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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-28
FRANKLIN TO
 BE STAR WITNESS
Former McNamara Detective Will Be Used in PrOsectiOn of Attorney
 DarrOW.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 27.-District Attorney John ID. Fredericks today made positive announcement that B. H. Franklin, former McNamara de- tective, will be the states star wit ness against Attorney Clarence s. Darraw, who is charged with bribery.
 This announcement followed the en- tering of plea of guilty today by Franklin to charge of corruption and bribery in the Robert Bain care. Fredericks further stated that com plete confession had been secured from Franklin, who will take the. stand at the trial of MT. Darrow and tell fully of his part in che alleged attempt to bribe jurors in the Mo- Namara case.
 For his complete confession, and in light of the fact that the Lockwood bribery charge still hangs over his head, Franklin will be permitted 70 pay fine of $2,500.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-28
NO STRIKE IN
 THE COAL FIELDS

Naw York, Feb. 27.-Thirty mem- bens cf the committee of Hard Coal Winners, representatives of the hard roal cetnpanies, President John F. White, of the Mime Workers of Am erica, and the prssidents of the hard coal. districts met in conference thi: afternoon pnI bhs proposed new wage schedule and adjourned until next meek after the miners had submitted ihe.r demands. Both sides expressed sheir confidence that the matter would bd settled without strike.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-28
CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

Having heard that t, is being stat ed on the sttreIats that John M Oracle and myself are now in favor of the free bridge, I want to den'ounce the rrllmor as false, and stats that both Mr. Grlncie and myelf are TOW IS much opvosl2d t6a ';ihle bridge, under the preIsent law as we ever we're. The statement rth,s. we are in favor of the bridge is unauthorized and untrue
 2 28 1t. T. J. COLLIER.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-28
ISAAC T. BALDWIN
 # PASSES AWAY

N Battle Creek, Mich, Feb. 27-Isaac sT. Baldwin, age 92, whom President #Lincoln would have sent to England Sas ambassador and who served as SAssistant secretary of the Navy under
 President Polk, is dead at his home near this city. At one time MT. Bald twin was an associa'se editor of the INew York Sun. He lived in Penn S6ylvania when offered the ambassa- Sdorship which he rejected.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-28
-roRNADoEs always come unan-

-TORNADOES always come unan- nounced and at time when you least expect Them. Now is the tune to let us write your tornado insurance. as the season when wind storms are most general is now approaching. The cost is sd ll,w you cannot afford to be without this prcI4ection.-Cotton Belt Savings & Trust Go. 2 27 At.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-28

# Attorney Asa Oracle, of Little Rock, spent yesterday in the city attending a meeting of the Taxpayers Protec-
 tive Association.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-02-28

Sheriff Walter Wilson, of Monticel- To, is in the city, having been called hera as witness in the McVay trial
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
A Story of Maiibran.

Among the stories told by Arthur Pougin of Malibran, the great singer, Is one of her stay in Venice. She was to give six performances ak one thea ter there when Gallo, the director of the Teatro Emeronito, being on the eve of bankruptcy, begged her to give two at his theater, promising her f120 for each. She consented, but when Gallo went to take her the second payment he entered, saying, "Here is the sum we agreed on." s'What sunni" she replied, with an air of surprise. "Oh, the f12O for yesterdays perform ance." 'I don't want your money. Take 1t all away and spend it on your children. You shall kiss me and we'll be quits." Did the good fellow be- lieve his ears? His two performances had brought him in f4OO in round .hg- ures, had saved him from bankruptcy, and, to crown his joy, he kissed Mime. Malibran. This magnanimity to a poor Venetian was received publicly by a frantic ovation and crystalized in verse, while the theater was re- named Malibran.-Argonaut
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

to play a lone hand was demonstrat- ed, today, when overturea from the 'Cummins people with view to a triple alliance between LaFollette, Cummins and Roosevelt on the mat ter of organization, was turned down by Walter L. Hauser, manager of the IaFO1lette forces. The Cummins men suggested that if they could CO., operate with LaFollette in naming the, men in the temporary organiza- tion they figured Roosevelt leaders would join them in coalition against Roosevelt and Taft lineups.
 Il told them we were no more in- terested in the success of Roosevelt than we are in Taft said the Sena- tor. "In my opinion, the fight be- tween Taft and Roosevelt, so far as anyone on the inside can say at this time, is a draw. Less than a dozen votes will tell the tale. In conse- quence we hold the key to the situa- ton and I think will be heard from when the committee on credentials meets"
 State Senator Walter c. Owens, of Maiden Rock, Wis, will be the La Toilette member. on the resolutions committee. He Is going in prepared tariff plank of four years ago and trust legislation amending the Sher- man act along the line of LaFollette's s speeches, opposition to the Aldrich central bank plan, physical valuation of railroads and common carriers, the initiative and referendum, the di- rect election of United States Sena- tors and the recall including the judiciary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
Old Eoxptian Perfumss.

Priests in Egypt, who were the sole depositaries of science, knew the se- cret of aromatic substances and pre- pared them themselves Egyptian perfumes acquired great celebrity, es- pecially those made in Alexandria. Reserved originally for religious rites, perfumes subsequently, became of cur rent use among the wealthy classes. During banquets they were diffused through the halls and were burnt in profusion. The Israelites during their sojourn in Egypt adopted the use of aromatic substances primarily for re- ligious purposes and afterward for personal usage. The Greeks, who loved elegance, were especially ad- dicted to the use of perfumes, and they taught their secrets and usage to the Romans, who were not content to use merely the perfumes of the orient-aloes, myrrh, incense and nard but also made perfumes similar to those of the present day-scents of lilies, lavender, roses and thyme
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
New Gasoline Engine Meets
 Requirements
GIVEN FINAL OFFICIAL TESTS , THIS FORENOON AND WORKS SPLENDID RECORD FOR
 ITSELF.

In the test given it this forenoon, to supplant the tryout given yester- day afternoon under adverse condi- tions, the new Waterous gasoline pumping engine, made a distinctive record for itself and pleased those who made the test. The apparatus was taken to the dock at the foot of an. hour was put through severe tests to demonstrate it's capacity for fore ing water through a hose.
 Approx1ma. estimates made as 6 result of the tests, making no allow ances for the correction of gauges and connection links, showed the following results: Through a one and a quarter inch nozzle the engine dis charge 574 gallons of water against 2O3 pounds of pressure; through a one and a half inch nozzle, 653 gall Ions against 153 pounds; through one and three quarters inch, for one hour steadily, 732 against 1855 pounds; through two inch. sss against 14O.
 During the time the machine was in operation a glass of water sat up- on the engine and hardly drop found it's way outside of the glass, so smoothly did the machine work. The glass was filled to the brim and when removed was just full. The speci- fications require that the machine dis charge 700 gallons per minute against 125 pounds of pressure. It was esti- mated as result of the test this morning that it discharged without any difficulty, 732 gallons a minute against 135 pressure.
 Waiter Frank, who has been driver on No. 2 motor hose truck will be assigned as driver of the new engine and was being broke in on the job this afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

You are accused, sir," said the mag istrate, ''of being drunk and disorder ly. Any defense?"
 "I am respectable man, sir," the prisoner answered, "and this would never have happened only travelled from Pittsburgh to New York yester- day in bad company"
 "What sort of bad company said the magistrate.
 "Sons of Temperance, sir.
 "Sons of Temperance! Why, they are the salt of the earth. I should think they'd be the best company man like you could ask for"
 .sNo, sir. Excuse me, sir. You're wrong" said the prisoner huskily. sYou see, I'd brought a quart of whis- ky for the Journey, and on account of the company I had to drink it all my self"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
,,d;, Spun Cotton Lona Aeo.


 Lancashire's proud record of 800 years in the cotton trade is far behind India's. Cotton was manufactured to perfection in India more than 3,O0O years ago. Thus Thomas Ellison In his .Cotton Trade of Great Britain" Fabrics as fine as any that can be turned out at the present day by the most perfect machinery in Lancashire were produced by the nimble fingers of Hindu spinners and the primitive looms of Hindu weavers a thousand years before the invasion of Britain by the Romans" When Britons, in fact, were suffering from their skins 1n- dians were ''luxuriating in garments of a texture so fine as to have earned the poetic description of woven wind I" What Lancashire makes today India made the day before yesterday.-Lon- don Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
rh. p,,-~i. nf life.

Life is a quaint puzzle Bits the most 1ncongruous join into each other. and the scheme thus gradually becomes symmetrical and clear, when, To, as the infant clasps his hands and cries, See, see; the puzzle is made out!' all the pieces are swept back into the box black box with the gilded. nafls!-Bul- wer-Lytton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
Your Child,

Does your child break into the con- versation when you have visitors?
 Does he leave his clothes lying all over the house?
 Does he eat surreptitiously between meals?
 Does he lay his hands on almost anything he wants to make something out of without asking your permis- sion?
 Does he come down late to break fast?
 Does he say Huh" Gee"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
hish and Worthy.

She-I'm afraid cannot marry you. I want a man who possesses . noble ambition, one whose heart is set on attaining some high and worthy ebject He-Well, don't I want you? She--Oh, George, darling, I am yours!-Boston Transcript
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

tion drink now. It has the Roosevelt tian punch.
 The man who invented the ..Hat-in- tne-ring campaign button is in town. Selling them at 10 cents apiece. he IS able to eat at the Congress hotel.
 Mckinley is like the man who cries stop thief when he has the stolen goods under his coat" said George w. Perkins. regarding the Mckinley charges that Taft delegates are being bribed.
 Although tossed over the transom oy the national committee, every Roosevelt delegate whose contest was decided in favor of Taft forces is re- ma1ning here. No one has gone home. All are figuring upon busting their Taft opponents if Roosevelt secures control of the credentials committee.
 The latest badge exhibited is a cross-bar of aluminium bearing the legend:
 'U-NI-Ted" to be pronounced You and I Ted" It's from Indiana.
 Almost beneath the windows of the Taft and Roosevelt headquarters. the doctrine of Socialism is being preach ed each night to big street crowds whose applause sweeps through the open windows into the heart of the warning Republican camps
 The Roosevelt workers are wonder ing, today, if Mrs. Victor Rosewater. of Omaha, wife of the chairman of the national committee is not some politician on her own hook Last night she gave a dinner party with the wives of several Roosevelt dele- gates from Nebraska as her guests,
 A complete hospital, with the lat est equipment, nurses and a large
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
chanaina Doctors.

''what you need, madam, is oxygen- Come every afternoon for your in- halations. They will cost you q each"
 .sI knew that other doctor didnt understand my case" declared the fashionable patient "He told Hs all 1 needed was plain fresh air."-Wash- ington Herald. . ~ svs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
A.. pr.e.,e. ef m;nA.s

Harry started to = Q to me 1aot night, but his voice fly stuck In his throat"
 "Well7'
 ssIt was all right, though. I could co his lips moving and knsw what he was trying to say."-CMcago Nsws.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
rhe aefeain,

She tat the piano)- 0 yon IT. 1oy this refrain!
 He-very much. The more you re. frain the better I Hke M-Jud6e.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
seitseui.

Miss Joyce-Yes, Jack and ars to become partners for life. Mi1s Means And you will be the senior partnss. How nice! :.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

The seasons make no difference to us: be 1t summer or winter we are always ready for tours anywhere and everywhere. Always the best in their season and moderate in cost wherever your fancy leads and steamers go, we are ready with every request of the traveller. 8. Loewith & Co, 116 Bank street Tel. 99.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

corps of physicians is being installed in the coliseum. An enunciator, at the chairman's desk, will flash distress signals from all parts of the auditor ium. Present indications are that it may be a very busy little outfit next week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
Robber Quartet. Blow Safe And
 Get $I2,0O0

Rogers, Ark. June 14-Four robbers blew the safe of the First National bank at Huntsville, early today and escaped with $12,OOO. The robbers used dynamite on the safe and escap- ed before the town was aroused Huntsville is 40 miles southeast of here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

Beware of dissipating your powsrs. 0erive constantly to concantrato t41n.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

Pretty Lame Excuse. Out of the crowd in the police court . man was placed before the judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

And, if not, why not. lou are his parent, and he is living in the United States of America.-Life
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14
Organization.

The Teddy cocktail is the conven- ton drink now. It has the Roosevelt tian punch
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

The man wbo invented the .:Hat-in- tne-ring campaign button is in town. selling them at 10 cents apiece, he IS able to eat at the Congress hotel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-14

A complete hospital, with the lat- est equipment, nurses and large
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21
United States Has Revoutionned the Island of Porto Rico

this was 80 even TO the recording OF
deeds and all transfers Of property Ev-
erythins was taxed, even TO the small
est bit % furniture OF q hanana-ruofed
shack. The poor had no rights that the
rich were bound to respect and It cost
money 10 get q hearing In the courts.
Al the time we took hold there were
-eo prisoners in the jAils awaiting trial.
and many Of them did not know the
charges upon which they had been ar
rested. One man had been kept in prison
for five months for stealing an empty
eax. and another a year for stealing a
chicken. third prisoner. charged with
stealing a hog. had bern kept in iail a
year awaiting hts trial The courts OF
Porto Rico thea cost sieeooe a year In
salsries alone. aud every official had .
large allowance for writing materials.
Today all the accounts OF the island
pass through the hands OF auditors Sc
lseted BY our Treasury department, and
every cent must be satisfactorily ac-
counted for. This Is so Of all branches OF
the government and IL is impossible for
any Of the public money to be spent 9TH
srwiss than as laid down by the law.
FRANK @, CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21
.Aaec1cz1 Colonial -Bank- Szn GUAR,

that money could not compensate for
crime.
Today the judicial system Of Porto
Rico Is much like that OF the United
states. There are fifty-eight justices OF
the peace. but they cannot fine man
more than SIS or imprison him for more
than thirty days. Their jurisdiction IL
limited 10 violations OF municipal ordl-
nances and petty crimes. They are much
Ike our police judges. There are also mu-
nicipal courts. where suits are tried in
which the amount docs not exceed $500
The officers OF these are elected by pop
uIsr vote, and each for a term o, four
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21

years Above these are the district courts,
tho prosecuting attorneys Of which arc
appointed by thu governor, and. higher
still, the supreme court. composed Of five
Judges appointed by the president. This
court sits at San Juan. and II possesses
general appellate jurisdiction over the
island.
A spanish Country without Graft.
One OF the most remarkable things In
Porto Rico has been the elimination OF
graft. Under tho former government
everything was bribery and corruption.
Nothing could be done without grcaslng
the itching palms OF the officials, and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21
B.chcior.. R~f,%r,,or..

Good Intentions nerd careful nursing to
keep them from going into early de-
cline
Tho way for a man To convince a girl
she ought to marry him is for her father
to try 10 convince her she ought not 10.
A man wants 90 march in a political
parade where he Is ignored and a woman
to 80 20 q reception where she Is snubsed.
New YORK Press.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21
NwEsntcrced Concrete ZRzhc iNnlolak cSaa Juan

than our box freight cars and II was
rare occasion when tho dinky engine did
not break down. Today there are good
American locomotives and comfortable
passenger cars
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21
The Instrument:

This beautiful GrafonOla "Fav-
orits." the first instrument Of this
latest improved type TO be Offered
at anything like its price. is prob
ably the best that its price will
ever buy. 1t seems pretty clear
that the limit has been reached.
As g musical instrument. It Is all
that any musical instrument can
be, and ell that those costing $500
can claim 10 be.
The cabinet f. built OF the
choicest mahogany Cor Of beauti-
full quarter-sawn oak) polished
like the eOstliest piano.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21

The "Favorits" plays any size
OF Tecord-three at one winding,
and can be rewound while run
ming. the motor being a power
full triple-spring drive absolute
ly silent and always positive and
reliable. The tone arm leads the
sound wives from the reprodueer
into the sound chamber. where Il
Is ampIIfied ana poured out
through the front. subject to re-
duction In volume BY the partial
or complete closing OF the double
doors. The start-and-stop lever 10
combined with . speed regulator
lever. all IN handy reach. The turn
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21

The outfit Of records We have
selected from the best selling and
most popular Of all classes. and
includes the famous SeHtette from
"Lucia' and the equally famous
ouartette from "Rigolstto." which
ought to be extremely interesting
TO any OF your friends who own
talking machines and have paid
!i3 for those two selections alone.
You are at liberty TO make your
own selection Of records II you
prefer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21
A Sanitary Island.

Indeed. the present plans of 6ne govern
ment are such that the Isl md is now
about as sanitary as any Fart of Latin
america. At the time We took hold the
death rate was about forty per thousand.
1t is now onty twenty-five per thousand.
and this compares favo.al1ly with any
other similarly populated Q Juhtry.
We have practically wiped out the
smallpox. When ! wished the island
twelve years ago it WEE raging, and at
that time our sovernn snt undertook the
greatest vaccination :tb of all history.
Il had the army star. to work to yacei-
nate tie whole peoTie. There we're at
least $4,000 sore a zns on the island
during my stay. ana the people we're so
disabled in places 1Iat work practically
stopped. Among tie places visited was
a vaccine farm. waHre the army surgeons
had sooc cattle ranging from eight
months to a year old. They used these
TO get vaccine m liter. taking as many as
zoos points fro'n a single beast Since
then the vacci nation has kept up from
time TO time 1wenty-six thousand per-
sons were "a &C. mated last year. and the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-01-21
'coFerisht. IN, By Frank c. carpenler.)

ASHINGToN. D. C.-Uncle
Sans greatest victory in
Porto Rico has 10 do with a
worm. | have written how
he has raised the island from
hexcary 10 proSuerifv and
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-27

oeH.
Y have always loved this room," 0e
thought, "but It seems to me now like
heaven"
He sat down In an armchair from force
OF ha1oit. to await his fancee.
'Oh, for q walk with Sylvia ny twi.
hghtv" hfs thoughts ran on. for she
need not DO a. home again till after
seven"
Presently he heard tie soft rustic Of
her dress and rose to meet her Though
she looked In HE direction, she dh not
seem to see him. and walked past him
10 the window. She was the picture OF
ioveliness, siihouetted against the sky.
He went toward her and gazed into her
deep-sea eyes, which had q far-Away
expression. She turned. went gracefully
70 the mantefpiece and took photo.
graph Of herself from behind the clock.
Ffe came sui nearer-so near, IN fact,
that he could hear the beating Of her
heart--hut she stiil seemed entirely I'M
conscious Of his presence. Losing his ~.
serve and eelf-control, no fmpuisivAly
grasped at her hands. then fell on his
knees. and then, dumbfounded, etrug.
gled TO his feet. Her hands seemed to
slip through his: he was not able TO
touch her and she was st!ll unaware OF
his presence.
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from the dreamiand OF Saturn 90 the
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80 a., -, hsa ~.s.ss.s $3.50 y.
n'r, ana W. he ~, ..n $500 h,w
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Oh. ",n.r ~ srnn. .nd M. ,,nch.n..'
M. n ~. ~ The mn,vsrse seemed 20 rim
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-27

match, whereupon Ayrauit ceased 70 zee
the phosphores csnce Or blu,sh light. ~
that moment peal OF thunder awakened
Cortlandt. who eat UP and rubbed his
eyes.
II think" said AyrauIt, II will 70 10
the Calllsto and get our rnAck,ntoshss
before the rain sets IN" whsreupon he
left his companions. who were soon
again fast asleep.
The sky suddenly become filled with
clouds. and Ayrault fastened toward the
Callisto. intending TO remain there, u
necessary. until the storm was over. For
about twenty minutes he hurried on
through the growing darkness, stoppin 2
once on high ground TO make sure OF
HE oearings. and he had covered more
than half the distance when uhs rain
came on In . food. accompanied by brill
liant lightning.
Seeing the huge. hollow trunk OF a
fallen tree near. and not wishing TO be
wet through. Ayrauit fred severa, solid
shots from his revolver into the cavity
to drive ont any wild animals there
might be made. and then hurrIedly
craw1ed In. feet first. He next drew IN
his head. ana was congratulating him.
self on his snug retreat. when the sky
became lurtd with Q Hash OF lightning
then his head dropped forward and he
was unconscious