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The Prescott daily news., 1912-03-02
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO TEE CONSTITUTION OF TIE STATE
 OF ARKANSAS

Notice is hereby given that the fol lowing joint resolution. proposing an amendment to the State Constitution. was passed by the General Assembly at it's regular session Of 1911. and that the same will be submitted to the cleo tors of the State at the next general election, to be held Monday. Septem- Der 9. 1912. for adoption or rejection:
 Proposed Amendment No. I2.
 That the following article shall be proposed as an amendment to the Con- stitution of the State of Arkansas, which, when agreed to by majority of all the members elected to each House and adopted by a majority of the electors of the State voting at the next general election Tor senators and representatives, shall become a part of the Constitution of the State of Ar kansas:
 That all capital invested within the next ten years in this State in the manufacturing of cotton and fiber goods in any manner shall be and is hereby exempt from taxation for pe- riod of seven years next, after and from the time the person, persons com pany or corporations have begun the business of said manufacturing"
 The above resolution was filed in the office of the Secretary of State on May 26 1911.
 Each elector may vote for or against she above amendment
 Witness my official signature this 12th day of February. 1912.
 EARLE w. HODGES,
 tSeal) Secretary of State.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-03-02
SOME SP00NERISMS OF NOTE
Really Remarkable Slips of the Tongue That Have Added to the Gay
 ety of Nations.

A "Spoonerism" is the name given in England 10 one of those inYolun- tayy diversions of words that occa- sionally enliven conversation. As for instance, when the returned traveller tells of rambling up the scalps" while in Switzerland and one knows that he means rambling up the Alps" but has simply perpetrated a Spoonerish," so called after a canon of New college, Oxford, who achieved a long and exhilarating list of these slips.
 Some of the more famous "Spoon- eriana" are recorded in the form of a narrative of a returning vicar who. on reaching the station left his rags and a buzz with a porter while he went to the refreshment room for Ca bath of milk and a glass gum"
 During the course of an address on "Kindness to Animals" the lec- turer remarked that ''in Piedmont, where the sheep are so cherished, a flock would willingly follow a shov- ing leopard"
The Prescott daily news., 1912-03-02
Beyond That Stage.

Frank Coffyn. the aviator was talk. ing in Detroit about the perils of fly. ing. When We aviators hold our Thanksgiving" he said, there is usu. ally something ghastly about 1t. We're grateful only to have broken one leg. or something of that sort. Ghastly gratitude-a little like the huckster's. in fact. hear your wife's ill,' a friend said to the huckster. She is that-terrible ill., the huckster replied Dangerous? said the friend. Don't tell me she's dangerous!' I'm thank. ful to say said the huckster, that she's too weak to be dangerous any more.'"
The Prescott daily news., 1912-03-02
HER LESSON IN ARITHMETIC
Small Girl Had Done All She Gould to Remedy Mothers De-
 ficiencies.

Martha heard someone speak of her mothers deficiencies in arithme- tic-which are perfectly visible to the naked eye-so she came and sat down beside her sravely and began
 "Mother, take four from fourteen and how much does that leave?"
 ''Ten," proclaimed the parent, thinking she was teaching the little one her lesson.
 'Now, three from eight-that's rather hard, you know"
 'FYes, it's frequently gotten on my nerves, too-but it eventually leaves five"
 "And four from five"
 "One," exclaimed her elder from the proud pinnacle of perfect knowl- edge, thinking also what a nice teacher she was.
 Martha rose with a sigh of relief from the region of her pinafore, and said kindly, but with some conde- scension, "Well. now you have learned that much, anyway Lip pincott's,
The Prescott daily news., 1912-03-02

"AhiEp---Aen learn Barber Trade Why Co to Kans,, Oy of St Louis where n IS v,oatun o ihe state fau m
 SWaent to r'c2ve nioney n blfuer ooe3sf Wrie pa, Institute, Joplin, Mo. Little Rock Fre, lus,,,+t , wages rom star. A''
The Prescott daily news., 1912-03-02
SO DIFFERENT FROM HERS.

Miss Ganderprest," said the host ess, "allow me to present MT. Pren- dergast."
 Why, can it be possible" ex- claimed the charming young lady, that anybody has such name as thatl"
The Prescott daily news., 1912-03-02

WAVED Llii,s to learn latest meth.t in b5us caltpr
 atAeut natuT hnir chuopoy utneurH i.aa4. .lcilie aH 80 as Sp eal scholarship inc.des .lis snl di,, Vn' 3ridlaies make rom S2S $50 Neek, wrs al esc m tO.wer systeG4 22i i-2 Main Little Rock
The Prescott daily news., 1912-03-02
Representative McGlIllcuddy Says Delegation Will Be for
 New Jersey Man.
NO INSTRUCTIONS EXPECTED
Democrats of That State Believe Surest Method for Their Party to Achieve Victory Is by
 Nominating the Governor.

Maine is another state that can be considered safe for the nomination of Governor Woodrow Wilson for the presidency, according to the assurance of Representative Daniel c. McGilli- cuddy of Maine, who has come to be considered one of the ablest men in the house in the short time since the sweeping Democratic victories in his state caused his election to the Sixty second congress and that of a Demo cratic governor and two United States senators. With Governor Wilson as the choice of the national Democracy for the presidency, the Maine con gressman believes that his state will give the party its electoral vote
 It is the confident opinion of Con- gressman McGillicuddy that major ity of the Democrats of Maine will indorse Governor Wilson for the pres idential nomination, notwithstanding the fact that New England has a can didate whose name will be presented to the Baltimore convention.
 Uninstructed, but Safe.
 Maine will not instruct it's dele gation to the Baltimore convention" said Mir. McGillicuddy in a statement at Washington, but Governor Will sons friends can count on Maine's vote when the balloting begins. have sounded the sentiment of the people of my district and of the state 1l1r I Ho people are for Wilson.
 Maine Democrats have tasted vic tory in their state elections and they are anxious to see their party triumph in the national contest. They believe that the surest method for the party to achieve victory in November is to nominate Governor Wilson. Wilson can win, the people of my state be- lieve, and that is the first question they ask in selecting their candidate
 Surer Victor Than Foss.
 Governor Foss of Massachusetts is capable man and high type of Democrat in my opinion He is the presidential size And he has con- siderable following among Maine yot CTS. Apart from those who support aim because he is @ New Englander, Governor Toss is now second in the race so far as the Democrats of my state are concerned. A safe majority of them are convinced, however. that with Governor Wilson as the stand. ard bearer the party will be in better fighting trim than with any of the other men in the field nominated.
 Personally 1 regard Governor Wil. son as the best equipped man in the race for the Democratic nomination. He is a man of sound principles and certain strength and he can make better fight than any other Democrat. l believe he can draw more votes from the independent wings of both parties than any o.ner man in the country With Wilson nominated l would have no fear for Democratic victory"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
REACTIONARIES FEW
 IN PARTY NOW
Bryan Says His Resolution Served a Purpose,
 Sees Victory

BALTIMORE. June 27.--Late to- night Bry5n received the newspaper men and was asked if he had afly reasons to give for withdrawing the latter Tart Of the resolution intro duced by him demanding the with drawal from the convention of per sons named in the resolution. He said:
 T stated my reasons at the time as many of our delegates sincere iy objected to the second part of the resolution on the ground tl # it was an invasion of the right Of the stata a and I did not want to put them in a position where their reasons for vot- ing against the double r esolution would be subject to discussion. 9th CTS would likely use it as an excuse in voting against the first part of the resolution.
 Tine purpose wf
 in condemndtiLE s-e ...eu ahd tLe system they represent The large majority for the resolution indicates that the actual number of delegates who will admit they are resctionaries is really small, and from now on we will have a progressive convention and a progressive campaign. and believe, democratic victory
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
HANFORD'S TRIAL
 STARTS AT CAPITAL
Oleson Who Lost Citizen ship Papers. Appears
 Against Judge

SEATTLE. June 27.-At the i'm. Deahcment hearing of Judge Hanford today before the congressional com mittee. Leonard Oleson, the socialist whom Judge Hanford disfranchised was the first witness Chairman Graham asked him 10 produce his plained how they had been taken away from him by Hanford
 At the trial of the suit to cancel the papers. said Oleson, he was not asked if he were devoted to the constitution bnt if he were "devot- edly attached" to it. He replied that he had no superstitious reverence for the instrument. but was willing to abide by the laws of the constitution.
 In addition. Oleson said he was asked if he belonged to any organi- zation. and he replied that he was a member of the socialist labor party. and the Detroit wing of the Interna- tionaI Workers Of the World Ole son said he was asked if he believed In organized government. and he re piled. yes Asked if he wonld abolish political government. he re- piled yes. that political government would be useless when socialism had established an industrial govern ment.
 Oleson said the platforms of the socialist labor party in 1908 and 19lz represented his views as to the means he would adopt to establish the gov ernment. and said revolution by ths tailot was the instrument"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
NEW YORkERS SOLID
 FOR HUDSON HARMON?
Attempt to Swing 10 Clark Seemingly Proves
 Failure

BALTIMORE. h1ne 27.-The New York delegation in caucus tonight fought bitterly over the presidential question. Three times national Com mitfeeman Mack hurried in to urge the delegation to hasten to the con. sention hall where the Bryan fight against the Ryan-Belmont-Mor Gel egates was in progress But it was not until! roll call on the Bryan prop osition was ordered that the New Workers emerged sweating and fun, ing from caucus conferences.
 Unanimous for Harmon" was the chorus ehanted as they hurried to their seats. Representative William Sulzsr who entered the caucus for a short time 10 urge the cause of Clark came our looking rather dis. couraged.
 Practically fixed for Harmon in there, he exclaimed as he mopped his brow. Champ will be second choice. Wilson third
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
TIGHT skIRT BRINGS ON WAR.

ALLENTOWN, Pa. Irne 27.-War between the women ef Allentown and the Lehigh Valley Transit company over the heishr of the steps of the expensive new nag as you enter cars has been put ID ta the arbitration of councils. st
 The women say the steps are too high. The officials Of the trolley line retort that the womens skirts are too tight. and declare it would cost thousands to rebuild the cars with lower steps.
 committee of gallart coHncilmen has nevertheless been named to see what can be done for them in the matter
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
ARMY OFFICER GETS
 LIFE SENTENCE
Seven Years in Solitary; Killed Lady-in-W " aiting
 to Queen Helena

ROME. June 27.-Baron Vincenzo PaterEo, formerly cavalry lieutenant Of ;he Italian army was sentenced to life imprisonment today for the mur- der of Princess Giulia Trigona. lady in-waiting to Queen Helena in 1911. The court ordered that Paterno be placed in solitary confinement during seven years of the term.
 The condemned man several times attempted suicide and collapsed when sentence was pronounced.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
LAFoLLETTg SPECTATOR

BALTIMORE. June 27-Senator LaFollette. Of Wisconsin. was an in- terested spectator al today's session of the democratic national convention He declared he came merely 10 looi. on.
 My interest here is merely that of a spectator. I had hoped the nominating speeches would be made this evening, and wished to hear them"
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
To AALT ale SCHOOL elFT.
Request of sf,5oo.9co Faces a VIII
 Contest by Heirs

SCRANTON. Pa. June 27.--.it was learned here today that an attempt may be made to break the will oi O. z. Johnson. the millionaire coal operator. who. upon his death sew eral weeks ago. hequeathed s1 .500.- 0e0 for she founding Of a manual training school in this city.
 Attorneys have visited nearly all os .he heirs. of which there are about two dozens and pointed out to them the possibility of setting the will aside on -a technicaiity.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
sANAnA skIn ok TRAIN FATAl

P0TTSyfLI.E. Pa, Jine 27.-sIip- ping on banana skin, which some one csreiessly threw on his train ct MinersvilIe. Prank l. Minihoff. a brakeman on the Pennsyivanla Raii- road. fell to the tracks and was crushed to death almost instantly
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
ROBINSON SOME RuNNER.

EAST LAS VEGAS. June 27.-With the Johnson and Flynn contest one week off preparations for the con test are practically completed. Today the roads dried up and Johnson went fourteen miles, finishing strong.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
CONVENTION IN SESSION ALL NIGHT; CANDIDATES NOMINATED; BRYAN
 MAKES EPOCH IN POLITICAL HISTORY

Clark Underwood. Wilson, Baldwin, Marshall and Har-
 mon Before Catherine Standard Bearers; Al o'clock This Morning Choice Had Not Been Made: Wild Dem onstraons Follow the Conclusion of the Nominating Sneeches.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
Attorney Charged With Giving Dribe To Learn
 Who DivuIged Secrets
BURNS LEAVES COURT
Defense Charged Detective Was Passing Signals With
 Man On The Stand

LOS ANGEL Es, June 27.-For the first time since the Darrow bribery trial was begun more than six weeks age, a witness on the stand today openly charged Darrow with hayin. personally given hIm l hribe to turn over to him certain evidence against the McNaInara brothers. confessed dynamifers of the Times building Guy Biddineer, a Chicago detective sergeant, temporarily employed by William ]. Burns. and one Of the men who arrested l. B. McNamara and Ortie NcNanigal, was ths witness and his testimoney was sensational i'll the extreme
 Clancy a Traitor.
 R;ddineer testified that he had pre- tended 10 accept Darro@ offer and that while in San Francisco ,ast August he had arranged so that Dar- row could secretly view a conference between Burns and Eugene Clancy a San Francisco labor leader Darrow, the witness said. told him he wished tn learn who in tue inner councils of the McNamara defense had been tipping off secret irfornia- ton to Burns. Riddinger told hisn
 that il was Clancy and that if he ] ranle -ser~San Francisco at a certain
 rihc he would show Clancy and Burns together and prove that Clancy was a traitor 10 the cause of labor. Burns Ordered Out. The defense gained what was re- sarded as an important victory when the judge rilled at inc besinning of i the afternoon session in favor O. the iefense's objection to the testimony Of Waldo Falldon one Of the short ! hand reporters who took down con versations between narrow and liar rington through the intervention of a ! telephoniC device. Falcon vas with [ drawn from the stand and BiddinGer ! calIo4 Biddinger was turned over | tC the efense for examination ! ja5t before adjouruinC time During the afternoon Burns #as or ! Te-sd 10 leave the Ccur5 room until called as a witness. Rogers declared Burns and Biddinger had exchanged
 als while the latte: was on the 1 stand.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
VOTE ON
 RESOLUTION

The vote on Bryan's motion to sus- pend the rules and for passage of the resolution was as follows:
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
w J. BRYAN SEEKS TO D RIVE STATE
 DEL IEGATES FROM HALL BY RESOLUTlC

Virginia Delegate Characterizes Position InsOent and
 Came from Only Man W ho Desired to Destroy the Democratic Party; PortiO Relating to Delegates Withdrawn. sssaaaa.--r.e4s.sA ,lSra.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
4. M. O'CLOCK
 EASTERN TIME
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REBEL LEADER DEAD

HAVANA, June 26.-General klstenoz. leader Of the insurrec- ton, waE officially reported tonight as killed. General Monteagudo advised Gomez to- night Colonel Ronsuegra had reported the rebel leader dead. The body is aJ Sonsl. 4e aiso reported that GeaC.al lvOnet was captured.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28

At five o'clock this morning the vote on nomination for pres ident had not been comnleted. Al that hour II was seven o clock in Baltimore. The convention had been in session continuously since eight o'clock Thursday evening.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28
ResoIUtion Carries

''Is there objection to immediate consideration asked James.
 Alternate Thomas J. Spellacy. Of the Connecticut delegation objected. objection having been made, move to suspend the rules and con
Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-28

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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-15
poq Kills wildcat.

Punch" a four-year-old hound dog
owned by Sheridan, Oregon. ranch
er, performed an unprecedented feat
a few days ago, when he whipped a
fuIl-grown wildcat in battle royal
The owner of the ranch property was
accompanied by the hound and an
other dog, when the hound dog took
up trail which he discovered in the
light fall of snow. The trail finally led
up to an old burned fir snag, where
the hound stopped and bayed. Upon
coming up with the dog the rancher
found that the latter had freed a wild
cat. He was unarmed. but managed
to get the cat where the dog could get
at him. The wildcat and dog mixed
Immediately and were well nigh ex-
hausted when the dog. getting his sec
ond wind, obtained hold on the cat
which finished the latter after a few
minutes additional struggle
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-15
CHINESE SEAWEED AS FOOD.

Freer commercial contact with China
may quite possibly introduce into our
table menus varieties of spicy concoc-
tons from seaweed About 100 nutri-
tive kinds of seaweed are in daily con-
sumption in the far east and the cult
walton of seaweed crops is regularly
maintained. More than 100000 worth
of one preparation alone is consumed
every year in China in the form Of
dried gums which can be liquefied in
to delicate jellies. In Europe seaweed
has not been at all considerably used
fer food, though blancmanges, salads,
green vegetables and a sort of tapi-
oca fluid have been forms in which
Scotch, Irish and Mediterranean peas
ants have partaken of the substances
OF seaweed. In certain parts Of Japan
seaweed is subjected to careful cult
walton. competing species being sup
pressed and rocks previously planted
with the weed. being sunk in suitable
bays.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-15
H0ARDED GOLD IN CHINA

Sales OF gold have undoubtedly been.
made by the Chinese authorities and
from cables which are now coming to
hand from China it would seem that
there is some prospect of the move
ment assuming rather large proper
tions. No one has ever known the
extent of the boarded wealth of the
late Empress Dowager, though all
kinds of rumors have been current as
to the accumulation of colossal sums.
Now that by reason of the present
disturbed condition of the country the
meeting of the interest charge on the
debt must impose considerable strain
it would certainly not be surprising If
sales were effected Of some OF the
boarded gold If only with the object
of facilitating the prompt payment of
the coupons on the foreign debt, a
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-15
AFRICANS WHO EAT CLAY

Natives of West Africa, in French
Sudan, practice "geophagy" Although
the practice is common in many parts
of the world, this particular case is
remarkable for the systematic way in
which the dirt is collected, and for
the fact that it occurs in well cult
waited region, where food is abundant
The earth consumed is a clay, which
is found intercalated among the grits
of the region in beds of various thick
ness. The deeper layers are preferred
and for this reason the natives dig
galleries, which are so crudely CON
structed that falls of earth frequently
occur, sometimes with fatal results.
When an unlucky miner is thus buried
no attempt is made to rescue him, as
it is believed that the divinities of the
mines require an annual victim It is
stated that individuals not infrequent-
ly consume seven and a half pounds
of clay daily.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-15
DIAMOND CLEANING

The art of lapi5ary is one OF the
most delicate employments of mechan-
.ical force known. The practical dia-
lrnond cutter learns many facts about
precious stones which are sealed books
even to mineralogists.
For instance, it is the lapidaries
who have found out that diamonds
coming from the different districts
vary remarkably in their degrees OF
hardness. It appears that the hardest
diamonds come from New South
Wales. An unfamiliar fact is that dia-
monds are made to assume approx
mately the required shape by Sitting
and cleaving and by 'bruting." which
is the rubbing of one diamond against
another, before they are submitted to
the polishing wheel In cleaying the
diamond is cemented on the end Of
wooden stick. and steel blade is driv
en- with a smart blow in the direction
of the natural plane of cleavage. Dia-
,monds that have been cut by the lapi-
dary's wheel lack some of the brill
liance possessed by those that have
simply been cleayed.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-15

not poisonous, as is commonly sup
posed. There is only one authentic
case of poisoning by the centipede on
record for this country That was re-
ported by DR.. Josiah Curtis of Wash
ington. A woman was walking in her
room at night in bare feet and was
stung or bitten by a centipede be-
tween the toes. The bite was fol-
lowed by inflammation and severe
pain that lasted for thirty-six hours.
Mr.. d'Herculais questions even this
case, because the symptoms were
very much like those produced by the
sting OF bee or hornet and also be-
cause experiments had been made
with much larger species of cent?
pedes and these were always harm
less.
But he also finds the animal useful.
On several occasions he came upon
individuals Of the species scutigera
coleoptrata catching flies and other in
sects. The centipede grasps the fly
with the front legs and quickly bites
it in the thorax, injecting juice that
kills the fly instantly. When there
are many flies about the centipede
will kill several before beginning to
feed Instead of chewing at its prey,
1t sucks out the soft parts through
puncture, leaving the head, legs. wings
and other hard parts.
Another argument for the harmless
ness of the centipede is deduced by
the author from the fact that when
the animal is grasped it does not try
to defend itself, but seeks rather to
escape 1t often escapes by leaving
its legs behind that is, the animal
automatically throws off number OF
legs that have been caught by the
enemy and limps off on the remaining
ones. 1t can easily spare dozen or
two of its thirty legs, for the lost
members can be regenerated.
The centipede is found pretty we'll
scattered in all parts Of the world
The species common in the United
States, scutigera forceps, was report
ed over twenty years ago as devot-
ing the nights to killing house flies.
And later an observer detected one
in the act of capturing butterfly
much larger than ITSELF The insect
hides during the daytime under door
steps or window frames, or in any
crevice large enough to conceal It's
numerous appendages. - Harper'S
Weekly.