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4 Novel Wedding Present.

One of the recent brides has received a small hand fash light as we'd ding gift. It may be turned on in a moment by the mere pressure of the thumb, which when removed extin- guishes the light. It is of convenient size for carrying about in ones pocket, and would be fine to flash a light on burglars. The charge gives 5000 flashes, or will burn steadily for over five hours. 1t is the most ingenious lit tie novelty for wedding or birthday present.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-30
Peculiar Crime.

Escroquerie is a crime which has no distinct counterpart in any country but France. An English lady was re- gently sentenced to twelve months im- prisonment for ordering a costume that she was not able to pay for, and an English governess was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment for taking a cab without being able to pay the fare
 The French are eminently practical people, and see no great difference be- tween running off with an article and getting it without paying for it. It often happens that the English fall un- der the law with regard to eseroquerie.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-30
WomanIess Town.

New York Tribune: Utah claims a town of $50 inhabitants. not one of whom is woman. Not only are wom- en not allowed as residents, but they are forbidden to enter the town limits. This unique village is named Sunny side, and is situated in Whitmore Can yon, near Price. It is a coal mining camp and is not, as might be supposed, the property of professed woman ha- ters, but of sordid business men. The company which owns the coal mines has not yet secured a perfect title to the lands which form it's property. Until the title is secure any one es- tablishing a home on the land might claim property right and force the company to buy him out, and it was to prevent any such contingency aris- ing that the company issued the edict against the miners wives living in or even visiting the place.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-30
HOW GLOVES ARE GATHERED.
More Used in America Than Any Other
 Country.


 Country.
 More cloves are said to be used in America than in any other country England and France following in the order named. In this country and in Great Britain they are used almost wholly as continent, bct in France they are used largely in the manufac- ture of certain liqueurs To some de- gree they are employed in medicine for their tonic properties. The name clove is from the French c1ou, meaning a nail. The tree is an evergreen, grow ing from forty to fifty feet nigh, with large, oblong leaves and crimson flow CTS at the end of small branches in clusters of from ten to twenty. The tree belongs to the same family as the guava. the pomegranate and the rose atp.e. Ihe cloves are at first white, then light green, and at the time of gathering bright red. Pieces of white cloth are spread under the trees at the harvesting time, and the branches are beaten gently with bamboo sticks until the cloves drop. They are dried in the sun, being tossed about daily until they attain the rich dark color which proelaims them ready for ship ment A clove tree bears at the age of about ten years, and continues un- til it reaches the age of 75 years. There are two crops q year, one in June and the other ir December. Hot weather is favorable to the crop, although a little fog is said to improve the flavor. New York Press.
 oaIVe as d s1aruener.
 Singing in the opera and cultivating farm are about as widely different from each other as two occupations can well be. Perhaps this is the very req son why MademoiseI1e Calve, the great prima donna, retires eveery summer to spend her vacation on a farm among the CeVennes, a chain Of mountains in southern France. The famous singer, says the Philadelphia Post, was very ill and nervous when she went to the Cevennes, but this free, open air life and vigorous exercise soon restored her to the most robust health, and when friends asked her the secret of her cure, she answers, Spades and pota- toes" Last summer she went into her kitchen garden and cared for her own vegetables. No one was allowed to touch them, and the results were far better than when her gardener cared for the things. Mademoiselle Calve wore short skirt of blue jeans, sabots, and a linen shirtWaist., She spaded and hood and watered her vegetables day after day, and proudly sent gifts of the finest fruits of her labors to friends in l Dc,
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The Wind Made snowbaIIs.

Last March there was remarkable exhibition at Grafton N. H., of the comparatively rare phenomenon Of snow rollers. Freshly fallen snow was rolled by the wind into innumera- ble cylinders, some of them as large as barrel. which dotted the hills and fields. Similar rollers have been in recent years in Connecticut, in Kansas and in the state of Washington. The size varies with the strength of tho wind.
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Sentiment and Reality.

Maud-Theres something so touch ing about the attraction Of the flame for the moth. Edith-It isn't half so sorrowful as the attraction for tue moth for your best furs.-Indiananolis Journal
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To the White Honse.

For the first time since Nellie Ar thurs days the white house will have young girl as one of it's occupants. When Holyoke seminary closes at the end of June, Miss Grace Mckinley will take up her home with her uncle, the president. She is said by those who know her to be very pretty girl. Her father was brother of MT Mckinley Both her parents died when she was a mere child, and before she went to Holyoke she lived for time in her un- cle's home in Canton.
 Monument for Soldiers of Four Wars.
 A monument recently placed in cemetery in Louisville, Ky, bears in seriptiens to the memory of James Austin, a soldier of the revolution; James Allen Austin, his son, a soldier of the war of 1912; James Grigsby Ans tin, his grandson, a soldier of the war with Mexico, and James Richard Gath right, his great-grandson, confeder- ate soldier, who was killed at Mur- freesboro, Tenn, Jan. 1, 1863. All were priyates.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-30
Into the CisterTl.

Last Monday little Jeanette Bates, of Richmond, Ky, was playing around the cistern, when one of the boards broke and let her fall in. The three vear-old tot, though, held onto the chain and kept her head above the water until her papa and some neigh bors got her out.
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In the slun1s.

Mrs. Dothetown-"P Poor, dear chfldf Are your parents dead?' Tenement Tommy-.I t'ink pap is. Him an mar WIZ a fghtin when I left, an gee, she. wuzn't doin' ting t him. ."-0hio State Journal
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Sage Advice.

It is not often that a lawyer gives better advice, and asks no fee for it, than was once given by certain Irish judge, who must have had both q sense of justice and a sense of humor A turbulent peasant was a witness in a trial before Chief Baron O'Grady. The counsel, after pestering him for some time, put a question to him which re- feeted on the witness character. If ye ax me that again, I'll give ye a kick! was the answer. The counsel appealed to the court. stating that an answer was necessary to his clients case, and ending up with the query: What would your lordship advise me to do?" If you are resolved to repeat the question: replied the court, I'd advise you to move little from the witness"
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Transnlanting Nerves.

The transplanting of skin has been frequently reported lately, but the grating of nerves seems a step further in surgical progress. X man who suf- fered severe injury to the wrist from a circular saw lost sensibility in the hand. Five months after about an inch and half of the sciatic nerve of a young bloodhound was attached to the end of the median nerve and a similar operation performed upon the ulnar nerve. h three months sensi- bility was almost complete throughout the hand. In the American Journal of Medical Science twenty cases of nerve transplantation are reported.
 4 Rustic Query.
 Mirandy (visiting city friends)-My. here's her visitin card Miranda s Husband-W What does it say? Miriam da--It says she's at home Thursdays. Wonder where she stops rest of the time?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-30
Worse Than Automobile.

Worse Than Automobile.
 The Germans call their new electric cabs "automobi1etaxame By the time they get through calling them the cabs are generally out ef sight.-Boston Globe.
The times., 1899-12-20
THE PADEREWsKI RECITAL.
His Exceptional Work in Selections
From Beethoven and Liszt.

At the Columbia Theatre yesterday after
noon Ignace Paderewzk made his appear
ance in Washington before one of the
largest audiences that has ever attended
musical recital in this city In fact. its
size was limited only by the smalIness of
the theatre. As il was, people stood six
deep behind the ratings Of floor and gal
leries, OvsrflowiGg to the stairs which lead
to the latter. Truly. a fattering reception
TO the greatest of pianists,
In reviewing Mr.. Paderewskrs recital one
finds il hard 10 20 justice TO the mans
genius-for genius ne undoubtedly possesses
OF the highest order. To the student of the
piano be is an inspiration; TO the mere
lover of music in It's best sense, q revela-
ton His work OF yesterday was even OF
a higher order Jhan when last hsard here
The repose always SO notable in his play
ing is more apparent than ever before. He
plays, too. with greater breadth and au-
thority. In a word. his art is more sym
mztrical. While there are bursts of fu-
rious power in his playing and a seeming
attempt to get a larger volume Of sound
than anyone else from a piano, the same
Old beauty OF tone is stil there-the con
stant en6=avOr TO make his piano sing. To
this end he utiliZes all his powers of tech
mic, and in listening one fGrgets 10 look
for the agility with which difficulties are
suruCunted and absEdous himself to the
enjoyment Of the result obtained
In the art of pedaliug Mr. Paderewski
eXcels every other performer. Il is this
and his wonderful command OF the varie-
ties OF touch which enable him to get his
marvellous range OF tonal tiuts. To these
qualities the artist unites a beauty OF
phrasing and a dramatic interpretation
which make his work what it is-that Of
q master
Mr.. Paderewskis programme yesterday
comprised a fantasie and fugUe in minor
by Bach-Liszt, a Beethoven sonata. List
arrangement OF Schuberts ''Serenade. -
"Hark Hark, the Lark and "ErIking" 4
ballad valse etude. and pcIOnaise, by ChCp-
in Rubinstein barcarolle. Strauss -Tausig
valse the sixth OF Liszt's Hungarian rhap-
sodies. and the performer own minuet in
major 1t will be seen at once that the
numbers we're OF sufficient diversity to cali
into play all OF Mr.. Paderewski's many re-
sources. The Beethoven selection was eX-
tremeIy well rendered. the players reading
of this beautiful sonata being satisfying IN
every respect. The Chopin numbers We're
as was 10 be expected. given in a manner
a!mCst beyond criticism or comparison. The
rendition OF The Erlkiug' was vividly
dramatic and one could almost see the
father as he rode with his boy in his arms.
Mr.. Paderewski's minuet was received with
marked demonstrations of approval, and
the whole performance was one TO be re-
membered for many days with great enjoy
menL
The times., 1899-12-20
DISCUSSED BY THE CABINET.
The Financial Situation and Govern.
ment of AIaskn Considered.

The financial situation and the future
Of Alaska were the principal topics dis
cussed by the Cabinet yesterday The Sec
retary Of the Treasury reported his action
of increasing the number Of banks where
deposits Of internal revenue receipts might
be made and stated that he had received
number Of applications from bankers who
desired the funds deposited in their insti-
tutions. He said he thought the financial
crisis was over.
Mr.. Gage said that the future Of Alaska
also needed attention. He stated that
from a reliable source he had been in
formed that gold seekers would rush into
Alaska next spring and unless there was
an increase Of United States marshaIs and
OF the judiciary Of that Territory lawless-
ness was likely TO prevail TO an alarming
extent 1t was decided that Congress be
urged to take UP the question OF better
government for Alaska.
The Secretary Of State reported that his
department had not received any request
from the United States Minister at The
Hague for permission to leave his post tenn
porarily, because of the great feeling there
in favor of the Beers as reported in press
dispatches from Berlin.
The Secretary OF War stated that he had
not received an official confirmation of the
report that Lieutenant Gilmore and party
had been rescued from the Filipino insur-
gents.
The times., 1899-12-20
EngInnd'S Need.

{FrJW the New oTh NorId-)
With an enormous trade balance in our favor
there is no commercial reason for the exporta-
ton of gold at this time, The sum total OF
American securities held abroad 10y persons will
ing TO part with them as investments is wholly
insufficient TO offset the mercantile balance even
should every one OF them be sold in our markets,
But the British rcverscs in South Africa have
been so serious that the Bank Of England feels it
necessary to strengthen its gold reserve 1t is
doing so by the simple but expensive process Of
buying gold in New York at premium. process
that naturally cannot be long continued when we
are every day shipping to Europe more goods than
we are importing.
It is calculated by bankers that 10y this artificial
process SO 00O in gold may be drawn from us
before the beginning of the new year. How in-
significant such a Withdrawal will be may be seen
at a glance We have, by Treasury estimates,
81 600 100000 in gold in the country. The esti-
mated Withdrawal would amount TO no more
than one dollar in q hundred OF our hoard
Again, our own mines are producing more than
$50 100000 Of gold a year, and an export OF
$40 100000 would be no more than the sparing Of
oue-siSth Of our product Tor 1893, and that at i
premium.
still again. our net imports Of gold coin last
year were s5l,O0OO0O, 50 that an export now of
$4,000. 900 would be less than ouedfth taken from
cur last years import, to say nothing OF our still
greater last years mine production-less in fact,
than eeleyenth OF our last years clear gain.
Still again. the utmost possible gold export
reckoucd upon at this time is far less than the
sum released within month by Treasury bond
purchases The amount already shipped is less
than oue-half Of the sum recently paid out by our
Government for interest not vet due
The present gold export is simply loan made
to England at a high rate. We could lend ten
times the amount without impairing our reserves
IN tha least
The times., 1899-12-20

ent from the language Of the Constitution
that within its meaning, a refusal to con-
firm an Executive appointment. where the
President does not follow that action by
sending in the name Of an acceptable per
son, before the end Of the session. does
not produce a vacancy that may happen
during the recess" and does not justify
the appointment Of the individual rejected
10 the place which the Senate has declared
he shall not have
We are glad that this important point has
been raised. So few privileges or preroga-
tives have been left to the Congress since
the practical suppression and usurpaton
Of one Of its branches by Thomas B. Reed,
that what is left should be all the more
carefully guarded. Surely the right of the
Senate TO say chat a certain nominee shall
or shall not receive the place to which he
has been nominated, is one that it ought
not surrender while even the fiction Of its
liberty and independence is worth preserv-
ing
The times., 1899-12-20

claimed as a party mission before the bal
lots We're cast at the last general election.
Perhaps the troublesome enquirer may
likewise demand an explanation Of the in
congruous arrangement which places
man who engineers trusts and monopolias
and defends them in argument and action.
al the helm of the committee destined TO
shape the policy and promote the opera
tious OF a party whose logical Presiden-
tial candidate has given executive utterapce
against the encroachmeuts of affiliated cap
ital.
These applicants for information must be
appeased in some fashion and in installing
Mr. Heath, of the Postofice Department.
as the mouthpiece of the Republican Bu-
reau of Literary Explanation. Chairman
Hanna hes awarded him the task of fooling
the masses with assorted facts-or actual
anything. in short to stiha the pc
baian cIamor
The best that Mr. Heath can hope TO do
is to produce a kind OF campaign literature
that viii keep the public guessing until
the votes are cast. The Republican party
will ind that the explanations which eN-
plain viii scarcely be suited to its pur-
poses. and will be Of Democratic origin
Now that the Postodce Department has
been swung into the service, with the OBJ
ject OF either confusing or concealing the
issues by flooding the country with ma 5
Of free literature. the branch Of the In
terror Department designated as the Pat
ent Office might furnish a corps Of aides
for air Heath He VIII, beyond peradyen-
/ ture, require skilled help in conducting his
campaign of invention.
Mr.. Heath demonstrated his ability to
/ preside over literary bureau for the dis
semination OF Republican information dur
/ ing the last Presidential agitation, but the
I predicaments of his party have become
manifold since then, and his ingenuity is
/ likely TO be soon worn to shreds by the
rough usage that is inevitable It was not
difficult in 1896 TO explain to the people the
why's and wherefores of what the party in
tended to do; but when Mr.. Heath again
faces The public in his role OF literary edi-
tor for Mark Hanna. he viii find himself
sorely puzzled in endeavoriug to make clear
why he things that should have been done
have been left undone, and the things that
should have been left undone have been so
deliberately foisted upon a conading pub
The times., 1899-12-20
,IaJor General Lnvvton.

What miserable pity it is that the gal
Iant soldier. Lawton, should fall by the
bullet OF some Malay cutthroat, just as he
was about 10 receive some public reccg-
niticu of his Ieng service TO his country.
Had he lived another day he would have
learned Of the issue OF his commission as a
brigadier general in the Regular Army.
But, no; after contributing more than any
officer in the field, except perhaps MacAr-
thur. toward the suppression Of Aguinai-
dos insuwection, he must fall in an af-
fair Of outposts when the whole thing Is
practically over.
The death of Major General Lawton adds
one more to the list of murders for which
the American Filipino traitors are guilty
IN their souls. His loss TO our service
should make President Mckinley all the
more relenuessly determined to bring the
domestic traitors, whose hands are dyed
with The infamy Of the Luzon mutiny, to
swift and pitiless justice Il is said that
the proof Of their crime has been secured
and that it is on its way to Washington.
When it reaches here, let US hope that no
consideration OF sQueamishness, old ac-
quaiatance. prominence, or public position
viii be allowed to stand in The way CT ar
rest and punishment.
The times., 1899-12-20
Hanna's Explanation Bureau.

Mr. Hanna has placed Perry s. Heath IN
charge Of tho Republican Bureau OF Liter
ery Explanation. Mr. Heath's task will be
10 sinecure. The things 10 be explained
hy. the dominant party when the campaign
begins IN earnest FOR the harvesting Of the
Presidential plum crop might well appall
more capable students and practitioners OF
political slelght-of- mind than Mr. Heath.
The public viii during the ensuing few
months PROFOUND some queries c0ntem-
plated TO make the legendary sphinx re-
tire n chagrin 10 the desert wilderness.
The heaighted population viii possibly
want 10 know why bimetallism. The only
genuine brand OF which was claimed to be
uader the exclusive proprietorshIp Of the
Republican party, was such an excellent
thing in 1886 and has now become so re-
Dugnant and undesirable. The voters may
also ASK why the HaRnaites have abandoned
the effort TO secure international considera-
tlon Of free-coinage proposition. which
the Republican agitator so loudly pro-
The times., 1899-12-20
A sitnntinn.
CFrom the Brooklyn Eagle.

IFT0m the brooklyn LagIo)
II should be remembered that the Beers have
80 far been at their best. Great Britain, the
credulous subject Of overconfdencc. has been at
her worst Ii Things have gone SO far that only
force can settle what ooufouuded negotiation
and preciptatcd war, then the British are Ger
family determined 10 make no more mistakes
ii they can avoid them II peace is impossible
now if war it must be. then VIII war be mcrci-
ful in proportion as it Is short, and then viii it
be short IN proportion England can, by mum
bers overcome the disadvantages OF distance and
Of gcogrlphv
The times., 1899-12-20
POLITICAL NOTES AND GOSSIP.
senator Jones TaISins HoId.-sar

senator Jones Taking HoId.-Sen-
ator James K. Jones gave evidence in a
positive way yesterday of his intention soon
TO give thorough shaking up to the va
ricus adiuncts OF the Democratic National
Committee. Of which he is chairman The
committee has been operating for several
months through the media of an Executive
Committee and a Ways and Means Com
mittee, with joint headquarters at Chicago.
These subsidiary committees existed only
In name. so far as practical results were
concerned, until former Governor Stone, OF
Missouri. was elected vice chairman Of the
national committee last summer during
the absence CT Senator Jones in Europe.
and was invested with the full authority of
chairman. The Missourian at once reor-
ganized the party machinery with the view
Of invigOrating the party energies all down
the line. Chairman Sam B. Cook. OF the
Ways and Means Committee who is also a
Missourian, Immediately put into the field
an army of canyaSserS to solicit subscrip-
tions OF cash and pledges to the campaign
fund for 1900. These canyassers are now
raking the country for coin and have for
warded to Chairman Cook al Chicago many
thousands in cash or promises on the sub
scription form authorized by the commit
tee.
II appears from an lUGlueHI WHICH Ut-
CURED yesterday at the Capitol that Sena
tor Jones is not entirely pleased with the
methods employed by Chairman Cooks
canyassers. One OF the representatives of
the Ways and Means Committee, Mr.. K.
G. Slater of Kansas City, who has been
gathering funds in New York, called upon
Senator Jones and asked for some letters
of introduction to certain prominent Demo-
Gratis in the metropolis from whom he de-
sired to secure subscriptions. Mr. Slater
says he was surprised not only by the Sen
atcr's fiat refusal 10 give him the desired
/ letters, but also by his evident displeasure
| at the conduct OF the Canvassers. Senator
jones declared, according to Mr.. Slater,
that it was a useless waste Of money to
pay men for getting donations from prcmi-
nent and wealthy members of the parry
and that he not only desired that the prac-
tice be stopped, but also that Mr.. Slater
should consider himself discharged from
the service of the committee. What the
canvassers ought to do, Senator Jones told
his caller was TO solicit from that class
of Democrats who can afford TO give only
small amounts the Senator declaring that
the big fish" could be relied on TO give
their share at the proper time without
special solicitation. Mr.. Slater inferred
from Senator Jones talk that he expects to
soon take hold Of the Ways and Means
| Committee himself through Chairman J. G.
Johnson, Of the Executive Committee. Mr..
Cook, it is said, will resign the last Of the
month