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OF cattle on Lakeside, when one Of
the animals dropped out Of the drove
from sheer exhaustion Then one
Of the human brutes beat the poor
dumb brute with a bludgeo0 until
the animal could not move. Then
they left the beaten and exhausted
animal lying in the shade on va
cant lot, but later in the day return
ed and repeated the operation.
Residents and citizens living on
Observation-Disclosures men and wom-
en-were the unwilling witnesses of
this brutal spectacle. Sunday morn
ing the poor dumb brute died from
its maltreatment. a citizen caused
the arrest Of the author of its death,
and this [Monday) morning we were
given an Illustration of the very
just (2) administration Of our laws
in the police court. The culprit was
fined 50. The State laws make cru
city to animals a misdemeanor, pun
ishable by fine or Imprisonment or
both. Our city court lets the cul-
prit of with a fine Of So. Yet this
same police court does not hesitate
to impose heavy fines and penalties
upon unfortunate beings arrested
for vagrancy. A man may have
committed 40 crime, but because,
forsooth, ne is out of employment
and has no visible means of support
he is sent to the ealaboose as a va
grant, aud forced to work on the
public streets, a man Of brutal IN
stincts can beat a poor dumb AMI
nal to death on one of the public
thoroughfares--a spectacle men
women AID children are forced tt
WITHSTAND be excused for his
crime by the paymest Of a measly
fine of So. That's the way iustie.
is administered in the police cour
Of Pine Bluff.
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The Waco Tragedy

The saddest and most terrible
tragedy Of the year was that enacted
at Waco, Texas, last Friday, when a
three-cornared duel took place, re
sulting in two deaths and one of the
beligerents being mortally wounded.
The fight was the outgrowth OF
the Brann- Baylor con troversy, with
which the public is more or less
familiar. To summarize, Editor
Brann, of the Iconoclast, made an
attack upon Baylor University, re-
flecting upon the character Of its
management, teachers and students.
The Waco Times Herald defended
the University from these attacks,
This lead to a vigorous eommunica-
ton from Col Gerald, oneof Brann's
friends. The communication was
taken to the Temes Herald but
Editor Harris refused to publish it,
which resulted in : personal diff
Guilty between Editor Harris and
Col. Gera.d, in which the latter was
worsted. Friday afternoon the men
met on a public thoroughfare and
opened fire on each other. On an
opposite corner stood w. A. Harris,
a brother of the Editor, and he i'm
mediately went to his brothers
assistance. The result of the three
cornered duel was that w. A. Harris
was killed on the spot, Editor Har-
ris received wounds from which he
died shortly afterwards, while Col.
Gerald lies at his home seriouly
wounded.
These parties were all prominent
citizens Of Waco, and became
involved in tbs difficulty
through sympathy and friendship.
1t is one of the saddest tragedies
ever enacted in the history of the
South. Up to the time OF Brann's
attack upon Baylor, the parties TO
the duel had been neighbors and
friends. They became pers onal enc
mics through counter sympathies.
In the tragedy Brann played the
part of a Mephistopheles. He
caused the death of two valuable
citizens, and the serious injury of
his friend.
One of the saddest phases of the
is that all the men to the
duel were married aud leave wives
and children, who are now made
widows and orphans. Brann's at
tack on Baylor we're confessedly
due to personal malice against the
OF thas institution, and
be must accept large share OF
the responsibility for the terrible
deed. 1t is needless to say that
from this time forward the sale and
influence of his Iconoclast will begin
to wane.
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The Baptists.

There are about A, 348, 854 Baptists
in the world; 3,712, 468 in the Unit
ed States, 296, 208 in the State of
Arkansas, and ], 900 in the city of
Pine Bluff today.
The occasion of the large assem-
blage of Baptists in the City Of Pines
at present is the meet of the Arkan-
sas Baptist State Convention, which
is now holding its 10th annual con
vention in this city. The Baptists
from all parts OF the State have
been arriving on every train since
Thursday, and the town has been
short on water ever since. But our
citizens will gladly withatand this
temporary Inconvenience if the
Baptists will make themselves at
home while our guests.
The doors of our citizens have
been thrown open to the immersion
lists, and we shall be happy if they
will enjoy themselves and carly
away with them favorable and last
ing impressions of Pine Bluff.
This is a great city-this Queen
City o. the Arkansas Valley. It is
a city of enterprise, thrift and prog
ress; of beautiful residences and
churches; of happy homes and
fragrant flowers. 1t is beehive
of industry, and mart of
great commercial activity 1t is
the home of a eontented people, and
none have ever once drunk of its
turbid waters and leave it but come
back again.
We trust our visitors will find
time between the sessions of their
convention TO see the sights OF the
greatest town in Arkansas, and
the best of its size in the country.
And having once drunk of the tur-
bid waters of the Arkansas, we ex-
pect fully to see them back again.
May their meeting here be a
pleasant and profitable one.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

For the convenience Of bicyclers the
experiment has been often made Of COY
ering with asphalt q narrow strip Of Z
cobhlestone street close 60 the sidewalk.
1t hes been found that the strip wear.
for years without cracking or being
worn ineo holes. This shows that entire
oobbIestone streets. so rough and uneven
as to DO the terror Of wagon and carriage
drivers, may thrs be simply coated
with q sheet Of asphalt and be made
more durable than If paved with the
regulation asphalt covering. The rub.
blestone or granite block paving becomes
shaken together and pressed down as
hard as iron There could be positively
no better foundation for the asphalt
sheeting than this. The melted pitch
and cement run into the hollows. filling
them up and making a perfectly smooth
surface Thus at comparatively trifing
expense the worst cobblestone street
may be turned into a fino asphalt paved
one that lasts for years. 1t has been tried
and proved.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

There is 1t present in England a fac
which should become something mort
than a fad. It is learning to write viii
the left hand An apparatus has beer
devised By a Mr. Fa1coner, writing
teacher, Co aasist grown people il learn
ing how TO write with the left hand
The device is q series Of sings which
support the pen while the pupil learns
to guide the muscles Of the left hand
Children have much less trouble in &C
quiring the use Of the left hand.
How the fashion of using only th,
right bend for tho main manual opera
tions originated is amystery. Certainly
it is not either useful or ornamental L
oripphes the individual muscularly ant
causes him to become speedily fatiguet
with using his right hand, while tht
left does not know how to work at all
Hermann, the sleight Of hand per
former, spent hours and days training
the muscles Of the palm Of his hand ill
they were as flexible and powerful al
an ordinary mans fingers, The 1.-the
muscles Of the acrobat and dancer show
tho capabilities Of the human body
when directed by the intelligent Will
In truth, 1t is impossible to say what
the perfectly trained and developed hu
man muscles could not do. No person
ever lived who had fully developed his
muscular power and agility all over his
body.
Training the left hand of children fol
use equally with the right is something
that ought to have been thought Of long
AGO
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Cruelty to Animals.

One of the most cruel and inhu-
man acts Of which man can be
guilty is cruelty TO animals. For
this crime there is no warrant or
excuse. The voice OF a poor dumb
brute is sealed against suffering.
It cannot putinto words the anguish
it feels. Itmay be sick, overworked
or exhausted, yet is must endure
the merciless treatment of man in
silence. Itmay refuse to go from
sheer exhaustion, yet it is beaten
aud maltreated and knows not the
reason why and bears the brutal
punishment in silence. If it offers
resistance to the lash or bludgeon,
the punishment is applied with re-
newed zeal and energy by a brute
in human form more brutal in his
instincts than the dumb animal
which is the victim of his inhuman
treatment. IF there is anything
that appeals to the sympathy of
man and is deserving of his kindest
treatment, it is the dumb animal,
because It's voice is speeches. aud
it cannot put into words the anguish
it feels. Mans inhumanity to man
may make countless thousands
mourn, to paraphrase the poet just
q little, but mans inhumanity to the
dumb brute is unutterable, because
it is known not of.
This city had very striking OBJ
ject Lesson Sunday of mans brutali-
ty to the dumb brute, and this
morning we were given ar example
in the police court Of the inequali-
ties ii the administration of the
laWs.
nor some time lot Of cattle herd
M haYe been IN and about the city.
w we're driving drove
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

Tbs editor of the Russellville
Democrat indites the following wall.
MEN as we are Who are born into
babyhood, who crawl into child
hood, who plunge into manhood and
waste away to old age aud die into
eternity, have little encouragement
in this age of menace aud oppres-
sion, to desire the life that lies be-
fore US. Had We the free and I'M
trammeled privileges OF our fathers
in trade, and the thongs off the
hands Of labor and the barriers that
stand between capital and want
torn down and tbrown away, there
would be little use for a cystem Of
reciprocity or deficiency in every
department OF State, while the cry.
of q low priced cotton would not be-
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

PRESIDENT MCKINLEY on yester-
day appointed Hon. Jonathan w.
Crumpacker, of Indiana, to be As
sociate Justice of the Supreme
Court of New Mexico. But who is
Mr.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Herald.
Mr.. Crumpacker is citizen Of
Valparaiso. Ind, and is an able law
yer and brilliant orator. In Mr..
Crumpacker the President has made
wise selection.
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beard What the times demand is
a spirit Of Iconoclasm that viii tear
that which impedes and cast away
that which obstruets. And until
some person carries this spirit into
effect no change viii come that will
in any way alleviate the distressed
and stricken.
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PINE BLUFF, ARK. NOV. "a. 1897
Notice to Weekly subscribers.

Statements have been mailed this
week to all subscribers, rendering a
statement OF individual Indebtedness
to the Seni-Weekly GRAPHIC for sub
scriptions. These are sent out an
nually in pursuance OF a regular bus
mess policy, and we hope all state
ments will receive q prompt answer
and remittance. Should any error
occur the same will be rectified upon
application to the business Office.
Prompt attention to these state
ments will save time and trouble.
Address all communications to the
SEMI WEEKLY GRAPHIC.
Pine Bluff, Ark.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

The State Supreme Court has de-
cided that man IS responsible for
any debt his wife may have con.
tracted before marriage. Benediets
bent on matrimony would therefore
do well to investigate their lady
loves private accounts before the
ceremony is performed.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

There is In Germany already insur
ance against old age. accident and sick
ness The government aids the old ag,
and sickness fund But a new one is &
bo started which the government vii
not aid It will be called Industrial. IT.
aim and object will be to insure it
members against losses from strikes
Thus with ftnd at his back to suppert
him the German workman could go OF
strike when and where he pleased. ex
eept that such q course would soon eat
up all the profits Of the concern
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

MEMPHIS is making au effort to
get Governor Taylor to call the
Tennessee Legislature into extra
session. The object Of the move
ment is to enable West Tennessee to
better protect herself from yellow
fever.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

THE followers of the late Henry
George are making an effort to
raise money by popular subscrip-
ton with which to erect q monu-
ment to the memory Of the great
single taxer.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

IL order that the editor of the
Eagle may be the better in
formed on local and current events,
we have ordered the DAILY GRAPHIC
to be delivered at that Office until
further notice.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

THERE should be an organization
of a Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Animals in this city.
Let some of our benevolent ladies
interest themselves IN this move
ment.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24
In Che Omnihns.

Conductor-Beg pardon, madame. bua
these coppers are oounterfeis.
Lady-~Oh, excuse mel Keep those for
: fee. Here arc some good ones
Conductor with deep bow )--Maay
thanks. madame. -PaEis Figaro
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

Where did the police catch their
MANI
!" Found him asleep on a seat IN the
park 2
"Oh, ! see Then, / presume, they
arrested him on a bench warrant -.
Philadelphia Bulletin
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

THB Boltocrats would do well to
follow Henry Watterson's example
take a tumble to themselves and re-
enter the Democratic party IN the
raar raaks.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

A GERMAN doctor announces that
apples eaten in large quantities are
a sure cure for alcoholism. Prob
ably that accounts for the rise in
the apple market.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

It appears to be written in the book
Of fate that tho savage little empire Of
Korea will become Russian dependen.
cy. England will not like 1t, hut Eng.
Land cannot help herself
There has been some discussion rela
tive to the tariff as to whether funeral
monuments aro works Of art. Decided
" not; that Ii. hardly ever
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

The Ohio voters premeditatedly
made the party vote close in their
Legislature. They want to touch
Mark Hanna's 'bar'p some more.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1897-11-24

THE Baptists have gone, but the
Methodists are coming and we are
able to console ourselves.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10
Sheriif'S Sale

By virtue of execution, decree, of foreclosure
lien ETC.. issued out OF the Clerks office of the
County Court of Boulder County and State of
Colorado, and to me directed, whe rebv l
commanded to make the sum of eight hundred
ninety-rine and 9T-l0O dollars, (SS9997) and
costs of suit, the amount of a certain judgment
recently obtained against The Orimon Gold
Mining Company uimited) of London, cor.
poration, in favor of H. Vardercook, out of
the lands tenements, goods and chattels of the
said The Orimon Gold Mining Company Limit
ed OF London have levied on the following
property to-wit:
The Milan lode mining claim, situate in Sugar
Loaf mining district Boulder County, Colorado,
being mineral entry No 1881 survey lot No, 1894
and more fully described in the United States
pa tent therefor duly recorded in the public rec
ords of the Clerk and Recorders Office of said
County of Boulder in book 50 at page 22S, which
patent and the records thereof are hereby re-
ferr ed to and made part of this description.
Therefore, according to said command shall
expose for sale, at public auction all the right,
title and interest of the above named The ORR
mon Gold Mining Company G.imited) OF Lon
don in and to the above described property on
Monday the goth day of August, 1897, at 10
o'clock a. m, at the south front door of the
court house in the city of Boulder.
Dated at Boulder, this 7th day of August, 1897.
WARREN G. DYER,
Sheriff of Boulder County.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10
The Grandest Remedy.

Mr.. R. B, Greeve, merchant, of Chill.
howie, Va, certifes that he had con-
sumption, was given up to die, sought all
medical treatment that none y could pro-
cure, tried all cough remedies he could
hear of, but got no relief; spent many
nights sitting up in chair; when induc
ed to try DR., Kings New Discovery, and
was cured by the use of two bottles. For
past three years has been attending to
business, and says DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is the granlest remedy eve
made, as it has done so much for him
and also for others in his community.
DR.. Kings New Discovery is guaranteed
for coughs, colds, and consumption. 1t
don't fail. Trial bottle free at Par.or
Drug Store.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10
Asto Mileage Tickets,

If you travel extensively or frequently.
through Colorado, you will serve youe
interest and convenience il you buy
Gulf" thousand mile tickets, which are
now good for passage over the following
liues
Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf.
Union Pacific system.
South Park Line.
Colorado Midland R. r.
Midland Terminal r. R.
TIL enables holders to cover all i'm.
portant destinations in northern. eastern
and central Colorado, including Lead
vile, Gunnison, Cripple Creek, Colorado
Springs, Trinidad, Pueblo, Clear Creek
and Gilpin counties, and the Boulder
Ft Collins Greeley district.
They are also good on the Fl. Worth
and Denver Ry.
Rate is $50, good for one year.
B. l.. WINCHELL,
Gen. Pass. Agt, Denver, Colo.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10
Something to Know.

1t may De worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
the tired out nervous S, stem to healthy
vgor is Electric Bitters. This medicine
is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone
to the nerve centres in the stomach,
gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys,
and aids these organs IN throwing off
impurities in the blood. Electric Bitters
improves the appetite, aids digestion,
and is pronounced by those who have
tried it as the very best blood purifier
and nerve tonic. Try it. Sold for soc
or si.oo per bottle at Parlor Drug Store
Daily camera., 1897-08-10

Boulder should look after her streets
and sidewalks. Nothing appeals more
strongly to the visitors that come to our
CITY than well kept streets. Nothing is
more satisfactory to its residents A,
present both sidewalks and streets COM
pare unfavorably with those of the north
ern towns of half the size and fourth the
business. Boulder is by long odds the
most sound and prosperous town in the
state on business matters, but it doesn't
take enough pride in its appearance.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10
ARRESTED FOR UOUNTERFEITING
Peculiar Grimes Which Attack the Public
Health and POcketbook.

">'-HD'"""Ns
Isaac Platt and Otto Doerlam are at
present held to bail at Chicago, H., in
the unusually hIgn sum OF $4,000, after
staying for some time in Jail in default
of suretes, on charge of counterfelling
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale peo
pie. The sum in which the district at
torney demanded bail shows the import
ance which the tribunals attach to the Of
fence of counterfeltlng the medicine OF
the people. The condemnation at Syra
cuse, N, Y, recently, of the counter!ei.er
Or. Marquisee, to term in states prison,
is another instance OF the same view.
The courts in these cases held that a
medicine havlng the confidence of the
people to an extent which can tempt to
dishonest imitation has attained an i'm
portance which renders the substitution
for it of unreliable and Unauthorized
compounds an offence of a very serious
nature, against which the people have d
ught to be protected. The proceedings
in court suggested that the people would
not have gotten INTO the way Of relying
upon a definite medicine for the cure OF
their ailments without good cause.
Therefore, counterfeltlng such a remedy
is not an offence against the manufacture.
ers of the genuine goods alone, but
against the pubic. 1t is an offence
against the manufacturers because 1t
robs them of the fruit of their enterprise
in making known the merit of their pro
duct and their expenditures in advertis
ing them, for which large sums are paid
to the newspapers daily. But it is an Of
fence also against the people, pubnc
offence, for unless the confidence of tne
public in agenulne product has been
Justly earned 1t would be folly adveItis-
ing 1t. Hence the substitution Of Coun-
terfelts is an offence against the com-
monwealth, and las the courts have held),
righteously punishable by imprisonment
and heavy fine.
1t was shown that it is the importance
Of medicine that creates temptation to
this crime; no one counterfelts poor
medicine. 1t is a gratifying fact thai
fraud, to the extent of straight COUNTER
feitlng, is very rare; the druggists of the
country are too honorable a class of men
to involve themselves in such dubious
methods, and the people are rightin pro
tecting themselves by obtaining their
medicines from trustworthy dealers, and
| by taking pains to have the genuineness
OF their purchase placed beyond doubt
by seeing the correct, advertised name
las for instance, the full, unabbreviated
title, like DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, engraved on the package
they buy. The public now a-days refuses
to the sort of talk occasionally offered to
the unwary about something else jus,
as good" which always means fake
medicine gotten up to deceive people
whom an unscrupulous dealer thinks
foolish enough to believe such pretence.
Fortunately, DR.. Marqulsee was arrested
before he had sold single box of his
counterfeit pills, and the Chicago gang
were caught after they had been at work
for four days. and all the spurious pills
were seized and withdrawn from the
market.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10

lust how country can be in an ideal
condition for prosperity IN all industries
and ye, be restrained by gross errors in
its financial policies is being aptly illus
trated in the United States at the present
time. With splendid crops, and unlim-
tied demand by reason of the failure of
foreign crops, times continue hard. This
education OF the people will not be with
out permanent effects.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale at the Parlor Drug store
Boeck Bros. Proprietors.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10

In speaking of the possibilities sug
gested by the fall in the price of silver
the Washington Star gleefullY says "the
metal lacks the properties which would
make it suitable for the manufacture OF
horseshoes or railway tracks" The Star
in its mirth is right. With silver. the
same as with gold, its principal useful
ness is as a means OF exchange.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10

"They don't make much fuss about it. >
We are speaking of De Wits Little
Early Risers, the famous little pills for
constipation, biliousness, and all stom'
ach and liver troubles. They never
gripe. Parlor Drug Store.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10

Ladies learn to cut and make your
own garments by the famous Compass,
Triangle and Square French tailor
system. Full course of lnstruc lions and
diploma at half price. Patterns cut and
guaranteed. Madam Doty, corner 10th
and Walnut streets.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10

Denver boasts of discord in its mill
tary band. The First Regiment band
has been discharged becausel it preferred
t. play in Denver for pay to going to the
Springs encampment and playing for
glory. It's odd how mercenary these
people are.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10

John Griffin, of GAINESVILLE, O., says:
81 never lived day for thirty years
without suffering agony, until box Of
De Wits Witch Hazel Salve cured my
piles" For piles and rectal troubles,
cuts, bruises, sprains, eczema and all
skin troubles De Wits Witch Hazel
Salve is une1ual.ed. Paror Drug Store.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10

The remark of an eastern exchange
that if both men take part in the Ohio
campaign Mr.. Bryan will deliver sixteen
speeches to Mr.. McKinley's one, will also
hold good in reference to the ratio OF
the values of the speeches.
Daily camera., 1897-08-10

The gold bugs point with pride to the
fall in silver. 1t could scarcely be ex.
pected that any material wouldretain its
normal price when its natural usefulness
is eliminated