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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20
PET ANIMALS BECOME PESTS.
Horses, cats, Pigs, Goats and Rabbits
 All Have Become Nu sances.

All ftaNe beGOIue MI sdHSt-s
 Ordinary domestic animals under fa- vorable conditions often become pests. Some instances: In 1897 Nevada passed law permitting the killing of wild horses as nuisanees. h Waas<>on they are cut up to bait traps. Most of the wild horses on tue continent are descended from a few loesed by Cortez in Mexico. h Australia hunters shoot wild horses, which eat grass needed by the sheep and cattle. Cats have made a home on Cat island, one of the Ker- guelens, where they are so wild that 1t is impossible to tame them. Their pro- genitors escaped from whaling vessels They were put ashore on Sable island off Nova Scotia, to kill the rabbits that had become a pest. Now the rabbits are gone and the cats are worse. Pigs were put ashore on many islands, such as Bermuda, the Galapagos and is- lands along the southern coast, as food for shipwrecked sailors. In every case they have multiplied and become wild Capt. Cook put some ashore on New Zealand. where they are now shot as game. St. Helena, mountainous is- land of small extent, 2,700 feet high, was heavily wooded at it's discovery To-day it is a rocky desert, owing to the introduction of goats by the PQr- tuguese in 1513. When the goats Ae off the underbrush rain washed away the soil and the big trees tumbled Rabbits are the worst of all animal scourges in Australia and New Zea- land. They are poisoned, killed for their skins. for their meat; but still they multiply. Cats alone can kill them off: but then cats become pest also. Since 1873 New Zealand has shipped more than 100000, ,O00 rabbit skins.-New York World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20
Remarkable Escape from pearh.

D. ". Krider of Wharton, Ohio, a member of the Third regular artillery, who was shot twenty-six times in tna Filipino outbreak in February, and who received the most terrible wounds in the Manila campaign. still survives. He was shot at 1:30 o'clock in the aft ernoon, and because he was thought to have been killed, was not treated by the surgeon until o'clock that night. His escape from death on the field is one of the most remarkable on record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20
MAINE's BIRCH TREES.
Constables Responsible for Their Origin in That State.


 Norway (Maineo Correspondence of the New York Times: Since the paper makers commenced to build big sul- phite mills in the Maine woods the price Of spruce timber lands has doubled, and in some cases trebled. Next to spruce, the timber in greatest demand is clean and thrifty white birch, which is sawed into bars and sent by the shipload to Scotland to be used for thread spools Nearly all the factories in the United States, and more than half Of those in Great Brit ain, obtain their spool stock from Maine. According to A. A. Burleigh of Houlton, Maine, who has spent the best part of his life in the woods as a lumber operator, Maine's birch trees are due to the spiteful conduct of two employees of the Maine land office. Some French Canadians in 1920 squat ted on state land near the Penobscot river and defied all efforts to eject them. Finally, in 1925, two special constables were sent to the place from the land office in Augusta, with in- struetions to make clean job of eyict- ing the Frenehmen. The eenstables, after turning the families out, set fire to the houses and haystacks. Twelve hours later the French village was a smoking mass of ashes, and the big gest forest fire ever known in the state was sweeping north, burning off more than fifty townships of old-groWth pine and doing more than S10,000, 900 damage to the state lands. Many square miles of hackmatack timber were also burned over, the fire eating ten feet into the black peat logs that had been accommodating for years and years It is tradition that, after crossing Aroostook county, the fire leaped the St. John river and swept over New Brunswick, terminating in the destruction of Miramiehi, where l20= persons perished. The survivors were forced to flee into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where they stood neck deep in the water for two days and night, while deer, caribou, moose. bears and wolves swan around them, seeming to seek protection from their enemies. After the fire had burned itself out and the land had absorbed the alkali of the ashes, about 5,000,000 acres came up to wild cherry and white birch saplings. For more than ten years the two species struggled for control of the territory. Then the black knot, which had been imported from Europe, killed off the wild cherry trees, giving the birches the right of way. About 5o.o00,0O0 board feet of spool bars are now shipped out Of Maine every year and the supply is still large.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20
ROW GLOVES ARE GATHERED
More Used in America Than Any Other
 Country,

More Used in America Than Any Other
 Country.
 More cloves are said to be used in America than in any other country, England and France following in the order named. In this country and in Great Britain they, are used almost wholly as a continent, b-t in France they are used largely in the manufac ture of certain liqueurs To some de- gree they are employed in medicine for their tonic properties. The name clove is from the French clou, meaning a nail. The tree is an evergreen, grow ing from forty to fifty feet nigh, with large, oblong leaves and crimson flow CTS at the end of small branches in clusters of from ten to twenty. The tree belongs to the same family as the guava, the pomegranate and the rose apple. The cloves are at first white, then light green, and at the time of gathering bright red. Pieces of white cloth are spread under the trees at the harvesting time, and the branches are beaten gently with bamboo sticks until the cloves drop. They are dried in the sun, being tossed about daily until they attain the rich dark color which proclaims them ready for ship ment. A cloFe tree bears at the age of about ten years, and continues un- til 1t reaches the age of 75 years. There are two crops year, one in June and the other in December Hot weather is favorable to the crop, although little fog is said to improve the flavor. New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20
CONSUMPTION OF ALMONDS.
Twenty-one Million Pounds Eaten in the United States Each Year.

There are, roughly speaking, 21,00o,- GOO pounds of almonds consumed in the United States each year, some eaten with raisins, some used in the manu- facture of candy, some ground for cream and favoring extracts, and some, of an inferior quality, used for perfumery and soap. The state of Cal ifornia produces about 14,000,o00 pounds of almonds in year, or two- thirds of the amount required for do- nestle consumption, and the other al monds are imported from European countries, from which, until few years ago, all the almonds were sent. The figures of almond importations for the fiscal year 1898 show importations of about 100000 pounds. Of this amount 4,500,00 came from Spain, 100000 from Italy, chiefly Sicily, and the balance from Greece and Portugal. Cocoanuts to the value of about $600,- GOO a year are imported into the Unit.d States from foreign countries or from countries which were under foreign jurisdiction at the time Of the last an nual treasury report Before the be- ginning of the Cuban war for inde- pendence the importation of coeoanuts from Cuba into the United States was to the value of about $200,000 year. WitE the beginning of the war it de- clined, and under the present tariff the duty on cocoanuts further reduced the importation from Cuba. though large increase in the shipments of coeoanuts is expected this year under American iurisdietion in Cuba and Porto Rico. The competition of American with for eign coeoanuts, the latter from the West Indies and South American states, has been more active than in the case of almonds, for the reason that the chief source of supply of American coeoanuts is Florida, which is in closer proximity to the New York market. The annual report of Florida eoeeanuts amounts to about 100000 pounds, of the value of about $300,000 a year, and the conditions as to al- monds and cocoanuts are in this par ticular reversed California produces just twice as many almonds as are im- ported into the United States, whereas Florida produces just one-half as many cocoanuts as are inported.-Boston Transcript.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

Doctor s Nj. Jenkins was shot and mortally wounded in the courtroom at Waco. Tex, Monday by the brother of the girl he is accused of having kill by q criminal operation. Pandemonium followed in the crow ded courtroom, Jenkins attempted to shoot Lis assailant. but the Judge seized the revolspr. The jury stam- peded. put came back after quiet was restored.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20
4 Remarka ble Village.

Tn New Guiana the village of Tupu- selei is most remarkable. The houses are all supported on piles and stand out in the ocean a considerable dis tanee from shore. This is to protect the villagers from the attacks of the dreaded head-hunters always looking out for victims. Other villages in this queer land are perched up in trees for the same reason-Spare Moments.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20
4 Costly proughfn h .

Tie drought of the last few years has cost New South Wales an enorm- ous sum of money. The fiocks of the colony have shrunk from 66,000,0 to 46'0eo,000, representing a loss of 20,- ee0.e0o sheep. If to this is added the loss of the natural increase, the shrink age amounts to 50,000,000 sheep; enough, that is, to equip a eonsider- able-sized colony Tn addition there has been loss of nearly 800, ,000 horses and 15O.o00 cattle. That the colony has been able to survive these terrific losses is a striking proof of energy and resource, Translated into money the colony has suffered a loss due to inad- equate rainfall of from s60,000,0O0 to s100. ,000.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

Insure your health in PricklY Ash Bitters. It regulates the system, promotes good appetite. sound sleep and cheerful spirits. Sold by Walker Drug Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20
AAEHEN YOU are feeling tired and
 IVY out of sorts you will find Hoods Sarsapaalla will do you wonderful good. Be sure to GET HOODS.

The jury in the Lauder riot case las been completed after legal battle lasting thirteen days. The State has outlined it's case. The Judge instructed the jury ill ree ard to the hearing of the testimony.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20
CA c T ORiA
 For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought s'sss.sts ss.ss sss ss IHAzzz@
Midsummer Lingerie.

The silk skirt has been pressed de cidedly out of service this summer, for the dainty, fluffy gowns will have noth- ing but lingerie to match Only the finest nainsook and sheer linen under skirts are worn, and these are made tight at the hips with many elaborate 1y-trimmed ruffies at the bottom The newest chemise has no sleeve at all: it is held in place by ribbons that tie in a bow over the shoulder.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

sica1 organism, and that weak spot Is the invariable attacking point of disease. No man is stronger than that weakest spot i'll him. We see great robust look ing men go down like ninepins, at a touch of disease, ard wonder at 1t. It is simply the wound in the weak spot, the vulnerable heel of Achilles
 Ii is tie office of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery to build lrp the weak places, to strengthen the weak organs of the body. It does this on Natures own plan of nourishment. Proper food prop er1y assimilated makes weak man strong. But the man is only an aggTs- gation of parts, so that the strong means strength of all parts, heart, lunA A liver, nerves, etc Golden Medical Discovery" puts into Natures hands the material by which the stomach Is strengthened the blood purified, the nerves nourished, the lungs vitalized. II makes the weak strong and the sick well It contains no alcohol or other intoxieant.
 Mir R. ! Mcknight. of cades, Williamsburg Co, S c, writes ' had been troubled with could not leave my bed. I was badly crippled. Tried many doctors and two of them gave me up to die. None of them did me much good. The pains in my back. hips and legs faud at times in my headl, would nearly kill me. My appetite WAS very bad Itook five bottles of the Golden Medical Discovery and four vials of Pellets and to-day my health is good. v
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

No man can work well with tor pid liver or constipated howeis. A few doses of Priekly Ash Bitters will quickly remove this condition and make work pleasure. Sold by Walker Drug Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

William ]. Bryan, in answer to a communication. wrires letter ex- pressing his approval and apprecia- tion of the work of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

John Sipple, disappointed iii love, committed suicide after fifteen un successful attempts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

A convention to consider plads for securing the improvement Of the Red River in Texas will meet at Paris on January Is.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

Bloating after eating. indigestion, fiatulenee or water hrash, may be quickly corrected through the use of Prickly Ash Bitters. It strengthens digestion, cleanses and regulates the bowels. Sold hy Walker Drug Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20
 Mechanical Br.eIsIayer.

The latest device in the way of labor saving machinery is what is described as a mechanical bricklayern for use in automatically laying, eementing and leveling bricks, slabs, stones and the like in the construction of fortifi- cations, piers, bridges, viaducts, ware houses, dwelling houses and buildings of every description" Such an appar- atus has this week been patented in Great Britain and abroad by Birm- ingham consulting engineer and his son, who claim that t will save two- thirds of the time occupied in laying bricks by hand.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

The steamboat State of Kansas was burned early Monday The passengers narrowly escaped with their lives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

Experts have been sent to Texas to appraise the ranches for the cat tie syndicate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

Governor sayers has appealed to Mckinley, demanding possession of the Fort Ringold officers who par tleipated in the recent riot.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20
Into the Cistern.

Last Monday little Jeanette Bates, of Richmond, Ky, was playing around the eistern, when one of the boards broke and let her fall in. The three year-old tot, though, held onto the chain and kept her head above the water until her papa and some neigh bors got her out.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

A boy killed his sister while play ing with a revolver.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-20

niles was ii1- >rable in every of the body his heel. The I runs that he rendered invul- ble by being ed in the i. in infancy,
 by which he vas held being he only part lot submerged
 and there
 fore retain
 Sing its nor sN tai " k q ness.
 F Everyone - has som e
 weak spot
 in his pllY-
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-22
MEDICAL.

n c. TRACE, Physician and Surgeon
~. Lindbergh Block. ONCE hours from
side of Fourth street, south of Oak street
~SurReon to N. p. K r.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-22
STRANGE WORK OF WESTERN TORNADO.

STRANGE WORK OF WESTERN TORNADO.
ton. 1t is only fair to state that at first
I was the laughing stock of the town.
and it was only by persistent argument
that finally interested Mr.. Thomas Of
the Chicasan Coal company in my plan.
Backed by so influential a citizen, we
finally gathered together enough money
BY popular subscription to purchase four
out Of date guns that saw service around
New Orleans during the civil war and
mounted them in the place selected. The
most singular feature Of the whole mat
ter is that the one dwelling destroyed BY
today's storm was occupied by the most
nersistent doubter in the town"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-22

Can tornadoes be conquered with can
non? This is the question which inter-
ests the people Of the middle west. and
there are indications that there may be
something in the scheme. The inhabit-
ants of Hennessy, o. r., declare that
their town would not now be on the map
except for the inventive genius Of one of
her citizens, Captain John H. Hoades, a
retired sea captain, who, though hitherto
generally regarded as visionary crank,
is now hailed as the savior Of hundreds
of lives.
Mr.. Hoades' scheme consisted in post
ing a large Is inch smoothbore Parrot
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-22

nR. MILLSPAUGR, Physician and Sur.
- geon. Office In Flynn's new block
Residence corner Third street and THIRD
avenue southeast. Telephone at residence
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-22
Observation-Disclosures
; SOLVING /
!; THE SECRETS OF, !
! TOTEMISM {
3 -N-
3 niscOveries of Professor e
Spencer and Gillen Of 4
Australia.
w. +
{ BY JOHN Il, ROGERS.
BY JOHN Il. ROGERS.

Professors Baldwin Spencer of the Uni
versity Of Melbourne and his assistant, r.
]. Gillen, special magistrate. South Aus
tralia. have solved the secrets Of totem
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-08-22

up TO the present
day In a more alb
original and prim-
tive state than
any other people
elsewhere on the
globe. The CEN
trail region is not
only cut of from
the outer world
by its position.
but Is also isolat-
ed by natural bar
riers from the
rest Of the CONT
nent. Here, In
the center Of the
most secluded con-
hnent, It Il nat
ural to find q cav
age at his very
lowest depths hv-
Ing In the totem
state and entire
II unaffected By
modern influ-
ences.
There Is SCARCE
". an object, AMI
mate or inanf-
mate, to be found
In the country oc
cupied by the ma
tives which does
not give its name
to some totemic
group Of persons.
1t may be well at
this point to re-
mind the reader
that q totem Is q
class Of natural
phenomena or ma
terial objects,
most commonly a
species Of ami
mails and plants,
between which
and himself the
savage believes
that q certain in
innate relation ex-
lists. The two old
universal canons
Of tote m l Q m
which have hith-
erto been accept
ed by American
a n d European
ethnologists, as
we'll as the one
praciced by the
native tribes Of
the northwest
coast of America,
the totemic re-
gion Of our coup-
try, are as TO-
lows: First, the
taboo on the part
of the native not
to kill and eat
the totem animal
or plant with
which he Is iden-
titled, and, second,
the rule not to
marry a woman
of the same to-
TEN group as him
self. In the new
Australian sys-
TEN occur some
novel and ex-
traordinary fea-
lures, which set
back all the old
views on the sub
ject. The prime
and essential
function of an
Australian group
is thatof insuring
by magic ,neaas
n suppl: Of the
object which is the
name Of the totem
group. Though
the native will
eat Of his own
totem sparingly,
he has no objec-
ton to other peo-
pie doing so and
will actually help
them to kill and
Decure it by means
bf magic. he con-
siders that to eat
none Of his totem
would produce an
Evil effect, the
same as If he wei
lie thinks it is
take of his totem
self closely with
| unable TO perforr
| hplying It for fo
| there is no rela
| and marriage, tn
for men Of one te
| pf another totem
| the totem is one {
| TO all heretofore
| kenism. A man
| b woman Of his {
| pther, and not on
| Sf the tribes poin
| men married reg,
women Of their t
II Each totem grt
business Of cont
department Of M
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-05

Insertion, which is firmly stitched on
each edge and then has the material
cut away from underneath, with the
exception of that in centre front. Five
Ienethwise bands are thus applied on
the fronts and three on the backs, the
pattern giving the correct lines for the
placing. The closing is made through
the centre front with small pearl but
tons and buttonholes worked through
the insertion or through the hem un-
derneath. The back fits smoothly,
and comes we'll forward and meets the
gathered shoulder edges of the full
fronts.
Gathers adjust the fulness at the
neck, which is completed with col
lar band, over which a deep stock is
worn that closes in centre back. The
sleeves are in regulation SHIFT waist
tyle. gathered at the top and bottom,
where they are completed with straight
link cuffs. Openings are finished with
overlaps at the back in the usual way.
Shirt waists of fine white lawn, tucked
all over and united with insertion in
this style, make wonderfully attractive
summer waists, while both taffeta and
wash silks may be used to develop
handsome waists by the mode. The
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-04-05
A Simple But Stylish Gown.


An exceedingly effective disposition
Of ribbon velvet is used to decorate
the simple but stylish gown by May
Manton, shown in the large engraving.
The material is Cuban red wide vale
diagonal, on which the black velvet
shows advantageously, the Aounce
being lined throughout with black
tahfets. Three round crystal buttons
decorate each front. Fitted Innings
form thu foundation over which the
waist is arranged. The plastrou vest
is included in the right shoulder seam
and hooked over on the left. The
fronts are underfaced with the ma
terial and roll back in broad pointed
lapels at the top, disclosing the
prettily trimmed vest. The seamless
back is smooth across the shoulders,
the full -ss at lower edge being laid
in overlapping plaits aud stitched
firmly to Innings. A close-ftting col
lar shaped in points that rise behind
the ears finishes the neck. closing III
centre back. The sleeves in latest
mode have the fullness at top gathered
and arranged over fitted Innings, tue
wrists being shaped to point over the
hand. a daintily shaped girdle that
dips in front closes invisibly at the
left side. The shirt has narrow
front gre and two wide circular
portions that meet at the centre back.
The placket may be finished at the
left front seam under the founce.
Short darts fit the top closely over the
hips, and the fullness in back is laid
in backward-turning plaits at each
side of the centre seam. The skirt is
of fashionable length and measures
about four yards at the foot. The
circular founce is applied over the
lower edge and ripples slightly at the
front edges, where it is graduated to
very narrow width at The top. The
front gore presents effect that
is exceedingly stylish. W costume
may be suitably made of any season
able material in silk or wool, and
charming effect is produced when the
front gore, vest and lapels are of con-
trastipg fabric in harmonious coloring.