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THE PUPILS OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAKE A THANKS
 GIVING OFFERING.
Three Immense Wagon Loads of Food and Clothing Sent Out and Fifty Families
 Relieved.
The day set apart by the Presi

The day set apart by the Presi- dent for the people of this immense etion to return thanks to a boun- tifui apd generous Father for the many mefgies shown during the past year has been most worthily observed by the pupils of the Pine Bluff free schools. As stated in Tuesdays GRAPHIC, th& pupils were all requested to bring some offering to the schools on Wednesday. after 0oon. The manner in which ffe pu- pills responded to this sugge, tlon was most generous and laudae9e. Yesterday afternoon the children came to the schools laden with offer ings of every kind. The donations were carried from the different schools to the High School. The sight of the immense amount of clothing, food, fruits and every oth- CT article of necessity, was one well Aorth seeing. The most enthusias-
 h terest was manifested in the
 brtaking by the children and a
 generous spirit shown by z h. Whatever sacrifice they may Eve made seemed to be forgotten |B tie act of doing good.
 Under the direction of the Ladies Benevolent Association the dona- tions were distributed among needy families. Wagons for delivering were furnished free by B. Brewster & Co. With each lot Q card was sent. The cards were furnished by the Adams Wilson Printing Co.,, and read as follows "With best wishes of the children of the Public Schools"
 Though Pine Bluff is not overrun with needy families, the donations sent out will bring gladness to many heart and brighten many home for Thanksgiving that otherwise might have been in gloom.
 Possibly the greatest good from the move will result from the noble example set to the pupils. That they should grow to be unselfish and liberal minded men and women is the aspirations of their excellent instructors.
 This innovation into our schools is splendid evidence of the deep interest the teachers are taking in the welfare of their pupils.
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A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
Two Women Thrown From a Cart
 and One Seriously Hurt.

Yesterday, Wednesday, afternoon the wife of the keeper of the poor house, and another lady, were re- turnig from the High School with a small cart ladened with food and clothing. The horse hitched to the cart became frightened and ran away down Fifth avenue. Near the corner of Fifth avenue and Walnut street, the cart was over turned and both ladies were thrown out and one struck the stone curbing and was seriously bruised. She was carried into Mir. Voss' residence in an unconscious condition. Dr, Gore was called and dressed her wounds.
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John Franey Dead.

MT. John Franey, the switchman who has been at the Infrmary sui fering from fractured skull, died yesterday afternoon at 4;3O o'clock He will be buried this afternoon from St. Joseph's Catholic church Ut 3 lo clock,
 Mir. FraneJ was a member of the Knights of Honor and carried other insurance. He leaves a wife and sev- eral children.
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Hospital Association.

/ Monday afternoon the Ladies Hospital and Benevolent Assoeia tion met at the Merrill Institute aud elected officers for the ensuing year The election resulted as follows:
 Mrs. J. W. Crawford, President; Mrs. J. G. Taylor, Secretary; Mrs A. W. Troupe, Treasurer; Mrs. L E. Goldsmith, First vice-Presidentt Mrs. B. E. Benton, Second; Mrs. R. H. M. Mills, Third; Mrs. c. E Valiant, Fourth.
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PROGRAM OF CONCERT
To Be Given By the Main Street
 Epworth League.

The following is the program qi the concert to be given under the Auspices of the Main street NJ. E. church on next Friday evening, No vember 26th, '97, at the Merrill Instt- tute:
 PART I. l-Song of the Triton Chorus Molloy Mesdames Dilley, Reed Fowler Hud- son; Misses Bessie Altheimer Moss, Holland and Messrs. Kincaide, Hol- land, Huntley and Voss. 2-"When the Folks away from Home" Riley
 Master Tom Hill. 3-"Leol in Mine Eyes. ........ Contralto sole
 Mrs. F. M. Hudson.
 Miss Lucey Hearn.
 a-'Last Night ....... Kjeruli b-"Simpe Simon" "............... ........ Macy Mesdames Dilley, Reed Fowler, Hudson 6-sThe Earl King" Soprano solo Shubert
 Miss Bessie Altheimer. tNote-The Earl King is mythical eharac- ter, supposed to inhabit the Forrest Oaks and at times issue forth and lure travellers tF .death0
 PART II. l-"Don Pasquale" Piano duet..... Donizetto
 Mesdames Owen and Hudson. fe- Mrs Fred NJ. DilleY 3--"Valse'' ....... Piano solo ....... Chopin
 Miss Henrietta Sheetz. 4-"Queen of the Night" ..Quartett-.. Smart Mesdames Dilley, Fowler and Hudson. 5--.The Sea Birds Message" solo Geibel 6-ssShepherdess Drill"- Genevieve Stebbins
 Miss Hearn, The admission has been fixed at ffhe 10 p.ice of 9 cents, children at { F cents.
 Seats can be reserved at Bailey's brug Store, withoue extra charge.
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 Card Of Thanks.

At meeting of the Y. M. H. A., held Nov. 2l, 1897, resolutions were adopted extending the esineere thanks of the members of the Association to all those who so kindly assisted Ut the opening reception on Nov. 8, 1857, and also to all those who so gener- ously contributed to the library.
 M, l.. ALTHEMER, Prest.
 1. " MILLER, Secretary.
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A Runaway.

MT. R. G. Atkinson lost his fine buggy late yesterday afternoon, the result of runaway. His servant girl vas driving on Fifh avenue. The horse became frighted and ran away. It turned in an alley to go to the stable and struck the vehicle against the corner. The buggy was smashed to pieces and the gill thrown out and badly bruised.
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Another Pardon.

Governor Jones today pardoned Putnam Jones, who was convicted April 23, in the justice peace court of O. W. Alexander, of Vaugine township, Jefferson county, of sell ing liquor without license and fined $200 and costs.-Ark. Democrat.
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"Is It Better to Be Born Rich Than
 Poor.
Poor. Il

This subject will be hotly contest ed next Monday night by members of the Oratorical Association. The subject will be conclusively and final ly settled, Persons regreting their unequal lot would do well to attend and learn wherein they are blessed.
 The aristocrats will be repre- sented by Walton Seymour and Walter Hudson; the plebians by Harvey Morgan and Edwin Kerwin. The program also contains an ora tion by Ben J.Altheimer and decla- mation by Alex Rowell.
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California Judges arc protesting against the appointment ofAttorney General MeKenna to the Supreme Bench to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Field.
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Did No. Game

tGoYernor Dan ". Jones, Prof Juni- jous Jordan, Bishop Fitzgerald and the other prominent men who were
 to he present at the dedication oi
 the Colored Industrial Institute,
 failed to come down from Little Rock this morning.
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Tine explosion of a steam heater In a passenger coach on the Illinois Central railroad near Padncah, Ky, Wednesday scalded several passen- gers and severely injured two off cials of the road.
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One ticket to the Patrolman's ball will admit a gentleman and as many ladies as he can bring with him. Buy your tickets early and avoid the rush.
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The Republicans of the IniaQis Legislature held q caucus yesterday and decided to call an extra session in order to gerrymand5r the State in the interest of their party.
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Hon. J. W. Crawford is spending Thanksgiving hunting at Altheimer. Friday he leaves for Searcy to make q short business visit.
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Hon. ". J. Bryan engaged in a practice foot ball game at Columbia, Mo-, Tuesday and greatly enjoyed the sport.
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Will Read, an employe in Lowen- stein's at Memphis, shielded yester- day.
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John E. Liggett, the great tobacco manufacturers, died in St.Louis Tues day of heart disease.
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A Rhode Islander sent the Presi- dent q 27-pound turkey for Thanks giving.
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The Patrollman's ball will be given at the Bluff City Hall next Tuesday night. A great many tickets have already been sold.
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BLUFF ARKANSAS THURSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 25 l89z
NEWS BRIEFS.

Butcher Weyler has arrived in Spain but the demonstration expect ed in his honor did not come off.
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First Ward School Exercises

Wednesday afternoon exercises were held at the First Ward School on Riverside and a program appro- priate to Thanksgiving was render ed. The exercises were witnessed by a number of the parents of the pupils. The program was an inter- esting one, and as follows:
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-09
Uncle Mates Break.

One of our neighbors, Uncle Nate, as
we call him, was greatly bothered by a
whipporwill that came nearly every
night and sat on a rock in his back yard
and sang his love song, or whatever it
is, until Uncle Nate was nearly wild.
One night he lay awake, and, as he
said, stood it just as long as he could.
when he got up, and, taking down the
old gun that was loaded with fox
charge, he went to the back door, and,
drawing bead on the rock, which he
could dimly see in the faint starlight,
blazed away. Then, in the pleasing
consciousness of good deed well done,
he again sought his couch.
In the morning his first care was to
reload the old gun, as there was no tell
ing when it would be needed. After
this task was finished he started for the
back yard to gloat over the mangled re-
mains Of his tormentor, but what were
his horror and disgust to find that in
stead of holding on the rock he had
completely riddled his wife's best wash
tub, which was turned bottom up about
four feet from the rock.
The disappointment was bad enough,
but when Aunt Hannah came out and
saw the ruin, Uncle Nate afterward de-
clared, it was worse than the whippoor-
will, and he made break for the barn,
his usual haven of refuge in such cases
Forest and Stream
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-09
GREATEST OF coLoNlzERs.
Much OF the Earth Owes Its Settlement to
the Finding Of Gold.

Much OF the Earth Owes Its Settlement to
the Finding OF Gold.
It has been we'll said that gold is the
greatest of colonizers, and this has prov
ed especially true in the last half Of the
present century To what lone regions
the footsteps Of man were attracted in
the earliest times by the discovery Of
gold we may not know, but within the
memory of living men great regions Of
the earth S surface have owed their set
Element and occupation solely to the
finding by search or accident of few
shining particles in the earth.
California was remote and outlying
province of Mexico, inhabited by Indi-
ans, gathered in missions or scattered
abroad, and cattle barons and their de-
pendents. visited by few ships each
year in search Of freight of hides,
when the picking up of few grains of
gold in the banks of mill race called
the gold seekers from the four quarters
Of the earth and transformed wilder
ness into populous empire.
Australia was a corner Of the earth
selected ON account Of it's remoteness
from their former home as place of
Punishment for British criminals when
the CLEAN Of gold illuminated it and
filed the distant harbors with sails and
their shores with cities.
South Africa might have remained
forever grassy waste, the home of saw
ages contending with the Beers and the
British for the possession of illimitable
pastures, had not gold called the miner
and those who follow him to build Jo-
hannesburg. Kansas City Times.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-09

John Beckwith, the warehouseman,
received letter the other day address
ed ia round business hand and bearing
the Oakland postmark. He glanced at
it, rubbed his forehead reflectively a
moment and then, without opening the
envelope, tore it into bits.
why did you do that?" asked his
partner "That might have contained
something of Importance. .
"No, it didn' t. wrote it myself. y
Are you in the habit of writing let
tiers to yourself?''
"Yes. l have to. Now, if 1 hadn t
written that yesterday and mailed it
would have forgotten that bunch of
braid. two dozen pearl buttons and five
yards of haircloth that have got to go
down town and buy right now. Once,
though, Iwrote letter to myself about
something l wanted to remember and
forgot to mail it for two weeks. San
Francisco Post
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-09
The Sea.

It is the sea which ennobles every
thing. Between the line and the surf
there was but the ancient foreshore,
covered with prickly tamarisks and
mauve colored heath, with yellow sand
conspicuous hsre and there At the linn
it of the foreshore the rugged border
line cut clear into deep and somber
blue 1t is she-blue as any grape On
this cluster which hangs in the cooling
breeze. The azure deepens, filing up
good half Of the range of sight; the
white sail of a fishing smack floats
alone, like hollow shell; the eternal
monotone OF ocean is borne upon the
ear. Draw near and see the leaping sill
yer foam.
Above this intense blue the sky is trans
parently, superbly pale, and the stars
are hurrying to light their lamps. There
is not living soul, nor plant, nor
any sign of the hand of man. There
might be nereids and fauns dancing
ON the strand, as in the days when the
world was young A. Taine in
Journeys Through France.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-09
SLATE PENCILS.
What They Are Composed of and How
They Are Made.

What They Are Composed of and How
They Are Made.
Slate pencils undergo number of
processes before they are ready for use,
and i'll making them nearly all of the
manual labor is done by boys. First
broken pieces Of slate are put into a
mortar run by steam and are crushed to
a powder, which is then bolted in a ma
chine such as is used in Touring mills
A fine slate flour results, which is thor
oughly mixed in large tub with stea-
tite -four and other materials, the whole
making stiff dough. The dough is
meaded by being passed between iron
rollers number of times, and it is then
taken to a table, where it is made into
short cylinders four or five inches in
thickness and containing from eight to
ten pounds of material each
-Four of these cylinders are placed in
a strong iron resort which has change
able nozzle SO that the size Of the pen
ellis may be regulated. In the retort the
material is subjected to great hydraulic
pressure and is thus pushed through the
nozzle in the shape Of a long cord. As
the cord comes through the nozzle it
passes over knife and is cut into the
desired lengths. The lengths are laid
on boards to dry and are then placed on
sheets Of corrugated zinc, the corrugation
preventing the pencils from warping
during the baking process. The baking
is done in kiln into which superheat-
ed steam is introduced through pipes.
The pencils go from the kiln to the
finishing and packing room, where the
ends are held for an instant under a
rapidly revolving emery wheel. which
neatly points them.
Finally they are packed in pastebomd
boxes, 100 pencils in each box, then 100
Of the pasteboard boxes are packed in a
wooden box, and they are ready for
shipment. Philadelphia Times.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-09
Lonxsyity of Astronomers.

The longevity enjoyed by astronc mers
IS proverblal, and an astronomical Jour-
nal gives long list Of them who have
far exceeded the threescore years and
ten Among the eminent names are Gas.
SIM, who lived to 81; Caroline He.schel
to SO. Sir W. Herschel to "a, Newton
to "a, Mary Somerville to SO, Haley to
S6, Sir George Airey to 90, Sir David
brewster to Sc. Sir E. Sabine to "a,
humboldt to 80, Schwabe to Sc, Santin,
to 81, and Fontenelle to 100 Regular
ity OF habit conduces to longevity in any
walk OF life. and it is a necessity to the
astronomer. This, added to the calm
pursuit OF those wln study the heavens,
connterbalances the effect OF late witch
ings and exposure to the night air
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-09
THE CARIBBEAN.

Captain Mahan ON the Strategic Impor-
tance of the Land Girt Sea.
Causes specifically very diverse, but
essentially the same in that they arose
from and still depend upon lack Of To-
cal political capacity, have brought the
Mediterranean and the Caribbean. in
our own time, to similar conditions, re-
garded as quantities Of interest in the
sphere of international relations. What
ever the intrinsic value Of the two bod
les of water, in themselves or in their
surroundings, whatever their present
contributions to the prosperity or to the
culture Of mankind, their conspicuous
characteristics now are their political
and military Importance, in the broad
est sense, as concerning not only the
countries that border them, but the
world at large. Both are land grit seas;
both are links in q chain of communica-
ton between an east and a west. In
both the chain is broken by an isthmus.
Both are of contracted extent when
compared with great oceans, and in
consequence of these common features
both present in an intensified form the
advantages and the limitations, politi-
cal and military, which condition the
influence Of sea power.
This conclusion is notably true Of the
Mediterranean, as is shown by its his
tory. It is even more forcibly true Of
the Caribbean, partly because the con-
tour Of its shores does not, as in the
Mediterranean peninsulas, thrust the
power of the land so far and so sustain
eddy into the sea; partly because, from
historical antecedents already alluded
to, in the. character of the first colo
nists and from the shortness Of the
time the ground has been in civilized
occupation, there does not exist in the
Caribbean or in the gulf Of Mexico
apart from the United States-any land
power at all comparable to those great
continental states Of Europe whose
strength lies in their armies far more
than in their navies.
So far as national inclinations, as dis
tinct from the cautions actions Of states
man, can be discerned, in the Mediter-
ranean at present the sea powers, Great
Britain, France and Italy, are opposed
to the land powers, Germany, Austria
and Russia, and the latter dominate &C
zion. It cannot be SO in any near future
in the Caribbean. The Caribbean is pre-
eminently the domain Of sea power.
Captain A. T. Mahan, U. s. n, in
Harper's Magazine.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-09
The Decline of Man.

There seems to be some uncertainty as
to the size Of our great mother. The
French orientalist, Henrion, member of
the academy, however. fixed it with a
precision satisfactory at least to him.
self. He gives the following table of
the relative, heights of several eminent
historical personages:
Adam was precisely 1913 feet inches
high
Eve was precisely l1s feet 9. IS inches
high.
Noah was precisely l!O3 feet high.
Abraham was precisely ~ feet high.
Moses was precisely IL feet high.
Hercules was precisely 8 feet high
Alexander was precisely Il feet high.
Julius Caesar was precisely feet
HIGH
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1897-12-09
A BEES RESTLESS LIFE.

II Esgins Work When Three Days Old
and Dies at Forty-five
g. W. Reynolds Of Los Angeles,
one of the oldest travelling men in the
United States, has a ranch Of which he
enjoys telling even more than he does
of the experiences through which he
has passed during his half century upon
the road 'Rhe ranch is near San Diego,
Cal The chief product is honey. This
product is gained from two apiaries,
which Mr. Reynolds visits every time
his business permits him to go to south
ern California.
"In my apiaries, which are cared for
by my son, said he. "there are 40
stand of bees. The honey season lasts
from April to July. Last season my
bees yielded 10000 pounds Of honey,
which sells in that country in bulk lots
at a cents a pound Two Of the hives
gave over 500 pounds each. For ten
years have been interested in bees in a
small way, and take greater interest
i'll them every year A hive or stand of
bees is worth So. so. In it are the queen,
the drones and the workers, total
population of from 10000 to 90. 600
bees.
"This very good sized colony, he
continued, resides in hive or wooden
box. In the hive are dozen frames 10
by inches. In these the bees make or
deposit the honey, foundation of wax
having been first placed in each frame
by the beekeeper, SO that the bees may
have something to build upon. The
honey is taken out of the frames every
other week during the honey season.
While doing SO there is little need of
protecting the hands The bees seem to
be most inclined to sting one in the
face So, as precaution, the man who
is removing the honey from the hives
wears a straw hat, from the brim Of
which is hung silk veil, like they have
to do up in the Klondike country to
ward of the summer mosquitoes.
1.-THE queen is an absolute monarch
within her dominions. She is the I'M
disputed boss Of the job An ordinary
bee lives during the working season on
" 40 days. Young ones are being hatch
ed out all the time. A bee goes to work
at the tender age of 3 days and hustles
like veteran for 40 days. Then it is
just naturally all tired out, suppose,
for it dies The queen lives longer. and
when a young queen comes into exist
ence in the hive she drives the old
queen out. Her loyal subjects follow
her in her Punishment. and that is what
makes the swarm.
sin southern California the bees make
water white honey when the black sage
Is in blossom. When the white sage is
Towering, the honey has an amber
tinge. In winter the bees make no hon
ey. Seventy-five carloads Of the article
are shipped out Of San Diego county in
good years. Denver Republican