DOES YOUR BACK ACHE?
Profit by the Experience of One Who
Has Found Relief.
James R. Keeler, retired farmer,
of Fenner St., Cazenovia, N. Y„ says:
"About fifteen years ago I suffered
with my back and
kidneys. I doctored
and used many reme
dies without getting
relief. Beginning with
Doan's Kidney Pills,
I found relief from
the first box, and two
boxes restored me to
good, sound condi
tion. My wife and many of my friends
have used Doan’s Kidney Pills with
good results and I can earnestly rec
ommend them."
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Why He Was Jolly.
Bidder met Kidder, and Kidder was
just bubbling with good humor.
‘‘What are you feeling so uncom
mon jolly over?” said Bidder.
“Why, my best girl went and got
married yesterday,” said Kidder, slap
ping Bidder on the back.
“Seems to me that's about the last
thing for a chap to feel jolly over,”
said Bidder.
“What!” said Kidder. “It was me
she went and got married to!”
And so the cigars were on Bidder.—
Browning's Magazine.
Makes Pain Go Away.
Are you one of the many who pay in
toil
For your right of way through this
life?
If so you will find Hunt's Lightning Oil
A friend which will aid in the strife.
To those who earn their own way
by their own labor, accidents occur
with painful frequency. Burns, bruises,
cuts and sprains are not strangers to
the man who wears corns on his
hands. A better remedy for these
troubles does not exist than Hunt's
Lightning Oil.
A Base Insinuation.
“I hear the Neweds have had a
dreadful quarrel and that the bride
Is talking of going home to her moth
er. What's the matter?”
“I believe one evening she got the
supper from her cooking school
recipes, and when the boys in the
neighborhood lost their ball in a hole
under the fence, Mr. Newed gave
them one cf her biscuits to finish the
game.”
Pointed Conversation.
"Jack, I am going away.”
“Going away, Madge?”
"Yes. going away. But before I go
I have something to say to you.”
"Something to say to me, little
wife?”
“Yes. something to say to you. Don't
send me any poker stories in lieu of
the weekly remittance. That’ll be
about all.”
Colleges Undesirable Fire Risks.
Colleges are now regarded as rather
undesirable insurance risks, and it is
probable that the rate will be gen
erally increased. In 18 years 784 fires
have occurred in college buildings, en
tailing a loss of $10,500,000 in money
and a heavy loss of life. This makes
the average money loss over $13,000.
Negro's Valuable Head.
A Kentucky negro earns double
wages as a hodcarrier, because he is
able to do the work of two men. He
carries from 40 to 50 bricks at a time.
He places the bricks upon a board
which he balances upon his head as
he climbs to the tops of high build
ings.
The Appropriate Location.
Caustic Critic—Why did you put
that joker at the very end of the num
bers in your entertainment program?
Member of Committee—Wasn't that
all right? I thought a wag ought
naturally to come at the tail end.
Granite as Fertilizer.
The government bureau of Plant
Industry finds that ground granite
makes excellent fertilizer.
FEET OUT.
She Had Curious Habits.
When a person has to keep the feet
out from under cover during the cold
est nights in winter because of the
heat and prickly sensation, it is time
that coffee, which causes the trouble,
be left off.
There is no end to the nervous con
ditions that coffee will produce. It
show; in one way in one person and in
another way in another. In this case
the lady lived in S. Dak. She says:
“I have had to lie awake half the
night with my feet and limbs out of
the bed on the coldest nights, and felt
afraid to sleep for fear of catching
cold. I had been troubled for years
with twitching and jerking of the
lower limbs, and for most of the time
1 have been unable to go to church or to
lectures because of that awful feeling
that I must keep on the move.
"When it was brought to my atten
tion that coffee caused so many ner
vous diseases, I concluded to drop
coffee and take Postum Food Coffee to
see if my trouble was caused by coffee
drinking.
“I only drank one cup of coffee for
breakfast but that was enough to do
the business for me. When I quit it
my troubles disappeared in an almost
miraculous way. Now I have no more
of the jerking and twitching and can
sleep with any amount of bedding over
me and sleep all night, in sound, peace
ful rest.
"Postum Food Coffee is absolutely
worth its weight in gold to me.”
"There’s a Reason.” Read the little
health classic, “The Road to Well
Jille,” in ykgs.
FARMING IN
THE SOUTH
PEAVINE AS A MONEY CROP.
Will Pay Better Than Cotton On the
Same Grade of Land.
I can make more clear money on
peavine hay than I can on cotton on
the same grade of land, writes B. F.
Hancock to the Southern Ruralist.
In the tall of 1904 I took eight acres
of cornstalk land that only made
seven or eight bushels of corn per
acre, with 150 pounds of guano, and
sowed it in wheat, which only made
twenty-eight bushels on the eight
acres. Then I decided to try some
thing else.
I turned the stubble under and
drilled in one bushel of speckled peas
and 100 pounds of guano per acre.
Then smoothed the groumT with what
I called a sleigh. (It is made of two
pieces of timber 2 by 8 feet and 4 feet
long, tapered at one end; Then take
boards 1 by 6 by 5 feet long, and com
mence at the wide end lap until cov
ered.)
Be sure and kill all of the weeds an I
grass in sowing. Let the peas and
grass come up together, then they
will be reay to cut at the same time.
Let about three-fourths of the pods be
ripe when you begin to cut. Do not
cut more at one time than you can
care for. Cut after the dew is off.
Rake before night, leave in windrows
until next evening, and then haul to
the barn and stack.
Now for the profit. I sold off the
eight acres $109.80 worth of hay. I
sowed the same field Tn wheat anil
again made ninety bushels. Then put
the same in peas, and made $175
worth of hay. I sell all of my hay
in the bulk, and get $20 per ton.
I can put one acre of peavine hay
on the market in three days’ work for
one man and team from start to fin
ish, hauling it fifteen miles to mar
ket. Can bale and ship in less time.
I would advise our farmers to plant
less corn and cotton, prepare for it.
better and make more. Sow their
land in peas, commencing about May
1 and continue tin July 10. Sow five
or six acres every time Tf rains, and
you won't lose any time in your cron.
Then you can take care of the hay,
as it will not all be on hand at once.
Be sure to fill your barn, and
then sell the rest. You will have fat
stock and a nice bank account before
cotton selling time.
I sow my best land in sorghum or
German millet. Rich land grows the
vines too large and woody, so that i
the stock will not eat it.
Don’t fail to sow because peas are
high, for when they are high is the ;
time to have some to sell.
POINTERS FOR MILKERS.
Cows should be milked in a com
fortable. clean, thoroughly drained
and well-lighted place.
Every time you abuse and frighten
a cow, you throw her milk and butter
machinery out of gear.
The value of a cow should be fixed
by the amount of fat there is in her
milk and what it costs to produce it.
The udder should be carefully
cleaned before commencing to milk
and the last drop of milk should be
drawn from the udder.
Heavy milkers are often rough
boned cows with large frames, but
joints and ill shapes are not essen
tial in the make-up of a good cow.
To allow a certain quantity of food
to each tow in the herd alike may
result in an insufficient quantity for
some and too much food for others.
To realize the greatest profit, the
dairyman should have cows bred dis
tinctly for milk. To combine milk
and beef in one animal is a sure fail
ure for either or both.
If your cow has a sore teal, try" to
get the sore spot in the palm of your
hand. You will find that she will
make less fuss about the job of milk
ing if you do this.
In buying a dairy cow look well to
the udder. It should be well up in
front and high up in the rear, teats
of good size, and well placed, and far
enough apart so that the animal can
be milked without constantly hitting
the knuckles.
How to Get Clean Milk.
A New York producer of certified
milk gives these requirements for the
production of high-grade milk: Clean
stables, a healthy herd and careful,
cleanly men. His cows are always fe 1
after milking. Just before the milk
ing they are brushed and the floor an i
walls of the stables are sprayed. \
man with warm water and towels then
washes the sides and udders ot the
cattle. A second man repeats the op
eration, after which the cows are
milked into cans covered with steril
ized cheesecloth covers and the milk
immediately removed from the stable
to the cooling room, after which it is
bottled. This dairyman gets 12 cents
a quart for his milk and is thus well
paid for the extra care and expense
involved in its sanitary production.—
Farmer’s Guide.
LIVESTOCK ITEMS,
Stock should be fed a variety of
food. Many flocks and herds have to
subsist almost entirely upon grain
foods the entire year, which is an in
judicious mode of feeding. Vegetables,
either raw or cooked, or mixed with
ground grain, are excellent, but there
is nothing equaling a liberal supply
of grain morning and night, with
plenty of grass during the day, and
if the pasture is supplied with a mixed
herbage so much the better. Variety
conduces to health and promotes
thrift.
A sheep will not touch hay that other
stock has nosed over. They must eat
at the first table or not at all. The
refuse from the sheep racks may be
thrown to the cattle, but it would be
useless to throw the stubs left in
the cattle managers to the sheep. So
with the corn and oats; the sheep
do not like the grain the rats have
played over or the sparrows roosted
above the feed bins. The best corn
shellers have a fan attachment that
blows out all dust and loose particles
of husks.
A variety of food of any kind will
be preferred to one or two articles
regularly given. Cattle that are daily
allowed hay and grain, if permitted to
have access to wheat straw or corn
stalks, will eat quite a quantity of
such materials, and if the straw or
corn fodder is cut up and ground
grain added, even horses have been
known to thrive on such at all sea
sons. Where a liberal supply of
grain is allowed there is no risk in
curred by feeding the coarse foods to
any class of stock, and it is an ad
vantage to do so in order to feed less
hay when the season has not been
favorable to grass and hay making.
Some horses will eat at all times
and consume almost any quantity of
food without appearing to improve ir.
condition, although they may be doing
not much work. Horses differ, and
what is best for one may not give as
good results with others. Good groom
ing is an important matter, but there
is not, as a rule, suffiicient variety
in the food of horses. While oats will
continue to be a standard food for
horses, yet a small allowance of lin
seed meal and corn fodder will also
be relished and give excellent results.
Hay and fodder should prove supe
rior to hay alone.
A common fruit tree sprayer, such
as are used by orchardists, is a much
more convenient way to destroy lice
on cattle than it is to apply the rem
edy by hand. A hose with a fine
nozzle which will throw a very nne
spray is best, but its point should be
held close to the skin. Two or three
applications may be needed, as some
of the lice may be in the egg, and
not be destroyed by the first applica
tion.
Every country blacksmith includes
horseshoeing as a part of his business,
but many of them do not understand
the conformation of the foot of a horse
and frequently do harm. Each foot
may require a special shoe, and there
are peculiarities and individual traits
of horses which must be considered.
Reform in Baling.
As several large gatherings of cot
ton farmers are set to come ofT soon
for the purpose of getting .together on
the best system of storing and mar
keting cotton, we are of the opinion
that the first step in reform is to de
mand a more dense compact form and
better covering for bales. When we
sell cotton the weight of the net lint
only should be considered. We should
forget the bagging and ties and sell
lint cotton by taking the graft there
is in the question out of the way alto,
gether. Cotton yarn is sold in bales
the same as lint, but the actual net
yarn only in the bale enters into con
sideration. Cotton producers must
protect their lint cotton from the
weather, dirt, waste, grime and pilage
the same as the manufacturer pro
tects the manufactured cotton goods
from the same loss. It is of little im
portance to the average cotton grow
er whether the round bale or the
smaller and more dense form of
square bale takes the day so that he
rids the trade of its present great
loss as before named.—J. C. Stripling.
Stick to one Breed.
The farmer who buys a trio or
more of fowls in the fall will make
no mistake, and if he prefers to get
the eggs in the spring all will be
well, but he must expect to be ridi
culed by some of his neighbors for
paying one or two dollars for a male
or hen. Nevertheless, these same
farmers and neighbors will promptly
come forward and request to "change
eggs" with him when they desire to
hatch chicks in the spring. If a
farmer buys eggs of the standard
breeds he buys stock, the eggs being
simply the embryo chicks. The
farmer who desires to improve also
goes too far sometimes. Instead of
depending upon one breed he begins
with two or more. Ilis interest will
be sufficiently strong for a year or
more to keep his birds separate, but
in the course of time he will under
take to save labor by turning out all
the breeds together.
A Thirty-Foot Snake.
Callers at the Paris building this
morning enjoyed the sight of a snake
skin of mammoth proportions. It was
that of a boa constrictor shot 40 miles
north of Zamboanga by two American
prospectors, Bell and Newman. The
skin measures 29 feet, but Mr. Wick
ersham, who brought the skin to Man
ila, says when first killed the snake
measured 30 feet 6 inches.
At the time it was shot the con
strictor bad just seized a deer hy the
ao*9 and was choking off its wind.
The constrictor received a charge of
buckshot full in the neck and fell with
out a struggle. The wound is now
represented by a jagged hole in the
skin about three inches in diameter.
Mr. Wickersham says he has seen
one constrictor even larger, 36 feet.
For the purpose of convincing the
skeptical that there are such mo-a
sters in these islands he has agre^u
to place the skin on Exhibition.— Ma
nila Times.
There can bd no recreation in wje
Indulgence that leads to regret
NOT THE TIME TO STOP,
Manager Saw the Possibilities in tho
Situation.
Jim Johnstone, the famous base
ball umpire, said recently in New
York that baseball crowds were far
kinder to umpires than they used
to be.
“This is true of theater crowds,
too,” said Mr. Johnstone. “Why, with
provincial touring companies in the
past, maltreatment was regularly ex
pected. In fact, the companies prof
ited by it in more ways than one.
“I know of a company that was
playing ‘The Broken Vow’ in Paint
Rock, a one night stand. The audi
ence didn’t like ‘The Broken Vow,’ and
eggs, cabbages and potatoes rained
upon the stage.
“Still the play went on. The hero
raved through his endless speeches,
dodging an onion or a baseball every
other minute, and pretty sore from
those missiles that he hadn’t been
able to dodge.
“But finally a gallery auditor in a
paroxysm of rage and scorn hurled a
heavy boot, and the actor, thoroughly
alarmed, started to retreat.
“ ‘Keep on playing, you fool,' hissed
the manager from the wings, as he
hooked in the boot with an umbrella.
‘Keep on till we get the other one.’ ”
PRESCRIPTIONS IN LATIN.
The Public Should Have Them Trans
lated by the Druggists.
What virtue is there in the secrecy
with which the doctor hedges about
his profession?
"Professional etiquette” occupies a
prominent place in the curriculum of
every medical school, and when strict
ly analyzed “professional etiquette”
seems to mean “doing what is best for
the doctor, individually and col
lectively.”
Among the things that “is best for
the doctor” is the writing of his pre
scriptions in Latin, and thus keeping
the public in ignorance not only of
what it is taking for its ills, but forc
ing a call upon the doctor each time
a prescription is needed.
In plain and unmistakable English
the writing of prescriptions in Latin
makes business for the doctors.
Let us say that you have the ague.
You had it last year and the year be
fore. Each time you have visited the
doctor and he has prescribed for you
—in Latin. You have never known
what he has given you for the disease,
and so each time you are forced to go
to him again and give him an oppor
tunity to repeat his prescription—in
Latin, and his fee—in dollars.
If you ask the doctor why he uses
Latin in writing his prescriptions, why
he writes “aqua” when he means wa
ter, he will give you a technical dis
sertation on the purity of the Latin
language, and the fact that all words
are derived from it, etc. It will be a
dissertation that you may not be able
to answer, but it will hardly convince
you.
It would be a good thing for the pub
lic to devise a little code of ethics of
its own; ethics that will be “a good
thing for the public individually and
collectively.”
Let us apply one of the rules of this
code of ethics to you, the individual.
You call in the physician when you
have the ague, the grippe, or any of
the other ills to which human flesh is
heir, and which you may have again
some day. The doctor prescribes—in
Latin, and you take this, to you, mean
ingless scribble to the druggist to
have it compounded. Right here is
where you come in, if you are wise.
Say to the druggist that you want a
translation of that prescription. It is
your privilege to know what you are
taking. While the doctor’s code of
ethics may not recognize this right it
is yours just the same.
With the translated prescription in
your possession you have two distinct
advantages. You know what you are
taking, and should you wish to call
some other doctor at some time you
will be able to tell him what drugs you
have been putting into your system,
and also if you should have the same
disease again you can save yourself
a visit to the doctor, and his fee, by
taking this translated prescription to
the druggist once more and having it
refilled. _
She Experimented.
A little girl of five was taken to
church one Sunday, and listened with
unexpected attention to the sermon,
which graphically told the story of
the stilling of the tempest on the Sea
of Galilee, and how Christ walked on
the waves. In the afternoon her moth
er missed her and began an anxious
search of the house. As she neared
the bathroom she heard sounds of
splashing, and hurried to the door to
behold a small, excited face peering
over the rim of the big white tub, and
to hear a small, excited voice ex
claim: “Say, mamma, this walking
on the water is quite a trick.”
A Knock.
“Jimmy,” said the father, “there’s a
rip in your bathing suit. Go and sew
it up.”
“But papa,” growled the boy, “moth
er will sew it for me.”
“Never mind. I want you to learn
to sew yourself. For,” said the father
“sc-me day you will get married, and
then you won’t have any mother—you
will only have a wife.”
Habits of Sperm Whale.
The sperm whale can remain below
the surface for about 20 minutes at a
time. Then it comes to the surface
and breathes 50 or GO times, taking
about ten minutes to do so.
Possibly Had to Economize.
At a recent golden wedding in Eng
land the aged bridegroom wore th«
suit in which he had been married.
Governor Issues Statement.
Acting Governor Pindall has issued
a statement that an extra session of
the legislature is not deemed neces
sary at this time. That in the con
tinued disbursement of the common
school and Confederate pension funds,
as heretofore, he anticiuates no se
rious treuble. He points out that
there is no prescribed penalty foy fail
ure to adhere strictly to the directory
provisions of the constitution cited by
Attorney General Kirby relative to
biennial appropriations for specific
purposes, and declares that he would
remit any such penalty so far as the
school and pension fund distributions
are concerned. Following is the pub
lished statement.
Pindall’s Statement.
The newspapers throughout the State are
agitating the question of an extra session of
the legislature. There harp been rumors cur
rent since tin* adjournment of the regular
session that the legislature would be called
back for a number of purposes, and since the
recent opinion of the attorney general upon
the state capitol question, the matter has
received more attention.
It has been suggested in the press of the
State that the situation is one concerning
which the executive office should be heard
from and believing that the people may be
interested in my views concerning this ques
tion. I make the following statement:
The reasons assigned by those who assume
to desire an extra session may be summed up
as follows:
First. That since the rendition of the opin
ion of the attorney general the State capitol
revenue is tied up.
Second. That this opinion infercntially ties
up the common school fund.
Third. That this opinion of the attorney
general by inference ties up the Confederate
pension fund.
Fourth. That if the legislature was convened
In extra session it could make an appropriation
for the salary of the regular governor of Ar
kansas in furtherance of its expressed will,
that he shall receive his salary during his
present disabilities.
Thinks Kirby Right.
I have carefully read and considered the
opinion of the attorney general on tin* State
capitol question, and respectfully agree that
he states correctly the constitutional provisions
in regard to appropriations from the State
treasury.
This opinion as applied to the State capitol
situation has created a condition making, it
incumbent upon the State capitol commission
to assume the initiative in regulating this
matter, and until they have exhausted all of
the means reasonably within their power, to
remove the impediment to their progress, it is
premature for this office to take action.
The School Fund.
Concerning the school fund. I have conferred
with the head of the educational department
of our state. Prof. J. J. I)oyne, and while I
am not at liberty at this time to quote him,
I am at liberty to say that my Investigation
has led me to believe that there will not be
or that there need not be any serious trouble
about this matter.
Pension Fund.
The pension fund is possibly in the same
condition with the school fund. In regard to
the salary of the regular governor. I am
convinced that the legislature meant what they
said, and that all the people everywhere en
dorsed their action iu declaring that our
stricken governor shall receive his salary, and
in order to carry out their purposes. I shall
draw no further salary myself, but shall re
quest Paul Little to draw the governor's salary
each month and forward it tb his mother.
Will Borrow His Salary.
For my salary. I shall borrow the money,
and leave it with the next legislature to take
what steps in the premises they may see tit
and proper. Further, I am of the opinion in
relation to the school fund and tht. pension
money, after making inquiry, and have become
informed that it has never been necessary f<*r
the legislature to make a specific appropriation
in regard to these matters, and since it has
been the universal custom to regulate these
matters without a specific appropriation I see
no reason why these customs should not be
followed this year.
Further, there is a distinction between man
datory and directory provisions of law, and
it is a rule universally recognised that con
stitutional provisions are directory ns applied
to the executive department.
Penalties He Would Remit.
Further, there is no penalty by law for n
failure to adhere strictly to these provisions
of the constitution, ns cited by the attorney
general, and even if there was u penalty. In
view of the fact that it is incumbent upon
our officers to save to the state all that can
be saved by preventing unnecessary expenses
in carrying out the governmental functions of
their respective offices, I would have no hesi
tancy, while acting as governor, in remitting
any penalty that might accrue by reason ot
the auditor or treasurer acting in this case,
as all of their predecessors have ueted in the
past.
rung at city Banaert.
I wns at Brat eouMdertng aorac plan of
borrowing the money from the different banka
throughout the State, ami hail purtleulurly In
mind the country banka and not the metro
politan lnatltutloua. apoken for lately by n
representatlye of one of the city's hunks.
I appreciate the conservatism iliapluyed by
Col. Pratt and Judge Kavanaugh for tliclr
respective banks, when these gentlemen re
frained from discussing my plans before they
had been advised of them. However, as no
communication hail been addressed to any of
the city buuks. the gratuitous criticism which
was offered concerning my undisclosed plan
was Indeed premature.
State Will Not Forget.
In answer to this criticism, however, It
might be well to remind some of those who
constantly urge that the state's funds lie taken
front the vaults nnd loaned to the banks,
comes with rather poor grace from those who
voluntarily refuse to aid the state In times
of seeming extremities, anti doubtless this fnet
will not he lost sight of by the people's repre
sentatives when In the future attempts are
made to create so-called State depositories.
These being my views, I feel like saying that
at this time the talk of an extra session of
the legislature Is rather early lu the seusou.
Very respectfully,
X. O. PIN HAUL,
Acting Governor.
Articles of Incorporation.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed in the secretary of state’s office
by the Hawell Farmers’ Union Cotton
Warehouse of Hawell, Ark. The com
pany is incorporated for the purpose
of buying, selling and storing cotton.
Stock is divided into shares of $25
each, and the capitalization is $5,000.
The Farmers' Union Warehouse Com
pany of Hempstead county has filed
its articles of incorporation. The
company is capitalized at $10,000, di
vided into 400 shares at $25 each.
Alexander Sons & Farrington of Fort
Smith filed an amendment to it arti
cles of association changing the name
of the company to Alexander & Boyer
Lumber Company.
Annual Meetings at State House.
The annual meeting of the Rural
Letter Carriers of Arkansas will be
held at the state house in Little Rock
September 2 and 3. The National con
vention of the Farmers’ Union of
America will hold a three days’ ses
sion at the state house, commencing
on September 2.
Notarial Commissions.
Notarial commissioners were Issued
decently to Fitz Benton of Hot
Springs, H. J. Drennen of Bradford
and B. J. Carney of Yellville.
Orders Work Stopped
The Board of State Capitoi Com
missioned has decided to taL
steps at present toward having th°
supreme court pass upon th« !
involved in the opinhTo,^??
ney general, notwithstanding the
that the commissioners are rel C
to concur in the belief that the attor
ney general has made a misL!
his construction of the law Ne th‘n
will the Board make any ^ !
for a special session of the list
ture. The idea of testing the a£
ney generals opinion in the courts
was rejected by the Commit
because there are no public funds
r ie,rw'“' “• «•!
In the event of the state audi.
tor and state treasurer refusing to
honor warrants against the school and
pension funds, it ia thought Governor
Pindail will be forced to yield to the
pressure and convene the legislature
in special session to remove the dis
abilities which affect these funds. In
that event, the restrictions will also
be removed from the capitoi fund so
that work may be resumed. After due
consideration of the matter the Board
decided to instruct the contractors to
discontinue construction work on the
new capitoi until funds became avail
able for payment.
As a forlorn hope, the capitoi com
missioners in their instructions to the
capitoi contractors suggest that they
continue with the work of building,
promising that if they do, the commis
sioners will urge the legislature to
pay all bills that may be rendered to
the commission, and which the com
mission audits and alulows. As the
contractors are now owed nearly
$100,000, and as the cost cf enclosing
the building so that it would be pro
tected against the weather would be
$75,000 more, it is not believed that
the contractors will give the sugges
tion much consideration.
Will Be Exposed to Weather,
In the construction of the new start
capitoi, 10 per cent of all bills paid the
contractors has been withheld to
insure the proper construction of the
building according to the architectur
al provisions. About $050,000 has
so far been allowed the contractors,
and the amount held back, exclusive
of the work done since the last meet
ing of the commissioners, and which
has not been audited, will elosely
approximate $100,000. If the contrac
tors should undertake to enclose the
building, the chief expense would be
the installation of the windows, door3
and skylights. All this work would
of necessity, be required to be done
in a substantial manner, so that it
would not have to he done over again,
and it is estimated that fully $75,000
would he expended in this work alone,
With the other contracts, which they
are working on, and future work,
which they may secure, it is not
believed that Caldwell Ai Drake would
undertake to hamper themselves finan
cially by tieing up nearly $200,000
of their resources for a term of pos
sibly two years. This would mean
that unless a special session of the
legislature was called, the building
must remain open and exposed to the
weather for nearly two years.
In Event of Extra Session.
In view of the possibility that an
extra session of the General Assem
bly may be deemed necessary, it
might be interesting to note what
the constitution says on the subject
Section 19, Article 6, of the Consti
tution of 1874, says: "The governor
may, by proclamation on extraordi
nary occasions, convene the Genera
Assembly at the seat of governmen
or at a different place, if that s a
have become since their last adjourn
ment, dangerous from an enemy or
contagious disease; and be shall spe
cify in his proclamation the P“rP0S
for which they are convened; and n
other business than that set 0
therein shall be transacted unti
same shall have been disposed -
after which they may, by a e
two-thirds of all the mem ■
elected to both houses, entered up
their journals, remain in session
exceeding fifteen days.
By Steamer to St. houis.
Although plans have not been 4'
nitely arranged in Little Boc '
certain, unless something un o
should arise, that 100 people *rL .
city will go on the steam_erj^(
Brown to St. Louis to greet g
Roosevelt there on October -
accompany him to Memp tW
he will make an address yj
Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep ^
Association. Governor m ’ a»4
Arkansas delegation in Congr m al|
many prominent citizens ^
parts of the State will accomP
delegation from Little R°ck
Reward for Negro.
A reward of $200 has bej;a ^
by Acting Governor p,‘ld*‘“ ,
arrest of a negro. Gilbert
is wanted for assault. ^ jt
assault was committed -
Faulkner county.
Convict Pardoned
A pardon has been issued' ^
ette Allumus of Chicot c0““^us
ing Governor Plndall- - ue0ite®
sentenced to one year m ^ ol
tiary on conviction bf a
assault with intent to Kin.