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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-07
Sam Jones and Taimage.

Sam Jones is the embodiment of an
audacity that sometimes comes very
near the border line of discourtesy. a
clergyman who often assists him in his
series of meetings told me the other day
this story in the early history Of Mr..
Jones evangelistic work: Hs was in
vited by DIR. Talmage to hold a series Ct
meetings in the Doctors Brooklyn
church. Mr.. Jones went to Dr.. Tai
IMAGES home during the afternoon Of
the day on which his engagement began
and introduced himself Mr.. Talmags
looked him over and was evidently Ii :
tie taken aback at the rather shabby ap-
pearance Of the evangelist. As it APP
preached evening he said, Brother
Jones, woul you take it amiss If pre-
sented you with new suit of clothes?"
Certainly not, = said the accommodate
ing Samuel. He was taken to a clothier
and fitted from head to foot, topping al
with a high hat.
At church the doctor introduced him
as the Rev. Samuel P Jones from
Georgia. Mr.. Jones arose with his new
hat in hand and repeated, eyes, the
Rev. Samuel P. Jones from Georgia, !"
and added: And this is the new suit
of clothes and this the new hat your
pastor has presented to me. If your pas
tor had as much of the grace of God il
his heart as he has pride, he would con-
vert all Brooklyn and would not need
me- "-Hemiletie Review.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Endowment Rank Offers Safe Insurance.
Sword Thrusts.

Endowment Rank Offers Safe Insurance.
Sword Thrusts.
We cannot too strongly commend the
endowment rank to the brethren of the
ordor everywhera- It's PROFESSIONALLY the
best system Of fraternal insurance in exist
ence, is safe, secure and stable and is so
established on broad foundation as to
give every security necessary to those who
join it.-Mystic Tie.
Washington has new lodge composed
exclusively of Masons
Horace o. Case has held the position of
grand keeper of records and seal for the
domain of Connecticut for the past Is
years.
Members of the order engaged in the sa-
loon business prior to the adoption of the
supreme statutes in force ON and after
Sept s, 1894, are not affected by the clause
barring saloon keepers from membership
in the order.
Utah grand lodge passed a resolution
forbidding members entering any COM
bination for the election appointment of
members to Office in the grand lodge.
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MASONIC.
The Right to Reject Improper Material.
Trestleboard Designs.


The landmarks and the regulations of
Freemasonry give to every Mason the
means TO enforce prohibition. The black
ball is the right of every honest, true
Mason to use, to reject improper material
Tt is not right to be exercised except for
one object, the protection of the craft from
the direful results of accepting men I'M
worthy of Masonic fraternity - keystone
The first three degrees contains ali of the
fundamental principles of the fraternity.
Love for tho order never displaces love
and reverence for the church The two
move together both for the same end
the elevation of the character of man, and
a nearer approach to the fullest realization
of man responsibility to his Creator.
The average membership of Connecti-
cuts 100 lodges is 157 The largest lodge
is Hiram, No. |, with 76s.
There are five communicates of knights
Templars in Florida
An officer of chapter, having accepted
and been installed in his office, cannot re-
sign during the period for which he was
elected. Georgia, 1897
The grand master of North Carolina de-
oided that a Mason's widow, having mar
ried one not Mason, forfeits all claim
upon the order for assistance.
A lodge may try any of its officers, ex-
cept its master, fer official misconduct or
other Masonic offense.-Grand Master of
Nebraska.
A Masonic obligation taken by party
under an aesumed name is as binding
upon him al e taken in his proper name
Grand Master of Alabama.
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Cotton Belt Excursions.

Little Rock Spring Race Meeting,
Little Rock, March 80 to April Z.
For the above occasion the Cotton
Belt will sell tickets at rate of $125
for the round trip. Tickets on sale
March 20 to April 6 inclusive. Return
limit April s.
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Red Men.

The first and second degrees of the old
work have been combined into one MAX
ing now only three degrees. including the
adoption The adoption and third degree
have been changed very slightly.
The great council of Missouri has offered
q prize of 5000 for the best degree work
Saranac tribe, No. s4, Pennsylvania, has
an Indian warclub which was once the
property of Tatamy, chief of the Delawares
1t Is made of dark red wood, Is 4 feet long,
with a head s inches in diameter, and
weighs over 90 pounds.
a great sachem cannot grant dispense
tion to tribe TO reduce the fee for admis-
sion into the tribe to extend beyond the
term of Office of the great saohern.
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National Plumbers association.

San Antonio, Tex. Apr. 13 to l6. 1898.
For the above occasion the Cotton
Belt will sell tickets at rate of $17.75
for the round trip. Tickets on sale
April 8, 10 and IL, good returning Is
days from date of sale. An extern
sion OF 10 days will be granted If
tickets are deposited with joint agent
at San Antonio on or before April
22nd. Side trips will be made from,
San Antonio to Monterey and return
at rate of $3.50; Mexico City and re-
turn, going and returning same
route, $25; or going via Laredo and
returning via Eagle Pass or vice YER
sa, $50. ii. BRINGMAN. Agent.
E. W. LEBAuME, G. P. & t. A.
st. Louis, Mo.
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What He Thought.

"I know said the candidate for the
small office to the veteran. "that you
wouldn't sell your vote. I" "No, sub,
Wouldn't" .sThat you can't be bribed?n
CHOW yo' tallzin, suh'' But suppose
I should make you present of $40?
What would you Think" The voter
looked thoughtful, then said, "Well,
Marse Jim, jedgin by yo' pas record,
I'd either think yo'd done los 20 min,
or else yo's in de counterfeitin bust
ssl"-Atlanta Constitution.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-07

The Adams Wilson Printing Co.
has superior and unequalled facilities
in this city for quick. neat, cheap and
artistic job printing. 1t is the only
printing Office in thecity run by steam
power, and its equipments are mod
ern and up-to-date. A share of your
orders solicited. diff
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-07
In His Line.

Miles-I see your friend Hawkins has
another selling out at cost" sign
tackled up on the front of his store
Giles-Yes. Do you know, I think
Hawkins missed his vocation. He should
have been a political campaign manager.
Miles Why so?
Giles-He is continually mailing lies.
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KLoNDIKE OR BUST.

In order that all seekers Of the yell
low metal may compete with their
more fortunate brothers in the strug-
gle for the inexhaustible riches of the
Klondike the following extremely
low rates have been placed in effect
from this station, viz
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-07

Arkansas W. c. T. g. Meeting, New
port, Ark, April - to 16.
For the above occasion the Cotton
Belt will sell tickets at rate OF $5.lO
for the round trip. Tickets ON sale
April u to IS. Return limit April 10.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-07
Little Rock Spring Race Meeting
March 30 to April T.

March 30 to April Z.
For this occasion the st. L. [. NJ. &
SO. Ry. will sell tickets to Little
Rock and return for one fare, $1.25.
Dates of sale March 80 to April T, in
elusive. Final return limit, on all
race tickets, AprilS s.
II. B. MIzELL. Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-07

Annual Convention Arkansas Bank
ers' Association, Little Rock, April
Dist and 22d, 1898.
For the above occasion the Cotton
Belt will sell tickets at rate OF $1.70
for the round trip. Tickets on sale
April 20 and u. Return limit q.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-07

EIaginn.

Blaclwood set a high value on Ma
ginn s contributions. "There is one Pc
euliar excellence" he writes, in this
writer which strikes us Scotsmen-his
easy. idiomatio English. No Seotehman,
however practiced as writer, is mas
ter of the English tongue SO as to be
able to write in this way" But he new
er yentured to impart this opinion to
the voluble and irascible North.
Maginn IS brilliant but unman-
ageable creature. He soon drifted away
from Maya and devoted himself to it's
rival and imitator, Fraser's. When his
habits had brought him TO prematu- ],
grave, Lockhart wrote his epitaph in a
score of jingling rhymes:
Here. early to bed. lies kind William Maginn.
Light for long was his heart, though his
brooches were thin,
But at last he was beat and sought help from
the bin
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1898-04-07

For further particulars call on or
address II. BRINGMAN. Agent.
E. W. LABAUArE, G. P. & T. A.,
st. Louis, Mo.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

cluslvely, means a decrease in the volume
OF money In circulation, or an imitation OF
the currency, according TO the necessities
Of the banks, the caprice OF bullion and
bond brokers and stock exchange and
board of trade gamblers But do not lose
sight Of another prominent point along the
route Of the gOldbug procession. IL 1t be
true Gas they say) that there never was
such q thing as a double standard, not
Withstandlng the attempts made by differ
ent nations TO maintain blmetalllsm, then
why did 1t become necessary IN 1873 for an
American Congress to drop the standard
for the first time that the gold dollar was
made by law the unit OF value. Before that
time, the dollar, Of gold or silver, was the
unit OF value, as the dollar was before, and
still is, the unit Of account
The coinage law Of 1873, section H. pro-
Vldes that the gold dollar piece OF the stan
dard weight Of % $40 grains, shall be the
unit of value Conceding the power OF
Congress to fix the unit OF value for the
money coined by its own authority, who
will deny that Congress can fix the unit OF
value In both gold and silver? For In
stance, suppose the law should read
coins of the United States shall be the sill
yer dollar OF the standard weight OF 412h
grains, and a gold piece Of the standard
weight of rs $40 grains"
Under such q provision, in connection
with free coinage Of both metals, pure and
simple bimetallism could be maintained by
the United States against the opposition Of
"the most enlightened nations of the
world" OF course full legal tender quality
would have to be impaired to the coined
dollars of both metals, for public and prl-
vate debts; for 1t is the legal tender quail
ity which imparts value to money, whether
OF gold or paper.
In 1Syo the Republicans told us that all
our dollars were as good as gOld-eVen the
"50-cent dollar"-and yet there were and
are three dollars Of paper and silver money
to one Of gold. Is II not plain that the gold
standard means a contraction of the cur
rency In the interest Of the great banking
business OF the world? 1t means higher
rates of interest; more labor for the neces-
saries Of life; more Of the products Of la
Dor for the payment of debts; for, as the
volume Of money decreases, the more value
IL possesses and the less value has all
other forms Of property. AS the volume of
money In circulation Increases, the less
value II has, whether Of gold or paper;
prices rise; the laborer can find more to
do, and can afford to pay more for what
he buys and consumes the volume of busl-
ness increases, and there is more peace and
contentment in the land. People do not
want money to grow on trees, nor money
which has no value; nor do they want
money without consideration The best
money for the people is that which brings
the lowest price. LINUS s. WEBB.
Alma, Kas.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

that sleep and rest without which she could not
long endure the strain. She at length found
this in Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. She said to the reporter: "By the
time had taken one box of these pills. |
not only felt stronger but to my surprise found
that could sleep.
Il have taken four boxes now and can takc
long nap during the day and sleep sOundly
all night.
"The medicine not only takes away that
weary depressed feeling but creates a buoy.
ancy and exhiaration that does not pass away
when one stops taking the pills.
Il am forty-nine years old and about thirty
years ago began to be troubled with gather
ings in my head The trouble continued until
was unable to hear a sound through nv
right ear and my left ear was badly affected
had no idea that the pills would benefit nv
ears but they evidently did as nv hearing il
very much improved.
Il consider DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People wonderful medicine The address of
the woman is: Mrs. ii. l.. Graham, 214 Z. 4th
Street, Pueblo, Col.
STATE Of COLORADO,
COUNTY OF PUEBLO, S0'
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9Th
day Of July, 1897.
GEORGE w. GILL,
(sEAL) Notary Public.
All the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves are contained in DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. They are sold in boxes
(neyer in loose form, by the dozen or hundred)
at 80 cents box, or six boxes for $3.50 and
may be had of all druggists or directly by
mail from DR.. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady, N. Y.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
From me oaieJtain, Pueblo, Col.

While the Rocky Mountain region is Justly
famed for its salubriOus climate, and is becom-
ing more and more the mecca toward which
pilgrims are travelling from all parts of the
world that they may fill their weakened lungs
with its life-giying air, yet there are ailments
in that climate as in any other, one of the chief
of which is sleeplessness. This is due to the
rarity of the air which on some constitutions is
too stimulating to the nerves. In some cases
patients are compelled to remove for a time to
the sea level to escape the high nervous strain.
AS sleeplessness is not an uncommon accom-
paniment TO certain nervous conditions lin any
Climate) the story Of woman of Pueblo, Col,
may point a moral to others, who have had a
similar affictiOn.
The woman came to Pueblo thirty years ago,
when the town was a frontier settlement, and
Indians were by no means unusual visitors,
bands of Ute's often passing through on their
way from the mountains down to the plains to
hunt buffalOes
She had been in good health, until few years
ago when at each recurring spring-time she
became debilitated, weak and languid. Her
strength left her, she was listless and lifeless
This, too, in spite of the stimulating effects of
the high altitude. The most serious difficulty,
however, was sleeplessness which she could
not cure. The long weary watches of the night
told on her health and she dreaded the ap-
proach of night. This lack of sleep weakened
her strength and brought on extreme nervous
ness until she was physical wreck.
As she could not well take the long journey
necessary to a change Of climate, she sought for
some nerve restorative, that would build up the
nervous system, and thus enable her to get
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

Editor Advocate and News:-A liberal
minded Republican said to me few days
ago: 'The action Of the Attorney General
Of the United States in providing for the
sale of the various parts OF the Union Pa
cihc railway system separately seems TO
me TO have been an ignorant, thoughtlessi
stupid blunder or deliberate crime. III
the entire system had been sold together
the fellows who bought the main line would
have taken the road from Kansas City to
Denver, too, to get the rest. Now, the
road for $50 miles west from Kansas City
will be sold separately The government
will have to bid II In, for no one else VIII
make O bid. Then the nation will have q
road beginning at the Missouri river and
ending In the plains OF western Kansas,
having no important terminal on the west
Then an experiment OF government own
ership will be tried. All other railroads will
fail, neglect or refuse to make any salts
factory arrangements with the government
road. They will try to ruin It's trade, Will
fall to connect so that passengers Will
avoid that route and shippers will be forced
to send freight by other lines. The counties
through which the road passes Will be de-
priVed OF 100000 or more year taxes, TO
which they have been accustomed from the
railroads, because the government VIII pay
no tax. AT the same time freight and
passenger rates will not be reduced because
the boycotting Of the road by other lines
Will diminish It's trade so that expenses
will be too great to permit OF such reduc.
ton. After q few years OF that kind of
experienced few magnanimous capitalists
will come along and to them Congress will
kindly donate the whole line to get rid of
II, and the government will lose the whole
thing"
Should these events occur, 1t would
henceforth be a standing answer to the
Populistic, paternallstic folly Of govern
ment ownership of railroads. 1--WE tried
1t once doncher know" the wise ones would
say land Il was failure, and the govern
ment had TO give the road away and was
glad to get rid of It," The thought, while q
new one to me, is worthy OF consideration.
We who have traced out the deep-lald
schemes to control the money OF the ma
tion, and followed all its steps through the
greenback, exception clause, national bank,
credit-strengthening ilver-demonetizing,
specie-resumlng, bond-lssuing, endless
chain, gold-standaTd steps, may we'll study
the probability of railroad magnates care
fully planning to give the people some
practical lessons on the impracticablllty
OF public ownership Of railroads. II Con-
gress were composed Of progressive, patri-
otic men there would be no danger of these
supposed evils, but with all departments
OF government in the hands OF those who
would be eager to do all possible to make
a failure OF the venture In order to show
that the public cannot own and operate
railroads II will be we'll for our people to
be on the alert j. c, RUPPENTHALI, JR.
Russell, Kas., January 2S, 1898.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
A HARD-WoRKING WOMAN

sooner or later suffers from backache,
nervous, worn-out feelings, or a sense
Of weight in the abdomen, dragging
down sensations and dizziness. 1t will
all come to an end with DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vOrite Prescription for it's woman's spe-
cial tonic and nervine; 1t restores her
strength, regulates and promotes all the
natural functions and makes a new wo-
man Of her, Uterine debility, irregu-
larity and inflammation are most often
the cause of the extreme nervousness
and irritability Of some women-the
medicine to cure 1t is the Prescription
Of DR.. Pierce. All the aches, pains and
weaknesses of womanhood vanish where
1t Is faithfully employed. DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is therefore just
tho medicine for young girls just enter
ing womanhood and for women at the
critical change of life"
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
The Double Standard Illusion,

Editor Advocate and News:-The gold
bugs continue their deliberate misrepre-
sentation of the position and purpose Of
the silver forces, They constantly assert
some things which no one denies, and then
proceed to hurl their anathemas at the
'sllver idiots" ''fiat fakirs' and "repudi-
atlonists" creatures OF their own Juggling
art. One OF their oft-repeated assertions
Is, that there never was such a thing as
a double standard OF money. BY this they
intend to convey the idea that gold and
silver dollars cannot circulate at par I'm
any country at the same time, and there
fore bimetallsm, so far as concerns STAN
dard dollars OF gold and silver, is a dream
OF the impossible. Who said that there
was double standard? But the goldbugs,
In their mad zeal to roll up the yellow
stuff, do not stop to consider historical
facts which might impede their progress
toward the conquest of the nations They
crawl around the fact that In 1880 the ma
tionAl Republican convention declared in
Its platform that the Republican party had
brought all our money to a par with gold,
and that In 1896 the same party declared
that all our dollars are as good as gold
Right here Is a good place to say, that the
retirement Of the greenbacks, the demone-
tiEation Of silver dollars as primary re-
dHlnption money, and putting the issue Of
currency into the hands Of the banks ex-
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Correspondence.
President Ripley and Government Owner
ship.

Editor Advocate and News:--President
Ripley seems to have overlooked many
Items that could and would be saved by
government ownership and applied directly
to the reduction Of freight and passenger
traffic.
l. The excessive charges now paid on
postal cars and malls by weight about
sixty-fOur times times as much as IS paid
by express companies.
q Exorbitant salaries to Presidents, vice
Presidents, Directors etc. Certainly they
ought not to receive more than cabinet
member.
g. The salaries Of attorneys lobbyists,
and expenses Of procured legislation, ana
this would eliminate much legislative cor
ruption.
4. The cost Of the competitive struggle for
trade The army Of travelling passenger
and freight agents could be dispensed with
and commerce allowed TO follow natural
channels This would prevent dlscrimina-
tiOns which now ruin many producer or
shipper, and discontinue the treacherous
system Of rebates.
9. ExoTbitant freight and passenger tar
IFS now In vogue would be materially re-
duced. Expert accountants, long In SER
vice OF the railways, who fully understand
the details, including every Item OF cost,
down to the dripplngs Of oil about the
shops, inform US that q bushel OF wheat
can be carried from central Kansas points
to Chicago for 3A cents, and then give the
railroads 10 per cent. profit on their actual
present value. Now we pay Il cents per
bushel-a clear giVe-away Of 101a cents, and
this means ruin to producers ana makes
the railways opulent and arrogant.
The Lord hasten the day when the pro-
ducers OF Kansas will be released from
their clutches. Q. w. MCDONALD.
Concordia, Kas.
The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09
Successful PhYsIcIans.

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The Advocate and news., 1898-02-09

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