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The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-15
AN EXPERT BOOKMAKER.
One In Havana That Puzzled Chicago
Betting Man.

GCAthfS
eff you want to see expert boo1mak-
ers you should 60 to Havana" re-
marked a Chicago man. They GER
tainly have their business down fine.
l went to cockfght in one of the
suburbs of Havana on a Sunday.
Nearly everybody in that part of the
town had turned out
with two friends I got seats close
to the pit. had never seen a cock
fight. ard / was interested. At the
edges of the pit several natives were
standing. facing the audience and yell
ing and waving their hands. l asked
one of my friends, who had been in
Havana a short time. what they were
doing. He said they were taking bets.
Sure enough, the spectators were
shouting back at them. announcing
their favorites and placing their bets.
But the bookmakers were not using
even pencil. One of them. l am
sure, must have taken fifty bets.
Il wanted to get in on the game, so
I decided to bet So on a black game
cock that looked good to me. l hand
ed over my money, but / didn't get a
ticket. / felt sure I should never again
see my money even if l had picked the
winner Well. the main was fought,
and my bird won. l watched the book
maker as he went among the crowd.
handing money here and there. When
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not IL they did, under this constitu-
tional government, destroy or con-
fiscate property of railroad compa-
MES or corporations. Agitation. OF
course, may do some harm, but
wrongs breed agitation, and agita-
ton leads to reform.
What the American people have
done in the nearly 40 years of cor
porate legislation and experience Is
to esta blish a policy for the control
of transportation and great aggrega-
tions OF capital in corporate form.
Il maintain the wisdom and the
necessity for reasonable control. 1t
has been adopted by the deliberate
Judgment of the nation and in my
opinion has come to stay. ! know
whereof | speak when | say that
prior to 1903, few. if any, of the
large shippers in this country paid
the tariff rates. In my opinion, no
lasting prosperity, no permanent in
dustrial growth, could possibly be
based upon such an unstable, cor
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rupt and dishonest system.
Il do not believe the government
will ever reduce rates as low as the
railroad managers reduced them dur
Ing the years of paying rebates and
cutting rates. The only way to con-
troll rates is by inquiring into their
reasonableness through commits
sion, created with power to fix, and
of course, subject to the final judg-
ment of the highest court in the
land
The deliberate Judgment of the
nation, expressed through the laws
of all the states and the federal gov
eminent, is that great aggregations
of wealth should be controlled.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-15
A Tale Of "Tippinu."


To tip or not to tip the person who
but does his or her duty is question
recalling an incide2t set down in Wal
poles "reminiscences Of how king once
unwillingly encouraged the custom.
This is strange country" comment
ed George I. "The first morning after
my arrival at ST. James 1 looked out
Of the window and saw a park with
walls. canal. etc. which they told me
were mine. The next day Lord Chef
wynd, the ranger Of my park. sent me
a brace of carp out Of my canal, and
I was told that I must give 5 guineas
to Lord Chetwynd's servant for bring
ing me my own carp out of my own
canal in my own park"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-15
BOARDING IN A CUBAN HOME
You Must Not Mention Money, but You
Pay All the Same.

You Must Not Mention Money, but You
Pay All the Same.
In Cuba. where money is not talked
Of, where no one is valued according
to his money. the need of it is never
lessless the sword hanging over every
home. Money-the lack of it is evil
dent everywhere. but the word is new
er mentioned. writes Kate Jordan in
the New Idea Woman's Magazine.
BE sure you do not speak Of mon
ey," the Cuban friend who had intro
duced us had said. From her cousins
brother-in-law l know the sonora ex-
poets SIS a week for each of you. Put
this in an envelope with her full name
on it. which you know means not only
her husbands name. but all of her
own family names. which | will give
you, and leave it where she will find
it. 1t will disappear. but said our
Cuban friend proudly and sternly. lit
will never be mentioned"
To eat ones three meals under the
summer sky gave holiday flavor to
what becomes habit. Our table was
set under palm on one of the gal
leries Our first taste of the iced or
anges Of Cuba was a moment to be re
membered They are peeled whole
and so close that even the juicy pods
are cut into q little. A fork is stuck
into each orange. and, resting in bowl
Of ice packed all night, they are in
the morning little globes of iced liquid
sweetness. They are eaten while neld
up on the fork. on the pulp, the skele
ton of the orange being left impaled
on it.
The Havana housekeeper believes in
having the cook. with the gravity of q
prime minister. deposit the food on
the table, because to her point of view
what is meant to be hot should he
as hot as cayenne and what is meant
to be cold of a polar iciness.
After the cooks triumphal bearing in
Of fish other servants are on hand to
give minor service.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-15
100000 q Minute.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 15.-The
House of Representatives is spend
statement made by mathema ticians
here today 1t was calculated that
in the first seven working days of
the present session the House APP
propriated $191 100000, which is
the total of the rivers and harbOrs.
Indian and pension supply bills. The
House has been in session 81 1-2
hours, making an average appropria-
ton of S6,O00,000 hourly.
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Securities Commission Meets

New York, Dec. 15.-The Rail
way Securities Commission of which
President Hadley of Yale Univer-
sity is the chairman, met in this city
today to secure the opinions of men,
bers of the New York Public Service
Commission as to the best methods
for regulating the issuance of bonds
and stocks by railroads and other
corporations.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-15
GARMENTWORKERS
CLASH
Assault Non Union Tailors
in Chicago and Deaths
Follow.

Chicago, Dec. 15.-In a clash
with striking garment workers and
the police. one workman was shot
dead, another fatally wounded and
several combatants on both sides
were seriously injured.
Non-union tailors. being escorted
to work, were assaulted by strikers.
Chas. Wrensecke. one of the in
jured policemen, may die. A striker
who was shot through the lungs, is
diving
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he came to me he handed over $40.
was surprised, but lie didn't notice it.
as he. was too busy cleaning up his
slate. Finally l discovered through a
spectator near by who could speak
English little that my bird had been
a four to one shot.
"How that Rookie ever kept all those
bets in his mind is more than I can
understand. Washington Post.
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A Puzzle.

"That is puzzle" said novelist
at a dinner in New York. Yes. that
is as much a puzzle as Mrs. Malaprop's
definition of naivete.
Mrs. Malaprop and a gentleman
were discussing a beautiful young lady
poet. The gentleman said:
"'What I regard as the most con-
spicuous thing about her is her mai
vete'
Yes said Mrs. Malaprop: I won
der what made her get such a tight
one Washington Star
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MUSTCONTRO[,NOT
CONF|SCATE
Kellogg Says Nation Will
Never Cut Rates as
Rebates Did.

New York, Dec. 15-Frank B. Kel-
logg, who. as special counsel for the
government, prosecuted the Standard
Oil dissolution suit, spoke of railroad
regulation before the Economic club
OF New York last night.
The American people" said Mr..
kellogg, do not wish to, and could
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-15
Want Lower Grain Rates

Huron, S. D.. Dec ! "a request
from the Farmers Grain Dealers AS
ISOLATION to take up the matter of
lower interstate grain rates was
heard here today by the South Da-
kota State Railroad Commissioners.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-15

Foley Kidney Pills are tonic in &C
natural action OF the kidneys and
bladder. They correct irregularities
Wenatchee Drug Co.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-15
A Straight Tip.

SAY" growled the first hobo. "why
didn't yer go ter dat big house an git
a handout?''
"Why. started ter" replied the 9TH
er, ''but a minister lookin' guy gimme
a tip not ter. He seq: Turn from yer
present path. Ye're goin' ter de dogs ="
philadelphia Press.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-15
Sorry AA Snnke.

Husband-Well, l must say that all
fools are not dead yet. Wife (affec-
tionately)-I'm glad of it, dear. new.
er look we'll in black. Illustrated Bits
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-12-15

Pal Moore VS.. Tommy Murphy, 10
rounds, at New York.
Young O'Leary VS.. Johnny DAILY,
10 rounds, at Ne wYork.
"Porky" Flynn VS.. Andrew Morris,
IL rounds, at Fall River, Mass.
Frank Klaus VS.. Jack Abbott, 10
rounds, at Pittsburg, Pa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04
NOTICE.

To My Friends and the Public: Since the consolidation of the Pine Bluff Trust Company and The Cotton Belt Savings and Trust Con- pany, I can be found at the office os Pinchback Taylor, at No. 123 West Barraque street, Jefferson Hotel building. I will continue to handle a number of the rental properties formerly handled by me, while with the Pine Bluff Trust Co. I will also have access to Mr. Taylor's insurance companies, which are all good old line companies, and can write fire, accident, tornado and steam boiler insurance.
 We can build you home, rent you house or rent your houses for you. We respectfully solicit part Of your business.
 PINCHBACK TAYLOR,
 R. F. EZEIL.
 3-3-tf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04
Pine Bluff Mercantile Co.
What Kind of a Spring
 Suit

are you planning to make? A quiet hued wool suit-a black and white
 checked suit-a solid colored linen frock-a linen finished gingham dress, or a home dress of some
 other material?
 We want to say that we are showing the newest in any of the above mentioned cloths and in variety of shades and prices. Any woman economically inclined can choose her material and with the addition of 15c Butterick pattern containing explicit instruction of style and fit and can make her own frock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04
k * D
 LOCAL AND OTHERWISE

e. s. McNew Real Estate, Rents nAd Loans, 106 Pine street. lO-s-ti
 Do not build, repair, moEo your lonse or put up with leaking bulId- Ing until you get our estimate. The soyce Construction Co. D. W. Boyee gngr., 106 Pine st.
 Persons contemplating the erect bon of any building should consult with Mitchell Seligman. architect, Citl- ,nns Rank Rui1ding. tf
 Mrs. E. A. Howell is reported siek.
 NFhe Weather Man-says- it will be fair today.
 LoOK-The Famous Bayou Crook Oysters on the half shell at the fal- ,aszfr Cafe. Open all night. 3-4-6t.
 Captain G. l.. Madding is out zgain after being sick for several days.
 Deputy Sheriff J. r. Bono, who Aas been quite sick for several days lS out agaln ana on duty.
 Well. see my horse needs a Eew pair of shoes. l will take him ao Tom King. He knows how. and prices right. tf.
 Special sale of Leather Couches. We guarantee every one we sell. You can't afford to pass the opportunity by. The sale lasts only one week and be- yins Saturday. Tomlinson & Knox Ea
 A fine baby boy arrived at the Rome of Rev. and Mrs. Otto Whiting Ron, No. 1112 East Sixth avenue, yesterday.
 Saturday Saturday. Saturday. All leather touches on sale for one week at greatly reduced prices. Don't miss it for one week only Tomlin- son & Knox Co.
 Mrs. W. Y. Ellis was quite sick for several days at her home on South esvered and will go to the convict camp near Little Rock Sunday to spend a few hours with her husband.
 For every man "Sectionets' are finger tips" office systems within the reach of everyone. No section over $9.00 complete stacks from $590 up. Unio Fur Go. if.
 -E. L. Westbrook, of Jonesboro, well known in Pine Bluff, was recent Iy called to Paragould to attend the funeral of a nephew, who died at that place recently.
 We have another bunch of those "Coblers Outfits" at 65c as well as fhe Never Wear Soles', which last IS long again as the cheap sole; and boo we have some good "Oakton Strips that will make a good sole. See leveland-Matthews Hardware Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04
The Laurel Ranges

The Laurel Ranges is some thing different and something better; saves 1-3 your fuel bill, and lasts a life time. Sold and guaranteed by Cleveland Matthews Hardware Co.
 Don't think you are going to die If you contract Pneumonia, Pneumo has never failed to relieve a suffer Ing patient. a 12-14-1m.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04
FOR SALE.

Lumber for all purposes, and in addition to a fine stock of high grades, we have some great bargains in cheap material, especially suited for fences, outbuildings, etc. Get our prices. Prompt delivery and ship ments guaranteed. Bluff City Lumber Co. West 4th. Ave. tf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04

Suffered day and night the tor ment of itching piles. Nothing help ed me until I used Deans Ointment. It cured me permanently. Hon John R. Garrett. Mayor, Girard, Ala.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04
Light w eight Serges.

For an all round Skirt material in all wool. We suggest this line of 36-inch lightweight Serges, col ors in the staple and new shades, at, per yard ................ EQc White Serges, Panamas and Mo- hairs with small hair line black stripes, at, per yard ...... .5Qc
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04

Join the Pressing Club of the American Steam Laundry, suits month for $1.00. 3-3 tf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04
Women's New Spring
 OxfordS.

Handsome patent leather, kid, and tan Oxfords, Slippers and low Shoes for women. Some with ankle straps, some are button, oth- CTS are lace, plain toes, cap toes, pointed toes, attractively stitched, beginning at $2.50, down to s1.75. All these and more, that will suit your foot and pocketbook.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04
LOOK!-ACT!

We now have over 1000 Policy holders, which, are protected from loss of time from sickness and acci- dent.
 If you are not policy holder, now why not let us write YOU.
 We represent 12 companies that we may be able to give you the best policy that may be had according to your occupation.
 All claims are paid from this of- flee by our check on the Bank of Pine Bluff, and you do not have to wait for the claim to be sent to the home office. Below you will see partial list of claims paid by us recently.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04
Curtain Goods By the
 Yard.

Curtain Swiss Materials, 36-inches wide, checked and stripes, all
 white, some with plaids effects, yard '....... 10c and 15c lChampagne and Arabian colored Curtain Nets, plain, checked and small dots' yard 25c 35c, 55c Curtain lace edging, white and oel,. eela, ae oc yard per dog. Soc 5o1.ao 5oAao r, rniow Siips .......12c
 .,'l0o s,A0o shee.s ........,. .39c r,.' S,A.o oneets ....... .59c
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-03-04
Dreyfus Store Talk

o Redn Corset as Saturday night the
 
 O Coses ranging from t lin lace match ent t 1pe yard
 
 to ard for Wash qf nd per yad A Silver just tr@eved wth 2c and Crochet san Cuff sinB Baby nsh ktob ! short tengho oy tfo stnBlo
The bee., 1910-03-17

There is a school for cowboys near
London. This may seem surprising,
but is less so when you learn the pur-
pose of the school, which is to train
young men who intend to locate in
western Canada and Australia. On
the bank of the Thames, within a few
hours ride of the center of the
worlds metropolis, the students are
surrounded by good imitation OF
life on the prairie OF the bush In
winter they sleep in the rough bunk
houses, and in summer in tents or in
the open air. They are taught to
care for their horses, and how to ride
them, how to make fences, brand cat.
tie, repair saddles and brides, how
to handle rifles and revolvers. The
school also provides a course in scout.
ing and tracking. The school is said
to be quite popular.
The bee., 1910-03-17
WHAT PUZZLES THE SENATOR
Statesman Wants to Know Why Cats
Disseminated Against Cross
Eyed Brother.

A senator came into the cloakroom
in rather pensive mood and stood
silent for some minutes-thoughtfu
smoking. It was supposed that some
problem of legislation lay heavy on
his mind, until he broke the silence
without even a prelude:
Il have been bothered with rats and
1t makes me nervous because l have
been reading so much about the bu-
bonic plague. We hao six cats in the
house, but suddenly five left, leaving a
lonesome Tabby. tried a bali of yarn
on him. Every time he jumped after
that ball he struck wide of the mark.
Then | caught him, looked closer at
him and, behold, the cat was cross
eyedi
What puzzles me now is to decide
whether or not there is an aristocracy
of cat life into which crooked-ey
cat cannot come. He was evidently an
outcast and pariah with his kind,
for he carefully kept his corner all the
time the other cats were around. Now,
the rats left with the cats, and what
want to know is whether there is
not some feeling of caste among rats
as well as cats in refusing to even as
sociate with cross-eyed cat. No bu-
bonic plague, gentlemen, with cross
eyed cats available. It's in the old
Hindu Hoodoo book. National Maya.
zine.
The bee., 1910-03-17
Bringing W Children.

There are plenty OF debatabis points
about how to bring up a child. Shall
he me right hand and left equally :
Shah lie toddle to kindergarten at 4;
cr ran wild, untaught tin z? Shall he
ever under any circumstances be
spanked? The world Is not agreed.
But on one subject enlightened opin-
ion Is unanimous. Children must not
be scared
A shock is never justifiable. There
fore, when there is screaming at the
sea dip we temper the ordeal to swim
ming baths. For that fear OF the DARK
that comes sometimes, no one knows
whence. to children free from all bogy.
lore, there Is the humane night-lighi
and the comforting society of plush
bear as bedfellow Everything should
he delightfully."- and smoothly ordered
ia fact. for a normal rising generation,
Il only parents will restrain them
selves and keep their nerves out of the
nursery.
The bee., 1910-03-17
SURELY is KING OF LETTERS
Importance Of the Letter &C" Viii Be
Accorded After a PerusaI of
This Article.

What letter of the alphabet out.
shines all the rest, and reigns king
over all the others? II came first with
God. and it will end in all things 1t
is in what is most valuable to men
gold and gems that glitter-and you
will ind it even in the middle of a
fight and in the gamblers den.
And il even stoops to conquer IN
the most inferior objects, in the goat,
while he kicks up his heels and horns,
and in the hog-in fact, in all pigs.
1t is in our faithful friend, the dog,
while at our feet we find it in the
green grass; and how could we build
house except for the ground where
it begins? Just see how it sticks to
us in gum like glue. and in the middle
of the night, be il never so dark. it
can be made to shine.
While it commences in the most
great, grand and glorious things of
earth, Il ends in, the most gruesome
of all, the grave. You win find it in
the best and in the worst, even in
garbage. In what is 1t more glorious
than in our flag that waves. then
droops over the grave of the soldier
And then this wonderful letter imme-
diately arises and perches itself right
in the center of our great and glori-
Gus American eagle.
Who can dispute that the letter CO.
is the king of letters?
The bee., 1910-03-17
Boston Herald.


1t has been decided that the elm
tree growing within an saclosurs in
Boston conmon is not a scion of ne
"old elm" as practically every enc
had supposed.
The committee appointed to investi-
gate contested OF William c. Bates,
Thomas w. Silloway and Charles r.
Read and their finding is that the pres
eat elm was brought from a nursery
In Dorchester and planted on the site
of the "old elm" tree by City Forester
John Calvin. However. they find that
there is real scion OF the old tree
that grew from the foot of the orig
lnal elm and was set out about fifty
three feet from Il and is in q flourish
ing condition. Another scion is grow
Ing near the Soldiers monument. This
tree was propagated from O cutting by
Thomas s. Adams, an old-time police
man. and it wa transplanted during
the administration of Mayor Hart
Boston Transcript.
The bee., 1910-03-17
MAKE A FETCH OF CUSTOM
Incidents That Show How Slowly
Changes Are Made In Euro
pean Countries.

Some amusing incidents are told OF
how slowly things move in the older
countries, and how hard it is to stop
them, once they start The Westmin-
ster Gazette tells of a Cossack being
kept on guard day and night at GER
tain spot on one of the lawns at Peter
hof, until somebody raised the Ques-
ton as to just why he was stationed
there. Nobody knew. When old rec
ords were turned up and great deal
Of research had been carried through,
Il was found that Catherine l. had
once passed that way and, admiring a
crocus that then grew on the spot.
had ordered that the blossom. be pro
tected. Cossacks relieved one an
other through the centuries after that,
although the crocus had long ago per
ished, like the woman who loved 1t.
+ In another instance it was the Brit
ish house of commons that afforded
the story A policeman was one day
noticed pacing back and forth in one
OF the Hobbies. strolling up and down,
always keeping members to one side.
member asked the question, why
was the sentry stationed there? No
body knew, and everybody was struck
by the absurdity of his being there at
all. now that somebody had called at
tention to him. After much study of
archives, it was unearthed that some
50 or 70 years before the lobby had
been painted. ana q policeman had
been placed % dEtY to keep members
from soiliRg their clothes on the paint
Nobody he'd ever remembered to re-
call the order that placed him there,
and he--or his ucocessOrs--paced on
and on, for half century after the
paint Was dry and dimmed
The bee., 1910-03-17
APPEALED ON HIS RECORD
Happenings Of the Past That Con-
Vinesd Squire Of the Honesty
Of the Plaintiff.

Miss Lydia Conley, Wyandotte
girl. is the only Indian woman lawyer
in the world. At Kansas City, anent a
recent Indian case that she conducted.
she told an interesting legal story.
80 put my man on the stand"
she said That. ii your. case is just
one, is always the thing to do. You
know the story of the Kansas land
claimant?
well, out here, many years ago, a
man brought suit before the squire to
recover some land that had been out
rageonsly filched from him. His case
was good one, but the other side had
doctored its witnesses-had even doc
tored the plaintiffs witnesses, too
and-up to the time when he took the
stand himself not a jot or little of
testimoney in his favor had been re-
corded.
He, as soon as he was sworn,
turned to the justice and said:
Squire, brought this suit, and yet
the evidence excepting my own, is all
against me. Now, don't accuse any
Oho Vi lying, squire, out tneSe WIZ
nesses are the most mistaken lot of
fellows l ever saw. You know me,
squire. Two years ago you sold me a
boss for sound that was as blind as
bat. l made the deal and stuck to 1t,
and this is the first time have men,
tened II. When you used to buy my
grain. squire, you stood on the scales
whsa the empty wagon was weighed,
but never said a word. Now, do you
think | am the kind of man to kick
up a rumpus and sue fellow unless
he has done me real wrong? Why,
squire, if you'll recall that sheep spec
ulation you and me-
But at this point the squire, very
red In the face, hastily decided the
case in the plaintiff favor"