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THE CITY COUNCIL.
Considerable Business Transacted Another Paving District
 Established
Considerable

The Council was called to order last night by Mayor Goldsmith, with quorum of Aldermen present.
 Clerk E. B. Bloom read the min- utes of the last meeting, which were approved.
 Chairman Boyce, of the Cemetery Committed, announced that the grass mower had been received and that the weeds and grass in Bellwood Cemetery would soon be cut down.
 Alderman Atkinson, of the Water & Light Committee, made his usual report, that the water being fur nished the city was not up to con tract.
 Alderman Goza, of the Fire Com mittee, in his report showed that the water pressure for the past ten days had not exceeded 20 pounds. MT. Goza told of Q conversation with Judge Elliott. The latter gentle man, while in Colorado, met Judge Caldwell, and in discussing the water question of Pine Bluff, told him that the pressue being given by the water company did not exceed 20 pounds. Judge Caldwell laughed at the idea and accused Judge Elliott of talking from heresay. Mr. Goza introduced the following resolution, which was adopted:
 ResolUed, That the special attor- neys of the city be directed to notify Judge Caldwell, that the receiver of the Water & Light Go. has failed to furnish water as ordered, the pres sure for the last ten days being from fifteen to twenty-five pounds, as measured by an Edison patent reg ister now owned by the city. 1 On motion the Southern Grocery Company was allowed until October 2, 1895, to remove its powder maga- zine.
 A communication was read from Southwestern Telegraph and Tel phone Co.,, notifying the Council oi their payment of 30 cents for eacf pole maintained by the company ir this city, and protesting against the payment of such a tax. The coun' cil was notified that the company in tended to take legal steps 10 recover the money. The communication was ordered filed.
 The report of City Engineer White | shows that work to the amount o $1 200 had been done upon the street: of the city for the first quarter. The Engineer also reported that grades were being established from Barra que street to Sixth avenue, inclusive and recommended a 30-inch drainag, pipe with catch basin heing pu down on Laurel, from Rarraque tt the river, as that would preven' water from those thoroughfares run
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A Handsome Lot of Fancy Stationery.

The GRAPHIC has just received a large lot of fancy stationery, consist ing of calling cards, wedding sta
 tionery, plain and guilt folders, etc., which we can offer to the public at very reasonable prices. We invite the public and the ladies especially to call and examine this stock when in need of anything in that line. We have the largest variety of the latest styles and designs of calling cards which we can print at very reasonable prices. Call and see our new stock before placing your orders. Orders also taken for en-. graved cards and stationery. dtl
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The Landlords Protective Association
 The landlords of the city have formed an association for mutual protection against non-rent payers. The Association is composed of nearly every landlord in the city. A meeting of the association was held yesterday afternoon and permanent organization waa effectee by the elec- tion of officers and a Board of Direc- tors
 The meeting was a secret one, and the names of the members of the as- soc iation, the officers nor the Board of Directors will be made public.
 The business of the Association will be conducted through Mir. Chas. Haycock, who was employed as Corresponding Secretary.
 The Association is a strong one, and persons who are in the habit of moving from house to house to avoid paying rent, will soon find that they will soon be unable to rent a house in Pine Bluff, unless they can show a clear receipt from their last | landlord.
 We believe that the move made by the landlords will not alone be bene- ficial to themselves, but will also be of advantage to renters. for land lords can afford to rent a house cheaper when they know that they are certain oficollecting rents from 1 them.
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WILES OF THE WORLD.
A Colored Girl Adopts an Ingenious
 Method to Get Ice.

The colored brother, or rather sis ter, has never been given proper credit for his or her intelligence. While the colored race has always been put down as lacking in knowl- edge, they have nevertheless always evinced a remarkable shreWdness in times of emergency.
 If there is any one who doubts this statement, let that one inquire of Mr. w. L. Dewoody this morning, for we are quite sure he can speak from experience of the negroes shrewdness, cupidity and intelli- gence.
 Last evening MT. Dewoody re- turned to his home after a day of smeltering labor and concluded that he would cool off by drinking a glass of cold ice water. Upon going to the water cooler and then to the re- frigerator, MT. Dewoody found no ice to cool his parched lips or slake his unquenchable thirst, so he called his two proud little sons to him, aged 8 and , years respectively, and gave tkem dime and told them to run down to the ice factory and get some ice.
 In the cou,s SC of twenty minutes the boys returned, but without the ice The elder of the two anticipa- ted any questions that might be asked by first inquiring of his mother who was anxiously looking with 8 mothers pride into the beeming face of "younghopeful, If the new colored girl she had just hired had returned with the ice.
 "Why, my son, said the fond mother, ''I have hired no new girl OWith an expression of amazement and bewilderment the boy then pro ceeded toexplain that as he and his little brother were comming home with the ice they had met a colorec girl who had told them that she hac been sent for the ice and for the boys to 2 o by MT Bridges and get some spice and she would go down to the store for the tea. Of course the little fellows who were inexperienced in the wiles 0 this wicked world readily accepted the statements of the colored girl and did as she said, and were none the wiser until they reached home
 The fond father who heard tht story appreciated the originality o the trick, and laughed heartily ovel it.
 This morning the good mother started the boys out to tie butcher shop with the caution to remember that she had hired no new servant. |LooD'c sarsaparilla wins its wa, H into the confidence of the peopl, hy the good it is doing. Fair trial 1 e1 arantee permanent CURES.
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wiry. His face is bronzed by the suns of many seasons on the deserts of Egypt. He has travelled several times across the Sahara desert Coyle says his companions in the perilous expedition will go largely for the glory there will be in it in case of success, but he is inspired only with zeal to rescue his friend, thereby keeping avow made to him over ten years ago, and to do what the British government has shame fully left undone for deacde. There are believed to be about twenty othersin in bondage with Neufeldt.
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My mother had been a sufferer for several years with stomach trouble. She read so much about Hoods Sar- saparila that she decided to take 1t, and after using one bottle she is en- tirely well. EMMA BOWMAN,
 FUlmosa, Ark.
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Hoods Pills cure biliousness.
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HOODS Sarsaparilla wins its way Hl into the confidence of the people hy the good it is doing. Fair trials el arantee permanent CURES.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-06-04
ENGLISH STATE reLeaRAeas.
Messages Cot IL IL Cents Each. and All
Must DO PREPAID.

MesSagos Cost ~ IL Cents Each. and All
Must Do Prepaid.
The telegraph service Of Great Britain
is undoubtedly quicker. moro reliable
and oiiealcr than that Of the United
States. ] make this statement after
proper allowance OF tho differences ia
distances. It costs 1915 cents for -
words and 1 cent for every additional
word. This for Groat Britain and Iro-
land-a uniform rate.
It works admirably, as nearly all tho
postoilices are also telegraph Offices. AS
a rule, tho people arc civil and obliging,
and tho delivery Of messages moro
prompt than with rs.
These postofices, which include, as a
rule, news stands and %stationers' shops,
arc scattered all over the city, especial
y in London, and has no such trou-
bic in getting postolloe orders, postal
notes, stamps, etc, as is too often tie
case in New York.
Another great advantage Of the Brit
ish system is that there is no such thing
as sending messages "collect." You can
prepay an answer to q telegram, end the
boy brings up a blank with the telegram
when an answer hes been paid for
Again, if you write to any one and
want q telegraphio reply. merely inclose
a blank with sixpenny postage stamps
affixed. This saves tho trouble Of trans
hitting money or imposing on a friond
for reply.
At oue of the big city dinners a few
weeks ago l sat opposite w. II. Preoce,
G. B., the engineer in chief and cleo
trician Of British Telegraphio Wonder
land. Ho was greatly interested in the
fact that we counted the population by
tho means Of electricity, and of course
know exactly how it was dono.
Tho increase in 20 years Of messages
alone from G, 500, OC0, when three pri-
vate companies controlled tho business,
to 70, 600, 600 messages in 1894, tells ITS
own story. That the number Of offices
has increased threofold, now numbering
1000, and the miles Of wire have in
creased from GO, coo to 200, O0O-surely
this indicates that tho public arc well
and oheaply served.
Financially tho telegraph department
Is today paying expenses, but not the in
terest on the money invested. Il is
claimed, however, that the division Of
expenses between the p%ostofice branch
and the telegraph branch was of such
an artificial character that the two sery-
ices should DO looked at together fnap-
cially. This would show q net annual
surplus Of from sl3, 750, 600 toal5, O0O,-
Coca very handsome addition to the
public revenues
A uniform telegraph service, say, Of
20 cents per message, isno more, in this
advanced Gay Of electrical appliances,
than a uniform 2 cent letter ratio was
when adopted. Inter Ocean.
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Tho Illinois Legislature created n now
crimo--wiio destrlion Formerly I'm
this state. n8 oiscwhc1c. n man could
desert his family without auy danger Of
imprisonment 10 might DO compelled
20 give UP some money 90 provide for
vito and children, hut ho was guilty OF
no crime and was safe from arrest Ito
Is so no longer. DISCRETION Of his family
has been made q felony. punishable
with imprisonment at hard labor in the
~ponitoniiary. and not only has the law
been passed, but several prosecutions un-
der il have begun in tho Chicago justice
courts.
No % viii complain Of this The
Abandonment Of their families BY men
who forget honor and obligation has Boz
como M abuse 20 widespread as TO call
for tho sevcrost punishment Men marry
young women aud desert them after
tho charm Of tho FIRST intimacy has worn
OF, aud this they buvo been ablo to do
hithertowith perfect iinpuniiy It IS no
longer possibloin Illinois The law may
not result In restoring husbands TO for
saxon wives or in reviying lost love, but
IL will nt least deter advInturcrs marry
ing young women without first consid-
oring tho legal aspect Of the matter. -
Humane Journal.
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some mcn wilh o nlg Oh truce io TIE
Union limos with tho message from the
dying officer TO his wife.
Late that night tho party returned.
aud the meeting Of tho dying husband
and bis young wiio was tho most Affect
ing scene which i have over witnessed.
u 1Tea compelled TO go elsewhere.
but before ] left tho Borrowing couplo /
ascertaiued that tho namo Of tho wound
cd officer was Major Barlow Of New
York. ! often thought Of the ead Incl
dent, which mudo upon mo ono OF tho
most vivid impressions that ] received
Ia the war.
shortly afterward q cousin OF mino
whose mime and initials were the Same
as mino was killed IN battle.
THE war closed. Ten years a~fterward
! was with q distinguished gentleman
ia How York who invited mo TO be
present at % dinner ho was ia give that
evening. Among The guests 60 whom /
was introduced was q certain Msior
Barlow. lsupposej that he was q cousin
OF tho man whom 1 bad left dying on
tho field at Gettysburg with his devoted
vito beside him.
" ] once know a Major Barlow, I
said to my new acquaintance.
81 onoe know General Gordon ho
answered.
"'But the Major Barlow 1 knew is
dead / added.
"''And tho General Gordon whom I
knew is also dead, no answered.
II started to tell him the story Of the
Major Barlow whom l had left dying
on tho field at Gettysburg when ho in
terrupted me, exclaiming:
My God, General Gordon, / am
that mani But you wore killed az An
tietam.
And 1 know you died &c Cottys-
burg, said I, FOR ] saw you.'
Mutual explanations followed. It
seems strange to mo that the warmest
friendship Of my life should have begun
in those awful scenes Of blood and oar-
mage ct Gettysburg. The simple service.
that / performed that day when / sent
for that dying soldiers wife has made
Major Barlow and his vito tho dearest
friends I havo on earth, notwithstand-
ing l wore the gray and he the blue. "
Philadelphia Press.
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Among the stories cold about the ex.
perienoes Of police telegraph operators
by tho attaches Of the electrical bureau
is one which relates to au ex-speoial
officer, who is now q regular operator
at a substation up town. While acting
as Sub" in a West philadelphia dis
trict he received a call from the CEN
trail, which ho promptly wrote on his
slate as he received it. at tho close Of
the message he found that it read
"Send wagon to Phil. Ahosp. aud learn
condition Of Hen. Coop" He was com
pletely stalled. Ho could not imagine
who Phil. Ahosp was, nor whore he was
to be found, nor what particular hon.
coop tho central was interested in. rs
felt that thoro was a mistake some
where, but was satisfied thas sc must be
at tho other end Of the wire. AS the
hour was near relieving time, he decid-
ed to wait and consult his relief before
sending tho wagon on q wild goose
chase CT asking tho central to repeat.
On tho arrival Of bis relief DO was IN
formed that the operator who had sent
the message generally abbreviated his
messages. aud probably tho ono received
would read; 'Send wagon to Philadel-
phia hospital and learn condition Of
Henry Cooper" This proved to be tho
proper solution. - Philadelphia Record.
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When taking his walk abroad, Herr
Won Pump is generally to be seen in tho
company Of a plain looking but wealthy
hoircss. lis creditors arc thus deluded
into tho expectation OF a marriage b.
tween the pair and give him a little
longer respite
Suale, tho student and joyous boon
companion, prefers to DO seen walking
arm IN arm with Santtmciar, q candi-
date for tho ministry. People are then
heard to remark, "Sunle Is beginning to
grow steady, it appears.
Ehrhnber, the manufactures, likes to
trot along with Krieger, the old vetor-
an, whoss breast is all covered with
medals and ribbons. "a little borrowed
Fplondor, Ehrhnber thinks, 'will
shine upon my empty buttonholos.
Anna, not particularly good looking,
always goes out with Bertha, who IS &c.
cidedly plain. Then folks will shy,
"Anna Is not bad, after all "-Humor-
istische Bla..or.
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A balloon maker who uses kites in ex-
p%erimenting has madoa kite which, up
on boiug Q ssed into the air. will soud
away exactly like a bird. IL viii fall II
q string IS attached to it.
Anybody can make this kite If ho will
bear in mind the appearance Of q bird
in the air It consists Of a winglike
main part and a paddlelike tail. It may
DO Of any size. Tho wings should be like
two right angled triangles, connected
at the base, only tho paper must be
curved outward beyond the hypotenuse,
much the same as a birds wing is
curved. About half tho length Of one
wing from this main portion a light,
flexible piece Of wood should hold the
tail-a paper paddle Of the area OF one
Of tho wings.
Make each wing with a little convex
ity from the under side and don't at
tempt to fly it with n string. Tic a
string to the leg Of a frightened bird. 1t
will fly TO tho end Of it, futter a mo
ment and fall to the ground. This kite
will do the same.
A bird r. mot fly backward. Neither
can this type Of kite. It will go with
the wind, aud for tho same reason that
a bird goes forward.
The tendency Of the breeze, which
will first strike the tail, will DO to throw
the kite down, but as the tail goes down
IL elevates the wing portion. The in
slant the wings begin to rise to a per-
pendioular position to tho wind current
IL presents a broader surface to the
breeze and is Of oourso pushed onward.
BY this undulatory, snakelike wavering
itscuds onward and upward. This move
ment may be seen in any luttering flag
ON a breezy day. Indeed this discovery
was made by observing the undulatory
motion of a flag on a mast. Now York
Journal.
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TAE RLAlMe IN wINrsa.

4 Journey hcross the Continent In March
is Like u voyage.
The journey across The continent from
west TO east in midwintor Is very much
like n voyage. Wien one lands at St.
Paul from tho overland train, It is with
all the sensations Of making port after
having passed over tho ico5ound sea Of
tho plains.
The uniform dazzle Of miles Of nlo-
n%otonous SNOW, broken only whcro it
sinks to indigo shadow or swells to
crosts Of intolcrahle light, has for days
given to the world outside tho pane a
sentiment OF immensely rarely matched
by tho moving sca.
There is majesty in tho limitloss
sweep of level earth, so slightly over
arched by tie level sky. but majesty
that becomes dcsolation when seon in
intimate relation to human life.
A ferry team Of horses struggling
across the plaing, drawing a meagcr
slcdgo load Of frcwood along a narrow
trail in the NOW 20 some unseen farm
house, alternating through tho long
winter months for the resurrection Of q
few fierce weeks az saHmCr Sunshine; a
littlo scboaihoUo Of unplaned boards
pcrciScd On q swell Of tic vast, si,cnt
LANDSCAPES; n farmhouse backed by barn
and corral, with e tiny yarl i'm front
cncirclcd Is q tawdTy friil Of whiio-
washed paling, showing yellow above
the snowfall these, VITA miles Of snow
between, ricrco one with q lccner scuse
Of LONELINESS than could any personal
experience.
Tho human element is so inadequate
that II passes those scattered evidences
of a struggle for life as in q sound ship
one might pass a fail craft at sea.
There are eagle minds upon which
this solemn hostility Of unoonquared
nature acts as a challenge; II sees this
in the voice aud step and eye Of men
who havo built Dakota and Montana
towns. Sturdy and unawed, they have
fought their way and wreatod Tor them-
selves a foothold ON the great inhospi-
table plains.
Tho level iridosocnt blaze Of cloud-
less winter days, tho t~reeless prairies
a1ame with color ma.erialized in a
thousand wild flowers, tie dreary swulis
of autumn brown, lifted here aud there
into sharp buttes Of threatening stone
each in its own way inlprosses tso
imagination, but repels the nesting in
stinct OF home seeking man.-Atlantic
Monthly.
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women diamond workers.

Woman has entered an entirely new
field OF industry. SO far as is known
femininity has never been known to do
anything with diamonds except to adorn
her person, but now sho is a competitor
for honors in cutting, polishing, setting.
splitting and rounding these gems Of
many colors. a we'll known dealer has
in his employ a woman who means to
become proficient from A 90 2 in this
branch Of industry And why mott Any
thing that requires delicaoy Of touch,
patience or skill woman can do. Acou-
raoy comes with time and experience
New York News.
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DR.. Clara Marshall, DR.. Hannah T.
Cronsdalc, DR.. Amy S. Barton, Or. Ada
Audcnricd and several other philan-
thropio physicians have on foot an en-
tcrpriso which is to be fathered-no,
moihoIcd-by tho Woman's Medical
college. This is the establishment in
tho northeast section Of the city Of a
%disponsary for women, to be presided
over by women physicians. Such a work
needs no plea in its favor. Careless,
prosperous women arc sometimes slow
to realize that a poor and ignorant
woman has tho same unconquerable
aversion to talking Of herself and her
ailments to a man that they have, the
only difference being that they are able
to call on a physician of their own sex
and their less fortunate sister suffers
unrclieved. The Woman's Medical col
lego, however,, is fully aware Of this
difficulty, and every success deserves to
attend its efforts to incorporate this
truly missionary work in the SO called
sluins. =Philadelphia Press.
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The Mexican babies learn to tell
their beads long before they know the
anne Of the many brilliant flowers
that tangls about their brown feet. But
whether the spiritual or the physical
father Of the household starts the morn
ing hymn, all the household catch it
up, and the wife, the grown children,
the half grown children, the toddling
babies and last, but not sven in Mexico
least, the servan catch tho swoetly
worded, but simple melodied song, and
out beyond the cabina, the adobe hut,
OK in the richly carved palace the hew-
ers Of Mexican wood, the drawers Of
Mexican water. the tenders Of Mexican
grains and Of Mexican flowers join in the
morning chorus. But sweetest Of all
those sweet Mexican notes ring the treble
notes Of tho Mexican baby voice,
The children Of Mexico are born, 1.-Two
and develop under grave disadvantages,
but nature, even in Mexico, is the just
est Of stopmothers, and nature compen-
safes the children Of Mexico for some at
least Of the disadvantages with which
she scourges them. / do not know how
a child can better start tho big morn
ings of his little life than by singing
with his father. his mother and all tho
other people Of the homestead q sony Of
simple welcome to the morning.
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Appreciation.

The Elmira Advertiser tollsa story Of
q clergyman about TO leave his parish
who bad endearod himself TO every one
in it by his self denying pastoral work.
Among those who called upon him to
say g0odby were an aged couple who
woyo particularly fond Of him. When
they were about TO leave, the old lady,
with much feeling and many tears,
while nrasping the pastor by tho hand
twho rs moved 10 toars himselfl. said,
"Iho Lori only knows, Brother s.,
how often Two bitten my fingers that /
might keep awake TO hear your good
sermons" Tho moral of the story ap.
pears % DO that fne preaching Is not the
only necessary qualification Of a clergy
man,
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Lady Henry Somerset is undergoing
considerable abuse by various cranks
and fanatics. She is ayraigned for hay
ing a title, for owning property and for
not managing her property to suit the
single tax people and others who scs hut
one CAUSE, and that their own. II is
charged that she is, ''liko all %aristocrats
Of the Tolstoi description, willing to do
anything for the poor except get off
their backs" And yet if anything is
known about Lady Henry Somerset it
is that her tenement houses in London
have been torn down and rebuilt at
large cost and in accordance with by
gienic requirements, so that she gets a
very small return from them; that she
is concerned in a number Of movements
which have for their object the improve
ment Of tho social, moral and physical
condition Of the poor in London, aud
that, in fact, she is tho philanthropist
she processes herself. - Springfield
MASS. Republican.