Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-04-20

1--S A---A N< EA VT  i and mockfng as the coup.de grace was ] given. His later indifference to the
 value of human life has been but ! step i'll advance from these Even his
 horse fails to kindle one spark of af-
 lection in his tinsel-coyered breast. l while his dogs, ough of value for
 driving cattle. a@e only tolerated as
 watch dogs and scavengers. The lot
 of Constantinople par ah dog is en- viabla compared with that owned by
 the Gancho. As natural result of the
 neglect or indifference with which
 they are treated, they become dan gerons to strangers. whi'e their com
 lats among themselves are SO despeI- hse that many are il bleeding or dead
 upon the ground.-Iempie Bar
 The total number of deaths in the
 United States in 1892 was about 900, 900: the number of persons caemated that year, 503. As crematosies have been in existence in the United States since 1881. these statistics indicate that the movement favoring the burning of the dead is not making much progress.
 =-"l went to de magician show lars night, sail Bastus An de way dat feller done tulz dollars out O de ears ob people what hadn't any dollas fore dey came was caution Is gwine recon
 men him fo q p,sition in our choYch He'd be q Napoleon Bonvpark for talk in up de colleckshun1. .s-Harper,s Ea- gar.
 Il ic coi hot
 stroys in great measure the actinic power of the sun and must there fore keep the skin from fTeckles. Photo graphers long ago availed themselves of this peculiarity of light transmitted through a red med:um. and it seeras reasonable 10 suppose that red shade might protect the complexion.
 There is a new game which should find favor with hostesses. All the young lady participants in it produce photographs of themselves when babies or, at any rate, of very tender age. These are arranged for inspec- ton, and the young men are ushered in one by one to guess who are the or iginals. The one successful in guess ing the most wins the game and re. ceives the prize.
 There is in India singular plant called nostoch, consisting apparently only of one microscopic leaf It ap- pears in some localities almost instan- taneousiy after fall of rain, and covers the ground and roads with a beautiful green mantle. It is now known that in the absence of moisture the leaves lose their color, regainnr 1t during rain and thus appearing to have a new growth
 Mir Max O'Rell says he has found only two nations where women are the leaders France anl America. .n America, from the age of IS. a girl is allowed almost every barty-she takes the rest. Tn France the women are not frivolous, he maintains, as is commonly supposed. They have knowledge of ths.r husbands 5usi- ness and d voice in the management of his affairs,
 Karl Jansen a young Dane, died at Sitka February from powder burns ill the mouth He had dropped his shotgun into the waterand was drying and cleaning it by the light of a candle. After having drawn the charges he placed his mouth against the mu2zle of one of the barrels to blow into it to as certain thereby whether he had com pletely removed the old charges In doing so one of the guns nipples must have approached too close to the candle i light which caused the remainder of l the powder in the chamber to explode, the flame entering his mouth and | throat.
 No country contributes so many 1 immigrants to the United States in | proportion to population as Norway. It is chiefly the rural Morse that come to America and the immigrants are for the most part under 30 years of | age The Morse are good farmers and ]. thrifty citizens, They, as well as their | neigh hbors. the Swedes. have a strong | desire to make homes for themselves | and to have land and the conveniences of life. They frequently return to visit their native country, but they be- come permanent citizens of the United | States Most of those who come are of marked peasant type.
 The cable map of the world, pre- pared by the United States navy de- partment, shows that the Mediterra- mean is thickly netted with cables west of Malta. So is the North Atlantic be- tween the thirty-eighth and fifty-ffth parallels. The North sea, the Red sea and the Arabian sea have many cables. The only great unabridged spaces are the Pacific, the South Atlantic and the great stretch of. the Indian ocean be- tween Madagascar and Australia. There is no considerable cable north of Stockholm or south of Nelson, New Zealand. The Black sea is completely | girdlcd by land lines and crossed by | one cable. The Gulf of Mexico is crossed, though not at it's widest, by several cables. and the waters of the