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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-10
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The Merchantmen and the Pearl

The kingdom of heaven is strictly business. It is significant that Christ's Kingdom is not likened to warrior or poet, or philosopher, or slave, but to business man. Gods saving q man is not turning him into righteous Ina. chine but developing him into right eops son. Jesus view of his work was ss of a business. At the start he said. 'I must be about my father business;'' ~t the close, 1t is finished The ba- nana peddier handles personally his goods Mir Armour sits in his office surrounded by papers and clerks, while his trains and ships are at the other end of the earth. So the little man lives by sight, the big man by faith, and reli- gious faith is simply business sense car ried to perfection. reaching to eternity Enterprise and boldness, not caution and fear, are the foundations of reli- zion. Rev Frank Crane. Methodist Chicago
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-06-10
ARKANSAS RIVER PACKET GO.

ED ROWLAND. Pres. & Gen. Mner.
 G. E. PHILPoT. General AgeL Boat Leaves Memphis every Tues day at p. m.
 Boat Leaves Pine Bluff eypry Fri day at 1 q. m.
 We make lowest rates from and to all points.
 Telephone No. 66 for general infor nation.
The Press., 1898-08-25
tN BOkCEGE.

Silent. forever silent. through the years , The dreary years which empty come and go. Why do cry to one who never hears And. far away, my griefs can never knowS See herei burn the letters one by one, Although my heart burns with each burning
 word. If chains are broken, freedom must be won. My chains are loos'd. but my heart has not
 stirred. what else is left for me to cast away, what clinsing mem'ry from the too sweet
 pastf Upon the altar, midst the fire, I lay This little relic. dear. It is the lasti And now claim the freedom which gain. am no more a slave to long dead things. No victim to swell thy triumph train, But freed bird, with new recovered wings. what shall do with this great gift long
 sought
 4 gift which looked, far oil. 90 passing sweeti Clasped in my hand. 1t fades and turns to
 naughti
 Once more come and lay it at thy feet.
 Lillian Robinson in Sketch.
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The Florida Hill Country.

The majority of our tourists carry from this state an impression of tropical vegetation luxuriating in level expanse of sand arched by heaven intensely and brilliantly blue. But that is because they have not seen all we have to show. Florida has mill country" also, and there the scenery is so different that it seems to belong rather to Georgia than to the land of oranges and winter vege- tables
 The soil of that section is entirely distinct from that of the east and south. There we have the red clay of Georgia, and the pine gives place to the oak, hickory and maple as the orange does to the pear and the garden to the cotton field
 It is the conservatism of middle Flor ida that has kept it unknown in great measure to the outside world, not its lack of attractions. There are. still found much of the old plantatio2 life, the autebellum southern hospitality and much of the thought of the olden time. To the tourist it will give a new sensa- tton, to the sportsman a new field. TC the settler who feels that the subtropic- al productions of southern Florida are too strange and new it offers field fos the crops of the west, it shows fine stock and the diversified scenery for lack of which he grows homesick with us
 In all the south there is no section more beautiful and none which offers richer returns for intelligent industry than the Florida hill country. "- Florida Times Union.
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Naval rnpudence.

Fifty years ago the allowance of paint in the British navy was very small. and sometimes the officers had to pay large sums in order that their ships might maintain decent appear ance. One of them resorted to a humor- ous expedient. either to soften the heart of the navy board or if that proved inn possible, to express his opinion.
 Sir John Phillimore painted one side ot his old yellow frigate black and white and used the rest of the black paint in printing on the other side in large letters, "No more paint
 The navy board wrote to call his at- tention to the tmpropriety of his con- duct and signed themselves, as they did officially, Your affectionate friends "
 To this Sir John replied that he could not obliterate the objectionable letters unless he was given more paint and signed himself in turn, "Your affec- tionate friend, John Phillimore.
 The navy board then called his atten- tion to the impropriety of the signature. to which Sir John replied. acknowledg- ing the letter, stating that he regretted that the paint had not been sent and ending: "I am no longer your affection ate friend, John Phillimore.
 His frigate was allowed to retain her original yellow, and perhaps the navy board did right thus to punish Sir John s impertinence. Youth Companion
The Press., 1898-08-25
IN THE MIRAGE.

The train numbered slowly into the little village station. Already the light was waning, the sky was clear and opa- lescent and the air was still. A man and his young wife-a laughing girl-step- ped out on to the platform. They had been married that morning. A servant | waiting on the platform collected their luggage, and they passed through the dingy booking office. Outside, the sleek carriage horses fretted impatiently. A short drive took them to the lonely gray house up on the hill among the pines. Some hours later they sat together in Q paneled room overlooking the avenue. On the walls of the room were the things that a great traveller and a great sportsman brings back with him. It had grown chilly and 8 fire had been lit there. Wax candles burned in brass sconces on each side of the fireplace. The girl was in white Gas she had been that morning in the church). She lean ed back in her chair, still smiling and showing pretty white teeth, One hand played with the pearls at her throat. @ gesture showing the beautiful curves of her bare arm. The man stood watching her. He was middle aged, tall, lean, wiry and clean shavep, His face was tanned. His eyes were exceptionally dark and striking. AS she looked down at the tiger skin rug in front of the fire she said:
 Did you kill that?'
 The man nodded.
 "Yes, killed it."
 "You never tell me enough" she went on, half jestingly, 'about things that you have done. What is the use of being 6 traveller if one does not come back laden with stories of wonderful things?''
 "One tiger story" the man replied, "is generally very much like another. "
 But there are other things" she said. "Haye you never been captured by brigands, have you never been nearly killed, or experimented with wonderful drugs in Chinese dens or been dying of thirst or seen the mirage?" He sat down in the chair facing her. His expression was one of habitual mel ancholy, just as hers was one of @ con- tinual light heartedness-
 "Yes," he said, II think I can lay claim 10 all those things. have been captured by brigands, have experiment.. ed with hasheesh, have been practically dead, have seen the mirage, and''- He paused.
 | "Well?" she said eagerly.
 "I have also" he said, "been in the mirage"
 "How can that be?" she said. Twas taught about the mirage in my govern. ess days, all about the density of the air and the temperature and so on. Sometimes it is lakes of water, some times it is @ city with houses and tenn, ples and people, sometimes 1t is feath. cry palm trees, sometimes ships that sail across the sky, keel upward. but il is never real. How could you be in g thing which practically does not exist?''
 "We had been marching four days, " he said dreamily. "The sun was awful by day, but the nights were cold II was on the morning of the fifth day that they turned on me. They took what there was and went of. was left or the sand for dead-indeed, for some hours must have been dead"
 "Go on, said the girl, leaning for ward now, watching him intently, nc longer smiling. "How long ago was it?'
 "Ten, a dozen years ago-when yor
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The Admiral In Q Battle.

Writing of the perils of naval war. fare, Park Benjamin in The Independ- ent says: As for the admiral, there is nowadays no rigging for him to ascend, and he would be promptly blown out oi it if there were. In fact, after a fleet engagement has begun there is no place for him at all He has no business in the coming tower, no business at the guns. He cannot very consistently go below, and he cannot stay on deck. It has been proposed to build a separate armored tower for him or to take him of the flagship and put him on small,
 swift vessel. so that he could choose his position and conveniently give his or ders by slgnals. The difficulty with this would be that the enemy would concen- trate his filo on that tower or ship, with the certainty of sinking the latter and rendering the former uninhabitable.
 The problem, therefore, is still unsolved.
The Press., 1898-08-25
ON THE BIRTHDAY OF DoNIzETTl.

The Rome of Csesar crowned with bays The heroes who increased her might The poet for his stately lays, The soldier victor in the light. Today it has no fair confetti To grace the tomb of Donizettt. The critics long have lost the ear Which found Rossini charmed and sweet. Fen Verdi, in his early sphere, Is almost always judged effete. And all the skill of Donizeth Ia voted crude and alphabetty. For wagner's noiseful rule has come And walked the world with blaring brass. The tuba, trombone, horn and drum Have silenced silver strings, alasl And all his strident strength makes petty The dulcet airs of Donizetti. The venusberg and all the gods Or Lohengrin are now a-tour, And no one thinks of laying odds On 1Lucia di Lammermoor. We're told it's foolish and duettys This masterpiece of Donizetti. The very schoolboy whistles OCT The intermezzo, note for note, And Bizet's braggart toreador
 Is daily heard from every throat, But poor old Signor Donizetti Is not piano-organetty. Iris ever thus. What prophet hath The honor that is his by rightf The oak today, tomorrow's lath,
 And day must always turn to night. But shall the darkness dour and 3etty Blot out our dainty Donizettif
 London Sketch.
The Press., 1898-08-25

stantly, also headache, and was so dizzy.
 Icould not walk around, and could not lie down, for then my heart would beat SO fast I would feel as though was smothering. had to sit up in bed nights in order to breathe. I was so weak could not do anything. have now taken several bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. and used three packages of Sanative Wash, and can say am perfectly cured. I do not think could have lived long if Mrs.
 Pinkham's medicine had not helped me. '"
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A ISuruese S.:.n.i.

The uproar Was llAr t:I:.t 'f.a r,.. away engine tearing thr,>. h al tu.In' The floor was litt,rc w.t.l ye"...:..t lying on their stomachs, ;..4,i i,Il L;.t ing with an energy iueIlruIl>e t.. somebody was hurting them. Lon: slim, scratched upon slips of palm lr;,t the equivalent of books ill Lurma were spread before the scholars. Maxim. the lads shout is the approved methO' of elementary instruction. When tn master discovers any tagging ill lunI exercise, long switch begins to sini through the air. Quiet, serious study i exploded. The Burmese educationist argue that so long as boy is shouting his mind is occupied. When he is silent he is certain to be scheming mischief Therefore the best shouters are the bes pupils -IruVel
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CHARLES KINGSLEY.

Why the Great Author Compared Him. self to the StrassburR Clock.
 Every one of the great army of Kings leyites will welcome this story of the s,mortal Rev. Charles It comes from an English lady whose country resi- dence was under his spiritual care and at whose table he was, therefore, @ fre- quent guest The good mans we'll es- tablished habit of talking much about things Of which be knew little Is the cause for the story. He had habit. particularly at dinner tables, of holding the guests agape with minute stories about the inhabitants of Mars or the fishes of Kamchatka. All of this availed
 except on such unhappy occasions as when hs came unexpectedly across some one who had liked in Mars or fished in Kamchatka. It was on such an unfor. r tunate occasion that Kingsley gave this excuse, which deserves to be preserved. Some unknown little man from the very foot of the table interrupted a very
 brilliant discourse about, say, the eli. mate of Mars, with . very unexpected "I beg your pardon, MT. Kingsley. but what you state is wholly untrue, l have lived there and am able to assure you that you have been grossly misin' formed.
 Embarrassed only for . moment,
 Kingsley replied: ''I am very sorry if I have been making misstatementa You know, of course, that would not do SO Intentionally. But fear that 1t often
 happens. However, \ always console myself with remembering an incident of my youth. was on the usual grand tour and came to StrassbuYg. was be-
 ing shown the famous clock by loqua- cious and ready witted old dame. l saw how the works went and how the apos-
 ties marched. But as she was growing far too eloquent over the wonders of the work said: Yes, my good woman.
 It Is 8 very fine bit of work. But must call your attention to the fact that al-
 though my watch says it is only clock
 this great dial says 1t is nearly 9. l
 know my watch is correct. Can not your great clock keep timer She was
 very indignant. It keeps the time quite good enough, sir, always within an hour of the correct time. Why, what would you have? A clock which does so many very wonderful things cannot be expected to do them all we'll And may I not console myself sometimes with the
 thought that perhaps 1, too, am like the
 Strassburg clockf"-Washington Star.
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MT. A. c. Wolfe, of Dundee, Mo-, who travels for Mansur X Tibbetts, Implement Co.,, of St. Louis, gives travelling men and travellers in general, some good ad- vice. Being Knight of the Grip" he says, "I have for the past three years made it a rule to keep myself supplied with Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, and have found nu- merous occasions to test it's merits, not only on myself. but on others as we'll. l can truly say that never, in a single in- stance, have known 1t to fail. I consider it one of the best remedies travellers can carry, and could relate many instances where have used the remedy on skep- tics, much to their surprise and relief. l hope every travelling man in the U. s. will carry bottle of this remedy in his grip" For sale by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. l.. Phillips, South Gov 0QtrV
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wnkes' Buttons.

Wilkes had the courage which does
 not always accompany 8 sarcastic
 tongue, for he fought two duels and
 was nearly killed in one of them. and when challenged on . third occasion he
 behaved himself, on the authority of Croker, who was certainly no admirer of his, 'slike 6 man of temper and honor. His most serious encounter was with
 Mr. Martin. and Wilkes was only saved by two buttons diverting the bullet. One of his admirers procured these pre- cious relics and put them in 8 case with
 the following inscription. 'These two simple yet invaluable buttons. under
 Providence, preserved the life of my be- loved and honest friend John Wilkes in
 duel fought with MT. Martin on the 18th of November, 176S, when true courage and humanity distinguished him in 8 manner scarcely known in for mer ages.
 "His invincible bravery, as we'll in the field as in the glorious assertion of the liberty of the subject, will deliver him down an unparalleled example of pub
 io virtue to all future generations. |" Wilkes would probably have said to this, as the Duke of Wellington to the obsequious gentleman who escorted him across Piccadilly, Don't be @ d--d fool, sir rr'-Cornhil1 Magazine.
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THE SURE LA GRIPPE CURE.-There Is no use suffering from this dreadful mala- dy, if you will only get the right remedy. You are having pain all through your body, your liver is out of order, have no appetite, no life or ambition, have a bad cold, in fact, are completely used up. Electric Bitters is the only remedy that will give you prompt and sure relief. They act directly on your Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, tone up the whole system and make you feel like a new being. They are guaranteed to cure or price re- funded. For sale at E. K. Taft's Drug Store, only 30 cents per bottle.
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COMRADES, ATTKNTIoN.-I served from '61 to '64, and was wounded May 10, 1864, in the battle of the Wilderness. would like to have my old comrades know what Celery King has done for me. In 1890 my old complaint, chronic diarrh9a, came back. The doctors could not stop it, but Celery King has cured me, and I am once more enjoying life.-Frank Beeh- Ter, Owosso, Mich. GO. F, 18th N. Y. ". I.) Celery King for the Nerves, Liver and Kidneys Is sold in 50c and 25c pack ages by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and w, P, Fuller, Somers.
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Bead and Prayed.

4 writer in the Rochester Post -Ex- press tells good story about an English bookseller of whom a lady inquired for one of Browning's works, and the good man answered that he had given up keeping Browning, and what was more he had tried to read him and could make nothing out of any of his poems. Indeed, the lady answered, and then, being in search of another poet, she added, "But have you Praed?" "Yes, indeed. ma'am, I have prayed over it, but still get no light.
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HEADACHE FOR FORTY YEARs.-For forty years suffered from sick headache. About a year ago began using Celery King. The result was gratifying and surprising, my headaches leaving at once. The headaches used to return every sev-
 enth day, but thanks to Celery King,
 have had but one headache in the last eleven months. know that what cured
 me will help others.-Mrs. John D. Van Keuren, Saugerties, N. Y. Celery King
 for the Nerves, Stomach, Liver and Kid neys is sold in 5Oc and 25c packages by
 E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and W. P. Fuller Somers.
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TO WOMEN FROM
Mrs. Joseph Peterson. warrsn. Pa.

"I have suffered with womb trouble over fifteen years. had inflammation. enlargement, and displacement of the womb.
 aThe doctor wanted me to take treat ments, but I had just begun taking
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A Real Gentle Horse.

Il want gentle horse for my wife to drive. !" said the prospective purchas. CT. Can you recommend this one?'
 "Yes, indeed" replied the owner. There is not safer horse for a lady to be found anywhere, and there is but one thing he's afraid of 9
 And what is that?'' asked the other.
 He is awfully afraid some one will say 'Whoaf to him and he won't heai It, replied the conscientious owner.- New York World
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Mrs. Pinkham's Compound, and my husband
 said I had - better wait = and seeh how S
 much good . that would S do me. I A was so sick
 when | began with her nedi' cine, I could hardly be on m feet. I had tn hackache con-
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How. Inde0dS

She-Do you believe ill platonic love?
 He-I hardly know. Do you?
 She-Well. of course there may be such thing, but-but-well, between two such people as you and-and-
 He-No, not between you and me- An, Helen, platonic love would not do for me! I must speak. Can you-can you
 She-Oh, Alfred, how did you guess my secret?-Chicago News Some time ago little bottle of Cham berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarhea Remedy fell into my hands, just at time when my two-year-old boy was terribly afflicted. His bowels were beyond con. trol. We had tried many remedies, to no purpose, but the little bottle of Collie Cholera and Diarrhga Remedy speedily cured him.-W1LLIAMF F. JONES, Oglesby, Ga. For sale by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. L. Phillips, South Coven- try.
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Awful ErFOr.

"I'll never forget the time took my
 good old aunt from the country to see 8 Shakespearean revival at one of the the- aters."
 "Did she like itp''
 "Like it? I found out that she would never have gone at all but for the i'm pression she had that revival meant
 something religious. ''-Cincinnati En- quirer.
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Yin noI

is something we, as chemists, can commend, for it is not secret rem- edy, but the result of a genuine discovery.
 We have found that Vinol consists of a delicate and pleasant wine in which is dissolved the curative prin- ciples found in the liver of the cod, the manner by which this has been extracted results from the discov- cry of the eminent French chemists, Gautier and Mourgues.
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If two tuning forks of the same pitch are placed facing each other. the one sounding, the other silent, in a few seo- onds the silent one will be giving out distinctly audible note.
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A. c. EATON.
Special vinol representative.
The Successful Remedy for NASAL CATARRH.

must be non-irritating, easy of applica- tion, and one that will by its own action reach the inf1amed and diseased surfaces ELY'S CREAM BALM combines the important requisites of quick action and specific curative powers with perfect safe ty to the patient. This agreeable remedy
 has mastered catarrh as nothing else has,
 and both physicians and patients freely
 concede this fact. All druggists cheer
 fully acknowledge that in it the acme of Pharmaceutical skill has been reached.
 The most distressing symptoms quickly yield to 1t. In acute cases the Balm i'm parts almost instant relief
 By Absorption. Catarrhal sufferers should remember
 that Ely's Cream Balm is the only eatarrh
 remedy which is quickly and thoroughly | absorbed by the diseased member It does
 not dry atp the secretiOns, but changes them
 to d limpid and odorless condition, and | finally to natural and healthy character The balm can be found at any drug
 store. or by sending 30 cents to Ely Broth l CTS, 56 Warren St., New York, it will be mailed.
 Full directions with each package. Cream Balm opens and cleanses the
 nasal passages. allays inflammation,
 thereby stopping pain in she head, heals
 and protects the membrane and restores
 the senses of taste and smell. The Balm
 is applied directly into the nostrls
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A Rapid T~lker.

Hojack-What a chatterbox Miss Frocks is. Tamdik-Yes, her conversation is geared pretty high. Detroit Free Pres.
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A Successful Preacher,

An English bishop, as he was going about his diocese, asked the porter of a lunatic asylum how chaplain whom he, the bishop, had lately appointed. was getting on.
 "Oh, my lord," said the man, "his preaching is most successful The hid iots henjoys it partickler.'
 Dr. J. I. Terry, of Trimble. Tenn, in speaking of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy, says: "It has almost become a necessity in this vicini- ty." This is the best remedy in the world for collie, cholera morbus, dysentery and diarrhea, and is recognized as necessity wherever its great worth and merit be- come known. No other remedy is so prompt or effectual, or so pleasant to take. Sold by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, and G. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
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Pens to the number of 8, 800, 900 ara used throughout the world every day in the week.
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A state lunch fin China contains lls
 dlaheA
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.~ixssd the Sale.

A young lady from the city was try ing her hand as an amateur saleswoman in plantation store one morning last week when an old colored woman, gor- geously arrayed in her Sunday clothes, entered the store and. pointing to bot tie of German cologne on one of the highest shelves, asked:
 "What dat?"
 "That's cologne. auntie.''
 "Well, I'll take it ''
 Delighted at having made sale in such short time the young lady busted herself in getting down the bottle and dusting it for the customer inspection, at the same time commenting upon its excellencies with the volubility of an experienced auctioneer.
 "I believe, auntie," " she continued, "that this is the finest perfume ever manufactured''-
 She was brought to a sudden pause, for the old negress had thrown up both hands in mortified protest
 Stop right dari Youse done gib youseh away. Fust you said cologne, but now you done let out dat it's puff fume, an I don't want it, for puffume nebber holds its scent. wanted CO., logne. "-New Orleans Times Demo- crat