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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-25
California Beetle for Portugal.

The useful beetle known as Noyius cardinals, and employed in California to eat up the white, or fluted scale," insects of the orange groves, has been exported to Portugal for the same purpose. The beetles were packed in moss with quantity of scale insects to eat and sent by mail to Lisbon. Only a few reached their destination alive, but they are prolific and in a few months thousands were available for work on the scale insects which in- fest the orange groves of the Tagus.
 The Germ That Causes Sunstroke
 An eminent doctor has been investi- gating the malady and has come to the conclusion that sunstroke is not due simply to excessive heat or ex- posture to the full rays of a cloudless sun. He declares that sunstroke Is, on the contrary, an infectious disease, caused, like fever or smallpox, by a specific organism or germ. But this germ he has not yet succeeded in isolating, though he hopes in course of time to do so. There Is little doubt, he says, that the germ is bred in the superficial layers of the soil in eer- tain low-lying regions of the earth. and that it is imbibed into the hu- man system by the breathing of dusty air.
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Gardening Unhealthy.

Gardening is generally considered one of the healthiest of occupations, hut the German Gardeners Association has issued a warning to those who in- tend entering the industry. They cite the fact that during the years 1889 to 1897 of the 291 members of the asso- citation who died in Germany no fewer than 142 succumbed to consumption and other affections of the lurgs.
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Egypt,s Early rnhabitant..

Dr. ". M. Petrie's recent discoveries in Egypt prove conclusively that Egypt was inhabited by men previous to 4000 B. O., the date which has hith- erto been the starting point of known history. Excavations between Nagade and Ballos show that some foreign race must have driven out the early inhabitants of the country, for in the thousands of graves that have been opened by Dr. Petrie not single ob- ject of the usual Egyptian type has been found.
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Ills Only Purpose.

The mountaineers who form the two cavalry companies at Camp Bradley are the source of a great deal of fun for the Legion boys. When one of them was being examined physician iokingly asked If he could read. "No, gol durn it. I can't" he replied, but I didn't come up yere to teach skule. I come ter fight" It Is needless to say that he passed.-Louisyills Courier Journal.
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Unconscious British Humor.

Here is personal that appeared not long ago in London newspaper: Willie, return to your distracted wife and frantic children! Do you want to hear of your old mothers suicide? You will if you do not let us know where you are. Anyway, send back your fathers eolored meerschaum." !" And yet we say that the Briton has no very lively sense of humor.
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Not to His Knowlsdge.

The eminent statesman was running for reelection, and the race was 8 close one. "I hear, Senator" whis- pered his fugleman, you have met with another check" q hope not" replied the eminent statesman, equal ly confidential, T have just parted with another check. Chicago Trib- une.
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STUB ENDS.

Good things go as easily as bad things come.
 Kind words never die-except when killed by ingratitude.
 Gossip is a cartridge fired from the gun of idle curiosity.
 The punch bowl is more dangerous than the pug:listic punch.
 The good die young and the other kind when they can't help 1t.
 The truth that occupies a nutshell finds some minds too narrow to give 1t room.
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Pedigreed snobs.

When it comes to gaping jays. the city has more of them to the acre than the 1emotest school district of Missouri. We make fun of the Reubs who stand and stare in open-mouthed wonder at 22-story buildings, but turn out in tens Of thousands and crane our necks to see fome pedigreed snob who happens to be staying in town over Sunday.
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A Chance for Fame.

Hammand-"Have you an idea that could be worked up into play where by might make a decided hit?"
 Plawryte-"Got just the thing for you my boy; military play in which as the Spanish spy you will win round after round of cheers and applause"
 Really! And what d. I do?"
 Plawryte-"You get killed in tn, first act"
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A Trusti

If man hoards his flour in famine times and charges exhorbitant prices to the starving people, he is cry | miser. If man who owned 6 z were to refuse to permit it's use to rescue a shipwrecked crew unless ne were maid for it he would be denounced as little else than q murderer. But when combination of, f,fnanciers takes ' r..aa nsn : If low s,rs coal (which it has brought ss own o sail machinatio1 ' the erings of
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claret Punch.

Dissolve one pint of granulated su- gar in hot water and let 1t get cold. Squeeze the juice of six lemons into a punch bowl, add the melted sugar and stir well. Add. a half pint of brandy, 2 pony ef hms khree quarts qf laref ...a <z lea. s1i01s
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GEMS OF THOUGHT.

F or later the world comes
 see truth and do the right is no substitute for thorough
 dfaent and sincere earnestness. s0 De able to bear poverty is a [lp thing, but not to know how |ase Ea', It away by work is a more Elal thing yet.-Pericles. \. " the goodness Of God that we " possession of three unspeak- piecious things-freedom of ' ' freedom of conscience, and the lve ~ or using neither of them Twain.
 'usa are very entertaining for !, 'ntefylew, but after that they ,1sasteo and run out; on a sec- ,Ss'ing Y, We shall find them very ~ a Monotonous; like hand or- Y nave heard all their tunes .a, aslon is to be tried by any out . vet 'hat is surely to be found in s@sf s. to the question, not how l.'' put how he lives. It will TOT those who believe in Chris 10 leave no advantage to the :, m that species of argument 'al Caird.
 ~ Encourage Sacred Art. , tune ago the pope offered a :, 1soo for a well painted picture noiy Family. Consequently 8 unoer of Italian painters who ~ 7 at the Exhibition of Sacred urin, chose this subject for
 uresi but none was judged to
 to deserve the prize.
 Harefore, decided to re-
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A Harmless stimuIant.

Warwick-I read that trench phy- sician has been conducti -S. some very elaborate investigationf 70 discover thecessst hhesaalthful for 2 amusement or TT sa>;s4 .aof thlad what
 most
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rAiRFAx

..,ssDls old ohio Man.
 cincinnati Enquirer pls.ley. las a most remark .,ln,sr p9, living at Ports .snresses his belief that | s'r lsst sundays Enquirer 'ert ord Fairfax, living in l rsre some errors, and
 interesting anecdotes
 In Maryland. Lord ass @did not have a sin ibis i present Lord Fair isscended from a brother o,d Fairfax who came ; D century" MT. Tinsley ..sssion old deeds exc ! .'.t Lord Fairfax to Isaac # seems that Hr. Tins ,,d known the first Lord ptS nat gentleman was alive .,s to him the story of sts If Hampshire came to Y Fairfax was sitting in .oisI one day when a drove .sd bv, and he inquired ',s eame from. From the |ss south part of the Poto- race, replied the man. shall call that county bscause those hogs look in Hampshire, England. " ' years the land which now Esveral counties of the state s Hampshire.
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 An otherwise lovely toilet can be ruined by freak paraso1.
 A house with its curtains down looks like person with no eyelids.
 It requires more moral courage to keep ones troubles to oneself than to bear them.
 The wrapper habit makes some women look as bad as the liquor habit some men.
 It really doesn't matter whether a woman is really pretty or not so long as she thinks she Is.
 The woman who can look pretty when she cries and romantic when she sneezes is yet to be born.
 Some women are not to blame for spending more time in looking after a dog than in looking after a baby cause why? they haven't any baby. Some women's idea of hopeless idiocy is created by men, who insist upon singing the praises of other women.
 Why is it we are never so hungry when there is full meal set before us as when there is little uncertainty as to whether there is enough to go round?
 An English publication devoted to women is having a discussion on the most attractive age. Not one of the hundreds of correspondents has sug- gested marriage, though they undoubt- edly think so.-Philadelphia Times.
 Her Interest In It.
 No, she said. don't believe in push. ing the war too fast. I hope the men who are running it will take their time about 1t.
 That's queer view to take of so serious matter" he replied.
 Well, maybe it is," she assented, "but when it began Fred Robbins said he'd buy me two-pound box of candy if our side didn't win in less than three months"
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.pAFFoDILs.

spring flowers none is go
 fbe daffodil, that with it's n and green makes a vivid
 Orner flower stands. The
 peks held these blooms in
 and a crown of the golden xa oye1 in honor of the gods LINZ upon the heads of the dead.
 uld that Proserpine was isfodils when she was car- EIlM Pluto, and for that reason
 Bower became the symbol of
 oner spoke i'll of 1t and de-
 Jor madness and death were
 s.
 corruption of affodilly,
 ariYed from Asphodelus. Its = is narcissus and the legend ,. ter name is we'll known
 ssus. for whom a nymph
 punished by seeing his own ak, pool of water and becoming T s'' ted with it that he was spell 1 A the spot till he pined away and was changed into the 1 t bears his name today.
 poets were fond of the daho-
 isBorth's verses are familiar ! &ople and Herrick's songs tes- ' attention that has been paid
 blossom.
 led His sharp Tongued Wife Sd glishman of Lymington had
 ortune to live in a contin-
 rel with his wife, who was i, Xantippe, and threatened. 00 she survived him, to dance m grave. It was her lot to :, him, but 1t was not so easy out her threat. The hus-
 the precaution to make an Fn in his will requiring his be buried in the sea near his ' and without ceremony. The pn was complied with.
 4 Colony Of Outlaws
 E of fiction have frequently the idea of an unknown trop- Fsdise turned into a general Tor outlaws and criminals. In lin isles, not far from Japan, Fefuge has actually been dis d Men of every nationality, Fe made civilization too warm nselves, having decamped to al rendezyous, leaving the po- record the unsatisfactory re- their Investigations as "gone H No rates or taxes have to and government seems to be alspensed with. The discovery ae by a Japanese vessel which the isle. In future the aliens Ye less freedom, and conss- less happiness, for the Japa- 'alnion will have to be rec- Their dream is over.-West- fnlng News.
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TEMPERANCE NOTES.


 Rev. Theodore Cuyler, D. D. signed the total abstinence pledge when. 10 years old. and has kept 1t ever sirce.
 On the west coast of Africa md far Inland. bottles of gin and demijohns of rum are used as the common currency; and on the Congo, one-half of all that the natives produce is pa@ for with liquor
 Two hundred women at Chattanooga, Tenn, went to the city council cham Der and defeated a movement started by saioonkeepers to extend the closing hour at night from 10 o'clock to 12 o'clock.
 Hoopeston, H., boasts of never hav- ing a saloon within her border, and yet visitors declare she has more paved streets and good sidewalks than any city of her size in the state. She has electric lights, water works, Greer Col- lege, spiendid high schools, and the largest canning factory in the world.
 A movement to exclude liquor deal- CTS from church membership has been started in Louisville, Ky, by Rev. T. T. Eaton, D. D., pastor of one of the wealthiest churches in that city. Res- olutions were passed urging them to give up their business and allowing one year in which to abandon it or leave the church.
 The famous Benedietine monks at Beatty, Pa, have discontinued brewing beer for the market For forty years they have brewed this beer and ped dled it among the saloons all over the western part of Pennsylvania. The growing temperance sentiment among Catholics Ia responsible, though 1t Ia said they will still brew beer for their private use.
 arsE rEmlNItSE opSERv En.
Evening star., 1899-08-11

other what weight will be attached to the
witnesses who are to be brought forward
by former Judge Beaurepaire of the court
of cessation. who resigned in anger be-
cause of the tendency of that court to or
der a revision. Two of these are said to
be ready to swear to circumstances which
Beaurepaire claims to be strong evidence of
Dreyfus' connection with the German gov
ernment. One, it is said, will swear that
he was in the palace of Emperor William
at POtsdam on the day Dreyfus was ar
rested and he saw on a table in the bed
room which the emperor had left a few
hours before a memorandum from the Ger
man war office on which was written in
German: "Dreyfus is arrested" 1t will be
Interesting to observe whether on cross-ex-
animation this witness can explain the re-
markable circumstance of his presence in
the bed room of the German emperor and
the astounding recklessness of the palace
servants in admitting visitors to the vi
cinity of tables strewn with confidential
official dispatches.
Another of these witnesses is prepared,
it is announced, to tell a tale of equal Pc
culiarity, to the effect that he was in Ber-
lin six months before the arrest of Dreyfus
and when at supper in cafe noted the
conversation, 'in French of party of
German officers sitting next to him, who
repeatedly mentioned the name of Dreyfus.
He, too. may be permitted TO explain why
German officers in their own country should
discuss, in foreign language matters in
volving the supposedly secret agencies of
the war office within the easy hearing of
foreigners.
These two outlines of expected testimony
indicate sufficiently the character of the
evidence upon which the anti-Dreyfus par
tisans are now pinning high hopes. 1t may
be that the listening world will find more
entertainment in Beaurepaires witnesses
than in the former president and the for
mer minister of war
Evening star., 1899-08-11
Tomorrow Mt Rennes.

TomOrrow's session of the Dreyfus court
martial is expected to be sensational Ex-
President Casimir-Perier will take the
stand. according to program. and reply as
yar as he is willing 10 queries designed to
draw out the facts which caused his sum-
mary resignation from the presidency and
10 elicit his information concerning the
first cOurt-martiaI. IL is believed that he
can teal a great deal Of value in this con-
necion. The general belief is that Casirnir-
Perter was 50 shocked at the disclosures
which Reached him of the malevoient man
ner IL which Dreyfus had been railroaded
10 exile that he faltered in his official
c. urse and to save himself from despcr-
ateiy difficult task, relinquished his high
Office There are suspicious that just prior
70 his retirement he was in direct corre-
spondence with Germany as TO the true in
wardness Of the affair. He had an. oppor-
tunity when he testified in the Zola trial
to clear away some Of the mystery sur
rounding his connection with the case but
he did not accept it, his words serving
rather to deepen the suspicion that he
was surcharged with valuable information.
But the atmosphere IS considerably clearer
today than II was when ZOla was so out
rageously prosecuted. and Castmir-Perier
" no does not seem to have had the requI-
site nerve to govern France. may now find
courage TO speak out.
Mystery also surrounds the testimony
which Cen Mercier is said to be prepared to
give tomorrow. His friends presase con-
fusion for Dreyfus; his enemies look for
Mercier's own collapse. The prevalent be-
lief seems TO be that he will strive to main-
tain the mystery and to impress the court
with his dOgmatic. unexplained. unsustain-
ed declaration that he knows Dreyfus to
be guilty. That he will try to secure a
postpOnenlent of the trial is accepted as
probable. II is understood that Mercier is
virtually fighting for his life, as il he
cannot persuade the court to reconvict
Dreyfus he VIII be bankrupted financially.
dishOnored personally and officially, and
perhaps imprisoned for his participation in
a disgraceful conspiracy.
Meanwhile the gossips are asking each
Evening star., 1899-08-11
The west Indian Hurricane,

The weather bureau anticipates that the
hurricane which has been devastating the
West Indies will reacn the shores of the
south Atlantic and gulf states tonight and
has accordingly issued bulletin to that
effect 1t is to be hoped that the bureau
is wrong in its forecast and that the storm
Will sweep out toward the ocean instead of
toward the land for. according to the ac-
counts of its work in the islands, it is of
the most destructive character. 1t may be
that with the warning afforded, even if the
storm should come however. precautions
may be taken to prevent such widespread
disaster as often results from these West
Indian hurricanes. Shipping may be ssnt
TO sea out of the track of the storm away
from the harbors within which it would
be helplessly beaten upon the shores.
Movable property may be sent beyond the
reach of the oceans anger. But at best the
case is serious when one of these whirling
visitors comes UP out of the southeast in
the summer.
Reports of the destruction in Porto Rico
and the adjacent islands reveal the most
desperate situation. Many lives have been
lost Entire communities are deprived of
supplies. Business is at a standstill. Here
tofore the people of these states have taken
lltIle more tnan q passing interest in the
devastation wrought in Porto Rico by these
storms. But now there is a tie to bind US
to the unfortunate people who suffer so
severely They are of our own country
They must be rescued from their sad
plight The government is already moving
vigorously to relieve the sufferings of the
stOrm-srricken inhabitants as far as possi-
BILE, and 1t may well be believed that the
islanders will find a vast difference between
their treatment in this emergency and that
which would have been accorded them in
the days of Spanish sovereignty. when the
inspiration of government seemed to be to
get all possible out of the people and to
attend in a minimum degree to their needs
and wishes.
The storm is handled in the forecasting
easier now that 1t is possible to maintain
official communication between the various
vantage points of the hurricane area and
the mainland. 1t may be that in time this
government will be able so to watch the
course OF the elements in TITS cyclone
breeding region as to afford almost certain
warning of the approach of serious dis
turbances days in advance, with such
curacy as to enable property owners at the
exposed points to protect their goods with
out difficulty. Already the weather bureau
has amply justified its organization by the
increase in the accuracy and the scope of
its warnings to the shipping. 1t now en-
tiers a field in which its operations have
been hitherto restricted and which IS at
frequent periods of the utmost mereoro-
logical Importance.
Evening star., 1899-08-11
Omaba,s Human Sacrifice,

Four Omaha firemen were shocked to
death the other night while fighting a fire.
They were hoisting anextension ladder when
the apparatus came in contact with a naked
electric light wire. Instantly the deadly
current sprang down the metal fastenings
of the ladder, and the men at the crank fell
to the ground, two instantly killed. two
mediately afterward. Two other fremen
were seriously shocked. Here again the
miserable method of stringing these danger
Gus conductors through the air makes good
its threat against human life. The danger
is not only to the brave fellows who man
the steamers and trucks, but to the prop
erty owners and householders, whose build
ings may be destroyed because the fremen
are prevented from fighting the flames by
the wires, whose families may be DESTROYED
while the apparatus is being extricated
from the maze of electrified metal The
menace affects every citizen. Not until
every wire of every kind electric light
street car, telegraph and telephone Is put
under the ground and exposed only at the
point of immediate use is the city safe.
Washington hopes to attain this ideal soon.
1t has accomplished much already to that
end But there are yet many wires over
head. and these must all be buried Those
four victims in Omaha are sacrifices to the
sloth and penuriousness of the municipality
and the corporations
Evening star., 1899-08-11
Photograph the Mobs.

As weapons seem to be so useless In their
hands as against mobs why not arm the
Jailers throughout the country with ko-
daks? If We can't stop them let's have
pictures of the mobs. Let's see how re
spectacle and influential citizens" look as
they surge round jail door clamoring for
some helpless creature confined there
Let's see how they look as they dismember
or mutilate. or drag along a rough street
for blocks, the object of their wrath after
they have secured him Let's see how the
human countenance is glorified while this
sort of work goes on.
Surely the mohs will not object They
claim to be justified in their performance,
and therefore they should not draw back
from, the camera. They would run no risk
me taking of human life by frenzied
squads of men seems to be the safest of
employment IN many parts of the country
Just now. Stealing is risky and is liable to
get people into trouble. Hamstringing cat
tie is still punishable by law. But mobs,
with impunity. may torture and string I'D
human beings upon any one of a dozen
pretexts.
If only pictures of mobs could be secured,
How completely the claim that thew are
composed in the main of respectable and
influential citizens would be explodedf
How incontestabiy 1t would be shown thar
the leaders of them, and largely the rank
and file, are the toughs of the conmuni-
ties where they operate. and bear no reIa-
ton whatever TO things of decency and
good report How shocked really represen-
tative citizens would be at seeing such
creatures held up to the public or entitled
10 such designation
But representative citizens cannot excuse
themselves on the score that they are false
ly accused; that the hideous work is ac-
tually not theirs. 1t is theirs in part by
liberation The tOughs would not dare do
il if they did not feel secure against pun
!shment- Toughs are not IN the majority
in any representative American commun-
ity. and where there is a firm purpose to
restrain them there is no great difficulty
about executing it.