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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
spurnIng s10o,ooo a Year.

Says the London Christian Common wealth: Fred Charrington's temper anee badge costs him about f20,000 a year At least this is about the income he would have received had he suc- seeded to his fathers business, instead of going over to the temperance ranks. The work which he organized twenty four years ago in tent meeting in Mile-end road. Bow, has grown stead fly, till now he has, in the great assem- bly, hall. the largest mission hall in the world"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
Bee That Took to Drink.

Dr. Weir, in discussing the tendency of some insects to get drunk, says: ''An intoxicated bee was carried to my laboratory for dissection and micro scopfc investigation This insect was so drunk that when placed upon it's back it had the greatest difficulty in getting upon it's legs, yet when cos mos blossom was brought within two inches of it's head the bee thrust out its proboscis and staggered toward 1t. It immediately began to suck the nec- tar and in few minutes tumbled over, a drunken, senseless, almost inert lit- tie mass--a victim of appetite"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
Mice That Manufacture Thread.

A Scottish artisan has conceived the ingenious and economic idea of en- ploying mice in the manufacture of thread. The small quadrupeds are made to turn a wheel with their feet, and in this manner, and by means of . simple mechanical eontriyance, they are able to make about 2.s00 reels of i37 yards each daily. To produce this quantity 1t is estimated that they cover . course of 1s.000 yards.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
How FliIan Clocks Are Made.

The Fipian clock is rather eurios. fly; it is made from a hollowed tree trunk, something after the shape of canoe. This is placed on the ground in the center of the towns. At 12 o'clock few sharp strokes upon this hollow trunk with a wooden club at tract the attention, then twelve slow. loud strokes are given. This takes place every hour. ths right number of strokes being given. The sound can be heard from one side of the harboF to another,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
THE cUBzoN,s INDIAN HOME.
Servants So Numerous One Can Hardly
 Count Them.

Servants So Numerous One Can Hardly
 Count Them.
 The massive carved railings at the sides are all but hid beneath densely growing vines that have been trained to form two slanting walls of foliage there, says HaFper's Weekly. Two towering Ealms, one on either side of the grand staircase. Lold up their round cloudlike tops of feathery fronds as if they were pair of huge brushes the symbols of power among most eastern peoples. A breadth of carpet, royal purple in hue, has been flung uown the middle of the stairway, and on the top landing, before the splendid columns which support the Grecian front of the palace. stand men of the viceroy's brilliant red bodyguard, tur- baned and carrying lanees. each with tiny flag at top. The bodygnard Is composed of 120 men, picked for their size and bearing. They wear long red coats. which reach to their boot-tops above their knees. Their variegated turbans, mainly red, are of great size. Their many minor trapDings aid in rendering them notable feature of any scene in which they are placed. Except upon occasions of state, the carriage entrance to the palace is un- der the grand staircase and on the ground floor. As you step from your carriage you see other gorgeous men of the bodyguard and knots of serv- ants of the household lounging in the enormous hall l wish I had inquired the number of servants in the vice. roy's employ, because they are so nu- merous that when one dimes at the palace they seem to move in clouds around the table. I visited a native prince one day in the temporary quar- ters where he was halting, and he had sixty-f1ve men to look after his com forts. Of the viceroys staff l can only say that when you visit hint you do not need to take your valet. with you to wait on you at table, as is the gen. eral rule in India.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
ODD BITS
Ot Change Left by Customers Help Gus
 the Cashiers Salary.


 Philadelphia Inquirer: Odd bits of change thoughtlessly left by customers form no inconsiderable part of the income of cashiers in certain business establishments, notably restaurants. saloons, cigar stores and similar places where, during many hours of each day. there is steady rush of patrons. q get $15 week salary said & cashier. "and I always count on an additional sS, or 50 cents per day. through for gotten change. I do not consider that I an doing anything dishonest, either. because l always make an effort to att tract the customers attention to the fact that he is leaving his change be- hind. Nine cases out of ten I succeed. even if I have to send waiter to fol- low the man clear out into the street. But there are enough of the tenth cases to make my receipts foot up all of the sum weekly have named. The majority of them are people in a hur. ry to catch a train or car or to keep an appointment, and they haven't the time to return, even if they did discov- CT their loss a square or so away. The next day they don't care, or at least a majority of them do not, to speak about such a small matter, the overlooked change seldom being more than five or ten cents, and I am just so much ahead. The proprietor get 1t? Certain ly not. It doesn't belong to him, and just so the money in the cash drawer balances with the register he is sat- asfled." The presiding geniuses of the- Atrical box offices are also occasion. ally in pocket through the carelessness of ticket purchasers, but with box of- Gics transactions the change, if any. Is usually in such large amounts that their opportunities are fewer and eaE- Aher between.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
 q Thousand MiIea.


 The medical men at Wiehitg. Kas' are discussing a remarkable case oe long-distance hypnotizing. William Mack, a harnessmake2. was appre- hended several weeks ago on a charge of insanity. On coming before the municipal examiners he insisted. in coherent language, that he was not crazy. but hypnotized. It is his state- ment that the owner of the evil eya was then at Portland. Ore, that con vineed the physicians of his mental in- equaltes. He testified that he had met at a San Francisco hotel in 1891 certain Gertie Andrews, who claimed to be from Portland Being very fascinating woman. they, or he, had speedily fallen in love, with, on his part. conse- quent promise Of marriage. He re- turned to Wichita, expecting to wed in short time, but his business dwin- died, 80 that when, on the appointed day, she alighted from an East=bound train, he was obliged to confess that he could not keep his word The woman thereupon flew into a great rage, although until after supper. which they took alone in a little res taHant near the Santa Fe depot, she made no open demonstration. She had in San Francisco, during the first days of their engagement, amused people In the hotel by hypnotizing, of which she had 8 powerful knack She now told him that she meant to hypnotize him. This was the last Mack knew until, several days after, be found himself in the cell of a police station at Denver. The woman has skipped, presumably. To his astonishment and terror, how ever, she came to the cell soon after he had come to, and, securing his re~ lease, took him to a room. Here she again threw hIm under a spell, forcing him to telegraph to Wichita and sell ont his business at a great sacrifice. Having taken all he had. she allowed him to come hack, giving him to un- derstand, however, that she should still, no matter how far off he might be. exercise a baleful influence over him. It was this threat that drove him wild. He tried continually to kill himself, and when locked up in a cell performed the most demoniac actions. tearing up the bed clothes, pulling his hair and putting his head against tue wall. When committed to the asylum at 0ssawatomie he still imagined that the Oregon woman was tormenting him. and called aloud to her in heart- rending terms to have mercy. The profession are pretty evenly divided as to the cause of his insanity. It is thought by the more conservative that the woman may while in his company have so repeatedly hypnotized him that his brain gave way Others main tain that a great discovery in mental telegralhy lies beneath the case. The Oregon authorities have been unable to leeate the woman. -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
The Pastor.

Miss Greene-You sing in the Wes- ley street church, don't you? Miss Crochet-Yes. Miss Greene-Then you must know that gentleman over oppo- site. have seen him going into the Wesley Street church Sunday after Sunday. Miss Crochet-Oh, yes, he fills in ths intsrmIssions whea the choir ia not singing. He is the pastor of ths church. Boston Transcript. r=f
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
Monte Carlo Story,

The London Telegraph tells this Monte Carlo story: A woman entered the salle while prince whom she knew was winning in a sweeping style that so,med destined to break the bank. I am so glad to see you here prince, and in such luck, tool she ex- claimed. Do tell me lucky number: it is sure to win, for you know you are now in the vein. The prince gener- ously placed a Q of gold louis before the vivacious lady whose beauty had successfully defied the effects of 36 winters, and said: Put it all on the number of your years and reap golden harvest The lady reflected, hesitated, and then placed the pile ou 27. An instant later the croupier sang out: tThirty-six, red, wins The lady muttered, 'Ah, mon Dieu; 36 is exact ly my age, and fainted on the spot"
 Glover and Timothy Hay.--C1over unless cut before it reaches the blos- soming stage will have when dried from seven to ten per cent of al- buminoids, which makes it very nutritious ration. Timothy, when in it's r state, which is little before it has blossomed. has only about four to five per cent of albuminoids If it stands until dead ripe most of these are changed to woody fibre, which is very hard to digest The second growth of clover Is much richer than the first. It is hard to cure it without discoloring from excessive ferment&- tion. If secured in good order It should be saved for young stock asa for poultry, to be fed to each in smAk amounts with other feed. .-Ex.
 Needs No Talking.
 A. c. Kent of Grand Rapids. Mich.. q deaf mute travelling salesman. does q big business. in spite of his af- fiiction. On his card Is the inscrip- tion, Agent for tho company that needs no talking"
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
Strength sE the Brooklyn Bridge.

The recent discussion by engineers of the safety of the great Brooklyn bridge under the increased strain caused by the addition of trolley and elevated cars to its moving load, has brought out some interesting facts about the huge structure. At present the total strain upon the cables is 1S,974 tons, but their ultimate strength is 4S,20O tons, so that the factor ot safety" is S.52. It would not be possi- ble to crowd enough moving load upon the bridge to break the cables. The immense anchorages of masonry to which the ends of the cables are fast ened have been moved forward by tue pull of the cables one-eighth of an inch in eight years The natural lifs' of the bridge is reckoned at 1000 years
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-02
Cheerful.

She-Ah, how heavenly! I always love Wagner so much. Where is the band located?
 He-Madam. that is not a band. The machine shop and blaming mill around the corner are merely running night turns, owing to the revival of busi- ness.
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-18
A FLAMING MILL FOR DAWSON.
J. ". Kerry of this City will Take One Into the klondike. A Dog Team VIII
 Do the Pulling.

MT. J. W. Kerry. of the Kerry Lum- Der Company of this city, went to Se- attle last week, and while on the sound will purchase blaming mill for his brother, 4. s. Kerry, which he will take to Dawson City to be used ill con nection with the three saw mills that his brother owns and is running near Dawson. The mill is also used in work inC flooring, and will no doubt be a valuable acquisition to his lumber bus mess in the Klondike. Mr. Kerry was seen by the News man last Friday, and in answer to the question if it was true that he was going to Dawson, said;
 "Yes. as soon as l can purchase a mill down sound will return to Doug las and few weeks thereafter will start for Dawson with blaming mill that my brother wishes me to bring to him."
 How will you get it in?" said the News man. "Oh, it will be shipped in the knock down from Seattle to Lake Bennett, and from there will take it down to Dawson with dog team and the help of one man."
 "How long do you calculate that 1t will take you to get to Dawson?"
 "I exce6t to make the trip in about twentyy -ss77o days. think can make it in that time"
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-18
WEDNESDAY,, JAXUARY Is, 1899.
THE DIRIdO.
In the AIgsks Business in Dead Earnest
 Fine Bout-An Excellent Crew.

In the AIgsks Business in Dead Earnest A
 Fine Bout-An Excellent Crew.
 The steamer Dirigo was put on the Alaska run last summer and from the first proved to be very popular boat. She was entirely unsuitcd for passen- ger traffic and had been built for a freighter. Her owner soon observed that with some changes the Dirigo would not only do good freight buSi- ness. but d fine passenger traffic as well, and some two months ago she was laid up at Seattle for the purpose of mak' ing the few necessary changes of which she stood so much i'll need. She arrived at Juneau last Wednesday on her first trip up since she was Overhauled and her friends hardly knew her. The house on the upper deck was extended clear back to the stern and the wheelhOuse was raised onto the hurricane deck. Where her wheClhOuSc was, a comfort able smoking room was fitted up and iust above her dining room large so- cial hall was put in. which is surround cd by cabins. Steam heat was put in- to every room and cabin and the boat iS lighted by electricity. She also car ries a powerful ScarchliGht. One thing adds to the popularity of the vessel, that iS. that she is one of the stQnchest and best sea boats that ever came to Alaskan waters. She iS new boat and her boilers and eugines are the very best, the latter being of the triple compound expansion type. Her speed has been increased two knots per hour and she is now one of the fastest boats that rides the Alaskan seas.
 Capt. Roberts is her commander. He isa grutf old cuss, but there are none more competent or careful. He was with the City of Seattle before taking command of the Dirigo, and with that boat he made record as a commander that is not surpassed by any captain that ever came to Alaskan waters. He divides hororS with Capt. Carroll.
 The writer boarded the Dirigo at Fort Wrangel for home. Every caein was taken. but in every other respect the trip could not have been more pleasant. Charles Y. LaFarge is the purser and is an exception to the ordinary type in being pleasant and agreeable. Freight Clerk W. P. Morrow is one of the most agreeable and accommodating gentle men that ever came to Alaska. He is a small, slim fellow and wears the same sized hat he did when he went on the Dirigo His position has not and will not cause his head or stomach to be en- Iarged. The fact is that the Dirigo has fine crew. We found no one with a 'skiek" while on the other hand we heard much praise for the crew and the kind, courteous treatment that the passen- gers received
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-18

Mir. \. G. Kaufman, the popular mer- chant, has gone east for two months visit. The News joins with his many friends in wishing him most pleasant time during his much deserved vaca- ton. The only thing we fear is that some eastern paper will get hold of him and prevent his return, for he is an ex- pert cartoonist and his work would command high salary on any of the great eastern dailies.
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-18
The Wonderful Century.

The first great book on the achieve ments of this wonderful century is from the pen of that distinguished scientist, Professor Alfred Russel Wal lace. His summary is probably in the main correct, though few of us perhaps would have named exactly the same achievements in selecting the twenty four greatest from the hundred or more that any schoolboy can name.
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-18

Why sleep on the floor when you can buy full sized bedstead at Fox's for Three dollars.
 See James general ad on this page of the News.
 Did you know it? Bach is selling out.
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-18
THE ALASKA JUDICIARY.

CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE
 made many strong friends since he came to Alaska. While he is a yigor- ous prosecutor, he is also just, when the case demands mercy at his hands.
 HON. JAMES NI. SHOUT, MARSHAL.
 The marshal is always one of the best known men in Alaska. His busi- ness takes him to all parts of the dis trict. He has ten deputies scattered over the territory within his jurisdic- tion, but ought to have at least twenty five. The present incumbent of that office is Hon. James M. Shoup, who is a brother of Senator Shoup of Idaho. He was appointed marshal of this dis trict on the 18th day of June, 1897, and thoroughly understands the duties of the office. He is fifty years old and resided in Salmon City, Idaho, before he came to this district. He also resi- ded in Boise. Marshal ShOup was in the navy during the war and was on the Mound City. He escaped injury during that contest but while fighting Indians since then suffered some iu- juries that have caused him considera. ble pain and suffering. He was in the hospital for a short time at Tacoma since his appointment, owing to the wounds he received while fighting bad Indians.
 Marshal Shoup is about six feet tall and weighs about l80pouudS. His hair IS prematurely gray and his mustache is of the same color. He is man of fine appearance, pleasant and agreed ble in his intercours with his fellow men. His deputies all like him, but he holds them to strict accOunta- bility ill the discharge of their duties. He keeps a good man as long as he can, but does not hesitate to discharge an unfaithful subordinate.
Douglas Island news., 1899-01-18
HON. ALBERT D. ELLIOTT, CLERK.

The Clerk of the District Court and cx-officio Secretary of State is Hon. Albert D. Elliott. He was born ill the year 1859, in the state of Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Harvard, ill the class of 1889 in the collegiate course. He also graduated from the law depart ment of the University of Michigan. He came to Alaska during the summer of 1897 and was appointed Clerk of the District Court, which position he has since held. During the absence of the Governor. he is by law made the acting governor.
 Mir. Elliott is not tall man, weighs about 1G0 0pounds, wears a mustache and has dark brown hair. He is thorough ly comDctent man and runs his office in a satisfactory manner. He received his appointment before he came to Alaska, and was living in Washington at the time the good strike struck him. Mr Elliott is pleasant and aCcommoda- ting, although by nature he cares more for business than the social side of the world.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1899-09-13
Only Visionary.

Militarism is a word with an
impressive sound. 1t has become
popular and there are persons who
have used it SO often that they be-
lieve the United States is really
and truly threatened by it. They
see the people trodden under foot
by the iron foot of an arrogant and
cruel military caste. There is mil
itarism in all countries which have
conscript armies, but there is none
in England and there never was
and never will be any in the Unit
ed States. In 1a65-66 the United
States had one million soldiers un-
der arms. No miIilarism came of
this enormous arny-far vaster
than any European standing army
of to-day. If an army of one mil
lion men, among population of
% millions did not produce mill
tarism, how can an army of 100, =
900 among - million ride rough
shod over the people?-k. C..
Star.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1899-09-13

Forty years ago the notion that VIC
should sell ro and machinery n
large quantities in England would
have been laughed at. Now this
kind of traffic is a familiar and
growing fact. In short, the Pro
tective system for which our econ
omists and progressive statesmen
strenously contendcd for 50
many years, often against heavy
odds, has triumphantly vindicated
itself, making the nation rich, pow
erful. sclf-contained and able to
supply its wants from its own re-
sources. We have right at the
close Of the century which witness
ed the great struggle between
Free Trade and Protection to con-
gratulatc the men who made the
fight for truth, and who have been
SO magnificently vindicated by ex-
pericnce. Suppose the Frec-Trad-
ers had won the battle. Where
then, would we bc!-Tcxtilc Rec
ord.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1899-09-13
ITEMS OF INTER EST.

WnTes are reported y'cry nUmeTous
in Reynolds County, cad are killing
stock.
TIE X. of P Southeast Association
will hold its first annual celebration
at Ironton on Sept. 9Th.
Vim. p. Elmer, Salem lawyer. has
sued james Anderso1, wealthy farm
er of Dent County, for $1,000 damages
for defamation of character
Madison County has voted to issue
bonds for the purpose of building
new court house, by vote of a96 for,
and 273 against, the proposition.
Mrs. Sophia Neels, of Belgique,
Perry County, whose husband was
murdered last January, offers $1,000
reward for the arrest and conviction
of the guilty parties.
Young & Son, strawberry growers Of
Crawford County at a recent meeting
of the Leasbury Fruit Growers As>o-
| citation submitted a report showing a
slO2 10, and IA net profit of s51.02.
Our farmers ought to see valuable
lesson in these figures.
A fire, indicating incendiary origin,
was discovered at De Soto on the
morning of the 5th inst, in building
is owned by Dr. W. E. Gibson, and
occupied by the Baldwin Piano Co.
Baldwin and man named Powell
have been arrested on charge Of
having set fire to the building
The underground men in the Deg-
loge Mines, at Bonne Terre, struck
one day last week fer an eight-hour
| labcr day The matter was compro-
missed temporarily by giving the min
ers an advance in wages. 1t is propos-
ed. however, to test the constitution
ality of the eight-hour labor law in
the courts.
| A separator belonging to Hulsey
Bros. s. Hitler. together with six
stacks OF wheat Oh the fara OF John
Ives, on Huzzatl. in Crawford County,
were destroyed by fire recently. A
| spark from the engine started the
| blaze. The wheat belonged to Ives,
John Cash and John damascus. and
| was estimated at 400 bushels.
The conflict of authorities as to
what demanl- and what does not de-
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not little embarrassrn ent to the pub