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The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
Fire Loss s1hoOon

Florence s. c.. Dec. 2O.-Fire Tues
day destroyed the Florence hotel, the
Bank of Florence. the opera, house and
the city hall. These are the principal
business houses in the heart Of the
city. Total loss $50, 900, partly insured
TpON-O7rTTT m oe-,+ C,fe-s-.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
SHELTER STARTS UP.
Lanyon Plant Resumes Work After
Months of Idleness.

Pittsburg, Kan, Dec. 2O.-The w. J.
Layon smelter has started up again
after several months idleness.
Quite a number of the old employees
failed to get their jobs back, by acci-
dent or otherwise.
The fact that this plant has been
started up again is quite encouraging
to business men and merchants. With
the present excellent coal business and
the hundreds of men employed at the
Pittsburg & Gulf shops and the smelter
industry revived, the condition Of bus
mess is most encouraging.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
Mataafa to Be King

Apia, Samoa. Dec. 13. CVia Auckland.
N. Z..) Dec. 20.=The German flag was
hoisted over the court house today as
an official notification of the annexa-
tiOn of the islands, by agreement, to
Germany. The German consul, on
board the Coormoran. was interviewed
by the Samoan chiefs. to whom he said
that the Samoans could have their own
king and chiefs They then Informed
the consul that AIataafa would be Sc
lected. Having declared their govern
Inent established the Aataafaites are
driving the Naletoans out of the villas.
Trouble appears imminent.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
HUNDREDS OF PETITIONS
Being Sent to Senator Mason Urging
Him to Push Boer Resolution.

New York, Dec. 3O.-A special to the
World from Washington says:
Senator Mason, since he made his
speech in favor of extending the sym
pathies of the United States to the
Beers is receiving hundreds of petitions
from citizens all over the United States,
ind0rsing his actions and asking the
United States to offer mediation
He said today that he would present
to congress every petition received with
their thousands of names. and that by
the presentation of these petitions
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
a New National Park.

Raleigh, \. c.. Dec 20.-The state has
chartered the Appalachian National
Park association with headquarters at
Asheville; it is for the promotion and
maintenance by the United States of a
national park and forest preserve in
and among the southern Appalachian
mountains
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20
WHITE GETS 1T.
Appointed Supervisor of Census For
First Kansas District

Washington, Dec. 20.-The President
today sent the following nominations
to the senate: InteriOr-TO be super
visors of census-Andrew J. White,
First district of Kansas.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-20

there is no more to be said It is a sad
and sorry business. and blurs with blood
once more the story of British South
Africa!
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-04

THIS FISH EXHIBITS GRATITUDE.


A physician walking one evening in the
park at Durham. the seat ~ the Earl OF
Stamford and Warrington. came TO pond
whore fish intended for The table kept
temporarily. lie noticed particularly fine
bike Of abnu, six pounds weight, which.
when II observed him iartea hastily away.
Ir doing so 1t struck TIA head against "A ten
Ter hook IN 81 post. placed To prevent poach-
Ing and fractured It's skull, thereby turning
th. orssc nerve on nns side The anguish
e5-ince4 b. the fish appeared horrible. 10
r7Lyhes 10 tire bottom. ana. boring itA head
into the aud whfried itsssif around with
sslrh y9fncity that IL vas almost lost 10
xi,ht for a short interval n then pIunxe1
about the pond and Al length threw itsef
completely o'It az ne watsr on 10 the hank.
The aactor caught the hsh and upon exc
animation found that srnaf portion % the
brain waS crotruAtng from the fracture in
ttis. skull He carefully replaced mis- ana
vyfth = small silver toothpiek raised the
inH.nfea portion II tn skuii. The fish ,e-
-,1aiuef 9Th for snort time ana he then
pat f. again into Ia. pond IL appeared at
nrsI a good deal relieved. but in few
s@erBrfs II again dsrtsd and plunged about
anfii +; threw itself OH, ~ the water see-
md time Again tho Doctor did what no
could "a rsAievs 81. and then replaced II IN
the water. The pike continued for several
-lrr1ee 70 throw Itself out ot the pond. and.
With the asi % the kcepsr. 'ne doctor AZ
,erEtH made kind ~ u@pan snr tho FISH.
which was then i~ft ia the ssond 20 ita fate.
'fyGn making n. appearance n the pond
TIE following morning the pike came Ia ths
e1xe ~. lhe Mater and actually iaf is head
upon ;te pnysicisn's foot. Tn. Doctor
thought <EflA r-4oss extraordinary. hIt ~
~rarutn@l me tlsb's skull acd so{Inf +: go-
fpg GA all right. tie then walked backward
aa1 forward aiouG me edge 0s tho pond for
some tire ard tas hSh continued 80 swim
III. ayst down turning whichever he turned.
tsaf i,e9us hilr4j on tie wounded side 80 his
skull & arrays appeared agita'ed when IL
had chat side toward the hank az IL could
10. then 800 SIS oenefactar Next day fhS
3e~far took some ycgng fyiendA doTn 20 ses
.'ss e.sa when came - him as before. ana
., ie-gta - taught iaa PIKE - come 10
tssrl az rs whistle and feed est Il bis
aarta Win other persons f. continued ~
Rnx as g vi Usually are
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-04

STORY BY 4 PIONEER Hon. Charles
Prrsch writes ~ The Man Who Is Always
Late"
PEOPLE AND THE FLAG-NANCY
Lea writes an entertaining letter on palri0t-
ism and the S1ar-SpaUsitd Banner. sor he
benefit OF careless Americans.
SURVEY OF THE EARTH Elaborate
plan to obtain scientific observations from
ali parts @. the globe.
THE NEW VANDERBILT F. GOOD
points ~ Alfred GRS91@ Vanderbilt. the
Younger s1n who has bse made The head
% one Of tie wealtaisest families IN Amer
lea
CONTROL. OF NO%oPDIIES-
cussion a. 4 knotfy subject by Hon. John
r. Han4phrieS
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PAGE FOR WOMAN FATR-CJtvr com.
tlnat3ons IN dress: women anff trades
unions. by Cornelia Stewart Robinson A
movems nj for Mans Rights" ia the Dis
tyict Of Columbia Portraits ~ the Count
e>S ~ Aberdeen Mrs. Robinson and
Amelia BlprIner Latest modes illustrated
MANY OTHER FEATURES Short
Story entitled Mother and Son" Teuiias
letter from New York New colony Of Nor
TOus In Manitoba, StcTy IT a West Point
graduate VINO. after attaining tne rank ~
colonel. left the service in disgrace. and
mas r"-%rllisted aS , private Toy service in
me Philippines pEumhead co'lrf-nartt
ia army and navy. Portrait ~ Daisy Lett
eT, he Chicago begsGiy " mo- ls = marry an
EUciisr army offc"r Reviews ~ latest
looks and literary notics# IL Ia clA rs. Q
for man q rise unless he works lie way
Upward before ms for;ieth year.
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ness. In women usually the latter IS the
cause.
Hudyan cures anaemia: II matters not
the cause Hudyan brings back u glow
Of health 70 pale and wan conlplexions-
With anneruia are nearly always ASSOC
ciated headaches either dull or throb-
hing. Fig. I. sunken eyes and dark rings
under eyes, Fig. :, pale face and coated
tongue. Fig 3. palpitation Of heart, Fig.
1, impaired digestion. Fig. 5; weakness Of
limbs Fig s
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toms, for Hudyan gives tone and strength
10 all the body tissues. assists digestion
and assimilation, brings all the organs
into harmonious action
In cases Of female disorder there is no
better remedy than Hudyan Hudyan
cures all those weaknesses and troubles
that are natural 10 women alone
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The SUNDAY
Post
lntelligencer
Monster
Welcome
Edition
48
PAGES

supplement $
doubt > their o
One
welcoming soldiers
the
tribute is paid n a
on the theme o a etrsdun ,
Ct
complete
accompanied by a
Tfooeons
a Paco hurch nutrs
complete Of day
been overlooked BY the tLsrce
m Nars sn contribute Of his
0F THE CRUEL INSULT AND
THE KING Kiplugs --latest Poem.
- =
Wide
urn .aaedty
THE YOUNG BURGHER"
short of South Africa. of
Enen.y's Daughter
Arron9tb erotr interesting ocicsfs the
HISTORY THE NONTREATING CLUB,
Although
membership
thousand
This zeek be
the
POETIC FLIGHTS WITH PEGASUS ON PUGET SOUND"
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expenses. s. g7f 81 district attorneys. 81
IN regular a~ss<tsD; attorneys So. tras
OF comulissi' n"rs. sl.fS> -. fees u jurors
s. -. fe-S Il witnesses. 81 Isl 80 sup
port ~ prisoners s. ~. = Eay 81 na'ifrs.
exc si6-lae. rent II courtroom ard rnts~"l-
laneo9ls items s. -, = making IL total ex-
~ar4Ets.-a Of e
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New Consular Regulation.

The auditor FOR the state department.. IN
his annual report calls attention TO mat
ter ~ considerable interest and recon-
ruenls congressional legislation regarding
the estates ~ those citizens Of this country
who -" abroad At present consular on
GERS take possession Of personal property.
di<p0sing II It. settling debts and al the
expiration % a year. transmitting the bal
anca ~ the treasury 10 ha keep, in trust
fer the legal claimant. together with Jew
eiry and other articles having a sentinen-
tai value - relatives as kecpsakos.
Sach articles are kert IN the auditors
uftre ~ q safe provided for mat purI-s-2.
l. has been the practice "a put packages
re- eiV"d from the consular officers IN the
safe with tAr seal gnhroken. Auditor
Ttrule has had these packages opened This
Year ana Eas found numerous bills ~
charge VFutuissory notes and many other
~ idenCes - Indebtedness To- the deceased
persons upon which ~ recommend that
action should ~ taken 81, oHce tpr their
collection The tf"s<9rv e hold che funds
IN trus; for Tho legal claimant in each
care
Tho is however an absence - ieRisla
ttou aut horiytnE the department. - collect
such lFh.s ara &c several ystTs often
lapse before t1t heirs - such estates b"-
come known fae value II these evidences
- Indebtedness ott~u d@prertate. The SEC
Tt.1rr of state hae approved th" r~cofn-
f3erAafiat - the auditor. anf the matter
" lN - presented to congress eariy In ihe
- r
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REDUCED RATES EAxT
CAT s. fae Northern Par3n~ ~ a~fo~s
E1t.x Fa~ &H1 lake Advantage - tse
ewes. T&t~s - a. s@.nst Evsry .etag tss
trss or .S.s lrs ~ anS aftsr s@.gsna-
ter ;.ta rate - Cr}CaE1 % } S4s a
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TIE Seattle a International vii run q
seal train from North bead. osl saD9uss-
rass nrarcn. 81 S@A<tle Sunday. November
g. arriving Ia resstts@ a; ET a III.
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RID CROSS welcome sa6s-@ csn b~
za~e.rgs4 - Poet EEfet.i xeses- 1ssR5eseRa Il.
as - each r. evR big sh9ult u~ar
aye q sseo fi.s boys rDEn. back
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People
WhoAre

.Anaemic
are pale,
weak
ENACT
ated.
Sc
three
things
are what
consti-
tuts an
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then is Il
serious
disorder.
and u=u-
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MAssU GRADE ran Saturday. S9-en-
Der l. Rake EAA
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o4nd nehe-s
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w hen n broken
down system is sub
iect@d u the action
OF Hudyan. it's vast
cd store Of vitality Is
s q o Il replenished.
fiudYan Establishes
health on n ptrma-
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makes rich blood.
from which come
bodily strength and
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possess health and
siren 9Th. a clear
skin and rosy
cheeks take TIud-
van"
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GRAND Dab E2nse aasi Asaxday svW.
..x. ESyrgankr &
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men
AND WOMEN
ADVISED
FREE.
CONSULT
HUDIAN
DOCTORS.
WRITE.

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II your druggist does not keep Hudyan.
send direct 10 the
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WHEN THE BOYS GET HOME

There ea suh .b
IRE
THEY WILL BE HERE SOON
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And of
hu
anonr ~. best cT O n 4
see KoRN
hef uare
hey tal and aid case has bee
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
HIS GRAVE NEGLECTED.
The Resting Place of Charles Dickens Es
 Virtua Iy Unmarked.

From the London Mail: The sugges- tion has been made that a monument to Charles Dickens should be erected in one of the public places of this city. It is not at all likely that the proposal, however warmly it might be supported by the English people, will ever be carried into effect, for any such scheme of perpetuation would be in direct op- position to the expressed wish of the novelist, who desired by his work alone to live in the heart of his eountrymen. The will of Charles Dickens, from which the following lines are taken very clearly expressed the masters wishes T conjure my friends, on no account, to make me the subject of any monument, memorial or testimonial, whatever. I rest my claims to the re membrance Of my country upsi 's.3 published works and to the remem- brance of my friends upon their ex- perienee of me in addition thereto. J To this wish the members of the fami- ly have always given the strongest adherence and have already discoun- tenaneed and will continue to discour- age any attempt to set the provision of the will at naught. Some years ago Edwin Elwell, gifted American sculp. tor. completed in marble a full-leRgtb portrait figure of the novelist. with Little Nell looking upward to the face of her creator. This charming group the sculptor offered to the London county council for erection in some suitable place in London, but owing to the attitude of the family, who, out Of respect to the wishes Of the novelist. refused to countenance the movement, the offer was declined Tn these cir eumstanees it is hardly probable that any memorial, at least of public char aeter, will be attempted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
INSECTS TO IMPROVE FIGS.
They Have Been Introduced in Ca1ffor-
 mia After Many Trials.

They Have Been Introduced in Ca1ifor-
 nfa After Many Trials.
 The larger part of our fig supply comes from Asia Minor, the Spanish peninsula and the south Of France. Those Of Asiatie Turkey are considered the best. Certain insects of the genera blastophaga and syeophaga which fre- quent the wild fig enter the minute ori- fee of the receptacle, apparently to de- posit their eggs, conveying thus the pollen more completely to the stigmas, thus insuring the fertilization and con- sequent ripening of the fruit. By some the nature of the process has been questioned and the better maturation of the frait attributed merely to the stimulus given by the puncture of the insect, as i'll the case of the apple, but the arrangement of the unisexuaI flow CTS i'll the figs renders the first theory most probable. A year ago the depart ment of agriculture began series of experiments on the introduction of the insect which fertilizes the Smyrna fig: an agent was sent to Europe to obtain cuttings of all varieties of the wild fig and to send over the fruit containing the live insect. By good fortune some Of the insects succeeded in penetrating the closed flowers of the Capri figs and laid their eggs and really established themselves in California. It is now be- lieyed that the insects will continue to breed and that in the near future fig will be placed upon the market which possesses the same superior flavor as that which has given the imported smyrna fig it's present popularity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
FIRST PATENT IN AMERICA.
q in I64s by the General It of Massachusetts.
lrt of Massachusetts belongs

i rb or. MaSsacbuSetts.
 Boston Transcript: To the
 irt of Massachusetts belongs U T of granting the first Amer jean patent; this was in 164S, and was then designated as a monopoly It was confined to the region controlled by Massachusetts, and the one issue ap- parently included all the inventions of the inventor connected with engines that depended upon water for their mo- tive power. The limit of the monopoly was fourteen years, and the court not only retained power to forbid exporta tion, but to prevent exorbitant charges upon the public for their use The patent was issued Ain this form: "Jenkes Monopolye a general Courte at Boston the 9th of the 9th Mo 164S. The cor't consid 'inge ye ne- eessity Of raising such manufactures of engins of nils to go by water for speedy dispatch of much worke with few hands, and being sufficiently in formed of ye ability of ye petition to forme such Workes grant his peti. tien tyet no Othr D sen shall set up ol use any such new invention. or trade for fourteen yeares without ye licence of him the said Joseph Jenkes1 so farr as concernes any such new invention, 6 so 1t shall be always in ye DON'T of this cote to restrain ye exportation of such manufactures & ye prizes of them 10 moderation if occasion so require This inventor, Joseph Jenkes, oI Jenks, as 1t would now he spelled came from Hammersmith, England, settled down in Lynn in 1914, and died in 16S2-S8, aged S1. He was a black smith and maehinist, made the dies for the coining of the .pine-tree" money and built the first fire engine inc this country altogether a man of great inventive genius and the ances- tor of large number of descendants. One of his sons removed to Rhode Is land, where he built several mills.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
QUEER L0CkET.
And the Peculiar History That Made II
 a keeBsake,


 New Orleans Ttmes5Democ4at: Yes, 4hisN is rather d peculiar locket and got it i'll rather peculiar manner. said q cotton buyer of this city when somebody remarked the quaint Iittle dfinket attached to his watch chain. The loeket was of gold. and an eadi- nary fiye-cent piece was set in the lid. surrounded by a circle of eolofed stones. The effect was odd and not 5nartistic. .The story is briefly this,
 continued tho speaker. About three years ago was on street ear in Chicago, when one of the passengers. very nice looking young lady, diseov- cred that she had no money in her purse. The conductor was disposed to be ugly about it, and of course. I in- sisted on paying the fare, giving the girl one Of my cards at her very ear nest request. Over year elapsed. and the incident had entirely faded from my mind. when enc day 1 was walking along St. Charles street and was hailed by 8 lady from cab. She proved to De the same one whose car fare had paid in Chicago, and had recognized  ge Immediately, although I had hard work recalling the original encounter. She told me exeitedly that she had been on the lookout for me ever since, and also that she was in the city with some relatives en route for home after 2 trip to California. While she was talking she was searching her purse for nickel. but had no change. l laughed, told her not to bother about 1t, and gave her another card. A few weeks later l received this locket with very charming letter, which I prize highly. l have had remarkably good luck ever since I have worn the little gift, and I am superstitious enough to regard it as a sort of mascot. By queer coincidence the coin chances to bear the date Of the year of my birth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
ENGLISH ExILES.
Transgressors of the Law Who Are Liv-
 ing in Paris.

Letter in Washington Post: Eng lands colony of exiles on the banks of Athe Seine is likewise very large one and comprises Lord Arthur Somerset, brother of the present duke Of Beau fort, and former equerry to the prince of Wales, who fled England some ten years ago to escape arrest in connec- tion with the Cleveland street scandal Lady Mordaunt, the respondent in the divorce case in which the Prince of Wales was cited as correspondent, oc- cupied 9 handsome residence in the neighborhood of the Champs Elysee until placed under restraint as a nor phomaniac. George Russell, once pri- Vate secretary of the prince of Wales and son-in-law of the duke of Rox- burghe, and Lord Suffield's brother, Walter Harboard, formerly of the Sev- enth Hussars and son=inx2aw of the Duke of Grafton, are habitues of the bonleVards, which they find more con- genial than Pal Mall. owing to the fact that they were expelled from all the English clubs in consequence of 1beir being caught in the very act ot Fheating at cards. Lord Alfred Doug las, his associate; the unmentionable Oscar Wilde. the equally unsayory Broadley, who was turned out of the Indian civil service in disgrace, and many more, go to swell the numbers Of the Parisian colony of English ez- Hes, which comprises nearly every woman of title who has either gradu- atef from the divorce court or perpe- rated the now so common crime of forgery at the expense of infatuated admirers. and every Englishman who has cheated at cards or defaulted pay ment of his debts of honor-in one word, every Bftton, male or female, who has made his native land either socially or legally too hot to hold him or her.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
NAMING IT..
A Ceremony Arranged by chances En-
 tireiy in Persia and Japan.

tirely in Persia and Japan.
 The naming of the child in Persia is made an event of great rejoicing and a time for the gathering of relatives. When the guests are assembled sweet meats are eaten and then the infant in its swaddling clothes is brought in and laid on the carpet i'll the center of the room by one of the priests. r Se names are written on as many slips of paper and placed between the leaves of the Koran; a chapter is read from this book and then one of the slips is drawn at random. The name on the slip is the one the child has to bear through life, and the priest takes up the slip, pronounees the name in the ehild's ear and places the piece of pa- per in its clothes. Gifts and congratu- 1ations follow. Tie custom in Japan is for the parents on the thirteenth day after it's birth to take the child to the temple they attend and the father gives three names to the priest, who wrIles each on a piece of paper. These are then shuffied about with certain ineantations and thrown up in the air. The first that falls is the one chosen. This is then written by the priest on a consecrated piece of paper and given to the child's parents to preserve. The child then receives certain gifts, two of which are important. If a boy, two fahs are presented; and if girl, a pot of pomade, and in each case packet of flax thread is added, which signi- fes good wishes and a long life.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-03
I.ong streee Nar ItIue.

New York Journal: Just 271, ,560 miles travelled in one street of St. Louis is the record of the street car driver of the United States who has had the longest unbroken service. For thirty-one years this man has pursued his monotonous career on the front platform, and during the whole of this period he has been absent only sixty days from illness, and one day because he was laid off, having been caught smoking cigar while on duty Mike Dooley, the driver in question, has worked 365 days year, ayerag- ing 24 miles day, or 8.760 miles a year, his hours being sometimes by day and sometimes by night, and he has received $2 day for his labor, so that he has earned $22,600 from his employers, and has travelled far enough to have gone eleven and one- half times around the circumference of the earth.