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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
AmbsssadOrs' Pay.

England pays it's Ambassadors as fol- lows: France, s45,OO0; Germany, $4O.- 900; Turkey, 94O.0OO; Russia, $s9.OOO; Italy, $35, 900; United States, $S2,00O. In most cases the officials receive per Quisites in addition. America pays its Ambassadors 7.5OO each.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
Tho WhistIing Tree.

The "whistling tree" Is so called from the wind in it's branches making a sound like flute. It is the 'tsofar" of South Nubia. and yields the gum of Senaar. Dr. Schweinfurth has shown that the sound Is caused by holes bored in the spines of the branches by an insect in order to suck the gum. The spines. in fact, become little flutes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
Good Eyesl~ht.

Brawley (given to boastIns) you know. l suppose I've got the best eyesight of any person going" IIte. sum-"oh. there's no doubt of that That book you praised so highly yosr were able to read without stopping to cut the leaves. Don't believe anothen person in town could do it"-Boaton Transcript.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
Cnonmhers for the CompIsxlon.

Cucumbers are not only invaluable as an adjunct to the toilet. but they should be eaten plentifully by those who have high-colored complexions. Cucumber juice well rubbed into the skin of the face will keep it clear, fresh and soft.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
A Rem markabls vans.

On the roof of brewery at Maid stone Is to be seen one of the most remarkable vanss in England. It rep rsssnts an old brown jug and glass. The jug, which is made of copper, stands three feet. six inches in height. and three feet in diameter, and Is ca pabls of holding t08 gallons.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
New Toat for EloaI.

A French experimenter suggests that the x-ray furnishes a ready means to detect stony impurities in coal. Carbon is very transparent to the Roentgen rays, while silica is opaque to them. Consequently the silicates, which form slag when coal is burned, can be seen like skeleton when the shadow of the coal is projected upon the fuores- cent screen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
ArsenIc Not Allowed.

In Sweden yarn is not allowed to be sold if 1t contains .00O9 per cent of ar senic. A carpet has been condemned by the inspectors because it contained 1000 part of grain of arsenic in six teen square inches.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
atiII the Rough.

"Boerdway is perfect diamond in ehe ruugh." 'That's funny. Surely go. ciety has cut him enough. ."-PhiladsA pAta North American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
statua with Exalaahos.

Only one marble statue of the human figure with eyelashes Is known. It is the sleeping Ariadne, one of the gems of the vatican, and was found in t50S
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
seedless Oranges ana Concc

The seedless orange that has be- come so popular in California was originally found growing wild in the jungles of Brazil. The Concord grape also is a wild plant and the man who removed it from the woods in Massa- chusetts died but recently.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
Nearly os Swift as Chicago

Melbourne, Australia, which con, sisted of thirteen huts and was known as Beargrass at the time of Queen Vlc- toria's accession, is now classed as the seventh city of the British empire, coming in after London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham and Calcutta.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
Dgnnsrs Served Up fn 8 Tree.

A restaurant exists at the village of R@binson (namsd after Crusoel, about ten miles from Paris, where they serve dinners up in tree. This restaurant has turned the trees of it's garden inso small thatch-roofed paYilions. They are built solidly into the branches, and plainly furnished with deal tables. straw seated chairs, and coarse, clean napery. The visitors ascend by flight of rustic steps, and the food is hauled up in wicker baskets by stout cord and pulley. There is waiter below, a waiter above and, considering the distance the viands have to travel be- fore they appear on the table they are served tolerably hot. There were said a gentleman who recently, dined there. three stories or platforms on the tree on which my party dined. We occupied the middle one. while the sa- yilion above us was in the possession of group of vocalists. Every one was in high spirits, and the dinner in tree proved great success.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18
Few Suicides Among Miners.

There are said to be fewer suicides among miners than among any other class of workmen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-18

f,s..~ s.syen wasa w.lu gssuuress Four times the circuit is made. inc
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27
Personal AND OTHERWISE.


The National Grange has $4,000 in the
treasury, and its members are not calamity
howlers.
Michael Davitt, during his day in Parlia-
ment, did nearly all his literary work in
the house writing room, where silence is
enforced, sitting invariably in the same
seat
The king of the Mosquito territory has
contracted morganatic marriage and lost
his throne, but the local Nicaraguan thrones
are about as substantial as a broken rocking
chair.
The new legislature OF Massachusetts, will
have nine democrats in the senate and
seventy in the house of representatives
more democrats than have been in any legis-
lature of the state since 1886.
The life-sized bronze equestrian statue of
Frederick the Great. by j. l.. Gerome, the
French sculptor, which he will exhibit at
the Paris exposition, has been purchased
by Peter Gibson of Cincinnati and imme-
diately after the exposition will be shipped
to this country
A swell New York fakir who takes in so
much coin that he hires men to shovel It,
Indignantly protests that his offer of 10 per
cent profit every week to depostors is
strictly honest, and that he makes it and
pays it, His patronage is enormous. Evil
IDENTIFY there are few suckers left.
When United States Consul Macrum, at
Pretoria, in accordance with instructions
from our State department, asked President
Kruger If he might be allowed to take
charge of money sent by English people to
procure comforts for British prisoners Of
war, he was refused and treated to a cold
snub
Chicago lecturer explained one of the
grievances of the outlanders to remedy which
Great Britain brought about war against the
South African republics, The burdensome
tax complained Of amounted to 3-5 per
cent on properties, some OF which yielded as
high as 300 per cent and yet Canada taxes
American outlanders in the Klondike 10 As
per cent
The Washington correspondent of the Chi
eago Tribune says Mrs. Logan Is troubled
over the story that she urged her son to go
to the Philippines In spite OF the wishes
Of other members Of his family including
his wife The fact is" says the Tribune.
Major Logan himself was anxious to 20.
He enlisted first for the war with Spain
When that was over he resigned only be-
cause there seemed no prospect of more
hghting. When the fighting started up in
the Philippines he was anxious TO see serv-
ice, and finally his wife and mother both
gave their consent"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27
MIST STANn rOGETHER.

In union there Is strength. Whenever
the business men of Omaha can be
united on any vital issue they will carry
their point. This has been the secret
of success of commercial competitors
and should be the keynote of Omaha s
jobbers and manufacturers in every eff
fort they are making to secure fair
treatment if not equal favors from pub
lie carriers. Heretofore the lack of har-
mony and superabundance of selfish
ness on the part of some firms have pre-
vented Omaha from receiving proper
recognition by traffic managers and
makers. So long as concerted ac-
ton on the part of shippers can be
thwarted by special favors in the shape
of passes and secret rebates the rail
road managers will ignore Omaha s
grievances and pay no attention to its
demands.
The reason why Kansas City and
other competing business centers have
been able to distance Omaha In the race
for commercial supremacy is chiefly be.
cause its business men stand together
and do not allow themselves to be
bought off or bulldozed into submission
Now that the battle over the Omaha,
Kansas City differential is on, the mettle
of Omaha business men will be put to n
test that will demonstrate whether
Omaha can present united front ana
maintain that unity to the end. In
view of the fact that the Burlington
road has taken position in favor of plac-
ing and keeping Omaha on an equal
plane with Kansas City in competitive
territory ii would be an eternal dis
grace for Omaha TO stand alOof ana let
the road fight ii out, or, worse yet, to
discourage the managers of the Bur
lington by dividing among themselves.
1t goes without saying that Kansas City
will exert every influence within its
reach to balk the Burlington and com
pei the retention of the differPntial by
which its jObbers and manufacturers
have for years enjoyed undue advan-
tage. But Omaha can hold its own in
this contest if 1t will only present an
unbroken front and give the Burlington
all the backing AT its command, bearing
in mind dhat in this campaign. as in all
others, those who are not with us are
against us.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27
FOR AN APPALACHIAN PARK
Committees Appointed to Lay the
Matter Before Congress and sery-
ices of Women Enlisted.

BATTERY PARK HOTEL, ASHEVILLE,
N. c., Nov. 26.-George S. Powell, president
of the Appalachian National Park associa-
ton, has appointed committee which will
go before congress in the interest of the
proposed Appalachian National park. con-
sisting Of NJ. V. Richards of Washington,
d. c., N. G. Gonzales of Columbia, S. c.,
p. A. Stovall of Savannah, NJ. II. Cone of
New York. e. p McKissick of Ashevil!e,
]. A. Holmes, state geologist of North Caro-
lima; ]. F, Hayes of Pennsylvania A. NJ.
Waddel of Wilmington, n, c., ]. s. Carr of
Durham, Frank Lochran OF North Carolina.
Josephus Daniels of Raleigh, N. c., II. S.
Harkins of Asheville, NC, S. p Ravene
OF North Carolina. A resolution passed
asking the women of the United States to
assist in the movement to induce congress
TO establish the national Appalachian park
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27
ANOTHER VERSION OF STORY
Private GrOgan Inclined to Doubt Re-
port Concerning Colonel Met
caITs Alleged Cruelty.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Nov &c. l.. Gro
gan, late of Company L. Twentieth Kan
sas, is in the city visiting his parents Con-
cerning the alleged killing of a supplicating
unarmed Filipino by Colonel Metcalf he says
he is surprised at the statement made by
Callahan, who was his lieutenant. Grogan
says Callahan and Hall were five companies
back from where Metcalf was at the time
Of the killing and could know nothing of the
matter from their own personal knowledge.
Grogan says he and five other privates
were detailed to bury the dead Filipinos after
the battle of Caoocan. on February 10.
While he and a private from Company
were at work together they came upon the
body of a Filipino with knife in his hand
who seemed to have fallen while fighting.
His companions looked at the body and
said it was the one Metcalf had shot. He
said the fellow had been taken prisoner
and was unruly. Metcalf stopped to talk
with him and tried to get him to go along.
The Filipino sprung at him with his bowie
and would have plunged it into his body
had Metcalf not shot him instantly.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27
DISHONEST COMPETITION.

OutOftOwn subscribers of The Bee
have recently been flooded with circu-
lars and sample copies Of the Omaha
World-Hcrald importuning them TO dis
continue their subscriptions to this
paper OF the many letters received
the following from a postmaster in the
Elkhorn Valley is a fair sample:
To the Editor of The Bee: You must have
World Herald man in your camp. About
ten days prior to the November election
the World Herald mailed a sample copy Of
its seml-weekly to The Beo's weekly list
here-no more no less. This week every
one OF The Daily Bee subscribers we're
treated to a sample copy Of the Daily VIII.
1t is evident that they have your list. How
they obtained It you will probably know
how to learn. 80
Under the moral code. which should
apply to the newspaper as well as to all
other kinds OF legitimate business, the
buyer of stolen property, knowing it
to he stolen, is no better than the thief,
1t is just as dishonest and dishonorable
for a publisher to buy n subscription
list from thieving discharged employees
of competitor as 1t is for II merchant
to buy goods stolen by an employe from
another merchant Yet this Is precisely
what the Omaha newspaper fence has
done as a piece of its peculiar brand
of journalistic enterprise.
The facts are substantially these:
Some months ago the business man
ager of The Bee discovered discrep-
ancles in the subscription books that
eliminated in the discharge of two en-
ployes. One of these managed, to pur-
loin surreptitiously proof sheets Of the
greater portion of The Bees mailing
lists. With this recommendation the
party, like most of the other Bee EN-
ployes discharged for questionable
practices, readily found a lodgment
on the payrolls of the fence.
Against such dishonest competition
The Bee has no remedy except the su-
periorlty of its publication and the
natural resentment its patrons must
feel at the low and underhanded trick.
cry to which its would-be rival is con-
stantly resorting in its desperate effort
to build itself up.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27
ELECTRICAL FAN COMBINE
Fourteen Firms with Capital Of
S25,OOO,OOO Control the Manufac-
ture of Electric Coolers.

NEW YORK, Nov. 26,-A series of meet
ings of the electric fan manufacturers OF
the country have been held at the Imperial
hotel during the past week and it has been
decided to establish a permanent organiza
tion under the title Of the American Asso-
citation of Electrical Fan Manufacturers.
With a view 10 carrying into effect the de-
csions of the meetings provisional com
mittee has been appointed with II. Burd
Cassel OF Marietta. Pa, as chairman The
objects Of the association are TO secure bet
ter more stable and so far as Is practicable.
uniform prices, The electrical fan Industry
OF the country is in the hands OF about four
teen firms and the capital employed in the
business Is more than $4,000. 900 All the
leading firms Of the country have been repre-
sented at the meetings and II is said that
there is practical unanimIty among the
manufacturers.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27
AS TO THE PArER Trust.
Grnsping Combine that Deserves
the Attention of Congress.

NdilSNS Wy star.
monopoly that will have to fight in con-
gress at the coming session for its right
to charge the American people more for
commodity than they would have TO pay
! for 1t IL permitted to buy it abroad is the
Paper trust It has capitalization Of $50.
100000, which is said to be fully three times
the value OF its plants, 1t controls almost
all the paper mills in the country and re-
Gently has been steadily advancing prices.
The tarif on paper is not as great 40 the
duty on many other articles. but It is suf-
hcient to give to the trust more profit than
1t Is entitled to, and the publishing com
panies Of the United States are disposed to
make spontaneous demand on congress
for the abolition OF ths tariff, so that tho
eNactions Of the trust may at least be lin
tied by the prices at which foreign made
paper may be brought to this country free
Of duty
The import tax on paper is purely pro-
tective tariff. 1t yields practically no rev.
enue at all to the government. The coun-
try imports S3,OOO.OOO worth OF paper OF
all kinds annually, and exports 81, 500. 900.
Almost all the imported paper is litho-
graphed or printed in some other way, or
Is OF a special character, The mills OF the
United States produce about $50 900, 900
worth of paper annually, and by reason OF
duty imposed solely for the purpose of
Keeping the foreign article out and not for
revenue purposes the manufacturers are
able to sell their product for about % per
cent more than they would be able to get
II the tariff did not exist. In other words.
the law enables them to collect from every
consumer Of their product the amount OF tax
that the government collects from the peo-
pie on the Insignificant amount OF paper
that they purchase in foreign countries.
The manifest injustice OF this must be ap-
parent to everyone. There is no excuse
for the tariff on paper even from the stand
point Of the protectionist himself-unless
he happens to be paper manufacturer MS
well as protectionist-for 1t is manifest
that corporation which is capitalized for
more than three times the value of it's prop
erty and completely controls the home mar.
kct is able to make a normal manufacturers
profit without any governmental aid.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27

Figures compiled by the Iowa state
Railroad commission show gross re-
ceipts for the year ending June 30,
1890, almost S3,O0O.OOO more than re-
ported by the railroads for the previ-
Gus year, and for the year 1893, which
had been the largest in the history of
Iowa railroads. Other interesting sta
tistlcs indicate that 1,200 more men are
employed for railroad work in that
state than ever before, with a compen-
sation greater by S1,20O,0O0. The total
number of employees is 32,3S5 and their
wages and salaries S1S,406,3S3. Is it
any wonder that Iowa is staunchly re-
publican when it is sharing so largely
in republican prosperity?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27
THEIR WORRIES.

s. E. Kiser in The Times-Herald.
She met him at the door and frowned.
Her heart was full of woe:
She was a child of trouble, and
She freely told him so.
The gown that she hdl hoEed to wear
Would not be done that night:
She fretted and she fumed and there
Were tears that blurred her sight
She wanted him 20 sympathiEe:
A;as: the man sat down,
As though there were no such thing a s
Az uucompleted gown
He merely gazed away al space
And twirled his thumbs nor saw
The bitter tears that streaked her face
Nor seemed to care a straw.
She left the soulless wretch and threw
Herself upon her bed,
And mourned that she was treated 50
And wished that she were dead
"Ah, men are selfish bruteB!" she sighed
who neither think nor Care"'
And, with a breaking heart. she cried
Twas more than she could bear.
He sat and twirled his thumbs and looked
At something far away;
Tomorrow there would be n note
They'd call on him to pay
A note for thousands more than he
Could hope to steal or bOrrow-
Upstairs, alone, miStreated, she
Kept pouring out her sorrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27
the KENTUCKY SITUATION

No fair-minded man can doubt the
election of the republican candidate for
governor in Kentucky on fair count
Democratic papers in that state have
conceded his election even without the
contested Nelson county votes cast for
w. T.. instead of w S. Taylor and the
just decision of the court of appeals
that these should be counted as the
voters intended ought to put an end to
all controversy. Yet GoeDel and his adj
herents seem determined to persist in
their effort to steal the governorship,
relying upon the Infamous election law
of which Goebel is the author to accom-
plish that purpose. That law was the
leading issue in the campaign and it
was repudiated by the people, but the
unscrupulous partisans who hoped to
profit by it still intend 10 use it to de-
feat the popular will. AS now indicated
they mean to play their dshonorable
and disgraceful game to the last card.
The Goebel law provides state
board of election commissioners whose
decision is final when 1t declares that
a candidate of the same party as
majority of the commission has been
chosen, but subject to appeal to the
legislature in case of a decision favor
able to the candidate in sympathy with
the minority members of the commits
sion. Thus should the majority of the
board say that Goebel was elected the
decision could only be set aside, if at
all, by the courts. while if it should be
decided that Taylor, the republican can
didate, was elected, an appeal may be
taken to the legislature, which the
democrats control. The latest advices
say that If Goebel is not given GER
titicate of election by the state board
he will accept the verdict of that
body and not carry the contest to the
legislature, but no such assurance has
come from the candidate himself and is
not likely to. The probability is that
he believes there will be no necessity
for an appeal to the legislature. that
majority of the members of the state
board of election commissioners being
his partisans will give him the certii-
cate of election.
vt is to be apprehended that this will
be the result, though there are pow
erful influences at work to defeat the
infamy which the Goebehles would per-
petrate and to save Kentucky from the
obloquy and reproach which the state
would suffer from their success. Dem
ocratic newspapers and thousands of
democrats are arrayed in earnest oppo-
sition to the Goebel scheme of high
handed fraud and robbery, while the
republicans of the state, with right on
their side, are in no mood to permit
themselves to be deprived of the fruits
of fairly won victory. Should ma
iority of the state election board rem
der decision against the unmistakable
verdict of a majority of the people of
Kentucky. there would be grave danger
of popular uprising that might have
the most serious consequences. This
possibility may not be without infiu
ence upon the state election board.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27

We hope our new regent will not under
take to turn out all the present tutors and
employees in our State university who did
not vote the fusion ticket, 1t will surely
bring disgrace and defeat to our party
just as 1t did down in Kansas. Things
have been done nearly as foolish, but we
ought to have more sense.-Nebraska Inde
pendent.
But will the Nebraska fusionists
have more sense? Discarded professors
who were expelled from the faculty for
cause are already boasting that they
will be reinstated as soon as the new
board gets into office and one of the
present democratic regents who was
not given a denomination, although he
had been serving only an uneXpired
term, attributes his turning down to
the fact that he refused to inject poll
tics into the university management
If one of the regents has been cut out
because he refused to bow to the po-
litical dictation of the state house ma
chine what is to be expected of the
new board when it is constituted of Il
majority who are the creatures of The
popocratic patronage distributors?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27

which fully justhcs our government in
asking definite assurances from Euro
pean governments.
There is still reason to think that
these assurances will be given. The
United States can confidently count
upon the support of Great Britain and
Japan and the example of the former
is very likely to be followed by Ger
many. Russia will hardly array her
self against the influence of these three
powers in behalf of the open door in
China and France is pretty certain to
follow the course of Russia. We have
no doubt the result will show that our
government has made no mistake in
this matter
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27

Congressman Roberts has reached
Washington in readiness to take his
oath of office. Now the bombardment
of the antl-poygamists will be renewed
from all over the country. II would not
be surprising IL the movement should
finally eliminate in n proposition for
constitutional amendment restricting
eligibility TO seats in congress 10 men
who are also eligible for the matri-
mOnial market
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27

1t is pleasing to know that the tinder
boxes at old Fort Omaha are to be
RACED and that the large brick struc-
lures are to be preserved and put to
some good use. This was doubtless
brought about as a result of the recent
personal inspection of the abandoned
barracks by General Miles and Assist.
ant Secretary Meikleiohr.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-27

1t was Just about year ago
that Congressmanelect Neville dis
tinguished himself by writing his letter
explaining the causes of populistic de
Generacy. Now that Mr.. Neville has n
certificate of election in sight emitting
him TO $1,000 n year AS the representa-
perhaps he will take "A more optimistic
view of the situation.