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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-25

robust physically at the outset, and if he would live long life, always keep watch full eye upon his health. He should re- member that 1t is tue apparently trihing disorders that eventually make the big dis eases. It does not do for a hard working man to neglect bilious attacks or spells of indigestion. If he does he will soon find himself flat on his back with malaria or crippled with rheumatism. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is the best of all medicines for hard working men and wo- men. It makes the appetite keen and hearty, the digestion perfect, the liver ac. tive, the blood pure and rich with the life.
 giving clements of the food, and the nerves strong and steady. It builds firm muscles
 and solid flesh. It is the greatest of all
 blood makers and purifiers. It cures nala.
 rial troubles and rheumatism. It is an un.
 failing cure for biliousness and indigestion. An honest dealer will not try to substitute
 some inferior preparation for the sake of little additional profit.
 'I was sufferer for four years with inalariai fever and chiils' writes Robert Williams, of Eiaw1 Barber Co. Kan. '' Four bottles of Dr. Pieices Golden Medical Discovery cured me and I now weigh l6o pounds instead of I3o my
 old weight
 Gostiveness, constipation and torpidity of
 tie liver are surely, speedily and perma. nently cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pe1- lets They are tiny, sugar coated granules One little Pellet ? is gentle laxative, and two a mild eathartic. They never gripe. They stimulate and strengthen the jaded or gans until q regular habit Is formed and may then be discontinued without a return of tue trouble. They stimulate. iffvigorate and regulate the stomach, liver and bowels. Medicine stores sell them, and have no | other pills that are "iust as good.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-25
Flashing Ills Condition.

Your wife is literary, isn't she:''
 T should say so. When come home late at night, she makes me say, Re view of Reviews, five times. as fast as I can get it of. s--Chicago Record
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07
NEWPORT NEWS AEFAIRs.
CITY Council Orgnnlzed-ID IDissntissin fl G.
ton Among Democrnta.

newport News, Va, July 6-(SpeciaN
The electric line to Buckroe and Old
Point was taxed to Its uttermost cnpac-
ny yesterday afternoon and last night.
The dissatisfaction at the ruling or
Chairman Smith In the nominating con-
ventlon held to choose delegates from
the First, Second and Fourth wards
last week does not seem to be any less
now than on the night OF the meeting.
Ihe trouble in the convention Will have
great bearing on the election, which
VIII be held next spring. The best Dem
ocrats denounce some Of the candidates
when the party ran for the council in
May, but nothing was said until tho
coats were blown into a flame Thursday
night. The result Will be, unless there
- u great change. that several OF tho
iocal Offices now held by Democrats Will
he tiiled by Republicans.
me new city council as elected last
MAY met for the first time Tonight and
organized by electing officers for the
ensuing year. The candidates for presi-
dent were ia. Willett, present incum.
Dent; - j. O'Donncll and j. A. Buxton.
The election resulted as follows:
D. ~. Willett, j. J. O'Donnell and 7. A
BUXTON buNton were nominated for president.
me vote resulted in the election OF Mr..
O'Donnell. which was afterwards made
unanimous M Il III : -. =
Mayor w. a. Posts annual co,nmuni-
eaton was read. The nppntmcnt OF J.
a. Williams as a member or the board OF
ponce commissioners by the mayor IVA q
submitted and tho appointment con-
firmed. is.sH',l7 a ','5S ~ >,-'i'E
This eening about O'clock Edward,
oFerby alias Edward Carr, Il comedian
employed at one OF the variety shea :
l.! Tres mere was found In a saloon on
Twenty-thlrd street in n deep stunor.
H1s breath smelled strong OF laudnnim.
ana physician was summoned who
iound the man In Il dangerous condi
tion. 1t was learned tonight that the
man bought 4 glass Of llmcade at a
drugstore and poured a ten-cent bot-
ne or iaudanum into ii and drained fhe
glass TO the dregs. Trouble with his
wire, who resides in Richmond, is said
10 DE the cause OF the rash act. PhysI-
clans say he cannot recover.
MI A. L. Hopkins, the Lamb wise
chhdidate for postmaster, spent Monday
III washington looking over the field
Mr. Fred. Read. the Bowdcn candIdate
VINO has been in the Capital CITY fo, =
week or two In the interest Of his can.
didacy, Is expected to return home IN .
Few days. Ills friends are confident ha
VIII De the successful cnndtdnte II
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07
EE,EEST oFJ.p. NEWMAN.
Second Engineer. who Has Eeen Fiji,
huSt ewing liz CI,bn,

TO the Editor OF The Virginian:
Itonored Sir--I arrived here on the
1th OF July. not on pleasure. but happy
TO be once more in the dear old land.
! left New York on the Lurada October
1875, for Cuba We had Il very hard
time eluding the Spanish gunboat and
fllsate OF war on the lookout fo. us. We
painted our ship several times different
c0lofS--one side white another black
and different colorcd smokc-stack, on
every other day to foot the darned
Spanish. Well. we made several sue
ccSsfui trips and returned to PIilahel-
phi2, Pa, my last trip, May g.. 1896.
While ashore at Santiago / was ill-treai
ed by Spanish soldiers ana licked five OF
them and shot one. | got arrested and
was put In q dungeOn---irons and bread
and water for fourteen months I saw
n chance to escape and did so at night
got here on schooner last Thursday
night. leave for New York to-day. 4th
OF July. My friends, I lost everything
clothing and about two dollars In cash
fhe treatment and else was bad. There
are many other Americans there. b,,t
our government Is slow to act We often
saw our ships there. but they do moth
ing, or don't try. Now, sir when was
a machinist in the United States Noyv
we could take an old town and fleet with
n second-class cruiser Of IIncle Sam. b,,t
the new navy is composed Of dudes-not
sailors---or else there Is something wrong
at Washington Hoping You will insert
this, remain, (t = "a
Il Yours obedient,
JOHN r. NEWMAN,
., * =, i. Engineer.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07

gress with harvesting has been made In
Nebras sloa and Northern Indiana, and
harvesting will soon begin in Michigan.
I'he crop Is maturing on the north Paci-
TIC and IN California, where harvesting
Is progressing rapidly, the grain Is
shrunken less than WAS anticipated.
Spring wheat has continued to make
favorable progrcss, and is now head
Ing we'll over the southern portion OF the
spring wheat region. III Oregon the best
crop for years Is promisec.
Tobacco has continued to improve
generally, but Is still IN poor condition
In Kentucky. A marked Improvement Is
reported from Ohio and the crop is doing
well in Missouri. Pennsylvania and
Maryland. Transplanting has been
completed in New England aud New
York. and cutting Is in progress in the
CarolinaS. E
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07
C0NDlTgON or CROPS.
sot'"n @enerai!y Needing Rain. tr
Clean HHd Fruitinr We'll

Washington, July G-TEc Weather pu :
Ieau' IN It's rrcpor; Of crop conditions for
me week ended July 5. says:
IN The States of the Central V,1,o,,
lake region and New England. tho Wo,.,,
ehdlnE July S. has been very faynra h,a
10 crops. the high temperature, Dcin.- ns
pccaliY favorable TO corn. In the St,,tt
ern States the conditions have hnnn
lcsS favorable, the excessive hat o,i
absence CT rain fall proving inf,rious ~
most crops. On the Pacific coast IN
week has been very Favorable. In thc
principal corn States or the Cnntr.,
valleys corn has made rapid grnvtn n
put in the Southern States 1t is s,Iffor,
ing Tor rhin--in some sections serio,,slv
Excessive rains in Missouri hu,.n 70
parded cultivation. and tha crop Is sti,I
backward in Minnesota In T.y,.
while the late crop Is suffering from,
drought, the carly planted is matural
and good yield assured
Cotton is needing rain over Tho
greater part OF the cotton belt, more por-
ticulariy the southern portions. Tho
crop Is, however, generally clean ana
fru.tins we'll \ marked improvement,
Is renorted from Oklahoma, and Il Is do
ing well In Missouri, Tennessee. North
Carolina and portions Of Florida In
southern Texas bolls are beginning to
open. '1'l 80 % - -
The bulk OF the winter wheat cron 10
NOW harvested south OF the fortieth par
at!clE-about the latitude OF the central
portions of Ohs6, indiana and Illinois
SSiiSscsssi Siss W, rains have retarded harvest
\ AZ lssoll Vi an eau sed turtle
at1 grain Il lin S;1f3 \ ,Ss.:,.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07
AsPLExnID a ENrERrAINMEsr.
chnHfnHqnn Fmtrons witness Novcl
ana PIcnsinE Performance.

MT %. p Ransom, the well-lno,un
MAGICIAN" gave a clever performanca
az the Academy last plight to an cnthus
slaStlc audience He Is really a; rem ari, !
mnfe man and his tricks are all Of q
hlEh order, puzzling and startling. Hn
VIII be on again Tonight with an an.
tlrely new programme, and the nubI}c
should not fall to sec him. Those VIC
go VIII have an evening Of pure en- :
joyment - 80
Mr.. Ransom Is a prestIdigitator and
con1urer OF the first order Everything
ne does ts we'll done. He Is q refineG
and cultured gentleman, and introduca
nothing out Of keeping with the high
dignity of the Chautauqua platform. On
ihe contrary. his marvellous expose of
spirituallsm Is helpful to an unusual dr.
gree Rev. w. l.. Davidson, Superln-
tendent Instruction. &''s'1e5,
THIS MORNING.
Mr. d. ". Robertson, Of New York.
VIII give his wonderful bell CONCERT this
morning. The music he makes IS nar-
VeiouS. Here are some comments:
His solos prove him to be o rrea
genius: never did we think that such de-
ltghtful music could be produced from
such u novel instrument New York
World. - =
Anything more pleasing than his ex-
qulSi1e rendering OF familiar airs and
medeys cannot readily be obtained for
the lyceum PLATFORM. Your music was
rich. thrilling and maglcal once heard
never to be forsptten."-Rev. r.. Dewitt
Talmage, D. y.
Your novel entertainment was the
most satisfactory I have ever heard 2
John Wanamaker.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07
PRICE .,,YgVO ], o CE
Holloway, diu1 80. to Annie Wortfort, q. col.

ored = - = ',.' = 80 S''i. o"'-'
MISS i'erta WarlnE, OF Elon College.
VINO VINO nad been the guest Of Misses I2eale.
mas gone to Waverly, where she is yis
ting Mrs. II. r. West. 5I1s. '1',
Prof: $. A. Jordan. Of st. Augustine,
1T II stopping with friends in .A,f-
IoIK: lie Is just from New York. :. 4.
Miss Mary Reed. OF Lynchb,,rr is yis-
tting the Misses Applcwhilc 5il
La. !.egram received fatal injuries on
tho Atlantic and Danvile road Sat,1r-
day evening. He fell in front of q train
Prof' +: st. ]. Wilson left this afternoon
Tor Charlottcsvllle. Va He Will take n
summer law course Mt the University.
mere was u lawn party Tonight ut
Chestnut and Klby streets. rho nro.
ceeus We're for the Methodist Organ
Fund Society. J ? -
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07

DR.. r. T.. Payne OF this city, Monday
night received a call from Williams
burg 20 this effect: "Come at once. II
makes no difference how you get here
Come" lie went; but in order 10 re-
spond to the call he found 1t necessary
to engage tug 10 take him to Newhnrt
News, and to hire an engine to take hin,
from that point to williamsburg. When
he returned to the city yesterday he{left
his patient in q very hopeful condition.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07
Household ana Kitchen Eurnitnro nN
E,cPSnrS

BY direction Of J. Fl. Lenardf admin
1strator, Joseph Jones. genera. auot!orts
OF il o'clock this "wednesday noTniri FL,
q very large line Of furniture Of every
description, both household and kitchen. Is
Of a well appointed establishments, t, along;
with which is one grand nrri ght plano.
The ladies are invited to attend this sala5s
It will repay them ito do so KS
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07
Nino hours trorl, No.1o,I,. ~ !.

IN error has appeared In n#t the adyers
tiEement Of Mr.. Watkins &Lee's y lla, al;
fact that the ADVERTISEMENT read 81 tfa;ts;
the hotel is nine miles from Norfolk.
when it should read nine hours. I, s,T Thns
railroad fare 10 Bed ford City is low, an at;
the Hotel Bedford is one OF the. fdla Il iss
soonest and best In Virginia. beautIfuly|
~ located E5
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07
st. Mary's orphnn,. Excurs,on

Elsewhere is advertised an excursion
to Virginia Beach for the benefit Of the
orphans Of St. Mary's Asylum on july
"A. This excursion deserves to be libes-
ally patron!zed and doubtless will be,
Tor the programme IS an unusually at.
tractiye one. 90 "a 31si
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07
s1r. .1enr;y,s l,ninfn, Ii Z d, 2 cal.ls,,tl

Fills many friends will regre 4tey 8 4Trs
that While Mr. Edward NJ 81 Henry & Jr. .zgi
was building a pyramid z In tn 8 gpa teNs
at Virginia Beach stind ay,. he iasl'
misfortune to fall and frac lure his col liss
bone a # s5
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07

Iatfo ph IS III gIi d iassl; u
adYert tiS. /, {, al 20 sssas i
SdlAp are go d dss ut nc M;
mains fsintaWs here Il 1Ia 6dxrsSs
Of ioneYs is ,Frelt ca nd GioSiafs tnsfh6$ q
leading nli eatI Sr tta aGfa ssua &f4 kSi
graisfe IIss r. 2S
per,P rfnters nix
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07

Change in g. .S7 ~. Part or Car sespIe:sssNs
q. On and afterNI onday. ~ J Ju1y5 St iliess
GnessapeaKe peg ana ohln pafion o earoaf
run. through to Ronceve W.: " az s5r ss
stead Of to Clifton Forge, assat pres emf s5'
This is an excellent t serYic for Ethnse
String to visit the various sli ID i1sf.ys rs9s.
sorts along The Chesap peake& and ss1hEaI
railway.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-07-07

&5 Do your eyes burn Or hurt? Are Won.
troSlbled It'll head ache e 23at rh 8 4r,roper
sgla ssesi INN M II al ord relief
Sssasai iors!y eck,S SS1Gsa IaliI Sc zee t.3R
Mesa free press., 1897-09-10
LEAN MEAT.
It Sometimes Contains as Much as Seven
ty-eight Per Cent of Water.

It Sometimes Contains as Much as Seven
ty-eight Per Cent Of Water.
g Lean meat. it may surprise many to
learn, Is much more watery than fat
meat. This may be illustrated by the
statement that very lean meat may con-
tain as much as 78 per cent of water,
while very fat pork may contain only
10 per cent The flesh of fish is more
watery than ordinary butcher meat.
Thus salmon contains five-eighths of its
total weight Of water, cod four-ffths
and founders x-sevenths.
Among the foods which may be cited
as containing but small percentage Of
water, and consequently as dry food,
are -four and oatmeal, and sugar is a
food entirely devoid of it. The animal
body has often been aptly likened to a
machine, and. like all machines, it re-
quires fuel to keep it working. Now
this fuel it obtains from the food which
we eat, and in default Of food the ami
NAL tissue itself Is drawn upon. Food,
therefore, keeps the animal body warm
and yields the muscular energy necessary
for the accomplishment of the work
which the body does. In this capacity
the three classes of food nutrients may
all be concerned.
The value of food may be estimated
In terms of the amount of heat it will
give rise to. The most concentrated food
fuel is fat. When fat is burned, it gives
rise to twice as much heat as is given
by the burning of either the albuminoids
or the carbohydrates. Fatty foods, there
fore, possess much greater heating
value than nonfatty foods. -Philadel
phia Times.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-10
OUR GIRLS AND BRITONS.
why American Maidens Are Tempted to
Wed Stolid Englishmen.

Why American Maidens Are Tempted to
Wed Stolid Englishmen.
Why does the American girl marry
the Bfiton? Has she any adequate JUS
tification? Do you suppose it pays her,
and can such choice on her part be
defended on large grounds as promotive
of the greatest good Of the greatest
number? Is it fact, as has been flip
PANTY suggested, that she moves to
England to get country life because we
have no good roads here yet, or, on the
contrary, can it be demonstrated that
one reason our country roads are SO bad
is that the American girl cannot abide
the country and promptly carries her
man off to town at the earliest moment
that sees his endeavors blessed with
the necessary income? Is it her fault
that country interests tend too much to
fall to the care of a residuum that is
too poor to get away, or has the coun-
try life not much to do one way or the
other with her British propensities?
To be honest, there are other con-
ceivable reasons for marrying an Eng
lish gentleman besides his country
roads. He may be charming gentle
man-they are said to be so once in
awhile-who can win wife by plain,
personal courtship, and whom any wom-
an would be justified in marrying on
general principles and without specific
excuses, or he may be good "aver-
age" sort of man whose advantage
over his American brother is a matter
of size or complexion or hale appear
ance. I have known American women
who ventured to assert that the femi-
nine eye rejoiced more in the type of
male human that treads the pavements
of Piccadilly and Pail Mall than in the
contemporaneOus pedestrians OF Fifth
avenue and Broadway.
Or maybe it is his superior stolidity
that electrifies in the Briton. 1t is to
be feared that there is truth in that tale
Mr.. Kipling or somebody was telling
Of how phlegmatic merchants of the
east had discovered that the way to
beat the American was simply to put
him off and let him fret himself reck-
less. Stolidity is not quite the same as
repose, but to persons who are suffering
from an acute dearth of repose it may
appeal as to1erable substitute, SO that
one can imagine an American maid,
worn with the restless aspirations of
her high pressure countrymen, turning
with sincere relief to pillow her fair
young head upon a bosom behind which
lurked no threat of heart failure. :
North American Review.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-10

changing the scarlet to his left hand and
holding it in front of him, Mazzantini's
right hand grips his sword. He is so close
that moments hesitation at an unexpeot-
ed charge would cost him his life He
sights the razor weapon. Now the bull
charges the scarlet.
With a lightning left side step Mazzan-
tini passes the scarlet under his right arm
The bull strikes 1t not three inches from
the matadore's side, at the instant thatthe
exquisitely tempered Toledo blade hits the
small spot exactly between and just in
front of the shoulders that leads down at
an angle of 80 degrees to the heart
The thrust, if perfectly delivered, takes
the sword in to the hilt. The brave ami
NAL sinks to his knees, struggles to rise,
drops again, and then the puntillero comes
up and gives the mereiful death stab back
of the horns.
If done in exact accordance with the
thousand and one points of 'tgood form,"
the killing natadore is clamorously cheer
ed. Hats fly at him, bouquets are show
cred into the ring. He walks around the
circle, the real monarch of Spain.
The trumpets blow, and another bull
rushes in. There is more horsef1esh gored
and more of exquisitely skillful athletics.
Then another and another, until six bulls
have been killed, two to the sword of each
matadOre,
Mesa free press., 1897-09-10

ensues. The fight Is about to begin. The
heralds show quite moderate skill II
caracoling their fine blacks to beneath tht
presidents place.
He acknowledges a profound salute anC
tosses down to them golden key, en-
blematic of the unloosing of the bull
Across the wide circle they gallop on firm
white sand, just sufficiently dampened tc
give them foothold.
And now the big military band breaks
into a nervous Spanish march, the big
gates near the heralds swing open and the
march of the toreadors begins, first the
three matadores in red and gold, their
plated hair hanging from beneath rich
gold embroidered hats.
The costumes are gorgeous. The knee
pants and short open jackets often cost
thousands All the rest is silk. Dancing
pumps complete the dress. Following in
brilliant lines come 40 assistants of vari-
Gus kinds.
They halt opposite the president. All
salute and go to their stations
One of the best matadores in Spain is to
kill the first bull. Mazzantini is a gen
tleman born. He was a bank clerk but
walked out one day, saying:
"There are only two professions in Spain
which pay-begging and bullfghting.
prefer bullfighting."
He receives 81, 800 each fight From
this he pays his 'candrillos," or seven
comrades Of the cloak, the banderilla and
the finishing knife, leaving him not less
than 81, 900 profit. At two fights week
for II weeks "a year good Spanish mata-
dore becomes rich in couple of years, If
the bulls let him live
Now a perfect silence shows the first
bull is about to be let out of the dark cell
where he has been since early in the day.
A gate is quickly drawn. Out into the
center of the glaring ring swiftly trots the
fiercest and finest fighting animal afoot-
an Andalusian bull.
This one comes from the Minra es-
tate, famous for it's vicious product. The
ribbons floating from his neck denote his
pedigree. His name is printed on the pro-
gramme as Medianito. AS yearling
he charged a horse five successive times,
despite the plea of the riders sharp
lance, and became recruit of the first
class. For six years he has lived out of
the sight OF man. No accidents have
broken the stiletto points of his polished
horns, and today he is fit for the slaughter
of "oorrida formal or first class combat
Suddenly he looks right and left with a
savage alertness as different from the slow
motions of our pastoral bovines as is a
mauser bullet from thrown brickbat.
He sees a horse and starts for him.
Gaining speed each second, with lowered
head he strikes the trembling animal with
shock sensible over the whole plaza
The audience shudders in delight Down
go horse and man with crash. In
darts toreador, dashing his red cloak into
the goring animals bloodshot eyes,
The bull follows the scarlet. He charges
1t. The man springs aside with graceful
Mesa free press., 1897-09-10
TO KEEP THE PEACE.
NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE IN
THE KLONOIKE MINING REGION.

Will Probably Have Their Hands Full En-
forcing the Dominion Mining Regula-
tions-Uncle Sam Represented by an
Army Captain and Lieutenant.
Should there be any trouble next win
ter in the Klondike region over the en-
forcement of arbitrary and oppressive
mining laws by the Dominion govern
ment the American miners will have
to contend with a splendidly equipped,
we'll armed and we'll officered force of
the Northwest mounted police. On the
other hand, the United States govern
ment will be represented on our side of
the Alaska border by two army officers
without single musket behind them.
Captain P. Henry Ray is the man
who has been chosen to make an official
investigation of the Yukon mining re-
gion in the interests of our war depart
ment, and he is accompanied on his trip
by Lieutenant W. P. Richardson.
Captain Ray was at first selected as
the officer to command the company of
infantry which the authorities at Wash
ington intended to send into the gold
fields before the present season closed,
but when it was found that this would
be impracticable he was detailed to go
out as sort Of scout. He will pass the