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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-22
MORE BACHELORS THAN MAIDS
Unmarried Men Are More Numerous
 Than Are Single Women,


 Than Are Single Women.
 From the Cincinnati Enquirer: It appears that people generally are 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 spinsters ex- ists; in fact, it is quite the other way, the bachelors outnumbering the maid ems. At the present moment there are in the United States 2,200,000 more un- attached males than females similarly situated. the exact figures being 5,427,- 767 bachelors against 3.224.494 spin sters of ages from 20 years up. Thus it is obvious that if girls do not find husbands it is not for lack of plenti- ful supply of the article. What is re- Quired. seemingly. is a general migra- ton of spinsters from the north and east to the great and growing west, in parts of which there are ten available mates for every maid. From the last remark. however, it must not be infer red that there is actually an excess of unmarried women in the northern and eastern states. Even in those parts of the country there are more bachelors than spinsters % 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. aiassachu- setts is the banner state for spinsters, the bachelors outnumberi1g them by only two-tenths of l per cent. Next comes Rhode Island. where the excess Of bachelors is 2 per cent. The ex- cess Of bachelors in the District of C-o- lumbia Is $ per cent. in North Carolina per cent, in New Hampshire g per cent. ip Connecticut % per cent, in Maine 37 per cent and fn Vermont 54 per cent. In Maryland the bachelor surplus is 19 per cent, in New Jersey it is p per cent. in New York it is 26 per cent and in Virginia it is = Der cent. All Of these are low percent ages so far as the superiority Of baehe- lors in point Of numbers is concerned.
 They Can't Keep a Secret
 Mamma-"Johnny, fear you were not at school yesterday
 Johnny-.Hm! know the teacher told you. A woman can never keep a seeret. Stray Stories.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-22
The Stature Of Rulers.

Tn point of stature the rulers of to- day compare very fayorably with their predecessors. Christian l., King of Denmark, was feet high. The pres ent Danish king, Christian K, barely reaches 5 feet il inches. and his son, King George of Greece. is inches shorter. The same physical decline seems to mark the czars of Russia. Peter the Great was giant of 6 feet 10 inches. The ezar of today barely reaches feet 6 inches. The late Ger man emperor. William l.. was $ feet high, and his brother, Princes Charles, was but an inch shorter. The present kaiser cannot stretch himself beyond 5 feet inches. The king Of the Bel gians, with feet 4 inches Of stature. is the tallest of living monarehs; and Queen Victoria, with feet 10 inches. 2 inches less even than the present Chi nese emperor, is the shortest, as she is the best,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-22
QUEER NAMES OF SOME FLATS
Do They Affect the Characters of Those
 Who Dwell Within

'sAs for me" Ventured the man with the wooden head, T can't indorse your views. You lay claim that our apart ent-house-our flat-nomenelature as given expression in Chicago, is too airy, too exalted, too fanciful. On the contrary it is not the one nor the other nor the last of these. You say: Here; a man lives in the Santa Maria. He comes home with a Saturday night tolerance Of feeling for all men. He is willing to sleep on the grass ill the in ner court. He is even ready to indorse the views of the janitor-to carry the white mans burden for the off-scour- ing of our social system Then, you say, into what unhappy contempt does he bring name conveying such te
 derness as does Santa Maria? My con- tention is that is all wrong with the deeeney Of the man and all right with the name of the apartment-building
 The Abbotsford, you say. Great Scott! can man live up to that? Can he dwell always upon the pinnacles of romance while stufffng cheese and beer in little back room? Can he live up to the idea of dwelling in the compan- ionship of fatted knights. who rescue distressed maidens when at his daily business he has to haggle over the sale price of pair of pants and to figure with the girl who brings him his lunch upon the relative merits of eorned beef hash and chicken wing puree with rice?' While you are right in part you are wrong in most. All of us admit | that the sentimental atmosphere sur | rounding 8 man makes for much in his daily conduct I say that it makes for everything. If live i'll the Wash ington' don. t you perceive I am going to be higher, deeenter, cleaner. more devoted citizen than I would be if I lived in the Aaron Burr?' There is a standard set for me, I am half hon. est to my environment 1 must try to attain it. Don't you suppose that resident of the John B. Cough flats will pay more taxes in the end than the dWellef in .Baeehante' apartments? :? l Wouldn't your chest expansion be greater on the twelfth floor of the tMastodon' than in the parlor suite of l the. Little Jennie?' Some names, of course, are Ill chosen and comparative i ly meaningless. I do not myself like to see a twenty=foot front, story-and- a-half bit of brick and mortar called l the Pantheon. nor nest amid a world of downtown stories called the Plaza del Mesa del Virginia, but, gen. erally speaking. there is a good deal in name, in a fiat name, Shakes peare notwithstanding.
 Now would you prefer to live in the Otis or the 'Aguinaldo?' asked one of the carpers. Lest incriminate myself said the original speaker, T decline to answer. Come up with me to the House of David and will see what can be done to remove this dust. 5 Chicago Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-22
 Skating on Water.
is the best

According to Prof. J. Joly Of Trinity College, Dublin, skater really glides about on narrow film of water, con- tinually forming under the skate, and resuming the solid form when relieved of pressure. He shows that the pres sure under the sharp edge of the skate. along the short portion of the steel curve which is at any moment in con- tact, is great enough to liquefy thin line of ice, and this gives the skate it's bite. When the ice is very cold, the pressure is sometimes inadequate to reduce the melting point sufficient Y. and then, as all skaters know, t is difficult to make the skate bite. For very cold ice Prof. Joly recommends hollow ground skates. because the effective pressure increases with the thinness Of the edge.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-22
BLIND MAN AT THE RACES.
As Interested and Excited as Those
 Who Can See,


 T was out at the race track one day last winter, said merchant, when was aceosted by man who was holding the hand of little boy. It was d former friend, whom l had not seen for years and who had become totally blind. He told me that he rec ognized my voice. and while We stood there talking the bell rang from the track. They're going to start! he ex- claimed, excitedly. Come! Let's get into the grandstand as quickly as we cani' After We secured seats couldn't help expressing surprise at his eager ness. Oh. that's all right he replied ahstraetedly. I bet I'll get nearly as much out Of it as you do,' and after watching him through the next race l became convinced that he was telling the truth. To begin with, he fired ToIley of short, sharp questions at the boy. and in that way obtained good general idea of the situation. Then he leaned forward like man about to spring. l never saw such an attitude Of fierce and concentrated attention. To say that he seemed to be listening doesn't begin to express it. He seemed to be literally absorbing everything that was going on around him. His chin was lifted, his lips were a little apart. red spot came and went on his cheeks. and l could see the big veins in his neck throbbing like an engine It was an uneanny spectacle. couldn't get rid of the feeling that he was exercising some unnatural, super human faculty After the race was run he dropped back, relaxed, and sat there listless and inert until the next tap Of the bell Later, when We were in the street car. tried to learn some thing of his experience He smiled goed-naturedly, but found difficulty in making ne understand. I get a lot of pleasure cut of the races. he said, and can follow some Of them almost as well as if I had my sight l can't tell ex- aetly how it is done. I suppose my brain has become trained to catch hum dreds of little eues-the shouts of the people on the track. the exclamations Of the crowd the cheers and laughs and groans and curses. the chance re- marks of passers; yes. even the claJter of feet-eyerything means something to me. and although it builds up 2 pie ture in my mind. feel it somewhere in the air, and get so excited that for get all about being blind. Oh, no. he said. I wouldn't miss the races for anything. New Orleans Times Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-22
THE STORY OF A PEARL.
Interesting History of One Exhibited
 in CincInnati

A pearl valued at $10,000 is on ex- hibition in a jewelry store window in Vine street. Nor is the pearl with out history. MT. Smith purchased it from Julius Pedrazolli, descend ant of the royal house of Italy. The pearl is over loo years old and it's story is an interesting one. A party of pearl divers were plying their trade in the waters of the East Indian seas. A sudden commotion among the work CTS told of the presence of their dead ly enemy, a man-eating shark.. All but one escaped, and his companions were mortified as they watched the poor fellow struggling in the water, unable to render him assistance By great eff fort they succeeded in reseuing the upper part of the body from the vo- racious fish and bore the mangled re- mains to the house of the grief-strick- en parents. The day before the bur- ial this almost priceless pearl was found in the mouth of the dead man. The pearl was sold to Koloko, a na- tive chief, and for many years remain ed in the royal family of the tribe In 1880 Julius Pedrazolli, an Italian traveller, saw the pearl. and, attracted by it's perfect shape and beauty, he bought it from the tribe. together with the crude gold setting and ring made by the native jewellers. MT. Smith purchased it from Pedrazolli and claims that the pearl has no equal in the United States. The pearl weighs 46 grains, and in daylight it's beauti- full hues are azzling-Cincinna ommercial-Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-22
They Cant Keep a Secret.

Mamma-"J Johnny, I fear you were not at school yesterday.
 Johnny-.sH'm! I know the teacher told you A woman can never keep secret. ..-S Stray Stories.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-22
GIRL WHO HAS A TAME DUCK.
Odd Pet of Young Woman Who Lives
 at Lake Bluff and Goes in Surf.

at Lake Bluff and Goes in Surf.
 When the ne4shbors first observed Miss Stella Tunnison in the rolling waves of Lake Michigan on the sandy beach at Lake Bluff they thought lit tie of the occurrence Even when close observers noticed a duck swimming around in close proximity to the young woman it was looked upon as a coin cidence. But when on other occasions it was observed that the young woman and the duck took the water together, left at the same time and walked across the beach side by side to the bathhouse, then the watchers knew they had something to talk about. Miss Tunnison is perhaps the first society girl to make pet of a duck and go bathing in company with her quacking f.o.... Other girls have taken in' their pet dogs on occasion, but duck for a swimming companion is certain ly an innovation. The fowl makes no attempt to swim far from it's mis- tress when they take their daily trip. It accompanies her solemnly across the sand to the waters edge and when she wades in with little screams over the chilliness of the water the duck boldly breasts the waves and paddles around delightedly. While Miss Tun- nison is splashing in the shallow wa ter the duck remains near until she has finished her dip and then con- tentedly accompanies her to shore.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-22
Got Her DElI.

4 little English girl dropped her doll ii a very deep hole not long ago and wrote to Queen Victoria that she thought it had dropped through the earth. and, as she had heard the other side belonged to the queen. she wished the queen would order it sent back. She did not get her own doll back. but she got another one, great deal finer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-22
The Festal Hour.

Detroit Free Press: How happy the Dabney-Joneses look this evening. Il must be their wedding anniversary"
 '.No; they's got their old cook back. P
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
AN UNsUPERsTTTIoUs ACTOR.

Nothing short of a volcanic eruption
or an earthquake would disturb Peter
Dailey's mind, and 10 at a table is a
mere bagatelle to him. Just by way
OF illustration, when Daley was cam
paigning'' a few seasons ago, business
was worse than bad and the manager
OF Inc company was in despair. When
the curtain went up, the house was
well filled, but the managers trained
eye saw evidences Of ''papering" and
he was correspondence sad.
why. I'll bet you there's $4,000 in
the house" said Daley, to whom the
manager poured out his hard luck
story.
Impossible" criel the manager"
why, that's almost capacity bust
ness
well. my bet goes" said Daley Sc
riously. and the manager, half doubt
ingly but fully hopefully. accepted the
wager and darted for the box Office.
He returned a few minutes later with
a statement showing The gross receipts
TO be less than $500.
well. / win said Peter. There's
a friend Of mine down in front with
81 600 in his pocket. He won it at faro
last night"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

ness and refuse to take what he feared
would be a disastrous plunge The spec
tacle was, therefore, turned into r!dicu-
Ious fiasco. and the spectators laughed at
it, while Mr. Burgess wept. 1t was a
mere question of expense with Klaw q
Erlanger when they and Mr.. Brooks de-
oded to put Ben Hur' on the stage, in
making the chariot race a practicable and
popular thing in the play They bought
the patented machinery from Mr. Burgess,
and set experts at a development OF IT, In
the scene which is successful now at the
Broadway Theatre, the practiced horses
run with their sides to the front Of the
stage, and so are not scared. A moving
panorama at the back, wheels that re-
volve and dust that rises, complete the IL
fusion. If all else in the play were COM
monplace, says the New York sun, this
extraordinary episode would make its for
tune.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

to call attention to them. A Paris ac-
tor OF renown recently declared that he
had lost all hope OF sesing the di5ap
pearance of the claque in his time, be-
cause the leader always pays the man
ager Of the theatre for his position.
Naturally this source of income is APP
preciated by the director. The leader
of the claque is able to sell the admis-
sion of his band and thus make his
profit.
Stanislaus STANCES dramatization of
Quo Vadis" is to be produced in Chi
cago this week. The east will include:
Marcus Vinicius, Joseph Haworth;
Petronius, Arthur Forrest Nero, ed.
Lyons; Ursus, Elmer Grandin; Lygia,
Roselle Knott; Poppaea, Alice Fischer.
Act l opens in the peristyle of Petron-
ius' home. Vinicius tells Petronius Of
his newborn passion for Lygia, whom
he will have, ''if not as mistress then
as WIFE The scene shifts to the gar
den of Aulus Plantius, where Vncicius
terrifies Lygia by his passionate plead
ings. A strong episode is that in which
Aulus would emulate Virginius and slay
Lygia to save her from dishonOr. Act
IL introduces us to Nero's gardens and
palace. The Emperor and his fiattering
cronies fill the scene. Now occur Vim
icius drunken assault on Lygia and
Poppaes denunciatiOn of her as the be-
witCher of Nero's dead child Act III
takes US to Petronius' villa at Antium,
where Vincinius relates his search for
the rescued Lygia, and tells of his ex-
perience among the Christians and with
Peter. The second scene is the exter-
Tor of Linus house and ends with the
panoramic effect of the burning of
Rome. Act " takes US again to Nero's
palace, where the conspiracy against
Pe5ronius comes 10 a head, and shifts
to the Mammertine prison. Act Y is
the arena finale, showing the exterior
of the circus, with a view of the pod
ium. Petronius makes his farewell
speech on Nero to that Emperor's face.
Della Fox is off to Bermuda to recu-
perate. She has been engaged for the
soubrette role in the American prodGc-
ton of Hearts Are Trumps"
Long ago in THE County Far, Neil
Burgess used horse on a sunken thead-
mill, thus giving the appearance of rapid
ride in a wagon drawn by beast that
trotted fast while staying fixed.y in sight.
Later ne tried 70 uliliZe MS device for a
chariot race in a faeetious play Of ancient
Rome, called The Year One" and rhe fail
ure of the very expensive piece bankrupted
the actor He was a Spiri1uaIist and he
believed that he was guided in the venture
by his diseubodied friend. The stage was
set in imitation Of Gerome's familiar PIC
ture in which the Two teams Of four horses
each are coming forward head on. When
were running furiuocly. but the instant
they saw and heard what was before them
ols o. more Ee1lG sssas back N his har-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

Wilfred Clarke is to appear IN vau-
deville
Eva Shannon used to play Eva in
"Uncle Toms Cabin"
Nellie McHenry's tour in Green
Room Fun has terminated
Teddy Pieper is to manage David
Henderson's Havana theatre.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
ACTING IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Mr.. Osmond Tearle had a curious ex-
perience while playing Hamlet at
Durham. Natal, recently Suddenly,
during Hamlet's "nunnery scene" with
Ophelia. the electric lights in the the
atre went out and it and the whole
town was in darkness Quick as
thought, Mr.. Leonard Rayne. who was
playing Polonius, seized candle, and
coming down front, assured the au-
dience that they had nothing to fear
and that he hoped the light would be
presently restored. AS a matter OF
fact, it was not until the end of the
play that the light which had so sud-
denly gone out was as suddenly
switched on again. Candles, conse-
quently, had to be resorted to for foot
lights-which quite intensified the
"funerealism" of the graveyard scene.
Ed. F. Davis has secured possession
Of the Opera House Saturday, matines
and night, December 10th, in order to
give the Wheeling public an opportun-
ity to see his spectacular and mann
moth production of Uncle Toms
Cabin" The dramatization of Mrs.
Stoves historical story has ever been
a fayorite with the women and children,
and they always go to Nee the perform
ance no matter what the grade OF ex-
cellenee may be. The Davis & Busby
company is said to give the best pro-
duction of the play seen in long time.
The characters of Uncle Tom, Eliza
Little Eva and Marks are ably present
ed, and the large corps OF colored sing
ers and dancers, bloodhounds, etc. give
a realism to the performance. The see
mic and mechanical effects are good,
and the picturesque transformation
scene forms fitting close to the whole.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

Crokinole Boards, s1.00; Parcheese,
75c. Great variety of new games at low
prices. ALBERT DITTMAR,
1903 Market street.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

Ycu can get the 20-game combina-
ton Archarena Board at our store for
XlA 500 elsewhere.
JOS. GRAVES I1N.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

Before you purchase your Xmas pres
ents, inspect our stock of Rockers.
Ladies Desks, Book Cases. Sideboards,
e.c.. at F. SCHMEICHEL & SON,
2265 and 1851 Market street
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

In "Other Peoples Money" a most
peculiar, odd and unconsciously anus
ing person is Mecenas Clump, dealer
in hogs" He is one of those vulgar
ians only too common in Metropolitan
cities whom the great increase in
value of real estate has made wealthy.
Without merit on his part his colossal
fortune is made up of unearned incre-
ment Hutchinson Hopper, conceiving
the idea of making his firm the richest
operating on the Board OF Trade. plans
to join Clump's millions to his own by
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

Robert B. Mantell in a new play en-
titled THE Dagger and the Cross.
will be at the Opera House next FRI
day night. The story of the drama Is
a betrayal of wife by a false friend
of the husband; the husband and wife
go to another country; the libertine
follows; former relations are about to
be renewed when the husband ayails
himself of quarrel between the liber-
tine and a lover of another victim of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

Before you purchase your Xmas pres
ents, inspect our stock of Rockers,
Ladies Desks, Book Cases, Sideboards,
etc, at f. SCHMEICHEL & SON,
200 and 1861 Market stree.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

Toy Washstands and Toilet Sets COM
plete. the only thing Of the kind in the
city. Shown by us.
JOS. GRAVES SON.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
0zaa1M16niz
New York.

Books for boys and girls; also all
copyrighted books at cut prices, at our
cut-rate book counter.
JOS. GRAVES SON.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

" discussed and attracted greater at
tention. All winter long 1t has been
the talk Of all New York. and the
nightly scenes of enthusiasm and coll
umnS OF praise which have been be-
slowed upon the Ziegfeld Comedy
Company, to some extent must attest
to the merits of the farce. THE Tur-
tie" scintillates with wit, bristles with
screaming farcical situations and Is
purely Partisan in its piquancy 1t is
ton, with Frence finesse. 1t is both
ton, with French fiinesse. 1t is both
artistic and audacious. 1t is deft but
daring, and in no manner, shape or
form offends the most exacting. The
advance sale of seats already gives
every indication of becoming a record
breaker. 1.
The attraction at the Grand Opera
House during the last half of this
week will be dsham's famous Octo-
rooms. This superb organization. emf
bracing the very best vaudeville and
musical talent in the Afro-Ameriean
race, has been seen before in this city,
and the bare announcement will be
sufficient TO create an interest among
patrons of the theater that viii result
in crowded houses at every perform
ance. The Octoroons come to Wheel
ing this year, bigger. better and
stronger than ever. All the old faces
will be seen. all the old voices heard,
and many new ones also. 1t will be
the musical event of the season. The
half hour of grand opera furnished by
the Octoroons is stellar musical fea-
ture, which has in past seasons at
tracted some OF the most cultured
musicians in the city, The engage
ment includes a Saturday matinee.
Seats are on sale at the Grand Opera
House box Office.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

the libertine's, to rid the earth of
monster. He is happily disposed of;
IN innocent man is charged with the
crime The poor, harrassed wife dies,
the husbands devotion and rare con-
sideration has been demonstrated, yet
there remains an awful penance for
him. He inveTts his dagger, repairs
to the scent of his crime, confesses and
dies.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10
ADJUSTMENTS

GRAND OPERA HOUSE First half Of
week, I'm Atlantic City last half of
week. Isham's 0ctoroons.
OPERA HOUSE Monday. Other PEG.
pies Money Thursday, The Turtle.
Friday The Dagger and the Cross
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-10

David Harum, by Mestcott, at sec.
JOS. GRAVES SON.