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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-04
SHE FIXED IT.
How wife Astonished Him by Providing
 an Exclamation Point.

Exclamation Point.
 There is really nothing else so touching as young wifes devotion to her husbands interests in the honey moon springtime of their love. For example, in a neat little flat in the northwest quarter of the town live two young people l know, who have not been housekeeping long enough yet to get spots on single one of the nine embroidered center pieces that were among their wedding presents. He is literary, and he uses a typewriter in setting down his ideas The machine he possesses has a keyboard wfsl both black and white keys, and on some of the white keys the letters are quite worn off from long use, leaving the keys blank. Just a few evenings ago the young man was dashing off some thing which required the frequent use of the exclamation point Now. to make an exclamation point with his typewriter you have to set down period, back-pedal 8 little, and stamp an apostrophe-I think it's nsed as an apostrophe-ove the period. all or which takes time and patience. The young man said several things more or less lnder his breath about the stupid ity e. men who make typewriters withoet exclamation points. The young wife smiled sweetly, and said nothing. A typewriter is as strange to her as thrashing machine or a triple expansion engine, but love lent her wisdom. When the young man came home next day she uncovered his type writer with a proud flourish. "There!" she said. i've fixed 1t for you Just see what I have done?' And on one of the blank white keys the clever young creature had carefully inked the neatest possible mark of exclama- tion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-04
SPANISH GARRoTE.
Relic of Modern Barbarlsm Unearthod
 from an Old Havana Prison.

Among the many relics of the Span ish war taken to the governors palace for cataloguing, none is attracting more attention in Havana just now than the old official garrote. The ma chine has been in active service for more than century, the last exeeu- tioner, an aged negro convict, having presided at TO ceremonies. The gar rote itself Is a shabby enough old trap, consisting mainly of rusty iron and an unpfaned board or two. The dons are awfully punctilious in regard to form, but scandalously careless of ap- pearanee. 4 judge who might have seven kinds of fits if he should omit one syllable of the interpinably long harangue delivered at the scene of the judicial murder, would calmly officiate at the same in a condition which to the untrained olfactories of the ignor- ant Yankees might savor of the hum- ble animal the dons have declared we resemble. Thus it is that the garrote Is simple to excess. It is about 10 feet high all told. The platform, which is four feet from the ground, IS some six feet square. Attached to the iron column which runs through and sup ports this is an iron chair. Two feet above this is the fatal screw. The cul- prit @ is seated in this chair with his hands and feet firmly tied. and his eyes blindfolded At the proper mo- ment, tWirl is given the screw, which penetrates his neck and breaks his spinal column. The operation may or may not be very painful. If it were not for the peculiarly fiendish manner in which the affairs were conducted there is reason to believe that the gar rote is less inhuman than either the rope or the chair. It is the Spanish who have thrown the method into odium.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-04

T was never mixed up with snug gling transaction but once in my life" said New Orleans business man. whose name may as we'll be left out. and my experience was so painful that I swore off then and there. 1 had deal in West Texas on hand at the time ard had made short trip over the Mexican frontier, during which I picked up handful of very fine opals. A wicked friend showed me how easy it was to carry them over the line with out paying tribute to Uncle Sam, and l was weak enough to yield to the temptation. When I got on the cars at El Paso, however, to come east to Dallas 1 was haunted by guilty con science and had q horrible premoni- tion that some secret service officer was on my track. Presently my at tention became attracted by man with black beard, who kept looking at me furtively from a seat across the way. I tried to persuade myself that it was all imagination, but a number of things occurred during that ride that satisfied me I was really being watched. I went into the smoker, for instance, and before long caught a glimpse Of the black beared chap peer
 ing through the end of the window from the platform. It was the same in the dining car, and, to make a long story short l reached Dallas thoroughly unstrung. That evening I began to think hod chakau fba faI1our ofr my track, when I happened to stroll out of the hotel. and there he was, stand ing behind a pillar Needless to say, I didn't sleep a wink, and when bumped into the sleuth next morning and saw that he had shaved off his beard 1 gave myself up for lost How ever, that was the last of him, and for the balance of my stay was un- molested and gradually regained my equanimity. That the man had been shadowing me was undentable, but what his purpose could have been and why he dropped the game so abrupt i ly were mysteries which 1 was forced I to leave unsolved. It was two years 1 before l found out. Then I ran across the man one day by accident in a St. Louis restaurant and he owned up. It seems that he had been public of
 1eial in small Texas town, and got mixed up in his accounts. He sWore to me that it was only bad bookkeep- ing. but the grand jury indicted him for embezzlement, and he skipped un
 til things calmed down. I happened to coincide with a description he had of detective, and all his strange moves were actuated by exactly the same mo- tive that prompted me to run-naRe- ly, to see whether he was beng watc ed. We were both fooled by our fears
 His affairs had since been settled up and we enjoyed d good laugh and a cold bottle together. But I am re- formed smuggler for lifeT
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-04
LORD FAIRFAX.
Interests Remarkable old ohio Fl

Interests Remarkable old Ohio man.
 A letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer from John A. Tinsley, a most remark able old gentleman living at Ports mouth Ohio, expresses his belief that in the article in last Sundays Enquirer on the present Lord Fairfax, living in Virginia, there were some errors, and he relates many interesting anecdotes of the early days in Maryland. Lord Fairfax" he says, "did not have a sin gle child, and this present Lord Fair fax must be descended from brother of the great Lord Fairfax who came here in the last century" MT. Tinsley has in his possession old deeds exe- cuted by the first Lord Fairfax to Isaac Van Meter. It seems that Hr. Tins ley's father had known the first Lord Fairfax when that gentleman was alive and he relates to him the story of how the county of Hampshire came to be named. Fairfax was sitting in front of his hotel one day when drove of hogs passed by, and he inquired where they came from. From the
 land along the south part of the Poto- mac, your grace, replied the man. Very well, I shall call that county Hampshire, because those hogs look like the hogs in Hampshire. England, :" and for many years the land which now comprises several counties of the state was known as Ham pshiraS
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-04
Reasnn for It.

"What in the world has induced Brown to join the ranks of the bicycle scorchers? He used to be such an easy. quiet sort of a rider"
 "Why, you see, he feels that if there is another call for troops it will be his duty to volunteer"
 "WeH?"
 Well, he has read that the examin ing surgeons reject 95 per cent of the scorehers. Thus he will be able to rnnke a reputation for patriotism with out going to war"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-04
origin of Their Ideas.

She-"It seems to be the general be- lief among the Spaniards that Ameri- cans are merely a lot Of sayages."
 He-"Yes, I guess they must have had dealings with some of the eastern summer hote.keepers."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-04
THE GUILTY MEN FLEE
WIEN NO PERSON PURsUETH
 THEM.

\ Man Guilty of Smuggling Has Very
 Miserable Trip Thought He Was BeIns shadowed- Shadow" Was Also Aiarrued from same Cause. 9
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08
GERMAN ACTIVITY.

The transfer of the Caroline Islands
and other MicrOnesian groups from
Spain to the German Empire means a
marked activity in the trade of those
islands. One of the first develop
ments is an announcement that the
German steamship lines will tap the
new possessions by an-extension of the
operations of some existing lines. The
North German Lloyd will extend it's
two lines, Singapore to Kaiser Will
helmsland, and to the Bismarck Archi-
pelagO, to the Caroline Islands, and
will from there despatch boats to Mi
cronesia. Further, the Jaluit Company
marshall Archipelago intends to es-
tablish a regular service to the East
Carolines at Ponape, thence to the
LadrOneS and the Palao Islands, and
finally in an easterly direction, via Po-
nape to the Marshalls
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08
AUSTRALIAN news
Wireless ! Telegraphy in
South Australia.
German Activity In the South PaCif-
ic-A United States Transport
in Sydney.

For some time Sir Charles Todd and
Professor Bragg have been making ex-
periments with wireless telegraphy
with a view to its utilization for COM
munication with Althorpe's and other
outlying stations, says a late Sydney
Herald. During the past few weeks
many messages have gone to and fro
between the Observatory, West Ter
race, and a temporary station at Hen
ley Beach. Sending and receiving in
struments, including coherers, have
been made after Marconi's patterns.
They have been gradually improved
until now long sentences can be sent
through with very few mistakes. 1t is
intended shortly to carry out expert
ments in the Gulf. A curious and in
teresting effect was observed on Thurs
day. Messages from Henley Beach
were being received at the Observa-
tory. In the Observation-Disclosures room
at the postOffice Mr.. Unbehaun was
making improvements to his receiving
set, and as an eXperient he connected
it to the Henley Beach telephone wire.
He was surprised to find that he could
get some of the signals. Apparently
the telephone wire had picked them
up and guided them into the postoffice.
The telephone wire was at the time be-
ing used for ordinary businss.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08
LOSS OF THE SELKIRK.

The fine British sailing ship Selkirb
has been wrecked on the coast Of Min
dorO. a large island in the Southern
Philippines. The Manila Times, re-
porting the wreck, states that the
Selkirk was commanded by Captain
Grove. She was distinguished as be-
ing the first vessel on which PrOtes-
tant baptism ever occurred in Manila
harbor. After taking in a full cargo
Of hemp she sailed fir IN Manila for
Boston. No details have been receiv-
ed showing how the wreck came about
The value of her cargo is estimated
at about 100000.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08
A NEW ZEALANDIA.

Messrs. Huddart, Parker & Com
panyS new steamer Zealandia has ar
rived at Fremantle from London. The
Zealandia is intended for the Sydney
New Zealand service, and was ordered
by Huddart, Parker & Co. after the
loss of the Tasmania. She is a much
larger steamer than the Tasmania, be-
ing of 5000 tons, and the vessel is fitted
up in a superior manner for the in
creaSing passenger trade between the
colony and the New Zealand ports.
The voyage out to Fremantle was made
round the Cape of Good Hope in less
than forty-one days from London.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08
THE CELTIC.

The American transport Celtic,
whose visit to Sydney has proved so
popular, has left for Manila by way
of Queensland ports, where she takes
in beef. The ship has during the past
few days been filling up some of her
cold-air chambers with large quanti-
ties of ice for use in the hospitals at
Manila and other parts of the Philip
pines. 1t is stated the visit of the Gel
tic will be followed about six weeks
hence by the arrival in Sydney of an
other of the transports from Manila.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08
PECULIAR FATALITY.

An extraordinary fatality has &C.
Cured in the Bernese Alps. Miss
Christina Bridge, a sister of Vice-Ad-
miral Cyprian Bridge Gate Commend
er-in-chief of the Australian station)
while making an ascent of the FINAL, in
the Valais Canton, Switzerland, was
stung by an insect. In her surprise
she made false step and dosing her
foothold, fell SCOTT, and was killed.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08
A DISMAL FAILURE.

The French torpedo boat Lansquer-
ret, built at Nantes in 1898, has, after
repeated trials, turned out a decided
failure. Her contract speed of 26 knots
was not reached and she was rejected
The builders put in a new set of boilers
in order to increase the horsepower,
but at a recent trial the boat did not
even make 20 knots, and she is appar-
emily a dismal failure.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08
RIGHTS OF THE PRESS.

An injunction has been granted in
London restraining a publisher from
Lord Rosebery's speeches,
which were specially reported in the
Times, the Court upholding the copy
right.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08
A DRIFTING STEAMER.

The Admiralty has sent cruiser
from Cape Town to Algoa Bay, on the
southeast coast of Cape Colony, to be
in readiness to search for the drifting
steamer Waikato, whose shaft broke
on her way from England to New
Zealand
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08
FROEBEL SCHOOL.
54S FORT ST.

THE FROEBEL SCHOOL. CON-
Quoted by Miss Whitney and Miss
Hitchcock, has been moved from the
Child-Garden on Beretania street to
the corner of Fort street and Chaplain
lane, opposite Mr.. F. w. Damon's res
idence The session commences
on Monday, Sept. II, at 9 o'clock. 1929
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-08
Stage Line
HENRY BRYANT, Prop.

The stage for Kaneohe, Heeia, Wal
kane, and Kuc3oa, will leave Postoff1ce,
Bethel street side at a. m. on Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday, calling
for passengers and packages at Love-
Joy & Co.'s, No. 10, Nuuanu street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-05

Lions and Bears Are Said to BE Very
Good Eating.

From the ST. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Lion flesh is said to be very good eating,
but tiger is tough and sinewy. Neverthe
less, the latter is eaten in India, as there
is a superstition that it imparts strength
and cunning to the eater Bears flesh is
a great favorite in Germany, and smoked
tongues and hams are considered great del
| icacies. on account of the rarity of Brufn
| they are expensive. Sausage-so dear to
| the Teutonic heart and stomaeh-is also
made from bear liver; twenty-five pounds
| of sausage can be made from a single liver
There appears to be considerable diversi-
| ty of opinion as TO the merits of elephants
flesh In India and Africa it is a favorite
dish with the natives, but a European who
has Travelled much in Africa says: Il have
tasted elephant over and over again. 1t is
more like soft leather and glue than any
thing I can compare it to-" Another travel
er, however, declares that he cannot mag
! inc how an animal so coarse and heavy can
produce such delicate and tender flesh All
! authorities, however, agree in commencing
elephants foot Even the traveller quoted
above, who compared elephants flesh TO
leather and glue, admits that baked ele
! plants foot is dish fit for a king" When
! an elephant is shot in Africa the flesh is
| cut into strips and dried; il is then called
| "biltOng.' The elephants foot is cut off
from the knee joint and a hole about three
feet deep is dug in the earth and the sides
OF it baked hard with burning wood. Most
| of these faggots are then removed and the
elephants foot placed in the hole. 1t is
filled up with earth, tightly packed down
and a blazing fire built on top. which Is
kept burning for three hours. Thus cooked
the flesh is like Jelly. and can be eaten
with a spoon. 1t is the greatest delicacy
which can be given TO a Kaffir
-
| pork and beef, and is not TO be despised
when no other flesh is TO be obtained In
| America a 'possum is esteemed a great
| delicacy. Kept in barrel for a week and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-05

in number who are reappointed after three
years service.
Inquiry as 10 the fuld,lment OF the con-
d.tions of the old funds brings out from
those who ought TO know considerable
diversity Of statement. In the case or
those funds Of the divinity school requir
ing the severe doctrinal text. one of the
older professors says that up 10 a recent
time at least il was nominal.y enforced.
while a clerical member of the corpora
ton says the doctrinal text has been
dropped altogether An old autl-savery
bequest is said, authoritativeiy, TO have
been used in building one of the divinity
school halls. As to the Berkeley prize,
the Bishop Of Connecticut has been regu-
.ariy notified of the examination. out new
er has attended. and, i'm some other re-
spects, the provisions of the gift have
been observed. In general, however. il
appears pretty Gear that most OF those
restrictions on the old gifts which time
has naturally outlawed have either been
allowed to lapse. or have been but uomi-
nGIy enforced
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-05

reserved good humor about the parrot
hsh's mouth; and take it altogether the
parrot fish is a creation very agreeable
20 see.
1t may be observed that the rocks in
the parrot fishes tank are all more or less
scratched about the edges; these scratches
are marks made by the parrot fishes
teeth. The parrot fish's mouth is small
as compared with the size of It's body,
but it has strong jaws and good teech In
nature 1t eats various kinds of crustace-
ans, which it takes wherever it may find
them; if they are attached to a rock e
bites them off, very likely scratching the
rock where it bites. The blackfsh would
do the same thing, biting off barnace5.
for instances. from a rock. The parrot
fishes in their native waters had been
accustomed to roaming about the coral
rocks, biting off anything clinging to them
that might please their fancy. Here, i'm
peeled by habit, and perhaps finding on
them some minute growths that they liked.
the parrot fishes, upon their arrival and
before they had become accustomed to
rocks in their tank and bit at them until
they had them SCARED all around the
edges; now they bite at them less
Among the things fed to the parrot fishes
are soft clans, of small size. which are
fed to them entire, shells and all the par
rot fishes like them Some fishes that
eat crustaceans crack the shells and eat
the meat or the juices therefrom and re-
Ject the shells. The green parrot fishes.
on the contrary, eat these clans, shells
and all, grinding the shells up with their
teeth so fine that they can sWa low them
without any discomfort.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-05

Waycross, Ga, Aug. fl T. Blanchard
has been employed as local reporter on
the Waycr0ss Journal.
The WaycToss district conference of the
CONGREGATIONAL Church will be held at
Rocky Hill Church beginning early in Oc-
tober
W A. Cason left this morning for an
outing of a few days at St Simons.
Three very large watermelons were seen
at McDOnald's store in FoikstOn this morn
ing. The largest one came within a few
ounces of tipping the scales at eighty
pounds The others weighed about seven
~ pounds each.
Nearly $50 dog tags have been issued
up to date in this year. This is largely
in excess of any year in the past.
Charles Hohenstein has rendered his
resignation as first sergeant of the Way
cross Rifles.
Prof. f b. Cason was taken sick here
a day or two ago, and returned TO his
home in Fokston where he is quite i'll
with congestion of the liver.
Three thousand dollars is the aggregate
amount of purses and premiums that will
be offered this fan by the Wnycross Fair
Association. IL is said that over half of
this will be devoted to the races
The case against Hambrick who was
arrested Tuesday on a charge of wife
beating, was tried before Mayor Knight
and dismissed.
Pearson people are preparing to have a
big barbecue at an early date, and Doug
las will have a trade day some time this
month.
1t is thought that the census of 1900 viii
show a population of 10000 souls If the
town continues 10 grow at its present
rate.
The literary meeting of Trinity Epworth
| League viii be held tonight at the resi-
dence of Mrs. George w. Deem, on Pendle-
ton street.
Or. j. c. Rippard has returned from a
| months vacation in the North
Rev. j. NJ. Glenn left this morning for
| Midtown, where he viii assist Rev Mr..
| Fair in a revival meeting. He will be abb
! sent about a week. His pulpit win be oc-
/ cupied on Sunday morning by Rev. b. +.
! Wilcox, a local preacher, and at night by
| Rev. e. NJ. Whiting. presiding elder of The
| Waycross district. At the evening service,
| Mr. Whiting viii administer the sacra
meut. Mr. Whiting viii preach Sunday
/ morning al the First Methodist Church
| George West, the negro from Beach, who
1 was held here on various charges, was to-
| day liberated by Sheriff r. j. Mcclellan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-05

says a state of Anarchy Exists in the
Hawaiian Islands.

Washington. Aug. 4-T1e Post to-m9r-
row Wis print an interview with LiiuoA2-
LAM. ex-Queen OF ite Hawaiian Islands.
who is residing mere The former Queen
receives many e-tsrs from home. and says
what the people need there Is some heal
20 the government. she adds.
"Tae reports 10 the contrary uotwIth-
standing. The islands are in state Of prac-
ucaI anarchy We Il say we because /
count myself one of my people, have no
laws. but those which have obtained for
many years. and d few which have beeR
fo!stea upon us by the Hawaiian repubI,.
There is TO such thing as real jus-
tee The native mas not the same stand
ing when he goes 10 law as the white
man. aud even some Of the foreigners huI
that they cannot obtain their dues. Laws
are administered ia a careless fashion.
The government is an oligarchy instead
Of republic. Caprice dictates the act
miaistration OF affairs. l speak witA no
bitterness Whatever. / am merely en-
deav9ung TO give correct picture Of the
conditions The Inhabitants of the ISL
ands know nothing whatever OF their fate,
or what sort Of government viii be placed
over them
Liiuokalani expresses every confidence
in the honorable intentions Of America
and hopes when a decision is made as 70
a form Of government for the Islands that
the officials VIII be appointed from this
country.
When asked as TO her claim for con-
fscation Of the crown lands Her Majesty
was somewhat reticent.
81 believe that MY claims are just she
said simply. Il think that they VIII be
respected When the papers We're hled
no definite amount was stated, but the
revenue resulting from the lands three
years ago was al bout $1,000 a year, Since
that time the lands have increased in
value. 1 have heard that their annual
income IS now approXima tely $,99,U0o
but / know nothing about that. There
was certainly no warrant TO disposses=
me of them without payment"