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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-26

holders of the lead n English railway
companies is e.. 900. 900 less than at this
time last year.
When a prisoner resists the Paris
police they take off one of his shoes
and compel him te walk like My son
john" He is so tempered usually by
this treatment that there is no further
trouble.
"A new sect in Russia is known as
the Underground People lately or
gained in Saratoff When a person
falls i'll, the elders come in and baptize
him anew. Then they carry him down
into an underground labyrinth where
he is left to wrestle with death alone.
After week the elders come to inspect
the sick man, and. if dead, he is duly
buried.
The three hundred and fftieth an
niversary of the de tn of Pizarro was
recently celebrated with great pomp
and circumstance in Lima, the city
which venerates him under the title of
founder. The mummy of the con-
queror of peaceful aborigines, which
lies in the cathedral at Lima, was dis
inferred and submitted to thorough
anthropometrical examination. The
result of the examination hardly came
up to their expectations, however, for
on his skull were found the typical
determinations, even the ''fossa of Lom-
broso,' which are regarded by the
criminal anthropologists as infallib e
signs of moral generation. Y.
Medical Record.
1t seems that the Sunday night en-
tertainments, recently so popular in
London, are beginning to pail upon
those for whom they were intended.
Out of five clubs which used to give
orchestral or other concerts on Sunday
nights in the west end only one re-
mains. The Sunday discussions upon
theatrical matters are also, it is al
legged not nearly so well supported as
the Thursday night smoking concerts.
The chief difficulty in the organizing
and developing of Sunday concerts and
entertainments lies in the fact that the
vast majority of Londoners live in the
suburbs. and prefer their family circle
and their home to a journey to town on
Sunday evening.
1t gives an impressive idea what
subterranean London is fast becoming
to learn that on emerging from the
river the new city and Waterloo line
will. in its passage up Queen Victoria
street, run fora part of the way UNI
derneath the low level main sewer.
which in its turn runs along beneath
the District Underground railway. So
that at this point in the city we shall
have first a busy main thoroughfare.
below that steam railway, then a
huge metropolitan sewer, then an
electric railway, reaching its terminus
at depth of about SO feet below the
streets. and here it will communicate
with another line-the Central London
which will lie at depth of so feet. =
London Daily News
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-26
TAXING SUGGESTIONS.
Impress ons Made Upon the Mind by oh
servations nf Nature.

Impress ons Made Upon the Mind by OBJ
servations nf Nature
The suggestions of nature rarely
strike the vision directly and obviously,
but come into our field aslant, and as
if by some fine law of reflection, and
with subtle hint of having their orr
gin outside of the precisely movable
and describable. Expressions in every
form of art borrows from these more or
less elusive glints and shimmerings the
the characteristics Of inimitable indi-
vidualtv; for it is according to our abil-
ity to take in the fugitive rays that we
give forth lasting light
The habit of observation may or may
not enrich a soul; it depends upon the
original gift of receptivity and the
power of quick and wise selection.
What shall seeing avail, if we always
see the wrong thing and always take
from it pessinist'c impression? We
are apt to find what we most diligently
look for, and ii we set out with theory
in hand the whole universe will seem
built to nourish and coddle it But
the eye that is disengaged, that has no
theory at the source of its light will
find wherever it turns, the precious
well-springs of original unbiased and
unconditional inspiration.
Science has taught us the value of
the fact distinct from its connection
with theory; myriad facts suddenly
coalesce and form discovery; and it
is with the Imagination as with prosaic
understanding; all things tend from
the simple to the complex, SO that
what we come to at last is always a
combination of simples.
We cannot all be geniuses, nor is it
desirable that very many of US shall
walk on the highest ranges of philoso-
ply; but even in t'le grind of what is
called practical life" land a happy
grind it is if properly entered upon we
may use our eyes and ears for our own
betterment and for the betterment OF
the world by Selling upon the whole
some and soul fertilizing suggestions
of nature and drawing them into our
hearts to become part of our character.
When the birds sing we may sing with
them; when May winds blow we can
bloom as the violets do; ii winter falls
sharp and cold we may be as pure as
ice and gather richness, as the soil
| does, from the freezing and thawing. =
ChautauQua-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-26
HORSE SUGGESTIONS.
Curious Relics of Heather Customs /
European Countries.

Curious Relics of Heather Customs In
European Countries.
Gable ends have significance that
few people really know. The carved
ridge tiles and representations of ami
mails such as horses and horsemen, and
the stone balls, all possess a meaning.
Horses heads are common in Germany
on the points of ables, and are found
in Russia while channels heads occur
in the Tyrol. The completion of
building was signalized by sacrifice
originally, just as the laying of foun-
dation was, perhaps, more of the final
ceremony remains to-day than the ini-
tial one
Horses were held to be sacred by the
northern races, and formed, next to a
man. the worthiest sacrifice; and if a
horses skull was not put on the point
of the gable horses head was carved.
At chieftain's death his horse was
buried with him, and to-day the
charger of an officer follows his coffin
to the grave Poles surmounted by
punches of leaves and flowers protect
the farn-houses of the Back forest from
lightning and represent the ancient
oblation of a bunch OF grain to 0din's
horse and gables often have carvings
connected with this oblation to Odin.
We know the legend of the "Weird
Hunt" and many "reminiscences of this
remain in Denmark
At Yuletide, oats are thrown out for
Saint Claus horse, tthe cult of 0din hav-
ing been transferred to Saint claus and
a person convalescent after a danger
GUS illness is said to have given Il feed
to deaths horse The sheaf of corn
that is fastened to the gable in Norway
and Denmark, now an offering to the
birds, was originally a feel for odin's
horse Formerly" says Mr. Barring
Gould, 1.-The last bundle of oats in a
field was cast into the air by the reap
ers for 0din at Yule to feed his horse, F"
And in his recollection it was custom
airy in Devon for the last sheaf to be
raised in the air. with the cry, "a neck
Wee lay."-that is, to "Nieker Weden. y
Spectator.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-26
.pIFFERENcEs IN RAILWAYS.
reight Traffic Upon the Roads In England
and America.

Freight Traffic Upon the Roads In England
aud America.
The American railways differ from
hose of England in three essential
Particulars and those differences are
sd fundamental that English railroad
managers and engineers have always
eontended that the methods and ar
Engagements peculiar to the United
States can not be applied to the gener-
ally greatly different circumstances of
d country like England. The most rad
zeal difference is that which occurs in
Che average length of haul--a differ
seoce which is a function of the geo.
graphical conditions of the two coun.
tries.
81 In consequence of the average length
of haul in the United States being
about one hundred and ten miles, and
That in the United Kingdom being on
81 about thirty-fve miles, the cost of
handling the traffic relatively to the
average receipts per ton handled is
much greater in our own country So
great is this difference that some
|notable railway authorities have ar
Sgued that the cost of transport is not
only not function of the distance, but
that distance has very little to do with
t; and to some such explanation it is
due that the average freight charge on
american railway lines is less than
Sone.half the average on English rail-
ways
Another fundamental difference be-
tween the two systems, which is also
largely function of the greater length
sof the average haul in the United
States, is the greater capacity of the
wagons adopted for American traffic,
and the consequent saving of dead
weight; until 1876 the standard capac-
E4ty of the average American goods
wagon was about nine gross tons.
Since then the size has been increased
Estep by step, until now the leading
railways mainly make use of wagons
with a capacity of twenty to thirty
tons.
Some feeble and half-hearted at
tempts have been made to introduce
the American type of wagon in Great
Fundamentally on the Furness rail-
way; but the general verdict of the
railroad managers is that the charac-
ter OF the English railway traffic and
The prevalent system of short hauls,
renders the use of the American type
OF wagon on large scale inconvcn.
ient II not impracticable. And unless
mat system undergoes a radical
change, 1t is not yeE.y probable that
we shall witness much economy in our
railway transport from this source,
however devoutly that contamination
may be wished. -Fornightly Review.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-26

Frederick IL. laid the foundations of
European science. Surely. when we
recall the actual results of this great
period of schooling in the east, we can
no longer regard the crusades as having
been merely futile efforts which weak
ened and retarded the progress of the
west Nor when we re1d in detail the
account of that great building up of
the kingdom which was founded by
valor and preserved so long by justice
and wisdom, can we regard its rulers
as ignorant fanatics or religious enthu-
siasts The history of the kingdom of
Jerusalem is the history of the birth of
freedom for all Europe .-Edin hurgh
ReNil.AN.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-26
,v TwAlN,s COLLAR.
prsved Its Existence to Harriet
~ Reecher stowe.

- proved Its Existence to harr'ee
|H8# nc Beecher stowe.
. story about Mark Twain
3S bv Hartford man in an uptown
toiR y ether night. It may not be
ea3k W. - new to everyone, but even II
aaElei; = i rood enough to bear repe-
't1' ~ boaptiful summer morning few
~ a 70 Mark Twain wandered out
Tes . e breakfast, uneonventionally at
1917 =, a smoking jacket and slippers
trey =. a1orned with either collar or
ahp 40 The humorist is proverbially
'ssi. -, ~, as to his dress, and if 1t were
ss's sS@ his faithful wife would be as
h2k lot as not to appear In public IN this
.ssrb most of the time.
fow doors from Mr.. Clemens house
+ba aged authoress of "Uncle
'fam's Cabin" On this particular
~ as Mark strolled by Mrs
' I. a,s residence he espied the old
"a seated upon the yeranda. He
' IN al open the gate, walked in and
ia very enjoyable quarter of an
',s.r,s call. Then he lounged back to
brsakfast.
:. amino the progress of the meal he
..s,,ally alluded to his call upon Mrs.
'.you don't mean to say that you
,sa,,t into Mrs. Stoves house in that
.andition, do your" calculated his de-
sparing wife
bIandly.
slWhy, without any collar or neck
I;e What will Mrs. Stowe think of
gouq You'll have to go over and apollo
I'D to her just as soon as you make
va rself presentable.
An right, my dear" said the crest
Esslen humorist, meekly; "but l don't
|6fnk she noticed anything out of the
an She didn't speak of it"
A few moments later, breakfast hav7
Al been finished, Mark disappeared in
|he direction of the dressing-room, and
.asortly afterward dispatched one of
81 children upon some mysterious err.
md in which a small parcel playeo d
aart
The child presently returned bearing
note, which Mark, after reading, car,
I'D in triumph to his wife.
It's all right, my dear" he said, re-
|arring to the note. Mrs. Stowe says
.he is always glad to see me, even with.
sat the customary neckwear and begs
ae not to mention the circumstances. :"
What have you done now?" queried
hrs. Clemens in tone of hopeless res
enation.
'Why," drawled out the humorist,
d sent my collar and necktie over to
Mrs. Stowe, so she would know that |
'eally owned them. You may rest as
surcd now, my dear, that it's all right,
Die is satisfied, am sure, that I do
ave collars and neclkties about the
leuse somewhere. Washington Starr
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-26

The Girls Suffer Too.

-, Mlnnie-You must come to our house
thursday evening; now don't forget !
Neltie-What's going on?
Minnie am going to have pro.
gressiye chewing-gum party-a sort of
hard times social, you know-one piece
OF gum does for all. Good News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-26
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The chief duty of Russian frontier
guards consists in preventing SNUG
Cling and the introduction of Nihilistic
literature into Russian territory.
-London's debt was increased last
year by $4,000, 900 and now amounts to
sloo, O55,000. The revenue of the city
ior the last fiscal year was s2S, 165, 600.
English nobllifialen are the only ones
IsAyolutionarv ger wear coronets on
in Who'll, Mind the sole occasion
won pndyinf S s ! - - :
mount to be distributed in
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-26

Tweed, as cloth name, arose from
mistake. Its name was twill, but in
a plotted invoice sent to London
merchant the word looked like tweed
and SO it came into use.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-26

impossible.

He,-And would you marry a poor
poet?
she-I don't see how could marry a
rich one.-Life.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-11
THE POWER OF MUSIC,
AS RELATED BY AN OLD LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINEER
Who Gives His Impressions of Piano
solo, Which He Compares
to the Noise ofn TraiA
Running.

was lettering around tho streets last
night said Jim Nelson, one Of the old
locomotive engineers running Into New
Orleans, to the New Orleans Times
Democrat, "As I had nothing 10 do, |
dropped into concert and heard sleek
looking Frenchman play a piano in a way
thht made me feel all over in spots. As
soon as he sat down on the stool knew
by the way he handled himself that he
understood the machine he was running.
He tipped the keys away up one end,
just as If they were gauges and he
wanted to sec II he had water enongh.
linen he looked up, as IL he wanted 10
Know how much steam he was carrying,
ana the next moment he pulled open the
throttle, and sailed on to the main line as
II he was half an hour late
Nou could hear her thunder over cul-
ycrts and bridges, and getting faster and
faster, unit the fellow rocked about
IN his seat like cradle. Somehow |
thought It was old '30' pulling passen-
ger train aud getting out of the way OF
special. The fellow worked the keys
on the middle division like lightning and
then he tlew along the north end Of the
line until the drivers went around ike
a buzz saw, and / got excited,
About that time / was fixing to tell
him to cut her OH n little he kicked the
hampers under the machine wide open,
pulled the throttle way back in the ten
der, and how he did run! couldn
stand it any longer and yelled 10 HIM
that he was pounding on the left side, anu
II he wasn't careful he'd drop hls ash
pan.
But he didn't hear No one heard me-
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-11

will be- rcy,aid by devotion 70 socks and
buttons " hirh the masculine ifnnd VIII
cnjov while u may not entirely under
stand
No matter how plucky and successful
she has hoen. the self-supporting woman
has been foe Years very lind, mentally
and physically, with the weight Of re
sponsibilty she has carried. II one week
has been brought 10 close successfully
IN comparative comfort. and with no dent
incurred. she can only draw q very snort
breath befors the next one commences
II may be very selfish, hut isn't II deli
cious 10 feel that someone else, whose
shoulders arn stronger, has taken ms
wearing burden from yOu, and carries u
easily. tooi What can he more delight
fnl after years Of rushing down town
Immediately after breakfast. or shutting
ones self up in study or office early IN
the morning than to draw n comfortable,
happy breath at the table, and tEen set
about domestic dutiesi The sheltered
feeling is Understandable and one that can
not he appreciated by any woman VINO
has not fought her own battles.
Men as a general thing are good ma
| tured and pleasant enough to women
WIDOW they meet in business way; but
however kind they may be. the woman
can never feoel that she is at her best out
| side Of her home. DO you think self
| reliant, plucky bread-wlnrer, who is after
/ an tue more woinhn Tor MI her Drlyc
march abreast with men. Is going TO toss
ter head and give utterance to the hack
| neyed statement about not glvin up her
( liberty for the best man living, and is
} there anything particularly desirable in
I the liberty which consists in working day
after day for food and clothes and a place
TO sleep. barely gained by wages which
Will be lost Inc moment someone else is
willing TO do the same work for less
Oncy .. Thig applips TO every wage earn
ing woman. from the girl wl.O spends her
weary days behind counter 10 the sue
cesslul brain worker, who is more cnyied
because less understood than any Of the
women who eat their own bread. Jessie
NJ. Burgoyno in Donahoe's Magazine.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-11
PERSONAL.

Hon. James W. swayne d hh
today.
q. II. Hamilton and wife u w
ILL.,. are at tho Piekwick,
w. w. Jones, a prominent dHs 4
Of Beeville, Is in the city.
Drew Pruitt left YESTERDAY 70 =
the federal court at Grahaia,
A. w. Long of Guadalaps pcr
j. @. Peacock OF MorelaS Nfti1
here. The gentlemen are lilFas
ested in silver mining Vealufu ?
country.
Mrs. Marie Manuel arrived b,
Chicago and will make fefl VIZ
future home. Mrs Manuel b ae1 !,
with the business department
Telegram.
Clarence i. Wares Of CheszA =
agent of the New England ~ -. -.
and the Burton Stock Gar ~.
here and will rcmain until ai'h q
tlemen's convention.
Mrs. II. J. PruiH Of CODES
after a months pleasant 'lal
lives in Dallas, has returns
daughters, Mrs. Geo. X. flr
Preside street,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-11

Where Millions Of Bottle-Opcners Are
Made Annually.

Where Millions Of Bottle-Opcners Are
Made Annually.
Newark. n. j., is the birthplace Of
most Of the c1rkscrews in the world
When ID is stated thnt one firm in this
city alone made l8OOOO,OOO corkscrews
last year. the size and importance Of the
industry will be understood. This beats
the record
Il is hard to understand Just what is
done with all the corkscrews that are
manufactured every twelve months.
There must he tremendous lot Of them
broken aud lost.
The average length Of corkscrcw is
three inches. " the corkscrews turned
on the market by one firm In 1893 could
be laid end to end they would extend
from New York 10 San Francisco; would
have Spawned the broad Pacific ocean
and reach half way across the kingdom
Of Japan.
II all these corkpullcrs could hc melted
into one big screw some myth o Colos-
sus could pull The cork from the surface
of the earth and set the gcyscrs. spouting
interior of tho Globe.
This, be IL remembered. was the work
of only one establishment. II all the
corlyscrews NJ 1893 could be numbered
they would doubtless be sufficient to
supply every nhabiant of this mundane
sphere with one Of the articles.
Il required nearly 100 men simply to
twist the screws for the 1GO,OOO.OOO.
These men worked full time. too, and
every day Of the year except SUNDAYS
and holidays II took q number more
hands 10 make the wooden and other
STYLES Of handles.
There are nearly fifty varieties in the
market. Among them are tho ring
handle, steel wire screws for demiiohns
aud large bottles the folding screw aud
the broad wire handle screw. Several
years ago mn icepick and cigar box opener
was made with u screw concealed Ia The
steol-tihe handle The tube can be
slipned on and the icepick forms the
handle of the screw.
Another novelty had brush ~ The
handle, SO that the waiter In restaurant
is not Obliged to rune his fingers around
the inside Of the neck of wine bottle In
order TO remove the particles of cork and
dust.
For champagne bottles screw is made
with q blade In one end of the handle
to cut the wire around the cork Another
hnnde contains both the blade and the
brush.
The power corkscrew Is nm ingenious
and popular arrangement which saves the
knees aud arms from a tusslp with IN
| obstinate cork A conc Of steel fits over
the neck Of the bottle, and the screw
draws the cork while the cone presses on
the bottle New York Recorder.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-11

Tic best and hapniesi wife In this and
the next generation Is aud will be- the
sclf-supporting woman Il Is so evident
that argunent and proofs seem supcriiu-
GUS From a severely practical stand
point. a woman who has made her living
sihlc. has sown all the wild oats of small
exiravacances and subsequent serimping
that makes trouble in many new hemes
A dollar TO her roprescnts So nany hours
work; not few. c0aNing words addressed
to papa. Sic knows what kind ~ home
4 a ploasant TO como 10 after firing
days work. md What sort % break fast
Is the boat foundation for eish. hours
toll.
She has hcen used FOR sn long to look
aftN herself that 4 is almos, heaven TO
on tllls morninS, and tue trinlng attention
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-11

as reported hy the house committee read
ne follows: "rublic schools shall be
taught Tor five DAYS In each week
Schools shall be- closed on all legal holi.
dave unless agreed on by the trustees and
ieuchrr- ur principal. a school month
ehHll conaist ul not less than twenty
school days, inclusive Of holidays, etc.
In fhs form d pas-cd the house except
that the words land the teachers or
principal nt the end Of the arcoud son
tence were stricken out The senate
struck out OH the words In the seeond
sentence 1ftor holiday and changed
The word Inclusive 10 exclusive" The
house cOucurtcd IN the aenates amud-
mruN. the bill was approved, and so
,he law now stands. 1t reads as fol-
lows
Public schools shall br taught for five
closed IN an legal holidays A school
month shah consist Of NOT less than twon-
~ HclinDl DAYS exclusive Of holidays. etc f"
II srems entirely clear 10 me that tho
legislature intended 10 hN twenty school
days NJ he least school month and tn
exclude an holidays from the cnumern-
lion NJ The necessary twenty school days,
Aud the fundamental rule for the con-
stiucion NJ statutes is Tint when the
iutrutln Of the legislature h clearly ~.
crrtuiued the law ~ settled. The nppli-
cation Of the law To this case seems
enually plain.
The report shows that The school was
taught fot only eighteen days There
is no claim that the holidays were made
up hF teaching an SATURDAYS IL r
clear that the tGschpr, having taught
ONLY eighteen days. tx not entitled TO u
months compensation. I nm unnhlc TO
take any view Of he law that would not
Justify tho position Nf tho county supcrin.
tchdent Hence. his ruling ~ sustained.
| Rendered February 10. 1891
County Superintendent Buck asked tho
| Trcguim IA print The above, "A It might
be u general Interest 20 The teacher, OF
| tho state
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-11

This play will be given Tnlp I
March 30. for the benefit Of 81. Art
parish. II is under the ausiia Z
Young Ladies' guild Of the paia
a great many tickets have alnai
sold. II will he as great u Il
tion as anything that hiss lssa "a
at the opera house this sean
cause for which il is given, o.
order of the play and the ed1pT z
the young ladies are putting fgla =
TO make the entertainment NET 81