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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-07-21

There were no police court pro- ceedings his morniug, owing to the absence Of Judge Brown, who Is spending Il few days at Stnr City.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-07-21

MT. L. Hiret, prominent Little Rock citizen, is at he TrnIock to- day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-07-21
morning 2 shoot.

Mayor ]. A. Woodson, of Little Rock. came down yesterday to at. tend the gun club shoot.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-07-21
Tenleraro Sails Again.

Assumption, Rasn suay, Julv21.-The Spanish torpe 10 boat Temeraro, which which has been undergoing repairs, left this port, going in the direction of Guy. aba. Brazil
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-07-21

Messrs. 4. H Dougherty, Joe r. Fletcher, eJ. K. Wei1bonlt and Jf1af Nj. Pemberton, of Little Rock. are attending [ he gun elnb shoot tolay.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-07-21

feeteo 5oaay--aIl rom alAess rlSin from lack of food.
 There is na yellow fever al g G.nw
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-07-21

Mr. M. II. Patterson. Of Argenta. Is in the city.
The herald., 1898-12-12
Reade's Eccentric English

Read,e's use OF the English language, too,
was eccentric, not to say ludicrous. In "A
Simpleton,' when he wished to signify that
two people turned their backs on each
other in fit of temper, he wrote: They
showed napes" Describing the complex
ion of the Newhaven fshwivcs in Christie
he says 1T is race OF
women that the northern sun peachities in
stead of rosewoodizng." In ''Readiana'
he describes gentleman giving a lunch to
two ladies at railway restaurant as fol-
lows: He souped them, he tough-chick-
ened them, he branded and cochinealed
one, and he branded and, burnt-sugared the
other" brandy and cochineal, and brandy
and burnt sugar being Reade's euphemisms
for port and sherry, respectively While
ne was preparing his series of articles on
Old Testament characters he read what he
had written to John Coleman on one occa
sion, and came to this startling passage in
his argument:
"Having now arrived at this conclusion,
we must 90 the whole hog or none"
Coleman objected to this phrase.
"You don't like the hog ] see," said
Reade. ''Well, it's a strong figure of
speech, and it's understanded of the peo-
pie; but-yes, you are right; it's scarcely
scriptural-so out it goes"
Magazine.
The herald., 1898-12-12
IN THE PUBLIC EYE
Private SanitAriuu

The popular rating OF the commanders
who figured most prominently IN the recent
war as shown in the naming OF new post
Offices now stands as follows: Dewey, Is;
Schley. 5; Shafter and Sgsbee, each, and
Sampson 3.
Upon his arrival at Manila General Mer-
ritt asked Admiral Dewey how far on the
island his jurisdiction extended. The reply
was: From as close to shore as can move
these hat-irons (the ships) to as far inland as
l can throw a hell.
Forain, the French caricaturist, was re-
Gently asked whether he found depravity
the deeper among the rich or the poor
There is no such thing as depravity,' he
replied with all the disdain he could put
into his voice. 'At the top it is diseased
nerves; at the bottom hunger
Colonel Thomas p. Ochiltree has just
ended his tifty-fourth transatlantic trip.
When he left for England some time ago
ne had to be carried on a stretcher from a
New York hotel to the steamship. He re-
turned to the same hotel too late for a
Thanksgiving dinner, but in fine health and
spirits.
While on his way to Washington last
week Speaker Reed heard two fellow pas
sengers dilate on the duty resting with this
country to diffuse the blessings OF liberty.
WELL" said the Maine man, there are
really people who seem to think that Amer
lea can furnish canned freedom for all the
heathen."
Governor elect Roosevelt of New York,
while on his way to Boston, where he was
billed to deliver lecture, was caught III
the tremendous snowstorm and showed up.
Having been engaged to write a magazine
article, he embraced this opportunity. In
three hours he had dictated it, thus earn
ing $1,000, or slightly over S5.55 per minute
Thomas Ryan, whose discovery of the ia
nous Republic mines in Washington con-
verted poor man into one OF fabulous
wealth, says of the find: Thousands of ex.
perts would have passed the ledge as worth
less, for the quartz is of such peculiar ap-
pearance that not one miner in a million
would have suspected one ounce of gold
could have been found in ton OF the stuff
| didn't at first
Nine. Bernhardt expects to be the hard
est of workers and the greatest of globe
trotters next year. She has engagements in
both the United States and India, to say
nothing of England and France. For her
Oriental trip she is having yacht artistic
ally fitted up for her especial accommoda.
ton. whose captain is to be none other than
Pierre Lott.
Among the officials for the Paris exposi.
tion to be appointed by the president i,
that of master of ceremonies, whose duty
it will be to guard the social etiquette of the
American of ha L.,
ing visiting dignitares and doing The bowling
and scrapIng generally. Major Creighton
Webb OF New York, who is considered tc
be well up in modern social usages, is sup
posed to be the man slated for the place
but 3. Carman Harriott is another candi
date whose friends are very active.
The herald., 1898-12-12
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Military Rule More Honest

The president is anxious to secure "an
ideal civil service" in our other conquered
provinces. To that end he plans to have no
civil service at ALL but a military service.
In the same way, when Indian affairs have
gone to the bad with us and rascals have
been caught plundering the nations wards.
the ready remedy has always been found
in putting army officers in the place OF
civilians. Wherever the need is imperative
for honesty and scrupulous uprightness the
first thought is to put the men OF Annapolis
or West Point in control. Why? How is it
that we can depend implicitly upon the
honor of these men, as we cannot upon that
of any other class of public servants!-New
York World.
The herald., 1898-12-12
Kitchener's Cure for Drunkenness

General Kitchener is a martinez in, the
observation of rules, and is severe in pun
ishments. He comes down rather heavily
on drunkenness, and for this reason has
made himself to certain extent unpopular
with some of his soldiers. Rogers, his
body servant, is a teetotaer, which is an
exceedingly rare thing to find in the ranks
of Tommy Atkins "Kitchener's Cure for
Drunkenness" is a byword among his men,
Once taken it is never forgotten The cul-
prit is logged out in full marching equip
ment, which is a matter Of sixty pounds,
and is then compelled to carry in each hand
bag of shot weighing fifty pounds. A
sergeant and guard are put over the vic
tim to see that he does not stop walking or
drop the shot. A man is sometimes kept
at this "shot drill' for six hours-London
Weekly.
The herald., 1898-12-12

before the railroad developed in the United States
the older states alive with canal enterprises Vast sums
of money expended in waterways
THE NEW for small boats, of usually sixty
CANAL ERA enty tons capacity, propelled by mule
power. When the superiority of railroads
canals fell into dsuse and
great abandoned And threefourth
a century later, when the railway to have almost
perfection, hear of internal canal
prises the United The canals projected how
ever comparative bitches in which grandathrs
enjoyed rapid transit gorgeousy fitted packet boats with
fourhorse propulsion from the towpath.
The great enterprise conceived and executed by Count de
Lesseps the Suez canal the first demonstration of the
utility canals having capacy for the largest vessels The
the attempt pierce
the isthmus Daren in which the great engineer lost fame
disgrace. The feasibility of the Nicaragua canal is
assured and the Suez enterprise warrants the
belief that it would soon be financial success.
Omtng mention of various canal schemes in Europe,
connecting links large bodies OF water,
waterways projected in the United The Chicago
canal whereby connection with the Illinois river
greatly stimulated in similar enterprises elsewhere
project in which Chicago largely interested the
of ship canal connecting Lake Superior and Lake Mich
gan This would long distance of roundabout naviga
ton Another is thought feasible canal
connecting the Ohio river Ptsburg, with Lake
Most important of all projects of this class however
aiming the chain of lakes with the Atlantic
This may become national enterprise like the Mica
raguan canal commission authorized by congress ap
pointed by the president has avoaby reported upon
ticabty There other canal projects stages
of development but enough has been noticed
OF ship canals is likely to arise in the United States,
mighty oak grown from the planted by the grand
fathers OF the present generation
The herald., 1898-12-12
Kipling's Earnings

1t is understood that Mr.. Rudyard Kip
ling is receiving a royalty of two shillings
a copy on his book, "The Days Work." now
selling so briskly. On a circulation of
$4,000 copies this royalty would give the
author a return of $4,000 (s250OO). Add
the value of the serial and American rights,
and Mr.. Kiplings receipts for this volume
would be well over Gl0,000. For collec-
ton of short stories which do not, with per-
haps one exception, even approach Mr..
Kiplng's best work in the past. this pc
cuniary return seems adequate. e.-London
Chronicle
The herald., 1898-12-12
MONDAY. DECEMBER 12. 1895.

feature of the peace negotiation became 1t so wen as
the The crawling of the signatures and the Wild scr
BILE for the pens was the most important,
CONGRESS as well as the udcrous event in
AND THE the whole proceedings of the commission
CORTES NEXT The American commissioners may now re-
turn home, after settling the cost OF the
unke for themselves and their families at the expense
of the United States Spanish commissioners when they
fully recover their daze, will wend their way to Madrid
and in person explain their experience negotators
What next? The peace treaty as signed by the commits
soner only preliminary step in the adjustment OF affairs
between the United and SPAIN The Spanish
cannot territory without approval by the cortes The
United States cannot acquire territory without the sanction OF
congress There will probably be opposition in the cors to
the ratification the treaty and there certainty of
pronounced opposition to it in the United States senate
The interesting question presented the American
side whether opponents of the treaty in the senate will
make determined fight the question of ratification wait
until they have deal with the Philippine question sep
aate issue likely be difference OF opinion this
point Senator Hoa instance has announced emphatica
that he will oppose ratification, the treaty is supposed to
stand Gray avowed opponent of Philippine annex
alton declares purpose armatvey the ground
that he can as well his antiPhppne point later when
question of government arises Some of the mder oppo
nents of Philippine policy hold that standing abroad
REQUIRES the work of the commission shall be ratified
whole because the Philippine feature the only one with
which fault can found that well be handled alter
ward.
The treaty probably be in the hands of the president
within week. and doubt it will be prompey transmitted
the desperate effort will be made by the friends
the administration the requisite twothrs vote
for ratification. The doubling Thomases the Republican
side will whipped in possible, and Democrats will
urged help in cinchng the muchdesred peace. The
peace panorama shifts from the work of the commits
sioners to congress and the cortes.
The herald., 1898-12-12
Stage Morality

Times have changed considerably since the
day, not so very long ago, when the slight
est hint of naughtness was net to be toler-
ated in our stage plays; when tornado OF
deep-blushing Indignation burst over the
heads Of those who first produced Cam
ile' in this country. Since then the erst
offcoor of that play has become as tame
and innocuous as sterilized milk, and
dramatic ginger has grown hot enough /
the mouth to blister it. Where the risque
play will stop on its pornographic path is
rapidly becoming a matter for curious con-
templation.-Boston Herald.
The herald., 1898-12-12
Great Industry Stihed

1t is one of the most extraordinary, II not
the most extraordinary, features OF Ameri-
can legislation that a citizen OF the United
States may import, and paying duty upon it,
unqualifiedly own anything whatsoever, ex-
cept counterfeit money, fraudulent goods
and ships. This combination of absolute
" prohibited articles is both striking and
curious. Our navigation laws were intend
ed, it has been said, to promote shipbuilding,
but they have not done this. All the great
steamships in the transatlantic trade which
have been built in this country during the
last thirty-fve years could be counted on
the ten fingers, with some fingers to spare
Philadelphia Ledger
The herald., 1898-12-12
Co1lanse of the New Republic

The collapse of the effort to form a federal
republic out of the Independent states OF
Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador is not
an unexpected conclusion. This is appar-
Gently due to the absence of spontaneous
public opinion. The government in each
case is a military despotism, qualified only
by the oportunity that is afforded of start
inc revolutions. So far as the common
people are concerned they have no more to
do with the regulation of public affairs
than they would if they We're the subjects
of the CHARLESTON Herald.
The herald., 1898-12-12

81 hardly realize that this is the Los Angeles
visited four years ago. said tourist last week And then
he connued 81 arrived here December
EXPANSION 5, 1894, in pouring rain, which they
IN told the first of the season. !
LOS ANGELES pleased with the place that pro-
longed my stay far longer than I had
planned and in the weeks of it inspected every portion of the
city time and again. The change witness is something
marvellous; as | said, can hardly realize it,
The average citizen of Los Angeles also fails to realize this
transformation of the city but for quite different
Seeing day by day the panorama OF change he
to appreciate the movement of year. of four 1t is
only when stop reflect and send the memory back search
OF pictures of the streets years gone by that get real
izng sense of the citys progress.
When the OF hard times struck the United States few
years nearly every city stunned by the blow. Public
and private improvements checked The sound OF the ham
mer and the saw comparatively unheard In Los Ange
les however there apprecabe change The expansion
OF the city went steadily onward then only noticeable differ
being the erection higher business buildings,
The herald., 1898-12-12
Expansion and the Clergy

Every clergyman is in favor of expansion.
The theological colleges are graduating SO
many preachers every year that the field is
getting crowded, and by sending few to
heather countries every few months the
ranks are thinned, and desirable stations at
home are not surrounded by so many appli.
cants. 1t will not be many weeks until the
church members will be asked to eat oysters
for the heather in the Philippines.-Atchi-
son Globe.
The herald., 1898-12-12

health authorities London much about
impurities the cheap ice sold in the big cities The
tendency London novelties Angeles will not be
stimulated by this of exhibit of the aforesaid goods
There found in this bacillus coli
human hair linen fibre, amophous dirt" Ten other
analyses given generally similar 1t is stated
any purchasers the goods complained about getting
their moneys worth.
The herald., 1898-12-12
Degeneracy in the Senate

Time was when United States senator
was expected to be above supicion, to say
nothing of being above indictment. But
here is man Quay who has been under
suspicion for twenty years and has not even
tried to dspel the cloud of dishonor that
surrounds him. The senate must fall still
lower in the public esteem if it does not
take some notice of this case. If Quay is
permitted to 90 on 'bossing things the
only possible conclusion is that the senate
cannot or will not take care of its own char.
acter.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The herald., 1898-12-12
Boarding the British Lion

The sending of 1900 tons of steel rails
from Sparrows Point, Maryland, to Bombay,
India, by the Maryland Steel company, IS
a further indication of the inroads which
American manufacturers are making in mar
kets heretofore monopolized by Great Brit
ain. The same company has booked an
order for $500 tons of eighty-three pound
steel rails for railroad in Ireland, thus ac-
tually boarding the British lion in his own
dan -Philadalnhia Record.
The herald., 1898-12-12

larger percentage dwellings and better standard of
public improvements
the present Los Angeles has reached point in its
growth places it fully abreast in all the better features
the east 1t thoroughly metropolitan
public improvements and in such corporate
proud another city in the United States
that compare with Los Angeles in the general beauty of
Streets and Notwithstanding its growth modern
city, with those of progressive
cities in the east.
The stranger who makes his initial visit to Los An
impressed by the eastern city air. The appear
the and of the people the streets makes him
forget is city which, less than of years
ago little better than semi -Mexican village The
DISPLAYS windows look like duplicates familiar
New York. Philadelphia, Boston Chicago People
passing the in Dress and gen
appearance The busy hrong the entry and exit shop
pes at the DOORS exchange cash parcels
all make the stranger city forget time
that he is within twenty miles of the Pacific
And now is just entering the busy fortnight of
shopping precedes Christmas this activity the
the will be marked by high tide Christmas
presents be purchased the dweler Los Angeles
does either me loved here those to whom
memory reaches beyond the mountains in halowed
spots of other days Truly Los Angeles metropolitan mar
the twentieth century begins to unfold its leaves
The herald., 1898-12-12
Scandal of the Pension Bureau

Tho plain truth is that the pension bureau
has been worked as a great political ma
chine. Pensions have been allowed for the
purpose of holding the soldier vote. Cor
rupt and rascaly pension agents have be-
seged congress with demands for liberal
pension laws, and have tempted many men
who had no shadow OF right to apply for
n pension in order that the agents might get
their fee. 1t is time that the scandal were
stopped d.-Indanapolis News.
The herald., 1898-12-12

Here is what called succnc statement OF Engands
position regarding the Nicaragua canal f the United
needs canal should make it, while the only concern of Eng
land canal when made should open and avail
able to British warshps and merchant ships freely
those of the United other powers That is to saw
let the United furnish the world
with marine 1t is about time for nce
Sam intimate that he pulling chestnus from the fire
be munched abroad.
The herald., 1898-12-12
True to Its Aspirate

Albany, Ga, has been celebrating ebay
day." at which seven prizes were distrib-
uted for the best hay production on five
acre lots That section of Georgia is
blessed with paper that believes in diver
sified crops and takes ''hogs, hominy and
hay" for a motto.
The herald., 1898-12-12
The Legs as Digestive Organs

Chomel knew what he was talking about
when he said that a man digests as much
with his legs as with his stomach, for we
know that exercise facilitates nutrition, in-
creases the elimination of waste products,
promotes appetite and under proper condi-
tons is an aid to digestion.-Journal of Med
iCine.
The herald., 1898-12-12

1t will easy enough fill the place of Colonel William j.
BRYAN in the armv colonel of his regiment
no qualified garrison duty in Cuba But Colonel
Bryan active for Cuban quetude. If there is
fighting army, there is likely to be prom
isinp opening at home IS approach A. ID. 1900.
The herald., 1898-12-12

That story of the eccentric little planet published in yes
tedays Herald very interesting. The overlapping
orbit with that of Mars would thought suggest the
possibility that the midget might time bump
ruddy and get hurt but the inclination of orbit
safety 1t is queer little fellow surely enough but
approve of the designation given astrono-
They call it Q. 1t would be just well avoid
profanity and call it Q-yery queer
The herald., 1898-12-12

An example of the usefulness of investigating committees
given in report submitted by subcommittee of the
committee commerce. This body was instructed sto in
vestgae the floods in the Mississippi river and make
concentrations for their prevention sc in the future The
is printed volume pages giving the
timony taken together with several maps illustrations
And for all this expense the government gets the owsh
cuson might stated briefly "he thing can't be done
The herald., 1898-12-12


AN fishes, in the current National Review,
UNEXPECTED a very remarkable if not startling ar
WITNESS ticle the effects in India of closing
the mints of that country against the
coinage OF silver If the article portion of which give
below, had appeared less responsible journal than the
National Review its authenticity might well be doubted
Among other things the writer referred to says:
In the Stas have ventured to estimate that the sill
hoardnes the Indian population the very low
est $500O00000 The policy OF the Indian government in
closing the has already deprecated in rupees this i'm
boarding by onethrd In hard times the poor
cuomed to bring out their boards to obtain to tide
them famine other difficulties Ii they do they
find their dsmay that they obtain in rupees only
about twothrds of what they gave for the ornaments The
Indian government tells that unless gold standard is
established will necessary impose heavy additional
taxation Yet in its contenton that if the mnts had
been closed the rupees would be worth only l0 pence
instead of G pence follows that taxation has already been
increased about so per Yet that by the smallest
injury done to India Every individual in that country who
has entered into money contract OF any kind is being de-
pved by action of the government of 80 per cent than
he contracted pay. Through sheer political cowadice the
government is ening the landowners the bankers the
oneyende the the expense the real producers
of India 1t always complaining that the get
ting possession of much of the land of India Yet in the
this the government is adding nearly half
again to the burdens of the whole peasantry of India and
making present amount the very usurers whom
they trying to keep in restraint
Changing the quo-India the United States
and this aragnment of the Indian the ground
of its prescription the coinage of silver becomes deep
significance the friends that metal here Clearly
the editor of the statit has spoken in meeting
force and aptitude than gold monometasts will like
approve 1t would that it not for the fact that
the great army government officials in India desire their
salaries paid in god instead of silver the reopning the
mnts of that country to silver conagae would be forgone
! conclusion.
The herald., 1898-12-12

The students of Princeton college have taken the lead in
a movement to stop hazng In a meeting they passed
resolutions the effect that "hazng in all forms is demor
alzng practice The purpose is highly commendabe but it
pass than will be to curb frocsome
freshmen
The herald., 1898-12-12

trying the multimilon trust combina
tions currently requires considerable vigilance. $5
tobacco trust just announced incorporated under
the jersey Sl0000O00 syndicate and
combination the entire electric business in New York
are
The herald., 1898-12-12

make California Nmrod envious to read about
big Colorado, which rounded up fifteen mountain lions
varied assortment of minor game. There is still
big quapeda game in mountains but the average hunter
rarely bags anything dangerous than jacrabbt
hlr
The herald., 1898-12-12
Allison the Iowa Trimmer

Allison says that he is not in favor Of
issuing interest bearing bonds to retire the
creenbacls, but then there is not often any
thing in the belief of Mr.. Allison that may
not be changed by political PLATFORM
Grand Rapids Democrat.