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Property Bananas.

There Is a story in Southern waters about strange sort of banana, grown in dark Hayti, which neither ripens nor gives sustenance to the hungry wanderer.
 The Mole St. Nicholas, home of many weird things, is responsible for the yarn, and the worst of it is that there's an element of truth in it.
 A despatch boat running to the Mole with war news after the marines land ed at GuantanamQ was short of sup- plies. The steward bought bunch of green bananas, and hung them up to ripen, as was the custom afioat. A week passed and they were still green. Heavy seas washed over the craft. and the bananas, falling on deck, were washed about in the brine.
 Then the steward hung them up again to ripen. Another week saw the despatch boat at the Mole again. The bananas had not changed. Some one, in anger, hurled them overheard. An hour later a boatman picked them up and tried to sell them to the steward. He was driven away, but another de- spatch boat had arrived, and when it sailed the same bunch hung in the sun on its deck.
 A third boat bought the same bunch fortnight later, and then there ran through the newspaper fleet story that this was property bunch of bananas of uncertain age, which had been sold to innocent visitors to the Mole from time immemorial. And maybe it's true.
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TAKE YOUR HOME PAPER.

A county superintendent in a neighboring county, says the Owens doro Inquirer, asked every teacher at the institute if they took their county or local paper, and only six acknowledged that they did. The superintendent expressed surprise, and said: You don't spend a dollar year with these people, and yet you expect them to advertise you, to print free of charge all notices of institutes, insert long programmes and f many other ways assist you to climb the ladder to better positions and salaries without d cent in return"
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Carriee Hin own Red.

The only man known who is obliged to take his own bed with him wherever he travels is the Grand Duke Paul of Russia He is so very tall that it is Impossible for him to obtain comfort able nights rest uniexs he can sleep In his own bed. which was made spe- cially for him. The bed itself is con- atructed so that it can be packed into small trunk.
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1.-THE SENIOR SCIENCE CLUB"
Some Notes and Remarks on a
 Portnight's Work.

When those who have but tasted
 the life giving liquid of the Plerian
 Spring begin to realize that there is
 life, health and happiness in it's
 waters, 'tis no wonder that the
 thought in Pope's lines Shallow draughts intoxioate the brain. And drinking largely sober us again." Should impress, and cause an organ izatlon to be effected with the above as name and this poetic truth as motto.
 Is our name an appropriate one? Is not life, the knowledge of whose laws may be used for the healing of the nations, ap exact science? It is well for us to think that suc- cess in our vacations is science, 6 structure with many kinds of foun- dations, some stable, some weak and insecure; we may strengthen some, replace others.
 Today" says Geo. Lorimer,
 success has it's literature, its jour- nals, it's teachers, but because they preach clear simple gospel, the mass of men will not believe, There IS short cut to wealth, an air-line to fame, they cry, show that to usf and when the opponents of the new science shake their heads, still less will they believe"
 Ours is a study of the old science coupled with all that is new; the science ot man and nature. The Chinese have had tgolden rule" in their system of ethics near. ly 5000 years, and had remarkably lcorrect instruments with which they calculated eclipses Of sun and moon 4O00 years ago, yetlathey left the great problems for men of the 18th and 20th centuries.
 The French telercope maker, Mon.  Gautier, IS making an instrument to
 be on exhibition In Paris in 1900,
 whose objective is to be 49 2 in. (the
 Yerkes being about 40 in.) and
 whose length is to be 197 feet. Moissan's furnace and method ot making diamonds art6cialy have been source of pleasure and profit;
 not less his researches in regard to the recently discovered elements, argon and helium, and his giving l them work to perform, place the economy of nature.
 Surely it means that each should
 be "up and doing" when we read of
 the Hungarian beggar Szczepenik concentrating his attention upon
 his speciality until at the age of 26 he becomes the composer of Edison, Tesla and Moissan. He will exhibit
 his two tor camera, teectroseope, and other inventions at Paris in 1900.
 Cnas. F Brush in his paper read at the last meeting of the Am. As lsociation for the advancement of science describes the methods by
 which he obtained samples and
 studied the properties of the new gas, Etherion, when it's density N.0O01 of HYdrogen) IS announced,
 the subjects of light, heat, and pos
 sibly electricity no longer rest upon
 a theory.
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Ealker Drug Company. Main Street.
East End Notes .As

Ars. M. Fields is out again after Ieral days illness.
 drs. R. A. Meeks, who has been Ring here for several weeks, was
 Ied to her home at Double Wells fnrday on account of the sudden .ess of her husband.
 6iss Edna Tucker is again out af 'a brief illness.
 Evangelist Holcomb aid wife, who snow holding sanctification meet .s at the Second Presbyterian orch, are still dra wing big crowds .htly and quite number have al- |dy bedil -eeaverta:i.
 nhe Bullock-Gylnn nuptials take lee on next Wednesday. Dec. 14th,
 hlgh noon at tile Riverside Meth |et church, Rev. J. F. Carr officiat. q. Will Warrington has returned
 ln his hunting trip which was Ite successful.
 Frs. J. M. Smith. who for the past ,nth has been the guest of her uher.in-law. George Heeley. and Ely, returned to her home at
 nlsyille, Ky, last week. df, Andrew Carson and bride ar- ed Sunday from Dallas. Texas, gre they spent their honeymo on.
 ey will be at home to their friends fhe home Of the bride on Lake hs. Lon CaY ser. of North Little
 ek, is the guest of Mir. and Mrs. K. Meeks on East Fifth avenue. 1he society folks of this part of the T are now preparing for the grand A to be given by the B. of k. T.
 dge on the Both of this month.
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YJigKing for Fish

The natives of Kottiar are in the nahit of digging every year In the Iummer dry banks of the yersel river sor fish. which they dig out by hun hedss just as they would potatoes. rhe mud Jumps are broken open and the fish, perhaps eight or ten inches .ong, will always be found alive and ,ften frlsky as if just removed from ts supposedly native elemenf-the water.
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bny, Many sdies' Gifts

There is more fact than fic- d the adage that "a woman must go to ' rfrme bottle be.Ure going anywhere Taking this into consideration. is it a 'nar that we have used such reckless sl,tv in stocking our Perfumery and T water departments? We have been sob great many holiday seasons and over and over again the demand for high-Rrade imported and ,.tic Perfumes. We invite you to be "st f, in this department from now until fmas eve.
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Miss Maggie Rutledge will arrive home tomorrow from Parkdale, Ark, where she has been 6 guest of friends.
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Ea |a'ese reports from Swan Lake .s .nat the steamer "Jno. N.
 -" which sank in the Arkansas Y that place on last Thursday ooh' k complete wreck and ba TOT It's raising have been laid
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-12

A representative of the Columbia Monograph Co.,, of New York, Is in the city today. He gave a free ex- nibition at the Pine Bluff Cigar X. News Co.,. store this afternoon.
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|m. Burke, real estate agent. will
 |you hone on payments of $1.OO |week. Come and see him at IF
 street. b
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-12

: "' burke, real estate agent, will sVi a home on payments of $1 %
 "eeK Come and see him at 117 g street.
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hAkN TO SAY NO w hen to a 1as oi'ers you something just us
 m - plaee of Hoods Sarsaparil- es,a',, as.e can be no substitute for s'Na Greatest Medicine.
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the commission elected by the Cuban assembly to visit this country, died here yesterday morning shortly af- ter 10 o'clock at the Hotel Raleigh.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-12

|as p ; FILLS cure nansea. sick
 bess olllieusness and all liver iIls
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1900,

Messrs. N. B. and J. B. Trulock have returned from Bridgeport, Conn.,, where they wentto al tend the funeral of an uncle.
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Story

You will think you are in the very domain of Santa Claus himself if you visit our store now and look f at the wonderful assortment g of beautiful
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
y Queens Circus Riding,

Queen %lienriette of Belgium, by birth
an Austrian Archduchess, continues. In
spite of her SnOw-White hair and ran
rs a grandmother, to occupy her time
with circus riding. A year Ego she
gave in the riding school of the royal
palace at Brussels, a semi-public per-
Torrance, in which she and her
daughter ClemintiAe put their horses
through all kinds Of fancy PAGES and
trick riding with the skill of profess
SIGNALS. They leaped their horses
through burning hoops and over fam
ing hedges, and her majesty jumped a
pet horse over a dinner table covered
with flowers and lighted candelabra.
Then she drove a team Of twenty-in-
hand herself. mounted on her favorite
mare.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
GIGANTIC NESTS.
WONDERFUL MOUNDS BUILT BY THE
MAiLEE BIRD OF AUSTRALIA.

They Are as Big as IA City Block and Arc
Occupied by Vast Number of Fcathercd
families-Tkc Young Scramble Out OF
Their Shells as Best They May.
The malice hen of Australia lays its
eggs in a huge nest. The nest is real
ly an artificial mound Of gigantic pro-
portions for the size Of its maker, and
the purpose it is to serve. The arti-
fetal mound is a cooperation incu-
bator. 1t is built by many pairs Of
birds, male and female working alike
to construct it. These same pairs OF
1locks of birds annually repair and en-.
large the queer looking cone which
rises up like q turret dome from the
level prairie.
Sometimes these tunnels attain a
height Of fully fifteen in the perpendIc-
ular. with a radius of equal measure-
ment- Many Of these nests have
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
bachelor Maids Form a Trust.

q number of young unmarried wo-
men from the best families OF Cape
May, N. j., have banded themselves
together IN an organization which
they have named The Bachelor Maids
Club" It's object Is mutual protec-
ton of their interests along matri-
monial lines. They have adopted a con-
stitution and bylaws, with penalties
for violation. One rule, which was
adopted by a majority of one after a
heated debate, is that no member can
accept an offer Of marriage without
the unanimous consent of the society.
a social tea will be given the mem.
bers once a month. Young men gen.
orally regarded as good catches will be
entertained at these functions.
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A NEST AS B1o AS A CITY LOT.

NEsl 40 BIG Ab \ CITY LOT.
measured as much as SO yards, or $50
feet around their base. That would
give the largest one measured a diam
eter Of about fifty feet. These mound
nests are entered through a sort Of
funnel cavity at the top of the cone.
The hens of all the building and
repairing pairs lay in his immense
nest. The eggs are deposited about
six feet below the surface. While
each hen lays her egg in the family
mound, no hen drops her egg closer
than twenty inches Of that of hef
%neighbor. These eggs are deposited
in a cavity made for it wherein it is
placed in a vertical position, carefully
covered. and the surface as carefully
smoothed yer by the hen before she
quits the nest. Contrary to the usual
practice Of the bird and fowl species.
these malice hens lay at night instead
of in the day. Several days elapso
also between the dropping of Two eggs.
The eggs Of the malice hen are out Of
all proportion to her size. They are
as large as those of Il goose. and of
large hens, are very much larger.
The eggs thus laid and covered in
this great sand wen In the hot dis
tricts are never again disturbed by the
hens. The eggs are Matched by the
heat the sun bakes into the soil where
they lay. 1t has never been known
how the young chicks are excavated
from their & grave, for the eggs are
deposited fully six inches below the
surface, and the hardening rains do
not aid heir exit very much.
The hen Is SO very shy and vigilant
that no one Is able to study her ma
ternal and domestic habits with salts
faction. AS she lays her egg at night.
and tranSacts most of her affairs IN
the night watch so that no naturalist
or curious individual IAN ferret her
out. possible she steals to her expected
brood under cover Of night also, and
gives them the parental unearthing
which they must surely need after the
piping Of the eggshell.
Bush naturalists have been curious
to know how this peculiar fowl builds
its nest. The birds have bcen seen
working at 1t, and the mounds have
been inspected, but the piling Of the
dirt Is not from the immediate vicin-
ity, for that Is undisturbed. Small
springs and the like enter Into the
plastic masonry. which stands storms
and heavy rains, when they do fail.
without serious injury.
These huge cones stand for years. to
be annually nested In by the same
flock which originally constructed the
family When datectad tho
hens emit a pitlful little cackle. and
flutter away like a wounded innocent.
The young of a coyey either root I'M
der the sane or hide behind some
mound or object Of a friendly color.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
LUCKY LARRY LONNIeAN.
A Fairy shtory for tho Childher.

Sure, childher. it's a larng tonne
since tould yez a fairy shtory. An
it's %wondherin' I am il I liver tould
yez about Lucky Larry Lonnigan. Be
me sowl thin. an he was tn caution
to cats. Egobs, sorra bit of bad luck
'u'd set upon him at arl at arl. He
lived In that part of Oireland that yez
can't find on the map.
Wh1n he was a young lad about six
teen the fursht Of his good luck fell up
on him, ar the way of it was this way:
Egorry, an a vi'lent, Grass woman was
his mother, always boxin' his ears for
no thing at arl, an so wan day whLn
Larry med the innercint o~bservashln
hat divvle a bit more wood would be
cut up. tn ould woman raiched out
her oogly roight hand an gey' him a
cuff.
An Is It q cuff ye gev me?" says
he, rubin his ear, an wild that he
leps out Of the door an starts fer
town. Now SOM byes would ha' cried
AT resavin' the cuff, but Larry was not
the cryin' kind. but bein' of a shrewd
ttmperamintality he noticed that the
cuff had a handsome button in It. an
he thought he'd take it an sell it to
the jewellery man that I tould yez
about n tonne. An egobs. the Jew
elery man gev him two shillin's for it.
Well, Larry felt hat rich that he whit
to the fair at Lantrim, In the county
of Buscobble.
It's the fine booths they do be hav-
In at that fair, an Larry soon spint
the whole OF his money until be had
but a %happenny. An wild that he
bought a beautiful peach.
An thin he tharght what g big
omadhaun he vas to be spindin' arl
his money upon the belly Of h!m. Fer
IT was cakes an pies an sweets was
inside OF him till ye could not rist.
Well, he whit on attn mechanical loike
an Wild his moind amy where but in
his head till he KEN to the pit. Twas
the fursht patch he'd liver aten, an the
PIT surprised him. But he'd hard till
OF the fortunes made in pits an wild
out SO much as sayin', Here's an aisy
dear. to YOU" he whit down in the pit
widout a light. IT'S as brave as a
sparrer, he was.
Egobs. childher, tbs lucky he was,
for he found that at the bottom Of the
pit was a mine of soft coal; coal that
soft it would plaise yez to bump ag'inst
1t. an he KEN up to the mouth of the
pit, an seem an English capitalist
handy, he sold him the roight to mine
In 1t for noine hundred an %noinety
nome yairs for a hundred thousan'
pounds.
CHARLES BATTELL LOOMS.
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Across China on BICYCLES.

The three English, bicyclists who
left Londcn in July, 1896, for a ride
across Europe and Asia have just ar
rived in Shanghai, having traversed
1892 miles. They say the roads are
very poor in the Celestial Empire. and
that they were obliged to carry their
wheels hundreds Of miles on their
backs. Armed with voiuminous pass
ports and red visiting cards several
inches long, with their names in Chi
nese characters, they went from town
to town, interviewing mandarins and
missionaries, and living on pork and
rice. They penetrated China from IN
per Burmah. Throughout the jour
ney an officer rode on ahead, giving or
ders at all military posts that their
safety should be looked after. The
worst the cyclists had to contend
against was the desire Of the Celestials
to show what they could do in the Wav
Of cycling.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
Ellen Terry's Parrot.

MISS Ellen Terry's parrot. Mr.. Pig0tt
Is no" Familiarity as Nell. Miss
Terry had acquired it for the sake os
!tS green nue., its manve head. scarlet
peak n pink breast, and it had lust
arrived, but its accomplishments were
al absolutely unknown quantity. Sir
henry Irving called, and Miss Terry
SAD, This is a marvellous bird. talks
beautifully and placed it on Sir Ho,
rvs niger. Quoth the bird instantly
Henry and its fame was secured
1t only knew two words, and this was
one of them.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
Hair brushes,

Hair brushes should never he left
with the bristles up. They are ad-
mirable dust collectors. Furthermore,
in these days Of Pretty and inexpen-
sive toilet utensils there are few wo-
men who have not brushes with more
or less ornamental backs.
Grade OH to Kindie Fires,
The Baltimore and Ohio S]outhwes-
tern Railway Company for some time
has been experimenting with crude oil
for Eindiing fires in locomotives in
place Of using cordwood, and the re-
suits obtained have been so satisfactory
that it will hereafter be used on the
whole line. During the month Of No
VembeT, 1897, at the company's sbops,
which are located at WASHINGTON. Ind
and Chiilicothe, Ohio, 1926 fires were
started with crude oil at a cost of SIT 30
or La cents per fire. To have started
the same number of fires with wood
would have cost 1906, or 24.96 per fire,
This represents a saving of S2SS.69-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13

A musical organization which is
meeting with great success in the State
Of Oregon, is the Ladies' Brass Band of
Heppner. Its membership is made UP
entirely OF the fair sex, and includes
the maids and matrons of the most
prominent families in the town. whose
social standing is pitched with the bon
ton. The band was organized a yea1
ago. 1t was to be a self-supporting or
Ganization entirely. AS soon as or
ganiZatiOn vas perfected ways and
means were canvassed by which funds
could be raised for uniforms and in
struments. 1t was decided to give a
concert, which proved a grand success
financially, at which the band made its
first appearance in public. The audi
ence mildly cuthused over their play
ing-it was so much better than was
expected. The ladies' band was a
great success. Then when the Presi-
Dental campaign opened they were at
once in demand. The Ladies' Brass
Band became the fashion, and no can
didate ever thought of making a speech
In their neighborhood without first
having secured their services as an at
traction. Their popularity led them
into church s~ocials, plcnics, &C., until
now they are famous throughout the
entire State.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
ROYAL Eycn.

Cleopatra had large, deep-blue ewes
frederick the Great had large blue
eyes with the luster Of polished steel.
h Emperor Nero was excessively
near-sighted and used a small gem in
the shape OF a lens to see at a dis
lance.
Mary Stuart was not exactly cross
eyed but one eye moved more than the
other and gave the Queen that appear
ance.
Elizabeth of England had clear. H.
quid blue eye and always glanced
sideways at the person with whom she
-aa conyersing.
lasxssE&sss. { F-rE - .t-ft,~.,r
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a Notable EfOYin.

II the best violin is That made from
the oldest and best seasoned wood
Franklin Richardson, Of Canton, Me.
must have a marvel. 1t is made from
n panel of the cabin door Of the Consti.
tuition, taken out when the old hin
was repaired at Portsmouth Navy.
Yard, thirty-fiye years ago.. The pan.
ell was given by one Of the carpenters
to Mr.. Richardson about thirty years
ago 1t is a beautiful bird's-eye maple.
and the instrument is Of remarkabtv
clear tone and has great carrying DOW.
er. The violin Is worth several hun.
dred dollars.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
victoria's Oldest Subject.

In a little cabin at Owen Sound, Can
ada. lives Queen Victoria's Oldest sub
ject. He Is Daddy Hall, and he
claims l14 years. He is a half-breed
negro and Indian. He was a scout in
the war of 1872. He is remarkable DIS
the mar to whom nature vouchsafed a
new set Of teeth and a new growth of
hair at the & of ninety-fve, when his
first supply left him. He has been
married -four times. and Is the father
of nineteen children.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
TWO ROYAL CHILDREN.
Prince Carol and Princess Elizabeth Con-
solers of fto%uIn.nia's Queen.

solerS of ftouinania's Queen.
Among Queen V%ictoria's numerous
Observation-Disclosures are the little
Prince Carol and Princess Elizabeth of
~Ronrnania. whose mother, the wife of
the Crown Prince, was Princess Marie,
the eldest daughter Of the Duke and
Duchess Of Coburg. At the time of the
Jubilee the dangerous illness Of the
Crown Prince prevented Prince Carol
and his sister from going to England.
Instead, they We're intrusted to the
care of the Queen of Roumania.
Since the Queen of Roumania. better
known to the world as Carmen Syl-
va oSt her only child she was always
unhappy until the son and daughter of
her husbands heir came to console her
in her sorrow. Her Majesty is never
50 happy as when the Prince Carol and
Princess Elizabeth are in her exclusive
charge. and under the influence of the
little companions. her attacks Of deep
melancholy have entirely disappeared.
Prince Carol is a manly boy who al
ready seems to give evidence OF great
mental ability. His most striking
characteristic is his devotion to his
tiny sister. The Princess Elizabeth re-
sembles her mother. who was the
handsOncst of the four Coburg sis
tcrs. She is named for her grandmoth-
er.
When the royal children were last In
England on a visit. they lived at Os-
borne Cottage, OF the Isle of Wight,
With their little cousins of Hesse. The
Illustration shows them in the nation
al costume.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
Tho Old Man Know 7{{u,.

An old Georgia negro, hearing that
lls former master had decided to enlist
n the Cuban army, said to him:
"Marse Tom, doan you do no sich
DOL thing ez dat-doan you do it,"
why shouldn't II"
"kase, Marse Tom" and here the
I'D man lowered his voiee-'you'se got
! touch er de rheumatism, en- you can't
un ez fast now ez you run en-durin' er
la Warl"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-03-13
Veterinary Surgery Not or Women.

Women may not be veterinary sur
geons in London. The Royal College
Of Veterinary Surgeons has refused to
admit a lady to examination, assert
Ing that all its charters and It's rules
were drawn out on the assumption
that men alone would seek qualifca-
ton, and that. therefore, it would I'm
duly strain the statutes to admit wo-
men. 1t is said that the lady thus re-
pulsed intends to appeal to the law
courts.