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Railroad Men in sessIon.

ATLANTA, Ga,, Feb. 11.-Nearly 200 prominent railroad men from all of the Southern States are ill the city to take part in one or more of a series of meetings, the first of which is being held today. The executive board of the Southern Passenger As. sociation convened in special session this morning with Commissioner stahlman presiding. The present meeting will in all probability decide whether or not the Southern Pas. senger Association, which has led an uncertain life for some time, shall ex- ist. Commissioner Stahlman and the chief of executive officers of the board emphatically deny that there will be any disruption of the Associ. ati0n; the present discord, they say, has been inspired by a few subordi- nate officers who are disappointed because they have failed in ther at. tempt to obtain control of the or ganization.
 Tomorrow there will be a mass meeting of all railroad men of prom. thence in the South, connected with both the passenger and freight traffic departments. They assemble in re sponse to the call issued by the re cent gathering of the Southern pass enger Association held in New York. On Wednesday will occur the annual meeting of the executive board of the Southern Railroad and Steam ship Association.
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 He Knew the Ropes.

Of one subject even Mir. Freeman would have been forced to admit that MT. Froude, tho historian of the refor- nation. was master. Froude was born sailor and could manage yacht or yawl in the ugliest sea as if he had been bred to the business. So he was quick to detect any slip that his friends. who were less expert, might mako.
 Tho workmanship of "Crookit Meg, '' he was pleased to say. was as good as could be, with one exception, '.If yon mean to take us to sea i'll this question able little vessel, you must have your sea dialect looked over. The main sheet is rope, not sail. The jib is 'ioosed when you get under way and is the first sail taken ill when you arc coming to your moorings, n- Blaekwoods Maga- zine
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BOOK BINDING.
Its Beginning and the Transition From
 Ancient to Modern Methods.


 Ancient to Modern Methods.
 It was only when writing was made upon separate pieces or sheets of pli- able and perishable material that bind- ing proper was invented to hold the pieces, or sheets, together and give strength to them and protection and beauty.
 But here, again, we must distinguish. The pliable written sheet may be either rolled or folded, each giving rise to q form of binding peculiar te itself The rolled sheet is bound by fastening each sheet to the other sideways and rolling thewhole from end to end the last sheet serving as a cover to all the rest This form of binding is no doubt tho moro ancient of the two and it was for long time i'll general use. It was used, for example, by the Egyptians--it was probably invented by them-and it was used by the Greeks and by the Romans, and great libraries of rolls existed for some time after the Christian ora, and many industries were engaged in con- tributing to tho perfection of tho bind ing. It has, however, been superseded for many centuries by tho folded form of literature, the invention of which is attributed to Eumenes, king of Perga- mus (from whom, too, comes our parch- ment, or skin, prepared for writing on). i'll the third century before Christ. But if tho form has disappeared the termi- nology of the roll has survived, and the word volume, originally Q thing that is rolled or wound up--i. G., roll--is now applied indiscriminately to it's sub stitute, the book of folded sheets.
 The folded sheet, or section, as it is called, is bound by simply sewing or otherwise fastening the parts of the sheet to one another at the back crease or fold, and number of sections are bound by fastening each of them to some common support at the back, so that when all arc sewed or otherwise fastened they may yet be free to open and to shut at pleasure at the front or fore edge.
 The invention of the folded sheet thus gave rise to the invention of modern binding which, in it's essence, is the union at the back of the folded sheets, which together constitute the folded book, or, as may say, despite the la tent contradiction, the folded volume. -Fortnightly Review
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Edison's Bet.

There is probably no other country where sc much and so curious betting takes place as in the United States. Es- pecially is this the case at election time Wizard Edison, it is said made his first unusual experiment. i'll electricity as the result of bet. He was T telegraph op- orator, aud the lunches of the boys woro carried ill tin cans, into which reaches made their way, causing much kicking at mealtime. Various methods were tried to get rid of thom, and finally Edi- son made q bet that he would suppress them. The next day tho dinner cans wero piled in heap, and tho wizard placed around them circle of narrow tin foil ribbon about an inch wide, and about q quarter of all inch away another similar circle, and then he connected both with the current. Tho consequence was that every roach in trying to get to the cans placed himself with his hind legs on ono pole Cor piece of foiD and his fore legs on tho other, thus cnmplet- ing the circuit, and rolling over dead. The bet was won, and the dead piled up like an Irish fence
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when tho enina haa been packed. In q fit of economy she poked it all in su- perauous barrel, which was duly headed up and cartod to the hotel where we spent tho winter It was stored in the garrett without being unpacked, and in the spring was sent to the storage ware- house
 "We accordingly havo paid not only for the storage for nine months Of an empty barrel, but for its carriage on three different ooeasions--from the house Co tho hotel, from tho hotel to the storage warehouse and from tho warehouse to where wo now hvoi''-New York Sun.
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A Clock In & Wine Bottle.

There is now being exhibited in the window of the shop of Mir. Kaps, the watehmaker, clock the works of which arc ill the inside of an ordinary clear glass wino bottle, the dial plate being set obliquely on tho top of the bottle. How tho works were introduced into the bottle is the mystery at first glance, but even when it is ascertained thaSSho sin gle piece is wider than tho neck of the bottle the wonder then tbccurs fo the mind as to how the pieces of such deli cato machinery were therein put .ogeth- CT. er.--Demerara Argosy.
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 Six Column Again.

During the present month the DAILY GRAPHIC has lost so many of its ad- vertisements that we are compelled to reduce it's size one column-frOm a seven to a six column folio, it's original size We perfer doing this to running patent medicine and other foreign advertisements that are 'seyes sores" to all readers and a disfgurement to all papers though they are a source of small revenue. As a ulesubscribers wants news in compact space apart from advertisements and we do not care to inconvenience them for the benefit of patent medicine advertisers who always want the best position and largest space for the least money. As soon as there is a home demand for advertising space the DAILY GRAPHIC will enlarge again. 1t costs no more to publish a seven than siX-column folio, though there is quite a differ enee in the receipts, and we hope the demand will soon force LIS to issue seven column paper. As before said, however, we do not care to ac- cept advertising at reduced prices but would rather reduced the size of the paper.
 Our subscribers shall be none the losers by the change, but will be given, as heretofore, the best daily paper published in Pine Bluff, con taining in a convenient form, all the local news and the most important national and foreign news.
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A Catholic Celebration.

BROOKLYN, Feb. 12.-Great pomp aud ceremony accompanied the cele- bration of the feast of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin of Lourdes in the Church of St Francis de Sale to- day. The exercises were conducted i'll the grotto of the Church which is an exact copy of the famous shrine of Lourdes in France The gro ito was profusely decorated with lilies. The ceremonies connected with the celebration of solemn high mass at ten o'clock, in which many prominent clergymen of the order of the Fathers of Mercy took part. A pretty feature of the celebration was a procession of several hundred children of the parish dressed in pure white. After the exercises Father Porcile exhibited the relics which he brought from Lourdes last summer. The celebra- tion will conclude with solemn yes pers this eyeaing.
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The Horrors of Nagging.

It is the peculiarity of the nagger to enormously exaggerate every thing, even if she do not invent her grievances. Expenditures on the part of husband is annoying, as it is in any one, but it is not a crime A continual stream of scold- ing lasting three or four hours over the failure to post q letter will cause any man to consider the effect dis proportionate to the cause. If the husband be healthy, if he is lot cursed
 with a highly nervous organization,
 what happens? The first thing is, that any love he may have ever had for his wife dies, drowned in the flood of words. Having murdered his love for her. the wife keeps up thenagging; he speedily begins to look OH her as being a nuisance; from this to dislike and then to positive hatred is not a long journey. If there be children, the husband may continue to live with her for their sake, but it is an awful home in which to bring up children. The man quickly learns that he has in his physical strength something iii which he can claim sanctuary. He may not actually beat her, because the restraining influences of his training have not lost their holt on him. Perhaps it would be better for her if he did, for physical fear of whipping might be sufficient to make her control herself. While he may not lift his finger to her, he will invariable become brutal, except in such cases as I shall here after mention. In such a contest the woman has no chance. He may not be, he probably is not, able to give the rapier-like thrust of sarcasm which comes so easily to her, but
 he can use the bludgeon of abuse and neryou condition the woman has created in herself by her nagging. itself renders her powless before this weapon of her husband. Such a family is hell on earth. 1t was the son of such a household who said in the simplest and most matter-of-fact | way when he heard of a wedding. "Another life quarrel commenced. ' What a comment on his parents !- From Concerning Nagging Women, 2 by Cyrus Edson, NJ. D., in North American Review for January.
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An Ambassador with the Car.

Mr. Clifton R. Breckinridge, although his commission as a full fledged am bassador is in abeyance, and his authority at the Court of St. Peters burg extends no further than that of 8 simple plenipetentiary has given gratifying evidence of his tact and adaptability to circumstances. One of the first measures called to his official notice when he reached St. Petersburg was the Standard Oil matter. It appears that the refiners of Russia supposed that he proposed interesting himself in furthering the Rockefeller deals in the C2ar's domin- ions, and one of MT. Breckinridge's first acts was to notify the Russian foreign office that our Government had nothing to do with Standard Oil interests in any way. Hence the negotiations of the oil company re- ceived a setback, and, as everybody knows, they fell through entirely.
 As a result MT. Breckinridge imme- diately got into high favor with the Russian business interests and he proceeded to use the advantageous circumstances in negotiating for the admission of American reading mat ter and American travellers without the embarrassment of the usual in- spection Already wold comes that these efforts have been successful, and our citizens interested in Russian affairs are reaping the benefits. Alone among the foreigh. nations of the world, our country has the right to exempt it's citizens from the detective search of private houses and personal effects, once they have passed the custom authorities. A mere produe- tion of a passport signed by our Sec retary of State, together with regis try at the office of any consul of our nation, stationed in Russia, will per init an American citizen to go unmo- tested about the Czar's domains pro- vided no charge of seditfonis pending against him. This is a rare conces- sion for a man new in diplomacy to obtain. Mr. Breckinridge is now en- deavoring to secure for American ar- lists the privilege of taking home with them pictures and drawings of scenes and persons visited by them. Heretofore this has not been allowed and as a result some very arbitrary imprisonments have been made on the charge of making unauthorized drawings of prisoners and suspects, Some of the most noted persons i'll Russia cannot be photographed or painted by artists, although singu- larly enough, native artists may make these pictures. An American painter who yentured to sketch on canvas from a photograph of the Czar's mother, was arrested as a suspect and had his painting ripped to pieces. It is not likely that out rages of this description will long be endured by our fellow citizens. Mr. Breckinridge will not certainly re- sign in view of his successful caree in Russia so far-David Wechsler, i'll Memphis Commercial.
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Meeting With Great Encouragement.

Mr. A. Brewster and Dr. J. ". Withers, of the finance committee of the Manufacturers League, were out this morning calling upon our bus mess men for the purpose of secur- ing contributions of money to be used by the Leagne in the interest oi Pine Bluff. They report that they are meeting with the most hattering success, and that the League will be established on a solid foundation.
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Funeral Directors In Convention


 MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Feb. 1.-The Funeral Directors of Minnesota and North and South Dakota assembled here in sixth annual convention this morning and will continue in session for three days. As great amount of business is to he transacted the attendance is larger than at any previous gathering of the association The meeting was called to order shortly after 10 0 clock by President Warner, of this city The delegates were welcomed by Mayor Pratt. The morning was consumed in the tran saction of routine matters. This afternoon the convention listened to several addresses on topics relating to the trade. One of the most i'm portant questions to come up for consideration is the proposed law for the establishment of a State board of embalming, the duties of which shall be to examine and license em- balmers i'll the interest of prevention of the spread of contagious diseases.
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A HUMOROUS JOKE FROM puSoH

Greenland, by Gaptaln Jonn n6ss i'll the year ISIS. For miles and miles the hills are covered with snow that is as red as though it had been saturated with blood.
 Lieutenant Greedy, who visited that re- zion while on his famous arctic expedi- tion, mieroscopically examined these blood stained cliffs and reports the color due to minute organism which he calls Protoeoceus niyalis. St. Louis Rennh-
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GustntorY.

II can't say, remarked tho sword swallower as ho dispatched 9 Damascus blade, that I especially like the taste of foreign foods. D
 "Their dishes, rejoined the glass eater, who was partaking of Venetian soup tureen, "are, as rule. far from pleasing.
 The human salanlander tossed of three fingers Of imported red fire, with gas olino chaser. but said nothing. Detroit Tribune
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STORED AN EMPTY BARREL.
Nine Months In a Storage Warehouse and
 Three Carriages Paid on It.

Nine Months In a Storage Warehouse and
 Three Carriages Paid on It.
 ''I got my furniture out of storage the other day, said New Yorker, land my .wifo and thought we would unpack tho china and bric a-brao our selves, instead of paying 50 cents all hour to the storage men to do 1t. Tho stuff was packed in five barrels, ono of which, we noticed. was lighter than the rest
 When we began to unpack that one, we concluded that 1t must contain our most fragile articles of vertu, for wo first came across layer of excelsior and soft paper a foot in thickness. Below this was another layer, equally thick, and when we had half unpacked the barrel and found nothing but excelsior and soft paper we knew not what to think.
 "We were still more flabbergasted on finding no china on removing tho pack ing. We of course concluded that our things had been stolen and reproached ourselves for our false economy in doing the unpacking ourselves, for it is rulc of tho storage concern we patronized not to pay for any articles broken or miss ing unless it's men do the unpacking
 "As VIC missed nothing when the oth- CT barrels had been unpacked, my wife cudgeled her brain to explain the nys- tery. She finally remembered that when we gave up housekeeping, IF years ago. there was lot of excelsior left over
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GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Examining Applicants.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Civil Service Commission is today engaged in examining applicants for the posi- tion of Librarian Clerk. The salary of the office is $S40 a year.
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unIted Mine Workers.

COLUMBUS, O., Feb. n.-Many del-
 tes to the annual convention of
 United Mime Workers have ready arrived in the city. The ses- sions will begin tomorrow. Great secrecy has been maintained by the officers of the organization concern- ing the work to be transacted.
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Tine Crimson Clifs.

One of the most conspicuous land- marks, or, rather, snowmarks, in the whole of the arctic regions is the red snowbanks discovered near Cape York,
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The great Christian feasts of Christ mas. Easter, Ascension and Whitsun- tide are said to have been ordered tohe observed by tho whole church all over the world as early as the close of the first century.
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Some of tho little bronze images Chinese deities arc supposed to hay antiquity of 2,000 years before.f
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COTTON MARKET.

The following are the quotations of the cotton, grain and provision markets at the closing hour Satur- day:
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xinnipiseogee is the "b' of tue highland. -fsiey Drug
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Dr. Prices Cream Baking Powder Worlds Fair Highest Me dal and Diploma.
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A BULL ON A FLY ROD.
LIVELY EPISODE OF A DAYS FISHING
 IN CALIFORNIA.

The Red Shawl of One of the Ladies In the Party Started the Fun, and the Skill full Angler Gavo an Exhibition Not Com- mon on Trouting Trip.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-21
A HoRRID BOOK.
But the Ladies' Club Gave Up History
to Read 1t.
Boston Transcript.

Boston transcript
They have been having great excitement
in a usually extremely quiet suburban
neighborhood which may be in Roxpurv or
Dorchester. or might be in Allston or Nal
den-it doesn't particularly matter where it
is. The ladies of the neighborhood, impelled
by holy OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES thirst for
culture. have a. reading club" and OF late
the club has been piously engaged in wad-
ing through history of Russia. Not that
straw about the history of Russia. or will
ever be benefited a jot by the reading OF IT.
but something uninteresting must needs be
read if one is to maintain ones position IN
suburban society and be thought intellectual;
and the history of Russia, having certain
imposing air. of uninterestingness, 1t was
chosen for this winters reading of the club.
This but few short days since. But now
a note of alarm has been sounded in the
councils of the club and the history OF Rus
STA has for the time been laid on the shelf.
In a household whose young mistress is
member of the club, certain elder mem
her, lady, gave to young man. also
member of the household, q book for a
Christmas present. 1t was Galley "Trilby.
and was written by man named Du Maur-
Ter, or something of that sort. The young
man had read the book. but was much
pleased to receive a copy OF It as GIT
about the book and certain of this CONVEX
sation was overheard by the lady who be-
longed to the reading club; ana l as some a1,a.
of the book had been wrongly called IN
question. she took it In hand to see what
manner of book it might be. She had never
before heard of book named ''Trilby or
of a man named Du Maurier
She had an opportunity to read the book,
and she was much shocked by it. She pro-
nounced it a horrible book and Immediately
reported the whole matter to the reading
club The club knew not Trilby, but at
the suggestion that the elderly lady who
had given the book had actually presented
so horrid a book to a young man the en-
tire membership was up in arms. Several
members called at once on the lady and
questioned her about the book, and asked ed
best for them to read it, no doubt and see
how horrid it was. The lady declined to
lend it to them, for the sufficient reason
that it did not belong to her, but she de-
Tended it and its morality streluously.<
Thereupon another copy of .'rrilby, was
procured from somewhere and passed from
hand to hand, and at the last meeting of
the reading club the history of Russia was
not opened at all, but the entire session
was devoted to "Trilby.'' Needless to say
that the book is unanimously denounced
by the members of the club; but how it is
being read in that neigkborhood. And In
proportion as the Indignation rises toward
the lady who gave the book to the young
man. so the emoluments of Mr.. Du Maurfer
from copyrights are constantly increasing
II is a strange, horrid book is "Triiby;'
Doubtless doubly horrid because must
read it. even to the damage of such yalu-
able works as the history of Russia.