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The Stolen Baby.

The sympathies of the whole coun- try were aroused by the recent abduc- tion from New York city and the sub- sequent recovery of little Marion Clark, a baby twenty months old. Many aspects of this case are worthy of study. In earlier days it was a com- paratiVely easy act to steal a child and carry it where it's identity was lost while the bereayed parents were left without hope of it's return. Such cases were so common that the accidental re- union of parents with their long-lost children became a familiar feature ip literature and on the stage. The prompt recovery of the Clark baby shows that, while the world is all the time growing larger, in another sense 1t is constantly decreasing in size. The growth of great modern cities, and the free movement of people from place to place, would at first seem to make it much easier to carry out successfully a crime of this kind today than it was in the past, but modern inventions have more than offset these changed condi- tions of society. When this child was stolen. such a glare of publicity was thrown upon the crime that no nook or corner of this great country could long afford the criminal hiding place. The telegraph, the steam railroad, the per- fected police system, all lent their aid. out more valuable than all else were the services of photography and the newspapers. The daily journals so faithfully reproduced the babys por- trait that young woman in country postoffice. as soon as she saw the strange child, said: Why, that looks like Marion Clark" The modern daily press has many faults, but occasionally it performs a service So important az somewhat to condcne them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
Reminiscent.

"I reckon the most excitin' race ever see, observed the man wiIn the faded hair. after an interval of si- lence, was between two Mississippi river steamboats. The engineers crammed the furnaces with bacon and everything else in the cargoes that would make a hot fire. The Prairie Rose was the name of one boat and the Minnesota Belle was the other, but everybody knowed it was a race between the engineers. for the reason that they'd had a fight in St. Louis once. l was on the Rose, and we was eAinnin' the passengers on the Belle. 1t wasn't moren forty feet away. and the boat that got around the Big Bend first we knowed would win the race
 - Which got there first?" asked one of the listeners. tired of the oratory. Well, the en gineer Of the Minnesota Belle got there first" rejoined the man with the faded hair. Or parts of him did. His biler exploded. ."-Cbi- cago Tribune.
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WHITE SLAVES.
Efforts Making to Stop the Curse6
 Traffic In Russia.

Iraric In Russia.
 St Petersburg Cor. New York Times In view of the International Congress to be held in London at the end of the present month for tue dis, eussion of the best measure to be taken for the prevention of the white slave" traffic, the Novosti has lately been publishing detailed accounts of the manner in which this business is car rjed on in Russia. The trade has de- Veloped to great extent in the past few years throughout Western Europe, but the town Of Jassy is it's center The women are bought, particularly at Leipsic, during the great annual fair, but It IS the capital of Moldavia, which IS the central point of the traffic, just as khartoum was formerly the mar ket place for the human merchandise imported from Abyssinia and Central Africa. From Jassy the merchandise IS directed to Russia and Turkey. Next 10 Jassy. Brussels has become the most important center for this business The white slaves destined for Russia are generally sent to Riga or to Vilna where the wholesale merchants from st. Petersburg and Moscow meet to make their selections. These they transfer at once to the principal elite. Of the empire and to the remote prov. 1nces of Siberia There was recently arrested in Odessa an agent of the principal Russian white slave" mer- chants, and at his residence a yolumi- nous correspondence, with sub-agents at Jassy, Brussels, Riga and elsewhere. was found. Thanks to this edifying correspondence, the Russian police as- certalned that white slave agencies ex- lst throughout Russia, in rural dis tricts as we'll as in the principal cities and towns. In some of these letters the sub-agents mentioned that they had exceptionally fine merchandise at a relatively low price, five parcels (sic) in all" Then there followed a detailed description Of the goods. The Odessa agent in question has been exiled to Siberia. where he will spend the next ten years. From what hear, the Rus sian government considers the white slave traffic as an international curse, which can only be successfully eradi- cated by the united efforts of all cfvil- ized nations. It is we'll known that the czarina is herself deeply interested In this matter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
RHEUMATIsM.CATAR ARE BLOOD
 DISEASES-.FREE!

It is the deep-seated, obstinate cases of Catarrh and Rheum atism that E, B. B. (botanic blood halm) cures. 1t mat ters not what other treatments, doc- tors, sprays, liniments, medicated air, blood purifiers, have failed to do, B B. B. always promptly reaches the real cause and roots out and drives from the bones, joints, mucous membrane, and entire system the specific poison in the blood that causes rheumatism and catarrh. B. B. 5. is the only rem. edy strong to do this and cure so there can never be return of the symptoms. Don't give up hope but ask your drug gist for B. B. B.-botanic blood balm or 3 bs.-Large bottles one dollar, six bottles (full treatment) five dollars. B. B. B. is an honest remedy that makes real cures of all blood diseases after every thing else fails. We have abso- lute confidence in Botanic blood balm; hence, 80 you may test 1t, we will send d trial bottle free on request. Personal medical advice free Address,
 BLOOD BALM CO,
 222 Micthell St., Atlanta, Ga.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
Under Snow for Five Days.

During recent heavy snowstorm flock of sheep owned by David Young of East Searsmont, Me, was left on the mountain. After the storm was over he went to gather in his flock, and. finding one missing, began a search. After five days he succeeded in finding her under five feet of snow. alive and not in bad condition. She had travelled around under the snow until there was beaten track of ssv- sral feet.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
Animala That Never Drink.

There are in the world several kinds of animals that have never swallowed drop of water in all their lives: these include the llamas of Patagonia and certain gazelles of the far east. A par oquet lived forty-two years in the Lon- don geological gardens without drink ing drop, and some naturalists think that hares take no liquid except the dew that sometimes forms on the grass they eat. A considerable number of reptiles-serpents, lizards and certain batrachians-liYe and prosper in places where there is no water at all. Finally there are, even in France, in the neigh borhood of the Lozere, herds of COWS and goats which almost never drink, and they nevertheless produce the milk of which the famous Roquefort cheese is made.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
 Broke Up ths Show.

An actor tells of tragic experience he had recently while playing to an audience in little town in southern Texas. In one of the scenes of the play, in which he acts the villain, he hides himself in a barrel, that he may listen to conversation between the hero and heroine, whose future Well- being he is trying to destroy. In the town hall there was little if any property" material A barrel would do to conceal himself in, so ahired hand" was sent out to find one. He succeeded. He slipped in the barrel with ease. The man and the woman appeared, and while they were in the midst of an animated conversation there came howl from the barrel thas fairly shook the rafters This was oI- lowed by the eayesdropper cIu0.ing out with his hands to his face. and he in turn was followed by 8 swarm of wasps. The wasps got among the stage people and those in the audience, which created so much confusion that the show was broken up.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
MRS. LowNpEs BUFFERS BREAD
She Is Kept Busy Because of a Curious
 Fancy,


 Fancy.
 Mrs. Lloyd Low ndes, wife of the gov ernor of Maryland, is engaged in the benefcient work of curing whooping cough at Annapolis, says the Baltimore Sun. It would be better, perhaps, to state that Mrs. Lowndes is kept busy responding to the appeals of curious folklore fancy of southern Maryland. In the household philosophy of that section 1t is gravely stated that if the mother of twin children will butter piece of bread for patient suffering with whooping cough the little one will be speedily relieved upon eating it. Two of Mrs. Lowndes' sons are twins. Whooping cough is now prev alent at Annapolis. These two state mentr gys an index to her present troubles Anxious mothers of late have been appealing to the lady of the executive mansion in season and out of season. No social function Is too important to be interrupted by them. The door guardian is constantly bring ing in Macedonian cries for pieces ot buttered bread. Mrs. Lowndes Is too kind-hearted to refuse to respond to this curious superstition, and has used in this way many pounds of the de- licious butter that is brought to ths executive mansion from the governors fine farm near Pompey Smash. All!- gany county.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30

Eros Ar.
 May be exhilarating, but it is also treighted with certain disadyant- ages. Tne mans with which to avoid or remove these petty incon- Yeniences are here suggested. Princess LIIIOn
 For rough skin and cracked lips Not greasy and stickeY. and can be used at any time. It is q delightfully."- perfumed light zen liquid In 9 cent bottles. Witch Hazel Cream
 Some people like Bohemian ware better than cut glass. There's no accounting for tastes. And some customer prefer Witch Hazel Cream 10 Princess Lolion. put up in bot ties at 9 cents. Hot Water Bottle
 For neuralgia and other aches, as we'll 9 for cold feet It is we'll to have a not water bottle in the house at this time, Two. three and four quart sizes.
 ANDERsON-MEYE DRUG co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
In Six Weeks

In Switzerland last summer there were 1,790 hotels. boarding houses, bathing and health resorts to accom- modate the travelling public. When one includes about 1,50O smaller hostelries, with accommodations for about 10 persons, there were sleeping accommodations for TAO 000 travellers in Switzerland. During the main trav- cling season, from the middle of July to the end of August, the minimum expenditure of the average summer boarder. with his children and serv- ants, is placed at the low sum of francs. Nevertheless this means daily income to the innkeepers of 65O,- GOO francs. Making allowance for fav- orable travelling weather, these esti- mates mean an income to the hotel keepers during a month and a half Of summer of 28,OO0,O0O francs. In Lu- zerne alone there are 52 first-class ho- tels.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
A MAD MoNARcH's FREAK.

fling of Bavaria Found Pleasure in
 Frightening Horses to Death.
 "At the time the malady of Ludwig IT., the mad king of Bavaria. was at its worst, he gave orders that thirty of his finest horses should be put in the best condition possible for race" writes Prof J. H. Gore in the Ladies Home Journal. When the r. 1rt came that no further improvement could be made, he had them brought into an open field where every conceivable form of noise-making device had been stationed The horses were tied to posts and the king from an elevated stand gave the signal that started the flare of trumpets, the booming of can non, the firing of bombs and other out landish noises. The horses reared, plunged, struggled to get free and, fn- ally. breaking loose, started in the widest gallops from this bedlam. But toward whatever corner of the field they fled they were stopped by noises just as terrifying and sent to another quarter to be frightened again and again. When the horses became too tired to run we'll the king found the spectacle uninteresting and ordered the orgy to cease. By this cruel freak the royal stables lost a number of theii most valuable animals"
 French Hatred for Germany Dying
 The sentiment of. vengeance against Germany for the invasion of 1870 Is dying out in France, says the Wash ington Post. Three decades have elapsed since the war. A new gener- ation has sprung up in France since the so-called Terrible Year." who know nothing Of the latter except by hearsay, and who are, therefore, quite disposed to be friendly toward Ger many. especially when there Is any advantage to be derived therefrom, either at home or abroad. During the years immediately following the war the statues-female figures-repre- senting Metz and Strasbourg, on the Place de la Concorde, at Paris, were decorated on every public holiday with flowers, crape and emblems of deep mourning. while the people deposited nosegays at their base. To-day nobody pays any attention to them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30

the distance we'll, and the cracker was out of his reach. By the time Jacks bag of crackers was all gone some one else had brought a piece of bread, which he threw bit by bit to the gulls, whose game of ball was amusing al- most all the people on that end of the boat. The gulls were always ready, and still watched for more when the last piece had been thrown.
 By that time the boat had almost reached San Francisco, and Jack had to leave his gulls, although he would have been glad to watch them as long as they were hungry He played the same sort of game with them a good many times after that, when he went back and forth on the ferry boat, and both he and the gulls always enjoyed it just as we'll as they did the first time.-Ruth Tangier Smith in Youths Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
Island 1s a Magnet

In tie Baltic the Danish island Born. holm, which is situated about twenty four miles, east by south, from the nearest point Of Sweden, may be re- garded as a huge magnet. Although the power of this magnetic island is not so great that it can draw the nails out of ships, as was told of the legend. ary magnetic hills, the magnetism of the rocks on tee island of Bornholm can and does cause a good deal of trou- ble to ships iii quite another way for the island exerts such an influence on the magnetic needle that it causes a vessel to turn perceptible aside from It's course. The effect of the island magnetism is felt at distance of about nine and half miles. On the island of Ca "a (one of the Argyllshire Heb- r.des), situate about three miles north west of Rum, there is a hill which has magnetic power sufficiently strong to affect the compasses of vessels passing near it. The island is a mile in breadth by four and half miles in lengsh.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
Profess sional.

TYR. C. D. SMITH. Veterinary Surgeon and G Dentist treats all diseases Of domestic entmals Office at Brewster's Stable. Tele phone, old F: new 129.
 All Calls Night and Dav
 Answered Prom ptIy
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 tion. IL xarkana. Ark, Nov. 18th 10 2fi. 1893. ate: One fare for the round tr D. Dates of sa e Nov 14th to 18th, Return limit Novem- Der 22ne, 1899.
 Tri-State Medical Association. IVemphis. and ene-thir fares for the round trip on the eirtiicate plan. Dates sale Nov. Huh to 10th inclusive, 1899. Return Limit; Nov. 20th Ie99
 Annual Conference NJ. E. Church South third fare for the round trip on the cirtifi- cate plan. Dates of sale. Nov. 20th to 25tk inclusive. Return llmIt. Nov. 18th 1899. Re- turn limit Nov. 2Sth 1899.
 Royal Arch Masons, Little Rock. Ark. Nov. third faare for the round trip on the eirtifi- c tep an. Dates of sale Ioy. 18th to 24th in elusive. Return limit Nov 2sth 1897.
 Leave Pine Bluff 1:l0 D. m, arrive Chicago 1;45 next day. Only one change; through sleepeTs.
 AME Church Conference, Marianna, Ark. for round trip, certificate plan; Dates of sale, November 19 to 9. ilclusive; Return limit. December }, 1899
 Arkansas State Swine Breedrrs Associa- on, Little Rock, November 2I to 25-Rate, One d 0ne-third fares on tnSe certificate d an; Dates of sale. November Is 10 24. in elusive; Return limit, Nov 29
 Meeting Grand Chapter o s of Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas, Nov 20lh and Fist. 'g9 Rste, one one-third fare for the round trip on the cir iheate plan. Dates of sale: Nov. I7th to 2Ist inclusive, 1899. Return limit November 24th 1899.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished front room ! Apply to Mo- 919 West 3rd. Old phone
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
OHEA VOL UMN
FOR REIN

FOR RENT-House No. 909 West End ave- I nue: bath room, cistern, water works. &c. Apply to Mrs. L. Moore, 910 ". sth avenue; old phone 26S.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30
Cotton Belt B lletin. PINE BLUFF TO CHICAGO
 Via cotton Belt Route
Via cotton Belt Route

Arkansas Golored Baptist state Conven- tion, IL Xarkana. Ark, Nov. 18th 10 2f. 1899. ate: One fare for the round tr D. Dates of sa e Nov 14th to 10th, Return limit Novem- Der 22ne 1899.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-30

NOOn ROOMS and board at reasonable VI prices 420 East 5tn and Texas, 2S FOR SALE-Two sound. gentle horses. \ cheap for cash. L MITCHELL,
 2s e25 East 2nd ave.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-20
After the n, E. A. What?

Why, stopover at the Texas-Col-
orado Chautauqua of course. Make the
Chautauqua a complete rest from your
long journey from the coast. Colorado.
"Tbe Great Human Repair Shop of
America" welcomes you, and gives
free to you of her Vital, Invigorat
ing Tonic Air Colorado's health re-
newing com bination of Blue Sky, Sun
shine and high altitude makes u new
life in you, better capable o metal
growth.
THE TEXAS-COLORADO CHAUTAUQUA.
opens at Boulder, July 4, 1899. An at
tractive forty day program, Superb
music. Americas greatest platform
entertainers. A complete Chautsuqua
Summer School has been supplied with
the ablest faculty money can buy.
New Electric Railway now connects
boulder with the Chautauqua grounds.
The Denver road gives you choice Of
routes to the N. E. A. and to the Chau-
tauqua.
For Chsutauqua literature address
A. A. Gibson, Gen. Agt Pass. Dept.
or d. B. KELLER, Traffic
Manager, Fit. Worth & Denver City
Ry. Fort Worth. Texas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-20
They WILL PLAY BALL.
The Railroad Married Men Propose
To Organize Base Ball Team
and Challenge the Single Men.
San Marclal To Be ChaI1eng-

The railroad men Employed in the
railroad service in this city propose to
org anize base ball club in q short
time and get in shape to play several
match games this season. There is
plenty of good material among the
married employees on the railroads and
it is doubtful If Mr.. Sierra can put up
a team in town that will beat them if
sufficient practice is had.
1t is the intention of the railroad
team to challenge the San Marcial
railroad team, and if possible secure
games with Lordsburg, Demiug and
other p aces.
1t is high time for the railroad teams
TO organize in surrounding towns as
we'll as here. This season promises to
be good one for base ball and there is
no good reason why this portion of the
country should not receive great deal
of amusement in this line.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-20
Southern Railway,

This great system is one of the most
noted railways of this country, reach
ing from the Mississippi river to the
Potomac.
The superior facilities Of the South
ern railway are especially conspicuous,
operating solid vestibuIed trains, su-
perior dining care, with fast schedules
over stone ballasted road bed, with Pull
man vestibuled sleeping cars from
both New Orleans and Memphis to
Washington and New York without
change.
From New Orleans to Washington
only "a hours, and 40 hours to New
York.
From Memphis to Washington only
SO hours and 80 hours TO New York.
A stop over of ten days is allowed at
Washing ton city on New York tickets.
]. G.. ANDREWS,
s. w P. Agent,
Houston, Texas.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-20
Sparks From the ENGINE.

General Manager Ramsey. OF the r.
G., s. M. & p, came in from Nueva
Casas Grandes yesterday.
The Cooke Locomotive & Machine
Co. is building 26 mogul locomotives
fer the Southern Pacific railway.
w. G. Van Week, manager of the
and party, were in Dallas Tuesday.
W. r. Martin, superintendent of the
Rio Grande division of the q. Fl. 81 S.
A :, arrived here with the special par
ty today. .+....
Brakeman Green, of the G. H., has
taken a leave of absence and will visit
San Antonio for a few days. Brake
man G. H. Rhodes has taken his place.
A train load of stock arrived here
yesterday over the Santa Fe for the
City of Mexico. They were transfer
red to the Mexican Central.
VIM. S. New has resigned as master
mechanic of the Western division of
the Missouri Pacific at Kansas City.
He has held the position for fifteen
years.
Geo. Stead, engineer on the G. II.
switch engine No. TIA, went home yes
terday morning at 10 O'Clock sick, and
Engineer Borcherding was called to
take his place.
Arthur Ealand, foreman of the G. 81.
bridge and building crew, has complet-
ed his labors on this end of the line
once more 1t is now rumored that he
will be employed for the next several
weeks superintending the construction
of round house at Alpine to take the
place of the one recently destroyed at
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-20
FREIGHT TRAFFIC LOW.
The Tonnage Handled BY the Rail-
roads At Present Is Lighter
Two Years.
TWO Years.

All freight agents dislike the idea of
having to admit that freight traffic is
falling off on the line by which he is
employed and when the question is
asked him, How is the freight bust
ness?" the agent Invariably answers,
s'Good."
Yesterday the reporter took an al
together different courseandhe singled
out one freight agent and told him
that the rest of the roads were doing
very little freight business and it was
surprising how his line was keeping up
SO well. To this he replied: "Well, as
far as the present is concerned, we are
doing very little, but we have con-
tracts for moving cattle which are due
here now and which will take extra
crews and long time to handle.
Such seems to be the condition of af
fairs on all western roads at present,
and simply Ia quiet the nerves of the
western freight agents, the following
is reprinted from the Topeka Jour-
mel:
.'Garnings of western railroads have
materially decreased during the last two
weeks. and.probably less freight is being
hande led at the present time than at
any time during the past two years.
The falling off in freight traffic has
been so great as 10 force the majority
of the western roads to policy of re-
treuchment of one kind or another. In
some cases working hours have been
,eaucsd ard in others men have been
temporarily let out of employment.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-04-20
LINK AND PIN.

The fact that the movement of stock
has not yet commenced is responsible
for the falling off in freight traffic.
The bulk of the winter traffic is over,
a stock, the main dependence of the
western roads for spring traffic, is yet
at q standstill. The tenacity with
which winter has hung on has delayed
the grass, and until it becomes suitable
for feeding purposes the railroad earn
ings will continue to show decrease.
AS soon as the stock commences to
move, however, the western roads will
be taxed to their utmost to handle the
traffic, and earnings will once more as
sumo prosperous proportions"