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The log cabin Democrat., 1913-08-04
DRASTIC LAW PLANNED
ANENT ELECTION RULES

Little Rock, Aug 4.-The delay of
county election boards in forwarding
returns to the secretary of state will
doubtless result in the passage of
a drastic law by the next legislature.
The election commissioners of Arkan-
saS IN great many counties pay no
attention whatever to the present
statute requiring them to report the
returns to the secretary of state. For
the past four or five years some of the
election commissioners have taken
from two to FIVE weeks time in per-
forming duty that should not have
taken more than 48 hours time
Members of the legislature who visit
ed Little Rock last week stated that
they will introduce a measure in the
next legislature making it misde-
Meanor 1or election officials to hold
aeck feturns or fail to report the re-
turns to the secretary of state more
than three days. 1t is proposed 70
make each violation punishable by fine
from 500 to $500 and six months i'm
rrisonment in Jail. This Law will also
be made applicable to primarie& If
this law had passed several Years ago
and been enforced the Democratic
party in Arkansas would today have
have been in much better shape and
not torn into several shreds on &C
count of alleged ballot box stufiing
and frauds. In nine cases out of 10
the frauds We're alleged to have been
committed by officials holding back the
returns.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-08-04

September s, by which time the entire
state will have been travelled over.
This inspection is being made for
the purpose of showing the officer of
,, the United States army, that the
guard has more property than credit
ed with in the last inspection, and it is
hoped that enough additional equip
.ment will be shown to wipe out the
charges AGAINST the guard.
I The last inspection was made Just
after the legislature had failed to pass
bill making the usual appropriation
for the guard, when a report was cir
culated over the state the guard
would he disbanded. In many places
Capt. Sloan failed to get sufficient,
number of the company members for
an Inspection, the men thinking there
would be no inspection, and for that
reason they failed to show up with
their equipment. This equipment was
all reported short by Capt. Sloan, be-
cause he must personally see it or re-
port it short
Every company commander in the
state has been directed to make
close search for government property,
and to have everything he can find on
hand when the army officer comes
around.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-08-04
SHOWS AND HOTELS.

All moving pictures shows, hotels,
boarding houses, city halls, jails
churches, schools, and privates homes,
are subject to insects and germs.
Spray them with Ross Dead Quick
Spray, and reduce disease.
\ delightfully."- clean disinfectant.
Certain death to germs, insects and
their eggs. Sold in Conway by Gree
son Drug Co.-6td-ltw
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-08-04
ICE COUPONS NOT GOOD
IF DETACHED FROM BOOK

Read your ice coupon books, and
yo4 will find this to he the fact This
is Tor the customers protection as
well as mine. When coupons are de-
tached we don't know whether your
servant has found or stolen them
from you or not, or whether the ice is
for your use or the one bringing it to
the plant.-dtf
R. B. M'CuLLoCH.
Old papers for sale at this office.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-08-04
ARKANSAS GUARDS
INSPECTION BEGUN

Little Rock, Aug. Capt. A. b.
Sloan, U. S. A., detailed to service
with the Arkansas National Guard,
accompanied by Major w. c. Brad
ford. left Little Rock Sunday after
noon, for Warren, where today the
military company viii be inspected.
The inspection will then continue, one
or more companies each day, until
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-08-04
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The log cabin Democrat., 1913-08-04
MY HOME FOR RENT.

My two-story ten-room home for
sent, with large barn, nursery out
Buildings, 10 acres Of land, consisting
of grove, lawn, orchard, pasture and
truck patches; near State Normal and
High School
MRS. J.B. MOORE,
Conway, Ark.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-08-04
Children's Contest--$15O.OO in Prizes

addition chdrn'
boys or girls
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11
TO USE GRAVES OVER AGAIN
After Twenty Years Provision Of the
New German Law Govern
Ina Cemeteries.

Berlin.-Statistics show that the
average grave in Berlin is cared for
by loving relatives for less than ten
years, consequently the term of occu-
paney by the departed has been re-
duced In Wilmersdorf from thirty to
twenty years. Thus is provision made
to meet the increasing demand on
cemetery space In a large and grow
Ing city, and a leeway OF eight years
still allowed for the protection of the
feelings of those who remain behind.
This applies to adults. The same
ruthless statistics show that the
graves Of children are looked after for
a lesser period, and consequently they
may be occupied for twelve years
only.
One OF the largest graveyards OF
Berlin is at Wilmersdorf. The TWEEN.
ty and twelve year periods of tenancy
already prevail In the Berlin munich
pal cemetery. the mounds then being
leveled off. any memorials removed
and the graves made ready for Other
occupants
The authorities that unless some
such course as this is followed all the
land in Berlin available for burial pur
poses would be exhausted in twelve
years The tardy authorization By
parliament lass year OF cremation may
check the demand for cemetery space
but probably not to any great extent.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11

AAmWAUKEE, WIS.-That her hus-
IVA band was so stlngy that he saved
the tips of his shoestrings and sold
them for old iron, was the accusation
Mrs. Walter Kaysing. APT Eighth ave-
rue. made In the district court.
"You don't tell me-" exclaimed
Judge Neelen-
Yes, sir. your honor" the woman
Csplied. Once he saved up some
scrap iron and sold it to a dealer for
eight cents. And would you believe
a., your honor, he even had little bits
cf pieces OF iron"
KaysIng was arraigned for aban-
d. nent. Mrs. Kaysing had been
compelled to appeal to the county
= department for aid. Her hus-
t.srd. she said. worked in a tannery
ed earned $11 a week He seldom
gave her any Of this money. she told
che judge. and when he did 1t was
only a dollar or two a week.
HE put the rest of it in the bank,
she testified. Il had to go out wash
dog to support the family. He
wouldn't even buy clothes for the
children, and every time the rent was
due. I thought the man would have a
nervous collapse"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11

treating back and then retire with an
air of resignation.
But no one ever grudges the five
pfennigs unless he be extraordinarily
misery. The payment Of a single
half-penny enables you to sit In COM
fort in the middle Of one Of the hand
soonest and liveliest streets In Europe.
and Berlin does its best to provide
you with varied pageant.
Novel and varied indeed 1t Is for
hundreds Of actors and actresses play
their parts in the pageant Of the
street, where shops and an arcade and
a restaurant or two constitute the
back scene and where fiercely solemn
policemen are the stage managers.
Quantity dressed nurse girls from the
country, in their picturesque peasant
costumes. move easily and calmly
across the stage. pushing strangely In
artistic perambulators, In which placid
German babies sit and stare.
But the greatest figure on this Ger
man stage is coming! There is sud
zen C6SSdllOu VI ali SOuuu, INC IAdAhN
is stopped and men and women stand
waiting in silence for his entry. There
is tense and mute excitement in the
air and from far away you can hear
through the stiffness. the beating o.
horses hoofs and the murmur Of the
shouting of distant people. The sound
of the hoofs grows louder and the
wave of shouting sweeps along the
broad street-and everywhere the CT,
is Der kaiser! Der kaiser!" AnC
you rise from your seat and turn t.
see a bevy of horsemen gallopinl
down the riding path. For only on
of them have you any eyes-he wht
rides ahead of his fellows. raising hi
hand continually in response to thu
greetings of his subjects; he who's
kingliness is such that you don you
hat instinctively and stand in silenc,
as he rides by.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11

ketch him, Win!" and saw Grella leg
ging it down the road about a quarter
mile away.
The guard Communicated the bicy-
Gle of an astonished youth, who was
riding by, and started in pursuit
Grella turned of into a road that led
up a hill when Box got within one
hundred yards of him. In his desper-
ate efforts at a final sprint, the guard
bore so heavily on his handlebars
that the front tire OF his wheel ex-
ploded.
Box was piled in a heap upon the
road. But he retained his presence
of mind and his pipe, which he had
stuffed still burning. into his pocket
when he started the chase. Seeing
Grella turn and lessen speed at the
sound of the exploding tire, the quick
witted guard grabbed the pipe from
his pocket Git was still smoking), and.
pointing It at the runaway, yelled:
Stop, or I'll shoot again!"
Grella, ignorant of the ruses OF
great detectives, halted and put up
his hands. Box walked up to him and
handcuffed him. The prisoner was In
a great rage when he found how he
had been duped. but his captor merely
smiled at him In a superior way and
ordered him to march right back tc
the jail, the hospitality Of which he
had violated
We'll. here / am again." Grella an
rounced with a grin. as he was taker
back within the Enclosure.
Don't speak to him. fellows" whis
pered one of the most prominent
guests. So nobody did. His formel
associates simply turned their heads
away and cut him dead.
Serves him perfectly well right.
said the other. They think he mus
be unbalanced anyway. for his sru
would have been up soon. That Il
the only excuse-mental fatwheeli
that would. in their opinion, justif!
a man in leaving the lovely Jail at an.
time until he had to do so.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11
Mr.. 500 Checks Wifes EIopement With Her Affinity

maid. The Chinaman demanded that
his rival return his wife and child
to him. The best he got was a solar
plexus blow, and he went down for
the count. Before he was able to re-
gain his feet the man from Howard
seized him by the queue and swung
him through the air until he grew
tired, and then escaped.
Foy 500 revived a few moments
later and a battle between him and
Mrs. 500 followed over which one
would retain possession of the half
Observation-Disclosures baby. The
battle was interesting one and baby
was getting the worst of the affair. A
great crowd gathered, including a few
coppers. They stopped the tug OF wal
and locked up Mr.. and Mrs. 500 on
charge of disorderly conduct. also 500
Jr. A search was made for Mrs. Soo's
affinity, but he made a successful
getaway.
Half a hundred "chinks" soon ap
peared at Central station to bail out
the Soos. The pair was released on
forfeits for hearings, but before they
left police headquarters Mrs. 500 and
her devoted husband INDUCED in an
other hair raising argument In pigeon
Chinese. The result was that Mrs
500 did not return to Chinatown, but
was locked up again on a disorderly
charge. along with her baby.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11
JAIL FUGITIVE IS
HOOTED BY MATES
Members of Gay Little Club Dis
like Crude Action.
He VIOLATED A RULE
Besides Being ostraeIsed, He Was
Adorned With a Length OF Chain
and an Eishteen-Pound Iron Ball
to Drag Around.

Mineola, n. Y.-Residents OF the
Nassau county Jail were so deeply
mortified at the conduct OF one OF
their number that they at once an
nounced their intention of sending a
round robin to Sheriff DeMott, repudi-
ating the man and promising to have
no social intercourse with him.
Joseph Grella was the object OF
their scorn. He had violated all the
rules of the pleasant retreat, and hao
sought to get away from it. When he
was captured and brought back not
man would speak to him. II simply
isn't DONE" you know, to try to get
out of that jail. Only insane persons
the guests say, ever wish to get out
Grella, who was serving a four
months term for the attempted kid
mapping OF Mary Cinello, last Novem
Der, took advantage of the siesta hour
and put a plank up against the fifteen
foot wall He made so much noise
that he woke several of the other ten
ants. They spied him near the tor
of the plank.
Hey, what,re you tryin' to doT
they called to him.
Make a getaway" was his answer
as he bestrode the wall.
Jaw, nix. Grella, don't do IT." ad
vised the others. What's your kick
Amt the grub all right? Amt thu
sleeps all right? Amt we all be LITTLE
pals together havin' good time ant
bein' treated square? Don't do II
You'll get the sheriff in Dutch an,
queer things all around"
That's all right. but I'm goin." an
swered Grella, and he dropped dow
on the other side of the wall.
Sheriff DeMott's guests weren't &c
ing to stand anything like that, 81
they ran around the jail until the,
found Winfield Box. guard. and toll
him in sorrowed and ashamed tone
what had happened. Box ran outside
cheered by the cries Of Hope 20,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11
FELL WITH BLAZING STOVE
Most Remarkable Escape From Seri-
ous injury by Merry PhiIadeI-
phla (Pa.) Woman.

Philadelphia, Publishing her life
in an attempt to save her home from
destruction by fire the other night.
Mrs. Pearl Williams. of 826 North
Nineteeth street, carried a blazinI oil
stove to a second-story window. and
In her efforts to hurl II out lost her
balance and toppled into the street.
miraculously escaping serious injury.
The flame from the stove painfully
burned her hands and scared her neck
as 1t was blown back In the rush to
the window, but the fall failed to pro-
duce more than a slight shock
Mrs. williams started the stove
shortly after nightfall, when change
OF weather brought chill breezes from
the northwest. She was busy with
her sewing, when the stove exploded
and became enveloped in fame. With
out an instant's hesitation she grabbed
1t up In her arms and with oil burn
ing her hands and neck rushed to the
window. She thrust 1t against the
glass and burst out the sash, but in
her haste to drop her perilous burden
she leaned too far out and followed
the stove to the ground. Policeman
Clapper, OF the Ninth district, saw
Mrs. Williams as she fell and ran &c
her assistance. later summoning Pc
liceman Elliott to his assistance. AT
ter examining the house to see that
no blaze had been started they sem
Mrs. Williams to the German hospital
where her condition was reported al
not serious.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11

on porcupine No. /. The porcupine
was crushed beyond Identification. but
it died not without glory. Hours
later the ships doctor was still busy
fixing up the officer.
This was but the beginning. There
were nine of the sticky little AMI.
mails at large and there was something
doing every minute. By nightfall all
but one had been captured, when
piercing walls from below decks
fioated up through an open hatchway
Investigation brought to light one Otto
Schultz, man in waiting on the herd
of three elephants. 1t also disclosed
a rumpled and disguised porcupine
Otto, having watered his big charges
and seen them safe for the night, had
thrown himself heavily upon a stack
of hay that was his accustomed couch
The missing porcupine was under the
hay. Every one except Otto was
greatly relieved by the incident.
Besides the elephants and porcu-
pines there we're five crates Of wild
cats, two panthers, four zebras, twelve
crates Of monkeys, fourteen crates OF
birds and two crates of squirrels.
The most unusual animal il the col
lection was an Australian antelope
ape" a strange simian that gallops
and looks much like an antelope when
on the ground. but has long prehen
sile tail, by aid OF which it can gal
lop straight up tree and hang from
the branches to mock the pursuing
banana hounds.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11
Bought Brooklyn Bridge;

nj EW YORK-On the Holland-Amer-
IN lean liner Rotterdam, which sailed
the other day, there left Karl Hoops,
pleasant little fat Dutchman, who Is
going back to Amsterdam. For half
an hour before the vessel sailed be
murmured, then shouted:
Rotterdam. Rotterdam. Amsterdam
New York, dam. dam, dam!
About a month before Hoops left
Amsterdam for New York with $4,000
tucked in his pockets. He had heard
that New York was the land OF oppor-
tunity. Opportunities were thrust
upon him He was here just q week
when the Brooklyn bridge was sold
TO him for the measly sum of $500.
Il was out walking one night" said
Hoops. when | meets a gentleman.
lie was glad to see me. and invited
me TO take drink. Then he took me
over the Brooklyn bridge and showed
me all the people coming and going.
81 ought to be taking in $1,000 a
day and I'm not getting more than
$1,000 the gentleman told him. I'm
disguised with New York" continued
the new friend I'm going away
I'D sell out the bridge tomorrow fol
$500"
IN a few hours Hoops was the own
err OF the Brooklyn bridge. And 1t had
only cost him $500. Hoops went VI
to the bridge, and, all swelled up
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11
Spanking Ends Romance; Girl, IS, Doesn't EOpe

<OHICAGO.-Susie didn't elope after
~ all Instead she is now at home,
Weilspanked girl. who has no such
illusions regarding Joe, the handsome
merry -go-round ticket taker. as she
formerly had.
Susie, who Is only fifteen years old.
would have had a perfectly success
tul elopement, and Joe would not have
been arrested II Susie hadn't failed
10 let one OF her little chums in on
the secret.
Her whole name is Susie Doven-
muehm and she llves-more content
eddy now-with her parents at 1881
West Chicago avenue.
II was Just after the first merry.
go-round of the spring had been set
ap at West Huron and North Hoyne
streets. Susie went. So did Irene
MILLER, twelve years old. and Marie Co
snisky. of equal age. II was Marie
who threw the monkey wrench in the
machinery OF the merry-go-round
eiopement, figuratively 'peaking.
Joe-he said his name was r3aer-
thought Susie was pretty and saiC
30. He let her ride free. That very
night Joe took Susie home. Irene
walked with them, but Marie was lef
out.
Leaving Marie out was fatal blum
der.
Marie learned that Susie had ar
ranged to elope to Milwaukee with Joe
the very next night. Indeed. Marie
came to Susie's house as Susie was
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11

population Of all England In the -.
of Edward Ill, when the vIc,o,,..
Crecy and Poictiers raised EnpIsss :
the position OF paramount uIl,..
power In the modern world
scarcely 100000. The poppls,t..
Greater London today is 1881 Goa ~
is spread out over an area !, -
square miles. London proper !, n
administrative county of London =.
an area Of Is square miles a.
population Of about 100000 \
tains 5000 streets. more than ~
miles long; $500 public houses ! ~
coffee houses and 500 hotels ana -.
London Is said to number amonv \.
citizens more Scotchmen than ~.
are in Aberdeen, more Irish TIA. 4
Dublin, more Jews than Palestine 4,
more Roman Catholics than IN RoH'
There are $4,000 American resl5r.s
in the city, and more than 100000 49,
through it every year
Capitals Commercial cuart.r
The city, the old city Of London a.
the east end, or that part Of Lnnir
east OF the temple, from the comma
cial quarter. The west end Is d,
quarter that spends money, makes a,
regulates the fashions. This & 4.
part best known to tourists. H,n
are situated the palaces and ntp
sions, the clubs, museums, picture al
leries, theaters. hotels. barracks 70,
eminent Offices and principal buIn
ings, Joined together by broad, hanl
some streets and wide parks and enn
spaces. Across the Thames, on b
right bank. the Surrey side, lies d.
ancient borough Of Southwark. hon
from. time immemorial as The Be-
ough," continued to the west h
Lambeth and Battersea. the tins
] forming the principal industrial IA
factory district of the city. And b
low Southwark, stretching toware q,
mouth Of the river, lie the several cc..
stituent municipalities Of BermonisI
Rotherhithe, Deptford, Greenwich AZ,
Woolwich, all crammed with trade
1t is a very proud city. is Lonio
set in its ways, and impatient q b
novation. for it traces its being h
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11

attractions for the traveller who IS
willing to pass a little time in seldom
trodden byways. Even 80 compare
lively prosaic and uninteresting Sec
ton as Marylebone road can boast OF
connecting links with great names OF
the past. At l Devonshire terrace
Charles Dickens lived from 1889 to
1851. and here he wrote "Barnaby
Rudge," "Dombey and Son" The
Christmas Carol" and others OF his
works Sir John Herschel. the astro-
nomer. spent more than a decade at
S. Devonshire street. Wimpole street.
one of the divergent highways OF the
district. is that same long. unloyely
street" OF which Tennyson spoke In. his
I'm Memoriam." Henry Hallam lived
at No. 81. At Bentinck street. to
the east of Manchester square. Ed
ward Gibbon maintained his bachelor
quarters from 1772 to 1888 and wrote
the first half Of the Decline and FAN
Of the Roman Empire"
This single neighborhood is cited as
typical of the countless similar streets
and quarters which tourists seldom
visit where the memories Of the past
are thick for those who can appreciate
them.
From the statistical point OF view.
London's size is almost appalling. The
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11
Chasm Unabridged.

The two children had disagreed and
after the angry parting with mutual
promises OF I'll never. never speak TO
you again." little Alice holly declared
that she hated Mary, her former
friend. "worse'n poison" Mother wise
ly waited a little while before re-
monstrating. but when days passed
and the small daughters wrath re-
manned unsofteued. she tried to bring
about a better frame of mind. Failing
in the attempt she urged Alice to pray
over the affair. Alice promised, duly,
but reported, when questioned. that
she felt no better.
Then your prayer hasn't been an.
swered yet" sighed mother. distressed
at the childs hardness of heart.
ooh, yes, IL has" Alice quickly as
sured her. "You see, you didn't tell
me I'd got 20 pray for anything good
for Mary, OF that I'd love her again
or forget her. so ! just prayed that
I'd hate her more and more every day
and I'm doing it. tool"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-07-11
JOKE ON PSYCHOLOGISTS"
Boys Bury Skeleton and Profound Dis
cussions by Learned Savants
Follow.

Newton, N. 1.-THE Sussex County
Historical society acknowledges 1t has
been hoaxed by a band of schoolboys.
Learned members of the society has
held many profound discussions over
a skeleton dug up by workmen at an
excavation near the Barrett home
stead in Main street
The amateur Psychologists had
about decided the skeleton was that
of an Indian Preparations were be
ing made to have it set up in a private
museum
The boys who perpetrated the Joke
however. whispered their secret to
their friends. Soon it was common
property that they had found the skele
ton in the garnet Of the Barrett house
and buried it so that the laboreri
would dig 1t ur.