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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04
Anniversary of Burning of Richmond

Thirty-four years ago yesterday
mond was burned -. ,,,lvaos
n was also on Monday anu ora 49,.
were reminded yesterday OF the usins ~
da,l OF that occasion when hea,9 w a.
tire business portion OF the CITY We" r,.
stroysd by fire OF eNpioa'on 80 ai
toll and the Custom House.
Tha blowing up OF gunboats m 'he
river of arsenals. and the burning OF
bridges and many blocks OF business
houses Is scere which ail who r
then alive can well remember but cannot
Goscribe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04

On last Saturday evening the quarterly
election OF officers of the Lee Literary
Society was held and the following gen
tlemen were elected TO hold Office during
the ensuing quarter: l.. ID. Lacy presi-
dent, VIM. II. Hefner, vice-president;
Gilbert c. Swain, recording secretary;
". II. Womack, corresponding secretary +;
IYree r. Wilkinson. treasurer; Lloyd
B. Beazeley, chaplain; a. c. Terrell
marshall
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04
4 Boy Shot.

The ambulance was called al LIB
o'clock yesterday afternoon TO Belvidere
and Main streets, where George Tucker, a
negro boy was found 10 he suffering
from a pistol shot said to have been fired
by Garfield Bonaparte another negro
lad.
II was said that they had fought over
= baseball game, and that the shooting
was result Of the fight. Tucker was
taken to the Almshouse. where his wound
was dressed
The police are looking for Bonaparte.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04
A SHOOTING SCRAPE.
Two Negroes Wounded in a Seven
teenth street Fight.

TWO negro men about twenty years old
named JunIus jenkins and William short
cot into "a quarrel on Seventeenth street
between Grace and Franklin yesterday
afternoon shortly before 4 O'Clock and
both men were shot Just what started
the difficulty could not be learned. but
IL A understood that short tired first. the
tnltt penetrating the muscular part Of
The other mans left arm. wnereupon
Jenkins took the pistol away from Short
and shot him ia the left leg. Neither Of
the men We're badly Injured slight flesh
wounds being the extent % their wounds
Both men were arrested and locked up
IN the First police station. The amb0-
lance was summoned and the Two mems
Wounds dressed They will probably have
a hearing before the Police Court this
morning.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04

The funeral Of Miss sac Skipwiih.
whose sudden death after an illness OF
Cn.y one day Was "a srioyous shock TO her
many friends. took place Al noon yes'ef-
day from the residence OF her mother
Mrs Grey SkpNith. west Franklin
street Ia accordance with her personal
wish. the .nterincnt was strictly private.
This fact was dcplozed By Miss Skip
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04
CitiAcnS' ltelicf.
Big Excursion Here.

An excursion train on the Southern
railway from PAGES and intermediate sta.
lions brought about 40 people to Rich.
mond yesterday. The train arrived here
at l o'clock. Most Of the excursionists
spent the day shopping and sightseeing
They viii remain here to-day and will
leave at 61j o'clock this evening.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04
NIr. Sniiih Inlnlnrinn

Mr. Nick j. smith has been quite IN
since early in December. has so far re-
covered a. 10 be able 10 walk about =
little.
Ills wife. who nursed him during
greater portion OF his illness, Is now quite
III with pneumonia and prostration.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04

oay,sed nv friends to invest their money
here" said Mr. Cay , ,.o,rs.
'.Fhe very fact that after nine Sc, 800 %
residence here have induced capitaI 20
Come 10 Richmond proves my ial'h III INC
future of this city
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04
OUININE HELPS

liver medicines TO cure biIiousness and
malaria That is why Groves Quinlne
liver pills are better than other liver
pills. 10 and Is cents.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-04
TURKISH RUGS.

On MONDAY and TUESDAY. April 30
and an. there viii 9s az sssganNS e Sj,Gs
AND TAPESTRIES at the Jefferson
Large sample room. Office door. ADA
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-09
A Youthful Master of Finance,

One Of the cadets of a northwestern military academy but who lives in Chicago. has convinced his father that he is destined to a brilliant business career It is all owing to a letter that the young man wrote short time ago. It appears that the father had prom ised the boy he should have any sort of watch he wanted at the close of the present school term. Nothing more was heard about the watek Intil the father received a letter that ran about like this: Dear Father:-I have been looking at watches lately and have decided that the kind I want will cost you about $350. AS a watch of this value is hardly of the sort for boy of t5 to carry, and as will not need watch till after leave school, ] wish to make this suggestions Prob ably you are hard up and do not wish to spend $350 for watch at this time. Four years from now. when I leave school, watches will be cheaper. and it is likely that you can then buy the same watch for $150. Now the interest on s350 for four years (simple inter est-I am willing to let you have the benefit of the compound at per cent will be s84. If you will send me the $84 now you need not buy the watch till after I leave school. Tn this way you will have the use of the $266 for four years, and at the end of that time the watch will only cost you $50; $f50 plus s84 is $234, or SIG less than what the watch will cost you now. So, you zee. by this plan you will make a clear profit on this transaction of S116. Your loving son. EDDY"
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4 Puzzler for the Negro.

EdwaFd Murphy, Jr., formerly United
 States senator, was telling a number of friends In the Hoffman story about coiored vagrant who lives in Troy. This -go-lucky son of the south is favorite with every one. and his only virtue is his kindness to his wife, She was taken i'll some time ago, and, while the "darky" had no money to pay for a physician. he ner- suaded local doctor to visit his wife and prescribe for her. He succeeded in getting the medicine from a die. pensary all right, but one thing botb- cred him. The doctor told him he must make his wife some chicken broth and feed her certain amount every fifteen minutes. Trouble is. doc" said tbo eolored man, T ain't got no nnsson 60 make the broth and feed her" The doctor said shortly: Feed her vorr- self, you lazy fellow You have never done stroke of work in your life and you haven't any hing else to do Tho 'darky scratched his grizzled head in puzzled way, and said slowly. "Yae sah- Yas, sah. Oats right. But if 2 nas to feed her ebery fifteen minute. now am going to get de chickens Oats what don't Enow.'-New go,., Tribune VIA
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WAS HARD TO KILL.
BEAR SURVIVED LEAD AND 4
 PRECIPICE.
Required Chase Up Canyon and More Lead California Fisherman Rudely Interrupted by Big Brown
 Bear with an Ugly Disposition. 9

From the San Francisco Chronicle: While fishing last Sunday near the head of Squaw Creek, in Sonoma eoun- ty, party of San Francisco and Glow erdale sportsmen were attacked by s huge brown bear Luckily they were armed, and soon halted bruin in his fierce charge by some well-directed shots After long chase through dense underbrush and among pitfalls and preeipices the bear was killed. The weight of the brute was 4671s pounds. The members of the party were Steve Giannetoni, Fred D. Spaulding, John F. Duane of San Francisco and George H. Hall and John Arnold of CIoverdale. They had been camping and fishing for three days near the Geysers. Last Sunday they pushed on up toward the headwater of SQuaw Creek, and not far from the limits of Lake Mendocino and Sonama counties. In search of like ly spot in which 10 cast their lines, the fishermen were crossing Running Bird canyon, when one of them caught sight of the great brown creature ad- vancing toward them. There was no time for the digging of trenches. Quickly they unslung their guns, and each one took careful aim, first select ing a tree that could easily be climbed. On numbered the big fellow until he was turned by a shot from Spaulding's rife. A second later George Hall pink ed the plantigrade just behind the left shoulder, whereupon the bear eel- lapsed, lost his footing and went tumbIing to the bottom of the canyon far below, carrying with him great rocks and bushes uprooted in his swift descent Even then the bear was snot done for He scrambled to his feet, growing fercely, and made off toward the head of the canyon, followed by the dog of the party and all five of the men, of whom Hall was the fast est runner. Fully a half mile away Hall came upon the quarry, nearly ex- hausted. He was finished by the him. ble Hall at close ran. Halls break neck race through the thick chaparral and over the stones had left him al- most devoid of clothing, and this fact, together with his seratched-up face, led the slower members of the party, who soon arrived, to believe that he ha- had a hand-to-hand encounter with the bear
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-09
AN AUTHOR
Who Wrote Books of Travel, Yet Had
 Never Travelled.


 New Orleans Times-Democrat: 'I used to know a man." said New Cr- leans bohemian, "who made a living writing stories of travel for boys. He had never been out of Missouri in his life, but he was famous for the graphic fidelity of his description of foreign lands. His reference library consisted of exactly three works: An encyclope- dia, a set of United States consular re- ports, covering four or five years, and a copy of Woods Natural History" If the scene of the story was to be laid, for instance. in Borneo, he would be- gin by reading the Borneo article in the encyclopedia; then he would turn to the consular reports and look up all the odd and interesting matter he could find touching that particular island, and finally he would get a description cf it's animals from Woods. He wrote at an old table on which was glued a map of the world, covered with a sheet of glass. This was constantly before his eyes, so he couldn't go astray on geography, and, as l said before, his descriptions were maryels of accuracy. He could draw q better and more re- alistic pen picture of foreign countries than travellers themselves. People thought that he had been a great globe trotter, and, crazy as it sounds, I be- lieye he actually got to thinking so himself. The last time I saw hiG he talked about Afghanistan in the easy off-hand vein of a personal observer. If hadn't happened to know that he had been Irving in S.. Louis all his life I would have sworn he had been there" /"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-09
Cotton Belt B. lletin.
PINE BLUFF TO CHICAGO
Via Cotton Belt Route

Leave Pine Bluff 1:10D m, arrive Chicago II i45 next day. Only one change; through sleepers.
 Grand Encampment l. o. o. F, of Arkansas: Little Rock, o t q. Rate, one and One-third fare for round trip Il certificate piani Dates Oct 27.
 National Re Union of the Blue and the Gray, Evansville, Ind. Oct. 10 to 13, Rate, One fare for round trip; Dates of sale, Get and 10; Return limit, Oct IS,
 State Convention United Daughters of the Confectionery, P.ne Bluff, Dc Der, Il to l4; Rate, on aI q one-thr fare for round trip on certificate plan; Dates of sale. Oct to H. inclusive; Return limit Oct Is.
 W. c. T. U. Conyention-Seattle, Wash, Oct. 20 to 2, 1899 Rate, one first class fare for the round trip, Dates of sale: Oct. r, l5' l4and i5 1899. Limits going transit limited ted Oct 20, 1899. Final return limit Nov l6, iosS ttop overs will be granted on going and re- turn trip at any point west of the Missouri river within the limit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-09
coLlEoEsTURN oUTsPINsTERs
Educated Girls Think Longer and Look
 on Marriage Seriously.

Marriage Seriously.
 Investigators who have been study ing the college girl versus marriage make the extraordinary assertion that the percentage of marriages among women collegians falls far below that of the less highly educated woman, says the New York Mail and Express. For example, take one college-Bryn MawF-and the classes of '89 and ,94 for illustration Class 3S9-Ten years out of school, averaging now 32-33 years of age; tWenty-siX members, eleven married. two studied three years postgraduate to take the degree of Ph. 3. Neither Of these has mar ried. Class '94-Five years out of school, averaging now 27-28 years of age; twenty in class; three have mar ried; three studied one year extra to take degree of A. M, one stayed three years to take Ph. D. Of seventy eight women who have held fellowships ten have married or 13 per cent; of 161 graduates thirty-nine have married, or A per cent; of 225 girls who did not stay to take their degrees thirty eight have married, or IF per cent; of 234 A. 5. s, thirty-two married, or If per cent Very few women will agree, however, with the conclusions of the Rev. Dr. E. Winchester Donald, made public in a speech delivered at Abbott academy, Andover, that the methods of education followed in nearly all the female colleges make pupils unwom- "nly and too erudite" They may make them critical and develop their dis cernment and discretion, two attrib utes which women greatly need to get along in the world, whether married or single, but in the sensible words CT one undergraduate is found the true solution of the problem She says:
 Graduates leave college at the age of 2l or 2, and are less likely to rush into marriage. They think longer and look at maternity more seriously While l must admit that there is g great difference in the percentage of married women who graduate com pared to those who do not, I do not think that girls erudition scares a young man or creates a desire to re- main single, but makes a woman more sensible and restrdins her from rush ing unheedingly into wedock."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-09
THE JAP PLAYERS.
SCENERY IS STRIKING; Cos-
 TUNES ARE SPLENDID.
Plays Are PrImitive-Humor Is Ex- pressed by Flip Flops. HeroIcs by Blind staggers, and Pathos by Much
 Snuafsh<

In the California theater, San Fran cisco, the other night. Otto Kawakami and Mme. Yacco and their company of rising Japanese actors and ac tresses" appeared for the first time in America in no less than four different pieces. At first sight and sound the native Japanese drama is rather a dif- ficu.t problem. Its tragedy does not make a serious dent in the American auditor. and its comedy does not strike him as the most joyous thing in the world. The Japanese actor, one finds, expresses pathos though his nose; be- roics, in blind staggers, and humor in acrobatie dip-faps He snuffies when he is saddest. And as there was a great deal of sadness in the first two pieces presented last night, there was a deal of snuffiing. Our Japanese townfolk filled the gallery and seemed to find delight in these nasal special ties, but the people downstairs didn't appear to know just how to take them. The plays are childishly primitive, and
 
 ed in the programme, quite intelligible. The first one, "The Duel" displays beautiful scenery and costumes and diVerting sword fight The second, "Kosunoki," is full of fights, during which the actors employ themselves in many realistic tumbles from a pile of stage rocks some fifteen feet in height. Hypnotism also seems to have place in this piece, as one no- tices that many Japs fall down van quished at the mere glance of the hot eyed hero The most interesting in plot is The Temjye of Dojoji, which is built around the Japanese legend of the bell in which the lovers hide and are efemated by the jealous woman's wrath In this Mme. Yaeco, who im- personates the yengefu1 rival executes a dance that is full of unique steps and poses. The performance closes wit. what is archly entitled Dewey Day Celebration on the Pine Fringed Shores of Miho. 9 Here the Geisha dances are introduced with pleasing result. An Se4AN 1AHo - s9AOA4 tAAetL GOAlACS EdiiAGi iIi the programme is a song, accompanied by the characteristic Japanese tnsru- ment, the shamisen. The song itself is long-yoiced falsetto and painful to the ears, but the accompaniment Is in teresting from technical standpoint at least. Cut to practical proportions, this Japanese show ought to have curious interest for. all play-goers. But in its present shape the Jap auditors seem to have most of the fun. As a picture. it is well worth taking in, the scenery is striking and the costumes are splendid. It is quite like an anl- mated Japanese screen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-09
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES

Human nature crops out rather early in the youth of the present age. "Tosnmy," asked a mother of her 3year-old son, what would you do if I gave you a nice orange?" I'd wish you would give me another" replied Tommy.
 Little Alice had been delegated to rock the baby to sleep. By and by her mother came in and found him still awake. "Why, Alice" she said, isn't your little brother asleep yet?' No, mamma, was the reply, T tan't make him teep his eyes buttoned."
 Harry" said the teacher to small pupil. you were not present yesterday, Were you detained at home in conse- ouence of the inclemency of the wealth err" "No, maam," replied Harry. My mother wouldn't let me como cause it rained.
 Little 4-year-old Clara had behaved very badly while her mother was en- tertaining caller, and as the latter was about to depart Clara said: "PIease, Mrs. Brown, don't go away yet!' Why, Clara, said Mrs. Brown, ''I had no idea you were so fond of ne.' "oh, it isn't that" was the frank reply, but mamma said I was to be whipped as soon as you went away"
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RUsstA's GREED OF MONEY

VIII Require n Large Amount to Com
 pIete Present Enterprises.
 4 great deal of interest is aroused in both political and financial circles by the appeal for assistance now being made by Russia in the London money market For many years to come Rus sia will require large financial re- sources to carry. out her vast plans for railway development in China. Persia and Siberia. Unless London comes to the help of M de Witte, the Russian minister of finance, the building of these railways, which bulk so largely in the searemonger's eyes, is likely to be postponed for an indefinite period. It seems odd that Russia should come to London to borrow money for the advancement of schemes which are openly designed to thwart the political and commercial interests of England and the United States in the far East It is unusual. to say the least of f. to invite prospective victims to subscribe for the expense of their own interment The only ground on which the annJf- cation is to be justified is the oosmo- politan character of modern finance. which knows neither country nor pa- triotism. Every shilling subscribed in England or America for the building of Russia's strategic lines in Asia win ba used against them. The spirit in which that portion of the Russian govern ment which is hostile to Anglo-saxon development administers the affairs of the interior is shown in the arrest and exile of thousands of students. and in the closing of nearly all the principal universities and colleges in Russia Harper's Weekly.
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Brotherly Love in the Philfpnin4s

A writer who is familiar with life in the Philippines, says Filipino" means person of pure Spanish extraction born in the Philippine islands. The people of mixed blood are Mestizos. while the spaniards call the aborigines indians. The same writer says the lhdlans of Luzon hate those of Panay. while both are cordially hated by the Mahometane of Mindanao.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-09
Clocks Without Hands or Faces.

In Switzerland they are making CLOCKS which do not need hands and races. The clock merely stands in the nan ana you press a button in it's stomach when, by means of the phono- graphic internal arrangements jt calls out "half-past G. or twenty three minutes to H." as the case may be.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-09
Needa NoTaIkInr.

A. c. Kent of Grand Rapids, Mich., a deaf mute travelling salesman, does 8 big business, in spite of his af- diction. On his card is the inscrips ton, Agent for the company that needs no talking"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-09
HELP WANTED

WA NTRD-sEvRRAB BRIGHT a. w Honest persons to represent ns Manae CTS in this and close by counties ss aTy S9ed year and expenses. Straight Hi fde no more. no less salary. Position e1 manent Our refere nee. any bank ins. town. It Is mainly office work 1onduefa5. home. Refeaence. Enclose self-addres stamped envelope. 4HE DOMINION ca
 Dept. 2, Chieaga
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 FOR SALE.

NOR Genuine James M starr- F Piano. fUn octive cabinet Grand !, little used. Cost S365 Address B, "a, this office,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-09
Proving Ills Statement.

Mary notice that Tom does not blacken his mustaehe nowadays" En- ma-"No. AS he told me last evening. he loves me with an undyeing love. ."-- Boston Transcript
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PrOfess ssiOna1.

TYR. c. D. SMITH. Veterinary surge4s ssl G Dentist treats all diseases of 44sHasta nimaIs. Office at BreRster's Stable. eie phone. old Il; new 129.
 All Calls Night and Dsi
 Answered Prompts
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-09

DK. A. ". TROUPE. Pine Bluff. Al L$ Office Hours, o4 E. ID. Telephone
 et1ce with Anderson-M Meyer Drug stofs
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-09
BACK FROM FROZEN NORTH.
Schooner Bonanza Returns From a
Cruise-Prisoners on the Rev
enue Cutter Rear

The schooner Bonanza arrived yester-
day from Point Hope with 1900 pounds
of whalebone, ten bundles of skins, fifteen
packages of furs and two packages of
ivory. Captain Smith reports leaving
Ponit Hope two days after the whaler
Mary D. Hume. He thinks he would have
beaten the latter down had it not been
for contrary winds. The Bear had two
prisoners, a white man and an Indian, on
board when she spoke the Bonanza. Both
men are accused of murder. The Indian
killed gold hunter on Kotzebue Sound
for his provisions and the white man an
will be tried at Sitka.
The crew Of the Bonanza had consider
able news of doings in Alaska, but 1t has
all been exploited by earlier arrivals.
The Pacific Mail Company'S steamer
San Jose arrived from Panama and way
ports yesterday morning and was placed
In quarantine. One of the Chinese pas
sengers was sick and, as yellow jack is
epidemic at Panama, the quarantine Off
Ger ordered the vessel to Angel Island.
An examination showed the Mongolian to
be suffering from some simple ailment, so
the vessel was released and went to her
dock. The following cabin passengers
came up on the steamer: Franklin E.
Moore, DR.. r. Zaldwar Max Rhode and
son. L. Wilhelmson, Robert Porter, Pearo
Tiexido, Jose Tonalla, Bruno e. Webber
and Chris Murkleson. The passengers re-
port that lazarettos are being built at
Panama to accommodate the yellow fever
patients and that a strict quarantine Is
being enforced on the isthmuS.