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The times., 1899-12-30

The grangers were the weakest se.urJ-
ties On The list yesterday The Burlington
statement showing "a decrease OF sZI5 600
10 nel earnings during Novsnbe fo-Iou-
lLg similar statement from The 81 paul
seemed 10 confirm in many peoples minds
che pessiInlsllc predictions that have been
made regarding these securities ir the nae+
few months. During the las. hour of The
Gay both Burlington and ST. Paul advanced
fairly well but before the close thew de-
cllned. showing net losses Tor the fav
Rock Island and AtchisOn preferred wer-
The best OF the group and both MADE gains
for The day Rock Island sold ey-dIvi-
oend' and regained part Of the divl9 nd
Atchlson sold as high as Gl ID and closed
az 81 IA. The Atchisou statement for No
vember was as good as the other two were
poor As a matter Of fact there IS m
reason for pessinism regarding the gram
gers az their present range Of prices.
Their gross earnings continue to increase
for this period Of the year, despite me
short wheat crop The increased cost Of
materials during the past SIX months
which has resulted in heavy operating ey-
peuscE. viii be Offset by the advances 10
rates, to 20 into effect generally al the be-
ginning of the new year.
The times., 1899-12-30
GOVERNMENT BONDS

1890 80 year funiing" gold. .... ..
rs 1907 Water stock" currency .... ~
rs 1903 Water stock" currency. . ..
Funding currency 3.6j's. ...-,.. rs l2J
~ s Reg. .-lg's. l5i-l91I .......... ....
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
Tortured spanisl. Prisoners.

In view of the inquiry which it is understood has been granted by the Spanish government into the charges of torturing prisoners in the casemates Of Montjuieh, in Spain, it may be of interest to set out some of the items in the indictment made against the authorities It is said, in the first place, that a reward of 10000 pesetas was offered to any jail official who could extort an axoWal of guilty from prisoner. Acting under this stimu- forced the wretehed creatures under their control to run round their cells day and night for eighty hours at 8 stretch, heavy whips being used to keep the victims awake. The officials are also said to have deprived them Of all food save salt stock fish and ardent spirits, confession being the price of slaked their thirst, and, it is contend
 ed, were summarily shot. It is further alleged that wedges were driven under the nails Of the prisoners with ham mers and allowed to remain until the nails sloughed away Even mere hor. rible mutilations are stated not to have been uncommon. One of the most cruel devices was. it is affirmed, a machine like a divers helmet, fitted with tube allowing the victim to breathe, while a screw compressed slowly the sides and top, thus produc- ing ineoneeivable agony One pris
 oner, Moras, is stated to have under gone this torture more than once, and to have been driven mad by it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
 Many Are Graduates.

The sleeping car porters are gradu- ates of schools. The Pullman and Wag ner companies have organized the schools all over the country. The schools are usually located ill the de- pets The equipment is but bare room, in which complete sleeping car berth is set up, with curtains, eush ions and all, just as they are in the cars. After an applicant has been ae- eepted and assigned 10 duty he reports at the division office and is conducted to the schoolroem. Here, under the tutelage of one of the old porters, he is shown tAe proper and only method of making up berth. Then how to con- vert it back to section. how the cur tains are folded, where the pillows are placed, how the cushions are utilized, and all the mysteries of the craft. He is then trained in his duty to the pub lie and the public to him. and stands and rehearses before his tutor.-Phila- delphia Telegraph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
Combination Cannot Keep Up tl,s Price


 The reduction in the price of bicycles from $50 to less than a third of that amount has weighed heavily upon the minds of the manufacturers who en- tered the wheel trust. The eombina- tion was undoubtedly made with the purpose of advancing prices to point that would restore at least part of the old fabulous profits, but it is doubtful II 1t can be made success. Too many independent manufacturers are in ex- istence who are free to extend their trade by offering every possible induce ment in the way of price. and quality, such as individual competition sug gests. One of these has just issued circular, in which he has the following to say: We have a thoroughly or ganized and profitable business, both in firearms and bicycles, and there is no necessity for our joining any move ment to attempt to monopolize or manipulate the bicycle trade, or to as sist some of the 1top-heayy' firms to dispose of their factories at fancy prices and thus avoid probable col lapse. We are and shall remain per- fectly independent and free to act ae- eording to our business judgment and our sense of justice and fairness. to the agents who have assisted Us in building up our present large business. No one buy better material or build high
 ade bicycles cheaper than we can, and we have completed our plans and our new line of bicycles much earlier than usual, so as to make this state ment frankly and squarely to our agents, and We announce our line and prices for the coming season as fol- lows: Medium grade roadster, s25; high grade roadster. S35; with coaster brake, $40; with cushion frame, $50; chainless, S60." As these prices are a cut of Sl5 OF each grade, and as the manufacturer is one of high repute in the trade, it is manifest that the trust will not b, able to advance the cost of wheels next season. Besides, the day has passed when the wheelman could be persuaded that his machine, beautiful and delicate as it is. can be more costly than a small steam engine Louisville Courier Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
A Paragraph Illustrating It, and Attri-
 buted 10 Horatio Seymour.
.Owrn 0r SHORT WO

A Paragraph Illustrating It, and Attri-
 bated 10 Horatio Seymour.
 In the following paragraph. attribut- ed to Horatio Seymour. the writer prac- tiees what he breaches. since there is no word in it with more than two sylla- bies, save such as are quoted for the purpose of illustration. We must not only think in words, but We must also try to use the best words and those which i'll speech will put what is in our minds into the minds Of others. This Is the great art which those must gain who wish to teach in the school. the church. at the bar or through the press. To dc this ill the right way they should nse the short words which We learn in early life. and which bava the same sense to all classes Of men The English of our Bible Is good. Now and then some long words are found and they always hurt the verses in which you find them. Take that which says Oh, ye generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee from the wrath
 
 which ought not to be in it. namely. generation h the old version the old word brood is used. Read the verse with the term, and you will feel It's fuil verse: Oh, ye yiper's brood who hath warned you to fee from the wrath to eome? Crime sometimes does not look like crime when it is set be- fore us in the many folds Of a long word. When a man steals. and we call It dedication, We are at a loss to know if it is blunder or a crime. If he does not tell the truth. and we are told that 1t Is case Of 'prevarication. , It takes us some time to know just what we should think of 1t. No man will ever cheat himself into wrong -do- ing, nor will he be at a loss to judge of others, if he thinks and speaks of acts in clear, crisp terms It Is goo1 rule, f one is at less to know # aa Act is right q wrong to writs 1t down ia sAert. straiEhteut nAgitsh.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
ANOTHER DESIGN
To Complete the Historical Frieze Around
 the Capitors Rotunaa

Washington Special New York Mail and Express: It has been the ambition of every administration to complete the historical frieze around the big TO- tunda under the great dome of the cap- itol. This freseo illustrates the history of the United States from the landing of Columbus. It has been com- peted, except one panel or space, and as each administration has come and gone, designs have been submitted to fill that space with some event that occurred during that particular admin istration. The latest suggestion was made during Mr. Clevelands $ last term, when it was proposed to fill the vacant space with the scene of the opening of the Worlds Fair at Chicago. This pie ture was to represent Mr. Cleveland touching the electric button and start ing the machinery of the Columbian exposition. Designs were drawn and submitted, but the project did not quite please the congressional commit tee which has charge of the capitol. Within the last few weeks New York artist has come forward with another design to complete the historical frieze, and this time the subject is the free dom of Cuba. The artist has treated the subject in an allegorical way. repre- senting President Mckinley as striking the shackles off the arms of female supposed to represent Cuba. Some have proposed that the artist change his design, and, instead. add other fig ures, representing Porto Rico, Hawaii, and the Philippines, as we'll as Cuba. No doubt. when congress meets the de- sign will he sul.s sd to the eengres- sienal comR' s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
CURFEW IS UPHELD.
One Town Which Finds the Evening
 l,e1s q Success


 Elnira is trying the virtue of a cur few ordinance It's express purpose is to keep out of the streets the children who have been permitted to frequent them in the evening without restraint heretofore, says the Eimira Advertiser It takes effect at 9 o'clock in the sum- mer and at 8 o'clock during the win ter. The effect of the rule has been watched with interest, and no one can doubt that the new rule will be as faithfully enforced hereafter as it has been during the first week. Only one arrest has been made, but that was sufficient to show the intention of the police department to enforce the ordi- nance in a fair and reasonable man. her. According to all the testimony at hand it accomplishes the purpose for which it was passed. Children, and young girls in particular, are no long, CT seen promenading the streets in groups or singly, and the gain for or der is plainly noticeable. There is a disposition shown in the press of other cities to poke fun at the course pur- sued here. but our citizens care nothing for that. They are trying honestly an experiment from which much good is hoped. and their expectations have met no dlsappointments up to today. Instead of laughing at our village" similarly afflicted communities would do well to adopt the same course of treatment for what is everywhere ac- knowledged to be a serious evil If large numbers of the young can be kept out of temptation and from evil courses by so simple device. it is far wiser to try it than to jeer at it. It is not laughing matter at all but one of grave moment to the welfare of nearly all large towns. Our experi- ment is worthy of general imitation, for it is 8 great success in its begin ming.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
e A - TO RIA. Bears the 1 The Kind You Haze Always Bought Signature ss NzHINzzu
PRESERVING AFRICAN BIG GAME
British Government VIII Protect the
 Fauna of Africa.


 With reference to the international action which the government has Tn view for the preservation Of the big fauna of Africa, have had the oppor- tunity of hearing the opinion of one of the greatest living authorities on the subject. This individual has passed the greater part of his life in the dis triets of Africa affected by the legisla- tion in force and prospective for pro hibiting the killing of big game. He as- sures me that all the laws i'll operation fail to achieve the purpose in view in the localities where the natives are al lowed to carry guns. In British East Africa, where the whites are strictly forbidden to shoot big game without authority. the natives are allowed to kill indiscriminately and without check everything they come across. In Mashonaland and Matabeleland, on the other hand, since the disarmament of the natives there has been percep- tible increase in certain species, and this increase is likely to gradually be- come more marked as time goes on and the regulations are enforced. Antelope of different kinds have lately been seen i'll the neighborhood of Buluwayo. which it had been thought had com pletely disappeared from the country, and there is reason 10 believe that in Rhodesia the danger of extinction of many of the species, which at one time was real, had been eheelssd if not alto- gether ayerted.-Birmingham Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
Sure of a Place.

A gentleman Of decided and highly cultivated musical tastes, wishing to change his residence, advertised for rooms in "a private family fond of music. The next mail brought him the following reply: Dear Sir-I think We could accommodate you with rooms, and as for music, one of my daughters plays the parlor organ and guitar, another one plays the accor- deon and banjo; play a cornet and fiddle; my wife plays the harmoniea, and my son the flute. We all sing, and If you are good at tenner singing, you would it right in when we get to singing gospel hymns evenings, for none of us sing tenner; or if you play the base vial, we have one right in the house. If you want music as well as board, we coul9 accommodate you, and there would beIno extra charge for it. :"
 Harper's Baztar.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
READ HIS EDITORIAL.
From the Times. Hillstille. Va.

From the Times. Hlllstllle. "a,
 I suffered with diarrhoea for long time and thought 1 was past being cured. 1 had spent much time and money and suffered so much misery that 1 had almost decided to give up all hopes of recovery and await the result, but noticing the advertisement oi Chamberlain Co., ic, Cholera. aud niarrht ea Remedy and also some testimonials stating how some wonderful enres had been wrought by this remedy, i decided to try 1t. After taking fey doses 1 was entirely we'll of that trouble. and I wish to say further to my readers and fellow-sufferers that l am a hale and hearty man today and feel as well as 1 ever did in my life.-O. k. Moore. This remedy is for sale by " l.. Dewoody X Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
MANY WEEDS GOOD TO EAT.
Certain Kinds Are Often Tsed for Food
 by Families.

Certain Kinds Are Often Used for Food
 by Families.
 Gc out on any farm and see the farm CT hoeing away at the weeds that threaten to choke his crop. You may hear him say things that wouldn't sound nice about the weeds. The dan delion isn't the only weed eaten by people who know whats good to eat. Take wild chicory, the plague of the farmer It makes one Of the finest salads served, piquant, tender and wholesome. Charlock or wild mustard is another bane Of the farmer. He doesn't know that as a pot herb it can give soup delightful flavor. The dock weeds-how annoying the whole family are! Yet the broad leaf vari- ety and the curly leaf are used all over Europe as table vegetables There's pokeweed. eommonest Of all. In France it is cultivated. It takes it's place. Sorrel, fictitious and cheyril are looked on as a fiaYoring for soup. Everybody ill American hates net tie and can't see what Use it is In oCOllduQ 1Oldlu dHu 1eTndH4 len0eT young nettle leaves are used as greens. The Germans boil them with other vegetables to give them a piqnant fa- vor. Purslane is another weed that can be treated in the same way Most people think milkweed poisonous. l. is a medicinal vegetable, with de- lightful flavor all it's own. The young leaves, when they are in just the right condition, are cross between spinach and asparagus, and in salad are de- licious. Sorrel, fettieus and ehevriI are looked on as field pests by ninety nine out of every hundred farmers The hundredth one picks the choicest leaves from these weeds and sends them to market. where they find a ready sale for salads to be eaten with game and for flayoring herbs-for herbs they are, and not weeds.--Sew York World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
Fearful Encounter with Rattlesnake e

Miss Evaline Quick of Lackawaxen, Pike county, Pa, had fearful encoun- ter with monster rattlesnake at her home near the village. She was lying i'll hammock on the lawn reading a book, when rustling among the leaves aroused her, and she was terror strick- en to see crouehing ana ready to spring. huge rattlesnake. Ere she could call assistance the reptile had bounded into the hammock and fast sened it's fangs in the folds of her skirt. With a shriek Miss Quick sprang from the hammock, when the snake loosened it's hold Securing a club the young lady returned and killed the snake, which was nearly five feet in length and lad eleven rattles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
H4rR-..- HTlNG.
Successful Experiments of Turkish
 Physician.


 Turkish physician has been ex- perimenting successfully on the trans planting of hairs one by one to bald parts of the scalp. His results seem to show that there is no impossibility in the complete renewal of a lost head of hair by this means. The physician, Dr. Menahem Hodara, according to 8 foreign paper, tried his experiments in the case of disease that had re- moved part of his patients hair His plan was to scarify the bare surface and to implant thereon hairs removed from other parts of the patients head. The hairs used for the purpose were trimmed with scissors at each end Some four weeks after implantation a certain number of the hairs were found to have taken root, and in no long time goodly new crop was pro- dueed. Encouraged by these results, Dr. Hodara has since applied the method III other cases of badness fol- lowing favus, and he thinks himself justified in stating that "clinically there can be no doubt as to this very curious faet-that small bundles of hair stems cut with scissors and im- planted in the incisions made with the searifier can take root and grow, form ing in time long and visible hairs" By microscopic examination he has satisfied himself that after some weeks a real new bulb forms at the lower end of the implanted hair. Dr. Hoda- ra.s results are interesting in them selves, and still more in the promise which they appear to offer of further results. undreamed of, or at any rate unmentioned, by the ingenious experf- menter. Why, asks the New York Herald, should not the same treatment be applied in cases of ordinary bald ness? Many bald men would gladly submit to have their scalps plowed snd afterWard sown with new hairs if there was a reasonable hope of even moderate harvest.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
NATURAL WOODS IN BuooIEs
They May Largely supplant the Old
 Style Painted Vehicle.

The conventional black-painted buggy will have sharp competition next season by the revival of the de- mand for natural woods. Already many of the buggy manufacturers have laid in large stocks Of fine woods and are making them up in large number Of light pleasure vehicles foI single horses. Many samples are shown in windows around the city, and the bouleYards give promise Of having =Hght-colored rigs galore fo1 Reyt year The woods are highly pol isned and in beauty will compare with the handsomest pianos. Birch, birds eye maple and oak will be the woods most generally used, because, while they finish beautifully, they are the cheapest. The oak will be stained in some instances, giving it the rich gold beech are the kinds selected by those who prefer the deep rich red shades. Mahogany also gives considerable va riation in color, that portion near the heart being darker than the part close to the bark Of the tree. Careful match ing of the shades produces a charming effect. Ash and poplar augment the yellow shades Hard maple has good even dark color, and walnut ranges from dark to light One order has been placed for red cedar, and it is said to be coming out of the prepara- tory courses a remarkably handsome production. By far the handsomest wood that can be used, in my opinion, ; said an experienced Wabash avenue buggy maker yesterday, is the syca- more, and there will be a number Of bHggies made of it. I made one in Wisconsin years ago, and I believe it was the prettiest piece of wood I eYeI saw. and the coloring and shading is most brilliant. It is of light red color, and a good piece, well finished, gives the idea of flames, or sometimes like the sunshine on dancing water Such piece of wood, passing rapidly before the eyes in a good bright light, will make any one admire it, while the more sentimental will be in raptures Cypress is much like the sycamore, fanny and reddish, but not quite so brilliant. Rosewood and Circassian and French walnuts are magnificent and will be used in many. In these buggies the dash as well as the body will be of the finest pieces that we can get, and we expect to have the most beautiful buggies in Chicago next year that can be found anywhere There is no reason why the buggy should always be black-no more than there is reason a person should always wear black clothes, and a natural wood buggy, in addition to it's fine appear ance, is cheaper to keep and requires little work to keep it clean. Even when dirty it is presentable "-Chi- cage Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
RAUDED.
By New Plan of n@aix swindlinx fsS
 Duplicate Draft.

OHpltcdio DEaIt
 Boston Special Chicago Tribune: A new scheme to defraud the banking houses Of this community has been dis covered through the officials o. the Massachusetts National bank The of ficials are assisting the police in this country and those of the Scot nd Yard force ia unrayeling the matter. The manner in which it is worked is as fol- lows 4 man enters q bank ard pur- ehases a draft, at the same time tell ing the ,hier that he is goi abroad and would like to have d duplicate drawn He takes both of the drafts away, ard the original is either taken or sent to Europe by the sw%ndler. Some bank in London eashes the origi- nal draft, and the duplicate is cashed on the continent by some unsuspecting person. In this way the swindlers double their money Paper issued by the Massachusetts National bank was used by one of the swindlers to secure S2000 from bank in Switzerland. The man who had the transaction with the local bank told the cashier that he was going abroad and that he would like to have the drafts in two parts. He pur- chased two drafts of S1 000 each. These were drawn on London bank. Re gently word was received from London that one of the drafts marked dupli- cate had been eashed there. A few days ago a letter was received from banking house i'll Switzerland, stating that it had eashed the original draft for the party to whom Miller had in- dorsed it. The cashier of the Massachu- setts National bank wrote to a bank ing house in Troy, N. Y, and asked that institution to look up a man giv- ing the name of J. P Miller, who had bought the draft in March. The bank ing house replied that it found three people of that name. all reputable bus mess men. No one of the three an swered the description of the Miller who bought the drafts. The Switzer- land bank will be the loser ia this ease, as the person who casheyt the draft should have demanded the dupli- cate as well as the original before cash l Ing It.
 Luminous Paint on Postofsces New York postoffices are i'll future to be painted with luminous paint, that they may be visible at a long distance on the darkest nights.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10
Th. Postal Hour.

Detroit Free Press: How happy the DabneyJoneses look this evening. It must be their wedding anniversary"
 No: they's got thsir old cook back.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-10

The great success of ofChamberlain' $ Colic. Cholera and Diarrhosa Reme- dy in the trea tment of bowel com plainta has made it standa q over the greater part Of the civilized world. For sale hy w. l.. Dewoody & Co.