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The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-04
Wn. Britt Do Not Gripe
He Lived as 9 Woman

John, alias Elizabeth Russell, died at Streatham in April, 1772, at the age of 1O4. Early in life Russell associated himself with the gyps!cs and went wandering over the continent. Re. turning to England. dressed as q wo- man, he set up at Strcatham as a fe- male doctor and fortune teller, and among other things was "an excellent sempstress and celebrated for making a good shirt" Among his acQuaInt- ances was Dr. Johnson, who, finding the supposed woman shrcwd and sen sible, was fond of conyersing with "her." Russell died suddenly, when his sex was discovered "to the extreme amazement of the nelghborhood. "- London Spectator.
 Greek Testament5.
 The first printed Greek TestamentS were those of Erasmus, published in Basel by Frobeu in 1J16.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-04
SWAT THE FLY

Don't go fishing without good flies. Trout are taking the fly these fine days, and you'll find the greatest assortment of good flies il tswn at Keller Bros. Drug Go. A few favorite ones we name: Yel- low Jacket, Montreal, Governor (red tip) Grey Tackle, Black Hackle, Governor Black Tackle peacock body), Black Chat, Grey Drake, English Admiral, Seth Green Grey Tackle (grean body) White Miller, Dusty Miller.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-04
AIastinn Window Polfah.

There is an art in washing windows, and if they are properly polished the operation need not be repeated for q long time. A really good polish will survive several rainstorms and will only require the dust to be removed occasionally with dry cloth. The in- side of the windows should be washed with tepid water, without soap or pow der of any kind, rubbed dry with cha mois and polished with cheeseCloth. A solution for cleaning the outside should be made from one ounce of pulverized whiting, one ounce of grain alcohol, one of liquid ammonia and pint of water. Spray the window with clear water to remove surface dirt, and ap- ply the solution with a soft cloth. Let this dry on. Afterward polish with cheesecloth or tissue paper. If the glass has been badly scratched a filling may be applied. This consists of an ounce of white wax dissolved in tur- pentine. It should be applied beforcc the polishing.-Washington Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-04
The Riuht Door and Another.

A junk dealer in an Indiana town had been persistently suspected of act ing as a fence" for stolen goods and finally was arrested on a charge Of that kind. However, after a Jury trial he was acquitted on a tcchnicality. Commenting soon afterward with a friend on his acquittal, the junk dealer said, "A long experience in the junk business leads me to believe that the door of success Is mighty close to the door of the penitentiary, and if man Is not careful he Is likely to take the wrong door."-Indianapoli News.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-04
lt CertainlY Was.

And you are afraid of the dark TommleT
 "Yes, ma'am."
 But there's nothing In the dark to hurt you"
 "Wel, what's pop IImping around for?"
 "Oh, he fell over chair when he came home late last night"
 "Well, that was in the dark, wasn't it?"-YOnkers Statesman.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-04
Rettnr Sill.

But" said q student of one college to a friend who was attending a rival institution, your college never turns out gentlemen"
 "Of course it doesn't" replied the other. "It allows gentlemen to go right on and graduate. e."-Providence Trib- une.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-04
The Grocer,s Euphemism.

"Why Is 1t that the berries at the bottom of your boxes are always so much smaller than those Nt the top" asked Mrs. NGwlywed.
 "Ah, madam" said the grocer, 'you don't put 1t quite correctly. You should ask why the berries at the top of the box are so much larger than those at the bottom. Judge
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-04
Natural Ennuni1.

Grubbs-Why does young Litebrane insist on wearing his hair pompadour? Stubbs-He can't help it. His hair, following the rule that prevails throughout nature, abhors vacuum and seeks constantly to make Its es- cape.-Rlchmond Times Dispatch.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-04
NOTICE

The public will kindly observe tpat nc visitors are allowed to see Mrs. Geo Brown until furher in struction. By order of the
 6-21-tf. PHYSICIAN IN CHARGE.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-04
Great Triumph.

Well, how did you come through that afternoon tea|
 Game through all right Didn't spill anything on anybody but myself."- Kansas City Journal.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-08-04
The Diamond.

The diamond has been found on all the continents and in almost every country on the globe.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-01-07
WINTER AIDS PooR
Ice Harvest at Macon Gives
Work to Many Needy
Family Heads.
A YOUNG MANS RAPID RISE
Owner Of Big Ice Cream and Butter
Factory Employs All Available
Labor in City.

The recent severe cold weather,
which had been dreaded by so many
poor people at Macon. has brought an
unexpected blessing to many who
feared the winter most . Near the city
10 large lake which froze to depth
Of 10 or IL inches. In the northeast
part of town is a large plant run by
. young man who seven years ago
started making ice cream in freezer
under shade tree. This young man
now owns the ice on the big lake and
he needs every ounce of it for the i'm
mense ice cream and butter plant he
Is now operating.
The common lab0rers make from
$3.50 to 81 day and the men with
teams 81 a day. Every able-bodied
man here with family to look after,
and who needs a job, has been given
q constant stream of wagons is travel
ing the mile journey between the ice
house and the plant that was started
one summer under tree on a lot.
This year the three thousand tons
of ice that will be stored will last
longer and give more service than six
thousand tons of the sort harvested
last year would have given, because
It is frozen harder and is much
thicker.
The colder it gets the more work
there Is, SO the poor who are able to
work will not suffer While the ice
harvest is on 1t is the biggest indus.
try in the town.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-01-07
Care Of HOGS.

r..
A careful study of the hog market
for the past year will enable one to
readily see that hogs ATE the most
profitable type of live stock to raise, on
the average farm, and there are sever
al good reasons why they should be
raised on every farm. 1t requires less
capital to start into hog raising than
any other type of live stock farming,
and more and quicker returns can be
realized on the investment. Further
more, if properly handled, they are
next to the best animal to build up the
soil fertility.
The season of the year is at hand
when hogs need more and better care
than was required during the past few
months, and, owing to the fact that
they grow very rapidly and are very
susceptible to changes in weather con-
ditions, it is necessary to give them the
best of care. Good shelter is an i'm
portant factor in successful hog raising
and should be located on the ground
that is we'll drained. This shelter should
be dry, fairly warm, and well ventilat-
ed. 1t is advisable to use bedding of
some kind in cold weather, but it should
be cleaned out at least once week and
the quarters disinfected with air slack
ed lime. Too many hogs should not
be allowed to sleep in one place. In
case a large shed is used for shelter,
partitions foot high should be put in
from eight to ten feet apart, in order
to keep them from piling up. Other
live stock should not be permitted to-
to have access to sheds used by hogs,
as this practice will usually result in
hogs contracting pneumonia or being
crippled.
1t is bad practice to let hogs sleep
around straw stacks, as they will pile
up in the straw, which becomes wet
from rain or snow, and when leaving
the warm steaming bed in cold weather
and coming in contact with the cold
they become chilled, which will prob
ably develop into pneumonia. Hence,
it is better to prvide good shed with
little dry bedding.
1t is q good plan to use system Of
handling hogs whereby they will be re-
quired to take considerable exercise.
This system should include field that
has been sown in wheat or rye, which
will afford green pasture during the
winter. More attention will have to be
given to rations during the winter
months, and some kind of roughness
should be provided; such as alfalfa,
clover, cowpea or soy bean hay. In Or
der to prevent waste this should be
fed in rack, where hogs can have &C.
cess to it at all times. These rough
ages contain large per cent of pro-
rein, or muscle builder, which is very
essential to young, growing hogs. In
addition to this little tankage or lin
seed meal should be fed in connection
with the other feed. Experiments that
have been carried on at various exper-
iment stations show ground wheat to
be equal to corn in feeding brood sows
or stock hogs. although it is not profit
able to feed bran, except to brood sows
at narrowing time.
By giving more attention to the care
and feeding of hogs the profits will be
greatly increased, and the loss from
cholera reduced to minimum.
M. /. HURLEY,
Field Demonstrators in Hog Cholera
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-01-07
GOES INTO FEDERAL COURT
The Springfield Light Company
Makes Attempt to Enjoin State
Public Service Commission.

Three United States judges at Kan
sas City recently heard the application
Of the Springfield Gas and Electric
Light Company for a temporary in
junction against reduction in rates
ordered by the Missouri public service
commission. The case Is regarded as
test of the constitutionality of the
public service act, and is exciting wide
interest among public service corpor-
atoms.
In the court room were Robert p.
Woods, city member of the Metropolis,
tan board of control; City Counselor
A. F. Evans and attorneys for the Ex-
celsior Springs interurban lines and
other public service representatives.
Attorneys for the public service
commission were given ten days to file
brief, at the conclusion of the argu-
ments. Judge Hook presided at the
hearing. and sitting with him we're
Judge Pollock and Judge Van Valken-
burgh.
The method of finding valuation
for the property, on which the public
service commission based its order for
q cut in rates from Is cents 70 cents
per kilowatt hour, was the principal
bone of contention. Great stress was
laid by w. G. Busby, counsel for the
commission. on precedent in the fed
eral courts that Difference shall be
paid to tile findings of public service
commissions. and that there shall be
no federal interference. with them. ex.
cept in cases Of urgent necessity.
y r.
Pensions .or Street Car Men Pins
for a pension system for its employees
have been announced by the United
Railways, the st. Louis traction COM
pany The entire expense of the plan
will be borne by the, company
Houston to Farmers Weekly, F.
Houston. Secretary of Agriculture. will
come to Columbia. January l3. to de.
liver an address during Farmers
Week at the University of Missouri.
Jewell Mayes, secretary Of the state
board Of agriculture, has received
letter from Secretary Houston that
complete arrangements for the trip
had been made. Another Farmers
Week speaker will be Governor Major.
who will deliver an address January
IL. Farmers Week Will be from Ian
gary II to Is.
y 4 4
Finds Her Kidnapped eaby.-After
. search throughout Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa. Oklaho-
ma and Tennessee, detectives locat.
ed at Lamonte, Pettis county. Edwin
Yancey, 3 years old. who was kid.
mapped from his mother, Mrs. Lenora
Yancey. by his father. Edwin gancey.
IN Memphis. Tenn. last April.
plqnssr Grocer olss-Herman H.
Kaufholse. a, pioneer wholesale grocer
sof Springfield. d Dead aged 49,. He
swas . lnember.o OF the 9rst cts. council
OF sprinxneld. =
Neeeivsr for Missouri Road.-YHil-
liam Fletcher. circuit clerk Of Douglas
ieoanty. has received An order from
fC1ecuit Judge John r. Moore OF Ozark.
IappolAtinG Frank C. Ssfaasa. an At,
horuey o. st. Louis. receiver Of the
sS66nGao CITY. Ozark Z oo6thern Rail-
65s ! 1eml3e ilne oreratlng between
M ~ Nens1el1. IS 80
=
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-01-07

vincing mass Of proof? If you are q.
sufferer your verdict must be Try
Doan's first. ,
Here is one more Butler case.
Mrs. B. F. Johnson, 200 S. Main
St, Butler, says: II suffered in
tensely from kidney trouble. Ny
back ached so badly that often
thought could not endure the mis-
cry any longer. Finally, / used q
box of Doan's Kidney Pills, procured
at Clay's Drug Store, and they cured
me-"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. johnson had. Foster.Mil-
burn Co, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
1921 Adv.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-01-07
SUMMING UP THE EVIDENCE
Many Butler People Have Been Called
As Witnesses.

Week after week has been pub
lished the testimony of Butler people
kidney sufferers-backache victims
people who have endured many
forms of kidney, bladder or urinary
disorders. These witnesses have used
Doan's Kidney Pills. All have given
their enthusiastic approval. It's the
same everywhere. 80, 600 American
men and woman are publicly recon-
mending Doan 's-always in the home
papars. Isn't it wonderful, con-
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25
ACCEPT PROPOSAL.
 IN REFUND CASES
MASTER PROPOSED TO DIRECT SETTLEMENT BY IRON NOUN
 TAIN AND COTTON BELT.
SEVERAL SHIPPERS OBJECT
About 90 Per Cent, or $9oo,ooo of the Amount of the Total Claims AL
 lowed Agreed to Compromise.
Little Rock


 The cases of the Iron Mountain and Cotton Belt railway companies were practically settled at a meeting of the shippers and carriers before the Ar kansas Railroad Commission, when about 90 per cent of the shippers agreed to accept settlement pro- posed by the railroads.
 Several attorneys, who represented a number of shippers, objected to the plan of settlement. Geo A. McCon- nell, assistant attorney for the rail- roads, proposed that the agreement Of the railroads should be carried out with all shippers agreeing to the com promise, whether the number be large or small, and that the railroad com panies would be willing to continue the litigation with those unwilling to accept the settlement, and in such cases would refuse to pay any costs except those allowed by the courts when the matter was finally settled.
 About 90 per cent, or about $900,000 of the amount of the total claims al- lowed, agreed to the compromise. It is proposed that the court appoint master to pay these claims and as soon as the scrip can be prepared for issuance by the railroad companies they will be paid.
 Many railroad attorneys and ship pers were present in person or by their attorneys. Judge Joseph M. Hill, who had conducted the litigation for the state against the railroad con- panies, explained the terms of the compromise, leaving the matter up to the shippers, without recommendation.
 Attorney General Moose said that any compromise that might be agreed to by the shippers and carriers would be satisfactory to the state since the state would be reimbursed for it's ex- penses in the litigation.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

Unless the General Assembly works rapidly in the last days of the session, there will be no Public Utility Con- mission, no bank guaranty bill, and the change in methods of handling the affairs of state institutions will not take place. Substitute bills have been introduced for the Public Utility Com mission bills, the author of each of the two measures substituting a new one. Senator Jones, who would ex tend the powers of the Arkansas Rail- road Commission, removed from his the objectionable features concerning railroad bonds and exempted the local public utilities from his bill Senator Duty, whose bill abolishes the Arkan- sas Railroad Commission, making the members appointive by the governor, has done likew ise, but he declines to accept the manner of selecting the members Of the commission under the Jones bill. or the full crew, and other similar bills. With two bills so near alike, with the authors unwilling to agree, there is little chance for it to get far beyond a committee, especial ly as neither of the bills has passed either house, for the members are not going .o take the time to discuss them.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25
TREASURER ONLY
 ID RECEIVE FUNDS
WILL MAKE A RADICAL CHANGE IN MANNER OF HANDLING
 MONEY OF STATE.
FEES CANNOT BE RETAINED
Purpose of the New Law, Drawn By the Auditing Committee, Was to
 Provide Better Check.
Little Rock.


 Hereafter no one. state official or otherwise. except the state treasurer. will be permitted to receive money be- longing to the state. This is the pur- pose of a bill drawn by the joint Audit ing Committee and passed by both houses. It is made a felony for an officer to receive any money belonging to the state, and they must hereafter deal only with vouchers, warrants and receipts
 For some time, especially since the deficit began in the general revenue fund, it has been the custom for off cials to receive fees that came through their departments and deposit them in the bank Their salary war. rants were paid out of these and in some cases the salaries of other state officials whose offices collect no fees. At the end of each month the officials settled with the state treasurer. pay ing into the state treasury the balance of the money they had collected after the salary warrants were deducted. In this manner they were sure of getting their warrants paid at par, while less fortunate ones in the states employ were forced to sell their salary war rants at considerable discount.
 Under the new law all moneys will be paid directly to the state treasurer and warrants will be issued on the funds in the treasury only. This will insure all warrants being paid at the same discount, it is believed.
 No fees for notaries public or li- censes of any kind. or payment for Supreme Court Reports or other books can be received by the secretary of state, who can issue them only on the presentation of receipt from the state treasurer. The same is true of fees of all kinds, or funds that have been paid to the attorney general. the agricultural commissioner. the Depart ment of Education, the state auditor or any other officer or department The bill was not aimed at this practice however. but was intended to afford more accurate system of checking up moneys paid to the state, according to Senator Futrell, chairman of the Au- diting Committee.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

The greater share of the trouble experienced in marketing any kind o. Horticultural products and particular. ly those of Arkansas is due to a lack of information among the growers about market requirements, standards and methods of conducting business"
 That was the statement of Prof w. H. Wicks, head of the horticultural department of the University of Ar kansas College of Agriculture, who visited at the office of c. W. Watson. state demonstration agent of the United States Department of Agricul- ture.
 "Organized marketing is one of Ar kansas greatest problems" said Pro- lessor Wicks. Reputation on any market can be made only by catering to the demands of the market and maintained only by delivering the goods according to the standards re- quired by that market High stand ards Of efficiency can be reached by individuals, but as a rule local or eaDfzations must be resorted to in or der to protect the individual and the community.
 "Ihe College of Agriculture has completed plans for an effective cam paign of extension work in marketing Public meetings will be held in many towns and cities to give instruction on establishing standards for marketing products.
 Each community must cooperate in such associations and see that it is af. fillateo with stronger organization if necessary. Marketing standards will be discussed for apples, peaches, mel ons, onions, potatoes, strawberries, raspberries, and almost every Arkan- sas-grown product of commercial value''
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

W. J. Wilkins, president of the de. funct Bluff City Bank of DeValFs Bluff, was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary in the Lonoke Circuit Court, charged with receiving deposits after the bank was insolvent. The jury deliberated about 10 minutes he fore reaching the verdict Wilkins is out on bond pending appeal to the Su- preme Court
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

Two general bills passed the Senate Tuesday, one being the Gray bill to put tax on sand taken from state streams, and the other Senator J. Mon. roe Smiths bill to give members of the State Board of Pharmacy the right to institute proceedings against vio iators of the laws governing the prac. tice of medicine and the pharmacy.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25
FOR HURRIED READERS.

The Bank of Leola is being investi- gated by an examiner of the State Banking Department with the view of ascertaining the value of it's assets, it being the desire of the stockholders to reorganize the institution, should the result of the investigation warrant the reorganization. The Bank of LeoIa was closed on January 15. The amount due it's depositors aggregates about s45,OOO.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

Directors of the Fl Dorado School District unanimously Adopted resolu- tions protesting against the bill pass ed by the State Senate which would postpone the date for paying taxes un- til October. The resolution declares that the bill would not benefit the farmer or the small taxpayer and that it would practically mean the suspen. sion of school sessions.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

R. W. Hart, secretary of the old State Charities Board, filed a demur- Ter in the Third Division Pulaski Cir cult Court to the suit of the state and Joe Ferguson to oust him from office. The suit is one of two filed at the same time, the other one of which was against R. c. Love and prepared to include all other members of the old board.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

The house has passed the Senate bill by Futren, providing power for the collection of penalties and iuec- ments against corporations after they have dissolved, recourse being against the stockholders, bondsmen. etc. of such former corporations for the full amount.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

Declaring that one of Arkansas important industries will be ruined if the statewide prohibition law is allow ed to stand in it's present form, the Rogers Commercial Club adopted re- solution calling upon Senator Duty and Representatives Young and Will Hams to introduce in the legislature a bill providing for the re-enactment of the old wine law of 1899.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

Counties sought to be exempt by amendment from the general game bill are: Marion. St. Francis, Pike, Calhoun, Ouachita, Poinsett, Critter- den, Fulton, Hot Spring, Saline, Lit tie River, Howard, Searcy, Randolph, Chicot, Cross, Cleburne, Perry, La fayette, Stone, Columbia Izard, Car roll, Franklin, Newton, Bradley, Lc- gan, Lincoln, Independence, Sharp, Hampstead, Dallas, Scott, Montgom- cry, Heffers, Ashley, Lonoke, White, Woodruff and Union
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

btsIues Arkansas there are only eight states in the Union which main tain entirely at state expense second ary schools Of agriculture By sec ondary school is meant a school below the grade of college or university Any school that does not require grad uation from high school as a condi- tion of admission is secondary school.
 The following states maintain sec ondary schools of agriculture, which are supported entirely at the expense of the state:
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

Nothing definite was given out con- corning the meeting of the special legislative committee to investigate the affairs of the old State Charities Board. Members said the committee would not be able to take up con- sideration of the real question in- volved until the report of the special auditor engaged in auditing the books of the old board is completed.
The Carlisle independent., 1915-02-25

Representative Dowdy of Independ ence county, house chairman of the Budget Committee. submits the fol, lowing estimates for the biennial pe- riod beginning April 1:
 Estimated revenue of the next bien- nial period based on the revenues for the last fiscal year as follows: