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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
Imitation of Ebony.

There are two processes, says tb. uArrsags Monthly, in use in the imita
 don of ebony. Take fine grained piece of wood, use French black pol !bh, made black with fine coloring ma, Der. or good air drying black varnisl nay be applied. This, however. give, only superficial coloring, and whe; 1he edges wear of the light colore> wood shows The other method Is l. wash three or four times any denst wood with a boiling concoction of loc wood. allowing 1t to dry between eaci application. Then wash with solu don of acetate of iron. which is made by dissolving iron filings fin vinegai Uhis stain Is very black and penetrate! Into the wood so that ordinary wea md chipping will not show the origina snlof.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
Pat Took tho Prize.

An Euglishmau, an Irishman and , Bcotchman were one day arguing as [. which of the three countries possosse. the fastest trains.
 Well said the Englishman, "l'v' been in one of OUT trains. and the t"le graph poles have been like hedge
 "I've seen the milestones appear llk' tombstones." said the Scot
 "Be jabersv' said Pat. "I was on' day in tra,n in my country, and w' passed field of turnips and field O carrots. also field of cabbage an' parsley, then pond of water, and VI were goins that quick I thought was brothv'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
TRY THIS FOR
 YOUR COUGH

Mix two ounces of glyceine with d half ounce of Virgin Oil of Pine compound pure and a half pint of straight whiskey. Shake we'll, and take in doses of teaspoOnful every four hours. This mixtures possesses the healing, ,healthful properties of the pines and will break cold in twen- ty-four hours and cure any couggh that is curable. In having this form ula put up be sure that your druggist uses the genuine Virgin Oil of Pine compound, pure prepared and guaran- teed only by the Leach Chemical O.. o.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
Tho Carivlea' Maid.

Inc Carlyles had ' maid who w. mtidy. useless in all ways. bu ~abOundlng in grace" and in cons, quent censure Of every one above o below her and of every thing she cou!t not understand After long apostrc phe one, day ae sine was bringing ir dinner Carlyle. ended with, And thl' I can tell you~-that if you do not carr, the dishes straight, so as not 10 spil the gravy. 50 far from being tolerated In heaven you won't be even to!Ar~tet ou earth"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
Ants tho ideal Communist.

It would perhaps be pushing meta Dn0rs to an unwarranted extreme l. 1peak of dignity of labor" in connee a4on with the occupations of ants. Bu' ik by the phrase we mean that laboi aw the honorable lot of all citizens. and nat all labors of whatever sort arr opon the same level of respectabilit, 1Aen We might ventura to apply thu osying even to the labors of an an am. For therein ali ars workers. from 1Ae newly dedged cailow to the vetera ' 31 . second summer.-Henry NcCool n Harper's.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
The Horse Re Wanted.

A Scotch farmer bought horse. .'r Ing home he thought drink would |, fresh 1t, so he got pail of water. bn the animal would not take 1t. Or reaching horne he gave 1t feed o' corn, but 1t would not touch that e, ther. "Ye're the vera horso for me | 70 only workr' the farmer was hear. b say.--Dundee Advertiser.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
InteIIjoent Strcnssh.

N k known that tl,t iar&est churc, eaplls may Ike set In plort"p ay a maj v even boy who pulls the ropes q. hched to them at proper and regula. Intervals, even when their weight oi metal Is so great that the stronges' nan could scarcely move them sensibl, 1 hs did not apply his strength in de 1eyninate periodical intervalA-Helm Ae&Sk
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
An Epltaph.

rr . little churchyard near Llanymy 1sch, Wales. is a tombstone with these Anes upon lt:
 Tn crossing OCT tho fatal bridge
 John Morgan he was slain.
 But 1t was not by mortal hand
 Hut by railway train. John Morgan was the huntsman tt As Tanatside 'harriers nnu paid the aapltal penalty for taking short cul llong the Cam brian line.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
Good Manners of th. Mind.

A man Is knovn by the company it aind keeps To live continually vii nohle books. with high ereclet thoughts seated in the heart of con tesy," teaches the soul good manners. T. E. Aldrich
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
Modification.

'-Of course. doctor, German neasle are seldom serious"
 "I never met but ono fatal case" "FAtalr'
 Yes 1t was Frenchman, ant when he discovered it was Germas tn''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
Not ilteral.

~Papa, this paper says . lce ce mel D oMice had their heads cut o6. Did Asy cut them off with an axr'
 "No. my boy; with c sharp move" 10lt1more American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30

HICKORY WOOD co.-2oos weee Sixth Street. Old phone 1896. Nev phone z06. All kinds of stove woeA and blocks. All orders given proups attention. Wood delivered to any part of city. Yours for service.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
Never Did.

zsilroad Superintendent-Tha new engineer doesn't use much coal Hh Asolstant-I know. He used 0 ee 1n1tDg.-Crooklyn Eagle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30
A Yachtino Trin.

faptaln-Flease. sir. your wife has fallen overheard. Owner-C0nfound i, Another of those sinking spells of hers --Harper's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-01-30

There are no points of the compass so the chart of true pAtrist1sm.--Wio 0xon
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29
CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE.
Things Congress should DO to Sim
plify POstOfRIce Work.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

st, Louis Globe-D Democrat
. The Postal department of the United
States has stood up bravely to its Christ
mas avalanche Of work. If, in some places,
1t was momentarily showed under by
ornamental postal cards, a comparatively
new feature in the service, no one can feel
surprised, for a novel wrinkle that catches
the fancy of 80, 100000 people can make
work beyond the capacity of any organized
force. The routine labors of the depart
ment are at flood tide by reason of general
prosperity and it is clear that everybody
in the administrator of the post offices
must have labored to the limit during the
last month. The activities connected with
the beginning of a new year are also at
hand. Such close relations exist between
the people and the Postoffice department
that its growth Of duties is among the
leading subjects of national interest.
One of the things congress can do at
the present session is to put all branches
of postal work in proper adjustment. An
important recommendation on this point
is found in the presidents message. The
work performed in handling second class
mail costs the government nine times as
much as the revenue derived from this
source. The consequent loss is stated by
the president to be 1853, 900, 900 a year. Last
years deficit in the entire postal operations
was 81, 100000. The president has no thought
of disturbing the low rate Of postage
prescribed for newspapers in the mail.
From the foundation of the nation the
executive and legislative policy has been
to promote the circulation of newspapers
and the free discussion so necessary to the
growth of sound public opinion. What the
president favors is an increase in the rate
charged magazines and miscellaneous pub
locations, which are not disseminators Of
news and whose contents are more than
half advertising matter. BY a right man
agement Of postal charges the work of the
department can be greatly bettered and all
the people benefited In a striking degre.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29
PERSONAL NOTES.

Grafters in the little city Of Youngstown
o., have been fined $4,000 and feel much
worse thar n Il had been f29.0O0.Wo or So
for IN the circumstances there seems a dis
position to collect.
A healer" In New York has been In
dioted because she healed her own poverty
at the expense Of a paralyzed and hypuo-
tized patient. Her license, It seems, does
not cover this line OF treatment
John Hays Hammond, the mining en-
gineer. would have a skul and cross-bones
placed on all crooked mining and Industrial
schemes. This sign Of poison would. he
says, protect all who did not wish to com
init suicide.
Alfalfa Brr' Murry, who served az
president OF the constitutional convention
and speaker Of the first Oklahoma legis-
lature, will probably make the race for
governor % Oklahoma In the democratic
primary mex August,
DR.. william c. Woodward, health officer
Of the District Of Columbia, calls the
c]hautauqua salute a health menace and
a breeder Of diseases, and DR.. II. @. Eccles
says shaking hands is a bad practice, be-
cause you don't know how germiferously
dirty the other fellows hands may be.
James L. Davenport, the new United
States commissioner of pensions, was born
In Hinsdale, N. II. When the Civil war
broke out he was 16 years old, the New
Hampshire recruiting officers would not
take him, and so he ran away and en-
listed In the Fortieth Wisconsin regiment
OF volunteers.
According to Consular Agent Ernest L.
Phillips Of st. Helens, England, a newly
discovered system for manufacturing gas
enables the gas company to extract II 1900
cubic feet from a ton Of slack coal. cost
ing only 81. Besides, many valuable by
products are obtained in increased quantl-
ties. The gas plant at st. Helens is NUM-
cipally owned and operated.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29
Seeking a Renutation.

Between the cynical comment of the
poet concerning fools who seek the
bubble reputation at the cannon's
mouth and the %proverbial dlctum that
a good name is rather to be chosen
than great riches, exist many grada-
lions of human Interpretation of
character, but few are the men who
will not fight to remove a stain from
their escutcheon.
In the case of Mr.. Heney, now seek
ing through the courts tt establish the
good fame of which his detractors
have endeavored to rid him, the public
beholds a man who is something like
the prophet of old, not without honor
save in his W country. The people
at large have viewed Mr.. Heney some
what at long range, and much of the
been obtained through the difficult me-
dunn Of print, in many cases the text
being tinctured by the partisanship of
one side or the other in San Fran
~cisco's bitter and prolonged contro-
vcrsy.
Out of the conflicting estimates of
the situation at the Golden Gate have
come varying charges of fourflushing
and posing as martyrs on the part of
those sharing in the so-ealled reform
warfare, and IN the state of things
Within tho California citv a. NAV he
true that an unprejudiced jury trial of
some of the issues was impossible,
though it Is to be remembered that at
the recent election the voters rejected
the proposition to continue Mr.. Heney
in office. Without In any way preju-
dicing the issue involved, 1t is proper
to point out that at last the American
public is to have an opportunity to OBJ
tain a correct view of a much and va
riously discussed man, for the trial of
Mr.. Heney's libel suit in New York
will transplant the San Francisco con-
troversy far from the influence of To-
cal bias, and out of the evidence there
adduced the public ought to be able to
obtain a clear and final conception of
not only Mr.. Heney's character, but
also of that of all the other important
figures in a controversy which stirred
the continent.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29

In connection with the announce
ment that Russia is preparing TO bring
to trial famous revolutionists who for
two years have been ~incarcerated in a
fortress, the thought arises, What a
barbarous country! And American
sympathy Immediately is aroused for
these prisoners who so long have suf-
fered durance though not convicted Of
any crime.
Similarly, popular indignation is
stirred because an American has been
for months denied release on bail or
speedy trial for an offense against the
drastic railroad laws of Mexico, and
the labor interests Of the country are
seeking redress for the fellow through
the good offices of the State depart
ment.
But while we are resentful concern
ing these affairs beyond our borders,
let us not forget the sloth and inter-
ference characterizing administration
of the law at home. President Taft
has denounced the delays of American
justice as deplorable, and has declared
that, in his judgment, reform in ju-
dicial procedure constitutes the great
est need in our institutions.
II do not doubt for one moment"
he say in his recent message to con-
gress, that much of the lawless vio-
lence and cruelty exhibited in lynch
ings is directly due to the uncertain
ties and injustice growing out of the
delays in trials. judgments and the ex-
ecution thereof by our courts"
archaic and barbarous" are the
words the president applies to these
delays. If the simple expedient of
adopting such modern rules of pro-
cedure as he proposes will remove this
stigma, congress ann too soon enact
the necessary legislation.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29
CONCERNING NAVAL "HOODOOs''
Great Injustice Done the Good ship
ssNebrnaka.f
Washington Herald.

fNEnrmnAnsW
Washington Herald.
a great Injustice appears TO have been
done the good ship Nebraska Of the naval
service by the writer's Of newspaper dis
patches from Norfolk recently in brand-
ing that ship as another "hoodoo" Of the
navy. This dreaded title-calcuiated to do
much injury to a ship in a subtle way,
which the 'andsman is not always able 20
appreciate-appears TO have been bestowed
because the Nebraska collided with another
vessel, the United states steamsli p Georgia.
In the fiction sent out from Norfolk. the
prejudice against the Nebraska on the part
OF officers Of other vessels OF the fleet was
ornateiy described as amounting to AFFECT
terror. one incident related was to the
effect that certain officers, visiting their
comrades on board the Nebraska, were
induced to unbutton their overcoats during
their stay, which act disclosed the presence
Of life-preservers about the bodies OF the
officers, If such a thing occurred. It was
one Of those grewsome jests which It is
hardly possible to realize in the case OF
intelligent naval officers.
As a matter OF fact, the Nebraska is no
more Of o "hoodoo tina any other ship.
but 1t is conceivable that she can become
such II enough publicity Of a ridiculous
sort attaches to all the accidents which oc.
cur on board Of the vessel. 1t will be pos
sible to select incidents In the activities Of
several hundred people to give the appear
ance that the heavy hand OF fate has set
tied on any particular ship. The desire to
create a "hoodoo'' among vessels Of the
navy may have its uses as a newspaper
sensation, and 1t is of record that there
have been ships so successfully branded,
that enlisted men, and even officers have
preferred duty on vessels not so ~unfavor-
ably distinguished. The Nebraska has rem
dered an excellent account Of itself since
the ship went into commission in July,
1907, and has gained a record for economy
with coal and in target practice. besides
having in its crew the fleet champions of
base bal, foot bail, basket ball and signal
men. If that constitutes naval "hoodoo-
ISM the situation is not as ~perilous as
the lively Norfolk correspondents have
IMAGINED.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29
The ELOQUENT Sucker.

Doubtless the success OF the Red
Cross stamp crusade against tuber-
culosis has inspired the ~suffragettes in
their resorting to the similar adop-
tion Of an eloquent and persistent
sticker bearing the message of "Votes
for Women" And there is to be said
in favor Of the widespread circulation
of such stamps, particularly on mail
matter which has such an intimate
personal contact, that this persistent
publicity is likely to have the effect
commonly attributed to the constant
dropping of water, the stone in this
case being the hinty heart Of man.
The obstructionist is apt to arise,
either in the shape Of a masculine gov
eminent which may object to the ex-
tension Of the sticker idea in the mails,
or else in the person of the particular
correspondent who desires no such OBJ
scuring devices On his letters. For
simplicity of addressing is the first
law of expedition in the postal serv-
ice, and who can say to what limits
the extension of the Red Cross stamp
privilege into other fields will be car
ried?
The American is nothing if not
alert to the possibilities of publicity,
and we may expect the suffragette APP
plication of the sticker idea to inhame
the zeal Of the advertiser until our let
tiers shall become as ~profusely plas-
tered with appeals to the sentiments
and the pocketbooks Of the recipients
as are the s%uitcases of the ~self-exploit-
ing tourist with labels of foreign ho-
tells As bullets against the white
plague" the stamps are popular; as
coaxers for the ~suffragettes they may
be serious or amusing, according to the
point Of view; but there is danger of
this stamp enthusiasm being carried so
far as to become a real nuisance
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29
Union Pacific Headquarters.

The authoritative announcement by
Vice President Mohler Of the Union
Pacific that that company will imme-
diately commence the work Of erecting.
a modern Office building for its
purposes in Omaha comes very timely
for the holiday season. 1t is one of the
most magnificent Christmas gifts
Omaha could have received. While It
has been definitely settled for a long
time that the Union Pacific would build
its new home in this city, the postpone
ment Of the work and the death of Mr..
Hartman had occasioned some appre-
hension. 1t is now apparent that
Omaha is to remain the operating
headquarters for this great railroad
system, and that the Union Pacific will
be, as it always has been, the great
Omaha road.
Another significant fact Of the an
nouncement is that it is the first gun
In the building campaign for 1910,
which promises to equal, If not exceed,
the magnificent record made by the
year that is just closing. Omaha folks
have every reason to feel encouraged
over the news Mr.. Mohler has Just
given out.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29
Heroes in Time Of Peace.

The case Of the collier Nero has
demonstrated the sort of stuff the men
Of our navy are made of, for the ship,
which had been abandoned as a dere-
lict, has been conveyed through the
stress and storm of the Atlantic to a
snug harbor solely as a result OF the
pluck and endurance Of officers and
crew from one of our naval stations.
The Nero is a successful example of
the attempts at salvaging wrecks by
the compressed air method, of which
the Yankee was so conspicuous a fail
ure. After it had been triumphantly
loated, the perilous voyage from the
New England coast to the Brooklyn
navy yard had to be undertaken, and
this was the test Of character for the
men assigned TO the task. Lieutenant
Commander Harry Yarnall and his
men accepted the commission with
dauntless resolution and, though at
various times they were in danger of
losing not only the ship, but also their
own lives, they accomplished the feat
with glory.
This is a salvage achievement with
out a precedent, inasmuch as the mere
she'll Of the hull was left, and only
patches of canvas kept the a
from some Of the compartments.
Steam had to be kept up in an engine
room whose fires were momentarily
threatened with extinction, for II the
steam stopped the air compression
which kept the hulk ahoat would
cease and the whole craft would have
been enguIfed. This was a task that
called for all the hardihood and forth
tude OF the officers and m Moth
ing but the ingenuity and courage OF
the American crew carried the per-
Torrance through and established an
other record for our native tars.
Battle is not the only occasion to
draw from, cur gallant men the trait
Of bravery. and in the case OF the
reclamation Of the Nero from the very
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29
AWAKENING OF THE STATES.
Suggestive Force of a Michigan
Incident.
New York World-

New York World.
Following the refusal of the Michigan
courts to admit the telephone and tele-
graph merger to operate in the state on
the ground that it is a combination which
would eliminate competition, the Ohio at
torney general has the Morgan purchase of
interests in Toledo under in
vestigation with a view to prosecution II
the transaction proves to be a first stem
In a consolidation Of the Bell and independ-
ent systems.
The legal questions involved in the pro-
ceedings are not the same, but a similar
itY of action on the part of the state au-
thorities is revealed which is important
as showing the growing watchfulness of
the states to prevent monopolistic combine
lions and to apply the remedy before in
stead OF after the fact.
There is cause for satisfaction in this
disposition of, states to exercise their WELL
defined powers of corporation control and
to dispose of the new problems OF organ
lied capital before they become federal
issues. If they had exercised these powers
earlier there would be no occasion for the
consideration of a national incorporation
act by congress. There would be no aues-
ton of federal licenses and the notion
that the general government is the source
Of all legislative virtue so far as trusts
and corporations are concerned would not
be so prevalent.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29
BOYLAND AGAIN.

w. d. Nesbit in Chicago Post.
o dim, lost land of boyhood, rise up from
out my dreams
And let me see your sunshine that ever
brightly CLEANS;
Rise up from ont the shadows that creep
on us with age,
Let me turn back Times volume until l
reach the page
Where story-folk are living, where all is
true as true,
Where sorrow did not fret me with things
l never knew.
o fair, fair land Of boyhood. come close
to me tonight
Let all your hills and valleys roll out be-
fore my sight,
Let dancing shadows frolic beneath the
orchard trees
And let me hear the chanting Of honey
laden bees.
Let blossom petals drifting go g~lanclng
here and there
Until the breeZes chuckle with all the
sweets they bear.
o wondrous and OF boyhood-the back
Is grown with ancient hedges that hide
you from my view.
Rise up from out my fancles and bring
the forest nook
And the melodious madness that rippled
In the brook,
1t is not fair that we two should be so
Though snow makes white my forehead,
your sun shines in my heart.
o wondrous land Of boyhoodl l see you
/ hear the children laughing, and / lay
down my penn
once more to me,
And / am tranced in knowing what
miracles may be.
For trimming as did Canaan with honey
and with wine,
o fair. fair land of my boyhood. once
more l call you mine!
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-29
CONTINENTAL SPINE PIERCED.
Completion of First TrnnscOntinentnl
Railroad in South America.

New York Sun.
An engineering feet of the first import
ance that has been recently completed is
likely to change political relations in South
American and commercial conditions
throughout the world. The tunnel under
the Andes at the pass Of Cumbre has been
pierced and in this coming spring Valpa-
raise and Buenos Ayres will be connected
by a railroad running in nearly a direct
line east and west. The barrier of the
mountains has been removed; the two most
stable and most highly civilized South
American republics are brought into closer
connection. Chile obtains an outlet for it's
products on the Atlantic and Argentina one
for its on the Pacific, and the terrors of
the Straits of Magellan disappear.
That increased facilities for intercourse
and for trade will bring Chile and Argen-
tina closer together politically is inevitable.
They are the two states which above all
the others in, the southern continent have
shown vigor and enterprise; they have
manifested less inclination than other Latin
republics to violent changes of government;
their boundaries include nearly all OF the
temperate zone in South America, so that
immigrants have no new difficulties of
dealt with great equity with the foreigners
who have settled or have traded In their
land. If a United States of South America
is ever to come into existence 1t is Argen-
tina and Chile that must give it stable
form. The elimination Of the Andes is a
great step in the direction of a union.