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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

t,on he ever read was Robinson Crusoe.
Then he and his sister. now MIS-. Maty
Greeley. started an island In tneir iathet :
harm. where George was Defoe's- nero anu
his sister Man Friday
Mime. Lancelot-croce, the trehcn ifus.'
has lust made for the French Government
a necklace. composed of twelve medals
bearing the heads OF the twelve most Ia
nous women OF French history. The sub
loot wns inspired by Queen Margherita,
OF Italy. and the ornament is TO DC pre-
xented to the Empress OF Russia.
Iron mining gives employment to more
than 1900 persons in England.
Half a dozen American women are
earning a livelihood in Habana as steno-
graphers.
one per cent. OF the population OF the
CITY of Mexico is always in the city
prison. BeIem CBethlehem).
Newman. Ca, Is said to rank sixteenth
In wealth in the United states in proper
ton to population. Newman has 5000 In
habitants.
An English correspondent writes from
Constantinople that there are upwards
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

of $4,000 Armenian children stu uncared
for among whom the distress is appalling
A Missouri man has gone into the bust
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

ness Of raising tame quail. The birds. hs
claims, are more easily raised than chlck-
ems, and far more profitable.
The Buffalo Fins Arts Academy has t..
come the possessor Of a fund OF 40 ffo
left by the VIII Of the late Miss Gates. for
the purpose OF buying works Of foreign
artists.
The original draft OF the Confederate
Constitution Is In the possession Of Long
street Hull, Of Athens, Ga. Mr. Hui 4,
grandson Of Thomas X. X. Cobb, chair
man OF the committee which drew the
document.
Recent events have shown that the sup
ply Of natural gas IN the Indiana field Is
slowly giving out. In some parts OF the
gas belt now the gas companies refuse 70
make new connections.
William p. McSweeney, who. by tie
death OF Governor Ellerbe, Is now Chief
Executive OF South Carolina. was left an
orphan at an early age and earned a
living selling newspapers until he becams
a reporter.
Professor Haupt, OF Johns Hopkins,
thinks that II the soldiers during he late
war had been supplied with kosher
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

often found to be most excellent and de-
lightful mariners.
1t is predicted that the apple crop in
Kansas this year will be the largest in
the history of the State.
The combined area Of the Philippines,
the Hawaiian Islands, Cuba, and Porto
Rico is 2i7743 square miles,sor little less
than that of Texas.
Robert p Porter has never forgotten
the figures he learned while superintend-
ent OF the census in 1880. He can tell TO
the unit what was then the population Of
every large city in the country, and raost
OF the towns.
Admiral Dewey says the first bit Of fic-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

A Fall River (Mass) lover has secured
a writ from court 10 compel the parents
OF his sweetheart TO Lcrmit the latter 70
call.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

The State OF Texas Is about '''OV
square miles larger in area than Spaln'
Women sailors are employed In Den
mark. Norway, and Finland, ana they a'e
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

beef the mortality among them would
have been much less.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

Prussian blue is made by fusing horses
hoOfs and other animal refuge matter
with impure potassium carbonate.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

A Pittsburg woman has deserted her
husband. because, she says, she Is better
educated than he.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

considerable progress has been mace
...,,h the rebuilding OF Khartoum.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

General Wheeler is a religious man. ana
members OF his stan in the Cuban cam
paisn say he always prayed on retiring
for the night.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

The japanese are taking 10 cigarettes
very kindly. More ;han $500 worth
were sent TO Japan from the United
States alone last year.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

An English correspondent writes from
Constantinople that there are upwards
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09
I,tcresting Items.

II costs $4,000 10 builo
steamer for coastwise service
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

Iron mining gives employment to more
than 1900 persons in England.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

Glen Cove, L. l.. Is rorn by dissension
over the question OF whether or not
handsome doll shall be rafiied Tor the ben
eft OF the hospital building fUrd.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

often found to be most excellent and de-
lightful mariners.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

Oakdale. Gown in oklahoma. was put
on wheels one day last Scek ara trans
ferred to another town mile and hair
away. TO which it was annexed.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-09

The business connections OF a family %
Kirwin Kan, are rather suggestive. On'
son IS a doctor. another = an undertake.
a third makes tombs,Ones. tad the Wit'
OF the latter is q druggist.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
A cHINAMAN's FATE.
Declared Dead by Society, He Was Ia.
 booed and Killed Himself.

Tn San Francisco there's a Chinese secret society, the laws of which are as strict and unchanging as those of the Medes and Persians. One of the members of this society told some of It's secrets-an offensa punishable by death. He was to be tried in the usual way before a tribunal of the society.
 The night of the ordeal was fixed. The culprit was represented by able counsel, but the sentence was death as was expected. An executioner was called from an adjoining room, He was strapping big Chinaman, and wore one of those hideous wooden masks that art critics think so beaut- full. He carried a double-edged sword fully five feet long. To test the edge he folded newspaper in eight parts, and the knife went through those eight thicknesses of paper as if it were 8 bit of butter in summer time
 The culprit was brought in upon his knees, and another Chinaman, also on his knees, faced him and caught the traitor by the cue. He drew the eul- prits neck toward him, the smock was pulled over the shoulders, and with one mighty swing the double-edged sword descended. Like flash it cloye the air and then stopped. A fractional part of an inch separated the sword from the victims neck. Very, very gently the eXecutioner brought the weapon down until it just touched the traitors neck. Then, as it is q crime to kill q man in San Francisco he stop ped. He brought the sword to his side p ccai m OH AO l. '4The culprit is dead"
 The newly executed got on his feet and said something to the judge. The judge did not heed for the culprit was dead. He tried to speak to the Chinamen, who were hurrying from the hall But he spoke to deaf ears. To an intents and purpose he was a dead man.
 He made his way into the street, and the first thing that caught his eye was q hugh poster proelaiming to all Chinatown that be had been executed that evening" No one would speak to him, no one look at him-he was a dead man-just as dead as if the exc cuttoners sword had in reality de- scended.
 For q whole week that man wan dered about Chinatown, the posters proelaiming lis execution staring him in the face at every turn. Not q crust of bread could he beg-not mouth full of water. His people knew him as dead-he was past, gone buried.
 And so one day he wandered up into 1 the American portion of San Fran cisco and stole a revolver from a mes l Senger boy. who was showing it to some companions. Then he ran down into Chinatown, sat down on the pave ment beneath one of his own death notices and blew the added braiRs aut of his poor Chinese head.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
Didn't Want IL Then.

An eccentric old gentleman placed in field on his estate board with the following generous offer painted there- on:
 T will give this field to any man who is contented."
 "TIe soon had an applicant
 well, my man, you are a contented telloW?" asked the old gentleman.
 ''Yes, sir, very"
 "Then why do you want my feld?" The applicant did not wait to reply.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
olanst 1nhnhited Honne.

This stands close to the River Yer. about 250 yards from St. Albans Ab~ bey. It was built in the time of King offa. of Mercia, about the year 795, and thus is over HOO years old. It is of 0ctagonal shape, the upper portion be- of oak. and the lower has walls of great thickness. Last century it was a famous resort for witnessing cock fghts. At one time it was fortified, and bore the name St. Germans Gate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06

have found entire relief from the ills peculiarly feminine, by the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, that it seems almost criminal to neglect the opportunity of complete cure offered by the use of this medicine.
 You are invited to consult Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, either person. ally or by letter free of charge. If your case is severe or others have failed to reach it, do not hesitate to write to or go and see Dr. Pierce. Your letter will be read in private, it's contents treated as a sacred confidence, and all answer promptly returned in plain envelope bearing no printing upon it. Write without fear and without fee.
 q had been great sufferer from female weak Richardson. of Goss' Wayne co. Ky, @Cou1d not do my work part of the time l took four
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
FOR MERMAlDs.

:. tue Bottom of che
 .,.s coast, about five
 ss Lizard, it is,{rlit is quite ,,,S.as com,
 a.ap.I,ed ap ashore from tae
 gasalT Iison which went down in
 lgs sl amount of bullion on
 ,.,.g that with all the
 illsaas lslrs for diving, system.
 aa,s, srs not more frequently
 ,orsr a,G treasure from the
 ,,os 2 great deal of treas
 5.losod' loso including the his
 z eno which once belonged king st5 of Sicily, from the X of af=tl the ships of the "1n- N i1Ial American named William
 aver from Virginia to this ] sraved the assistance of
 tovard recovering some |s,sl,re on the coast of His"
 gles provided him with a @sa ,ecesgary funds, but the |||l, nroved unsuccessful.
 |s3 effort he was financed Ess of Albemarle. and this |g,seded in recovering specie @ St zoo, 900, and after pay |.ssses he was able to give ||,ss ann of 980.O00 as his
 venture.
 3 tTss of the coast of Hol-
 ..a h e1 100000, and the |Fls still remains at the bot ! sea with the exception of |sOvered in the year 1859. Att rscoyer the remainder are made,
 Nsrations resulted in the re- } eSOOOO in gold from the Hbe iIl-fated Royal Charter, A place close to Moelfra, off #Ea coast, but a vast number are still lying about the Easand pounds in specie was From the wreck of the Ha- ISell. in the Chinese sea, af- RB twenty-three fathoms of Upwards of twenty years, and s gold was saved from the ke Alphonso XIIs which was senty-six and one-half fath- Aef off the Canary Islands in the French ships sunk at bntained vast treasure. Five Ter plate, excluding the fla E gates of St. Johns Gathe- and a ton and a half of gold bly studded with jewels, the the Maltese churches. were B1e of these ships.
 ounce of this treasure has bred.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
In Speaking Negroes.

s a German negro colony in snia, who speak nothing but HThe place is in Lebanon
 ki the negroes went there Nrty and forty years ago, and
 a0ng the quiet Pennsylvania ATmers of the Blue mountain
 s The colored children grew
 ! farms, where they worked,
 nothing but German spoken. \ forgot nearly all the Eng
 skneB, and now they rarely sthing but German. Their Ep to English country schools but as quickly as they are ht of their teachers they be-
 TX the German dialect. and lzA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
sandwich Man is oId.

The walking advertisement known ae a sandwich man" is by no means a modern idea. Tn 1346 possession of men dressed to represent straw-coyer- d wine bottles used to parade the streets of Florence, Italy, being hired bv the wine merchants there.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
4n ycry sa.IsaAt N1an.

The smallest man who ever lived was probably the dwarf Bebe, born in France in TAO. He was just 20 inches tall and eight pounds in weight when full grown.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
n.ani1n,a 1dghtine statIon.

There is a central electric lighting station in Manila, which supplies cur- rent for 12. GOO incandeseent and 26o arc Iamns. There are about 720 miles of teIaqraph in the islands, and 70 miles of steam railways. Manila has also a telenhone system The conductors are all overhead lines carried on poles win porcelain insulators.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
Y.e+tera Upon the Clouds.

A Newfoundland mechanic has in- vented a device for signaling at sea by throwing the reflection of letters upon the clouds. The signals are changed with much rapidity by device resem- hing a typewriter key beard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
The life of the

The life of the business woman is not easy. Usually 1t is a norlotonous routine of work , often aggravated by the i'll temper or pidity of others. And when tlle physical con dition of the wom- an keeps her in constant suffering. 1t makes her lot a hard one.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
Tobacco.

Tobacco was discovered in San Do. mingo in 1496; in Yucatan by the Standards in 1920. It was introduced into France in 1860, and into England in 1888,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
Commerce.
~Av<z<Nt>sNAxNu
The Publishers Price of this Work is S6.

By arranging for special edition enabled 10 maake extremy liberal ofe1 to readers We will give all subscribers old and alike, the Encyco
 peda and Atlas and the Daily Graphic months for S65o If you avail yourself of this proposition fill out the blank below and send 1t the Graphic office
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06

PFth were not enveloped with Fs, the temperature on the plld be about 33O degrees be-
 Fahrenheit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
Tunnels of the wnrla

lle tunnels of the world were \ u 10 end they would reach
 s,a VI 0l4 miles. They number
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
] Very Lnnr nnv

HaOurg, Norway, the longest 8f0n May q till July p, and #lgen the longest is three and
 Rnths.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
'ortuguese PenxoD+s

pa cent Of Portuguese peas-
 ugl'nef read nor write. 'as hairy scalp, l for the eye
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
n AIbinO Squirrel.

lle very rare albino squirrels GTsu Ts recently by a Maine
 E 'tere tnI is not a colored hair in Ii,l, suI' and the eyes are of a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
Berlin

one of the most cosmopoli-
 ., l0pean cities. Though it is ai \. Ol Germany, only 37 per RS inhabitants are German by
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06

DOtliGS OI OI. tlGTGe ' Favotite Prescription and felt as well as I ever did. l have also used Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery for alteration of the throat with good results and half of one bottle cured my throat when l could scarcely swallow.
 The permanent benefit to health from the timely use of Dr. Pierce $ Pellets is testified to by thousands of women. They
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06

All lonely men are Ir3t unhappy; for instance. those going alone at euchre.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
me Elephants Ear.

\ F'a a,.ll the flap of skin which
 pephant's ear is of consider
 |15 '4S ear itself is very small in
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06

T6e Bluff City Lumber 70. nam srtnres all kinds ofbank, store and bar fixtures and can fnfnish any = tb,nr wanted in that line. Getq94I9 .sttn,atr if you contemplate pnI- hesing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06
'hand-sewed Boots.

Rfe nearly 5000 stitches in 3 Rand-sewn boots.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-06

regulate the stomach, liver and bowels. Sold by all medicine dealers.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-08

lions and do not hesitate to say that
1t is immaterial to them how soon the
annuitant passes away. In Europe an
nuities are provided for younger sons
ircompetents and marriage portions
but little has been done In that dl-
rection in this country. GAS to the
revenue derived from money placed
with annuity concerns" said an ac-
tuary, that depends on the age OF the
annuitant. There are certain estap-
lished rates based on 31a per cent In
terest. They differ as to age, sex and
the frequency Of payments. Thus
those who receive their proceeds an
nually receive more than the annui-
tants who draw their interest quarter
ly or half-yearly. Money deposited for
an annuitant As years old will yield
6 per cent; the rate increases to 8 per
cent when the beneficiary buys at 30
years. At 65 the rate is equal to IL
per cent; at rs years. II per cent, and
at IS years, % per cent"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-08

States we're secured by Herper &
Brothers, and the book throughout
America is considered the most valua-
bic contribution to. European history
that has been made for many day.
In England it has also had sale COM
mensurate with its Importance. An
other fact of especial interest about
this book is that although it was pub
hshed on November 29th, it has al
ready appeared in five different Ian
guages. France did not express much
appreciation over the autobiography
of Prince Bismarck. It contained too
many references to Sedan, to Grave
lotte and to the siege of Paris for her
tender sensibilities. Russian sensi-
bilities have proved still more tender,
and the Imperial Press Censor has re-
fused Russian booksellers permission
to place the work on sale. There are
many subjects which Bismarck treats
with a plain-spokenness that is most
painful to the delicately organized ear
of the Russian; for instance, Bis
marck speaks of the murder of the
Gar Paul; the Russians speak OF it
always as the Sudden demise"
It is indeed unfortunate that the
Iron Chancellor did not live to enjoy
the success of his book. It is sure
sign that throughout his misfortunes,
throughout the bitter years OF his old
age, his people still believed in him.
It is to Bismarck's credit that his au-
photography is neither pettish nor pes
simistic, and it is safe to say that the
best monument to his memory will be
half million copies of his book in as
many German homes, and as many
more copies scattered throughout the
world. A man who has such q monu-
ment need care but little what marble
mausoleums are raised above his
ashes, OF in what sarcophagus he
sleeps. Our illustration shows the
sarcophagus of Prince Bismarck,
which lately arrived at Friedrichruh,
and which has been placed in the
newly built mausoleum. It is made
Of pink marble from the designs OF
Herr Schurbach, of Hanover, and is in
the strictly Roman style. Its dimen.
sions are ten feet long, five broad and
ifty-one and three-quarter inches
high.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-08
NEW ARTIFICIAL SILK.
Late Improvements In the Methods q
Manufacturing the Article.

Late Improvements In the Methods of
Manufacturing the Article.
The United States Consul Of Bremen
reports advance sheet of Consular re-
ports No. 30D the following improve
ment in the methods Of producing i'm
itation silk: Artificial silk consists Of
prepared cotton and wood fiber, and
has been known to the trade under this
denomination for the last nine years.
1t possesses an extremely silky luster,
and can therefore be employed as an
imitation of silk. Count Chardonnet,
a Frenchman, the inventor of this ma
terial, converted the cellulose Cotton
or purified wood f1ber) by process
described in German letters patent Of
the year 1884, through nitrosulphuric
acid, into nitrocellulose. He then freed
the same from the acid and dissolved
it in a mixture of alcohol and ether.
The solution thus Observation-Disclosures
is pumped through glass pipes which
are provided with extremely fine holes,
and these collodium threads are passed
through warm water (acidulated)w
causes the alcohol and ether to evap-
crate, and only the fine nitrocellulose
threads remain. A number of these
fine threads are brought together,
slightly twisted, and spoiled This
extremely lustrous, but also easily in
fiammatory- even explosive - tissue
was put on the market at the time OF
~ In, Oxryfn o.
its liability to catch fire 1t did not come
into parctical use, but after this diff
Guilty was overcome by removing the
nitro groups Ca process called deni-
trating) the harmless fibre was en-
ployed in the textile industry. By
similar method artificial silk was pro-
duced by a certain chemist Of Augs-
| burg, Germany-Dr. Lehner-who Is
at present residing in Switzerland
Lastly, however, a method has beer
! invented by DR.. Fremery and Civil
Engineer Urban, In which the use o.
the injurious nitro-cellulose is omit
ted. These two inventors dissolve cot
ton waste in copper oxide Of ammonia
and pump this solution through flint
tubes. The delicate threads are passed
through diluted acid, which separate
the copper and ammonia, the result be
ing an extremely fine, lustrous fibre
which is employed as an imitation
silk. This process, patented in Ger
many ID. r. P. 9S,642) and in all othe
civilized states, is said to have the fol
lowing great advantages over those o
Chardonnet and Lehmer: That tn
manufacture as well 5s the product
in no way dangerous. That the pro
duction is much simpler. AS con
sequence, that imitation silk can D
manufactured by this process at con
siderably less cost.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-08
CAN THIS BE TRUE?
Every Living. Being Said to BE Partially
Blind.

H
Blind.
1t will probably be shock to many
to learn that, without any exception,
they are all partially blind and insen-
sible to pain. 1t has been clearly dem
onstrated by exhaustive experiments
that every human eye is blind in one
particular part, varying in locality and
size with the individual. This can be
easily proved by tracing 100 curved
and parallel lines on a large sheet OF
paper, and passing up and down each
meridian in turn a disc of black paper
one inch in diameter, until the whole
area Of the sheet of paper has been
covered. In following the movements
of the disc it will be found that at GER
tain parts of its progress it cannot be
seen at all, and this is when the blind
spot" in the eye Is focused on it. This
blind spot, which is irregular in shape,
is caused by the optic nerve, which
enters the retina, and thus obscures
part of the picture photographed (as
II were) on 1t. The entire scene looked
upon is clearly depicted with the ex-
ception Of the part which should ap-
pear on the point of the retina covered
by the optic nerve at its point of entry
Similarly, scientific experiment proves
that there are thousands Of minute
parts of the body which are incapable
| of feeling. You may touch them with
| 70 oh ka
pertinent further, you may thrust the
needle deeply into the part without
any pain being felt All parts of thu
body share this peculiar insensibilit!
to pain, but the unfortunate thing Il
that these dead points" are so mixed
up with parts that are keenly aliv'
that, unless the point of contact il
confined to the dead point, the path i
all too manifest.