-
tatoes by the farm. Everybody plants
potatoes. Unless they work by the
new boathouse.'
II went out and savagely raked up
leaves in heaps, which / couldn't move
fhn I'd lNnLo1 fvnn
ground of vast army. And the tall
grass needed cutting. I really hated it
worse after l had raked part of the
rubbish into these heaps than I did
before. 1t looked nervous and I'M
settled. 1 spoke to the men who
brought out the piano from town.
a. Tt sure does look bad said one
He is working across the bay, but I'll
try. Yes. l think you need John out
here. Theye may be snakes in; that
tall grass, tool
In the afternoon the laundress ap-
peared. My!' she said, being neat
woman. Why not your yard be fixed?
All those stumps and leavesi Oh,
get you man to work-Peter!f He is
my sisters husbands nephew and he
Il felt quite happy about Peter for
time, and then the old distrust set
tied down on me, as the next day,
which was sunny, did not bring Peter.
I raked a little aiInlessly, changing
the piles of leaves. but otherwise not
producing much effect on the wilder
ness surrounding the house.
Il went to town that afternoon and
with a stern, sad countenance inserted
pleading advertisement in the week
ly paper. From reading 1t one might
have thought that 1 planned to re-
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-19

guard in advance against misunder-
standings. Before marriage lovers
seldom lack in this particular: LET
me carry your wrap" aren't you ge:-
ting a little too tired?" But some
times after the honeymoon is ended
each thinks first of his or her CON-
fort.
Lay as your third cornerstone,
cCmradeship. No people in the world
should have such good times togeth-
er as husbands and wives. The
"chummy'' feeling ought to prevail in
work and play. Here again we some
times observe a sad difference between
pre-honeymoon and post-honeymoon
days. I sometimes see a middle-aged
or elderly married couple taking q
meal together in the restaurants or
travelling for half day on the train.
Hardly a word passes between them
and one wonders whether they have
exhausted all the topics of mutual In
terest. All! there was time a few
years ago when their tongues could
hardly CHATTER fast enough.
The fourth cornerstone should be
confidence. If you are not prepared to
believe in your companion in season
and out Of season, in sickness and
health, in poverty and wealth, then
you would better hesitate before you
commit yourself to a lifelong union.
There will be times when 1t may be
hard to understand just what the 9th
er does or fails to do, but you viii not
judge him or her by a single action
but interpret every action by your
confidence in the prevailing intentions
and in the character os a while. Bide
your time and in the end your conf
dence VIII be justified, provided you
are doing your best to justify the con-
fidence reposed in you.
These four c's, CO. operation, consid-
Grafton, comradeship and confidence,
if built into the foundations Of the
hi me, will make their influence felt
day by day. If they are gept strong
the home cannot fail to be happy. And
the poets dream of an ideal home will
Re realized when he says:
Two birds within one nest,
Two hearts within one breast;
Two spirits in one fare
Firm league of love and prayer,
Together bound for aye
Together blessed.
THE PARsoN.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-19
WHAT SHOULD BE THE AIM IN
LIFE.

It is well for every person to have
an aim in nfe-to be set upon ac-
1omplishing something creditable to
himself of doing something for
the benefit OF mankind.
We have now reached the days when
the chairman of the school board ad-
dresses the members Of the gradual
ing class and in well-chosen words at
tempts to inspire them to hold in
view as an ambition a governorship
or the presidency, but since not one
in ten thousand are likely to accom-
plish such a self-imposed task, The
Bulletin would suggest a simpler pur-
pose. A great ambition often proves
to be more than one poor soul can
carry. The way to great things is by
simple methods. The one resolve for
every young person to make is that
be will lead a temperate, honorable
ind useful life. The way of useful
hess is the way to popularity. and the
way of popularity often leads to great
responsibilities and high station.
There is no attainment which tells
more certain for success in any walk
Of life than self-control backed by
IN unselhsh disposition. An ambition
TO do things right is the straight way
to eventually be called upon to do
things great.
What is greatness? The greatest
men Of all time have been martyrs for
right, not conquerors of their fellow
men. Being gentle, and courteous, and
useful, is to become an ideal citizen;
and this is worthy the endeavor of
every youth who is just entering into
LIES competitions with hope of win
ming the best the world holds in store
for man.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-19
-----------------
BACK TO THE LAND.

There are two things that anybody
is supposed to have skill enough to
do-edit newspaper or run a farm.
These are not popularity regarded as
pmployments Of learning or skill, and
rom time to time 1t is brought to
hight even through the press that any
Dne should be able to enter success
fully upon either employment.
Is there a greater fallacy extant
than that the poor of the cities would
be self-supporting farmers in the
country. Every branch Of industry is
based upon knowledge and the know.
how is as necessary for the trench
digger in the city streets as for the
furrow-maker in the rural districts.
What If Uncle Sam has seven hun
bred million acres Of public lands
which may be reclaimed and made
productive and profitable? 1t is not
the men and women in the crowded
cities who can make these acres wave
with growing grain. They have been
taught various industries-they know
how to work in shops and factories
and yards, but what do they know
about mellowing up the soil even after
1t has been cleared and putting in
two bushels OF seed potatoes and tax
ing out forty bushels? They know
how to do lots of things and how to do
them well, but when it comes to de-
veloping primitive acres and making
them productive they are as children
their chance of starving at such work
is better than their chance of prosper
ing. What do they know or care
about pure country air, pretty rural
scenery or simple farm food, or re-
freshing, open, country nights? They
have been brought up to basement life
in the big cities, are fond of city
crowds and city excitements and city
opportunities, and are useful where
they be, but would be utterly help
less where many reformers would
place them for their own good and
betterment. 1t may be timely right
here to quote:
1.-THE toad beneath the harrow knows
Exactly where each toothpick goes;
The butterfly upon the road
breaches contentment to the toad"
How we view one another depends
largely upon our experience and this
is what often makes the Judgment of
one class look like humor to another
class.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-19
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
A Plea for Control.

We would not advocate the deprfva.-
ton of the American boy Of his fire.
crackers for we believe we can even
rcw enjoy setting off a few packs
O,rselves. And we can see no harm
in this innocent amusement provided
there is combined with 1t some time
during the holiday some means Of in
sti ling into a boy a proper compre-
hension of what he is celebrating for.
But of late years the days doings in
many of the cities have not been con-
fined to the use of harmless firecrack-
ers. There have come into use vari-
Gus kinds of firearms which are rec
Ognized as dangerous. And many
times they are in the hands Of for
eigners or others who have no con-
teption of the meaning of the day, nor
any idea of how to use the weapons
with Judgment. We agree with the
sentiment that such doings should be
prohibited by law.-Middletown Sun.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-19
Women Who Are Envred.

Those attractive women who are
lovely in face, form and temper are the
envy of many, who might be like them.
A weak, sickly woman will be nervous
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poisons show in pimples, blotches, skin
eruptions and wretched complexien.
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nerves, bright eyes, pure breath,
smooth, velvety skin, lovely complex
ion. Many charming women owe their
health and beauty to them. soc at The
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Norwich bulletin., 1909-06-19
A Thrilling Rescue.

How Bert r. Lean, of Cheny, Wash.
was saved from a frightful death Is q
story to thrill the world. "A hard cold"
he writes. brought on a desperate lung
trouble that banned an expert doctor
here. Then I paid $40 to SIS visit to
a lung specialist in Spokane, who did
not help me. Then 1 went to Califor-
MIA, but without benefit. At last 1 used
DIR. Kings New Discovery, which COM
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