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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Mir. Ashley Cockrin, son of Judge <. R. Cockrill of Little Rock. is visit ing Mir Alex Barrow and family in 1his city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

The Cotton Bet base ball team of this citv w5ii play three games of bah with the famous Chiekas8w WIS 0f Memphis, on their grounds Sept. 5, . and :. Our boys are confident that they will take two out of the three games tO be played.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

her father, Capt. E. ElHs. at star City is a guest of Mrs. T B Atkiu-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Watermelons on ice at
 Joe {. Meyer < Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Mir. J. Harrison. of Little Rock. passed through the city today en route to Risen. where he will look after the his interests in that yicini-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

The Cotton Belt road is completing the paving Of the crossing at Third and Pine. It is much needed im- pToyement.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

An Alexandria. La, excursion passed through Pine. Bluff this morn ing from Hot Springs. upon it's re- turn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

has accepted invitations to deliver addresses at the County Examiners
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Mr. Jim Allen has returned from a seyeral weeks vacation in Kansas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Delicious Ice Cream Soda cents nt Bailey's b
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Mr. c. c. Whitmore, of searey, is registered at the Trulnck today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28
CITY ITEMS.

MT. Ben Kahn, of Memphis, is in tBe city today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Nr Claud Mays returned to Alex andria this morning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Mr. Sol Kaufman left Sunday a. ternoon for the Eastern markets.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Hr. Gus Waterman has returned from a business trip to St. Louis aud Little Rock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Hon. Smith c. Martin has returned from Hot Springs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Judge Brown was able to be down town this morning, but didn't feel well enough to conduct police court.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Messrs. Chas. Sylvester, Nick Mus tachio and Toney Musachia are visitors in Little Rock today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

What's this-Dewey, you can have hlm at your home. We are sending everybody one of the beautiful litho- graphs for 10 cents. Fill out the coupon on page in this issue and get one before we run short. h 70 col0rs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Alderman Owen went to Grady this morning to look after his farm ing interests in that vicinity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-28

Miss Lacy Hall has returned to her home at Grady, after a pleasant so- iourn at Sulphur Springs.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
AMONG THE POULTRY.

The hen that is good layer is nearly
always an early riser.
The drinking fountains should be
scalded once week, at least.
Always use a small, active, vigorous
male in preference to large one.
Turkeys are very fond of milk and
may be given all that they will drink.
Eggs turned once week will keep
much longer than those left undis-
turbed.
Young ducks drink water very often
when eating. They should be plentiful
ly supplied.
Never keep breeding birds over four
years old when younger ones can read
lily be procured.
Large males bred ON small hens are
apt to produce long-legged fowls that
are not always desirable.
When the hens scour speedy remedy
is to feed powdered chalk in the soft
food; but the best regulator of the
bowels is greater variety of food.
Gapes are really the result of certain
conditions of the soil that are favorable
to their propagation. They prevail
mostly on old farms that have been
occupied by poultry for some time
St. Louis Republic.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Jewish community of Athens,
consisting of 80 families, has taken
steps for the erection Of a synagogue.
One Of the offerings at collection
at church near Cheltenham was
soda-water bottle containing 602 three
penny-pieces.
Great Yarmouth has in the Church
OF St. Nicholas the largest parish
church in England. 1t is 23o feet long
by 112 feet wide.
In 1ss6-S7 there were zoos professors
and instructors at all the universities
Of Germany. In 1896-97 the number
was 2,494, an increase of 10 per cent in
decade.
The trustees of the University of
Rochester unanimously elected Prof
Rush Rhees, of the Newton theological
seminary, to be president of the univer-
sity and to assume Office in July, 1900,
which will be the fiftieth anniversary
of the founding Of the institution.
Prof. F. B. Crocker, of Columbia uni
versity, comedies that the Japanese are
very unsuccessful as electrical engi-
neers. While labor is eight times as
cheap, the product is proportionately
poor. He states that the electrical
studies are thoroughly up to date, the
lectures being given in English or with
q liberal use of ENgEsh words.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09

ground near the stump. Then vines
were planted, which crept up these pill
lars of twine, making just the incest
little retreat imaginable for hot day.
Another family of older girls, taking
q lesson from their little neighbors,
tried a similar experiment, with the
difference that they removed the cover
from huge umbrella and planted
vines which were afterward trained on
a network of strings and wire wound
around the ribs where the cover had
formerly been. These were morning
glory vines, and in the morning when
all the pink and white and purple cups
are held out to catch the dew and sun
shine the little vine tent forms lovely
picture on the green lawn. Still anoth-
er summer house built on the umbrella
model is the work of two young girls
living in Williamsburg.
The spreading branches of bushy
tree were cut to the same length all
around the tree. Then switches from
another tree were set in the ground SC
that their tops were near enough the
branch ends to tie with twine. Vines
planted soon grew up the switches and
made delightfully."- cool and shady tent
for the girls, who have spent most of
their summer days in there, reading,
writing and drawing.-Pittsburgh Dis
match
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
THE LAW FOR BANKRUPTS.

A bankrupt cannot be excused from
the production of his books of account
on the ground of constitutional privi-
lege.
A bankrupt may refuse to answer
questions disclosing facts which may
tend to incriminate him on q pending
criminal charge.
The burden of proving concealment
of books of account rests on the cred
itor, and such concealment must have
been made with fraudulent intent.
Creditors may join the petition
subsequently to its original fling,
though they do so more than four
months after the alleged act of bank
ruptcy.
State laws are superseded and state
courts ousted of jurisdiction upon the
commencement of proceedings in bank
ruptcy against an insolvent whose es-
tate is in process Of settlement by the
state courts.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
FLAVOR REGULATED.
Up-to-Date Beekeepers Have Learne&
to Restrict the Wandertngs
of Their Bees.

Honey is enjoying renewed favor.
Men of wealth and leisure are testing
and experimenting with the different
kinds of honey, and wrinkling their
brows over the problem of producing
what seems to them the most desirable
flavor during the coming summer, says
the Otsego Farmer. For the bee is no
longer allowed to pursue his own sweet
peregrinations and sip of the nectar OF
flowers wherever he chooses. Honey
made in this promiscuous way is much
too ordinary. His actions are restrict
ed and guided. ~ result, such honey
as never was tasted before is tickling
the palates of many. If it is the white
sweet clover flavor that has gained
favor with the epicure, he goes system
atically to work to produce 1t, and
plants large plot of ground, perhaps
half an acre with this particular kind
of clover. He has it carefully kept from
weeds or any other variety of clover
that might endeavor to find footing
there. The whole be is inclosed and
rooted with fine wire netting, and the
beehives are then placed within the in
closure. From the bees life, therefore,
the spice of variety is plucked, and try
as he will he can produce none other
than white sweet clover honey. In
favor it is very delicate and almost
white in color. Yellow sweet clover
honey is preferred by others. The
favor is slightly stronger than that
made from the white variety, and its
color is deep yellow. Then there is the
honey that is made from thistles and
milkweeds; it is amusing to hear the
producers of such favors tell of their
tribulations in making these wayward
plants grow within their restrictions.
Some of the wild flower honey is al
most black in color, and the flavor is
certainly very different from what it
was in the days when honey was hon
ey and that fact settled the question.
1t is almost verging on the indiscreet
to mention buckwheat honey nova
days, although it is still acknowledged
to have wonderful staying gproperties."
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
BOSTON FOR A PATTERN.
Courtesy Shown Absent-Minded Pas
sengers mt Railroad
Station.

"A man sat in the Reading terminal
the other day, says the Philadelphia
Record, so wrapped up in Boston
newspap per that he let his train slip Off
without him. When he found that he
would have to wait two more hours he
seemed annoyed, but, notwithstanding
his annoyance, he was kind enough to
explain in a loud voice to couple of
uniformed officials how they ought to
run things at the terminal.
You ought to do as we do in Bos-
tor" he said. At the stations there the
names of the cities and towns all over
the country that the trains run to are
printed in big letters ON the wall, and
the seats for the waiting passengers are
grouped around these names. Suppose
1 want to go to Washington. l run my
eye over the walls, and when find the
name I'm after l sit down near it in
Washington seat. Then when train
is ready the enunciator, as we call him
in Boston, don't know what you call
him here-goes quietly to the people
who are in that trains seat, touches
them on the shoulder and murmurs In
a polite way: Your train, SIR Your
train, madam. Gate IL Now, that's the
way to do it. No shouting, no confu-
sion, no trains escaping without their
passengers. That's how we manage
things in Boston,"
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
sIxTY-FIvE SNAKES.
lowed by a Thirty-Inch Moth
er Wriggler.

Prof. w. II. Gaar, superintendent n,
the schools at New Lisbon, small town
in Indiana, made a remarkable discov
cry in natural history few days ago
Prof. Gaar is naturalist of recognized
standing and has many specimens ~
rare animals and plants preserved in
his museum, but the specimen snaka
lust secured is the most interesting and
curious of all this collection, reports a
local exchange.
Prof. Gaar tells the story of his can.
ture and his statement is corroborated
by Frederick Dryer and John Beyer
farmers, who witnessed the capture
Following is Prof. Gaar's story: "Tbe
other day at my nursery killed slate
colored snake about 80 inches long Of
a variety unknown to me. Near the
neck of the snake the skin was appar.
emily broken, and through this aper-
ture, which was natural orifice, was
surprised to see small snake wrigple
out, followed by four others. enlarged
the orifice and discovered a duct or
canal extending the entire length of the
snake. In this duct were 60 more little
snakes. making in all 65 snakes that
were contained in the duct or canal.
The sun was shining hot and the little
fellows snapped and bit viciously, but
they all died in short time.
1.-THE canal which contained the
snakes must have been the regular all
mentary canal, as there was no other
canal or passage in the body to serve
the purposes of assimilation. This
canal was full of little snakes its entire
length, and each little wriggler was in
closed in an individual filmy sack"
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
AUTHORS AND BOOKS.
The first book ever printed in Canada
was set up by Quebec printers l3o years

The first book ever printed in Canada
was set up by Quebec printers lSo years
ago. :, =.
John Kendrick Bangs attended
crowded reception recently, and on
coming away, told his wife he "reahzeo
.xactlv how a nickel felt when it was
dropped into SLOT"
The aged historian, Mommsen, Is
still active. Recently he went to Parls
and was engaged from nine O'Clock IN
the morning until six in the evening
in copying old texts with his own hano'
A customer asked in bookstore for
"a Browning CourtshiP," book OF
amusing short stories by Eliza Orme
White. and the salesman handed out
"The Letters of Robert Browning ana
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Inc
clerks in bookstores often think they
"know it all"
Surrey, England, is becoming a great
literary center and good many nota-
bles live round about the Punch Bowl.
Among them are Sir Frederick Pollock,
Grant Allen, Richard LIE Galliene, Conan
Doyle and Mr.. Selous. The last, though
a successful writer, is more famous as
a mighty hunter than as wielder OF
the pen. Mr.. Selous is one of MIR. and
Mrs. II. NJ. Stanley's nearest neighbors.
Byron's birthplace, in HOLES street.
London, is now occupied by depart
ment store. The business paper used
by this concern has for decoration
picture of the poet. The proprietors
will place fine tablet with the bust
OF Byron on the second story of their
house, as near as possible to where
the poet was born. Contributions have
been offered, but the owners will pay
the bill.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
SOD HEN HOUSE.

brick so there will be no running cracks.
Leave places for door and windows
slightly narrower than the frames, sod
up till almost to the top, then fit in the
frames tight, and over each put a board,
one by 12 by inches, will do, to sup
port the weight of the sod above.
Have the roof project a foot over the
walls, so as to drain the water well off
the top of the walls. Grooved boards,
battened, make good roof, although
many prefer to cover the boards with
tar felt and then layer of sod. The
only objection to thisis that after two or
threeyears the tar felthas to be renewed
and new sod added. But it makes the
warmest roof and if carefully put on
sheds water as well as a shingled roof.
The small drawing shows window as
1t appears within, and indicates sup
ports for roosts.-Farm and Home.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
VARIOUS ANIMAL NOTES.

1t is estimated that one crow will de-
stroy 100000 insects every year.
Ttere are now over 100, 900 embalmed
specimens of birds, mammals, reptiles
and fishes in this country, the bulk of
which were embalmed within eight
years.
Last year 5000 horses were slaugh-
tered for meat at Linton, Ore. A Phila-
delphia professor declares horse meat
is as good, healthy and nutritious as
beef or mutton.
Blind fish were recently drawn from
the bottom of an artesian well 1873 feet
down at San Marcus, Tex. They were
colorless and square-snouted. Their
heads are large and they have legs
with four tiny fingers front and five
toes on the hind foot. Down deep in
the bowels of the earth, completely
shut off from all communication with
the upper world, these blind animals
have hunted other blind animals for
uncounted cycles.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
PRETTY SUMMER HOUSE.
What Some Bright pittsburgh ""
Did with an Old Umbrella ana
a Tree stump.

A nice little summer house may be
constructed from an old umbrella and
the stump of tree. Many yard boasts
a stump of some dimensions. Some
times this stump is planted full OF vines
and flowers and then it is thing OF
beauty, but oftener it is left unadorned
and ugly. Some little girls who live
near the heart of the city of Pittsburgh
made a nice playhouse for themselves
this summer by boring hole in the
middle of stump In their yard and
putting down into the hole the handle
of an old red umbrella whose best days
had long gone by. Stout twine had
been tied to each point of the umbrella
and fastened to a peg driven in the
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
CLEAN HOUSEKEEPING.
ITALIAN Rees Are Extremely Neat and
Do Not Tolerate Dirt Around
Their Hives.

One of the great points of difference
between an ItaliaR and the common
black bee is that the Italian is a good
housekeeper and the black bee is
poor one, says Wallace's Farmer. The
Italian does not tolerate any dirty
combs or any loose chips lying on the
floor of the hive or about the entrance.
II anything gets in too big to be car
ried out, she buries it in propolis or bee
gum. Why does she keep house in this
fashion? Partly because she likes it,
like most good housekeepers, and part
ly because she doesn't want any moth
eggs to be lying about in the dust,
where the moths will lay them if they
can, and then be carried into the combs
filled with bee bread, there to hatch out
and work their way between the brood
cells and spin their webs around the
wings and toes of the. baby bees. Like
most good housekeepers, the italian is
not nervous body. She goes at it
calmly, deliberately, has level head,
and always keeps cool, while the black
bee gets alarmed, loses her head, and
runs whenever there is danger. The
black bee is saucy, irritable and cross
grained; the Italian is good-natured,
cool-headed, but when she does ight
she means business. The black bee
will buzz around, make terrible fuss,
and threaten to wipe the earth with
you; the Italian will strike you as quick
as lightning and say nothing about it.
Queer, isn't it, that there should be the
same difference between bees that
there is between housekeepers and be-
tween men; that cool-headedness and
courage and effective work should be
found in one type OF bees and in one
type of men, and that slovenliness, fuss
aness, braggadocio and ill-temper
should be found in another? There are
great many things TO be learned by a
little observation in the beehive.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
DOG IN A DIVORCE COURT.
A Sharp-Scented bloodhound at
Bucharest Picks Up n Bit of
Damaging Evidence.

A certain well-known inhabitant Of
Bucharest is the director of manufac-
tory which, being situated on the out
skirts of the city, he goes to early each
morning, returning late in the after
noon.
The director was some few years ago
married to the daughter of rich mer-
bloodhound, which had become very
clever in finding and bringing any lost
object of his master or mistress.
Little did the director, when teaching
his dog the trick, fancy to what pur-
pose he was doing it.
Among his intimate friends he reck-
oned a certain banker, and visiting him
one afternoon, accompanied by his dog
he noticed it sniff around the waste
paper basket and then bring out from
among the scraps of paper green SILK
handkerchief, which seemed strangely
familiar to him. He seized it and pocK-
eted it, without the banker noiclng'
and soon after took his leave.
The lady was packed off to her par
ents and proceedings for a divorce COM
menced. She ultimately confessed 70
having given the handkerchief as
memento, which the banker had thrown
into his waste paper basket to be founu
by the intelligent bloodhound.
People in England are constantly
complaining that French novels are nov
what they were, says writer In tno
Contemporary. And this is true; tne
crop is slighter, and the quality has aD-
ruptly varied. "Ye cannot gatPei
grapes of thistles." A few months ago
one of the first of French novelists toiu
me how impossible hes found it to iose
himself in an imaginary world wniie :.
such ominous rumors fill the streets u
Paris. The intricate Chinese puz]i0
of fashionable psychology seems a1'ei
all, trivial thing compared to the .le-
mendous issues of reality. And II tno
author feels this, judge of the SEM
ments of the reader! The effect OF 'ne
affaire Dreyfus on literature has Deen
the sudden disappearance OF the ~
man-a-trois, the old provincial tnens
of the married lady, her husband anu
her lover. After a brilliant renais
sance, after occupying almost the wnoiV
area of fiction, this theme has subsiaeu' l.u
and if people read and write novels sun.
to certain extent, these novels, OF a'
any rate. the best of them, have wno'-
ly different motive, interest. ana ~
tent.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
DO YOU KNoW7

mat simple massage prevents bald
ness?
That palm oil is the best and chean-
est corn cure?
That the use of dental floss prevents
the teeth decaying?
That lavender oil rubbed on the face
prevents insect biting?
That orris root and powdered soap
make the best tooth wash?
That lemon juice and salt remove
INK stains from colored goods?
mat the smallest wound should be
washed with warm water and carbolic
acid?
mat i've minutes rest guards against
nervous prostration, since a stitch in
time--s-Ladies' World.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
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MAKING A SOD-HOUSE.
The Kind of Structure Here Illus
trated Is Very Popular in Some
Parts of the West.

Plow the sod one foot wide and four
inches deep, and for three-foot wall
cut with a spade into two foot lengths.
Build around the four sides, keeping
the walls as near the same height as
possible, so they will settle alike. AL
ways lay the grassy side of the sod
down. Smooth off with spade, filling
the cracks with the dirt, making solid
compact wall. Lay the sod as you would
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
Feeding Clover to Fowlx.

The very common advice to feed
clover to hens as an aid to egg produc-
ton needs to have caution attached
to it. If hens have grain with the
clover they will not probably eat too
much of the lighter food for their good.
But exclusive reliance on cut clover
as winter feed for day or two may so
clog the gizzard with light indigestible
food that when grain is given it only
makes the matter worse by furnishing
more heating material to ferment in
the crop. Wherever much grain is
given to fowls they become too fat to
lay, and it is such hens that are most
likely to be crop bound.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
Me Medfum-Sized Males Best.

A male of medium size should be
preferred to one that is heavy and
clumsy. Most persons pay too much
attention to the size. They overlook
the fact that the larger the bird the
longer the period required for reach
ing maturity. Provided the male Sc
lected is pure bred, it is an advantage
if he is small rather than large, where
the object is to hatch out pullets that
are desired to mature early. In Sc
lecting the male let it be done with
some object in view and which is to be
accomplished. 1t is of no advantage to
accept one as gift if he is not suit
able for the purpose. Bear in mind also
that the male, so far as his influence
is concerned, is one-half of the flock
Maine Farmer.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
AIRY SHELTER FOR CHICKS.

ward the south. Here was erotection
for the fowls and cool quarters for the
summer. A wire fence met the two
sides of the board fence, making house
and yard all in one inclosure. Extra
summer colonies can thus easily and
cheaply be kept.-Orange Judd Farmer.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09
SUMMER HEN HOUSE.
How the Farmer Can Keep Extra Col
onies During the Hot Season
Easily and CheapIy.

The open shed for fowls here shown
was recently seen in operation, and an
sweringits purpose admirably. A "shed
roof" was placed upon a corner of
board fence, the open sides being to-
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09

An apparatus has been devised for
automatically photographing people as
they enter shops and other places. AS
you enter you step upon a plate which
operates this new camera, the film is
exposed and your picture is secured.
Where and when necessary flash light
is also caused by stepping on the
plate.
The Jamesburg record., 1899-09-09

Three lads who mistook W,1l;.
Barnes, wealthy resident of Port Nor
1olk, for a sea serpent and shot him
through the chin while he was swim
ming were arraigned before a magis-
trate and their cases continued one
week. Parsons, the boy who fired the
shot, declares that he and his compan-
ions were frightened by the antics Of
Barnes, who is an expert swimmer, and
when headed for their boat feet for
ward, squirting water, they thought him
q Ierocious monster of the deep, and
fired. Barnes will recover.