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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-15

II was In the mission school and the lesson was
on the temptation OF Christ. The teacher had
spoken Of the dcvrs whisperings OF evil. when one
small girl called out:
Say teacher which enr does he talk intoT'
The same class was asked one day who Abraham
was and the answer came promptly: president Of
the United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-15

Miss Rebecca Lash OF Chelsea Mass. Is proba-
bly, the only person living who knew Paul Revere.
Miss Lash is ninety years old and IN her child.
hood was a playmate OF Harriet Revere. Paul
Revere's granddaughter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-15
TEMPERANCE WORK N JAPAN.

Miss Annie l.. DgGs has been made State Libr'
rian OF Kansas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-15

WAR" SHE DECLARES. rs MURDER on LAR"h
SCALE. AND CAN ONLY DE JUSTIFIED
BY THE uOILEsT MOTIVES"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-11
Mischief Made by q Mn.krat

A little muskrat caused more trouble in Buffalo the other night than is ever known to have been caused by one of the animals. This particular muskraf succeeded in cutting off the electric light supply of nearly the entire city. and it was an hour before the cause of the trouble was located and re- moved. With the exception of an iso- lated district here and there the en- tire town was wrapped in total dark ness, Main street was one long avenue of gloom, broken only by lights in windows by private plants. Everything had been running smoothly at the DOW CT station of the Buffalo General Elee- tric company when the startling dis coYery was made that the water in the boilers and condensers was rapidly going down. An examination of the valve that lets the water in through the. big feed pipe that runs out into Buffalo river was made, but the valve was open as it should be. The valves on the boilers and eondensers were ex- amined, and they were found to be all right too The water in the boilers dropped lower and lower, until finally in order to avoid an explosion, 1t was found necessary to bank the fires. ant shut off the draughts. This done, tbe dynamos no longer supplied currenf for the lamps, an6 the lights went out The trouble man gas called to the sta tion. He quickly located the troubl, in the feed pipe It was cut, and aftej some fishing a<ound he dragged 1; mUskrat out of tde plpe and droppet 1t on the fgar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-11
The Earliest Journal

The oldest newspaper in the world is not, as is generally stated, the thou sand-year7olds Kin Pan, of Pekin. but the TsingPao. or Pelzin News, which was first published more than 300 years before the Norman conquest, and which has been published without in termission for nearly 1,400 years.
 The Tsing-Pao has the appearance of yelloWbaclSed magazine of twen- ty-four octave pages, each page con sisting of seven columns, and each column consisting of seven .scharac- ters." Two editions are published-an edition ae luxe for the Court and the upper classes in China, at a cost of 24 cents per month; and an edition, inferior in paper and printing. which costs 16 cents a. month.
 The Tsing Pao is the Times of China and chronicles the wealth and move ments of the Emperor, the life at Court, and tue reports of Ministers. It is painfully significant that every error in printing the latter is punished with death.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-11

THE AIIssEs BELL, 7s Fafh Ave. New York cisT' The Misses BslrsgCompIexion Tonic Comp exioh Soal Skin Food and Depo are forsale bysall Druggists
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-11
colnnensation for Aocialonts-

A new law adopted in Italy requires that every employer shall, at his own cost, provide for his workmen com pensation for all accidents the conse- quences of which last more than five days. The compensation under the law la as follows: If there shall result from the accident disablenent of a complete and permanent nature the compensation shall be an amount equivalent 10 five times the mans yearly wages. but in any case not less than $500 This amount is, as a rule, to be invested in life annuity for the benefit of the injured workman.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-11
THE SULTANA WRECK
BONES OF THE VICTIMS RECENTLY ex- POSED BY THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

In April. 1865 Her Boilers Burst and 1.5o0
 Union Soldiers We're Killed or Drowned
 -River Has Now Undermined the Crave
 yard Where Recovered Bodies Laid.
 The boat lay in this port for several hours discharging a cargo of molasses. and started up the river early on the morning of the 27th. She had pro ceeded about six miles, being opposite Hen and Chicken Island, when, with out any warning whatever her boilers burst, her hog chains parted and the shattered wreck caught fire As many as l.500 soldiers were killed or drowned as a result of the accident, and for four days dozens of floaters were cap tured every hour or so.
 Many bodies were recovered near the scene of the wreck. and these were buried at Mound City. At that time the people in this vicinity cared prec- ious little for Yankee soldiers, though they gave them a decent burial. No tombstones were erected, however, and the graves were not kept green.
 When the Sultana's victims were buried at Mound City the impromptu graveyard in which their last sleep was to be slept was far from the rivers bank, but the Mississippi, seemingly with a fiendish desire to claim the bones of these victims for her waters 10 ripple over, as they have rippled over for years the bones Of other vic tims of the same catastrophe, has gradually worn away the ground until now she sweeps by the graveyard with steady, sullen murmur, and bones and ghastly skulls look down on the water from where they lie, few feet away
 The wreck of the steamer Sultana, which occurred on April 27, 1865, and which sent a shudder over the entire length and breadth of this land, has been recalled by the action of the Mis- sissippi river, on whose broad bosom the catastrophe took place, and in whose cold embrace hundreds of sol- diers went down to rise no more.
 The Sultana was a very large Missis- sippi River packet, which was engaged by the Unired States Government as soon as the Civil War was ended, to convey Federal troops from the far South to their homes The steamer took on a large number of troops at Vieksburg and took on several other smaller attachments on the way up When she arrived here, on April 26 she had 2,300 Federal soldiers aboard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-11
CAROLINE ISLANDS.
POSSESSIONS OF SPAIN WHERE PER,
 RITUAL SUMMER REIGNs.


 They stretch About o0o Miles From East
 to West = Thermometers Rarely Goes
 Above 90 Degrees-.she Natives Are Semi
 sayaees and warliise.
 If the United States should obtain control of the Philippine Islands, it would then be only question of short while until t.Ie Caroline Islands pass into American rule. The Caroline Islands over which Spain now holds sovereignty, stretch about 2,000 miles from east to west, and though near to the equator, and il climate of per petual summer. the thermometer ranges from n degrees to ST degrees through the year Within the group there are five islands, of basaltie form ation some of them having high noun tains from 2,000 to 5000 feet high. These are Kusaie, Ponape Ruk Yap and Pelew. Kusaic and Ponape have been called the Gems of the Pacific For over thirty years the micronesian mission has fiourished in the islands, island after island having been visited by Christian teachers, and no one ever visiting there, ever saw any sign or ever had the remotest thought that any European nation claimed sovereignty there. There were no Spaniards on the islands, no Spanish vessels in the waters. The natives were absolutely independent and their chiefs were not even asked to recognize any authority outside of their islands. The Caroline Islanders are elaborately tatooed, but their clothing is of the slightest The characteristics vary somewhat on the various islands hut most of the people are savage and werlike While not noted for canpibalism, it is said that on some of the islands there is not an adult who has not tasted human flesh In 1888 more than thirty different is lands were occupied by native Chris tian teachers trained under American missionaries; the people were Chris fianized; liquor and tobacco were ban fshed from the islands and "the Ten Commandments" became a code of laws. There were established forty seven churches, with 4,500 members and fifteen native pastors. Such was tine condition of the islands in 1888 un- fl a question of territorial rights was disputed by the European powers be cause of Spain's enforcement of her claim Of sovereignty. The matter in dispute was referred to the pope for ar bitration who in his discussion gave the Marshall Islands to Germany. the Caroline Islands to Spain, and the Gil- bert Group to England After that Spanish governor, Six Roman Catholic priests and fifty Spanish soldiers were sent to Ponape. Since then no Amerf- can missionary has been allowed to remain at Ponape. The Micrenesian missionary boat has been forbidden to touch at any point of the islands ex- eept at the Spanish harbor. Recently. after years of delay, the Spanish gov ernment has paid $17,500 for the Amer iean mission property destroyed. Spanish vessels seldom appear in the Ruk archipelago or at Kusafe and they have no difficulty on these islands.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-11
Other Lands Than ours.

Russia is busy at the west as well as at the east. She is improving her harbor at Nladivostock and taking pog- session of Port Arthur and TaIien-Wan and completing Der great railroad thither. At the same time she is push ing toward the Atlantic ocean, too. and preparing to establish a great iee-free port thereon We have hitherto told Of the renaissance of Archangel and the opening of a railrcad connecting that ancient city directly with Moscow ana all Russia. That is an important step. But it is not enough. For Arehangal is near the inner end of the White sea. and that sea opens into the Arctic ocean. What is wanted is a port on the Atlantic or at least on the Arctic, near the Atlantic, and that is exactly what Russia is now endeavcring to secure. The first step is the opening, or reopen ing, of the old port of Kola. That is on the Murmanian coast, well up to- ward the Norwegian frontier. At that point the Arctic ocean is practically always nayigable, instead of being for months ehoked up with ice, as Is the White sea at Archangel. And it is 800 miles nearer the Atlantic than is Arch angel. It has the disadvantage of be- ing much further away from Moscow and St. Petersburg, and not connected with them by river or railroad. But the enterprise that runs a railroad across Siberia can be trusted to build one across Finland and Lapland Large appropriations have been made from the imperial treasury for the improve nent of the port of Kola, or rather of Ekaterina, a little lower down on the river, and that place will doubt less soon become considerable center of commerce.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-11
short Sight.

Short sight is very prevalent in cit ies and countries where education is more highly developed; in rural dis tricts and villages it is rarely mes with. and among unedueated people and sayages it is practically unknown. The inhabitants of towns and cities have their vision limited by their sur roundings, and seldom exercise their sight at long distances. They are also much more given to reading and visit ing, so that their children are there fore more liable to acquire that defect and the grown-up people transmit fhe tendency to it. Apart from other req sons for it's requirement there will al- ways be found among children I great CT percentage of short sight, and worse degrees of the defect in chose schools where the desks are low and uaslita- ble, and the light bad thus neeessitat- ing much more stooping than in these where these things are arranged in ae- eordance with common sense. The percentage of short sight in village schools is small, in higher educational estaDushmehls It iS great, and lu tho universities and colleges is very great. In some parts of Germany, where the writer has lived and spent his youthful years in college, there are 50 per cent of the population troubled with short sight; so that it seems that in a few generations the whole country will be- come short sighted if the present rate of increase of the defect be maintained Fortunately for the human race, sci ence generally finds remedy when the necessity for it arises, and as the defect increased of late years, so also has the knowledge of how to combat t. There never need be a case of short sight fl parents and teachers should apply to children before the defect IS acquired those regulations that have to be observed afterwards.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-11
Circumstances After Casas

Circumstances are still much in the habit of altering cases. It is said that q Yorkshire Socialist was explaining to friend the principles of his belief, and he made the statement at the outset that all possessions should be shared equally.
 If you had two horses, said the friend, would you give me one?"
 "Of course" said the Socialist.
 'fAnd II you had two cows, would you do the same?"
 'Of course l should"
 Well suppose now" said the friend slowly, that you had two pigs, would you give me one of them?'
 Ell! thais gettin' ower near home. 7 said the other slyly. "Tha knows Eve two pigs
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-11
Arnund Mf. Rninier.

This mountain is the grandest in the United States. It is more than 15 .000 feet high, is covered with ice and snow. has beautiful parks and noble forests at it's base, and is much freqaented by camping parties, tourists and mountain climbers
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-12-11
An Unterrified Girl

A lovely girl was caught by her aunt while indulging in a surreptitious cigarette. af
 My dear" said the mortified aunt, do you know that every time you smoke one of those beastly things you drive a nail in your coff1n?'''
 No. auntie, aeor, ' said the lovely girl, .yqu are goa. \ woman cant driTeln slais. 46ff
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
ON THE RACE TRACK.
ll..T ..3,lI-. Churchill Results

Louisville, May 12.-Weather good, track fast at Churchill Downs.
 First Race--Five furlongs. Spirdtuelle, 11t O1ilD, to 1, won; Chimura, 110 (Matthewsl. 6 to l, second; Syria, 1o5 tBarretD. IS to l, third Time, 1:04A. sr4es4 tia
 Second Race-One mile Frank Thomp- son, 1o3 (Hiii), g. to 10, won; Forte, 115 (Mar- tin, to I, second; Banished, 115 (Beau- champ. to 10, third. Time. 1:4S1s.
 Third Race-Sellng, four furlongs. Cam brian. 11o. CMartina. I to D.. won: Flavius, 9s (Knight), 15 to l, second; Hard Knot, 1Od (Matthews), 12 to 1.9third. Time, O5Oh
 Fourth Race-Mademoiselle stakes, $l ,25O seven furlongs.s Urada, III .(Martin), to l, won; Ollie Dixon, s5. CCrowhursD, B to 1O second; Eleanor Holmes, g (Dupee), g to B. third. Time, 1:31ia.
 Fifth Race--A mile and one-sixteenth, selling. Paul Kauvar, 113 Oxnapp), to l. won; Kitty B., 112 (IilD, to 1. second; Oxnard, 99 (Powers), IS to 5, third. Time, 1:51.
 Sixth Race-Six furlongs, selling. Motilla 1O1 (NutD, to l, won; Southern Spy, 1O1 GIilD, to 1, second; Ada Russell 90 (SouthardD, 10 to l, third. Time, 1:17A.
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
REAL ESTATE BARGAINS,

g, ,15O. one-half cash, nice corner residonoa seven rooms, modern Improvements. stb avenue and 17th street.
 $600 one-third cash, fine lot 5Ox240 two room house sth avenue between 16th and 17th streets.
 s1.400, one-fourth cash, fifteen room hotel on Spring street, Avondale, near cotton mills.
 Two new houses on 11th avenue soutb large lots. small cash payment, balance to suit.
 Double lot with nice cottage 11th avenue and 17th street.
 $2,600, lot 50x190, 9th avenue between 2ad and 24th streets, north good cottage and alley houses
 $l,2c0, one-fourth cash, balance monthly. five room cottage. four room alley houses, Avenue between 18th and 16th streets. Rented at $14 per month.
 $500, four ooom cottage North Highlands, one-fourth cash, balance easy.
 CHICHESTER X YANCEY 2-11-tu. fri &we. 2009 First Avenue.
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
GRAIN ELEVATOR
 DESTROYED The Loss Will Run Over a MIL
 lion Dollars. PROPERTY OF PHIL ARMOUR .NeighbOring Lumber Yards Caught and Train Loads Already Burning We're Pulled
 by Switch Engines From
 the Sea of Fire.
PROPERTY OF PHIL ARMOUR

Chicago, May 12-Grain elevator "D," be- longing to tho Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad, was destroyed by fire this afternoon. The loss on the building and contents will aggregate about s1 100000. The elevator contained 1,i15,0Oo bushels of grain. valued at sssO,O0o, the property of P. b. Armour. The grain was fully insured.
 The cupola of the elevator fell in within a half hour after the flames were discov- cred, and after that the fire department rapidly lost control. Under the influence of a strong wind the flames began to spread in every direction. and seized on the huge piles of lumber in half dozen lumber yards within a few squares of the elevator.
 The Lord & Bushnell Lumber company was the first concern whose property was set fire from the elevator. The lumber yard of D. s. Tate & Co. was next destroyed, and forty freight cars on their sldetracks were consumed with the contents of 6nish- ed lumber.
 The yard of Arthur Gouslcy & Co. caught fire, but quick work on the part of the firemen headed off the flames in this dfrec. tion
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
It Was n Struggling Match

Mobile. May 12.uThe9 game this after noon resolved itself into a slugging match, of which Augusta got far and away the best. Mobile made rally in the eighth inning but the visitors were too far ahead. Manager Kelly will leave tonight for Texas to sign new players for the club:
 R.H. p. Augusta.... .....,.... 0075230O 3-20 22 I Mobie.... ..... .... 0 02 1-12 II D Batteries Bailey and Armstrong; Hecht, Lipp and Cassibon. sisask&
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
Morris Results

New York. May l2-The chief attraction today at Morris park was the Toboggan handicap, which Octagon won by length and half.
 First Race-Six furlongs. Mir. Bailer (Sloan), even, won; Swiftmas, second; Dam forth, third Time, Ills.
 Second Race-One mile, selling. Damien tSloan). won; Johnny, second; High Ho, third. Time, 1:36.
 Third Race-Five furlongs, Bouquet stakes, selling. King Don Qsamle), 8 to 1, won; Grafton. second; Rouncello, third. Time, 1:04. -
 Fourth Race-Six furlongs, Toboggan handicap Octagon (Simms), 5 to 1, won; Irish Reel, second; Cleophus, third. Time, 1:15A
 Fifth Race-Four furlongs. Tender Ma her, to 1. won; Ornamental. second; Lady Dora third. Time, s:50.
 Sixth Race-One mile The Huguenot (Spencer). to l. won; storm King, sec ond; The Manxman. third. Time. 1:421z.
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
Charleston Won Again

Montgomery May 12,-charleston won ten inning game here today. Manager Boyer of the Charleston club was ordered off the field for talking back to the umpire from the bench.
 R.HE. Montgomery. :. :. 00 00200-s 5 3 Charleston. .. 70 000O200114 ' 2 Batteries-Whisner and Locke: Heiberger and Steelman.
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
orr FOR NEW ORLEANS.
Track Team of the Birmingham Athletic Club
 LestFesserdaY Afternoon.
,ks .- .',ES, ..s.......::.. 2.

Sid B. Jones. who is tosertAr several of the track spd 1ield events, and Joe Riddle. who Is to fnter the chandpl lonship bicycle race of thd 1mateur Athletic Union games in New QEeans tomorrow, left yesterday afternoon Tor that city, aa Accompanied by Professorl 1 I71rry s1iifSS Nh6 win be their
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
FOR SALE.

Lots from $50 to 5000, on terms to suit purchaser. Residences from $500 to $15,000 payable monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or an- nually, or can have choice of paying all cash. Farming and mineral lands
 FOR RENT. U3 Ninth avenue, broom cottage. 2e31a south Twentieth street, Groom fiat. 1900 Avenue B, broom house and bath 2109 Seventh avenue, north; furnished. 920 south Fifteenth street, S-rooms and bath. 525 south Twenty-sixth street, Groom dwelling.
 ". N. MALONE & CO, E
 2017 First Avenue.
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
FOR SALE

g, 800, 50x190 well improved Avenue F and 21st street. Renting for $444 per annum $2,500, good corner, with five houses in one block of ice factory, renting for $4S0 Der annum.
 $3 750, good S-room house, all modern con- veniences, 5th avenue and 24th street, on full sized lot.
 We also have for sale nice houses and vacant lots in all parts of city and suburbs and parties wishing to rent or buy will do well to call on us
 MCCONNELL & WHATLEY
 IF Fist street, phone 46.
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
MUST BE SOLD.

s-room residence. all modern conven. fences; 6 feet front; 74 North 17th street House cost N.5oo to build. Price ss.5O0 VIII carry s2,0o0. Apply at once.
 w. B. LEEDY 6 CO,
The age-herald., 1898-05-13

We have heard it claimed that in addi- tion to excelling in almost every other par ticular, the Smith Premier spells more cor rectiy than any other machine. Now we do not quite claim that but we are pre- pared to prove that it is the best typewriter made and will bring more happiness to it's user than any other. Perfect alignment, always ready. Come and examine it and see for yourself.
 A. R. DEARBORN & CO, General Agents. 1921 First Avenue. sun-dew-fri-tf
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
Do You Want a HomeC On Eleventh Aver ue :

I will sell to any desirable family a beautiful brand new home, with all mod ern conveniences, upon a cash payment of $250. and s25 per month. What you are now paying in the way of rent for dilap- idated house will in few years buy a new home. Thirty odd families have bought under this plan who now own their own homes, free of debt. I GIVE AN ABSOLUTE DEED TO THE HOME. Houses now ready for occupancy. In sub stance. if you can make the cash and monthly payments, it is decidedly in your interest to call on
 D. N CULLOM,
 .2007 First ava
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
Full stock of Isiands

From the Detroit Free Press
 Any European nation desiring anything in the island line after the present unpleasant ness Is over should address the United States state department-island bureau.
The age-herald., 1898-05-13

ABSTRACT co.
 Alabama Abstract Co.,, 20N 1st Ave. BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS. l. Smith & Montgomery Book & Stay Co. Lyman x Stone, 2012 1st Ave. w. H. Owings, 2105 2d Ave. BICYCLE DEALERS.
 Riddle, Ledbetter Cycle Co.,. 321-23 2oth St. BARRIERS.
 Fred Schiling, 1918 1st Ave. N. Taccone, 109 18th St. Haircut, Shave and Shine 25c, N. 2Oth St. CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
 Florence Cigar Store, Florence Hotel, box
 trade speciality. Monarch Tobacco Co.,, 209 20th St. Eureka Cigar Store. 105 20th St. CEMETERIES. The Erswell Co., 112 18th St. CLOTHING & GENTS FURNISHINGS. M. Well & Bro. .e J. Friedman X Co.,. 1908 1st Ave. DRUGS.
 J..L.. Parker. 1913 1st Ave. Wilmington & Lynch. 1906 1st Ave. FURNITURE.
 H. Herzfeld, 113-115 18th St.
 J. W. Trigg,s PIP 2d Awe.
 Ben M Jacobs & Bros. FISH AND GAME. T Birmingham Fish Co.,, 2eS-10 20th St. HOTELS. Grand Central. 2Oth St. =,
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
Must Be Fierce to Suit Him

From the Atchison Globe.
 When boy gets hold of bulldog. he wants it to be mean and resents the eff forts of his sisters to spoil it's disposition by pettiag 1t.
The age-herald., 1898-05-13

Birmingham. :. .. ..Oo20oooo1- 3 Savannah. .. :. :. .. 40-l3 Summary: Stolen bases-Haller, Dowie, 2; Devinney. l. rfs iH Heaa.4 n
 Two-base hts-Knox, Weikert.
 Three-base hits--LaPorte, yeitch, Huston. Weikert.
 Home runs-Meaney, Piper.
 Double plays-Gilligan to Montgomery to Haller.
 Struck out-By willig. ?; by Noiand, l; by Stultz, 3.
 Hit by pitoher-Huston. Bases on balls-By Willig, ?; Stultz, 0. Wild pftch-Noiand,
 Time of game, one hour and thirty min utes. s'its'i-i.e s''
 Umpire -Mahoney.
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
SPRAYED
SITUATION WAITED
HELP WANTED.

WANTED-Salesman who is now selling eating and Lard Oils for manufacturing trade in Birmingham, and vicinity. Ad- dress Lake Side oil Co.,, Cleveland, O. 5-13-3t
The age-herald., 1898-05-13
Davis Lost the Game

Pittsburg, May 12.rrDayis lost game fol the Pirates in the second inning by drop ping ball thrown to put Hoy out at first Two men scored on the error: