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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20
PRICES.

Brass in 1880 was $l4 per ton.
A cloak, A. d. 70, cost 60 cents.
Paper in 143l was 20 cents quire
In the Tenth century razors cost 30
cents.
Charlemagne paid 81 for pair of
shoes.
In Rome. B. c. 6, roses were 1 cent
dozen.
In 1907 a horse shoe in England cost
IA cents.
In 1875 salt cost i'll France, So. so
bushel.
A bed in a Greek inn in A. D., 1927,
cost cents.
A Greek hat in the time of Pericles
cost 10 cents.
In 1917 a cannon was made at Paris
that cost $742.
In 1854 a pair of shoes made in Eng
land cost 20 cents.
Mary, Queen of SCOTS, once paid
~, 900 fol- dress.
In 1894 gunpowder sold for Ga
per hundred weight.
In 1861 apples in Germany were
worth 81 thousand.
In 1920 a mich COW sold in England
for 80; an OK for $40.
A house of ten rooms in Pompeii cost
the builder nearly $4,000.
A bed supper and breakfast in Paris
in 1862 cost about so cents.
In Corinth, about the time of Christ,
twenty figs brought cents.
In 1542 Italian oranges were sold il
Rome for 20 cents thousand.
In 1874 a we'll written bible was
sold for so marks, about $40.
Poppaea, Nero's wife, paid cents {
quart for asses milk to bathe in.
Among the bills of Marie .Antoinette
is one of $500 for pair of carriers
In China ordinary day board can be
had for Chinaman at about 3 cents.
In 1880 apples sold in Massachusetts,
for 20 cents a bushel; in 1870 they were
81.
The price of days board in Athens
B. G. 400, was cents, or about 81. &c
a month.
The first Negroes brought to Virgins
were sold at various prices, from FAC
to ego each.
During the years Immediately pre-
ceding the Civil war, $1,000 was com
mon price for healthy young negro
man.
During the reign of Richard ii woo
for burning cost in London 30 cents
load; load was what could be carried
by horse.
The young women sent out as wive
for the Virginia colonists in 1862
brought from 1870 to 160 pounds of to
bacco apiece, the tobacco being WORT
shillings pound.
According to the accounts found il
the library of Nebuchadnezer, whea
cost about 10 cents of our money
bushel and wine II cents "cuI
full" about two quarts.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20

General Horace Porter says of the
Grant monument in New York: 1.-THE
real work has until lately been going
ON at the quarries. There the granite
blocks for the principal portion Of the
structure have been substantially fin
ished; the structure here is now rising
at about the rate of three feet a week.
The contract calls for completion Of
the structure the LIST Of December next
year, and from the progress at the
quarries there is no good reason to
doubt that the terms of the contract
will be fulfilled as to time"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20

Everything that is done in this house
is always blamed onto me-" shifted
the small boy, IAN I'm jist gittin' tired
Of it. I'll run away, that's what III
do. Dog-gone if l mean to be the Ii
Hung Chang of this family any longer.
Cincinnati Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20

Not Very Graceful-Little Ethel
At the circus saw monkey riding a
dog, but he didn't sit up like a man
on horse. Mother-How did he ride?
Little Ethel--Oh, he screwed up his
legs and stopped way over SO his head
most touched the dogs ears. He
looked most as funny as boy on a
bicycle. Good News.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20

In addition to the tobacco heart
and other hearts said to be due to the
injurious habits, we now hear Of the
bicycle heart. We shall soon be
provided with heart for almost any
fate. Boston Globe.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20

ode trouble wifi de ladders OBJ sue
cess in use now-er-days," said Uncle
Eben, lam dat they amt strong
enough in de 1'ints. When yoh gifts
pooty Gus ter de top dey's li'ble ter break
an drap yer. "-Washington Star.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20

A very eulogistic obituary of lady
says: ''She was married twenty -four
years. and in all that time never once
banged the door,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20

The first silk dress worn in Europe
was sported by lady Of the French
court in 1866. The first pair Of silk
stockings worn in Europe adorned the
ankles Of Henry II Of France In 1909.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20

A six-year- was seated in bar
ber's chair. "Well, my little man"
said the barber, chow would you like
your hair cut?'' "Oh, like papa's
with little round hole at the top"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20

When a woman refuses to turn
around in church to look at anothe
woman's bonnet, it is sure sign that
she has religion. philadelphia Record.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20

The English income tax has been
changed eighteen times since 1842.
varying from pence to the pound to
10 pence.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-20

DIR. Cyrus Edison says 30 per cent. Of
human beings are Unconscious for sew
eral hours before death comes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02

well known to the general public irl this community. The first issue started with larger subscription list than had ever been possessed
 by any other Pine Bluff daily paper, and from that day to thisit has kept in the lead in circulation, while it's advertising columns always teemed with the bright and catchy announce ments and advertisements of our home business men.
 To the GRAPHIC is also largely due the credit for the most triumphant and complete political revolution and achievement ever accomplished in this section of the State. We re- fer to the late triumph of the straight Democratic ticket in this county. The GRAPHIC was the first newspaper to espouse the cause of straight Democracy, which issue it carried to a successful termination. notwithstanding the most de- termined opposition and bitter de nunciation of it's local rivals and competitors.
 Indeed, from whatever point you review the career of ;he GRApmC you will find that success has severperched upon it's banner It's prosperous career has been unprecedented in Arkansas journalism, and it stands today the leading and most success fnl newspaper published in Pine Bluff with a bright and roseate future be fore it and yet other garlands af honor to be placed upon its brow.
 Ii you were to ask lis to what we we would reply that it is because it has always recognized the principle that each subscriber vas in the na- ture of Il stockbolder in the enter prise, and that it is respon sible to every subscriber for its course and conduct. 1t is also largely due to- the fact that it has ever been a sen tinel on the watch-tower to guard the interests of it's people; that if is q fearless and honest champion If the causes and principles it believes to be right. and that 1t is not awed by fear or swayed by favor. The peo- pie admire bold, fearless, honest and enterprisipg and aggressive and such they have ever
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02

earded and q handsome and latest improved patent air spring Cottrell cylinder newspaper and job press was added to the office.
 At the same time the paper was treated to an entire new dress, from the head down to the foot slugs, :" and the WEEKLY GRAPHIC changed from Il seven column, patent side folio to six column, "all home print, !" .quarto newspaper.
 The effect of the change was mar vclous. The increase in size and the improved appearance of the paper in mechanical make up and typograph- ical beauty resulted in rapid in- crease in circulation, d larger number of advertisers, and doubled within a month the patronage of our job printing department. In short time another job press and q number Of new fonts of job type were ordered
 Profiting by thatexperienee, the man.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02

agement of the GRAPHle has made a special effort since that period to keep abreast with the times in he acquisition Of everything that is new ill "the art prescrvative,' and the GRAPHIC now has one of the most modern and best equipped newspa- per and job printing offices to be found anywhere in the State.
 On October ,, 1893, the GRArHIe be- came daily afternoon paper, An other job printing press, several fonts of late faces of job and newspaper type and other material were added to the office. It was also found that the plant would require larger quar- ters, so the office waa removed from up stairs itt No 2llh Main street To No. TIT Pine street, where the GRAPHIC office occupies both the first and second floors. On the first floor are the editorial and business office and the job and press rooms, while the second floor is used exclusively for Il composing room, which is con neeted with the press room by an elevator.
 rhe success that has attended the DAILY GRRPnIe since it's inception is
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02
THE GRAPHIC.
THE STORY OF A NEWSPAPER.
History Of It's Career, Achievements ana
 Success

Newspapers have careers and hls- tories no less remarkable and event full than men, and the story of q sue cessful newspaper which has been part and parcel of the political and social life of acommunity-whie has chronicled the joys and sorrows, the successes and failures, the thrift and progress, and which has mirrored the events and happening of a peo- ple with a common destiny and in- terest-makes mighty interestin readin'' ''
 Throughout the past seven years the GaAPHIc has played no unimpor- tant part in the community in which it is published, and it's career has not been uninteresting or uneyentful. In- deed, it was established at time when the field of local journalism was so fully and broadly preocupied, aud its resources and facilities for competition with it's older, larger and richer rivals were so limited that 1t was the almost universal predie- tion thar the new venture woull bt short lived, and that the GRAPHIC would soon go to where so many good newspapers had already gone to an early grave.
 In view of these unfavorable con. ditions which surrounded the GRAPHIC in the beginning, it may not he inappropriate i'll this day of it's fixidity, and when it is making a new and q bolder venture in an un- tried field, to briefly review it's his tory and career.
 The office which was originally used in publishing the GRAPHIe " $ removed to | inc Bluff from Rcdiield, this county, in the year 1887, where it issued the Redlield Star a news
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02

known firm of The k. NJ. Knox Com pany conducted under the able man agement of Col. R. NJ. Knox. $. Y. T. Knox, T. N Sparks and Pat Knox. Their business ia advantageously located in the Knox block, at 225 and 227 West Barraque street. The store room is large and connections and is fitted up in madern style. Among the diversified stock carried by them may he found staple and fancy gro ceries. including flour, bacon, hams, imported teaa, coffees, herme tically sealed goods in lin and glass, and table delicaeies. They are agents for Tom Padgett Texas saddles and for the celebrated Studehaker wagons, than which there is none better
 They are heavy dealers i'll staple and fancy dry goods, including dress goods in all the latest shades and patterns. hosiery. ladies', misses' and ehiIdren's fancy goods and notions They also carry mems furnishing goods, hats. caps. clothing and a large stock of boots and shoes, in fact, thay handle every thing needed in the house, on tn farm or planta- tion, which they sell at prices that other dealers can not touch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02

paper that had brief, but a sen sational and eventful career. The office and material consisted of a Washington hand-press, two stands with cases, small amount of ad- yertising type and about 200 pounds of body type-just enough of type and material to publish a seven column folio, patent sida country newspaper.
 The Pine Bluff GRAPHIC made it's first appearance on July ', 1887, with T. H. Bass as publisher and the late lamented Judge Read Fletcher as editor. Judge Read Fletcher sub sequently acquired the interest of Mir. Bass, but on September l5, 1888, sold the original office and it's good will to Mir. James W. Adams, who became the sole editor and proprie- tor and who has controled the course, policy and destiny of the paper ever since.
 When MT. Adams was negotiating this immense (?) deal he had $50 in his pocket, which represented his en- tire earthly possessions. and with this $50 and $550 of borrowed money he came in possession of the original GRAPHIC office. While the new pur- chaser was not rich in this worlds
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02

Pimples, blackheads, moles, freck- les, tan and sunburn, removed by Johnson's Oriental Soap. Medicinal. Dewoody < Co, Pine Bluff, Ark. 10
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02

goods, he had friends, energy, ann bftfon and ination-essehtial clements of success in any vocation in life-and he at once set to work to build up and establish his new en- terprise. Mir. Adams was fortunate in being practical printer andin hay ing had 8 brief experience in news paper work, without which his new venture in all probability would have been a failure. By constant and diligent effort. strict attention to business and bold and aggressive Innovations he soon thoroughly established his enterprise, and i'll the course of two years had purchased a fob press and several fonts of job type and paid off the entire indebt- ellnessof the office.
 By the t5fh of October, 1890, the circulation and business of the ARAPHJc had so outgrown the facili- 1lee of the office that it became neees-
 if fo purchase an almost entirely
 plant; sO on that date the
 fop hand press was dis
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02

Col. K. NJ. Knox is president Thos. W. Sparks, Xice-President and s. Y, Y Knox Secretary and Treasurer of the company, They have been in business here for nearly a quarter of a century and by their diligence and integrity have built up a large trade.
 They handle vast quantities of cot ton and have for the purpose of storage handsome fire-proof ware house in arof the store. Col. Knox superintends this department him self
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02
THEY SUIT THE PEOPLE.
The k. M. Knox Company, Dealers In Gen oral Merchandise and Cotton Faetors,1 Knox Block, ae5 and ess west
 Barraque Street.

The enterprise and solidity of city is indicated in a large degree by the extent and character of her conner eial houses. An old and truly rep resentative house in the general mer- chandise line in this city is the well
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02
DOING A GOOD BUSINESS.
II. soveke x Co. ,;Third Avenue, Dry Goods
 aud Grocery Merchants.

There is no more important factor in the commercial and industrial growth and prosperity of a city than the dry goods and grocery trade. and no more unerring index or token by which to judge of it's en- terprise.
 The ample business premises of Mr. Seyeke X Co. are situated at 621, 623 and 625 East Third avenue and consists of three large rooms filled to completion with a complete and thoroughly selected stock of staple and fancy dry goods and as well se- lected line of groceries as can be found in the Bluff City. They are heavy dealers in choice refined sugars, syrups and molasses, in- ported teas, coffees. dried fruits, canned goods in every variety, table delieacies, continent, hams, bacon, lard and fresh and salt meats of all kinds. Mir. Seveke X Co. make free delivery to any part of the city anG for this purpose have two handsome delivery wagons. They have in their employ Il force of five or six men and they and the wagons are kept on the move to answer the demands of GUS toners. The business is conducted upon the highest basis of mercantile integrity and characterized energy, ability and liberality.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-12-02

found tho GRAPHIC in the past, as, in- aeed. they will in the future-at least 50 long as it remains under the pres ent management.
 We also take this occasion to thank our friends and the public gen. erally for theirpatronage in the past, which, we hope, to receive and merit in the future.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-30

when LIVERPOOL was under I'd. even in the
toIueS, one nrm said Liverpool is more
man "a lower than ever before, and the
conditions that carried prices down at
that time in America, a : we'll as in Eu-
rope We're financial troubles abroad of a
very serious character and oVerproduc-
ton in this country. The outside element
or people who usually have little TO DO
with the cotton market are buying"
of cotton to-day: Cotton opened to-day
a point or two lower. but when the shorts
attempted TO cover, they found very little
COTTON Tor sale and prices shot up points
in hurry, when the demand 10 cover
ceased. About half the advance was lost
ian uaTy opened at 5J6c, declined to 5.55c.
advanced to 5.64c, reacted to 55Sc, and
closed 5-e0c bid. with the tone steady
1t seems tolerabiy clear that nobody
here Is going to sell cotton short to any
extent at present prices. If values should
De 1urther depressed. it will be because
cotton is forced upon the market by
southern holders, without regard to
prices. But there is some reason to think
mat the worst of the pressure of cotton
Tor sale Is over and that the feeling is
be any great risk in holding what re
mains unSold for a better price. such
course IS just what is needed TO lift the
New York. Oct. 29.-The Suns cotton re-
port says: Cotton declined / to > points
but recovered this and advanced { points
then reacted and closed steady at a net
ADVANCE OF 3 to points Sales, 1890
bales. Liverpool declined 1-32d on the
1bEt. ALu4tS advanced there 10 to
points, then reacted l point, then reacted
and closed barely steady at a net loss of
point. In Manchester yarns were reported
in a dispalch to the exchange as very dull
ana cloths quiet. One firm said here; IT
would not seem, from the present prices.
there, could be much of a decline, and it
may be that American spinners will bllv
largely not only for immediate but pros
pective wants as we'll. The Fall River
strike has been called off, and an active
spot demand from that quarter would
not materially assist in preventing a fur
Their decline. The buying of cotton CON
tracts is increasing among those outside
OF the cotton trade proper Brunswick
Ga, reports the clearance of the steamer
Kramer Head with $500 bales
for Liverpool. This will bring
the port receipts to-day a little
above the 100000 mark beating all pre-
Yious records. Local New Orleans and
European buying, the ending of the Fan
River strike, and colder weather at the
south, with frost at one or two sections,
and rains in several states, neutralizes
the effect Of large receipts and prices ad-
vanced. Bulls seem to feel more sure of
their footing than the bears, who acted
as though they found the ground rather
slippery at these prices"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-30
OCEAN FRETGHTs.

Cotton-By Steam-Market is nominal.
Rates quoted are per 100 pounds: Direct,
Bremen 40c; Barcelona, 45c; Genoa, 45c
Hamburg, 40c; Reveal, 4Sc; Havre, csc;
Liverpool, 40c; Liverpool via New
York, 40c; Havre via New York,
43c; Reval via New York, SIC:
Amsterdam via New York, Fc; Antwerp
via New York, 43c; Bremen via New ork
4Sc; Genoa via New York, 48c; Hamburg
via New York, 40c; Boston, per bale, 81 IS;
New York, per bale, $100; Philadelphia,
per bale, S100; Baltimore, $1.0O.
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are quiet at
ruling rates. Foreign business is more or
less nominal. The rates from this and
500 for a range including Baltimore and
Portland, Me. Railroad ties, basis "A
feet, lac. Timber rates 50c@$1.O0 higher
than lumber rates. To the West Indies
and Windward, nominal; to Rosario, $12. 90
ql300; Buenos Ayres or Montevido, $40 90
G11,00; TO Rio Janeiro, s14.0O; to Spanish
and Mediterranean ports, 81. 30d11.50; to
United Kingdom for orders, nominal for
lumber, pounds shillings standard.
By Steam-To New York. 500; to Phil
adelphia, $500; to Boston, $500; to Balti-
more, $500.
Naval Stores BY Sail-The market is
very dull, with no demand for either spot
vessels or vessels to arrive. Large Cork
for orders are placed at Is 4lAd6I3s 7lRd;
small-sized Is Sd and As. South America,
rosin, zoe per barrel of 280 pounds. Coast
wise steam-to Boston, lie per 100 pounds
on rosin, SOC on spirits; to New York,
rosin, SIC per 100 pounds, spirits, SIC
to Philadelphia, rosin, 712c per 100 pounds,
spirits, soc; to Baltimore, rosin, TIC per
100 pounds, spirits. zoe.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-10-30
FINANCIAL.

savannah, Oct; 29.-Money is steady.
Domestic Exchange-The tone Of the
BIG per cent. discount and selling a | par
on amounts up to $500, and at 1-16 per
cent discount on amounts over $500.
Foreign EXchange-The market is
quiet The following are net Savannah
Quotations: Sterling, commercial demand,
$4S6; sixty days. $4S5A; ninety days,
9deys. s5.19ik; Swiss, sixty days, SIS 20ss::
marks, sixty days, IS 1-16.
Securities quiet, some demand for
Sol thwestern railroad stock and Endorsed
bonds of the Central system.
State Bonds-Georgta AZ per cent. 1915
III bid. lis asked; Georgia 7 per cent
1896. l04$4 bid, 1851 asked; Georgia 81 per
cent. long dates, 9812 bid. 99A asked
City Bonds-New Savannah per cent.
quarterly January coupons, 1852 bid, -
asked; new Savannah per cent. NoVem-
her coupons, 1862 bid, 107 asked.
Railroad Bonds-Central Railroad and
Ranking Company collateral, gold IS. 81
hid 90 asked; Central consolidated mort
gage, per cent. coupons, January and
1ulv maturity. 1893 11S bid. asked; Sa-
Vannah and Western railroad 5 per cent
trust certificates, 80 bid, 81 asked; Savan-
nah. Americas and Montgomery per
cent, As lid, 50 asked; Georgia railroad 6
I1er cent. 1910 1857 bid, 10 asked: Georgia
SCuthern and Florida first mortgage G
ner cent, Sc bid 81 asked Montgomery
and Eufauia first mortgage 6 per cent
Endorsed by Central railroad, 102 bid
asked; Augusta and Knoxville first mort
Tage Z per cent, 100 bid 10l asked; Ocean
Steamship per cent, due in 1920 97ia bid
osiL asked: Columbus and Rome first mort
age bonds, indorsed by Central rail
TCsd - bid, 43 asked: Columbus and
Western per cent. guaranteed, lO3 bid.
asked; City and Suburban railway
FIRST mortgage per cent, - bid, IS asked.
Savannah and Atlantic per cent in
dorsed Is bid, 81 asked; Electric railway
SIst mortgage 6s, - bid, GO asked: South
Gsoreia and Florida first mortgage Z per
CsDt lbs bid asked; South Georgia and
ISinrida second mortgage, 107 bid ~ asked.
AiSbarna Afidlands, S915 bid, 81 asked
Paiiroad Stocks-Central common 16
hid 80 asked; Augusta and Savannah 7
Der cent, guaranteed, 50 bid. 81 asked
Georgia common l5l bid, 80 asked; South
western per cent, guaranteed, includ-
tro order for div, q bid, 1879 asked: cen
trssl & per cent. certificates, with order for
5cfavIted interest. 22i@ bid, 23ia asked. Al
i"nfa and West Point railroad stock. q
ia ~ asked; Atlanta and West Point e
49, cent. certificates, 80 bid, % asked
t2.nk stocks, Etc.-Southern Bank of
tbs state of Georgia, i63 bid, lGj asked.
Nforcbants' National Bank. % bid 93
Sgted. Savannah Bank and Trust com
,,anv 102 bid. 1903 asked; National Bank Of
EaV3nnah, l29 bid. 1905 asked. Oglethorpe
Ssvinps and Trust Company. 9S bid. loo
aet.d. citizens Bank, l0l bid, l0lis asked [:
CHATHAM Real Estate ana Improvement
company. 50s, bid. jlil asked. Gormaula
Rank iDi bid, lQ2ia asked. Chatham
RsnR $50 hid. 40 asked Savannah con-
structlon Company "A bid. - asked;