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The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24

not wait till the next world for pun ishment and he who will not sing is made to sing
 Going to church is the only regular opportunity to see the outside world except for a dozen or so of the older ones. who gre in public schools, and for those under eight or ten particularly years come and go, but the gate in the gray wall never opens for them. Each department has it's own portion of play ground. the big boys gardens and bunks, but the greater portion of the enclosure is given up to the beautifully kept garden. which makes such an at- tractive entrance to the visitor.
 One girl of 13 years entered the in- stitution almost a baby. She was good with children and is now kept as the kindergarten assistant. As she was not a public school girl she was to have momentous treat. She was to be al- lowed by very special permission to ac- company one of the attendants to Oak land. Her delight and anticipation were unbounded. She counted the hours and wished Saturday would ever come. Her ignorance of ordinary things in the big world would be something astonishing to a traveller.
 How do you expect the ferry can carry you and Miss Brown over at the same timer" said one of the girls, quizzically.
 Well, she will have to go over first and wait on the other side for me, I suppose we both at Qne time would sink the boat"
 Another girl said to her:
 Elsie, you will have to fill your pocket with stones to throw at the Chinamen."
 But l might hurt them.''
 "Well, all the managers do that, so you will have to-"
 Another urchin who had had experi- ence suggested:
 When you see a policeman you al- ways have to duck out or he'll know the uniform and take you up and put you in the patrol wagon and bring you home''
 She went at last and was much dis appointed when she came home be- cause Tt was just like going to church. Nothing awfully exciting happened"
 In a few months more Elsie. an or phan, with her own way to make in the world, will begin the struggle. To such a child the problem, When I get out of here," is the summum bonum of all things. Can you fancy her position?
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24
STRETCHED PICTURES IN ONE MINUTE

AST week a party of men left
 the Orpheum annex, walked down
 O'Farrell street, up Grant avenue
 and through Chinatown. Many
 party had gone over the same
 route, but this one was of particu- lar interest and there was a good-sized jackpot" at stake on the result of the trip.
 Every few blocks the party stopped, and then all interest centered in the cen tral figure. who with brush and artists paper hurriedly began to sketch, while his companions craned their necks to watch the results of his work. The artist in question was Rudinoff, whose work at the OBpheum has delighted thousands during the past three weeks. The queer proceedings of the party came about in this wise:
 During the afternoon Fred Fowler, treasurer Of the Orpheum Company, to- gether with a number of the Orpheum artists and a few outsiders, were seated in the annex. Conversation drifted to matters theatrical and during the dis cussion Rudinoff and his act came under criticism. Some one classed him as a foreign fakir, which remark Mir. FoW- Ter resented. Others joined in and the consensus of opinion seemed to be that Rudinoff was not an artist; that his story of having studied at the Academic Julien and his story of his high birth were all inventions for advertising purposes. It was claimed that the pictures which he
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24
THE DIALOGUE OF THE SPIRITS.

Mcclure Co) of To- to All Time,
 
 
  To-day o of All Time: machines?' Spirit of To-day 
  They bsders of the that dare not them Spirit of To-day, Hear harnessed pant" of fme to he Spirit of To-day:
  o bread
  the Spirit Of To-day, Haste on" "But" the Spirit All Time to the Spirit of To-day,
  Shall still drudge their lives the of Timeto To-day, ''Tell men?
  And of nix 
  And man." of Time: Make machine riversp n  But is well remember, this climax of Make machine of man."
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 U English girl who travels with INs Mme Melba, received me. We
 sat down in the diva's private
 parlor, which was one mass of gorgeous flowers, tributes paid 10 Mime. Melba's genius by the admiring audi ence that welcomed her on the first night of her appearance in this city.
 Mime Melba will be in in a mo- ment." said Miss Bennett. "She is try ing young lady's voice."
 Through the partly open doorway came the madame's voice: "Too much practice, my dear, too much practice. You are not strong enough physically to work so hard You will not gain anything by spending so many hours at the piano tiring out your voice. You must exercise more, eat regularly and take plenty of beauty sleep. Now re- member-eXercise- - exercise-exercise no more singing until those cheeks are round and those eyes bright again. command you and you must obey. My love to your mother"
 There was the sound of a closing door, and Mime. Melba swept into the room.
 
 net, after graciously welcoming me, stand guard and if any one dares to try to see me again to-day tell her it Is at the risk of her life" and madame tried to look fierce. succeeded for a sec- ond, and then laughed infectiously.
 T am so tired" she continued from the cavernous depths of an immense chair into which she sank. She looked so thoroughly fatigued that 1 was about to suggest that l retreat Before ] could put my thoughts into words madame had risen and was pacing the long room. Every trace of listlessness was gone. And therein lies the charm of Melba. She runs the entire gamut of moods in a half hours conversation, and yet the changes from one phase to another are so subtle that there is none of the irritation produced by people whose emotions constantly well to the surface and slOp over.
 What can that child's mother be thinking of?' she said, "the little girl
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 found life's path too rough and
 tried to open the gate out.
 She had been brought up or,
 rather, had grown up, at an orphan asylum. Did it prepare her properly for the problem of life? At the asylum are about 200 children, boys and girls, from 1h to If years of age. Governed by board of managers nominally, but really by matron, it is supported by the State, by the parents of the children and by the institution. The place is a little world by itself. Even the language most of the little ones use among themselves Is so full of localisms that stranger might have difficulty in grasping the child's idea. For instance. ''teany" means small; ''snordeP' Is to cry; "custard" is sick; nip is to steal; "nitten" is to lie and they require word of their own; ''potty" is dirty, and so on through scores of more words not down in the dictionary.
 A new family entered, four German children from what must have been @ very happy home. The smallest, baby just beginning to walk was under the entrance age but the circumstances were too urgent for rules.
 "Oh. what teany; I wish she has spoos of her own. All the homes are too ganty construed, meant that the baby was too small to wear the institution clothing.
 The four little strangers, of different ages, were placed in the several de- partments, and began life over again, each for himself.
 The children gathered around the eldest boy and proceeded to get &C., quainted.
 'Is your father dead?"
 "No''
 shot him. Mother dead?"
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She has never been inside an ordinary home, never sat at a family table, never seen private room, never been in a common kitchen or seen an ordi- nary cooking stove. She has never owned bureau drawer, or closet, or a bed; never had a dress, or hat, or garment of her own, but has always
 worn a uniform, loaned and cared for
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24
HOOK uPON
 TBESE PICTURES"


 Ordinarily portraits are not very \ attractive to a disinterested party. A and it always jars upon ones ar tistic sensibilities to see them
 hung in a drawing-room or even in the living-room of a house where they act with all the other pictures as a decorative motive.
 It would seem that the portraits of household should belong exclusively to the family, and not be open to the scrutiny of all who are admitted A portrait is such personal affair and 1t satisfies in proportion as it repre- sents that particular phase of charac- ter by which the subject was known. The thoughtless remarks of a casual V1sitor-who may have known the sit ter under different conditions-may un- settle an appreciative judgment of a canvas and disturb the prospects for its future enjoyment.
 But while few portraits looking down from a wall may not create much interest, collection of portraits in which there are examples of many known and some famous artists is quite another matter. To be able to study
 oA iooai 6l tiStS OI uiIerent periods of time, to note wherein our present coterie have progressed be- yond the group who preceded them or nave not as yet attained to the excel lencies of the famous, is a rare oppor- tunfty of which all who have any in- terest in art should avail themselves. There are artists and there are paint CTS. Sometimes great artist may not be clever as painter and very clever painter may not be much of an artlst. It may be said of the Fritz
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and mended by the institution She would no more be able to take a car and gc downtown and back in safety than a little wild Indian just off the plains
 In a few months she will begin her own struggle for an existence among strangers.
 HELEN GREY.
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OUT Of the ORPHAN TSYLUW
 and UNTO tbe WORLD

Pobl ms That the Children Who
 to Cont
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24

'Yes"-and the tears started in the sensitive brown eyes.
 Say, what you doing that for? It don't do no good. How did she die? sans had fits and rolled on the floor and kicked. Did yours do like that ?''
 No; she just died, and said she wished she could take the baby with her"
 Her that's here? Lots better off. No fun to be died. Father rich?"
 T don't know"
 And so the young teasers continued till the novelty wore off, and the little fellow submitted and cried his heart sickness out till he really fell i'll.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24

AST week another little girl found life's path too rough and tried to open the gate. out.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24

"a H ISS BENNETT, a charming N English girl who travels with N Mme. Melba, received me. We
 sat down in the divas private
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-24

SAM WALTER TOSS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-19

was equivalent to gain of two for Sorrells. The vote as finally counted stood 15 for Sorr4lls and IA for Martin.
 In the count of the First ward, Sorrells lost one vote and Phillips one.
 In the Second ward Sorrells lost one vote and Mccoy gained two, which were not counted for him by the judges. One of these ballots had all three of the candidates for sheriff scratched, the name of Me- Coy beng less scratched than the other two. The pencil mark ex- tended through the "Mc" from above to the line below, but the committee, by the vote of 15 to g, counted this ballot for Mccoy. The Jim Smith vote was also counted for Mccoy.
 The circums tances in the case are Smith was allowed to vote and his ballot placed in the box Later it was discovered that his name was not on the list that had been fur. nished by the sheriff of those who had paid their poll taxes. The Judges notified MT: Smith by phone that he must produce his poll tax before the polls closed, or his ballot would not be counted. Failing to do this, when the judges counted the ballot they unanimously decided not to countit. But the committee allowed it to be counted by another vote of 15 to 9.
 This was at 11:3O p. m. and on motion the committee adjourned antil II o'clock a. m. Monday to finish the count.
 At the time of the adjournment McCoy's net loss was one vote and the candidates for prosecuting at torney stood relatively the same.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-19

On motion the candidates were each allowed to select member of the committee to count the ballots. The committee then visited the vault of the County Clerks office and secured the ballot boxes.
 The townships were then taken up and counted in alphabetical order.
 Barraque and Bogy were taken up and counted, without change in the vote as reported.
 In Bolivar township only 59 votes found for Mccoy, that box being re- ported as 61 for Mccoy. This broke the tie and gave Brewster the lead by two votes.
 Dunnington, Dudley Lake, Jeff erson, Melton, Niven, Old River, Pastoria and the Althelmer box of Plum Bayou township were count ed without change.
 In the Sherrill box Mccoy lost another vote, bis vote in that box beng reported as p when there were only 2l ballots for him ac- cording to the count and tbe poll books
 RooertS, Richland, Spring, Talla. dega, Victoria, villemont and Whiteville townships were counted without change.
 In Washington township there were 50 ballots in the box and only 8 names on the poll books. One ballot had 10 number on it. This ballot was for Phillips and Martin. Another ballot was also found ir this township for Sorrels, Whicn in creased his vote one, together witf the loss of one for Mar tin, v hief
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The Prosecting Attorneys Race Stands the Same--The Official Count To Be
 Continued Monday.

The Democratic Central Commit tee of Jefferson county met at Knox's Hall at 1 o'clock Saturday afternoon to officially canvass the returns of the special primary held last Thursday for the nomination of Sheriff and Prosecuting Attorney.
 A motion was made to adjourn to the grand jury room, at the court house, on account of the noise from the street, and to enter into secret session to canvass the returns. On motion the original motion was amended to allow the candidates and their attorneys and the news paper men to witness the count.
 Upon reassembling, Mr. Edgar Brewster presented protest against counting the votes of 15 negro Republicans in Richland town ship, who had been allowed to par ticipate in the primary. Mir. A. B. Grace, attorney for Messrs II. A. Mccoy and s. c. Martin, presented a petition praying that the vote of Jim Smith, who had voted in the second ward but was not counted by the judges, be counted for Mccoy and Martin,
 Hon. G. L. Blackwell moved that the committee proceed to purge the ballot of irregularities and frauds, and that wherever the same oc- cured that they be investigated by the committee in accordance with the petitions.
 Mr. J. ". Walker moved that the resolution be laid on the table and being put to the committee was carried by the vote Of l5 ayes to 9 nays.
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GEN. FITZHUGH LEE
Sends His Thanks to MT. IrI
 Armstrong, of This City.

MT. Irl Armstrong, the most talented young man in the musical profession of this city, and you might say Arkansas, recently com- posed beautiful march and dedi- cated same to Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. The name of it is the Cuban Mach, and it made the biggest hit since Rosey's Honeymoon march, This sheet is being sold in large numbers all oyer the United States and is being played by all bands and orchestras. MT. Armstrong has decided to donate one-half of the first edition to the cause of suffering and starving Cubans. The following letter was received by MT. Armstrong few days ago-
 BOA Park Avenue,
 RICHMOND, Va, May 23, 1898. MT. Irl Armstrong, Pine Bluff, Ark.
 DEAR SIR:-Accept my thanks for the "Cuban March.
 1 appreciate the compliment paid in dedicating it to me.
 Very truly yours,
 FITzHUaH LEE.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-19
Miss Trip Lindsay left yesterday for Sherrill to visit a few days.
NORMAL NOTES.

The normal will close Tuesday. We have had a pleasant time and no one will go away without feeling that he has been greatly benefited The weather has been favorable and the attendance fairly good.
 Messrs. James and William Stead, two of Cleveland county's progress sive teachers, came up from Ris0n yesterday and mingled with us.
 Dr. Miller, president of Hendrix College, was welcome visitor Sat urday. Dr. Miller made a very interesting talk in the interest of good roads, ill which he is very much in terested. Dr. Miller is mak- ing a tour of the state, hoping to interest the people through the teachers of the district schools. He showed very plainly that the success of a country school depends to a great extent upon the roads, and gave many excellent reasons why the amendment, relating to levying tax for road purposes, should carry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-19

The American Excelsior Laundry is putting on a new coat of paint. and also enlarging and painting their office. A new oak floor has just been completed, new office fix lures are being put in and the ma chinery is receiving new belting- When finished this laundry will be the best equipped Of any in the state. Messrs. Franklin and List are two enterprisfng gentlemen, and 1t IS needless to say that nothing beneti- cial to Pine Bluff ever passes unseenT by them.
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FLUKE. FLEMMING
Will Hang at Dumas.-Confrmed
 by the Supreme Court.

Recently the Supreme Court con- firmed the action of the Jefferson Circuit Court which sentenced him to hang for rape. The time of the hanging has not as yet been fixed by the Governor. The scaffold at Dumas is in readiness and the date of his execution will reach this city in a few days.
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TAKES CHARGE TODAY.
Mr. Louis Altheimer 4s Installed as
 Postmaster for Four Years.

Today Mir. Louis Altheimer is postmaster, and will remain so for four years. Mir. Altheimer has ap- pointed Mir. W. B. Langston as his chief clerk, and Mr. Eugene Altheim- CT as assistant chief clerk, who will also act as general celivery clerk.
 Mr. Hudson, who retires from the postotfice, has served the people faithfully and well. and although Mir. Altheimer is a fine selection, Mir. Hudson's friends regret to see the change.
 The same mail carriers and minor clerks will be retained.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-19
IMPERIAL LODGE
ssnds its Best Wishes to the Boys Who Are Protecting
 Good Cause.

PINE BLUFF, ARK, June 10, 1898. Messrs. Clyde B. Smith and o. G. Keeler, Chiekamauga Park, Ga: Dear Sirs and Bros. The officers and members of Imperial Lodge, No. 94. K. of P, send greeting and assurance of our very best wishes. Being not unmindful of your fealty to your glorious country, and your readiness to uphold it's honor and integrity with your life's blood, if needs be, we say to you, Imperial Lodge means you well and will stand your firm defender as long as your armor is worn in the cause Of right and humanity.
 It is our pleasure to say that as long as you are enlisted under our Nation banner all dues and as. sessmen:s stand remitted, and we will deem it a pleasure to aid you whenever and wherever we may be informed you are in need.
 H. I. Holderness,
 P M. Kilroy.
 E. A Sheppard,
 Committee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-19
coLoRsp NORMAL NOTES.

When the colored normal closed it's first weeks work It had grown to such proportions that the con ductor, Prof. Ish, felt called upon to ask for assistance. ". II. Strick- land, of this city, was appointed as- sistant. Now, at the close of the second week. the normal has grown from l05 for the first week to an en- rollment of 40. Much interest is manifest still and enthusiasm does not lag in the least. The average attenuanee is good. Method and ..pupil betterment" are the doml- nant features of the normal. Prof. Doyne, conductor of the normal for whites at this place, visited us on Thursday and was enthusiastically received by the teachers. His ad- vice was given in words of burnihg elouuence, and when he had finished the teachers felt that Ee was indeed worthy to succeed Prof. Jordan as state superintendent. R-v. A M. Middlebrook called on us Friday and in few fitting words address ed the teachers. These normals are doing the majority of our teachers great good.
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Supreme Lodge Knights of Honor, Hot Springs, Ark, June 10 to II. For this occasion the Cotton Belt route will sell tickets at one and one third fare on the certificate plan. Dates of sale June 1S to 16. Return limit June q, 1898.
 H. BRINGMAN, Agent.
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Attest:
 W. D. Savage, C. c. J. ". Langston, K. of R. & s.
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pars WOULD QUIT SEND a THEIR SHIPS TO AFRICAN WATERS.
Rieo Must be Taken and the llippines Fully Occupied Before Spain Sues
 Fer Peace,

k YORK, June 18.-A special
 Washington says: New re-
 bt the approach of Spanish
 to tue coast of the United
 and the futter of concern
 ports cause, serve to in
 the interest of the naval
 prd iu toe plan of Assistant
 bry Roosevelt, now for many & laid OF the shelf, to make d
 the Caparies and the Spanish EbY way of interes ting and
 ng the Spauish people with
 En affairs. There are some
 ces of opinion among those
 rect the operations of naval
 cOncerning the practicaoility
 Hectiveness of a raid on the
 D coast. It is believed by
 who have looked at the mat keful.y that the moral effect.
 a demonstrations would be RiiY the people Wno live on the Eoi Spain, and would serve to
 the Spanish to terms
 than if the forces of the
 States were not so em-
 An objection urged in the Department agairst the inn
 dispatch of q fleet to Spain
 t would bring the war to a
 before the administration complete some of the work it
 out t is desired that the allon of the Philippines shal Fpeted and Porto Rico gained i opain sues for peace. If
 uadertakiags are to be roun- " before Spain is to be visited a' not be before August that |4St vessels of the United
 navy could be used to knock i doors of Cadiz or to sail in E|edlterranean and sound the |4 at Fort Mah9n.
 | l answer made to this argu- " naval officers, who be- Ep patrol fleet, or a part of it, puv t0 better use than it \ that ts wait for the fight FPS to be ready for service in VIII be to lose the chance to |., out the ceaslessactivity |algn which Mr Roose1 1al f sp as careful reader and ol Capt. Mahan. They I 9u'lOn to the fact that people l. al0ng the coast of the United I nave been frightened out of R. sumner habits by mere |s,a. a Snlps' that appear in the 'ss. 'sp' one day and disappear f.,. as elusive and impossible N I,'GP'oe as the sea serpent. lsb "too dumlJ Lnab Una |ds,ls government 1s, could quiet a ss.U q tue talk about this pro. ,s,I r'u ,, to Spain by permitting ,S. .I, s0lps to run oyer toward Dsaisp VI the ocean and just show .s,a isa,sl flag out of range of the bsi ,ts batteries. A bold act | tss oulo at least make it ap- q tIa' 'i,' an American under 5 nerits. "o''o = :
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Grand Chapter order of the East ern Star, Prescott. Ark, June 2S, 1898. For this occasion the Iron Mountain will sell tickets to Pres colt. Ark, and return for one and one-third fare on thecertifcate plan. Limit July l, 1898. H. B. MIzELL,
 Agent.