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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23
Rie Tobacco Deal. |.

St. Louis, Sept. 2s.-J. B. Duke, president of the American Tobacco com pany, who has been in the city for sev- eral days has consommated deal whereby his company has come into nossession of the Brown Tobacco com pany's plant. He paid $l,z50,OO0 for the property and took possession at once
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23

Mir. H. $. Oliver left today on fishing trip in the northern part of the State. He will return about the 1st and enter the employ of l. Drey- fus, having severed his connection with the Blum Dry Good Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23
General Jsckson Thanks Mckinley

Nashville, Sept. 23.-General W. H. Jackson has sent telegram to President Mckinley, thanking him for the ten der of a position on commission to in- yestigate the conduct of tine war, ex- pressing regret that pressing private business compels him to decline the honor
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23
Charged With Rigamy.

Philadelphia, Sept. 23-Thomas J. Mackev. wh k said to te an ex-judge of the eircu.t court of South Carolina, was ar ,sred in this city or the charge of higamv. According to Mackey's s story h. is tae viclim of persecution.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23
VIII Prefer Charcea.

Cleveland, Sept. 2s.-C. w. Metcalf, living in this city, whose son, Burton Metcalf. died recently in San Francisco of typhoid fever and pheuinonia, con tracted while at Camp Merritt, as a member of the United States regulars will take steps to have charges preferred against General Otis, now with the American forces in the Philippines.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23
The FeYer in Mexico.

Merida, Mex, Sept. 9s.-Thero have been no more deaths from yellow fever. There have been many cases of fever i'll the interior towns, but mainly of an in- termittent character, which at first de- ceived the experienced doctors.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23
FIVE NEW CASES
 OF YELLOW FEVER.
Three of the Cases Ars at TayIor's Sta tion, One at orwood and One
 at New Orleans.

Washington, Sept. 93i-Three new cases of yellow fever are reported from Taylor's Station, Miss.
 Five cases are under treatment at OK ford, Miss, with one death there.
 One new case is reported at 0rwood Miss.
 One new case at New Orleans.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23

EXPERIENCE TEACHES the value of Hoods Sarsaparilla. It Is constantly accomplishing wonderful cures and people In all sections take it, knowing it will do them good.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23

HOODS PILLS cure tall liver ills. Mailed for 9 cents by c. I. Hood & Co, Lowell Mass.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23

Mrs. w. z. Tankersley and children are the guests offrends in Star City.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23
oblitera,ed sertionaiism.

Knoxville, Sept. 2s.-The First Geor. gia will leave for Macon to be mustered out Friday The attachment between the Georelans and the Thirty. first Mich igan, with whom they brigaded, has been the subject ol mucn comment here The companies of the Georgla regiment entertained The companies of Michigan men in turn
 Miss Sue Knox is yeryb sick at her home on west Sixth avenue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-23
Another Case at Jackson.

One new case at New Orleans.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-01
One of the Home Guard.

Never much ON movin. One flowers sweet
~,
~ any other flower "A garden green's could
bc
MAY he gold IN Klon,like. hut it's far away to
roam.
Ruti,r risk the riches in the valleys here at
hDut
Noss,, = mighty tcmpGin, summer. spring or
flli.
'Taiu't al We have to- 1.-Two for. but it's mighty
close to all.
For All the world il brighter when the honey's
the comb,
But somehow my heart heats lighter in the
valleys here at home.
1 try L. Zoe contentcd. don't make com
piliut.
An l hold a fcllcr's happy if he never knows
h. amt.
IL, NIGH git rich in Klondike an build shin
in dome,
But at last he'd come a-creepin to the valleys
here at home.
Theirs gold that earth don't give us, an when
a fclicr's eyes
Can find twinl>lin star OF two in old, familiar
skies
An one true heart to love him he never wants
to roam.
There may be gold in Klondike. but he's
struck it rich at homei
Frank l.. stanton in Chicago Times Herald.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-01
SERVED SEVEN DAYS.

Possibly she felt my gaze, for she turn
ed And her face was worthy of her fig
ure. Two bright blue eyes met mine for
an instant before their owner walked on.
l stood still / was in love with that girl,
whom ten seconds before had never seen.
gazed after her till she was out of
sight. Then 1 gazed at the sacred spot
on the pavement where she had Stood and
behold, there lay little purse. picked
It up reverently and FASTENED after her,
but she was lost in the throng of Regent
street.
reached Oxford circus and turned and
retraced my steps, and presently saw the
girl again. She was gazing into another
shop window 1 picked my way delicately
through the feminine crowd. My arm
brushed hers, and the blood rushed from
my heart to my cars. She turned. Our
eyes met, and, by all the saints in heav-
en-, her eyes were brownl 1t was not she,
but some other girl dressed exactly like
her.
My hand fell from my hat and gasped
an apology. l was wriggling away, when
a hand grasped my wrist and tried to
wrest the purse from me. l turned and
beheld a large man in i'll fitting clothes.
"Ah, would you?" he said. "Quietl''
He dug his knuckles into the back of
my hand. L restrained fierce desire to
inflict similar treatment on his counte-
nance and said: LET go, you asst Can't
you see I'm not a pickpocket? / picked
up this purse five minutes ago, and
Eyes, I've heard all that before, several
times. 1 don't want TO hear it again.
Have you lost your purse, miss?"
The girl with the brown eyes searched
for her pocket, found it, and then felt in
it.
Eyes, havel'' she exclaimed
1 broke out into cold perspiration.
Wrenching my wrist free, 1 held out the
purse. But this is not your purse"
But it is. oh, you bad, wicked mani
felt You take it p
This settled the matter. was marched
off to Vine street between two policemen.
The girl and the detective went in a cab.
The magistrate was sitting. Having
been searched, 1 was placed in the dock
and the girl in the witness box. She made
pretense of being dissolved in tears, and
pathetically besought the authorities to
release me- But the magistrate-a white
haired, fatherly old gentleman-soothing-
1y explained to her how necessary it was
for the protection of honest people that
rogues should be punished. At length
this wretched woman, committing perjury
for the sake of paltry purse, suffered the
oath to be administered and swore the
purse was hers.
SILENCE, prisonerI said the fatberly
magistrate-still fatherly, but in differ
ent way. "You will not mend matters by
blasphemy. A month. Take him away"
was taken away to the cells and a lit
tie later to Pentonville.
In this impolite retirement L spent the
seven most hideous days and nights of my
life. But on the eighth day came release.
A warder entered my cell, and with more
respect than L had yet received in the
prison told me that my innocence had
been discovered and that had been par
doned for the offense had not committed.
My good name and my clothes having
been restored to me, I was requested-a
refreshing change from being ordered-to
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-01

If youth could know what age knows without
to,,ching-
Hopes instability and loves dear folly,
The difference between practiGing and preach
ing,
The quiet charm that turks in melancholy,
The after bitterness of tasted pleasure,
That temperance of feeling and of words
Is health of mind and the calm fruits of leisure
Have swe,tcr taste than feverish zeal affords,
That reason has Joy beyond unreason.
That nothing SATISFIES the soul like truth,
That kindness conquers in and out of season
~ youth could know, why, youth would not
be youth
IL age could feel the uncalculating urgence,
The pulse of life that beats in youthful veins
And with its swift, resistless ebb and surgence
Makes light of difficulties, sport of pains;
Could once, Just once, retrace the path and
find 10
That lovely, foolish zeal, so crude, so young.
Which bids defiance to all laws to bind it
And flashes in quick eye and limb and tongue,
Which, counting dross for gold, is rich in
dreaming,
And, reckoning moons as suns, is never cold,
And, having uaught, has every thing in seem
ing
II age could do all this, age were not oldi
Susan Coolidge in Congregationalist.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-01
THE HUMBLE BOY.
He Bided His Time and Got Even
with His TOrmentOrs.

One midsummer term an unf1edged,
weak kneed youngster presented himself
at a well known public school and was
Immediately pounced upon by the boys
and hauled off to be broken in. They prao-
ticed all the usual tricks upon him, and
he bore them meekly-so meekly, in fact.
that the boys were contemptuous and
made scathing remarks about his effem-
macy and lack of spirit.
After this he was taken to the lumber
room and sternly commanded to black all
the boots for the following day. The boys
were supposed to attend to their own foot
gear, but the task generally fell to the
lot of the weakest among them, and it
was favorite plan to order new comers to
do the work unaided. This particular new
boy received the order resignedly and said,
"Thank you, sir" quite humbly, when
one of the monitors kicked him and told
him to hurry along. He seemed almost
overwhelmed with gratitude for the honor
done to him and promised to discharge
his duty manfully if be We're only given
sufficient time
He was therefore left to himself. and
the boys went away in high feather,
thanking their stars that - happy chance
had sent such a willing slave to pander to
their needs An hour passed, and then it
occurred to the monitor before mentioned
to go and see how the new boy was getting
on be threw open tne door OF tne IuiuOef
room, and sight net his eyes which al
most choked him.
The new boy had white buckski 4
cricket boot in his hand and was bus ny
covering il with i,lackipg.
''You big idiot, whatever are yea do
ing?" screamed the monitor lyon re rub
bing white boots instead of blaci.fOnes.'
Eyes, sir. L am answered. the new boy
with studied innocence. ''That's what you
wished me 70 do, isn't it, The others art
black enough, so thought I'd get through
the white ones first. I've polished ID
pairs. but they don't look very nice some
how
The monitor storrned and raved, but he
could not renew the color of the cricket
and tennis heots, and their owners had 10
make the bost OF bad job. They we given
up trying TO score off guileless new boys
now -CEums.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-01

eUcp INTO private room. Here L IG,1.fst,
three ladies-a majestic matron, the girl
with the brown eyes who had procured me
a week IS living free of expense, and, mar
velous to relate, the girl with the blue
eyes, with whom was still in love. Both
girls were, except for their eyes, exactly
alike Twins, 1 began to see.
The girl with the brown eyes had tears
in them. The girl with the blue eyes also
had her handkerchief to her face. But this,
she has since informed me, was because
the humor of the affair had just struck
her. She was hiding what might have
seemed to me indecent mirth. The matron
said gravely:
''Sir, an awful wrong has been done to
you, for which question whether we can
make adequate amends. 1 can, however,
express my most deep and sincere regret.
But before 1 endeavor to explain permit
me to introduce myself. / am Mrs. Geof-
frey Featherstone, and these are my daugh-
tiers, Mabel and Alice"
pardon me, Mrs. Featherstone," /
said, Il have already had the honor of an
introduction to Miss Alice Featherstone,
and the result of the introduction was
such that, having no natural taste for
penal servitude, would rather not pursue
the acquaintance"
"Your anger is just, Mr.. Felix. But
you will at least permit me to explain. On
the day on which this awful thing hap
pened my daughters wore new dresses ex-
actly alike"
''Ah, that explains it. L see now
Doubtless that young lady, in the fullness
of her heart, was DESTROYS that others
should share her good fortune. L. too, had
n new dress on the day in question:
Miss Mabel Featherstone put her hand
kerchicf to her face again. Mrs. Feather
stone bit her lip, but proceeded. "The
dressmaker had made the pockets of these
dresses ridiculously shallow. Mabel de-
clared that she would never dare to put
anything in her pocket for fear of having
it taken, but Alice laughed at the idea
and declared that she was competent to
guard her pocket If Mabel was not. They
went shopping, and Alice insisted on put
ting her purse in her pocket. 1t had not
been there for five minutes before Mabel,
from pure love of mischief, took it out I'M
perceived by Alice and put it in her own
pocket. The girls became separated in
Regent street, and the purse must have
fallen out of Mabel's pocket when you
saw her. Alice did not miss it till she saw
it in your hand, and then-wh hat could she
think?'
"Oh, Mr. Felix exclaimed Alice
please forgive mel Oh, please say you
will try to forgive mel Mabel and had
tiff over those wret ched pockets, and we
did not speak for n whole week till this
morning, when she came to make it up. To
my horror, she presented me with another
purse in place of the one she had lost, and
then L saw what fearful thing l had
DONE"
There was short silence, and then 1
laughed, heartily and long. / dined with
the Featherstones that evening, and-er-
well, to put the matter in a nutshell, my
wife has blue eyes, clear and bright, like
glimpses of heaven. To some extent i de-
Serve my Rachel Did not serve seven
days for her?-Windsor Magazine.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-01
MAY DUSK RAIN.

To the morn, when the gold OF the taper
That mellowed the east for q space
Is lost in the fold of the vapor
That trails torn banner of lace
To the grain mingled musk of the day time
Its lit and its laughter belong,
But in the warm dusk of the Maytime
1t comes like a sigh and a song.
Perfumed by the breath of the mazes,
OF flower weeds, tangled and tossed,
And sweet with the death of the daisies,
The season has lavished and lost;
In the cloud woven dusk of the daytime
Its mild ministration is blest,
But in the pure musk of the Maytime
At twilight it's rapture and rest.
AS soft the lip of the billow
That touches the argentine sand,
And light the dip of the willow
In waves that are buoyant and bland.
And sweet the heart of the daytime.
And faint as the wind in the grain,
In the dusk and the musk of the May time
Are the redolent tears of the rain.
Hattie Whitney in Woman's Home Compan-
ion
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-01
4 Howl.

An English duke, while being shown
the collection of birds i'm n museum, asked
the name Of one of them.
That's u howl" said the attendant
"A wbatY" exclaimed the duke.
"A howl" repeated the man with even
more distinctness, whereupon n bystander,
seeing the cause of the dukes mystifica-
ton, said, Your royal 'ighness, o says
hits a howl. Sir NJ. Grant Duff's Diary
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-01

The annual expenditures of the Swiss
for wine, beer, cider and brandy are IT'S,
900, 900 francs, OF about six times as much
rs Is spent on the army.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-01

Skimmilk Is now turned into cham
payne by an electric process. and the
beverage il clear, beady and delicious in
flavor. though nonalcoholic.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-01

Hero.
1.-The man l marry" said the blond
widow, Unjust DO hero. -
"He will be- remarked the savage
bachelor Enquirer.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-11-01
Rio Grande. Sierra Madre & Pacific Railroad
Ell PaSO Southern Railway.

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OF n OF tina frontier @ ~ r
to ounce Eel 0 m a y
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@ go lie
IN las g
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beer % s 81
Aat conc a ar p orc
hereg onaut eheawt thu osan BaiHs rivers % p extracts
there OF TX % hy i h
n ms C Gd shipped points b with 1.-THE peh hc n
dfC and Carol e d
b wi bbgh within y o tran ne q
or m the ~ a datare
Mex is M absorb
From % chp game erv tes uhweA AL
hht will H Bssn
b hq plains C Gd san a. Aeope abund
"A hp 1t umeuusnM
ld ran Dr. th m Ai N hp nddeaben
urhen rm auoares
j.. T. LOGAN, Trafi Agent
JNO P. RAMSEY. Manager
Ell Paso.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-05-12
MEXICAN
PENSIONERS,
Congressman sullivan In
troduced a Bill in Their
Interest on April
10Th.

Although this - only the hr-t
term OF Hon. W. '. Su livan IN
Congress. he has made eons!de
ra6le reputation oh the ever
lave aud all absorbing question
OF pensions. That the tax-pay
ers should be called upon 10
pay the enormous sum of -ls..
n D.O#Hl. for the next fiscal
yesr-the pensions and pei
sioners OF the last war jast J5
years after II ended. IL the cry
ing shame OF the age. Some
months since Mr. sullivan intro
duced a bill to reduce these
pensions SIS, O0O.OOo per annum.
a sum If put into a navy would
in ten years. make the United
States the first naval power oi
the world. or If placed rs !
credit On u national debt
would reduce 1t about one half
in fifteen years. And We are
creditably informed that he not
only has the support of many
Democrats for this contest but
a number of leading RepUbli-
cans. Atthe same time feeling
that if pensions must be paid
they should not all 90 To noe
thern pensioners hence he has
asked that the Mexican veterans
and their families be also re-
membered. these latter pension
ers are nearly all from the
Southern states. His bill intro
ducei on April 10th. ls9s, we
give as follows:
"A Bill to increase the pen
sions of widows of the Mexican
war soldiers and sailors TO six
teen dollars per month.
BE 1T enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives
of the United States of America
in Congress assembled. That no
widow OF "A soldier or sailor
Who is entitled under the pres
ent law TO receive a pension
from the United States Govern
ment shall receive less than six
teen dollars pei month from the
passage of this Act: Provided,
That this Act shall not apply
To anyone who may marty a
Mexican soldier after the date
OF the passage Of this Act"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-05-12
SMITH
An Officer i'm the Cuban
Army Captured Ii y
Spaniards and Coward.
ly Murdered.

Everyday we are called upon
tn chronicle some horrible bar.
barity practiced by the Spanish
soldiers. The las, is the cap
;ure OF Maj. Smith. an American
cltlzen, serving In the CIbll
army with the commission of
major. He Is sIid to- have been
a brave. chivalrous and popular
officer. He was captured on
Friday of last week, while pass
ing from one camp to another
and instead OF being placed in
confinement as a prisoner of
war. his hellish cIptors with the
iendi>hness OF cannibals literal
ly cut of his head. Now for the
contrast. Within the past two
weeks the L. ). Navy men have
captured about three hundred
Spaniards not counting passen-
gers on the captured ships. all
OF the latter were released, and
the Others sent in tiist-class cars
under escorts to TT. Mcpherson.
near Atlanta, Ga. Among these
prisoners is a Colonel and his
staff OF ten officers aud ten pri
Yates. The Colonel is said to
be "A relative of Gen. WeyIerand
the former was in charge
of Cabanas fortress murdered
thousands of Cubans and some
Americans. Yet he is treated
with the greatest care ever given
a prisoner and this is right.
This barbaric, brutal ac. of
will not be forgotten or
The Cuban war cry
be Remember Maceo
and Smith,"
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-05-12
WHAT WILL
IT ACH
The Commercial World
startled by the Rapid
Advancement in Spot
Wheat.

The sens3tion IN the CONNER.
cial world for the past week.
has been the unprecedented
rise To wheat aud other bred
stun. The early part oi last
week Nav wheat was quoted at
81 Ii = per bushel. on Satur.
day last 1t was quoted in
Chicag" At the astonishing fig.
ure of -l.sO per bnshel. Not
withsiandIng the enormous pre-.
sure from the bears the bulls
ed by the young plunger and
Napoleon of finance. Letter.
forced the market up with enor.
nous and unparalleled strides
To $40. The principal causes
of the extraordinary advance
was first. the short crops in
Hungary aud Russia and instead
of the countries being sellers
and exporters at wheat and
other bread stUffs they are
purchasers and importers.
Again some months since Lei.
ter and his associates were con
vincrd there would be heavy
demands growing out of the
short crop IN all foreign coun
tries and the famine IN India
purchased heavily and since
then they have been enable io
hold their own. even forcing
the market slightly upward.
Within the past few weeks. it
seems that Providence or some
other power have placed
the tulls equally in position.
fortified against the world. aud
IL came in the shape OF a Wal de
claratlon between spain and the
InI'ed States. This makes not
only The United States "A heavy
purchaser for bread stuffs Ia
feed her army but takes ihous-
ands oi producers from the field.
But by Ear the most buIlish fac
tor II the extraordinary demands
in Italy and Spain. where in
both countries they are having
bread riots. Within the past
live days Italy and France have
removed the duty ON wheat and
other food crops while Spain
and Russia have prohibited the
expectation Of grain from theS,
countries, heHce the United
States WAS the only market
accessible To the world. Ii is
our only regret the farmers
who produce the gain are no
getting the full benefit of thes,
advances. instead OF the gamb
lers and ware hGuSemen VII,
buy when II Is at its cheapeS
and sell when IT l. at its high
est. From the beginning q
time II seems that the larme.
has never been able to- enjoy
full. the product of his labor
Ii II the members of the ex
changes. tie stock gamblers
Who deal in hot never see Held
of cotton or OF grain, who reve
IN the lap Of luxury and lee,
on the roses of life
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-05-12
BeSts the klonjike.

Mr.. \. c. Thomas. of Marysville,
Tex. has found a more valuable
discovery than has yet been made
in the klondiEe. For years he suf-
fered untold agony from con-ump-
ton. accompanied by hemorrhages;
and was absolutely cured by DIR.
King New Discovery for consamp-
ton. Coughs and Colds He de
cl1res that gold Is of little value in
comparison with this marvellous
cure. would have il, even If it cost
a hundred dollars a bottle Asthma,
Bronchitis and all throat and lung
affections are positively cured by
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
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Regular size Scots and si.00. Guar
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Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1898-05-12
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