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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-06
1T Is NO EASY TASK.
Running Railroads in Island Of Luz
ION Attended with Difficulties.
An Officer Of the Signal Corps in the
! Philippines Describes the Nu-
merous Trials That Beset
! His Path.

Running railroads in the island of
1luzon is a lively job, owing to the con-
slant interference Of the insurgents,
coupled with the original wretched
condition of the road and rolling stock.
An officer of the signal corps, writing
to Senator Cullom, describes the situa-
tion as follows: "Trains are liable to
turn up in the most unexpected places,
and as for orders, when you have to find
out where they came from, how they
got there and where they started for,
engineers cannot be persuaded to run
after dark, unless thu y have about a
regiment Of infantry with them, and in
this they are sensible, as the Gugus have
all their fun at night and waste most Of
their ammunition after dark.
'The train dispatcher is supposed to
be bell boy for the local telephone line.
He has to handle about $50 messages
per diem via the dash and dot system,
and he Is his own delivery boy. Every
officer who comes in has his own partic-
ular grievance which he wishes you to
adjust, and they bring in messages 1t
would take q board of inquiry two
whole months to decipher, and then
they would have to refer them to the
man who wrote them.
"Oficers will send in a message with
no address except mans name, often
with no signatures attached. If you
don't happen to know the man personal
ly to whom it is directed and fail to
send it, in about two deys here comes an
insignificant second lieutenant, who
doesn't know when his face is clean,
and who prances up and down the Of
flee threatening to have the whole sig
nal corps arrested and court-martialed.
HE never has the manhood to offer
us cigar when he finds us smiling at
him and trying our best to do as he de-
sires and to show him wherein he has
erred,''
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-06
MAKES A CHANGE.
Secretary Root Moves His Office So
That He Can Have Much
Greater Privacy.

Secretary Root has given up the Of
fee which has been used by his prede-
jcessors since the construction of the
war department and removed to the
room of his private secretary. This
was done to give the secretary a pri-
vate Office where be could work with
out interruption when he has special
business on hand.
There are only three rooms, in the
secretary's immediate suite-a large
reception-room, his private secretary's
room, and that of the secretary him.
self. Heretofore the reception-room
and the Office of Secretary Roots pri-
vate secretary have been open to the
public and members of the press. This
practically confined the secretary to
one room, and it was impossible for
him to have a conference without in
terruption. Secretary Root will now
do the bulk of his work in the room
of his private secretary. There is a
large double desk in the center of this
office, which will be used by Secretary
Root and Victor Mason, his private
secretary.
The room which was formerly occu-
pied by Mr.. Root will be reserved for
the purpose of private consultation
and special work, and when the secre-
tary enters it he will not be disturbed
under any circumstances. The pub
lie will be excluded from the joint
office of Secretary Root and Mr..
Mason, and in the future the recep-
tion-room will be used exclusively for
the purpose for which it was con-
cty-11ot aI
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-06
Not Obliged to Bury Them.

Controller Traceweu, at Washington,
has rendered an opinion in which he
holds that if civilian .employe of the
army should die at a military post the
government would defray the expenses
of his burial if no funds were left
which could be utilized for that pur-
pose. There is no such legal obligation,
and the action would be for sanitary
reasons or on account of moral senti-
ments.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-06
This was n New Jersey Girl.

After entertaining one fellow until
II o'clock the other evening a New
Jersey girl eloped with another in time
to catch the midnight train. The Chi
cago Times-Herald says that some girls
seem to get their greatest enjoyment
out of the practice Of making people
feel cheap.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-06
STRENGTH, PURITY AND FLAVOR
Stylish Belt-Buckle.

welcomed for "dressed.up" occasions BY
the ladies who like to wear different
colored sashes. The gold-fnish goes we'll
with any of them. Given for 10 lion
heads and 1-cent stamp.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-12-06
Used ID Millions Of Homes!
Accept no substitute
Insist on LION COFFEE, in l lb. plk25.
These articles mailed FREE /
exchange for lion heads cut fro1
front Of I Ib. LION COFFEE pk<.
Gold Collar Button.

Mailed free for 5 lion heads cut from Lien
Cofiee.wrappers and Q 2-cent stamp. Made
of rolled gold and with mother-of-pearl
back suitable alike for ladies and gentle
men. This shape is handy and popular.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
nroon onRE SENT FREE.

Bv addressing Blood Balm Co.,, 2z3 MIcbeII Street Atlanta, Ga, any ot onr "l Tts readers may obtain 2 sample bottle Blood P5 5d9i Balm, the greatest. grandest. best best and strongest blood. remedy made, Cures when al! else fa5ls, I,Is;Ipl pipPlesi b1aed ulcers, scrofnta. eczema, 9l;s 9lis, oI99a ;,1 poison, eating sores dlslI{esinl rl o,s,,.a sAln Poi9o"' t,sm Free medical advice included, ,,5an o,Fa, description of your trouble is 9i1en Mnen oT9fi T6is , generous offer is worth gl5fin' z Biia acce6ti6g. liS Sample bottle sent slI @i'i'e charges are e prepaid Large bottles, a1i ontaIni6g gI'a I nearly a quart of medicine, for fon saIn saI + b7 all druggists at % per ioI batfIa Sai0 B. B. is always ahead of all other blood remedies for curing blood humors. Try 5. B. B. next time YOU buy a blood purifier
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
The TrekkinR WaRon.

The South African wagon is a long. heavy cart mounted on four wheels, as rule, with a sort of canvas tent over the back half. leaving the front clear to carry the miscellaneous furniture of it's owner. drawn by sixteen, eighteen or twenty oxen, curious1y ferce-look- ing with their immense spread of horn. sometimes as much as eight feet from tip to tip and rarely less than six, but in reality as patient and hard-working beasts as one could wish to find. Their mode of progression Is certainly slow, but there Is a strangenesa and a faa- eination about 1t which may draw men to 1t almost as the Alps draw their devoUees. h front there marches the "voorlooper," generally & small boy leading the two foremost oxen by rein or rope passed through their nos trils. The driver walks alongside with the long and terrible whip he uses so unsparingly. or else sits on the front of the wagon and gets off occasionally to lash up the whole team with unfaa- ing impartiality The travelling is all done at night, starting a little before sunset and marching until perhaDs II or F o'clock; then there is a halt till a little before the first signs of dawn. when they go on again till the sun be- gins to get hot overhead, and then they lie for the day.-Gentleman's Maga. zine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
FLORIDA OWLS.
Yeung Birds of Different Ages Tosnd
 in One Nest.

h One Nest.
 Early in April of last year the cap tain of the steamer Roseada. plying ca the Kissimmee river, reported the dis coyery of q white owls nest, which was in a hole of q leaning dead cab
 n, eFsrnanging the river, says Fafe.t = i stream Twice a week on his ti5 ID and down he watched the growta 5f the birds, until he consid cred them old enough to move. He then transferred them from the nest to a box. under serious protest from the parent birds The birds proved to be speciments of the barn owl. and great was the surprise to see the three owls of three different sizes and evidently considerable differences iH their ages. From inquiry it is learned that these birds, after matching the first egg, lay another, whose matching is left to be done by the young bird while it feath- CTS, thus explaining why the birds in the different stages of development were found in the same nest and ex= plaining. too. the responsibility that the oldest bird seemed to have OCT the younger ones much as the older child watches over the younger ones of a family. The oldest owl was al most mataHed-in full feather-its large black eyes, almost human in exs pression. being we'll set off by the snow-White face The pIHmage on the back was golden brown, the rest of the body streaked with white The second bird in size was an ashy, dull white; he was covered with down the down on his face giving him vicious expression entirely different from the oldest bird. The baby Of the nest was scarcely half the size of the oldest bird had a sharp. narrow and long face. with weazened, monkeyIike expression. but he was snow-white. looking like ball of wool He cud- dled under the larger birds and at feeding time was the most rayenous eater of the crowd All day long these three little owls quietly sat, making no sound except when ap- preached. when a sharp snapping Of their beaks announced that they wished no intruders To turn them out of their box in daytime meant quick return to it. They were turned out one day for visitor to admire, and the box removed, when they quietly sought refuge under the folds of her dress skirt. At night they were in their element when turned loose; they walked around Tapped their wings, would come up and take food from the Land and drink water from spoon placed between their peaks with as much ease as a person possibly could. After eating to their satisfacs ton. they would return to the box and there sit for an hour, peering out swaying their bodies backward and forward. as if rocking themselves to sleep. The pleasure and the study de rived from observing these young owls scarcely compensated for the sorrow caused around the old palm tree. For several trips. as the Reseada passed up and down the river. the old owls fol. lowed the boat, darting at it and cry. Ing for the loss of their young, their mournfuI tones coming to the crew on the still nights like some haunting spirit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
Cotton Belt Bulletin.
PINE BLUFF TO CHICAGO
Via Cotton Belt Route

Leave Pine Bluff 1:10p. m. arrive Cmcagt l;45 next day. Only one change through sIeepers.
 Meeting of District Grand Lodge No. II c. U. O. of 0. F., HeXaFkana, Ark, Bugust lst 10 1th. lS99 rate, one and one-third fares for the round trip date of sale, July 18th to August 4th, 1899; return limit, August TO- 99, Summer Tourist ates to searcv Springs and Ravendeu Springs, from May 10th to September 10th. good until October 3t 1899- Rate: Searcy, Ark, &. 9. Ravenden, Ark S1, ,75.
 Fishing Season 1899. Spirit Lake, Ark. Rate: Pine Bluff s2 00 per capita for three or more on one ticket. Dates of sale: Daily un- oil further notiee Return limit: Two days from date of sale,
 summer Assen bly, International Christian
 Workers Association and Bible School.
 Black Mountain N c.. August 15 to 4.
 Rate-Rnund trip at rate Qf one standard
 fare. Eates of sale-August 13 to q. in
 elusive, Return limit Aagust28. Teachers Convention, Bonteagle, Tenn
 August to $. Rate, Round trip ticket
 at rate of one standard fare. Dates of
 sale, July 3l, August and2 Return limit
 August 10,
 Laying Cornerstone 4 NJ. E. Church south,
 Thor ton. Ark. July 90 Rate Open
 rate of one and one third fares for the
 round trip. Dates of sale, July 29 and 30.
 Return limit July 3l.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
saltlvatlon ss tho Roman campagna.

cultivation of the Roman campagnA.
 Last spring disorders took place at sastel Gandolfo. a village on the AL aan hills, provoked by peasaaSs agi- ating for bread or for land od which Q cultivate grain. Prince Barberinf. proprietor of much land in the neigh sorhood. portioned ont part of it, which had for the last 100 years been ct f6r pasture, between 144 peasants. The terms offered to the peasants were imple. They were given a three years ease of the land on condition that hey should cultivate it with maize or wheat, and that one-thfrd Of the crops hould belong to Prince Barberini and he other two-thirds to the peasants. The first harvest of maize has now teen reaped, and the results are most neouraging. The value of the crop is calculated at 6,300 lire. and third. iqual to about 80 pounds, goes into he pockets of Prince Barberin. The wheat has just been sown. and it is sxDected tbat it will produce 12.600 ire, of which 4.200 lire, or 16O pounds, gill belong to Prince Barberini. who gill thus have 240 pounds a year out of and which has yielded him less than
 0 pounds year. In addition, he has sssured a good livelihood to IA stary- az families. London Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
New Napoleon Letter.

The historic chateau of Malmaison Is Icing restored by M. Osiris. a wealthy Napoleon worsbiper. It is his tnten- ton, says the London Chronicle, to turn it into Napoleonie museum. and to present it to the state in time for 1t to form one of the attractions of he great exhibition in 1900. In re- pairing the library very interesting ind was made in the shape of a let- ter from Napoleon to Josephine, dat ed from the TrianoD, August IS. 1913. reproaching her with not saving mon- ey. He advises her to put her affairs in order, not to spend more than 980.- 900 8 year and to save the other 960,- 000 Thus in tel years she would have accumulated a fortune for her grandchildren. Instead of doing thia. however, I am told" he continues. that you are in debt If you wish to please me take care to fill a fat stock ing. What do you suppose would be my opinion of you if I knew you Ao he in debt with an income of 5000 GOO francs a year9''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
NEW NOSE
Made for Little Girl by Piece of
 skuifuI Surgery.

Made for Little Giri by B Piece oF
 sknifuI Surgery.
 Milwaukee special Chicago Cbroni- ele: Twelve-year-old Ella Bruck will come from St. Josephs hospital with an entirely new nose, with which she can sniff as daintily as she could be- fore the accident which temporarily deprived her entirely of her nasal or gan. The operation, which was en- tirely successful, was performed by Dr Levings, with the assistance of the hospital physicians. The doctors say that it was a most remarkable opera tion and that they do not know of aE exactly similar one ever performed In this country or elsewhere.
 Elias accident was fall, which bumped her nose so severely that it disappeared entirely, leaving a depres- sion where the nose should be. The child suffered so much torture that her father, who is a doctor decided 1t would be feasible to attempt to build Or the child an entirely new nose from her own flesh. akin and bone.
 At eAAC Alo9N tL Adp HI lliG SHdpG If an inverted heart three and a half nehes long and two inches wide was Ut out of the center of the ehud,s forehead, being joined to 1t only at he tip of the flap. The external layer # bone, together with the skin and iesh was removed and then the en- tire flap was twisted around so that It hung over the noseless place. but was still attached to the forehead The pony part of the portion removed was detached in broken bits. The bits e bone grew together and gave it firm ness and finally, it was a most pre- sentable nose. The center of the pa tient's upper lip was cut out and turn d up in order to form the partition between the nostrils. The patient has now left the hospital with as perfect nose as that of any Of her compan- ions.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
FcTRAL BELL.
That Alarms sauormen Along the Coast
 of the Gulf

of the Gulf.
 The toIling of a spectral bell is one of the familiar superstitions of the sea and especially is the illusion com- mon along this section of the GuiI coast What causes it nobody has ever learned, but there is hardly 1uggerman from Mobile to the passes who has not, at one time or another heard the sound They describe the note as extraordinarily sweet ana clear, rising and falling in solemn ca dence and always seemingly close at hand. It is entirely different, they say, from any other noise of the ocean, and they scout the theory that it could possibly be produced by waves. It isn't water" said an old seafaring man the other night. and for that matter it's sometimes heard on land. I know, because I've listened to it my self Back in TT. if you care to hear She story, I quit sailorizing for while and went out west and tried mining l had q partner named Whieher, and away up in the Sierra Madre range in North New Mexico we found an out cropping of rotten quartz that showed gold It looked So good that we start ed to sink shaft although it was the most God-forsaken spot you ever laid eyes on. It was in 3 1ftt1e canyon, q thousand miles from nowhere, ugly black peaks all around Us. and lonely? well, lonely is no namg for it! One day, while Whicher was in the hole, and me at the windless. he heard the bell. It was clear as ny voice, and seemed right over a mountain spur where We knew there was no living being for three days travel It rang while and then stopped Next day it rang again slow, solemn and pIainer than ever. It was broad daylight and that made the thing all the wosSs, which sounds funny, but it is true We stood 1t four times and then Whicher climbed out of the hole and said, Let's go. I was willing. I be- lieye we had a good thing. but that bell!-it was too many for usl It makes my flesh crawl to think about it even now
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
SKILL IN EMBROIDERY
Was an Accomplishment and Pastlme of
 EarIY English Oneens.

Early English Queens.
 New York Tribune: As far back as the time of King Athelstan's reign in England the art of embroidery had reached high standard throughout continental Europe. The four sisters of the Briton ruler were famous for their needlework. and for another quality they possessed-namely. that of attracting a remarkable number Of suitors, who were drawn, it is assert ed by the charms that this feminine accomplishment gave to the fair work CTS. The wife of Edward the Confess sor had an absorbing love for the art. in which she exceued many noted women of her time. In those days the Anglo-Saxon nobles were known abroad by their gorgeous costumes. woven of silks and wools and embroid- cred heavily, and this work took the place in continental esteem that is to- day occupied by the Eastern embroid- cries brought into England The Eng fish embroideries were so much prlzed that the popes and other potentates were proud to accept gifts of garments made by the needlewomen of England Throughout Europe the finest spect- mems were done in the epoch bound, ed by the eleventh and fourteenth cen turies, At the South Kensington Mu. scum, in London, a specimen of the finest work of that time is exhibited It was done by Englishwomen some time about the year of 1250 The sub 1ect is Scriptural, as were many oi the most noted pieces of the age.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
Smallest Tree In Britain.

The smallest tree that grows in Great Britain may be seen on the very top of Ben Lomond. It Is the dwarf willow, which at maturity reaches a height of only two inches.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11

Ruff City Lumber Co. manufactur- CT and dealer in all kinds of lumber, also sashes, doors, blinds, and all kinds of iBterior and exterior finish Everything at reasonable prices.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
Tho WhIstllnp Tree.

The "whistling tree" is so called from the wind in it's branches making a sound like flute. It is the "tsofar" of South Nubia, and yields the gum of senaar. Dr. Schweinfurth has shown that the sound Is caused by holes bored in the spines of the branches by an insect in order to suck the gum. Ths spines. in fact Necome little flutes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
origin of Their Taea..

she-"Tt seems to be the general be lief among the Spaniards that Ameri- cans are merely a lot of savages. ,"
 He-'Yes, I guess they must have had dealings with some of the eastern summer hoteIkeepers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11

TaFe the place and attitude which belong to you. and all men will ao- Guiesce
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
PrOfeSsiO

sT5T4 sai. XftdfFaaFy M da safFsSS@ f do@ssso sao eoimaIs, Office at Brewster's Stable Tele phohe' "'o 'ai no All Calls Night and Dav
 4nswerVd Promptly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11

TYR. A. ". TROUPE, Pine Bluff Ark U Office Hours, 2to D. n. IeIePnonee Pl.,l.
 efice with AnderSOn-MeYeF DfC8 Store
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
CHEAP OOLUM

EOR RENT House No. g0a West 2ud ave k nue: bath room, cisteFu, water works. &c. Apply to Mrs L.. Moore, gl0 W. sth avenue; old phone 2Gs. III
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
erfeCt Content

is bound to be yours when you get ieside of one of our faultIessly laundered collars, cuffs or shirt. The color and finish are exquisite. There are no frayed edges or torn button holes to annoy you from any work done at this up-to-date laundry.
 HMERIcHN-EXcEnsIoR
 laundry Go.
 2is uIese BaFFaaoe St.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11

! HAVE FOR sALEa nice home. No. to02 ! w. 9th ave .G-room bath and out houses Party wishes to sell within the next twa weeks, account of his removal of business t9 st. Louis Also nice building lot on W. 9th ave. Mus be sold at nee. Terms t0 suit the purchaser Telephone or cali on Chas. Hayc0ck. Real Estate Agent, I2f West Second Avenue h
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-08-11
Iron Mountain Rates.

cheap Rates to Arkansas Summer Resortt Tickets on sale up to and including Sept. 90 All tickets good returning until Oct. 3l, Ms Neb0. &8.s0i seaFcy, S4. .25i RayeBden, S7.l5.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-05
THE FORCE OF HABIT.
Johns Manner of Returning from
His Natural Rambles Did
the Trick.

"If we could rouse her from this apathy"
said the doctor, turning from the patient
with worried look, there might be some
hope. If she could be made to speak we
might make her realize her condition and
get her to make an effort to save herself"
He turned to the husband, who knelt BY
the bed, his haggard face buried in the white
spread. ,,,
physician, almost irritably. Cant you say
something or do something that will aroust
her from this stupor! Isn't there anything
you could do that would awaken her.. :,
A look of hope lighted the husbands pal,
face. He rose without word and lett the
house.
It was midnight. The watchers by the
bedside heard the rain pelting against the
window panes and the wind whistling
around the corners Of the old home. A step
sounded on the gravel walk outside. In an
other second there was the click OF a latch.
key fumbling uncertainty in the keyhole oi
the front door The restless turning Of the
sick woman's head upon the pillow stopped
suddenly. She seemed to listen.
The door opened and unsteady steps came
along the hall. The husband entered the
dimly lighted room and felt his way among
the chairs. His wife's eyes were open now
Her lips twitched once or twice, ther
parted.
"John," she said, family, "where havt
you been until this hour?"
And they knew that she was saved.-N
Y, World.