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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
Honesty In War.

The French marshal, Turenne, was a great general, and his character bears examination for nobility He was q great man. Many incidents which are related of him show his modesty, gener- osity and honesty as we'll as his courage and military ability A little story of one of his German campaigns illustrates his rare serupulousness even in time of war
 The authorities of Frankfort believed, from the movements of his army, that he intended passing through their terri tory. They sent a deputation to him which offered him large sum of money if he would alter the direction of his march aud leave Frankfort unmolested.
 They were surprised i'll more ways than one by his answer, "Gentlemen, I" he said, my conscience will not per init me to accept your money, for have never intended to lead my army through your town. "- Youths Companion
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09

:he Sherman silver faw, the mcHinrey tariff and the abolition of the sugar bounties. The Wilson tariff Is endorsed as an honest efforts to carry out the Democratic tariff policy. The resolu- tions favor the placing of all raw ma terials on the free list. The extension of the civil service system is favored and the American Protective association de- nounced.
 Ex-Governor w. F. Russell will pre- side over the convention. Hon. John R. Russell will be placed in nomination. Ex-Coneressman Williams with Charles Stratton of Boston is slated for lieuten- ant governor; Charles A. DeCourcey of Lawrence for secretary of state; James J. Grinnell for treasurer; A. l.. Whit ney of Boston for auditor, and H. F. Hurlburt of Lynn for attorney general.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
Letters Five Hundred Years Old.

Ancient specimens of letters are shown in fle Hof museum at Vienna
 One is dated 1896. It consists of large sheet of ribbed white paper folded in three A band of paper was passed round the outside and through a slit in one edge being then fastened with soft wax. A small piece of thin paper was laid on the wax and the seal pressed on the paper, not directly on the wax. A somewhat similar arrangement is found i'll letter of the year 1446, which was written by the town counselor of Mu- nieh to the burgomaster of Rastenburg in the Tyrol, ill order to obtain informa- tion concerning man accused of big amy. Ill the sixteenth century people i'll the Tyrol and Bavaria used bands of vellum or cords, fastened with wax Later came separate round and oblong wafers The use of the encireling band continued i'll Austria generally to l750. or thereabout, and probably reached this century among conservative people. The first envelope of the modern type in this collection belongs to the year l715.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
SENATOR HILL ACCEPTS.
He Could Not Refuse the Nomination
 For Governor of New York.

 He Could Not Refuse the Nomination
 For Governor of New York.
 NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-Charles F. Brown of Newburg was nominated for judge of the court of appeals in place of William J. Gaynor, who declined the nomination Saturday, the state Demo- cratic committee having the power to and filling the vacancy.
 Following the nomination, Senator Hill and Representative Lockwood were formally notified of their nominations. All the members of the nominating com mittee of the state and other distin- guished Democrats were present, and Major Hinckley, chairman of the state committee, introducing Bourke Cock ran, who made an appropriate speech to the two candidates.
 The most telling point in Senator Hills reply was that, while the nomination came to him unsought and undesired, he could not at this time refuse accept ance of it from the party which had al- ways honored him in the days of it's sun shine and prosperity. This provoked cheers.
 Representative Lockwood also spoke. He intimated that the support of the ad- ministration at Washington could be depended upon in the present campaign in New York state.
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A FINE SAMPLE OF NERVE.
The Means by Which Tutor Inspired His
 Pupils With Courage.

An instance of remarkable nerve oc- cured few years ago when the school for firemen in this city was established and the men of the fire department were being trained in the use of the scaling ladders and the fire nets The man who trained the firemen told the incident without apparently thinking it an act much out of the common.
 We began to use the fire nets, " he said, from the first story windows. There is knaeik in jumping into them so as not to get hurt. led off by stand ing on tho window sill, telling the men how to hold the net, and then jumping into it. Each man i'll turn would come up and follow mo in the jump. It was very simple at that height, and also from the second and third story win dows. We went up flight each day. When WIG had all got used to jumping into the net from the fourth story, as I found out afterward, the men thought that would do We'll take the fifth to- morrow, l had said to them when we quit that night. They thought l was a little off, and that 1 was guying them. So the next day, when we got ready to begin, and set eight of them holding tho net, they got nervous. I saw that when 1 said: Hold her strong, boys. Pm going to como down from the fifth , 1 began to get afraid Of them as I went up stairs got to tho fifth floor and peep ed out of the window to see if every thing was all right. The men were all ill their places. didn't dare to get upon the window sill, as I had done on the floors below. It might make them nervous. So just took ono more peep to see if everything was still all right, put one hand on the sill and vaulted out. I came down all right, and every man made the jump after me-
 '"The nets ain t much good to the gen. eral public, continued the trainer, "but you have no idea of how much value they are to the discipline of the force. Bremen, you know, are mostly married men, with families, and it takes ners | for man to plunge into a house full of flame and smoke when he has wife and children dependent upon him, but the net gives him confidence of safety. He knows now that if his re- treat is cut off his comrades have the net below, and that he knows how to jump into it safely even from the top of a house It's great thing "--New York Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
Feathers In Germanv.

AS soon as she Is able to run about each daughter of German farmer 8 family is presented with linen bag marked with her own name, into which she puts all the feathers she can pick up Not the slightest downy bit escapes her, and the sooner the bag is filled the greater the praise she gets from the parents. The bag being full, it is emp tied into larger one, which hangs ill the garrett or elsewhere, and when there are feathers enough they are made into pillows or bolsters or beds or cushions for easy chairs We waste a great deal in this country Although we do not keep so many geese as Germans keep, chicken feathers are olentifully strewn about most farms ana mako good beds New York Dispatch.
 The Lightwood of Florida.
 "Lightwood' is one of the most use- ful southern products, especially in Florida, where it is used by all sorts of country folk, and particularly by the hunters. A cordwood stick carried into the wilderness will cut up into frag- ments with which q dozen meals may be cooked. The rich, resinous pine makes quick, hot fire, especially suit ed to open air cooking. It is Florida tradition that the chief who led the lit- tie band of Seminoles whom the United States army long failed to run to earth was on the point of agreeing to go with his people to Indian Territory when he suddenly asked whether there was any lightwood ill that new land, and, when the answer was no, positively re- fused to go further with the treaty He would not live in q land without light wood. -Philadelphi Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
INFRINGEMENT CONTINUES.
Southern Pacific Railroad Company Con
 solidating Division In California.

Southern Pacific Railroad Company Com
 solidating Division In California.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.-The Chroni- cle says that the policy of retrenchment commenced by the Southern Pacific Railroad company is to be continued. A consolidation of divisions will take place on Nov. 5. One division Is to be abol- ished completely and the work of the other divided mp so that a second divis. ion superintendent may be dismissed. This change means the looping off of the abolished division and of half of the clerical forces in the aboliahed division. William H. Heyder is to be relieved of the superintendency of the coast divis- ion and will be succeeded by J. L. Frazier, now superintendent of the San Joaquin division, which is to be abol- ished and it's headquarters moved to San Francisco. The San Joaquin division will be divided; half of it will be added to the Mojave division. Other divisions will be divided in a like manner.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
HE CLAIMS DEsERrloN.
An Evangelist and Lecturer Applies For
 Divorce From His Wife.

An Evangelist and Lecturer Applies For Divorce From His Wife.
 ! SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.-Captain R. Kelso Carter, evangelist and lecturer, is the complainant in divorce suit. The complaint was filed June 22, of this year, and the summons was printed in a weekly newspaper, but the judge was not satisfied with this method of giving publicity to the case and ordered sum- mons to be inserted in daily newspa- per, and that copy be sent to Mrs. Carter, who is resident of Chester, Pa. Captain Carter came to this state in 1891, and after he was settled sent for his wife to join him. This she re- fused to do. hence the divorce, on the ground of desertion. No answer has been filed to the complaint.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
Chinese Politeness.

Ill the matter of social politeness the Chinese, especially the "literati," have reason to look down upon the barba rians of the west. Politeness has been likened generally to an air cushion. There is nothing in it, but it eases the jolts wonderfully. As mere ritual of technicalities it has perhaps reached it's highest point i'll China. The multitude of honorie titles so bewildering and even maddening to the occidental are here used simply to keep i'll view the fixed relations of graduated superiority. When wishing to be exceptionally cour- teous to ''the foreigners, the more ex- perieneed mandarins would lay their doubled fists in the palms of our hands instead of raising them ill front of their foreheads, with the usual salutation, "Homa. , In shaking hands with B Chinaman we thus very often had our hands full From "Across Asia on Q Bicycleo i'll Century.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
Evading the Card Tax.

The treasury department recently ruled that packs of cards known as sold maid, D authors" and similar games which are played with cards other than the regular pasteboards used ill dupli- cate whist, euchre and occasionally seven up and poker are not subject to the 3 cent duty. Accordingly some wise manufacturer has issaed an old maid pack. It consists of q suchre deck. with the addition Of | card bearing the yisage of sour looking elderly female. sup posed to be the old maid. It merely takes the place of the joker and can be used in the game or not. as the players please. = Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
'THE CRISIS IS NEAR.
Deciding Battle Expected Be-
 tween China and Japan.
LOOKED FOR WITHIN TEN DAYS.

The Gold Weather, Which Usually Be-
 gins In China About the Middle of
 October, rs tho Cause Assigned For
 the Final Fight-Japaneses Are Uu-
 prepared For Severe Weather.
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.-Tha crisis of tho China-Japan war is looked for within the next 10 days or two weeks by those most interested and best informed on the contest.
 Legations of the two countries are Expecting daily to hear of decisive battle being fought. This is based on the fact that the Japanese have been gradually closing in around Pekin, and the invading army are compelled by force of circumstances to strike their blow at once or not at all
 Intense cold, which comes on about the middle of October, makes this inn perative.
 The Japanese climate is very mild, even in winter, and Japanese troops are wholly unprepared for rigorous climate like that about Pekin, which is due within the next two weeks.
 The Chinese look upon this IS one of their defenses and the Japanese fully appreciate that it compels them to con- centrate their campaign for this year into the next few weeks, and, if possible, days. For that reason they are expected to make heroic efforts to decide the con- test at once. They are without heavy clothing, camp equipments, etc., for campaign in the bitter cold.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
No Danger of Consolidation.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 9.-aIinister Ro- nero of Mexico, says of the recent re- port that Mexico contemplated found- ing new republic, taking in Nicarauga, Salvador, Guatamala and all the ter ritory down to the Isthmus: Certainly Mexico would never inaugurate such a policy against the wishes of these gov ernnents. Probably it might come about at their request for annexation to Mexico, but it will never be by con- nnnst :"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
Election InJunotion Dissolved.

MIDDLEsBoRo, Ky, Oct. 9.-Upon motion of John T. White, who obtained an injunction against the Republican primary election, Judge Jones has dis solved it. Colson holds certificate of nomination signed by nine members of the district committee. Eight members refused to sign. Colson's friends are jubilant and claim dissolving the in- junction makes him the legal nomipea
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
The Cxar Refused.

LONDON, Oct 9.-A dispatch to The Standard from Vienna says that the Neue Tagblatt states that Professor Ley den, who w,s called to attend the car, wanted his majesty to pass the winter on the Riveria, but the czar declared that the political considerations made q visit to France or Italy impossible, quite apart from the question of his personal safety
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
An Inference.

"How do you like that cigar?" asked the man who had just presented his friend with weed.
 Excellent One of the best have smoked in long time ,
 1t was presented to me by friend. '
 Yes. thought it must have been. Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
Ministers Going to Pehln,

LONDON, Oct. 9.-A dispatch from Chee Foo to The Pail Mall Gaztte says:
 "The British and Russian ministers, N. R. OGonnor and Count Cassina, started for Pekin yesterday. The object of their visit to the capital is not known"
 Dispatches state that all women and children belonging to foreigners have left Pekin for places of safety.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
In Fear of Knmra.

LONDON, Oct. 9.-A dispatch from Johannesburg to The Pail Mall Gazette says a report is current there that the inhabitants of Lorenzo, Marquese, on Dologoa bay, are in fear of an immedi- ate attack on the part of the Kaffirs, who are now within mile of town.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
The Report Is Not Credited.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 9.-Rsports from Brazil that Minister Menaonea, who represents that country in this city, will be among the Brazilian ministers to be given change of station, is not cred ited in diplomatic circles here and is ascribed to i'll will of the rebel element in Brazil toward Mendonca, who was very active during the recent rebellion in strengthening Pre- ident Peixoto against Admiral Da Gama, and rebel lious navy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
Japanose warship spolsen ro.

TEN TsN, Oct. 9.-Steamer Wen chow reported as having spoken to seven Japanese warships Sunday some 10 miles south and others northeast of the prom ontory. The Japanese were inquiring about the movements of the Chinese Southern squadron.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
OVATION TO WILSON.
He Is Escorted Home by Democrats
 on a Special Train.

CHARLEsrowN, W. Va. Oct. 9.-Hon. W. L. Wilson arrived here Monday af- ternoon from the east. He was met at Harper's Ferry by a special train, crowded with enthusiastic Second dis trict Democrats, who escorted him to his native town. A great massmoeting convened at the courthouse immediately after the arrival of the special bearing MT. Wilson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
Anarchists at Work In Italy.

ROME, Oct. 9.-According to The Chisciotte, the police have discovered an anarchistic plot extending over the whole of Italy and organized by Albani, the notorious anarchist
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
A DENTIST SUICIDES.
He Discharges a Pistol In His Mouth
 With Terrible Results.

SEATTLE. Wash, Oct 9.-Dr. ". F. Giddings, dentist of good reputation and ex-president of the Dental associa- tion, committed suicide Sunday. the left side of his face being blown off by pistol shot. He placed the muzzle of the weapon in his mouth. Blood and brains were scattered all over the room.
 No reasons are assigned, only that his health had became impaired by the ex- cessive use of cocoaine, which evidently caused insanity.
 MASSACHUSETTS, DEMOCRATS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
Infernal NTnehlno Ut Police narracl.a.

MILAN, Oct. 9.-There has been re- newal of anarchistic activity here. An internal machine has been found upon the window sill at tho police barracks The fuse was extinguished before an explosion occurred. Several arrests have been made.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-09
MASSACHUSETTS, DEMOCRATS.
They Meet at Boston to Nominate [
 Full State Ticket.

BosToN, Oct. 9.-There was very iit- tie excitement about the Democratic state headquarters at the Fremont House Sunday night. The committee on resolutions, with Mayor Matthews at it's head, was in session until late hour, but synopsis of the platform was given out by Hon. Josiah Quincy.
 The resolutions as prepared by the committee congratulates tho country on the repeal of the. Federal election laws,
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-12-20
Mounting Photographs.

The satisfactory mounting of photo
graphs is troublesome operation, and
the following suggestion from con
tributor to The Outlook may be Of assist.
ance to amateurs: Il have found a
method by ), hich a photograph or en-
craving can be mounted on the thinnest
paper without curling or wrinkiing. IL
the picture is photograph, it should
be ironed out smooth with hot iron
and then trimmed Mix a little gum
arabic in hot water SO as To make a
rather thick mucilage. Place the pic
ture on the page i'll position and mark
lust inside the corners. Remove the
picture and take some of the mucilage
on ruling pen and draw heavy line
of muciaco from one point TO another
so as to make "A line of mucilage all
around the place where the picture is tc
be. As soon as the nIucilage Is sticky
put the picture in place and book over
it to keep it fat When dry, you will
have q smooth mount that will not
surl"
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-12-20

In the District Court of the seventh Judicial
District of the state of Montana, in and for the
county of Custer
Sina Turner. plaintiff vs. Willis Turner. de-
fendant
The state of Montana sends greeting tn the
above named defendant:
You are hereby required to appear in ac-
tion brought against you by the above named
plaintiff in the District Court of the seventh
judicial district of the state Of Montana, in and
complaint filed therein. within ten days texclu-
sive of the day Of seryice) after the service on
you of this summons. il served within this
county; or, il served out Of this county. but
within this district, within twenty days; other
wise within forty days, or judgment by default
will be taken against you, according to the
prayer of said complaint. The said action is
brought Ia obtain a decree of divorce from the
said defendant and also fer the care and Gus
tody of Sadie Turner. minor child OF said
fendant has been guilty of extreme cruelty, and
drunkenness and that ON or about september
let, 1893, the defendant, without any lust cause
deserted and abandoned said plaintiff and
minor child. Sadie Turner; and plaintiff also
pmands costs of suit. all of which is more fully
sct out in plaintiffs verified complaint on hle
herein, to which reference A. hereby made:
And ysu are hereby notified that II you IAN TO
required the said plaintiff will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in said complaint
and for eJsts Of suit,
Given under my hand and the seal of the dis
~ trict court of the seventh ludicial
60 ! district of the state Of Montana, In
I sEA-' and for the county of Custer, this
~ twenty-second day Of Septemb T. IN
the year Of our Lord, one thousand e. % hum
dred and ninety-four - ,
Clerk.
q. W. Myers. attorney for plaintiff.
First publication Oct 10.
The Yellowstone journal., 1894-12-20
ON . ,.--.. =. ..,...,a.
flae was Only q Drenry Waste when the
Grasshoppers Came.


Grasshoppers Came.
1t was well on in August, and the
drought had done its worst to the corn.
It was hot, sultry day, as parched ana
dry as all the days before The sky was
clear but for the usual haze that never
left it, the haze of wearing heat. About
noon my father came up from the field
and summoned us to see something that
looked like snow. The air about tbs sun
seemed filled with. snowfiakes, thick,
innumerable, and fitting rapidly, as
snowfiakes do. But snowfiakes and the
clear atmosphere and the hot day were
quite incompatible things. They could
not be snowflakes, but what else couid
they be? We racked our brains in VAN
to imagine. Perhaps it was some kind
Of cyclone which had lifted leaves and
dust and other such things into the air.
But there was no signs OF shat, and ev-
ery one of the snowfiakes was Of reEu
lar size, with no such irregularity ~
sticks and branches and leaves carried
into the air would present.
We ate dinner i'll puzzled uncertainty
as to what was hanging over US. But
two hours later IT was painfully appar-
ent what the snuwflIles in the sun real
" were. They were full grown grasA
hoppers. By o'clock the alr was clea:
and serene, and the grasshoppers were
with ". They were not a few thousand
insects. miserable little pests, fitting
about in the air and getting into your
face when you were ont of doors. They
became brown with them. They cover
ed the corn as some insects Will literal
" hide from view leaf sometimes
They were hungry, too. and began TO
eat leaves, cornstalks, the bark of trees,
anything and everything was needed TO
fill this ravenous army that had fallen
upon US from heaven. One went out OF
doors and stepped on scores at each
stride. They crawled up your trousers
legs and under women's skirts. They
made holes i'll the cloth fly netting and
came into the house. They pumped
hard into your face with a little whack
ing sting wherever you WEI or did not
GO Everything seemed aliv with them
! was young then and was filled sim
/ ply with a cJ.rio.7 wonder But as
| think of it now ! 2m sure my father
| must have been quite overpowercd with
! discouragement whoa re saw what the
grasshoppers really mraat He saw oi
the first day that they had alighted tt
get a square meal and c,r-ain!y meant
to haze il. But day after day they In.
gered, and new trrrors devc!oi~d II
them. They had alightcd 10 l:r ihcil
eggs. The soft earth in the p!nwr'
fields seemed to please them for thi
purpose. and each day you might Sc
grasshoppers y or inches long Dor
ing their tails into the ground unit
only their heads remained above Their
they would stay from morning unit
night and then go away. II you exam
ined this earth nest when the bird ha'
flown, you would find soft, silky co
coon filled with innumerable small
pulpy eggs which meant whole cro
of grasshoppers the following spring. :
Alpheus Sherman Cody in Independent