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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-25
Sale of Tacoma Land

Tacoma, Feb. 2l.-The sherif's sale Of
the property Of the Tacoma Land Com.
pany to satisfy claim for $763,000
against it took place yesterday, the pur-
chaser being the Provident Life and
Trust Company Of Philadelphia. The
price paid was $637 900, but Judgment
to cover the deficiency OF the claim win
be secured,
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-25
Joint Commission Takes a Rest.

Washington, Feb. 2l.-The high joint
commission has decided to adjourn until
midsummer, when it will reassemble, to
agree finally on the pending questions ol
difference between the United States and
Canada. Agreement on several Of the
most important issues pending is appar-
emily impossible at this time.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-25

Washington, Feb. 2l.-The senate
committee on foreign relations authorized
favorable report on an amendment to
be offered to the sundry civil appropriA.
ton bill for the construction Of cable
to Hawaii and Manila. The cable is not
to be built by the United States, but a
yearly subsidy is to be paid by the gov
ernment.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-25
chaplain Pa.sed Away.

Washington, Feb. 2l.-General Otis to-
day cabled as follows from Manila: Chap
lain John R. Thompson, Of the First
Washington infantry, died February 10
OF acute enterocolitis.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-25

Washington, Feb. 2l.-The house COM
mittee on appropriations has ordered
favorable report on the bill to pay Spain
$20,O0O,00O for the Philippines. Chair
man Cannon was directed to call up the
bill today under suspension Of the rules.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-25

The remains Of Julius Goldschmidt,
who was consul general at Berlin. Ger
many, and who died q short time ago,
will be brought TO Milwaukee at the sx-
psnse Of the state department at an early
data
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-25

Bloomington, Ill, Feb. Samuel
Stevenson, d. D., one Of the oldest Pres
byterian ministers in the United States.
is dead in this city, at the age Of SO.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-25

San Francisco, Feb. 2l.-"Kid" Mccoy
and George Green, local middle-weight,
have signed articles calling for a 10
round contest between the men some
time in April. Mccoy agrees to knock
Green out inside of 10 rounds or forfeit
the decision.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-02-25

self-denial means say mo" to yourself
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
CHUCH IN COURT.
First Baptist Church, CoIored, Being
 Sued.

R. M. Rose, eolored. is suing the First Baptist church, eolored, of this city for $50. Constable Cheek this morning had something like twenty summouses. The whole con gregation will be involved in the litigation. The case. comes mp be- fore Judge W. D. Vance.
 Gov. Dan ". Jones passed through our city this morning bound south on the Valley.
 Mir. T. M. Phillips left for AL theimer this afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07

 ALMOST ANY STOVE. i will work: it is the quail. " of the work that tells the story. Beck with 'S Round Oak is q stove of. quality; for over 9 years it has led the procession i simply because it was made "on hOnara You can have the best by coming to us, and it Will cost you no more thanE one that is said to bel .'iust as good n
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
Busy Animals.

The fox is dealer in poultry, but he is nothing more nor less than thief. Fat ducks and chickens are his delight, and a plump rabbit comes next best.
 The otter and the heron are fsher- men. The otter is not often seen, for he carries on his work mostly under the water, but the heron stands with his long, thin legs in the water wait ing til 8 fish comes by. Then a sud- den plunge with his long, sharp btll and the poor fish is brought up and swallowed
 The anus are the busiest of all. Catch an ant asleep in the daytime if you can. They are always in earnest at their work, building their underground homes and laying up stores of food for the long winter.
 The swallow is a fly catcher, and skins tow over the surface of the little streams. It takes a great many flies to feed him for just one day, and he is fo ever at work.
 The beaver is a wood cutter, ] build CT and a mason. It cuts down the small trees with it's teeth, and, after it has built it's house, it plasters it with it's tail.
 The snail, too, is a builder, but it takes the material for its house from its own body. It is so anxious to begin work that it commences to build it's house before it is even matched.
 
 The mole that burrows under the ground makes a little fort under the earth from which it tunnels in every direction, aud it makes such clever paths that it can run from one to the other and can scarcely be caught.
 The ' es do not all I've in hives or tree trunks The mason bee digs a hoie in brick wall and lines 1t with clay. Tn this nest it lays two eggs and closes it up. The miner bee bores long holes in the sandbanks and the ear- penter bees bore their tunnels in wood. The upholsterer bee lines his nest with poppy leaves. The rose leaf cutter takes a leaf between its jaws, begins near the stalk and cuts out circle of just the right size and as perfect as as could be marked with a compass. With these circles of fragrant rose leaf IL divides it's round hole in the wall Into little cells.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
K.itty EnticeA the Mice.

From the Weekly Telegraph: One of our Birmingham readers sends Us an account of a cat that lived in an outhouse and was seen one day to take small portion of her dinner and place it deliberately in front of a mouse hole in corner. She then re- tired to a distance and set herself to watch. Not many minutes after fine. plump mouse came out. gave one look around. and, seeing nothing suspi- cious, commenced to eat the food. While the mouse was thus pleasantly engaged pussy made the fatal spring and captured her incautious prey.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
LONDON'S TUNNELS.
Striking Examples of Ignorance and Cen
 tempt for Hygienic Science.

Striking Examples of Ignorance and Cen
 tempt for Hygienic Science.
 Could a more striking example be exhibited of the ignorance and con. tempt by hygienic science than Is shown by the condition of the tunnels of the metropolitan railways of Lon don? Probably in no other city in the world would the characteristics of the atmosphere of the tunnel between. say. Praed street and Kings Cross, be tol- erated for one single week; a great part of the existence of this filthy attribute of the subterranean railway system of London may be charged to the imper- fections of the steam locomotive, says the Engineering Magazine. This in- dictment could be heightened but enough has been stated to prove that, although we cannot fail to gratefully recognize the influence that George Ste phenson's s invention has exerted in ana. elierating the conditions of the life of the industrious masses. it still in it's high state of development possesses fundamental defects of very serious
 
 electricity graciously offers us a means for tractive and propulsion work, to move our trainloads of passengers or of merchandise, by which, in addition to the removal of all the serious disad- Yantages to a great degree fnseparably associated with steam locomotive trae- tion and already enumerated. we ob- tain qualifications that have made the sometimes irksome necessity of travel. Ing real pleasure, if not liberal edu. cation.
 The Bench and the Bar.
 JUdge-Your face is familiar. I've seen you before. Prisoner-Yes, your honor quite often. Judge-Ah! What was the charge the last time I saw you? Prisoner-I think it was E cents. your honor. l mixed 3 cocktail for you, belieye.-Catholic Standard and Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
SAVING WOOD.
In the Circuit Court is the Lumber
 mems Case.

The case of J. I. Porter Lumber Go. against Frank Kendall, ct. al., which began in circuit court Mon day morning. still continues. The litigation is about 150 or more logs claimed to have been cut by plain tiff and taken by defendant. They both claim title. The arguing of the instructions by the attorneys before Judge Grace has occupied Tuesday They will finish the case Wednesday. It will go to the jury this afternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
TO THOSE NEEDING MONEY.

Now is the time to make appliea- tions for loans SO as to be ready for the New Year. We represent a com pany that desires to loan money oR improved bottom lands in sums from $500 up to as much as the se- curity will justify. Time of loan. ten years with the privilege of pay ment in five years. Low rate of in- terest. No ADVANCE FEE REQUIRED,
 ROBERTS x JOHNSON,
 Pine Bluff, Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
WATCHES 4N THE pAwNsHops.
uways the First Articles to Be Pledged
 in Distress.


 Most people suppose, said a down own pawnbroker, the other evening, Iccording to the Baltimore News, that when a man goes broke the first thing he thinks of paWning is his dress suit. but that's not so. While there might be some that do this, they are few and far between. By long odds. the great majority of those in distress first put up their watches. In a big city like this. with clocks on every hand, a watch is almost an unneces- sary luxury on the street, and so this is the first article pawned. Watches afe, so to speak, a drug in the pawn shop. We get so many of them that we often wonder where they come from. You might think that we never would have occasion to lend money on wedding rings, but you would be wrong, for we have several of them now. A woman must be in distress to pledge her wedding ring, and yet it is often done. We have engagement rings, too, but not so many in num- Der as wedding rings. Sometimes men pawn engagement rings. We simply take that as a sign that they have broken an engagement, but when a woman comes to us with one of them we know she needs money. I've made quite study of pawnshops," eontin ued the broker, "and l find that in the majority of cases the dress of the per sen asking for loan on some article has a great deal to do with the amount received. If the pawnbroker sees well-dressed person In front of him he will naturally argue that he o1 she is little short of funds for the tine be- ing, but will return and take the article out of pledge in few Gays. If. on the contrary. the person asking loan be poorly dressed, there is little chance that he or she will get a fair amount on it. In the latter case the pawa~ broker usually offers only what lie thinks the article will bring at private or public sale, with the amount of his interest deducted"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
AT HYMEN'S ALTER.

Wedding rings are supposed to be always the same, but still the fashion of them has altered lately among smart people. The newest brides are wearing plain gold cirelets which are about tWo-thirds narrower than those formerly worn. Jewellers are also showing new ring. When worn it is exactly like any conventional wedding ring. In reality it consists of two separate gold bands, each made in a spiral. These fit so closely together as to form perfect ring without yisi- bic joint This marriage ring is sym bolical of the joining of two into one
 Seventeen years ago q bequest was made to the city of London by a beney- olent Italian gentleman of $4,00O to form fund to give a marriage portion o< $6G each to three poor girls every year. Unfortunately, the sum was quite inadequate, and up till now the wishes of the testator have not been carried out However, the trustees have allowed the money to accumulate and in two years time the capital will be sufficient for three girls to be en. riched according to the desire of the Italian benefactor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07

The much-prized wedding raiment ol certain American brides has been treated to various discouragements One bride lost hers in a fire at New port and another had hers ruined by leakage in the hold of ship en route to Europe. Hence a new fashion has arisen of having a special box for pre- serving a relic of the wedding cake, covered with a piece of the same stuff as the wedding garment. It may be square, round, or heart-shaped. with an initial or crest on the outside. Some times, besides the bridal cake cut on the table, there is a smaller one. to be retained as souvenir, bearing the names of the bride and bridegroom in silver frosting, with those of the bridesmaids and best man and tne ushers. On the round box. in the cen ter of the lid. water-eolored portrait of the bride is introduced, and these boxes fasten with silver clasp. formed of the united initials Of the 1ppy pair.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
WHICH SHALL 1T BE?
Democratic or Republican-Returns
 Tonight at Roof Garden.

MT Mickey Holland, the proprie- tor of the Roof Garden, has made arrangements to receive the returns via the Western Union of the sev eral states thas hold their elections today.
 Those of especial interest will be Kentucky and Ohio, which have been the "hot bed of politics. Refresh ments will De served at the Roof Garden. Everything has been made as comfortable as possible.
 
 A disastrous fire occurred in the business district of Kansas City.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
As Pants the Heart. etc.

"she felt the strong arm of the law he said, speaking of woman who had got into trouble. How delightful" commented the demure young thing. ''What is delightful" he demanded in surprise. 'tTo feel a strong arm, shs answered softly.-Chicago Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07
THE MARKETS
CORRECTED DAILY BY L. FOWLER, COMMISSION
 MERCHANT
On account of elections there is no cotton market today.
 GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

Chicago, Il., November }, 1S99..
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-07

There is also a new fashion in the boxes employed for sending wedding cake to friends-some are white, some ivory and some are pearl and white, bearing either a silver or pearl mono gram or pretty little cupids or hearts on the covers. Occasionally the hand writing of the bride is represented by her Christian name written across the top, Sometimes every box is hand. painted and these are intended to be Kept as a memento of the event.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-06

European departmental reports.
I've build guns" said an army ord
nance officer the other day. "that We cam
issue to the service and say these guns
are built Tor q normal pressure of $4,000
pounds. but IT, "a the excitement of bate
tie. YOU overload them and create prose
sures away up toward a hundred tanA-
sand, you needn't worry. These guns
have an enormous factor OF safety
The bursting of DR.. Calling gun was
expected by the army ordnance experts.
The inventor knew that his idea OF cast
Ing a big gun in one piece was ana OLD
one. but he believed that his special meth-
DDS of casting and cooling would proc
duce q gun as strong as the service hoop
ed guns The ordnance experts told Dr.
Calling that he must fail, and they OPP
posed the granting Of the money asked
for by the inventor But General Miles,
who IS n strong friend Of Dr. GatI'ng,
urged Congress 10 make the appr0pr.a-
ton. Because sthey did not believe Dr.
Gatiing's gun was built on scientific prime
ciples and because they felt sure that Sc
would go to pieces. the ordnance officers
handled the gun with unusual care. and
now that fl has failed they say only the
gun is TO blame.
Under the act apprOprating tiNh1 JOY
the s-inch Calling rifle. $4,000 was ape
proriated for the construction ~ a caste
steel mortar The construction of the
mortar has not b'gun. For the testing
Of the rife the Ordnance and Fertilization
Board allotted Sls6C0. Three hundred
rounds were 10 have been fired. The
bursting Of the gun 50 early IN the test
was not excited by even those most 0p-
posed to the principles OF its cOnstruc-
tiOn.-New York sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-06
THE CREW OF THE QUINNEBAUG.


NORFOLK, Va. January 5.-special-
Tho story the telegraph told this morn
ing of the rescue al sen OF tho crew of
the barge Quinnebauy and tho arrival of
the men az New York, was read With
great interest in Norfolk. where the facts
concerning the loss of the barge are
well remembered. 1t was only yesterday
that Captain Williamson. of the tug
Luckenbach. iE conversation with Tbc
Times reporter avOwed his belief That
tho missing crew had been picked up by
some passing vessel ana would yet be
heard from, but 20 many it viii probably
seem as though the sea has given up It's
dead.
Tho barge QulnneDaur which was
made from the hull of the old United
States warship and stli retained its
name was lost. SO Will be recalled. in
tho storm OF last November She sailed
from this port ana was not far distant
from it when abandoned by her crew
Few, perhaps are so familiar with the
story Of the loss OF tho bdrges Quune-
baug. IIclicon and Corsica. all of which
went adrift in the storm. as Captain
Williamson. lie was ON the tug Ocean
King seeking the derclicts and tells
graphically the story of the rescue of
captain OF the latter jumped from the
barge upon tho deck of the ocean King
and was saved but three of the crew
who attempted to follow his example
were carried of their feet by tho lurch-
ing OF the vessel. and. falling into the sea-,
were. with one exception, lost. This
ono. q man whose name is unknown,
managed 20 seize a rope east OH to- him
hy tho tug men. and gripping IL In his
teeth, was dragged from the raging
waves 90 the tugs deck Reaching II, he
was discovered 20 bo unconscious. lie
was carried below. and after an hours
work by the tug mon brought back to
this world "but not as you and me-
said Captain Williamson simply Tor
he was and is a raying maniac
Such are the terrors of The sea. the
half Of which have never been told.
This incident. known 10 the tug men
alone, has until to-day never been
printed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-06

Tn our opinion there is just one man
I'm the party who IS bis enough and
strong enough 20 lead a. on this big.
STRONG issue His name is Grover
Cleveland and De lives at Princeton. n.
j. our plan would bee to substitute for
Editor Wattcrs0ns suggestion this.
For Prcsident-GIO1er Cleveland.
For President William Jennings
Bryan.
Phtform-The United States flag for
these STATES united the Cuban flag for
cuba. the Filipino flag for tne Philip
piuos' tho Hawaiian flag for Hawaii. this
continent for our government. the word
for our trading place; q standing army
ae a nucleus for emergency and am ado-
nrrafc militia system To- meet any emcr-
aoucv-Greenyille IS. CD News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-06
Fortune smiled ON the sonth.

The South Is not only glad particle
pant I'm the national rei0ieings over che
victories of war and OF peace. but she
has especial occasion for jubilati0n over
her Industrial achievements for ISgS and
the promise Of even greater material pro-
gress in 1890
Although the commerce OF the gulf and
south Atlantic was interrupted by six
months hostllitcs centered In the Span
ish possessions In the West Indies. this
interruption was not entirely without It's
cOmpensations The low price OF cot
ton has been somewhat depressing TO
the growers OF this staple but rs good
effects are discernibie I'm "A greater diver
siiicatiou of farming operations than was
ever known in the South n tendency that
offers the greatest promise OF agrlcul-
mral prosperity ir the south The agri-
cultural account FOR lS9S Is balanced hy
immense gain In the corn crop and By
the wealth derived from the sale OF
Strawberries peaches potatoes and other
early products
The greatest evidences OF prosperity
however. are noted in manufactures Ia
which the South has made phenomenal
strides. and into which a vast amount of
northern capital Is being concentrated.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-06
GATLlNG'S BIG GUN BURSTS.
Goes To- Pieces Under Normal Firing
Pressure az Sandy Hook.

Or. Richard Jordan Gatllng's expert
mental cast steel s-nch rife. for the con-
struction OF which Congress appropriated
$4,000. burst at the Sandy Hook proving
grounds yesterday The gun went 10
pieces under ID normal firing pressure OF
81 800 pounds. Although the air was fill
ed with flying fragments OF steel no one
was hurt, as tho officers who conducted
tho test took refuge behind a sand Hill
before each firing. Or. Calling was not
at the proving grounds, he having told
the ordnance officers 60 go ahead with
tha trngs If he did not come.
yhs news OF the bursting Of the gun
was teegraphef 20 Dr. Calling and to
the Ordnance Department at Washing
ton.
Tho gun burst on the fifteenth firing
Five proof shots were fired three weeks
ago to-day On tho presence OF General
Miles and HIS associates on the Board OF
Ordnance and Fertilization and Dr. CAT
ling Then the maximum firing pressure
was 5000 pounds. attained by the use OF
li2 pounds Of Dupont brown prlsmatic
powder. Ten shots We're fred yesterday
under tho direction of Major Heath.
normal charge OF powder was used for
each firing. and only normal pressures
were recorded. The pres sure gauges
showed that the pressures were remark
ably uniform. and tho highest recorded
was only a trine above that which burst
the piece I'm the fifteenth round.
Colonel Phipps the head OF the ord
nance Board. under whose direction
nearly AN tho modern heavy army guns
I'm this country have been tested directed
that especial care be taken 10 give the
gun q perfectly fair test. The powder
was carefully selected 10 make sure that
only normal pressures were produced,
and the' pressure gauges were used con-
tnuously. Ordinarily IN the testing Of
heavy guns az Sandy Hook. the ordnance
officers don't handle the new guns very
gently. and n tho pressure gauges run
up 10 fifty, sixty, seventy or even eighty
thousand pounds II isn't thought remark
able Guns which are TO he handled by
squads OF men can't be too strong for
this government. Neither the Depart
ment OF War nor OF the Navy at Wash
lngton wants It's records stained by any
such disasters a. cover the pages OF
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-01-06
BRITISH STEAMER IN DRY DOCK.
An Interesting Excise Case Before
Judge Baker =. Lee.

NEWPORT NEWS. Va, Jan. 5.-Spe-
cial.-The British steamer Bramble, Cap
tain Postlewhaitc. has arrived from Port
land, Me-. where she discharged her
cargo. and is now in the dry-d0ck here
undergoing repairs.
Commissioner of Revenue Magruder B.
Jones has SEPT in 90 the Governor his
report of licenses collected since the first
day of july. amounting % Slt,s5l maxi
mc S1oWm for the year The list in-
cludcs i6l merchants. - lawyers, and u
doctors.
Judge Baker T. Lee, of the County
Court. was engaged to-day in the hearing
OF am interesting case that of A. ID.
Sagor. convicted at the November term
of selling liquor without license. The
case originally came mp before Justice
Furness. who fined the defendant S-H.
An appeal was taken 20 Judge Lees
court. and the judgment was affirmed.
the jury adding {5 90 the hne Fines
and costs I'm au now amounted Go $780,
which tho defendant announced his in-
ability to pay.
a motion was made TO set aside the
verdict, and this ifs the phase OF the ease.
which was discussed to-day. Judge Lee
0rcrruied the motion TO set aside the
verdict. but suspended Judgment ON the
March term. when Judge Blackstone, of
the Circuit Court, Will DE asked for "a
writ OF error.