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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
THE GAME OF HIS LIFE.
Showing Ones Varying View of Golf as He
 Plays Well or Ill.

Showing Ones Varying View of Golf as He
 Plays Well or Ill.
 On the links of the Island Golf club at Garden City, N Y., two men were having hot game, with success about even They were good friends and com plimented each other on their good shots and looked the other way after foozle. Just as the younger one stepped upon the tee to drive off for the sixth hole very swagger cart came spinning up the road that crosses the links near that tee. A stunning young woman was driving. She pulled up sharply near the tee and called out to the man about to drive:
 George, dear, won't you come home now and not delay luncheon?"
 The man strengthened up with an air of disgust at the interruption and re- piled:
 Mot now. I'm playing the game of my life.
 s.I wish you d come. - she said.
 "No, not now," he answered. "Im playing too we'll. I wouldn t quit this for 40 luncheons I'm breaking my rec ord by ten storkes ''
 Well, I'll drive up and down here and wait for you," she said.
 AS she started off George, dear, turned to continue the game of his life. He sliced his drive and lost the ball in the blackberry bushes in the rayine. He dropped new ball and lost one stroke.
 
 Then he topped the ball on the niblick shot out of tho whir and didn't gain three feet. Finally he got out with seven and was bunkered in the road that crosses the field. There he lost two more strokes and the rest of his temper. Finally he got out of the bunker and with beautiful lie used his brassey for a three quarters iron and oyershot the hole by 50 yards into the tall grass. There the ball was lost.
 Ten minutes later the swagger cart was spinning down the road at the top speed of tke horse, the stunning young woman sitting very erect and statu- esque and driving with superb skill. In the back of the cart, with his heels dan. gling and brandishing two golf clubs, sat George, dear.
 The game of his life was over. New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
And He Did.

A woman's club that invested ina clubhouse not long ago was much against its will obliged to employ male labor. The architect was woman, but 1t was found impossible to procure women carpenters and masons and plas- terers and the rest. One day shortly be- fore the completion of the edifice a workman who was employed upon the roof made misstep and thrust his foot through the beautiful but not yet dried ceiling of the auditorium. Just at this time, too, number of club members chanced to be i'll the building and their emotions at sight of the pedal extremity pendant from the ceiling may be better imagined than described. The man was eventually rescued and the hole mended,
 but the patch still shows upon the cell ing. AS the first vice president put it.
 Well, I knew that if man had any thing to do with this club he'd be sure to put his foot in it. ''-New York Sun
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
uiri eashier's Mind Reading Methods os
 Making Change.

The girl cashier of a Madison st,e.t restaurant was for three weeks believed py one of the customers to be lineal descendant of Morgan le Fay and to have some of the family traits of Heller. the second sight magician. for she seemed to know by intuition or instinct or something else what was the nriee af the meal he had consumed and also inst the amount of money in his hand when ne approached to pay. He first noticed that when he presented B cent check she immediately laid upon the rubber mat dime and nickel which she had been holding for change.
 How, this man inquired of him. self, did sae know that l5 cents would be the correct change? There was no earthly way for her to tell what money was going to offer her either How dld she come to have the exact change readl without a seconds delay or with out having to go to the cash register for lt!' He could not answer to his own satisfaction.
 The next day he bought 8 Al cent meal, and ske promptly laid a niekle before him, the cent piece being tho only coin she held in her hand. It was the correct amount, as he gave her a half dollar He experimented several times afterward and at last appealed to her for information.
 Why, she said. didn't you ever notice the tint of your cheek?" When I see you coming 20 feet away, I know by the slate colored check that you have eaten 20 eeEts' worth. If you have a red ticket that warns me that you want to pay for 8 two bit meal. A blue one means 30 cents. This yellow one is, of course, for 10 cents. The amount is printed upon the check, but the color is my warning {"
 Yes, D said the other, somewhat re- lieved, "that seems easy. But still my money is not of different colors How do you know what change to have ready2 That's mind reading, sure.'
 Not at all When you come with 8 quarter ticket, you will usually give me the exact change or half a dollar I have quarter ready for you in my left hand in case you give me half Sup- pose your ticket is a 35 cent one you'll either give me the correct amount or half dollar--or perhaps dollar. With 15 cents in one hand and 50 cents in the other I'm ready for any demonstra- tion almost. '-Chicago Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
wabbled When He Came to Possum

Old Uncle Claybrook is a very reli- gious old darky and holds converse with his Maker twenty times day or oftener. His habit is to pray and then turn off into what appears to be one sided conversation with the Lord, but it is evident that there is another party to it as far as he is concerned. To hear him reminds one very much of tele- phone conversation.
 The other day he was going through his customary devotions, and when he got to the point of expressing thankful ness for the many blessings of life he broke off into a recounting of them, says Cicero F. Sutton of the Owens boro Inquirer. "An den, dar's possum, Lord-how'd you ever think of maxim possum? Possum jes' beats all. You jes' couldn't beat it ef you tried az in. Possum, he, he Yes, dar's watahmil- lion. l hadn't thought of dat. Hits jes' great. You couldn't beat hit neither, could you, Lord? Now, hones', couldn' you jes fix it so dey bofe git ripe at oncet? Elf you was to do dat, you thought go out an sbet de do. Dey wouldn't be no mo- sin an no mo- sorrow an no mo tribelation. Jes' try bit oneet, Lord, an jes' see whut a diffunce hit would make.''
 And then "old uncle" began to hum 8 quaint negro camp meeting tune and stopped to look at piece of liver in a butchers stall as the best substitute for his loved possum or as best suited to the small piece of money which repre- sented his total movable wealth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
One woman,s Good Work.

A good true story is told of San Francisco woman and doctor with conscience. The doctor performed a sue cessful operation for q rich woman and when asked for his bill presented one for $50. The lady smiled and said, Do you consider that q reasonable charge, considering my cireumstances?' The doctor replied: That is my charge for that operation. Your circumstances have nothing to do with it.. The lady drew check for $500 and presented it to him. He handed 1t back, saying: 1T cannot accept this. My charge for that operation is $50." Very we'll, the lady replied. "Keep the check and put the balance to my credit" Some months after she received a lengthy itemized bill, upon which were entered charges for treatment of various kinds. rendered to all sorts of odds and ends of human ity, male and female, black and white, who had been mended at her expense. She was so delighted at it that she inn mediately placed another check for $500 to her credit on the same terms, and 1t is now being earned in the same way.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
Moreen For underskirts.

Common sense has brought us now and excellent moreen for underskirt fab rication that is as thick and soft as satin and is charmingly decorated in all the best plaid combinations For walking its advantages are manifold, and as 1t comes double width it can be cut i'll the new pattern-that is. with but TWO seams, running down either hip The shape of this skirt demands that 1t be cut crosswise of the material, and be- cause of it's peculiar shape it fits as snug as yoke about the hips, but flares conn fortably and gracefully at the foot Such a moreen skirt stands the hardest wear and is trimmed usually with founees of its own goods or plaid silk.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
Reasons Given For Allowing It to Remain
 In It's Present Condition.

Benjamin Franklin's grave is in neglected condition. No appropriate stone rises over it, the ground round about it is uncared for, and the tomb of the great scholar aad statesman is as obscure as that of man whose name and fame were no part of the glory of his country.
 His grave is destitute even of a head stone. It is covered by an old fashioned marble slab which was placed there 100 years ago and is now worn and discol, pred by age.
 Nothing has been done to it since Franklin was buried there, and even the modest arrangements of the grave are not kept in the perfect condition that is expected of a ,,reat man s tomb The earth on all sides is bare of grass, the common matching of the common est grave, and an air of desolatien Is about the whole place.
 The sexton said that the descendants of Franklin would not do anything to repair the grave; neither would they al low anybody else to do anything. Ev- cry day he has received offers of sub scriptions from visitors. who are dis tressed by the forlorn appearance of Franklin $ resting place and who would like to see 1t improved. h reply he says. as he las been instructed, that Franklin wished 1t so, being 8 plain man ayerse to display of any kiud. ; Not long &so, at his own expense, he had the fading inscription recut, or else even the only disting mark, the name, would be gone.
 If he had not done so, the last rest. ing place of the greatest man, outside of Washington, i'll American history would have been forgotten and un- known. Who is responsible for this osn dition of affairs? Not the living rela. tives of Franklin. The responsibility rests with the American people, to whom the man belongs They should see to it in the future that what little is there to mark the grave is kept in bet ter order than it has been in the past.
 Before he died Franklin provided for his own grayestone and instructed a stonecutter of his acquaintance in every detail, even to the inscription which was to be placed upon it. He desired to be buried beside his wife, who had died some years before, and common slab was to be placed over them both. The inscription arranged as he ordered it reads:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
He Got It.

"Mister," said Meandering Mike, "would you like to have all the money you wanted?"
 "Of course l would. was the natural reply.
 Well, then, I kin approach you as man to man an tell you me own feelinks- It's good deal to be able to depend on sympathy an cooperation in advance. All the money wants fur the present is 10 cents, which is somethin you could help me to without missin. Wash ipgton Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05

and grace of manner which will Eo far toward winning clients. She was born in the city of Bar, in southern Russia, not so very many years ago, and came to this country with her father. mother sister and brother little mora than six years ago.
 When 1 first came here" said Miss serber to reporter, ''I wanted to study medicine, but then I changed my mind end studied law 1 entered the law school of the University of the City Of New York and was graduated from there in 1896. Admission to the bar re- quires that one shall have studied in a lawyers office, and I have studied in the offices of Miss Loew and Mir. David Solomon.
 "No, do not know that shall take pp any special branch of law at present. What 1 hope to do later is to study medicine and then make speciality of jurisprudence. At present shall open ap office down town. D
 Miss Serber speaks English huently, with just the least trace of an accent, which adds to the pleasure of listening to her. She has brother who graduat- ed at the Columbia School of Mines & year or two ago, and is now employed in the department of public works, and a sister who is studying at the Normal college. New York World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
FROM BAR TO SAX.

Young KEsslan Woman Who Will frao-
 tice Law in This Country.
 The first Russian woman to become a lawyer in this country will take the oath in this city today and will be ad- mitted to the New York bar She is Miss Alice Serber, who lives at 1870 Lexington avenue, and she is very proud of the distinction of being tho first Rus sian woman to be admitted to the bar in this country.
 Miss Serher is charmirg young woman, with serious, intelIl~ nal k1ces
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05
BENJAMIN ] and FRANKLIN DEBORAH
 170{l

..s q v 's
 Everything was done as he desired, and the work was paid for out of his estate and stands today the same as when he died. d.-Philadelphia Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-05-05

Pens to the number of $500, 900 are used throughout the world every day in the week.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-24
.unaer ProperL,nw..,

Naval expansion Is Inevitable under tho
unanswerable logic OF destiny. But what
the country most needs now Is an expan-
sion OF it's maritime fleets. Under proper
laws that would promptly set In. and while
taking no millions out OF the treasury II
would turn uncounted millions into the
channels OF industry and make America as
busy a builder OF merchantmen for the
outer world as she long has been OF loco
motives. - Philadelphia Record Gree
Trade).
Here Is definition Of the peculiar
virtues OF the policy of discriminating
duties that Is hard TO beat. Under this
very proper law, precisely similar TO the
law enacted for the same purpose a
hundred years ago by the founders Of
the republic. there would be no taking
OF millions out of the national treas
ury, but there would be wonderful
turning OF "uncounted millions into the
channels Of industry" We should be-
gin by building a vast feet OF iron and
steel ships for the American merchant
marine, and by the time this demand
was supplied our splendidly equipped
shipyards with their cheaper materials
and superior mechanical equipments
would be ready TO build ships for the
rest of the world. All this, as the
Philadelphia Record very truly OBJ
serves, under proper laws" but in no
other way.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-24
Germany's Cheap Labor.

Lower the tariff according TO demo-
cratic ideas and American workingmen
viii soon find the country flooded with
the productions OF Gcrmany's cheap
labor. Germany, notwithstanding the
DingIey tariff. is actually forcing soma
Of her productions into this country be-
cause OF the cheapness of labor. Our
tariff has not even stopped the sale OF
German sugar In America. IL comes In
spite OF oil competition. For the year
ending June 30, 1897, the sugar ex-
ported from the Breslau district
amounted 90 s2os.o00. The price was
then 1923 cents a pound. /, IL now
sold at 1850 cents for raw. In addition
10 which the manufacturer gets an ex-
port bounty. This Is q matter that
should be considered Immediately by
the workingmen OF this country.--Buf-
fnlo News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-24
NOT A POPULAR TRADE.
One OF Its Followers Who Got No
symfrat thy When He Complained
of the Hard Times.
lro DE Continued

Three men were standing in front Of
the post Office, and to one of them came
a fourth. One of the three did not know
the newcomer, and stepped aside slight
ly, but he overheard the conversation:
well, John, how's things?"
poor, very poor. / haven't had a
thing to do for three weeks"
us that SOP"
"Sure. II this streak OF bad luck
keeps up I'll have to go out of bust
ness"
Instead of commiserating, the other
two men grinned. and one said, in an
unfeeling tone: II don't care II you
never have work"
John shook his head sadly and passed
on.
The listener was shocked. He had
never heard anything so blunuy cruel.
In few moments he expressed his feel
ings somewhat warmly.
''He seems like an honest fellow, and
deserves encouragement he con-
cluded.
Both men laughed outright.
WELL" said one at length, IF you
want to give him a job, you're well
come. He Is an undertaken" Chicago
Times-Herald.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-24
CHAPTER xv.-CoS-rNuEp.

The door swung outward, so that all
had TO do was to fold my prisoners arm
from the elbow along its face as
pushed IL open. II kept her perfectly
secure and enabled me TO take precau-
ton that IL turned out. was needed;
br. az I pushed the door, drove the
death hunter back with IL, and the mo-
nent II was sufficiently open 10 let me
pass / sprang out and seized her left
arm. Quick as / was, however, j was
not quite quick enough to avoid the
blow of her dagger, and received flesh
wound, which, however, was, after all,
but slight. Then there was another
struggle, and affairs were adjusted be-
tween Babette and myself without any
special harm being done 10 her.
Snow listen TO me-" said. What
ever happens, will kill you first II
there is any treachery. Take me
straight 10 madame"
"Shc Is not here" was the sullen re-
ply.
'.Then take you with me 10 the
Hotel de VILE. Come TO your senses
She broke into the most terrible In
precautions; but time was precious, and
: quenched this readily enough, and at
.nst IL was clear she was utterly cowed-
Again I repeat that no harm was done
and IL was only dire necessity that com
PEELED me 10 use the violence Ibid.
~Come"-and shook her up--"where
Is madame2"
She looked from right TO left with
quick. uneasy motion OF her eyes. Il
do not know-she Is not here
.Look herel" and gave my prisoner
q shake. 81 fully believe that madame
n here. and II you wish TO save yourself
from the rack-it hurts more than what
Yhave done to you-you will see thatno
harm comes TO her. You follow"
She was speechless; but her eyes were
blazing with wrath as she Nude a sui
Ten movement Of her head.
"Yoo had better tell NJ de Gomeron,
your master, that refuse his terms. y
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-24
.I.ahel tho ob.tinate.r

Isabelle de villaines became queen OF
Yvetot In or about 1855. She Is known
aS Isabel the Obstinate" and with
some reason. Her 8 nrdians wished her
to marry great sbeur or well-born gen
tleman, but Isabelle stoutly refused.
n turned out that her whole heart was
set upon certain pfayfelkow OF her
childhood, Jean Chenu. son of small
farmer and nephew of Isabelle's In
structor, the abbot Of ST. wandrille-
Jean went to the wars TO seek his for
tune, returning home belted knight,
and married the faithful Queen Isabelle
of Yvetot, who had waited "obstinately''
for his return.-Gerald Brennan, In ST.
Nicholas.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-24

win save him the trouble Of knowing
that have escaped - you under
stand"
This time she nodded eagerly enough.
snow" went on, 1--WE will open the
last door,"
took the bunch Of keys, and after O
try or two succeeded in hitting on the
right one. After this pushed Babette
before me into the small tagged yard,
and saw to my surprise that IL was
night, and that the moon was out.
Then gave the fact no further thought
beyond an inward Thank God!" for
the uncertain moonlight that would
cover my escape. AS / pushed my cap.
tive along the shadow of the wall until
we came to the entrance gate, looked
around and above me carefully, but
there was nothing TO indicate where
madame was. A hundred times was /
tempted to turn back and risk all in
searching the house for her. and IL was
only because was convinced that the
sole chance of saving her was to be free
first myself that did not give In 70 my
desire. On reaching the gate dis
covered that there was a wicket in II
large enough 70 squeeze a mans body
through. and that this was closed but
by heavy pair OF iron cross-bars. q
secure enough defense from the outside.
Holding Babette at arms length from
me, put down the bar and opened the
wicket. Then, still keeping my hold on
her, freed her hands, and. bending
slightly forwards and looking her
straight In the face. said: Remember
And adieu. Mime. de-Mauginot."
At these words, which brought back
20 her memory her crime on the battle
field Of La Fere, she shrank back, her
eyes seemed TO sink into their sockets,
and as loosed my hold OF her shout
der she fell in a huddled heap on the
flags of the yard.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-24
Neglect Too Long Continued.

That we have stood alone among the
commercial and naval nations in the
neglect of our shipping interests II
would be folly to deny. But the outlook
for shipping facilities equal 20 the In
creased and constantly increasing vol
ume Of American trade was never bet
ter than IL Is now. The government OF
the United States, looking forward 10
rivalry in foreign trade with England
and Germany, must improve our ship
ping laws or be forced TO acknowledge
defeat before entering the rice. The
republicans stand squarely for the pro-
jected improvements. The democrats
have always been antagonistic TO our
shipping, and, like the dog in the man
ger, they seek 20 throw cold water on a
republican policy that is bound TO pro
duce beneficial results II carried into
effect.-N. O. Daily Item.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-24

srs I'VE Of Ms. snf ws know where SIS
is-come."
But Belin put his hand on his shout
der. Patience Maitre Palm - pa
tience."
"I have had .nough of patience and
enough Of trusting Others" and the
Huguenot shook Off the hand and looked
at me with a scowl. 'Come. M. d. Au-
riac, IL you you'd make amends. lead
me TO this T,ison dor and we will see
what an old arm can do"
81 am ready" answered.
But Belin again interfered.
.Messieurs, this Is madness - from
what I have gathered, d'Auriac will
prove but a blind guide back-we are
not, moreover, sure that madame In
there-sit still here, you Palin-neither
you nor d'Auriac are At to think. Fore
Gadl II was lucky thought OF this for
our meeting place tonight, Palin-sit
still and let me think"
ct can think well enough" I cut In,
'and have my plan; but should
like TO ask a question or two before I
speak"
"And these questions are?"
"Ipresume am suspected of this alb
duction?"
"And Of more. Nom de Diem! Man!
your mare was found dead, and beside
her one of the marshars guards, run
through the heart" answered de Belin.
Then of course IL am seen am In
danger?"
"a miracle only could save you. The
king Is enraged beyond measure, and
swears he will let the edict go In its full
force against you. The camarguer has
made fine story of IL, saying how he
tried 10 stop the abduction, but failed
In the attempt"
I'm short, then, IL would ruin all
chances II we adopt Maitre Palms sug-
gestion"
"You are saving me the trouble OF
thinking"
again" went on, at Is not certain
II madame is still at the Toison dor,
ard apart from that l doubt IL could
fInd my way back there tonight, unless
anyone could guide me-" and I looked
II the Pantins, who shook their heads
tro DE Continued
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-12-24
short Flights.

The man who works for his father
in-law Is sure of steady job.
Even the invention of the flying ma
chine won't enable US 10 visit on. castles
in the air.
The poor shot won't hit mc,ab, even
with a double-bnrrel gun.
The man who keeps his mouth shut
never gets black eye.
Many Of lis would work for p1terity
Ii we could get our pay in advance.
The danger Of making false STEP
depends entirely on whether you are al
the top or the bottom OF the stairs.
When your poor relatives begin 70
gather at your bedside II isn't neces
sary TO ask the doctor II he thinks you
are going TO die.-N. Y. World.