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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-07-29
PEOPLE WITH
 QUEER NAMES
In Spite of What Shakespeare Said,
 Parents Have Preferences.

Parents Have Pre1erenceS..
 A Liverpool lady named Mrs. Rose had a pretty daughter, to whom she gave the name Wild-the name Wild Rose was so sweetly pretty The young lady thought so, too until Tn the course of time she married MT. Bull, and then her signature-Wlld Bull was neither sweet nor pretty.
 But for real curiosities in the way of names we must go to the country from which so many other curiosltles spring-America. A little local news paper published at Cherry Valley Chats a pretty name), in New York state, lately printed the following par agraph:
 "A man up in Oswego caunty, by the name of Burst, gave the census enu- merators the names of his three chll- dren in full. They were John Wood Burst. Nellie May Burst and Charles Will Burst. This is in line with Sena- tor Hogg's name for his children Ina Hogg and Ura Hogg.'
 The father of Lord Magheramorne was Douglas McGarelHogg before ne was made a baron, in 1887. His Wife was one evening at a dance. when some of the young gentlemen made reference to her name. One of them' talking rather freely to young laaS to whom he was hurriedly introduced for a dance, and whose name he olo no+ quite catch, said to her. in aliu- sion to Mrs. Hogg.
 .sThe old SOW is going to give dance next week I would like 10 meet you there.' =, >.
 "oh if you go, you very likely will sa;d the girl. q am one of the little pigs so,a,-
 II was Mrs. McGarel-Hogg's daugh- tor with whom he was daneing-Ne" York Telegraph.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-07-29

If you need a good refrigerator now is your chance. Special dis count on "'Herrick Perfect Cireulat- ing' refrigerators, at Cleveland-Mat thews Hardware Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-07-29
Is Your Private List of RESPONSIBILITIES" TOOLARGE?

Perhaps some things have been placed upon your sona Catalogue of Impossibties which have no place there.
 to bravely to work to discred yoar s-to prove that
 lot Of your Impossible" things possible and feasible ~hd you will find your whole scheme of life readjusted You VIII hnd also that personal individual business longer serve Code of Reasons" for our lack of pros. eess' WITH THE MEANS AND RESOURCES A. HAND, really attainable-h your available forces ar VI,
 hauona tudicious use of publicity will enS sy W,9&p fe'lse your list of Responsibilities" 50 radically M no longer terrify you-no longer act as youl yqno perity.
 Saolcity-of the sort you "anord"-win search out e one person In the city who is really eager to bay tho
 ng you want to sell; thus eraslng what may be mpos. sloy" Mo- from your list It will dispose of what may oe lmpossbily" No. your list by enabling you te eoaoe the number of customers of your storechansns iaeelne business to . busy one-without exhaustns resources This calls for slerver on your part
 Tor some faith some se.assurance. But 1t can be lons -s oelns done au of tho dne-and is worth doing.
 All thraoeA yesr list sf Responsibilities. will be foun6 Anss that persistent of advertising space will remedy % ~eeit cut" of ysur list Basiness obstacles oa1ee sorsansauon, household annoyances- lo not b. lone on your list fer publicity remedies hen Interwsves WY. all or your affairs, alveftsing win esne te play par. your lie 70 uta helpful tAat yeu wu forget 'Ass yos ever ha1 . list of Hnpeesh hlitiesS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-07-29

Edwin Clapp Low Shoes. The best made this week only $5t0O- kastOr & Bluthenthal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-07-29

-Old Furniture made as good a' NOW at Tedstrom Fur. Go. see us'
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
UNSIGHTLY COMPILATIONS

The constant use of Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cuticura Ointment, for toilet, bath and nursery purposes not only preserves, purifies, and beautifies the skin, scalp, hair and hands, but prevents inflammation, irritation and clogging of the pores, the common cause of pimples, blackheads, redness and roughness, yellow, oily, mothy and other unwholesome conditions of the complexion and skin. All who delight in clear skin, soft, white hands, a clean, wholesome scalp and live, glossy hair, will find Cuticura Soap most suc- cessful in realizing every expectation.
 Cuticura Soap and Ointment are ad
 mirably adapted to preserve the health of the skin and scalp of in- fants and children, and to prevent minor blemishes or inherited skin hu- mors becoming chronic, and may be used from the hour of birth. Cuticura Remedies are sold throughout the civ ilized world. Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, sole proprietors, Boston, for their free Cuticura book, 32 pages of invaluable advice on care and treatment of the skin, scalp and hair.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
Farmers Educational Tn and Operative III Union of America
Matters y Especial Moment to ] the Progressive Agriculturist

Some very large trees bear very lit tie fruit.
 Winking at sin will soon ruin the eyesight
 The blow would not go deep enough if the team had anything to say about it.
 The spider probably thinks the bee is fooling away his time in making honey.
 Cover the earth with flowers the year round and the bees would soon quit work.
 The farmers are right and can bring results if they will only stand together as one man.
 There should be reciprocity in all our dealings. That is part of the CO operative plan.
 Going to take a hand in the garden yourself this spring? Good, the wife ought not to be allowed to do all the hard work
 Some men disdain garden and poul- try work because they are puttering labor-but they do not butter when they are putting away new peas, fresh eggs and spring chickens at the table.
 The business world has long since recognized that the Galveston plan originated by the Farmers union in Texas is the true solution of the cot ton problem. The business men of Texas and Oklahoma cotton regions have adopted the best plan for han ding their cotton.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
FOR SUCCESS IN ORGANIZING
Brains Required to Be Great Farmer and to Make Farm Profitable
 Intelligence Is Needed.

There are men themselves capable of doing great things, and who have such abilities that they might be fac tors in development, were it not that they lack a single quality. The man who is able to do great thing may not be able to direct others in the doing of it; or he may not be able to control the persons necessary, says Farm and Ranch. For this reason we often find men of capacities in humble walks, or in positions of little re- sponsibility. It is we'll to be able to do things, but to be able to do them and to cause others to do them is bet ter
 The power to direct others is not always natural Sometimes it ap- pears to be with some men, but others achieve such capacities. Some great builders have wonderful facul ties for organization, and for control of men, This enables them to work through others, and to use the abili ties of numbers. Were there no such men. then much of the worlds work must remain undone.
 The power for organization does not necessarily include power to con trol men; and power to control men does not necessarily mean power to organize. Sometimes best work is done when one brain plans and an- other executes plans.
 To be a successful farmer one must have power to plan, to organize forces and then to direct and control the men who do the work. It requires brains to be great farmer. And to make a small farm profitable requires intelligence of no mean order.
 Whether one farms, or does other things, the necessity for organization Is always present The man who ma lures his plans carefully and then or ganizes his forces to carry them cut has much advantage over the man who does not mature his plans.
 An old farmer who has succeeded told his young friend: You work too much. Work half as much, plan the rest of the time and make it part of your work to carry out the plans"
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
MADE PROMISE OF SECRECY
Therefore Caller Could Only Guess Who Had Taught Youngster to
 Stand on His Head.

The venerable countess of Cardi- gan. the author, you know, of that wicked book of memoirs. thinks the modern girl is too athletic and hoy denish,' said an English visitor to New York.
 The countess of Cardigan often tells of young man who was drink ing tea with beautiful girl when her little brother slipped into the room.
 MI Mannering,' the boy asked, can you stand on your head?'
 No, said the visitor, laughing, don't believe I can
 "'Well, I can, said the boy. Look here
 And he stood on his head very neatly in the corner.
 "Ha, hal! laughed MT. Mannering And who taught you that?'
 "The urchin drowned.
 Sister, he said, told me I must never tell"
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
NOT INTERESTED IN TOADS
But Exasperated Suburbanite Was Forced to Listen to Statistics
 Until Patience Gave Way.

'Toads-" began the man who is always looking up queer statistics.
 Blast the toads!" snapped the sub urbanite with the ham, the bag of flour and the lawn mower. T am not interested in toads."
 But you should be, sir. The toad lays S1,0OO eggs annually
 Very extraordinary, but"
 "The female toad also lives to be thousand years old. Now if hen could live to be a thousand years old and lay S1, ,000 eggs annually it would take cold-storage warehouse as big as Maine, California and Texas, to hold them."
 Wonderful, but my train"
 Stood on end the eggs would reach from here to the moon and back and leave enough to fill the Pacific ocean.
 Let go of my buttonhole, sir. want to make the train"
 Useless job. The train is already made. Listen to sense. After those eggs filled the Pacific ocean it would cause tidal wave that would sweep"
 But just then the eXasperated sub urbanite brought his bag of flour down on the garrulous stranger. Then he escaped to his train.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
COMMITTEES IN LOCAL UNION
Strongest Working Force in Life of Organization and Should Be
 Strongest of Men.

One of the strongest working forces in the life of the local union is the agricultural committee. This commit tee should be composed of number of the strongest men of the local and should all be good farmers. No local should be without such a committee, writes L. w. Jarman in Southern Gull tivator. The plan was first suggested by the state agricultural committee, and they have continually urged that every local have such a working com mittee.
 If any local union has not appointed such committee, it should do so at once and put it to work.
 A few suggestions as to the duties of this committee might be to the point. There have been few inquiries as to what was expected of them. This committee should by it's influence cause all the interest in the local meetings to center around the ques- tion of good farming. Farmers are always interested in farming. By ma king the question of better farming a
 
 attendance will be had at these meet ings. and by just such work a dead or dying local can be revived
 A program should always be mapped out by this committee at least two weeks ahead Farming questions of immediate interest should always be discussed at these meetings. These regular discussions could be followed up by experience meetings along farm ing lines.
 Another field of work may be found in the offering of prizes in contests for the best acre of corn, cotton, hay, etc. Such a contest in our own local brought in reports last year of Y bushels of oats, 75 bushels of corn, and other yields in proportion. When once the interest of neighborhood is aroused on the subject of better farming, no stimulus is needed to keep up enthusiasm. When once the farmers of a community get started on the uphill road of farming, they always keep going. All they need is the start This the local union may give through the workings of it's az ricultural committee
 This committee should also have in charge the question of agreement among the members as to the acreage to be devoted to each farm crop. They could also pledge every member of the local to farm with one idea in view before all else; namely, to raise food crops sufficient for his family and stock, and plant his surplus acre. age in cotton. These names should all be kept for future reference and report of his success or failure re- quired of every member at the end of the year.
 There is no limit to the usefulness of this committee work if it be faith fully carried out. The union must rec ognize the fact that it has a work to do right at home.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
Old Men in Responsibility.

The American business system which gives mere boys responsible po- sitions before they have acquired prac- tical experience, is to an Englishman quite unaccountable. He wonders whether it does not cause reckless trading and wild speculation. In other countries they prefer to keep elderly men in responsible positions because they can be depended upon. Messrs. Dyke &, Sons, Somerset, England, em- ploy 6G men. More than half haye con- pleted 90 years service, 20 have been there 40 years, nine over 50 years and one 70 years.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
Willinc to Pay for Hammer.

When the British square at the bat tie of Abu Klea, in the Nubian des ert, was penetrated by the dervishes, one of them attempted to spear gun ner who was in the act of ramming home a charge. The Briton brained the Sudanese but the rammer head split on the mans hard skull. Next day the gunner was sent for Mistaking the reason, and knowing from expert ence that soldiers are charged for government property which they break, he led off with Please. sir, I'm very sorry 1 broke the rammer, but I never thought the fellows head could be so hard. I'll pay for the rammer so as to hear no more of the case"
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
The Successful Farmer.

Neatly cared for house and barn and farm is the indisputable evidence happens that the slovenly man is sue. cessful He has too much opposing him to succeed. The effect of his own careless habits constitute too great a drain to be offset by any amount of energy. It profits very little to earn money in the fields, if, because of neg ligence, the house and barn are de, caying for want of paint, if tools are rusting in the weather and the stock not thriving because of the lack of in. telligent attention. It takes brains to be successful farmer.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
BARRETT ON FARMERS UNION
President of Big Agricultural Organ ization Gives Credit for Awaken
 ing of Farmer and Nation.

In making his address of welcome to the members of the Farmers Edu- cational and Cooperative Union ot America, recently in convention at St. Louis, President c. S. Barrett, touch ing on the awakening of the farmer, said, in part, as follows:
 The era of sleep is at an end! The era of wakefulness to self-duty, to the obligation of self-help, to the ob- hgation of duty to country is already dawning! 1 do not say that the farmer. as a class, is reused to his national importance and to his na- tional obligations. But I do assert, with all the emphasis at my com mand, and supported by all the ex- perience of lifetime, that the leaven of readiustment, of revolutionary change, is stirring throughout the mass of the American farmers.
 And if the farmer is awakening, the also. It is seeing that it's life blood comes from the soil, that it's present welfare and it's destiny are builded upon the soil. It is sensing the truth that neglect of the farmer means neg feet of the nation, a blow at the ma terial, intellectual and moral assets which uphold our institutions today and which must tomorrow guard them against invasion and decay.
 So that today America anxiously watches and waits upon the farmer. Agricultural schools and colleges, most of them grievousIy intellectual, multiply. The nation and the individ- ual states maintain agricultural de- partments devoted to his interests, and bombarding him continually with bulletins, advice and admonition. The newspapers bristle with counsel to him. Politicians, publicists and stu dents enthuse and agonize over him from rostrum and forum and legisla- tive hall. It can be stated in one sentence, that the finger of the na- tion is pointing today but in one di rection-and that is at the figure of the man behind the blow, to whom they are looking to redeem them from a sky-scraping cost of living, and, in a way, from the menace of unrest that broods like pail over many of our cities.
 It IS a psychological moment of an awakened conscience from one boun dary of America to another. We are scourging vandalism, graft and gen. eral evil from politics. We are stand ing more resolutely each day for a literal interpretation of the doctrine of the square deal" We are deter. mined that the people and not the politicians shall rule. We are discov. ering that, after all, the golden rule is not beautiful abstraction, but the most sensible and business-like of realities. So we are substituting the neglect of decades meted to the farmer, for concentrated attention, and for the chronic misunderstanding of him, an earnest effort at under, standing.
 I think that, in an instrumental de. gree, the Farmers union is responsi- ble both for the awakened farmer and the awakeend nation, as regards the farmer In the six years of our na- tional existence, we have steadily worked away upon the problem at it's foundation-the home of the farmer, the viewpoint of the farmer and a deep personal study of the farmer,
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
Weddinq Fee Counterfeit.

A well-dressed stranger entered the office of Justice William B. Williams, Montclair, N J., and after shaking hands astonished the justice by say ing: I'm here to redeem that coun- terfeit $10 bill passed on you. Two years ago I called on you with my girl and two witnesses and you mar ried us. I handed you a $10 bill. l had counterfeit in my pocketbook that I'd carried for several years. never missed it until yesterday. Then l remembered that I'd accidentally handed you the bill" The caller pro- duced a good $1O bill, but the justice refused to take it. Don't let that worry you, my dear fellow he laughed. T never knew it was a counterfeit. No kind of money sticks to me over night. I'm married, my self"
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
For the Critics.
untinely
neyex tell

Creston Clark, whose untimely death at Asheville robbed America of a serious and capable actor, was somewhat impatient of criticism. To a Philadelphia critic he once said:
 You chaps are unwilling to accept a man for what he is. You want to change him to your own taste. But each of you has a different taste. To whose inclination, then, is he to bend?
 No, no! Take the artist for what he is. That is the right critical atti- tude. Don't be like the farm urchin once saw-an urchin who, as he stoned frog to death, repeated se- verely:
 I'll Yarn ye to be a toad"
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
They Surely Would.

A little American boy with his fa- ther was visiting a market in a Mex ican city He saw little native girl with small basketful of red peppers, of which she was eating one. His fa- ther was about to say: She thinks she is very smart" as the son called his attention to it. The boy spoke up quickly, knowing what was to be said: Pa, would those red peppers make you smart if you eat all of them?" Ills father replied: Yes, son.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
The Valuable Match.

There was loud splash, and a mo ment later a dripping head appeared above the waves. On the end of the dock was a stevedore nonchalantly lighting his pipe.
 Help, man" cried the chap in the water. Cant you see I am over board? I can't swim.'
 How often have you been down." asked the stevedore, shielding the fiickering match from the wind.
 "Once, I believe, but hurry up, man! Give me a hand!'
 You wait! You have two more times yet to go down, and have only one match. I'll catch you on the last trip.'-Exchange
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
A Quick Cat.

Some years ago the proprietor of a hotel in southern New Hampshire told the following story: He said that when he was boy he had occasion to go into the garret of his house one morning and that the family cat fol- lowed him up the stairs. One of the windows was open, and when they en- tered the garret a frightened mouse jumped out of the window, and the cat, jumping after it, caught it in mid air and whirling round, jumped back again into the same window
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
What He Knew.

You can tell me the names of the twelve apostles, Sam?" said the pret- ty Sunday school teacher one morn ing. Sam's face fell, and he shifted his weight from one foot to the other.
 Cant do it, ma'am," he said, sor- rowfully; and then his eyes bright ened; but I can call off all of the pitchers in the league teams" he vol nteered.-Harper's Magazine.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
From H abjt.

Life Insurance Agent-The company has rejected your application on the ground that you lied in your answers. Why did you say that your circulation is good?
 MT. koloom-Honest, 1 couldn't help it. That's my business. You see, I'm advertising manager on the Daily Boomer-Puck
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
Weight of Feeds.

Dairymen especially will be inter- ested in knowing the weight of the several feeds by quarts, inasmuch as in compounding dairy rations the terms are expressed in pounds: Cot tonseed oil, Is pounds; linseed meal, old process, II pounds; gluten meal, IT pounds; gluten feed, 12 pounds; wheat bran, coarse, 0.5 pound; wheat middlings, coarse, 0.S pound; wheat middlings, fine, Il pounds; mixed wheat feed, 0.6 pound; cornmeal, Is pounds; oats, 1.2 pounds; rye bran, 0.6 pound
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
Planting CoWpeas.

Cowpeas should not be planted un- til the soil becomes warm and the weather is favorable for rapid growth. They require a warm soil and are re- tarded by cool nights and damp, dis agreeable days. You will not gain by planting cowpeas early.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
The Man Invasion.

The witch out for a moonlight jaunt on her favorite broomstick, had just escaped being run down by an aeroplane manned by a joy-rider
 "Oh, this is simply maddening!" she cried, hysterically; "to think of man invading the one field of which we women have had a monopoly for centuries! And I believe I heard the brute say, as he passed: Oh, you kid witch!'"
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
Nitrouen Aids Cotton.

It has been found that nitrogen, when applied to cotton early and in moderate quantities, hastens maturity Applied late or In large quantities it prolongs growth of the plants and may prove disadvantage in weevil regions.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
HOw'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Has Catarrh Cure
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 Wholesale Druggists. Toledo O. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle Sold by all Druggists.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
Don't Risk XoIr ifA

autotoxemia. There is just one right rem edy for Constipation, that is NATURE S REMEDY (NR tablets). It's different from all others because it is thorough, it corrects the entire digestive system and the, kidneys, cures Dyspepsia and Rheu- matism. Its easy and sure to act. Take one tonight-you'll feel better in the morning. Get Poo Box. All Druggists
 The A. H. Lewis Medicine Co.,, St. Louis
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
A Douhie-Header

What kind of a candle do you want, my little man?"
 Its for pa, and, by what ma says about him, guess it must be the kind that you burn at both ends.''
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27

Skill to do comes of doing; lsnowl- edge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is knowl- edge that is not power-Emerson.
The Green Forest tribune., 1910-05-27
Hioh Finance

Knicker-Why did you pay $40.53 for that hat?
 Mrs. Knicker-I had to do it to make my check book balance.