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DESTINY OF THE NEGRO.
Becker T. Washington Tells His Ides
 of It.


 of It.
 Booker T. Washington, principal ot the Tuskegee fAta.1 Normal and h. dustrial institute, addressed the League for Political Education recently on the subject of Race Problems" says the New York Times. He said that the so- mtion of the race problem might be summed up in the statement that ip proportion as the negroes were i'm proved along educational, industrial and moral lines in that same propor- ton would the evils affecting the race be eliminated.
 You cannot, however said the speaker. bring about these necessary reforms in a day or by any short cut It is 2 matter of time and patience Bring proper influence to bear upon the negro, make his environments con genial and uplifting, work on him not so much directly as uneOnsciously, and the matter will in time solve itself For. let me say that we are not going to stay here in order to help you, our government and our country.
 The speaker then referred to the movement some years ago which sought to solve the race problem by transporting negroes to Liberia. But that won't solve t, the speaker add ed. Those people who thought that sending 500 black men to Liberia would be the beginning Of satisfae- tory ending of the race problem for got that on the very morning that those negroes were transported 600 or more black babies were born. Nof will the problem be solved by putting the blacks in any territory in the west. For first. you would have to put up wall about the territory to keep the negroes in, and then you would have to put up another wall to keep the white men out. No, there is better and a higher solution of the difficulty than that. The negroes ought to be taught to do as good work as the white man in agriculture and in all industrial lines. The conditions with which they are surrounded should be studied care fully. They should be taught the dig nity. the beauty and the eivilizing pow CT of labor, and that there is no dis grace in any kind Of work. Above all, they should be educated wherever and as fully as 1t is possible, and then their ignorance would not be made pretext for keeping them down.
 Let me remind you that there ars nearly f0,000,O00 of us. and that wher ever our life touches yours We either help or hurt you. There can be ns separation of our destinies. Let us then settle the problem in a sensible and logical manner. Let US, in short. [ make the negro a man so that he can do as much work as a white man ana meet him with full confidence in A way. Make him a useful and an important member of the commun- ity in which he lives, and then, be- lieye me, he will work out his owa salvation"
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The whlstllnr Tree.

The "whistling tree" is so called from the wind in it's branches making sound like flute. It is the "tsofar of South Nubia, and yields the gum or 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.
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The Ink Plant

The ink plant of New Granada i. . curiosity. The juice Of 1t can be used as ink without any preparation. Al nFst the writing is red. but after a few Aours 1t changes to black.
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Iron Mountain Rates.

cheap Rates to Arkansas Summer Besortt Tickets on sale up to and including Sept. 3g Al tickets good returning until Oct. 3l Ms NebO. ss.s0; Searcy, S4 B Bavenden, S7.15
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ARKANS AS RIVER
 PACKET co.

Ep ROWLAND, Pres. a Gen. MnRr...
 {. E. PHILPoT General AseE. Boat Leaves Memphis every Tues day at D. n
 Boat leaves Pine Bluff every Fri day at ] ] a. m.
 We make lowest rates from and to all points.
 Telephone No. e5. for general in rmati3a.
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Picture MouIdings of the lat est styles just received at Fran J. Murray'.s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-03

Puff City Lumber Co. manufactur- CT and dealer in al kinds of lumber, also sashes, doors, blinds, and all kinds of interior and exterior finish Everything reasonable prices.
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SSiOnal

TYR. C. D. SMITH. Veterinary Sureeoo D Dentist. treats all diseases of dom, nimals. Office at BreWster's AAable. T bhone, old Il; new 129.
 All Calls Night and
 Answered Prom
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FLOOD CURE SENT FREE

By addressing Blood Balm O. Miehell Street, Atlanta, Ga.s4.r of -i our readers may obtain sagN of their famous B. B. ~ Blood Balm, the ereate
 best and strongest blood
 Cures when al! else fa
 ulcers, scrofula. eczema, b3
 poison, eating sores. distressi1sss poison, eating sores catarrh, Then. s4t, ..ba, ..I. daserintio, of vonr +ra,.l ed U giRen TRen 9fffp Ths generous % of offer r'i9s0Sssly s while accepting. Sample bottle ss unt all charges prepaid. Large botalles containing nearly quart of medi% bv for sale by all druggists at .00 bottle. 3. B. B. is always abea3p pVeh all other blood remedies for enTelr l blood humors. Try B. B. B. nexffd ar' you buy blood purifier, the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-03

nK. A. ". TROUPE, Pine Bluff !, G Office Hours, ? to p m Telephone
 effiee with 4 Anderson Never Drug S,9
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-03

A cheap coat does not make a eheap man, but 1t makes hIm feel that way at times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-03

Public Bus and Garriage Telephone Brewster < HeEeen 26c. fare.
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echanica1 iheals mn
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Leave Pine Bluff 1;l0 D. m., arrive CRlcagc Q:45 next day. Only one change; through zIeepers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12
Jewish Philantropists.

A Jewish mendicant is rare spectacle
in New York, and the appeal of any Jew
ish fraternity to their Christian brothers
almost unknown. The Jews look after
their own poor. 1t is part of their re.
ligion-charity according to their creed
being nothing more than Justice
the rich looking after the INDECENT, as
strong Of the Anglo.Saxon race look af-
ter the weak, without question and with
out demur or Boosting. The almost
phenomenal generosity of the Baron and
the Baroness de Hirsch, which in New
York alone has resulted in the giir of
many millions to our poor, has not per.
haps been equaled in numbers by any of
our citizens, though proportionately to
their means no Jews OF wealth have
failed to reach their standard.
1t is the fashion among so-called hum
orists to ridicule the love of getting,
among the Hebrew shopkeepers making
it seem a characteristic Of the race, and
ignoring altogether the generosity of the
better class, who evenin this country and
at this day give their tithes according to
Old Testiment Injunction, beginning to
do so as boys earning their first salaries,
and all this as naturally and as much as
a matter OF course as the rest of us pay
our car fares. More than that, the best
of them make no distinction between the
needy Christian and the needy Jew when
trouble arises, thus proving a brother
hood of man OF which the rest of us only
talk in apostrophes.-[ Harper's Bazaar.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12
Americas Destiny.

In a recent address delivered before the
Phi Beta Kappa of the University OF
Rochester Justice Harlan of the United
States Supreme Court, strongly denounc-
ed what he terms the present American
pessimism. Justice Harlan expressed his
mistaken faith in the great destiny
which awaits America. He said in part
"Our country has reached critical
and momentous period in its history
Now, as much as at any time in our past
history, the utmost vigilance and the
most unselfsh patriotism are demanded
from every genuine American.
"Some people have not hesitated to
say in the most public way, that those
who ambush and shoot down our brave
BOYS in the Philippine juugles are doing
only what they have right to do, and
what their honor demands. They dc
not hesitate to place the treacherous
Aguinaldo by the side Of Washington
and Lafayette and Lincoln. One OF the
most conspicuous of that class has re
Gently characterized this nation as
great assassin nation and has declared
that the salvation of liberty in the Unit
ed States depends upon the defeat OF oul
gallant army in the Philippines,
a recently heard a distinguished
minister of the gospel, who was at thu
head of great university, say in public
address that the American pessmist wa
a born fool. fully concur in that view
although the form in which it was ex
pressed was not exactly judicial.
For my part, l have an undoubtins
faith that great destiny awaits America
and that in the working out OF tn
destiny under the headings OF Providence
humanity everywhere will be lifted up
and power and tyranny will be compel
led to recognize that God is no respecto
otpersons, and that He hath made Q
one blood all nations of men, "
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12
Be Courteous Boys.

81 treat him as well as he treats me-"
said Hal.
His mother had just reproached him
because he did not attempt to amuse or
entertain a boy friend who had gone
home.
81 often go in there and he doesn't
notice me" said Hal again.
do you enjoy thatI'
"Oh, don't mind don't stay long.
81 should call myself very selfish per
sonif friends came to see me and | should
pay no attention to them"
"Wel, that's different; you're grown
up"
'"Then you really think that politenes
and courtesy are not needed among
boys?"
Hal, thus pressed, said he didn't exact
ly mean that; but his father, who hat
listened, now spoke:
"a boy or man who measures hi
trea tment of Others by their treatmen
of him has no character OF his own. ii
will never be kind, or generous or Chris
tiah. If he is ever to be gentleman, h
will be so in spite Of the boorlshness c
others. If he is to be noble, no othe
boys meanness will change his nature
And very earnestly the father added
Remember this, my boy, you lowe
your own self every time you are guilt
of an unworthy action because some on
else is. Be true to your best self, and n
boy can drag you down. Christia
| Work.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12
A Queens Charity.

We hear less about Portugal than
about Spain at any time, and OF late
have heard less than usual. The Queen
of Portugal is sovereign deserving a
long mark for her interest in hospitals
and hygiene, and also in the welfare Of
the children of poverty. At Alcantara
she founded, in 1898, dispensary pc
culiary for meeting the demands of child
ish invalids, as pleasantly situated as
possible, and spaciously planned" COM
bining a diet kitchen, consultations
rooms, surgical halls, and much OF the
departmental work Of hospital AL
most every day the Queen herself goes to
the establishment and takes a personal
share in the labors Of the charity-now
waiting in the kitchen distributions, and
again assisting in the surgery. Several
wel-known women OF her court are
equally practical. The general charge OF
it is committed to religious order,
favorite OF the Queens but the eminent
Portuguese physician, DR.. Silva Car
valho, heads the staff of medical workers.
In one year (1S95) there were given in
the building 1859 consultations, 63,704
rations from the diet-kitchen, 1881
bandagings, 76 4s0 prescriptions, and
470 vaccinations. The milk and vege'
tables are furnished gratis by the Queen,
and the medical supplies are also deiray-
ed by her. Fifteen hundred babies were
treated in one twelvemonth. 1t is said
that there is not any royal charity OF the
sort in Europe so efficiently managed
with the additional active cooperation
of the founder Harper's Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12
An Octopus Dimes.

Never before has it fallen to my lot to
see the terrible monster we encountered
on the last passage from San Francisco
toward Nanaimo in the bark Willscott
of Honolulu.
We know that the octopus grows to
an immense size, as Banks and Solander,
who accompanied Capt. Cook in his first
voyage around the world, found the
dead carcas of one floating on the water
to the westward of Cape Horn. 1t was
supposed to be twenty by thirty feet, the
body only the tentacles were hanging
under water. 1t was surrounded by
myriads of birds, which were feeding
preedilv on it's remains. Pliny also men
tons similar monster having eight
arms, thirty feet long, and correspond
ing pirt; and many other writers, too
numerous to mention, have certified to
It's actual existence. But / did not be
lieye that anything similar to the terri
HE "deyil fish" described by Victor Huge
was really in existence until had occuai
demonstration of the fact on this pas
will now quote our log book in rela
ton to the monster we saw; Saturday
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12

Boredom, he says, "may be traced to the
TACT that they are discharged and discred-
tied ex. officials of the State who lost their
positions through fraudulent practices,
and are considered by those best ac-
quainted with their careers somewhat
ungreteful to their former employers"
With regard to the dynamite monopo-
ly, which so much was uade at one time,
the matter was dropped by Sir Alfred
Miner after the publication of the CORE
spondence between Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain and the Transvaal Secretary of State,
Mr.. F. w. Reitz, on the subject. Mr..
Chamberlain, after admitting that the
dynamite monopoly lis not necessarily
inconsistent with Article IA Of the Lon
don Convention proceeds to argue
that because this monopoly, in his opin-
ion, benefits private individuals more
than the State, it is practically an in
tringement thereof. With this argument
he laid himself open to the sharp and
conclusive retort of Mr.. F. w. Reitz,
who, among other things, reminded him
that 1.-THE spirit and aim of Article IA is
clearly to the effect that strangers so.
journing here"-that is, in the South Ari-
can kepubhc-"wll ENJOY and be subject
to the same trading rights and obiga-
tons as burghers, which is the case un-
under the existing State monopoly" In
connection with this question a London
financial paper points out that good
many people i'll England benefit by this
monopoly through the Nobel Dynamite
Trust and otherwise, and that it would
be better for the Boer Government and
the mining industry were it abolished,
but that there is no moral or legal right
to compel the Transvaal to cancel it.
1t was the perception of this that proba-
bly, caused Sir Alfred Mener, on his own
initiative, to drop the matter, so as not
to overweight himself with untenable
demands; and to devote himself to the
franchise, now the question of the mo
ment.- New York Sun.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12

May 10, latitude 800 go north. longi-
tude 1862 40 west. Light breeze from
north by east, dry, cloudy weather;
smooth sea, except for the usual slight
undulating swell from the northwest.
Ship under all sail, braced sharp upon
the starboard tack, going five knots per
hour, but scarcely making a ripple on
the water. At $50 p. m. my attention
was called by the quartermaster, Frank
Bastas of San Diego, Cal, to terrible
commotion in the water about three
points forward of the lee beam.
Its eyes were large, OF a greenish tint
and somewhat protuding; its mouth,
however, was not so very large, and it
appeared to be shaped like parrots
bill its tentacles were tapering, and, like
its body, of a grayish color, covered
with spots. 1t appeared to possess the
chamcleon-like power of changing the
color of these spots in most extraor-
binary manner as fast as the eye could
detect the changes; they varied from
very rich crimson to dark, dull brown,
these changes, no doubt, indicating the
high state of excitement under which the
creature was at che time.
Suddenly the octopus discharged a
huge jet of dark. colored fluid full into
the eyes OF the sunfish, and then rushing
forward with the rapidity OF an arrow
it encircled its prey with the long tenta-
Giles, and in another moment the victor
and the vanquished had disappeared
below the surface of the water.
In a few moments more we had sailed
right over the scene and found the water
was colored almost black for a space oil
fully 200 feet in diameter, and we noticed
an odor slightly resembling iodine rising
from the water our patent log line Of
snow-white cotton, which was towing
astern, was colored almost black, and il
has not yet assumed its white freshness
although it has towed in the water fully
800 miles since the above episode.
About twenty minutes after we hac
passed over this spot we saw the huge
creature again on the surface enjoying
its meal in a very leisurely manner, roll
ing the body of the unfortunate sunisl
over and over and biting off large
mouthfuls with its cruel looking beak.
knew before that these huge octopod
and their relatives, the decapods, wer
not altogether mythical, as they hav'
at the United States National Museum il
Washington a PAPER mache cast of on
of the latter which was found STRANDED
on the north shore OF Trinity Bay, New
foundland, on the 22d day OF September
1877. The total length Of this specimen
including tentaclcs, was only sixty feet
so it is quite safe to infer that it had no
become of age when it was wrecked
San Francisco Call.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12
What Van Left Off.

Van is four years old, and very proud
of the fact that he can dress himself in
the morning-all but the buttons that
run up and down ahind."
Van isn't enough of an acrobat yet to
make his small fingers thus do duty be-
tween his shoulder-blades, so he backs
up to papa and gets bit of help.
One morning Van was in great hurry
to get to some important work he had
on hand, the marshalling of an army, or
something of the sort, SO he hurried to
get into his clothes, and of course they
bothered him because he was in hurry
and didn't take as much pains as usual.
Things would get upside down and
hind side fore" while the way that the
legs and arms of these same things got
mixed was dreadful to contemplate. So
| am afraid it was not very pleasant
face that came to papa for the finishing
| touches.
"There, every thing is on nown'
shouted Van.
"Why, no, VAN" said papa, soberly
"you haven't put every thing on yet!
Van carefully inspected his clothes
from the tips of his small toes up to the
broad collar about his neck. He could
find nothing wanting.
"You haven't put your smile on yet,
said papa, with the tiny wrinkles begin
ming to creep about his own eyes. Put
it on, Van, and I'll button it up for you'll
And if you will believe me, Van began
to put it on then and there After that
he almost always remembered that hi
couldn't really call himself dressed to1
the day until he had put sunny face
atop of the white collar and the Scotch
plaid necktie.- Youths Companion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12
NERVOUS DEBILITY,
VITAL WEAKNESS

and Prostitution from Over
work or, other causes.
Humphreys Homeopathic Specific
No. aS, in use over 40 years, the only
successful remedy,
ST. per vial, or walls ndlarge vial powder,for 50
Sold by Druggsts or scnt postpaid receipt of price.
HUMPHREYS MED. CO., Cor. William John ss, New York
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12
Ice Cream Points.


Some good points to remember in the
making of ice cream are these: Milk
should be scalded, or it may taste watery.
II flour is used to thicken, cook in a
double boiler for twenty minutes. If
cornstarch, cook an hour. When candied
fruits are used, double amount ofsugar
is required. In making brick ice cream
allow two tablespoonful of gelatine to
each quart. For ginger ice cream, use
the preserved ginger. In freezing ice
cream take one-third as much salt as ice,
and the ice should be on top. In packing
after freezing leave the salt on top. Al
ways allow the cream to stand for two
or three hours before serving, as it makes
it richer. Caterers in making ice cream
for entertainments usually make it two
days ahead.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12
Carnegie's Advice to Young Men.

1. Never enter barroom, nor let the
contents of barroom enter you.
2. Do not use tobacco.
8. Concentrate. Having entered up
on certain line of work, continue and
combine upon that line.
4. Do not shirk; rather go beyond
your task. Do not let any young man
think he has performed his full duty when
he has performed the work assigned him.
A man will never rise ifhe acts thus. Pro-
motion comes from exceptional work. A
man must discover where his employers
interests lie and push for these. The
young man who does this is the young
man whom Capital wants for part
ner and son.in.law. He is the young
man who by and by reaches the head OF
the firm.
s. Save a little always. Whatever
your wages lay by something from them.
6. Never speculate. Never buy stocks
or grain on margin.
7. Never indorse. When you enter on
business for yourself never indorse for
Others. 1t is dishonest. All your re-
sources and all your credit are the sacred
property of the men who have trusted
YOU. If you wish to help another give
him all the cash you can spare; never
indorse, it is dishonest.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-07-12
The Transvaal.

The conferences being held at Pretoria
between President Kruger, Mr.. Fischer,
the delegate of the Government OF the
Orange Free State, and Mr.. Hofmeyr, the
President of the Afrikander Bund in Cape
Colony, are significant of the seriousness
of the situation in South Africa. They
are clear indiction that whatever con-
cessions the Transvaal makes to the de-
mands of the British government, they
will have been approved of by the repre-
Senatives of Afrikander opinion through
out South Africa; and that when thelas
concessions have been made refusal on
the part of the Government of the Trans
vaal to Weld more will be supported by
the material force of the whole Afrikan-
der element in the independent States
and colonies.
There is also accommodating evidence
that strong force OF opinion among the
British settlers is against an attack on
the Transvaal. The organ OF the Pro-
gressive League in Natal, a body COM
posed principally OF Englishmen, in an
article on the situation, says
THE time, however is a critical one, and
we must hope that the British nation will not
ohce more engage III an uulust wal III SonSe
quence of belief in superficial evidence that
such course is desired by true colonsts 1t
would be sad, indeed, were the closing years
OF her Maiesty's reign marred by an act OF
bloody aggression directed against the inoe'
pendence of our neighbors."
The Witness of johannesburg, paper
expressing the sentiments OF consider
able number of Uitlanders OF British
origin, warns the English public to keep
an open mind on all the reports sent from
South Africa as to the attitude OF the
uitlanders in the Transvaal, and emph.a.t
ieally denies that is what is represented If
some of the English papers. Another
Lng'ishman, who has spent twentyyear
IN Cape Colony, writes:
Politics are very strained in Sopth AFRICA
and, although the Dutch and English get OF
well enough individually, the racial feeling Il
very acute. l should not be surprised az
war any day. II 1t does occur 1t will be q pit
thing and fearful one too, as am sur
many of the Colonial Dutch would help tn
rransvaal, and 1t would be like the civil wa
IN America-brother against brother"
Another correspondent, a Scotchman
writing from Krugersdorp in the Trans
Vaal gives but a sorry account ofsome Q
the leading agitators against the Govern
inent of the republic, whose antipathy t.