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Rernhnrdt,s Lofty Aim.

In a recent issue Of lie Figaro Sarah
Bernhardt says; / have been exposing
to the public the vibrations of my soul,
the throbbings Of my heart, the tears Of
my eyes. have willed, have willed
ardently, to reach the highest point IN
art. have not yet attained it. / have
less time TO live than | havo already
lived, hut what matters that? Every
step brings me closer 10 my ideal The
hours that nave swept by, taking with
them my youth, have left me my oour-
age and my cheerfalness, fer my aim
remains the Same and toward it I am
te0dinp "
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A G0OD BILL

Senator Cranberry, of Lonoke
county, has introduced a bill in the
General Assembly Of the State that
is deserving of consideration, and
one we hope to see passed at the
present session. It is for the reg
ulation of building and loan assoc
Citations, and provides as follows:
Section /. That in all cases where
persons have borrowed money from
building and loan associations, con
tingent upon the payment of GER
tain amount Of the principal and
interest monthly, half yearly or
yearly, as agreed upon between the
contracting parties, the transaction
shall be declared liquidated aud
terminated when the borrower
shall have paid the principal and
interest, and he shall be entitled to
have all the mortgages, deeds e
trusts or other collateral security
cancelled and returned, and the
building and loan association shall
make the borrower a deed in fee
simple.
Section ,. Whenever any per
son who has been a borrower of
any building and loan association,
and shall have paid back the prin-
cipal and interest as mentioned in
section | of this act, and shall make
written demand upon any officer
or agent of such building and loan
association for his bstracts, deeds,
notes and all colaterals held by
such building and loan association
as security for the loan, and such
building and loan association shall
neglect, fail or refuse to surrender
such abstracts, deeds, notes and
colateras within thirty days after
the demand is made it shall forfeit
to the person or persons so refused
his papers, sum equal to the
amount of the original loan; such
forfeiture shall be recovered by
suit of injured borrower against
such building and loan association
as may refuse to return the seeuri-
ties, in any court having lurisdie-
ton Of the amount claimed in
forfeiture.
This bin will work very needed
reform in relation to borrowers in
building and loan associations.
As the law now stands, a borrower
in building aud loan association
cannot only be made to pay the
principal and interest en- his loan.
but If any losses have been suffered
in his series in consequence Of lack
of judgement and foresight ON the
part of the officers of said associa-
ton, the borrower aforesaid can be
taxed to make good the dedication
of some other loan in the same
series, This is an injustice to the
borrower. He should be made to
pay the principal and interest of his
own loan; no more, no less.
Senator Granberry's bill is there
fore timely and much needed law.
Building & Loan Associations have
no more right to oppress their Dor
rowers than any other class of
money lenders. Their rate Of inter
est is extortionate aud usurious,
but this has been held legal by the
courts because all borrowers are
necessarily members Of the associa-
ton.
If, then, the associations have
power to charge their borrowers an
usurious rate of interest, and cause
the latter to pay compound interest
on the total amount OF the principal
from the very first to the very last
assessment, the associations should
at least be prohibited from charging
the borrower more than tie prinei
pal and interest of his own loan
amounts to.
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counties in which either or both of
these corporations are doing bust
ness in this State should proceed
against them at once.
The amount to be collected, run
ming back several years, is some
thing considerable in the aggregate,
and the corporations aforesaid
should be forced To settle their de
linqueneies like other people, and
that without further delay.
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who Pays the Taxesq

At the last meeting Of tho Political
Equality club of Lewiston, Pa, the fol-
lowing statement was made: The tax
payers are in the east ward, 127 men
and 1913 women; in tho west ward, 1871
men and 50 women; iii the south ward,
4G men and Is women; whole number
of men paying tax, $40; whole number
of women paying tax, POS. The number
of women paying tax in the borough is
almost two-thirds the number of men,
yet they arc not supposed or expected to
know how this money is expended and
have no voice rs to how it shall be used.
is this taxation by representations
This town was once my home. Miss
Hay and Miss Yates organized this lew
iston club | rejoice to sec that it flour
ishes aud that its members can make out
so strong 4 case. Their ta&ation argu-
ment is certainly a good enc. Laura M,
Johns in Boston Womans Journal.
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There is more Catarrh in this section of the
country than all other diseases put together
laB5untii the lastfeW years was supposed to
Ibancurdble, For a great many years doc
tors pronounced it % local disease and pre-
sribed local remedies. and by constantly
falling to cure with local treatment. pro-
n5unccd il incurable, Science has proven
e4i9rrh to be . constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by r.. j.
Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the only con-
sdeutional cure ON the market. 1t is taken
Internally in doses from 10 drops to q tea
spoonful IL acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system. They offer
enc hundred dollars for any case it fails to
cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address,
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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~ IMPORTANT DECISION

AN IIHGOhIAR4 OE CIHfON.
The Supreme Court of the United
States has handed down a decision
in the Ohio tax cases that vitality
concerns many of the States of this
Union, and especially the State of
Arkansas.
The decision involved ten cases
brought by the Adams, American
and United States Express Com
panies to enjoin the revenue officers
of the State OF Ohio from collecting
certain taxes under the acts of the
General Assembly of the State,
passed in 1898 and 1894, for the tax
alton of express, telegraph and tele-
phone companies, on the ground
that the acts were in contravention
of the Constitution of the United
States and the State Of Ohio. The
cases covered the assessments made
against.the Express companies, and
were appealed from the decision Of
the Federal Court for the Southern
District of Ohio, which decision was
favorable to the State
A similar tax case was also
brought before the Supreme Court
from the State of Indiana, by the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
In each of these cases the Supreme
Court sustained the decision Of the
lower court, and the corporations
above mentioned will have to
cough up" to the State tax collec-
tors.
This decision is especially inn
portant to the people Of Arkansas.
1t will be remembered that several
years ago the Western Union Tel
egraph Company and the Pacific Elk
press Company secured an injunc-
tion from the Federal Court at
Little Rock and caused mandamus
to be issued against the tax eollec-
tors of this State, restraining the
latter from collecting any taxes
from either of the above corpor-
ations.
From that day to this neither the
Western Union Telegraph Company
nor the Pacific Express Company
has paid a dollar in taxes to any Of
the counties in which they do BUSH
ness in this State.
But it would seem from this late
rnoafis iQr Of tie United States SUI
inc Blum an opportunity rot. iisdieial
the dramatic entertainment to caths
lven at that place for the benefit 29n,
e Methodist Church. sion
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CONVICT I1BOR

The disposition shown BY several
States to make use Of the labor Of
convicts for the betterment Of all
classes is becoming a popular one.
1t has always been question Of
much discussion as 80 what could be
done with convict labor. and how
such could be utilized without an
tagonizing the efforts Of intelligent
American labor Mississippi
thought the problem could be solved
lie church saii7 r tnatr9p2s throughout the
t 7.3o O'Clock. Price OF admis- by MS
Sets. tt. affects
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Hon. VIM. L. WILSON, the present
Postmaster General, has been
elected Presidentof the Washington
and Lee University to succeed G.
w. Custer Lee, resigned. The honor
came to Mr.. Wilson unsolicited,
and he has not as yet signified his
nccnntannn-
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Half way between the clubhouse ant
the Grand Rapids and Indiana depot Al
Traverse City, Mich, there IS an area
Of water about 100 feet square which Is
frequently raised by some mysterious
power to a height of three or four feet.
looking like a mixture Of froth and saw.
dust. The water is only six feet deep
naturally, and as the theory Of a sabtes.
:aneau opening is discredited no one can
exnlain the phenomenon.
One of the important dnties Of ger
eminent is the putting Of rings ia the
noses Ct hogs
No part of the people of the world are
50 important to the welfare of mankind
rs those whose labor and brain convert
natural resources into material wealth.
IA new block Of flats IN the west END
makes only PuRE b 8 s1snssssss e
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fSotIcg OF application for sale Of lands to
deceased. - - , 81,
Netiee Is hereby gisen that | viii apply be
iere the court OF Probate or the County of
the date hereof, Cor an order Ia seil ~ sn5;
kltied halt interest 10 what is known as lie
Layton Place IN Riehland township. in said
yp1 ,..ls oelonging to the Estate ofHJoel b.
u said Estate the court may direct for fhe
purpose Of paying OF The debts against sam
Estate. T'.assn si'u
CHARLES Howsox. Administrator
: sol s'ssls ~ 1870 10 WV
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PINE BLUFF. ARK. FEB. II, 1897.

The Arkansas Commercial Con
vention meets in Little Rock Tues
day at 10 o'clock q. m. This
promises to be very important
convention to the commercial inter
ests of the State
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OUR CLUBBING RAgEs'
eadfnp Newspapers At Tsdu orfieoe
when Taken with re semi
weekly Grahie.

The tHpe-a-week s2RAi1.s i''''7
made arrangements - me- i.''0 : ?
newspapers OF the oui1fy " 'ieleNS
ii can secure them ~ l1s 9uDl5e' - :
AT greatly reduce prices me IlS'
appears below, e price naineu ~,
ing for the twice week &3itAl.lii anu
the newspaper entlohed pom lol
one wear.
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I'm fhe a@ye list are free silver,
sound mom, Republican, Democrat
ie. farm adhousehold publications,
and ever one can find a paper to
snit him The Farm News, Farm
Journal end Womankind are pub
lisbed monthly; the Home and Farm
twice anonth: Commercial Appeal,
Farm and Ranch, Courier-Journal,
and 4Bnta Constitution, Weekly;
New york World, three times a week;
and tbeNew York Advertiser daily
including Sunday.
Parties should avail themselves Of
these Wices st once, as they are sub
iect to change at any time.
Select yourpaper. send the amount
stated above, and your will receive
the paper selected and the twice-a-
week GRAPHIC for one year.
wtf SEMI WEEKLY GRAPHIC.
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BY virtue of an execution to me directed
by the clerk of the circuit court Of jefferson
county, Arkansas, ] will offer for sale at
the court house door, ia the city of Pine Bluff
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STORIES OF THE DAY
Interesting notes on Masters Tnat arc


e- .--.-..:...,. " -
IF will doubtless be news to many
people TO learn that whereas all work
has been stopped for considerable time
past On the Nicaragua canal it is in
full operation upon chat Of Panama
According to the report road at the an
nual general meeting Of the new Pana-
ma Genial company, just held in Paris,
more than 2,000 worlmen were en-
ployed in pushing forward the ezeaya-
zion on the Emparado and the Culebra
in the year 1895, while during the pres
emit year the force has been almost dou-
blod. The report states that the more
the directors advance in the accomplish
ment Of the task they undertook the
more their confidence increases in tho
final result.
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Blood

And good health, take iiood'sSarsaparilla5
which has FIRST, last, and all the time,
been advertised as just what it isl the
best medicine for the blood ever pro-
duced. Its success in curing serofula,
Salt Rheum, rheumatism, Gatarrhi
Dyspepsia, Nervous prestration and
That Tired Feeling, have made
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Considerable excitement has been
caused at Athens by the publication in
the official gazette Of proclamation
calling out tho reserves and deoreeing
the Immediate formation Of camp Of
exercise and instruction. The conviction
is generally entertained that the king,
who has recently returned from Vienna,
would not have done this nad he not
acquired there the knowledge that grave
events are imminent in the southeast Of
Europe.
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Inc English government has 5nss es-
faollshed a sanctuary for the african
elephant in che coast area of Somaliland.
WITHIN thereservo shooting of elephants
IS strictly forbidden, and the observance
Of this rule will be an essential oondi-
non TO shoot other animals within the
prescribed area. The reserve in question
extends from tho Sheik pass on the east
70 the Abyssinian frontier on the west.
while the northern boundary is tho edge
Ct the Hand. Altogether the reserve IS
about goo miles long by SO wide At
present elephant herds abound within
the district New York Tribune
It is evident that there is hut lttle
M pro7eatnt as yet in the lot Of the
Armeaians in Turkey, for the Armenian
bishop Of the Hasskeai suburb Of Con-
stantinenle has jass been sentenced *
lesth for keeping q loaded revolver III
als house. II IS difficult 70 imagine tho
archbishop Of Canterbury being con-
iesaned to be hanged for keeping a pis-
q at Lambeth palace, or Archbishop
7oTTigan sentenced 70 eleetrocution for
afrying a gun concealed beneath
Is coat. Yet anoh comparisons are nee
ssary to realize tho condition OF affairs
rat prevails at tho present paosneut in
pnstantinople.
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The agitation which has recently
taken place in France regarding ex-Oap-
tain Dreyfus, condemned to imprison-
menB for life for betrayal of military
state secrets, has had the effect Of eaus-
ing the government to institute addi-
tional measures for the prevention Of
any escape Of the captive According to
a circular just issued by tho minister
Of the colonies at Paris, the governor Of
Guiana is ordered to change every three
months the guards charged with tho
duty eff keeping watch on Dreyfus on
the lie du Biable, where he is oonfued.
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1t is reported at Brussels that Baron
Dhanis, in command Of the Kongo Free
State troops in the Nile valley, has
been killed By the Mahdists to the north
Of Lado.
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A statue Of the late Count ferdinand
do Lesseps is about to be erected at Port
Said, at point overlooking tho harbor
and the entrance to the Suez canal.
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Sheriff Of Jefferson County. britousa
By G. w. LINDSAY. -.
Pine biu1f. Arkansas, january 18th, 1897.
I IL W2W
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q Pine Blum an opportunity 10 I. ~
tend the dramatic entertainment to
be given at that place for the benefit
Of the Methodist Church.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-19
HOE WORDS FROM 0OL RENp.
IIs DsnoanOsa Ne Armlt, and Calls Hlm
an Artfal D0dgeT.

io DenounOea uo Armttl ana Cnhp tsini
An ATtfal DOdgeT.
CHICAGO, July ls.-"De Armit's plan
to end the strike among the coal miners
will fail because no one has faith in II
besides himself and the commissioners
whose credulIty he has imposed upon.
Some other way of settling the strike
will doubtless be devised and attempted
in the near future. AS to myself, ] In
tend to so east next week TO confer with
operators and labor leaders with regard
to ending this strike by other than such
hypocritlcal means"
Col, w. p. Rend had just finished
savage denunclation OF W. p, De Armit
when he pronhesied the failure Of the
eastern mans "true uniformity" plan,
which the Chicago coal operator refused
to sign when waited upon by the state
commissioners OF labor yesterday.
THE promises OF peace held out by
certain OF the state commissioners are
based merely on the plausible profess
sions OF De ArInit," said Col. Rend, pac-
ing excitedly to and fro in his Office, ut
seems that certain of these gentlemen
must have been hypnotized by this art
full dodger. judge they have been TAX
en- to the Duquesne club In Pittsburgh
and wined and dined and filed with his
fictions, His plan OF peace Is q delu-
sion, designed to humbug the opinion
OF the public. II is snare craftily con-
trived to entice and entangle the other
operators Into a false position. This
self-constituted refornier is reformep
for 10 cents a ton, He says he Ia in fa-
vor of abollshing company stores and Is
the champion OF honest weights and
true uniformity. Those of us who know
him belive him to be Pharisee in every
thing except that the Pharsee claimed,
l believe, that he was exempt from the
sin of the oppression of the poor. Tho
plain facts are that De Armit got an ad-
vantage over his fellow operators and is
trying to maintain 1t by falsehood and
calumny. Every large operator in
Pittsburgh Is as much In favor OF honest
methods as Is De Armit / say deliber-
ately that his methods are those OF
moral knave, who would rob others of
their good name In order that he might
be able to defend the Just accusations
against his own.
Seventy per cent Of the opartors.
controlling 90 per cent OF the coal pro-
duced in the Pittsburgh district, will
ingly signed the very agreement that
De Armit now puts forth as his ultima
tum. In order to deceive the public he
puts forth his plea for uniformity. but
at the same time attaches condition
that he knows In advance will defeat
the very object he ostensibly pretends to
further.
what language is too severe for the
man who caused the strike Of 1894 and is
now the cause Of n conflict in which
10000 miners are made Idle and from
which the business interests of several
states suffer such vast injury7 Harsh
as my language may seem II Is only that
OF nearly every operator and miner in
the land"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-19

work before US, and the responsibility
resting upon us, and after two weeks OF
suspension, involving more than l5O,-
900 miners. we are well satisfied with the
results. Only those who are best ao-
Quainted with the condition OF the min
ers have any idea OF the extent OF this
suspension and It's paralyzlng effects
upon labor and business OF the coun-
try. The coming week will add 10000
men to the idle column. The week fol-
lowing will bring greater nccessions to
our ranks. The movement will continue
to grow not only from the point Of nuns
ber involved, but public opinion viii be-
come crystalized more fully and through
the press OF the country will demand a
solution of this great difficulty. Our
demand for living wages and the deter
mlnation OF the miners to secure 1t,
have brought expressions OF sympathy
and moral and material support from
almost every branch OF organized labor
whose efforts in our behalf will endear
them TO all lovers of fairness and es-
tabllsh for the miners, with their own
efforts, q living rate OF wages"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-19

VICTORIA, b. c., July 1S.-The Ro-
man Catholics of this city have taken
determined steps to prevent Michael
Ruthven who claims to be an ex-priest,
from repeating series of lectures
which he delivered two weeks ago
When Ruthven was here before he got
O little notoriety through letters he
wrote to the papers. He returned this
week and advertised three lectures on
Sunday and Monday. The Catholics had
him arrested for criminaiiy iibeiing
Rev. Rev Father Nicolay, OF this city,
by publishing pamphlet which con-
tanned the statement that all Catholic
priests were immoral. He is also
charged with melting breach OF the
peace by Issuing his circulars calling
meetings. Ruthven was committed for
trial on the charge Of criminal libel and
bound over to keep the peace.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-19
AWAITING ACTION
or the FRirmont Miners-Jf They Strike |
Ihe Rest viii Follow.

or the FRirmont MIners-Jf They Strike
the Rest Will Follow,
Special Dispatch to the Intellgencer.
GRAFTON, W. Va, July ls,-Your
correspondent in reviewing the mining
situation throughout the eastern part OF
the state to-day learns that though an
unusual amount OF interest has been
manifested among the miners In the
last two or three days as to the out
come OF the strike, no excitement has
been felt, and the miners in general
have believed all along there would be
no strike, The failure OF the great la
Dor leaders to appear Falrmont, Sat
urday, was general disappointment
among the miners everywhere, as many
men from this part OF the state went
there to attend the great mass meeting
which was advertised.
AT the Davis Coal and Coke Com
pany's mines along the West Virginia
Central road. everything Is quiet and
the company is employing new men ev-
cry day, and there is still great de-
mand for empty cars.
At Cornith, Eustln and the West End
everything Is quiet and the men are
working full time. About one hundred
miners are employed at Tunnelton and
all the coal dug Ia used to supply freight
engines on the Baltimore s. Ohio road,
and none is shipped,
Everything Is quiet at this point, but
the men say they are waiting the action
OF the miners in the Fairmont regions
and IL they strike every man can be In
duced to come out II necessary TO help
the others to victory, and the same ap-
plies to all miners throughout the east
ern part OF West Virginia.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-07-19

DIAMoNDALE, Mich, July 1S.-Dr.
Tyler Hun died this morning in a pecu-
liar manner from blood poisoning. Ho
struck his shin bone against basket
OF potatoes ten days ago. Eczema set in
and the leg swelled up. He knew that
he was going to die. and insisted on
having a big mirror placed at the foot
of his bed so that he could watch the
progress OF the disease He weighed
two hundred and seventy pounds.
He was born In Geauga county, Ohio,
October 10. 1870, and graduated from the
Detroit Medical and Surgical College in
1871. In 1892 he got diploma at the
Rush Medical College. He MISC studied
law and was admitted to the bar In
1893. He was Mason and Maccabee.