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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-09
A Sensible Mule.

Fer more than ten years a very SEN
sible mule has been working in the
mines near Blossburg, Ala. He will
pull his usual load of six cars Of coal
from bottom to top without murmur.
but if you put on an extra car he will
kick and bray and refuse to go until
relieved When the cars are unloaded
at the top he will always mount an
empty car and lie down and ride to the
bottom Of the slope, a distance Of half a
mile. On one occasion as he was
drawing up load train Of empty cars
got loose and went down the slope at
break-Eeck speed, and the men thought
the mule would be killed by the coils
ion, bur as the empty cars were about
to rush on him he jumped on the first
car and rode back to the bottom wi;h
lie whole trai;
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-09
cULLED FROM ALL SIDES.

There are 100 women to every 100
men in the world.
Eight thousand carrier pigeons are
kept for use in the German army.
Among flowers the chrysanthemum
Is said to live the longest after being
cut.
A mans clothing usually has the but
tons on the right-hand side, womans
on the left.
The first postofiee was opened in
Paris in 1462; in England in 1881, in
America in ITO.
Some royal crowns are merely silk
wadded caps ornamented with jewels
and pendants.
Fultures cannot discover a carcass by
the sense of smell. They rely entirely
upon their sight when in quest of food.
The largest country in one body and
under one government is the Russian
empire. it comprises 1888, 1876 square
miles.
The wonderful part of the Maxim
gun is that it has only one barrel, and
yet it can discharge GOO shots in one
minute.
In Germany and Holland girls are
chosen in preference to young men in
all occupations where they can BE- adj
vantageously employed.
Corks for bottles were first manufac-
tured in Spain and Italy. some time
during the fourteenth century. Cork
screws were contemporaneous with
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-09
Tt - ear Hist.

Il IS stated that an apreratus has
les2 t4yonteI IN England called the
Tugrin fcg dispeller. Tbs apparatus
enables pilot or tie officer in the con
aims tower Of a HafsbiD tie see through
The dcreest fog for several hundred
fee. During an experiment in a fog,
without the dispeIIer, nothing could be
seen al g distance Of fifty feet; with it
bricks we're clearly visible at a distance
Of rs feet.
There IS an outlook pipe. eight feet
l0ns and three inches inside diameter,
with g wide aange at the mouth. A
pipe enters the tube from below, and
the outlook tube may be pointed in
any direction.
When the dispeIIer is in use the blow
er sends powerful stream OF air
through the fog, blowing a hole right
through it. The fog is rolled back in
every direction and the moisture in
suspension condenses and falls in rain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-09
gxan Mountain Rates.

AsFsEussS Bankers Assn, Little Rock, Ar
szszSE cs.s&f. TIE Iron Mountain will sell tick
<.sszs Sg &isese Rock and return for one and
1zev4 EafrE fare. on the certificate plan, Tor
sfsa ISlo1r occasion
zxxg18 gEessfua W, {. t. u, Rogers. A rl
sgSsriS TarSo H. For this occasion the Iron
n oAdza1aan tty will sell tickets to Rogers and
sEz tE7zsz sz1sasfa and one-taild fare certiti-
azszzsEs x5llEss- Lisait april 10Th.
esvaExS Lodge Meeting X. of P, Hot Springs
sAwtz-e kf2Y E5-1S. For this occasion the iron
s:sxssusausr Rg. wisl self round trip tickets to
4Enz Spring 81 one fare. So co. Dates of sale,
fSsxgw III Is and III. Limit May 10.
s5assUs.ss Excursion, To the West and
sssesgssl gsest-for the above the Iron Mountain
essE- have some exceedingly low rates to offer.
fg.atfle -ysoeK Spring Race meeting. March 30
sxh AEswit5 For this oc ca.ton the Iron Noun
esssxz Ky viii sell tickets Little Rock and
s<ESsGsr Ser enc fare. rs. Dates OF sale.
z&tmezE1sJEf to april 8. All tickets good for re-
gsurza<Sp sc and Including April IS. $
ssssxzsysass. Tern. Race Meeting. April-For
asSsEn1ExSe s2se Er00 Mountain Ry. will sell
xs5ss@Se S. 4Ssm pa{s and return at one fare.
Kssrsxs 81 s8te April h, 10th, 18th, 22nd and
1REa- Exn2fts for return, two days from date
ssEfsE3e-
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-09

Eur. Eek, the photographer. will
occupy his Monticello gallery during
the summer, closing his Pine Bluff
from the first az June until the first
OF October. $50
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-09

We ought IN humanity no more ue-
spise man for the misfortunes OF the
mind than for those Of the body. when
they are such as he cannot help
Pope.
Consolation indiscreetly pressed up
on US when we are suffering under af-
Fiction. only serves to increase our
pain, and to render our grief no more
poigr ant.-Rosseau.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-09

2t9 u est Ea=rGc ST.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-09

Miss Minnie Cook il confined to her
home on West Second avenue with
illness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-09

Bluff 1ty Lumber CO. manufactur
dealer u al kinds OF lY I'D 7
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

missioner of state etiquette many idle
hours for contemplating upon his lost
grandeur
One of NJ Loubet's most striking char,
acterstics is his love for tobacco. While
NJ. Faure loved a good cigar and smoked
occasionally, his use of tobacco was mod
Grafton itself as compared to that of the
new president, who smokes like a vol
cano. He is seldom without a pipe or a
big. black cigar in his mouth, and his ia
vorite corners of the Elysoe will erek with
tobacco smoke as they did in the days OF
President Ferry. NJ. Theirs hated both
| tobacco and those who smoked IT, M.
| Carnot never used the weed and NJ. CAST
mir Perier seldom took more than a few
whiffs at cigarette in order to put the
smokers among his guests at their ease.
| M. Ferry, however, smoked continuously,
and during his regime there were rooms
| in the Elysee that always were redolent
with an odor somewhat like that of stale
garlic.
| THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE, WHO is
| LoWLIER AND MORE DEMOCRATIC
THAN ANY OF HIS SUBJECTS.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26
Farmer. should Not Complain.

To the Editor of The Post.
San Gabriel Texas, March 14.--The OBJ
ject to be gained by our farmers by di-
versiication OF crops IS not generally UNI
derstood as ! understand IL, The end to
be sought in planting other crops than cot :
ton is not so much to realize actual cash
as to save the need of it in SO far as pos
sble and to take the burden Of paving for
such home supplies as our farmers can
themselves produce off Of the money
crop.
have for years been insisting on In
dependence OF cotton. in so far as pos
sihle but never advised iig abandon
ment or substitution by any other crop
The trouble with the majority Of our
farmers has been that so much Of their
cash" crop must go for their living
There ia little If any, often nothing, left
for debt paying or profit
My advice has been 10 plant and plan
| first of ALL for everything the family can
utilize IN their living possible to the soil
aud cline with cure enough surplus of
everything TO exchange for supplies they
must buy: then plant all the cotton they
can handle without depending on hired
help, because under conditions existing
| and likely to exist the pay for the work
Is all there Is in cotton,
] The natural primary function Of the
/ farm is not money making, but to pro
/ duce the farmers living IN kind IN so far
ar possible the surplus alone after this
! living Is provided TO be profit ard may
/ be expected In money. The farmers neigh
I bors in country and town follow their other
/ callings for the purpose OF gaining means
TO exchange for their living. largely with
\ farmers. These should naturally supply
/ their own families need OF their own pro-
/ auctions and do so. as we do not hear OF
carpenters complaining and demanding
money for their work with which TO hire
other carpenters TO come down from Mis-
souri, or Kansas and build a house &c
shelter their families. yet our farmers Tor
often insist on having money to pay fol
| their products with cost OF transportation
| abroad, etc. added.
when family produces all they can o.
their own living thus having pay for pro
! duction and saving great cost, they WI
/ find they have better living ana have
/ encroached very little on time needed II
| their cotton crops and the curtailment o
cotton acreage viii be repaid many fold
Farmers complain OF the inadequaey
i the volume or money in circulation, ye
they unnecessarily burden that small pc
capita by an unnatural insistence on monel
( TO buy that which II is the province OF tnei
! chosen vocation to produce IN kind. Ca
they not see that wher they destroy thel
need for money by producing their hom
supplies that, as far as themselves ar
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

Its officers necessarily must have dis
cretionary power in emergencies
The best interests OF the government
must be seen after by It's officials
1t was the best lnterests of the State 10
get that money legally due the State.
Governor Culborsou had his doubts about
the legality of The claim but he gave
the state the benefit OF the doubt, used
such steps as he though necessary to OBJ
tain tho money
lie got the money and should be APP
plauded not vIlillcd, and his agent should
be paid not abused.
without any statute covering the case,
without any clause Ia the constitution
covering tho case. Whenever the goyernsr
Of a state clearly sees a chance TO benenr
tho state and that too. without risk 10
credit or reputation. common sense says go
ahead,
II you win. so much the better II you
lose the State is out nothing either IN
money or morals. Away back In the piney
woods on the fertile praiIfes OF the coast,
in the mesquite valleys OF the west, in the
peaceful villages. In the big cities,
wherever men labor. there Is in tho bot
tom OF their hearts principle which says
men should be paid for their labor and
Governor Hogg will some day get his fee.
Joe u. Brown.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

mediocre. He has been elected for ms
negative qualities only. He VIII NC 'no
last president of the republic -.
The monarchical journals OF farls nsrt
also been exerting every effort 10 ,,, nae.
discredit upon the new executive ,,,hIs
have dilated at langth upon his nuu so,.
origin: thew have pictured him in ielt
slippers walking about with pipe ln ms
mouth. they have asserted that ne always
tucks corner of his table napkin IN his
shirt collar when dining at home. ous %
far from having the desired eheet tnes se
attacks upon the habits OF the man hsfe
only tended to endear him to the peopnse.
For some time the people q. "a, asrcbicaI
been restless under the semi -monarcn n,i :
rule Of President Faure, and It Is rene.
10 them 10 know that the country ~ a.
last safely in the hands OF repuDi .sa,
who is one OF themselves Wnat 90 .nss
care. therefore. II his mother does i've oA
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26
IN THE UNION.


(The Southern Veteran Spealeso
Two faced the fight with jackson, I've
marched along with Lee;
/ had some words with Sherman as he gall
loped to tho sea;
Exchanged brisk compliments with Grant
when yict'ry seemed 10 view,
My old steel bayonet glitterlng at many
hreast in blue,
! say, I've been With Jackson, and Lee
he knew my name;
And sometimes. when the night was on, he
called me by the same.
| followed fierce and fearless where Long
street led the way
TO fields whose bloody daisies were blent
with blue and gray.
Rnt now I'm in th. Unionl I see there
overhead
The nag our fathers fought for; her rip
pling rills OF red
All glorious and victorious; 1.-The spiendor
Of her stars
And say: THE blood Of heroes dyed all
her crimson bars"
sea and shore
who shames her? Who defames her? Give
me my gun once morel
Wen answer when they need us-when the
war-fires light the night;
There's Leo still left to lead us to the
glory of the fight!
See how the old nag ripples and naunts
her folds In scorn,
Her stars and bars will be the 10y OF ma
tions yet unborn;
And though shs waves DER new made
graves. meath alien sod and dow,
There. In the starry silences. tn gray
sleep with the blue.
We're one in heart forever--we're ore in
heart and hand
The flags challenge 10 the sea, garland
TO the land.
We're united--one great country: Frae-
doms the watchword still:
There's Lee that's LETT to lead us-~le<
the storm break where II Will
Frank l.. Stanton Ia Golfers Weekly.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

upet as the new president of
mas succeeded In establishing him
nrnly in the hearts of his people in
y tue TACT that the Due d'orleans has
sA'sa' after calmly sitting in judg-
upon him. that he does not approve
I'm rms young man had hoped that
H. Acitement attending the sudden
u President Faure he might slip
seu upon the throne that was lost
- ancestors so many years ago. and
a, A' No has found that this was but
~ uream, he has comforted himself
-s.'ns reflections upon the ability OF
'aeF selected by the people. m.
ne says, lis man who Mt 60
's succeeded In rising above the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

handling OF little OF their cotton money.
That part of It not pledged for supplies
used In making the crop must go out at
once for the products they should them-
selves raise Their actual profitable need
for cash for their maintenance and costs
Is small. H.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-26

NO NEED no SEND TO PARIS
for a corset. american Lady" Corsets are
equal to imported. The latest and bese
example OF corset making; seyenty-dyo
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07
TRY the Experiment at Once

We insist that there need and SHOULD be
no delay in inaugurating the experiment
g. Cuban independence. There were never
but TWO ways Of settling the question.
and We seem to have definitely disposed
Of the alterna tive. Despite the reVela-
lions Of the wsF-TeveIations which salts
fed ninety-nine hundredths of our people
who went 10 Santiago-despite the innum-
cradle and overwhelming proofs OF the
worthlcssness Of TIE insurgents; we have
drifted back into the old mautlin senti-
mentality, bred Of falsehOOd and nursed
by innocent eredullJy. until to-day il Is
difficult TO find 4 human being who does
not accept or detect an indication Of pot
Icy which does not suggest the surrender
Of the island TO Gcmez. Menocal. Vaiiente
& Co. as the only possible solution OF the
problem.
such being the case. Why postpone the
inevitable, which We have contrived our
selves? Why maintain this Iudlcrous com
edy Of palave, and consultation? Why
not launch the experiment al once? Ev-
cry move We have made thus fa- has
been in the direction OF 4 general deliv-
cry to the insurgents. No notice has been
taken Of the great prorerty-holding mass
Is Of the population. Gomez. an illlteFale
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07

amount o. excitement An antitrust
party would have duh time IN this coun-
try. for the reason that there Is no party
that favors trusts. White neither Repub-
Leans. Democrats. nor Popallsts object or
propose 10 interfere with combinations
o. capital that manage TO make the pro-
motion Of the interests OF the people CO
incident with their own advantage. the
masses Of all parties are intensely hostile
10 combinations that undertake, by re-
sJTicting trade and shutting of cOnpeti-
ton. 20 enhance the cost OF commodities
and thus enrich themselves by despoiling
the people. Not oEly Is such use Of oapi-
tai unpopular, but Il IS unlawful The
remedy IS not TO be found IN political
campaigns. but In the courts.
The London Spectator doubtless means
well. but II Is talking rank nonsense wheIl
u refers 20 "the great masses Of citizens
who feel that the republic is drifting into
an ol!sarchy." We have seen trust after
trust drift into" bankruptcy, and expect
10 see many more go the same way.
But trusts that combine large amounts OF
capital in order 20 secure greater economy
in production: trusts that reduce the cost
OF commodities 10 the consuming masses,
while violating neither the common law
nor statutes in the matter of restraining
competition trusts like that Baltimore
syndicate. for instance that has recently
purchased theEstreet railroads and light
ing plants at Charleston--these Combina-
tons will not make enemies Of the people.
The American people have fun conf
dence in their ability to keep the republic
from drifting into an oligarchy." A
multimillionaire has no more voting
power, and often has less political infiu-
ence. than the man who shoes his horses.
IL the Spectator were more familiar with
our politics il might cheer itself up lit
tie by recalling the fact that the outcry
against trusts reached .ts maximum force
and velocity about fifteen years ago.
Since then many trusts have come and
many have gone, and the people have
learned that the advent of a new one is
not necessarily a calamity. In fact. they
have not forgotten that they have a sys-
TEN OF government which furnishes a
remedy for the evils resulting from
monopolies. And long before the prophe-
sled drift into an oligarchy' beelns, all
unlawful combinations of capital will see
this lesson practically applied.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07
Protestant Episcopal Confessional.

From the Chicago Tribune
The ritualistic war raging In the Church
Of England finds an echo ir the parish of
the Church of tho Holy Cross. in Jersey
City, y. j. The present rector. the Rev.
Augustine ElneLderf, introduced various
high church ceremonials without Oh
lection, but the announcement that the
confessional was 10 be instituted has in
spIred a Teosiiious spirit in q portion OF
the congregation. Several members have
resigned, il IS said, and others express
Ikeir intention Of doing 90. The same
schism between high church and low
church that exists IN England has taken
root in the Protestant Episcopal Church
Of this country. Il exists in a marked
degree here in Chicago. But the Church
OF England IS a state church is open to
attack from people Of all creeds and de-
nominations. The so-caIled 'Romish
practices" in the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States do not con-
Germ the Methodisui. TIE Presbyteriang,
and the Raptists. In England il is diff
fereut.
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07
a Distressed English Contemporary

The London Spectator appears TO believe
that the silver issue in the United States
- 10 lind an able auxiliary, if not an ef-
lectNe substitute, in the trust Issue. IL
gravely asserts that monopoly now bids
fair 10 embrace nearly the whole OF Amer
lean industry in its grasp" and that the
trusts have obtained absolute mastery of
The industrial and political situation. Ii
gives the name Liberal" 10 the party
opposed 10 trusts, and il makes these sad
~ solemn predictions as TO our future:
''Of course. If the movement repre-
Sentcd by Mr.. Bryan is serious land we
mink II Is so far as a deep feeling of
hostility 10 trusts Is concerned "A, shall
see an antitrust party in the field aud
no United States committed 20 a great
CONFLICT Of a new character. Coufiict NOT
POLITICAL but social a 'we!!-denned con-
tfOniaNon or social classes 10 use Rosch-
r > historic phrase. There Will bg iaa
inl!ilonaires on the one side, with those
whose interests are bound I'D with The
interests OF the mlilionaires. and on the
other side the great masses OF citizens
VINO feel that the republic is IN danger
ot drifting into an olicarchy. We con-
Tess We 90 not Ike so dark "A prospect
nat II Is ldle 10 disguise from ourselves
mat things are tending that way"
The movement represented by Alr.
Bryan" Is a movement for free, unlim-
ited, and independent coinage az the "a
TO OF l6 10 /. All other principles and
policies ia Mr.. Bryan's political scheme
or programme are secondary and auxu-
larry 10 that. Opposition 10 trusts OF 10
cxpans m is intended 10 strengthen th,.
lree-coinage crusade. He and those states
men and politicians who are cooperating
with him have no intention OF either
abandoning Is 10 l or giving Il any other
than fifst place in their creed and their
plan Of campaign. And 1t may be said OF
this issue that 80 long as Il has any place
I'd ihe Democratic platform. It Is bound 20
BE- 81 the 'front.', too greatly serious 10 ad-
mit Of successful rivalry. Just as In 1856
u dominated the situation, driving the
tariff ont OF sight 30 effectualiy that the
free-trade organs ana leaders rallied 10
the support Of the party Of protection
and the author o. the Mckinley tariff. 20
in 1870 10 win take precedence OF trusts. OF
iarin. ana OF all things else, II. as now
seems almost absolutely certain. it is
reasserted ~ the Democracy.
IL takes Two PARTIES 10 get Up any great
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07

alien. a professional dizturber. a Ilfe-
long mercenary, Is a more important ptr-
son an our philosophy than Fernandez de
Castro Or Leopoldo asls. who are native
Cuhans. representing Intelligence aud cui-
tore and enlightened patriotism. Rabi.
a mere bushwhacker during the so-caIie4
var OF the resurrection, who throve Oh
the tribute Of sugar planters willing 60
pay for exemption from rspine and spolil-
tlon-Rabi has E.ore weight Ia. our eoun-
cilz than good old Yuclan. OF San Miguel
street. who operates great plantation in
PinaF del Rio and a cigar factory in Ha-
vana. and employs 80 IaDorers. There Is
and can be no mistake as TO the tendency
Of things IN Cuba, and what we insist
upon Is that the inevitable end should
De anticipated. These insurgent leaders.
together with their followers and e0ad-
tutors. are as capable OF conducting
civilized government now as they viii be
six or twelve months hence. Why main
tain this comedy of inquiry and delibera-
ton. loaning money which viii never be
repaid by the borrowers and benefciaries.
and feeding rapacity that Golconda can
not quench2
There is nothing to be gained, but much
to be lost. by any further continuance of
heexisting situation. Gomez. tempted from
the jungle in which he has hidden himself
so long. will be the same old Gomez when
the 100000 shall have been partitioned
Castillo MenocaI Rodriguez and ali the
rest Of them Will simply take on new
incidence and pretension as the result OF
cur benevolent and sentimental fumbiing.
Why not call in this farce which has al
ready become dull, and usher in the
tragedy which treads upon its heels?
Sooner or later We shall have to step in
and organize a lasting civilization in the
island. 1t seems TO US that We had bet
ter precipitate the experiment, hasten the
inevitable conclusion. and so save money,
credit, and renoWn
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07
" hat Ii Means

Prom the Chicago News
Little Eddie--Papa, what does haut ton
meanI
Papa-WhenSvsr YOU hear anybody
make use OF those words II means that
there is some one around VINO il trying 70
show of and who has taken the poorest
way 10 DO IT,"
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07
His Mean Way.

From the Chicago Tribune
Henry asked you IL you had made that
cake. did h? Well, what was there in
that 10 wound your feelings, child?"
IT was the-the way he said IL mamma
He-he didn't ask NINE IL Ia made IL
He-he said, Darling, d-did you perDe-
trate this cakegp
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07
Friend. of the standard.

ZION he 81 Logls keplhpT
OH on an unusually large scale was
used TO calm TIE waves during the recent
gales in the English Channel Even the
Storms OF ocean are working overtime 10
geep the standard Oil Company from los
ing money
The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-02-07

Gov. Bradley declares that he will not
be candidate fer reelection. This will
oe great disappointment TO number Of
people who expected TO get crack at
bin through the ballot box.