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The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
A LITTLE PLEASANTLY.

He Tried Il on the Duchess According
to the Rules.
IF seated next to lady ut dinner
and II at a loss for topic. touch
lightly on the weather. Then turn to
dress. 1t that fails. try little pleas
antry."
With these words from Etiquette
For the Populace" stamped upon his
memory. Mr.. Quickrich. who had made
q million out of candles and thus gain
ed q sudden entry into society. escort
ed the Duchess Of Dash into the din
Ing room. The multiplicity of forks
and knives and spoons staggered him.
The soup nearly made him faint. Bnt
he took his courage and an olive In
both hands and launched forth pluck
lily.
"Bloomin' dull day. Ouch. amt it,"
he began. recalling topic No. !.
"Ahemr' he coughed as he remem-
bered the next topic. dress. 'Er-dO
you wear flannel next the skim"
A marble shoulder nearly knocked
him in the eye-a very cold and frigid
shoulder.
"Hum!" lnuttered Quickrich. "Rath-
er ard to get along with. Let's see.
I'll try q pleasantly"
The Duchess Of Dash's back was
turned to him. He protruded a fore
finger and jabbed her in the ribs.
Click he cried playfully.
And that absolutely did II. and him.
self with it.-LondOn Answers.
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to make q record that Outshines that
of these pioneer scholars, but the fact
that 50 many "f these have "ma.i-
good" is not SO important aud impress
sive as the fulher fact, developed by
the statement. namely, that nearly sll
Of the farms in question are now farm.
ed by renters. This is Nh interesting
fact. and as dePlorsble rs interesting
since it is a sign Of the degeneration Of
the American y"eman stuck to the Low
level Of the European tenant. II
signifies trend toward modern feu,la.
lism. The case cited is an extreme
one, and fortunately this trend is moi
50 markell as would appear from the
Ohio mans figures, but that the trend
exists cannot be denied.
1T is true that the b"ys have "ma'le
good" hut it would seem that the
farms that fosteresi them have not
Pitisburg Sun.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
REFORM THE LAND LAWS.

How backward We are still is shown
by the fact that no urgency of public
opinion and 70 pressure of common
honesty has yet succeeded in making
the preliminary step-a reasonable
reform of the land laws. The agencies
ofjustice are employed in discover
ing and furnishing land there's whose
crimes were invited by legislation ap-
parently framed for their especial
profit. The repeal of the desert land
act, the timber and stone act, and the
stringent enforcement ofthe provisions
of the homestead act are necessary to
honest dealing with the land question.
Spectators and land grabbers prevent
this, while occasional Congressman
and Senators are smirched and dis
graced by participating in land frauds.
We have enlarged the unit of public
land for Alaska, in order to tempt dis
honesty there. We have made it 100
acres for land reclaimed at great ex-
pense, although large family could
not passibly cultivate twenty acres of
this land as it should be. Perhaps
economy must be substituted for the
extravaganza now too prevalent in
every department of government be.
fore We can hope to see it supreme in
land reclamation and distribution.
But this plain business conception
must be restored before the country
can hope either to realize upon or re.
tain its most valuable resources.-
Worlds Work.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
AN EXAMPLE OF PROGRESS.

AN EXAMPLE OF PROGRESS.
In 1850 Texas sold to the United
States . strip of territory approximate
ing 100000, 900 acres for SIC. 600, 600.
Texas was larger than she is now and
was in debt. The land was consider.
ed valuable and Texas needed the
money. At an average valuation Of
$40 an acre the land today would be
worth billion dollars. As q matter
of fact, some of it is worth several
times SO an acre and is all the time
becoming more valuable.
There was opposition to the sale at
the time, but it was Ineffective. Those
who favored the sale cOntended that
the land was worthless and that
the United States Government was
buying an elephant. TheI.egislature
thought is wise to sell, and the deal
was put through. The territory sold
now covers the eastern half Of New
Mexico, q corner of Oklahoma and
Kansas. and q strip of Colorado.
If Texas had retained that land she
would today be about.. one third lar.
ger and q billion dollars weather.
than at present. The outcome is q
illustration Of the growth and
thisIcountry. Louisville
Courier journal.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
PRESIDENT TAFT PREFERS
RESULTS.

President Taft has placed q definite
program of legislation before congress
and, although sectional and factional
interests have been the cause of much
pickering and delay, yet the program
steadily is making progress with but
little and unimportant changes. Presi.
dent TAFT knows that his administra-
ton will be finally tested by results,
and with Characteristic eagerness he
has been pushing the forces at his com.
mand to keep al the party promises
that have been made. He Is not blind
to the fact that the public has been
put in suspicious and critical attitude
toward him. Although his way Of do
ing things may not be exactly the
same - those TO which the American
people have been lately accustomed,
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
HELPING q Man to Suicide.

It IS remarkable how q suicide BY q
certain method or In q certain place
will lead to another of the same kind.
A surgeon Of the Middlesex hospital
In London went into q barber shop to
be shaved. The barber spoke Of q man
who had been unsuccessful In an at
tempt to Kill himself by cutting his
throat
lie could easily have managed II. !"
said the surgeon. had he been &C.
quainted with the situation Of the
carotid artery"
where should he have cutY' asked
the barber. The surgeon told him. He
at once left the room. and. not return
ing as soon as was expected. the sur
geOn went to look for him and discOv-
cred him In the yard with his head
nearly severed from his bOdy.-LOn-
don Mail.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
THE COMING OF THE COMET

In a little while HALEY comet will
be visible to the naked eye. 1t is
rushing this way at the stupendous
speed of about sixty miles second.
Compared with this speed, the swiftest
projectile, fired from the most power.
full gun, would seem to crawl through
space. In an article i'm the Literary
Magazine, p. Harvey Middleton tells
briefly of the relation of this comet to
history and what might happen if it
actually hit the earth squarely. which
it will not. You may safely say it
will not, for this author and other
astronomers place the chance of such
a calamity at about one to %! ,oOO, 600
chances for its passing harmlessly by.
Some say the danger il even less than
that; that it might not hurt us if it
did hit. 1t is now assumed by many
astronomers that Halley's comet is
identical with the Star of Bethlehem,
which appeared to the three Wise Men
of the East on that most memorable
date in history, the birth of Jesus.
And for many centuries, it has been
connected in the minds of the super
stiOus with disasters of one kind or
another, usually wars. Even now, if
German and Britain should clash, or
Japan and America 60 to war, there
are many who would blame it on the
comet. In 1926, when the comet was
in sight, William of Normandy led
his hosts on the conquest of England.
In 1873 the comet spread itself across
the heavens, and the church of Rome
was rent in twain. In 1456 the comet
came again, and Europe fought DIES.
perately against invading Turks. In
1881, it saw Pizarro wreck the empire
of the Incas. In 1907 it marked the
first English colony in America. In
1859 it looked down on the Plains of |
Abraham, where Wolfe and Mont.
calm decided the fate of a continent.
In 1885, it came during the Seminole
war. But we have warred a good
deal without the light of comets, and
intelligent men now regard these
events as mere condolences. The
coming of the comet means little, in
fact, except to the astronomers, and
these are busy preparing for its re-
ception. Expeditions will go to Aus.
tralia and South America and Hawaii
to study it, and everything is being
placed in readiness. But few are
afraid, which is well, for with comets,
IS with lesser visitors, worry doesn't
keep them away, nor help entertain
Globe. II
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
COUNTRY BOYS MAKE GOOD"

The Columbus Dispatch has been
conducting a discussion as to "what
becomes of the boys from the FARM
the question having arisen in connec.
ton with great general discussion
concerning the present high cost of
living. A farmer of Union county,
Ohio, enters the discussion with a
specific statement as regards the farm
boys who went to school with him in a
certain rural district fifty years ago.
His list includes the boys of eleven
farms, thirty-two youngsters in all.
Analysis of this list shows that
nine of the boys in question stuck to
the farm, that six became bankers,
four merchants, two lawyers. two
clerks of court, two dentists, two la.
bOrers, one a manufacturer, one
broker, one an agent for farm ma.
chinery, one a state senator and one
United States senator and ultimately
vice president of the United States.
"Such is the list" says the writer.
Have they made good?" Now
the school is abandonded and the
children are hauled in a wagon to a
central graded school. / wonder If,
when they are proved out in the affairs
of life they will make a better show
ing than We have"
We will readily agree that this lat
ter.day school must needs go some"
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
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CONFUSION IN THE TEMPLE.

CONFUSION IN THE TEMPLE.
Lincoln democratic politicians al
init that the %ci.ien.-. i. .'r"s ihst
two factious are rapidly t.ra,"s la
the democratic party which arc Is",, j
I" strive E'r the mastery i" the CON.
vent'." and perhaps up until the pri'
mary result is known. Nome I'll them
care IL Ike quoted "n the matter ut
this stage Of the proceedings.
The one faction is headed by CIV.
ernOr Shallenberger. VIII" has Ms his
support he state orgauizati"" H "'w
constituted, and Gilbert NJ. Hitch.
cock, candidate fpr The United States
senate. On the other side are the
friends If W. j. Bryan, VII" have
rallied to his suprort after hr has l~~"
severely criticised fnr an,r.uucinr hi.
support County "rii"n IL is .aid
that w. H. Thompson has allied him
self with this part Of the party nn'l
will soOn take similar stnnl ..n The
liquor question.
III. ~ ruu,"rs are hacked by such
facts as these: Returning democrats
from the Syracuse dinner declared that
much headwny was mad. i" MI agree.
ment, tacit or otherwise. between
Hitchcock aud Shsllenbergcr OF
cials Of the state organization i"rl"i
ing Chairman Byrnes, spoke highly III
b1th Hitchcock aud ShslIenberger. and
criticised Bryan severely fr the stand
he had taken on county opium. w.
H. Thompson Was closeted with 7. S.
Allen for hours ut u time while he
was going to the Syracuse dinner and
returning. Allen soon thereafter
made it lain that he was for county
option. 1t has been persistently
rumored that Thompson is likely to
do the same thing. Lincoln demo.
Gratis, who are on the Bryan side, have
been urging w. B. Price to get out of
the race 50 that the county option vote
would not be split. A conference be-
tween that candidate and C. w. Bryan
resulted in no conclusion on the mat
ter. 1t is said also that C. w. Bryan
urged Price not to stand in the way
of the success Of the movement to
which both he and w. J. Bryan are
committed. Mr.. Price denies that
such was the tenor of the interview
but admits that he had q conference
with G. w. Bryan on the matter of
his candidacy. Whatever may have
been the result ofthe conference, Price
now says that he is in the race to stay
and that he will be found there until
the voters send him home.
Concerning the charge made by J.
c. Byrnes, chairman ofthe democratic
state committee, that Mr.. Bryan is
now taking stand directly divergent
with that which he always encouraged
and advised when he was running for
Office, Lincoln friends Of Mr.. Bryan
declare it is absolutely false, that the
liquor question was never an issue in
any campaign in which Mr.. Bryan
was q candidate until 1908 and that |
then it did not extend beyond the legis-
lature. They say that Brynes is talk.
ing about what he knows nothing be.
cause he never was identified with the
party machinery until he went to the
,tate senate in 19O7.-IincOln Jour.
nal.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
lifs's Turning Points.

The climacteric years are certain
years in q mans life that were long
believed to be Of peculiar significance
to him as turning points in his health
and fortune. These are the mystic
number Z and its multiples. with odd
numbers, q. IS. 40 and 6. The most
important Of all was the sixty-third
year, which was considered tatal to
most men.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
Particular.

Particular.
waiter. bring me a finger bOwl?"
There's your finger bowl, SIR"
But that's only one"
And do you want two. sir:"
Certainly want two. You don't
suppose I'm going to wash my left
hand in the bowl I just washed my
right hand In. do your - Yonkers
Statesman.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
Free Handed.

Club waiter (fishing,-l dreamed list
night. sir. that you gave me q sover.
eign. S:ingy Member-lndeed.J James!
That's a little high for a tip. but-er-
you may keep it.-I-ondon Telegraph.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
Not Exactly , comol;msns.

Hewitt-lgnorance Is bliss. Jewett-
You'd better get your life insured.
Hewitt-What for? Jewitt-You're
liable to die Of joy.-New York Times.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
Wanted Proof.

wanted Procf.
Nephew to the returning aunt
And did You think Of me when you
were away? Aunt-Certainly. Neph-
ew-Then open your trunk and let me
Gee it.-Fl;eceEde Rlatter.
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
Staggering.

-Gsri79.
Suffraaett,- Vi hat is Il party with
out women: Merr Man llippantlyb-
a stag party. Suc'racet;e - Exactly.
And whit. sir. would this nation be
without women but stagnatiOn?-Chris-
tian Register
The Columbus journal., 1910-04-06
The Chief Reo,iirer,enf.

The Chief Requirement..
My boy seems to De the champion
Of the block"
Good fighter eh:"
"Oh. no: merely good judge of
whom to mix it up with."-Washing
ton Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-28
CLEANS CITIES AS
 SHE WOULD A HOME
The Rev. Caroline Crane Successful as the Worlds First Public
 HOusekeeper.

The Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane, of Kalamazoo, Mich, has the distinc- tion of being the first public house. keeper in the world. It is her theory put effectively into practice, says a writer in the January Hamptons Magazine, that 8 large part of city government is merely housekeeping on a big scale, very badly done, be- cause men do not know how to keep house.
 We have waited a long time,' says Mrs. Crane, hoping that the men would learn, but now we are tired of waiting. Women are tired of being told to open their mouths and shut their eyes and everything will be done for them. If the home is womens sphere, surely the filthy streets through which they must walk in or der to reach their homes are part of that sphere also"
 She told the recent Conservation Congress in St. Paul of the simple plain, but time-tested house. keeping methods that under her direc- ton have been applied in number of cities, and of the excellent results which had followed. So practical were all these sanitary suggestions that immediately after her speech the State Board of Health of Minnesota voted an appropriation to engage five weeks of her time. The board asked her to visit twelve largest towns o' the state, view them with the eye oi a housekeeper, and report. Now those cities are getting the housekeeping of their lives.
 Some time ago the ideal of public service grew so strong in her heart that Mrs. Crane resigned her passionate and devoted her entire time to civic work. She organized the Women,s Civic Improvement League and start ed out to clean up Kalamazoo, which sadly needed cleaning at that time. Mrs. Crane offered to take charge of the street cleaning department. Al ter much persuasion the city council gave her charge of six blocks on Main street for three months. Mrs. Crane instituted the plan of white wings hand workers and soon had her sec ton of the town entirely clean. More- oyer, she was saving money on the job. For certain allotted space of street Kalamazoo had been eNpendinG $S.3S. Mrs. Crane cleaned the same
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-28

space for 8 and handed the extra $3.39 back to the department. Before her three months had elapsed, the city had adopted her plan
 This was only the beginning. Mrs. Crane and her Civic Improvement League next went after Kalmazoo's s food supply. They visited the slaugh- ter houses, the dairies, the markets and the reports they turned in bo the clubs, the churches, and the nlewspa- pers were so startling that the town almost lost its appetite. The result ot the leagues exposures was law providing for municipal inspection Of meat, milk and all market products. All the public institutions in the vi- c cinity of Kalamazoo were next brought under the inspection of the league. The almshouse was found to be in a shocking condition of neglect. The women cleaned it up. Other institu- tions were examined and found lack ing The women supplied their wants or rather they made the proper au- thorities supply them.
 l Having made Kalamazoo into the "Spotless Town," of the northwest, Mrs. Crane continued, by means of
 writing and featuring, to preach the gospel of civic cleanliness and order. Soon distant cities began to send for this public housekeeper to tell them their own short comings.
 The most valuable part of Mrs. Cranes work is that it has proved ill
 almost every case permanent Her
 visit and inspection is followed by
 organization of effort to bring about the changes suggested by her After
 her visit to Kentucky the legislature
 passed state health laws that were q generation in advance of those Mrs.
 Crane criticised. A few months after her inspect'o of Nashville, they had cleaned the public market and laid
 new sidewalks throughout the town. Calumet, Illinois, was chang
 ed in year from mining camp into
 a modern town with parks, good streets and an organized system oi public relief.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-28

mutflating coins. In some cities where the practice is very prevalent special officers have been sent to make arrests according to Washing ton advices.
 The person who wears a current coin of the United States on his per son with monogram or other sign on the coin, had better obliterate him. self from the landscape for Federal officer is privilged to grab the per- son and take away the coin, in addi- ton 10 setting the machinery of the law in motion to provide a severe pen- alty for such thoughtlessness.
 From Washington comes the order that coins are not to be mutilated in any manner and when such occurs, the one guilty of mutilating the coin and the wearer are to be punished by the government
 Offenses against this section of Un- ele Sam's laws come more, frequent ly at the holiday season, hence the recent order issued from Washington that all parties arrested for such of lenses be held pending word from Washington.
 Jewellers make the excuse that others do it," and feel safe in follow ing suit Many samples of defaced coins have been picked up of late.
 The authorities in Washington say that all of the larger cities are ov- CT run with mutilated coins of small denominations 1t is an easy matter for jewellers to file one side of the coin and then put on monogram. All sorts of Christmas gifts are made in in this way Frequently the owner never intends for the mutilated coins to go into circulation, but mislays them loses it or in some other way allow it to get out of his possession Some one picks it up, passes it, and lays himself liable to pen.tentiary punishment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-28
FIVE WOMEN
 DEAD IN BED
One Side of Texarkana Will Vote On New Government System on Jan. 3-Little Interest in the
 Coming Election.

Texarkana, Dec. 27-The revised copy of the new commission form charter for the West Side municipality has been completed and is now ready for the inspection of all persons in
 terested in the new form of govern of the document, 116 typewritten le- gal pages, it will not be published but a copy will be loaned to all per
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-28

sons desiring to read the charter in typewriter form. Five copies were made, one for Mayor De Loach, a second copy for City Attorney Dor ough, third copy for use in in the city clerks office and two copies to be read by citizens
 The election for West Side citizens to determine whether or not they will go under this form of government will be held January 8. Very little inter- est is being displayed in the coming election and it is thought that only a small vote will be polled while it is not expected that any opposition will develop.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-28
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the M. Cans Co.,, will be held at the office of the company in the city of Pine Bluff, Ark, on Mon day, January 9th, 1911 at ten o'clock a. m., for the purpose of electing a board of directors and for the trans action of such other business as may properly come before said meeting.
 M. EISENKRAMER,
 F 22 3w. Secretary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-28
CRUSADE AGAINST
 COIN MUTILATORS
Government Intends EXterminating Practice of Using Money for Orna- ments-LOcaB Officers Not
 Yet Advised.

Although local Federal officials have not yet received official notice word from Washington is to the eff feet that the department there has determined to break up the practice of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-28
PILES! PILES! PILES!

Williams Indian Pile Ointment will cure Blind, Bleeding and Itching Piles. It absorbs the tumors, allays itching at once, acts as a poultice. gives instant relief. Williams h. dian Pile Ointment is prepared for Piles and itching of the private parts. Sold by druggists, mail 50c and $1.00. Williams Mfg. Co.,, props., Cleveland. o. Sold by McCammon & Son.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-12-28
Are you an elderly woman.

Are you an elderly woman? h your figure disappearing? Do your dress skirts ''hike up" i'll front and your hips bulge? You can retain your figure. For fifty cents I will tell you how to reduce the abdomen and hips and restore the waist line. Write Mrs. A. J. Bronson, Hot Springs 12 I'm.