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shot at them at sunrise. He hitched his horse to crooked ironWood tree by the side of the road and sat down and waited. At dawn he saw millions of pige- ons roasting in the trees. He fired at bunch just above his head and the noise caused the
 whole drove to rise and fly away. Before he knew it the ironWood tree to which his horse had been hitched resumedits erect position, lifted the animal high in the air and broke it's neck before he could climb the tree and cut the hitching line. The weight of the pigeons had held the tree down and when they flew away the tree snapped back to it's normal position, taking the horse with 1t. The mess of pigeons he brought down by his first shot cost MT. Spitzenberg < horse which was valued at Sl59. Arkansas Democrat.
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G,aE2IY A. NATs0M EST&Tz soGD
 AT EI52Es<A S9EFNssS

Hae Carry A. Nation estate in Eureka Springs was finally dis posed of last Saturday at the court house, when the admin istrator, J. T. Mckinney, auc- toned off and soid to the highest bidder, Gaston Natthes, seven buildings, several lots and eighty acges of land, lying east of the city, for Si,99L Yestae3ay at Harrison. Mr Mckinney auc- toned off Ms. Nation S farm of 370 acres lying near AlDena, to M. s. Oxford, for $1, 525. Other property located at Guthrie and Shawnee, Okla, and the states of Washington and Alabama is yet to be disposed Of. While Mir. Mckinney is the admin istratas, r. 0. Butt is, attorney for the estate. Eureka Springs Times-t ho.
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-09-10
THOSE CLOUDS OF PIGEONS

Speaking about the time those pigeons flew over Little Rock so thick you couldn't see the sky, our friend, Sam Spitzenberg, says he remembers distinctly that he took his gun and rode horseback out toward Sweet Home before daylight to get 9
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Ielu stuoy or the problem C. D. Schaf M. Il part:
 pan may 9 said that the railroad world encumbeed with Whch exist only ocaled railroad
  + ae country are largely owned by few rich the of po o American railroad is mas been Tn the hands of these the two investors modest savngs lifetime in lay away competency IS depressed of good bad Hundreds millions of
 
  soundness directly affecting of
 
 a many millions of dollars representing
 
 oaa nave become vital part of the efficiency absolutely the ~ ~ 0@'"iis'
 
 nave committed we should remember nterdepenn be republic of orsthat each we need to act and think crcumspey, @ "" destroy those who like ourselves, Soeos the toll and sweat has
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-09-10

The Turks will fortify Naza- reth and other towns of Pales- tine" "
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-09-10

as green altars, lifting up the invisible but poignant sacrifices of hearts that never forget.
 The city of peace is to become the city of strife; the .hower' town is to be the place of the noisome weeds of war. The sug- gestion is Q horror; the thing itself is unbelievable! Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
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CORN CLUB 10 NEETAT BERRYvILLE
.,,sv ROY URGED 70 BE P1EG- rMT sEpTEM3ER 1S. PAR
 ENTS cOME TOO

N Greer, COullIy ooChe'
 We are planning a meeting for
 tbe members of the Corn Club.
 twill be held at Berryville, Sat-
 mday, September IS, 1915, at
 n o'clock a. m. in the court room. We want every member of the club to be present. We invite the parents of these boys to attend the meeting, feeling that they will be benefited.
 At this meeting we will have lectures on corn growing, seed selection, preparation of SC e d beds, corn judging, and a corn judging contest among the members of the corn club. We hope to have with us some of the College of Agriculture force from Fayetteville. Parents, if you cannot come with the boys, please make it possible for your boys to attend.
 The per capita wealth of Mass achusetts is $1, 805. %, in Arkan- Sas it is less than $1,000 per capita. Agriculture is the basis of prosperity, then why should Massachusetts, with her poor soils, outstrip us? One of the reasons is the fact that she is spending $25 per year in her schools for every child of school age. It has been said, When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock they fell upon their knees and then on the aborigines, '' but if so, the next thing they dld was to build a church and asch00l house.
 In Arkansas we are spending less than $7 per year for each child of school age. Massachu- sets spends $25 a year develop Ing brain-poWer in each one of her children, and they grow up worth $1, 500. In the south we spend $3 to S10 and our child ren grow up worth less than @00. Every township in Mass aehusetts, except one has a public library. She is teaching her people to read. We must do the same thing. How can we pros per and get our share of the wealth of the country when we buy goods manufactured in Massachusetts paying for labor worth S4 per day, paying for 1t Tn products of our labor worth less than $1 per day?
 It is said of the New England states that there are three thlDgs that have made them rich and powerful, books, savings banks and township government, or ln other words, education, tfrltt and democracy are the three foundation stones Of New hngland's success.
 Education is that which fits one for the duties of life If tnls IS true, and 87 out of every IV0 boys and girls in Arkansas live on the farm, we should, 1t seems to me, be trying to give our boys and girls who live on 'ne 1arm more training in the nome activities and thus educate of flt them for the duties of farm life.
 Our boys in the Corn Club in 'll8 county this year have labor ea under difficulties, but in spite ol It all have some splendid corn ana we want to help them learn now to select their seed in the leld for the next crop, also how to select their ten ears for ex- nlolts in the county and state contests this fall.
 Ii we build our soils as we must, we must train cur boys ana girls for more effective work z cnan their parents have done, Tor we have robbed them for
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MRTARET

NAZARETH
 The Turks will fortify Naza- reth and other towns of Pales- tine
 So runs the wording of the war dispatch sent from the scenes around the beleaguered City of Constantinople.
 With the exception of Beth lehem there is no town dearer to the heart of the Christian world than Nazareth; not even Jeru- saleum, the scene of the Christ s triunph5 and crucifctioa, stands out more clearly in the believers imagination than the little hill town wherein was spentso much of his early life.
 Nazareth means, flower; and the town bloomed among it's surrounding hills like 8 yeritable blossom. There lived Joseph and Carpenter, and Mary his wife with the young Jesus, growing in stature and in wisdom. " ItWas on the streets of this town that He played, over the sentinel hills that he rambied, alone or with His play mates. It was because of this residence that ia after years, when He preached the gospel to an awakening world, He was called !" the Nazarene.
 To think of Nazareth is to think of peace and beauty-the peace of the breeding spirit of the maturing Jesus, the beauty of His gospel of love. In in the days of the Crusade5 1t was taken and retaken by the Crusaders and the Moslems, but with the cooling of those old passions Nazareth became 8 city of ,,aqao 3adicafpd f0 old trad otions. Here until it's supposed removal by angels, " stood the Santa Case, " the house in which Josheph and Mary lived with Jesus; and here was the ."Mensa Christa, , the rock table on which Jesus once ate with His disciples. The house in the Lo- ret6i, Italy, enclosed in a great domed church that guards it iealously. But the cook table IS still shown to travellers seeking the haunts of the Great Teacher. Nazareth, the fIowers." There Joseph piled his quiet trade, Mary watched her household tasks. there the child Christ, like 2 scroll unrolled before Him, saw revealed the nlarvels of the regeneration of truth, and read at last His mission in the new scheme of the old religion, the religion of Abraham merged into the creed of christianity. Twenty miles to the west is the blue Mediterranean, swept by he prows of many nations, fifteen miles to the east lies the Sea ot GaIilee, still dreaming the old dream of the supremacy of the prince of peace.
 The whoIe scene is as one nodded by the hand of the sculp- tor into the immutability of memory.
 And now 8 change is to come. Constantinople is slowly tottef- inc to it's fall, and Asia Minor must, at least be saved to the Turk. Nazareth lies in the path from the Dardanelles toJerusalem and must be converted int 9 fortress against the invaders, should they come. And so trench es are to &9 dug around the town and forts and out-looks to be built on the " eternal hills which for centuries have been
The Green Forest tribune., 1915-09-10
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
VElI.-C. E. Schaff
On Railway Investments

President Wilson recently referring to railroad problems said in part: They are indispensable to the very heart of most investments large and small public and private, by Individuals and by institutions. * There is no othe interest central the business vel fare of the country this doubt the light of the new day with it's understandings the problem of the railroads will also be met and dealt with in spirit candor and justice"
 When the first citizen of the land stresses the import ance of understanding and dealing justly rail roads certainly tIe American nnN1na1l can
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wheat, the potato has left but a small following.
 Those who remain faithful will receive the well merited re- ward of wealth. The potato pays it's servitors.
 Of all the gifts Europe has received from America, none has been more valuable and of gre t CT economic importance than the potato, and it's intro- duction as an article of food forms one of the most interest ing chapters in the history of the human race.
 History relates that the Span iards on their arrival in America found the potato cultivated by the natives, and according to Humbolt and Darwin. growing it in the wild state in both South and North America. The intro duction of the potato to Europe is ascribed to more than one man. Some say it was Sir Walter Raleigh, others Sir Fran cis Drake, who brought the potato to Ireland and England. Another version says that it was Thomas Heriot, the lnathena- tician, who returned with the potato after an Americian ex- cursion of two years duration. Perhaps all were instrumental in introdu2ing the potato to the Old World,
 In Germany 1t l5 generally ac- cepted that the intro31etioR of the potato is due to Drake, and to show their appreciation the people of 0fenburg, in Baden, Germany, h ave honored his memory by the erection of his statue in one of the public squares of the town.
 Others again claim that the ss5, s5s ,rfo seafarers brought home with them the potato on their return from America. 1t has been proven, however, by scientists, that 1t was the sweet potato and not the lanum tuber- osum that was introduced into Spain.
 Those persons who first re- ceiFed the potato seed planted them in their gardens more for the sake of curiosity and the poorer classes were hostile to the new vegetable. The Scotch would net plant potatoes because they were not mentioned in the Bible.
 The true value of tne potato as an article of food when first introduced in Europe was under stood or realized by but very few people.
 For a long time potatoes were planted by the English nobility as a curious exotic and remained extremely scarce. Not until the middle of the eighteenth century did the potato become extensive ly cultivated and it's food value recognized in England.
 Tn France 1t was only after employing exceptional methods tha t Parmentier, a chemist, succeeded in having the people use the potato.
 Today the potato is the most serviceabIe article of food to be found, and 1t is the standard of all nations.
 The greatly despised and neglected tuber has come into it's own. It is one of the most profitable crops man with ground can raise. Upon tn e potato the world today depends for it's brain and brawn and d ally substance. M c mp his Commercial-Appeal.
 THOSE CLOUDS OF PIGEONS Speaking about the time those
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More Suspicious.

Ar AIsSH almost snatched the
sheet from his friends grasp,
WI nor did he waste time by
apologizing. He scrutinized
1t carefully. then took it to the light
of a portfolio and examined it again.
That done, he turned sharply to Brill.
did you do any writing on the face
of this slleet?' he demanded.
NO. ] used only one side to scrib-
BILE on, thinking it a piece Of blank
paper"
Then it's clear enough. In his anx-
tety to get his cipher right Jennison
traced his figures here and there over
the letters they belonged with. See
here; there's a 6 and there's an S, and
here's all four of 'cm-1, 8, 6, o-as
plain as a row of tin soldiers"
The other peercd close to the paper.
There were the lines, faint and uncer-
tain. but still fairly clear in the light.
Brill Strengthened up and looked at
Marsh with great agitation.
Benedict held up the Jennison mes
sage and forged this one:." he said ex-
citedly.
That's how it looks to a man with
out a telescope was the mild reply.
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"she1l think it's a proposal. She'll
be there fast enough" he murmured
to himself. When Stcbbins had gone
he said aloud:
The seas quieting, and the ships
are drawing closer together. She's fly
Ing the RUSSIAN flag all right. Looks
like a revenue cutter or q private
yacht"
"Thcn they will begin to transfer
the gold:' asked the young man anx-
iously.
The Russian representative must
come aboard with his credentials first.
1t will all be done with the utmost
dccorum. Trust Benedict for that"
Having delivered himself of that ar
ticle Of belief, Marsh showed a sudden
prediction for prowling in Stebbins'
room, as if there he might find some
magic key to unlock all the doors Of
mystery. However, he came forth
with only a very prosaic bundle of
newspapers.
II see your friend Stebbins keeps a
file of old Journals" he observed bland
~, mostly Of the date we sailed. I
notice that the kegs of gold bars weigh
200 pounds each. It'll be no cinch to
hike en- over to the other ship. All
this helps us to gain time, but I'm
afraid that won't be enough. How's
the moon:"
The moon? Brill looked at the rubi-
cund visage of his friend in utter be-
wilderment. Was the keen brain
weakening under the strain of events?
"They may work at night" contin-
ued Marsh, "if the sea gets quiet and
there's moonlight Hello! Well:"
The question was for the returning
Aristides.
"She says Yes sir" said the youth,
looking at Brill, "and I think she's on
the way to the library now"
In a second Brill was off, and within
ten minutes he was back again, to find
Marsh and Stebbins in an animated
colloquy. whose nature he could easily
guess. Everything was n thing now.
Sending his protege away, Brill be-
gan the story Of the interview with
which his heart was still warm.
eve told her everything" he said,
Except, as you advised, 1 did not men
! ton Benedict"
ut wouldn't do" returned Marsh,
nodding sagely. 'Mightn't have been
able to disguise her feelings. Then
she'd be no use to us. How'd she
take it."
$50 brave a girl I never saw She
was and a great deal more to the
same effect, until Marsh felt it abso-
lutely necessary to check this fine en-
thusiasm.
"For a man so crazy for action,' he
interrupted bluntly, you're strangely
full Of words just now. Come on!
The captain next"
But S%tebbins'- Brill began, stop
ping abruptly as that worthy entered
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Within His Own Portals.
the cabin. Marsh waved his fat hand
gracefully and said in his most grandil-
oquent tone:
I'VE understand each other, don't
we, Mr.. Stebbins:"
Jay bowed gravely, picked up his
wires and tools and disappeared with
in his own portals.
Now, what's u plan Of attack on
the captain:' asked Brill impatiently.
He had ideas Of his own. but realized
that this cool, clever witted mar was
a better strategist than he, with his
heart so irretrievably entangled in the
strange warfare. He listened intently
to his companions words.
I'm the first place, Overflow" began
the commercial traveller, with intense
seriousness, "much depends on the at
titude taken by Captain HUMPHREYS.
In a general way, however, l propose
THAT we put a supposititious case and
assume, in jocular tone at first, the
possibility that the gold reshipment is
a piratical venture"
"-And let him chew on that for a lit
tie" suggested Brill eagerly.
Exactly. And after it has been di-
sested Wen hint at the possibility of
the wireless dispatches being forged.
This Wen follow with the facts about
Benedict's writing the bulletin Of the
declaration Of wal before it was made
public"
That's our strongest proof OF a plot"
said Oyerton, a great confidence rising
within him that Captain HUMPHREYS
must sec the villainy of the whole
thing Notwithstanding his apparent
1riendlness with Benedict,
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RoloG

The action Of the story has its real
beginning on an ocean liner bound for
Europe and just leaving New York. 1t
has been boarded in haste on a winter
day by Overton Brill, an impetuous
wealthy young bachelor, who, attract
ed by a pretty girl accompanied by an
elderly gentleman, has followed them
aboard. Brill was en- his way uptown
with Aristides Stebbins, his valet,
known as Jay, when he saw the girl,
just after purchasing a valuable BRACE
let as a gift for a Miss Carstairs. The
passenger list reveals the anne Of the
pursued as Mr.. Andrew Jennison and
daughter. Brill finds himself without
money and negotiates with a dark in
dividual named Benedict for the sale
of the bracelet, receiving $500 for it,
At dinner the conversation turns to
the weather. and a Professor Penny
thorpe's storm prediction Is placed be-
fore Captain HUMPHREYS for judgment.
Brill makes the acquaintance Of MI.
Jennison, and the two proceed to the
captains cabin to inspect a phenom-
email. wonderfully trained canary. At
luncheon a jovial person, Christopher
G. Marsh. introduces himself to Brill.
Starting from a sound sleep Brill hears
through the window Benedict, the pro-
lessor and Jennison discussing the
large shipment of gold aboard. Soon
after this he is rewarded by a smile
from Marion Jennison for a small
courtesy. Marsh Is Informed that he
has been selected to take charge OF
the Christmas concert, and he chooses
Brill, Marion Jennison, the professor
and Mrs. Blucher-Ward as his aids.
Brill, known as Mr.. Overton. and Miss
Jenn;son have a pleasant chat togeth-
er. 1cebcrgs and fog are reported. Jen-
nison, worrying about the gold, be-
comes sick. Professor Pennythorpe OBJ
serves that the ship is off its course.
Marsh notices that the captain hasn't
been at the dinner table for several
days. Professor Pennythorpe misses
his sextant and compass. Brill has a
talk with Marion about the concert
and is later told by Benedict that the
latter objects to his friendship with
NJ lOI, NUN bCIICuuCL Calls lily uhL.
Gee. Brill meets Marsh on deck. Hear
ing a noise in a supposedly ~unoccupied
stateroom, they Investigate with the
captain, but find nothing. The altered
course Of the vessel frightens the pas
eengers, who protest. Brill and Marsh
look to Jay to assist in a secret search
Of the mysterious stateroom. A wire
less reports that Russia has declared
war against Great Britain. Marsh sus-
poets Benedict of having manufactured
the message. Professor Pennythorpe
armed with a marine glass watches a
strange craft approach astern. At the
Christmas feast Brill becomes Jealous
Of Benedict's attentions to Miss Jen-
nison. Marsh, still suspicious, con-
tinues his investigations of the mys-
ferrous noises. Knocking on the door
Of 81, he is confronted by the
smiling Benedict. Another war notice
Is posted up. Jennison confides to
Brill that $4,000, 900 in gold is being
shipped to Russia secretly. Jennison
wires his partner for instructions and
il told to transfer the gold to a Rus
sian ship. Marsh and Brill suspect
that the dispatches We're tempered
with.
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A Column of
Smiles For
Everybody

Sentimental Computations.
"Can't you learn to call mo Jim?"
"I'm afraid I can't,'
"Why not? That's what all my best
friends call me-"
eyes, I know. But It would be 50
unpleasant. We've used to have a
dog named Jim, and every time I hear
his name I cry."-C Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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A Jury Of Ladies.
"Wel1, how did you get along with
your jury Of ladies?"
"Pretty fair" said the Judge. ''They
demanded some things not usually &C.
corded juries. Wanted a chatting dish
in the jury room and had to go shopping
every afternoon."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
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lts Class.

Its Class.
1.-THE laws forbid this kind Of dog
on the cars, SIR"
"What laws can forbid n kind Of
dog?"
"The laws against expectoration, sir.
Your dog is q Spitz."-Baltimore
American.
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A FLY GUY.

He turned around and saw a fly;
He cracked it on the coco.
It made a sound to this nice guy
Like a million killed, by Hoko!
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The Course Of Action.

The Course Of Action.
"This book, which had a page loose
in it, has undergone a sort Of legal
action"
"What was that?"
ut has been bound v to keep the
piece."-Baltimore American.
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American.

Booker, the Agent suppose you'll
have your wife for your partner in
this sketch.
Mugger-She can't do it. Every time
we get together she does nothing but
a monologue.-Chicago News.
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Explained.

Explained.
He-1 wonder how they came to cali
a wife's personal allowance her pin
money.
Shell guess it's because her hus.
band generally sticks her on Tx.
change.
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Tho Intricacies Of It.

Tho Intricacies Of Il.
"Why don't you study the time Ia
bic, and then you wouldn't have miss.
ed your train?"
"That was the trouble. While I was
trying to translate the time table tho
train pulled out."-New York Herald.
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At hIa Best.

At His Best.
Blobbs The doctor told Guzzler
drinking was the very worst thing he
could do. Slobbs-I guess that doctor
didn't know Guzzler or he would have
realized that drinking is the best thing
he does.-Philadelphia Record.
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Strong Proof.

Strong Proof
"Sued for breach Of promise, eh?"
"Yep."
ANY defense"
Temporary insanity, and I expect to
prove 1t by the love letters I wrote,"~
Exchange.
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V1tI0 VV0yd
"Your doom is sealed" cried the
villain.
"Ha." laughed the heroine defiant.
~. II guess I can steam it OPEN
Chicago Herald.
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Most piscourteous.

Most o~iscourteous.
"What did the editor say when you
took him your story entitled The Wish.
ing Rug""
He told me to beat it."-Birming.
ham Age-Herald.
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Mean.

Gibbs--I tell you nc man can fool
my wife. Dibbs-Then how did you
set her2
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Among Those Present.

"Did Blinks exhibit at the horse
show" "Well. he made an ass Of
Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
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The
Golden
Greyhound
By DWIGHT TlLTON

4 chase after a fair face leads
overton Brill, a wealthy man
about town, into assisting in the
defeat Of the most ASTOUNDING
act OF piracy ever attempted on
the high seas.
Copyright 1906, by Lothrop. Lee & shsp-
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Widows Are Dangerous,

Widows Are Dangerous.
How did you catch your cold, old
man."
II cod id by siddig dear a widow"
"She must have been very icy."-
Boston Post.