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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
WOMEN CF THE PHILIPPINES
Their RedeemIng Feature is Their
 PerannaI CleanIineae

Their Redeemlng Feature is Their
 Personal Cleanliness.
 The ar.stocratic Philippine matron and her daughters indulge in no greater bodily exercise, If they can help 1t, than that required for driving or shopping. But the peasant woman shares her husbands work, whatever it may be, latoring at the blow behind an ungainiy carabao bufalo) in the paddy y-feld, or helping to pole a huge lorcha, or cocoanut raft, Up or down the river, besides attending to her domestic cares. And take pleas Ire i'll saying that whatever it's pro- prietor,s rank or station. the native Philippine nipa hut Is invariably a marvel of neatness and cleanliness as to it's interior; far superior in this re- speet to the average dWelling-hou-e be it that of merchants clerk or that 9f the governor-general. So far as the latter are concerned a decent servant. girl, such as are employed a America and England, would not be content to Femain in one two days. Hundreds of glrls are employed in the great cigar lactofles, and others in the convents labor to weave the far-famed pima lace of the Philippines, several at time sQuatting on the floor around a single Tame. picking and manipulating with aett fingers the infnitesimally delicate Abefs' Sometimes they work for months 10 complete a single mantina or handkerchief. These native womer are rarely employed by the European residents as domestic servants, except in the capacity of ladys maid or cnA- dfeh nurse, and even these posi-. ons are often occupied by boys. They are very unreliable and the utter absence of the sense of gratitude, so character istic of the entire Philippine race, ren. ders it an almost hopeless and very ex- asperating task to attempt to train them as servants. Their only redeem Ing feature is their sense of absolute personal cleanliness, but in spite of this many European women prefer to go to the expense and trouble of i'm rorting Chinese ana from Hong Kong or Canton rather than to intrast her children to the care of a native girl: although when in her own ca- pacity as a mother. the Filipina. so far as observation goes. leaves nothing to 5e deslred.- Womans Home Compan- lon
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02

There must be no more recails; iron will break at last. ."-Hobson.
 Don't mind me, boys; go on fight ing. "A en Capron.
 Don't swear: shoot."-Col. Wood
 Take that for t1e Maine. Sigs- bee
 Expect to take the place as soon as can move Reinforoements will not reach me = -Shafter
 War IS not picnic. Hamilton Fish.
 Who would not gamble for a new star in the flag g?.-o'Nein.
 Afraid IT strain my guns at long rarre; I'll ( aSe in Wainwright.
 There wen twenty questions and ten women present, One bright wOm- an guessed eight. and white marble aust of Dewey was awarded her, wrapped carefully in red, white and 7,ue paper.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
4 ChlId's Wish.

~Be my fairy. mother. nB Give me a wish @ day; something, as well in sunshine
 As when the rain-drops play And If were a fairy.
 With but one wish to spare. nat should l give thee, darling. To quiet thine earnest prayer?' 'I.d like a little brook. mother, All for my very own, To laugh all day among the trees, And shine on the messy stone. To run right under the window, And sing me fast asleep With soft steps. and a tender sound over the grass to creep. Make it run down the hiIl mother. "lth leap like a tinkling beH DO last never can catch the leaf mat into It's fountain fell. Make 1t as wild as a frightened bird. As crazy as a bee. ana noise like the baby's funny laugh; That's the brook for me!'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
Where They Hang Out.

New Orleans Times-Democrat q was travelling through a thinly settled distries up the country some tim. ago. ," said drummer, who can't tell lie when he sees one, and had occasion to stop a a small town off the liae of the road The only vehicle l could get at the station was a ramshackIe buggy driven by an old darky, and as we snailed up the road I amused myself by pumping him about people and things. Finally it occurred to me to get some pointers on the best place to lodge Look here, uncle, I said. where do folks generally hang out here? The old man gave q sudden start and glared at me with evident apprehe sion. Well. boss, he replied in hoafse whisper, they mos gen er'ly hangs out on taat thar big ches.. nut tree wonder, second linn frum th bottom D
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
RUssIA's GREED OF MONEY.
Win Require Large Amount to Com
 plete Present Enternrises.

Will Require n Large Amount to Com
 plete Present Enterprises.
 A great deal of interest is aroused in both political and financial circles bv the appeal for assistance nov being made by Russia in the London money market. For many years to come Rus sia will require large financial re- sources to carry out her vast plans for railway development in China. Persia and Siberia. Unless Londen comes to the help of M de Witte, the Russian minister of finance, the building of 1hese railways, which bulk so largely in the scaremonger's eyes, is likely m be postponed for an indefinite period It seems odd that Russia should come to London 10 borrow money for tho advancement of schemes which are openly designed to thwart the politieaI and commercial interests of England and the United States in the far East It is unusual, to say the least of it to invite prospective victims to subscribe for the expense of their own interment The only ground on which the aDD}i- cation is to be justified is the eosmo- politan character of modern finance which knows neither country nor na- trlotism. Every shilling subscribed in England or America for the building of Russia's strategic lines in Asia will be used against them. The spirit in which that portion of the Russian govern. ment which is hostile to Anglo Saxon development administers the affairs of the interior is shown in the arrest and exile of thousands of students, aud in the closing of nearly all the principal universities and colleges in Russia Harper's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02

Pres Air.
 May be exhilarating, but t ia also 1relghted with certain disadvant- ages. Iae maans with which to avoid or remove these uetty iDcon- yeniences are here suggt stld. For rough skin and cracked lips. Not greasy and stickeY. and can be used at any time. IL is a dei gbIfuiIy Tertumed light gr- en Equid ln g cent bottles. Witch BaZei Cream
 Some people ike Bohemian ware better than cut glass. There's no accounting for tastes And some customer prefer Witch Hazel Cream to Princess Lolion, put up in bot lies at 25 cents. Hot Wafer 6ottte
 For, neuralgia and other aches. as well ss for cold feet. It is well 10 nave not water bottle in the house at this tine, Two. three and four quart sizes.
 ANDERSON MEYER DRUG co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
RHEUMATIsM.CATARRH ARE BLOOD
 DISEAsESaEREEl

Itis the deep-seated, obstinate cases of Catarrh and Rheumatism that 5, B. B. (botanie blood balm) cures. Il mat ters not what other treatments, doc- tors, sprays, liniments, medicated air, blood purifiers, have failed to do, B. B. B. always promptly reaches the real cause and roots out and drives from the bones, joints, mucous membrane, and entire system the specific poison in the blood that causes rheumatism and eatarrh. B. B. E. is the only rem edy strong to do this and cure so there can never be return of the symptoms. Don't give mp hope but ask your drug gist for B. B. B.-botanic blood balm or 5 bs-Earge bottles one dollar, six bottles (full treatmenD five dollars. B. B. 5. is an honest remedy that makes real cures of all blood diseases after everything else fails. We have abso- lute confidence in Botanic blood balm; hence, so you may test it, we will send a trial bottle free on request. Personal medical advice free. Address,
 BLOOD BALM co,
 222 Micthell St.. Atlanta, Ga.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
FRAMING CHILDREN.
When All the Family Help. Work Is
 Easy.

When All the Family Help, Work Is
 Easy.
 When rtght-minded parents once see the benefits their children may derive from manual training they will cer- tainiy plan for them to have 1t, says Table Talk. One mothers desire to have her daughter learn housework led her to dismiss her servants and herself share the work, that her object might de accomplished under her own care ful supervision. Nor was this done in spirit of martyrdom, but one of wholesale joyousness, remembered by both years after with the greatest pleasure. One cannot teach the dig aity of labor who does not feel it and It Is only to those who look upon it as degradation that it becomes such When in the course of human events the maids places become vacant, as Is apt to happen in the best regulated families. the members thereof usually sit about bemoaning the disjointed condition of the universe In one fam fly 1 know of, when such occasion comes, each member takes part: even the boys attack the ever-to-be washed dishes and the paterfamilias does not lose caste in the community by lend 1ng hand when at home in either the cause of cleanliness or cooking. He can sweep and dust a room as deftly as any maid. cook a meal and even make bread rather better than the most of them, all without making a muss or losing his temper. Temper Why, 1t is at it's sunniest on such oc- easions-the entire family really rather enjoy the frolics they make of them. 9heif motto seems to be "Helpfulness versus helpleosness."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
Was the Giant of the t,orns.

William =Keh- CT, the marine who died from yellow fever at Havana the other day, as one of the tallest and strongest men in the corps being more than 6 feet tall and weighing 180 pounds He was 24 years old, and his home was in Brooklyn. He was trans ferred from the Columbia to the Reso- lute at League Island, going to 4a- Yana Dec IL
 Kehrer was stationed with a corps of forty men on the Machina= wharf Up to June II he was in the best of health. His ease was not thought to be yellow fever until June IA, for the symptoms were not alarming. The barracks had been thoroughly furni- gated and precautions taken against the spread of the fever
 kehrer's death was the first among the marines and the second yellow fever death among American soldiers. The other was Patrick Twohig of tbo Second Engineers, who died in Mar4- anao h January.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
Cotton Belt B lletin. PINE BLUFF TO CHICAGO
Via Cotton Belt Route

Arkansas Colored Baptist state Conven- tiOn. TeXarkana. Ark, Nov. f6th to 2f, 1S99 ate One fare for the round tr D. Dates of sa Nov l4th to 10th. Return limit NOvem- Der 2ane, 1899.
 Tri-state Medical Association. IVemphis. Tenn, Nov. 14-16th, 1sg8. Rate one and one and one-thir fares for the round trip on The crtiticate plan. Dates sale Nov. Huh to 10th inclusive 1S99. Return Limit: Nov 10th 1899.
 Annual Conference Nj. |. Church South Fordyee. Ark, Nov. 2nd. R8ta one and one third fare for the feaa1 trip on the cirtiti- cate plan Dates of safe. Nov. 10th to 25tk inclusive. Return llmIt, Noy.2sth lS90 Re turn limit Nov. 18th. 1893.
 Royal Arch Masons, Little Rock Ark Nov. 22hG tJ tO 24th inclusive Kate one and one third aare for the round trip on the cirtih- c te D an. Dates of sale .t0V. 18th to 2fth in- elusive. Return limit Nov 18th 1897.
 Leave Pine Bluff 1:f0 D. m. arriye Chicago t1;45 next day Only one change: through sleepers
 A NJ E Church Conferences M4rianna, Ark, Nov = to 29-Ra 2. One af q one-t hird fares for round trip, eertiticate plan Dates of sale. November 10 tO 25, i-cIasive; Return limit December ?, 1899.
 Arkansas State Swine Breearrs Assoeia- [ on, Little Rock, November ? to 25-Rate q an Dates of sale. November k 10 T. tn- elusive; Return limit. Nov g
 Meeting Grand Chapter 0 F : of Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas, Nov 2gfh and 2Ist. 'qg Rste, one an Oue-third fare Tor the round Nov. Eth to Fist inclusive, lsg9 Return limit November 24th 1899.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
Do Harea Eyer prink7

Some naturalists believe that hares never drink, but get enough liquid for their needs in the dew on the grass which shey eat,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
. The Start.

The Moralist-Man proposes and The Married-Yes, and that's where the trouble begins.-New York Jour nal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
.9sBnSupI ua4ods aul SC

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 'ssSeAss SuouV ssssnsusT eIn4san
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
PYOfeS SSiOna1.

TYR. c. D. SMITH. Veterinary Surgeon and LZ Dentist, treats all diseases of domestic nimals Office at BreWstef.s Stable Tele phone, old T: new 12a
 All Calls Night and Dav
 Answered Prom ptly
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02

DR. 4. ". TROUPE. Pine Bluff. Ark &S Office Hours, o4 h. Telephone
 etfice with Anderson Meyer Drug Store
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02
CH HEAP VOL UMN
FOR REIN [

FOR RENT-House No. 909 West 2nd aye I nue: bath room, cistern, water works. &c Apply to Mrs. L. Moore, BIO W. Sth avenue; old phone 26s.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02

COOD ROOMS and board at reasonable & prices. 420 East 9th and Texas, 2S FOR SALE-Two sound, gentle horses. cheap for cash. L E MITCHELL,
 2S G25 East End ave.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02

FOR RENT-Nfeely furnished front room Apply to No, 919 Nest 3ld, Old phone
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-02

The approach of an automobile must, if necessary, be signaled by means of q trumpet. Each automobile must te provided with two lamps-one white. the other green.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08
New Zealand Has
Some Strange
Customs.

New Zealand thirty years ago was
divided into six provinces (statesl-
There was intense rivalry between
them and between sections, which led
TO subdivision Of provinces.
Ten years ago began a bad financial
panic. Since then the whole tendency
has been toward Capitalization. The
state lines, so far as legislation Is con-
cerned, have been practically wiped
out. though the names are retained in
use for convenience
No man, it IS claimed, can starve IN
New Zealand. An oId-age pension pro
vides absolutely for the support OF
every person Of either sex past the aga
Of working.
Any man can have land, by e law
somewhat similar 10 our own home
stead act. He does not have it IN fee,
but upon q long lease.
For some time after the settlement Of
New. Zealand the natives were exter-
minated like our own Indians. There
are only 1900 left, but they are now
increasing somewhat
New Zealand IS an agricultural
country Of sparse population The new
LEGISLATION Of 1891 and succeeding years
land and on incomes. No attempt IS
made to collect tax on personality.
The. land tax is levied only on estates
worth $500 or upward. Mortgages
and some improvements are exempt
On landed properties worth from $500
TO $4,000 tax rate IS levied, varying
each wear according to public needs. On
estate worth more than S25,000 and up
to $50 900 an additional tax Of .005 per
cent is levied (oue-eighth penny in the
pouud) This differeutiaI tax increases
by a sliding scale until landed estates
worth 81. $50 600 pay annually "a pence
to the pound, or about $I400, more in
proportion than the estate OF 5000,
while the estate of less than S2500 pays
nothing
This law was made to break Up largo
landed estates and IT has done It They
cannot exist As land becomes more
valuable by the acre, estates Of mod
crate size will be similarly broken uR
As the price of land grows in proportion
TO density Of population, this legislation
viii subdivtde the land more and more.
The law forbids the sale by auction
Of more than 800 acres in one plat
The compulsory arbitration law, tn
troduced in 1881, was bitterly opposed
1t passed in 1894 It seems to work wall
There has been but one strike since.
Unions. OF workmeu and employers,
WnICu register LQE LAe pu+ pOSGs S0A 'Ul7
for the arbitrators. They use the act
whether registered or not.
Arrangements for wages are made for
two years, so that employers know
what they can figure or
Union labor is not insisted upon IN al
cases. but is favored by the arbitrators.
II a business has employed non-unton
men they are neither forced out nor
compelled TO join the union. Nowhere
else however are labor unions
stronger.
New Zealand has an eight-hour day,
q half holiday every week, q dozen full
holidays in the year-all at full wages,
Less drunkenness and more thrift are
said to result from this law.
New Zealand women, white and
brown alike, can vote for members Of
the Legislature. but cannot themselves
be Members
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

down separated Martin Low from the
sister Of the dead girl
At first the people spoke OF it in pity
ing breath Then pity changed 70 scoru.
For Martin Low, from q model young
man, mad changed into the awful ex-
ample. He drank with the thtrstieth
and gambled with the most desperate.
He fell from grace with eyes tight shut
10 saving hands. Only one could touch
his heart striugs-his mother But even
she could not reclaim him.
He was mixed UP in several scrapes,
squanderad his patrImOuy and then,
that ne might not further disgrace his
family, vert forth 10 live by rod and
gun His system has become thorough
Iy in0CuIated TO Kentucky soda water,
and though he drinks a surprising
quantity he never loses complete con-
troll OF his physical or mental faculties.
He has the strength of a Samson, a
faCiIe tongue, ready Wit and WithaI the
manners Of a gentleman never COM
pleteIy forgetfuI Of his gentle birth and
breeding.
At the last big barbecue near Monte
rey given by the descendants Of the
real CaufOTuians. the sen0res and Sc
n0ras Of mantiua and sombrero days,
Martin Low took charge OF the barbe-
cueing. 1t was haIf-week Of feasting
and fandangOs. Silver haired hidalgos
declared that the mescaI had lost its
flavor, the guitar its tinkle, the senor-
itas were not quite SO fascinating as
of yore but the beef, ah muy buenol
Never, never, had 100 pounds Of meat
Eeen done 10 such a turn To barbecue
100 pounds Of meat so that 1t is cooked
evenly all the way through is indeed a
difficult feat
In June of this year Martin Low went
to Georgetown. His odd moments he
spent building d house for a friend and
the rest of the time he drove or did
the brakfng on a lumber truck
The day Of the accident he was
braking on a truck that weighed about
5000 pounds. The driver had the horses
under control. but the brake was out
of order. Martin threw his weight
against it, the brake crashed and threw
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

County and Martin followed in their
wake In the heart Of the little town
Of Arroyo Graude Mrs Low bought
ten fruitful acres and Martin followed
suit TO half that extent.
Martin Low was held model young
man Of the country round. He was q
happy enough cross between saint and
sinner not TO De ruled out Of any class
He was superintendent Of & Sunday
school. president of athletic societies,
paid his monthly dues 20 the temper
auce society and now and then his
respects to glass Of lager. He made
no preteuses and q host Of friends.
Mrs. Low converted her acres into a
seed and flower nursery and quaffed
the sweets Of content The youngest
darling of her heart had torsworu his
AHan-a-Dale existence and was putting
his shoulder to the sober spOkes in the
wheel Of life.
One May morning Martin told his
mother that he was gong TO bring
home d daughter 10 the household
Just over the edge Of the county line
q wee bit on the Monterey side, lived
the maiden Of his choice. They were
10 be married in a year. In the in
term she was TO finish her term - q
school teacher in Fresno County.
The greeu-eyed monster somehow
got its fangs into the maiI-box
Charges and counter charges. accusa-
tions and denials, followed just as fast
as Uncle Sam could possibly deliver
them. One August morning Martin
Low informed his mother that he was
not going TO bring home daughter to
the household
Nevertheless Martin did not cease
his trips TO Monterey County. His
erstwhiJe sweetheart had sister
whose sympathy was sweet 70 his will
ing ears. It was the old story with its
most tragic ending. The girl returned
from Fresno ready TO hold out the
olive branch to her lover. She found
that her own sister had entirely sup
planted her in his affections
She WOoed death by the poison route
ended her own life and spoiled two
others. A memory that would not
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-08

aim with tremendous force under the
wheels There was no time to crawl
between the wheels. The truck rolled
pitilessly over his PROSTATE body.
They pulled him out. crushed and
mangled. the flesh on one leg ground
out deeply enough for mans arm 10
rest in the hollow. Death seemed so
certain that it was not thought worth
while TO carry him to the nearest hos
pttal at PlacervilIe. At the end Of q
week he was still breathing, so they
moved him to PIaCeryilIe-
There the doctors and nurses did their
best, though they had no hope for his
recovery He alone declared that he was
not ready for kingdom come. So close
was he TO death that they dug q grave
for him Martin Low heard that they
were preparing for his end and all the
stubbornness in him rallied to defeat
their purpose. From that day he began
to mend. In d month he was out Of
the hospital weak and impiug.
His plans had been made to spend the
fishing season at Lake Tahoe. All his
money had been used paying hospital
expenses, and he was too proud TO write
to his family or borrow from strangers
He declared his intention OF walking
from PlaceryiIIe to Tahoe. People said
he would never get there alive That
settled it with Martin Low. He started
out to show them that he could
For seven weary days he walked over
the rough mountain roads. Wagons
passed him now and then and a lift
was offered, but the joIting made walk
ing preferable. He fshed and hunted
for food, exchanging some of his game
for milk and bread at the mountain
dairies he passed. He was not strong
enough to pack blanket. so at night,
like the babes in the woods, he crept
under covering of leaves.
Near the end of his journey ne fell ex-
hausted by the roadside a stones throw
from a dollhouse. Mrs. Shaw, the toll
house keeper, was busy with her house
hold duties, while her two little girls
played outside One of them discov-
cred the PROSTATE form and peered into
his face with childish curiosity. why,