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La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
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st. Louis, NO., May ia special to
the Republic from Eagle Pass. Texas,
says: A tornado struck the mining
town Of HondO. In the Sabinas valley.
Mexico, last night. Lawrence Mckin-
ney, son Of the mine superintendent,
was killed, and ten men were severely
injured.
A large boarding house, railroad sta
ton, stofe and buildings connected
with TIE Hondo Ii about seventy fvc
miles southwest Of Eagle Pass. 1t In
tIse ce1ter 81 g. r. HuntingtOn's Mex
kaa cpal and coke Industries.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
L.s. p.pc. r.k.n srrIou.ly IN.

San Francisco. May 12.-Ex-Con-
gresham Lafe Pence, who is one Of
the attorneys In the Fair will case.
was suddenly taken Ill In the court
room to-day and is now confined to
his bed at his home.
Pence, who was for long time
prominent in Colorado politics, and
was representative from that state in
Congress. recently established himself
In this city for the practice OF his pro-
fession.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
Change In Naval ome-r..

Washington. May 1O.-Captain Bark
er, the senior officer OF Dewey's feet
and the commander of the battleship
Oregon, will be the next commanding
officer to come home. The Navy De-
partmept has arranged for Captain
George f. Wilde. mt present In COM
mand Of the Boston. also Mt Manila. to
relieve him. Captain Barker was one
Of the most active members Of the Na-
val War Board.
The cruiser Boston is also to come
to the United States She Will cross
the Pacific to san Francisco and will
be extensively overhauled and altered
at the Mare Island navy yard.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
M,kln,.,. Health show. Improvement.


Hot Springs. Va. May 1O-Whether
It is the effect of his absolute relaxa-
tion from all official duty. the dry at
mOsphere. or the result of his medici-
nal bath this morning. the President is
recuperatIng rapidly.
a gentleman who has known him for
many years. after seeing him to-day,
said that he never knew the President
to appear In better health. His color,
he explained. was an apparent state
ment Of facts in itself.
Friends of the executive are much
annoyed by stories that Mr.. Mckinley
is smoking excessively and injuriously.
Friends In our new island possessions
have sent him quantities of cigars of
various brands. but they have re-
mained untouched. An after-meal ci-
gar Is q source of thorough enjoyment
to the President. but he does not In
dulge himself to an extent that Is
harmful
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
Michigan senate STRIKE. At Trusts.

Lansing, Mich, May 1O.-A bill pass
ed the Senate to-day practically shut
ting trusts ont of Michigan, and its
friends claim votes enough in the
House to pass 1t.
1t prevents trusts and monopolies of
capital, skill or arts from creating or
carrying out restriction In trade or
commerce. from limiting or reducing
poduction, from reducing the price of
merchandise or any commodity. or fix
ing any standard or figure whereby
the price to the public consumer Of any
article or commodity OF merchandise
shall be In any manner controlled or
established.
In addition to criminal and civil pen
alties provided, any person injured in
his business by Il trust may sne and
recover two-fold the damage sustained.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20

man IL taking care of his own allos-
ment and is planting II as he pleases.
but all are working under the general
direction OF Colonel Holland. who has
shown great tact and executive ability,
and to whom the prosperity and con-
tent Of Fort Amity Is largely due.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
ko.w.n =. riower pe.d.

New York. May 12.-Former Gov
ernor Roswell r. Flower died tonight
at 1890 mt the Enstport Country CLUB
at Eastport, L. 1.
Mr.. Flower was taken III early in the
day with a severe attack OF acute indi.
gestion. In the afternoon symptoms Of
heart failure supervened and he grew
steadily worse until the time Of hls
death
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
General R.s.,o. May Ne Celebrated.

st. Louis. May ia movement Is
ON foot to have Southern and Northern
veterans Of the Civil war hold gen
eral reunion In this city some time to
be decided on Inter. 1t Is also suggest.
ed that the Sons Of Veterans OF bOti,
the North and South also meet here at
the same time.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
rrnpcr,. New r,..,drp,

The new president Of France is calm
sane and tritle bourgeois. He looks
like II man who would infuse into
French politics rs much vigor as Hos
letters Stomach Bitters will into the
rundown system OF any one who uses
II. 1t is an absolute cure for all stom-
ach disorders.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
0aab,ss Nashville Arrives ut ~. Loa.s.

OoNb1es NAshvi1te AvFives 1t ~. Loo's.
81. Louis, May 1O.-A lively well
come was accorded the gunbont Nash
vile. which IL now tugging at Its an
chor before this city. fhe Nashville is
the first sea-golng war vessel to ever
ascend the Mississippi this far. To-
morrUw the gunb0at will be throva
open to visitors.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
Arc You Using Alien. roo.-E..s,

II Is the only cure Tor Swollen,
Smarting. Burning. Sweating Feet.
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot Ease. a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. At nll Druggists and Shoe
Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress. Allen s. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Y.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
Hint. Housckcepers.

A little dry 'Faultlcss Starch" will make a
large quantity OF starch mixture and gives
better results than any other starch try it,
All grocers sell 'Faultless Starch" l0c
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20

We'll Kitty. did your euchre club nave
n good time yesterday nfternoony Il
think so The women In three lower Hats
sent up word that their plastcring was
falling down"
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20

MY friend. buy this system rcnovator:
do you know that you are galloping to the
grave?' Don't you worry: as long as
am able to gallop i can keep out of .he
gravel
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20
m...o. D.,~I.v.e x.eeee.or.

Lewiston, Me-. May 11.-C. E. Lit.
tlefield Of Rockland was nominated
by acclamstion today by the Republi-
cans Of the s,econd Maine district. to
succeed the late Nelson Dipgiey.
La Junta tribune., 1899-05-20

Henry. we'd get along better together
IL you had more will power" mo. Mar
tina; we'd get along better IL you didn't
have quite so much.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
New York; Little shop..

New York, with all it's greatness. Ia in some respects the most Condensed place on earth. Down in Mulberry street there Is a shop Just wide enough Tor cobbler's bench and hardly long enough to permit three customers to stand In line. Here the industrious doctor Of soles sits all day long and plles his trade, interrupted occasional " py customer, who obscures his day light
 There are cigar stores so dim.nutiye that man can scarcely turn around m them. In Broadway, not far from Herald Square, is a place for the sale or the fragrant weed in which a GUS toner can hardly lift his arm without knocking down box of cigarettes or a pile of stogies. It's the proper thing for the purchaser to back out of the place after cautiously applying the match to his recently acquired cigar.
 Smallest of all is restaurant near the South ferry, where there are a shelf and three chairs, and the pies are placed on edge. On busy days those who desire the particular brand of erullers, stew and coffee offered there Tor sale are obliged to wait outside the dc"~ Tor place at the shelf.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
l'ussy.s Victory Over an Eagle.

A tiger cat, belonging to Farmer Hazard, of Herrick, Susquehanna county, was strolling out toward the barn some time ago, carrying in her teeth piece of meat for her young. A bald eagle, which had been lowering over the farm for a week, suddenly de scended upon her and whirled her up ward in rapid vertical flight
 The path of ascent, to the eye of a spectator watching the scene, was clearly indicated by loose feathers violently tossed from the point of com bat. In a brief time the struggling pair came to Q standstill iu the sky, The eagles wings had dropped now and then, and he had given plain evi- dence of pain and terror, yet not once had his awful grip appeared to relax. At length a descent was begun, with a rapidity which increased every mo- ment, and the two animals struck the ground at the point where they had al first encountered each other. but the eagle was dead, and the cat as soon as she felt terra firma beneath her feet, shot away for the barn, still carrying her bit of meat.
 Investigation showed that the cat had cut the eagles throat and so lacer- ated it's breast that its body was liter ally laid open. After the death in mid air. however, the cat had been too clever to relax her hold and thus fall to the ground, but let her enamy serve a parachute to ease her descent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
The Hest Air e.,,,peraturc.

The conditions affecting the temper ature of the body other than those due to physiological conditions are very numerous. First and most obvious is the temperature of the surrounding atmosphere It is a well-established fact that an average temperature of the air of 54 degrees Fahrenheit is best adapted to the public health, for at that temperature the decomposition of animal and vegetable matter IS slight and normal temperature is most easily maintained. Every degree of temperature above or below that point requires a more or less effort of the heat-regulating power to maintain the proper equilibrium. Even Glore potent in esovating the bodily temDerature is the introduction into the blood. wheth- CT by respiration or by direct injection of Dutrid fluids and the gases of de- composing matters. If this injection is repeated at short intervals, death will occur with high temperature.
 The air of cities contains emanations in hot weather from vast number of sources of animal and vegetable de- composition. and the inhalation of air so vitiated brings in contact with the blood these deleterious products in a highly divided state which causes a fatal elevation of temperature in the young. old and enfeebled. The same effect is produced by the air in close and heated places. as in tenement houses, workshops. schoolhouses, hos. pitai wards and other roofns, where many persons congregate for hours
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
An Old House.

I lie oldest house in America is i'll St. Augustine, Fla. In 1864, is was built by the monks of the Order of St. Francis and the whole of the solid structure Is composed of coquina, a combination of sea shells and mortar, which is almost indestruetable. When Francis Drake sacked and burned the town this was the only house left in the trail of destruction. It has been purchased by the we'll known antiqu- arian, J. W. Henderson, who will make it his winter residence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
APHo@lsMs.

Doubt whom yot will, but never doubt yourself-Bovee.
 A good intention clothes itself with power.-Emerson.
 The more we study the more we dis cover our ignoranee.-Sheliey.
 Doing good is the only certainly hap py action in mars life.-Sir Philip Sidney.
 Blessings ever wait on yirtuous deeds, and though late, sure reward succeeds.-Congreve
 True dignity is never gained by place and never lost when honors are with drawn.-Massinge
 In character, Tn manners, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence IS simplicity. ngfellow.
 The best manner of averaging our selves is by not resembling him who has injured us.--Jane Porter.
 If there is any person to whom you feel dislike, that is the person of whom you ought never to speak.-Cecil.
 More hearts pine away in secret an- guish for unkindness ss from those who should be their cC nforters, than for any other calamity in life.-Young.
 We never enjoy perfect happiness; our most fortunate successes are mingled with sad. ss; some anxieties always perplex the reality of our satis- faction.-Corneille.
 snobs in high ? aces assume great airs. and are preten ious in all they do' and the higher the elevation the more conspicuous is the incongruity of then position.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
A cHlNAMAN's FATE
Deciared Dead by Society, He Was re.
 boccd and Killed Himself.

In San Francisco there's a Chinese secret society, the laws of which ara as strict and unchanging as those of the Medes and Persians. One of the members of this society told some of it's secrets-an offense punishable bv death. He was to be tried in the usuaI way before a tribunal of the society
 The night of the ordeal was fixed 1ne culprit was represented by able couhsel, but the sentence was death as was expected. An executioner was called from an adjoining room. He was a strapping big Chinaman, and wore one of those hideous wooden masks that art critics think so beauti- Iul. He carried double-edged sword 1ully live feet long. To test the edge he folded newspaper in eight parts and the knife went through those eight th1cknesses of paper as if it were a Dit Of butter in summer time.
 The culprit was brought in upon his knees, and another Chinaman. also on ms knees. faced him and caught the traitor by the cue. He drew the cul- prlts neck toward him, the smock was pulled over the shoulders, and with one mighty swing the double-edged sword descended. Like a flash it cloye tile ar and then stopped. A fractional part of an inch separated the sword from the victims neck. Very. very gently the executioner brought tbe weapon down until it just touched the traitors neck. Then, as it is q crime to kill man i'll San Francisco. he ston- ped. He brought the sword to his side %0 +1e "The eulprit is dead"
 The newly executed got on his feet ahd said something to the judge. The judge did net heed for the culDrit was dead. He tried to speak to the Chinamen. who were hurrying from the hall But he spoke to deaf ears. To all intents and purpose he was a dead man.
 He mad" his way into the street, and the .it>t tling that caught his eve was hugi4 fester proclaiming to all Chinatown that Ire had been executed .lat evening. No one would speak to him. no oItc look at him-he was a dead man-just as@dead as if the exc cutioner's sword had in reality de- seconded.
 For a whole week that man wan- dcred about Chinatown. the posters proclaiming his execution staring him in the face at every turn. Not q crust Of bread could he beg-not q mouth ful of water. His people knew him as dead-he was past gone, buried.
 And so one day he wandered up into the American portion of San Fran cisco and stole q revolver from mes senger boy who was showing it to some companions. Then he ran down into Chinatown, sat down on the pave ment beneath one of his own death notices and blew the added brairs out of his poor Chinese head.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
ANTIQUE OAK THAT IS OLD.
Beautifui Results With Pieces Buried Un-
 der Chicago 1000 Years Ago.

dor Chicago 1000 Years Ago. White oak logs that have been bur fed under the site of Chicago for 1000 years have just been put to use. Prof. Oseian Guthrie, the Chicago geologist. who has studied the local strata and helped to unearth the remnants of some of these prehistoric trees, has just come into possession of two toilet brushes made from this ancient oak, that have surprised the manufactur- CT of imitation antique" woods by the wonderful color and polish of which the genuine antique oak is eap- able. No precious woods that have
 eyer been imported into Chicago are
 so maryelously beautiful as these specimens with which Prof Guthrie
 has just been presented.
 Most of these prehistoric logs have been resurrected from the 7000-year-
 old graves to be divided up among the
 museums and universities of the eoun-
 sry. Walnut, willow, beech and most of the modern native woods have been dug up under these glacial deposits and alluvium of seventy centuries, but the white oak, the same tree evidently that fiourishes in the parks to-day, has been preserved best of all.
 Some frightful cyclone appears to have bent and laid low tue trees at first. The iron fibre is bent and twist ed in nearly all of them in one partic- ular spot in the trunk, and 1t is evil dent that this was the cause that first buried the giant forests under the
 sands and alluyium. Some of these trunks have been followed by Prof. Guthrie in the excavations for streets and houses for many feet. Que trunk in Sheffield avenue, was unearthed for seventy feet.
 Evidently this forest was the first growth after the glacial period. 1t lies close to the glacial clay, under the al- luyial drift, at a general depth of four teen feet The cyclone apparently laid the forest low, and the sand and drift were blown up from the lake and coy- cred it. The water formed an air-tight capsule about the trunk, aud kept 1t from decaying.
 Of late years, however, the surface sewers have drained the water away from the trunks, and the bark and out CT layers 1f wood have gone to decay The iron fibre of the inner wood is
 still intact in most of them, however The wood from which Prof. Guthrie's souvenirs are made was dug up near the corner of Calumet avenue and 'Thirty-ninth street, where many of the trunks are being chopped away in sewer excayating.
 No imitation antique wood has ever attained the singular beauty of this
 old oak. It is dark, almost greenish
 black, the result of hundreds of years
 diScoloration by the surrounding wa
 ter. The polish which it has attained
 is unlike anything ever seen by wood
 importers. The fibre of the wood was
 found almost as tough as fi0e wire in
 working it LID.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
A Giant Moose Head.

lie largest moose head on record is Ill the possession of MT. ". F. Sheard of Tacoma, Wash. It is the head of an Alaskan moose and the antlers meas ure from tip to tip feet 6 inches. The widest moose antlers in England wae in the possession of his royal highness the duke of Edinburgh. They measured 59H inches across or A-inch under feet. The Alaskan specimen, 6 inches higher than 6-foot man, is also immensely wide and massive in the palm" of the horns.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
POINTED PsNCiLINGS.
,.i irno is fnalishness.

Optimism is fo9lishness.
 Every soul has blind sloe.
 Men will endure polite murcef. --The fool listens while the philos- opher looks. .,.n. -Tbe idler is tbe worlds insolvens debtor.
 Hope is foolish even at three score and ten. The mirror of time gives us Dareas a glimpse of curse yes.
 --Tbe poorest relations are those void of beauty. .-r;h and lsye
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
Wonderful Garnet.

The Queen of England is possessed of one of the most remarkable articles ever made in prison. The superintend- ent of Agra Jail two years ago received an order to weave a carpet M special design for her majesty. On it 2S of the deftest conyicts of the establishment have been engaged. The carpet meas ures TT feet by 40 feet, and is estimat- ed to contain no fewer than 20,000,000 stitches.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
Sfeasuripx Fruit.

Tn following recitss for the canning and preserving of fruit it should be re- membered that quGrt of fruit must be measured In quart measure, not in the tradesmen's baskets, which vary in size, but are never full scriptural quart. Fruits and vegetables should be sold here as they are abroad, by khe weight. instead of by measure.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
BEGINNING OPERATIONS.

urning the hands over, the cent from he right hand will fly. without being erceived. into the palm of the left. and ake the transit sanear most unac c,untable to the hevildered eyes of the ectators. P pltcing the audience in ont. and not at the side Of the exhib- or. this illusion i really performed. an never he detsa,t3
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
X Nonniess Month

February, 1866. was in enc way the most wonderful month in the worlds history It had no full moon. January had two full moons, and so had March, but February had none. This re. markable state of things had never happened before since the era we as sign to the creation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
 A Hack Rncnrd.

There Is no part of the world which has such a black record for wrecks as the narrow Baltic sea. The number in some years has averaged more than one day, the greatest number of wrecks recorded in one year being 154. About 50 per cent. of these vessels became total wrecks, all the crews be- ing lost.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
crease Spot. on Books.

To remove grease spots from the books heat the greased spots by hold ing them before the fire, and place clean plotting paper between each sheet, warm the leaf once more, and paint the stains on both sides with es- sential oil of turpentine made boiling hot. Repeat, if necessary; then brush over the parts again with rectified spirits of wine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
IdentIGe,I

"So you discovered that fema.- bur glar in your house?2
 ''Of course: she stepped on the ba- by's rubber doll. and thought it was mouse"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
Bringing Two Separate Coins Together.

Take two cents, which must be care fully placed in each hand, as thus: The right hand with the coin on the fourth and little finger, es in the illustration. Then, place at short distance from each other, both hands open on the ta
 ble, the left palm being level with the ,ngere of the right By now suddenly
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30

q asked her if she thought she could learn to love me.
 "She said she couldn't-because she was already studying Spanish and learning to swim.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30
Pneumonia Cured.

Mrs. A. ]. Lawrence, of Beaver, Pa., says: Brazilian Balm brought me out Of severe attack of pneumon1a in splendid shape. It is wonderful rem edy for coughs and lung troubles. Also, for outward use, for burns, cold-sores, and chapped hands and face, it -ures like magic. It is invaluable n the, fapr;1v."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30

hkA l5 r. -,Nl CURED with vegetable |ssSiF 1 SStNs1 Y b.m--dies. Have curt,. Dtk%gs many thousand cases tsli.ed hopeless. In ten lysslleast two-thirds of all symptoms remov- Testimonials and TEN DAYS treatment free.
 B H. GREENS S0HS- Box K. Atlanta. Ga
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-05-30

|,..ial Meeting Modern woodmen eed ne oth ol s @ Ssy Moi; % for June the gFa reund a9 sI trip
 z gne saIe. agee June 3rd and 4th. Return { z fnpe 10, 1899.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-01-27
FREDERICKSBURG.
The Proposed Electric-Light Plant
Hriefs.

FREDERICKSBURG VA, January &C.
(Special)-At called meeting OF the City
Council, held last night, an election was
ordered to be held February 2Sth, on the
proposition whether or not the city shall
build and operate an electric-light plant,
according to plans as revised and sug-
gested by Mr. Edward J. Willis, Of Rich
mond. It is likely that the project will
receive strong opposition, as a number of
our citizens are for street improvements
first and above all others. The support
ers of the measure, however have no
fear Of il being defeated. The Council
Committees report. recommending the
project was unanimously adopted.
The funeral of Mrs. Eliza Wexford Rose
will be held from her home tomorrow
morning at II o'clock. The deceased was
a near relative Of Judge Wexford, Of the
Chancery Court of Richmond.
Mr.. J. b. Ficklin, who was taken very
III. suddenly, several days ago, is resting
easier this evening than at any time
since the attack.
Mrs. Mary L. Boze, Misses Lucy Young
and Mamie Adams, and Mr.. Charles
Adams. of Richmond. attended the
Hardy-Lehew wedding here last night.