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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02

producing the twenty copies that COM
prise its rapidly growing circulation is
no less remarkable than the earnestness
displayed in its purposes.
Accuracy and truth Of statement are
marked characteristics Of this delightful
little journal. and the guilelessness which
permeates its utterances is simply de-
licious.
"Darder" whose name appears on the
page printed here. it must be known, is
an older sister of the editors whose most
excellent amatuer photography gives %
charming beauty 10 the little paper.
Jeans Jengles are feature Of The Mes
senger and II the feet and measure are
not always exact It may be said the jen-
gle IS there Other special features, like
a continued story Of Cuba by Harrison
Minge Field add interest TO its columns.
SPECIMEN BRICKS.
No more comprehensive way can be
adopted for showing the refreshing in
fuence of this journal than to copy some
Of its items And the following are speci-
men bricks.
published as often as possible. Price
cents month. AS we haven't got any
advertisements yet we don't know what
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02
THE BIG CIRCUS.
The First Time a Circus Has Visited the
South in the Spring.


For the first time in many years
circus will visit the south in the spring.
1t is the largest show in the world and
is none other than the famous Barnum
and Baileys circus which has turned
away thousands Of people every time
IL gave a performance IN this city. ii
will reach Richmond next Friday.
This year the circus Will make It's hrst
spring tour of the south. heretofore II
has visited this section of the country
in the fall and closed the season mere.
The management has changed the SEIZED
ule. however, and Will open the season
in the south and close in the north.
There nave been several changes mace
In the circus since il was here last ana
a number Of new and interesting lea
lures have been added. Some OF these
We're never seen in the south ana VIII
add importance 10 the exhibits gwen
here.
on May 9TH next the big circus will
come 10 town and the white horses, red
wagons and big elephants will delight
the small boy and make the little emil
dren open their eyes with wonder.
One of the finest features of the circus
will be the big street parade. A feature
that has been added Is the driving OF
forty horses TO one wagon by an expert
driver These horses were not trained
and they make a fine appearance as
they pTance through the street draw
ing the wagon as if IL were as light as
a Wheelbarrow 1t is estimated that the
driver holds in his hands eighty pounds
OF reins and the work Of directing the
course of the horses and keeping them
in control is a wonderful feat.
Another new feature of the show IN
which horses play the leading part Is
an act where eighty trained horses appear
in the ring at one time. They are direct
ed by a ringmaster who has them so
well trained that he is able TO manage
all eighty without the least trouble.
The football dog made a great hit IN
New York. This dog plays football with
the clown and so enthusiastic is he over
the game that he has 10 have the entire
arena TO himself While he Is perform
ing nothing else IS going on under the
tent The crowds in Nov York went Wild
over him and he is prbably the only
animal that has "A whole act 10 himself
The route of the great show is as fol-
lows. after leaving New York:
Brooklyn. one week. Baltimore. 30 and
Attn; Washington city. 5th and 9th; Rich
mond. 9TH: Norfolk Sth; Lynchburg, 10Th;
Greensboro. n. c., nth. Charlotte, 18th:
Greenville. s. c., 18th; Anderson. l4tn:
Augusta. 18th: Atlanta. nth; Macon 18th;
Columbus. 18th; Montgomery 2Oth' Selma,
2lst Birmingham. 22d: Memphis. oath;
and so on working around through the
best southern territory and at last land
ing In the north.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02

who married Elizabeth Filley: John
I,anRcmore. William Latham. Edward
Lester. who went to Virginia; Edward
Winslow and wife. Elizabeth Barker.
Edmond Margeson, Christopher Mar
Tin and wife. Desire Minter. Ellen More.
Jasper More. Richard More. who moved
TO Scituate and changed his name 10
Mann; Solomon Power. Digory Priest.
Sarah Vincent, John Rigdale and wit.
Lieut.. Joseph Rogers and father. Thos.
and Harry Sampson and wife. Ann
Plummer.
George soule and wife. Mary Becker.
Ellen Story. Miles Standish and wife.
Rose, who soon died. Edward Thomp-
son. John Tinker. John Turner and sons.
William Trevore. William White and
wife. whose son, Peregrine. was tir
first little Puritan to be born at Ply
mouth; Roger Wilder and Thomas Will
Jams.
And there was John Alden. who mar
ried Priscilla Mullens In sheer admira-
ton OF her fortitude during the rrst
winter. in which she lost her father,
mother and brother.
This IS the passenger list Of the May
flower. and II the log could talk 1t would
tell stranger happenings and more hard
ships than are recorded in its scant
pages.
The names OF those who sail with II
In the osean steamship in which II now
comes represent more wealth and power,
but IL is doubtful II two hundred years
from now they will be any greater in
the annals Of the New World than those
of the little company mentioned. more
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02
HAMILTON q MRS CARROLL
PRE- GOING HALVES IN
RAISING CHICKENS

fensive when it says: I'VE don't expect
to jump any other paper unless they hL
at us"
And that It IS ready for any increased
prosperity is shown in this one: We
don't care how many subscribers we get
now as we have found 1t Is almost as
easy to print several papers as a few
FEAR AND GOODNESS.
discover what may be considered a
little Inconsistency in the next two para
graphs: though innocent; we staIleu
with subscribers and now we nave 20
one OF them wanted TO pay for a wholS
wear in advance but we were AFRAID 10
take IL as we were not sure our paper
could hold out that long. But we LEI
Edwin overly 20 in as deep as 10 cents.
err the Mecklenburg News IS correct IL
its assertion that BoydtOn cannot sup
mort two newspapers it has signed JUS
death warrant for the Mlllbrooh Mes
senger has come 10 stay.
Then follows a budget or news anu
some of it would be suitable 10 more
ambitious journal.
SENSATIONAL STORY.
yvea Wee who seems to be an Import
ant contributor has the following:
lyon should have seen the fight Dora
the Baby's nurse and had WIN rodVi.
last night. We chased him around unth
we an got very much excited Ihen he
ran in the ashes and came out looking
ike "A white ghost and II seemed 10 me
t,rice ae big as when Il went IN.
reckon that WAS because he was coming
towards me. AS he got well out on the
hearth 7 raised the tongs and brought
them down with a mighty crash right
ON TOP OF long barefoot that Dora had
slapped down iGst a second too late for
the roach and just in time for the tongs.
I don't know what became Of the roach
after that"
The Millbrcok Messenger is four page
eight column paper. May II live TO great
usefulness and increase m subscribers I'M
~ IL requires great perfecting press
TO print its issue.
The illustration for the second number
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02

we will charge fer them when We get
any"
They at least will not allow themselves
open TO the charge al asking exhorbitant
advertising rates.
The same first issue shows that they
do not believe In padded circulation.
"Our paper begins with nine copies. and
the following subscribers: Mrs. II. NJ.
Toone. Mrs. Austin Skipwith. Mrs. Bland
II. Field Dorder Papa. Jno. Il. Boyd.
Sam and Geo Field and Richard Puryeor.
We hope they will all be good pay We
don't want very many subscribers for II
SO much trouble printing as we have TO
print just part OF a line at a time Our
press cost IS cents that we made by SELL
ing some old clothes to old "Cap'n."
ThiA talls the story Of small beginnings
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02
THE May FLOWERS VOYAGES
Yha First Taken in a Sailing Vessel That
Took SiXty-SiI Days for the Trip.
THE SECOND MADE IN FIVE DAYS.
History Of the t0a Passengers That Arrived
In This Country. November. 1920.
Can You Trace Your Name
Prom Any of Them?
Copyright. 1897. for The TImes)

The two voyages made by the log or
the Mayfiower. though only 2SO years
apart. in point Of time might as well,
IN point OF similarity have been separate
by those ages" which biologists tell
us mark the periods OF the world.
The Mayhower. with It's log book, set
out from Plymouth. England. Sept. le
l63o. and sixty-six days later touched at
Cape Cod. Mass. Even then IT could not
be landed but was tossed about for
month more until the poor little boat
found the mainland and named IT Ply
mouth Dec. p. 1870. three months after
che first start.
On ats second voyage he log OF the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02

indeed, and the subscription already
brings good interest OIL the capital in
vested.
Politics crowded OUT H. one OF the
announcements in the first issue. but
then there were lots OF other nice things
that cot tn.
The paper grows ambitious In its sec
ond number and presents set OF ana
grams and offers a prize for their COM
piete solution.
ENTERS POLITICS.
IL also adds the name OF Bland RAN
dolph Field as political editor. and makes
This announcement: This Is a Demo-
cratic paper. We are for Col. Thomas
r. Goode for Governor. Hon. VIM. J.
Bryan for President and Gen. FitZ. Lee
for Vice-President I'm 1900"
The Messenger places itself on the de-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02

most rivaled the finger or nature In Its
simnIicitv and reality. and she has done
some OF as grand mind painting In poet
nv. prose. and song. as the world has
ever known.
When weighed in the balances OF learn
ing her capacity is equal to that OF any
man. and by nature she embodies all the
requisites OF a perfect teacher. IL her
mind IS on her work as II should be, and
other cares do not divert her attention.
no one can teach a school better than
cultured, womanly woman: who is ener-
getic, systematic, and vigilant. with a
good supply OF will power. and aplenty
OF self-control at command.
She has more personal magnetism and
can inspire love and confidence in her
pupils quicker than the opposite sex. She
exercises executive power too. with
greater discretion. and has more tact 10
be impartial to the dull, the nervous.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02
Earthquake in Peru

LIMA, PERU. (via Galveston. Texas.
May IA violent earthquake disturb
ance. lasting about one minute. caused
great alarm here at o'clock this rrrn-
ing. All the church bells were ,oued 10
call the people 10 prayer as 4 serious
disaster was apprehended. ShocpS sue
al,o felt in the suburbs of this city. No
loss OF life or serious damage have ,cl
been reported
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02
UOMIN rs AZ EDJCdIOE.
Though She he Weak, Yet is She Strong
md ueInfnl.

sTANARDSVILLE. VA. April 3d.
Specia.-After being bound down
by the trammels Of superstition
ana ignorance, which the dark
ages upon imposed woman, she
stands to-day Ieee ,tf man in any OF the
realms OF knowled& She has followed
closely In his fo3fteps in physics and
metaphysics. She has mastered the ar
She has solved the most difficult prob
lens In mathematics. She has placed her
inspirations rpon canvas. which has Al
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02

Hurry HAD HIS RIFLE !
PUT IN ORDER 50 Ne
WILL WORRY 1HEBlRDS:A
I WHILE LONGER.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02

than half Of whom died Of cold and hui
ger in less than a year after landing.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02
THE
MlLLBROOK MESSENGER
HOME HAPpENI NGS.

PAPA HAS JUST HAD
his PASTURE FENCE MOYeDs
e so AS TO PUT .THECCWS
IN WHEN THECRASS PUTS
OUT.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02

OUR COOK WENT TO
, FUNERALS LAST SUNDAY.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02

showes the editors at their happiest be
and busiest" pulling molasses candy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02

VIE HAVE BEEN VISITED
BY THE HHTCHELS COWS
NEARLY EVE RY Day
LATELY. SHUG0 HIS p
HAPPY TINE BARKlNGAT
THEM.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02

WE HIVE BEFN GETTING
p GOOD MANY EGGS
LATELY as SPRING IS
COMING ON.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-05-02
IT is the part of wisdom to
think and consider before

No competitor undersells
them in price and none APP
proach them in liberallty OF
terms.
They offer YOU freely-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-05
ATHLETICS IN A PALACE.

The University of Chicago VIII Build a
 Mammoth Gymnasium.
 Tho University of Chicago proposes in tho neer future to erect the finest gymnasium and provide for it's students the most unique athletic field in the world, Henry Ives Cobb is now at work on the plans, and tho scheme has the hearty support of President Harper and the faculty of tho university.
 Imagine Q baseball game played be- heath glass roof with vast arches 200 feet above tho home plate.
 Imagine 25. 900 excited people cheer ing a three base hit made in midwinteri Think of going to championship ball game in sleigh behind jangling bells
 This is n dream which will oorae truo. Chicago is destined to have tho grandest athletic field and gymnasium in the world, and the changes in t4e seasons will not prevent it's use in any one of the l 3 months in the year.
 Such gymnasium will be the pride of the future students of the University of Chioago Under it's inspiration the collegiate prowess of Chicago will wrest from the effete east such laurels as it yet retains. Chicago Times-Her- aid.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-05
4 STORY 0E LoNeFELGoW.
RIrs. Fields Tells aa Interesting Anecdofe
 of tHe Author,

Mrs. Fields Tells aa Interesting Aneedofe
 Of the Author.
 Speaking of Longfellow, in her vol uma of literary #reminisceneee, Mrs. Jane J. Fields says:
 His kincness and love of humor car ried him through many tedious iate-- rnption. He generously overlooked tfsa fact of the subterfuges to which men and women resorted in order to get an interview, and, to help them out, made as much of their excuses as possible. Speaking one day of the persons who came to see him at Nahant, he said: 1: One man, a perfect stranger, came with an omnibus full of ladies. He descend ed, introduced himself then, returning to the omnibus, took out all tho ladies, one, two, three, four and five. with little girl, sud brought them ill. I en- tertained them to the best of my ability, and they staid an hour. They had scarce Iy gone when ] forlorn woman in black came mp to me on the piazza and asked for dippor of WGfer. Certainly" I replied, and went to fetch her q glass. Whom l brought it, sine said There ia another woman just by the fence who is tired and thirsty I will carry this to her But she struck her head as she passed through tic window and spilled the water on the piazza ssOh what have ] donet she said eff I had g. floor cloth, I would wipo it up. "Oh. no matter about the water, ? said, If yon have not hurt yourself " Then I went and brought more water for them both and sent them on their way re- freshed and rejoicing.
 1t would be both an endless and un- profitable task to recall more of the cu- rious experiences which popularity brought down upon him, There is 8 passage among Afr. Fields notes, how ever. in which he describes an incident during Longfelov's s last visit to Eng land which should not be overlooked. Upon his arrival the queen sent a grace fuI message and invited him to Windsor castle, whore she received him with all the honors, but he told mo no foreign tribute touched him deeper than the words of an English bod carrier who came up to the carriage door at Harrow and asked permission to take tho hand of the man who had written the Voices of the Might. 1
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-05
TRAPPING CROWS.
It Is Not an Easy Matter to Net the Willy
 Birds.


 Birds.
 Crows arc trapped and sold to sports men for shooting matches, usually bring ing S10 per 100, but, like other things, when scarce they bring more.
 1t is nc simple matter to trap crows, for tho crow $ E Hily bird, and ta eateh him in nef sci for that purpose re- qnires skill. and patience aa well. but the hunger of the crow is always the trapper' greatest aid. One man alone would make but little headway catching crows and would probably sit all day in his little bough house ready to spring his net. but tho crows would give his bait wido berth because they would know that he WAS there.
 After plaoing the carcass of some ami mai on a feli the net is set close to it hy bending poles of saplings, on which the net is hung fiat to the ground, where they are held down by triggeriilSe pegs, and line run 90 yards or more to 9 house built of boughs, where the trap per is secreted.
 Another oaroass is usually laid some hundreds of yards distant on the same or another field, where there is no net set. Tha tranpers, usually two in num- Der, go into the bough house together before dayigh6, and when the crows be- gin to assemble CD the fields one of them goes out aud walks away. The crows, seeing him leave, grow Q little bolder and approach the bait il ones and tw0s, but stop only long enough to get beak- ful of tho flesh and fly eff again. The carcass where there is DO net set is Of course the best patronized, but the trap per on the outside makes it his business to walk near enough to that to keep the crows from settling on it in numbers and thus satisfying their hunger with. out going to tho ono where the net IS, After awhile their hunger gets the bet ter af their iadgmena0r their fear and they gather OH the caroass where the net is. This is the opportunity Of the man i'll tho hough house, who. with I vigorous pull OH the line, springs the net over them. Quick work must be done then by 6hee tTappers, who rush mp to the net. to Keep the trapped crows from crawling ouG at the ends aud the front, where 1t is not staked fast to the ground. With tha1r hands covered with stout huokskin gloves, to keep the crows from biting and scratching them. the captured birds are put in bags ready to be carried off the field From 4o to 60 are frequently caught at one pull. but it is rare thing to get moro than two springs of thu net in ono day.-Phila. delphia Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-05
The Tnss 1f Isoogrs,

What brings about tho end of books? Is 1t fro, water worms? As every shin launched is bound to be wrecked. every theater to be burned, the 1nis of the book is it's reduction to aahos What be- came of tho Alexandrian library? Did the Saraoens burn it in 840? There ia this question asked Was thero any li- brary at Alexandria containing TOO. 900 books? Gibbon inelines to tho opinion that there was DO such library. Canon Taylor insists that if there had been I library it was burned in the time of Ju- lIus Caesar Tradition seems to indicate, however, that there was library in the Serapeum. by no means Q large col. lection, but whether destroyed by The ophilus or Theodosius is not known. It looks as if the charge brought against the Arabs rested on no foundation. Re. cent explorations of Alexandria, Ig95-8. show no traces of the serapeum. Tho seaport of Egypt was built on a damp foundation, and, granting that thero was a library. if not destroyed by fire, then the papyri might have suffered from decay due to water Books of to- day taken to India. to the southern states and to the West Indies perish through mildew. Nov York Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-05
H "a nsYa are the only pIIIs to take
TO PROTECT THE HOME.
How the south Looks on the Dsspoiler of
 taAe Domeetio Hearth.

The introduction of a bill in tho Ala bama legislature few days ago which in effect aims to license any man to f the despoief of his feminine relative calls attention to the attitude of the south on this subject in way which cannot fail to attract attention through out the north.
 South Carolina has DO divorce law. It is impossible to secure a legal sepa- ration in that state, even for Biblical reasons. A husband whose home is des- eerated has no reoourso exoept personal violence, Public sentiment sanctions tue slaughter of his domestic foe, and there is no instance on record in which & man who has committed homicide un- der such circumstances has been held to account in the courts.
 In Alabama and other southern states, however, divoroes are granted. When- ever q citizen kills man who has desc crated his home, it is the invariable custom to go through the farce of 8 trial, which always aeqnits tho slay- CT. To do this jurors are compelled to violate their oath to bring in verdict according to law In the interest of the jury the now Alabama bill has been introduced.
 Not long ago a Mississippi husband who had ahee man for an offense against the moral code entered q plea of guilty. The jury brought in verdict Of aoqnittal and added, We also find that the prisoner at tho bar pleaded guilty by mistake and without knowl- edge of all tho facts in the case. ''--Chi- eago Times -4erald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-05
GdPg J. B. J0HNNON

The GRApHIc, Thursday, con tained the announcement of Alder man J. B. Johnson, of the First Ward, as q candidate for Mayor, at the ensuing manicipal election.
 Capt. Johnson is an cid and high ly esteemed citizen of Pine Bluff, and is well acquainted with the needs and requirements of the city. He has never been and oflice-holder until two years ago, when he was practically forced to yield to the wishes of his fellow-eitizen of the First Ward and become candidate for Alderman, which resulted in his triumphant election
 As Councilman he has been honest and assiauous in the dis charge of his official duties, and by virtue of his position is thoroughly familiar with the inner workings and needs and wants of the city
 Capt. Johnson is backed by a strong following. and should he be elected, will, no doubt, make the city satisfactory Mayor
 We commend his candidacy to the consideration of the voters of Pine Bluff.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-05
= TuE Arkansas Dem4crat announces

.ss <s, HE Arkansas Demqcrat announces that it will issue U commercial edi- tion tc cover the entire State on February the 16th It is the pgf- pose of the management to have every county and city in the State represented i'll this mammoth edi= tion Mir. Hal David is at the head of the enterprise, and the wellknown facilities of the Aeaoeret office with it's type-setting machines, is sure guarantee of it's completeness and success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-05
Meeting Southern E.uml

Meeting Southern Lumber men Manufacturers Association, at Memphis, Tenn, February F and Is. lS9T. For the above occasion the Cotton Belt Route will sell tickets piae Bluff to Memphis and return at one first-Class fare. $5.l0. Tickets on sale February , and l6 and for train arriving Ut Memphis the morn- ing of Feb. IT. Return limit Feb ruary 9, 1897. J. ". FARLEY.
 Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-02-05
Little Rock Conference M. 10.

Church, Ut Forrest City. Ark, Jan- uary 26 to February ? For the above occasion the Cotton Belt Route will sell tickets Pine Blulf to Brinkley at one and one-tldrd fare on the certificate plan. Tickets on sale Jan. 24 to Feb l. Return limit, Feb. ,, 1897. Delegates can secure reduced rates from Brinkley to For rest City via the Little Rock and Memphis Railway. ]. ". FARLEY,
 l 2 5t Agent.