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THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
Changing Position In the Heavens of This
 Celebrated Constellation.

GAhngins fOsttion In the Heavens Of Ehis
 Celebrated Constellation.
 If Job were to rise from the dead and look upon the heavens, says Professor T. J. ]. See in Tho Atlantic, he would see tho constellatious related to ono an- other as of old, but he would find that the pole had shifted it's position among the stars, and if an immortal could wit ness the grand phenomenon which tha procession of tho equinoxes produces 1D about l2, 300 years he would find the heavens so altered that the former as- pect could be recognized only by all un- derstanding of the changes which had intervened.
 As Humboldt justly remarks, ths beautiful and celebrated constellation of the Southern Cross, never seen by the present inhabitants of Europe and visible in the United States o1ly on our southern coast, formerly shone on tho shores of tho Baltic and can again be seen ill that latitude in about IS, GOO years. Tho cross will then bo visible on the shores of Hudson bay but at pres ent it is going rapidly southward, and  in & few thousand years will be invisi- ble even at the extreme point of Florida.
 In like manner the brilliant star Ga nopus in the constellation Argo, situat ed some 37 degrees south of Sirius, is now visible in the southern portion of the United States. In about 12, 900 years 1t will cease to rise even i'll Central Atnoriro From the samo cnusa if PtOl- omy were to again look upon the heav- ems at Alexandria, ho would be unable to recognize Alpha and Beta Centauri, which he easily saw and eatalogued in the time of Hadrian. At present these magnificent stars are just visible at tho pyramids, near Cairo. and ill few more thousand years they can be seen by dwellers on the Milo only i'll upper Egypt.
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HE HAD HIM THERE.

Passenger Got Even With Street Car Conductor. e Was intent upon his newspaper
 the conductor came along and ped in front of him.
 'e conductor stopped down to get a f LOOK at his face and said, Flare. o man with the paper paid no at- on' and finally the conductor tap |nim gently on the arm. Dia get your fare?" asked the con- '' as tha man with the paper looked E", II there IS anything in this Y ,nat has n tendency to make n @ho has paid his faro get angry it nave the agent of the corporation Avn, such fare was paid come along \, |Ssk him if he has paid it. It may
 rght, but it always seems as if
 was an inference that some one is s .o peat the rond. Thus it hap snat the man with tho paper re- rather sharply:
 6ou ought to know. J
 u all right. sir!'' explained 'uuctor hastily. "No intention to }" you know. l merely wanted to r snro. D
 Sn U no returned to the platform. sue man with the paper returned
 leading.
 s" minutes later the man with snper went out on the platform
 ~ ami just before reaching his
 ao gently tapped the conductor d him. v s-' ''a'''o1 1'''' s u yon ring up my fare?' he asked. ''o were immediate indications
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THE STEAMERS CHIMNEY.
some Details of Interest Regarding Its
 Construction and Use.

gOme Details of Interest Regarding Its
 Construction and Uso.
 Tine stroller along tho wharfs who should see rising from tho smokestaok of big steamer small and at the start perfectly defined column of smoke which seemed to come from a small smoke pipe within the big one might wonder if the great smokestaok was filled with smaller stacks ono for each boiler. As n matter of fact it is not so filled, but there is within it smaller smoke pipe called tho donkey stack, which is the chimney for the boiler of the donkey en- zine, which is used when the vessel is i'll port in hoisting cargo i'll and out It is from this pipe that tho small column of smoke is seen to issue.
 The donkey stack is placed sometimes against tho forward inner side of tho big 0tack, sometimes against the after inner side. It may be complete plpe, or it may be formed of iron in the shape of half pipo, with flanges riyetod to the main pipe
 If a single ono of the large boilers were used, as it might be when the ship is in port, it might be connected with the donkey stack, but ill their regular and common arrangement and use the uptakes of all these boilers run into the great chimney, whose whole interior is open, except for the braces running across it to strengthen and support it.
 The chimneys of all largo steamships, however, and of many other steam yes. sells as we'll arc built double, with an inner and an outer shell, with space between vaaying according to the size of the vessel. It may be from five to ten inches. The primary purpose of this chamber around the smokestack is to afford ventilation for the engine room and the stokehole In at least one mod ern passenger ship ventilating pipes from the passenger quarters have been carried to these chambers. Incidentally the space between the shells helps to keep tho stack slightly, for thus con- strueted tho chimney is cooler on the outside than it would otherwise be, and go it holds paint the ter.--New York eun.
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OritorIcaI,

The Pine Bluff oratorical associa- tionspromises to render one 5of the most interesting programs Tuesday evening that it's friends have ever enjoyed.
 Fir program will be an address by Rev. c. W. Daniels to the members of the association.
 Then the following program will be rendered: Debate-"R Resolved, That the us. shonld adopt a policy of territorial expansion"
 Mr. E. J. Kerwin and Marvin Holderness will represent the affirm atiye while H. K. Toney and B. J. Altheimer will represent the mega tive.
 The public is invited.
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WHAT THE BAND PLAYED.
An Exciting Dinner Table Episode on an
 Atlantic Liner.

An Exciting Dinner Table Episode on en
 Atlantic Llner.
 An instance of what it calls "trans. atlantic courtesy" is related by Le Gau. lois of Paris. One of the greatest singers of France, q woman whom it says every body will at once identify on mo- ment'G consideration, was returning from New fork on one of the German liners. One evening, glancing at the programme of the concert that was to Do played at dinner, she saw the an nounoement of d tli9nphal march ceIe. brating the German victory of 1871.
 am sure, she said to fellow eountryman sitting near, "that this is not intended as discourtesy to us, but l don't carel I'm too much of patriot not to express my disapproval of It in my own way when they begin to play this piece. Wait and see. "
 Tho captain, having caught the gist of these remarks and noticing the great artists agitation, glanced at the pro- gramme to sec what caused it; then, without showing any surprise, he spoke to one of the walters in low tone.
 At the moment when the German tri- umphal march was due to begin the French singer, who could hardly con- trol her agitation, prepared to leave the table. The first chord was played, the artist arose and stood, pale, agitated, amazed. while tho officers and other passengers also got up and smiled sym pathetioally at her. And the band play cd "The Marseiilaise p'
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TRADE IN THE PINE
 BLUFF MARKET
AS Compiled Fly R. q. Dunn & Co.-The
 Outlook Is Encouraging

Wholesale trade in the grocery line for this week Is good. collections fair
 Wholesale grain light and inactive and not as good as the same week last year. the reason for the decrease being the unusually fine yield of corn oats and peas in this immediate sec ton and dealers do not look for q large trade in this line until the yield Is exhausted. The demand for flour fair. Collections have been satisfac- troy and but few extensions being asked
 Wholesale dry goods is fairly ac- tive, fall orders beginning to come i'll. Collections fair.
 Hardware shows a agradual streng- tn as compared with the past week. Collections fair.
 Money Is plentiful and ample. Legitimate demand not excessive for this season of the year. Demand is about same as corresponding week in last year.
 Retail trade in all lines only fair.
 The outlook is encouraging. There seems 70 be chain of confidence ex- pressed as to the fall business that reaches from the jobber to the con sumer and is giving healthy tone in all lines.
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SAVING GRACE OF A HOBBY.
It kevives Hope and Enthusiasm and
 Makes Life Worth Living.


 A priceless thing Is q hobby. The daily tasks by which hosts of women support life are favorless, barren, al- most hopeless To such ones n hobby may offer the dearest hopes of ultimate freedom from the unwelcome daily task. 1t will at any rate serve to entertain and give point and flavor to an other wise blank existence,' is tha position taken by Carrie E. Garrett discussing Woman's Dreams and Hobbies" in The Woman's Home Companion.
 Hobbies have the power to concen- trate and absorb the scattered energies which might otherwise be expended in purposeless fiirtations, building super- huous bonnets, reading cheap sensations. gossiping away precious moments, pick ing out our friends foibles, dissecting our own emotions and wishing vaguely for everything which is attainable. If the hobby did nothing else but prevent these frivolities, it would be q boon to humanity.
 Man found out the value of hobbies long ago. Almost every man who is good for anything has purpose which he thinks is quite the most magnificent one which man could pursue. It is no matter whether it is lawmaking, pill. making or shoemaking, he pursues it with absorbing enthusiasm and strives to make the best laws or pills or shoes las tho case may be) to be found any. where
 Woman nas found that 1t is noe enough to merely look pretty; that love cannot be her whole existence' (the poet to the contrary otwithstanding), and that even with the richest plenitude or gowns, jewels and enjoyments life still needs purpose. If it is at all a respectable purpose and pursued with general zeal, it cannot fail to thrive and increase and bear fruit"
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Money to Loan.

Money to be made.-The American B. and l.. association, of Little Rock, Ark represented in Pine Bluff by F. M. Smith, of Smith &s Owen, are Of fering as an investment three classes of stock, to-wit:
 $1 ,00n-Class 4, at $10 per month, estimated to mature in 66 months.
 $1, ,000-Class B, at $7 per month, estimated to mature in S4 months.
 $1 ,000-Class c. at $5 per month, estimated to mature In l0S months
 There is no better savings bank than substantial institution like this one. A young man working at small salary can lay aside a por- tion of his salary In the building and loan association each month, which draws an interest and accumulates value that would not be, had he deposited the same in bank. This time after l2 months with a fair in- terest.
 The rate of interest is more the older the stock. They will loan D per cent. of the value of the stock at any time without any additional security. They will loan in stock oyer three months old its face value, with good approved city real estate For information call and see Mir. F. NJ. Smith.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-12

What has happened? By it's rest1essness the body yyas asserting its need of moro oxygen. Nc~ you have given it what 1t so emphss; ie34lIy astsed for and it is quiet. We get as much uneasinoss and disturbance from the wait of this food as when we do net eat ene6gh. only tho symptoms are not so well understood nor recognized SO quickly Always keep your mouth closed and breathe through your nose Then the air is warmed, slightly moistenod and largely freed from particles of dust, so that when it enters the lungs it does not irritate them.
 A condition often met with by phy- sicians is an@mia. III this trouble the patient is pale, lifeless looking, tired and generally used up, often without being able to tell distinctly how she does feel. Sometimes these patients say that they have not enough blood. It is really only an clement of the blood which is wanting, but that IS a very important one-namely, the red blood corpuscle.
 When you know that it is only those corpuscles which have tho power to take up and carry oxygen, you see at once how important it is that the blood should not be lacking ill them. Good, wholesome food, plenty of 1t and well aigested will give you the eorpuscles. Furnish them with the oxygen and the body will have an important element
 award health. What to Eat
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low TO COOK PossuM.
,x One of the Most skiifful oppos snm Chefs In the World.

by One of the Most skiiffu1 Oppo%-
 sum Chefs In the World.
 nearo's juicy appreciation of pos
 meat was we'll illustrated upon a
 occasion when a lady with whom barrator Is acquainted paid a visit New Orleans. She told him the
 She was walking down Chartres
 early one morning, intending to # the celebrated French market of Grescent City, and on her way she
 very old colored man coming
 the opposite direction, evidently v the market, as he was carrying in $hand possum and i'll the other H split wooden basket of sweet po-
 The old mans face was beam Fith good nature and wreathed in des of anticipatory pleasure. He look 8 joyously into the face of the lady Eshe, too, could not help but smile I'm, whereupon he held the possum SIoft and said, "Good eatin, missy, 51 51eatin." She stopped for q moment, |fsd at the childlike, happy face of 6Epld negro and said, "So you like bm, do you?"
 like possnm. ria-yi ] loves pos- I Dare ain [ no e.t,.ii IiiSe possun. possum am good, but dc gravy T sweet potatoes Is better. Did you 4F eat possum, missy? Den you ID know what good eatin was. But l<be you all wouldn't know how to & Mir. Possum, fur dar's ebbyt'ing |@ know how ''
 Well, then, tell me how you cook N she said.
 he old man set the possum and po- los down on the pavement, or, as 8 call it in Now Orleans, the "ban- H and with look of earnest con- 6kation began with: "Now, don't Nneyer forget jest what I'ze gwine to ' you about how to cook de possum. " de fust ting you does is to get M possum. Dat may be easy fur you ! but tain fur me--dat is, always. El den, when you's dun got your &nm you skins him fust. Den you
 him into de pot with cold water *put de pot over hot fire, an den
 parbiles him-net too mueh-fur doan't want to lose any of his nice Ieet fat. Den you takes him out of dc Inn you dries him ill a clean towel. & you puts him into big fryin pan.
 you scrapes de skin off your sweet toes all you puts dem into de same U with MT. Pessum. Den you has
 stove red, an den you puts dc pan possum an potatoes into de oven Zen go away fur a little while, but too long.
 Den when you comes back you puts
 little hot water, an den you begins Pastes de possum an de sweet pota-
 an you keeps on a-bastin an a-bast- lll de possum is good brown
 llke my color-an de sweet potatoes
 Y an juicy an de gravy is almost
 an plenty of it. Den you takes it pf de oven, an den you sots de table, en-well, den you bars de doors, pe smell of cooked possum gees A
 ways, an when you have only one
 pm you doan't want much com
 besides yourself. D
 Pw' there is your recipe for cooking
 nm and given by probably one of pest chefs for that dish i'll the world,
 llladelphia Times.
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that the conductor was getting mad. He tried to say something, but only spluttered.
 "oh, it's all rightP' tho man with the paper hastened to explain. "No in tentlon to offend, you know. I only wanted to make sure.'
 Then no swung off tho car, and when he reached home his wife detected traces of faint smile on his face. -Philadel- phia Times
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BREATHE PURE AIR.
The Necessity For Filling the Lungs aa
 Each Inhalation.

The Necessity For Filling the Lungs ss
 Each Inhalation.
 Breathe pure air always. In the lungs most important physiological process occurs It is from here that the blood laden with oxygen is sent to all parts of the body, giving off along it's course it's oxygen and taking up carbopic acid gas, which it brings at last to the lungs, when it is cast out i'll expiration. More oxygen is taken ill by inspiration and the same process is repeated.
 So let your breathing be full and deep, going to the very bottom of the lungs in order that all of the blood in them may receive its full amount of oxygen before again starting upon it's tour of distribution through the body. Can one use any more foreible argument i'll favor of loose clothing than this? It is abso- lutely impossible to secure plenty of oxygen if the clothing is worn at all tight, and oxygen is a food which the body must have always in abundance to keep well.
 The air leaving the lungs is laden with that deadly poison carbonic acid gas, which If given off in a close room when no provision is made for it's escape and the entrance of pure air soon renders the air utterly unfit to breathe. Perhaps some night you will find yourself un- able to sleep and tumble restlessly about in bed. When this occurs, go to an open window and inhale the fresh air, breath ing slowly and deeply. A few minutes of this and you can return to bed and probably will soon be sleeping quietly.
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'sAsai '41sgses

'faAst9i' '4r9gs eaF fssss sssszazssss3 return, saying they had orders from the man of the house to get the laun- dry. Our customers will confer a great favor if they will no tice our wagons, which read
 AMERICAN. EXCEL sIoR LAUNDRY Co.
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Notice.

The American Excelsior Laundry Company hns been imposed upon by agents of other laundries in this city going to the houses of our transformers and telling them that they are work ing for us and if not believed in this statement they will go away and
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DIED,

SHoUP-At Ladd Ark. Sept 12th 1898. The daughter of Mir. and Mrs. W. A. Shoup, age II years.
 The deceased was only i'll few hours and died early this morning of congestion. The bereaved family have the heartfelt sympathy of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-09-12

and sloe leaves, and the leaves of white thorn and blaekthorn, out of which to make tea. So it is evident that there are teas and teas Nov York Sun.
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The public is in vited.

A STRONG NATION is made up of strong men and healthy women, and health and strength are sivon by Hood's Sarsaparilla, American s Greatest Medicine. Get only Hoods. Hoods Pills are the only pills to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Easy and yet efficient.
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The.

Graphic in their bereavement. Tn funeral takes place from the famil residence at Ladd's at 9:3O a. m Tuesday,
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It's the New Broom That Sweeps Clean.
 Tho one thing in which we don't value experience is broom. Rostop Transcript.
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 His Beginning.

The wild young man decides to settle down and become serious. To begin hiA seform he has counted up his debts and found the total l45, francs 35 cen sfnes.
 What are you going to do about itp'' aaked his friend.
 Pay the IT francs and 85 oentimes at once and make arrangements for the rest. "-Gaulois.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-18

too: psinsf. sad shs felt Ionssozs ana
thirsty. Then she began 10 cry.
Some one came gently In and bent
over her
MY foot hurts" sobbed Dolly.
in Moment q soft. warm hand IN
did the fastening Of the shoe. turned the
hot pillow. and put cool. sweet drink
20 her lips.
That is good. said Dolly. "bu, nam
ma always sings 70 me-"
Angels watch when children sleep"
sang the very sweetest voice Dolly had
ever heard.
when the song was finished Dolly
stretched out her hand and whispered:
Who are YOU"
only Aunt Martha's Lottie." was the
answer.
Please. Lottie. kiss me. and forget
how naughty / have been" said Dolly.
TO be sure. honey" answered the
colored woman
The next morning Mark was aston
ished 10 see Dolly enter the breakfast
room clinging TO Lottie's large. dark
hands. and for the remainder OF her
stay the little girl did her best 10 make
Loitie forget her foolish conduct.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-18
or a few months and take my note for

Tor Few months and take my note for
this amount" The old mans eyes
~efe hlled with tears. He could not
Deg. yet here was man who could
help him to a sufficient income 20 end
MS days beyond the Cravings Of hun
ger and want >yould he grant the re-
quest! Millionaire stratton sat for a
lew minutes lost IN thought Finally
ne answered: "Mr Tabor. I have at
present such drains upon my income
that ! cannot help you. am sorry.
but Il Is impossible"
Tabor said no more. He returned 10
Ward and told his wife OF the dlsap-
pointing result o, the trip Together
they agreed 10 fight fate as they had
done 10 the past. Next morning Ia
Dor went 10 the mine and worked
hard with plt.. and drill. but his cf-
forts we're too slo@ Il needed ma
chinery and modern methods The
gold was there. but hand work was not
the way TO get H. Yet he worked on.
Several days after his visit TO STRAIT
ton Tabor was Obliged TO visit Den
yer. Some small matters had called
him from his work. Having finished
these. he walked up TO the Brown Ho-
tel and looked into the lobby 70 see
the faces Of any OF his old time friends
who mlga, be there. Hardly had he
stepped inside the door before a white
haired man walked mp to him. I, was
Stratton. who had been informed that
Tabor was likely 10 come to the hotel
that evenlng In fact. Il Is suspected
that the Cripple Creek milllonaire's
agents had something to do with Ia
boris call to Denver. stratton APP
preached Tabor with outstre,ched
hands.
Mr. Tabor" he began. Il am glad
TO see you! In fact. wanted to talk
with you about a little natter which
we discussed last week. / find that
I can very readily let you have the
$4,000 which you asked for. and I
want to say right here that | admire
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-18
Toy. That WIN No, nr..E.

Now that most OF the Christmas toys
are smashed into useless wood and
iron, with here and there a speck Of
paint left many children may well
wish that they had been born In Hol
land. where the toys are unbeatable
There every family OF Importance has
collection Of solid silver toys. which are
used by children. by children's children.
and then by chlldren's children's chill.
dren. through many generations. After
one child has become tired OF a toy. or
has outgrown H. the father and moth
er carefully store Il away. and when
the next child has grown old enough for
Il. bring Il out. give Il a little polish
ing. and Il brings Joy to still another
OF the little ones. Just imagine how
much a child would think OF toys its
mother and father had played with.
Then, too. think OF the keen delight OF
having a doll eat from a real silver
plate and drink from a real silver cup
placed on real silver table. You
could water your flowers from a solid
silver sprlnkling pot and wash your
doll clothes In a sure enough" silver
washtub. ironing them afterwards with
a silver fatiron. Nor are all the TOYS
made for girls There is a real silver
rock'ng horse usually for the boys. a
silver dos, with his kennel even made
OF silver, goat harnessed to cart
that goes, the complete furnishings for
q grocery store. and. indeed. almost
everything boy wants, unless IL ia
skates. It really seems strange that
Santa Claus has not introduced this
custom In America. II would save the
poor old fellow so much trouble, for he
could do the work OF a hundred years
In one visit. Perhaps he has dlscoy-
cred in the young Americans the spirit
Of the little girl who. when the house
was struck by lightning and all the
china and picture fell TO the floor in
one great crash. cried. eagerly, DO %
aden."