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A soIelier,s Tales.

From the Minneapolis (Kan.) Mes- senger: During the first engagement while the company was firing at will into the woods ahead, forlorn water buffalo, the Philippine beast of burden, meandered into the rice field directly in front of the line. The writer imme- diately directed his fire toward the buff falo, with no apparent result After ward, during a Iull in the firing, we shamefully confessed to having wasted our strength in this ignoble manner, and were surprised to learn that every man had done likewise. At all events the beast made good it's escape, for it patiently plodded ahead until the timber swallowed it up. During the charge at Calooean a frenzied pig of diminutive size dashed from beneath a bamboo hut and apparently judging that all the commotion was for his benefit, thought best to retire. As the pig dashed past the writer we gently assisted with shove from the butt of our gun and thought no more of 1t for seTae time. Afterward, upon glanc- ing to the rear, we saw four or five soldiers in hot pursuit of the same poor little swine It is laughable, even in times of peace, to watch another man chase hog, but when men forsake their places, forget the roar of conflict the hum of bullets, the shouts of the victors and the walls of the wounded, to grap- pie with an eight-pound shoat, the scene becomes iudicrous in the ex- treme. We took the trouble to learn that the pig got away. At Caloocan the rebels had mounted two monstrous muzzle-loading guns captured in for mer time from the Spanish. They at tempted to fire one of these with dreadful results The Americans col- lected the remains of twenty rebels killed by the explosion of the gun. The insurgents had not the courage to fire the remaining cannon, which was loaded and primed when Caloocan was captured The natives had loaded the gun with a complete curiosity shop. The cannon was filled with scissors, knives, coal, pieces of brick, nails. bolts, thermometer, a horseshoe, a car link, piece of rubber hose, and. to crown it all, large quantity of hoop iron had been driven into the muzzle so tightly that it was necessary to file it before the charge could be drawn. A double dose of powder was found, and also quantity of dynamite. No wonder the other cannon exploded.
 A Dangerous Topic.
 'What has become of that little girl who recites Little Drops of Water?'" " asked one of the boarders. Well" answered the young man with wide ears, with the present thaw in the streets and the possibility of freshet lp the river. her mother thought IL would be just as well to keep her quiet for awhile. e."-Washington Star.
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Ills Memory.

"I tell you" Mir Billus was saying, "there is nothing like bunch of keys to develop ones memory. Now I have twenty-seven keys on this ring, and add a new one every few days, yet I am never at moments loss to select the right one when have occasion to use it." What have you got that brass button strung there for?" "Um-that was put there by my wife day or two ago to remind me of some trifing thing I was to get for her, but I've forgotten what 1t was. Chicago Tribune.
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THE MARKETS. CORRECTED DAILY BY L. FOWLER, COMMISSION
 MERCHANT
CO11TON.

PINE BLUFF. Nov. l7-The cot ton market today is: Middling, upland..............- to 6ac Middling riVer.................. to 7hc
 New York, Nov l7.-spots, quiet; middling, TIP. Sales, 567.
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Pine Bluff ootton Movement

Pine Bluff Cotton Movement
 The movement of cotton at Pine Bluff siLce Sept. l, 1899. has been as follows:
 Stock on hand in yards, ware
 houses and congresses Sept.
 1st, 1899...... ........................... 4057 Reed by rail..............................1 166l2 Reed by wagon........................ 14S06 Total .35475 Shipments since Sept. 1, 1899......2 .24526 Stock on hand Nov. IS, l899..... lO949 A Kansas City school-teacher shook a 10-y ear-old girl to death.
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A FIRST CLASS DRUG sroR

A Ih0I OLNS0 JAUO s IOh is boon to any community, where anything in the line of high grade toilet articles. rubber goods and sundries of all kinds can be found. and where physicians prescriptions anu family recipes are compounded with serupulous care, and from pure, fresh drugs Everyone in Pine Bluff knows that it can always be found at the
 hana-TankersIsy Drug Company
 No. 2O6 Main Street.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11
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MAN A HABITUAl LIAR.

through its emphasis of the supcr-
latiVe our age is I'm danger of losing all
| power To tell the truth" writes Ra,
Newell Dwight Hills. ID. d.. of Ths
Dihusion OF Happiness Through Con-
versa auon, in the August Ladies Home
JouInai. The modern colegian has
reached such a state OF culture that the
positive ana comparative degrees are
unknown. lt is no longer possible FOR
inc schoolgirl TO find either an adject-
I've or an adverb 10 express her ecstasy
OF Ieeling. AbstIns nee and sobriety in
speech are rapidly passing away.
David Swing once expressed the fear
that through excess I'm the use OF ad-
JectiYes our generation would lose an
sense of proportion and symmetry i'm
the statement OF facts. He noted that
tne adgeetlves most loved by our age
are IN tnemSS Ives gross exaggerations
In studying the history of language he
round that very early men began To say
that the sun went down In a bed of
gold; me moon turned all things to sill
Ner' the eye darted forth flames: the
face was brighter than the sun. Hav-
ing used such expressions for twenty
years man awakens 10 find himself a
habitual liar. We must also note that
the modern school OF Wit does not deal
lnthe pure, delicate humor OF sydney
smith or Charles Lamb, but for its ef-
aerls uepsilus upon gross exagg rations
and -pilings. Thus. not only the
and scoolroom. but tho
papers and books also. through extrav-
agances. are teaching men TO strain
Ianguage 10 the very uttermost I'm
literature that style is best which has
most abstinence forswearinc adiecf-
yes and advel bs. and dealing in the
'impncitfss That character also is
inest which " simple. and founded on |
rankneSs and truthfuInrss
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11
THE GIRL WITHOUT TALENTS.

Many a modest. unselnsh girl. who
does not regard herself as remarkable
| either in ynlnd. appearance or manner
asks. Where Is there a place for a girl
today who is not beautiful or talented
| who cannot play or paint or sing. can
| not permit herself 10 write an essav
for literary club, and has no ability
for leadership writes Mary II.
Baldwin I'm the August Woman's Home
Companion, OF 'The Girl without Great
Gifts" For such one the history of
an everyday girl who met fulhIlment
and wrought from common material a
wonderful life-fabric may be offerei
She was the plainest OF a family and
as she grew To maidenhOOd gave no
sign OF possessing anything that would
not seem possible TO the most ordin,r,,
person. Her sisters had each a gift
But nobody expected anything great
from Miss Margaret. and she never
dared 10 hope that she could AN any
place OF Importance even in the small
est circle. AS is often the case with
the inconspicuous girl OF the family.
she became general helper. and was
called TO assist and 10 fiji gaps i'm the
home service. She learned through AN
thas TO get away from herself ana i'm
effect said, Il cannot do this bur my
sister can. AS soon as she could ac-
cept this she was no longer n lonely
girl, but imagined that she had a SORT
or partnership i'm the achievements OF
those whom she helped Let IL NOT be
Imagined that she had never expert
enced a regret that she hid herself
been overlooked In the distribution of |
gltts; there were bitter moments when |
she suffered on account Of the.fact. bur |
TINS was before she had given herself |
~hoiIy 10 the purpose OF forgetting her |
less than helping Others. AS sror 'as this
became fact she began to receiue of |
the biessedness OF giving. and the men
tai ana spiritual enlargement OF her
comparative worked Itself outwardlv
50 that she became very attractive
person Finally the prince came. and
.he sHppef htted the stay home sis
Ter. and she became a princess baroro
Whom many hearts bowed In the sim
,erest reverence"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11
THE ENDEAvoR PRAYER MEET.
ING

give your personal time and though.
20 each subject for our meetings and
VIII be surprised al the headway
gained and the help IL viii bp to your
society: do not be content to reld SOM
one elses thoughts uhough ever So
soodD all the time' The prayer meet
ing epic for Sunday. August II is.
y SrfVice 81 Promises" Without that
urst clause In the pledge Trusting ln
the Lord Jesus Christ for stre,,gIb -
vr pledge would b. empty words Buf
lor the promise % has left az ve
would haze no grJund for our trust
rnueaNor-rs. why should We hasltatc
over the promise to follow Him through
our our whnir lives9 Let ns keep in
h,ind thai along with the command ,o
ooserNe all things, whatsoever He has
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11
TRUSTEES AND COMMITTEES.

At the annual meeting of the United
Society or Christian Endeavor. held a,
Detroit July ). the following Christian
Endeavor leaders Were elected from
New England To the board of trustees
Tor term of one year: Rev. Ellison
n 10 furdy. Portland. Ne; Rev. Franklin
;. Hatch. Monson. Mass; Allan NJ
Wilson. Manchester. n. H.: Robert
Cushman. Pawtucket. II. L.: Col. r.. @.
Osgood. Bellows Falls, VT. a new exc
cutive committee Of the board OF trus-
tees was chosen for the coming year as
follows: President Clark, Secretary
Baer. Treasurer Shaw. Rev. N. II.
Grose. Rev. c. A. Dickinson. ID. ID.
rev. James l.. Hill. ID. D.. Rev Sam
uel McNaugher. Rev. j. NJ. I,owden
Mr.. George A. Chace. Rev Johrf L.
Beckley. ID. d.. Rev. r. $. Hatch. Rob
ert Cushman. w. j. Van Patten. n. III.
Spooncr, Rev. T.. II. Purdy.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11
AN ATTRACTIVE roI,R

General Secretary Baer with DR.. J.
w. Chapman and Rev. r. G. Ottman.
nave a plan OF travel for next year
which VIII prove attractive II will
consist of pilgrimage Go Egypt and
the Holy Land. The tour is 10 begin
III lne spring and expects to arrlve
home before the early summer. Two
sundays are To be spent in Jerusalem
dnd one each on tn shores OF Galilec
ana IN Damascus. Prospectus OF the
Trip can be obtained upon application
at fremont Temple.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11
GENERAL CONFERENCE FOR
CHRISTIAN WORKERS.

The 18th General Conference OF
Christian Workers is now being held
at Northfeld, Mass, and will BE- con-
tinued until August 20. Some OF the
most widely known teachers of this
country and England are 10 be pres
ent. Among these are Rev. q.
Campbell Morgan. London. Eng
land Rev. :. a. Selwyn. Bournemouth.
England: Rev. +. B. Meyer. London.
England Rev. j. G.. Cunningham. ID.
H., Edinburgh; Rev. a. +. Pierson. ID.
ID, Brooklyn; Rev. II. G. Mabie. ID. D.
Boston; Rev. r. A. Torrey and. Mr.. w
X Newell, Chicago. Music win be i'm
charge of Messrs. Sanky and Stebbins.
There viii also be ithe great help that
comes from close contact with hun
dreds OF earnest men and women. al
most all OF them engaged i'm some form
of christian work Those who wish for
solitude may find It in the woods near
by. During the latter paII of the con
Nention there will be conducted a sDe-
clal conference for leaders and workers
OF christian Endeuvor societies. under
the personal direction Of Mr.. John VIII
us Baer and prominent leaders OF tho
I unlted society. May / not ask Chris
tian people TO begin now To pray for A
special out-pouring Of the Spirit upon
every meeting OF the conference?
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11

The Valley Fans Baptist society has
Eclded To continue It's meetings during
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11

About thirty from tho Pawtucket
Mon are going TO Northfield: some FOR
ne week. others for two and few for
nree weeks. "A grand, good time is an
|cipated.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11
HE NEWS. PROVIDENCE. r. /. FRIDAY AUGUsrl1. 1se.,

commanded. comes the blessed assur-
ance; "Lo. am with you always, even
unto the end OF THE world
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11
THE PROVIDENCE C.E. UNION

| The PROVIDENCE C.E. UNION.
The members OF the union held an in
formal gathering at Roger Williams
! Park, Tuesday. Aug. 3, 1899
Lunch was served at $50 in the grove
near the National History Building.
| Miss T.. w. Olney who attended the G.
| r.. Convention at Detroit gave very
| interesting account of her visit to that
| city. and the suggestions received at
| the convention were wen received by
| the members. The special subject was
| the work i'm the Junior and Intermedi-
| ate societies.
1t is hoped that full account yfll be
given later to other members OF the
union who We're unable TO be present.
AT the close OF the meeting the mem
bers were entertained by music, by
Reeves Band.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ITEMS.
The POttervile Sunday school held a
very successful picnic and clambake
about 'two miles west of Richmond VIII
lage on Thursday, August g. The field
secretary and Mrs. Wilson attended and
assisted both in speaking and singing.
The school Is in the most prosperous
condition II has experienced for years,
due TO the efforts OF it's superintendent,
Mr.. George III. Potter.
The scheme for supplying needy
schools with library books free is prov
ing TO be OF value to many. More than
$50 books have been distributed since
June /. The Central Baptist school of
Newport has made contribution OF
books for this purpose. If your school |
needs books let the field secretary |
know II at once. "His office is in the |
Y. M C. A. building.
The Rhode Island Sunday school con-
vention will be held October 17-1S in
Trinity NJ. T.. church Providence
Prof III. NJ Hamll has been secured
for the state convention. This will be
good news to those who have had the
pleasure OF listening to him on former
occasions.
The executive committee OF the Provi-
fence Primary union will meet i'm the
ield secretary's office September 20 and
lhe union resumes its meetings Sep
ember 81
There is movement on foot In wes-
erly TO have the Sunday schools meet
n the morning at 2 or $3.50 o'clock. We
mall watch the experiment, II ~ is
ried, with much interest. Ii seems 10
'e working finely in Peacedale.
There Is to be a three session con- /,
enlon in the Congregational church :
I TNverton, September z. !
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11
EARL CARPENTER & SONS Co,

No. a Westminster ST., cor Dyer.
This oldest = .lsl,ea- -h-,.,se--.s f4-,i,-s,~
and retail ICE at fair prices. and by
prompt attention To business and ths
employment OF good men in their sew
erai uepartmeEts. merit a continuance
OF the patronage SO long enjoyed
Telephone 2lCs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11
WALTER 6. MYL0D,
'hristian Scientist.
TT coMsT0cK AVE.

|Hours-e A. ". 10 r. " Consultation free.
ience and ncalih. -iih Key to the scrip
res. by Mary d. g. Lddy. ....
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-11
g090g Religious and .S
; }}099aS 9 8 PhMaz,fkts-0uIc Work
10000 ->~~~>~~~~~>~~~, y
% E1 rdtsd A. WILLS
or the regular church prayer meeting
uurins the pastors absence

The Central Fails congregational
fndeavorers have discontinued their
meeungs during July and August. but
are aiding i'm conducting the church
prayer meetings. held Sunday and
Is away this month. the society will
provide leaders and have a general
oversight of these meetings Sunday
evening, July 30, Mr.. Ernest +. Paine,
The delegate sent by the society TO the
Detroit convention, presented a very
interesting report OF the great series
OF meetings.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-07-29
SAN JONES on TRUSTS

Rev. Sam Jones said in a re-
centsermon: Il never hear a fell
low now kicking against COM
bines but what l wonder If he
could step into Rockefeller's shoes
wouldn't his mouth fly shut on.
the spot7 ] wonder if the aver.
age fellow owned a Bell Tele-
phone company would he 20
around talking about monopolics1
Among dogs, the dog thathas the
bone does the gnawing and growl-
ing, but it is different with men.
The man that has the bone says
nothing. The other fellow, who
hasn't got it, does the growing.
| wish there were trusts enough
for US all, but there are not. These
great trusts and combines are like
the political Offices Of the country
the fellows that have got them
want TO hold on; the fellows that
haven't got them are nearly dead
to get in.
"After all, it is just a question
of ms and outs. / am not in nor
out, am sorter up in tree and
enjoying the fight. Of course,
the thing will go to seed some
day, and these massive fortunes
and monumental combines will
crumble and fall of their own
weight, and woe be unto him on
whom they fall"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-07-29

goddesses. No long and irk-
some course Of exercise gave
them those superb chests, should
ers, arms and legs, those slim and
supple waists, that graceful car
rage. The massage machines,
while they slumbered, mouldered
them to ideal proportions. From
childhood the wealthy class slept
at least twice week at the gym
nasium. There the attendants,
having decided on the parts that
needed development, arrayed
their patients on cots in easy at
titudes, and set the electrical mas
sage machines TO work. This
muscle, that muscle, the deft, vel
vet-coated hands of the machine
kneaded swiftly and SMOOTH y
and in the morning there was on
" slight stiffness to remind the
the patients of what they had
undergone. Yet the visible eff
feet would in a brief period be
tremendous. The calf of the leg,
for example, would be built up in
a month by machine to the same
extent that would have followed
had the patient run daily for a
year ten miles,"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-07-29
HERBER J. GRANT ACCUSED.
ch~ssd Wlth .Hsylas Committed Adultery
VIII Emily Wells Grant. Ms Plural Wife

Herber ! Grant has been charg-
ed with the commission of adult
terry. The complaint was yester-
day sworn to by C. M. Owen, the
complainant in TIE Angus Cam
non case, and forwarded to Coun-
ty Attorney Putnam. 1t is ex-
pected that Mr.. Putnam will di-
rect the issuance Of the warrant
today.
The law makes the charge of
adultery more serious than that
OF unlawful cohabitation, the one
under which Angus M. Cannon
was prosecuted. The offence Of
adultery is a felony, punishable
by imprisonment in the State
prison for q term not exceeding
three years.
The complaint against Grant
Gets forth that the complainant is
informed and verify believes that
Herber J. Grant, an apostle of
the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter day Saints, whose legal
wife Angus w. Grant, is living
in open and notorious adultery
with one Emily Wells, otherwise
Grant, and of whose iliegitimate
child he is the acknowledged
father, contrary to the peace and
dignity Of the State of Utah, and
in defiance of the laws in this
case made and provided.
In support of the complaint the
afiant cites as witnesses Augusta
w. Grant, Lucy Grant, Rachel
Grant, Racheal R. Grant, Flor
ence Grant, Emily Wells, or
Grant, Heber M. Wells, Brigham
H. Roberts, Lorenzo Snow,
George Q. Cannon, Joseph F.
Smith, John Henry Smith, Angus
M. Cannon, Nelson. A. Empey.-
Salt Lake Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-07-29
Man Or Monkey1

In a moment of wrath a show
man in South Dakota seized a
club, and pounded a freak creature
so severely that it died. If the
freak was human, the Snowman is
guilty of murder. If it was a
lower animal the Snowman will 90
free; And. here is where the
authorities, who have the show
man under arrest, are confronted
with a question so puzzling that it
would worry the very wisest of
caliphs. Before the freak died
the Snowman was anxious to have
it understood that the creature was
at least half man but now that the
thing is dead, he is sure it was all
monkey. He called it the missing
link, and boosted of the fact that
nobody was able to say positively
whether it was brute or human,
but the grand jury have taken
the responsibility of binding him
over for trial even though the
chances seem to be about equally
good that they are putting him in
peril of his life for executing
vengence on a monkey.
1t is certainly curious case
and one where the legal prece-
dents are decidedly scarce. -
Cleveland PEstnI1ealey.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-07-29

ne was chief, and those who
knew him can we'll believe that
when ne was taken prisoner Of
war and that night began to make
q speech to his captors, he had
not spoken five minutes until the
Confederate General, linking his
arm in that Of Ingersoll, said,
"Come Colonel, come with me,
half an hour of that and YOU
would have all my army prisoners
to that tongue of yours" He
was a great lawyer, great writer
ne knew better than anyone else
the use Of words that gave full
expression to divine thoughts, but
after all he was greatest in his
own home. There among two
hundred guests he had the right
word for everyone, and he drop
ped jewels from his lips every
moment which are cherished as
sacred souvenirs BY those with
whom he talked. He was great,
commanding and most winsome
man. He loved smiles, native
mirthfplness was always over
flowing from his mind; his loves
were as strong as life, and he had
no hatred save fol: wrong; smiles
went before him and music fol-
lowed in his footsteps, and neither
the smiles nor the music failed
him until the end came, without
so much as spasm of pain. A
great soul has gone; the world is
a mighty iooser because of it, and
in his own home there must be
such a rending of heart strings as
was hardly ever seen before, for
the love that was his there, was
wide as the earth, high as the
heavens and all embracing as life
itself.-Salt Lake Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-07-29
School Land Frauds.

c. B. Steunenberg, agent of
the state land board to investigate
the condition of the leases on
school lands, is in this city to re-
main some days on that business.
He has been in Latah county for
three weeks where the state owns
a great number of leased tracks,
and reports conditions there as
deplorable. He found it a COM
mon thing TO regard school lands
not only as public property, but
actually as legitimate objects OF
fraud and spoliatiOn. The state
owns two sections of timber near
Moscow and the chief wood sup
ply of the town bas been drawn
from them. He found fifty cords
of wood stacked ON one of the
tracts and promptly seized it for
the school fund to which it be-
longs. ,.r
But ii was in the SUMMER fall
low leases he fo1nd;the; greatest
fraud practiced. It'was' a COM
mon thing to find land taken on a
summer fallow ,sOWn TO crops or
growing volunteer hay crops for
the profit of the 1lessees. In all
such cases the lcssees have been
required to take out cash leases
and about $IOoO has already beer
secured from this source. But Z
great deal yet remains to be dont
ia enforcing the states rights OF
these lands, and it is expected .
number of prosecutions viii bs
made. The land board has in
strncted Mr.. Steunenberg to pro
.ceed On a misdemeanor chafg'
against all such offenders and II
rigidiy iexact Justice from
renters in dealing with sct1OO
funds. Vacant or Unbiased laAd
are subject to the same lax idea
Of those people. MIR. steunen
| berg found that many people ha