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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
Beards nnd Mornis.

A policeman on duty i'll the Jefferson Market police court remarked that in the course of IS years service he had seen . great many men brought up OH the charge of insulting women i'll the street or elsewhere. They do not re- semble one another much, ; he said, except that i'll every instance they wear full boards. don t remember of ever seeing a clean shaven, thoroughly smart looking man at the bar on that charge. Tkeir whiskers are never trim med to q point either, but always grow i'll a struggling or careless way. I have never noted any exception to this, and, so far as my opinion goes, think that any man who gets up ill the morning, takes bath and slaves himself with a bit of cold steel is apt to start out and be decent, whereas the whiskered man is not. l read an article by Chauneey Depew once, ill which he said that the passing of the cold steel over his face ill the morning always drove the faneiful ideas of tho night out of his head and strengthened him out for hard and sensible days work. l guess there is a good deal i'll it, though 1 am not able to reason these things out as Mir. Depew does. But you can go bail for one thing, and that is, whenever you read i'll the papers that man has been arrested for insulting women you can picture him i'll your mind eye as having shabby set of whiskers. Nov York Sun.
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RECORD OF A TEXAS pEspERApo.
The Graves of His Victims Were Scattered
 From Dodge City to santa Fe.

 The Graves of His victims Were Scattered
 From Dodge City to santa Fe.
 The man who told the story between tho puffs of his eigar was from Texas.
 Clay Allisoa's life was q tragic TO- nance, he began Clay Allison was . desporado He lived in the Red river country in the Panhandle. His trigger finger was busiest in the early eighties. His record was 31. He boasted of it. Twenty-one dead men, whose graves were scattered from Dodge City to San La Eel 1 myself saw him kill Bill Chunk, bad man, who shot people just for the fun of seeing them fall. Tho two men had no cause for quarrel. They were the prize killers of the same sec tion of the country. It was a spirit of rivalry which made them swear to shoot each other on sight Their friends bet on the result of their first chance reneounter They met one night at u oFossroad inn in New Mexico and sat down at tables opposite each other, with their drawn six shooters resting on their laps beneath their napkins 4 plate of oysters on the shell had just been set before Chunk, when he dropped his hand in careless fashion and sent ball at Allision beneath the table Quick as a leap of lightning Allisons s gun re- piled A tiny red spot between Chunk 8 eyes marked where the bullet entered. The dead man rolled over on the table and was still, with his face downward in the dish of oysters.
 tAllision was 8 large cattle owner He went on a drive to Kansas City once, and whilo thoro fo1l in love, mar ried and took tho woman to his home in tho west to live. A child was born to them-a child whose face was as beau tiful as the face of q eherub, but whose poor little body WAS horribly deformed Allison loved the child with the great love of his passionate nature Tn the baba's twisted and misshapen form his superstitieus mind read a meaning as significant as that of tho message which the divine hand wrote on the palace of the king of old in Babylon God. he thought, had visited a curse upon him for his sins. He quit his wild ways He drank no more. No man ever after the birth of his child fell before his deadly pistols He was completely changed.
 Tn the new life which followed he devoted himself with absorbing energy to his business interests. He became rich in time. Ten thousand cattle on the Texas ranges bore his brand A few years ago he was driving from his ranch ill Q heavy road wagon to town The front wheels jolted down into deep rut. Allison was pitched headfore= most to the ground His neck was bro- ken. The team logged on into the dis tanee and left him lying there dead and alone upon the prairie. ''-Kansas City Times.
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SMITH AN. FARRELL.

Two Good Heavyweights to Fight te
 a Finish Today.
 DENVER, Oct 3-aDenvero Ed Smith and Lawrence Farrell will fight to a finish this afternoon at an unknown spot within about b miles of this city. As Smith and Farrell are both in good condi- tion long fight Is looked for. The bet ting is , to in favor of Smith
 Farrell has q good record having been beaten but once, and that was by his present adversary. He will weigh in at about ITO pounds. He has chosen for his seconds, Tommy West and Bat Masterson, although it is not certain whether Masterson will act or not. Smith has decided to put in his corner three men who have been so faithful to him during his training. They are l Is brother, Paddy Smith, Omar Anderson and Joe Mulvihill. The referee and time keepers will be chosen at the ring side.
 Farrell defeated Patsy Cardiff who had previously been beaten only by Peter Jaekson, who had fought draws with Mitchell and Corbett He is also the only man that ever defeated Jim Fell. He was bested by "Denver" Smith in two and a half rounds, several months ago.
 "Denvere Ed Smith has won three fights, besides having fought seven draws, and has never ben defeated. He says he expects to maintain this record to the end and will. should he be sue. cessful in this fight he will challenge at the ring side eilhar Corbett or Fitzsim- mons, if they fight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
FlTZ TALKS BUSINESS.

He Has gIO00 Posted md VIII Claim
 and Defend the Championship.
 BR1DaEPoRT, Conn, Oct 4-Robert Fitzsinmons was seen at an early hour Wednesday with reference to the ulti- matum issued by Corbett regarding his challenge to fight. He said:
 "I have posted 5000 in guarantee and lam willing to fight Corbett. He says l am putting up bluff and that he has never seen the color of my money I have told him where it is; let him go look at it. Ifhe does not cover it in 30 days I shall claim the championship by default. If the championship comes to me I shall defend 1t against all corners. l do not pretend to have as much money as Corbett has, but can get as much backing as he can when it comes to the point. The challenge of his is nothing but blnff and the work of a buffer If he is willing to fight me he knows how to go about it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
It Cures Cancer.

Some years ago the state department at Washington received through the minister of Ecuador to the United States specimens of a plant known aa oundurango. found ill the province of Loya, in Ecuador, to which marvellous qualities in curing cancer were ascribed. The physicians in South America expert mented on this substance and reported most wonderful cures Its virtues are said to have been discovered by accident. An Indian had been suffering fearfully for a long time from internal cancer, and his wife undertook to relieve him by shortening his life by poison. For this purpose she selected tho cunduran. go, making a deeoction of the bark Te her astonishment the first dose appeared to benefit the patient, and by the con tinuanoe of this remedy he was com pletely cured ill short time. New York Advertiser.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
 The Sni

It is tho opinion of tho true gourmet that of all marine panfish there is none to compare with the smelt (Osmerus mordax). This primary rank is its own by reason of it's delicacy and delicious flavor, and when fried light brown in very fine bread crumbs and served with melted butter there is none that dis putes it's pre-eminanoe. Its delightful flavor, however, as well as it's peculiar odor is evanescent Like the mackerel, it cannot be too fresh.
 It is from its odor that the smelt de- rives not only it's familiar but Latin name, an odor so aggressive of sliced cucumbers that, if its presence be mani fest only to the sense of smell people are often delnded into such supposition. This odor is not marked except in the freshly caught fish and disappears i'll the cooking, giving place, however, to a fitting resurrection of the smelt to an olfactory sense still more savory and de- ightful. Market Review
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One of the Unknown Quantities.

There are many persons who talk very learnedly about electricity and seem to fancy that they have found out all about it that is worth knowing. Ill the face of ideas of this sort comes on an accident without precedent indeed, one that under ordinary circumstances would be counted impossible. A work man i'll oiling the machinery of small electric fan-ene used merely for the purpose of cooling the air in business house-aecidentally touched the wire and was instantly killed The current that runs the fan is said to have scarce ly power enough to give a gentle shock when touched. An electrician who has recently been making some important experiments has demonstrated that by using electricity in certain way 50 times the eurront usually employed for executing criminals may be passed through the human body without inju- " Is it not possible, then, that very weak currents under certain conditions may possess power hitherto unsupported? New York Ledger
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Tnnooent Man Conyicted.

VALPARAISO, Ind, Oct. AZ. c, Jones of zLaofrange committed suicide in his cell after being convicted of the charge of committing an assault or 14-year-oId girl. Jones was 2 wealthy manufacturer and promi. nent citizen, anl letter written while he was on his death bed protested his innocence. Sunday positive evi. dence was brought to light which proved his innocence beyond doubt and established the fact that he was con. yicted on perjured testimony.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
Notice to the PnhlIc.

Commencing September 30, -lS94, the Cotton Belt resumed running of pas senger trains on their Little Rock branch between Altheimer and Little Rock. Trains leave Little Rock 7:30 q. ni.; arrive Pine Bluff 10:U5 a. m Returning, leave Pine Bluff 3:20 D. Ill. arrive Little Rock ( D. Ill. This train makes connection at Altheimer with through trains on the main line, both north and south. For further infor- nation, time tables, etc, call on your ticket agent: or write
 E. ". LABEAUME,
 c. F. x T. A,
 St IOuis Mo
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
FOUGHT TO A DRAW.
solly Smith Met Hard Nut In Fran
 Erne at Buffalo.

S0Iiy smith Met 3 Hard Nut In Frank
 Erne at nuffslo
 BUFFALO, Oct. 4.-solly Smith of Los Angeles and Frank Efne of Buffalo fought a 1oround draw Tuesday nigl : The men weighed in at 120 pounds each. Erne is q tall boy of little expert enee, but he forced the fighting with his stoclzy opponent. Solly's foul work was continually hailed with hissea by the 1500 persons present. Honors were even till the seventh round, when Erne was badly punished. The gong saved him from q knockout. The fight WIS declared draw by Referee Monahan. but Billy Madden sprang into the ring and declared that Erne's seconds pulled the bell half minute too soon in order to save their man. This was not proven The purse was 5000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
 Cost of Electric Cooking.

It has been shown by recent experi- ments that there is practically no differ ence ill cost between cooking by cleo. tricity and by coal, while tho advan- tages of the former method ill point of comfort, cleanliness and safety are con siderable. Of every 100 tons of coal burned in an ordinary cooking stove 96 tons are, it is said, practically wasted, whereas with electricity the expense is not so much on the fuel as on labor and interest Oh machinery. Invention.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
Ideal and Real.

'sI love all that is beautiful in art and nature, '' she was saying to her es- thetie adnirer. I revel i'll the green fields, tho babbling brooks and tho little wayside flowers, feast on the beauties of earth and sky and air. They are my daily life and food and -
 "Maudiep cried out the mother from the kitchen, not knowing that her daugh- ter's beau was in the parlor. "Maudie, whatever made you go and eat that big dish of potatoes that was left over from dinner? I told you we wanted them warmed up for supper. l declare If youf appetite isn't enough to bankrupt your pa. 1'-London Tit Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
Elliott and Carver Matched.

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 4.-Dr. w. F. Carver and ! A. R. Elliott of Kansas City have signed articles for another live bird match. The dates set for the shoot are Thursday, Friday and Sat,,r- day, Oct. Ii, t2 and 18, and will bo for $4o0 a side and tho worlds champion. ahin
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
 A Bottle Stopner

if you want stopper for bottle of acid or any substance that would natu- rally call for glass stopper because of the danger that the cork would be eaten up by the contents of the bottle, take the cork and steep it in vaseline. It will then be ilnperyious to acids of any kir.1, and no action of chemicals will decay it. It will. in fact, be as good for
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04

During the last days of his life, when captivity, disappointment and sickness had well nigh completed their work, it is said tt ti.e s.Sany of his fatal dis ease drew from him on many occasions the pitifu1 cry Of, "Why did the cannon balls spare me?'
 During his long military career Ma poleon fought 60 battles. while Caesar fought but 50. In the early part of his career he was utterly reckless of danger while on the battlefield, and this spirit of fearlessness contributed largely to the love and esteem ill which he was held by his armies. There was curious belief among the English i'll Napoleon s time that he had never been wounded, and indeed the report was current that he carefully, if not i'll a eowardly man. her, refrained from exposing himself. Nothing could be more contrary to the truth, for he was i'll reality several times severely wounded, but as he wish cd to impress upon his troops the belief that good fortune never deserted him. and that, like Achilles, he was well nigh invulnerable he always made a secret of his many dangers. He there fore enjoined once for all upon the part of his immediate staff the most absolute silence regarding all circumstances of this nature, for it IS almost impossible to calculate the confusion and disorder which would have resulted from the slightest report or the smallest doubt relative to his existence. Upon the sin gle thread of this mans life depended not only the fate and government of a great empire, but tho whole policy and destiny of Europe as we'll
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
Condition of Arkansas Cotton

LITTLE ROCK, Oct. 4.-The condition of cotton has improved during the last week, which has been accompanied by combined sunshine. Picking has be- come general throughout the state and fully TT per cent. of the staple has yet to be gathered.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
NAPoLEoN,s MlRAouLous EscApe
He Seemed to Live l., |, Charmed Circle and
 Went Ahnut VIII, No Fear.

In reply to the question in what en- agreements he considered himself to have been in the greatest danger of los ing his life Napoleon once said, Tn the commencement of my campaigns Indeed if further proof were demanded to show that he did not spare himself ut Toulon 1t is only necessary to add that, during the 70 weeks of its siege,
 Napoleon. iii addition to bayonet wound isl his thigh, had three horses shot under him. while Tt the siege of Acre during the expedition to Egypt L@
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
ROUGH 0N G0RBETT.
Fitzsimmons Declared Heavy
 weight Champion.
THE OLYMPIC CLUB DID IT

Members Of That Famous Organization Hold Meeting and Decide That Fit zsimmons Is Entitled to the Honor. No Reasons Are Given For the Action Taken by the Club
 NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4.-At meeting of the members of the Olympic club Tuesday night Robert Fitzsimmons was proclaimed champion heavy weight of the world
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
siilI . Mystery.

CHICAGO, Oct. 4-The mystery sur rounding the attempted assassination of Judge Brentano is IS deep as ever. De teetives are working on the case, but nc substantial clews have been secured.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
ons Thousand Dollars offered.

NEW YORK, Oct 4--Dr Parkhurst in an address Tuesday read a letter from prominent man offering a reward oi 5000 for the successful impeachment ef police justice.
 s pr. Prlce's Cream Baking Powder
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
 Proof

How do you know, then, that the young poet has all income apart from his profession?" asked the landlady's s daughter.
 Because, was the confident reply, he pays his rent regularly. n-London Culver.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04

The coldest day ever known in Eng land was De- D, 1796, when tho mer= cury stood l 6 degrees below zero in a Fahrenheit thermometer. We would call that fine winter weather in Amer. ica
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-10-04
Chinese + Restaurant,
 Quong Wah, Prop. 125 WHIN ST.

The only Restaurant in Pine Bluff where ladies can go and get q tirst-class meal at reasonable prices. Polite and courteous attention. Sep arate parlor for ladies. Regular meals, 25e. q meals for $4.50. Ex- tra for set order.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-15
"sEsAroR" ADDIoKs.

Brandywine and Wilmington Republic
cans Give "rhree Cheers for the Next
Senator"
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and Journal
CLAYMoNT, Nov. 12.-There was n
torchlight procession in Claymont on
Saturday night, the first for some years.
1t formed at the residence of Robert ].
Handy, State Senator-elect, near Holly
Oak, and proceeded up the pike and
waited upon j. Edward Addicks,
Omitted States Senator-elect," who
made brief apdress to the crowd, and
introduced j. H. Bateman of Dover,
who made an address, in which he re-
viewed the politics of Kent county. DR..
]. f. Frantz of Wilmington also spoke
to the crowd, and then the band played
some popular strains, and having given
three cheers for the next Senator, re-
turned to the place Of starting, where a
delightful lunch was served by Mr..
Handy.
The usual services were held in our
churches yesterday. Pastor Wood will
preach series of sermons on "The
Commandments" beginning next Sun
day morning with the first.
The order of services this week will
be- Prayermeeting Wednesday even
ing; lecture by Rev. L. e. Barrett, Thurs
day evening; Epworth League meeting,
Friday evening.
The lecture of Mr.. Barrett was post
poned from last Thursday evening on
account Of the bad weather.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-15
BLBLE DAY OBSERVED.
yoint Celebration by Presbyterians and
Baptists Sunday.

Baptists Sunday.
Bible day was observed by the Sunday
Bchool oil Delaware Avenue Baptist
Church last Sunday in the rendering of
special programme as issued by the
American Baptist Publication Society.
The school entered singing Coronation"
followed by 81 Was Glad" by the
lchool and congregation.
After an invocation by the pastor, the
Rev. w. A. Walling, scrlptural read.
Ing was given by Charles Baird, super
lntendent of West Presbyterian Sunday
school. REGULATIONS were given by Mrs.
w. A. Walling and Pearly Cantwell.
"The Colors of the Rainbow" was sung
by the infant school. Mr.. Walling made
brief address TO the younger children,
ltating in language suitable to their
understanding how the Bible is like "a
hammer, sword, lamp and looking-glass.
NBible Arithmetic" was pleasing reel.
iation given by eight small girls. A
lolo and chorus of "How | Love Thy
Holy Law" was rendered by Miss
Elliott and the members of the school.
W. K. Crosby, superintendent of Cen.
lral Church Sunday made an
Instructive address upon the Bible.
The Rev. Mr.. Heath made few re-
marks upon the Importance of givag to
his work, that the Bible might Je put
INTO the hands of every person in the
world. During the evening several fine
elections were sung by the choir.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-15
BIG BOSTON GAS DEAL.


The Bay State Cut, Loose From Its Dela-
ware Parent, and Adhirks IL Succeeded
as President by cx-Mnyor Matthews.
BosToN, Mass, Nov. 10.--A big gas
deal has BEN carried out whereby the
f1ve local gas companies now included
in the Bay State Gas Co. Of Massachu-
sets, will be divorced from the Bay
State Gas Co. of Delaware, and Mayor
Nathan Matthews, Jr., will succeed j.
Edward Addicks as president. The
position was offered the mayor Thurs
day at S25,000 and he signifed willing
ness to accept, but stipulated that in
certain events he should be paid $780,
900 per annum salary. The Delaware
Co., formerly the real owners Of the
Massachusetts CO., retires from Boston
to shape its plans for more compre.
hensive Interstate gas deal
There have been recent purchases Of a
controlling interest in the Bay State
Co., which has $5,000000 stock and
$2,000,000 income bonds issued, and
Thomas w. Lawson has been the agent
of the purchasers. The names of the
Standard Oil Co., of the Brookline Gas
Co., q new competitor of the Bay State
which has acquired $4,000 consumers,
have been mentioned as interested cor
porations. The Brookline Co. has had as
its champion Mayor Matthews and it
has been generally understood on the
street to be backed by Standard Oil
magnates
The new move of divorcing the Bay
State from the parent company is
looked upon as q step toward con-
solidation with the Brooklinc Company
and a monopoly of Boston's gas bust
ness by the Standard Oil Trust. Neither
Mayor Matthews nor Mr.. Lawson, the
young Napoleon of finance, will talk.
Counsel Burrage of the Brooklire Com
pany says that thus far the reorganiza-
ton is limited to the five local companies
and does not include the Brookline, hut
he says that Mayor Matthews accepts
ance and certain circumstances may
bring about business-like capitulation
of the Rogers party now in control of
the Brookline Company.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-15
D.. Holmes Dream.

DIR. Holmes once told dinner party
how he undertook to solve the enigma
of creation. Having observed that when
Inconsistencies in consciously app
preached, as during the inhalation of
an nesthctic-when the mind is on the
confines of two worlds-there arise sub
lime and voluminous, but fugacious
thoughts, and having satisfied himself
that in these thoughts, if they could
only be caught and transcribed, there
lay enshrined the secret of the universe,
he determined that by supreme effort
of the will he would catch and tran
scribe them. So, placing himself in his
armchair, with pen, ink and paper at
hand, he inhaled the vapor of chloro-
form. AS drowsiness stole over him,
and just as unconsciousness was i'm.
pending, those sublime and marvellous
thoughts arose, and by vigorous effort
he seized his pen and wrote, he knew
not what, for before he had finished he
fell back unconscious. When he awoke,
with trembling anxiety he turned to the
sheet of paper, on which he could read,
in scrawling characters, but quite legi-
BILE, the secret of the universe, written
in the words: "a strong smell of tur-
pentine peryades the whole"