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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

completed. de Soto's wife being placed in
command.
De Soto with the army. pushed on for
Florida, where he landed near the present
site Of Tampa on May . 1889 This was
the first time he had ever set foot on any
portion now constituted as part Of the
United States. The ships were then sent
back 10 Cuba. the adventurous Spaniards.
confident Of success. plunging boldly in
land, and the inevitable search for gold
was begun.
From this time on de Soto never left
the country. He and his followers pushed
on west. eventually as far as the AIissis-
sippi. On its banks he fell III with a slow
fever that he soon realized was to end
his life. On the day before his death he
called his followers around him and an
pointed Luis de Moscosco as his successor
His body was wrapped in its mantle and
was sunk in the depths Of the Mississippi
The grief-stricken band eventually de
ccended the river. entered the Gulf of
Mexico. and reached the Mexican coast
town Of Panuco. where they dIsbanded
Months later the wife Of de Soto who
still waited his return TO Havana. learned
the news Of his death and expired within
a few days.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

When Mr.. Roosevelt comes home and
undertakes 20 tell the neighbors about
his visits TO Rotterdam. Potsdam, and
Amsterdam. IL is TO be hoped they win
not imagine he is handing things 10 some
malefactor Of great wealth.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25
4 Rnddinr NInrrnn-

Going 10 carry water fer De elephant.
CHIMNEY"
MIX. De elephant can't lemme I'm 20
see de circus I'm going % git scuttle
of suds fer de doorteuder."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

We have decided cleverly.
Or so the noiEhbOrs say.
We're going 10 Beverly:
Also 10 oyster Bay.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25
The Depth.

Some poet sings about being knee
deep in May"
Conditions must be extra bad IN his
locality. It's only up TO the tops Of your
overshOes out our Wav."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

Mr. Roosevelt has been made so many
different kinds OF a doctor by the uni
versities Of Europe that ne probably
would disagree with himself now and
then nowadays were he not Mr.. Roose-
Welt.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

The Houston Post insists that like"
may properly be used as II fl were a
conjunction. And II looks like 1t is going
TO be. anyway
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

There is one thing in this world about
which mothers should not worry. No
boy ever had a sunstroke while watching
a game OF baseball from the bleachers
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

Every variety Of reportorial talent has
been tried on Jeffries and johnson except
the sob squad" And that Will be chased
on one or the other the day after the
fight
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

A spectacle that beat the comet seven
teen ways for Sunday was the House
Democrats applauding a tariff utterance
Of Mr. John Dalzeu on Monday last
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25
Got the Habit

What's the matter. old man? You're
all Of a shake"
Somebody swiped the sporting page Of
my newspaper I've got to have my
daily baseball dope or I'm 10 good for
anything"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

The moon was in total eclipse early
Tuesday morning, but only remained so
for half an hour. That. however. Is about
as long as It seems possible 20 keep
Uncle Joe" in total eclipse.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25
Cause and Eject.

From the Philadelphia North American.
It IS said thar Spain is 20 demand an inquiry
into the cause Of the Maine disaster There is how
ever, no need Of an inquiry into its effect.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

The Gaikwar Of Baroda Is to visit Pitts
burg soon, where. Of course. the atmos-
phere will harmonic very nicely with
his complexion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

There is nobody like Theodore Rooee.
welt. observes the Hartford Courant
Even the small but respectable minority
that might Ike TO believe the statemen,
probably viii not
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25
QnIfe a Nm

From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
To those who arc fond Of making the statement
that CoagTes snAn Longworth is simply a son-in-
law Of certain prominent person, careful psrussI
q his latest speech IN Co1gres5 is'suggestek
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

1T is time for the American farmer TO
get busy" says the Atlanta Constitution.
Does the Constitution know Of any farm
ers in its vicinity who are not busy?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25
One on Uncle Joe

From the Norfolk Yirgiuian- Pilot
Speaker Cannon tells the Yale men that higher
education is not necessarily fatal Neither is vu-
gnrity. for that matter witness Uncle Joe's"
seventy-odd years.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25
Another Comet NI,stcrr.

From the Philadelphia North American.
New York reports that the comets tail
looks like a bunch Of whlskers. Yet the
earth gave it a close shave. More mys-
terry.
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SpitefuI.

From the Boston Transcript.
Maude-That girl is a lifelong friend
Of mine.
Ethel-Dear me, And she doesn't look
a day over forty,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25
A MODEL INVESTIGATION.

From the Boston Transcript.
Whatever other results tho Balinger investigation
may have the committee deserves credit for keeping
% well within its APPROPRIATION
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

II IS announced that women have been
voting in Iceland for more than fifty
years. This palpable effort 10 lure the
suhragettes 10 Iceland is not going 10
work, nevertheless.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

King George begins auspiciously. Evil
IDENTIFY he proposes TO proceed along lines
Of least resistance-an excellent thing in
q British monarch Of this day and time.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

Gen. Keifer has been renomlnated for
Congress again. Wearing a fun dress
suit in the morning IS not necessarily
fatal to ones political ambition.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

The reason the tail of the comet IS be
having so Queerly is because Il seems 10
have lost its head OF course.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

Uncle Sam" has decided to send his
money regularly to the laundry. That is
a mighty poor way for the old gentleman
to make his money last longer.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

The report that the crown prince OF
Austria left England in huff just after
the Kings funeral probably is mis-
take. His royal highness, perhaps, was IN
a huff, and he may have made the mis-
take of supposing that England must
necessarily have been i'm one also.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

Tho witness who swears he did the real
work whereby the sugar trust defrauded
the government Of millions also swears
that he received 81 per week for DOING
i. Needless TO add, moreover. that he
IS the one who got in jail first.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

The Kaiser says his subjects drink too
much beer. The Kaiser's subjects how
ever. have demonstrated on more than
one occasion that they do not believe
the Kaiser knows il all
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

The Joint committee 10 investigate the
Ballinger matter spent, it appears. con-
siderahly less than the entire amount
appropriated for its use. You may be
able 20 extract a cheerful thought from
this circumstance. if YOU try real hard.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

Wish old Dr. Cook would come out tof
his lair. This is fine weather for another
north pole row.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

Congress hung on last summer until
well up into August and while We are
not saying it wore out its welcome ex-
actly, still
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

The next appearance Of Haney's comet
-seventy-five years or so hence-should
be scheduled for April I.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25

On May .. 1880. the Tennessee Territory
was established. It is the date upon
which occurred the second battle OF Win
chester in 1852. It is the birthday Of
Ralph Waldo Emerson. poet and phlloso-
pher CISCO; William H. Charming. Unit
tartan clergyman OSlOl. and the date on
which DR.. William Paley, the philoso-
pher. diedsin-lSD5.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25
No ERSY Matter

From the Toledo Blade
Senator Dick has difficult task before him. To
convert a forlcrn hope into foregone conclusion
requires great political skill.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-25
CHAT OF THE FORUM.

What Every City Needs.
From the Detroit News
What the city needs is an ice-artting ordinance
that viii cut some ice with the ice cutters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-26
.-C. S. McNew Real Estate. Rents

--C. s. McNew Real Estate, Rents hMd Loans, 1O6 Pine street l0-9-tf. Do not build, repair, move your house or put up with leaking build fng until you get our estimate. The Royce Construction Go. D. w. Boyce, mgr, 106 Pine st.
 Will Lawton is quite sick. -WANTED-20 extra sale people. Apply at once Grand-Leader. 1-2G-3t. The Rug Sale of the season is on at TomIinson & Knox Co Next to post office If. Last call for coal heating stoves at Cleveland Matthews Hdw. Co. at special prices.
 For best horse shoeing see Tom King. He knows how. and prices reasonable. 621 South Main street
 ''Dort think you are going to die if you contract Pneumonia. Pneumo has never failed to relieve suffer- ing patient. 12-l4-lm.
 On our Bargain Counter" you will find many household necessities, and especially heaters, Art squares and rockers. Reap X Crawford Furn' Co., It pays to give your chickens a dry scratch pen. One square of Tiger Grit Roofing at $1.75 will do the work Sold by Cleveland Matthews Hdw. Go.
 Not 9x12 Rug in the store re- served They all go at the sale price, Come early while our stock is com plete. Tomlinson X Knox Go. Next door to postoffice.
 See the handsome Kitchen Cabl- net give away March 31st for parti- culars see Anchor Furniture Co.
 1-23-1 1m
 The many friends of Miss Carrie Daneman, of Dayton, Ohio, who IS visiting at the home of Alex Strauss, will be glad to learn that she has recovered from a recent illness.
 The popular box ball parlor, To- cated next door to the new Moon theater, on East Second avenue, will ''Uiav to the lauses this afternoon and make tho afternoon one especial ly for the ladies. Only the ladies md treir escorts will be allowed to bowl on this occasion.
 Joe, the two year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Pennington, of No. ZIG Dakota street, died Monday night at Ii o'clock, at the family residence The remains were shipped last night On the northbound Cotton Belt train to Campbell, Mo. The father of the little boy is an employee of the head ing factory in this city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-26
Pine Bluff Mercantile Co.
 Thursday, Jan. 20, 1910.

While the high cost ot living is being talked by our people it is a relief to know that a part in their expenses can be cut in two by supplying their wants in Underwear. The Mer- cantile Store for the next threc days cut prices in half on many lines of Knit Goods.
 Children's White and ColOrcd Ribbed Vests and Pants at 5c, 1oc and 13c-a garment formerly pric- ed at 10c, 20c and 25c
 Ladies White Ribbed Vests and Pants 13c and 25c, former Irico 25c and soc garment.
 Ladies' Ribbed Vests, natural col or, short sleeves, high neck, sizes 1. ,, and 6, 10c each. MeD'S Ribbed Shirts. Mems Sman ribbed Shirts and Drawers to match, soft finish, pearl buttons. satin trimmed, each garment 25c, former price 50c,
 Boys Union Suits in sizes fr0m { 2S to 34, ribbed ankle lengths, 35c and soc; former price 75c and \ $1 a garment.
 Good News From the White Sala \ COntinued:
 I New arrivals this week of 4o-inch | Nainsook soft finish in several l grades. 40-inch India Linons, l F 1-2c, 15c and 2oc grades. Long I Cloths from 11c to 25c a yard, with
 other materials go to make shop
 ping a pleasure in this store.
 300 Pairs Women Shoes at s1.73.
 made in extra heavy sole. Soft
 sole in medium and high heel, of ! kid, gun metal and heavy grain ! leathers-all leather-no shoddy- | plain toe, and cap toe, at $1.75 a
 pair, and none better for the price.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-26
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

240 acres fine farming land , miles
 acres fine farming land , miles West on Camden road, room
 house, 100 acres in cultivation, mostly in creek bottom Price s3.O0O.00 or will exchange for city lots or improved property. c. s. NcNew. 106 Pine st. 1-21-6t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-26
Sold by all Plumbers.

II have resigned my position with Soltz and Mauphin and have taken position with the Bluff City Cigar Co.,, will be glad to see my friends here. Sincerely,
 Fred Waskoski. 1-4-1nl.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-26

-1 have purchased all lots owned by J. W. Monk in his south, western and Southwestern addition No. 2, and I will be glad to sell any person de- siring lots in these additions.
 Pinchback Taylor, Real Estate. Loans and Insurance. If.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-26

Don't fail to get Rug at the Sale. Administer at $19.90, and all others at greatly reduced prices. Bring the cash and come to see us. Tomlinson X Knox Co. next door to postoft;ce.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-26

With one of our Best Felt Natures. ses and Bernstein 3.piece iron bed, you can rest easy the balance of your life. See them at Reap & Crawford Furn. Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-26

A nice line of rockers at p per cent discount at Reap & CraWfola Furn Co. :r 43f
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-26

THE TAILOR-Clean ing, altering and repairing, spec ialty All work strictly first class 402 West Secoind avenue. Old phon' %S2.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-01-26

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Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

Full pay recommended for contracto
on Turnor and Burt road.
Ordered that notice of proposition o
board to issue bonds to the amount o
$4,000 for construction and maintain
ance Of public roads in Beat No. b
published. according to law. 20 pei
cent Of qualified voters of said Bea
haviag petitioned same.
Tax collector delinquent roll wa.
submitted showing delinquents as fol.
lows: Roads, $2.O37; Polls $2.942
State Tax $227.53; County Tax $780,.
rs. G. w. Bean, sheriff. ordered
credited with these amounts.
Committee appointed to view out
pike petitioned by j. N. Fisher. re-
ported favorable and petition granted.
General funds transferred as follows
Road fund Beat 5, SIPS; road fund
Beat 2, S138,01,
Petition Of R. H. Coach to reduce
assessment on certain lands in Section
33 dismissed
E. G. Moore released from road tax,
being in school.
Petition Of James Bowe for pike on
Congress and Woodland road, Cane
Creek, granted.
Petition of p, Jones ct al. for pike
dismissed.
R. F. Bennett released from errone-
Gus road tax.
Recommend the extension Of Um-
berson pike as far as old Soctahoma
Creek: agreed to pay R. Davis SIS
and the road for right of way and dirt
FINAL ROAD REPORTS.
Beat l, S, E. Atkinson: Roads in
excellent condition, full pay recon-
mended less So for repairs.
Beat 4. j. A. Trenor: Payment Of
$500 recommended on w. H, Smiths
road, fine condition.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
TO THE PEOPLE OF OKOLONA

wish to say that have not advers
tised because have had the refusal Of
all Grst-class Painting. Paper Hanging.
Decorating. Etc. in this territory. My
work is my advertisement and | am
well advertised in Okolona.
Some so-called painters. (who
should feel complimented to be called
cotton chopper" have tried to work
up a patronage in this territory. bur
they are not my competitors as they
get only such work as | do not have
time to figure on,
The line Of work do is the kind
that | do not have to offer to take
notes. as the cash is always ready tor
me.
Okolona is my home. OkolonO peo.
pie are my friends. and they know !
appreciate their patronage.
Respectfully.
R.G. SWAN.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18

When a man becomes unfortunate
his fair-weather friends think they
have done their duty when they say
Amt it shame!"
The man who couldn't Eli the Office
better than the man appo nted hes ye'
to be born in this great and glorious re.
public.
If life. like the olive is a bitter fruit
then grasp both with the press. and
they will afford the sweetest oil.
No man knows anything about
heaven who is content that others
wait for happiness till they get there.
Let q man sit down and size himself
up as others see him and the result is
apt to be more or less discouraginQ.
Political parties have one thing in
common; they are all anxious to save
he country-from some other party.
Ii is astonishing how much faster
street car goes when you are running
to catchit. than after you have caught it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
THE POWER OF INGENUITY.

The late Colonel Albert A. Pop
was an automobile dealer of Chicago
according to the Chicago Tribune
once told me that ingenuity wal
worth more in business than hare
work. This great man. to whom our
bicycle and automobile and good roac
movements all owe SO much. attributed
to ingenuity his rise from $4-a-weel
clerkship to opulence and distinction
Use ingenuity. he once said to me
in a crisis. Conquer this difficulty
We can conquer anything If we are
ingenious enough.
Then he told me a war story-he
served gal!antly. you know. in the
Civil war.
There was a group OF officers quar-
tered in Tennessee village. They
got on well. but ultimately they we're
joined by a cantankerous captain who
complained about the Southern cook
ing.
Everything is sugared' the captain
growled. I'll have to take to boiled
eggs.
And he did SO. He ate boiled
eggs only.
They cant sugar these, he said
in grim triumph.
But his triumph wasn't lasting. An
ingenious lieutenant one morning came
down before the captain empted the
salt from all the cruets and filed them
up with sugar.
"A little later the captain appeared.
He opened two eggs into cup, sprink-
led plenty Of salt over them, and with
a look of gloomy conn icency lifted a
white and yellow spoonful to his
mouth.
Immediately he made urrible
spluttering
"SoearedP he shouted. and rushed
from the room in an uncomfortable
rage"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
A FAMILY REUNION.

Quite an interesting family reunion
was that Of the family Of E. B. Buck
insham, when on July 81. his larrg.
and accomplished = family assembled
together in his beautiful grove. neal
his cozy country home to celebrate a
reunion. 1t had been FIVE years since
they had had such joyful reunion. as
all the family Of eleven children are
married, save one-the younges,
daughter-and scattered in different
States. There was never a happier
nor a more beautiful family assembled
together. There numbered forty-four.
including. children and grandchildren.
There were twenty-one grandchildren,
all bright. beautiful and hearty.
One remarkable thing is. there has
never been one death among this large
family. for which God was thanked
many times. The morning was spent
in loving conversations. The children
enjoyed the swings, hammocks, merry
go-round and trapese that "Grandpa"
had made for them. At l o'clock
dinner was spread and it has never
been my pleasure to partake of more
elegant dinner from barbecued meats,
on up to delicious ice cream and many
kinds Of cakes. Ice lemonade was
enjoyed throughout the day; water
melons and fruit in abundance.
There had been an appropriate
program OF songs, reading and recita-
tions arranged for the afternoon. The
first song, The Old Oxen Bucket"
was very sweet. Each son and dauGh-
ter, as they sung there we're planted
in their bosom, fresh memories Of their
childhood. Each number on the pro-
gram, as it was called. was responded
to promptly and with credit.
After the song, Home, Sweet
Home" Mr.. Buckingham addressed
his family with short, though pretty
talk. In the conclusion of his talk, he
said he felt as though something would
prevent them having another reunion
on earth where all would be present
and it should be thus, he hoped they'd d
have a glorious reunion in the sweet
Home above, not made by hands,
eternal in the Heavens.
The partinasfsong was God Be
With You Till We Meet Again"
A VISITOR,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
A CAREFUL MAN.

The passengers in an accommoda
ton train which was winding its wa,
through New Hampshire we're inter
ested and amused by an elderly couple
who sat in the middle Of the car, says
the Youths Companion.
They talked as if there were no one
else in the car. Therefore, having
heard most of their private plans, no
one was surprised to have the old man
take the assembled company into his
confidence. At one station he rose
and addressed the passengers in gen.
eral.
Can anybody change SIS bill for
two twos and one or FIVE ones?' he
inquired.
| can, said a brisk woman, and the
transfer wasss quickly made.
Now could anybody change this 81
bill for four quarters or tens and fves?
asked the old man.
| can give you two 6fties. said a
man from the rear seat, unless some
body else can do better.
1t appeared that nobody else could,
or at least. nobody offered, so as the
train started the old man lurched down
to the passenger Of the two Soc
pieces.
Thank you, he said. as he took the
money. I'm obliged to you, though
Ia, have liked the quarters best. You
see, Martha has set her mind to stop
of at Nashuy whilst | go on up to my
mothers with the eggs and truck. And
though she don't plan or mean to be
a spendthrift woman. when she's let
loose amongst lot Of stores she'll run
Soc in an hour easy, and !
kind Of have to put curb on her"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1910-08-18
FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Somebody has figured out that the
average boy who is dependent upon
his parents for a livelyhood until he
reaches the age Of 81 years costs them
$4,000. On this basis Of calculation
a brood for instance. Of six boys rep
resents an outlay Of $4,000 by the
time they get away from the home
roost. The question arises does it
pay to raise boys and are there no
other crops that would prove more
profitable? IL boy turns out to be a
cigarette 6end with a breath like a
turkey buzzard and laugh that would
make the untutored donky feel per-
fectly at home in his society and
with an untrammeled and unconquer.
able desire to avoid work. it is safe 10
say that his parents might have invest
ed their $4,000 at much better ad-
vantvge. But if the boy grows up TO
manhohd with the lesson we'll learned
that wealth and success grow only on
bushes watered by the sweat Of one
brow. the parents need not begrudge
whatever they have spent on him, for
he will be source of increasing pride
and JOY to their hearts, and when they
grow old and their hands tremble and
their legs wobble and their steps are
slow and faltering they have two
strong arms to lean upon and help
them over all the rough places that lie
in their twilight path.-Ex.