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by the skilled operators. Those who did not remain on the grounds returned to the city and took cars, carriages and hacks and went to Jones Park to witness the game oi ball between the Little Rock and n team of this city, which is now be- ing pla yed
 Tonight the grand ball and pyro- technic display takes place at the shops. Everybody is invited to at tend.
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The Roys Saw Snakes.
success

Last night about 10 o'clock some of the boys ill the city saw snakes real snakes-in front of Hotel Tru- lock. A negro passed along and gave the alarm and sure enough, there was 8 genuine highland moe casin crawling along the pavement of the hotel entrance. When ii be came generally known the boys got clubs and sticks and in very few minutes the venonous reptile was dispatched,
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$. w. FORDYCE.
Two Letters From the Highest Official of
 the Cotton Belt.
this morning

ST. LOUIS, May B. 1891 Hon. D. C. Bell. Chairman Executive Com
 mittee, Pine Bluff Ark
 Aly DEAR SRI appreciate very much your kind letter of the Sth inst, inviting me to be present at the opening celebration of the new ear shops on Monday, tomorrow. It has all along been my intention to be present, but for more than a week l have hardy heen able to attend to any of my official duties here. Have been under he care of d physician, who this morning informs me that it would not be safe or prudent for me to go away now. l am troubled with severe derangement of the stomach and bowels, and have been put on q strict diet and am taking q regular course of medical treatment. I have prepared and enclose in this letter, accepting on behalf of the company the keys of the building, which. if you see proper, may be Fedu DA oul belhtidl -siet~tei -h'ehe'iii' Mr. .Galbraith, or Mir. John NJ. Taylor I have called on Mir. Doddridge, and find that he too is not able to go, on account of press of business.
 Thanking you very much, i'll be half of your committee, and on be half of the committee of invitation, am very sincerely yours.
 $. ". EoRnYcE.
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A GLORIOUS DAY.
THE CAR SHOPS CELEBRATION BEING
 ENJOYED.
Large Crowds of Visitors Tn Attendance. The Ball Tonight WnI Bea
 Grand Affair.

Pine Bluff has been astir today. She has got on her best 'ebib and tucker. - The morning dawned bright and clear The day has been just surk day as was desired. No clouds, no rain, neither too hot nor too cold.
 The train from Little Rock this morning brought a great many peo- pie; among them was the Little Rock 1 base ball team wisich will cross bats l with our Pine Bluff boys this after noon. They are q fine looking set of young gentlemen and seem to be in good shape for the field Our boys, however, will, beyond any doubt, give them a small amount of amuse- ment. The north bound passenger on the Cotton Belt brought in many visitors all along the line as far down as Texarkana.
 The south bound passenger also brought ill il large crowd Go witness the celebration. All day long num- bers of eur citizens bave been inspect ing the machinery, the buildings and the work done at the shops, and q great many of them have been surprised to know the ex- tent of the work now being done there. All kinds of cars and locomotive engines are built complete and the work is done by the most skilled machinsts and car penters. Everybody to rightly ap- preciate the magnitude of the work done by the Cotton Belt Railroad in this city will need be an eye witness of the same.
 At o'clock D. m. band concert was given i'll the Court house square. after which a procession was formed and great crowds of citizens went to the shops to witness the cereI. onies of presentation and acceptance.
 The presentation address was made by Capt. Sebastian Geisreiter. In very pleasant manner he re- viewed the work done by the citi- zens committees. Geisreiter. Chair man; J E. Trulock and r. NJ. Rosen- berg-in getting up the subscription asked by the railroad for the loca- tion of the shops iu this city, which was about $25,000
 He pointed to the work with pride and rightly christened it in his re- marks q monument to progressive Pine Bluff and credit to the Cotton Belt railroad ;
 The address of acceptance was made by Mir k. M Galbraith, in be- half of the road. lis speech was brief but very pointed and applicable and he gave the people of Pine Bluff to understand that his road appreei- ated what Pine Bluff had done in aiding them SD liberally in the estab- lisllment of this mammoth industry. He gave evidence that the Cotton Belt road was q friend to this city. and he felt the admiration was mu- tual. His speech was well chosen and his hearers were greatly de lighted.
 Short addresses were made by Col. ". F Grace and Mr. J. M Taylor. Both gentlemen did great credit to themselves and the occasion. After dedieatory exercises were over the crowd began to disperse. Many made thorough inspection of the shops, saw the machinery i'll running order and examined the work done
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LOOKS LIKE WAR
BETWEEN BRAZIL AND PORTUGAL.
The Portuguese Minister Ordered 10
 Leave Rio

Special Dispatch to the GRAPHIC.
 WASHINGTON, May 14.-AdViees have been received here from Brazil to the effect that the Portuguese min- ister has been ordered to leave Rio de Janelio and that war is likely now between the two nations. This action on the part of the Government of Brazil is dne to the action of the Portuguese warships in connection with Da Gama's surrender.
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The Game of Ball.

The game of baseball will be called at 1 o'clock this afternoon at Jones' Park The talk of the town is that our boys will get wiped up" by the Little Rock team, but by the prsc- tice the Pine Bluff s have been get ting ill during the last two weeks our boys are going to give them a pretty tough game. MT. W. " Olcott, the Manager of the Pine Bluff team. is doing all in his power to make the bali game a bowling SIppeSs
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TAe Stock Exchang. Elections.


 sW York, May l4.-At the annual non of the Stock Exchange to- : F. $. Flames win be elected pres |. 4 bitter fight is being made the board of governors. The 'sition is against arbitrage, as it been conducted with continuous over private wires, oagh it has no objection to trad petWeen two cities over a public ! The arhitrageIpeople failed to a ueket in the field and will sup the regular nominations. On regular ticket there are two can les Tor governor who are strong us of arbitrage. They are H. P. leroy and c. $. Day.
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The Catholic school Exhibit.

Z" YORK, May l4.-Vicar-General 'ey' at the head of the Catholic -; 6oard, has for weeks been m the work of preparing for exhibit to be held in
 city during the week beginning ay The design of the exhibit, cn Will occupy the Grand Central
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WHOLESALE ARRESTS
Issued for Brooklyn Handicap officials
snecial Disnatch to the GRAPHIC

Special Dispatch to the GRAPHIC
 NEW YORK, May 14.-Orders have been issued here to arrest all Brook, lNn Handicap officials fOr arranging lottery. The officers say that this will not interfere with the handicap.
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C0MMONWEALERS ARRESTED
A Coxey Army at Philadelphia in tine
 Hands of the Law.
sneclnl Dispntch to the GRArHIo.

Special Dispatch to the GRAPHIC.
 PHILADELPHIA, May 14.-Fitzger- aid and aids of No. !. of New Eng land Coxey army, were arrested and held here this morning for holding an anarchistic meeting.
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Just
  A AH W9z1N. E8 AE =t+FFNA ~ JE Deturned ss.

From our second trip to tho market, and found the mer- chants anxious to sell, and we bought and can offer you some rare bargains.
 Novelty Suits that were $l2. DO, bought to sell for $7. 50.
 30-in. dark ground Challies that were 35e q yard, bought to sell for 25c.
 One lot Ladies Cloth Capes in tan and blacks, just the thing fer cool evenings, bought to sell for $1. 90, and a number of other desirable and new goods too numerous to mention in our small space that will pay you to call.
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$. W. FORDYCE.
ST. LOUIS. May B. ls94

Capt s. Geisreiter, Pine Bluff, Ark.
 DEAR SIR-As tn ! Executive Officer of the St. Louis Southwestern Rail- way Company, am pleased to ac- cepu on behalf of the company the keys to this splendid building. This is but another manifestation of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-05-14

FOR REST-My large two story residence on west Sixth Avenue, near Olive Apply on premises to 2t q 1tw A. HOLLAND.
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A Eamnns f.ectnrer Dead.

Special Dispatch to the GRAPHIC.
 LONDON. May l4.-Prof. Henry Morley. famous lecturer, died here this morning.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

Party dresses for little girls are quite
~ attractive - the childish beauties
Of the little wearers deserve. The
main idea on which the small maiden's
party dress" IL built is . low-necked.
short-sleeved slip Of silk. over which
IL draped gauze, tulle, chiffon, or mus
lin. the skirt and bodice being made in
ono In tho silk. slip. the skirt either
made full or haring. In nine-gored
shape. If there Is muslin worn over
this, it is mass of frills, high In the
neck. the sleeves coming down to the
wrists and the whole enriched with
beautiful needlework. Lace and body
ribbon are also used In the production
Of elaborate effects.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21
HOUSEHOLD DRuDoERV.

Why Women should Break Away fpso
Tins-Honersd systeDs.
II Is / well-established fact thse
American housewives are the slaves Of
conventionality and method If ever
women were. What we need IL .
declaration Of independence from this
present cast-iron system that makes M
all do the same thing on exactly the
same day and at the same hour, not be-
cause we want to, oh no, but be-
cause everybody does SO we must.
Our mothers washed on Monday.
ironed on Tuesday, baked and mended
ON Wednesday, gave the girl her after
noon on Thursday, swept the house on
Friday and baked on Saturday; bless
your heart, 1t WAS always done this
way. and who dares jump the FENCE?
And to forego the big, hot Sunday din.
ner saQOuld be . heresy from which the
stoutest and most progressive heart
refrains. I know that the time-hon.
ored prophecy is based on Patrick
Henry's saying that there was no wsy
Of judging tho future but by the past.
but with due respect to that worthy
gentleman, there is . better way, for
where would progress be were that
the principle of life? We should
DO in q continuous round. cir
Gle. treadmill, from which there
would be NO escape; rs yesterday
WAS so will tomorrow be. Why
not select q new way of doing even the
old things just for change II for no
other motive; it is the same old groove.
or nut, that grinds us down and whit.
ties US into the sharp points that we 80
much dread; so then, first Of all. let US
dispense with some OF the luxuries, say
the big Sunday dinner that entails SO
much work on the feminine iortion of
the home. and let us eat that meal
some other day or IL you will have .
big dinner on that day go to the res
taurant and give the wife . little, at
least, of different kind of cooking:
true It may not be savory IS the home
made article, but It will enhance our
appreciation of that article. Then in
stead Of burdening our. souls on SUM-
day evening with the query as to
whether the washerwoman will come
on the morrow, and tho preparations
for her reception, in the way of getting
up tho tubs and sorting over the soiled
clothing, why not leave these rites
until Monday. gather mp our clothing
on that day and wash on the next; II
not. why not? There are q number Of
things that might be done, but Rome
was not built in . day nor will Ill tho
reforms come In . day.-Grace Ter
hume. in Womankind,
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Evolu.,ou OF whit. custaras.

At . cool<ing-school lecture. the
teacher demonstrated the evolution Of
some white custards that should 60
down to posterity. They are made al
follows: Break the whites of four eggs
into . small teacupful of grsnulated
sugar, mixing thoroughly. but not
beating the eggs. Into this il stirred.
gradually, q pint and half of rich
milk. previously heated thoroughly,
but neither scalded nor boiled. The
mixture should be quite smooth before
being put Into the cups; If not. It
should be strained. Place the cups in
. pan of water and cover with thick
brown or buttered paper to prevent
their coloring. They should be quite
white when done. Bake in moderate
oven.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21
ANCIENT Ant AND SCIENCE.

B. c. 100. Metallic wire made by
some unknown process.
B. c. 200 The great brsxen statue
Of Rhodes built by Chares.
B. {. zoe Art Of printing said 70
have been invented IN China.
B. c. 79l. The first recorded eclipse
Of the moon observed; in Babylon
&c. elo First mention Of the art Of
surgery; smputations performed.
B. C. COL. The first calculation and
prediction Of solar eclipse; BY Thalea
b. G. eeA. The RFst record made of
astronomical observations; At Babylon.
B. c. $3.50. The arts Of spinning and
weaving invented by Noomah, wom-
m.
B. @. 400. The first pottery vessels
made; simultaneously in Greece and
Egypt
/ b. c. sl0o. The first known sculp-
lures and paintings were made; In
Egypt.
b. c. zoos. Surveying used in Egypt
In laying out canals. Tho Pyramids
begun
b. C. GAO. The ITALIAN theory Of
the earth's spherical form taught; in
Greece.
B. C. el23. Athletes, m Egyptian
hing, said to have invented hero
glyphics.
B. Chg. A mummy Of about this
date was found to have teeth filled
with amalgam- .,.~ ~.
b. c. 2247. The first recorded use Of
bricks and mortar. Tower of Belus
built It Babylon
B. c. l9s., Books with leaves like
those OF modern times introduced in
Pergsmus instead Of the rolled parch-
ments, which were easily damaged
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21
Protecting Coetolsns.

The N. X. Fairbank Company Of Chi
cago have lately brought suit in the United
States Court against w. l. Henry, Of this
city for s ,, for ss & E tns,
bank Company sets forth that they origi
mated, prepared, and put upon the marke!
. new food product consisting of refined
Cotton Seed Oil and . small proportion Of
Beef Suet, making pale yellow material OF
the consistency and substance Of lard. al
place Of lard in cooking.
In order to indicate the source and gen.
uineness of their new food product, they
originated, coined, and used a. trade mark
the word s'Cottolene" The healthfulnesl
and many other advantages Of COttOlene
over lard were 20 apparent that Cottolene
became q once very popular and 10 now
largely sold all over the country.
The new food product and its name SCOT.
tolene" have become widely known as the
product Of The n. K. Fairbank Company.
Tho trade mark b described - ''trade
mark for Oleaginous Food Substances,
&C." consisting Of o head or neck OF .
Steer or other bovine partially enclosed by
sprigs and branches Of the Cotton plant"
The N. X Cairbank Company charges
that w. l. Henry, Of Macon, Ga, . dealer
In fresh meats and food products generally,
has been and is endeavoring unlawfully 70
avail himself Of the benefits Of the name
.'Cottolene" and its popularity; that he has
beep and il selling q product similar in kind,
but inferior in quality, under the name OF
'Cottolene" to tho injury Of the original
and genuine s'Cottolene," and to the loss
and injury Of it, manufacturers Tho N. X.
Fairbenk Company.
Tho infringements upon the trade mark Of
"Cottolene" have become 50 frequent, and
20 many dealers are selling IN inferior
article and claiming it to be Cottolene that
The N. X. Fairbank Company are deter
mined TO protect their customers and pro-
pose to sue every retail dealer who Is thus
Imposing upon his customers and infringing
upon The N. X. Fairbank Co0pany's trade
mark.-Telegroph, Mocos, Ga.
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MARGUERITE

There lived. one time not long ago. . boany
maiden fair,
With laughing eyes and rosy )ipa. o1d wavy,
golden hair
Alaxy little maid Was She for oil she Was 20
sweet
Nor cook . meal nor sweep . room nor sew
could Marguerite
There lived man. rot long ago. who loved
this winsome maid,
And at her tiny little feet his great big heart
was laid
nutter shook her little heart Il nuttered
on and on;
At last the little answer come. 20 soft. %
sweet: YES John"
The day was set the gowns were made, the
tiny house wae sweet,
Which was TO be the little nest OF John and
Marguerite
. Blu. John, said Marguerit. one day. II can
not cook 1t all;
Ican't make bread, nor cook . chop nor fry
Goldfish ball.
&" Nor make . cup Of coffee. dear-oh, do We
And can't We do without It, john" said pref
~ Marguerite
T" OF course We can. my dear" said John; III
not. we'll buy Q book
That tells about spareribe' ard things. ana
tells you how to cook"
II don't know how TO 60 to work to sweep and
dust room.
I never could manipulate . dustpan and .
broom"
Il care not how much dust my love. Is flying
through the air;
The rooms will all be sweet 70 me II Marguer.
tie 10 there"
Dear me: don't know how to sew. nor put
button on;
And rips will come. and buttons go-what
shall We do. dear john
"oh. don't you worry. Marguerite, wen man.
age il all right.
and il the holes and rips must come. wen
pin them out OF sight"
Soon to the cory little home John took his
Marguerite:
But Tight against it - they would, they found
they'd have to eat
At first the cream would never rise. the
bread would never set"
The coffee Was the mildest drink that John
had ever met
The roasts were never quite cooked through,
the boiled eggs always hard.
And what Was fried was swimming in little
pool OF lard
The sweeping and the busting and the work
to keep things neat
Seemed never ending. wearisome and hard to
Marguerite.
The buttons came Oh BY the score. the holes
and rips came, too;
Johns little plan for pinning them they found
would never do
4 took some time for Marguerite to learn to
make things go"
10 find the simplest way to cook. and sweep.
and dust and sew
IN time she learned, did Marguerite. but -
the years rolled on
: she wished she'd learned thing or to before
she said: "Yes. John"
Good Housekeeping
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WOMAN AND HOME.
sox. ron CLIPPINGS.

10e Macy Reasons II n More ConvenSent
Thoa . ocrapbook.
= 6crapbooks are not always desirable
things. The sticky work connected
with them II awkward and trouble
some. So readers may likea clipping
box. which will prove very useful, rs it
permits one TO keep clippings until
they can be discarded for later ones.
Buy some good-sised square envel-
opes and write on the Dap Of each in
distinct classification headings: "Club
Notes." Puzzles" ETC., until al the
subjects that interest you have their
own envelopes Get any ordinary box
Of the width and height sof the. envel-
ope amid some silver wire that IS heavy
enough to be firm and soft enough to
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

be easily managed. With a carpet
needle prick holes along the two sides
OF the box where the ribbon Il shown
in the design. Then run the wire
through these holes SO ss to make it
stand out in points inside the box. as
shown in the design. Do you SEQ that
this wire lining the box on each side
gives . set Of brackets down the
length Of your box into which the
envelopes are to be slipped?
The Disagreement of the box upon
the outside may be covered with .
band Of ribbon with . rosette bow 1t
the corner. Ribbon across the top,
too. will be pretty and serve IS .
ground for . painted or written In.
scription, "Clippinga"-Aunt Laurie.
In n. Y. Recorder.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-07-21

In silver pin trays fails to Danish the
cushion from my lady's dressing-tables
A nursery belonging most attractive
in its cay is the safety-pin holder.
This consists Of several circular layers
of bright tinted flannel. pinked At the
edges and topped by circular piece
of celluloid. the whole being fastened
together in the middle by few strong
stitches. In letters Of gold. you
read upon the celluloid cover the hint
to ''look within for a safety-pin:"
The decapitsted head of 63hinese
doll'iS fastened In tho eenSerAO41lhs
celInloid. = :.s~
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secrecy not to say where. but that l
knew, her parentagc-
$50 my husband asked no quee-
tons. and we brought the child up "a
our own.
- think he has even forgotten that
she 10 adopted. At
| 1.-The rest you know; you came home
from Europe, settled in New York. b.
came prosperous and - your boy grow
up you sent him to college 1t New
Haven.
"'Then. with 1.-THE irony Of fate" dur
ing my absence from home, he comes
into our house, falls In love with our
daughter. and, but for my tardy con.
fession, would have married his own
sister," .
Lady Berkeley paused in her nara
tive. and sighed
She was looking iato the Ore with
her hands clasped on her knee. and I
thought her face pathetically sad.
Silence reigned for . minute. but be.
fore anyone had . chance to speak,
Lady Berkeley continues:
well. the young people wssdreola
the circumstances, and Mr. Paentace
went up to Milford and wished to
claim his daughter
THE clergyman and his wife were
broken hearted. but dared not oppose
the rightfM father after their selfish
ness In des.iving him al those years Of
his own child.
IA compromise. however, was made.
that lmogene should live in her old
home three moaths Of the year.
s'She then went sway with Mr.. Prem
tice, but never came back 70 Milford,
for. before the year was out, she was
engaged to IN Engiishman, and soon
after married him"
Again Lady Berkeley paused. and.
looking 1T Jonson. said, with > smile:
rs not this strange enough for dc-
tion?'
Yes" he answered. '.and I feel -
though IL must Be, il WAS 10 unn atural
in the girl 10 70 and live with her
father. who was practically > stran-
ger"
s'She was awfully harta-heartesl.
wasn'e hhe:" asked one OF the party.
II en- not m Impartial judge. san
Lady Berheley. .'fov wae he fir!il
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Was Afraid of the water.

An interesting incident of Wild beast
life was recently witnessed by q
tourist in Asotin county. Wash. A deer
came bounding down the steep side
of bare, rocky hill on the edge Of
Snake river. closely followed by a
large mountain lion. The deer
plunged headlong into the river and
swan toward the further shore. The
big cat stopped short 1t tho waters
edge. put its paw gingerly into tho
water, dnew it back and watched the
deer gain the opposite bank in safety
and disappear in the woods. Then.
with . disappointed snarl, the lion
skunk away.
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sAFEIY-PlN holder.
Clever In Design and Nice Easugh fas

Glover In Design and Nice Eaough fns
Auy Nursery.
There are all styles and shapes OF
pin-cushions, from the practical, old.
fashioned square design to the latter
day bit of giddiness-frills and rada>a
and ribbons. Horseshoes. tambourines,
crescents, four-leaf clovers. triple
holsters, and dozen different fancies,
are to be seen in gowns of satin, over
laid with foamy frills of lace.
With such varied choice, j. It any
wonder that the most elegant conceit