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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-27
THE WEATHER.

THE WEATHER,
 Fair tonight. Warmer in North west central portion. Thursday. fair and warmer.
 CITY ITEMS.
 Mir. Lynn Harn on, of Linwood, is in the city.
 Mir. Lon Dickinson is sick at his Lakeside home,
 Mr. L. F. Cheek and party are deer hunting today.
 MT. J. A. Goodwin has left for Beaumont, Texas.
 Watermelons on ice at
 Joe C. Meyer < Go. MT. c. H. Triplett was visitor to Tucker yesterday.
 Judge A. B. Grace returned yester- day from Hot Springs.
 The only zebu ever seen in Chris tian land will be here Oct. :.
 stovewood for sale by McGehee Bros. Telephone, old, No. 267. 3l9 MT. $. M. Taylor. after spell of sickness is again able to beat his office.
 See Burns, the Tailor, new stock, just arrived. Over Bank of Pine Bluff. 5l1. FOR sALE-A good and gentle family pony, age years. Apply at No, 826 East Sixth avenue.
 Miss Mamie Hunter. of Texas, will arrive today and be the guest of Mir, and Mrs. ". z. Tankersley.
 MT. J. Collier, of Altheimer, was visitor to our city last night. He left 9n the early morning train for home.
 Just received new mackerel, large and nice. 10 cents each. Also cod fish and Holland herring.-Mc9ain Grocery Go.
 Mrs. c. G. Newman. accompanied by her niece, Miss Mamie T. White, will arrive this evening from Yir- ginia.
 Telephone the Clean Towel Sup ply Co.,, for your laundry. They will guarantee all work to be first claes. Old Telephone No. 571. 3l7 VII. Quigg, division freight agent and A. .. Dodge, of the traffic de. partment ol the Cotton Belt, are Tn the city.
 MT. P. P. Byrd has moved into his new home on West Fifth avenue, formerly the home of Hon. s. Nj. Taylor.
 Fresh OS sters received every Tn urs day. Until further notice will sell 3 dozen for 9 cents.-McCain Grocery Co.
 FOR SALE-One quarter block and dwelling. corner 5th anu Elm street. Win sell all 10 one party or a single lot. Apply to W. C. Steele.
 BIO
 NAFHEN YOU are feeling tired and w out of sorts you will find Hoods Sarsaparllla will do you wonderful good. Be sure to GET HOODS. Bluff City Lumber Go. mannfactu er and dealer in all kinds of lnmber Also sashes, doors, blinds --s 1 all kinds of interior and exterio- nnish Bluff City Lumber Co. Manufactur or and dealer in all kinds of Lumber. Also Sashes. Doors. Blinds, and all nds of Interior and Exterior finish Mir. Newton Wilson has returned from an extended trip through Mis- eissippi, where he ,isited his family and friends.
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''Of course yon cant imagine what
curious experiences we have with sick
people, cuniided trained nurse. Il
have just come from very interesting
case dear old lady. lovely in every
way, but utterly unmanageablc and I'M
reasonable on the subject of early rising,
The dear woman cannot turn over in
her bed or put her hand to her head
she is fatally i'll. poor creature but she
wakes me every morning at o'clock 10
hive her fnco and hands bathed and
her cap changed, oh, gronn. it is
only 8 o'clock. Mrs Lnfrimer that ia
too early for sick people To get awake
let us hive another little nap
-. No, no, she always answers, my
father reared me To get mp at O'Clock
can [ disobcy my training You must
make my toilet | mustn't sleep any
longer
so have To get awake. prepare tho
dear old lady for the day 80 years old
she is, aud weak and sick just because
she was reared by father with abnor
nal ideas of rising time. - ndianapo-
lis journal
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what Is "a Dayf

Nine persons out ii II N,s. 800 out
III every | 000-ii asked how long il
takes the earth 10 Turn once on its axis
would answer 81 hours, and To the
question, How many times does il turn
ON its aNis in the course Of the year
the answer would he 3d5t 4 times Both
answers are WRONG.
1t requires but 98 hours and 80 min
utes for the earth TO make one complete
turn, aud il makes 366l4 turns during
the year The error springs from
wrong idea Of what IL meant by day.
The day is not. IT'S is commonly sap
posed. the time required by the earth
to make one turn ON its axis but the
interval between two successive pas
sages Of the sun across the meridian
that is 10 say, the time which elapses
after the sun il seen exactly sonth in
Its diurnRl course through the heavens
before II is again seen in that position,
Now. in Consequence Of the enrth's
revolution in its orbit ur path round
the sun, the sun has the appearance Of
moving very slowly in the heavens in u
direction from east 10 west At noon
tomorrow the sGn will be short dis
lance to the east of the point in the
heavens at which it is seen Mt noon to
day. 50 that when the earth has made
one complete turn il will still have to
turn four minutes longer before the sun
can again be seen exactly south.
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~ happen TO have dress coat, said
4 man ahout town. that was made by
Poole. the famous London tailor and
I've preserved il with good deal Of
care To tell the truth. | attached less
yalue IL the garment itself than did
To The sign manual Of the house. EN-.
hlaaened ON n strip Il white silk aud
stitched inside the collar TWAS tri1e
mohhish. dare say, hut if 50 I've re
reiNea ny punishment
"A few weeks ngo | took the coal
along with me on Il trip 10 Florida, and
while at IL small coast resort noticed
the buttons were getting worn The
only tailor in town WAS Chinaman.
and gave him the coat with instruc
lions To repair the damages, which he
did very neatly | had forgotten all
about the incident, and enc evening
turing carnival was mt the club chat
ting with SOME visitors from Detroit
when somehow or other the conversa
ti0n turned ON high art tailoring.
Zone Of the strangers sang the
praises of chap at his home and /,
like fool couldn't resist the tempta-
ton of remarking that my suit was
made by Poole Thereupon the other
fellow expressed curiosity as to how the
English tailors inserted the shoulder re-
endorsements of dress coats, and oblig
ingly slipped mine off to allow him 10
examine it. He looked it over, and
when he handed il back | noticed that
he Wore peculiar smile 1t was no
wonder, for. by 1ove. in place Of the
signed silk strip below the collar was q
grent hideons pink tab bearing the
legend Charley One Lung, Merchant
Tailor. Way Fla. = =" New Or
leana Times Democrat
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Trap of Her own setting.

We have all met people whose pride
III their own possessions is So great that
they can see no charms in those of 9th
ers \ Young botanist was showing n
party of ladies and gentlemen through
u conservatory and explaining to them
the properties Of some OF the choicest
plants. Among the visitors was would
be young looking, middle aged lady
who at every description volunteered
the statement that the plants and flow
ers she had mt homo were quito tho
equal of anything here or indeed any
where.
Just "a they were passing giant
cactus she was heard TO eNclaim.
well. this Is nothing extraordinary.
l have cactus Mt home that is still
larger. / planted and reared it myself.
Reared il YOURSELF the professor
gently observed "fIow remarkable /
This specimen is 63 years old and il
yours is still larger
The lady did not stay to hear any
more, but executed Il strategic move
ment To the rear
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IN. In,cIIIucnt Jury.

Law court stories were especially at
tractive TO Hicks. and he told many Of
them His great story, which was al
most dramatic sketch. was Of the nc
quittal Of Cornish doctor who was
charged with the murder of his mother
in law by mixing arsenic with a dish of
rabbits and onions. which he give her
for supper The setting Of the court,
the swearing OF the jury. the speeches
Of counsel. and the judges charge were
all related by Hicks with marvellous hu
nor
The climax 10 the fun was the con
fabulation of the jury as to the verdict
they should give, and their individual
reasons for returning verdict of ne
quittal from the juryman who "didn /
hold with old oman eating rabbits aud
onions for supper 10 tho iugyman who
declared that i, wasn't ha pc TIA Of
,dds ia him. aud twas but an old ON
IA Cornhill Magazine.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-05

Peter Foote. long since dead. used TO
be police magistrate in Chicago.
Foote WAS intensely Irish and loved to
show it
One day dudishly attired young fell
low calling himself Frederick Edwards.
and plainly hetobening by his speech
that he hadn't been long from the
shores of England, was arraigned before
the justice charged with lounging about
the parks When he was arrested, he
showed fight and had to be dragged to
the patrol hex.
Il 'urted me feolins badly, your
worship, said the prisoner when in the
dock the following morning. "'E it me
on the sole of me flute an -
81 don't think you We any feelings in
your soul, growled the sympathizer of
downtrodden Ireland. "And, another
thing, You must remember you re in
America now. In England you object to
an Irishman wearing the green. Here
we object To Englishmen lying on it; 81
and costs. And the justice pinched
himself 10 look unconCerned while the
Briton begged the clerk to cut tho fine
down 10 a bob. - Chicago Chronicle
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Gabriel Harrison, who was popular
young actor in the fortics and also an
artist and politician and friend of eele
brated men, told this story of Edgar
Allan Zoe
II asked Poe several times when he
was at the studio t. ell for his portrait,
hut he always refused on the ground
that his clothes We're too shabby. But
one aitornon caught him in an UNI
usually complacent mood and obtained
the original Of the engraving you see
there on the wall This was but three
years before Poe's death, and he was
not nj all prosperous
II recollect that once we Were walk
ing up town together late In tho day,
when Poe began TO sway from side to
side and then stopped He said he felt
faint We went into cafe. where we
had glass of wine and biscuit. Poe
then told Inc that his sudden dizziness
was the result of not having eaten any
thing since early morning
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-05

Cinnamon ale natural gamblers. and
in every city in this country where
they congregate they have lottery
The manner Of conducting the lot
terry is characteristic. Square yellow
papers are circulated about Chinatown
They contain 80 characters within a
green border There is no name or loca-
ton Oh the sheet but every one knows
its office and uses Translated literally,
these characters represent some natural
phenomena, such as "lIeaven and
earth, Fishes swim, birds fly.
1.-The world is vast . Clouds rise and
other eomiYonplaces Of daily life. and SO
general are they that the most ordinary
dream may find here character for in
depreciation
Twenty characters are chosen and
crossed and the wager laid When the
drawing COMES the man who guesses
three of these numbers geta his money
back, five. he wins double his stake,
and ten, 200 times the amount paid in.
The stakes run from 10 cents 10 30
The highest and lowliest inhabitant of
the quarter delights in the bah ka .pou
and plays it with almost religious per
pistpneV
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1he fan yonDg girl laoi.cd at the
pildcd clock uu he mant"l
II DIN want 10 hurry ypn Mr.
Slowgo sho sNqct., rvplniped NJ she
met biz aue 'ioy.nB look but the fact
l. il Is almost time tor ma 10 come
home lrDiu The elnh And just want
tutsy this II ma says, / move we
adjourn don yDu attempt to lay it
on the table, N to raise IA point Of or
der, or anything elsc thats foolish, be
cause Nou uigl; ~ we'll understand
tjglt L,1e aud nos that ma y simply q
pow ling Jim dandy when Il comes to
the rule Of paEhaneasaly procedure.
aud don yoa he=llate 10 recollect itf
cleveland Plain Dealer
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Youth = GempaniaIL


In nothing IS the illtcratc condition
of Spain shown ms in the numerous
writing huuths which line the streets
Of Barcelona. Spain has preserved much
of the picturesque life of past ages, and
even AT the present day in many of its
towns may he the Waterman, with
pike and lantern, going his nightly
rounds not far from Il fine street bril-
liantly Illuminated by the electric light
In the Ramhla, the principal street of
Barcelona. may be seen several of these
writing booths Of the public scribes.
There for small consideration the IL
litetate or any one else may have any
thing indted from the poetry Of n love
epistle to the prosaie application for "A
situation. The trout Of each booth is
placarded with the name Of the scribe
aud the services he is prepared to rem
der 60 his customers. Some scrbes com
hine the art OF painting with that of
writing, and all add to their activities
the business Of registry Offices for serv
ants
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Sfunteae Magic,

Siancso nagicians profess ia pa able
to destroy Your enemy for you. They
frs, uewitcn part Of II buffalo till it be.
comes us small ~ a pea When your
enemy has been induced to swallow IL.
they make it return TO its original size
and aftc. suffering great agonics he
suifoeates Pig - flesh and iish arc also
used When these W0plo dc tho rea-
son can ~ detected. because at their
cremation some part Of their body re
fuses TO burn aud when il is cut ope,,
it contains h-h or meat Of soNe animal
A small hoy died lecentiy and Was Gre
nated \ certain part OF the child i
chest refused TO burn, and they got it
examined and fonGd it 10 be u piece of
salt Isaa
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\ Wonderful Appetite.

The digestive power of the heron is
remarkable IA well as its capacity and
ability 10 swallow large fish. says For
est and Stream The neck seems to eX
pand IA ii mnde of india rubber the
fish slips down, and the bird Is rendy FOR
another In eating beef, large bones are
swallowed intact On one or two occa
sions after feeding beef this way, great
alarm wna felt Ms the birds showed
signs Of great distress. but the nneasi
ness was soon Gained when the bird
threw up IA large bone, clean and white.
the meat having been thoroughly digest
ed
In eating catfish they instinctively
pierce it with their strong boaks until
there is no question in their simple
minds but that il is harmless II in
their hurry TO swallow their food, it
goes down the throat covered with sand
or trash, they Immediately eject 1t,
carry il to the water and, having rinscd
it we'll swallow 1t again
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-05

The Columbia 6. c. } Herald recent
~ republished this interesting item
which it originally printed in the slav
cry days before the war
"Aegroes sell as high as heretofore
but they are hired out at lower rates
For Il year.cld girl go is given, and
an s-yoar.old boy goes AT 81. Peter, be-
longing 10 the Mary Shock estate. il
hired out for *203; j s Clarkson $
Mary, % years old, -old for ~, 100 A.;
Alex belonging Ia the estate Of the
Rev. D. Hall brings 1896 j If Waugh
buys Willis fuf $40; negroes Of W II.
Irwin are sold .! II months credit,
and Z. C. Parker buys Eliza and child
far Sill Robert Lemon buys John
II l0-yem ~ for 500. and Jack, IL
9-yoar-old for 1905 II X G. Cowden
paya - 100 fef A. Sublett = Mary
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marvellous rcjuvenating properties Of Dr..
PicrCc's Golden Medical Discovery will
prove an unfailiug means Of rescue and
restoration
It is very simple though eminently
scientific medicine 1t IS not mere slim
ulaut like so many malt extracts. 1t re-
stores healthy power by reNiving the in
ncTmost sources of vitality III the nutritivc
system 1t enables the digestive anG
blood making organism TO manufacture
good blood abundautly and rapidly, so
that the immense waste of tissue and nerve
fiber entailed by hard labor Is Offset by
speedy upbuilding Of fSesh energy and
strength.
a prominent aud venerable Illinois physician,
ID. VI. Vuwles 1t. II, oil Fowler, Adams Co,
thirty one an cents in stamps for The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser in cloth bad
ing. with this pittance for so valuable work
{tTuly git to the public, must express my
high appreciation OF the vast amount OF good
that you have rendered the public, correct
measure of your usefulness never has been, and
never will be estimated by the public; no, not
even by the multitude Of afflicted humanity that
has been relieved and cured by your medf
clues. Wheteyer i go or have been m the
United states, find persons who have used, ana
ave using Or. Pierce medicines wth satisiae-
uon for all conditions for which they are recon-
mended. Never has one spoken disparagingN
OF their action, and from having seen 50 otteh
their good effects, am also enthused Win con
tdeDCc IN their action in cases and condteions
soT which they are recommended. II - NOS
common for regular physicians to endorse anss
recommend proprietary medicines eai IN THIS
case have no equivocatiop OF hesitancy N SO
doing"
The quick constipation cure - Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. Never grippe.
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The Cleveland flain Dealer tells II
story 10 show that there is sometimes a
great deal in tho way Of putting any
thing
Il understand that you said my cid.
est daughter was as homely as q mud
fence, professor
You are quite mistaken, my dear
madam What said was that your
esteemed child reminded me Of mix
tire Of terra firma and aqua pura com
hincd in practical boundary line
"Oh Is that allf Dine with ms on
SUNDAY. professor
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child should never be discussed
within his own hearing Unfortunate
is that family @heie the little ones
learn THAI they may appeal successfully
from cue pnfent 10 another or where
Np0n one fails the onus Of every neces-
sary denial or reproof, while the other
stands sponsor for every pleasure aud
Indulgence Let rs spare 40 secret
effort as parents 70 appear a Unit to the
child y Elaine Goodale' Eastman in
Woman Home Companion
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Il young English attache Of the lega
tion in Washington remarked to an
American belle some years ago II am
really sorry that tho Boring sea affair
il not likely to be nmicably adjusted.
for Of eourse. with our superior navy.
we could lust wipe YOU off tho face Of
lhe earth.
she replied with one word Again =
Christian Register.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-05

A western farmer. feeding his hogs
upon tho ash pile Of n deserted sawnili,
iost nonn of his hogs from cholera
while his neighb1r- were MI losing
heavily One ot his noighbors, remem-
beIifR h"'g fond hogs wee of ashes and
charcoal hauled ashes and made bed
on which 10 do his feeding and when
cholera came again he was likewise
spared from its rayagfs Indiana
Farmer
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A PERFECT NEWSPAPER

o publish ALL THE NEWS promptly and
succinctly and in the most readable form,
without elison or partisan bias; to discuss
its significance with frankness, 10 keep AN
OPEN EYE FOR PUBLIC ABUSES, To
give besides complete record Of current
thought, fancies and discoveries in all de-
partments Of human activity in its DAILY
EDITIONS of from 10 to ii PAGES, and to
provide the whole for its patrons at the
nominal price of ONE CENT-that was
from the outset, and will continue 10 be
the aim of THE RECORD
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Ia tho eighteenth century begging
was frightful nuisance ia the German
etates IN Bavaria whole regiments had
t. be sent ont To arrest and punish the
profes ional beggais and Cologne with
a population II only 10000. had nearly
10. 900 paupers
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we like the idea Of simpliied spell
ing says The editor Of the Perkins
Junction Palladium tBnt We don't
mink we could ever become used 10
writing it 'Ho wawkt down the He
leoying the lrax Of hi4 larj and uuddee
shnez OH the hore The marx ~ yislibi
yet Chicago Tribune
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inr "a aniInnr, nrn.nn.

"ra. said little Willie why is
bad actor called ham ?
Perhaps his father replied, 'be-
cause he's so often served with eggs
Catholic Standard and Times.
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"Iohnny said teacher to south
fide grocery man = 6-year old, "a lie can
be acted as well "a told. Now, if your
father would put sand ia his sugar and
sell il be would be acting lie and DO.
ing very wrong
That what mother told him. said
Johnny ilnpetuously, eand he said ho
didn't care - Ohio State journal
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Tumblers resembling in shape and
dimensions those employed today have
been found in great numbers in Pom
pei They were made OF gold, SILVER
glass mafbl agateand precious stones
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-04-05

The necessary expenses Of japanese
student at the University Of Tokyo are
estimated at from 81 TO $12 month.
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Witness It's unriyaled average daily cireula-
tion exceeding 10000 copies, and an aver
age exceeding 10000 copies for its Sunday
editions, while limitations of its plan Of
publication in every important city Of the
country testify to the truth Of the asser-
ton that in the quantity and quality of its
contents, and in the price at which IT IS
sold The Record has established the
standard by which excellence in Journal
ism must be measured
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The Daily Edition
The Daily and Sunday

A NJ Buying Renting Selling, Exchanging Type
"A writer's Of all kinds forbusiness, family and
Jrivste use. Also buying aud exchanging job and
sdd lots Of merchandise, lumber, msshinery, etc.
nd especially allow and dead stock, Advise wants
and offerings. Everything is salabie somes hero
II. MANSFIELD,
2sj Broadway, New York.
May 20, 1896
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The Pioneer

one cent morning newspaper in the United
States, The Record still LEADS WHERE
OTHERS FOLLOW
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The story oi NapoIcon's Famous Coin
aud til" Immense Fortune That IL
PopuInri. Beit.>cd To lie Conceal
ed Within u.
The San Francisco call., 1899-07-05
PERSONALS,

B. L.-Recsived O. K. l am acting on your
advice Hope to you very soon. c. K.