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The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
SHE LOST ENGAGEMENT RING
Pledge to the Jewellers for Valuation.

"I was among the guests at Skibo when Andrew Carnegie entertained Lloyd George"
 The speaker, a New York million aire, smiled camplacently.
 "What a raconteur Andrew Car negie is, to be surer' he went on. "At dinner one evening the talk turne5 to the set of gold clubs he had sen to the president, and some one made a joking remark about the invisible strings attached to he clubs.
 "But Mir. Carnegie declared that no strings. no conditions, attached to his gift. He said he didn't believe in gifts that could possibly cause un- pleasantness, and then he told an ap- propriate story.
 1.-Two girls, the story ran, were drinking tea and eating sconeS at Sherry's. The first girl said:
 "Maud is so sorry she took Reg gie's ring back to Dymon's to be valued
 "Why?' asked the other girl, as she opened fresh one.
 "Dymon kept it. He said Reggie hadn't been in to settle for it accord ing to his promise. '"
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
CORSET TURNED BULLET.

The wife of Charles Firth of the Firth Steel company was in the din- ing room of her home at Phillips burg, N. J., when a bullet crashed through pane of glass alongside her. The missile struck her in the left hip, but a corset steel defected it and it did not penetrate her body. The woman tainted, and, although not wounded, is suffering from shock.
 The police arrested four hunters, who admitted they were shooting, but do not believe any of the bullets they fired struck Mrs. Firth. The police, however, will hold the pris- oners for further examination.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20

their credentials strengthened out this morning and the session will begin with the usual ad- dresses this afternoon. Then will come the business session and the election of officers.
 The Grand Lodge of t h e Mason's will begin on Tuesday morning and remain in session the balance of the week. Jerry Witt, of Pocahontas will preside over the sessions of this body, but will give way at the close to Mark P. Olney, of Mena, who is in line to succeed him. As the Grand Lodge promotes it's officers annually, there is no doubt of Mr. Olney being the next Grand Master.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20

the interest of the order. He is laying plans looking to thor. ough campaign for membership to be inaugurated by the local lodge. The week beginning Dec, 4th has been designated as w. o. ". week.
 An effort is being made to en. list the cooperation of the mer- chants of this city many of whom have already agreed to place in their show windows something to attract attention to the order. Similar movements have been started at Hope, Ark. adelphia, Wolnble, Mena, De- Queen, ANdown, Horatio and Nashville.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
OBJECTED TO COW MUSIC"
SWarming Bees Showed Good Taste and an Appreciation of What
 Is Correct.

Cow music was never intended for bees, and Capt. George Sinclair of the North Side police station and Patrolman J. A. Larson, both expert bee trainers, proved it beyond dis pute the other day when a hive of bees swarmed from a hive on the sta tion roof.
 Music or any noise that will dis tract the attention of the queen bee is supposed to be the best agent for settling a swarm of bees. Captain Sinclair was a piper in a company of Queen Victoria's Highlanders, and so when Larson told him the bees were swarming he grasped his bagpipes and went to the station yard.
 The old ballad 'When the Rye Come flame" was the air the captain selected. As the people rushed from their houses to hear the pipes the bees settled as predicted by the cap- tain, but they mistook the limb of the law for the limb of box elder the captain had eyed during the per- formance and settled on Larson. The bees clinched their hold and the stingers didn't stop at mere gar- ments.
 A change in the program failed to relieve the situation for Larson. By shaking himself vigorously, imitat-. ing as nearly as possible the motion of a tree branch when shaken by a beekeeper, Larson induced the bees to go into the hive.
 Ammonia, hartshorn and other antidotes for bee sting decorate the mahtel shelf in the Larson home to- day.-Minneapolis Journal.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
REDUCED RATES

Little Rock and return $3.9C account Annual Convention Grand Lodge F. & A. M. of Ark ansas. On sale 18th to 20th in. elusive, good for returning until midnight of November 25.
 Kansas City and return, ac- count Trans Mississippi Com mercial Congress-via St. Louis S22.00, via Coffeyville or Carthage 5l9.50. On sale November F to II inclusive, bearing final return limit to reach original starting point prior to midnight of Novem Der 20.
 A. B. Oliphint,
 Agent.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
TEACHING POLICEMEN THINK.

New York's coppers are undergo ing system of education. Not only are they being taught to wear white collars without affording realistic impersonation of a fat man choking to death, but they are required to keep their uniforms clean and neat ly pressed, their gloves unsoiled and their shoes spotless. And more than that, Commissioner Waldo is trying to break through the mental crust grown by years of carelessness and sloth and get from them something more than purely physical perform ance of duty.
 We're trying to teach them to think" said high police official. "And when a man has never thought twice on the same street since he won his badge, it is a rather difficult job" New York Letter to the Cin- cinnati Times-Star.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
I J. LAMB

Fhe above named gentleman pay makes formal announce HtOf his candidacy for the of fOt tax assessor for Nevada |unty subject to the action of
 Democratic primary n Rrch.
 IT. Lamb is a resident of 'ghtOn township, where he nade his home since 1892. ng there from Georgia, ere he was born and raised.
 lamo IS now serving his ern as justice of the peace us nome township, which ~p what esteem he is held DIS neighbors.
 : Lamb will endeavor to see ae voters of the county be. T 'llS tune and the date of p''uary and we would rec. s'',u that his candidacy be que consideration.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
SELECTS SENATOR'S
 FORMER HOME

The biggest hippodrome af- fair in Arkansas politics in re cent years, and the big drawing card, is the joint debate to take place between Senator Davis and Stephen Brundridge, Jr., his opponent for re election, and the audacity of the challenger in selecting the birth place and former home of Senator Davis as one of the speaking places, is the talk of Little Rock.
 Arrangements are now being made by which large crowds of Little Rock people will follow tho debaters, taking in all four of the performances.
 Senator Davis offered to meet Mr. Brundridge December 1, Tn BeeDe ana DecenOef O III Morrillton, then give the other candidates two places for two ad- ditional debates.
 When Davis selected Beebe, in White, the home county of MT. Brundridge, as the place for the opening debate, it was considered an effort to belittle the candidacy of his opponent, but Mr. Brundridge, when he selected Russellville for the third debate, more than evened matters.
 The fourth debate will take place iu Ft. Smith.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
'VoGHlNG AT NIGHT

|''1s ,sss of of sleep, which is hard m hstraeMt Mrs, s., A, Pelzer, 9 w. Jeff |ssonme,,S9 |sres, S991Iaha, U Nebk. says: "1 bou.d dae'lu as foley's Honea and Tar |hlds "I It sure cure for coughs ksd, and |, .s cured my daughter of a kred inu bOl my neighbor Mrs. Hen H
 asaesss sss s1y whole 10 family with Fo- eh our G na;cL lar Compound. Ev- bofit'"' "'e'gghoorhood speaks most a the tbroaro TOT dryness and tick and Sst' colSa hoarseness, and all (r uUlas, take Foley's Honea , euse. Coutai;,. C1ut,i, Keep always in
 tstss, yellow packap@e' ;.c kOple'eS' Rsfnne The
 "eS'erly Drug Store. cod
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
0RDERLINESS IS BIG ASSET
Will Pay We'll to Teach Children the Habits of Neatness, System
 and Order.

To teach children habits of neat ness, system and order, says Orison Swett Warden in an article in Sue cess Magazine, is to insure some de- gree, at least, of success. Yet they are often brought up amid disorder and confusion, allowed to throw things down just where they use them, and to form slovenly and slip shod habits. They are not taught to put things where they belong, and consequently they grow up shackled with handicaps which they can rare ly throw off.
 If there is any delusion in the world, it is that doing things just for now," dropping things wherever one may happen to be temporarily saves time. On the contrary, this is a great time waster and a great de- moralizer of character. A bad habit not only tends to repeat itself, but to increase the tendency in that direc- ton.
 If you were not taught the beauti- full lesson of orderliness in your youth, teach it to yourself now.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
SURE ENOUGH.

Mir. Gotham-If you women ever are permitted to vote, you'll have to swear you are twenty-one years of age.
 Mrs. Gotham-No, we won't either. We'll have that law changed, too. What difference does it make how old a person is if she wants to vote ?-Yonkers Statesman.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
HIS VIEW.

Willis-Do you think a man should be allowed to hold the highest honor in the United States more than four years?
 Gillis-Sure thing! I say, if a man can top the league in batting for ten or even fifteen years, let him stay in the game for the good of the sport.-Puck.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
TAX ASSESSOR

ie News is authorized to announce Fred iS as candidate for Tax Assessor of Ne "a County, subject to the action of the nOcrStic party.
 De News is authorized to announce T. J. nnas a candidate for tax assessor of Ne County subject to the action of the nocratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
eNlC ORDER IN
 ANNUAL GATHERING

|,sa@ a@Uek' Nov. 20. Several k Ras,ai sllioers of the order kapnn..,, Star, delegates fder co. '''e convention of (tbe aggregated Mu this morn. |ds,s sa asonlc Temple for a
 ss s' Session. "
 S''es will only get
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
HYGIENIC MOSQUITOES.

Knicker-Were you bitten by mos quitoes'
 Bocker-Bitten? Great Scott !! They Fletcherized me.-New York Sun.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
Iron Mountain nnrr nnIrAfn
ANNOUNCEMENTS

BOUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE The News is authorized to announce R. O.
 ketmOreland as a candidate for County and kObate Judge of Nevada County, subject to ks action of the Democratic primary.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
WELL, WELL!

"Money is on trial in this coun- try"
 "Well, some of it is being acquit- ted. 1 met a lawyer this morning who said he had just cleared S1,O0O."
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
NOT IN USE THERE.

"For a college graduate you don't seem to know much horsy slang"
 "Sir. I am a graduate O. college of veterinary surgery"
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
USEFUL.

'Had any fall samples from your tailor, Scribbs ?"
 "Sure. They make fine pen-wipers, too"
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
District Deputy Here

Ira T. Winfrey of Hope, dis trict deputy for the Woodmen of the World is in Prescott today in
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
SHERIFF

he News is authorized to announce D. l. usm las candidate for sheriff and collector
 Nevada county, subject to the action of edem0cratic party.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
he Prescott Daily News ]" evsLisHEo BY
 uews Printing Go.

os second class mail matter Enterkeur af ath. 1905, at the postoffice |NOveraOoeenn t' Ark, under the act of t !.lrsss' PrsssViMi'a March 3, 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
ANNOUNCEMENT FEES

yrho above is our price for an .ancinc rnc candidates for the diff vuu ..ont offices and the fee is in- ariably in advance.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-20
AIRY PERSlFIAGE.

Maud-Kitty lives in flat.
 Ethel-The suite thing !-Boston Transcript.
Morris tribune., 1911-06-02

her reason for not explaining her posi-
ton might arise from the fact of his
not having told her anything about
himself He preferred not to do so,
for, if he admitted that he was writ
ing a story. she would with a natural
feminine curiosity. wish to know all
about it. and he feared he would "let
the cat out of the bag" that he was
using her for a model Besides Bar
rows had advised him that if he found
a satisfactory model to keep his pur-
pose a secret.
June came, and with it a letter from
the editor saying that he must have
the story by the end of the month.
He had reserved space for it in the
October and November issues. Smith
son wrote back that it would be i'm
possible for him to finish the work by
that time, whereupon Barrows wrote
asking how much he had done. and
he was obliged to reply that he had
merely formed his conceptions. He
could now work briskly. but could not
have the story ready before the first
of July He received reply stating
that he might have till the first Of
July, but no longer. He advised the
author to give up studying his model
and go to work. ..
Smithson Redeemed slightly at what
he considered an imputation and re-
solved to do better But by this time
every hour he spent away from Miss
Champlin seemed an hour lost. Be
sides, when he began to work. his
model, what she had last said to him,
whether it was to be interpreted as
encouragement or the reverse-in
short, her personality-would insist on
thrusting itself between him and the
paper before him and interfered with
his writing. The consequence was
that the middle of June came and the
story had not taken any shape what
ever One serious trouble was that
his model was constantly showing diff
ferent traits He tried to get hold of
them. to group them, but they were
like a handful of firef1ies, constantly
crawling out between his fingers.
On the Goth of June he wrote Bar
rows that he must have at least an
other month or give up the job. Bar
rows replied that he could not have a
day. He said he believed it was
case of a character getting away with
an author ms nd of an author put
ting his character in limbo. Barrows
waxed facetious also in saying that
the heroine of the story was doubtless
no misty being. but real flesh and
blood.
Smithson saw nothing for it but to
return to the city. He concluded to
go and announced his intention to Miss
Chamnlin. He found her getting
ready to depart also. He concluded
they might as well take the same
train During that evening they sat
on the top step of the porch where
they had spent their first morning to- I
gether, half moon looking down on
Morris tribune., 1911-06-02
A Hero and q
Heroine
How an Author Went Into the
Country to Write and
Found q Model
BY MARY p. HUNTINGTON
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.

SmithSon received an order for some
literary work and concluded that he
could do it better in the country than
in the city. When he reached his deS-
tination, farmhouse, spring was com
ing on, the buds were swelling, ana
the air was tempered by a balmy
warmth. Smithson's job was a story
for magazine. The editor had a
plan of his own and thought Smithson
a good man to work it out The char
acters and incidents were left to the
author
SmithsOn needed a model for his
heroine. He spent the first week in
the country trying to cOnjure up one
in his imagination. The result was a
failure. Such heroines compared with
those taken from life are always fail
ures. The former are composite, with
out any individuality, while the latter
Morris tribune., 1911-06-02

! them from the southern sky. Smith
son told her his story''-not the one
he had intended to write, but true
love story-and they sat till near mid
night talking it over.
The next day they returned to the
city.
Smithson called on Barrows reluc-
family. He was very shamefaced about
his failure to write story. especially
as the editor had shown a knowledge
of why he had failed. Barrows kept
him waiting half an hour, then he was
admitted to the sanctum. Smithson
stood astonished. There was Miss
Champlin.
BarrOws smiled.
81 have put. up job on you two"
he said. 81 sent you, Smithson, to the
country to write a story. l sent Miss
Champlin to the same place to write
another one. l contrived that you
should take Miss Champlin as a model
for your heroine and that she should
use you for her hero. | wished to see
what kind of work such a scheme
that character drawing is not a mat
ter of feeling, but of art. There has
evidently been love story, but neither
yours nor hers got on to paper Neither
of you, so far as l can learn, has writ
ten the first chapter"
do you mean," snapped Miss Cham
plin. addressing Smithson, that you
What were you studying me for?"
he asked. III
''For the same purpose" Barrows
butted in.
Miss Champlin scowled at Smithson
for few moments. then turned upon
Barrows
''That was mean trick of yours"
she said.
"What? A mean trick to kindle love
in two hearts, You two will thank
me for the balance of your lives"
81 won't.' cried Miss Champlin.
Il WILL" said Smithson triumphantly.
8 'That will do said Barrows. I'm
busy
Miss Champlin and Smithson walked
out together. They, stood waiting Tor
he elevator. She looked at him, and
hey both smiled sickly smile.
His Weakness.
Il wish were u man of stronger
character"
What do you meanw =
II hate to have the barber sell me
everything on his bill of fare every
time ! go in for shave."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Morris tribune., 1911-06-02

the pOstoffice. So was the girl. She
gave him a nod, with a bit of a smile.
This embOldened him to join her.
Neither Of them received any letters.
Neither expected any. They had gone
| to the postoff1ce to meet each other.
! We know the mans reason; the girls
we are ignorant of. We shall learn it
| later on.
Smithson spoke of the spring, the
green grass, the blue sky; the girl re-
marked upon the difference between
April and December She could work
in December but not in April, and
yet April was the month when the
world was awakening from it's winter
torpor. In April she preferred to sit
in the sunshine. They compared
notes and each found that the other
was from the city. But each was too
we'll bred to ask the other a reason
for being in the country before the
opening of that season in which the
city hegira begins. Smithson saw her
to her home. By this time they dis
covered that they were congenial The
girl asked Smithson to come up on to
the porch. He accepted and both sat
down on the top step.
Spring is a lazy season, and both
Smithson and the girl were lazy. They
talked about their present surround
ings-how green the grass was, how
blue the sky, how white the Clouds
Then Smithson directed her attention
to a hawk soaring far up in the ether
and remarked that it was doubtless
watching a barnyard. And the girl
pointed to a hen gathering her chicks
under her with every show Of trepida
ton.
The morning passed with such idle
chat, and when noon came and Smith
son, arising, sauntered away he had
received permission to call as often
as he liked He did soEac work on his
story during the afternoon, and in
the evening wrote BarrOws, the maya
zine editor, that he had found a model
for his heroine and thought he should
get on very well. Barrows replied that
he was glad to hear that Smithson
would not have to rely on his imag
nation for his principal character,
since that kind of work was liable tt
be very lifeless.
A couple of weeks passed. The
leaves had developed; the flowers were
out; now and then there would come
a warm day. Smithson's story did not
seem to develop with the season. He
wrote Barrows that he expected tC
make great success with his heroine.
He had as yet not done much writing
for the reason that he wished his con,
ceptions to become perfectly formed
reminding the editor that if an authors
conceptions Of his charal ters a"o
Morris tribune., 1911-06-02
are real persons.

are real persons.
One morning when the sun was
brightly shining Smithson was sitting
by window trying to get his ideas
into shape. They refused to take
shape. His hero was a steam man.
who moved automatically; his heroine
was a SphynX, who declined to open
either her heart or her character The
author threw down his pen, picked
up his hat and stick and sailed forth
to gather inspiration.
On the road to the village he met a
young woman who as she walked
read a letter. He inferred that she
came from the postoffice. He liked
her appearance. She was dressed
more tastefully than most country
girls who do not have city shops and
manufactures to supply them, and as
she approached Smithson, hearing his
step, she looked up at him. Though
she Immediately lowered her eyes
there was something in that look
which caught Smithson.
"Theres a character" he said to
himself. "It's written in her face"
Turning, he called to the young lady,
BEG pardon, but am l on the right
road to the postotfice?"
"YOu are"
''Is the eastern mail in?"
at is
"What time does it arrive?
sat in the morning"
''Thank you very much. Pardon me
for having disturbed you"
Il am pleased to have been of serv-
Ice to you"
The next morning at 8 he was at
Morris tribune., 1911-06-02

vague the characters themselves will
be vague He was studying Miss
Champlin-he had learned her name
and was daily discovering new traits
in her. He had discovered some con
ficting feminine idiosyncracies that
would make a unique character.
Smithson threw out several hints to
Miss Champlin to tell him what she
was doing in the country, but elected
no satisfactory response. He thought
Morris tribune., 1911-06-02
Better Fun.

Aunt Sophia-And is Tommy Il good
little hoy at school: Tommy Yes,
auntie. Aunt Sophia And VII, il
Tommy good little boy: Tommy
Cause it's better fun to see the OF her
boys get a tannin' ban to get one your
self London ria.Rits. ia =
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1911-11-24
Quarterly Bulletin Issued.

The Indiana railroad commission
has issued its seventeenth quarterly
accident bulletin. reviewing the steam
and traction line accidents in the state
for the quarter ending September 80.
Thirteen steam roads reported no &C
cidents a gain Of three over the cor
responding quarter OF last year. The
number Of passengers injured in COLI
sions was fourteen. as against ninety
for the corresponding quarter last
year The number injured BY derail-
ments was increased from four to
fifty-one. thirty eight OF the latter be
ing injured in the Pennsylvania wreck
at Fort Wayne Only one passenger
was killed during the quarter. as
against three a year ago. The victim.
a woman. fell from a platform Of a
car while il was running over a
bridge. The train was ar excursion
train from Chicago 10 this city.
twenty-five persons in vehicles on
highways were injured by steam
roads. as against forty-three similarly
injured a year ago. The total num-
Der struck on crossings was thirty
eight as against forty-eight year ago.
Sixty-seven trespassers were killed. as
against eighty-seven a year ago. The
steam roads killed twenty eight EN-
ployes and the electric lines two
The electric roads injured twenty
four passengers during the quarter. az
against one hundred for the CORE
spending quarter last year. No pas
sengers were killed. as against fifty
a year ago. when the disastrous troll
ley wrecks in the northern part Of the
state occurred Seven trespassers
were killed. as against twelve a year
ago.