Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-19
Or GENERAL INTEREST.

"A scheme is now under considera-
ton for connecting Washington, D. c.,
and Manassas by an electric railway.
John Jacob Astor's new ninety-foot
yacht will be propelled by electricity,
and will mark an era in bodybuilding.
In somewhat speculative conclu-
sion of a recent paper, Mr.. Preeee mem
toned the effects of an aurora on tele-
phone circuits, and stated that it was
not wild dream TO say that we may
hear on this earth thunder storm in
the sun.
Horace Greeley once wrote to an
applicant for a job; ''My friend, if you
are indeed qualih I'd for a frst-rate
proof-reader or can easily make your
self SO, you need never fear. But don't
fancy the talent and knowledge re-
quired for mere secretary of state,
presi lent or any such trust will be suf-
ticients
Some of the parishioners of Port
land Me.l Methodist clergyman have
formulated charges against him.
Among other things they say that he
once vent to picnic wearing a pair of
white pants. tina he played baseball
while ut the picnic in a way that midi
Gated his enjoyment of the game, and
that he once drank half bottle of
ginger ale and remarked that he would
like some more
-"SomeSimes,r said New York
citizen, you drop penny in the slot
of candy machine and it doesn't
work; you go on aud leave your penny
behind 1t is not unusual to see small
boys try the machines that are within
handy reach as they pass along; it
costs nothing to try and sometimes
they get returns; it may be that the
pull they give is just the one that was
needed to make the machine work
The Horace Greeley statue commit
tee in New York has issued an appeal
for Sd subscriptions to enable it to COM
plete the Horace Greeley statue. About
twenty-five hundred dollars is required.
Oliver Sumner Teall has practically as
sumed the labor of raising the money.
Mr.. Teall proposes to ask two hundred
and fifty of those who made their for
tunes by Mr. Greeley's advice, $50
west, young man." to contribute ten
dollars each toward completing the
fund
Though the petrol is swift, the
frigate bird is far swifter. Seamen
generally believe that the frigate bird
can start at day brealz with the trade
winds from the coast of Africa and
roost the same night upon the Ameris
can shore Whether this is fact has
not yet been conclusively determined;
but it is certain that this bird is the
swiftest of winged creatures, and is
able to fly, under favorable conditions,
two hundred miles an hour.--0u Dumb
Animals,
The thinnest iron sheet in the
worll has lately been rolled in Swans
sea in Wales. It is % centimetres long
and IA wide. Its thickness is exactly
.0052 millimetre. One may get an idea
of this thickness" by comparing it to
that of silk paper, which is ordinarily
.02 millimetre thick Some iron manu-
features have advertised that they
make visiting cards of thin iron plates.
Krupp has manufactured such of the
thickness of .O4 millimetre. The
longest steel chip is 1913 metres long
and was turned in New York.
"A small boy stood on the sidewalk
with his feet well apart so that he
might the better receive a ball that
another boy was about to throw to
him One of his feet happened to rest
on little mound of coal, but he didn't
mind it, if the coal didn't He was d
little surprised, however, when that
foot suddenly went down through the
sidewalk, but his surprise gave way to
amusement when he discovered, which
he did instantly, that he had been
standing over coal hole, and that
somebody had just pulled the coal
down from underneath.
Mr. Bruce, of the Dundee Antarc-
tic whaling fleet, describes the whole
of the district south of go degrees south
latitude as strewn with icebergs, which
become very numerous south of 62 de-
grees The base of the bergs was
colored pale brown by marine organ
isns and other brown streaks were seen
beyond the water level No luminous
glow was observed Clothed in mist
they raise their mighty snow-clad
shoulders to stately height, or shine
forth brilliantly in the sun. Although
they are of the purest white yet they
glow with color. The crevices exhibit
rich cobaltic blue and everywhere are
i splashes of emerald green.
John Evans, appointed governor OF
Colorado oy Lincoln in 1862. and known
all over the country as a leading
| Methodist, has written Archbishop
Ireland a letter of thanks for his adj
dress to the Loyal Legion.
Helen-sI would like to do some
thing that would make him miserable