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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22
THE BUSINESS WOMAN.
She Knows Why Man Is sometimes
 Irritable.


 have never found q woman battling Der way iR the world who has not grown more sympathetic wfth human suffering, more patient with the little 1fials of life, more lenient and forgi4- Ing with the errtng. and more appre- ciatiye of home and family ties. says the Woman's Home Companion. Inde pendenee. self-relianee and the adop- lion Of honorable business methods need not destroy the inherent gentle ness of woman's nature, uniting her for the exalted station of an affection ate wife and tender mother. And as the lessons of the practical realities of life must come sooner or later. must be Ie3rned by most women, if they be learned in early womanhood. the dream fife displaced by the real life. no rude awakeningse to the world as it is await the woman When ac- guainted with the trials and dI-a3- polntments that confront business and professional men the wife can more fully appreciate the wear upon the nervous system due to the constant grind Of daily cares. Knowing the real work of life. she becomes a companion, Indeed. fully appreeiating the joys of Success and the disappointments of failure, sharing in both alike with her Husband, and when thus approaching the feeling of nervous exhaustion and Irritableness she quietly passes over these manifestations. which to the in Experienced woman often prove the be ginning of arrangement, as between such and deiected husband there can he but little real eompanionship and sympathy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22
HOUSEKEEPING ON STEAMSHIP
Amount of Food Eaten by Passengers
 on an Ocean Liner.

OH ttt OGSdn t<tbtfs
 "One tidy little refrigerator about six feet wide and twice that depth Is the butterman's stall in this market under the sea, writes Helen C. Candee, in an exchange. Little tubs of butter are arranged on shelves to the amount of 5000 pounds and in company with these are 10000 eggs. Twenty-Five hun dred quarts of mllk and cream are stored in q separate room. all having been sterilized This market has q room especially for salt meats, and here are hams. bacon and tongues to the amount of 4.009 pounds. There are some articles of food without which the epieure would be unhappy. and which must be alive when cooked Chief among these are oysters, of which 16,000 are carried to meet the wants of the passengers. Clans are only pro- yided to the number of ], 800. Lobsters are not abundantly supplied; TOD pounds is all the storeroom shelters. This market in the bottom of the ship contains, besides the things mentioned, fruits, green vegetables and an en- efmons stock Of groceries. The latter is only limited by space, for groceries are not perishable goods and will keep from one voyage until another until used. Tea and coffee are used in large amoHnts-about thirty-three pounds a day of tea and fifty pounds of coffee. Perishable supplies are taken on board in proportion to the number of passen- gers booked, and anything of this kind which is left over when the ship reaches port is eaten by the crew.
 Away down in the bottom of the ship the chief steward has q market of his own, one which he has stocked and from which he draws, thus serving in the double capacity of merchant and customer. Here is an enormous re- trigerator, and is presided over by steward who is responsible for every pound of meat within it. Before the ship slips from the dock this room is stocked for a full ship, with 20;000 pounds of beef, 1000 pounds of veal and 5000 pounds of mutton. From hooks along the walls and ceiling of another refrigerator hang punches of birds, very much as dried corn and peppers hang from the rafters of old farmhouses. As many chickens as can be tied together are hung until 4,000 pounds are slowed away. Ducks are not as popular as chickens, therefore TOO pounds only are provided-about 100 pounds allowance for each day. Turkeys are liked, and 1000 pounds must be provided for the demands of the cook, Pigeons, squabs and other small birds. these are reckoned In pieces, and it is calculated that the family which floats across the ocean will devour 1,600 birds"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22
PASTOR MUST LEAD HIS FLOCK


 tie should Not Come Down to Their
 Level.
 The minister should be given 10 andefstand that his congregation ex- poets xe share in the ripest knowledge De psssesses. and will appreciate his most careful thinking, writes Ian Aaeiaren in the Ladies Home Journal. When he rises to his height on any occasion and breaches a great sermon. < does not matter whether every per son has understood every word or 'ome of them only about one-haIf. He aught to be told that all the members oi his church are proud of him and thank God for him, and that even if ue were beyond them this was net be- saase of ohscurity but because of ele- yatlon, and that they are pleased to udVe 3 minister who lives at such level He must not come down to .Aem, but they mus. strive to rise to nim. It is a miserable business for a preacher to repeat the commonplace 7l ms people in a showy form so that the man, in the street goes home con graduating himself because he has heard his pauy ideas trieked ou. in showy dress. It is the function of the prophet to lead his flock onward, sven though the march be someone's through the wilderness. and they ought 10 follow close behind him and tell him that they are there, and that they will not cease to follow till he has brought them into the fullness of the land of promise Under those conditions 3 man will feel bound to read the best books and to think out every subject 10 its very heart; he will grudge no labor of brain, no emotion of soul, to meet the expectation of thoughtful. broad-minaed people, and if he come at last to be leader of thought whose words fly far and wide, then to this congregation will the credit be due who begeYed in him. and demanded great things Of him. and made of him more than he. in his most ambitious moment. could have imagined"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES

Human nature crops out rather early in the youth of the present age. Tommy" asked mother of her 3-year-old son, what would you do # I gave you nice orange?' I'd wish you would give me another, !" replied Tommy.
 Little Alice had been delegated to rock the baby to sleep. By and by her mother came in and found him still awake. Why. Alice she said. isn't your little brother asleep yet2s No. mamma, was the reply T tan t make him teep his eyes bnttoned2
 Harry said the teacher to small pupil, you were not present yesterday. Were you detained at home in conse- quenee of the inclemency of the wealth er?p "No, ma.am, replied Harry. Nv mctber wouldn't let me come cause it ralned. .
 Little 4-year-old Clara had behaved very badly while her mother was en- tertaining a caller, and as the latter was about to depart Clara said: Please, Mrs. Brown, don't go away yetr' Why, Clara, said Mrs Brown, T had no idea you were so fond of me. 'oh, it isn't that was the frank reply, but mamma said I was to be whipped as soon as you went away"
 Guarded Answer.
 Gotrox- How woud you like to be a rich man like me2" Getsnox- -sTd
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22
Bubbles by Hand.

Have you ever tried blowing bubbles from your hands instead of from a pipe? It can be done, and the bubbles will be much larger than those of the ordinary clay pipe makes. Lather your hands well with studs; then place them in the position of a cup; just as if you were seooping up water from a spring, leaving, however, small hole in the bottom. Hold your hands about a foot from the mouth and blow eur- rent of air into them. After one or two trials you will be. able to make bubbles nearly as large as your head.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22
He Was One of Them.

My daughter" said the father. has always been accustomed to all the lux of wealth" "Yees, replied the count, bristling Up. zat ees what I am. ''-Boston Christian Register.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22
Strange. but Trne.

The sporty girl likes to appear in winter arrayed in sealskin, and at the shore in summer her fancy runs large 1y to bare skin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22

When two evils come up, choose the one you know the most about.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22
.Tremeudous Power of CxeIones.

Careful estimates of the force of q cyclone and the energy required to keep full-nedged hurricane in active operation reveal the presence of a power that makes the mightiest efforts of man appear as nothing in compari- son. A force fully equal to 473,0O0,000 horse power was estimated as devei- oped in a West Indian cyclone, This is about fifteen times the power that is creatable by all means within the range of mans capabilities during the same time, Were steam, water, wind mills and the strength of all men and all animals combined they could not at ali approach the tremendous force exerted by this terrible storm.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22
Sarcasm of submsrrea Tenth.

The Kind Now, you will not go and get intoxicated with that dime, will you? The Rude Recipient-Oh. no, mum. I am already intoxicated wit joy at my accession to riches.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22

onIcss or nome you
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22

each month thereafter; Their de- sire to enlarge and incur greatar
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22

Guarded Answer. Gotrox-' How wonid you like to be a rich man like me2" Getsnox- like 10 be rich.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22

around with John having a good
 time and indulging freely in the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-22

other, and you can have 1t for the asking. but get II.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-26
Hon. James F. Ritchie.

Hon. James F. Ritchie, ex-state land commissioner. died at his home in Little Rock on the night of the 17th inst of apoplexy The deceased was born in Dallas county, Alabama, in May, 1886. He was raised in Mississippi, and was admitted to the bar in 1857. Soon there after he removed to Calhoun county, this state, and took up the practice of his profession. At the outbreak of the war he entered the Confederate service, and rose to the rank of captain. At the battle of Murfreesboro his right arm was shot away and he was left on the battlefield. being taken prisoner by the enemy He was finally paroled, and settled at Camden. In 1866 he was elected district attorney, which office he held until after the reconstruction of the district. From 1874 to 1884 Col Ritchie engaged in the hotel business at Hot Springs and Pine Bluff. He received the democratic nomination for commissioner of state lands in 1894, and was renominated in 1896. Capt Ritchie was a member of the Methodist church, and belonged to the Masonic lodge
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-26
CROP PROSPECTS POOR.
Gut Worms Helping to Reduce tue Cottoi Aorsage-Potato-B Bugs Getting in
 Their Work.

The crop report issued by the Little Rock weather bureau, for the week ending May 10th, shows that heavy rains of the 11th and 18th were general and retarded farm work. Wheat and oats have improved. Corn, as a rule, is com ing up to good stands, but is being in jured by cut-worms, and on this ac- count a great deal will have to be re- planted Cotton is coming up to poor stand much of it is rotting in the ground, and it is also being injured by cut worms. Some will have to be plowed under and replanted.
 In the northeast section, planting IS about completed. In Sharp, Indepen- dence St. Francis, Lawrence and Wood ruff counties the cotton stand is very poor. Irish potatoes are being dam aged by potato bugs in all sections of the state. Fruit in some sections is dropping from the trees, and strawber- ries have been seriously damaged by heavy rains. Taken as whole, the stand of cotton is very poor. Adding to this the damage being done by cut worms, the prospects are anything but bright.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-26
ARKANSAS STAIE NENS.
Ex-State Land Commissioner I. F. Ritchie Expires Suddenly
 of Apoplexy.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS GRAND OFFICERS.
Striking Miners Attack a Gang of Inn ported Colered Lsborers at Hunting ton-Railroad Man Slain by Negro. Brief Mention.
Trouble at Huntington.

The first real clash between striking coal miners and imported non-union eolored miners and guards in this state since the strike was inaugurated Oc cured at Huntington on the night of the 18th inst, when a crowd of strikers attacked 25 colored miners located be- hind stockade, firing several volleys at them. The guards at the stockade returned the fire of the strikers, killing John Wright. Jesse Campbell, one of the guards, was wounded in the head and shoulder. The firing aroused the whole community, and when the strikers learned the fate of one of their numb they became furious. The force of guards was immediately in creased. When the strikers withdrew number of masks were found on the scene of the battle; also enough dyna- mite to blow up the mine, which no doubt the miners intended to do. Gov Jones, upon hearing of the trouble, in structed the sheriff of Sebastian county to summon posse and arrest all armed men on either side. In an interview, Sheriff Harrel said negroes had been coming in in small numbers, despite the injunction of the state court, and that the only way to prevent further trouble is to remove them. The colored miners attacked were imported from Illinois
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-26
Laws Affecting Insurance Csmpanisa

Auditor Sloan summarizes the new laws affecting insurance companies, ex- elusive of the antitrust law, as follows: Act IS, requires each corporation, for whatever business organized, to file a copy of their charter and certificate of appointment of an agent for service with the secretary of state, with fee attacked of 50. Act 14, applies to policies on real property only and makes the amount upon which premium is collected liquidated demand in case of total loss. Act S5 provides that in suit upon policy issued on personal property proof of substantial com pliance with the terms of the policy by the insured is sufficient to recover Act 1S7 applies to fraternal orders, and re- quires such associations to file copy of their constitution and bylaws and a statement of their condition with the auditor of state on the first of March of each year and pay fee of s1o.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-26
hnt Country.

NaterfTSis are being used more and more to produce electrical power. Switzerland has no coal with which 10 make steam to run her industries, and so her waterfalls nave been the driving force. They are now beginning to be used still more effectively to produce electricity as a motive power The rapids and falls of the upper Rhine are now generating electricity which is used in the mills of that region. large enterprise is also on foot for the production of electricity in the Scottish Highlands by means of water power. >&t may not be so very long before the prediction of Lord Kelvin that "the production of electricity by means of waterfalls will some day attract pros porous population to the Scottish High lands" will come true.
 The British parliament has before it the project to obtain electrical power, equal to 5000 horse power, by means of the chain of lochs along the border of Perth and Argyll counties to the west of the Grampian mountains. The most important of these lochs is Ericht,
 
 its waters discharging into Loch Ran noch and then into the Fay. It is pro- posed to build large dam at the eX treme south of the loch, turning it into a great reservoir, and then to pass the accumulated waters far below in the valley through an aqueduct to the elec- tric plant, where the water power will be used to generate electricity enough 10 drive many large mills. It is pro- posed to follow the same course with all the lochs between the Grampians and Loeh Leyen. Thus a series of reser- voirs, at high elevation, will be sup piled, and the fall of water to lower levels through the aqueducts will feed the stations producing the electricity. The fall of water in some cases will be 900 feet, and that at Loch Ericht alone is expected to produce electricity amounting to 14,00O horse power.
 In our western mining regions the process of producing and reducing ores is being considerably cheapened by the utilization of water power to produce electricity for driving the machinery. This is a recent feature of our mining operations and is a new economy that is diminishing expenses. Great Britain has been very slow to adopt electricity as a motive power, but is fully con- vinced at last of its economy and mer- its, and electric street cars are begin ming to appear on the streets of a few cities. In January last the eXperi mental line that has been building in Liverpool was started. It is two and a half miles i'll length, has q double track. and. as the line is already successful, it is expected that electricity will super sede horse power on the entire street railroad system. Electric street cars were also introduced on the streets of Glasgow in October last.
 Germany has been much wider awake, and while electric street cars in England are still in the experimental stage. 6S cities of Germany have intro dueed them with great success, and in 35 other cities or districts these rail roads arc now in course of construction. Most of the industrial cities of Vest phalia and the Rhine province are con nected by I network of electric roads which serve not only for passengers, but also for freight traflie.@N. Y. Sun,
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-26
Ruling as to Change of Venue.

Circuit Judge A. B. Grace. of Jeffer- son county, has established precedent regarding changes of venue in crim- inal cases that will be noted with in terest. An application for change of venue, supported by the affidavits of two witnesses, was made by the attor- ney of negro charged with a felony The judge questioned the citizens sup porting the application for change of venue. Aseertaining that they knew but little about the crime with which the defendant was charged, and that they had no knowledge of any public prejudice existing against him, he re- fused to grant the application for a change of venue. Judge Oracle defined the law as to change of venue as fol- lows: "The law requires the applica- tion to be supported by the affidavits of two credible persons. Credible means that may be believed I hold that if on examination it appears that the affi- davits are made recklessly and without d sufficient knowledge of the facts on which they are based, then the wit nesses are not credible on that ques- tion, no matter how worthy of belief they might be generally, or on subjects about which they possessed the requis- ite information, ]"
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-26
The Blind Goddess.

Intensely modern is the new murder story by Randall Irving Tyler, entitled "The Blind Goddess" There is, it seems, evolu- tion in murder stories as well as in every thing else.
 Those who read Tyler's -Four Months After Date," and said the book was clever though perhaps weighted down with busi- ness transactions, will find in "The Blind Goddess" just issued, a novel drawn in q new vein, but full of dramatic climaXes. To bring home the thoughts 1t contains to many who never read murder stories, in cidents are used familiar to ail who have followed the recent poison cases.
 The prosecuting officers theory of the crime, the appalling accusation of the in nocent daughter of one of the murdered men, the web of eircumstantial evidence around and against a man of unblemished character, who IS also accused, the defense less position both of these people occupy before the coroner, the subsequent indict- ment without hearing before magistrate all these things make the reader think
 The underlying motive for the crime in- troduces a diversion III the person of an ad- venturess, for whose presence no apology IS offered, as it turns out that she is the real culprit.
 The occasional glimpses of an exclusive social circle, the charming heroine Helen Brownell, the strong willed but intensely human Sanford Crane, offer opportunities for Mir. Tyler ability Tn character sketch ing which he has not neglected; even the adventures challenges admiration at times by the boldness and coldness of her method. The title, as will be readily understood, applies to the more serious side of the novel, which has to do with prosecution for cap ital crime; but the well-handled romance running through 1t all and the satisfactory denouement make "The Blind Goddess" a marvelously entertaining book, running over tS i f. erary style. It is more than absorbing; it is compelling Stuyvesant Publishing Com pany, New York; cloth, Sl.00; paper, 50 cents
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-26
Catarrh Cannot He Cur.a

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The Monticellonian., 1899-05-26
Cattle Dealer Killed.

Ed Dick, a cattle dealer, was shot and instantly killed at Hazen by Rube Thomas on the 22d inst. The killing was the result of an old feud Thomas is also cattle dealer. He was arrested and taken to Little Rock to prevent a possible lynching, as it was feared the dead mans friends would attempt to take the law into their own hands.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-26
AYcnck Pardoned.

Charles F. Aycock, convicted in 1897 of embedding county funds while treasurer of Boone county and sen tenced to five years in the peniten- tiary, was pardoned by Gov. Jones last week A petition for the pardon signed by over 2,o0o citizens of Boone county was presented to the governor by Ay' cocks wife, who has been faithful and devoted to him throughout his trou ble The penitentiary physician also recon mended the pardon, stating that Aycocl had consumption and could not live bu
 a few months if kept in confinement.
The Monticellonian., 1899-05-26
BRIEF MENTION.

A 5000 hotel is to be erected at Magnolia.
 The Pine Bluff annual state fair will De held in October.
 The remains of the late Hon. J. F. Ritehie were inferred at Camden.
 Hot Springs secured the Southern Baptist convention for next year.
 Five hundred people witnessed 20- .ound prize fight at Hot Springs on the 10th inst.
 The Sawyer Lumber Company will build a railroad from Pine Bluff into Hrant county.
 D. E. Stoddard, lumber inspector, ,uieided at Batesville by cutting his | throat with razor. decision on the insurance cases will be rendered by the supreme court Saturday, May 27th.
 Fifteen guests of Hot Springs hotel were poisoned by eating canned lob lters All recovered.
 Ten thousand feet of lumber belong ng to the Alexander Lumber Co.,, was destroyed by fire at Pike City
 A farmer named Graves, living near Corning, his wife and grown son died rom spinal meningitis within week. It is reported hail as large as goose .Qgs fell ip sections of Izard county, destroying crops and killing small live took
 Seven negro prisoners escaped from he Miller county jail. Two white men confined therein refused to 20 with | hem.
 The supreme court granted stay of execution to John Maxey, colored, who vas to have been executed at Van Buren on the 18th inst.
 Lieut.. Col T. A. Baldwin, of the Tenth cavalry, recently promoted to .olonel for gallantry in battle, for uerly lived at Van Buren.
 Johnnie Kelley, l4-year-old news oy of Wynne, dropped dead from heart allure while delivering papers.