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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-20
QUEER LIBRARY FREAKS.
Funny Requests For Books That Anuss
 9na Amaze Employees.

Once ill awhile tho clerks in tho pub. lie library get hold of good joke through the ignorance of people who come there to take out books II was not long age that woman who WAS anxious to join the Daughters of the American Revolution came there to look up her family history and get her facts and claims ready to submit 10 the committee OH membership. She went about it in rather qneer way. After looking about aimlessly through the in- dex for time she discovered Losing z Family History Of inc United States. ' She wrote her request for the books on one of the cards provided for that pur. pose aud was quite indignant with the clerk who handed 1t to her because it did not contain what she wanted.
 It was not long atf.r tl'is incident that another woman, Miu, t1oln her dress and appearance, the clerks thought, might be literary, wrote on one of the cards a request fer "TIta Autoorat Of the Breakfast Table.
 Holmes Autocrat, do you want?" politely asked the clerk
 "Oh, don't eare whose it is, '' was the reply ''f only want to find ont if it is proper to use toothninks at the break. fast table
 Another request for magazine which the applicant said was called Brain kept one of the clerks busy hunting half nn hour before he discovered that what WAS wanted was the magazine called Mind. Still another clerk was shock. cd the other day by request for Wash. ington Irying's Alabama. The clerk mildly suggested .Alhambra. '--Chs oago Times. Herald
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The Cosmopolitan publishes Il new rendering Of the Rubaiyat of Omar khayyam and declares, referring to Richard Le Ghllienne as the responsible party, that these quatrains will assure to him leading place among living English poets :" What the literary world has been famished for, what it has craved with intense craving, is a new version of the RubaiyHt, and what would represent its widest dreams Is q version prepared by the distinguished oriental scholar, Richard Le GallieHne, who has already given to the world some eestatie prose fnncies and possesses the finest shock Of hair i'll Great Britain. IL Is true that the Rubsiyat has teen done" into English by several gentle uen Of literary ability and respectable scholarship. There was. for example, Mr. Fitzgerald, who has obtained lit. tic temporary notofiety through some very pretty jiDgles GU Omar's wine cup and roses. but the result was not satis- factory either to Mir. Le Gallienne or to the editors of Tho Cosmopolitan, and 10 this fact we are indebted for such lines as tbese:
 Like to maid who exquisitely turns
 4 promising feee to him who, waiting burns h hell to hear her answer, so the world
 Tricks all and hints what no man ever learns.
 We believe that we are justified in saying that man who is burning i'll hell while maid is exquisitely turning a promising face k what is known col. loquially as "kot stuff, considerably warmer than anything Mrs Wilcox has diahed up in late years. We oongratn- late The Cosmopolitan ou it's success in securing MT La Gallienne's quatrains, and we have only words of admiration for Mr. Le Gallienne's brilliant idea. We hope that he may feel encouraged hy tho eager applause of the literary public 10 persevere on present lines aud give Us other amended version of the ancient poets. Chicago Post.
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A Miracuious Draft of Fishes.

The dwellels on the banks of the Eeekar, near the good old German town of Heilhronn, had an experience the other day which must have reminded them of the miraculous draft of fishes. A few days ago, toward evening, the worthy Eeilhronners perceived that the Neckar was toward both its banks one moving masa of all sorts and con- difions of fish, thronging landward in seeming anxiety 10 be caught. Nor was this tacit appeal at all disregarded, for every man, woman and child of the vicinity ran out with pots and pans, with spades and rakes, and pails and baskets to help himself or herself to a share of fish. The explanation of the miracle which perchance might prove hint to fisher folk, was that the river had become so muddy after recent heavy rains that the fish found 1t difficult 10 breathe in the thick water and had approached the banks for more air. - Westminster Gazette.
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 SERVANTS IN JAPAN.
They Render Exc, service if Thsy
 Ara Treated a onsideration.

They Render Exc. service if Ths1
 Arc Treated N ansideration.
 Japanese seryalsls s4. excellent if you choose them with ai-, ton and treat them with the est..bi,. he'd confederation l of the country. There is ] universal so- cial compact in Japan 10 make life pleasant by polireness. Everybody ia more or less we'll bred and hates tho man or woman who is yakamagiu- aoisy, uncivil or exigent.
 People who lose their temper are al- ways i'll a hurry. bang doors, swear and swagger, find themselves Jut of place in land where the lowest cooly learns and practices an ancient courtesy from the time when he wabbles nbOut IS a baby upon his mothers hack Therefore to be treated well III Japan--as perhaps, indeed, elseWhere-you must treat every body, including your domestios, we'll, and then you will enjoy the most pleas ant and willing service.
 Your cook will doubtless cheat you a little, your jinrikisha man will now and then take too much sake, the mus. mu and the boys wife will gallop all over the place about everything you do, and the gardener and the eoachman will fight cocks i'll the back yard when your back is turned, but if conscious of your own you can forgive the little sins of others. You can hardly fail to become closely attached to the quiet, soft voiced, pleasant people, who as soon as thes nave learned your ways will take real pleasure in making life agreeable ta 5oa.
 4 present now and then of kimone to the maids. of toys and sweetmeats te the children, days holiday now 9nd then granted to the theater or the w4es. ting match are richly rewarded by such bright faces and unmistakabo warmth sf welcome on arriving and of good jpeed on peing as repay you tent0ld Respectful aa Japanese servants are and they never speak except on theu Knees and faees-they like to be taken into the family conversation and to sit sometimes in friendly abandon with the master and mistress, adnliring dresses. pictures or western novelties and listen ing sometimes ID the samisen and keto as children of the household. Edwin Arnold in Scribner's.
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A CRACK SHOT.
The Excellent NInrksrnansiip of q Hunter
 Who Had Experience.


 Who Had Experience.
 An old memter of the South Noun tain Rod and Gun club was talking eif ea few solemn and inspiring truths for the benefit of several younger members.
 When l vas boy, he was saying, T was about like ofher boys, 1 guess, only I think had better notions than some haYs l know of HOW. Now, there's my son''--
 ssOh. interrupted one of the listen- CTS, you dcn't want 0 take a boy hand icapped like that. ,
 Don't you worry about me, re- torted the yeferan That boy will be alf the greater for winning with the handicap. Let me tell you about his craftsmanship, One day last winter he went out with me to hunt rabbits, and the luck was poor We had been cat about four hours, and all of a sudden a great big rabbit like calf jumped mp right at his feet--the boy's feet, mean ---and the boy kicked him one in the ribs and knocked him out in a minute. We'll, we were three or four miles from home, and we thought we might IS tse1&S tA1 tsts-l'E t@4I tjsI tt HI and come out again when there was something more in sight We logged along. the boy carrying the rabbit ill his game bag, till somehow it kind of ,~cane to and was about to get away; when noticed it.
 ' Here, said I, thinking of some. thing, it won't ever do to take that home and tell the folks you kicked it to death. It's got to be shot. and VIC might IS we'll do it now us any other time
 '.So l gets out string And ties 1t to the rabbits hind leg, and hangs him on the limb of tree. and the bey gets of about 60 yards with rife to make 1t kind Of sporty, and, after sighting a long time, bang! goes the gun, down comes the rabbit, and the way he skin. ned out for the short timber was eau- ton to winged fowls, for he fairly flew 1 looked at the rabbit for about sec end. and then l gazed on that boy.
 :. s!.41 2 fl-aGdeT'-- began, when he lnterruptetl n4e
 '' Oh, say, pop, he said did you see ny craftsmanship? That string te the rabbits hind leg wasn't thicker than darning needle. and blamed if ] didn't cut il of clean at 50 yards with , rife. Have yoo got record like that, guy'nors
 Had 1? Of course l hadn't. and that boy had just gone 10 work and missed that rabbit and by chance cut the string and let the cottontail get away. that was all. But what could 1 say after that marksmanship snap he dropped oa me? Nothing. and l had to let it go at that. Now, what have sea got to say to that boy E handicap: say!'a Was ingten Star.
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SHE WAS WRONG.
The Orig inai Poem Wasn't by Cowper at
 All, but by Some One Else.

The Original Poem Wasn't by Cowper at
 All, but by Some One Else.
 There is woman's literary club on the South Side which is having the hardest imaginable time to keep toeetb- CT. Unlike most similar organizations, 1t is not from want of money that this association of fair students is constant. ly threatened with disbandment. 4 spirit of discomfort and rivalry stalks through the meetings
 The original purpose of the club was thorough criticism of the works of Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Milton. Spenser and Sir Edwin Arnold. But. although this lapdable intention was adhered to for several months, after awhile some of them got to writing es. gays and other papers to be read before the society. The book trade may not have noticed 1t, but at that time there was considerable run on concordances, glessariea, books of synonyms and liter ary dictionaries. Ever since then things have gone from bad to worse. IL seems impossible to maintain harmony.
 The vice president of the oreaniza. tion, charming young lady, whether copsideret, I.entslly CT from her photo grarh recently wrote rather extend. ed poem in a very lofty strain. She read it to the club. Amid the general ap. plause which followed there came from several remote corners of the room something like murmnrs. A couple of her auditors were heard to say that she had never written anything like that before; that they didu't balieye any one i'll the club was capable of 1t, that, Ill fact, several passages sounded strangely familiar
 Finally one member with glasses and very penetrating expression. address. ing the author of the roeb1, Said
 Didn't you get some Of that from Cowper? m sure you did, 2
 I did nothing of the kind, retorted the vice president, flushing at the ec. eusatioD.
 Oh, but remember almost the ex- act lines" persisted her aeeuser.
 How dare you say soi'' returned the poet hotiy.
 But we'll get the hook and look. y persisted the other.
 "You're q mean. mean thing, " said the vice president, bursting into tears. = l didn't get this from Co8per at all. And now that you're so smart I'll not tell you where 1 did get 1t Chicago Tribune
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-20
nesn and Glria, iiled ra,,

How would you like to spend ons day avery year studying the birds? The boys and girls of Oil City, Pa, aud of Fort Madison, Ia, haze regular bird day, which comes every year, iR tho spring like arbor day. They have songs, reel tations and readings about birds, and in the afternoon they take a trip to tha woods to hoar the songs of the birds Al the Fort Madison school the pupils bring their pet birds, and the building rings all day with their songs. Besides that, the pupils watch the birds all the year through, reporting when the birds coms in the spring aud studying thoss that remain during the winter = Chicago Raeord
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The Little Girl That Grew Up.

Enc was sitting up straight in a straight baeAsd
 chair.
 There Wasn't suarl in her shining hair; There wasn 6 speek on her daiuty dress, Ans her rosy face was full of distress. Hhep drew near to this maiden fair, She suddenly rumpled her shining hair, And dropping down ''in a heap" on the floor Gpfifted her voice in a wall most sore. sNow. what is the matter, my pretty maidYs. I'm all grown up, " sbe iolefully eaid, And I'm 1onesone-as lonesome Us lonesom4
 can be-
 For Hnmpty Dumpty and Riddie-me rec. There's Littiu Boy Blue, who used to creep Under our haystack and fall asleep, He isn : my friend sinod mother fear Did up my hair in this twist so queer. 9Apd the dog and the fiddle. they left ias, toa When the oaby into aoman grow. The dish has hidden away with the speen, Ane. tha COW has stst4 at the back of the moea ..The little old won4an who swept the sky Is caught II her cobwobs high aud dry, Aud Jack and his beanstalk cannot Hnd Since began to improve my mind IT wouldn't bo scared-not single mite. If tho iugabGa 1 should meet tonight. The hoey man q be glad to see, But they Il never--no, neYer-come back te ms I watched iu tue garden last night at dark fairy fay1r to ilhd but-hafkl Ny mother is csIliBg-doa't you hear?- Y6hng sasiies den't sir on the floor, my lsAr.9
 7Hians fIarAla
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slts ot Lincoln Msmorlsl unlssrprt,.

The Lincoln Memorial university, ot which General o. o. Howard is presi- dent. will probably be situated at Har- rowgate, Tenn, as General Howard has just bought the Four Seasons hotel property there. The hotel and a sani. tarium were started at Earrowgate. which is four miles from Middles, boro, in 1899 at cost for building, furniture and grounds of S1, 950, COG The furniture, which cost $250, GOO. vas sold at auction last year for $22,. 900. The company had failed soon after the Middlesboro boom collapsed. Now she building and several hundred acres of land have been sold at a price that is aaid not 10 exceed $lQ, GOO.
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Medical Students.

The ratio of medical students 10 the population in this country is about twice as great as it is in Europe. The reason of this curious difference is foand in the greater ease with which q diploma can be obtained in the United States. the medical schools of Europe requiring much more complete previous preparation and compelling the students to undergo q longer course of study be. lore he is eligible 10 q degree,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-20
Bees, Brains.

The brain of the honeybee bas re- eentIY been studied by Dr Kenyon of Clark university more thoroughly, 1t IS said, tliaa ever before It is thought that the source of bees power to g,iapt itself intelligently 10 it's sur roundings bas been discovered in certain peculiar objects in it's brain called the '.mushroom bodies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-20
Ancient 1.om,,stonss.

The custom of inscribing upon tonh stones was in vogae among the Greeks .nd Romans The Greeks only did this nowever. i'll the case of their illustrious men, but when Roman died be was duly bufied near highway and on his tombstone WAS curved suitable inscrip tion, which i'll the najnuty # cases be gan with Sta. Yiator'' (Etop, travelerl.
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nIare Girls of s!anfn,,.

The most effective cigarette crusade of the day is being carried on in Gan ton, O.. where a number of schoolgirls recently forned S league and went abont Eecur4ng pledges from their boy friends not 10 smoke cigarettes Philadelphia Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-20

Tbe quantity of gas made in Germany last year, according to official returns, was 25. eS7, 0e0 cubic feet. in the man. ufaeture of which 2, 750, 900 tons of coal was employed. The numher of flames in use was ,, l35, ,000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-20

In ten years $l,ooo.00 has been paid ant by the casualty fund of the British Benevolent institution to injured rail way men and their families.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-20

'.Fonors of war" is the privilege al- lowed to the enemy, on equalization, Of being permitted 10 retain their arms This is the highest honor victor esn gay vanqniahed fos.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-20
About 10. GOO. 000 of the bovine $

NDUNN IWtVVVi VVV VI t4tN5 NpF4IIt aEN oies are HOW 10 be foun in tie Argen tine Republic, They are all descendants of eight COWS and nne bull which were imported into Braz'l in inc middle oi the sixteenth century.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-07

Invitations have been received in this
ci-y requesting the attendance OF the re-
cipients to attend the inaugural ball 10 be
held at Topeka, Notwithstanding the fact
that II was stated that il would nor occur.
Charlie Dodridge. alias Morphine Char
lie. was at the court house yesterday. He
has now gore eighteen days without the
drug and he says he is feeling first rate.
He thinks he is permanently cured from
the habit.
A lad on South Hydraulic avenue set
large steel trap to catch prowling ca,
few nights ago, and caught a big dog
by the leg. The dog ran away with the
trap. and was released on Water street
by Joe earning, who still holds the trap
fOI the owner.
The meeting al the First Methodist
church last night was well attended, and
the interest is growing steadily. Ar
TangementS have been made TO holi
morning meetings from $50 to 1898.
winch will begin this morning, while the
evening meetings shall continue as usual
Yesterday VIII A Ayres and his bride,
formerly Mss Dula Pease, returned from
Carbondaie, Illinois, where they were
married on New Years day. and they are
now a. their coZy home in the Fifth ward.
W Ill is setting up the cigars without re-
gard - party or politics. and well he
might. for he mas one of the sweetest
brides in the state of Kansas. and more
than that, he deserves her. Miss Pease
was for long time city librarian and is
young ,ady who is widely known and
highly respected among the very best
people in Wichita
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-07
THEY REGISTER A KICK
Ladies of the City Complain of Incon-
siderate Merchants

The sidewalks have been in a misera bic
condition since the light snowfall some
days ago. a few merchants had the fore
sight and philanthropy to clear the walks
Of ice in front of their places of business.
but many others. without great rush of
customers failed TO do so. How man in
m eTcantiie business could iatten his nose
against pane in his glass door and wait
Tor customers, who were liable to fail
and inJure themselves in approaching his
place, Is one of the strange things which
happen in Kansas. In many metropolitan
cities there are ordinances compelling al
property owners TO clear the walks of all
snow and ice as soon after the fall as
possible. Some of our business men did
this voluntarily, and their forethought
and humane impulses were appreciated
while a large invoice of bitterness was
laid in by bruised pedestrians against
those who waited for a procrastinating
sun TO do the work. Now, had this ne
glect been noticeable among druggists,
who wished to sell arnica and iiniment.
there would have been a shadow at least
of mitigation; but the druggists We're the
most active in cleaning the walks
a bevy of ladies yesterday called an
Eagle reporter into a dry goods house
and said to him:
Here. we want you 10 help u.s.
'At your service, ladies' said the re-
porter.
well, We want you to say in the Eagle
that we have just held an impromptu in
dignation meeting against merchants
who let ice cover the sidewalks in front
of their places, and, while we do not be-
lleVe in bOycotts. we have resolved to
lean more considerably toward the mer-
chants who have feelings for the feelings
OF other people. Do you understand"
Yes, yes"
And mere you are.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-07
CITY WINS TWICE
TWO OF THREE INJUECTIOES ARE
DISSOLVED BY JUDGE DALE
Legal Quarrel Between Wichita and the
Electric Light and Power Company
Over Seventeen Thousand Dollars in
Taxes - The Company Enjoins the
County Treasurer Thrice From Collect
Ing and for Some Reason the Injunc-
tions Were Allowed to Operate for
Several Years.

An important case TO the city of Wich-
ita IS now going On in the district court.
There were three cases in all and two of
them have been disposed of already in
favor OF the city. The nature of the cases
as learned from City Attorney George
adams, is about as follows:
Nnen the street railway company was
granted franchise contract was made
oy them to the effect that all paving be-
tween tracks was to be done at their ex-
pense and charged up to them in taxes
the same as other city paving is charged
up to city property abutting it. In 1891
tne street car company enjoined the
county treasurer from collecting this tax
and 1t repeated It's injunctions in 1892 and
1873. These We're temporary injunctions
and for some reason not explained there
were no further steps taken in them until
now. Now they are up before Judge
Dale and the city is represented by the
Adams Brothers, while the company is
represented by Stanley & Vermillion
The street car side of the controversy sets
up the claim that the contract with the
city council cannot fbe enforced by taxa
ton but that il should be enforced by the
usual method of enforcing contracts by
suit IN the competent courts. Judge Dale
III the Two cases nniShed, has held that
when the street car company voluntarily
agreed TO that contract it has no relief
and hence dissolved the injunctions. The
injunction to be tried today is little diff
ferent in this, that the original street car
company sold out TO the present company
in the meantime, but City Attorney
Adams maintains that the liabilities fol-
lowed the transfer. The three suits in
volve something like s17, 900. and the city
does not feel likt losing that sum these
hard times
The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-01-07
THEY INSTALL OFFICERS
Modern Woodmen Have a Joyous Time a
THAR Hall

| ''Oh. woadman, spare that tres"'
Come. don't raise such din;
| They're friends TO it, you see
Their axes are all TIM
Camp No 1881. Modern Woodmen OF
America. had their inning last night in
the prevailing rounds of installation cere-
monies. Their hall on the northeast cor
ner of Douglas and Topeka avenues, was
thronged with fair women and brave ak
men 10 witness the installation ceremonies
and partake Of the feast prepared by fair
hands. The officers installed were:
V. CDR Levi Horner.
w. A.-James ". Tapp
Banker. 7. Donnell.
Clerk-E. +. Enoch.
c. IA. NJ. Carr.
Escort-O. 3. Thompson.
Watchman-J. w. Whaiey.
Sentry-J. +. McNay.
Managers-MessrS. Billingsly. Francis
and Graves.
The installing officer was Rev. ]. S.
'Gouid.
The supper was a typical Kansas
spread in its variety Of substantials and
delicacies and the abundance thereof.
THIS camp has membership of 200, al
though it is but or years old. Its OBJ
iects and aims are beneficial and social,
and the members seemed jealous hopeful
and l>orDnU