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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
cuRIosITIEs OF SEEING.


How Ea6tfy the Eye Is Oecetveus
Some very remarkable experiments,
which any one, with little care, may
repeat for himself, have recently been
made on the perspective effects of color.
If on a screen of black velvet placed
about 10 feet away large letters are
pasted, some blue and some red, the let
tiers will not appear to be at an equal
distance from the eyes. To some per-
sons the red letters will seem nearer
than tho blue letters, while to others
the contrary effect will be manifested,
the blue letters appearing nearer than
the red ones.
To produce this curious effect both
eyes must be used. When one eye is
closed, thu letters are all seen at the
Same distance On opening the other
eye one set Of letters Immediately APP
pears to take a position in advance of
the others.
The explanation offered Is that sort
of stareoscopic effect is produced in the
eye itself, depending On color. The inn
age OF a blao object is shifted by the
eye toward one side, and that of a red
object toward the other side. the cause
Ct tie shifting being the eeeentricity of
the pupil Of the eye.
This eccentrlcity may be increased by
holding blaclS screen close to the eye
So rs to cover one-haH Of the pupil.
The effect is best viewed By screening
both pupils at the same time. If on
looking 1T Blue and red letters on a black
background placed 80 or 70 feet away
yea see the red letters nearer than the
blue ones. screen off one-haif of thepu-
pill of each eye, on the outside and you
will then see the red letters retire be-
hind the Blue ones. ss
If you screen the pupils ON the side
toward tic nose, you will; sec. the red
letters advai'ce' apparently still farther
ahead4of the lauo letters. -
If, on the ether hand, you naturally
see tie blue ii advance. screen the IN
ner side Of youT pupils, and the red will
core to the front.
Il has hatcly been shown BY Dr.. A.
D. Waller that very beautiful effects
can be produced with one eye alone
Nh !, instead of letters. red or blue
riggs are passed on Il background of
tho opposite color Placing red rings
On 6lae paper and using the right eye
with the inner side of the pupil Gov
cred, the appearance is that of circular
red hillocks resting upona blue ground.
To produce this effect in its highest
degree the paper should be held to the
left AID sloping in that direction. When
the outer side Of the pupil is screened,
the red ring become circular trenches in
ehe blae paper. Youths Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
A MODEL SAVAGE.
King Khama Is an Autocrat of the Best
Possible Type.

ming hh1nla IL an AutOcfht OF TIC lscst
Possible Type.
King Khama is model savage, if a
black man who has been thoroughly
civilized by European and missionary
influences can still be called one He
is an autocri;t of tho best possible type,
whose influence in his country is en-
tirely thrown into the scale Of virtue
for the suppression of vice. Such
thing as theft is unknown in his realm.
He will not allow his subjects to make
or drink beer He has put stop also
to the existence of witch doctors and
their wiles throughout all the Bamang
wato
He conducts in person services every
Sunday in his large, round kotla, o.
place Of assembly, standing beneath the
tree Of justice and the wide canopy Of
heaven in q truly patriarchai style. He
is keen in the suppression Of all super
stitions ard eats publicly the flesh of
the duyker, sort of roe5uck, which
was formerly the totem of the tribe and
held as sacred among them 20 years
ago. TIE late King Siklzome, Khama 5
father, would not SO much as step on
a duyker skin, and it is still looked up
on with more generation by his sub
| iects than Khama would wish.
AS an instance Of Khalaa 3 power ard
Judgment, it is sufficient for Us to quote
the sudden change Of his capital from
Shoshong to the present site, Palapwe.
Shoshong was in a strong position,
where the BaInangNato cnuld cffectual-
/ ly protect themselves from the Mata-
beles' raids under Lol1engpfa, but it was
badly supplied with water and in dry
seasons the inhabitants suffered greatly
from drought. The change of capital
had been a subject discussed fer years,
but Kha1na waited quietly until psople
began to think that he was against it
and would never move. He waited, in
fact, until be was sure of British pro-
lection, until he knew that Eobengula
could not attack his people ut Palapwa
without enbroiIing himself in war
with England.
Then suddenly one day, without any
predatory warning, King Khsma gave
orders fer the move, and the exodus
began Gil The next dag, and in two
months time IS, coo individuals were
located ia their new capital, 60 miles
away from 5heshong. Under Khama' S
direction, everything was conducted IN
the best possible order. To every man
was given his allotted ground, and he
was told to build his huts thereon. Not
single dispute arose, and no one would
imagine today that only a few years
ago Palapwe was uninhshited.
Khama, in manner and appearance,
is thoroughly gentleman, dignified
and courteous. lie wears we'll made
European clothes. billycocll hat and
gloves; in bis hand he brandishes a
dainty cane, and he zperyades every
thing in his country, riding about
from point TO point wherever his pres
ence is required, and If he is just a lit
tie too much of a dandy it i9-aa error
in his peculiar case IN the right direc-
tion.-Contemporary Review.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
Novel Way of selling a Corn Curer.

A gentleman who has been travelling
in France relates that in Paris the bar
Der who was shaving him stepped two
or three times upon the side of his foot.
At last the customer called out:
please don t do that any morel |
have corn.
Exactly what was trying to find
out. monsieur, said the barrier bland
". I'VE hive an excellent preparation
for removing corns, for sale at franc
per bottle. Texas Siftings.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
Teasot COLLECTORS.

Tea was not known in England till
the time of Charles II, but it is inter
esting to trace the gradual increase in
the size of teapots. from the dilninutive
productions of the Elers, in the time
of Queen Anne and George |. when tea
was sold in apotheearies' shops, to the
capacious vessel which supplied DR..
johnson with the cup that cheers but
not inebriates. Mr. Croker, in his edi-
tion. of Bosvell's Life, mentions q
teapot that belonged to DR.. johnson,
which held two quarts. hut this sinks
into insignifcanee compared with the
superior magnitude Of that in the pos
session OF Mrs. MaTayat Of Wimbledon,
who purchased Il at the sale of Mrs.
Piozzi s effects at Streatham. This tea
pot, which was the one originally used
by Dr. johnson, holds more than three
quarts. George " had a large assem-
blage of teapofs, piled in pyramids in
the pavilion at Brighton. Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Garter was also collector Of tea
pots Also Mrs Halves, who bequeathed
800 specimens to her daughter, Mrs.
Donlin. Among them are several be
longing to Queen Charlotte. Salaa
Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
Terrible Death of an Inventor.

A chemist named Liardet met a
shocking death at Melbourne recently.
He was engaged in his laboratory in
some experiments with powerful ex-
plosive, which he had just succeeded in
inventing after years of patient labor
and at an outlay of several thousands
of pounds, when the substance explod-
ed, with the result that the unfortunate
man was blown to pieces, his mangled
remains being projected right through
a wooden partition. Melbourne Ga
xette.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23

Creases in drawings, engravings, ETC.,
may be leveled out by following these
Instructions Fasten the engraving or
drawing by drawing pins on board,
face downward on a sheet of paper; on
the back place another sheet of paper
which retains very Slight quantity Of
moisture. Over this place flannel or
blotting paper, and taking hot iron
pass it carefully over the part where
the creases have been made until they
disappear, and then submit the draw
ings or engrayings to pressure between
printer S glazed boards. Brooklyn Ea-
gle
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23

Ia country places where amusement
is not abundant and people depend upon
each other for diversion, neighborly ia
miliarity naturally flourishes. and the
habit of running ia to visit friends
may be Carried to an unpleasant excess.
\ family living in North Carolina
found it something Of strain upon
their ideas of hospitality to be obliged
every day to entertain a tedious woman
of 50. The favorite beck or the neces-
aaiy piece Of work had to be put aside
n order to shout bits OF conversation in
her ear.
At last the father. in desperation,
planned to go INTO a sudden fit OF tenn
per in the presence eff the obnoxious
cailer in the hope of convincing her that
they were not pleasant people to visit
Accordingly one evening, when he re-
turned from business and found the cd
lady present as usual, he began to talk
loudly and in All irrit#ted voice. Then,
growing more excited, he stamped about
the room knocking furniture right and
left and ended by going out and bang
ing the door after him.
The old lady knitted away quietly
through the confusion, and when the
man was gone she turned to the family
and said in Il comforting voice:
reckon it WAS mighty lucky was
here, or you d had to take ii. But you
Heedn lie frightened I'll stay right
here with you till he gets over it. -
Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
LOW AN ENGLlsHMAN LIVES.
r,,. whole Globe Plays Him Serving man
10 spread His Table.

t0 spread H1sslADkes
without being luxurious, the "nole
globe has played him serving man 10
snread his table Russia gave the nenp'
~ Tndia or South Carolina the cotton,
ear +bat cloth which his wifeJays upon
Il The eastern islands placed tnere
those condiments and spices which were
anea the secret relishes of the wealthy.
Australian downs send him frozen NUT
Con o. canned beef, the prairles OF
a,,orica meal for his biscuit and pud-
ling and if he will eat fruit the or
chords of Tasmania and the pam
woods of the West Indies profter de-
Iieious gifts, while the orange groves OF
FIorida and of the Hesperides cheaper
for his use those golden apples Whleh
dragons used to guard.
His coffee comes from where jew
eled huinining birds hang IN the DOW
ers of Brazil, or purple butterflies nut
for amid the Javan mangroFes. Great
elmer ships, racing by night and day
under clouds Of canvas, convey to MN
tbe tea from China or Assam, CT from
tho Green Singhalese hills. The sugar
which sweetens it was crushed from
canes that waved by the Nile or the
0rinoco, ard the plating Of the spoon
with which he stirs it was dug for
him from Mexican or Nevadan mines.
The currants in lis dumping arc a
tribute from classic Greece, and his
timed salmon or lzippered herring to-
ken from the seas and rivers Of Canada
or Norway. He may partake, If he
will. of rice that ripened under the hot
skies of Patna or Rangoon, of cocoa,
that food Of the gods, . plueked under
the burning blue ef the equator. foi
his rasher of bacon the hog express runs
daily With 10, coo grunting victims into
Chicago. Dutch or Brittany hens have
laid him eggs, and Danish cows grazed
the daisies Of Elsinore to produce his
cheese and butter
If he drinks beer, it is odds that Bel
GUM and Bavaria have contributed tt
it the barley and the hops, aud when he
has finished eating il will be tie Mis-
sissiDpi fats OF the gardens of the An
TILES that FIJI for him bis pipe with th'
comforting tobacco. Sir Edwin Arnold
in Long1nan S Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
The Ohlicinc Jnrr,nnn.

Some jurymen have too low an opin-
ion of whatsome philosophers call their
ego and are willing to depute their du-
ties to an altsr ego. When Mr.. Justice
Gould had been about two hours trying
a case at York, he noticed there were
but II jurymen in the box. Please,
my lord, replied the foreman in an
swer to the judges natural inquiry,
the other has gone away about some
business he had to do. but he has left
his verdict with me. London Illus
trated News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23

More than ST, geo, geo, 600 Of ra
property in this country is estinas
be in the hands of receivers. II
imposing total well calculatesa
some notion of the vastness Of thsr
portation interests. Five great y
under receivers-the Union y
Northern Pacific, Philadelphia
Reading, Erie and Richmond leia
represent close to %, 900 nlH
road, with an aggregate eapllala
of $4f6. 724, I'll, assets Of sl,llAl
871 and funded debts Of S5ll,HS
On stock exchange valuation tlss
of these roads are worth about
cent .on the dollar, OF say a l9'
about $50, 000, 600. RAILWAY lll'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
when 70 wind Your watch.

During the night your watch ~ =!
as it ware-that is, 1t hangs y
vest without motion on toueh.
don't wind it at night, the MANI
is then relaxed, instead of'0elns Y
condition during the day. By v
it in the morning the malnsp E
mains close and tight all day. y
the movement steady at 9 1l, ~.
you are handling it, running ~,
city attending to your daily ana s,
relaxed handspring at this llll ., a..
for fine watches varying sllSn'4'
dustrial World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23

One may say, Tho requisites Of sue
cess on the stage are youth, health, good
eloeutionary talents ard praetieed skill,
good looks and dramatic instinct. Then
it could he replied that if a person pos
sesscd this combination be or she need
give himself OF herself no further cen
eern. a. to success. It is absolutely Sc
cnre-as secure as an income from
$500, 000 of government bonds, and that
to Il person just starting cut en- q stage
career and anxious to make good liy-
ing cut Of # such preliminary eondi-
lions arc as remote as the big bank bal
ance to the new beginner il commercial
business.
It IS really the case that most of the
conditions that qualify for stage sue
cess have to be worked for. This sort
of instruction may not be impaired by
professional teachers at SO much les
son, bat it proceeds from teachers all
the same, whether voluntary or invol-
untary, since all human beings are con
tinually not only receiving but giving
lessons. Rose Coghlan.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
We Like Olives.

This country has become within three
decades one Of the most important olive
consuming countries of theworld. When
olives were first imported into the Unit
ed States, they were a luxury of the
rich They are still consumed in cities
rather than in the country districts,
and New York, with its great popula-
ton OF people from the Mediterranean
regions is OF all American cities by far
the greatest consumer of olives.
cago Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
Tho Cost of f,aro,a.

Familiarity with dangsS s''
breed, if not contempt far : 'sell
carelessness, We have 50 So, !, s a. u
hawk Dutehman, . the es sSa 'ls y
pert with a band scroll saw v'a =
ball Of his thumb in dirtr Y. ie9
them cut the grease off @it NJ y
idly running saw as clean n ' " \
done with soap and eater - ''s|
We have seen a man mt 1.
under a powerful triphamm M ~ y
ton just to show how he eonl mia y
the machine. Many other foal s a y
are done just to show off, d. y
of the accidents happen throng ~ !
lessness resulting from faIniIi sr !
long as an operator is afraia u Y! 4
chine he is not apt to get hum \
human minds are SO coustitnta
they cannot bear sustained nj
one direetion-that is, cannot ~ Y
ways equally on the alert in rep' I
a certain contingency. '''
A train dispatcher or switeb /.
may hold a place for years wjtbs1s'
making a mistake and at last =
terrible one, from some cause s
not explain. The only waF h = ]
the number of easualties-tbsv +
be avoided entirely-is 10 Taxa Fl
cautions. This is required Of asa
ers if they wish to escape costlrl,s
suits, but when all possible precs'
haye been taken one can then oDHl
to luck. Chattanooga Tradesnsa'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
An observaat heterogeneous discovery,

Did you ever notice. said NJ. B.
Church of Grand Rapids at the Nor
mandie. that the Washington monu-
ment has the exact dimensions of an
ocean steamship? 1t has. 1t is $50 feet
long and SIS feet at the base. just COM
pare these figures with those of the lead
ing Atlantic liners. and you will find
that theyar just about the same
length 0times the beam and depth 1t
is the outcome OF symmetry. Wash
ington Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
The Oldest Trees In the World.

The 30 tree of Anuradapura was
planted 288 Should be 245, Dayids)
years before Christ. It's age is matter
of record, its. conservancy has been an
object of solicitude toseveral dynasties,
and the story of its vieissitudes has
baen preserved in a series of continuous
chronicles among the most authentic
that have been handed down by man
kind The yew trees Of Fountains ali
hey are believed to have fourished there
200 years ago. The olives in the
garden of Gethsemane were full grown
when the Saraccn8 We're expelled from
Jerusalem, and the cypress of Soma, in
Lombarty, is said to lave been a tree
in the time OF Juligs Cesar, yet the
TO tree is older than the Oldest Of these by
a century, and would almost seem to
verify the prophecy pronounced when
it was planted-that it would flourish
and be green forever. ,-Rhys Davis
Buddhism.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
white BLOOD Absorbing the Hawaiian


The marriage OF young american men
to half whites is becoming quite fire.
quent among respectable white families
in Hawaii. It IS Of no use for the for
eign parents to turn the cold shoulder.
Outlines the half. white girls are fully
equal in intelligence, taste and domes-
tie virtues to those who marry them.
There will be mere of these marriages,
and the mixed blood will improve with
growing prosperity and better educa-
ton, and as the primitive influences and
environments decrease with the lapse OF
generations. Indeed one way that the
Hawaiian population is now decreas-
ing is not so much by the disappearance
as by the dilution or by whitening of
the blood. New York Evening Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
Tseduclng vibration In I...ii,vay Cars

lset1uciH- Ffef'sitoH kli Kali WY Cars.
A new Invention ombodics Il princi-
pic which vii commend itself to all
railway travellers. 1t is sought to les
sen the discomfort and annoyance of
travel en- many lines on which there is
excessive vibration by tho construction
OF a pneumatic car which embraces
the application Of an elastic fluid as an
absorbent for vibration and oseilla-
ton. an air cushion IS arranged on
the cellular principle between the car
body and Tao truck frame, and as there
is an equal distribution Of air under
varying presshros all oscillation is pre-
vented. This elastic medium is said to
completely absorb all vibration result
ing from rough tracks, jointing Of rails,
excessive speed or any other cause. and
the car is carried smoothly and steadily
along. Tins pneumatic system can be
equally we'll aRplied to street cars, and
instances are rot hard to end in which it
unqpestionably should be- Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
A Little

A little book, with here ~.
Turped at some. ie,,'. s 'a'srss
seems iassasd /, /.
To speak to me. to fill M,
Sweet as first love. and w. soal viii a,
Hero was her glory, on ,bi su''iul as d,jse
For tears have stained i. p4se her MI,
streams, y nefe ths Ss
And there the stars witbh.,s
beams Aueia iron ~
And sorrow sought her whits 49,,
And here her name, and :. y
sweet, as bresa.
s Soft syllables, q presence IN 81
eneds q rare radiance, but ma' nut room
The yellowed leaves are flnt lhay notlos
The light is gone, and T l os. y at on
Weep Ike a woman DER This s9 M. ~ glos
Frank l.. Stanton in Atlan TUE n book
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
A Deserter.

Melancholy Milton-sag' s1@
snag last week over in dat col lls !,
Wandering Willie-How was ~,
Melancholy Milton Why ], YOU y
went up an tried ter WORK ~ s
man for a meal an .,,i,
Wandering Willie dnterlaps,,
Yer tried ter work, did yer 81 81
called yerself gent. (Weeps''
ton Tiger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
A Childish Miracle.

Father-My boy, who is only three
years old, said to me this morning.
tells the same old story.
Friend Yes, and ism t it strange that
a child only years old can repeat jokes
that are at least 25 years old?-Hallo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23

Comforting.

He-What disagreeable things that
MISS smarte can say! | heard her say
after the party last night she was sur
prlsed that had made such fool Of
myself. 49, =
she-Oh. | wouldn' mind. She never
would have said it had she known you
thoroughly. Boston Transcript.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23

A merchant at Nagoya, or''I
earned the title of King ns'r aily
among his countrymen py . lss'H
rying his twenty-seventn wiz III
resolved when he was young shst i
80 women and is dellghtea 80. ~ i
now only three more to marry
his vow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23
DISTRESSING Aits

How long" says contemporary,
can one live without air?" It de-
ponds on the air. Most people could live
long time without some of the airs
which have been popular during the
past u months. Buffalo Quips.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23

The autograph letters and : n' ID
documents of the late DR.. J. !. = m i
Boston have been wllled y. ~ slsoI
Historical society. HIS WIZ frss yi
for the establishment OF Oh. Ma,
library in the town OF Ellog
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23

In Canada positions in tn l's',' MD
ice are obtainable after ea saS;or, u
are held during good bshaV'''' Z
as a rule, means life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23

In the days of William the FL uJ II
it was more dangerous 10 aaa ~, 4
than a man. A murders ..obbjt y
with payment of a fine' :
was put to death.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1893-12-23

The monster water wns ';ae ~
umet and Hecla copper : IN 81
perior region, weighs sO0 81
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-01-27

tance records, was held here under eX-
celent conditions this morning. Joe
Donoghue, of Newburg, n. Y, was in
good form, and was a prime favorite
from the start. A. S. Franklin, of Nor
way. and John Ennis, Of Stamford, were
his opponents. The course was two laps to
the mile. The start was at $40 a. m.
At 9:23 DonOghut had made twenty
ORD for this distance was 1:l4:07 Is. At
that time Don0ghue was one and half
miles ahead Of Franklin and two miles
ahead of Ennis. Donoghue made
twenty-five miles in 1:3l:29, which was
80 25 seconds ahead of the record.
At forty miles Donoghue's time
was 2:34:46. This was 25:2l ahead
of the record. At fifty miles his time
was 3:l5:59 2-5. This lacked less than
three minutes of being an hour better
than the record, which was 4:13:36.
Donoghue was at this time six and a
half miles ahead Of Franklin and seven
miles ahead of Ennis. As he passed
the tifty-mile point, Donoghue smiled
and remarked, This is a cinch." He
appeared to be as fresh as at the end of
the first mile.
On his ninety-secOnd mile Donoghue
was tripped by boy who tried to cross
the track. His fall was bad one. He
1t split his lips and bruised his knees.
He started along slowly for two laps
and then recovered partially. Donoghue
finished in l1:3S l-5. Franklin had
made ninety and one-third miles and
Ennis eighty-fve miles. The best pre-
vious record was 100 miles was that of
John Ennis, at Chicago, 11:37;45. Don
Ognue thus beats the record by
4 81. .nG -