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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-10-11
THE MISSING HANDKERcHlEa
Like Pins They Vanish and No One Knl
 Whfther They Go,

What becomes of all the handsa chiefs? That's as burning a questiI as where do all the pins go, only thaI handkerchief can be worn out, butWl pins the mystery deepens and we I only indulge in vague surmises asI their fate. Now, with handkercil it is different. They are large enosI not to slip away from us, but they d, by hundreds fairly. We are buy, them constantly, and when we q sider one has only one nose to buy it seems impossible for us to needl many. And the cost! For any soli' a one we pay 50 cents and 50 cents'I 50 cents-well, it counts up nightly the end of a year To be sure, ths,, are cheaper ones, but after bel washed once they come out an uglyll. low or gray, just because they are linen, but poor cotton instead. lh, are uncomfortable things to cal about, too; they are so undenR's shoddy.
 fyou do not get economical and sali yourself that you will purchase
 use an inferior quality in this aFtqi that cheap ones will be plenty seE enough to lose, you will lose themWj out doubt. But, like bread cast us5 the waters, they will return to
 every time to eonfound and con you. 1t will happen in this way; VT calling on a friend with this misery little piece of cotton kept well oa' | sight, as you suppose, you yet man to drop it. A week or so later VI friend will be at your house ana dueing this hated handkerchief < say: I'm sure this must belong 'osH ] found it by your chair the othel
 after you left. It really must beygss for it does not belong to any of my .E fly" Of course it is yours, ana
 shamefacedly acknowledge the oNl ship, but that is the last cheap bought, and instead you buy
 supply of good ones and fondly noF lose one where you did the last.
 on, if you will. No such luck wiilVa Your pretty, expensive handkercnsII will melt away. but you will never
 an opportunity to proudly claim 0n
 your own. It is only the ones
 ashamed of that are brought pS'' Philadelphia Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-10-11
FARE ONE DOLLAR.
Ho Was Quiet-Looking Man, But HI
 Knew How to Shoot.

fie Was Qulet-Looking Man, But He
 Knew How to Shoot.
 The ticket agent at Big Bend was not the man fer the place, and he realized it as we'll as many others. He was a nice man and knew his business, but he lacked sand. The fare from Big Bend to Black Hill was dollar but when any of the crowd wanted to go down they handed in two or three quar- ters, as the case might he, poked five or six inches of revolver through the window, and called out;
 Ticket for Black Hill, and don't waste too much time over it!
 The agent always handed out q ticket and pretended that things were all right, and the boys played it on him till he had to throw up his job. One day the old man went and the new one took his place, and four or five of the gang went down to the depot to size the latter up. When they re- turned to camp there was q ma ierity and q minority report. Bill Thompson was spokesman for the majority, and he said:
 ''He,s the softest thing in these we're parts. I'm not going to buy any more tickets. but I'll scare 'em outer him. The sight of gun will make his ha'r curl
 Bob Williams was spokesman for the minority, and was also the minority as well, He looked very serious as he said:
 "lie's a pale-faced. humble-loollin' eritter, but don't make no mistake on him. He carries his forefinger kinder eurled up, as if pnllin' trigger. and the first man who shoves q gun in on him is goin' to get hot lead in return"
 The camp was divided on the question, and after much talk Bill Thompson offered to make the test and settle the problem. In a day or two a score of us went down tc witness the perform ance. We were lounging about the waiting-room when in walked Bill with a whoop and, advancing to the ticket window, he gruffly inquired tue fare to Black Hill.
 One dollar was the reply.
 "A dollar fur me-I}ill Thompson 2" @Yes, sir; for you or anybody else" And you won't take half?'
 No. sir
 You won't take it with this thing behind il? ?" continued Bill as he showed the coin along with the muzzle of his gun.
 No, sir, and-!' And there was pop! popl pop! and six bullets were chasing each other into Williams an atomy. He lost finger, had an ear split, an eyebrow shot off, got q rake across the chin and another across the scalp. and he didn't have time to fall until all was over Then the agent opened the door of his office and looked IS over and said:
 'I didn't shoot to kill. and he isn't hurt much. The fare to Black Hill is one dollar-eXactly one collar. Anyone else want to get to Back Hill for quarter?"
 Without word 1T reply. we picked Bill mp and lugge;i him off. He was also very silept man. We had got him all bandaged ap and put to bed before he was ready to talk and then he sim ply inquired:
 Boys. who did all that shootin'?''
 ''Why, the feller you said you could bluff, answered one of the boys.
 -l but I thought I did!" he growled, as he turned his face to the wall and shed tears.-Washington Star
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-10-11

people of the state of Tennessee have worked the spring and summer months upon what now promises to be one of the finest eNpositions ever held in Amer ica.
 The grounds have been carefully laid out and a number of the largest build ings are nearing completion. The chief departments arranged under the man agement of the people of Tennessee are: Fine arts, architecture and history, commerce and liberal arts. horticulture and farm implements, transportation, machinery, electricity, geology, min erals and mining, forestry and forest
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-10-11

centennial exposition, which will open May 1, 1897, and continue for six months. At the inaugural ceremonies, prior to the erection of the buildings, Hon. J. NJ. Dickenson in his address to the Tennesseeans quoted the follow ing sentence from Robertson:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-10-11

Rhode Island is to have state build ing. It is to be a fac-simile of the old stone tower or mill at Newport, k, l., the structure whose history runs back several hundred years. No one knows who built it. It is the most interesting
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-10-11

The landscape gardeners have worked
 the ground into splendid condition It is covered with fresh green grass, dotted here and there with beds of bright colored flowers. Arbors have been erected over which beautiful viues grow in profusion, and banks of roses lend
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-10-11

In the Indian game of chess, four players participated and the moves were determined by toss of the dice. In medieval chess, the number of players was reduced from four to two and the dice were discarded.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-10-11

pie. Behind the building will be deer path surrounded by everything to alnuse and instruct children.
 Mir. Dan W. Bird is making an effort to reproduce 'the-Alamo on the grounds of the exposition, and to have the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-10-11
WORLDS FAIR IN TENNESSEE
It Will Open on the First Day Of
 May, 1897.
Another Great White City-Many Nam moth Structures - \ Children's Building Erected-The Lit
 tie Folks.
[copYR1GHr, 1896. l

[coPYRIGHT, 1s9e.1
 It IS patriotism and love of country rather than personal interest that prompts the people of our states to hold
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-10-11

kinds of curios, and a collection of beau tiful miniatures enameled on ivory and porcelain, have been procured.
Evening journal., 1896-05-11
Ex-confederate omcer Dead.

SAVANNAH, May Superintendent
James ID. Johnston. who died In this city
in his seventy-ninth year, was the rank
ing officer of the survivors of the Confed-
crate navy and the senior survivor OF the
United States navy Of antehellum days.
lie entered the United States navy as mid
shipman in 1882. At the outbreak of the
war he was high on the list OF first lieu
with Admiral Buchanan on Mobile bay,
where he commanded the ironclad Ten
nessee in the famous battle with the Fed
eral fleet under Farragut. Captain John
ston was imprisoned after the engagement
until the termination of the war
Evening journal., 1896-05-11
0ueen of nattleshIns.

SANTA BARBARA, Cal, May 1.-THE
battleship Oregon, the official trial OF
which will be made tomorrow, is the
queen of her class. The Oregon arrived
here from san Francisco, and her behav-
ior on the trip caused Irving M. Scott. hei
builder, to express the belief that on hei
Official trial she will beat the record of her
sister skip, the Massachusetts. Admiral
Beardslee shares the opinion of Mr.. Scott.
On the trip down the coast the Oregon
made 10 or IS miles at the rate of 1874
knots an hour and not even then was
pressed to her full capacity. As the official
record Of the Massachusetts, is only 10. 10
knots, the performance Of the Oregon
places her at the head of her class of bat
tleships.
Evening journal., 1896-05-11
senator Pasco,s oninion.

WASHINGTON, May 11.-Senator Pasoc
of Florida, who has taken especial interest
in the cases Of the Competitor captives,
believes that the Spanish government will
not be inclined toward hasty action, as IN
the present state Of public feeling any
summary decision by it may lead to So
rious consequences. The fact that the
Havana officials have referred the execu
tion of sentence to Madrid is source Of
qualification to those interested in tbs
prisoners fate and inspires the belief
that some leniency may be shown. 1t Il
not improbable that an effort may be
made in congress during the coming week
by resolution to acquaint the public with
the facts in the case by calling on the
president for Information and requesting
him to take such steps as win give the
condemned men a civil trial.
Evening journal., 1896-05-11
1t May BE war.

New YORK, May lin an editorial
article The Herald says:
"It is understood that an emphatic pro.
test has gone by cable from Washington
to Madrid against the arbitrary trial by
court martial Of the American citizens
captured on the schooner Competitor and
their unwarrSnted condemnation to death.
1.-The Spanish government will do we'll
to hear and heed that very timely, proper
and just protest. Spain can no more
afford to sanction the travesty on interna.
tional justice enacted at Havana than the
United States can afford to permit its
contamination. As in the Virginius af-
fair Of 23 years ago. the issue involved is
nothing less than that of peace or war;
In that memorable case Secretary Fish,
by order of President Grant, cabled the
following decisive dispatch to Minister
Sickles:
q" In case Of refusal of satisfactory rep.
arntion within ~ days from this date you
will at the expiration Of that time close
your legation, and will, together with
your secretary, leave Madrid, bringing
with you tile archives of the legation. You
may leave the printed documents consti-
trting the library in charge Of the lega-
tion OF some friendly power which you
may select, who will take charge oi
them.
In conclusion The Herald says: The
United States must and will protect its
citizens. Spain hos been warmed that the
execution of the Americans unlawfully
tried and uniustly condemned at Havana
will be treated as national murder. II
they are executed in defiance Of that warn
ing, it's-war between The United States
and Spain, and nothing can stop It, -
Evening journal., 1896-05-11
spaIn Between Two Fires.

LONDON. May 1.-The Daily News says
in an editorial today regarding the cases
of tho Competitor captives at Havana;
1.-THE serious news from Cuba places the
Spanish government between two fires. II
is difficult to see how either side can re-
cede. If the Spanish government sacrifices
General Weyler, it will probably have to
be prepared to sacrifice its own life Pub
lie opinion in Madrid is hardly we'll in
formed enough to profit by the Virginius
case in 1873. The Spaniards ought to dis
trust their own natural fsrocity in cases OF
this sort. The butchery of the men OF
the Virginius, which many of them ap.
plauded at the time as a fine and spirited
act. was received with horror and execra.
tion throughout the world
Evening journal., 1896-05-11
MAY BE A SPANISH WAR
The Competitor Incident AS
sumes a Very Grave Phase.
wBYLBR WANTS oAPTIvEs LIVES.

United States VIII Not Permit the En-
forcement of the Death Penalty Against
the Alleged Filibusters-England Also
Protests-spain Between Two Fires.
HAVANA, May 1.-THE Spanish govern
ment has been asked to approve the sem
tence of death passed by a court martial
upon the men captured on board the Com
petitor on charge of piracy and rebellion.
The men sentenced are;
Alfred Laborda, said TO be the leader of
the party and claiming American citizen
ship.
DR.. Elias Bedia, also claiming Ameri-
can citizenship.
William Gildea, said to be a British sub
ieot.
John Melton, native Of Kansas.
Teodoro Mata.
This places the fate of the men in the
hands of the authorities at Madrid and
insures that they will not be executed
without an order from the Spanish gov
ernment.
1t has become known that the British
consul has also intervened in the name of
his government on behalf of the Compet-
itor S captives sentenced to death. He in
vokes clemency for the prisoners.
This action OF the British government
in the case has caused a sensation here,
and it Is the topic Of comment by all social
classes in the community.
Itwould be difficult to say from any
admissions made in official quarters what
effect this new development will have in
the case. There is a marked absence of
irritability manifested in the comments
on the subject, and the action of the Brit
ish official seems to have been taken in
very good part. 1t is pointed out that the
Intervention Of the British consul is couch
ed in very different form from that of the
United States consul general, and is, in
fact, expressed In very friendly terms, in
voking the clemenoy Of the Cuban au-
thorities.
1he question of the execution Of the
! captives Of the Competitor is recognized
4 to be one Of the most important which has
occurred since the insurreotion broke out.
Now that the question has been referred
TO the government at Madrid, tho situa.
tion here has quieted down, though there
is no cessation of interest and discussion
of the question. The attitude of the pub
lie is rather one of waiting on the resolu-
tion of the Madrid government. Tho
waiting is attended by much impatienco
and no little anxiety
Evening journal., 1896-05-11

alton took place. El Liberal says. in spite
of the protests Of the Spanish consul at
Jacksonville against allowing it, and the
Bermuda left without difficulty or obstruc.
ton, and, according to kilograms received
from Captain General Weyler the expedi-
ton has already landed This report has
created sensation in Madrid and aston
ishment Is expressed by FL Liberal at the
conduct of the United States In the mat
ter.
The Epoca, which is the ministerial Or
gan, discusses the question In far Snors
conservative and less embittered manner
than the other newspapers. 1t declares
that America demand applies exclusively
to the form Of trial and not to the penal
ty. 1t believes that the Spanish govern
ment will decide that the matter shall be
submitted to the supreme military and
naval court The Epoca also says that the
attitude of President Cleveland and Mr..
Olney appears to be incredible and declares
that the theory ascribed to Mr.. Olney by q
New York paper deserves no serious re-
ply, because the offense can never be re.
garded as a question of contraband accord.
ing to the principles Of international law.
The Correo says that the demands oi
the United States are unjust and menao
ing, because 1t is incontestible that fllibus'
tering expeditions are organized in the
United States without difficulty, and that
consequently such arbitrary conduct
wounds the national sentiment of Spain.
According to The Dia, the government
cabled to Havana, ordering Captain Gen
eral Weyler to send the case to the supreme
military and naval court.
Several papers publish the report that
besides General Weyler, Generals OchandC
and Ahumada, who hold important com
mands in Cuba, have also threatened tC
resign If the judgment Of the court mar
tial Is quashed.
Evening journal., 1896-05-11
Tie trenton Murder ana suioide.

Anderson, who was murdered, by Joseph
Graham. who afterward committed sui
eide. was taken to Freehold1and will be
body was taken to Shrewsbury Acquaint-
ances Of Graham and his victim came to
Trenton and assorted that Graham and
AMMO Ane0rson had been living together
before they left their homo near Perrine-
Vile about year ago. Graham had been
twice married, and his secondiwife is still
living. Annie Anderson had also been
married and had child, .1ho is sup
posed 20 be In East Orange, Were she last
lived before coming to Trentoh. Her hus.
band Is Lying, :. --,llZA ----
Evening journal., 1896-05-11
Missing Mans BODY Pound.

ROCHESTER, May 1.-The badly decom-
posed body Of a man was found on the
rocks in the Genesee river below the lower
falls. It was identified as that OF Joseph
II. Savard. aged AZ years. the employee
Of Bradstreet's who disappeared so mysteri-
ously in March. He had held position
with Bradstreot's for 25 years, and at the
time ho disappeared his accounts were
found 10 DO all right.
Evening journal., 1896-05-11
they Rode For Dear Life.


Owen Davis handkerchief slipped from
his mouth. There was no time to replace
1t. He nearly strangled, and Jagged be-
hind, but the flames spurred him on. Even
his pace was that of the fastest race,
and for half mile it was matter of un-
certainty as TO whether any would be
saved
When at last the begrimed crew reached
the open fields and safety, Davis tainted.
Some of the men fell from their wheels
speechless and faint and were badly burn
ed. The burns were but slight, but some
Of the riders will net ride a wheel again
for several days and then not within the
same township with forest fires.
The present fires promise to be the most
destructive ever known in Atlantic county
Fierce forest fires are raging oil through
the southern end of Atlantic county.
Thousands Of dollars worth of valua-
bic timber is being destroyed, and a num-
her Of isolated farms and small villages
are threatened.
The first fire was accidentally kindled
Saturday by John Hickman, a resident Of
Bass River, who narrowly escaped forfeit
ing his life as penalty of his carelessness.
He was driving from his home to Allan.
ito City with a load of produce, and while
passing through Mathis swamp he threw
match with which he had just lighted
cigar into heap of dry bush by the
roadside An instant later he realized
what a mistake he had made, for the
brush, dry as tinder, was ablaze as quick
as a flash.
Hickman attempted to extingulsh tho
FIRE, but the flames, running through the
dry grass almost hemmed him in before
he was fully aware Of his danger. He leap
ed upon his wagon and applied the lash to
his horse.
The animal was slow. and the flames
spread with suoh frightful rapidity that
for three miles it was life and death
race, which Hickman won by the mar
rowest Of margins
Evening journal., 1896-05-11
The rransvaaI Case.

PRETORIA, May l1.-Judge Gregorow-
ski. who presided at the trial Of the re-
formers, has made report to the execu-
tive council on his judgment In the re-
formers case. Indicating how the preorga-
tive Of the government can be effectively
applied. Jclkheer Eloff, President Kru-
gers son-in--aw is going to London.
Evening journal., 1896-05-11
scoRCnED FOR SAFETY.
Whcelmen Ride For Dear Life
Against the Flames.
HANDICAPPED BY YFIRE ANp sMOKE

Yurrounded By Blazing Timber. Party
OF Cyclers Make Desperate Dash to
Save Themselves - Destructive Forest
Fires In New Jersey.
ATLANTIC CITY. May IL. by pedaling
Es no scorchor ever pedaled before in all
the state OF New Jersey, party OF over
Hozen Atlantic City bioyclists escaped
death by roasting in the fierce forest fires
that are raging near here 1t was a race
for life. In which fire set the pace and
binding cinders and smoke handicapped
the riders.
Some of them we're slightly burned and
to all the experience wns one never to be
forgotten. There were times in the run
when the flames pressed the fugitives so
closely that 1t seemed impossible they
should escape. Hair and eyebrows were
singed, and the bicycles became hot but
terror lent strength TO the cyclists calves
and they sped on with death at the hub Of
their rear wheels.
The party headed by Newton Cramer, a
rider Of some note, consisted of John Con
over and Burny Conover, two Atlantic
City plumbers; Frank Farrell, Richard
Johnson, Owen Davis. a Philadelphia
trick rider; Emerson Chaplin and James
Hood, instrnctors I'm the Ben Hur Riding
academy; William Richardson, Horace
Hammell and several other Atlantic City
riders. They left here early yesterday
morning for a run over the county. Some
Of thom had heard that the forest fires
were burning flercely TO the north, but
they had no definite knowledge Of the ex-
not locality nor did they regard them as a
danger to be avoided
Cramer set good pace leaving the city,
and 1t was maintained for many miles over
fairly good roads. Without realizing their
danger they got into the midst of the
burning area. A halt was ordered, and
the riders contemplated their situation
with CONSERVATION. Every moment added
to the danger They could 60 forward no
farther, and the road back became ohoixed
with smoke, through which flames could
be seen as they stood there There was
not moment TO be lost
One cool headed man suggested letting
some of the air out OF the pneumatic tires
80 that they might not be burst by tho
heat and that flying dash should he
made back over the road they had come.
1t was the only chance, and it was acted
upon. Wet handkerohiefs were tied over
the lower parts of faces and with a flying
start they entered the pail Of black smoke
"Ride for your livesp yelled Cramer,
and after that no word was spoken. Each
man bent over his handle bar with grim
determination.
Evening journal., 1896-05-11

United States VIII Not Permit the En-
forcement of the Death Penalty Against
the Alleged Fiiibusters-England Also
Protests-Spain Between Two Fires.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-02


= The palatial New York home OF
Charles T. Yerkes, the Chicago million
afre, at 6sth street and 5th avenue, has
not only the most complete electric
lighting, heating and ventilating plant
of any of the several electrically
equipped mansions in the city, but it
has the largest storage battery plant
ever installed in a private residence. A
gas engine of thirty-five horse power in
the basement is belted to a dynamo.
The storage battery consists of sixty
cells, having a capacity of 2,5e9 ampere
hours at a ten-hour discharge rate, the
maximum discharge rate being 500 am
peres for four hours
The house is wired for about sixteen
candle-power lamps and has besides an
electric passenger elevator and several
electric motors for ventilation, pump
ing and other purposes.
The arrangement of the lights is very
artistic. The vestibuIe OF reception
hall is lighted from above through
cathedral glass in the base of a dome
by 300 lights. Lamps are concealed
within the carving of the principal
salon or in rosettes of coIored glass and
cunningly placed in the ceilings. In
the library an apparently framed oil
painting, which is really a wonderful
piece of cathedral glasswork, is made
the vehicle of the flood of light which
Eliminates the room with the soft radi-
ance of day.-Exchange
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-03-02
Burial In Tea.

Great, indeed, is the popularity of tea,
but few will be prepared to receive the
startling intelligence that in certain part
of the world the leaf that provides an ex-
cellent beverage for afternoon confabula-
tiOns plays an important part in such a
mournful function as a funeral
AS a matter of fact, tea is a prominent
rival to cremation and the earth to earth
system, to say nothing of the trade of the
embalmer. In China the well to do folk
frequently preserve the mortal remains of
their friends in tea leaves, and 1 am told
that a corpse placed in a large chest of tea
will remain in high state of preservation
for many years.-London Standard.