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Miss Trip Lindsay will return from Sherrin Tuesday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

Mrs. ". D. Brady and son returned last night from Shreveport, La.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

Miss Mary Gillespie K visiting at
 Hot Springs
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Mr. " |. Dewoody is visiting in Memphis.
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Attorney Al. 4. Austin returned yesterday from attendance upon the Drew Circuit Cuuft
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

A. ]. Mitchell keeps constantly on hand a large assortment of the finest and best candies to be found on the market. dtf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

Mir. S. C. Martin was quite sick Saturday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

sprins shIEt Walsts at DreElas.
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Nr. and Mrs. Felix C smart have returned rem their bridal tour, and are uow at home to their friends it tbeig residence on West Fifth avenue
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

Saturday q marriage license was issued to W. f. Taylor and Miss Emma E. Greenlee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

The best , and i0c cigars to he found on the market at \. J Mitch- els, dti
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

Hon. N. E. Sallee came down from Little Rock yesterday evening to spend sunday with his family.
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CITY ITEMS

Mrs, (. 0 Petty is up after a brief Illness.
 Miss Mary Gillespie is visiting at Hot Springs.
 Mr. V. |. Dewoody is visiting in Memphis.
 Pro. LII. Thaeh is visiting his sister at Fordyee.
 Prof. J. H. Hinemon will return from Indianapolis Tuesday Esquire R. D. MeGaughy came over from Altheimer Saturday. Mr. NJ. H. Johnson, of Little Rock, is Ill the city.
 Mr. John Lanier Mills came down from Little Rock last evening. Mrs. Nj. r. Russell is convalescent
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Go to \. j Mitchell for your news papers, periodicals and magazines. dti
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

Mrs. J NJ, Over, who has been quite il, is improving.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

If you wish to hear aa orator en pleasing topic. attend the lecture Of Rsv. s 4. Steel next Tuesday, at Main Street Methodist Church 3t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

Hon. r. Lee, the brilliant Repre- sentative from Phillips county. was in the city last night enroate hame from the State capital.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

assortment ef Novelty Belts received yesterday by express-New ideas for Spring Entire line al 30o.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-21

Hoops PILLS are prompt. efficient. always reliable, easy to take, easy to operate. 211m
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

tor across the street viii buy his goods At
exactly the same price. but he VIII pay
much less freight rate. The irst n'r-
chant viii find it absolutely impossible 10
compete with his ncighbor except mt Il
loss. His suffering viii entail suffering
upon many others as a result of inStapll'lN
of rates. What the shipper ana the con-
siguee of freight want moro than any
thing else is stability of rd,cs. rms
freight associations insure.
1t is not to be denied that there is
Justice i'm what Mr.. Peck says, but 1t is
also wholesome to have the fact known
that the federal government in such
matters is supreme. This may tend to
cause the traffic pools to observe due
regard for public rights, so as not to
nname a sentiment adverse to their cN-
istenCe While i'm It's letter this de-
cision is perhaps temporarily injurious
in ultimate moral effect it will, we be-
lieve, rebound greatly to the nations S
welfare and be looked upon, i'm years
to come as one of the marking points
i'm n great reaction against abuses Of
corporate privilege.
Senator Quay laughs at the story that
he might be a candidate against Wana
maker for the state trcasurcrship. We
dare say he could engage substitute
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

and platt \ little of the same medi-
cine might occasionally work for good
at Harrisburg. also
-.---
Chauncey NJ Depcw, like a true
thoroughbred, comes up smiling with
"a handsome tribute for the man who
beat him i'm the race for the ambas-
sadorship to Great Britain. He says:
Il think Mr.. Hay will more than meet
the obligations cast upon him, and
will be one of the most uuccessful am
bassadors we have ever sent abroad
We hope so. But he will have to get
up early and remain up late To be as
good as Mr.. Depew would have been.
In the April Forum Senator Hoar VIII
give his opinion as 90 whether the SEN
ate has degenerated. We dare say he
will hold that the Massachusetts part
of it has not.
And SO Colonel Fred Grant, it seems
is to be our next minister to Austria.
Well he is son Of his father who
amounts to something ON his own legs
1t is announced that the proposed
duty on books has been stricken from
| the Dingley bill. such an amendment
/ is welcome. That duty was mistake
The London Times is mdiscree
enough to jump on the United state!
senate. The Times is usurping an eX
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26
What Bravery VIII Do.

The fact that Great Britain has with
drawn her Warships from active par
ticipation in theb luCkade of Crete and
that there has ceased to be, in the dis
patches frCm the capitals of the six
powers, that fercely threatening tone
which was the prevailing note against
Greece fortnight or so ago. is signifi-
cant of a chance in the eastern situa-
ton. Equally so is the semi-oflcal
hint which comes from ConstantinOple
that the Porte might not object to ac-
tual Greek occupation of Crete provid-
ed the island were still to remain nom
.-inally Il part of the Turkish empire;
in other words, that if King George viii
name a governor general, Abul lIamid
will appoint him and the matter at is
sue viii drop.
If this last overture be authentic, it
will mark ii signal victory for Mr.
Gladstone who, as the sun points out
proposed in his memorable letter to the
Duke of Westminster just such a solu-
tion, and called attention TO the fact
that it would put Crete in the same
category with Bosnia, Herzegovina.
Eastern Roumania and Cyprus, proyu-
ces still nominally Turkish but actu-
ally Austrian, Bulgarian or British,
That the attitude of the once defiant
powers has recently weakened is shown
conversely by the augmented frmness
of the Greek government, last reports
crediting King George with having de-
! clared deliberately that "eycry pres
sure eXerted by the powers upon Crete
win have its counter stroke on the from
| tier and beyond"
Altogether, the situation, as accurate
! ly as it can be viewed from this dis
| tance presents a splendid exhibition of
| the superiority of right against might,
| when right bravely asserts itself in the
person of a stOut-hearted champion
The two European figures Of this de,
cade who vii. win in this one affaiI
their greatest claim TO the respect OF
posterity are the Kins of Greece and
| William Ewart Gladstone, and i'm tn,
proportion that they grow big upon the
canvas do the figures of William OF
Germany and Nicholas OF Russia dim,
nish into contempt.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

There is under consideration at Har-
risburg a measure known as the Spatz
bill which deserves to be throttled with
neatness and dispatch. Its provisions
in brief are as follows: Should it pass,
an annual tax of 81 is to be imposed on
every bicycle i'm use in Pennsylvania
said tax to be duly collected by the reg
ular tax collector and covered eventu-
ally into the state treasury where ii is
to form a part of a public Improvement
fund which is to be paid out by the
state treasurer to the various counties
and townships, their pro rata snare
to be in proportion of the number OF
miles of roadway which it shall bear to
the whole number of miles of roadway
in the state. Bicycles whose owners
eyade the tax are to be seized and sold.
1t is represented that the author of
this bill is a sincere believer in good
roads, but if this be true he is GER
tainly on the wrong way to their con-
struction We have no doubt that the
wheelmen of Pennsylvania would glad
ly contribute 81 apiece each year, di-
rectly to the commonwealth, if thereby
start could be made toward highway
Improvement; i'm fact very few of them
now spend less than five times that
sum for this purpose. But it is one
thing to give voluntarily and another
thing to be arbitrarily mulcted. The
special tax proposed in the SpatZ bill
is q bit of impudenCe, as unjust as it is
uncalled for. 1t is a discrimination
against one kind of vehicle in favor OF
other kinds; it slaps in the face the
| very persons who already are doing
more than their share to push ahead
the cause of good roads, and it encour-
ages the false belief that good roads
are not of general and uniform benefit.
1t is high time in this enlightened
| commonwealth to get out of the old
ruts and upon the solid basis that good
roads are needed by every citizen. The
| archaic notion that they would bene-
fit only the few is unworthy to be held
| by any man claiming to possess com
mon sense. They are as much an es-
| Sential to the general prosperity aS
good water, good air and good santa
ton. They should he built by funds
raised through general taxation, ant
the sooner such lop-sided freak prOpo'
sitons as this Spatz bill are pulled ou
of the way, the sooner Will they appear
The legislature has defeated the new
libel bill, and the excuse given is tha
| c he la n n
opportunities Of newspapers for criti
cism of public officials. Then the.
should not invite it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

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rnn, -, ,,, ,,'i,, t,, , c,o,.,, nrou
nsitio, ,,,,t, M, ~, o'l tbo statr ar,
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p,csid,rt ,f,t,iri,. ,,,,ite ronturod mo
how. an Not,s,,r,,,,,, t,n,,. b, 5je cordial
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iey b9a prrcI"d al in. correspond,n,s he
| rarod tbr ,,roun ana said: "Gpntlcmer,
,n 80 f''I h..t ~, ,,n,,,t,. n,',rui,n IA
| a ,,nI,t. oH.r ,,.I t,,, yr, nyr ,yoiron.
! b,rc ot pnv trnn / t,prls Won for cora
/ r,, o, Etai,,,,,,, ,,,,,.,,,iI ,ol'rd th, nla,i-
| dant,s aita,t1nn ~ ,Le' rs.t fhnt th,s wa.
| ma i,rarst o1thn,fn,, Of corre-Dondent
"s ,o,,,,,ii,n.mt >, .Iit Mr. NrIinI,y.
| ,,\v"u A. a.. - |irrorstt enri Of n 4hoy,
! tbop mai we hod hrra , f-yy weeks age. 90
broke IL, onn Of the youngrr correspoud-
an. u,itb , r,,l. Of rn,r nf graat men
! cba,nrtrristjr or his nrorassion "Whru
sncrts ia Nr ,rry.}and before he went
! ny,ay there v,r,n orl, fourteen who lr-
! ,ncnlrl and todav thcrc are jus, 10 mon
, hrre.'
/ 'rn thi. tNn n,es,aeut made no reply. }u.
| here. .auuth her rorrcspondent broke in wtf
a remarl, which gave MIR. Mckinley q
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26
That Supreme Court Decision.

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90 t,a ,,,,.a,.n,,.,t ooai,,et tho Trans
,,,,,,a,,,i t,r,i,rl,. ossooio+ior confirms
a., e. ,,,,,,,+,,,,,. nc, 4, IT,, tboro,,ob
,a,,.,,,,.,,,, % a.. ,.,,i,,it,. or +,a cbor-
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'''''' - i''-' '''7 anu ~ p''l'e' -
SuCh an agreement feStralnS trade or
commerce ii is prohibited by the stat
,,ta unlass II COR, l,s eaid tho az, ,o,,,a-
Hieht' Io H'atleF "Hdt ltS terms ielai-
ing only to transportation cannot re-
strain trade or commerce We sea M
,, g., -, ,, -, 80 -
N'P0 - 'o''' ''' 'oii''u9'oil 'i''' Il any
agreement OF Such nature does re-
strain it, the agreement is condemned
nv this act r. T. The noir+ ,,,.,sd o,,
- W. va
'"e Neleil''"l' > part IL ti'it the statute
was not really intended to reach that
kind Of an ngraenept raIo+i,,o o,l,, IA
,oai,, ,.o+,,e, ,,,,+o,,,, ;,,+, H..
'''''" W i'i'o ~ 'o'iP'''i'S
common carriers by railroad; that it
was intended to reach ONLY those who
xyare angooad II, tba ,,,,,,,,f,o+,,,,, .
@''ie vi al 'l'leS VI coii4Ilelce' anu Nho'
by means of trusts, combinations and
cunspiracies We're engaped i'm afractino
+b, ,,,,,,,. 80 ~,
NPF'' W ~ P'' VI INC pi''e VI
manufacture OF such articles. The
terms of the act do not bear out such
construction
~,
"t'' irielei'ce " the second point
the court says:
Does the nresent aurean,e,t ,.,st,,,i ;,
trade or comrnarre in am, u,a,. CO ~. 80
be a violation of the act? We have nc
[e iitt me- II GotS ne az sreeLl'ellt on itS
the purpose of mutual nrotacfion hv as
tablishing and maintaining reasonable
ta 80 iule9 uisu reg u'alloiiS On an ire'sh
end the osSociati04 is fornNeS and :, ho,I,
created which is to adopt rules which
Wheh agreed TO, are to be the governing
tn of hd a., ai,u Nlota
pany to a payment of a penalty. and aI
though the parties have a right TO with
d" i,oi'i ,i'e o.l stllhS I'M
while in force and assuming it to be i've,
up to, there can be no doubt that it's dl
rect inmeulate ana necessary effect IS It
rs descriheI in tbe act Ior tbas, ,,,.e,
sons the suit OF the government can b
maintained without proof of the allega
uon that the agreement was entered mt
for the purpose of restraining trade o
commerce or Tor maintaining rates abov
what was reasonable Ihe necessary Il
feet or the agreement Is TO restrain trad
or commerce. no matter What the lhteh
was on the part OF those VINO signed II
we thihK that the iourth sectlon OF IN
act invests me government win luI
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

To insure publication in this paper
volunteered communications of con-
troverslal character MUST BH
SIGNED FOR PUBLICATION by the
writer's true name. To this just rule
we cannot hereafter make exception.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26
TOLD BY THE STARS.
Daily Horoscope Drawn by Aiacchus
The Tribune AsirOiOGeT.
Astrolabe cast; BIG a, m, for Friday,
March 26 1897,


CE' ~
1t win be apparent to child born on
this day that Uncle John Wuuamakcr mas
too many political managers.
The fact that too many persons expect
results IN advance on every business ven
ture may have something to do with the
hard times.
Among the signs of spring are patches
of pavement that can occasionally be OBJ
served through the dirt on the streets.
\ Scranton wife-beater has been fined
all of So! Are the lords Of creation TO be
allowed no privileges?
Aiacchus' Advice.
Now shake your carpets-and any old
friends who are no longer useful.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26
UNsAMERICAN CITIES.
From a Lecture Delivered in PittsburS
Last Week by Or. Charles Martyr, OF
ChirAaO.

From a Lecture Delivered in PittsburS
Last Week by DR.. Charles Martyr, OF
ChiCasO.
Three facts regarding cities deserve
careful attention. The hrst is that they
are the dominant force, social, Industrial,
commercial, moral and political III mou-
,eIn life. Their growth is abnormal. W hen
the hrst census was taken in 1890 only 3.3
per cent. of the population was urban
According to the last census taken IN
1880, the proportion was 29l2 per cent
During the decade between 1880 ana lsSO
the figures rose from 22.5I to 81 per
cent. In the North Atlantic division of
the Union, which includes the New Eng
land states, together with New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, more
than half of the population We're
dwellers in cities or in exact figures, 5l.jS
per cent. The aggregate growth of our
urban population is three times great
as that of the rural population. This
means, of course, that in the near future
We are to be a nation of cities The same
tendency is visible i'm Europe. From 1872
to 1869 the increase in London was sS per
cent; in Paris, rs; in Vienna, lUl; in Bcr-
| lin, ~; in Moscow and Constantinople,
| each 80; in Liverpool, IA, and in Madrid,
lU5 per cent. Hence municipal problems
| are the problems OF civilization at large
| In the United States, however they are
| more grave than elsewhere, because Of
the character of the government which
makes every male citizen voter
o.
THE second. significant and ominous
| fact regarding cities is that they are by
| our own confession ana by the accuSa-
| ton of foreign critics, the precise points
| where repubcaniSm breaks down. The
! conspicuous failure of democracy IS that
| ignorance, vice, poverty, pauperism ana
| sharp social contrasts supply the cong'n-
| a q political abuses
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26
Stationery That Isn't Stationary

Nothing stands still at our establish
ment. 1t very rarely happens that we
raise the price, but as to lowering them,
we'll. Just call around and we think we
can interest you with our complete lines
of stationery, engraving. blank books and
general office supplies We also carry
a complete line of typewrlters' supplies.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

An oVerZealous lieutenant of Senator
sibility to say how Governor Black of
New York would act on a certain mat
ter has been called down by both Black
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

The Ellsworth anti-portrait bill, nov
pending in New York, has been amend
ed to permit newspapers to print pic
lures of fugltives from justice, evident
ly with a view to Fastening their flight,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

When President Kruger of the
South African republic, doesn't like an
editorial in his morning paper, lie sup,
presses the journals publication, There
are officials in the United States who
must envy Kruger his power
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26
TIE RIGHT WAY.

From the Elmhurst Signal.
The way to have PROSPERITY Is to work
for IL.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26
GOLDSNIITH'S o. BAZAAR.
8t Is Wise E$conon1v

10 wisdom
poceboo will Reliable
and is satisfactory Ainsy makeslf This
stands ready all by actual demonstration that
buy here will b. bought right both quality and If through
mistake we'll right patronage
liable
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

The Legislature has defeated the new
libel bill, ana the excuse given is that
its members do not wish to extend the
opportunities of newspapers for criti-
csm of public officials. Then they
should not invite it.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

1t is something to know that Mr.
Bryan and his followers are now, tenn
porarily at least, satisfied with the
United States supreme court.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

George V. Lawrence Of Washington,
Pa, who was member of the legi'll-
ttme nifty years ago and also served Two
terms In congress, is here as candidate
for the United States mashaIship for the
Western district.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

Time is dealing gently with Senator
Spooner, of Wisconsin, He doesn't look
"A day older than he did when he retired
from the senate six years ago to make
room for his Democratic successor, Mr..
cuckoo" Villas. Although now in his
fiftY-tifth year Senator SpOoner looks
fully ten years younger and by people
who do not know his age would be taken
for 40 much oftener than for 80. Mr.,
Spooner is one of the best speakers in
the senate. So far he has not had an op-
portunity of displaying his oratorical abil-
itE.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-26

and platt. \ little of the same medi-
cine might occasionally work for good
at Harrlshura. also.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
Her Train.

"How did the queen of Sheba travel
when she went to see Solomon" asked
the teacher of her Sunday school class
Of little girls.
No one ventured an answer.
IF you had studied your lesson, you
could not have helped knowing" said
their teacher. "Now look over the verses
again.
Gould she have gone by the cars?''
asked the teacher, beginning to lose pa
thence as the children consulted their
books, but appeared to arrive at no con-
clusion.
"Yes'm," said little girl at the end
Of the class. "She went by steam cars. T"
"Did she, indeed? Well, Louise, we
would like to know how you found that
out?'
I'm the second verse;" responded the
child, lit says she came with very
great train. New York Advertiser.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-11
FANNY KEN BILE.

The Famous Actress Was a Troublesome
Woman the Stage.
Charles Halle once said to me: Fan
ny Kemble was the most difficult per-
son ever had to deal with. remem-
Der one day at Manchester she was to
read "A Midsummer Nights Dream
with Mendelssohn' music. Well, some
thing in the lighting, or the desk, or
the music, or the chair, did not quite
suit her, but at that late hour nothing
could be altered. So Fanny Kemble sim
ply sat down outside on the stairs in
the passage and cried. Nothing, she de-
clared, would induce her to begin until
everything was exactly to her taste.
implored her to go in, as tho place was
crowded and the people impatient. AT
last got her on to the platform. l new
er saw woman i'll such passion about
such trifie."
How deep was the impression she
made upon me as boy. l heard her
read that same Midsummer Nights
Dream" with Mendelssohn's lovely
music played by full orchestra. only
a year or two after Mendelssohn' 3 death.
The famous orchestral player, Mr.. Will
ly (now forgotten) led the first violins.
Fanny's versatility, her rapid changes
as she sat with the book open before her
on q crimson velvet cushion, were phe-
nomenal. Her only successor is Mrs.
Grove, the once famous Leah. Neither
Brandram nor Mrs. Dallas Glynn could
touch her as a Shakespearean reader.
Her rendering Of Bottom and his crew
is among those memories which will
take rank with old Harley's gravedig-
ger. Why Fanny was never brilliant
ii. g., q real Kemble''-success on
the stage / could never imagine. Of
course, never saw her act Her dra-
matte career was short one and over be-
fore my time, but all the Siddons was
in her platform Lady Macbeth, nor shall
/ ever forget the thrilling and pathetic
pathos Of the closing scenes of her "Ro-
meo and Juliet"
She was then (about 1860 not 80
stout as she afterward became Her
dark face and black hair, piercing black
eyes and long black velvet dress gave
her strange and tragic appearance,
which she entirely shook off in the
early love scenes, but which served to
color profoundly the terrible poison
tragedy of the close. Fanny Kemble had
an imperfect appreciation of music. She
was for leaving out this and curtailing
that. But Halle was firm about Mendels-
sohn, and she had to give in.-Contem-
porary Review.