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Many Pine Bluffians will leave on the excursion to Magnesia Springs next Sunday morning, and hear Sam Jones preach that day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Mr. W. Scroggins, of Beardan, was guest of the Arlington Hotel last night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Miss Elm Quilting, who has been visiting the family of Mir J M. Goza, returns to her home at Pendleton, Ark, tomorrow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Read Iron Mountain Route adver- tisement of cheap c. A. k. tickets to Louisville, Ky, and return.
 til Sept. 10.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Why does Smith & Robinson use only Full Moon flour in baking? Be cause it is the best. 1Stf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Attorney Frank G. Bridges arrived home from Hot Springs Tuesday evening, where he had been for the past week.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04
BORN.

To Mir. and Mrs. Chas. Penrose, of this city, on the night of Sept, 3, 1895, a daughter.
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MT. F. NJ. Hudson leaves today for Stephens to visit his sister, Mrs. John Carson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Fresh barrel olives. 82Stf l.. E. GOLDSMITH < Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Fresh dill, sweet and sour mixed chow chow and vinegar pickles Sour kraut and pigsfeet.
 S27 l.. k. GOLDSMITH & Go.
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HOODS PILLS for liver and bowels, act easily yet promptly and effectively.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Chancellor Thos. B. Martin, of Little Rock, is in the city today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Fresh mackerel and picked Hol- land herrings.
 I'd If L. E. GOLDSMITH X Co.
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If you have a House for Rent, or have anything for Sale advertise it in this Column.
 Rates: 3 lines, one week. 25 cents, CASH IN ADVANCE.
 If charged, will be charged at the regular local rate of , cents line each insertion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

HOODS PILLS for the liver and bowels, act easily yet promptly and effectively.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

0EcULIAR in combination, pro- portion and preparation Of ingredi- ents, Hoods SarsapariIla possesses great curative value. You should TRY IT.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Antiskeet at Hart's Drug Store; sure death to mosquitos. 924t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Mir. A. W. Nunn, of Oracle, is in the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04
CITY ITEMS.

The DAILY GRAPHICaccepts ad- .,ertssing on the distinct and meeqaivocal guarantee that it has c duly circula- ton larger Man aag other daily aeaos- s,oper published in Pine BEaf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

y6TANTED-ro borrow s600 or 500 on house
 " and lot worth Sl 200. Apply to "G' care Graphic 3 tt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Dr. J. c. Parish, of Waldo,is in the city.
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Solicitors for the Mutual Aid
 " Association in this and every other city in the State. Good wages to good men. Ap- ply to R. +. Vanlandingham, Secretary, at E. Il. McFadden t Co.'S. ldtf
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JNOR RENT -Five-room house No. SIS Wal II nut street, between the two railroads. Inquire of T, NJ. Bridges, at Blum's s g Ct
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

FOR RENT--Two large, well renovated A rooms, lighted by gas or electricity, and water convenient. Location over the GRAPHIC office, on West Barraque street. Apply to GRAPHIC. tf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

Ef0R RENT -FiYe-room cottage with all 4 the modern conveniences located on Laurel street between Fifth and Sixth ave nues Apply at eos ". Fifth avenue: 946t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

ENOR SALE.--Seholarshi in one of the besq T business colleges in the country. Apply at the Graphic office. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-09-04

FOR SALE--East half of lot four, block A "G,' James and Simpson addition The lot is on the Northwest corner of Fifth ave Judge Elliott's residence, and has nice cot tage on it. Must sell at once. Apply to G' GRAPHIC office. If
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ATANTED-The person who took my coat
 W and vest from my residence last Friday night to return the books, papers and spec tacles, which were in the pockets.& No ques- tiOns will be asked and he may keep the coat and vest. |. ]. Moore. 800 Main street. Ct
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
To Make Buildings Fireproof.

Much attention is now paid to meth
DDS of tireproofng the steel skeletons OF
buildings erected at the present time,
especially in the case of structures in
tended for public purposes. A notable
illustration of this feature is presented
in the treatment of the great girders OF
the new fremont temple in Boston.
The steel girders are first placed in
terra Gotta blocks, on all sides and be-
low, these blocks being then strapped
with iron all around the girders, and
upon this is stretched expanded metal
lathing, covered with heavy coat of
Windsor cement; over this comes iron
Turing, which receives a second layer
of expanded metal lath. the latter, in
turn, receiving the finished plaster.
There Is consequently. in this arrange
ment for fire protection, first, dead
air space. then layer of terra Gotta, q
Windsor cement covering, another dead
air space, and finally the external
Windsor cement. These great girders
are characterized as the vital parts of
the whole steel structure, the necessity
of their absolute protection being ex-
planned by the fact that a rise in tenn
perature of 800 degrees would throw
the columns out of place about an inch
and half on each side. and rise of
about 500 degrees would ruin the steel.
Another feature to be noted in this
work relates to the partitions of the
outside corridors about the auditorium,
these being built of terra Gotta blocks,
held securely in place by means of an
gle irons, and bound together by ex-
panded metal lathing on each side, up
on which Is placed the plaster.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
Taught a New Way.

A young couple from New York bor-
rowed farm for a week not long ago.
Some friends, who own little place in
Cherry Valley, were going away for a
visit and they proposed that the young
New York couple should lock up their
fiat, bring their servant with them and
enjoy the snap of an early winter month
in the country.
They went.
They know more now than they did
then.
The owners Of the farm stayed for a
day and showed them about, and the de-
parting host showed his successor a
very tricky way of killing turkey.
Instead of chopping its head off or
wringing it in the old-fashioned way he
took it by the feet and snapped it's head
lightly against stone as though it had
been whip. The spinal columR was
neatly broken without any of the strug-
gle and agonies usually attendant upon
the death of fowl.
The farmer forgot and locked up all
his chickens, taking the key with him.
Only one turkey gobbler was left at
large.
That night the city man took him by
the feet and snapped his head against
stone. Then he took him to the
cook and told her to give him a dry
pluck and let him lie in the ice-box un-
til morning. The next morning screams
of terror awoke the visitors. They
sprang out of bed and ran into the hall
The cook, praying to all the saints.
was stumbling up the stairs. Stalking
majestically after her came the "ghost"
of the gobbler, without a feather on
him. He had only been stunned and
when the cook lifted the ice box lid in
the morning he had arisen in his naked
ness and gobbled in her face.-M Y
Herald.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
Couldn't Keep His Mouth Shut.

Judge Goodwin of my territory is
an unusually good story-teller," said G..
E. Stevenson of Salt Lake City at the
Planters. "And his stories are orig
inal," he continued. "for he makes them
up to suit the occasion. He and ex-
Gov. Anthony of Kansas take different
sides on the silver question and they
like to take the stand against each other
at all conventions.
"a short time ago at the Transmissis-
sippi congress in Z nver, Col, the ex-
governor was desirous of being chosen
permanent chairman by the body and
he did good deal of talking through
the newspapers in his own behalf. 1t
appears these talks injured his cause,
for he was not chosen.
Judge Goodwin referred to the dam
ger OF talking too much, alluding, of
course, to the defeat of the governor
He illustrated his point by this story.
He said he was in San Francisco and
on one of the public streets there he saw
corpse. Presently a man came UP
who, after a brief examination, sorrow
fully identified it as that of his father
He Immediately went to an undertaken
and ordered its removal in a $3.50 cas-
ket. He followed the remains to the
undertaking establishment
"As the man engaged in the gloomy
calling of clothing the dead was lifting
the body out the jaw fell down, display
ing set of false teeth, which enabled
the young man, who up to that moment
believed his dead father was lying be-
fore him, to see that be was mistaken
So, of course, he did not purchase the
casket and the body was removed to the
district morgue. oh, you darned fool, ,
said the undertaker's assistant. irrever-
emily addressing the lifeless body. you
might have been buried in $3.50 cas-
ket, but now you will go to the potter s
field because you did not know how to
keep your mouth shut. '"-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
Hold Fast to Your Car-Fare.

A new trick has been played upon
the patrons of the elevated railways re.
Gently by which some persons are out
and others are in the price of ticket.
1t can only be worked successfully when
there is rush at the ticket Office and q
train is approaching upon which every
individual on the line is anxious to
travel. An eyewitness of the scheme
thus describes what he saw the other
day at the Christopher street station of
the 9th avenve road:
"a man wishing to catch the train
just pulling into the station hurried up
to the ticket office. There was another
man ahead of him, who got to the win
dow first and put down half dollar.
The second individual, not waiting for
his predecessor to be served, also put
his nickel on the edge of the window.
Meanwhile the ticket agent handed out
the change and ticket to the first per-
son. The individual picked up the 9TH
er mans nickel with his change and
rushed out for the train.
"The second would-be passenger re-
quested his ticket from the agent, who
replied: He's got your money. There
he goes, pointing toward the platform,
where the gamer by this transaction
was hurrying for the train. The ticket
chopper would not allow the other man
on the platform without q ticket and he
missed his train, besides losing the fare 3"
~ Y Herald
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
Songs That Reach The Heart.

There is nothing takes such deep
hold of popular fancy as a simple song
full of homely sentiment that every body
can comprehend and appreciate" said
music dealer on Wabash avenue. "The
great singers have all recognized this.
Patti, for instance, will be known to
most people as the woman who could
sing Home, Sweet Home, sWeeter than
any other woman on earth long after
they have forgotten Lucia di Lammer.
moor
christine Nilsson almost invariably
responded to an encore with Way
Down Upon the Suanee River think
Clara Louise Kellogg's encore program
included Home, Sweet Home What
Jenny Lind sang l don't recall, but it
was in the same line. just now we are
having run of Ben Bolt By the way,
do you know, that the song had brief
revival some years ago, as result of
its introduction into Cables DIR. Sevfer
The doctor was one of the most rigid
members of the old French aristcscracy
in New Or. eans-cold and unapproach-
able. He was finally completely melt
ed by hearing the wife of the hero OF
the story singing about sweet Alice,
whose hair was so brown and all the rest
of it. The song didn't have very much
OF a'vogue, however, and was soon for
gotten again.
"Why it should be all the rage now /
don't quite understand. Whether Trilby
made the song or the song has hslped
to make Trilby is question with me.
I think it may be little of both. This
song is the one touch of pure nature
and simplicity in that Paris life whers
one sees artifciality and suggested
moral uncleanness on every hand. I
think it's the dark background that
brought it out"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
The Industrious Chinaman.

L have descended the deepest gold
mine in the world-Lansells "1SO" shaft.
which is down 1850 feet and is beino
sunk another 300. I have seen the
quartz quarried from its matrix, haze
watched it ascending to the surf9ce I
have followed it up to the sthmnin O
battery and have witnessed the tinelS
powered product passing through ali
the complicated processes connected
with gold saving, in which quicksilver.
nipples blankets and delicate chemical
operations alt play part. The gold
bearing sand from the batteries is sub
1ected to manipulation after manipula-
tlon and with untiring care each series
OF manipulation is repeated several
tmes over. At last. when human pa
tlence and ingenuity appear to have
6een exhausted, the useless sludge is al
lowed to run off. I follow the muddy
channel as 1t cuts its way through a
vast mountain of tailings.
AT the extreme edge of these en-
counter Chinaman and break-wind.
The latter sheltered him from heat and
wind and behind its cover are a min
iature set of sluices, with quicksilver
places, ripples and blankets all COM
piete. Where the Caucasian had ad-
mitted himself to be played out the
Mongolian is saving gold! Here is an
alchemist who can find the precious
metal in the dirtwash from the battery
in which every appliance that money
can purchase and mans ingenuity de-
wise is in operation. Yet the average
Australian miner would, if he could.
hunt this Chinaman from the field. But
John pays small rent to the mine to
secure the right Of occupation, and once
in the country and duly registered he is
protected by all the forces Of the law !
IRE NI'sseses@ qentxeQ
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
Cheap Advertising.

That young idiot doesn't seem to care
a bit about accidents. He's upset four
boats by rocking them already and
there he is at it again"
"Thats ali right. It's his business.
The hotel people pay him for That. He
upsets the boats. the boatma n rescues
the girls and the New York papers are
full of it The advertis; no is mighty
cheap. ."-Haper'S Bazar.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
Cats Eyes.

The pupil of cats eye ordinarily
appears as long, narrow oval. or a
straight, vertical black line. The ami
NAL seems to be looking through mere
Sits in the iris of it's eye, especially
when it faces the light. In semi-dark-
ness the pupil widens into a beautiful
oval. One is accustomed to regard the
narrowness of the pupil as the distin-
gushing popularity of the eyes of cats.
All animals of the cat family share this
popularity.
And yet, according to the results of
scientific investigation of cats eyes re-
Gently made in England by Lindsay
johnson, the natural shape of their pu-
pills is circular.
By varying the quantity of light en-
tering the eyes he has seen the pupils of
cats and tigers change from straight
lines to perfect circles, and while under
the influence of atropine, which sus-
pends for time the muscular control
OF the eye, they are always circular.
The normal form of the cats pupil is,
then, the same as that of the human
pupil, but when submitted to the influ-
ence of light its behavior differs. In a
bright light our pupils become very
small circles, while those of a cat turn
into ovals or narrow Sits. The gen.
eral effect is the same in either case
namely, to diminish the quantity of
light passing into the eye.
Curiously enough, in the larger ami
mails of the cat tribe, such as tigers, the
pupil sometimes behaves exactly like a
human pupil. and when brightly illu-
minated contracts into a minute circle
instead of becoming linear. In the case
of domestic cats the older the animal
the more frequently does the pupil of
the eye assume a circular form.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
ONE USE FOR BIG SLEEVES.
Ingenious Device of Two Young womel
Overladen with Parcels.

Both the girls were rosy from walk
ing in the keen air when they got into
the elevated railroad at Fourteenth
street and both were heavily laden with
packages. It was case of "big parcel,
little parcel, hat box and bundle" and
every time either of them stirred some
one of the impediments fell to the car
floor. Sometimes one of the girls was
STOPPING down to pick up the big parcel
or the little parcel, and sometimes they
were both STOPPING down to gather up
these and the hat box and bundle as
well. Two brokers, who were sitting
opposite. began quietly making bets as
to which package would slip off next
and what with their exercise In the open
air, that in the car and their knowl-
edge that they were affording good
deal of deadhead amusement to the pas
sengers the girls got redder in the face
every minute.
Il just think it's a shame" said one
of them at last. that women don't have
pockets to put things in," and she gave
a little white box a vicious tap that
jostled it up against an oblong brown
arrangement and sent both of them
tumbing to the floor.
Wneh she came up gasping from the
rescue of these she jerked al her big
sleeves like an angry little bird pluck
ing at its feathers, stopped short in the
process, treated her companion to
magnificent example of the baby stare,
and said:
Katie. I've got it."
"Got what?" asked Katie.
"Got an idea," said her companion.
@Just watch me-"
And with that she took up the little
white box. thrust it under her Jacket
near the shoulder, gave a quick wrig-
gle. and presto! it dropped into the big
puff of her sleeve. Then the oblong
brown arrangement was similarly dis
posed of; and then a round, flat, pink
package; and then another something
else. now tucking it into the right-hand
sleeve, and now into the left until ev-
erything was disposed of. Then Miss
Katie followed her friends example un-
til ali her parcels were tucked away,
and when they got off the cars at Park
place there wasn't a sign Of "big parcel,
little parcel, hat box or bundle" bnt
their sleeves stuck out like four captive
balloons, and all the Brooklyn girls
they met turned green with envy.-N.
\. .SWn.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
TRAINED RATS ON A RAILROAD.
A Wonderful Performance Given In Paris
by Intelligent Rodents.

A Russian by the name of Dourof has
made business of training rats to do
queer things. and at the same time has
carefully studied their habits and ways.
A contributor to the Cincinnati Tribune,
who visited him and his 230 uncaged
rats, found him in the act of exhibitin 2
his ''rat' railroad. It consisted of a
narrow track laid in a circle, upon
which were three passenger carriages
large enough to hold five OF six rats
apiece, luggage van, and pretty lit
tie engine. Close to the track was a
small painted wooden house, which
served as a station. There were points
and other railway paraphernalia. Pres
emily a cage was brought in which con-
tanned considerable number of rats.
Dourof clapped his hands together three
times, and all the rats came running
out of the cage and swarming into and
about the little station. He clapped his
hands again and half a dozen black,
sleek rats-very respectable. corpulent
fellows-climbed into the first carriage,
which was first class.
Once more Dourof clapped and half
dozen black and white rats, regularly
marked, got into the second-class car
riage, while an indiscriminately marked
and rather disreputabIe looking COM
pany scrambled into the last carriage,
which was third class. A black rat,
who did duty as the station master,
promenaded up and down on the plat
form of the little house, while two or
three small white rats dragged some
little trucks into the baggage van.
These were the porters. A whistle was
heard, the driver rat climbed upon the
engine, and pointsman rushed to the
points Again the whistle sounded and
the train moved off around the track.
The training of the rats to the per-
formance of this feat was, NJ. Dourof
declared, extremely easy. except in the
case of the porters, whose education
has caused him great deal of trouble.
Each party of passengers" had been
placed, one party at time, at their
breakfast hour opposite the carriage to
which they belonged, in which some
soaked bread had already been placed.
At his signal they had been liberated
and had quickly found the bread. Lit
tie by little they had been trained in
this way to enter the proper carriages.
The engine was operated with clock
work and the rats had nothing to do
with it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
HOTEL HELP LIVE WELL.
How Large Hostelries Provide for Their
Armies OF Employees.

After the modern hotel proprietor
has made all possible arrangements for
the comfort and care of his guests be
finds himself confronted by the impor-
tant problem of providing for the army
OF help which he must employ, says the
N. Y. Herald. A large hotel has In its
service 400 persons, who must be fed,
and in some cases sheltered for the
night every day in the year. As the
average count" of the house does not
fall below this figure, 1t will be seen
that it requires a great deal of ingenu-
ity and some clever managing to pro-
vide for SO many employees without in
terfering in any way with the comfort
OF those who literally pay for their eR-
tertainment. Arrangements are there
fore made in first-class houses for two
distinct and separate establishments.
The city hotels do not furnish sleeping
accommodations for the majority of the
servants, who, for the most part, reside
outside of the hotel, just as factory
hands or clerks in stores, and go and
come at regular hours. They must be
fed, however. and they are entitled to
from three to four meals day, accord
ing to the department in which they are
employed. In all the large hotels spe-
cial cooks are hired to prepare the food,
the regular chefs having all they can do
J to look after the meals of the guests.
| AT some hotels the entire service of
two or three cooks and half dozen
helpers are required for this purpose.
The rooms in which the help eat are
usually located in the basement. and,
while they are severely plain in their
furnishings, they are always extremely
clean and well kept The tables, except
those devoted to the lowest grade of
help, are covered with white cloths,
which are not allowed to become filthy
before being changed.
There is an erroneous popular i'm
preston thai hotel employees are fed up
on the leavings of the guests. Food
from the tables goes directly into the
swill barrel, without exception. Should
more soup or meat or vegetables be
cooked for the guests than is needed to
supply their wants. such food is given
to the servants, and not otherwise.
In no business establishment in the
country are the lines between the sew
eral grades of employees so sharply
drawn as they are in the hotels. In
houses of the first class there are four
grades. The first includes the officers,
who are divided into two classes, the
one including the Office cashier, head
clerks, room clerks, the steward. book
keepers, head waiter and housekeeper.
and the other the assistant steward, res
taurant cashiers, stenographers, tele-
graph operator, chief electrician, chief
engineer and pantry girls
The second grade takes in the me-
chanics. and includes the carpenter,
electricians, assistant engineers and re-
ceiving clerks. The third grade in
cludes the walters, ohambermaids, por-
ters and hall boys. The fourth grade
is made up of the firemen, laundresses,
yardmen, scrubbers dishwashers and
scullions. The bakers eat at table
spread in the bakeshop and the cooks
at a table set for them in the kitchen.