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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-02-05
New York Banks Excess.

NEW YoRi. Feb. oThe bank state- nent shows over Slll.000. 900 in excess of the % per cent. rule.
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A Ntne-Pound Trout.

Since the introduction Of the Euro.
pean brook trout, known in England
and America rs brown trout" by
Maj Fred Maiher of the New York
fish commission, in 1888 this fish has
rapidly grown in favor with many
anglers by reason of its quick growth
and its game qualities, which have
been sung by angling writer's from the
days Of Walton TO the present. Curl.
ously this rapid growth has raised q
few objectors to its introduction 10 out
trout streams, because, they say, this
fish must require more food than OUT
native brook trout or it could not grow
so fast! That early maturity and rapid
growth should be Objectionable is GER
tainly strange.
1t was my good fortune to be at the
state hatchery at Cold Spring Harbor,
l.. T., one morning last week while the
mon were stripping the eggs from the
lish pond in the spawning races.
Among the brown trout was large
female, which Superintendent MatheI
pronounced to be barren, although SHE
spawned last year.
what will that trout weigh?"
asked, as a lish about 2 feet long ane
about 6 by inches lay in The tub.
Perhaps cen pounds" said tho
major, "but I'll get the men TO guess.
All four Of the men made estimate.
of from six TO fourteen pounds, wher
Mai Malher asked his foreman, Mr.
Walters, If his scales would weigh the
tub. water and fish and they wer,
brought out. The iish was put into a
washtub in about six inches OF watel
and the whole was weighed, the scaled
marking forty pounds. The fish wa:
tken taken out and the tub and water
were found to weigh thirty-one pounds
leaving nine pounds rs tho weight oI
the trout, which went swimming Of
into deeper water.
Ehis recalls the famous dispute
among the scientists in Edenborougt
in the last century whether live fish
in pail Of water would rdd TO the
weight OF the whole, ana after years ot
learned disputation as TO the possibil
ity of live fish which was supported
In the water being factor in its weight
IT occurred to the jaDitor Of the college
TO try II by actual experiment, and hs
proved to the learned men that the fish
really added its weight to the tu5 o'
water. M Y. Herald.
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Eyes aud Eyesight.

1t is quite in line with the progress
OF the times, that more thought and
care is now being given to the vision,
to eyes and eycsight, than ever before.
There is school OF theorists who
stoutly complain that human vision is
becoming weak and imperfect. and
that the number of abnormal eyes is
rapidly increasing. They reason. or
some of them do. that the restraints
of modern life, and especially Of city
living. are responsible for this changed
conditions; that because the vast ma
jority OF people no longer live in the
open country, whore the vision must
constantly be taxed at long range, the
tendency is toward shortness of sight,
and that In consequences we are be-
coming, not merely nation, but q
world Of myopes.
This is quite a brilliant deduction,
but unfortunately the basis upon
which IL rests is q slender one. There
Is nething to SHOW that greater per-
centage OF tho people are now suffer-
ing from defective vision than suffered
a generation or six generations ago.
TO be sure there are q greater number
of people wearing glasses. for one rea-
son or another; but in the same way
we might note that more men are
wearing overcoais In winter. and so
on through the thousand improve
ments of modern life. Optical science
has been brought down to the benefit
Of the masses within the last genera.
lion iu a wonderful degree; parents
have been taught TO give attention to
the eyesight OF their children; and the
result Is that defective eyes are now
aided by the resources OF progressive
science. Instead OF being obliged, as
formerly, to trough itr through life
the best they may.-Good Housekeep-
inn
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sHINBoNE OR esEssTeAK.
Practical BenevoIencs to Teach How ia
Make the Former Like the Latter.

Edward Atkinson has spent good
deal OF time and money perfeeting
cooking devices, and demonstrating
that the food wasted by American
cooks would go very far toward feed
ing the whole people. Ho has shown
the poor. the working people, all who
have small incomes, how 10 save money
in buying and cooking food, and for
his pains and expense in this laudable
work he was sneered at before an as
semblage of working people in Faneuil
hall, Boston. by II Knight OF Labor
leader, as "Shinbone Atkinson" who
said: "We don't want TO know how TO
cook shinboue so 1t will taste like a
beefstcnk; we want the beefsteak. We
earn it, and we want it,"
II that impertincnt blatherskite only
had money enough TO buy shinbone
and many OF his betters have not
even money enough to buy that-he
should have sense enough to be thank
ful for the instruction that enabled
him 10 cook it right, turn it out in a
palatable condition and with all the
nutriment In it conserved. Mr.. At
kinson's work, in the department of
cooking economy aud that Of careful
buying of food materials. will not he
wasted. The majority of the people Of
this county, who earn their living by
hard work, will thank this later Frank
lin for his interest in their comfort,
and for his help in enabling them to
live well and still save something out
Of their small incomes. Not now, per-
haps, will his practical benevoleBce be
very generally appreciated, but it will
finally be recognized and acted on, not
alone by the men OF small means, but
by the well-to-do. The era OF waste,
the time when men who have $500 y
year "must live as well as the rich,' Is
closing out. Our people must pres
emily lind out that there is neither
sense nor dignity in slovenly destruc-
tion Of the means OF living
"A French family will live well on
what an American family wastes"
said reliable authority, and the doc
trine OF "eat and wear all yon earn,
taking no thought Of the morrow and
its probable needs" should soon be-
come back number. - Chattanooga
Times.
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The next time you are la q melancholy
mood, as you are almost certvin to be IL
you become billions or dyspeptic, picture
20 yourself the condition Of q poor man
who, without resources and with family
on his hands, finds himself on a sic't bed.
Gloom obscurcs hts marrow horizon la
every direction. Unable to do any work,
without means, or friends capable of as
sisting him. with the possible pros
pect OF continued I'll health with rent,
perhaps, unpaid aud unpayable, the out
look for him is gloomy indeed How
shortsighted then, IL the man Of humble
means Who perceivibg that his health and
strength are failing takes no precautiou
TO avert the oncoming evil. Hostetter's
Stomach Bittsrs Is n reliable, profession
ally recommended restorative OF health
and vigor. aEd sure means OF prevent
ing the many disabling complaints which
exposure, overwork, neglect and INSULT
Client food produce. Malaria, rheumatism,
kidney and liver complaint, dyspepsia and
nervous diseases always yield to 10.
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Why He Couldn't Shoot.

On one occasion was riding through
the Kentucky mountains with land
surveyor, against whom Que Of the
desperados haa sworn vengeance.
threatening to kill him on sight. The
surveyor was tall man and. without
exception. the thiuuest one ever saw.
Why he was . surveyor instead Of q
living skeleton in n museum he didn't
even know himself He wasn't COW.
ard, Thoughts and laughed at the threats
of the desperado. We stopped at q
small town TO spend the night, and the
first man we met on the street was ths
deperado. He had the surveyor dead
to rights bat the presence of two OF
three others with us deferred him
from immediate action. He was ready.
though. and with his hand on hii
pistol walked around the surveyor
several times, the surveyor keeping
cool. Finally he stopped.
by gum" he exclaimed with Z
laugh. II wouldn't shoot sboestrins
II could, and he stuck out his hand.
The surveyor took it and, rs every
body laughed. the crowd moved "a
our room. where the jug was opened.
-ErchGnQe.
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eLooMERs IN CHICAGO.
The First Female Cyciist to Wear Them In
Public Creates a Sensation.

Public Creates Sensation.
Chicago Tribune, 3: At last 1t has
come. just after 8 o'clock yesterday
morning 1t made its appearance on
Michigan avenue, near the Columbus
statue, and moved silently and swiftly
toward the south. Whence IL came and
whittier it went was a mystery. The
early morning pedestrians stared at 1T IN
aInazement. The boulevard policeman
rubbed his eyes so long in astonish
ment that when he had awakened &c
the situation the object the: had star
tied him was lost in the distance
Horses SHE'D at it. windows were
thrown up and heads appeared.
What was it? Just a pretty girl
astride a safety bicycle. But what
made people stare? 1t wasn't the smil-
ing face. II wasn't the jaunty cap.
| Here is the secret--that girl wore a
pair of the sauciest bloomers imagin-
able. They were wide and loose from
the waist to the knee, and from that
point down her limbs were encased in
tight fitting stockings. The entire
costume was black.
A female bicyclist came from the
other direction and stopped amazed.
She turned toward the disappearing
bicyclist in bloomers. Again she
mounted her wheel as she calculated
Isn't 1t awful! But il its fashionable
I'll have TO get them" And she rode
away meditating.
A prominent south side woman, who
rides considerably, sa d to a reportei
for the Tribune yesterday; II have
known for a long time that the Rirli
contemplated wearing the divided
skirt this season Skirts, beside
causing serious accidents, are a draw
back to speeding, which many OF u
are capable of. Don't be surprised
you see every woman bicyclist in Chi
cago wearing the new costume thi
summer"
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All these people sxpected TO eco their
names in the list Of those present ct the
funeral. They live in such constant fear
of being forgotten BY tickle public. that
they grasp every opportunity OF thrust
ing themselvs into notice.
The day arrived. All the windows in
the neighborhood were filed with faces
A crowd was gathered in the street, wait
ing for the coming Of the funeral guests.
Some on foot, others in carriages, easily
recognized by their closely shaven face,
and exaggerated gestures. The differ,.h
manner In which these good people mani
tested their sympathetic emotion on this
painful occasion was very remarkable.
Each entered the hall as il going on the
stage one dashed tear from the corner
of his eye with his gloved finger; another
stood still for moment, the left foot
thrown slightly forward, and his hand up
ON his breast, as IL saying: "Be quiet.
heart!" This was acting, and yet sincere.
As soon as they were in the room. the
actors separated into two distinct classes ;
those who were of a certain celebrity
gathered together, and looked with con-
tempt upon the unknown comedians, who,
in their turn. whispered audiblyj "Do you
see how So-and-so has changedf How
old he has grown
De Lacy vibrated between these two
groups. The poor fellow was half broken
hearted, but his grief did not prevent him
from carefully curling his hair and being
anxious as TO the fit Of his black gloves.
Had any one been able 10 look into his
very soul, il would have been impossible
70 say where his pretence began, 80 close
ly were they interviewer.
l.. Al "a
than ever, while his wife remained above
with the poor mother.
Sylvia did not appear. but her husband
was there, the good friend who had de-
frayed all the expenses of this last cere-
mony. and who seemed as overwhelmed
by grief as the father himself The car
riagcs were numerous, and the bearse
most imposing, with its nodding plumes
and white flowers. The funeral process
sioi. started De Lacy in the first carriage,
shaken by sobs, thinking more Of his own
sorrows. Of the father burying his only
child, than Of the child herself. Far be-
low his sincere grief lay his intolerable
personal vanity, like huge rock lies at
the bottom Of river. motionless in spite
Of storms or waves. The pomp OF the GER
emony, the long procession, the mourning
coaches, and Sylyia's brougham. all fiat
tered and excited him. in spite Of the
gnawing pain at his heart. Dear little
Dora. so good and simple! All this was
for her.
But, above, at the window Of the old
work-room, stood Mrs. De Lacy, who could
not be prevented from watching the pro-
cession depart. Behind the closed blinds
she waved her thin hand, farewell"
murmured the mother almost 10 herself
farewell, my darling" and, softly as the
words were spoken. Dora heard them.
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CHAPTER XIX.

"Ahi here is Mr.. Denman How do
you do, and how is business just nowi"
The old cashier smiled and shook hands
with the master Of the shop. with his wife,
and his brother. and looked about with
some curiosity. 1t was shop for the sale
OF paper-hangings in the City They
were old customers of the Speed manufac-
tory. They had begun in small way,
and been accommodated with long credits
by the hrm, and were now indebted to them
to very large amount the Speeds neg
lecting to call in their money as they knew
It to be perfectly safe
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HE ASSERTED THAT HE WAS INNOCENT.
quarreled with the woman and had
threatened to kill her. He had been
heard TO say on the very day of the
tragedy that he would put her out of
the way. The chain was complete,
with the exception Of one link. There
was nobody who could swear that he
was at or near the house in which the
woman was killed at any time near
the moment when the murder was
done.
The prosecution tried in every way
to get that link, but without success.
The defense made their strong point on
this. The intent was proved and all
that, but the witnesses 10 this vital
point were lacking. However, the jury
did not hesitate long. They consider
ed the proof of sufficient strength, and
they convicted him. When IL came
time for me to sentence him that man
stood up and looked me in the eye as
calmly as IL he was about TO say good
morning TO me. He told me that he
WAS innocent He pointed out the flaw
in the proof. He called on Almighty
God to punish me as was about TO
punish him. His speech was the most
eloquent effort ever heard. Still, there
was nothing left for me to do but
sentence him to be hanged, and I did
my duty.
After his sentence the mans con-
duct was most peculiar. He refused to
allow his lawyers To make an appeal,
saying that he knew he was innocent
and God knew he was innocent aud
that he would take no further steps to
=. L.
and collected up to the very minute the
drop fell. He had a minister visit him
every day and he prayed with great
fervor. He walked TO the scaffold as
unconcerDedly as you would stroll
down the street. He asked permission
to make speech, and said, standing
there with the moose around his neck
and with no passion or emotion in his
voice, that he was innocent and that he
hoped his Maker would consign him to
the deepest torments of an eternal he'll
IL he murdered his wife or had any
pare or share in her murder. He asked
that the black cap be not drawn over
his face, and he went to his death un-
fiinchins,y and with those words on his
lips"
Huh" said the man who knew it
all, @those experiences are common.
suppose you fcpEd out after 1t was too
late that the man was really innocent?"
@No." replied the judge gravely, I'VE
did not. Inside of year we found two
people who saw him go into the house
just before the woman was killed and
one witness, q servant, who saw the
killing. but whom he frightened into
silence He was guilty. tie knew he
was guilty, and yet he stood and defied
his Maker when he was absolutely GER
tain that his defiance would avail him
nothing. l have never been able TO
make up my mind whether that was
sublime courage or unequaled depraw
ity Buffalo Express
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told he,f he had a1arge sum Of money 10
pay N H few dava and did rn4 Lnn,.r ,.r a-A

told ne'f he had a1arge sum Of money 10
pay m 81 few days,and did not know where
70 proc'se penny.
She luered not one word Of reproach.
she was one Of those few women who can
face misfortune without a word of re-
crimpation Possibly at the bottom Of
her hfat she was almost grateful for the
disaster that had brought him nearer 10
her. che reflected e moment, and then,
with q great effort, she said:
.Do not DESPAIR; ! will go TO oaklands,
and ask my grandfather for the requisite
amount"
He himself, would never have dared "a
make the suggestion; the thought even
would not have occurred to him. She was
SO proud, and her grandfather 80 hard. II
was an enormous sacrifice that she was
making, and a strong proof Of her love
that she offered. He felt strengthened
and encouraged by her words and by her
tenderness.
"Annie!" he cried, show good you are!"
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Ho Do eoatinusA.l
PROTESTED 10 TIE LAsT.
tt II Not Always safe TO Believe q Dy:ni
Mans Assertion of Innocence.

te II Not Always safe TO Believe q Dying
Mans Assertion of Innocence.
The Judge was talking to the man
who knew it all. al see," said the
Judge, that there has been some talk
in the newspapers lately about scafold
protestations Of Innocence. 1t is argued
in many cases that man who knows
he is going to die, and that nothing on
earth can save him, will not stand and
deliberately tell lie on the threshold
of the hereafter. II is an awful re.
sposibility that judge takes on him
self when he sentences man to death.
Why, l remember one case that haunt
ed me for long time. A fellow named
Mullen was charged with the murder
of his wife. There was strong chain
of circumstantial evidence. He had
money, though, and his lawyers fought
the case TO the bitter end. He had
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How Very Delightful.

"What charming weather" we al,
say in the opening days of the early
spring; then off go the wraps and up
go the windows TO let the balmy All
come in-with IL comes in numerous
things that ought to be kept out. We fee
sore from stiffened limbs, and many gc
tottering around with lame backs. Mr.
Harry Williams, Greenville, Cal, under
oath writes on this subject as follows
"a lady suffered so severely with pains
In the back for two days that She could
not sit up. One application OF st. Ja-
cobs Oil gave the sufferer good nights
rest, aud in the morning she was well. "
That was charming.
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IL viii, perhaps, require little stretch of
the imagination on the part Of the reader TO
recognize the fact that the two portraits at
the head Of this article are Of the same in
dividual and yet they are truthful sketches
made from photographs taken only a few
months apart, OF a very much esteemed citi-
rem Of lllinOis-Mr. &. II. Harris, whose ad-
dress is No. fGS2 Second Avenue, Rock
Island, Ill The following extract from a let
ter written by Mir. Harris explains the mar
velous change in his personal appearance. lie
writes "Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery saved my life and has made mo a
man. Myhome physician says am good for
forty years yet. You viii remember that ]
was inst between life and death, and all OF
my friends were sure It was q case of death,
until commenced taking q second bottle Of
l Golden Medical Discovery when became
able 70 SIT up and the couf;n was very much
better, and the 6leeding from mn Iunqs
stopped, and before | had taken six bottles Of
the Golden Medical Discovery my cough
ceased and l was new man and ready for
business.
) | now feel that It is a duty that owe 10
my fellow-nen 20 recommend 10 them tho
Golden Medical Discovery which saved my
life when doctors and all other medicines
failed 70 do me any good.
! / send 70 you with this letter two Of my
photographs; one taken few weeks before
was taken down sick in bed, and the other
/ was LdAEu after 4 h6S w 4 it5S TWO lluo-
tographs are faithfully reproduced at the
head Of this article.
Mr.. Harriss experience in the use of Gold
en- Medical Discovery is not en exceptional
one. Thousands Of eminent people in all
: parts of the world testify, in Just as emphatic
language, 20 its marvellous curative powers
over all chronic bronchial, throat and lung
diseases, chronic nasal catarrh, asthma, and
kindred diseases
Eminent physicians prescribe Golden
Medical Discovery when any of their dear
ones lives are imperilled by that dread dis
ease, Consumption. Under such circum-
stances only the most reliable remedy would
be depended upon. The following letter is TO
the point. IL IS from an eminent physician Of
Stamps, Lafayette Co, Ark. He saws
Consumption is hereditary in my wife's
family some have already died with the dis
ease Ny wife has q sister, Mrs. E. A
Cleary, that was taken with consumption
She used DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov
cry, and, TO the surprise Of her many friends
she got well. Ny wife has also had hem
orrhages from the lungs, and her sister in
sisted on her using the Golden Medical Dis
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Doubtful Matter.

An Argyllshire elder was asked how
the kirk got along. He said: "Aweel,
we had 400 members. Then we had ,
division. and there were only 200 lett
then disruption, and only ten left.
Then we had heresy trial; aud now
there is only me and ma brither Dun
can left, and I ha' great doots oi Den
cans orlhodoxy."--7id Bits.
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There was me and pap and some more OF

There was me and pap and some more Of
the crowd,
Was settin' around In Jimerson's store,
When Bill Hawkins told tale he lowed
Would set the fellers all In roar
Says he: "When was iivin' in the west
Along on ths edge of the Ioway,
] knowed feller there that made
hundred dollars In half O day.
''The old Missoo got on q raise
A regular Missouri flood
An this feller thinks he sees chance
In catchin' 1oatin' fro wood.
''So, he advertised for fifty men,
In the Roarin' City Weekly News,
To meet him on the river bank
With sktffs an boats, or with caroes.
can he hired them feIlcrs tc keieA that
wood,
An all that mornin' nc wood they
fetched.
An the pay he gives where the Joke
Genes in
lie gives EN- halfof what they ketched." ("
And the fellers laughed at old Bills
yarn
Laughed and said they thought It
grand
Yet oil them fclfers that cackled so
Was workin' on sheers on rented land (!
--Indianapolis Journal
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OF medicinal agents is gradually relegat-
ing .he old time herbs, pills, ,draughts and
vegetable extracts to the rear and bring
ing into general use the pleasant and ef-
fective liquid laxative. syrup Of Figs To
get the true remedy see that It is manu-
factured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only. For sale by all leading druggists
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Mother-Did you try to make your
self agreeable at Mrs, Hightone's?
Little Daughter-Hes'm N; | told her
all the funny things our callers said
about her, and she seemed TO be real
interested.
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CHEAP TOOLS

1926 buys the Family Grist Mil: s2 a
potato planter: $3.50 a horse hoe culti-
vator; s2 corn sheller: 81 a post-hole
auger; sl2. rs a great tanning mill; 81. 20
a Planet Jr. drill: and other tools, har-
rows, etc, at lowe Z prices.
gf You Wlii Tut Thi- GA and Send IL
With Sc postage 10 the John a. Saizer
Seed Co., La Cros Q, Wis, you will re-
ceive their mammoth seed catalogue
free. g