Semi=weekly graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1895-1902, 1896-08-08
PINE BLUFFS EULOGY.

| There is not Il IOOU OF ground tnat
| has fictictious value; not aconserY-
alive investment but yields it's maker
| literally; not a single empty renting
house, and not one dilapidated
boomer within its gates.
The Gibraltar of Arkansas munich
palities, the store-house of Southern
Arkansas, the beautiful homes, long
may she continue to add to the sta
/ bility of trade, shelter human happi-
| ness and point with the finger Of her
railroads to every city in the land
A more attractive object than the
surroundings OF Pine Bluff cannot be
found in all the vast galleries of ma
lures beauties.
Prosperous. happy and busy, her
streets are thronged, her mechanics
are Industrious, her merchants con-
tented; surrounded by splendid farm
ing lands, Pine Bluff, the city of bea-
tiful girls; the railroad center, with
many trains pouring in and out of
its gates every day. The metropolis
Of the State stands progressive, great
and growing; her broad streets and
ample shade, fine buildings and So
ciable people, impressing all with
favor and rendering this desirable
home.
Pine Bluff is not a city of Soap
bubble creation: her founder was not
the hustling boomer, and she does
not rely upon misrepresentation Tor
favorable description.
She cannot trace her origin to the
recent discovery of gold mines, or
anything of that character, but on
the contrary, was u prosperous trad
Ing point before many OF the sur
rounding towns occupied q position
on the map.
Her advancement was as Arm as
Gen. StOnewall Jackson in fight.
Property is as stable in value as is
charity in public esteem. The spires
OF the churches are many. rise higher
than the hills hey ond. but not SO
high as the motives of church MEM
beers.
No eloquent tongue can pay as
high tribute to a city's American
ism as the presence of the public
school buildings, and Pine Bluff will
not in this regard bow her head
with feeling OF inferioritY to any
city in Arkansas.
We have electric lights, good wa
ter, sewerage, and a city govern
ment which provides good. sub
stantial administration of municipal
1t will be seen that the law is not
only rigi lily enforced as to mOrtals,
but to animals likewise. when it is
known that all Prescriptions bOyines
robust shoats, spawned equines and
all other beasts, including dogs, are
confined TO the city pound for a
period of ten days at hard labor, for
beyond prescribed limits.
The newspapers are awake To
their duties to thepublic and politics,
place q double head on all write-ups
OF cuck-tights, as we'll as articles con-
corning International policy and
aseribe measles, summer complaint
and rheumatism to the influence of
the opposite party.
Pine Bluff society circles are shin
ing bands OF hers greatness. Although !
select, mans war record, or pre-
viOus condition, exerts no material
influence, and with all her people
there is the proper regard for hos
pitality.
A calloused hand is considered a
better recommendation of ones
worth than a kid glove, and the
stream of hospitality flows forth I'M
impeded by whimsical distractions,
sweeping everything before them
and classifying the people, not rich
or poor, but as friends or enemies OF
law and order.