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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

provide for the punishment thereof in and out of the State of Louisiana" is a piece of legislative fraud and mendac- ity. It neither defines the crime of prize fighting, nor does it provide any penalty for the same, which cannot be evaded by the mockecy of covering with gloves the hands of the gladiators. That a glove contest is as brutal and dangerous as a prize fight was clearly settled in the case of Lavigne vs. Andy Bowen. On the whole, he finds that prize fight in Louisiana is a glove contest, and that a glove contest Is a prize fight Tt logically follows that, there being no prohibition of glove con- tests'in this State, the same being legal ized and encouraged under certain con' ditions, which the prize fighter willingly never was before the enactment of stat ute No. 25, of 1890, legitimate business and domestic industry, under the spe- cial protection of the law, while be- fore the passage of that statute 1t would constitute the crime of assault and battery, and in some cases of man. slaughter"
 Eternal vigilance and considerable worldly wisdom are the price of reform:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16
The wind of March.

Up from the sea the wild north wint is blowing
 Under the sly's gray arch; Smiling, I watch the shaken elm boughs, knowing.
 It is the wind of march, The stormy farewell of a passing seaso1
 Leaving, however rude Or sad in painful recollection, reason
 For reverent gratitude. Welcome of weary hearts it's harst forewarning
 Of light and warmth to come The longed-for joy of Natures Easter morning,
 The earth risen in bloom! Tn the loud tumult winters strength Is breaking;
 l listen to the sound, As to voice of resurrection, waking
 To life the dead. cold ground. Between these gusts, to the soft lapse I hearken
 Of rivulets of their way; see these tossed and naked tree-tops darken
 With the fresh leaves of May. This roar of storm, this sky so gray and lowering,
 Invite the airs of spring, A warmer sunshine over fields of flow ering,
 The bluebird song and wing. Closely behind, the Gulf's warm breezes follow
 This northern hurricane, And, borne thereon. the bobolink and swallow
 Shall visit us again. And in green wood-paths, in the kine- fed pasture,
 And by the whispering rills, Shall flowers repeat the lesson of the Master.
 Taught on His Syrian hills. Blow, then, wild windl thy roar shall end in singing,
 Thy chill in blossoming; Come, like Bethesda's troubling angel, bringing
 The healing of the spring.
 John Greenleaf Whittier.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16
MUCH COLD IN PROSPECT.

| There are many indications that the
 demand for gold is about to cause a large increase in the supply Big
 stories are told of the South African gold fields. Alaska is looming up as place where there is much of the precious yellow metal A whole noun tain of gold has been discovered in Australia They talk of taking all the gold that is needed out of the waters of the sea. And everywhere ''her golden hair is hanging down her back" The search for gold in the western part of this country is going on with increased fervor, and the gold in the sand of river bottoms and along the beaches is being looked after. Gold has been found for years in small quanti- ties on the beaches near San Fran cisco, and experienced miners have frequently declared that the sand along the coast from Alaska to Cape Horn contains free gold. A newly invented amalgamator has been tried upon the beach sand, and as a result of fifteen days labor, three chunks of amalgam are now at the United States mint, from which a value of from $100O to $1,2OO is expected to be developed. A machine will run from twenty to twenty-five tons of sand per day, the net profit being estimated at $2,50 per ton. The ocean shore wherever the black sand exists is now considered as good as any quartz mine and camps are being established along the beach.
 There is black sand on the shore at West Haven. Perhaps there is more gold in it than there is in West Haven real estate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16
DISMINSED.


 "When I preached matrimony she dismissed the subject with word .' What did she say?" "Yes,"-Chicago Mail.
 Proud Father-That is sunset my daughter painted. She studied painting abroad, you know. Friend-Ah! that explains 1t. I never saw sunset like that in this country.-Puck.
 Kate-I cannot believe that MT. Gay boy is so bad a man. His wife says that others do not know him as she does, Harry-Yes, but then his wife doesn't know him as others do.--Boston Tran script
 Heardso-They say every hearty laugh adds a day to ones life. Saidso-- That depends. I had at least a week kicked out of me for laughing at a man who fell in the mud.-Pearson's Weekly.
 He-Perhaps you are aware that most of the great inventions of the world are conceived by, men. She-Oh, they are driven to inventing. They haven't any hairpins to do things with,-Indianapo- lis Journal.
 Do you think a girl ought to learn to cook before she gets married?" said the practical man, "Yes," replied the dys- peptic friend. "Either that, or else she ought to be willing not to try."-Wash- ington Star.
 LandIady--Well, must do something to keep the wolf from the door. Boarder II don't know that it is altogether nec- essarv- Lei him come in and tackle one of your breakfasts, and I don't think he'll ever trouble you again-Detroit Free Press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16
INC ENTO Us AFFIRMATION.

What can be done by ingenious peo- pie who want to make Q law that will satisfy reformers and at the same time not hurt those who do not want to be reformed is we'll illustrated by a decis- ion which has just been made by Jus tice Rightor of New Orleans in suit brought by the State to annul the char ter of the Olympic Athletic Club. This club has been notorious as a promoter of prize fighting. The brutal exhibi- tions given under it's auspices aroused at last the moral sentiment of the State to demand that prize fighting in was done, and the suit to deprive the Olympic Club of its charter was insti- tuted by the State, because it had vio- lated the law. Judge Rightor finds that a prize fight Is a glove contest without gloves and that a glove contest is prize fight with gloves. In each case there is duel with fists and there is a prize. In each case there is the same danger to limb and life, the same maiming and shedding of blood, the same brutality. He concludes, there fore, that the act entitled An act de- fining the crime of prize fighting and to
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16
-------------------------- -'---------7------ NEW. YET EYER OLD.

Age brings wisdom, and it is solemnly asserted that the New Woman is after wisdom. But the assertion that she is after wisdom doesn't mean that she Is any more willing to be thought old than the Old Woman has been. An interest ing exhibition has just been made by the New Woman in Topeka, Kansas. She has. at much trouble and some expense, obtained legal advice that in registering for municipal elections she will com ply with the law by simply stating that she is lover 21."
 This is a curious performance. What has the New Woman to gain by conceal ing her age? The Old Woman had some reason for tearing a leaf out of the family bible and for staying at one age until she was married or hopelessly spin stered. But what has the New Woman to do with such trickery? She doesn't want to marry. She boasts of her de- sire and intention to be an old maid. And yet we find her only willing to acknowledge that she is lover 21," just as the Old Woman would have done in similar circumstances.
 The New Woman evidently is not as emancipated as she thinks she is. Her previous condition of servitude still has power over her. Youth and beauty, or youth without beauty, are still more to her than are maturity and wisdom. She has in that respect the same kind of weakness and hypocrisy that dis tinguished the Old Woman. Before her mission can be fulfilled she must shake off the fetters that still bind her She must tell just how old she is and live in accordance with her age. Only so can she show that she is really free and moving nobly along in the path of progress. The New Woman concealing her age just as the Old Woman did is spectacle for men if not for gods.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

at the sides, and that in front over hangs the belt slightly, the latter going all around the waist The skirts of this garment are very full at the back and scant toward front and sides. The fastening is often under the blouse and more often at the side of it and over the shoulder.
 Another sort of jacket, one that Is al- ready winning wearers, is slSetched here, the original being in black cloth, made with fitted back and sides that spread out into a moderately full basque. The front where the garment fastens invisibly is bordered with jet to which the epaulettes are attached. The latter form a. round collarette in the back and are edged with jet em- broidery, and the spaces between the embroidered edges are filled in with scattered nailheads. A turn down col lar embroidered to match finishes the garment.
 Military scarlet appears in expensive gowns for the coming spring season. Why fashion makers don't go in for scarlet in the winter time is beyond but for many years the efeort at revival of the shade comes as the warm weather approaches.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16
s------a----7-'i-4------7--7 Pretty Finger NaiIs.
[From Harper's YounR people.l

[From Harper's Young PeopIeJ
 If you live in or near a city, and your nails have been neglected, pay a visit to a manicure, who will put them in order for you. The hard, horny cu- tlcle which grows around the rim of the nail where it fits into the finger must be gently removed, and the manicure, first letting you soak the tips of your
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

It is understood that the report of hhe British Opium commission will not recommend any steps in the direction of prohibiting the growth of the poppy or the manufacture and sale of opium in British India, or suggest that the ex- isting arrangements with the native states should be interfered with. In re- gard to the question whether any change short of prohibition could be made in the system at present followed for regulating and restricting the opium traffic, it is thought that there may be a recommendation concerning opium smoking; but beyond this the majority of commissioners are, it is said, unable ito go, in view of the convincing char acter of the evidence. The conclusions of the anti-opiumists are formulated in a minority report signed by Mr Arthur Pease and MT. H. J. Wilson, M. F.; and MT. Haridas Veharidas, one of the na- tive commissioners, has prepared an in- dependent memorandum, placing on rec ord his opinion that the burning ques-. tion is how to overcome the evils result ing from the increasing consumption of alcohol in India.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

According to the Belgian blue book on the subject of the purchase of the Congo Free State, 1t appears that Henry M, Stanley receives from the king of Belgium f2,OOO a year when on duty in Africa and f1,0OO when in Eu- rope. While in the service he must neither publish al book nor deliver a lec- lure without the Kings permission.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

Bismarck has been a great man, but he recently said to several intimate friends that he had seldom been a few minutes of real happiness in my life they would not make, all told, twenty-fo hours" he remarked.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

There is a fine scheme on foot to make a visit to Niagara Falls even more in- teresting and memorable than it is now. On one side of Niagara Falls is New York's State Reservation park on the other is Queen Victoria park. There is pending in the New York legislature an application for char ter for the Aerial Tramway company, similar to one granted by the Canadian government. Should it be passed this company proposes to erect three lofty
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16
FASHION NOTES.

Spring Jackets Prompt in Appearing
 Already trim little jackets in light and mixed cloth are appearing for sum mer wear, and forsooth! not few folk are already wearing them. When you behold one of these ambitious danes, try to find comfort in the thought that she must have on chamois jacket be- meath, otherwise she would freeze. But the stylish spring jacket is not going to be the usual tailormade, light cloth af- fair. One sort that is to be fashiona- ble Is kind of Russian blouse of vel vet, not bit like the sadly overworn velvet coat of the present season. It Is a trim little affair of silk velvet that fits closely to the waist in the back and
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

A new attempt to redeem the Roman Campagna is being made by a number talned land between Rome and the AL ban Hills, where they will use improved methods of irrigation and agriculture, The malaria in the Campagna, it is officially stated, has diminished greatly pf late years with the increase of culti- walton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

It's an i'll wind that blows no good On account of the failure of the Florida orange crop, the ornage growers about Los Angeles have shipped large quan- Hities of the fruit to the East at a good profit. The olive growers in the same vicinity have also profited by the scar city of foreign olives in the eastern markets, and latest, the scarcity of fresh eggs in New York has led to an ex- pertinent in shipment from California which proves a success. Five carloads of eggs, the largest shipment ever made, From the Pacific coast, have arrived in New York in good condition.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

Drunkenness has increased alarming iy in Belgium in the last forty years, according to M. Lejeune, lately Minister of Justice. The revenue from the ex- else i'm 1851 was 100000 francs, now it is 3S,0OO,OOO; the number of saloons has increased from 53,OOO to 175,OOO, and the annual consumption of spirits is 12 litres per head of the entire popula- tion, or 48 litres for each adult. Crime has increased 200 per cent. and insanity l3s, and of every 100 deaths among males 80 are traceable to alcohol
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

According to a scientist who has been looking into the matter, three times as much rain falls in eastern Kansas as is required for the growing of bountiful crops. The problem is to conserve this moisture by means of deep blowing, mulching and pond building in order to have it available for unusually dry seasons. He finds that it can be done, Indeed that it has been done and is being done by a steadily increasing number of farmers every year.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-16

NEW HAYEN, CONN.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-26

"A DIsrALcH from Washington says that the officials of the war and navy department talk as if they had positive information of ! secret agreement between the United States and Russia which will be op- erative if war should ensue between the United States and Great Britain over the Venezuelan boundary dis pute. They say that the secret agreement is of such character as will bring the big Russian navy to the support of the United States as soon as Great Britain takes the first step leading to war. According to this story, Ambassador c. k. Breek inridge recently inquired of the aa- thorities if they regarded the com pact as still in force and binding, to which he received an affirmative re- ply. This original compact was made during the civil war in the United States and at a time when several foreign powers were about to recognize the Confederate Gov ernment. This announcement is very important at this luncture, for it will greatly serve to deter Eng land from any radical policy in her dealings with this Government England is not prepared to fight the United States, the South American Republics and Russia. and there is now nothing left for Lord Salisbury to do but to submit his Venezuelan claims to arbitration.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-26

next Mondays matinee in the after noon and the regular performance i at night.
 Newness. brightness. up-tn-date ness are the characteristics that will impress themselves upon every body who goes te see this really notable production. the most gorge ous, elaborate and expensive in the history of the organization which Mrs. Jennie Kimball, it's manager. has directed through years of success. The leading chara- cter is also decidedly the best opportunity which Cor rinne has ever had in which to display her charming talents. She has many means of winning pnblic favor, has eorinne. for her natural graees are varied and her accom- l plishments are numerous. She is a charming picture. in her young wo- manhood, with q jaunty figure and the sweetest and mefriest of smiles, and the several costumes of Hendrich 1 Hudson. ranging from the rakish cap aud swaggering higa boots Of the dauntiess explorer. 10 the lace mantilla and crimson skirts of 1 Spanish eoqHette all enhance Ter winsome beauty. IL is said she never before snng sn well as this year. So il K with her dancing. which was really the first successful accomplish ment in which she distinguished her self as q child She dances every thing, iies. hornpipes, Spanish dances, Oriental advertisements. all with perfect grace and rymth. This season there is m especial verve and aHdaeity in her dancing-somethi tof the spirit of the Far Eastern dancers, but with no possibility of giving offense. eorinne lns evident Y studied them all, and found the secret of their charm. The jolly lit tie eomedienne is IS. eager to begin as the andienee k to see her. and she is animated and happy from start to finish Everything abont her is calculated 10 inspire her to do hef best. The extrayaganza itself is eieYefly constructed and brightly written, the music is brisk and melo dious. the scenery new, beautiful and elaborate, and the big supporting company is company 10 be pron6 of. Aside from Cslrinne's own per formance. there k wealth of attrac tiona in .Hendriek Hudson. .Tr.. sur passing in ingenuity. beauty and ef feetiveness anything of the sori heretofore shown in sage spectacle
 Every costume and all of the seen cry for this great production were expressly made for this season. Al is new and bright. The scenery and effects are carried in special ears in such a manner as to reduce to the smallest possible ehanee the danger of wear and tear in transportation "Hendriek Hudson, Jf.,s will bf seen here in all Of it's beauty and mag nilicence.
 If the Pine Bluff people appreeiat te excellent and high-class attractions they will have ample opportunity to gratiiy their tastes in the above two engagements. and if they want first class companies toeome to this city they should turn out and patronize them when they come here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-26
PINE BLUFF. ARK. DEC. ?. ls9s.
LARGEST DAILY GlIY CIRCULATION
CHRISTMAS.

Another Christmas has come and gone and in many respects the Christmas Of yesterday was one Of the happiest spentin in this city in re- cent years. Santa Claus was lavish in his distribution Of presents, and from all we can learn. was a vel come visitor to the homes of the humble as well a. the rich. Or course, 1t is not to be expected that the poor can rival the rich on that or any other occasion, but there was not a home in Pine Bluff yes terday that was not in measure made happy by the generosity of this mysterious and ubiquitous Kris Kringle. The fact is that there is no extreme poverty in Pine Bluff. There are no great accnmulations of wealth here, as compared with Chi cago, New York or London, but what is infinitely better. there is greater equality of wealth in Pine Bluff than perhaps any other city of it's size in America. While we can boast Of no millionaires, it is. how ever. our proud boast that there is no extreme poverty in our midst, and that the masses, white and black, are in the possession at least of the ordinary comforts of life, and therefore comparatively happy.
 This has been comparatively a happy and prosperous year for this immediate section. Nature has poured out the cornucopia of plenty in our midst and all are sharers, in q greater or less degree, of this abnnd- ance. The good price for cotton this season has brought an unex pected measure of prosperity to our agriculturists, and the farmer is now fairly out of debt, with his corn -crfbs and -snsokeshouses fairly filled, and few dollars laid aside for the proverbial rainy day.
 That there is plenty of money in this section and that the masses are prosperous are evidenced by the lib- erality with which holiday goods have been bought and sold in this city, and emphasized by the fact that all our merchants have cleaned out almost their entire holiday stock.
 The GRAPHIC rejoices in these evi- dences of happiness and prosperity, upon which we congratulate the people of this city and section.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-12-26

The management of the Pine Bluff 0pera-house announces two ex- traordinary dramatic attractions for the Christmas holidays of an entirely different character, which varies the program for the week. Another welcome piece of news in this con neetlon. which will be hailed with delight by Pine Bluff theater-goers. Is that there will be no advance in the prices of admission, which is outside of the ordinary. and which comes as u aeoneession to the manage ment of the Pine Bluff Opera-h ouse after q hard tussel for the regular prices with the management of these two superb companies.
 Another gratifying fact in con nection with the coming of Creston Clarke and the peerless Corlnne is that they will appear here during the holidays and will he the leading events in amusement circles during the happy duration of holiday week. The former will appear at the Opera-house on Saturday night, Dec 2Sth in Hamlet" while the peerless Corinne and the Kimball Opera Company will give two per manees-matinee and night,-on Monday Dee. 30th.