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STRANGE WOMAN
 OF MYSTERY She Does Such Things That Callers Look Upon Her as a Visitor From an Undiscovered
 World.

Are you entirely satisfied with life? Are you as successful as you ought to be? Dou you want to reach position of influence and power among your business and social friends? Are you able to have your own way, to achieve what you start out to do, or are you constantly at the mercy of those with a stronger magnetic personality than your own?
 Personal magnetism is the magic wand that rules the world. It tri- umphs over obstacles and brings suc- cess in your business and social life; it opens to your vision the greatest secrets of life. It is that marvellous, substle, unseen power that enables you to control man or woman and to banish i'll luck.
 If you are not fully satisfied with your present condition and circum- stances; if you long for greater suc- cess or money; if you are not able to influence others to the extent you desire, you are advised to learn more of this marvellous power by consult ing Mme. Ri'ou the master mind of occult science.
 Like hypnotism, now materially aiding the medical world in healing the sick, she does the legitimate art of trance clairvoyancy, assisting all those in quest of knowledge of the future.
 Mme. Ri'ou will point out the way that will lead you to success in bus mess, speculation investments, min ing, oil, matrimony, courtship, di' yorce or anything you may be in trouble about. Locates lost an6 stolen articles buried treasures, etc. etc. Callers need have no fear o1 unpleasant surroundings or of hay. ing their confidence betrayed. Bus. mess strictly confidential.
 Permanently locate at 122 Eas1 Sixth avenue, corner State. No signs just name and number. Reading $1.00. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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BURGLAR ALARM
 AT LOCAL BANK
(Continued From Page 1.)
the whole alarm off.

the whole alarm off.
 On the outer wall of the bank building is placed very large rapid stroke fire alarm gong in an electri- cal housing. This housing is so built and electrified that any tampering with it, either by day or night, will turn in the full alarm.
 To provide against the fellow who would put the alarm out of business by cutting the cables, the outside gong is equipped with suitable me- chanism which, should the cables be cut, will operate the alarm just the same. Every part of the system is so thoroughly alive that no part of the vault of this bank can be tamper- ed with in any manner, without the full alarm being instantly set off, and the alarm will keep right or ringing until shut off from the switch board inside of the vault by someone of the banking force who knows how to do it.
 The bolt work and combination of the vault door is controlled absolute ly by the electrical timers in the switch board inside of the vault, so that during the hours that burglars can operate the banker himself can not enter his vault without turning loose the alarm. This part of tbe system, like all the rest, is absolute ly automatic, so that lapses of mem ory do not weaken the protection in the least.
 To provide against any possibility of the system being neglected by the banking force, it is so built that It is automatically tested every time the vault door is opened or close. Thus. where human memory might fail, this automatic mechanism is certain and most constant reminder.
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BRANCH NORMAL
 DRAWS ON FUND
Pine Bluff Institution Thought i Was Included in State University Tangle but Found Out
 Differently.

Little Rock, Ark, April t2.-OWlng to the fact that there was tangle over the treasurership of the State University at Fayetteville, last fall, tying up the funds of that institu- ton since that date, an impression somehow got out that the funds of the branch normal, at Pine Blun, were also tied up. No application was made to State Treasurer Yates for funds for that institution after 1t was announced by him that he would not honor further warrants for the university of Fayetteville, although he had never declined to honor war rants presented for the school at Pine Bluff, which is simply a branch of the state University but maintain ed for the benefit of negro teachers of the state and managed by the board of trustees, of which the gov ernor is the head.
 Yesterday afternoon Treasurer w.. s. Harris, who looks after the funds for the Pine Bluff institution, called at the state treasurer's office, and to his surprise was allowed to cash warrant for about $s,6oo for the ex- penses of the institution at Pine Bluff. Treasurer Yates was equal ly surprised that no application had been made for funds during all the
 sqnths that the main institution at
 Neville has been cut on. %
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* + * + + + : + 4 {. . ' : | REAL ESTATE : : TRANSFERS. ! : Reported Daily by
 e N. T. ROBERTS ABSTRACT CO.,. + : E. l.. Vail, Treas. + 2 Guaranteed Abstracts * 2 213 West Barraque Street | ' e .e * + q + ' + | . ! | t ! t 4

James Means to w. B. Address, warranty deed, NV IA, SW IA, sec tion 13, 6, Il, $450.
 M. J. Mead, ct al to F. G. Smart, warranty deed, SEE 1-2, NE IA, sec- tion B, 6, g, $3,000.
 s. B. Rariden to N. A. Gehl, war ranty deed, NE IA, section 23, 3, II, $1 ct al cons.
 MA. Gehl to J. E. Best, warranty deed, NE IA, section 23, 8, il, $1 ct al cons. MWb &e1
 w. P. Grandy to Russell Hollis, trustee, quit claim deed, w 1-2 SEE IA, 20, 6, g, $1 ct al cons.
 Pinchback Taylor to J. A. Mcleod, warranty deed, lot 1, block 2 Monks western add, No. ?. $22.5o.
 F. G. Smart, ct al to W. s. Pugh, warranty deed, lot 1, block 15, Jef- erson Heights add, $20.
 J. w. Monk to Annie L.. Nelson, warranty deed, lots g & 10, block 10, Monks addition, s1.00.
 Edgar Brewster, com'r to c. H. Triplett, com'r's deed, SEE IA, NV IA and NV IA, SW IA, section 12. ', 8, $1,200.
 P. c. Chestnut to Joe T. Shell, quit claim deed lot 3, block 6, Holderness Senyard's add, $3.50.
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Tho Thorn Crown.

The thopas that had crowned the brow of the King fell in crimson wreath at the foot of cross upon hill called Calvary. and they cried to the darkness to hide them from the sight of men-to shadow them forever beneath the nights black wings. And welcome was the dark to them and all the thunder of the skies. But when the night was done and light came with the morning white roses bloontc above them, so that the red upon theii spears was hidden. and men. beho.0 ing. marveled at the flowers. nor s;M the thorns that had wounded the Dran of the beautiful King. And the n;ln,s of the roses was Love-even that Lovt which shelters in it's own bosom shs. shaft that wounds it and makes ear1t and heaven sweeter with forgiveness
 chinsss Troops Good Runnsrs.
 In the drilling of recruits for ' Chinese army each man is required carry sand in his knapsack. For tL ilrst day Ee carries two ounces; o each succeeding day hs increases thi, amount by two ounces until at last b. . carrying sixteen pounds These me' Gan run at . dog trot for ton couses,u tlvs honrs and arrive at the end ,: tat t1ne in hs condition tor hgh' if
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.Njcknackitorlan."

London shopkeepers' slang IS dla feet in Itself and one that is always changing What. then, is 'nicknack. ltorian:" We know not the word to- day: but, looking recently through some old law cases dating about hundred years back. 1 was puzzled to find it applied in all good faith to describe plaintiff in the sheritfs court. On further search it turned out to be piece of forgotten cockney slang for dea,er in bric-a-brac.
 The evidence showed that this plain tiff kept a sort of old curiosity shop in which he dispensed "mummies." poisoned arrows, the head of King Ar thurs spear and a genuine manuscript of the first play acted by Thespis and his company in wagon!" The de fendant. woman, had actually bought and paid for some of these rarities. but she died after having com. missioned the embalming of an Orang outang to add to her collection, and for this her executors refused to pay Counsel for the defense poured con. tempt on the mummy of the orans outang and called it stuffed mon. key"
 But the "nicknackitorian" won his case. His profession was more taking than his name Manchester Guardian
 Mending . Broken Heart.
 An Atchison young thing had heart that ached. her honey boy hay Ing taken his affections elsewhere, and her father recently shut himself up with her to reason with her. "That honey boy averaged spending 50 cents a week on you," he said. Here's dollar a week to take his place. Every time he called he cleaned out the re- frigerator. Your mother will see to It that your brothers do this in future. He kept you up late nights. Your baby sister is cross, and hereafter you will let the baby do this for you. He took possession of the most comforta. ble rocker on the porch. When you look at that rocker in future it will not be empty. bringing the pang to your heart that your silly novels tell about. It will be occupied by the man who paid for 1t. and that's me. Your mother and I stayed by you through collie and teething and are going to get you through this if we have to take turns spanking you. Now take your eyes off the moon and look at the dust around you."-Atchison Globe.
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SMALL FIRE ON
 WEST FIFTH AVENUE

A two-story dwelling at No. 21o2 West Fifth avenue, escaped destruc- ton by fire last night, by the prompt and efficient work of the fire depart ment. The house was occupied by T. c. Ogdurn, negro, with his fam- fly. One room was ignited by a stove being too near the wall. The paper on the wall was burned off and the wood burned much before the firemen extinguished the blaze.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-04-03

branch normal could have had US warrant cashed regularly each month, if presented, as it has it's own treasurer, whose selection has never been questioned and who is in no way entangled with the row over who shall handle the funds of the Fayetteville institution.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-04-03

The Citizens Bank Building Company of Pine Bluff was charter ed yesterday paying into the State treasury the sum of $105 as charter fees.
 -Crex!-Crex! -Crex!- Crex! Rugs and Art Squares for summer. Beautiful patterns an dSpecial prices on them Nsaday April at Resp and . ,M!se-l Furnits1e Co.
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The Kind That Gets On.

BOOKER r WASHINGTON. congratu-
- lated by New York reporter on the
success he has made of his life, saiS
with a smile:
II suppose I must be modest and de-
clare that luck has had much to do with
my progress, or otherwise I'll be in
Senator Dashs shoes.
Senator Dash OF Tallapoosa prideu
himself on his rise from the bottom, for
Senator Dash In his youth had worked
with the colored men in the cotton fields
Boosting at a political meeting about
his rise. the senator singled out Uncle
Calhoun Webster among his audience and
said:
...I see before me old Calhoun Webster
beside whom, I'm the broiling southern
sun, 1 toiled day after day. Now. ladies
and gentlemen, I appeal to Uncle Cal
houn. Tell us all, uncle, was /, or was
I not, a good man in the cotton fields.
"'Yo' wuz good man. senatah. the
aged negro replied. 'yo' wuz a good man
TO- fack: but yo' sut'ny didn't worh
much
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nant for primacy in GO practice must
also hold the engnee- ing record. On
this the inspector SAYS:
1.-The rules for the new competition
for the coming year went into operation
October 1, and the department has de-
cided that the final battle efficiency of
any vessel shall depend not only on her
gunnery efficiency, as heretofore, but
also on her engineering efficiency. The
ship must be able to reach the enemy,
make her own repairs and keep a: sea
for long periods in orde- to place her in
the best positions for delivering her fire
against the enemy's vessels.
There can no longer be any separation
Of the two necessary factors, gunnery
and engineering, and the two competi-
tons will operate to keep all officers and
men aboard ships striving for efficiency
in both departments When a ship wins
battle efficiency pennant hereafter it
will show that she is pre-eminent In both
gunneIy and engineering, and that all
Of her officers and crew are working
equally for the success of the ship UNI
der both headings"
One OF the things which are destined
to give zest to the competitions is the
fact that there is no certainty who will
win. The winner Of the first competition
In the big fleet, instituted by Admiral
Evans, was the Vermont. In the first
Official competition. open to the whole
navy, the Vermont stood twenty-third on
the list, with but two other ships below
It, The Wisconsin, which won the second
competition, ranked eighteenth in the last
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lowing year that the Navy Department
gave these competitions its official recog-
milton. 1t had been very much alive,
however. to their Importance, and had
asked Congress to make an appropriation
of 5000 to pay for trophy and cash
prizes. Congress granted the money. and
a distinguished naval architect, who had
made the voyage around the world with
the feet, III. Reuterdahl, designed the
spirited sketch which is now emblaZoned
OH the permanent trophy of bronze. The
first official competition open to the whole
navy began July /. 1909. and ended June
sc. 1910. The proud winner of this
trophy is the battleship Nebraska. whose
chief engineer was on the WISCONSIN in
a similar capacity when that vessel took
its engineering prize. Three other ships
attained 95 per cent OF the multiple Of
the trophy winner. and are known as
'star ships
The vessels competing for the destroyer
trophy were led by the Preble. which
took the trophy for its class. The others
in the order of their awards were Perry,
Paul JONES' Chauncey. Truxtun. Stewart,
Lawrence. Barry and Hopkins.
II should be a matter Of interest that
in the speed trials for four hours, under
forced draft. several ships exceeded the
records they made on their trial trips.
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Unreasonable Reason.

TAR. SIMON FLEXNER, the distin-
- guished head Of the Rockefeller In
sttute, said OF the anti-vivisection move
rnent. at a recent dinner in New York:
ut is odd that SO many pronounced
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are pronounced sports
men. These men object to killing rats
and mice for the good of mankind, but
they don't mind killing gazelles and
pheasants and CRATES and other beauti-
full and harmless creatures for the mere
pleasure of the killing.
"They make me think. such people. OF
Mr.. Skimp,e, a Philadelphia.
well, Mr.. Skimple.' i said one day.
what are you going to make your little
boy? A grocer like yourselfT
mo. DOCTOR said Mr.. Skimpie; 4
think TN make him q butcher, he's so
fond of animals
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cheering records of the various ships.
and that honorable mention would be
made of the one which should make the
best record. The men started in to win
that honorable mention. They knew or
they soon ascertained that what the COM
mander meant by engineering efficiency
was the maintenance at all times of a
regular rate of speed with the least pos
and the maintenance OF the ships fight
ing qualities at the highest possible state.
with the fewest calls for repairs. Every
ship was to be made as nearly Independent
OF the repair ship and the navy yards as
possible. Every day the ships reported
by means of their signal flags the quanti-
ties of coal they had used. In that way
each ship knew about what all the other
ships were doing. SO that the rivalry
started from the very first, and kept up.
not merely without abatement but, in
deed, with increasing interest, until the
end. The first winner of this interesting
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Dentists There!

&c UCcESS in the law" said Joseph
- Fl. Choate at dinner at the Law
yers' Club in New York. often depends
on the ability to meet every objection
readily.
"A clergyman. however, once carried
this ability little too far. BE was adj
dressing a prayer meeting. and I'm his de-
scription OF the doom of the wicked he
said:
And there shall be weeping and wall
ing and gnashing of teeth. Aye. snashing
OF teeth
"A very old woman spoke UP in a qua
yering and senile voice:
= But amt got no teeth, pastor
- Then. madam. they viii be provided
was the answer"
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now about concluded that they would
rather take green men and train them
up to their duties than to have half-sea-
soned or even very good men assigned
to them, and the plan OF beginning work
with an entirely new crew has worked
out I'm practice with some very pleasing
results.
Announcement has been made by the
Nay Department that the recent battle
practice was one Of the most successful
that was ever held by the fleet and with
the very excellent efficiency records
being made in engineering the United
States Navy is demonstrated to be the
equal OF any on earth, and keyed up to
state of preparedness which qualities
it to defend the nations honor at a mo-
ment's notice
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covered by each competition. Heretofore
it has been the custom to hold the short
range or record practice In the spring.
and the long range, or battle practice. in
the fall. Between the dates of the two
practices many changes in the assign
ments of the officers have inevitably oc-
Cured. These are due to various ext
gencies which could not well be avoided.
The department has therefore decided to
hold the record practice in the fall and
the battle practice in the spring, SO that
the officers can complete both practices
on the same ship they begin them on.
During this fiscal year there will be no
elementary practice at all. because in
making the change described two battle
practices will follow each other. The
first pennant for the. combined record
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competitions. Lieut.. Commander Leigh c.
Palmer, said:
1.-The competition. while having the
same general significance and being ar
rived at by the same general methods as
the gunnery competition, does not show
on its face the enormous saving to the
government by reason of the economy
demanded In fact. the competition is
based on two things that must work to-
gether and cannot be separated. This is
expressed in the words of the Secretary
Of the Navy. Mr.. Meyer, in which he de-
mands efficiency with economy. This
and oil. and for the past year was about
$1,000 900. This amount, however, does
not by any means represent the total
savings, for the rules provide that the
ships shall be self-sustaining and the
value of the repairs made by the ships
force and saved to the government is
incalculable.''
Hereafter the ship which flies the pen
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course over which the third engineering
was held. It was won by the
battleship Ohio, in charge OF Capt. T. B.
Howard, recently ordered to the COM
mand of the second division Of the At
lantic fleet, and about to be promoted to
the rank Of admiral. His chief engineer
was Lieut. Commander II. v. Gates.
4
In the meantime. the entire navy was
watching with deep interest the work of
the feet. The department quickly real
lied its value; the officers and men were
aching to get into the friendly contest
and show what their respective ships
could do il given the chance. Already the
Pacific and Atlantic fleets had started
competitions among themselves. In the
winter of 1908 the Pacific fleet had It's
first competition, and 1t was won by the
Colorado. But it was not until the fol-
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The Unwilling Tinker and His Typewriter

yanked II out OF the machine. and handed
ii to him carelessiy.
Like the work." she asked him
why. it's p-p-perfect c-c-copy" gasped
he
Sure" said she. That's because I'm
the perfect little eOpyist. / always have
been-was long before I ever saw you.
But kind o. thought wouldn't say any
thing about it, you know, Liquid Orbs."
He saw the nub. and they've called II
Square. CLARENCE IL. CULLEN.
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for efficiency in engineering and efficiency
In gunnery will be awarded to the ship
scoring the highest In both between this
time and June 30, 1911.
Considerable maneuvering and the ex-
ercise Of no little sea politics have been
resorted to through the anxiety of the
sailors and officers to see the awards and
prizes go to their respective ships. They
have schemed and pulled wires to pre-
vent gun crews from being weakened by
the transfer Of good men. They have
used what articles they could to get
the transfer to their ships of either men
or officers who seemed likely to add to
the strength Of the personnel. Sad to
say, however, it has been proved that IL
Is not always the picked ship which
carries of the trophy. Officers have
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HUT off that water
tap there. Don't
you see that 1t
drips ~
We'll. I'll be
bloWedr' muttered
Bill Bowlines, the
new hand just
shipped at Tomp-
kinsvi,le: IF they
hain't a-kickin now
on wastin' plain,
ordinary " a [ e r.
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was the Vermont. commanded
by Capt. (now Rear AdmiraD Potter. His
chief engineer was Lieut. w. B. Tardy.

was the Vermont, commanded
by Capt (now Rear AdmiraD Potter. His
chief engineer was Lieut. W. B. Tardy.
So satisfactory had this competition
been so great had been the economy OF
coal and so self ustaining had the ships
proved with respect to making repairs.
that at San Francisco another competi-
ton was started by the feet commander.
Rear Admiral Sperry, successor to Ad-
mirai Evans, who, il will be remembered.
had taken the fleet that far while SO Ill
that he was able to keep his post in COM
mand only by the exercise of the great
est stoicism and self-control. The fleet
engineer was Lieut. Commander Cone.
who had won the highest commentator
for his GOODNESS. ability and skill in TAX
ing the cranky little torpedo fiotlla
around from the Atlantic side without
any msadventure. Under these officers
the second competition was very holly
and enthusiastically carried on. 1t ended
when the feet reached Manila safely, and
1t was won by the Wisconsin, whose cap
tain, +. z. Beatty, and whose chief en-
gineer Commander y. v. III. Allen, were
as proud of their pennant as IL they had
each been advanced a dozen numbers in
rank. Capt. Beatty has since been placed
in command of the naval gun factory.
Commander Allen is now on the battle
ship Nebraska.
From Manila to Hampton roads was the