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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21
Queer Colncidencea

There IS little world ln which wG live and the people most certain of this are these who have experienced strange coincidences which seem al- most impossible. The New York Tel egTaph relates some cases which are authentic. Harry Bradshaw, executive librarian of the Cambridge university library, had a strange adventure in the Paris library. 4 book had been lost for nearly century, and MT. Bradshaw went over to see if he could discover it. Search was fruitless. though there was a strong presumption as to the part of the library where it would be found He stood one day in one of the recesses of the library, describing its probable appearance to the libra rian, about the height, thickness and similar binding to this, said he, talk ing book out of the shelves.
 It was the missing book.
 The stories of strange coincidnn nees in the matter of the recovery of lost property are legion. Two years ago a lady staying at Long Branch lost a gold ring while bathing. A reward was offered and all the boys of the place raked the whole shore up in search of it. But it was never found. The next year the lady was at Long Branch again, and while reading on the shore, never looking for the ring or thinking of it, she turned it up accidentally with her parasoI
 A woman out bicycling lost a ieweled scarfp'0 which she much va She did no ss it till the end of her jour ney and as she had ridden 2 miles the pr0aeeet of finding it seemed small. She, however, gave notice of her loss to the police. On her return journey. when about mile from home. she Dunctured the tire of her machine. and on disluounting to discover the cause found the pin sticking in the tire.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21
A Cnrions. .neores of Nature.

4 curious similitude runs through the whole race of swift-fOoted horned mammals-deer, antelopes and goats in that every one has more or less white about the tail and the adjacent parts of the launches, and also ten deney to decided marks on the face or throat. says a writer in a New York publication. Tn the elk, it is dull yellowish disk surrounding the tall; in the mule-deer, or blacktaii, of our west, the stern is marked by two oval white patches. between which the gray tail, ending in black tuft, is Wagged continuously when the animal leaps away in alarm, by it's peculiar elastic bounds. Our eastern deer, when quiet ly feeding, betrays no more white be- hind than mere V-shaped frings to the broad tail. Let something alarm it, however, and up go head and tail. These are it's private signals to either friend or foe. The white throat-patch and small white edged ears are dis played as a house flag to tell it's name; the uprearing Of the tall IS danger signal to all it's mates far and near, Look out, something suspicious" And these diamond shaped white stern patches and the distinctive carriage of the tail serve another important pur- pose. for they form sure guides through tall grass or thick woods or the dark ness of night for the animals of a band to follow their leader, and par ticularly to enable the lawns to fol- low their fleeing dams. Men familiar with deer hunting in the west have told me more than once that deer of any sort, with lawns, will rush through band of cattle, or even through a band of different deer, in the darkest night, and never one mistake a stran- ger for it's own kin. guided only by the white marks on the haunches of those ahead.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21
AN oLp MAP oF pALgsTlNE.
Valuable Find Made in the British
 Museum.


 Museum.
 map that is destined to prove of practical benefit to Bible students and scholars generally was recently dis covered hidden in the midst of a lot of musty manuscripts found in the British museum. The map shows a plan of Jerusalem made in the seventh century and contains as well the loea- tion of every important place in Pales- tine. The drawings were made by Marine Sanudo, the elder, a Venetian nobleman who made five journeys to the holy land to perfect his design. His aim was to arouse the Christians of Europe to the importance of Palestine and to urge them to another crusade against the Moslem invaders who had captured Jerusalem in 636 under the command of Khalif Omar The old map is carefully drawn to correspond to some scale of measurement which the discoverers have not yet been able to determine. Palestine is di-A vided into eighty-one equal spaces in length and twenty-three in width. Many of the identifcations of the his- toric spots of sacred and profane his tory, the scenes of various battles and the tombs of the prophets and kings, for instance, are better placed in the Italian map than in more modern plans of the holy land. The map, of course, is some hundreds of years re- moved from Inc actua1 lime oF tha Co vor's life upon earth. but 1t is nearer tRe destruction of Jerusalem by some l 1,200 years than the world of today. Even the latest books issued on Pales- tine have very vague knowledge of the actual sites of the holy places, so that the map of the old Italian is destined to furnish light for subject that is seen at present only through a glass darkly. A
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Doors an0 windows made from native lumber stand this climate better than northern made stock. The Bluff City Lumber Co. are large manufacturers Of these goods, and guarantee every one sold to give perfect satisfaction. 279
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Itis said that before rendering his resignation Alger asked the Presi- dent to announce 10 the country that he was satisfied with Alger $ administration. This Mckinley r 2 fused to do
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Bluff City Lumber Co. manufac turer anu dealer in all kinds of Lum- Der. Aleo Sasbes, Doors, Blinds, and all kinds of Interior and Exterior finish. Everything at Reasonable Prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

The Bluff City Lumber Co. manu
 actures all kinds ofbank, store and bar fixtures and can furnish any thing wanted i'll that line. Getqa4H9 estimate if you contemplate pur- chasing. 27-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Bluff City Lumber Co. manufaetur CT and dealer in all kinds of lumber. Also sashee, doors, blinds and all kinds of interior and exterior finish. Everything at reasonable prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Negroes in Barbour county stole poison from q drug store, thinking 1t was wine. Three are dead and four others will die.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21
He Only Purpose.

The mountaineers who form the two cavalry companies at Camp Bradley are the source of a great deal of fun for the Legion boys. When one of them was being examined a physician jokingly asked if he could read. No, gol durn it, can't" he replied, "but l didn't come up we're to teach skule. come ter fight" It is needless to say that he passed.-Louisville Courier Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

FOR sALE-Fcur good milk cows and young calves at S25 00 and 20 head of Poland China and Berkshire pigs from the very best strains. Ad- dress ]. W. Scott. P. 0 Box 9S. E.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Ihave added to my large stock of Pants, Oile, Varnishes and Wall Paper, well selected stock of Picture Moulding
 Frank J. Murray.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Bluff City Lumber Co. Manufaetur CT and dealer ln all kinds Of Lumber. Also Sashes. Doors, Blinds. and all nds of Interior and Exterior finish.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Ifyon are thinking Of having your pictures framed see my large assort -n ent Of mouIdings
 Frank J. Murray.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

The State Department has deter mined not to recede an inch from it's delimitation of the Alaskan boun- dary.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Wilson, Porter. Wood, Otis. Meik- eljohn and others are mentioned us successors of Alger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Aitgeld may be f,rced to drop the proxy he holds in the National Democratic Convention.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Mrs, $. N. French, of Harlan, Ks. tied her own hands and feet and Ieaped into the river. She was rescued.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Jim Robinson has been committed at Helena, Ark. for murder of Perry Moore twenty-five years ago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Aguinaldo has rapidly promoted the man who assassinated Gen. Luna.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Try one can of our Gold Band Baking Pow der at 25e. Pure. good, and fine gold band tuc- bier in each can. Mccain Grocery Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Lumber, all kinds, free delivery in city, get our prices. Bluff City Lum- ber Co. 279
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Now is the time to have your home painted aud papered. Goods at cost for cash.
 A. Brewster 1& Son.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Delicious Ice Cream Soda , cents, ar Bailey's. b
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Congress Spring Park Hotel al Saratoga burned down.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21
Strikers and non-uniOn men at Russellville. Ark. held a confer ence.

Strikers and non.union men at Russellville. Ark. held confele ence. Delicious lee Cream Soda cents at BaileY's. D A fresh lot of all kinds of Turnip Seed just received by
 Mccain .Troeery Co. Nary Ann Ansell was hanged at E04a # I.r poisoning her sister. .Iu-' eelved lresh lot of Pratt's Food fof chickens and stock of ali kinds. Mccain Grocery Co. Bluf city Lumber Co. manaiactur sr and dealer in an kinds of lnmher Aiso sasbes, aGors blinds -.t all kinds of ofiHterioi and ezterio Iaish. Everything at rtasanahieprices. sam Ketchum, New Mexico des- perado, has been caught,
 Now k the time to plant your fall garden We have all kiLds of fresh garden seed, from David Landreth X Sons. Mccain Grocery Co,
 Agents Faulkner county. Ark has some smallpox.
 Bluff City Lumber Co. manufaetur- CT and dealer in all kinds of lumber Also sashes, doors. blinds and all kinds of interior and exterior finish. everything at reasonable prices. A mysterious epidemic prevails among live stock in Sweden. Telephone Brew ster & Henslee for bus or carriage to meet trains. 25c passage. b Crops in Cuba are delayed by lack Of rain.
 Tickets all styles, UT picket fence complete. Bluff City Lumber Co. 267 Epworth League convention at Indianapolis opens today.
 Bob Taylor's
 Lectures at A.
 J. Mitchells.
 Bluff City Lumber Co, Manufaetur CT and dealer in all kinds of Lumber. Also Sashes. Doors, Blinds and all i.ir,ar .,f Intnri.,r md Ie.-4....:... a ....l
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Delicious lee Cream Soda , cent 5 at BaileY's. D
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

George Rozelle a noted Arkansas eounterfeiter, is dead.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Printers strike on the knoxvill papers is threatened.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Your teeth can be bridged. repair ed, reset or made over by nr. Grandv All work guaranteed. Office 2I1B west Second avenue. Old Phone 2Q2. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Delicious Ice cream Soda , cents at Bailey's b
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

A fresh lot of all kinds of Turnip Seed just received by
 Mccain 7roeery Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

gone Io waco, Texas. where they were called to attend tha hedaidn nf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

A mysterious epidemic prevails among live stock in Sweden.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Telephone Brew ster & Henslee for bus or carriage to meet trains. 25c passage,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Bluff City Lumber Co. Manufaetnr CT and dealer in all kinds of Lumber. Also Sashes. Doors, Blinds and all kinds of Interior and Exterior finish. Everything at reasonable prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Nary Ann Ansell was hanged at E98d # f,r poisoning her sister.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Bluff City Lumber Co. manufaetur- CT and dealer in all kinds of lumber Also sashes, doors, blinds and all kinds of interior and exterior finish. everything Ut reasonable prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Crops in Cuba are delayed by lack Of rain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Faulkner county, Ark, has some smallpox.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

.Iu- aeeived T lresb lot af Pratt's Food fof chickens and stock Of ali kinds. McCain Grocery Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

BiuH City Lumber Co. manaiactur sr and dealer in ali kinds of Inmher Also sasbes, aoOrs blinds "A all kinds 0f interior and eXtefi0 Iaish. Everything at rtasanaheprices
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Tickets all styles, UT plcket fence complete. Bluff City Lumber Co. 267
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

sam ketehum, New Mexico des- perado, has been caught,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Now is the time to plant your fall garden We have all kiLds of fresh garden seed, from David Landreth X Sons. Mccain Grocery Co,
 Agents
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-07-21

Epworth League convention al Indianapolis opens today.
Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-07-01

"On the east side of the church is the mission building, which formerly occupied a somewhat extensive space, and consisted of the rooms necessary for the priests. of a soap factory ard stores for the provisions. Besides, there were several farming houses convenientlv located on the mission land. Of these buildings there are now only two rooms, making body with the church, and four extending south and facing on the church plaza.
 The little butte adjoining the church shows, on it's top. the crater of an extinct volcano.''
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WAS THE ANNUAL MEETING OF WHOLESALE GROCERS
 HERE
PINE BLUFFIANS IGNORED
Capt. Jeter Elected President and R. c. Wilkins Secretary Other
 Business Transacted.

The wholesale grocers, who met h annual session in this city Tues day, have returned to their lespec- tive homes after holding two ses- sions, afternoon and night. At both much important business pertaining to the organization was transacted and disposed of. After the after. noon session closed the members were escorted oyer tue city in open carriages. They first visited the Cotton Belt shops and then the oil mills, congresses, public buildings, and numerous other places of inter est.
 The most important business transacted at the night session was the election of officers. They were elected as follows:
 President-Capt. w. s. Jeter, Pine Bluff.
 First Vice e-President-J. T. Beal, Little Rock.
 Second Vice-President-J. L. Da- wis, Fort Smith.
 Secre tary-R. c. Wilkins, Pine Bluff.
 Treasurer--J. T. Jarrel, Little Rock.
 After the election of officers an executive committee, which consists of the following gentlemen, was ap- pointed: President Jeter, Secreta.- ry Wilkins, W. W. Byrd, of this. city; Carl Shibley, Van Buren, and Adolph 6eyer. Little Rock. The. next meeting place will be announc- ed by the president about two weeks before the time of meeting, as is the usual custom.
 During their short stay here the members of the Association were welcomely received by the Pine Blnffians, and they speak in highest praise of the well known pitality with which Pine Blpffiaus are DOS sessed. They were not allowed to spend oue ceDt while here and when they went to pay their hotel bills, the clerk informed them that they were paid before their arrival.
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IN CHANCERY COURT.
The A. M. E. Zion Church is the
 Main Object in Contest,

The time Of the chancery court was taken up exclusively Tuesday in arguing the suit of A. W. Mills, trustee, ct al, vs. the Bluff City Lumber Company ct al. The suit is the result of two mortgages given on the A. M. E. Zion church, color ed, situated on South Cherry street, and the courts duty is 10 decide who should be given the first lien. Attorney Rousseau represented the plaintiffs and Bridges & Wooldridg ge the defendants. Judge Elliott has taken the matter under considera- tion.
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CROPS ARE FINE.

From lady, who is very apt to know and who is a visitor in the city today, we learn that the crops are in better condition this year than for years previous. They are pro- gressiDg fine, she said and it the weather permits, our section will produce the largest crop ever kno wn. We are greatly rejoiced cver the out come this year and feel confident that this will be most successful year for the cotton planters.'
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LAMB WRITES.
'.It Remains With Our Citizens For
 Early Action n"--Others Want It.

The following letter has been re- ceived In this city and is self explanatory.
 Freeport, H., June 26, 1899. MT. Louis Altheimer, Pine Bluff.
 Dear Sir:-Yours of the 23rd to hand. Am pleased 10 hear that your examination oi plant here has been entirely satisfactory. Now if your people desire us to remove to Pine Bluff, they should decide at an early date. Your excellent timber, and as we'll the facilities for reach ing both the domestic and export trade is all that could be desired. and now it remains with your citi- zens for early action. We have now a propositlor from a gentleman in New York City for a company with $lOO, 900 capital. He knows the goods we build, the corn and cotton seed planter, seeder and drill, but 1 do not want to locate at the point be meotions. We can build our goods at Pine Bluff at a much less expense. If your people can wire MT. Funk or myself by July 1st do so, for you knowsit takes little time to get our shops ready and machin- cry in place and to meet the fall trade, we must begin work at once, fitting up, etc.
 1 am very res pectfully.
 W. s. Lamb.
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Superintendent J. H. Hinemon, of the Pine Bluff public school, and party of teachers and friends will leave for the National Educational Association at Los Angeles. Califor- mia. M.nday evening. They will go via the Missouri Pacific and Santa Fe routes, and will leave Little Rock at $ o'clock. They go via the Southern route to Los Angeles, thence to San Francisco and return by way of Ogden and Salt Lake City, The rate is one fare for the round trip, and, as the route chosen is noted for it's scenic beauty. the ad- yantages are unexcelled. Quite a number of Little Rock and number of Pine Bluff teachers will be in the party.-Ark. Gazette.
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0RY- WALKER
MT. Tom 0ry and Mrs. Lula Walker
 Married Last Night.


 Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Gardner on East Sscord aye nue, Mir. Thomas Cry vas quietly married to Mrs. Lula Walker. Rev J. F. Carr, Pine Bluffs Grand Old Man." performed the ceremony. Only few intimate friends of the contracting parties witnessed the ceremony
 Mr. Ory is a popular employe Of the Cotton Belt shops here- He is road time keeper.
 Mrs: Walker IS prominently identified as 8 mem Der of an old and highly respected family.
 We extend our best wishes to the happy couple.
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The funeral of Liza Fleming, col- ored, took place this afternoon at o'clock. It was the largest at tended ever held in Pine Bluff by the colored people. She was the wife of Barney Fleming, who was for many years employed by K KBstor & Bluth- enthal. but who recently accepted a responsible position in a colored college in Little Rock.
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Rev. George G. Smeade, rector of Christ Episcopal church, returned yesterday from Pine Bluff, where he occupied the pulpit of the Episcopal church in that city on Sunday. Dr. Smeade has many friends in Pine Bluff, where he was stationed before he came to Little Rock, and his visit was made a very pleasant one by members of his forner congregation. Ark. Gazette.
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Xavier, the patron saint the Jesuits had chosen for the first church they had established in the mission. Above the image of St. Francis Xavier is that of the Holy Virgin; betWe cen the statues of St. Peter and St. Paul, and at the summit of the altar piece. the bust of God. the Gre ator. The pictures which are seen on the walls near this altar are: Gu the right hand side, The Alteration of the Wise Men, with the 'Flighc into Egypt and on the left. The Alteration of the Shepherds, with the .Annunciation.'
 "These altars, and especially the principal one. are decorated with co.umns and a great profusion oi arabesques, in low relief, all gilded or painted with different colors, ac- cording to the requirements of the
 MOorIsh style.
 Besides the images we have men, toned there are the statues of the twelve apostles. placed in inches cut in the pillars of tte church, and many others, representing generally some saints of the Ord"r of St. FraDcis There are also in the dome of the cupola the pictures of sever al person ages of the order who occupied hig h rank in the church.
 Returning to the front doo-, we find two small openings commun.- eating with the towers. The first room on the right, which is formed Dy the inside of the tower, is about twelve feet square, and is used for the ministration of baptisms. A similar room, which is of no partic- ular use now, but which corresponds to the mortuary chapel of the old basilicas, is located in the left tower. From each one of these rooms com mence the stairs, cut in the thick ness of the walls, and leading to the upper stories. Starting from the baptistry, the second flight reaches the choir of the church. A good view of the upper part of the m0Lun ent can be had from that place. There are also some frescoes worth nOtic- ing. These are the Holy Family, facing the main altar; St. Francis, represented as raptured by hea venly love, in fiery chariot; St. Dominic receiving from the Blessed Virgin the mission to promote the devotion of the rosary in tEe world; and hefour Evangelists. with their characteris- tic attributes. Two fiji hts more lead to the belfry, where are four rough and homemade bells of small size. Twenty-two steps more bring the visitor to the top story and un. Ger the little dome covering the tow. CT, an elevation of about seventy five feet above the ground. Here q glance can be cast on the beautiful and ex- tensive valley of the Santa Cruz, and the surrounding country.
 Ou tue WtSt sue Ol tue cnuTcu, from it by a narrow pas 3 age, Is an enclosure with an open ing on the north and small chapel standing at it's western side. The ground enclosed was formerly used Hs cemetery, and the chapel was the place where the dead bodies were kept until | he ceremony of the burial could be performed.
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DISCHARGED
No COnvlcting Evidence Could be
 Ob aimed Against Lambert.


 M. Lambert, the negro who was rested Tuesday upon a charge of robbery made by George Washing ton who is also charged with rob bery and petit larceny, was dis charged by Judge Vance this morn ing.
 Le was arraigned for trial and only one witness, young Washing ton, appeared for the State Washington swore that Lam bert urged the boys on to rob McCaln's s store and told tEem how to 20 about it. There were no witnesses for the plaintiff but be plead ''notg guilty. !" Judge Vance discharged Lambert notwithstanding the evidence given by young Washington was strong and thought 10 be true, but the law says that you can't convict a man upon the testimony of D accomplice alone, and unsupported by other evidence.
 After the trial Judge Vance fined Washington $50 and costs for petit larceny. The charge of robbery, which is docketed against him will be investigated by the next grand jury.