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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-23

FELL IN a FIRE IN A FIT.
A Woman and a Child Burned to
DeafIl Mt Gadsden.

Montgomery. Ala, Feb. PA special to
The Advertiser from Gadsden, Ala, tells
OF Two people being burned to death Mrs.
Nary Burton was discovered by two of
aer children, lying on the floor, her head
and shoulders lying in the fire and her en-
tire body enveloped in flames. Mrs. Bur
,on was subject to epilepuc fits, and It
= thought she was attacked while sweep
ing and fell in the fire.
small child Of Katie Fitzgerald fell
INTO the fire, and It's head was so badly
nutned so as to cause its death.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-23
AN ACCOMMODATING HUSBAND.
He Kills Himself so his Wife Can
Live With Another Nam

St. Joseph, Mo-, Feb 22.-H. J. Nilhouse,
a stock raiser. Ii ing near here, yesterday
had his wife arrested on a charge Of big
amy. To-day he committed suicide leav-
ing a letter in which ne declared that
he took his own life in order that his wife
might be free TO live with the man whom
she had married in violation Of the law
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-05-02
Thoughtlessly Frank.

Il suppose you will be out again to- night, {" remarked Sportington's wife severely.
 T will, he replied with feeling unless l manage to hold better hands than got last night. w Washington Star.
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A wonder of Colorine In Flowers.

The editor of Notes For the Curi- ous' recently read wonderful CD &C., count of bunch of roses kept in New York herbariam, which still retain their original color, notwithstanding the fact that they were cut from the parent stalk three years and one month before the signing of our Declaration of Independ- ence, The editor of the paper in which the notice appeared, he no doubt oonsid- ering it the eighth wonder of the world, asked if any reader could give information concerning a case in which roses or other flowers had retained their natural colors for so long time
 We would state that we have seen well preserved wreaths and garlands of lotus, red and yellow poppies, and other unolassified flowers which were found on Egyptian mummies known to have been dead over 6, 900 years. The red poppies were but shade lighter than those dried and pressed but month or a year before, aud in the case of the yell low variety there was no distinguish able difference between those from the ancient tombs and specimens which had been dried but a week If the editor who refers to tho colonial roses as wonders will visit the Egyptian museum at Cairo, he will find dried eolored flowers of sufficient antiquity to excite bis won der. St Louis Republic
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-05-02
Moods Pills cure liver ills, constipation hiliousness. iaundics. sick headache. indisssttsA

capable of submitting that fair, can did and intelligent criticism that helps to better results in future. In times of general popular discontent like these, too much is often expected of legislation. There are many ills which neither Congress nor State 1 Legislatures can cure, but there are many people who are not disposed to admit it.
 We are inclined to think that when the summary is completed of the work of the Legislature just ad- 1 journed it will be found to compare very favorably with that of most former Legislatures. It has fallen far short of public expectation in many particulars, it is true, and we confess to some serious disappoint- ments ourself. We ought, by all means, to have had well-ordered railroad commission, and it is simply ineXeusable that the elections were not consolidated. But Independence county still retains Oil Trough Bot tom, with it's rict lands and Demo- cratic majority; our prohibition friends remain happy in the reten- tion of the special three mile act around Batesville. and, notwith- standing the first fifty days of the session were practically wasted in consideration of measures of a local or special character and of no real
 1aportanee, which ought to be abso- lutely prohibited by the Constitu- tion, candid inspection of the journal will show that some good measures of general importance, which we can all indorse, and which will promote the general welfare of the people and State; have been enacted. Give the devil his dues. However prolific and abundant crit icism of the legislature may be, let it be fair and truthful, and spoken for the purpose of improvement in the future.
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ARbEST DAILY CITY CIRCULATION
cogFESSTONS OF COIN


 Coin, what did you mean in your Financial School by sayiug (p. } while trying to show that the silver dollar had always remained the unit: e'eo that up to 1873 we were on what was known as blmetaille basis. but what was in fact 8 silver basisY Didn't you know that from abont 1840 a silver dollar was never seen in circulation, and that gold was the only money in use2
 No. I had not known about that
 Well. coin you are small boy ane may learn sense and many other things as you grow older, but didns vou know you were fibbing when you said We were on a silver basis in fact after 1884?
 Well, yes, but l changed the sense a little to suit what the silver mlne owners told me to preach. They tell all their speakers to make con fusing statements, and then by the time they are exposed to go onto something else.
 Then you knew, did you, that the market ratio of gold to silver after 1884 was so far different from the 1o,.ot ,at;o of 16.l that pold was the cheaper metal and drove out silver and that no silver dollars were IT circulation from that time unti 1878?
 Yes, but did not think it obliga tory on me to put in everything, es pecially if it did not agree With mA orders from my employers. Prof. J Laurence Laughlin, in Chicago 1tDcs 9eraid
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TIE ARCHITECT.

Oh. famous and fine Is the rare architect Who rocks not of labor or cost Whose buildings with jewels and silver arc
 decked,
 Where never a beauty is lost In silence works he through the day and the
 night,
 Nor sound cf a hammer is heard. Pagodas and palaces Sleaming with light Arise at his beck or his wordl In country or town, on the meadow or hill, He chooses and uses site. No law doth he own but the law of his will, And none may dare question his right. Unwearied by time and undaunted by foe, Untrammeled by fear or command, He builds for all people, the high and the low With patient and prevalent hand. The castle and cottage alike he Il adorn, Nor meanest of things doth disdain The peasant sleeps sweetly and finds in the
 morn
 A palace on his window pane Oh, famous and fine Is this architect rare, Who rocks not of labor or cost, Who builds gorgeous mansions and yet has to
 snnre,
 The King of all builders, Jack Frostl
 ZitelIa Cooke in Youths Companion
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THE LEGISLATURE.
Hort Smith Elevator.


 The thirfieth session of the Gen eral Assembly ended last week. Like all Legislatures which met before It, it is the subject of much criticism, some of which, doubtless. is de served, but most of which is useless, and which grows out of ignorance and the natural disposition of the average American citizen to kick at everything that does not suit him.
 The Legislature ustadjourned was perhaps the hardest working body that ever met in the State house. It put in good long hours and con sidered a large number of bills. This is one of the reasons why it did not accomplish more. From first to last there were nearly 800 bills be- fore it. Some of these were meas ures of the greatest importance, but most of them were of trivial na- ture. However, the trifling mat ters consumed just as much time as the greater ones. For this the leg islator should not be blamed. He is elected to carry out the wishes of his constituents, and if they choose to make demands upon him which he cannot fulfill, or to burden him with
 
 a multiplicity of bills, etc, his con. stituents have but themselves tC blame if he fails to meet their ex pectations.
 While most of the work done bl the late Legislature was of a mega tive nature, still an examination O the published list of the bills whiel passed shows that many of them ar, excellent measures.
 The Batesville. Guard, one of the fairest though most unsparing crit. ics in the State, has this to say o the Legislature just adjourned.
 It is a weakness Of human nature to find fault with our legislative bodies Few of them are ever ac corded the credit they really de serve for excellent results often ac. compishea sponsible criticism is always easy and abundant Many of those who find most fault are un. able to explain how better things might have been done; and they are largely in the minority, who are
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-05-02
PLAYED WITH THe BULLS HEAD.
The Penalties Attached to 8 Hand In Poker
 Held Against Five Kings.

The Penalties Attached to 8 Hand In Poker
 Held Against Five Kings.
 Some varieties of cards have the pie ture of bulls head upon the fifty third card, which is known as the joker, .. and largely affected by progressive euohre players when they are working assiduously for plated watch charms and cotton lace collars. It Is seldom used in Q game of poker, but in some sections it is left in the deck upon such occasions, and when man holds 1t he is at liberty to give 1t the same value as any other card in his hand. The oth- or night party of jovial spirits sat down to while away few hours at the seductive pastime, and when some ono asked what kind of poker should be played another suggested that 'every thing should go. :" In the parlanoe of poker this means . great deal A player can cheat to his hearts content provided he is not discovered, and as all the players were equally well equipped with tricks the proposition was acceded to.
 During the game one of the players excused himself for 6 moment on soma apparently proper plea and left the room. While he was absent he secured new deck of cards and arranged them 80 that the person who dealt them would receive four aces, while the man to his left would get four kings. In his hurry he failed to remove the bull head Re turning to the room, he took his scat, and winking to the man next to him, whose deal It happened to be, he deftly slipped him the "cold deck. " The deal. or. having confidence in his friend, took the pack and dealt out the hands. Of course he got the four aces The betting was confined to him and the man to his left, and at last, when each had his cash and all his worldly possessions in the way of jewelry and wearing apparel staked on the result, the hands were called.
 The dealer gladly announced the pro- prietorship of four aces and reached out 1 for the plunder. The other man stop ped him instanter Why. you oan't beat four acesf" calculated the dealer
 "Oh, yes, can, said his opponent. "I've got four kings and the bulls head, and that makes i've That means that take tho pot and all she rest of 1 your clothes. and that every time meet you on the street in the next six months you'll have to give me @ s5 bill. D
 Then the game broke up.-W Washing l ton Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-05-02
The New Tiara.

The return of the tiara seems to de- note that the style of hairdressing is again in the ascendant. This ought to be good news to all except the divinely tall woman, to whom the loss of an inch or two by ooifrure dressed low in the neck was immaterial To the aver age woman the Maionna style of head dress was certainly handicap. It sug. gested a revival of the archaic scarcely more in keeping with the ordinary Brit ish profile than tho professed apprecia- tion of Botticelli is with the ordinary British character. Pail Mall Budget.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-05-02
How to get
 RosyCheeks.

No matter how severe your sick-headaches, Ramon's Tonic Liver piilswill permanently cure them. You will feel like a new person. No more sour stomach or dizziness, or loss of appetite. or bilious headachesl Instead, you will have rosy cheeks, clear eyes, and a healthy, strong body. Ramon's Tonic Liver Pills arouse the liver and cleanse all poisonous bile from the system, purify the blood, "tone up" the nerves and stimulate good ap- petite.
 They are mild, but do their work efectually. One pill, a dose; sample free.
 At sli dealers. or mall. for 26c.. s boxes si.oo.
 BROWN MFG. oo., New York. For sale by Mann-Tankersley Drue Company.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-05-02

The following firms, l.. E. Gold smith, Thalheimer Bros, Smith X
 Robinson, Mccain Grocery Co, l. r.
 Lloyd and Atkins X Strickland are well known and their judgment of quality respected by the people of Pine Bluff. They now have for sale and are in a position to guarantee "Cheatham' Full Moon Flour. ' which costs little more than any other flour, but which will be sold at the same price as the other leading brands to consumers. The flour that suits all the people is the "Full Moon" 1Sdlm
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-05-02
Blind Tom" Coming.

Blind Tom" natures great musi- cal prodigy, will appear at the Opera-house in this city on Saturday evening May 4 Mir. D. L. Willis, the advance agent, was in the city today making tie necessary arrangements. This announcement will no doubt be hailed with joy by the music-loving public of Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-05-02

Dahomey is the smallest state in Af- rica. It has 1000 square miles, almost the exact size of Connecticut.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-05-02

Calvins face was too strongly mark ed to be called handsome, Impressive and stern ara tho words that best de- scribe his features.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26
IS -

ment is possible, that in the end, indeed,
no government is desirable, except it be
pfedlcated upon the maintenance of con-
dltlons enabling labor to receive a sur
plus above necessities and thus, by prud-
ence, sobrlety and application, to par
lclpate IN and contribute to the progress
happiness and glory of civilian ton. Com
plnatlons OF organized labor may be able
Tor time, as has been done in this coun-
try, to keep wages from falling as they
tend to 90; though even then the losses
Que to lack of employment and reduced
HourS amount to very large sum
which really reduces the nominal wages
received. Wage statistics that do not
SHOW how little work man has are
Valueless. 1t would be better for the
plumbers in this town to work for s12 a
week and be constantly busy than for
$500 day and get employment only two
or three days week. The common la
borers in one of the wards of Duluth
whose average employment, as 1 am
told by census agent has been about six
weeks during the past year, would be
glad or lower wages but more work
And so with the bricklayers and stone
masons whose average was three or
four months.
When laboringman owes a debt he
should be able to pay it with the same
VALUE of labor that he borrowed, not the
same AMOUNT of labor. If his la Dor grows
in efficiency he, and not his creditor
should receive the benefit of it. The la
boringman's interests are precisely the
same as the manufacturers, the trades
mans and the farmers, in this respect
And the policy that is sure to wreck all
employers in productive industry, if con-
tinued, cannot fail to ruin also the men
who work for them. Profits cannot dis
appear and leave wages untouched. When
men that hire labor become bankrupt the
man who works is very apt to be out of
a job. The voluminous evidence gath
cred by the English Parliamentary Com
mission on the depression of trade and
industry, shows conclusively that wages
in England have been long falling and
continue to fall. In the United States
various conditions have prevented the
full operation of the same cause as yet
but many of it's effects are already WISH
bic, and the ultimate result, is clearly
foreseen by intelligent laboring men all
over the country Their attitude is not
uncertain. They are and will be for
money system that is favora BILE to indus
try and that deals justly between man
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-09-26

gOld standard, involve so certainly the
final ruin of the man who can find work
only where other men make profits that
the gold apologist is always conscious of
being a little at a disadvantage when ad-
dressing a laboring man. When, there
fore, he draws forth his human toil'
unit, it is with an air of infinite satisfac-
ton. But there are certain difficulties in
the acceptance of this new unit. In the
first place it happens that the law makes
the unit to consist of 1872 grains of fine
gold, called a dollar" So the Tabor
unit" would involve an abandonment of
the gold standard by act of congress, and
that is precisely what these very people
don't propose to allow In the next
place, how would you define the new
unit? Shall you say that the labor unit
shall consist of the value of days work?
If so, what kind of work? For different
kinds of work cannot be of the same
value. And then, by what sort of man
must this particular kind of work be done
in order to constitute it the measure of
toll in general and of all other values?
Men differ in skill, strength and efficiency.
The same man varies at different times
in all these respects; just what condition
shall the law prescribe that he shall be
in when he goes out to set the pace for
the values of the universe? In short
fellow citizens, the labor unit is bar
rem ideality. You cannot define it. You
cannot think it, There is and can be no
such thing. 1t is pure fustian rhetoric
with which a cause that is the enemy of
all labor seeks to disguise it's true charac-
Ter.
UNJUST TO LABOR.
Again: it is universally agreed that
the perfect measure of values would be
changeleSS one; and that as a practical
fact the world ought to choose a stand
ard that approaches that ideal as nearly
as possible. But what friend of labor
will consent that the unit of labor shall
be irrevocably fixed, it's value tied to
present conditions and doomed eternally
to bear it's existing relations to all other
things? No; the law of social progress
is one that assures to labor a constantly
increasing increment in the results of
improved processes of production. The
lot of labor is to be a. happy one. The
British doctrine, that taught by it's writ
ers on economics, is that the workingman
is doomed to an ultimate condition of
practical servitude. where wages shall be
only enough to supply his body with the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-16
MECHANICAL NOVELTIES.

BOMBAY jeweler has constructed
the smallest watch in the world. 1t is
only about the size of. dime, and has
complete works and keeps exact time.
No LESS than dozen Tennessee men
are at work on flying machines. One
OF them hopes to be able to give trial
trip at the Atlanta exposition.
CAsT-IRoN blocks are being tried in
some of the most frequented streets of
Paris, instead of the granite blocks
usually placed alongside tramway rails.
EDISON has been for some time at
work at the combination of the kineto-
scope with the phonograph, and, it is
said. he will in a short time offer the
r;nblic an instrument that will show ac-
tion and give phonetic expression stimuli
taneously.
"A sTREET-CAR compressed air motor
recently underwent trial in Rome, N.
" The motor and car were hung on
elliptic springs and the ease with which
wide joints, frogs and imperfections
were passed over attracted much favor
able comment
Mr.. KAPs, a well-known matchmaker
OF Chicago, is the owner of clock the
works of which are in the inside of an
ordinary wine bottle and the dial is set
obliquely on the top of the bottle.
There is quite mystery attached to
this curiosity. Several years ago it
hoated to the shore from Lake Mich
igan. -.. ~.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-16
HOW 1T CAME.
A Miracle That Was Wrought In q Very
Simple Manner.

n Muaclo ChDG HaS wrought In q Eory
Simple Manner.
The Contemporary Review tells an
amusing story of how a simple-minded
curate was rudely enlightened as to the
ways of providence. A good-hearted
curate, who firmly believed that God
was continually working miracles to
enable him to help the needy, and who
seldom had a coin in his pocket, though
he was never devoid of the fire of char
ity in his heart, was accosted one day
Dy q beGgar woman.
He pleaded utter lack of money, and
sadly turned aside; but on the mendi-
cant's beseeching him to search his
pockets, he hopelessly put his hand in
one, and to his nmazement and Joy,
found a flve-shilling piece.
Another of Gods miracles" he ex-
claimed; and tken, addressing the
woman: "This coin belongs to you.
Take it, and go in peace"
Having told the story. a few hours
later to his worldly-minded parish
priest, and suggested that they should
both go down on their knees and rem
der thanks to God, strange, unpleas-
ant light suddenly broke on the mind
of the shrewd pastor, who exclaimed In
accents not suggestive Of Thanksgiving:
Good heavens! Are those my breeches
that you've on your"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-05-16
a LAND. WITHOUT STONE.

First Dwellers In Babyionis Were Forced
to Mako Bricks.
When men first settled in Babylonia
there was no stone. Dig where you
will, say Chipiez and Perrot, ''you will
not find stone in the country, from
Bagdad to the sea, larger than nut"
But they found ready to their hands
in the river most abundant materials
for mailing bricks, with which their
temples and towns were built. This
clay they mixed with chopped straw.
In some cases they merely dried the
bricks in the sun, and such was the con-
sistency of the clay that it is even now
difficult to break these bricks,
In other cases they were burnt. In
the case of the burnt bricks they inter-
calated layers ofreeds, and bound them
together by bitumen, instead of NOR
tar. This was chiefly brought from
Hit, on the Euphrates, where IL still
nbounds.
The bricks were beautifully made in
molds, and in the normal pattern were
cbout one foot square, four or five
inches thick, and rectangular in shape,
and sometimes tricngular or otherwise
formed, SO as readily to make up into
arches and Taults. .a..
Many of them bore the names of the
carly kings impressed upon them, as
may be seen in specinens in the British
maseum. Brichmalting was truly an
important art in these early times.
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