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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19
Trouble with the Boys.

An old veteran of the civil war, Col. Gunson, irascibie in his manner but generous at heart, was much annoyed by the boys of the neighborhood, who persisted in climbing upon and run ming over the fiat roof of his barn. an unpretending structure sloping toward the alley, and easily scaled from the asnbarreI.
 The colonel threatened and seolded, but to no purpose. He strung barbed wire along the edge of the barn, but the boys wrapped old clothes around it and climbed over it. He chained a savage dog on the roof, and the boys made friends with the animal and stole it
 In desperation, he smeared tar all over the roof one day, and the boys were temporarily baked, but before they had decided upon plan for cir eumventing the colonel 1t chanced that & teamster, in driving through the al- ley one hot afternoon, lighted his pipe and carelessly threw the match up on the top of the barn, with the result thas the roof was ablaze in an in- stant
 The boys happened to be playing in the alley. Quick as a flash they sprang to the rescue. With buckets of water brought from horse trough in the back yard across the alley they clam bered up to the edge of the roof, and fought the flames so successfully that they put them out before the wood had time to catch fire.
 Boys" exclaimed Col. Gunson, who arrived on the scene in time to witness the triumph of the impromptu fire brig ade, and was full of generous enthu- siasm, tomorrow I shall cover what's left of the tar with sand, strengthen the supports of the roof, and you may play on it all you want to hereafter. You've got the right stuff ineyou"
 The colonel was as good as his word, but VIII it be believed ?-sueh is the perversity of boy nature-that after he had turned that roof over to them for a playground, not boy in the neighborhood ever set tooS upon it again.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19
THE WOMAN WHO srooPs.
How She Can Be Cured of This Un~
 graceful Habit.

How She Can Be Cured of This Un~
 graceful Habit
 The woman who stoops is rare, thank goodness, but she does exist as an eye sore to beholders and a discomfort to herself. Yes, am convinced that the stopping woman is quite uncomfort- able and would remedy her defect if she knew how. Weakness of the sys- tenn is sometimes responsible for stooping shoulders, but carelessness is the great cause. Poring over books, writing for hours at time and neg lect to aid a defective vision with glasses are the main causes.
 The cure should begin with the pill low. Use one small, flat pillow at night or dispense entirely with the lux. ury of head rest. Bear the infrmity in mind and walk ereetly and sit with the shoulders where they should be. Expand the chest and keep the eyes on a level with peoples faces. Practice walking about the room with a book balanced on the head and hold the chin up when reading, with the book placed on level with the face. Have the eyes tested occasionally, and if you need glasses procure them at once. Often the trouble is but temporary and the use of glasses for a few weeks or months will remedy the eye trouble.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19
A New Ruskin Story.

A characteristic new Ruskin story. the accuracy of which is vouched for by the Bookman, is as follows: A cer- tain person in this country sent a friend of his in England an American edition of Ruskin's works They were seized by the customs authorities, of course, and were in peril of confisca- tion, when the cops1gnee learned that if he could procure a letter from MT Ruskin allowing she books to pass into England the customs would re- lease them. Accordingly a letter of request was sent to Mir. Ruskin, who replied promptly and with character istie verve as follows: Sir: I do not see that your friends desire to give you present ct ny expense is any apology for your intrusion upon me. Yours, etc, John Ruskin." The books came back to America, but in spite of very tempting offers the recipient of MT, Ruskin's curt reply refuses to part with the autograph.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19

One Darlington, New Milford (Pa) farmer, recently succeeded in capturing a snake, or pair of snakes, hitched to- gether like the Siamese twins. The reptile has two heads and two tails. All the rest of the body is like that of a single snake, with the exception of a slight depression above and below extending the entire length. The bod les join about six inches from the head. Each tail is almost foot long. The length of the joined body is two feet nine inches. The twins were discoV- cred last summer by a little son of Darlington, who told his father about them and showed him the track across the road Darlington ran across it a few days ago when blasting a rock and succeeded in taking it alive. The twin snakes are jet black, with yell low ring just behind the head. Both mouths take food.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19
rn.n ne ree,s at Home.

"They say Troppo, the concert pi- anist. always practices with a phono- graph running opposition" How strange! Whats his object?" "Why, it makes him feel as if he were play ing before 6 fashionable audience. ."- Philadelphia Bulletin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19
Ambassadors. Pay.

England pays it's Ambassadors as fol. lows: France, s45,O0O; Germany, $40.- 900; Turkey. $4oooO; Russia, $39,oOo; Italy, $35, ,Oo0; United States, s92. 900. In most cases the officials receive per- quisites in addition. America pays its Ambassadors $17,500 each.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19
Brave Elephants.

No animal will face danger more readily, at mans bidding, than the ele- phant. As an instance, take the fol- lowing incident, which recently oc- cured in India. A small female elephant was charged by buffalo in high grass, and her rider, in the hurry of the moment, and perhaps owing to the sudden stopping of the elephant, fired an explosive shell from his rife, not into the buffalo, but into the elephants shoulder The wound was so severe that it had not healed d year later. Yet the elephant stood firm, although it was gored by the buff falo, which was then killed by another gun. What is even more strange is that the elephant was not nervous of gun reports afterwards.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19
 Too Few.

she-I understand the railroads in the United States give employment to about 800,000 persons. He-That can not include the people it keeps busy trying to open car Windows.-Yonkers Statesmen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19
Graveyard Humor.

A grave digger who had buried a MT. Button sent the following curious bill to the widow: ''To making a Button hole-3s. rid Bits.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19
KEYSTONE WONDERS.
ODD THINGS AMONG MAN AND
 BEAST.

snake with One Body, Two Heads and Two TaiIs-Then There's a Bear That
 Lugs or Big Pork Barrel, and a Negro Who's Turning White a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19

A Callieoon (Pa.) farmer bought a barrel to pack some beef in, and left it in the barnyard, one night recently
 Next morning it was gone, to his great yexation, as pork barrels are not plen- tiful in that neighborhood. There was no one in the neighborhood whom the farmer suspected of stealing 1t, and the disappearance was mystery that he tried to solve for a long time in vain. The other day the secret came out
 Passing along serub-oak ridge near a brook he saw his missing barrel in a hollow. He went to the barrel, and as he laid his hand on 1t there was a great rumbling inside and out popped bear, which gave a startled look and shuf- fled away rapidly into the bush. Thero was no explanation of the presence of the barrel in that spot except on the theory that the bear had stolen it in the night and rolled it all the way to the ridge, where the barrel had lodged, for snug resting place for himself.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19

Tn slavery days, Susquehanna and Wayne counties had many stations of the underground railroad" for slaves escaping from the South to Canada. Among the slaves to escape was Tom Harris, who was owned by Col. Harris of Culpepper, Va. As soon as war was declared, Tom returned from Canada to Wayne county. where he has since lived. doing odd jobs on farms. When Tom came to Wayne county he was as black as the lace of spades" put for the last three years white spots have appeared upon his person. and today he Is more than two-thirds white. Each succeeding white spot is larger and winter than the one preceding, and their coming is accompanied by in- tense pain and itching. Toms hair, once twisted and "kinky," is gradual ly straightenfng, and he expresses tho belief that, before long, he will be "as white as any man in Wayne county ' Toms singular transformation is in- teresting the scientists of the state.-- Susquehanna Cor. New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-19
a ~~ro Dvess.oG

UccesIon. Only one out of every 1000 married people live to celebrate their golden wedding day.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-13
prAcH E. POWERS

A delighted audience at the Grand
opera house last night witnessed the mi
tial performance OF Beach & Bowers
Minstrels. The show was new TO Pueoio'
this being their first trip west, winch
fact probably accounts for all the seatS
being filed. as the performance was gooo
and thoroughly up 10 date
1.-THE singing in the first past was 1ar
above the average and numerous encores
were demanded. Harry Freeman ana the
Smith brothers gave a grotesque aero
batic act which was decidedly one OF me
features of the show. The monologue by
Woody Van kept the audience eontinu-
ally Laughing. and Dan Gordon, the hobo
bicyclist, seemed to ride an unupsetable
bicycle. The Kenno La Barre trio came
in for large share of the applause IT
their burlesque trapeze act, which was
predominant feature Of the show.
The musical act developed new Tea
lures which were highly interesting II
spite OF the dog being continually Iost
The children present had their inning II
the last number Of the program, whe1
Bobby Beach introduced his troup o.
performing dogs. These clever little lei
lows added greatly TO the show and eVoh
ed hearty APPLAUSE by their antics.
Taken as a whole the show is clean
I'D to date and well balanced with va
riety enough to please all-Pueblo Chief
tain, September %.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-13
! (|G MARKET Strong
Very Fair Supply and the
Quality Good.
TOPS 60 UP TO 1897 ~
Nothing Doing in the Cattle
Division.
TOPS 60 UP TO 1897 IL

The Wichita livestock market yesterday
was quoted as strong, and this tone pre-
vailed all through the days trading.
Kansas City was given out as steady At
Mondays close. and Chicago and St.
Louis were about the same There was
a very good supply Of hogs yesterday,
and the grade OF stock showed up very
well also. The tops were registered an
bther point upward, and landed on S3S71..
The trading was done within the narrow
range OF cents, and the bulk, as shown
IN the tabulatioEs above, was g. 212 q
1874. Fourteen cars Of hogs passed over
The scales, and all Of them were very
welcome 10 the several buyers, and each
and every load was bid upon at once and
the shippers in every instance were more
than satisfied with their deals. The qua
1ty OF the hogs as offered yesterday was
good. and the average weight was just
medium. 235 pounds was the record for
the day, and this was lower than for
some time past. The Wichita market
showed Up very well, as compared with
the rest Of the western live stock mar
kets and the demand was strong enough
TO take at once all the hogs which were
offered, and there was still a scarcity.
Many more hogs would have been bought
al the same good, strong prices had they
come in, and the only disappointment was
On the part Of the buyers, who were
mere than anxious for hogs, and had
To be satisfied with the supply as offered.
Il was a very fair day for hogs, as 70
the supply, but still there could have
been many more handled had they ap-
peared. This market did the best In the
country anywhere, and the comparative
statements will show this 10 be a fact
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-13
MARKET IS FEVER|SH
Following the Rough Shaking
| Up of Monday.
OUTSIDERS IN AS BUYERS
Close Irregular and With
Mixed Net Changes.

New York, Dec. 2.-The stock market
displayed a feverish tone as a conse-
quence OF the violent shake-down of yes
terday. Although there was some belated
liquidation, prices were not without sup
port al any time and where breaches
were made in values. the character OF
the buying at the decline made it look
as though the manipulation for a fan
was for the purpose Of taking on stocks.
There was a notable volume of commits
sion house buying which indicated that
outsiders had been attracted by the lower
level of prices. That there is still large
aggressive bear party in the market was
evident. Their tactics were moderately
successful in the morning. Money a 70
time ruled over S per cent and in the
afternoon was offered down 10 i per cent
Traders generally turned TO the bull side
and marking up stocks 10 the neiGhoor-
hood Of last nights level and in some
instances materially above IL. Promi-
nent sDecialties showed recoveries from
the low point Reactions were confined
to fractions outside OF Tobacco and
Brooklyn Transit and a few other IN
dustrials. The closing was thus made II
regular and with mixed not changes. Sen
timent as to the future Of the stock mar
ket is still conflicting and unsettled
Closing prices of stocks were as follows;
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-13
SHIPPERS AxD NOTES.

Burchfeld & ConneH Of Anthony were
shippers Of q car load of choice light
hogs. which were prime fat butcher boss
and they sold at once al the top OF the
dey
Brown &. Brown Of Haverhin were in
with a car load Of medium lights, wh'ca
sod without dock at the top Of the bulk.
Charlie Sharp, for the Cudahy Pack
ing company, shipped in two cars Of hogs
from the territory, and they sold at the
popular bulk price.
j. : Baxter of North Enid was a ship
Per Of q car load Of medium heaTI7i,
which So al a good bulk price.
Jim Holland OF Zyba was on the mar
Eat- with . car load OF heavy hogs, which
sold at a good bulk price.
Grace Bros. Of Cheney, were shippers
of a car Of heavy hogs, which sold al
a -o0d bulk figure.
Rube Anderson Of Wellington, one OF
the old. reliable Sumner county stock
shippers and dealers, was in with a car
load af heavy hogs which sold at good
bulk price.
Day x Yoman Of Alameda were on the
market late with a car OF well trimmed
fat hogs. and they sold at the popular
bulk price.
" E. Beoham was a shipper OF ms
dunn weight hogs, which sold al good
bulk figure.
Nj. Steiner. Of the well-known firm q
Steiner * Blair, was in person With two
cars of hogs and they sold on the close
al very good bulk prices
JEFF Houston of Ponca City was a ship
Ter Of heavy hogs. which went over the
scales early and recorded a very good
bulk price.
The D1la business yesterday was very
cod in AL the several departments. The
s.~afgh- contract cars We're strong. and
the express and iobbins trade especially
heavy. There was also good line o;
r~ad-ca sold FOR immediate shipment.
D Jackson Of Hazelton was a shipper
Of one car Of cattle, which were yarded
for feed and rest in transit.
Han & SEQ OF Orlando were early sci
lars Of light hogs of choice grade and
. wen trimmed stock, and they took the
= ton a. the day.
There was practically nothing doing II
the cattle division yesterday, the few
scattering single hoofs being disposed al
AT good prices. but rot enough on SAFE
To make quotabie market
Mr. Deck Parsons. who has bought a
classes n hogs for the last fifteen years
from Chicago 10 the farthest west. saws
that he never saw q more active, quicker
or more urgent market than right here
in Wichita There is keen, firm de
---and for hogs and anything any every
thing that comes IN IS snapped NJ a
,,ce. and at the best market prices Ev
s~,, simmer Of hors in this southern conn
~ should Try the Wichita market. jus
,rce and then he viii be convinced ate
-r5 rial. that thera Is ~ stronger mar
y-.+ snyWhere than right here.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-13
HOyTS "a STRANGER IN NEW
WORK"


Merrfment Of the highest order OF ex-
ce1lence vii lreign at the Crawford next
month. the occasion being the presenta-
ton Of the best effort in play-writing OF
that popular writer of American farce
comedy. Nj Chas Royt. entitled "A
Stranger in New oYrk" The ample an
v,o1ncament that this clever deHneator Of
American humor has something good 70
offer will be enough to attrac an unusual
large audience.
Mr Hoyt is modest in proclaiming the
advent Of his best work, and simply an
nounces the "only" presentation in this
citv Of Hoyt's illustration Of the posi-
HE adventures Of "A Stranger in New
York this season.
Singing. dancing and spectalties that
are announced as absolutely new; 2 oevy
NJ n~et-v girls-for no Hoyt show Is COM
rle+a without them-e}abOrate scenery,
fetching costumes. ridiculouSly funny
scenes. bright crisp dialogue and tt.e
strongest cast ever orga nized are the
nr;rrfoIe features that 20 20 make Up an
evenings entertainment which IS claim
81 % be the most wholesome and anus
ing Mr. Hoyt has yet offered TO the the
atre-going public.
All The music Is original. and Is me
work OF the late Richard Stahl, author
of The opera said Pasha. The sea
King" THE Tenor" etc. and embraces
everything from NJ 70 date topical am
catchy "coon" songs, 70 travestys or
p~an4 o0era-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-13
INCREASE N VISIBLE
Puts May Wheat Bald Cent
Under Monday.
CORN Is A SHADE HIGHER
Oats Unchanged and Provis-
ions at Good Gains.

Chicago. Dec. 12-Wheat opened steady
today on prospects of a freeze, but weak
ened on the heavy increase in the worlds
visible. May closing Is to re under yes
terday. May corn closed a shade up and
May oats unchanged. Provisions were
strengthened by receipts lighter than ex-
pected, small offerings and good outside
demand. May pork closing 171zc over yes
terday, May lard and May ribs each up
cents.
May wheat opened &c up. at 6914 d699sc
all because some shorts saw prospects OF
damage in the cold snap following the re-
cent mild weather. This advantage was
lost on proht-taking and selling against
calls. The report of a heavy increase
in the worlds visible coming when it
had been expected there would be little
change in the figures, turned the tide
against the price, and May fell TO 6S%c.
Some of this was recovered on buying
against privileges, but the close was
easy, May 1saAc lower. at 69c.
Corn was easy and very dull, but the
close was firm. The steadiness was due
principally to the small country offer
ings, and the unwillingness of local hold
ers to let go. The weather. too, has not
enlargement 10 the movement. May
closed a shade I'D. at 34$4c.
The oats market held steady, but In
a very dull and listless way, the range
being only &c Bad weather for move
ment was a support. May closed IN
changed at 24c.
Provisions were firm, pork especially
so. The opening was at gain and this,
as the session progressed, with some an
imation at times, was added to in a way
very encouraging to holders. May pork
closed 1713c over yesterday, at N0l2l2;
May lard, sc up, at $50; May ribs, &C
better, at S5.4215.
Estimated receipts tomorrow: Wheat,
! 80 cars; corn, 225 cars; oats. 100 cars; hogs
/ 81, 900 head.
BRADSTREETS VISIBLE.
New York, Dec. Especial cable and
! telegraph communications 10 Bradstreet' 5
! show the following changes IN available
| supplies. compared with the last account;
! Wheat-United States and Canada east
/ of the Rockies, increase 2207,000 bushels
/ liverpool Corn Trade News. Afioat for
and in Europe, increase 100000 bushels
! Total supply, increase $4,000 bushels
! Corn-United States and Canada east oil
/ the Rockies, increase 311,000 bushels.
/ Oats-United States and Canada east o.
/ the Rockies. increase $4,000 bushels.
: Among the more important Increases
reported to Bradstreet's not given in OIL
cial visible supply statement are those OF
] $1,000 bushels at northwestern interior
/ elevators, %, 0OG bushels at Chicago pri
vate elevators, $4,000 bushels at Milwau
kee private elevators, $4,000 bushels a
/ Cleveland, $4,000 bushels at Coteau, 100
OO0 bushels at Manitoba storage points
=. 900 bushels at Port Huron, 5000 bush
els at Depot Harder. and 1000 bushe4
AT Portland Maine The aggregate stool
of wheat held at Portland, Ore, and Ia
coma and Seattle. wash, decreased ls4
! 600 bushels last week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-13
woRKMEN,s BIG BANQUET.


Tomorrow evening the largest banquet
ever given in Wichita will be served IN
Peerless hall for the members OF Peer
less Lodge No. 81, A. o. L. w, and
their families. Preparations have been
made TO serve oysters in all styles with
the accompanying trimmings" TO eight
hundred people. Some idea Of the i'm
mense amount Of supplies to be used
may be given when 1t is stated that
twenty-five gallons Of select oysters have
been telegraphed for, sixty gallons OF
milk. twelve dozen punches Of celery.
three boxes Of crackers. fruit by the
crate and barrel and everything in pro
portion.
Thirty white aproned walters have been
employed to attend to the wants Of the
people and the best caterers in the city
will prepare the various dishes.
Not only will the banquet be OF the
hest but two of the best orchestras IN
the city will discourse sweet music along
with other attractions that Will make
this the largest and finest social event
OF the season and the RECEPTION commit
tee. composed Of the following. Will see
that a general good time IS enjoyed by
everyone: a. A. Reside. ]. T. Melon
aid. Dr.. o. ]. Taylor Samuel McCreary'
c A. Baker. C. W. Beal, DR.. ]. NJ. Min
nick. P A. Rohrbaugh, A. E. Helm, j.
L. Papes. F. A Reed. John Chain, Z. l.
Spencer and A NJ Denny.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-13
AN INTELLECTUAL TREAT.

How much pleasanter and more bene-
fetal II is TO witness a play constructed
upon the lines of intellectual refinement
an ddecorum. where modesty never
causes the blush to pinken the cheek Of
innocence or the susceptible lip 70 culver
with indignant resentment, whose aims
are TO perpetuate those truths which in
splre a higher humanity, afford an hour
of pleasure to the tolls Of life and bask
in the aluring embrace Of intellectually
and culture. than 10 witness theatre
innuendo. which mandates the stage with
a sewage of risque suggestiveness, eject
ed through the hose pipe of semi-respee-
liability. as has been too often presented
10 enlightened audiences under the guise
Of society or problematic drama, calling
down upon the stage a TRADE Of abuse
alike from press. public and pulpit IN
presenting Lewis Morrison's Faust, "
which is recognized as one Of the gems
OF literature. the management has sue
ceeded in stamping its name upon the
age as adaptors of vast intelligence Al
ter having been presented in all parts Of
the world during the last sixteen years,
II is announced that this season viii
positively be the last one in which TINS
famed production will be presented.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-13
MUSIC AND DRAMA.

one Of the biggest Of the seasons book
Monday next and the oniy specracr- AZ
;rrs a. the Crawford theatre IS fo-
bg-sszeue o fthe year. vii be Leavitt's
spider and Fly During ics late ~
EaEemenc al Portland che oregoniaH
commented as follows
The Spider ana Fly elegantly cos
TUNED ana staged with scenery the ike
Of which has seldom be~n seen ia Port
land paved - a packed house last
night. Thss brilliant spectacular pay
has always found favor II The eyes q
Portland thsaereEoezs. but never has &;