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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
Simple Parlor Magic Again.

The Mysterious Watch.-For this
feat you need no preparation. After
a few moments of merry chatter you
borrow from some one in the audi
ence a watch. Having obtained this
an open-faced watch is best-ask
some other person to loan you a small
hammer. Almost any one will have
this implement in his possession
Taking the hammer in your right
hand, approach some one with a smile
and ask him for an anvil Naturally,
he will not have It. Prior to the per-
Torrance, you will have concealed
an anvil in your sleeve. Pretending
to search the last persons pockets,
you will produce the anvil. Now, lay
the watch on the anvil. and beat 1t
to fragments with the hammer Then
ask any lady to lend you her handker.
chief Into this place the pieces Of
the watch Fold the handkerchief
neatly and give it to a third party to
hold. Now pronounce some mystic
words slowly. and then unfold the
handkerchief, taking therefrom the
watch in perfect condition.
1t is best to practice this feat many
times until you attain perfection.
After you are sure of yourself you
can do the same trick with a GRANDPA
theirs clock.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
DOG GUARDS BIG RHINOCEROS
Little Fox Terrier Fights Of Rats in
Central Park Menagerie and
Smiles Is Happy.

New York.-Jim. little fox terrier
that is one of the privileged eharac-
ters around the Central Park men
agerie. is sleeping every night now in
the cage with Smiles, the rhinoceros.
to protect the latter from rats. He
is the best rat catcher that has ever
been around the menagerie. outclass-
ing all the traps by ratio of to l.
For long time Smiles was not liv-
ing up to his name. The rats fright
ened him until he became sullen.
Now that Jim is on the job every
night the rhinoceros has grin on
his face that will not come off.
A cat keeps the rats out of the lion
house. but all the other houses are
badly infested with the rodents, which
care not to go near any of the traps
set for them.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
HEN SELECTS FERTILE EGGS
Ieohorn Chicken OF Fine Pedigree and
Remarkable Nature Casts Out
"Unhatchablo."

Johnstown. N. Y.-Giles Freeman. A
farm hand employed by Eddie Hale,
owns brown leghorn hen OF fine pedi-
gree and 4 remarkable nature.
Before he bought the fowl from
Hale, Freeman noticed whenever the
hen was put on 4 new setting she
would kick several eggs from the
nest.
Marking these eggs and placing
them under other setting hens, Free
man found not one would hatcl. The
remaining eggs invariably brought
forth chickens.
Tired Of buying setting eggs for a
hen to scatter over the floor, Hale
sold the fowl to Freeman. He chris
tened her Minerva.
Freeman now uses her only to sort
worthless eggs from the settings of
farmers who come for miles to have
the bird pass Judgment ON their as
sorted eggs.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
SHOWS GRUB WORMS IN EAST
Connecticut Man, Stanch Member Of
Temperance Party, Testifies
to Phenomenon.

Winsted. Conn-Abram c. Shelly,
an aged and stanch member of the
temperance party. while walking along
Torringford street the other morning
during a snowstorm. perceived hun
dreds of live grub worr on top of
the snow. He gather handful OF
them and brought IL N to Winsted to
corroborate his statement. In a warm
room the worms appeared as lively as
in tho summer.
Shelly is certain the worms did not
crawl up through five inches of snow,
and the only way he can account for
their presence on the snow is that the
winds picked them up in the South
and they came down in Winsted with
the snowstorm.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
Whites Food Kills Esklmos.

Chicago.-The Eskimos of Alaska
are fast becoming extinct, according
TO David Johnson Elliott, former gov
eminent educator who has spent the
last twenty years In Alaska educating
that race and investigating gold min
ing companies.
THE natives are passing away rap
idly" he said In an address before
the Hawkeye Fellowship club. They
can't live on the white mans food.
chiefly because they cannot cook it..
The children die of indigestion"
Mr., Elliott claims the honor of be-
ing the first white man to md gold In
Anvil creek, near Nome.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
Jewels Rise In Price From 20 to rs
Per Cent. In Nine Months
VIII Go Higher.

London.-Buy your jewelry for the
coronation now, for in a short time 1t
will cost you more.
Every kind of precious stone, with
the exception Of the ruby and opal.
has risen In price from 20 to % per
cent. during the last nine months.
The reason for the rise Is" we'll
known jeweler said recently, that
the Americans have recovered from
their recent slump and are buying
every ine jewel they can lay their
hands on.
AT the present moment we are
paying from 25 to 80 per cent. more
for diamonds. Consequently, a stone
costing G100 year ago cannot be
bought now for less than f125 or
f130,
"Sapphircs have risen 20 to 30 per
cent. and the other stones, with the
exception Of rubies and opals, are
correspondingly higher. The artif-
cial stones keep the prices down.
Opals went out of fashion after Queen
Victoria died.
Finding that the precious stones
are so much higher In price. people
are buying the semi-precious stones,
such as the amethyst. topaz. peridot.
tourmaline and green garnet. AS a
result. these stones. which few
years ago could be had for 4s to SIS,
are now worth f2 to E2 los.
Comparing the prices of stones to-
daV with fhncn NJ ka
percentages OF rises are very much
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
ChlcagoanS Are to Be Taught
How to Play.
Professor Chubb OF University of New
York Says Children Are Losing
True Spirit of Youth and Get
ting Into Adult Ways.

Chicago.-Prof. Percival Chubb of
New York university and head of the
department of English and pageants
In the Ethical Culture school OF New
York. lectured here the other night
under the auspices of the Chicago
Ethical society. He sought to give i'm
petus to the Playground association of
Chicago and to other agencies which
are attempting to teach children and
grown people how to play. for he de-
clares that it is lost art
The old-time play spirit has been
almost entirely forgotten he said
Children do not know how to amuse
themselves. They no longer play
games at parties; they don't indulge
In puppet shows and Ministries.
The Sunday comic papers are
among the chief offenders against
children. In the schools, for example.
We work to develop a certain stand
ard of literary and aesthetic tastes in
children. Constantly. in school and
out OF school, the Sunday supplement
works against any educative efforts
In place OF better qualities, in the
trough of the comic sheets children
learn smartness. vulgarity. money
tricks and irreverence
Besides establishing bad habits of
taste the Sunday supplements make
FOR 'scatterbrain' state of mind
among children. The habit of sus-
tanned attention is lost ! for one
would prohibit these papers to chill
dren until they are sixteen years old
The whole environment of the child
is that of the adult. On the streets.
for example, the advertisements greet
him. Some of them suggest that,
child as he Is, one brand of whisky
would be good for him Another sign
suggests that If he has a headache by
drinking certain preparations the ache
Will be cured.
Advertisements take the place of
the old criers. We have forbidden the
noise of one as a nuisance, but the
appeal of the more recent method Is
Just as loud. Just as ugly as the older
street cries. The whole glazing, blink.
ing system tends to lower the stand
ards of things. Children become
precocious-adults before their time.
The same state of affairs Is true
when you come to the amusements of
children. They are all adult amuse-
ments. The theaters, the songs, the
gutter ditties and the ragtime, even
the moving pictures which have i'm.
proved In tone, present things unfit
for children. | don't mean necessarily
immoral things. but ideas which are
not intended for children.
Il would urge a system OF festivals
and pageants in which schools and
settlements should unite. At Hull
House childrens plays are given
weekly. Already dancing Is becom-
Ing fad In New York, and in Chi
cago, also. suppose. Dances to some
extent fall short because In them
selves alone they do not carry any
great Idea. This is what the pageant
accomplishes. The pageant recalls
oid-folk arts. old songs. dances, and
gives them place in an artistic and
aesthetic culture.
Il am opposed to the idea that edu-
cation is for work alone | am In
favor of an education for leisure. I'm
der the modern system of Industrial
organization. II mans soul is to be
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
MAKING A NURSE OF FATHER
Boston Baby Association Plans to
Have Male Parent Aid In Bring.
Ing Up Infants.

Boston.-A new and novel plan has
been set on foot by the Boston Asso-
citation for the Care OF the Baby and
It's Food. whereby the father as we'll
as the mother is to be given careful
and concise instruction as to what is
lor the best interests In the upbring-
ing of the child and the care OF the
mother.
This departure. after much expe-
rience in mother instruction. has been
deemed as one of the essentials in
perfecting the knowledge among the
poor concerning the health of the
child.
The fathers are to be got hold OF
through the mothers who apply at the
different milk stations.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
TOGA FOR TENNESSEE EDITOR

Luke Lea, practical owner OF the
Nashville American, and
youngest leading politician in Tonnes
see, has been named by the general
assembly to succeed to the seat in
the United States senate held by
James b. Frazier. His election is
the last echo OF the tragedy In which
ex-United States Senator Carpack
was killed.
At the time Carmack was shot he
was editor-in-chief of the Tennessee
an. Lea is generally spoken of as
the man who made Governor Patter-
son" In the first place. and the one
who contributed more subsequently
than any other in defeating him, after
he had pardoned Colonel Cooper, Inn
prisoned for the Carmack killing.
Lea is 80 years of age. a graduate
OF the University OF the South at Se-
vance, and Is the second Luke Lea to
attain prominence in the politics OF
Lea, a descendant of Andrew Jackson.
In 1908 when he took charge of the
st the Cumberland Telephone company
when the county unit primary plan was
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
NEW FEDERAL JUDGE NAMED

The recent appointment by Presi.
dent Taft OF Representative Walter
lnglewood Smith of Iowa to be a
judge of the eighth circuit of the fed.
eral court to succeed Judge Van De-
yanter. promoted to the supreme court
bench, has created considerable stir
in political circles.
One of the principal reasons for
political interest In the appointment
OF Judge Smith is connected with the
fact that candidate presented by
progressiyes for the same position
was Representative George w. Nor
ris of Nebraska. insurgent leader, who
directed the revolution last March
which resulted in the ousting of Speak
er Cannon from the rules committee.
Judge Smith has been in congress
since 1900.
Judge Smith was born in Council
Bluffs. July 10. 1862 He received
common school education, studied law.
1882. and was elected judge of the Fiji
and reelected in 1894 and 1898. He
900. He has been In the house Of rep
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24


fol- six months
So born
created became model citizen
willing i'm a
The Pollard Pledge of dealing with
IN
in
al New Zealan the is in
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
NlffNIENT popLr
s gE7Dgg}
POLICE JUDGE a SOLOMON

The author of the famous Pollard
Pledge IS William J. Pollard He was
magistrate of the Dayton Street po-
ice court in st. Louis, when one day
man was brought before him on the
charge of having beaten his wife Tho
case against him was clear and he was
sentenced to six months TO the work
house. Then the wife began to cry
and to plead for the man she had
brought before the court
He is the sole support of my six
children and myself she said If
you send him TO jail. Judge, we will
starye. | would rather take his beat
ings and have food for my little ones.
Please, Judge, let him go"
Judge Pollard was in quandary.
He looked at the brutal face of the
prisoner, and he gazed at the fearful
wife. He picked up his pen and
wrote few lines on a sheet of paper.
Il have written here a pledge by
which YOU promise to abstain COM
pletely from the use of intoxicating
liquors for one year from date" said the
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
"JIM" MARITIME OF JERSEY

One OF the picturesque figures in
the next United States senate will be
James f. MARITIME of New Jersey.
Jim" MARITIME is new Jerseys first
Democratic senator in 16 years. He
is man of many mannerisms that
have caused some persons to call him
eccentric. but 1t Is claimed that Mr..
MARITIME Is not an eccentric person by
any means. The fact is, In his home
you would take him to be a southern
er of the old days. On the streets
of Plainfield you will see him stroll
ing along. wearing his fedora hat
(Kentucky colonel style) shading his
eyes. and calling to first one man
and then another.
Like all men who enjoy mingling
with the public, Mr.. MARITIME has his
hobbies. and his pet ones are politics,
farming and oratory. The last-named
came to him as birthright AS for
politics. Mr.. MARITIME is politician for
the love of it, or his 61 years AZ have
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

West Union. O.-One hundred vote sell
ers appeared before Judge Blair and paid
their fines Monday.
Danvile, Ilt-Several public officials
have expressed a willingness to tell the
grand jury the entire story of the pur-
chase of votes.
What? Let the women vote? Why
should the primal rights of man
Be crushed beneath the heel that tramps
the pathway of this plan?
Man was created higher than the feebler.
gentler SEX
Twas he whom nature fitted for the prob
lens sore that vex
The mind and try the heart and call for
intellect that sees
| The battling frets of government and all
its mysteries.
And who should take a woman from the
citadel of home
And send her out unshielded, mid the
coarser class to roam?
All. no, my brethren. we. the men. must
meet this heavy task.
IT'S not a duty that have a right of
her to ask,
o. woman nobest work of all. Who'd
smudge the lily's white
BY tainting 1t with ballotng? Who'd
touch 1t with that blight?
Nay. let us bid her keep away from all
those common things,
Well see her as an angel fair with halo
and with wings.
Aside from that poetic view. will not
soil her hands
With all the work Of government no wom-
an understands.
Aye, man. pure man, shall bear the brunt.
and he shall overcome
The onslaughts of the ones who strike at
our palladium.
What? Let the women vote? Why. down
would tumble all our shrines!
And governmental honor would be blown
up by mines,
All. brethren. do not sully ideals In
this way,
Let all the women stay at home upon
election day.
They're better far at busting floors and
wiping off the shelves
How can we trust the women when we
cannot trust ourselves?
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
BUY GEMS FOR CORONA TON

greater. Emeralds today are fetch
ing prices then undreamt of. A fine
stone would have been worth G100
then would cost $500 now.
Pearls, Queen Mary's favorite
stone. also fetch enhanced prices.
Some OF the finer specimens are four
times the price they were ten years
ago"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
Real Beauty.

The chorus always seems to be
A phalanx OF rare charm,
The prima donnas, too. we see
Are fair OF face and arm
But O, of ali the loveliness
That comes before our scan,
There nothing equal to- guess
The leading tenor man.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

a
but
of
inbe1tance
the
responsibility of
jim house at
am be of
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
REVIVE LOST ART

saved. he must fall back on his leisure
hours. We must educate him for this.
We must create or draw out new ca.
pacities for enjoyment SO that he can
fall back on himself"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
Unnecessary Talk.

What did your wife have to say
when you got home so late last
night" asked the friend who is chew
ing cloves,
she didn't have to say anything" "
explained the man with the sleepless,
looking eyes, but that didn't make
any difference to her"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24
And Then!

What makes you so white and out
of breathe" asks the friend of the
man who has rushed into the store
and Is looking for a place OF con-
cealment
81 met Lieut. Peary down street
and asked him to head a party to go
and discover DR.. Cook shuddered
the other.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1911-02-24

w ASHINGTON-The home Of the
w new Playhouse club, one of the
most artistic theaters in the country.
was formally opened, the evening of
February 8, when play by Count de
Buisseret, the Belgian minister, was
presented by prominent society people
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-16

to limit the examination OF
veniremen as long as the law per-
mits extreme latitude along this
line.
Gen. Otis action yesterday af-
ternoon in dedicating a monu-
ment to the victims of the Times
disaster has complicated the sit
uation. Attorney barrow ap-
peared in court today with a copy
Of the Times containing picture
Of the monument, on which is in
scribed in big letters:
"Our nartyred men and muir
dered victims of a dynamite fire,
the crime of the century"
1t also contained Rev. Robert ].
Burdette's latest remarks, in
which he declared the victims
''died for cause" and that ''the
crime was committed by the red
hand of anarchy" also that the
victims lost their lives in the
ecause of industrial freedom \
Burdette's appeal to God to
"mete out his Judgment and his
Justice" was also interlined in the
papers barrow carried, and he
only declared that he would here
after ask men who say they are
readers of the Times, whether
they read this in today's paper.
He will argse that if they did,
they are disqualified from serving
as jurors in this case.
In order to hurry the trial along
Judge Bordwell opened the ses-
sion today an hour earlier. OAR
row Immediately proceeded to try
70 disoualify T A Ross. a Pasa-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1911-11-16

~ ndQ Deeu kept HUH WOlhllS a.
his trade as a painter because he
did not have union card.
However, Deputy District At
torney Horton planned to hold
Ross by getting him to admit he
could and would, if sworn as
Juror, lay aside all prejudices and
try Mcnamara solely on the law
and evidence. barrow, as re-
suit, proceeded carefully to dis
qualify Ross under the law, as
previous experience had shown
that the court consider jurors
who admitted prejudice were
fully competent when they assert
ed they would lay aside these
prejudices.
Drummer told Fredricks frankly
that he opposed circumstantial
evidence as concrete proportion,
but the latter had report from
detectives that he owned several
houses and that he was inclined
to oppose labor unions, and Fred
ricks personally qualified him by
series of framed questions.
Later Fredricks discovered that
Drummer holds the strongest
union views and is former chief
engineer of his local of the
Brotherhood. Late yesterday the
state tried to get him out of the
way by consent of the court, but
Judge Bordwell ruled that he
would not reopen the case. The
| only concession he made was to
make note of the authorities cited
| by Fredricks and to say if he
found himself wrong he would re-
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06
MURDER AT
HARLOWTON

A cold hlOoded murder was COM
mitted ut IlarlowtOn last Sunday
night by some unknown person or
persons. The unfortunate victim
was Il stranger who had come to
town Just couple of days before
with Il woman who claimed to be his
wife. The body Of the man was
discovered ut about six O'Clock Mon
day morning lying on the ground,
Just off of main street along side of
the tailor shop. His face was ter
ribly battered up, it appearing that
he had first been knocked down and
then kicked to death. 1t came ont at
the inquest that waiter in restau-
rant there was an eye witness to the
murder, but he did not report it. He
was arrested and sent to Sulphur
Springs for safe keeping. 1t is
thought he knows more about the
affair than he has told. The wife of
the murdered man was also taken
into custoday yesterdy.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06

building with free dance on Mon
uay evening. October 9th. Good mu-
SIC VIII he furnished for the occasion,
ana the floor will be as smooth as
glass. The proprietors desire all cit
lzens of Judith Gap and surrounding
country to attend this social function
ana enjoy themselves. The floor will
De IN charge of G.. b. Reideman and
other society people, which is Il guar
ahtee that the best of order will be
maintained and no objectional char
acters will be permitted on the floor.
The Gap Grill will furnish mid
night supper, which will be the only
expense the guests will be called up
on to meet in connection with the af-
falr. Don't forget; next Monday
night Come, and have a good time.
Harold Motfet left last Saturday
for Madison, Wis, where he will EN-
ter the agricultural college.
There will be preaching bv the par
"o'' w thV NIlulCI tit
2:3n p. m. Sunday, Oct. Sth. Every
body invited.
Mrs. James =. kent's sister and
nephew of Belgrade, Mont. arrived
Wednesday and will remain some
time as guests at the Kent ranch.
Andrew Miller OF West Union,
Iowa. is paying visit to his nephew,
ii. :. Boale, for several days while
enrou,e to Bellingham, Wash.
Last week +. +. Kane Of Willow
Creek, Mont. took charge of the
Milwaukee station in Judith Gap.
The new agent is Il young man. genial
and obliging, and will make friends
for his road. Mr.. and Mrs. Kane
! are welcomed to Judith Gap.
John Shuler and daughter Marie
visited the home ranch near l.avina
last sunday, returning Monday
John says his wheat went - bushels
| per acre, and all his crops were good
including the corn. Mr.. >huler has
discontinued the meat wagon be
tween here and Garneill, Straw and
Buffalo, and us soon as he gets his
collections in will go to the farm at
Lavina and spend the winter.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06
N H | l. l.

Messrs. Rutan and Brewer closed Il
deal for a Rumley oil pull, ut Judith
Gap, yesterday.
{. J. Marshall Of L.ewistown spent
few days in Mill last week,
looking after his farming interests.
Messrs. Garret and Kelly of Ilar-
lowton spent few hours i'm Mill
Tuesday.
+. f. Gray is building Il residence
in Nihill.
Jake karnop took the Runlpy oil
pull salesman. Mr.. Barlow, to Mill
in his Ford car Wednesday, where
Mr.. Barlow closed another oil pull
engine sale.
Chas. II. Marshall of Benton liar
Dor. Mich, is spending IA couple of
weeks in Nihill, looking after his far
ming interests.
j. l. Randall left Saturday for a few
weeks visit in Michigan.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1911-10-06
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining in this office. I'M
claimed Oct. /, 1911.
j. l.. Belle Isle.
Allan w. Bourn.
Norman DalgarnO.
William Duke.
Thomas Fairhurst.
Mrs. BENZ. Fisk.
Farmers Elevator Co. (2)
VIM. Garrett.
Bert Jones.
VIM. E. Leroy.
II. l.. Loud.
G.. II. MunsOn.
Pastor EdmonstOn Memorial
Church.
MOllie Thomson.
Geo. :. Haynes, L. NJ.