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Tombstone epitaph., 1897-01-03
FEEDING PRISONERS AT B,spgE.

Also for delivering meals to the prisoner: confined in branch ii at Bisbee on the same conditions as in that of the county jail at Tomb stone.
Tombstone epitaph., 1897-01-03

--Fscffe tine. siss ststisEs. Step ss s 1usls.
 BEN WILLIAMS. ssperhtesdeEt. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR
Tombstone epitaph., 1897-01-03
NARICopA & PHOENIX R R.
>TAI IONS

E. s. STAMP. Gen. Supt.
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Lieut.. Wise is equally enthusiastic over these new-found allies in war
 Do you believe that the plan of sig mailing by the use of kites is a practical scheme?" he was asked recently.
 "I know that it is," he answered, warmly, land 1 believe that as soon as some more elaborate experiments have been made the kite will be adopted as practical and most useful tool of war. When a commanding officer can stand at Sandy Hook and direct the move ments of a fleet 60 miles off shore, a decided advance over the eresent situ- ation will have been scored; but the adoption of kite signalling will make such feat commonplace." ]"
 1t is probable that in the fall the navy department will arrange for some experiments along this line of work under the direction of Mir. Eddy. Certainly there is nothing wildly inn probable in the. claims of the advocates of the plan, and the experiments al- ready made have proved uniformly successful.
 Lieut.. Wise enjoys another unique distinctions; he is probably the only man in this country who has ever been hoisted into the air by kites. This re- markable feat was accomplished at Governors Island last fall. Four large HargTave kites were used, and as the wind was blowing at the time of the experiment., their combined pull was 400 pounds. When the kites were well in the air, Lieut. Wise was pulled up the kite string a distance of 40 feet by means of rope and tackle. He re- mained in the air 15 minutes, and would have gone higher had he not ob- served that the wooden bar which held one of the kites was bending under the strain. Lieut.. Wise has now iii process of construction seven Eddy or tailless kites 90 feet in diameter-the largest of this model ever built. With these he hopes to rise to a height of 1,50o feet, going up from Sackett's Harbor, where he is now stationed, over Lake Ontario. The atranfage Of the issisiy kite for this purpose is that in case one or two of the kites break away the bold aeronant will not fall with violent plunge, but will descend grad
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29
KITES IN THE NAVY.
,.,,+ Wise and MT. Eddy Conf ''ga sa,,t They Will Be Introduced.
r.na for q New TriaI-Aerial s.vnaIIing-The Camera as Military spy-Experiments
 Thus Far Successful.
rconvright. 1871

-.,..1a some of those who are inter
 .ssd in up-to-date war problems have R - ssn trying to perfect submarine yes s. s,r ;mpenetrable armor, irresistible ex- ,lr;nes and other formidable weapons
 z afFanse and defense, two men, one W .-;,ian and the other an army officer, < asa been experimenting with two R.aauingly peaceful instruments which - likely to play an important part in I - conflict of the future. These unim-
 ,asing engines of war are the kite and Eths camera, and the men who have dem-
 aastrated their practical utility in army
 snd navy work are William A. Eddy, Eh. t;te-fying expert of Bayonne, N. J., [.d Lieut.. Wise, U. s. A. One of the [aost important problems of naval and .u;litary maleuvecs at present is that j [sf long distance signalling. It is es- rsntial that two bodies of troops several [a;les apart, or an army on shore and q
 rcradron at sea, should be able to com
 .,,unicate with each other by some more
 .,ractieal means than has hitherto ex- At present the heliograph and <.ha Aashlight are the instruments used ztoy this purpose, but the difficulty with =+hem is that in order to send messages zfor more than few miles they must be <,laeed on high points, and it often hap #+,ens that there is no hill or other suit
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FATHERLY ASSURANCE
The Old Gentleman Was No Lingufst
 lint He knew Life.

Mir. Cumrox's son was studying his Latin lesson. There was a tremolo of discourage ment in his voice as he remarked:
 T don't seem to get along with this lesson very well, father.'
 Cant you say any of it"
 Yes; 1 can say .amo. amas, amat;' and then 1 always forget what comes next.
 What does those words mean, John ny?p asked Mir. Cumrox, who deserves credit for being always ready to add to & somewhat deficient early education.
 They mean I love, thou lowest, he loves "
 1t does seem too bad to see you starting in so soon" the old gentleman unused, with the difficulties that have always surrounded that verb. But you might as well commence young to learn that them words in one way or another cause twe-thirds of the bothera- tion that occurs in this life"
 Please, can l quit school, then"
 No; 1t wouldn't be any use. You couldn't dodge 'em, and you might as we'll go right along and get as familiar with them as pos sible. You'll find that learnin' 'em ain't half the worry that handlin' 'em is after ye know 'em. Cheer up, Johnny, and remember that most of your trouble IS still ahead of you" Washington Star.
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are expected to prove of the greatest value. In executing naval maneuyers the sending of orders and information by signals is of the utmost importance. In dolng this by the use of search lights, vessels have been handicapped by the impossibility of getting sufficient ele- vation on shipboard to overcome the effect of the earth's curvature for any considerable distance. In some experi- ments of this kind last summer. by using clark cloud as a background, Admiral Bunce was able to flash light across a space of 32 miles. This is the limit with search lights, and even under exceptionally favoring circumstances the attempt was only qualified success with the use of kites it becomes an easy matter to signal across a space of 40 miles, or even more.
 In discussing the matter few days ago Mir. Eddy said:
 Il will undertake to do every kind of signalling now employed more effee- lively by the use of kites. In operating flag signals according to the present code it will not be necessary to hunt out high points of ground, for the thing can be done more simply and easily by sending up a tandem of kites. will s guarantee to operate tine heiiograph from my kite string, although I have never yet done so. Surely it is easier to move plain shutter back and forth than it is to operate a camera at the same height An electric wire, or even an unchanged wire, will do it nicely. can hoist search light into the air by means of kites, if necessary. I think, however, that the effect of search light can be more easily ob- tained by the use of powerful reAeetors of small weight behind the chemical lights"
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A PhiIosophic Sweep.

Rolling out of Piccadilly into Berkeley street came one of those splendid old family carriages, gorgeous with golden lions and dragons, heavily hung with maroon trap pings, guarded by two maroon footmen in the rear, driven by burly maroon coach- man in curly wig, containing two visions in white with lovely bouquets. At that moment a sweep and his friend were emerg- ing into Piccadilly, with blackened faces and brushes, having evidently just transacted some affair of business, when this splendid vehicle attracted their attention. Says one: Bill, I wish we was them!" "Why?" an swered Bill, much surprised. They'll have to die the same as us. l have just turned over the "Meditations of Marcus Aurelius" in search of some more profound reflection upon the inequality of our lots on this ant. heap of ours. And in vain.-London News.
 0n a Tropic Strand.
 "She is just simply too sweet for any thing!' King Mwptka looked annoyed at his dusky eonsert's Interruption "I wish you wouldn't bother me with the details of the kitchen, my dear" he said, fretfully. Set the jars out in the sun awhile till they begin to work and you'll find acid enough. Somehow, you do not seem as capable in culinary accomplishments as mother used to be-" And Mrs Mwptka wept softly as she stirred the fre.-N. Y. Press
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The Ruling Spirit.

The story is told of Yankee housewife, who was extremely neat, that sine woke one night at the sound of her husband creeping softly out of bed and toward the light-stand.
 Whats the matter, William?" she whis- pered
 "Sh!" he whispered; there's a burglar coming up the front stairs, and I'm getting my revolveri"
 All was silence again, in the midst of which William crept noiselessly to the head of the stairs. Presently there was a loud re- port, followed by mad scurrying of feet; then the husband came back, lighted a lamp and returned to the stairway.
 70 William, William, did he-'
 'Yes, he got away" said the husband.
 "Oh, l don't care so much about that, !" the woman said, "but William, did he"
 Did he what2"
 Did he wipe his feet before he started up the stairs ?''-Youth's Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

kble elevation at hand. At sea, where ne value of long distance signalling is {featest, it is impossible to secure a ufhclent altitude with the means now Y hand.
 Lieut.. Wise and MT. Eddy have for ome time past been experimenting i1n the use of kites in signalling, and aey are both confident that they have ouno way of sending information for leater distances than can be covered tne methods now in use. Early in le present year Lieut.. Wise, who was 'en stationed at Governors island in fe" York harbor, and who has had 'nslaerable experience in scientific " nying, made some experiments in 6uaillng by the use of kites, and sent the first chemical lights ever dis 'asea from high attitudes by such 'ssns. He finally arranged with MT. ny Tor an attempt at an exchange of saais across a distance of nine miles. uu on June 13 the attempt was made. as as strlng of kites was sent up by MT. aay from Bergen Point, N. J., and an Bland ~ - o'D No' - 'ioi . ane hghtest kind of breeze was Jaihg, and it was difficult to get the as Tar up into the air. The light s;ls pef Kites slowly mounted in the four ,ae a1. breeze, however, and carried the 9sss aoeut 500 feet above the surface. ons, s.9o o'clock, Lieut.. Wise saw in the kla;a,s l,Nest a bright red light, showing
 s a against the clear evening sky. <oh,s aas qulekly followed by two green lisa aaas, and then a blue, to whic.. he re- lav - the same manner; and his dis |nd " was as plainly seen by Mir. Eddy |te.l,asss assistants. This was the first ,,s, 7nne Signalling with chemical lights,
 r as ln every way successful.
 olosss ights used werv like the ordinary oos nsed hre of Fourth of July celebra- eema, n appearance. Each light ba, ~ M 10 De in power trife greater pir,,s an arc lamp, and burned for five n sss. Fas From his recent experiments btsl,;s 'sas Is confident ttils. Ils. can send rsat ag1ble signals by this means across Yans Instances than has been done
 ' sea, however, that kite signals
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29
TrOOps for Alaska.

The establishment of military post on the Yukon, in the gold mining region of Alaska, would doubtless have a good moral effect, and the presence of the troops that garrisoned it would doubt less exert an influence favorable to the maintenance of good order and the ob- servance of the laws, but beyond this nothing would be gained.
 Under the provisions of the posse comitatus act the troops could not be used to aid in the enforcement of law, the preservation of order or the sup precision of crime. This act requires strict neutrality upon the part of the federal troops in all civil affairs, and prohibits their employment in quelling riots or disorders, or in any other civil matters unless especially directed to act by the president.
 The law is a good one So far as it ap- plies to the states. but it should be made imperative in the territories, especially those unorganized.-Military Gazette
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Venom Inhaled with the Air,

And imbibed with the water of malarious locality, has still a certain antidote. Fix perience sanctions confidence in Hostel ter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive of this scourge. All over this continent and in means of defense, and an eradicant of in termittent and remittent levers, and other forms of miasma born disease. Nor is it less effective for kidney troubles, constipation, rheumatism and nervousness
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29
Quick Sale. Keen Stock rre.b.

Judge & Dolph Pharmaceutical Co of St. Louis buy in large quantities for cash, sell quick, and one can always depend upon getting fresh goods in placing orders with them. Read their ad on this page.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

One of the surgeons of a hospital asked an Irish help which he considered the most dangerous of the many cases then in the hospital. That, sir" said Patrick, as he pointed to a case of surgical instruments. Tit Bits.
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Whv He nidn,t Know If

Barber-You say you have shaved here before? I don't remember your face.
 Customer-Probably not. It has healed up sinee-N. Y. World.
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Either Going or Coming.-"So your bus. band is going to the Klondike gold regions? l should think you would hate to have him run the risk" "Oh, his life is insured for $l5,000 We are almost sure to strike it one way or another '-Cleveland Leader.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

A Pessimist Everett Wrest--'T s'pose when prosperity comes along you will be ready to meet it Dismal Dawson" Yes. meet it, that's just what I'll do Prosperity and me is sure to be going in opposite di- rections. .'-Indianapolis Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29
Significant Figures.

Mrs. Peck-I see suicide is rapidly increas- ing among the men.
 Henry Peck-And I see that marriage is steadily increasing. = Philadelphia North American
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Extreme Vigilance sTI'eli you what it is, v said the returned tourist, you can t be too careful in Europe "Why?' "In St. Petersburg my wife remarked to friend that she'd give me good blowing up when she met me, and they arrested her for a ni- hilist. "-Ph Philadelphia North American.
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Couldn't Fool Mamma.-Mrs. YoungIove- "Oh, I am sure my husband has never told me lie in his life" Her Mother-"M My poo7 child. You are married to hypnotistl"- Cleveland Leader
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

An Engaging Talker. Mae "Mr Smoothe called on me last night. He's per. fectly lovely conversationalist." Marie What did he say?" Mae" Just proposed; that's all."-Judge.
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HaIrs Catarrh Cure Is . Constitutional Cure. Price 75o,

The Original Summer Man. Browne w ho started the fad of going to the noun tainsy Towne-" Mohammed, 1 believe" Truth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

They were talking of golf, and she grew enthusiastic. "Ah, she said, q infer that you play" "Oh, yes," she replied, "I play the game, but 1 must confess that I don't speak the language very fuently yet. ."-Chi. cago Evening Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

Poor, motherless grill" he exclaimed, and turned sadly away. What he wanted was a motherless girl who should be in moderate circumstances, at least.-Puck.
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Mrs. Seaside-"Was your house party guccess? Mrs Countrycot-ssY Yes, indeed!
 There wasn't one of them who wasn't en- tagged the first week, and there wasn't two of them who would speak to each other tho
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Aunt-"Well, Bobby, what do you want to be when you grow upg' Bobby (suffer- ing from parental discipline )-"An orphan" -Tit-Bits
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Fits stopped free and permanently cured
 No fits after first days use of Dr. Kline Great Nerve Restorer. Free $2 trial bottle & treatise pr Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
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Some people pride themselves on having the nerve to ask any quest ion. .-- Washington
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Nobody is too worthless to think he needs . summers outing.-W Washington Democrat.
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Reporter"Are you willing to tell me your storyy' Convct-"Y es; but l m not at liberty. Truth
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cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure for Consumption. Mrs. Frank Mobbs, 2l5 w 22d St, New York, Oct %, 1894.
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4 Mean Insinuaffon.

 She-I dreamt I saw the devil last night. He-What was she like ?-N. Y. World
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29

EaEtGMT fsFEFR on orders Of 20o0 so. it. Of ss@si GSts.f FssaS ffoo4inK or Wall and Ceiling
 Manila. Write for samples and prices. The Fay
 Manila Roofing Company, Camden, N. U.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29
Backaohes Common to mofhepo1

Backacfes Common to MofhepoG
 The busy mother sometimes feels m fna ability to perform her accustomed dutioQ, She feels inactive, weary and depressed down she feels as though she must get right up, and when she stands, that she must Dfe down. The truth Is, the capacity of hor neRs vous system has been overworked, it hao down. What she needs is course of Dr. Simmons Squaw Vine Wine to reetoHo healthy functional activity and give tono end vitality to her nervous system.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-08-29
Bad Tasfe ln tho Mouth.
cMB. @4E~r,>-<

Randolph. Ky, writes: | will never be without Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver M edicine. It cured me Of Chronic Constipatfon and Torpidity of Liver afterseveral Physiciansend many Patent Medicines had failed. l took threo timoo as much "Black Draughtse as the directions said tekes and 1t had but little e6eo6 on me, and l don't think q had much strength.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22

"Almost ready to fall and have his
bones picked, Balister, by Missouri
instinct, drew his gun and began to
shoot!
ALTHOUGH shooting at flies was
mere madness, Balister said that the
act of shooting saved his sanity It
was so natural an act for a Missouri
an, gentlemen!
81 yelled Bahster said to me,
when I saw, by the flashes, the mouth
of the tunnel!'
"'Come on!' he shouted to his COM
panions, shooting as he ran and STUN
bled through the tunnel. The flies
pursued him every step.
"He plunged into the court of the
ruined temple, threw down his booty,
and there tore off his clothes and
brushed from his flesh the flies that
chung like leeches. He was black
with them, black and red-for the
blood ran in streams.
Running to the camp he smeared
himself with ointment
$50 engrossed was Balister with his
own torments that he did not, for the
time, think of his employers.
"Gentlemen, they never came Quit"
"Balister assured me on his honor
that he went back the whole length of
the tunnel, in vain, thinking he might
find them lying there unconscious.
"He told me he remained among
the ruins several days. He couldn't
sleep because, at night, he thought lie
heard screams in the tunnel
"Once he screwed up his courage to
go to the mouth of the passage and
call when he heard the screams. He
said he thought he heard hooking
laughter in reply.
"Balister concluded that the Next
can authorities would laugh at his.
story, shoot him as a murderer and
take his gold.
Possessed with this idea, he hid
the gold in the pack saddles of his
mules and made his way ii the coast
without attempting to find the rest Of
the expedition, which searched vainly
for the men who were eaten alive
{" Il am perfectly sane he told me,
but l can't bear the sight of fly"
New York Journal
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22
A DEGEN ERATE.

Helen Ito herself)-I have now been
alone with Herr Won Felsenstein half
an hour and he has not yet robbed
one kiss. And yet he claims to be a
descendent of the robber barons-,-
Fliegende Batter.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22
TOO REALISTIC.

"What was that disturbance at the
theater last night?"
"The people in the play had ice
cream in one act and the whole audi
ence broke loose and climbed on the
stage" Chicago Record.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22


plorers. They had nver seen any flies
of that sort in that land of flies.
Determined to solve the mystery
of the underground passage, he party
covered their faces and hands with
cloths and pushed resolutely on
through ever-increasing clouds of
flies. AS they went further the an
cient air grew warmer and moist. and
an intolerable odor assailed them.
They were driven back.
''The next day they tried again, and
were rewarded by signs of light. En-
couraged by the light, they fought
through the swarms of insects and en-
tered what seemed the crater of an
extinct volcano. The terrible smell
was from masses of flies undertook.
Warm fumes still arose from the
rocks. High above them were the
apertures through which came the
daylight.
"It is a burial place!' exclaimed
the explorers.
''Balister knew nothing of the de-
light of unearthing the traces Of ex-
tinct nations, his business was to
manage mules, but he was filled with
wonder to behold rows upon rows of
erect skeletons along the walls. The
bones of the mysterious dead were
covered with flies.
''The next discovery was that the
arms and ankles of the skeletons were
decorated with bracelets. Pendants
hung from grisly necks upon empty
ribs and diaphragms
cit was Balister who cried, They
are gold!'
almost blinded by the attacks Of
insects, the men began to wrest the
treasure from the spectres of an un>
known past.
''Bahster knocked grinning skulls
of queens and mobiles from their shout
ders and strung his arms with rich
necklaces of virgin gold.
''Then arose a sound like the glib
boring of ten thousand fiends.
enlightened and half running for
the mouth of the tunnel, the men re-
allied that it was not the angry MUIR
murings of the ghosts of forgotten
race, but the uprising of countless
millions and billions of f1ies
''The swarms blotted out the riffs of
daylight. The torches were extin-
guished, and the men fell upon their
faces to escape the attack.
''Then, joining hands, they sought
to find the tunnel through which they
had entered. The pests got under
their clothes, under the cloths over
their faces, and they were bitten in a
thousand places.
'Balister said his companions
screamed with agony!
''They CROPPED along the sides of the
cavern, but everywhere their frantic
hands felt nothing but the bony legs
of the dead.
'Bailster, gentlemen, was not fat,
specialized scientist. He was a strong,
fearless young man of the stuff that
never surrendered. Yet he said that
he felt his mind melting like a snow
ball in an oven. He wanted to scream
and gibber!
"RI1t observe Missouri instinct all
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-09-22

Across the street Juggling q water melon al.
ways attracts attention. So does II man show
Ing up the superior qualities of Page fence.
Why? Because men like good thing
page WOVEN WIRE E FENCE CO.. Adrian, Mich.