Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1894-05-21

.,uss1a TO the worries fair, is in Wash
ington. making a study of the patent
system Of this government
in Platte county, Mo-, score or
more of women and men have been in
dicted for playing progressive euchre,
and the poker players and crap shoot
ers are beginning to feel uneasy them
selves.
r. J. Walden, having become tired
of life, tied valise around his neck, to
make sure that he would sink, and
jumped into bayou, atHouston, Tex.
The valise kept him afloat until he was
rescued.
To keep his body out of the hands
of the dissectors, Thomas S. Robson,
of Garrett, Ill, made a dying request
that he be buried in the lawn directly
in front of his residence His wife will
respect his wishes.
James Workman, farmer living
near Sonora, KY, is puzzling the ply
sicians Bright blue spots cover his
body at periodical intervals. When
the spots appear a knot the size of a
walnut presents itself and remains UNI.
til the spots go away.
Joseph Burns, "a young butcher of
Commonwealth, Wis, met with sim
gular death few days ago. He fell
and grabbed 250-pound meat-cutter
to save himself His clutch set the
wheels in motion, and the meat-cutter
chopped his head off as neatly as if it
had been built for guillotine.
John Sartain, the veteran mezzo=
tint engraver of Philadelphia, boasts
the largest collection of prints in
America. He began buying them dur
ing his pioneer days of art in this coun-
try, and the number of them now ieal-.
ously guarded at the Women's School
of Design is, in round numbers, 10000.
Certain society girls have carried
with them constantly this season pretty,
little ivory-covered notebooks with gold
pencils attached by means of fine gold
chains. Each book contains sos pages
-one for every day in the year-andi
under the proper date is neatly record
ed every complimentary speech from
the opposite sex received by the owner
George Russell. of Raywick, KY,
has an Irish shilling which is probably
one of the first issues of that coin. It
is family heirloom that has been be-
qUeathed to the oldest son in his fam
lily through successive generations. It
is silver and about the size of our TWEEN
ty-five cent currency. Mr.. Russell has
bequeathed it to his son, Kelly Russell,
with its tradition
Feeding the hog is being revolu-
tionized. Formerly anthing that could
be fed to the swine was allowed, with
out regard to the filth contained, sour
swill, filed wish disease germs, being
the principal diet. Intelligent farmers
now feed clover, corn, wheat, vegeta
bles ground grain and whey or skim
milk, given in clean troughs with plenty
of clean water availab BILE at all times.
Chill, politically and intellectually.
the most advanced of the South Amer
lean republics, counting 2, 720, 600 inhab-
Itants, of whom 500 600 are Indians has
nm extent equal to one and one-half
times that of France. Here the United
States esbyterians have five stations,
occupied by dozen workers, and the
South American Missionary society has
three stations, with eight missionaries.
Broad leaf mustard is fodder crop
which is promising well in South Aus
tralia. 1t is described as quick grow
er in the hot weather. In many cases
it has grown eight feet high, with
leaves over two feet long and fifteen
across; can be cut several times. 1t is
also believed by many sheep farmers.
and with good reason, that there is
some principle in the plants of the
brassiea family that is unfavorable to
the development of lung and stomach
worms in sheep.
Many people think that Jonathan
Bassett, who died recently, was the
first ossifed man. He may have been
the first man on exhibition, but not
the first on record. In the museum of
natural history at Dublin is the skele-
ton of a native of South Ireland who
was ossified during his lifetime, living
in that condition for years His affiic-
tion came on in peculiar manner.
One night, after a carousel, he slept
ont in a field. Soon thereafter his
! icints began to stiffen. He could not
rise nor sit down unless attended.
Neither could he bend his body, and
when placed upright resembled stone.
His teeth and jaws became joined into
solid bone. He lost his sight and the
use of his tongue, and for years was
kept alive by nourishment artificially
administered, Doctors could do moth
ing for him, and when he died they
preserved the strange skeleton, or
mummy. which is now on exhibition.
First American Coal
When we consider the fact that the
whole eastern range of mountains,
those natural barriers that were first
encountered by the European explorers
in America. are regularly stratified
with severa, seams of coal, both an
thracite and bituminous we cannot
! help expressing surprise when the his