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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-03

the vested choir and soloists. under the
direction OF Prof. Sebastian Rafferty,.
The Opera House orchestra assisted. In
the evening beautiful vespers service
was given.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-03
This is a Season as Of Silks,
This is a Store for Silks,

and to every woman inlWheeling and
vicinity extend personal invitation to come to
this store for any kind Of Silk they may need no
matter as to its use or color. WE THINK WE
HAVE Ito sut--and we know there is no stock
to equal it in any way in this vicinity.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-03

Rough Dry Washed. Starched and
Dyed o cents pcr pound.
Flint Work, Washed and Ironcd, o
All hind work finished 10 conts per
mound. At LUTZ BROS.
MII&P Homo Stonrn Laundry.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-03
From Soc 10 $500 a Yard.
Wash Goods.

Exceptional in quality and style.
suited for Child's Dresses and La
dies Wash Waists. 10 to q inches
wide,
sc and 4zs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-04-03
Hundreds Of Pieces

Thousands of yards Of Plain and
Fancy Taffetas. Satins, Cordene.
Poidesoi. Foulards,
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chas. H. Davis' Generous Act.

Charles H. Davis, one of the wealthy citizens of Worcester. Mass, recently presented to his coachman, Otis l.. Chase, and two maid servants 100 shares Of Norwich and Worcester stock, valued at over 1000. He call ed them into his library one day and told them that he had bequeathed them s7000 each in. bis will, but, recognizing the fact that such instruments were liable to legal controversy, which might prevent them from receiving the be- quests for some time after the will was probated, he had decided to present them that amount. He then tore up the will and gave them the stock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
DIAMONDS OF VARIOUS HuEs.
Most of Them Are Colorless, But Some
 Are Red and Black.

Are Red and Black.
 Although thousands of men and women in Chicago wear diamonds, at least on occasions if not constantly, few know much about the precious gems they value so highly. While the largest number of diamonds are white, a clear colorless, transparent stone is rarer than might be supposed. There are also red. blue, green, yellow, brown, black and pink ones. Heat often changes the color and after awhile the acquired hue becomes per- manent. Yellow diamonds perhaps af- ford the greatest variety of shades. Some of them surpass any other gem or that color. Specimens of canary eolored diamonds are quite common. II the gem has a rose-colored tint it Is very valuable, while red tints, sur passing the ruby, and considered the most beautiful of all precious gems, are exceedingly rare. A few varieties are on record. One weighing ten carats was bought by Emperor Paul of Rus sla for Sl00,000. A cinnamon, or brown. stone is undesirable, as it is seldom pure. A black diamond is nearly as scarce as red one. Blue diamonds rank next to red ones in variety and beauty. Those of 8. dark blue color, resembling sapphires, are handsome gems, differing only from the sapphires Tn quality and the beautiful play of colors peculiar to the diamond. The only real blue stones are found in the mines of India. Besides the Bismarck and Hope diamonds, there are only two others in the world that are prop- erly called blue diamonds. The green varieties are not as rare as the blue. black, red and rose-colored species, yet a grass-green or fine emerald color IS scarce. When it does occur it Is more brilliant than the finest emerald. mere are several varieties of green tinted diamonds at the museum of nat urai history in Paris, but the best known specimen is at Dresden and is considered one of the five paragons of the world among gems.-Chicago Chr onicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
MYSTERY OF THE HANDSPRING.
Some Breakages Not Yet Understood
 Despite Much Inyesti gation.

Despite the investigations regarding the structure Of mainsprings and the efforts to improve them; despite the experimentation and theorizing on the subject, some of the causes of the breaking of mainsprings remain an un- solved mystery Many, indeed, are the known causes responsible for breaking, such es faulty construction or tenn pering, careless handling, leading to the formation of rust and poor fitting, but after all these which are recognized have been eliminated there still re mains the fact we'll known to watch makers that the best springs will, ln spite of the most careful handling and proper adjustment, unexpectedly break, sometimes in a number of places. 1t will thus happen that of two springs made at the same time by the same process, of the same material, tenn pered in the same way and handled with the same care, one may last for years, while the other may break after two weeks use, or even while being placed in the barrel. When it is con" sidered that the spring is but from .0oS to .009 of an inch in thickness; that the material must be subjected to a process which shall give it high state Of elasticity, and at the same time enable it to do it's prescribed work foI years, slight molecular disarrange- ment in it's structure may be expected to occur from causes too insignificant for observation. Many jewellers state that it is their experience that they have many more mainsprings to repair after warm, humid day than at any other time. Others believe the break ing to be due to electric disturbances. they find that many of their custom CTS bring their watches to them for repair. The sudden cooling and con- sequent contraction of the tightly wound handspring. caused by the re- meva1 of the watch from the body on cool night following warm day, is believed by some to account, in meas ure, for the accidents mentioned. So far, however, no entirely satisfactory explanation has been suggested. The only conclusion to be drawn from the acknowledged facts of the case is that it is not safe for the watcnmaker to infer, merely from the breaking of a handspring, that it Is of an inferior grade. nor for his customer to believe the watchmaker deficient in skill be- cause the handspring of his time piece has snapped shortly after being replaced.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
DEFRAUDED.
By New Plan of Bank swindIIns Ky
 Duplicate Draft

By New Plan of Bank swindIIng Ky
 Duplicate Draft.
 Boston Special Chicago Tribune: A new scheme to defraud the banking houses of this community has been dis covered through the officials oe the Massachusetts National bank. The of fcials are assisting the police in this country and those of the Scot md Yard force in unraYeling the matter. The manner in which it is worked is as fol- lows: 4 man enters bank and pur- chases a draft, at the same time tell ing the .hier that he Is goir g abroad and would like to have a duplicate drawn. He takes both of the drafts away, ara the original is either taken or sent to Europe by the swindler. Some bank in London eashes the origi- nal draft, and the duplicate is cashed on the continent by some unsuspeeting person. Tn this way the swindlers double their money. Paper issued by the Massachusetts National bank was used by one of the swindlers to secure s2,000 from bank in Switzerland. The i14dA Wl1O Aou lut u lldISdCtlOu WlLu lll6 local bank told the cashier that he was going abroad and that he would like to have the drafts in two parts. He pur- chased two drafts of s1,000 each. These were drawn on a London bank. Re- gently word was received from London that one of the drafts marked dupli- cate had been cashed there. A few days ago letter was received from banking house in Switzerland, stating that it had cashed the original draft for the party to whom Miller had in- dorsed it. The cashier of the Massachu- setts National bank wrote to a bank ing house in Troy, N. Y, and asked that institution to look up a man giy- ing the name of J. P Miller, who had bought the draft in March. The bank ing house replied that it found three people of that name, all reputable bus mess men. No one of the three an- swered the description of the Miller who bought the drafts. The Switzer- land bank will be the loser in this case, as the person who cashed the draft should have demanded the dupli- cate as well as the original before cash ing it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
A FIRST CLASS DRUG STORE

is a boon to any community, where anything in the line of high grade toilet articles. rubber goods and sundries of all kinds can be found, and where physicians prescriptions and family recipes are compounded with scrupulous care, ,and from pure, fresh drugs Everyone in Pine Bluff knows that it can. always be found at the
 Mann-TankelsIsy Drug Company
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
Halibut in Alaskan Waters.

Washington special Minneapolis Journal: One of the most remarkable things on the North Pacific coast is the large number of halibut in Alaskan waters. Small steamers catch cargoes in few hours time. and it is no strange thing to see a hundred thou sand pounds caught in from two to three days. Last month an Ameri- can steamer on her way to Tacoma bad 133,000 pounds of halibut caught off the Alaskan coast in three and a half days by eighteen men. At three cents per pound this cargo was worth s3,9OO.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
MORE BACHELORS THAN MAIDS
Unmarried Men Are More Numerous
 Than Are Single Women.


 From the Cincinnati Enquirer. ~ appears that people generally arc greatly mistaken in their notion that there is an enormous surplus of unmar- ried women in this country. The truth is that no such excess of splnsters eA- ists: in fact, it is quite the other Way, tbe bachelors outnumbering the mald- ems. At the present moment there are in the United States 2,200,o00 more un- attached males than females similarly situated. the exact figures being o,4zd'- 767 bachelors against S,224,494 spin sters of ages from 20 years up. mus it is obvious that if girls do not ma husbands it is not for lack of plentl- ful supply of the article. What IS re- quired, seemingly, is general mlsfa- ton of spinsters from the north and east to the great and growing west, ln parts of which there are ten available mates for every maid. From the last remark. however, 1t must not be 1n1er- red that there is actually an excess or unmarried women in the northern ana eastern states. Even in those parts or the country there are more bachelors than spinsters 20 years old and upward, notwithstanding the theory to the con- trary so widely accepted. No state in the union has as many maidens as bachelors-not even Massachusetts, where the figures are 219,255 spinsters, against 226,0S5 bachelors. Massaehu- setts is the banner state for spinsters, the bachelors outnumbering them by only two-tenths of per cent. Next comes Rhode Island, where the excess of bachelors is 2 per cent. The ex- cess of bachelors in the District of Co., lumbia is per cent. in North Carolina g per cent, in New Hampshire 3 per cent, in Connecticut 20 per cent, in Maine 37 per cent and In Vermont 54 per cent. Tn Maryland the bachelor surplus is 19 per cent. in New Jersey 1t is 22 per cent, in New York it is 26 per cent and in Virginia it is zz per cent. All of these are low percent ages so far as the superiority of baehe- lors in point of numbers is concerned,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
Odd Coincidences.

Winfield (N. J.) Special Brooklyn Times: Homer F. Candee, the new postmaster at this place, has remark able family history. To begin with, his father fought in the revolutionary war, enlisting when he was 21 years old from Connecticut in 1783, six months before the war closed. After the war he was granted pension. He had three wives. He lived sixteen years with his first wife when she died. Sixteen years with the second, when she passed away, and sixteen years with the third when he departed. The third wife married again and lived six teen years with her second husband, when he died and she survived him ex- actly sixteen years. Postmaster Candee was born in 1928.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
Cotton Belt B. lIetin. PINE BLUFF TO CHICAGO
 v;a ..attan I.alt Reute
Via Cotton Belt Route

Leave Pine Bluff 1:l0 D. h.. arrive rhlcaY il :45 next day. Only one change; throuk sleepers.
 soathern Educational Association. Mem nhfs TenI essee, December 27th to 29th, 1894 Rate:-0ne fare plus E. GO for round trip Dates of sale: Dec 25th and 26th, 1S99 Re- turn init Jan. 2nd 1900.
 Rational Live Stock Association, Fort Warfh. Texas. January I6th to 18th. 1900 Rafe one fair for the round trip. Dates Of sale: Jan 14th and 18th Return limit Tick cts will be good fer return leaving Fort Worth any day from Jan. r to Eth inclusive 1900.
 Chr stfnas and New Years Local Holiday Rates isg9-1900. Rate, one fare for the round trip to points within distance Of 900 miles of selling station. Minimum rat te. 50e Dates sale, Dec. g. T. 9, B, J, 1899. and January l. Return limit, January ?, 1a01
 Xmas and New Years Holiday Rates be- tween Fordyce and stations north and Mem phis, Tenn. Rate. one fare for the round tfip. Dates of sale. Dee. g, 2f. D. 30, 3I. Isaa and January l. Return limit, January ,. la01
 Christmas and New Years Heliaey Rates 1s99- Igg0-Reund trip rates to points on the st. L. :. ". Ky. Co.,. of Texas. within ds- tanee of 200 miles from Pine Bluff. Rate, Open rate of one and one-thlrd fares for the round trip. Dates of sa e: Dec. 2. 24, g, 26. 30. 31, and Jan. l. Return limit Jan. 3 19e0.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19

Leave Pine Bluff 1.10 D. m., arrive Ghica.a ;45 next day. Only one change; throul sleepers,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
AT THE PARIS MCRGUE.
subiecting Criminals to Terrible
 Ordeal.


 Ordeal.
 A law that has recently come into operation gives prisoners the right of communicating with counsel within tWentyfour hours after their arrest, says Paris correspondent of the Lon don Standard. One of the immediate consequences of this measure may be to put stop to those conformation" at the morgue, which are so dramatic a feature of French criminal proced- ure. With a view to bringing mur- derer to confess, he is taken to the morgue, and there brought face to face with the body of his victim. Every artifiee is used to make the confronta- tfon as impressive as possible, as it is hoped that the terrible sight he is com- pelled to gaze on will so trouble the murderer that he will lose command over himself and make 9 elean breast of his crime in his agitation. When he enters the room he can see nothing, as the stone bench on which the body is exposed is concealed by curtain. The examining magistrate presses him with questions, and then, at what he considers the opportune moment, gives the signal for the curtain to be pulled back. The murderers who have stood this ordeal without flinching have been comparatively few. The majority of them exhibit the utmost terror, and implore to be taken out of sight of the corpse. There is a chair in the room where the confrontations take place, in which the majority of the most no- torious murderers of the last thirty years have been seated Their names are inscribed on it's back, one of them being Troppman, who, just before the Franco German war, butchered an en- tire family. French criminal counsel have found that these confrontations almost always result in the confusion of their clients, have looked into the matter, and believe they have discoy- cred that the examining magistrate has no legal right to subject a prisoner to this ordeal. For the future they are going to advise their clients to refuse to allow themselves to be taken to the morgue, and it seems that it is moot point whether the authorities will be able to convey them thither by force.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
Robhine the Diamond Trust.

A hole in his right heel enabled a negro workman in the diamond fields of South Africa to secrete and steal gems to the value of s273,00o. These he expressed in small parcels of fruits to a cousin in King Williams Town, in the extreme south of Africa, from which place both recently departed for England.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
Iron Mountain Holiday Ritss,

st. Louis. Iron Mountain < Southern C ristmas and New Year rates: One fare for The round rip within distance limit of 200 miles. Dates of sale, Zee. 3, 24. 9. 50 3I. and Jan l, 1900. Final limit. Jan. ?. 1900.
 Holiday excursion rates southeastern Rates. one first-elass fare for the round trip. H. N. ATWOOD. Agent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19

| osT-A small ladies' gold watch. Name. l. Edith engraued in watch. Lost on Sixth between Tennesseer ana Man streets. Finder receive reward. 53-Gt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-19
(HEAP OOLU MN

xxyANTED-A go barber nd an experis w enced lunch counter man. Ably juA Third Avenue Hotel, near Cotton BeIt shols ~
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12
THE HOSPITAL
Read Every word of This

An entertainment Will be given
for the benefit Of the Marion
county hospital January =. 1t
viii take the form Of minstrclsy
and a public auction. The auc-
tlOn part will consist Of packa gcs
of merchandise that our dealers
feel disposed to give, and with
this object in view George Van
Echop and G.. l.. Bittinger have
been appointed q committee to
solicit the same. The committee
went out yesterday afternoon
and was cordially received by the
merchants Of Ocala, who are m
telIIgent, generous and kindly
disposed people, and who we
GO not believe have their equals
in the state. Not one declined to
contribute something. The mar
ket men, in contributing to this
SOOu CdUS|, IhIC" III IOdSlS,
brolls, frys and stews, that really
surprised the committee, and the
BARRIERS, not to be Outdone, Of
fered Shaves: the doctors, pre-
ScriptlOns; the Iiverymen, buggy
rides; the fruit men, bananas and
candy; the lawyers, legal advice,
pushing through d divorce suit or
securing q legacy; the mIlliners,
headgcar, etc. These goods, or
cards to that effect, will appear
in the pOStotiice window, a list
Will be published in the Star, and
the best auctionecr in the land is
now under contract to ''chin" tn"
crowd that night with the most
dulcet and persuasive notes that
ever struck the tympanum Of n
kind and sympathetic public. 1t
will be the biggest occasion Ocala
ever saw; a night brimfnil aad
running over with good Will for
suffering humanity.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12
AT THE RACKET
Just Received

ODD I'm and Agateware DPPers, selling at from to II
large line of Tin and Galvanized Ironware. Pint
tin cups each Tin milk pans, &c. each. Kerosene
oil stoves, Nos. I, and 3, 55c, 95c and SI5o Fine
of Lamps, complete, IS 35c. large line of
ladies and gents undervests, Soc Fine overcoa S5
s75 Pawnbrokers goods onlyfne business and dress
coats 81 81. big job in Fine Soaps, viz: Glycerne
and Roses, Oatmeal Honey, Cold Cream and Buttermk-
also Grandpas Wonder Tar Soap aud the Famous laundry
soap, Lcnox, cakes for IS cents
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12

The steam laundry is running
full force, and a peep into that
large and busy institution gives
one the impression Of lot Of
work well and Systematically
dCno. Not only has Mr.. Mexican,
the capable young manager,
built up q large out Of town
business by virtue Of the excel
lcncy Of the work turned out,
but the town trade has never
been 50 large, and the numerous
customers are entirely satisfied.
The laundry has made several
Improvements recently in differ
ent lines that enables the large
volume of work to be turned out
very rapidly and without con-
fusion.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12

VIII often cause a horrible Burn,
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's
Arnica Salvc, the best IN the
world, will kill the pain and
promptly heal It. Cures old
Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Bolls,
Feions, Corns, all skin Eruptions.
Best Pile cure on earth. Only
25cts. a box. Cnrc guaranteed. /.
Sold by Garrett & Gerig, Drug
UiStS
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12

When you have eaten too much,
or when YOU suffer from any
form Of Dyspepsia Or Indigestion,
remember that KOdol Dyspepsia
Cure digeets what you eat. 1t
cures the worst forms OF Dyspep-
sia. Anti-Monopoly Drug Store,
Ocala, Fla.
Wonderful results from the
use Of one bottle Of hair tonic
reported by all using Tydings'
Hair Tonic. AS it is sold under
u guarantee you can safely use
it. 25 cents, 80 cents and 81.
TydingS & Co.
See the handsome dry goods
window at Rheinauer q Cos.
The goods are pretty and at
tractiveIy displayed.
HOOPS PILLS are the only
pills to take with HooQ's Sar-
saparilla. Cure all liver ills.
5000 and l1.50 will buy you q
fine imported clay CT serge SUIT
at j. J. tuller's.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12

"Thou shalt not steal,' but
you may keep a good deal Of
money that usually goes to other
people by buying drugs, station
cry, etc, from Garrett & Gerig,
Postol1ice drug store.
Fine SIG suits at $50, $3.50
and 5000 at the closing sale at
j. J. Fullcr>s.
Mating, carpets aud window
shades at Rhelnaer & Co.'S.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12
Notice

Some Of the teachers Of How
ard Academy should be careful
as to how they treat the patrons
of the school because they might
want to teach there again; also
some of them ought to be care
full Of their conduct.
A FRIEND TO THE SCHOOL.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12
Open All Night

Not literally, but practically
SO, as we have a night phone,
No. 40, and render willing service
at any hour Of the night. Ask
your physician to call US.
GARRETT & GERIG,
PoStOffice Drug Store.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12
Attention, MeICn Growers

We have secured from Allen
dale, S. c., 800 pounds of select
ed seed Of the famous GIOSsier
watermelon, which we are offer
ing at bottom prices. Call carly
as this is all we can secure.
TYDINGS & Co.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12

Our prescription Depart
ment is in the best of trim and
we enjoy a splendid trade.
Prompt attention given all work.
TYDINGS & Co.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12

II you wish to shake the shake
that shakes you, take one bottle
Of CARROTS chill tonic and you
will be shakelcss. Prepared and
sold by Garrett & Gerig, Postof-
flee drug store.
Wool golf hose, closing at 65
cents, at j. J. Fuller'S.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12
" TanfGd

Reliable, energetic men, with
small capital, to represent our
business in Marion county. Ad-
dress, }. II. Meyer Paint Com
pany, Findlay, Ohio. dw1m.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12
One Phoenix,

C0c Crescent,
Two Ideals,
Regardless Of cost, to make
room for '9J models.
OCALA Music COMPANY.
Next door to P0stoftice.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12
At the CuriO RaZar

Huyler's candies, fine cigars
and Florida curiosities and novel
ties at the Ocala House Curio
kaZar.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1899-01-12
House for Rent

The handsome residence Of the
late Sheriff Hodge, situated on
North Magl Ola street, for rent
cheap to good party. Inquire
of Sheriff Nugent, Ocala, Fla.