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Let Us Be Thankful.

Pine Blufians haye much for
which to be thankful ON this, No
vember %, 1897. A. D. True, it
may be that bat few have prospered
to the full extent of their liking,
but man is proverbialy greedy, and
it is vouchsafed but few, if any, to
have their avarice fully gratifed.
1t seems to be part of the human
disposition to disparage the pres
ent, to depreciate the blessings
we daily enjoy, and to pine for the
good old days of the past, laden
in their time with as many disap.
pointments as the present, and to
hope for something mysterious and
indefinable. but believed to be
better in the future. The poet
spoke truly when he said:
Hope springs eternal in the human breast
MAN never is but always To be blessed
But every year, if we but exercise
our reflective faculties and accord
the things we have about US that
need of praise aud merit which
they deserve, we shall find many
things for which to be thankful.
First of all, we should thank a kind
and gracious Providence for the i'm
measurable blessings of health.
Whatever ones lot and station,
wheather the possessor of a princely
fortune or a poor peasants lot,
there can be no real happiness with
out health. In comparison, all
things else vouchsafed frail humani
ty in this transitory world, are
secondary. One may be as rich as
Cresus, yet if he have not health
there is no happiness. One may
pile up fortunes as rapidly as
Barney Barnado, yet he would will
ingly surrender it all for health, if he
does not enjoy that priceless herit-
age. In the dispensations of kind
and aIl-wise Providence, there is
something in every life to enjoy, and
if you, gentle reader, on this day of
Thanksgiving will search out the
good things Providence has given
you, and set them down against the
misfortunes, real or imagined, that
beset your pathway, you will find
that the balance is in your favor
and that you have much for which
to render thanks.
Pine Blulfans have much for
which to be thankful. True, "pros-
perity" has not come upon US in any
great abundance, but all are enjoy
ing a sufficient amount to provide
for their daily necessities. True
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Mr.. LAMAR PAID TWICE.
General Lee Tells a Story of the Justices
Observation-Disclosures.


General Lee tells this story Of ox-Sen-
ator Lamar, while tho latter was q
member of the United States supreme
court.
He was In a herdio ono day, said
General Lee, and, as was not unusual
with him when not actively employed,
was almost entirely oblivious of his sur
roundinga He was a deep thinker, you
know Well, he forgot to pay his fare
The driver rang his bell, and finally an
other passenger called his attention to
1t.
They ringing for your fare,
think, said the man to Judge Lamar
touching him On the knee
Is that so2' asked the judge, start
ing up l had forgotten all about it,
He then pulled some silver pieces from
his pocket and selecting a dime dropped
it into the box
The passenger who had observed
his action said to the judge as he re-
sumed his seat Didn't you make a
mistake? The fare is 8 cents
Why, SO it is Excuse me, replied
the jurist. and again making his way to
the cash box he put in nickel, after
which he took his seat, confident that
he had discharged all his obligations, as
he had, indeed, and more.
And so far as know, " continued
General Lee "he never realized his
mistake The best part of tho story is
that it is truo Goodby Iget Off here F."
Washington Star
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A LITTLE SUFFERER

Face, Hands and Arms Covered With
Scrofulous Humors - How Cure
Was Effected.
"When five years old my little boy had
scrofula on his face, hands and arms. 1t
was worst on his chin, although the sores
on his cheeks and hands were very bad.
It appeared in the form of red pimples
which would tester, break open and run
and then scab over. After disappearing
they would break out again. They caused
intense itching and the little sufferer had
to be watched continually to keep him
from scratching the sores. We became
greatly alarmed at his condition. My
wife's mother had had serofula and the
only medicine which had helpd her was
Hoods Sarsaparilla. We decided to give
it to our boy and we noted an improve
ment in his case very soon. After giving
him four bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla
the humor had all been driven out of his
blood and 1t has never since returned"
WILLIAM BARTz, 416 South Williams ST.,
South Bend, Indiana.
You can buy Hoods Sarsaparilla of all
druggists. Be sure to get only Hoods.
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a Quaint Scotch Wedding Custom.

a quaint wedding custom still pre-
walls in many of the little country
towns and mining villages in Scotland.
When a wedding is held, the contract
ing parties make their guests pay in
full for the eating drinking and dane
ing facilities which are usually provid-
ed on such occasions. The practice still
seems to survive even in Glasgow A
correspondent observed notice posted
mp IN the Cowcaddens-a low class
Glasgow MISUNDERSTANDING the
public that soldier would shortly en-.
ter into the bonds of wedlock, and that
twopence would be charged for admis-
sion to the ceremony and an additional
sixpence imposed for attendance at the
wedding feast The practice seems to be
peculiarly Scotch, but sixpence certainly
seems moderate enough for marriage
supper Westminster Gazette.
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PINE BLUFF. ARK. NOV. u, 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 regular bus
mess policy, and we hope all state
ments will receive prompt answer
and remittance. Should any error
occur the same will be rectlfied 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
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Hoods Pills ssss q S8eIa; s cay dSas take

THE indications are that there
will be lively contest for the nom
nation for State Attorney General
next year. Among those mentioned
as probable candidates are Jeff Da-
Wis, of Russellville; Sam Chew, of
Ozark; J. B. Baker, of Melbourne;
C. c. Reid, of Morrillton, and form
er Senator Gibson Witt, of Mont
gomery county. All of these are
active young men and hot cam
paigners.
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There is in Germany already insr

There is in Germany already insur
ance against old age, accident and sick.
ness Tho government aids the old age
and sickness fund. But a new one is e
DO started which the government will
not aid. 1t viii ba called Industrial Its
aim and object will be to insure itl
members against losses from strikes
Thus with fund at his back to suppori
him tho German workman could go OF
strike when and where he pleased, ex
cept that such a course would soon eat
up al. the profits of the concern.
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Germany and the DIngIey Bill.
war times


Germany is alarmed because of
the great injury her export trade
has suffered as a result of the high
duties of the Dingley bill, which
shut her goods out of the markets
of this country. The American
Consul at Chemnitz, in report to
the State Depai tment, says that in
the September quarter of 1896 sew
enteen consular districts sent to the
United States goods amounting to
$14, 600, 900, and for the same quarter
in 1897 the same districts sent only
$1,000, 000 The fact that the aver
age loss of American trade all over
the empire is nearly 80 per cent has
caused much alarm, and the German
press is urging the government to
retallate by imposing high import
duties on American cotton, corn,
aats and petroleum, of which pro-
ducts Germany is large consumer,
and to buy the same from Russia
and India. If Germany lays retail
atory duties on our products and
manufactured goods as Argentina
and other South American countries
have done, the export trade of the
United States will be seriously Grip
pied and the responsibility will have
to be placed where it belongs, at the
door Of McKinleyism, which has un-
dertaken to make this country pros
porous by taxing the people and de-
stroying their commerce. We can
not blame Germany for retaliating,
and It is not reasonable to expect
that she will patiently submit to the
Injury the Dingley bill is doing her
trade. New Orleans States.
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The Election of Senators.


The contest over the return of
Hanna to the Senate has revived the
controversy on the subject Of
the election of United States
Senators by the direct vote of the
people If Hanna had come be-
fore the people of Ohio as a candi-
date on the basis of popular suffrage
he would have been repudiated by an
overwhelming majority and the peo-
pie would thus have prevented a
national disgrace by keeping out of
the Senate a man who is both NOR
ally and mentally untitled to occupy
a seat of such honor and Importance.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, comment
ing on the situation in Ohio, says.
In vote by the people for and
against Mark Hanna for Senator he
would have been showed under,
This is made evident by the fact that
candidates for the legislature were
beaten, and others elected by a
mere scratch, because they were
expected to vote for him 1t is OBJ
vious that these legislative candi-
dates received a much larger vote
than Hanna himself could hayd OBJ
tanned. Thousands are willing to
vote for their friends and neighbors
for the legislature regardless OF the
Senatorial question, who would have
never voted for Hanna. "
We believe that the time is not
far distant when constitutional
amendment will be adopted, proyid-
ing for the election of United States
Senators by popular vote and
when that is done legislative dead
locks and the corruption of legislat-
ors will cease and a class of men
sent to the Senate who are close to
and identified with the interests of
the people, ms lead of the trusts and
the combines The people will Sc
lect men of known ability and integ-
rity to represent their State in the
upper house of Congress, and the
business of buying up legislative
votes and sending man there to
act as the agent of some corporate
interest will be played out.
1t would be a good idea, in the
absence of any constitutional pro,
vision for the election of Senators
by popular vote, for the people Of
the several States which ale to
choose Senators to adopt the South
Carolina primary plan, which has
been found to work in a very salts
factory manner. The Senatorial
candidates are voted for at primary
elections held throughout the State
and the one receiving the greatest
number of votes becomes the nomi-
nee and such nomination is an in
struction to the legislature Had
this plan been adopted in Ohio it is
quite safe to say that Mark Hanna
would have been defeated by plu-
rality much larger than that by
which the Republican State ticket
was elected. The election of Sena-
tors by a direct vote is what the
people demand and they should not
cease agitating the matter until
they secure what they desire, be-
cause unless there is change in the
method Of choosing Senators it is
useless to hope for the reform of the
Senate New Orleans States.
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Says the Vicksburg Herald: "Col.
G. B. Gerald, who figures so promi-
nently in the dispatches of the Bay
lor-Brann affray at Waco, was well
known by the Herald editor, and will
be remembered by many MISSISSIPPI
plans as the major of the Eight
zenith Mississippi regiment. He
commanded his regiment after Get
tysburg, until wounded at Cedar
Creek. He went to Waco from
Yazoo City near thirty years ago.
A brave and gallant soldier, he was
physically noted for his towering
figure, some inches over 6 feet, and
stentorian voice. Evidently the
old veteran has not forgotten the
charging tactics that won the Army
of Northern Virginian so many vic
tories. 1t is to be hoped that he
will survive his present wounds, as
he cid other severe ones in the old
war times.
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Now let Little Rock start a move
ment for State fair of sufficient
magnitude to advertise the resour-
ces of the State. An enterprise OF
this kind would receive encourage
ment from all parts of the State and
would prove a success. Warren
Sentinel
What's the matter With the Pine
Bluff State Fair2 Pine Bluff has
railway facilities equal to those Of
Little Rock, and the enterprise is
deserving of the patronage of the
people of the State.
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Tho Useless Men.

Married life isn't what it is cracked
up to be, " remarked Mrs Grimesleigh
When | married Daniel, | thought il
would be SO handy to have q man about
the house; but, Lor', that rs all itamount
cd to- He's never at home when he's
wanted for anything, and If he is he's
tired or busy or something or other, anc
so have to so to work and do the thing
myself S far as can see, men arr
only in the way when they are in the
house and out of the way when they rs
wanted. Boston Transcript
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SEVERAL carpet factories in the
East have been forced to shut down
because Of the increased duties on
carpet woo,s, which have ruined the
carpet trade. This is practical IL
Illustration of the workings OF the
Dingley bill.
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An interesting disclosure has been
made in New York journalism. The
Herald charges the San with having
received $40, 900 in British gold to
publish prosperity" articles dur
ing Che late campaign. The wonder
now is in what way are Britishers
interested in American pros
perity.n
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slte o. Llneoln nlemorlal unl,rrrE.s

The Lincoln Memorial university, d
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 SAM.
tarium were started at Harrowgate,
which is four miles from Middles.
boro, in 1892 at cost for building
furniture and grounds of 81, ESQ, 000
The furniture, which cost $3.50, 600.
was sold at auction last year for Ss7..
000 The company had failed soon after
the Middlesboro boom collapsed. Nov
the building and several hundred acres
Of land have been sold at price that 70
aid IDs 10 exteed Sl0I 600
There has been some discussion rela-
tive to the tariff as to whether funeral
monuments are works of art, Dedded-
iv not; that is, hardly ever
Rice is the most important Of all
Japanese crops The cultivation takes
up more than half of the country 3 total
surface Of arabic land.
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ties as shall fall upon them"
What self-renuuciation and heroic purpose
was thisl They drowned witches to be sure,
but that was no part of their puritanism. 1t
Is to the puritan women we owe so much for
that spirit In our people which gives them
the fortitude TO endure hardship and stake
life and fortune for their convictions.
The American women of to-day have the
spirit of their puritan mothers, but their
constitutions are not rugged or able to en-
dure half the hardships of these New Eng
land ancestors. Very often they are run
down with weaknesses and Irregularities
peculiar to their sex, and the constant drain
upon their vitality makes them chronic in
valids. Many women hesitate to go to
their family physician, because they dread
the local examinations so generally insisted
.,rcr b. practitioners.
Such women should write DR.. R. "
Pierce, chief consulting physician of the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y. giving a full description of
their symptoms, history, etc, so that he
can give them the best possible medical
advice. If Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton seems to suit the case the Doctor will
say SO. If not, then he will give medical
advice which will put such women on the
rapid road to recovery and health.
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Iris shown that there has been a
tremendous decrease of German ex.
ports to the United States, says the
Fort Smith Times If this will
cause the factories and other indus
tries of the United States to employ
more labor, pay better wages aud
work full time, the workinRmen OF
this country will not feel so unkind-
ly toward the tariff laws. But nc
beneficial effect is noticeably appar-
ent yet in the betterment of the
condition of the wage earners,
generally speaking, from the de-
creased German exports.
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FORMER Senator ]. J. ingalls,, of
Kansas, has accepted position
with metropolitan daily to act as
Washington correspondent.
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The Chicago Inter Ocean has
passed into the control of Chas. T.
Yerkes, the Chicago street car
magnate.
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Mr.. A. H. Counts, Of Little Rock, is
/ visitor to the city today
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PURITAN DANES.

EQNAAhN OHlAAcs
We hear a great
deal these days of
our puritan fore
fathers, but little
concerning the
wives and moth
ers who landed at
Plymouth r ock
and founded that
colony which was
destined to play
such a large part
In our history.
In 1921 Elder
Cushman wrote
from Plymouth
that he would
not advise any
one to come here
who were not con-
tent to spend their
time, labors and
endeavors for the
benefit of those
who shall come
after, quitely con-
tie nting them
selves with such
- ltG1.I
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
An African Poison story.

Charles M. Stern of Chicago, who
has lust returned to this city, after a
journey through Northeast Africa,
told OF a curious meteorological pho
no nenOn which he observed in
district called GwaIlah. "rhe vegeta.
ton in that region is very luxur-
liant" said he "and the plant life must
give up an unusually large quantity
Of carbonic acid gas. AT least that
was the conclucion reached after
seeing three natives die and four or
five dogs. .....
The moment the animals put their
noses close to the ground they would
fall over and gasp and die in about
five minutes. The natives who died
slept on the ground instead of in
hammocks as others did. 1 saw hun
dreds Of dead birds. My theory is
that stratum Of the the deadly gas
covered the ground for a depth of
three or four inches, and any living
thing breathing in that drea was as
phyxiated.
Il could not understand, however.
how the gas was not distributed in a
thinner layer, aud what kept 1t in one
place for whole day. Moth ny Ike
1t had ever been known there before.
The deaths of the men and the dogs
all occurred within tweuty.fJur
hours. Then the gas. If 1t we're really
gas, SCENE to be Gsslpat I'd. 1t was
a very strange occur ence and I
might have been inc ICED to make a
more exhaustive inve itigation if my
presence hal not excited distrust. 1
got away as quickly us possible
ra her than be accu led Of beng the
cause Of the sudden deaths. The
natives are superstitious and attrib
ute most of their misfortunes to
witchcraft. 80 l thought it the part Of
wisdom to get away."-New York
Mail and Express.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
Landslide Exposes Coins.

A large find of old coins, winch
have lain hidden underground for
over 1850 years-since the time of the
Three Kingdoms-was accidentally
brought to light last May in the
ChuslIan district. i'll northwest HUI
peh, during a heavy downpour OF
rain, says a Shanghai newspaper.
On the 4th OF May a considerable
tract o: land washed off from a hill,
and the landslip exposed the hidden
treasure. The villagers in the neigh.
borhood hocked to the spot to help
themselves to it, and the news Of the
strange discovery was at once tele-
graphed his Excellency, Dnang Chin
tung. who ordered the local officials
to gather the coins with all dispauc h.
1t is said that the quantity gather
ed represents as many as 100000
strings, and the coins are unusually
large, resembling in size those of the
Hsienfung reign (about forty-tive
years ago. Of the present dynasty.
The Viceroy is sending 300 strings to
Pekin under charge of a Toatai for
the perusal OF the Emperor. The
coins bear ON one eide the characters
Of the reign of the Monarch and on
the other (Szechuep) the seat of the
seat Of the Government: that issued
them.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
A Chance for Somebody.

L. M. Keen IN, OF Ola. s. D., has ar
ranged to senI consignment Of 800
manageable young women to Alaska
and the Klondike early next spring
with The idea that many weddings
will ensue imme Lately upon their
arrival. He will pay their fares, but
expects to re Lizo $235,000 by his
scheme. counting on the iberality o:
those whom he will furnish with
wives. Kesnan is said to be a strict
Presbyterian, who will countenance
nothing like improperly In con uec.
ton with his en- terprise. A clergy
man ID to accompany the expedition
and every woman going along is to
pledge herself not to leave the river
steamer on which she ascends the
Yukon until sue is MARI I'd.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
STATE OF OHIO. CITY OF TOLEDO J

STATE OF Ohio. CITY OF TOLEDO
LUCAS COUNTY ss
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that
he Is the senior partner of the firm Of
F. j. CHENEY & Co.. doing business in
the City Of Toledo. County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use
Of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
ccmber, \. D., 1896.
rr A. w. Gleason,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally, and acts direc ly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Send for testimonials free.
FL. CHENEY & co.
Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
Change OF Firm.

3. E. Rodger having purchased the
interest of Harve McAdams in the
Palace Saloon, the business will be
hereafter conducted by the firm OF
Schirley & Rogers who Will collect al
bills due the old firm and pay all out
standing Indebtedness.
ScHIRLEY & RODGERS.
Elko, Nevada, Aug. 26. 1897.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30
Don't Tobacco spii and Smoke Your
Life Away.

If you want to quit tobacco using
easily and fore YER, be made we'll.
strong, magnetic, full Of new Life and
vigor, take No-T0. Dac. the wonder
worker that makes weak men strong.
MaDy gain ten pounds in ten days.
Over 100000 cured. Buy No.To. BAG
FROM your own druggist, who will
guarantee cure. Booklet and sample
maiIel FREQ. nd. Sterling Remedy
Co, Chicago or New York.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-08-30

The biggest price ever paid for a
horse in America and Sl25,O0O, given
by j. Malcolm Forbes of Boston
for Leland Stantord's Arion, trot-
ter.