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that the woman was Justified in kill ing tine editor, on the ground that he took his sporting chance when he published letters that were sacred from the Parisian standpoint. He was slanderer of woman, the French say, and while the killing was regrettable the woman should not be made to suffer.
 II this country the tendency would have been to look upon the affair as nasty mess all around, and public sympathy would not, have sat yup of AitNs to u{ea1n over hbe edNsr or to condone the woman's unlawful act it is case iwhere the false view of
 the tltawritten law" might prevail Tut r6itler ire nansi act TOT the 'Wonian's can be viewed from the iangie from which one views the act of man Or woman.f who takes the law i1srd his CT her illan0 to proteo. insulted honor, satisfied to accept the full consequences of the deed with out complaint or special pleading.
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Marriage Licenses.

Austin Woodfield and Miss Anna Taylor were named in a wedding li- cense issued at the Jefferson county clerks office yesterday. Both reside in Grant county.
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.jackSOn's Aide Died.

Warrenton, Va, Capt. William Fitz- hugh Randolph, who was serving as aidcde-camp to Gen. "Stonewall' Jackson when the noted Confederate leader received his death wound, died here today at the age of S3 years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01

The people who growl about het weather are usually the same one who kick because it is too cool to ripcn the corn crop.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01

Some mon bolt course dinner down in eight minutes at a railroad restaurant, and blame the madame's S cooking if they have dyspepsia.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01

Many people are willing to go on picnicsi to enJoy the beauties of na- ture, if they can spend all their time playing bridge.
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Business,

lmp-Wherc will your majesty sum. mer?
 Satan-I think I'll stay in town: hotlce lot of people are coming from She-Not if one has unlimited cred lt.-New Orleans Times-P -Picayuue,
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This One Enough.

"lt takes two to start d quarrel" said Mrs. Gabb.
 "Oh, no, it doesnt." replied Mr. Gabb. "A man and his wife are one.' Philadelphia Ledger.
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All Te WOuldH
 MI He Would Give.

Betty Vah Rocks-Did you have a satisfactory interview with papa?
 Jack Brokeleigh-Not very; he said all he would give was his consent.- Boston Transcript.
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CalOmel, caIOmeI, yoG cannot ,tay. for Liy.yer-lax has shown us an eas. fer way. Ask Bedelrs Pharmacy.
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Execute Convicted Farmer.

Greenville, s. C., July 31.-H. T. Thompson, formerly prosperous farmer of this section was executed today. Thompson was convicted of criminally assaulting his daughter.
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Remember, that beginning today cars will stop on the near" side ol the street and passengers will dis embark from the front. Until every one becomes accustomed to the fusion, but not many days will elapse before all will appreciate the ad- vantages of the new practice over the old It will remove embarkins passengers from danger of being run down by autoists at curves, aad will facilitate the handling of traffic by the street car company as we'll as make it easier for patrons to embark and disembark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01

Most men get cross if their wives delay dinner half hour, but they go off for two weeks without arrang- ing to have any one feed the dog and cat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01

-Duntley is King, now s9.7oo, one
 dollar cash and a dollar week,
 Reap & Crawford. sole agents. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01

The current events classes in the Woman's club will not be truly edu- cativc until they give more attention to baseball.
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.JuSt, as Coo6

He-Do you think that money necessary to happiness? the country.-New York Sun.
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Owing to the fact that they have just had a vacation, many people are now having to take a week off for rest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01

Waters has not decided upon the bus mess in which he will embark, but expects to remain in Camden.
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Japanese shoe workers earn from 10 to DO cents day, which is much better wage than they received a few years ago.
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Secretary of War at Camp. Trenton, N. J., July 31.-Secretar.
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LABOR NEWS AND NOTES.

Chinese virtually control the San Francisco cigar-ma king industry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01

The production Of coal in Indian ana ia 1913 was 17,165,671 tons valued at $19,001,SS1.
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The buboaic plague scare which has visited New Orleans recently has almost equally divided its victims among business tlcn and workmen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-08-01

The workers of the lien trade ir Belfast, which is in the center of tho Home Rule crisis, earn just one hal what the eXtile workers in Lanca shire receive.
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London buildeds are negotiating { settlement after a twcnty-three weeks strike.
Evening star., 1914-03-22
A Fable.

MISS REDA FREDEN of the cigar
AVA makers union. was one Of the Penn
sylvania delegation of women suffragists
that visited President Wilson last month,
and in a talk with Washington corrs-
spondent Miss Freden said:
4 sometimes think, when / consider
wcmans position today, of a Philadelphia
gentleman who made horseback tour in
the southwest
one day at cabin. Before the cabin on
a bench in the sun a man sat smoking
and cleaning a gun, while half-dozen
dogs lounsed at his feet.
FRIEND said the gentleman. can 1
get dinner here"
Wall l guess ye kin. stranger
t1rawled the man. If yen wait till the
old woman turns up
SO the gentleman waited, and pretty
soon a hot ard tired woman came down
the road leading hot and tired mule.
They had been plowins.
THE woman greeted the visitor. and
then she chopped some wood, built a fire,
drew some water, killed a couple Of chick
ems, and in a. short time had good din.
ner ready.
THE gentleman. while eating his chick
en-, said:
friends
Fine said the man. his mouth full
OF white meat.
~ reckon it s as fine kentry, said
the woman. rising to fetch more bread.
as fine kentry as there is for men and
dawgs. but, ! tell ye. stranger, it's mighty
hard on mules and women.
Evening star., 1914-03-22

coasts of the Pacific? What about the
Grand Canyon Of Colorado? Does the
glory of Italian sunsets equal or exceed
its magnifcence? l say to the woman
or man who wants to travel-come west.
We have everything to offer. warm cli-
mate or cold climate. and beauty galore.
See Europe afterward.' 4"
The Poindexters have just bought a
new house for the Sea soma large Eng
lish basement residence in Washinguon's
most fashionable and attractive section.
Mrs. Poindexter contided that she was
not club woman or feminine agitator.I
Her taste runs to housekeeping and
home-making Therefore, il is pleas
ure for her to take a house and fix it
up She would rather do this than lease
an apartment or a hotel suite, as SO
many of the congressional ladies are
doing these days.
The senator and Mrs. Poindexter have
been married twenty-five years. He is
native of Tennessee, educated In Vir-
sinia, and by inclination a citizen of
Washington state. She was Miss Eliza
beth Gale Page of Walla Walla. They
have one child, a. son, now In his first
year at Annapolis.
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u 1 can't see t
own forty-hve as g

response: .Affictionate Ally an Dear an
RESPECTED Frind: I am shippin' ye this
day f. o. b. an c. o. D. at Ell Paso two
hunderd cases iv rifles an arnmynition.
which hope ye will use to good purpose
against tn villyanous Hoorta. Place ex-
cuse tn delay. I thrust we ARE well an
all tn little villains an Mrs. Pancho Ye
haven't eint me that phottygraft ye
promised. Referrin' to me tillygram iv
last week. it was nawthin' important.
Ony tn king iv England has been raisin'
Ned about some alleged subjck iv his that
was last seen leavin' ye'er house in
hearse. He thinks TIL man is dead. pooh
poohed TIL idea But he said tn fair
fame iv England was at stake, an tn
his honor was to let him use tn Fanny
must be more careful. I ralize ye'er play
full disposition, but if tn powers iv Eu-
rope hears about this thing they'll lie in
vestin' hundreds iv their surplus citizens
In Mexico an I'll have to be givin' away
chunks iv territory to satisfy their in
)ured honor. an tn first thing We know
we'll be broke Instead iv bein nettled
be this reproof, Pancho replied in con-
cilyatory spirit
'Th Liberator received I'll message
while he was engaged in fryn' a hun
dherd thousand dollars out iv Il rich COM
pathriot over a slow fire. LAWN this i'm
portant jooty iv state an afther shootin'
tn messenger an takin' his horse. he set
down, dipped his pen in a bucket iv blood
an wrote as follows: Dear Dock l don't
know which English subjick ye refer to
Evening star., 1914-03-22

posin' armies. But wan day while he
was peacefully engaged in changin tn
brand on consignment iv steers that
had just arrived, message came TO him
that made ivry dhrop iv pathriotic blood
in his veins bile with passyon. He heerd
that tn hated governmint, tn opprissors
iv his people, had just deposited fifty
thousan' dollars in bank at Chihoohoc.
This outrage stirred him as nawthin'
else cud Sthrappin' jimmy, brace
an bit, an pound iv dnnymite to his
belt he put spurs to his horse an jined
tn rivylootion'ry foorces an soon rose.
through vacancies caused be death, to tn
chief command. 1T was firm such hum.
BILE beginnings. little vans, that Pancho
Villa become tn, thrusted ally iv our
pow'rful governmnt an SO continued outi
hanged be tn succeedin' administration.
Our mex ally was Red Leary'
AN SO it'll go ontil tn time will come
whin tn schoolmaster won't have to lar-
rup tn childher to make thin study
American histhry. but it'll be as in
threstin,,, to thin as tn Life iv Lefty
Looey.'"
What wud ye do about Mexico, ye're
so smart" said Mr.. Hennessy. Let me
know. I'm goin' to write to tn Prisidint
some day mex week, an I'm sure he'd
like ye'er advice"
We'll, SIR said Mr.. Dooley. "Id advise
him to go into Mexico if l knew how he
cud get out
Copyright. 1914. by Finley Peter Dunne.D
Evening star., 1914-03-22

Pancho lick over th' head with his
soord belt an tell Gin'ral Lafayette to
lock him up in tn callyboose.
But. as Hogan says. other times, other
frindships. Th' country is no longer th'
little two-by-four conthraption that it
was in Wash'nton's day, an we've got
to change our iuee iv tn kind iv pardner
it's proper to let our Columbia give her
arm to. Th' young people iv America
ought to know more about our dark frinds
to tn south, an I'm thinkin' iv gettin'
out a 'Pan-American Statesmen Series.
Vol. Wan. Pancho Villa 1t is difficult
to compare our first foreign ally with
amy American statesman that childher
have been allowed to read about. He was
as diff rent as ye can imagine firm
Wash nton an Lincoln, did not resimble
ayether Benjamin Franklin or Thomas
Jefferson, an Wud've been turned over to
tn town constable be Jawn Adams or
Alexander Hamilton. " all gr-reat
Americans he p'raps most resimbled tn
late Jesse James, although there was
considerable likeness to Sitting Bull, Ge-
ronimo, an tn Apachy Kid. Little is
known about th' hero's arly life. which
was passed far firm th' centhers where
tn Bertillon markings ar-re studied. His
parents were poor an so negligent iv his
idjacation that he was nearly six years
iv age whin he saw his first bullfight.
'It is to be PERSONNEL that he was like
other Mexican childher iv his station,
arly larned tn correct use iv TIL knife.
had his tame scorpion, an SO forth. Whin
he was thirty-fve TIL spirit iv onrest
Evening star., 1914-03-22

in her line. She is absorbed in her house
hold and wifely duties to the exclusion
Of feminine fads.
Mrs. Poindexter was educated in pri-
vate school in Walla Walla. She Is an
ardent reader. but under the influence
of the tendency SO prevalent these days
toward a quick, snappy existence, she
confesses that newspaper and magazine
reading is gradually taking the ace OF
serious book study with her as with al
most every one else.
Every nook and corner of the United
States is known to Mrs. Pondexter She.
like the others of her state. is a great
traveller. even though she has never been
to Europe. Her aim was to see all of
her own country first, before starting out
for foreign lands.
Yes" she said. "I am a believer in
the movement See America First Peo-
pie tell me of the lakes of Switzerland
the mountains and forests Of Norway.
the shore resorts of the Mediterranean
and of the glory of Italian skies. l say
to them, Are they any better than the
lakes of northern New York. the noun
tains and forests of Montana, Oregon
and Washington, the rocky and sandy
Evening star., 1914-03-22
The Easy.

CENAToR PoMRoY. at a recent din
- ner. said of the proposed stock ex-
change regulation:
Il know. as an ex-president of the
New York Stock Exchange. that regula-
ton is needed. But unwise regulat on,
such as the Postmaster Generals CEN
sorship involves, would drive the bust
ness of buying and selling stocks to un-
regulated quarters.
And hen the swindlers would -four
ish," he said. for 1t is a fact that there
are many, many people as easy as the
moujik.
"A moujik. a Russian peasant. once
paid visit to the city. While admiring
the Kremlin he noticed lot of crows
flying about it's gilded towers and Iur-
rets. The crows were so many he began
to count them.
"a swindler saw that the moujk
looked easy and seized him by the arm.
"'Young man. what are you doing" he
demanded.
Nothing, SIR said the moujik; moth
ing but counting the crows.
What. Counting the cars crows.
That viii cost you ten years in Siberia.
Come along with me.
But the moujik. holding back. whis-
pered that he had a pocketful of money
and would be glad to buy his freedom
from the supposed official
How many crows have you counted?"
the latter asked, relaxing his severity a
little.
"Only twenty, sir
H Humph! That's 10 kopeks apiece.
Well, fish out rubles and I'll let you
60
so the moujik paid the . rubIes-
about a dollar-to the swindler and went
back home to his village rejoicing. Back
there he would often declare, in re-
counting his adventure:
And they say that city people can
easily swindle country folk Well. it's
the other way about Take my case.
That fool thought I'd only counted
twenty crows. Well, the fact is I'd
Evening star., 1914-03-22

in ye'er impydint note. There has been
a number iv casulties in TIL foreign col
ony since I come here, an next week
there'u be more If l keep me health
If it's tn duck l think We mean ye can
give amy iv th' followin' raisons to tn
king f'r his death: Wan-He isn't dead.
but has eloped with tn wife iv a prom
nent business man iv San Antoine. Two
He come to me office and dhrew an ink
eraser on me. Three-He insulted me an
was shot be wan iv me faithful lootin-
ants. Four-He jumped out iv window
an broke his neck. Five-He had on
pair iv new boots an l needed thin.
SKI mistook him FIR an American c!ti-
zen. Siven-He was arristed f'r stealin'
q horse an shot while attimptin' to es-
cape. Eight-He was thried as a spy be
a coort-marua an sintinced to death.
But, alas, too late. He had been dead
fr week, or just afther comm into me
office to exposhtylate with me because 1
was wearin' a watch that he'd missed
firm his house afther ME last visit 1e
can take ye'er pick iv tn fates that
overlook this Unhappy man. to SCOT In
complexion iv tn British goverinint an
sind what ye don't need back to me fr
use In cases that may arise in tn future
If 7 have me way. But don't write me
amy more letters. They give me head
ache I must now close, as ! left wan iN
me assistants watchin' TIL kitchen stove,
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havn tntype taken George len Pancho his
fortYliye q q iy their frindshi,

VIII am raisin' funds fr me threas-
urNn' I'm afraid tn careless fellow
hasene to sleep. Give me regards to
Bill. Bryan an tell him that it was
with gun he give me that I dhrilled
tn lglishman. 1t is a beautiful weepin.
an call it ''Th' Dove iv Peace in his
hor Ye'er affictionate frind an pow'r-
fully, p. Villa, Gineralissimo an Pres
idir
- there ye ARE. l suppose it'll be
all hit in tn end. By an by tn beau
tifuut fretful republic will settle down
und a wise a.ld hinEyf1cent sway iy OF
Vicipoi'ta or TIL wise an binnyficent
lurcv ynrng Pancho Villa, or both, or
mayer. as TIL case may be. / don't
coupr Dock Pazzasas, whose name is
now tn top iv' tn stationery iv TIL
rivdon. Pancho has took him along
f'r ride. Whin tn crool war is over
he cwrite a book about it if he is spry
enol TO get away. But ayether iv tn
<otheleroes is worthy iv TIL prisidincy
an rlrisidincy is worthy iv ayether iv
thirr worse. They belong to diff'rent
scho " craftsmanship an diplomacy.
Hoo is iv tn old school, fond iv th'
pomn' ceremony, sr-reat Sticsler +
etikeuses bottled goods intirely an is
partiar to have his murdherin' done
be nbers iv tn reglar army in uny-
for1nPancho Villa is more breezy an
dimnratic, simple an iovyal in his
Evening star., 1914-03-22
Mrs. Ponexter Wife of Senator From Washington Tells of R@spomse

Wife of Senator From
Washington Narrates
a Few of Her Official
Trials and Obligations
-Enthuses Over Her
State and Portrays Its
Glorles-Not a Club
woman, She Is Con-
cerned With Her Hus-
bands. Career and the
Making of a Home.
Evening star., 1914-03-22

tx rehn nrahri taxea slow w6ren

methods-drinks out v tn can an is not
frinds, tn case may be. with his own
above assassynatin' his inimies or his
hands.
But I don't know what's going to hap
pen to us, HinnisSy. if we go on folloWin
this here Monroe docthrine into ivry dark
alley iv Latin America Whin it goes on
wan iv its slumnlin' expeditions. Well
have to change our idees iv what kind w
a statesman is fit to ASSOCIATE with.
Whin George Wash 'nton told us not to
mix up with foreigners, but to stay on TIL
farm an be at home nights, he little
thought TIL first foreign alliance we wud
make wud be with Pancho Villa. Fol-
loWin' his advice, our fair Columbia side
stepped as dang rouS companyonS Queen
Victorya, TIL Improh Looey Napolyon,
four or five czars, tn Nc Adoo iv Japan,
>th Impror iv- Chiny, an tn King lv
Prooshya. on Y to be landed in tn en-
braces iv a statesman that few years
ago was dodsirl a warrant f'r stealin
chickens. I've got an idee in me head
somehow that George Wash 1ton an
Pancho Villa Wudden't get on well to-
sether.
Il cant see thin havin' d tintype taken
an George lendin' Pancho his own forty
five as u sooveneer iv their frindship lie
was q proud an particular oil la-ad, that
father iv our country, an he wuddent
understand our new ally. TIL chances
ar-re tn naughty oil sintleman wud give
Evening star., 1914-03-22
MRS. MILES POINDEXTER,
WIFI, of senator from Washington.

belt--this is the irrigated fruit belt. be-
cause fruit is grown all over the state
you come to the live stock belt, where
we raise our horses, cattle and hogs.
I'VE have spleadid laws in Washing
ton. Some of the laws are not yet on
the statute books, but 1 don't believe
you can point to a single state in the
Union with more advanced legislation
For instance, we have a workmenS
compensation act. that every one declared
was radically Socialistic when 1t was
enacted. To-Day e. lot of eastern states
are copying it. We have a public serv-
ice commission. We have the Iowa abate-
ment and injunction law similar to the
Evening star., 1914-03-22
over a slow fire. !"

seized him an FORCED him to lave his
side fire near TIL railroad depot an go
out into tn wurruld to engage in tn
struggle FIR his daily chilly con carney.
He had no difficulty in selictin a pro-
fessyon. Nanny forms iy larceny was
open to him, but he choose tn wan best
sooted to his love iv manly exercise an
an out iv dure life an became a highway
robber. In this pursoot he soon kilt Off
all compytition an NANNY competitors,
an was known in Mexican financial cir
cles as wan iv tn largest an most on
princpled bandits iv his section, a dealer
in horses, cattle an express packages,
opratin' a plant f'r TIL mannyfacther
iv currency out iv lead pipe, an actin as
commission merchant FIR tn principal
undhertakin' establishments iv tn coun-
thry.
+
AN so he might have continued, tn
typical CHEEKY Mexican squire, sur. ound-
ed be th' throphies ~ his career, beloved
be his neighbors. goin' down on market
day to inspict tn cattle dhriven in be his
vaqueros or horse thieves, an joinin' in
TIL rustic sports an other stabbin' af-
trays iv tn peasanthry, if his country
had not called this village Hampden to
her rescue. He was slow to enther tn
confli It, contintin' hiinsilf at first with
hookin' cav'lry regiments firm tn op-
Evening star., 1914-03-22

she is not mere shadow following the
line of least resistance. This final TEST
reveals her true caliber. If she is aoie
to speak intell.gently. spontaneously ana
specially upon the suo1ects OF si,,;duaI tnsir iu
tual interest, with her own individual
viewpoint creeping in and exnibltlns
itself, then it is safe surmise that her
interest is genuine and her seilt,,neh'S
not the vague echo Of her husoano $;
If a woman answers query apoul
her home state with a concise little
resume of it's RESOURCES. laws ana
politics given as accurately as s1uueIt
might who had just hnlshed Coul .n Sc
in domestic geography and history, then
il is obvious that she has chosen TO
make it a point to do more than vege-
tate among her surroundings Ihls Is
precisely what Mrs. Polnde&ter was aple
10 do at the first mention of the state
Of Washington. .>o.
That is my hobby" she said. NOT
a more beautiful state exists in the en-
scenery is exquisite. ] miss the trees
so much when l am away. our noun
tains are covered with wonderful, I'M
nlense forests Of evergreens. odorous
nines In winter-all the year around
for that matter--the landscape is green
with them. The white snow Of the
mountain peaks supporting clouds as
white as itself and the clear blue sky
is no greater beauty of nature than
that of our great northwest!
People here in the east speak en-.
river. To my mind 1t can't compare
with the Columbia river. Our cities.
too. are up-to-date as wei as beauti-
full Spokane has the finest street cars.
shops and residences of any city in our
region.
You will have to pardon me II
seem boastful when ! talk about our
great state of Washington. But there
is so much to tell of the good things
and the possibilities there that when
ever I fall to discussing my home
state I wonder whether you fasteners,
who have never been west. really believe
all the good things | say
This boastfulness may be a natural
sort ar trait of the west. sometimes
we call westerners 'boomers.' But there
. so much to boom, and we nave so
rnuch room-not crowded IN by city
streets-that we just naturally expand
our chests and unconsclously start
We sometimes call Washington the
New York of the west. That. I think.
is due to n se ffeae ans
foreign trade than to the wonderful
wea't tn of the state. We have that
great body of water. Puget sound, with
its harbors at Seattle. Tacoma and
Everett-Seattle. of course, being the
greatest. Here you see the big ocean
liners, the big four-nasted schooners
and tramp ships coming and going from
all parts Of the world with their
cargoes Going south along the coast
you will find the harbors of Belling-
ham and Vancouver doing perhaps
tributing their quota to the foreign
commerce.
''Along this coast you will hear the
lumber mills. immense ones. busy at
NrYks D,vrxn md will nn
the lumber ships carrying the products
of these mills all over. Our shingle In.
dustry is enormous. Then. also. We have
our great fishing industries-the big SAL
Evening star., 1914-03-22
Of Two Evils.

John SLOAN. the painter. moralized at
} New York exhibition before one OF
Henner's red-haired Magdalens.
1.-The evil that women do"' said Mr..
Sloan, adjusting his pince-nez calmly:
"Of two evils" he added, '.men choose
the lesser-save when the greater is the
pretter'' :.