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The San Francisco call., 1897-10-17
FASHION DEGREES THAT
FURS MUST BE WORN

oonhet, al! these will depend mainly upon
4uF ior garnlture. In narrow bands it will
oe useo at hem and seam, and will twine
IN ana about the other trimmings on win
Ter heaogear. From top to toe the winter
elri Will be study in fur, il she so chooses.
anu now the dress reformers will shrick
"hen they behold the skirt OF her,
weighted down with furry bands! All,
those reformersi They may shout them
serves purple in the lace with protests,
YET are their exhortations as sounding
prass and cymbsls in the ears of their
sisters, who go their ways bewitchingly
gowned and break hearts without half
trying.
furpie reminds me of a red-haired
beauty who crossed my vision on Kearny
street While doing her shopping OIL a re-
cent afternoon. An artist would proba bly,
say she was Titan locked At any rate
she had dared TO gown herself in purple
Oh the new shade and in the new French
iacy's cloth, and she wore her clothes
with an lair" that compelled attention.
1he gown was tailor made, silk-linei and
trimmed neatly with black braid-sou-
tache, now that l recall 1t. Her hat was
OF black velvet with wide brim, crushed
velvet crown banded with JET, and
plumes. Around her neck was q
handsome black and purple feather
DOS; her umbrella was of purple
silk repeating the gown in shade; gloves.
oiack undressed kid, stitched with purple.
When she crossed the street at Post her
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-17

| lifted skirt revealed patent-leather shoes
| with purple cloth tops, and petticoat
that was mass of dainty fiuffiness in
tuted Vandyke- pointed ruffies OF purple
and white striped silk over accordion
pleats. In short, my fair unknown was a
| daylight dream in purple.
Belts are barbarous, artistic, ugly or
beautiful, according to the observers
fancy, for one finds them in every con-
ceiVabie variety and at all prices, and the
entire world of women should be satisfied
with the numbe of styles from which to
choose their waistgear. Time has been
when snowy belt for street wear would
have stamped the wearer as a person of
vulgarIzed preferences. Now one may
wear what one likes and not run the
gauntlet of harsh criticism. The most
graceful effect is perhaps obtained by
bringing them to point in front after the
fashion that Sarah Bernhardy has i'm
mortaIiZed, and which is so adaptable 10
loosely fitted garments. Fancy feathers
ieweled clasp, connecting links of metal,
chains these are all used in belt form,
and nothing seems too prodigal OF color
or material to be worn, either at home or
in the carriage, betting ones gown or
ones jacket. This has given the Mexican
leatherwork here a sudden popularity
which it deserves. 1t is Californian and
very ornamental as well as extremely
durable. Nothing handsomer in leather
work has been done than the Mexicans
achieve with their skill.
The up-to-date woman must own sew
eraI belts if she would have herself appro-
priateIy encircIed for different occasions.
The correct thing for strictly dress wear is
belt of Russian enamel, silver or French
gilt, thickIy studded with jewels Very
chaste and pleasing are the oxidized silver
ones whicn look well with so many differ
ent colors. The latter metal is effectively
set with emeraIds or amethysts, or both.
One novelty consists of miniature faces
framed in gilt, connected with gilt clasps
and turquoises strung between. Even
iur has crept into buckles Some of the
new leather belts for street wear have less
width OF buckle and strap, both of which
are placed on the belt proper.
Buttons are ella borate this season. The
French novelties In this line Just received
eclipse those of last winter in beauty,
some being attractive and artistic enough
10 display in jewelers. window. Buckles
In mum berless variety will b, used wher-
ev buckle may serve its purpose as an
ornament for clasping a knot OF velvet or
dress material. From plain cut steel to
orna;eiy Ieweled ones they come, and will
play no unimportant part in gown garni-
ture. Ihey have never before attained so
much prominence, aud are certainly
welcome addition 10 the wardrobe Enamel
and jet will be LARGELY used in buck form.
The revival OF buckles and the care
and time given them BY manufacturers is
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-17

No city takes precedence of San Fran.
The San Francisco call., 1897-10-17

each without ornamcntation, were the
finishing touches to an artistically con-
ceived toilette.
Walking hats are the prettiest yet pro.
vided for us; a bit masculine, It is true,
but refined in their notification of the
shapes worn by men. Felts OF demure
hue are enlivened by plaid bands and
bows. Sometimes a somber little bird
nsstles ut the left side. but the plaid is
precisely what one wants to see on a dull
winter day.
Soft materials will hold sway this winter
III millinery. The tilted brim is hailed
with Joy by those OF US whose face. need
TO be studied by the milllner before she
can evolve something individually adapted
TO our particular style of beauty or ugii-
ness. No woman is really ugly when her
milliner gets through with her, provided
OF course, that madame, the hat artist. nm.
derstands her responsibilities.
The crown is also a boon to the woman
of unclassic face, for it adapts itself de-
liRhtiuly to her imperfections and NAV
be twisted, turned, tortured into any
shape to suit the features belowit. And
all hats may be as lavishly trimmed as
one wishes. Birds, feathers, plumes.
quills and silk cord are the favorite garni.
lures. The bandeau is covered with trim.
ming, and anv color that is becoming NAV
be chosen. Flowers, plaid and mirror
velvets and lace are seen in all their bric bit
attractiveness on the newest hats.
Jet will be used for trimming costumes
- al riafo
black and colored foundations may be
seen this snowy form of garniture over
boleros vests. panels, revers and yokes.
Jet has made its way to such delicate
fabrics as mousseline de sole and net.
Some of it is relieved by stee., and this
adds decidedly TO its effectiveness
No city takes precedence Of San Fran.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
A CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUN
ISHMENT.

1t is open to question whether the
counsel of any malefactor condemned
to imprisonment for long term under
the present law of the state of New
York might not appeal successfully
for change of sentence on the ground
that it is contrary to the constitution
of the United States, because it inflicts
''cruel and unusual punishment"
What incarceration means at the pres
ent time in that state is confinement
in idleness, with the consequence that
many prisoners are driven insane, and
the rate is on the increase. When the
agitation against convict labor in the
state of New York secured the atten-
tion and action of the legislature, it
failed there as almost everywhere else
to provide any substitute for the occu-
pations in which prisoners were then
engaged. The competition of convict
labor, concentrated on a few lines of
work, was a real hardship to honest
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
Written for The Prison Mirror.
A TRUST CRUSHER.
That May Result from the Klon-
dixie Hegira.

1t was near the close of severe WIN
ter in the year 1S9-. The sun was TAX
ing a few last ''rubbers'' through the
begrimed windows Of log cabin, on
two young men who were engaged in
serious conversation. The men were
prospectors. They had left their home
in the far east to mend their fortunes
in the western hills. The gentlemen
in question were the writer and a
friend of his whom we shall call Bill.
He was a college graduate and had
travelled quite extensively in this
country and in foreign lands. By
profession he was an assayer, and was
known as "Mineralogist Bill" When
l met Bill he had all the appearance of
being used somewhat roughly, and luck
was dead against him.
1t is strange, but nevertheless true,
that after Bill and linked our fortunes
together everything seemed to come
our way. Bill was beginning to re-
cover some of his old time shrewdness
and could almost detect pocket of
gold five feet beneath the surface.
Finally Bill struck streak of pay dirt
that almost dazed him when he assayed
it, as he told me afterward. At the
time was in the cabin preparing the
MONDAY meal, and was called to the
mine by a few unearthly yells that
sounded like charge being made by
savages. Quickly seizing the rifle
which stood in the corner, 1 sprang to
the door and looked toward the mine.
Instead of band of savages there was
Bill waving his arms and yelling like a
madman.
After Bills JOY began to ebb some.
what, I, in return, was almost dazed
when he told me of the fabulous wealth
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
Written for The Prison Mirror.
REPUTATION,

Who shall estimate the cost of price
less reputation, that impress which
gives this human dross it's currency,
without which we stand despised, de-
based, deprecated? Who shall repair
it if injured; who shall redeem it if
lost? How we'll and truly does the
great philosopher of poetry esteem the
worlds wealth as "trash" in COM
parison! Without it gold has no value;
birth no distinction; station no dignity
beauty no charm; age no reverence.
Or should not rather say, without it
every treasure is impoverished, every
grace deformed, and all the arts, the
decorations, and accomplishments of
life stand like the beacon blaze upon a
rock, warning the whole world that its
approach is dangerous-that its con.
tact is death.
The wretch without reputation is
under eternal quarantine; no friend to
greet. no home to harbor him. The
voyage of his life becomes a joyess
peril, and in the midst of all ambition
can achieve, or avarice amass, or ra.
pacity plunder, he tosses on the surge
buoyant pestilence. Oh! divine, Oh!
delightful legacy of spotless reputa-
ton. Rich is the inheritance it leaves;
pious the example it testifies; pure,
precious and imperishable the hope
which it inspires! Can you conceive
more atrocious injury than to filch
from its possessor this inestimable
benefit ITO rob society of it's charm,
and solitude of it's solace Not only to
outlaw life, but to attain death; con-
verting the grave, the refuge of the
sufferer, into the gate of infamy and
of shame.
l conceive few crimes beyond. He
who plumbers mans property takes
from him that which can be repaired
by time; but what can repair a ruined
reputation? He who mains a person
effects that which medicine may rem
edy; but what herb has sovereignty
over the wounds of slander?
He who ridicules persons poverty
or reproaches a persons profession,
upbraids that person with that which
industry may retrieve and integrity
purify; but what riches shall redeem
the bankrupt fame? What power
shall blanch the sulIied snow of char
acter? Can there be an injury more
deadly? Can there be a crime more
cruel? 1t is without remedy; it is
without antidote; it is without evasion.
The reptile calumny is ever on the
watch. From the fascination of it's
eye no activity can escape; from the
venom of its fang no sanity can re.
cover. 1t has no enjoyment but crime;
it has no prey but virtue; it has no in
terval from the restlessness of it's NAL.
ice, save when blasted with it's victims
it grovels to disgorge them at the
withered shrine where envy idolizes
her own infirmitieS. w. J. H.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-08-19
<>sPoEFRkcM
Syz~zGS&SS~ f.
NEVER MISS ME-"

Lucindy Jane, aged thirty-five,
Was the most unselfish girl alive.
Mother was sick, and father was pore,''
But she managed to keep the 'wolf from the
door,
Her brothers and sisters, "real gifted" she
said,
Had to be schooled and clothed and fed
So she did the washing, and scrubbed the
floors,
And mended the clothes-did all the chores.
When the boys forgot the Sundays wood
She split it herself, as we'll as she could.
If they asked her to 60 to huskin or bee,
She said, 'I'm too busy; they'll never miss
me-
Old Deacon Calkin, fervent and thin,
Took every occasion to list drop in
To talk to Lucindy," her soul to win.
IS Cause wOrkn' on Sundays drefful sin:
It's breakin' the law of GOd," he said;
And III bring down judgment on your head.
When the last trumpets thunder roll
And all the sky is written scroll,
You've got to face the Almighty then,
And render account, with the sons of men,
Lucindy heard with her quiet smile,
Mending the last weeks wash the while.
II b'lieve, my soul, Deacon Calkin,' said she,
That the Lord knows all about Sunday and
me.
Don't talk about none o. your 'glOries to be-
And 'trumpets' and scrolls and judgments,
to me.
If ever I'm laid in a long, cool grave
A poor old, tired, and wOrn-Out slave
They may blow all the trumpets from Dan to
BerShee:
I'll just keep shady as shady can be,
And lie there and rest; they'll never miss me. -
Virginia Morgan in August Century.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28
JESSE HEARD AGAIN, THE MULTI.MURDGRER TURNS UP IN LITTLE ROCK. He Is Seeking to Effect RecOnoilia. tion With His Wife Who
 Has Filed sult for
 Divorce.

LITTLE RooK. Sept. 25-Jesse Heard ls in Little Rock, and from present indications there is a lilleH. hood of the divorce suit filed against him Thursday by his wift being quashed. He came iu from Hot Springs at l.25 this morning. hay. ing sent his trunk oyer on the Can. non Ball last night. He at once went to Geasons Hotel and asked Night Clerk Yeager for room.
 We have no room for you, the clerk told him, ana turning around Went 10 the rear of the cflice.
 Heard walked our and went over to the Metropolitan Hotel, where no night clerk is on duty. The porter let him in and he registered as Sid Jones, St Louis, and was given room No. 2, paving for it in advance.
 This morning about 7:30 Heard got up, and without eating break fast look a Highland Park car and went out to his wife's residence, where he took breakfast. The Highland Park notormen stated that he had not left upt 10 late this afternoon on either of their cars.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28

:short crops. The farmers have hewaied short crops so olten and deceived he bui ers SO ma, J times that now Inc buyers will FOL believe them Hut the truth @ill finally dawn upon the buyers and then there will bc scramble for cotton. We would therefore advise the pro. ducers of cotton 10 hold their staple until the fai extent of this years crop becomes known and the price advances. At all vents, the price can't be much lower, If any, than at present, while all tho indications point to rise.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28
HOLD TOUR COTTON.

Tue low price of cotton has pre- veuted the arrival of any great de- eree of prosperity" in this section Of the country. Tbe present low price is uHfounded and c,auno. las las [ lauch longer. t is due to the be- lief among spectators aud Eastern cod European buyers that the crop !s larger than reported. There have teer so many cries of short crops ' followed bys unprecedented receipts, that the buyers are dubious about tfle announcement of another short crop for this year It is the old case oi tbe too freq quent cry of wolf. 7 Whtn the wolf did come and de. I royed tbe f1ocks, the shepherds gave rI.,-berd to the cry of wolf by the 6nY who had so often deceived them, ence tho boy and his Hock were Ss troved. So it is in regard 10
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28
1 NORAING DAiL1.


 During Fair week, October l9 to 9, the Daily GRAPHIC will be chang ed from an evening to a morning daily. This will be done in order 10 give our readers the proceedings Of1he Fair in the quickest manner possible. Every morning the GRAPHIC will publish in full the pro ceedings at the Fair grounds on the preceding day, and also the pro- gramme for the day of publication.
 The GRAPHIC will also maintain 9 Bureau at the Fair grounds during the week where papers will be on sale and for distribution.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28

FREDERICK BANCROFT, the magi. clan, died at Charleston, s. C., Sun day
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28
m.onsAnaA nf gf4.

Thirty thousand elk ara wintering Il the Jackson s Hole country of Wyoming according to the estimate of the game warden, who gays that in one herd which be saw the other morning there were I5, 900 of them, stretching over a distance of six miles. The sight, he said, surpassed anything he had ever seen and utterly amazed him. The elk trail over the snow was like flint ice, he said, 20 hard had the snow been packed down. The animals nre seen by thousands any morning moving along the Snake river from the Great swamp 10 tha Gros Ven tre hills. and at night the walls of the calves straying from their mothers may 5e heard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28
ARKANSAS RIVER PACKET co

Gp Now1.&NIi. Pres. < aen Mp&r.
 .w. +. HoSYLNPIl, Gencrai A ger. Boat Leaves Memphis every Taes day at l ?. m
 Boat Leaves Pine Bluff every Fri day Tt u H. Ht,
 We make lowest rntes from and tt al1 points
 Telephone No. G6 for general 1riot nation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28
JBDIGYAL TYRANpS.

We heartily endorse the following from the Arkansas Gazeite:
 An interesting opinion WAS handed down by Judge Winslow, of the Supreme Court Of Wisconsin, few days ago, upon the rights of the press and the rights of the judges Of the courts and to what extent news paper criticism Of judges may go.
 Last spring Judge w r. Bailey, of Eau Claire, was q candidate for reelection to the circuit bench. He was strongly opposed, and in the campaign his conduct on the bench and his fitness for the office were sharply criticised in newspaper printed in Eua Claire, both edjteri- ally and in communication signed by prominent Wisconsin lawyer Then being in session, Judge Bailey chose to regard these criticisms as contempt, and brought his offend ing critics before him for that of fensc. Tbereupon they made tiff davits to the truth Of their state ments, and this the judge decided was contempt in the presence of the court, and sentenced them to thirty days in jail.
 The case was taken to tue Supreme Court, and the action Of Judge Bai- ley was reversed In his decision Judge Winslow pertinently re- marked:
 Tt must be grieVous and weighty necessity which will justify so arbitrary proceeding whereby candidate for office becomes the ac- cuser. judge and jury, and may within few hours summarily pun .ish his critics by Imprisonment. The result of such doctrine is that all nnfavorab.e criticisms of sitting judges past official conduct can at once be stopped, by the judge him self, or, if not stopped, can be pun ished by immediate Imprisonment.
 In this judgment there wilI be general concurrence. There is no more reason why the learning and fitness of q candidate for judge = although then holding the posi- ton for which he is candidate for re election-may not be questioned than the candidacy of any other of. ficial who is seeking similar favors.
 When Mir. Cleveland was candi- date for reelection he wes criticised i more severely than was Judge Bai- ] ley, and why the latter should be protected and the former open to ! such attacks is not exactly appar l ent
 The truth is, judges, though not candidates for re election are as open to criticism as other officials. 1 or course, there are limits, and | wien the bonds of temperate and l reasonable arguments are exceeded i there are remedies at law for the assailed, just as there are remedies for the common layman
 There is no place on the bench for a judicial tyrant.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28
A Brave Man.

Nicolas, Chevalier | 'Assas. U French captain ill tho Auy pgne regiment, born at Vigan in the l.anguedoc while mak- ing a reconnaissance during the night of Oct. l5, l760, at Klostercamp in West phalia, met column Of The enemy which was advancing in silence to aur. prise the French army He was ordered to keep sileDT or else they would kill him. D 'Assas IT once cried out, 1 moi Aayergne--the ehemy Is herel' He was killed on the spof -Bonillet's Diction. aly Of History.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28

OuE native town Of Hawesville, Ky. has come 10 he front with a lynching bee. The eulprit had out- ragged little gir! and the Hawes- 5i.Iians made short shlft of him. 1his |. . crime that is raveagea by tue mob, whether it he committed ln the North or South. And ii is right. Such frpers in society tie. serve 10 mercy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28
Al Mitchell.
county, Arkansas, viz:

The BonFd of Directors have made a plat of the Fair Grounds and stands for special privileges during fail week, and parties desiring ground or house space should ap- ply to he undersigned, who k alone authorized by he Board 10 receive and close bids for privileges.
 d-al NJ E. BLOOM Secretary
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28

h Austria the rnun N ho loses both his hands ill an accident can claim the whole of his life insurance money, on the ground that lie has lost the means 0f maintaining himself. Loss of the light hand reduces the claim nom TO 10 So per cent of the total.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28
OLD TELEPHONE H0. 87.

For the occasion of the St. Lonis Fair the Iron Mountain Hallway will sell tickets 10 St Louis and re- turn for tn. very low rate of $ll.6l. Tickets OF sale october 3rd to sth. Final limit for return, October l1th.
 H. E. Mizell. Agt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28

For the occasion Of the ADla' " National Prison Congress, Aas's Texas. Oct. l6th. to 20lh.. tue s,a ton Belt Route N i'll sell tickets '', Pine Bluff to Austin ;4Ild ii-ff-' v ' M N One nnd one-tlird fare, on ilIe e''l cate plan. Tickets on sale s'e'', ,a 18th. fe l7th. Return limit, oe' 233 2233. 1887. III ErIngmnn, Agt'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28

Tickets over the Cotton Belt Route to the St. Lonis Fair Oct. | to g, from Pine Bluff to St. Louis and return at one lure, $ll6i. Tick cts on sale Oct. 3 to s inclusive. Re. turn limit Oct. II, 1897.
 II. Rringman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28

Da. GUiTkaAs. tbe yellow fever ex- pert, is going ,o Investigate the Texas fever. Texas vas so quick to qGaraniine that she mil probably gel a dose of her own medicine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-28

'lr is reported that Hon. John Little. Of xeaia, Ohio, will be ap- pointed to ahe Supreme Bench to succeed Justice Field, who Is about tc retire.
The evening times., 1897-06-14
TWO YEARS IN THE "PEN."
Bail and Joseph w. Gcyer
Sentenced.


Lawrence Ball and Joseph W. Geyer,
WHO pleaded guilty last week to the charge
of hoEsetrea king, were brought before
Chief Justice Bingham for sentence. In
speaking of their offense District Attorney
Davis told the court that the reason why
sentence last week WAS hecause he wished
to consult the records q! his office and in
DONG SO he had found that these men had
heen arrested for having robbed II man
named Clark from Chilhcothe Ohio, on
the I'd Of last December. On account Of
ClarN's refusal to return TO Washington
the men were discharged for want OF
evidence.
He said they were Indicted by the grand
jury for nousebreakmg on February IA
last. and they were given a jail sentence
on account Of eXtenuatng circumstances
buTing their incarceration another in
dIctment was found against them for
found that they had committed fourseparate
aud distinct acts of househre king the
night OF February / /.
MeSsrs Campbell Carrin gton and Turner,
attorneys for Gever and Bail made strong
appeal for mercy. tut District Attorney
Davis said he thought such men should Toe
removed from society and placed where
they could DO 10 harm. The chief justice
was OF the same opinion and imposed
sentence in each case of two years in
New Jersey state prison
The evening times., 1897-06-14
Wanted in Virginia.

Al. Collins, youthful offender, who has
just flushed serving a term in the District
jail for completely in the theft of some
brass some weeks ago was brought into
court this morning TO answer a requiSitio
from the governor of Virginia. He is want
d.bs the authorities of FaUQuier county
fer having. Win several others, broken into
car of the Southern Railway near Cal
vertou, Va, along the line uf III" Richmond
and DanYille branch. He was seen to leave
the car at Culpeper by the town sergeant.
who fully identified Collins today. TWO
OF his associates went before the grand
jury of Fagquier county and confessed
They implicated Collins. ana upon their evi-
deGce an indictment was found against
MIN. He was taken back today to Vir-
ciuiI, where he viii be tried.