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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-16

some tobacco we will smoke and l will
tell you all about IL. 4"
This the officer did, and although they
talked long time about the case tie
young suspect told many conflicting
stories, but appeared to be very shrswd In
some respects and gave the supposed at
torney but little Information of any val
ue Ia clearing up the mystery.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-16

The melancholy days have come:
Sad are they, a. Uf old,
And every man you meet tells you
A sure cure for your cold.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-16
ABSOLUTELY NO CHARGE.

No money Is received for exsn1instion,
no money Is receives for advice, no
money is received for medical attsn Ion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-16
M'CARTY DIED.

Was Found Unconscious in a Hotel
with Gas Turned On.
Boston, Nov. l6.-w. McCarty of Quincy,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-16

This is the best medical institution IN the
world. A staff OF skilled doctors are
du'v Fullest medical examination and ad-
hout costing you "A penny. No mat
your disease, Munyon has specific
Lii.
sr druggist will give you tie names OF
hundreds of bs customers VINO have been
cured of Catarrh, Bronchitis, Rheumatism,
Dyspepsia. Kidney Troubles and Blood and
Nervous Diseases by Munyon's Improved
HOMEOPATHIC hc.Lcdics
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

VIM. r. Best, organist and composer
died in London, aged seyenty-one years.
Ii is announced that the revolution
IN Honduras is ended and the country
rs psacefuL
BARON Reedtz TEott, premier OF Den
mark. has resigned, and new cabinet
has been formed.
The English court will go into mourn
ing for the late Duchesse d'Alencon
T. ON May u to May %.
1t Is reported in Lima that Or, Victor
EQuisuren viii be appointed minister
TO the United States from Peru.
4 British officer and thirty coolies
were killed by an avalanche on the
Spriugagarleh road in British India.
Emperor William Of Germany has
gwen So 600 to the Paris charity which
was crippled by the terrible fire Of
last week
REQUIEM masses for the repose Of
the souls OF the victims Of the Paris
Ere We're celebrated in Paris and Lon
don with elaborate ceremony.
The elections in the province Of
Quebec, Canada, resulted in the com
Pete overthrow OF the conservative
party and the success Of the liberals
The Greek government has accepted
The terms Of the powers, and they viii
proceed to settle he disputes which
lrl 60 The war between Greece and
Turkey
The Italian minister Of finance, in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20
UNCONSTITUTIONAL "

There was only one printer who
could read GreeIey's writing well
enough to put 1t in type. He used to
boast that he could read the great
editors wondrous scrawl mile away,
says The Journal of Education.
One night the boys in The Tribune
composing room put up a job" on the
old man They took two rooste1s, made
them walk around on a newly mixed
form and then run all over sheets Of
copy paper. The foreman wrote over
il in Grecleys well-known scrawl
The Plain Duty of Congress, and put
the old man Lawton's hook.
think his name was Lawton, but il
il was not ii does not much matter
The Old printer picked it up, swore
a little, remarked that they had to
shove the stuff on The old man, as
usual, adjusted his spectacles and be-
gan sticking type,
The other printers watched him for
few minutes but beyond a muttered
oath or two he gave no sign. Lawton
went on setting type until about half
way through the copy.
Then he was stuck
He took the copy over to the fore
man ana asked:
Jack, what is that word?'
Il don't know" replied the foreman
you know i never could read the
stuff"
Lawton took the sheet down to
Greeley and pointed out to him a par
ticularly awful scrawl of the ROSTERS
foot, asking what word that was.
Greeley looked at it a moment and
replied with a frown;
Unconstitutional Of course"
Lavton went back to the composing
room and finished his task with the ut
most sang froid.
The old man never knew how the
copy was produced.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20

I brother of ex- President Willard Fill
more. fell from the porch OF her
daughters residence at Sturgis, Mich
and died shortly after from conclusion
OF the brain. She was 50 years OF age.
Two masked robbers entered the
residence of Rev. Joseph Flache, the
| Catholic priest at Dyer, lndp ana
ransacked the house. The priest at
tempted to shoot, but his revolver
failed TO work and he was roughly
| handled.
capt. Joseph King who claimed that
Re was 1906 years old died at his home
in Langingburgh, n. \ He claimed
TO be Of indian descent. Capt. King
was the father Of stephen and Mart
King. VINO were among the pioneers OF
baseball in this country.
Senator Foraker announced during a
debate on the Cuban question that the
policy Of the United States would be de-
terynjned by the report Of Commi5-
eioner Calhoun, who has been assigned
10 Investigate thoroughly the condi-
ton Of affairs on the island.
The Saco water-power machine
shop at Saco. Me, employing about 300
hands. which has been shut down for
the last two months, will resume OPP
eratlons with a fun force of hands
Jrne 10. A large order for cotton
machinery has been received from a
southern mill.
Both the states of Iowa and Tenn
essee have been given the authority
the secretary Of agriculture to conduct
hre cholera experiments in their ter
rtory this summer On the result OF
these experiments will be based gen
eral scheme for preventing the spread
of this disease.
L. kellogg Beach, d retired capital
ist committed suicide at his home on
state street in Chicago, by shooting.
Dependency over ill-health is sup
posed to have been the cause MI
Reach was graduate of West Point
His fortune is estimated at about
81, 100000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20
NO MACMILLAN SHE
They talked of nerves.

They talked of nerves.
do you suffer from neryops,a...,
asked the younger woman.
mo, DEAR said he one win =,
careworn face and the pleasant smn'
Il never had anything to make ~
nervous, l suppose"
We'll, ! do" snapped the atb,.
land you needn't be sarcastic ~
only real relief l get is in the count
go miles away from a house ~. 49,
scream, and scream, for an hour a.
time. Then feel better"
is that ready good?" asked the -,
lady, in surprise. II have often NO.
dered why the lady who lives in -.
next fiat to me screams so yiola,tls
from ten to eleven every day. M.
poor thing must be nervous, l supnoss y
Very likely said the yonno..
woman. But Low do you stand ~ -,
l should think you'd die" "
"Oh, | don't know | wouldn't min.
it so much if she didn't try to Dlsa
the piano at the same time. "--Trptb
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20

puffed and snorted, the great driving
wheels tearing holes in the ground,
neither gaining an advantage Ihen
the men backed their engines several
yards and again pulled the throttles
wide open and the machines rushed
forward.
Again there was a collision, but this
time it was not harmless. The huge
iron monsters, Weighing three or four
tons each, had gained considerable
momentum before they met and the
noise of the collision was almost deaf
ening.
Both men were now enraged and each
stuck to his post on the little platform
behind the boiler and frebox from
which the steering apparatus, throttle
and reverse lever are controlled. As
the engines met one of them reared and
then seemed to leap upon its antagonist.
The owner was thrown off the platform
and the recoll buried him under the
debris. crushing him to death His
antagonist was 50 seriously scalded
that he was kept in bed several days.
Both engines were demolished and
the farmer had to hunt up another man
TO do his thrashing. a coroners jury
exonerated the living duelist, as it was
conclusiyely shown that he was not
responsible for the death of his an
tagOnist
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20
"JoHNNIEs' AT A STAGE rOOR

certain pretty little actress who
pleased Chicago audiences az a recent
eusagcmcnt in this city received more
than ordinary attention from the class
of young men who affect actresses and
make life a burden to the big bounccr
who uresides over the stage entrance.
Among the more persistent was a
young man from the boulevard DIS
triCt and d pe9chy complexinucd young
iliend with smooth address and inn
maculate nerve" Both young men
had the good viii of the "bouucer. 4"
The one through the potent agency Of
tips and the other because he was a
good fellow
The friend referred &c went around
one evening and had scarcely put in
an appearance when beautiful
bouquet was brought In fer the ac-
tress While waiting for her 90 finish
her toilet the caller admired the flow
ers and found therein i card the card
of the boulevard Young man The
3ouugster OF little money and much
nerve slipped uut the others card anil
introduced one OF his own end de-
parting loft word ne wou'd can for The
actress after the performance next
evening Next morning no received 4
charming little note from Che actress
thanking htrn for his beautiful flow
rrs
That n.ght be was ii ue wute~
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20
WAS A STRANGE DUEL.
Farm Laborers Battle to the Death
With Queer Weapons.

The strangest duel that has ever
near a sex. II was a
been fought occurred the other dag
battle between farm laboIers, in which
steam traction engines were the
weapons employed.
The thrashing of wheat Is usually
done by men who travel from one farm
TO another with their thrashers and
traction engines. The engines traveI
from four to six miles an hour on
country roads. pulling a water tank,
coal wagon, thrashing machine and
other appliances behind them.
4 farmer had contracted with la
borer to thrash his wheat. The laborer
had some trouble with his engine ano
did not appear on the date agreed on.
The farmer then became impatient and
employed another thrasher TO do the
work. who was told 10 come as soon
as he could, and a day later he started
in front Of the house az the same
time that the original contractor ar
rived The latter prepared his engine
and was making haste to fulfill his
appointment Coming from opposite
directions, the men discovered that each
was bound toward the farmers 70 q,
the same work.
Neither man would yield, and each
declared his intention Of pulling into
the gate first. The gate was so mar
row that but one engine could &c
through. and when both opened the
thruttles ana started the engines for
ward tae machines collided. With
their heads together the huge engines
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20
PEDDLER OF THE ORIENT.
Crafty Hawker Of the East Adopts the
Gambling System.

| The hawker of the east is picturesque
| in costume and of many nationalities.
1 His sunny smile and white cleaning
teeth are OF the very essence Of the
| blue sky overhead He does not stand
still in the street and appeal to passers-
/ by to buy his wares. lie fits from cafe
/ TO cafe and interviews loungers smOk-
ing their narghilez in the open air.
/ He adopts the gambling system, as be-
| ing more direct appeal to human pas
sions. In his hand he carries lucky
! bag. When he enters cafe he invites
you to dip your hand in the bag and
| try your luck for pair of live turkeys,
a beautiful Egyptian shawl simmer
| ing with gold or silver embroidery, or
some other of the many ornaments
peculiar to the east 1t is difficult to
resist his persuasive eloquence.
The method of procedure is this In
his lucky bag the hawker carries 200
numbers. The figures are neatly in
scribed on small slips of stiff paper
! These are rolled and curled up in the
/ lucky bag, which resembles a pillow
! case more than anything else. When
/ the peddler enters the cafe his quick
eve soon detects a likely customer.
To start by doing trade will greatly
enhance his chances with others. Terms
are arranged say, three tries for half
a franc. Then you guess, perhaps three
times, at the lucky number-say be
tween 100 and 12T-as arranged
On drawing the first number you pay
down your half-franc. OF course, the
odds are very much against you. The
hawkers in Cairo and Alexandria make
very fair harvest when these cities
are full. As much as Is to IS francs
Tor a turkey which cost 5 francs is
pretty good profit Somebody. Of
course wins il in the long run
The articles disposed Of in this way
comprise boxes Of splendid peaches
and other fruits soap, flowers in great
variety, plants and the beautiful point
setia, turkeys and other live stock,
game in season, fish, dates, a great
variety of ornaments, cunning devices
in clocks, furniture, etc.
There is another side to the picture.
! The eastern hawker would not be con-
1 tent with the mere gamble for lucky
number without exercising his natural
/ Ingenuity. While ne is talking to a
would-be "autterer" he drops his hand
1 into the bag and begins shaking up
the numbers. These, it should be eX-
/ planned are made up in patches Of tens
/ and twenties, which are composed of
4 slightly different qualities of paper. In
/ the bag is a false bottom. So delicate
\ is Hassan or Adults touch that he can
/ distinguish one batch from the other
with his hand Instantly you select
your numbers ne switches them off into
the reserved compartment You may
easily be tricked half a dozen times in
/ this way without knowing It, The face
/ Of the hawker on such occasions is a
/ study.
! Never for a moment does he relax
his attention to you. His smile is as
sunny as the eastern morn; his respect
/ full, graciousness never leaves him.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20
CURRENT FUN.

He-I wonder what the meaning al,
that picture IS? The youth and tbs
maiden are in tender attitude
She-Oh, don't you see? He has inc.
asked her TO marry him. and she Is
accepting him. How sweet! VIVA.
does the artist call the picture?
He docking abouO-Oh, | see. 1ts
written on a card at the bottom, Sold
London Household Words.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20

urally su gests the proper use Of Sapolio.
Slang lever can be COMPOUNDED with
proyerbial phrases. II seems universal,
but it is merely local form used TO ex.
press transient but popular idea. Years
ago, when general rush at hotel keepu :
resulted in many failures, the slang RANT
Hes very good man, but he can't keen
a hotel All sucn phrases are local and
temporary. They DO not suryiye-iudeed,
rarely possess merit enough to reach a
second year without evident decline IN
popularity. We have noticed that none of
the advertisements of Sapoio make u, OF
slang. and probably for this reason.
Naturally many of the best proverbs
used in this connection relate to household
cleanliness and all the original ones are
framed to that end. Dirt in the house
builds the highway to beggary,' deserves
recognition, despite its origin. House
hold sayings, in the sense of four-walled
buildings full of furniture. are quite lack
ing in many Eastern tongues. We believe
that no reference to clean housekeeping
can be found in the Koran or even in the
Bible, except that of the woman who
swept the house to find her lost coin.
Shakespeare rather Sights the subject, but
whether because it was not deemed mpor.
tant in that intellectual but dirty age OF
because he scared to grander things, we
viii not discuss, but the England of to-
day well says of home, "The cleaner It's
the cosier It's" and our American adver.
tiser improves the opportunity to add that
humble homes made bright with Sapo,io
are better than tawdry palaces? Alas,
for the thoughtlessness of the man who
forgot to ask whether his bride used Sa.
polio. The Scotch proverb records his
casc "Ye haze tied knot wi your tongue
ye Wilma loose vi, your teeth
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20

Now, Thomas, said the teacher
write me sentence in which tbe
words pine and butternut are used"
And Thomas wrote: The fellow
felt almighty tough, when him his best
girl cut. First he thought he'd pine
away, and then he thought he'd butter.
nut. Detroit Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20

The Sweet Thing is all this
talk about our interference in Cuba?
The Angel Child-lt must mean
something about an international loot.
ball game, think, dear, -Philadelphia
North American.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20

English Sunday School Teacher
(solemnly)-And now, Albert Edward.
you may relate the terrible fate Of The
prodigal son after leaving his fathers
house and squandering his patrimony
in riotous living.
Albert Edward lin an awed whisper,
--' Ee-'ee-'ee 'ad t go to Hamerica
han get married, ma 'am-New York
Truth
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20

Clark (eXctedly)-I tell you, sir, this
town isn't big enough to hold us both!
Fuller (calmly)-Why don't you start
a suburb Puck
When they told her that the young
man whose suit she had rejected the
previous evening had hanged himself
to the gate post directly after he left
her, the beautiful girl shrugged her
shoulders.
1t isn't my fault, she said, coldly
II specifically told him he mustn't think
Of hanging around here any more. -
Detroit Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20

Louise was furious about her we'd
ding"
What was the matter?"
"The organist was a rejected lover,
and he played the briday couple out
OF church with the tune, He's Got an
Elephant on His Hands. New York
Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20

Well said the casual caller, re-
tiectively, trains and people may be
late frequently, but there are some
things always ON time,
Name them, '' replied the snake
editor.
We'll, the hourglass and the scythe,
for example. ''-Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-20

DO you really wear a corset through
necessity" she asked
'Oh, No, the other girl replied
simply as a matter of form. Twin
kles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10

This stately edifice is of the Roman-Doric order of architecture,
 modified to meet the requirements of the heavy exhibits which it is to contain. It is of ample proportions, the main building having an avail able floor space of 65,224 square feet, and an annex having floor space of II .664 square feet, giving q total floor space of 76,SSS square feet.
 Besides the floor space, the main building has an altitude of sixty feet from floor to roof, and three large porticos which can be utilized for exhibits. Within this splendid enclosure the State of Tennessee, alone, will exhibit specimens of min eral and forest wealth. of which she possesses an abundance never yet even approximately estimated, and only partially developed, but known to exceed in variety and extent that of many leading nations. This will be by extensive and inter- esting exhibits from several other
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10
MINERALS AND FORESTRY BUNDING-- TENNESSEE EXPOSITION

States. Here will be seen in all their variety the materials used for con structing every class of human habi- tation, from the humble and happy
 home of the cabin dweller to the pal atial marble mansion of the million aire. The distinguished orator who
 said that .'the quarries of Tennessee could easily supply enough marble to pave the Appian Way" might have added that it surpasses i'll qali- ty and beauty the" Bohemian Girl's'
 dream of marble halls. The cedar of Lebanon. so highly prized by King Solomoa, is not to be compared with the red cedar of Tennessee and Alabama. Of the thirty-four species and varieties of oak indigenous to this section, and many other hard woods that are abundant, fair samples will be shown, and among them sections of the giant primeval trees that once shaded our fertile lands like the roof of a great temple
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10
womon and Religious Work.

"OHlon anu eSeilSlOuH WOrRs
 The Protestant ,ieaconess institutions ill Germany havespaved the way for an independent position and suitable work for unmarried women The black dress with the white cape gives her q safe en- try into all houses, and we cannot but regret that the nunsber of Indies is not larger who seek this useful occupation. But 1t has also given general impulse to the work of women in nalrthebranches of home mission-.
 This brings os to another point--the position of women in religious work. Women pastors and preachers are recog- nized i'll America as an order already existing. Ill Germany NO arc only in the beginning, but this beginning is made. The speaking of women in public was formerly rendered quite impossible. At first it was allowed in smaller circles of women. Now lady, Mrs. Guauek, who is one of the German representa- tives of tho rights of women, was re- quested to give an address at the evaE- gelical social congress at Erfurt last ] year, and she met with universal ap- plause. We begin to hear now that women may make public addresses without losing that true deliracy which we should not care to miss. In our prayer meetings women begin to take all active part, We even find that these meetings only become moro lively and interesting when women join ill the exercises. Count Bernstorff. in Exam. jner.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10

\ matrimonial epidemic isexpected tO strike Pine Bluff next week. This is m epidemic that will be hailed with delight by our furniture deal- ees. for they have large stocks of goods on hand especially perambu- iafors-anJ hope to furnish the houses for the brides and grooms
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10

The convincing arguments of the Fidelity are it's low rates and match less security-just what every sensi- ble man desires in life insurance.
 5 5101w JNo. T. MARSH, Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10
BLUFF CITY LUMBER co.

4 few days of weather like that which we are enjoying this afternoon will soon cure the cotton of our planters which Is suffering with a dlsense known as the "sore shin,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10
Tt is the Best on Earth.' J

That is what Edwards & Parker, merchants of Plains, Ga., say of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, for Rheu- matism, lame back. deep seated and muscular pains. Sold by, ". l.. DewOody.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10
Mir. Arthur Mills left this morn ing for brief soiourn at Potash Sulphur Springs.
Tetter, salt-Rheum and Eczema.

The intense itching and snarting incl
 dent to these diseases is instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain s Eye and have been permanently cured by it. U is equally efficient for itching piles ana a favorite remedy for sore nipples chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites and chronic sore eyes. 20 cts. per box
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10

Hsj. II. ii. Hum and family, Mir. E.. C. Howell and wife, Mir. W. D. Hearn and wife, accompanied by a number of friends, will leave for Wesson tomorrow afternoon to eI- joy fishing In Crooked Bayou for severa1 days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10

Constable Philpot is down the Cot ton Belt railroad today on official business.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10

If you are insured in the Fidelity be obliging and share the good thing with your neighbor. Tell him of it's benefits, strength, and advantages. 59 Nv JNo. T. MARSH, Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10

Tho tax collection In Jefferson county this year has been better this year than ever before in her history. This Is superb showing for our county.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10

A. J. Mitchell keeps constantly on hand larg of the finest and best candies to be found on the market. dtf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10

Mai. J. T. W. Tillar, of Little Rock, is here today looking after his busi- ness interests.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10

The shop baseball nine and the Pine City team played game at Jones Park yesterday afternoon. The score stood 15 to 20 in favor of the Pine City Club.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-10

Messrs. James Stewart and NJ. S. Fall left for Stuttgart this morning on business trip.