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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-09
All the Difference.

My wife is very bad" said a man as :he Bloomsbury county court
 "You mean she is very i'll. I hope she Is not bad" replied the magistrate Umpathetically-Londcn Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-09

There is no one mors unfostHnats tAan the man who has nsxee heen un- 1eetunatA 4oe t has nevSr bela - - pswse b & nsstf-ssasea
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-09
Duggan Bros.
 Contractors

We are prepared to sup. ply your wants in painting, paper hanging, wall tinting and decorating. Let us do that painting or paper hang ing for you, we guarantee satisfaction.
 Get what you want and at the proper time. Allow us to figure your large or small jobs.
 Old Phone lE2
 XS Usne S32
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-09
What do you think of itr"
Reciprocltv,

Do you expect your constituents to believe all you tell them!'
 "No," answered senatcr Sorghum, "and in return they mast not expect mo to tell them all beAevo."-WasA- lngton Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-09
"aThe church's feasts and fasts are
A Candid CHtlo,

A Candid CTtjo. Author-Have you read my new book7 Friend-Yes. "What do you think of itr' 'sWell, to be candid with you. think the covers are too far apart" "-Chicago News.
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He Was . Poor Guesser,

He was a new conductor and anx. ious to expedite matters. When he saw a woman holding two dollar bill in her hand he dispensed with the customary exhortation to pay her fars and began to count out change. There had been . drain on his pockets throughout the trip, and he was obliged to interview half the passen- gers in the car before he finally se- cured the desired small coin. Finally the transaction was completed, and the conductor returned to the woman.
 ''Fare?" he said.
 The woman flshed a nickel from her pocketbook. Then she looked at the two dollar bill.
 "Dear mey' she said. How careless am! forgot 1 had that money in my hand. Somebody might have stolen it."
 "Chumpr' growled the conductor.
 The woman thought he meant her. but he didn't. He was cursing his own stupidity.-New York Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-09

If man smpties Ais parss Into - bead no one eaA taka tt ffoa AtA- HNan ank1Nm V
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-09
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
 HOSPITAL

undsr New Management llnls Rock, Ak Open for tho treatment of Medical. Sur9l- cal, Obstctrical and Mild Cases of mental and Nervous Diseases. Ideally located. Good and Attentive Nursing. Rates Req sonable. Correspondence Solicited.
 E. MEEK, N. D., Owner and Mananer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-08-09

French Peasant Women Hard Workers The French peasant woman, Ere tonne or otherwise, works hard as any man. It makes one sad to see the women working in the fields, digging and delving, carrying heavy burdens. driving the cattle, sometimes attend" ing to the machinery employed on the farms. One wonders whether hus- bands and fathers appreciate 1t all, especially when you hear some of the ballads, for ballads are supposeS to reveal the soul of a people. heard one the other day of which the refrain b as follows:
 Dear is my good wife Jeanne.
 Her death should deplore.
 Hut dearer arc my beaves,
 Their loss would grieve mo morel From Plougastel (France) Letter to New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

[From the Chicago News.
Anyway. a square meal is as broad
as 1t is long.
A multitude of smacks follows in
the wake of a courtship.
The less q hat looks like one. the
better a woman likes it.
People who mean we'll are usually
people of limited means.
II a man is too lazy to think for
himself he should get married.
Money that a man burns seldom
helps to enlighten the world.
Painting is more of a habit with
some women than art is with an artist.
One woman can call another
"dearie" and make 1t sound like q
swear word.
Two men may live together in peace
and friendship, but two women
never.
Even if the season is poor, the dill
gent farmer can always raise crop OF
whiskers.
An optimist is person who invests
in a gold brick every time the oppor-
tunity presents itself.
The difference between skiD-deep
beauty and the other kind is that you
get the other kind at a drug storA-
Some men are too honest to steal an
umbrella on a rainy day because they
have their eyes on bigger game.
1t may be that a girl does not OBJ
ject to being kissed against her will,
providing the man in the case pre-
tends to use force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atclaison Globc.I

From the AtchiSon Globe.
When Americans begin talking
about school houses and war. they go
crazy.
A man learns to respect the rights
of others because his own are tram
pied on so much.
The trouble with soaring man into
being good is that it takes SO much
time to keep the thrills going
The first robin may thrill the heart.
but it is just as well that the long
sleeved union suit is less emotional.
A certain Atchison man is SO sissy
there is constant surprise that he
doesn't some day appear wearing his
coat buttoned in the back.
Civilization is nothing more than
politeness, industry and fairness Saw
ages are always thieves, always loaf
ers. and always impolite and unfair.
Daysey Mayme Appleton recently
painted a picture of host of angels
flying across a pale blue sky. She
was at a loss what to name it but fin
ally, upon the suggestion of her
brother, Chauncey Devere. has named
it THE Aviation Meet
Fools and hypocrites used to make
me mad; now they are my greatest
source of amusement and profit. In
your own conduct, reverse everything
a fool or hypocrite does, and you are
able to learn more than a university
People learn slowly. Although ev-
cry scheme for making money dis
honestly is promptly busted, every
day opens with some man announcing
that he has thought up a scheme that
will fool 'em all. But before night,
the people catch onto his scheme, and
the schemer is in jail.
Don't you think woman asked
a girl friend lately, holding up her
baby. and winking at the girl friend.
that the baby looks like it's father ?"
It seems that every father likes to
be told that the baby looks like him.
and that the mother has a hard time
getting visitors to say it.
An old-fashioned woman recently
moved out of a neighborhood in great
horror. II wouldn't live among those
women a day longer" she said. MOT
one of them knew the last words of
her grandmother, and only one knew
the last words of her mother, and she
refused to talk on the subject
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16
HYHAWKER JOTS

Over the wedding announcement of
| a couple of Menlo youngsters the Hill
City New Era ran a heading: Cupid
Robs the Cradle
If men should try TO get law pass
ed banishing agents who canvass from
house to house, the women would
organize and fight it, thinks Deacon
| Walker
cordia the other day, and the Kansas
City Star points out that the strange
feature of the case is that no one has
alleged that the dog was mad.
Suppose "Coffeyville'' brick is made
in Cherryvale, that is no worse than
making pure maple syrup" out of
Kansas corn stalks.-Lawrence Jour-
nal.
The st. Louis reform idea of stamp
ing eggs the date they are laid. says the
Ottawa Herald, will not divert the
growing sentiment in favor of stamping
the hen the date they are not laid.
Editors are human the same as
other men, and they often make mis-
takes" admits the Winfield Free Press,
but it insists that "they are as likely
to be correct in their judgment as are
other men,"
An interesting analysis of a criminal
case, where the first trial resulted in
the disagreement of a jury, the second
in conviction which was reversed and
the third in an acquittal, is made by
the Arkansas City Traveller as follows:
Now which verdict was correct? If
the last verdict was the correct one,
then a great injustice has been done in
compelling him TO undergo the ex-
pense, annoyance and trouble of two
unnecessary trials when he should
have been acquitted on the first trial
or never tried at all. If the verdict
which found him guilty was the cor
rect one then a great injustice has
been done society in turning him
loose, and he should have been con-
victed on the first trial. The evidence
in each of these trials was practically
the same, yet on this evidence one jury
was unable to agree, another said he
was guilty, and still another said he
was innocent Each jury was made
up of honest, fair minded men, earn
esti-- seeking after the truth. Another
peculiar thing suggests itself to the
ordinary mind. When the jury dis
agreed johnson secured a new trial,
when the jury convicted him, he Sc
cured a. new trial, but when the jury
acquitted him that ended the whole
matter. There was no new trial or
appeal after that. Why this differ
ence? OF course the lawyers will say
that it would be unconstitutional to
put the man twice in jeopardy of life
and limb for the same offeuse, but In
this case Johnson was thrice in 5eop-
ardy of life and limb for the same
Offense.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16
FRESH AIR IN SCHOOLS.

Those who attended 1.-THE Little Red
School House. back in the country will
remember the periods-once or twice a
day-when the teacher opened the win
dows and allowed a little fresh air to
enter. They will also remember that
the windows did not stay open long and
perhaps they can imagine how the idea
Of leaving them open, winter and sum-
mer, might have been received by the
teacher. w. E. Watt tells in the March
Survey how to make children fit to
learn" and says that in Chicago I'VE
have open rooms to build up vitality
and fit pupils to learn. We make it
possible for them to desire learning
earnestly and to get it joyfully.''
Moisture in air is almost as inpor-
tant as oxygen. When air is warmed
it must have more water in it, In q
school or office where warmed air IS
supplied without moistening, the air IS
fatal to plant life and also to animal
life. Not instantly. but by slow agony.
Plants cannot be kept alive in the ordi-
nary school,. Deluge their roots with
water and they will live at only a dying
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16
a SAFE AND SANE FoIJRTH.

1 In various sections of the country
plans are being made now looking to-
wards a safe and sane Fourth OF July
| celebration. q communication OF this
honored date in a manner that will not
! leave in its wake lengthy list Of dead
and wounded among the children of the
land. For several years back cities
have been trying to cope with this day
Of carnage among the young by pass
| ing ordinances forbidding the sale of
powder-crackers of large size. the
shooting OF of revolvers. and the using
Of many other varieties Of noise-pro-
ducers which have proven themselves
to be especially dangerous. But these
activities have not worked the DESTROYS
reforms, for avaricious and clever man
ufacturers Of these things have evolved
substitutes "just as good" and which
have proved to be just as dangerous
as the death list from Fourth of July
celebrations is growing each year not
withstanding the city legislation which
has been passed for the purpose of pro-
hibiting the sale of dangerous noise
makers.
Some other plan must be developed to
cope with this evil, unless the sale of
powder-crackers and fireworks of all
kinds is absolutely prohibited in the
country and that is scarcely to be de-
sired. Persons who have given this
matter attention believe that such
plan is to be found in the arrangements
Of festival-like celebrations for the
Fourth of July which will provide all
kinds of fun and amusements for the
children and thereby take their minds
off the familiar firecracker and other
things of death dealing propensities-
Such a plan is to be tried in Chicago
this year A monster civic and mill
tary parade is to be held in the MORN
ing of the GLORIOUS Fourth: athletic
contests and games are to be held in
various parts of the city for the young
er and older children during the after
noon; and public celebrations of an
other character will be held in the
evening, at which possibly there will
be some magnificent displays of fire.
works set off by competent hands.
This may prove to be the means Of
solving this most important question
and Chicago's experiment will be
watched with interest all over the land
Nor is there any good reason why 1t
should not be tried in other cities Ger
tainly nothing could be more desirable
than the establishment of safe and
sane Fourth of July from one end OF
the country to the other.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16
QUAKER AsEDTrATIoNs.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
The man who lends his last dollar
has more money than brains.
Even the man who has money to
burn can't take it with him when he
dies.
Many girl looks with favor on a
young mans suit when he hasn't paid
for it.
No. Maude. dear. there is no sim
ilarity between a plano mover and a
stove litter.
The fellow who always has his hand
out is apt to invest the proceeds in
four fingers.
Somehow or other a grown man al
ways looks foolish when he is taking
ice cream soda.
Strange as 1t may seem, the actor
with the biggest salary doesn't always
get the most money.
The man who comedies a point in
the interest of harmony merely means
that he is biding his time
Just because a man profits by his
own mistakes is no reason why he
should keep on making more.
De Tanque-I'm as dry as a bone.
Guzzler-Huh! I'm dry as a summer
girl in new bathing suit.
A girl never sends back a fellows
presents till she is reasonably sure the
trouble can be patched up.
Wigwag-That boy of yours has the
making of fine man. Young Pop
am delighted to hear you say it. But
why do you think so? Wigwag-Weii
The fact that his grandmothers are
lead ninimizes the chances OF his be-
ing spoiled.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16
Narx.s ,Business NIethods.

One of the necessary adjuncts' of the
successful administration of a navy
yard, whether considered as manu-
featuring establishment or as a repair
station, is a modern cost-accounting
system. In the past the different bur-
eau representa- tives managed their own
Individual cost accounts; under the
Newberry consolidation it was all plac-
ed in the hands of a manager. the
same officer who had charge of all
the work The universal commercial
system is to separate entirely the de-
termination of costs from the man
who actually does the work. This is
done not only that costs may be made
uniform Cor the same class of work,
and as low as possible. but also that
the indirect or overhead charges may
be fairly and scientifically fixed. Sec
rotary Meyer last summer engaged an
expert to assist in inaugurating at the
Boston Navy yard a modern and eff
fective system of cost keeping. This
plan has proved success in every par
ticular, and will shortly be put into
effect at the New York navy yard, and
as soon as possible at all other navy
yards The accounting Office at each
navy yard will be in charge of navy
paymasters, who will be trained in
the new system.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16
JOURNAL ENTRIES

There is just as much bosh in life
as there is in popular fiction.
- * =
Some persons are so honest they
won't even take any bossing from 9TH
ers.
n X "
Many elaborate vacation trips for the
summer are now being planned which
will never materiaIize.
n X =
The courts have decided that a wo-
man has no right to open her hus-
bands mail, but that won't stop the
women from doing so if they see fit.
X X
1t won't be so long now before the
people who were loudest in their pro-
tests against the winter weather Will
be wishing for some of 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16
Pork, Beef and the Cost.

Here is another important subject
for the secretary of agriculture to in
vestigate. In the Chicag- stock yards
yesterday hogs brought prices that
were practically the highest since the
civil war. To make matters worse,
40 per cent less than it was a year
ago. This will sadden the frugal
housewife. When beef went up she
has fallen bach on pork, ham or ba-
con. If they. too, are to get beyond
her reach, she will have to resign her
self to vegetarian life.
If hogs shall remain scarce and
dear. the American export trade in
hog products. of which lard is not the
least important, would suffer. The
foreign demand for them would de-
cline as the Lrices advanced. The En-
glishman would go elsewhere for the
bacon he now buys OF the United
States.
For the sake of the domestic con-
sumner and the foreign trade, Secre-
tary Wilson should find out why hogs
are scarce. and prescribe a remedy.
There ought to be profit in raising
them at present prices. even if corn
does cost so much more than it used
to. Th4t is sufficient explanation
but not Of declining supply in the
face of an increasing population and
demand.
Surely the secretary of agriculture,
who is SO much concerned over the
higher cost of living, will pay solemn
tering matters. That is the replenish-
ment of the American pig pens Fill
them with plump porkers. and ham
and bacon will not be the luxurfes
they bid fair to become.-Chicag
Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16

TO saunter by. But X was not easy.
In fact. 1t was not possible. for she sas
on the piazza in the western sun, ana
about her danxlsd WEIGH and Hairs
and Bogue-and Frederick Martin.
who hailed him with shout He nei3
up his head and entered boldly.
welcome. stranger" greeted May.
Was her voice wistful. or was II oniS
that he wished it might be?
Martin laughed pitilessly- our
young friend Reeves Allan. rising law
yer, is very bad detective. He asks
fiat questions OF principals in a case
Not long ago he was straightforward
to me-and in a rank degree referred
him to Mary. Why don't you ask her
now, Allan?'
Allan looked at him coolly. his eyes
Ceive even Mary. who wondered what
it was all about. Allan stood beside her,
facing the others.
Il think 1 Will ask her, since that's
what 1 came for he re5oined boldly
But I refuse to be tried before jury
of-my peers"
"Donkeys ALI All donkeysl" chant
ed Bogue in his silly way.
Mary, walk with me down the
lawn out of earshot Of this foolish
conglomerations and let me ask you IN
private what you really think OF these
dangers. VIII your
The girl laughed and arose. and side
by side the two walked away, not even
casting a glance back at the others.
They walked slowly. the man taking.
Presently they disappeared around the
old summer house. The other DANGERS
waited. Then continued to wait
Then, lust as the sun set. the two
came sauntering back. AS they came
up the steps Allan took the girl by
the hand and led her to her mother.
who was coming out, and stood In the
Goor.
'fShe's-mine." he announced sim
ply. The others stood stupefed mo-
nlent. Then they crowded about TO
shake hands.
Good work, Allan-good work."
Martin gave a long. slow wink at Syl-
via, who blushed a deep and beautiful
Crimson.-iCopyright 1910, by As
ISOLATED Literary Press.)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16
PUBLIC MARKET

plans are now being discussed by
come Of the business men of Topeka
which aim at the establishment of a
nublic market place in the city. All
nossible encouragement should be
given to the movement. Nearly every
CITY of any size in the entire country
has Just such a market place They
are looked upon almost as necessary
adjunct to city life and trade. And
there does not appear to be any good
reason why Topeka should not have
one Not only would it be of consid-
cradle advantage to the people of the
city in a variety of ways. It would
also be of much benefit to the sur
rounding truck gardeners and farm
ers. An opportunity would be given
them to dispose of their wares directly
to the consumer at remunerative
prices. This would encourage many
more of them to do business in the
city and that would be to the profit OF
all the business men in town.
The general scheme is to secure a
suitable place in desirable location
and there are several such not too far
removed from the business center of
the city, where stalls would be pro-
vided. both covered and uncovered,
III CNSAA 9ACSCAS r~AAA OAANAOASs a. wa
as for the farmers. This is the way
similar market places have been de-
veloped in other cities, and where the
people would be lost without them.
Not only do such markets have a
tendency to make the prices of the
things dealt in more reasonable, but
they provide the opportunity whereby
persons can purchase the eatables of
the more or less perishable character,
such as vegetables fresh from the sod.
No matter how much care is exercised
in the handling of vegetables it is next
to impossible for grocers to have them
on hand in a fresh state all the time.
Under the most favorable conditions
many vegetables begin to wither up
after they have been out of the
ground for more than "a hours. With
a public market place in operation
where a different set of farmers would
be bringing in their goods on each
day of the week, it would be possible
to obtain vegetables at all times in the
best possible condition.
But this is only one of the admir-
able features of such a market place.
The others are SO many and so we'll
known that it is needless to diIate on
them here. Suffice it to say that To-
peka has been without a public mar
ket long enough and one should be put
in operation as soon as possible, by all
means.
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BORED.

Everything bores him; he turns from the
play
With look that is sad and a weari-
some drawl:
When the sermon is ended he pauses to
say
That it didn't appeal to his reason at all
He is bored at his club. he is bored in the
street,
He is bored by the music that others
applaud;
He is bored by the people he chances
to meet,
It's bore to him even to travel abroad.
Everything bores him, in fact, don't you
know?
He is bored by the scramble for power
and pelf:
His trouble is one that began long ago
When the first of the bores began Dor
ing himself.
s.. E. kiser, in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-03-16
HU740R or The D%Y

Pa said little George, I've chopped
down your favorite cherry tree"
That's a good start toward the presi-
dency. my SON. responded wise Mr.;
Washington. Now split IT into rails. ="
-Pittsbur9 Post.
He was an old darby. He wore no
overcoat. and the icy wind twisted his
threadbare clothes about his shriveled
body. wind" he demanded. whimsi-
caIly. "whar wuz you dis time las
July ?''-Everybody's Magazine.
Youngpop-So you have no use for
Oldbach-welI. I suppose a baby is
a pretty good substitute for an alarm
clock.-Philadelphi Record.
"Mr. Hardcash called on me last
ever listened to-"
"Indeedi What did she say?"
HE asked me to marry him.
Comic Cuts.
Rejected suitor (dolefuIiy)-You
say you will be sister to me. What
do you mean by that?
Sweet Girl (cheerily)-Why, when /
get married you may send me a nice
wedding present.--New York Weekly.
The skipper of the fishing schooner
cursed the captain of the liner which
had rushed by him in the fog. And
after he had used all his swear words.
he muttered: For all his gold lace
and education, he amt no better nor a.
careless uffeur.''-Buffalo Express.
Perhaps it was late" said one man.
Maybe the motorman didn't see us"
ventured a second. HE done II cause
he wanted to, that's ALL" said third.
and when the others looked at him
they saw he wore a cap with motor
mans number.-Buffalo Express.
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR
IFrom the New York Press.l

Envy and jealousy try to flag any
human express every 20 feet
No matter how sure anybody is of
going to heaven he's afraid TO risk
the start.
A mans chief objection to going to
church is all the family try to make
him.
People spoil their own children so
as to be amazed at the way other
parents spoil theirs.
When a man will write a long let
ter to his family it's a sign he knows
he's q martyr