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THEY PROTEST.
A Convention Is Being Held With Regard to the Construction of the Chi
 cogo Drainage Canal.

OTTAWA, H., March 8.-More
 than a score of the leading towns
 and cities of the Illinois valley are represented by delegates at the con- Yention which is being held here to- day for the purpose of framing a de-
 mand to the State Legislature call ing for the rigid conservation of the rights of the valley with regard to the construction of the Chicago drainage channel. Among the cities represented are Joliet, Seneca, La Sale, Chillicothe, Laeon and Peoria As set forth by Mayor Schoch, in his address of welcome, the people of the valley will make a united de- mand that Chicago shall give them a channel which can be converted into great waterway connecting the lakes and the Mississippi, and will also issue a protest to the Leg islature against the stationary bridges proposed to be eFected over the canal. It is contended that if the valley must be the. out1et.sfor Chicago sewage, it shall be in some manner compensated for the dam- age to health which it is thought will result. The majority Of the delegates express themselves in favor of sending delegation to Springfield to insist that the drain age board be prevented from in any way obstructing the channel and rendering it unfit for canal purposes.
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An Evening of Pleasure.

The members of the Bluff City en- joyed a delightful time at their beau tifu' and spacious hall last evening, dancing the may figures of the Ger man, to the sweetest strains of music. The attendance was very large and the affair, throughout, was one of unmitigated delight.
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Jane" Coming.

The notable event of the coming week will be the production of Gill lette's latest comedy success, ''Jane' at the Opera House next Tuesday evening, March 12, by Mgr. Froh- mans comedy organization. It had a very profitable run of nearly 300 nights in New York. MT. Gillette's comedy is said to be in many partie- ulars, the best play of its kind our stage has shown. Constructed on the basis of plot, suggested by the coarse cleyerness of Nichols and Les toef, the new piece has been altered enliyened. and improved by the Amer ieansautioF.t that the entire success of the play is due, more to the ingen- uity of Mir. Gillette's adaptation than to the humor of the original story.
 Mr. Gillette's drollery as shown in his new comedy, is confined almost wholly to the amusing cross purposes and perplexing dilemas into which the French author has led his char acters and through greater, but less risky maze of which Mir. Gillette has continued them.
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A SUDDEN DEATH.
Mir. Jno. Deresseaux Drops Dead On
 the Street.

At 3 o'clock this afternoon Mr. Deresseaux, and old citizen of Pine Bluff, dropped dead upon the sidewalk on Main street, near the corner of Second avenue. MT. Der esseaux was about 80 years old, and was remarkably vigorous for his aOp
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Miss Lillie Collins and Mr. D. I. Craig were recently married in Chat tanooga, Tenn. Both are well and fayorably known in this city, where they at one time lived Her home will be in Davenport. Ia.
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BY HIS OWN PRESCRIPTION
J. M. McGiother, Negro Physician of
 Kansas City, Was Killed.

KANSAS CITY. March 6.-J. NJ. Me Glother, negro physician, was killed here today by one of his own prescriptions. MeGlother had been treating q patient in Argentine. Yesterday he left the woman q pre- scriptiOn, which she had filled. Last night she took a dose of the mixture and became violently i'll. She refused to take any more, and this morning when McGlother arrived she told him about it. MeGlother told her the medicine was harmless and laughed at her. Raising the bottle to his lips he drank of the contents. A few minutes later he was seized with con- vulsions and died. 1t seems that in- stead of citrate of potash being placed i'll the prescription, as he sup posed, cyanide of potash, a deadly poison, was used.
 The above is a telegram to the St. Louis Dispatch. Itis ofinterest to our people from tue fact that Me Glother was at one time one Of the most notorious negroes that ever lived in this county. He was, after committing numerous crimes, con- victed and sentenced to q term in the penitentiary and was, after serving out most of the sentence. pardoned, on condition that he would leave the State. He wentfrom here to Kansas City, where it seems, he gulled the ignorant of his race into the belief that he was a physician, and as a result, was killed by one of his own prescriptions.
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Kratzmeier X Rodewold, the cigar makers, have just introduced new brand of 5 cent cigars which will be known as "Reeyes Bros. Specials, y and they will be handled by Reeves & Reeves, of the Two Brothers Sa- loon, exclusively. Those who love q good cigar should try them.
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A Store Bureiarized.

Tuesday night the store of Dr. Hubbard, at Willamette, managed by Mir. Wallace, was burglarieed. The burglars have been traced as far as Cummings Landing, where they abandoned boat. Officers are in pursuit of them, and it is believed that they will be captured.
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There were twonew cases of small pox in Malvern yesterday. This makes four cases mp to date in that city According to report there were no new cases in Hot Springs.
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A large crowd of people are drawn nightly to Wares New Musee Thea tre to see the attractions there. Several new actors and artists ar rived yesterday, and will remain during the week.
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Tbe members of the fire depart ment are today trying two hand some black horses. which will proba- ply be bought by the city for the use of the fire department.
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Masters John and Powell Clayton have returned to Little Rock after spending several weeks in the city, guests of their sister Mrs. W. D. Jones.
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The Hebrews of Little Rock are making preparations to build magnificent Temple. Mir. C. $. Stifft, the well known ieweler, is chairman of the building committee.
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The steamer Reese Pritchard ar= riyes tonight and will leave tomor- nosva4ao oraginasfen Little Rock.
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The Match Factory.

The Executive Committee of the Manufacturers League met last afternoon to consider the proposi- tion from Col. Wallace A. Downs in regard to the establishing of a match factory in Pine Bluff The proposi- tion was considered a most liberal one, and the committee issued call for 9 meeting of the League and other interested citizens to be held at the Courthouse at 3 o'clock this afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-03-08

This evening Imperial Lodge No. 94, K. of P., will confer the rank of Page upon two candidates, Messrs. J. C. Hierschspiel and E. Wray AnrIin
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4 Gin Burned.

On Wednesday night the gin house of Mir. Ed. Williams, a large planter living down the river, was burned to the ground. Severa, bales of cotton and large quan tity of cotton seed were also burned.
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Wanted.

One hundred more in Main Street Methodist Sunday-school (who are not in any Sabbath-schooD com posed of clerks, bookkeepers, work ing young men, young ladies, girls and boys. G. N. HART, Supt.
 The official food analysis by the United States Government show the Royal to be d pure cream-of-tartar baking powder, the highest in strength, evolving 1906 cubic inches of leavening gas per single ounce of powder There was eight other brands of cream-of- tartar powders tested, and their average strength was less than H., cubic inches ofgas per ounce of powder.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-03-08
GENUINE INDIA CHUTNEY.

The most delicious condinent made. Also full line of Swiss, Limburger, Edam, Pineapple and Cream Cheese just received by
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-03-08

The steamer Eugene arrives tonight and leaves tomorrow for Memphis,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-03-08

For ten days only you can get boys iron-clad school shoe, worth $2 GO, for $1.50
 For ten days only you can get a good boys solid leather shoe, worth $I75, for $1. .25.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-15
New Method of Extracting Gold.

The new method of extracting gold
from ore, an Improvement on the cy-
anide process in thoroughness and in
saving of time. was discovered by Mr..
ii. l.. Sulnnan. He has obtained the
bromide of cyanogcn, which, when adj
ded to the weak cyanide solution now
in use, produces the compound now
obtained slowly by the addition of OK
ygcn. The compound in then treated
with zinc fumes, instead of zinc shay
ingS, and the gold falls at once in ii
thick powder. This process docs iii
forty-eight hours work that required
previously il fortnight, BY adding
soap and lime to the slime from the
ore, which previously went to waste,
though it forms 81 per cent of the
mass, it can be treated for gold in the
same way rs the other parts of ore
subjected to chemical action.-New
York sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-15
Winchester well filed. and

Winchester well filled, and he just
pumped lead into them robbers so fast
that they must have thought that there
was a dozen Of him. They didn't fire a
single shot. There was no shelter for
them in the canyon, so they just flew
down h trail, taking up the dismOunt-
I'd robber on II of the other horses.
Bob kept popping away, but he didn't
hit anything, and the robbers never
stopped until they disappeared VI the
valley. After Bob had recovered from
his scare he climbed down the hill to
the dead horse. and finding Il good
blanket tied to the saddle. he apprO-
priated it as II of the spoils of war.
When he opened it up there was about
$4,000 in gold bullion. The ttlge rOb
bed was carrying gold bullion from
some mining camp to the mint at Den
Yer.
Bob had NC idea where it came
from. because he didn't know what
part of the country he was in. But he
took the bullion along with the blauket
and added them both to the roll behind
his w saddle, and started to make
himself scarce. thinking that the rob
bers might come back. In half an hour
it was dark. He lost his way and wan
dered around in the mountains for
three days. He had intended to tell
the first people he me- and restore the
gold. but when he fell in with two
p~rospectors he was afraid to tell for
fear they would murder him for the
money. Next day he reached a cattle
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-15
Second Growth on Pine Lands.

Large areas of pine land in Lower
been cut. have passed back to the con-
troll of the state on account of the non
payment of taxes. The purchasers
have thought that this sandy soil, es-
pecially where it has been burned over,
will not produce a second growth OF
pine, for a long time, and it is, there
fore, abandoned as a perpetual wilder
ness of deciduous coppice-wood, value
less for timber. The editor of the
Northwestern Lumberman quotes the
opinion of Mr.. Carey, special agent of
the forestry division of the department
of agriculture, who has been making
Investigations throughout the state, and
he has arrived at the conclusion that
this land can again produce as fine
a growth Of white and red pine as ever
grew on this continent. All that is nee
essary, he says. is to keep out fires,
browsing sheep and cattle, and in forty
Years the second growth of pine will
make profitable cuttings. as 1t has lone
in Maine, New Hampshire and other
parts of New England. 1t will be Il
Fortunate thing for Michigan If this
hopeful view proves correct. In any
case it is worth while for the state to
fake these lands in hand. and begin at
once not only to pass laws for protect
ing their young timber growth. but to
enforce these laws with vigor. We
should expect to find that lands which
have been burned ove and over again
have lost much of their original timber
producing power. But this is a good
reason for outstanding all the fertility
that administration and Forest.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-15
Muuchers of Hard Tack.

Rushvillc, Ind. is the home Of a
unique secret order, which is known
as the "Munchers of Hard Tack" In
the "munchcrs' there are neither dues,
assessments nor benefits. the primary
object being the furnishing of an yer
ing'S amusement for the members.
The peculiar sounds issuing from the
lodge room during meeting hours
would chill the blood of a gladiator.
The "Munchers of Hard Tack orig
mated in Rushville about two years
ago. The local lodge has had Il Won
derful growth. and its fame has spread
over a great part of Eastern Indiana.
A lodge was recently organized ut New
Castle. and another. is talked of at
Observation-Disclosures News.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-15

rule will instantly call out the concen-
trated wrath and shoes of the entire
dOrmitOry.
| can't wake 'em up. I can't wake 'cm up,
l cant wake en- up in the morning.
/ can't wake 'em up, l cant wake EN- up,
| can't wake 'em up at all.
The Corp'ral's worSc'n the Private, the
Sergeant's wor>c'n the Corp'ral.
The Lootn'nt's worSe'n the Sergeant. the
Capt'n's worst of all.
Some versifier in blue has put the
above words to the quick, stirring
notes of reveillc. and the sleepy cross
ness which they express was felt by
me for many Il morning after mist
mpnt, when | had to turn Out for early
roll call. | had been used to rising ut
3 o'clock. and this half-pist five bust
ness was ~unpleaSlntly neW.
When breakfast is over the days
work begins, and until noon every
body is busy. The rocky is assigned
to the awkward squad, and, much as
he diSlikes the name. he speedily dis
covers that the assignment was just.
The drill seems Il small matter COM
pared with the inspection. which he is
told takes place every Saturday morn
ing. He is duly impresscS with the
idea that it is 4 most horrible and
searching ordeal. from which few cS-
cape u%nscathed. He accordingly be-
gins preparing days in advance, and
has a cold chill when the bugle sings
out for the company to fall in. As
the grave looking captain pauSes in
front of him he is so weak that he can
scarcely bring his rifle to the position
of INSPECTION. Great drops of perspi-
ration roll down his face. while he eX-
poets nothing better than immediate
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-15
Feeding Moras.e. to stock.

Some years since Prof. Maercker
after a series of extended experiments
concluded that the maximum Of mo-
lasses to be fed per LOGO pounds live
weight and per diem was three to
four pounds for oxen and two and a
half pounds for mich cows. These
limits have frequently not been adj
hered to, and many complications
have followed. of late it is urged
that a special molasses fodder be
used; 1t consists, besides the resi-
dunn of some absorbing medium.
In these compounds imolassess fire.
quently represents 60 per cent. of the
total. Experts now say, however,
that a far better proportion is to have
n Of molasses to one of the other
substances, that is to say, so per cent,
in weight of the fodder of whatever
elements 1t may consist.
Already on several European mar
kets a product is sold for stock feed;
its composition is 60 per cent, mo-
lasses, 40 per cent. cocoa oil cake,
containing 20 per cent. protein, 3 per
cent. fatty substances and % per cent.
sugar., which is sold for a fraction
more than one cent per pound. An
other fodder is composed Of 20 per
cent cotton seed flour. 40 per cent.
palm nuts and 40 per cent molasses.
Several factories undertake their
own mixing and the substances OBJ
tanned contains IA per cent, protein, B
per cent. fatty matter and so per cent
non-nitrOgenouS matter.
In every case the results by feed
ing these rations to cattle have been
most satisfactory; the percentage has
increased. Satisfactory results have
been obtained in fattening sheep with
a molassesration. 1t is important to
note that an astonishing C has
been obtained by adding to the water
given to cattle about two pounds mo-
lasses per diem and per head; they
seem to drink this with avidity, and
beneficial effects follow.-Sugar Beet.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-15

Apology.

threatened to shoot the lad if he didn't
apologize.
A Br~andins-Iron Apology.
Bob thought his time had come,
sure and grabbed up a branding-iron
outen the fire to defend himself. Tho
old man was Il little surprised to see
hin spunk up so and neglected to
shoot, and the first thing he knew Bob
had hit him with that b:anding-iron
Just back of the left ear, and hen he
didn't know anything for about an
hour.
"'They carried the old man into the
shanty and worked with him until
finally they brought him to, and the
first thing he said was to arrest Bob
for assault with intent to commit III
der. Pretty soon the foreman Of th'
roundup took Bob to II side and
says: Got any friends around here!'
No says Bob. Why" 'Tenderfoot,
amt you| res, | suppose | am In
that case, says the foreman, you had
better clear out of here. Don't wait
for your money. The old man is right
after your scalp, He has sent Il man
to bring the sheriff. The old man runs
the court house gang, and you will be
rallroaded straight TO the pen. | have
talked to the boys. and they say that
you were not to be blamed. but that
won't cut any figure with the jury; the
sheriff will fix you. You'd better not
lose any time
"Of course it was only a play to scare
Bob out of the country and get his
wages. There'd be a warrant sworn
ont. and hen he would be Il fugitive
from Justice. That's the way so many
outlaws get started. Bob fell right into
the scheme. and as 500 as it was dark
saddled up his pony and hit the trail,
1t was about the time the GunniSon
country was being opened up. and
Bob struck off west through the noun
tains. intending to go there. When
morning came he found that he WAS
off the road. travelling a trail in the
mountains; in fact. he was lost in the
mountains three days without sec
ing a living soul. There was plenty
of grass for the pony, he shot rabbits
for himself, and slept comfortably at
night, rolled up i'll his blankets. but
he couldn't find his way ont of the
mountains. Day after day he and his
little broncho limped along the can
IONS and climbed over the ridges. Be-
ing IA tenderfoot. he persisted i'll climb
ing I'D instead of following down some
water course.
HlShIh " St"ee
well, anyway, on the third day. just
q little before shutdown, he came TO IL
iumping-off-p place. He had either to
find his way down Il steep hillside or
go back. SO he started down. About
halfway down he came to a wide ledge
and stopped to rest the pony, which,
by the way. had gone lame from climb
ing around among the rocks. The pony
kept looking down the canyon and
finally whinnied. Bob looked that way.
too, and there, away down where the
canyon joined on to Il big valley, there
was ii stage robbery in full blast. 1t
must have been a mile away. but Bob
declared that it didn't seem more than
100 yards. he could see things so plain.
There was the old-styled Concord
coach and four mules, one of the lead
ers shot dead in his tracks. The pas
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-15
GOOD POINTS OF A HORSE.
The Eye and the Head Show the
Animals Nature.

AID this brings us to consider Wnit
are the marks of Il good. s~erviceable
horse, such as most people want to
buy. The chief points are the eye and
head: for, whether on the score of
safety or of pleasure in ownership the
essential thing is to have a horse that
is intelligent and gentle, or one. that is
intelligent and vicious, rather than
stupid, for stupid horses are the most
dangerous of all. Every horse shows
his character in his head, and chiefly
in the eye, just as certainly as a man
shows his character in his face; al
though, us in the case of men, it is
not always easy to read what is writ
ten in the equine features. But as to
horses Of positive character, positively
good OF positively bad, there need be
a dealer, for Il wOman's use, without
even taking her out of the stable. She
seemed to be sound, and | felt sure
from her eye that she was unusually
gentle and safe. and so she proved to
be. On the other hand. out of six
or eight horses shown to me at n
SatlC obtipl' III olit OANt'ioh' L J''tN
one-the best in the lot otherwise
because his eye, though not absolutely
bad. was such as to arouse suspicion;
and the owner afterward admitted to
me that the animal was different from
the rest in being a little mean
| mention these instances to show
that any person of average intelligence
can learn. by taking pains. to read the
equine character. Horse dealers and
trainers seldom make a study of the
matter. because they do not care about
it. What you should look for is a
large. clear. luminous eye; what you
should distrust is a small eye. Il pro-
truding eye. a sunken eye, an eve
that shows the white. CHANGING back
ward. which indicates bad temper; and
above all. a CLASSY. tremulouS eye,
which indicates stupidity. 1t is hard
to describe. but easily recognized.
There should be a considerable space
between the eyes. The ears and the
carriage of them are hardly less sig
nificant. Well-cut ears that move con
tinually with a gentle tendency to
be pricked forward indicate Il good
and lively disposition. Large ears. i
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-15

being accused of completely in the stage
robbery. He longed to be back on the
old Iowa farm. He determined to 60
home and negotiate the return o. The
bullion at a safe distance. He took a
small piece of the bullion up town to
a ieweler and offered it for sale. The
man asked him where he got it. He
told. him that he got it in the noun
tains, which swas' true. The jeweler
gave him about one-third the value of
the bullion in greenbacks. showing he
believed the bullion had been stolen.
Bob learned that a poor man with his
blankets loaded down with gold was an
object Of suspicion. He began to
scheme to get rid of the gold. He
walked down to the river and was
going to throw 1t in. but some one
seemed to be always happening along
at the wrong time. He became salts
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1895-06-15

well shaped, are better than very small
or mouse ears. Lop-earS, coarse ears,
ears planted either very far apart or
very close together, are to be viewed
with great distrust.
Next in Importance to the head come
the feet. They should be of medium
size, neither steep like a mules nor
fiat, but sloping at il medium angle,
The best feet are "cup-shappd'-that
is. so formed that when you pick them
up they will hold water.
AS to the other points of a horse,
shall not attempt to go into details.
because | fear that they would convey
information only to those VINO do not
need it. But this may he said general
ly by way of advice: Avoid Il long
backed or thin-waisted, still more \
long-leggcd horse. Look for a com
pact. rather Outstanding beast with
a good head, good eyes, and we'll
shaped ears. and you cannot 90 far
wrong.-Century.