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The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05
WHY COMMON POWDER SMOKES.
Facts About the Smokeless Kind
A Chemical Compound.

Ordinary powder produces smoke
when fired because of the quantity
of fine particles formed from the
breaking up of the saltpetre and
from some of the charcoal which is
not completely burned.
To get rid of the smoke, SO long
a handicap in the use of guns, it was
necessary to produce substance that
would explode without leaving any
solid residue. This was accomplish
ed by the use of guncotton or nitro
cellulose, from which the most salts
factory smokeless powder is made
The substance is chemical com
pound, not mixture like gunpowder,
and is made by treating cotton with
mixture of nitric and sulphuric
acids. When exploded it is all con-
verified into gases. Burning is not
necessary to cause an explosion,
mere shock or jar being sufficient.
1t is too violent an explosive to
use in small arms or in cannon. but
guncotton can be made into less
forceful forms, suitable for use in
guns, and most brands of smokeless
power are made in this way
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05
HOUSE KILLS BILL, To
EXTEND TAX PAYMENTS
Measure Indefinitely Postponed by
Vote of 50 to 31-GeneraI
Game Bill Passed.

Little Rock, Feb. 27.-The House
Friday afternoon, by a vote of 30 to
81, Indefinitely postponed the bill
by Senators Garrett and Ashley
providing for the extension of the
time for paying taxes from April 10
to November /. Strong opposition
developed against the measure in
the House upon the ground that it
would demoralize the school revenue
of the state and seriously hamper
all the departments of state govern
ment, county and district included,
which are dependent upon the rev.
enues derived from taxation.
The House passed by vote of "a
to 80 the general game bill which
originated in the senate where it was
introduced by Senator Futrell of
Greene county. During a tempestu
Gus voyage in the House, during the
course of which it has been threaten
ed with destruction on the breakers
of obstructive amendments, it came
to a final vote without any charges
from the text as it came from the
Senate. 1t will, therefore, become
the general law, applicable to all OF
the counties in the state. for the pro-
lection of game. A game commits
sion is provided with a system of
licenses with reference to the limit
to the amount of game to be killed
during a single day, and restrictions
which, it is argued will conesrve the
wild life of Arkansas.
The Adamson bill to regulate
public accounting, and providing for
a state board of examination for the
examining of public accountants, was
removed with scant courtesy in the
House. Mr.. Beloat moved that the.
bill be tabled which was promptly
done without argument.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05

Loxers oft rush in where hus-
bands fear to tread.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05
END OF THE BIG WAR
IS NOT YET IN SIGHT
Irwin Cobb Says Neither side is
Near Victory and Winner VIII
Be MUrtgaged for Generation

Chicago. March 1.-The end OF
the war is not in sight. 1t will con-
tinue until the losing nation is eX-
! hausted The winner will be mort
gagged for a generation, and God
! help the loser. If Germany is driven
within it's own borders it will make
Southern Confederacy finish. 1t
will fight until every man is dead
and all it's means have been consum-
ed on the sacrificial pyre of its ma
tional spirit
Irwin S. Cobb, Americas premier
war correspondent and at other
times leading humorist, expressed
these opinions.
"How long will the war last?" he
was asked.
Nobody can tell. For years.
How many years nobody can fore
tell. 1t may end like it began-sud-
denly. There may be a wave of ra
tionalism that will displace the homi-
cidal militarism that now obsesses
Europe and the people may call
halt to the carnage out of pure hor-
ror. But that is not the story of
the nations whose history pages
have been dipped in their blood,
"Frightful as war is, Il believe it
is designed for ultimate good. Some
progress toward human welfare will
come out of it. France already has
been revivified. The country was
regarded as decadent. 1t is now re-
generated. Win or lose, France will
come out of the war a greater ma
ton.
q believe that the fighting forces
are fewer than the combatants
claim and their losses are greater
than they will admit. Many more
than a million men have been kill
ed. The truth will never be known
about the real number of soldiers
and the actual losses in this war.
after it is ended there will be
the usual distortion of facts, exag-
geration of numbers and conceal
.ment of failures by the history
writer's.
"The economic conditions of the
country are deplorable. When
peace resumes it will take a quar-
ter of a century to repair the de-
structive work of the armies.
THE most soldierly and efficient
of the fighters are the Germans. In
dividually, they are the physical SUI
periors of their enemies. As to mil
itary efficiency they excel in every
particular. The Russian soldiers
that | saw were we'll clad and fed
and belied the stories about their
unfitness.
"None of the contestants wants
the hostility of the United States,
but they are all war mad, and in
sheer desperation may do anything
irrational.
''The situation is one that calls
for all the delicacy of diplomacy and
wisdom of judgment of which our
statesmen may be capable. If we
are not cautious and extremely toll
Grant we NAV be plunged into the
storm of human madness at any
moment"
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05

The early maid catches the bridal
train.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05

county and district schools for teach
ing agriculture are West Virginia,
Michigan, Ohio, Texas, Iowa, Louisi-
ana, Virginia, Missouri, Kansas, Yer
mont, Maine, North Dakota, North
Carolina, Wisconsin, Massachusetts
and others. The following states
maintain secondary schools of agri-
culture, which are supported entire
ly at the expense of the state:
Alabama, appropriation for all
9 together), $4,000.
Georgia, II (for all 10 $4,000.
Nebraska, 1, $4,000.
Vermont, /, $4,000.
Colorado, 1, $4,000.
l New York, 8 (for all 81, $1-3 900.
Oklahoma, 6 Cor all g. $4,000.
Minnesota, 2 (for BOTH $4,000.
The total number of such schools
in all the states outside of Arkansas
is "a. The total annual appropria-
ton for all such schools outside of
Arkansas is $514,9O0. The average
annual appropriation for each such
school outside of Arkansas is $15,-
144. The largestn annual appropria-
ton received by any such school out
side of Arkansas is $4,000. For all
states except Arkansas and New
York, the average for each school is
$11,512 year.
Arkansas gave to her four agricul-
tural schools for the present biennial
period for maintenance 100000;
$4,000 for new buildings and
equipment, and $124,000 for def
ciencies, total of s644, 700.
COST OF INSTITUTIONS.
The following figures show APP
proximately the number of inmates
and pupils, employees, biennial APP
preparation asked and cost of main
tenance of the institutions named:
Reform School-Inmates ga, EN-
ployes GA, appropriation $4,000;
cost per inmate, $500.
Confederate Home-lnmates 1875,
employees 80, appropriation $104,-
600, cost $40.
tuberculosis Sanatorium - In
mates los, employees 46 (some OF
whom are patients), appropriation
$4,000, cost $S25.
Hospital for Nervous Diseases -
Inmates 1900, employees 116, appro
priation $4,000, cost 1912.
University - Average attendance
715, employees outside of College o.
Agriculture, experiments and inyesti
cations, so; appropriation $2SS, 1000
cost $4O0.
Normal .School-Attendance $50
employees %, appropriation $1,000
cost $500.
Deaf Mute Observation-Disclosures
2S0, employees 73, appropriation
100000, cost $500.
School for Blind-Attendance 119
employees AS, appropriation $107, 200
cost $500.
| have not been able to obtain av
erage attendance nor the number o
employees of the agricultural schools
but Mr.. Mobley, the supervisor, ask
S4SO,OO0, or $4,000 each, for thes,
schools, and from what information
we have l am confident that the cos
of maintaining them is as high a.
! the other institutions.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05
200 Tons of Tickets.

About 200 tons of wood pulp are
absorbed in a twelve month supply
of tickets for the London county
council tramcars.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05
row escape

FOR SALE-Pair Of year old
mules, 16 hands high, weight be-
tween II and / 2 hundred pounds. APP
ply to A. ]. Hale, 619 w. Poplar
4 On
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05

In normal times the spice islands
OF Zanzibar produce about 80 per
cent of the worlds supply of cloves,
an average crop approximating 49,
100000 pounds.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05
STATISTICS RELATING TO
THE STATES REVENUES
Representative DOwdy Shows What
1t Costs Taxpayers to Support
Wards of the State.

The following important state in
formation and statistics was COM
piled by Senator Dowdy and by re-
quest of the house in resolution, and
has been furnished the newspapers:
In pursuance of the request of the
house resolution for the publication
of information with reference to the
states revenue for the next two
years, / submit the following ap-
proximate figures covering the bien-
NAL period beginning April /.
Estimated revenue of the next BIZ
ennial period based on the revenues
Of the last fiscal year, as follows:
Direct tax, $2,026, 900.
Liquor tax for 1915, $50, 900.
Insurance tax and fees, $291,330.
Franchise tax, $330,576.
Secretary of state fees, $78,45S.
Inheritance tax, 100000.
Total, $2,936,364.
The following appropriations are
asked by the trustees and officers of
the various state institutions for the
next two years:
Educational institutions, $1,319,-
900.
Confederate home, 100000.
tuberculosis sanatorium, $97 900.
Hospital for nervous diseases, in
Guiding $4,000 for increased ia
elites, 100000.
State guard, $4,000.
Exposition, $4,000.
Expenses of executive and judicial
departments of the state government,
$S41,000.?
Total, $3,4S6,900.
Deficiencies to be met by appro-
priations of the present legislature:
Miscellaneous, $4,000.
Penitentiary Gold board), $4,000.
Nervous hospital $4,000.
Newspapers, $4,000.
College of agriculture, $21 900.
Deficit in state government to
April /, 100000.
Total $4,000.
Grand total, $4,31O,9OO.
Total deficit, S1,674,5 $50.
AS TO AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS.
Besides 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 be-
low the rank of a college or univer-
sity. Any school that does not re-
quire graduation from a high school
as a condition of admittance is a
secondary school.
A great many of the states of the
Union provide for giving state aid
to one or more high schools in each
county for the purpose of teaching
agriculture and domestic science. In
some states, the amount allowed to
any one school is not more than a
few hundred dollars a year; in other
states it runs up to 5000 or So
600 a year, but in all such cases, the
county or local district must bear a
considerable part of RUNNING the
school. States that give state aid to
The weekly soliphone., 1915-03-05
Mixed Races.

The Turkish empire is composed of
many mixed races. 1t includes
Greeks, Slavs, Albanians, Armeni-
ans, Jews and Circassians.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
SKIN TROUBLE .
 ALL OVER BODY
Itched Terribly, Could Not Sleep at Night, Clothing Aggravated Trouble. Cuticura Soap and Cuti- Cura Ointment Healed,

1883 Fulton St.! Chicago; m.-"I noticed peculiar spots breaking out all over my body which itched terribly. They were
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
ALL WRONG
The Mistake Is Made by Many AL
 askan Citizens.

Look for the cause of backache'
 To be cured you must know the cause.
 If it's weak kidneys
 You must set the kidneys work ing right.
 Read this statement:
 Mrs. Eliza Harris, SIS Emerson Ave, Hoquiam, Wash, says: "For several years. l was bothered with kidney trouble, especially in the winter. The pains and dull, heavy acte in my back were very severe had other ailments which showed thaS my kidneys weren't doing their work right. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved the kidney trouble and the backache left me"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the. same that Mrs. Harris had. Foster-Mil- burn Co.,, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
BEAT IT!

Are you going to stick around town when your pals are bringing il the beauties from the lake and pay? Get out after them. You'y been taking too good care of your self this winter. Get out and get your feet wet. You'll come back with the fish and besides that t will do you good Go down to Keller's and load up with a "Joy lHt"-rod, reel, line, flies-any- ching you need-the best there Is, and prices that will fit.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
Horedity.

Fond Parcnt-That yOungster ot mine Is beginning ulrrady to have the fam fly tr,lits. You know we gave him a stop wutrh for q birthday presentt Friend-Yes. Fond Parent-Well. sir, within half an hour of the time he first got hold of that umepiece he had found a bowl of water and put 1t in establishment Times Dispatch.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
Merchants Should Seek Trade In the Markets ( of South America :;:
R,Reh@AeaESs. ,ssNetssa
&3&3a8&@&333

By EDWARD E. PRATT Bureau Chief the Department of Commerce 
 THE the countries to the south of is
 nearly important the amount of which our
 manufacturers may may have. IS THE PRESENT THE AN OPPORTUNE ONE FOR OPENING UP NEW MARKETS IN SOUTH AMERICA? EMPHATICALLY, YESI
 present oppoune for selling goods? Probably emphaty, And here the difference This is the send salesman better business diplomat into South America study the markets learn the country the people, to be- acquainted with the trade and to lay the foundations for future business
 expect however, obtain large financial returns from this field is only the folly of the uninfomd You would scarcely expect salesman domestic territory to show profit initial trip Then why expect in foreign territory?
 have said with reference South America applies part world In the first place conditions readusng They are fast becoming normal
 IN THE PLACE. NOW IS THE TIME FOR MANUFAc rURERs COUNTRY TO WAKE UP AND BUILD THEIR TRADE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. :.#~~-~-~~
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
EDITORIAL PAGE
When California Was Unknown

In an old geography printed in lSlS appears the following: California s 6 wild and almost unknown land Throughout the year It Is covered with dense fogs, ns damp as unhealthful Tn the interior are volcanoes and vast plains of shifting snowS. which some times shoot columns to great heights This would seem nearly incredible were 1t not for the well authenticated accounts of travellers"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
NEED OF PUBLICITY

aska. Nature has gathered here her choicest treasures, to draw her love.s into close and confiding com mumou with her. Every mountain seems to glow with life. Some lean back iu majestic repose; others, ad- vance beyond their companions in thoughtful attitudes, giving welcome 70 storms and calm alike, seem iugly aware, yet needless of every thing going on about them. They are fitting emblems of creative majesty.
 The dusk drops down the misty
 mountain way,
 Far out there sinks the saffron
 disk of day,
 Leaving me alone amid the wilder Or life, athrob with infinite si-
 fences"
 Publicity's theme is human wants and where, when and how they may be gratitied. In order to in duce the tourist and his stream of gold to visit Skagway 1t is abso- lately necessary to show the people who are looking for recreation that you have in this part ofAlaska the ideal place for them to enjoy their outing.
 It is an easy matter for the outsider to reach this part of Al aska. No rough voyages and the few days they spend on the boat prepares them for the wonders this region has tu offer them.
 It :s not an expensive matter to send broadcast the advantages Of SAagway. The first esential is tha. every man, woman and child snau have the spirit of eternal boost for Skagway. Pay no atten- ticn to he knockers" Tt cant he done" i5 being done every day. Lec is a struggle. And a struggle in well doing is a pleasure. Peo- Die by continually proclaiming the advantages of their city; can raise a town from the dead. When mon ey is left iu this place by the tran sieut it increases the wealth of every person in the community. No one person or persons can get all the benefit. Each letter that is mailed out of Skagway by it's citi- zens should have at least a line about one of your many attractions. Articles appearing in your local pa plr pertaining to the attractions of any part of Southeast tern Alaska should be marked and mailed to an acquaintance. You will be surprised how rapidly the good points of Skagway will travel. You will not only get an immediate response in people speaking well of your city but the cumulative benefits from Year to year will bring your dreams true.
 Frank c. Carpenter, the. most widely read traveller in the world will Q in Skagway in the near -fu- ture as he proposes to spend the summer in Alaska. When he comes to your city give him a cordial greeting as his articles on the various cities and countries Of the world are read by hundreds of thousands of people each Sunday. Make the tourist who visits your city feel that introductions are needless. You have interesting people here, and your visitors will have the kind of a vacation they always wanted, but which the.r never quite had-until now.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
Deafnesa Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, ns they cannot reach tho discascd portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, end that iS by constitutional remedies. Deafness IS caused by m inaamcd condition Of the mu- cous lining of the Eustachlnn Tube. When tnIs tube is inhamed you have q rumbling sound or impcrfCct hearing, and when it i5 entirely closed. Deafness Is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and thIs tube restored to it's normal condi- tion. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine Cnscg ont of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inlamcd condition Of the mucous surfaces
 We will give one Hundred Dollars Tor any cage of Deafness (cauBed by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free. ,
 r. J. CHENEY 6 CO.,. Toledo. Ohio.
 Sold by Druggists 75c. ~
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
lMPATIENCE.

lmpalienspeople cheatthemselves out of the best of things We can almost have our choice between something good today and some thing better tomorrow. But the highest good never will be ours un- til we have learned to wal for it,
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
Changed Viewo.
'Time makes a big difference
"What are you thinking of?"

"What are you thinking off"
 "My wife's father. used to think him a stubborn old fool Now re- spect his judgment"
 ''What's happenedT'
 Nothing; only he did his durndest to pre-, ent my elopIng with his dNugh, ter."-DetruIt Free Press.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
Two NioNSpoiDts.

Slnglcton-Hc looks 10 me liko mau who hnS loved md lost IIenreckie- IIc looks tn me more like man who Ils loved and wou.-PuCk
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25

cura Soap and Ointment. l used them as per directions and had my first nights rest in two months. Then bought one box of Cuticura Ointment and had only used half Of 1t with the Cuticura Soap when I was healed. I have no disfguring scars left.% (Signed) Frederick Saal. August 8. 1914.
 Keep your skin clear. scalp clean and frSe from dandruff. and hair live and glossy Cuticurs Soap, with an occasional use of Cuticura Ointment will do It.
 Sample Each Free by Mail
 With 32-p. Skin Book on request. Ad- dress postcard "Cuticura, Dept. T, BOs- fon," Sold throughout the world.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25

rcd and later Whlte and ScaIy' The eruption burned and itched so that could not sleep at all at night. My clothing Rggra- vated the trouble and made me itch mere.
 "I took Q treatment but got no relief. I read the Cuticura advertisement in the paper and wrote for 9 free sample of Cutl-
The daily Alaskan., 1915-06-25
Poetic SIumber.

Here's a tramp asleep under thiH tree" "Ah. an idle Of the woodsE"- Baltimore American.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-14
TELEGRAPH BRIEFS


New York.-UnIess delayed by
storms, Ford peace ship Oscar II. will
reach Christiana, Norway, late to-
night, officers of Scandinavian
American Line said.
Washington - Resolution intro
duced by Representative Frank Bu-
chanan of Illinois seeking to impeace
r. Snowden Marshall, district attor-
ney at New York for misconduct in
Office.
SaIonika.-WaIter Farwell of Chi
cago, who came here in search of his
wife, newspaper correspondent who
was in Monastir when the city was
captured, returned here. Bulgarian
officers turned Farwen back after as
surfing him his wife was safe.
Tacoma, Wash.-J. J. CATO, city
clerk, candidate for reelection, de-
feated by his wife, who ran on non
partisan ticket. Cafe doing house
work today.
Depew, OkIa.-Posse searching for
two bandits who held up First State
bank and escaped with $4,000 in cur
rency.
MarseiIIes, IlI.-Body of E. E.
Vance, Chicago salesman, found
with throat cut and open razor in his
hand. Body found after police re-
ceived letter stating body would ''be
found dead somewhere in Marseil-
les"
New York.-AIderman James A.
MiIligan established record in city
marriage chapel in municipal build
ing by tying nuptial knots for Is
couples in 13 minutes.
Champaign, ILL., Harry Slade,
drunk, shot and killed his daughter,
II, wounded son, 4, and John Nc
Kinney, turnkey at county Jail
Rome.-Pope Benedict preparing
to confer papal blessing upon wire
less telegraphy. In taking this step
pontiff will restore ancient custom of
ob1Jrob Of bIocciOo iOUnnfiODc which
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-14

One hundred members of congress
from both the senate and the house
assembled upon the steps of the ma
tional capital to welcome two ENJOYS
of western women voters who tray
eled across the continent to present
a mammoth suffrage petition to con-
gress. Quite different from the re-
ception accorded the suffragists four
years ago, Ell? How times do
change!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-14

Ieving government shadows were
being Swallowed.
Springfield, IlI.-conVinced that
Sheriff White of Jackson county does
not intend to conduct execution of
Elston Scott, negro sentenced to
hang, Dec. II, at Murphysboro, with
"decency and decorum" Gov. Dunno
again reprieved negro until Jan. II,
1916. -'.
Observation-Disclosures Wilson is
asked by capital merchants to de-
clare Saturday official holiday for
early Christmas shopping.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-12-14
coNFESSES PAY FOR PLOTTING
AGAINST ALLIES SHIPS

HOHIlNSl NGGlGS III III ~
San Francisco, Dec. 14.-The most
sensational charges yet made in anti
allies bomb plots in this country
were reported today to have been
confessed by ]. P. Van Koolebergen,
civil engineer of this city. While
in the alleged employ of German
Consul Franz Bopp of San Francisco,
Koolsbergen claimed to have been
promised 500 and bonus for every
allied munition ship he destroyed.
He claimed to have received $500 to
go to British Columbia and destroy
the Canadian Pacifc's bridge there
in order to delay troop movements.
Baron George Wilhelm Won
Bricken of the local German consul
ate was charged by Koolenbergen
with having suggested making bombs
to attach to the munition ships. One
such bomb is alleged to have been de-
ivered to Bopp in the presence of
Won Bricken, who is under indict-
ment in connection with these
charges.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-21
MADISON GRAIN MARKET.
SIOUX CITY LIVESTOCK MARKET

Sioux City, May 21.-There was a
fair IL of cattle in sight for today's
session, some A cars or 1900 head.
as against 1,074 a week ago and l.
649 the corresponding day a year
ago.
Practically the entire receipts were
in grades suitable for packers. Trade
tone in the steer branch was sluggish
and while no change was quotable on
the light and handy weigh kinds the
heavy classes were hard to get action
on and a loss of a dime vas quotable
as compared with the previous day.