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Semi-weekly interior journal., 1899-04-07

Handsome line Of Crepou. Serges in
Nes Blue and BacS. Henrietta and Nc.
hair.
See our line Of ., y. 10 and I2lc Per
Gales.
A big line Of Osgaudies, Piqucs. Dim.
ities, Spring GinghAms, Green and Blue
Denim, Covert Goth in Green, Tan
and Blue.
Shirt Waist silk, Plaid SILK, Blue. Red
Green aud Brown 4sc.
Pins, White, Blue. Red anl Il ack Tai.
ie,a, satin in Black. Cercse, sc.
New line oi Belts, Ribbons yelling,
and Mousseiues.
Semi-weekly interior journal., 1899-04-07

EDITOR G. +. WOODS, OF the Rich.
mond Climax, must De man of means.
He has moved seven times in 30 mouths
and as three moves are said 10 be equal
TO one fire, II will be seen that he still
survives after being burned out "A
times.
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The SPRING TRADE

The collection arge.,
and
ing The latest ready made the
andae hereto
inspection and choosing IL only
lpokto buy
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"OUR Girls In Camp" delighted q
good sized audience at Walton's Opera
House last night, when number of
real little actresses appeared before
the footlights. The performers were
Misses Virginia Bourne, Sallie Lvnu,
Alvira Van Arsdale. Sarah Baughman,
Matte Menefee, Eta Belle Cloyd,
Stella Ballou, Anna Darst, Virginia
Pickett, jamie Dawson and Polly Tray
lor and they all did so well that IL Is
difficult 10 partIcularize, but Misses
Bourne and Lynn had the hardest
parts and are therefore the more
worthy of mention. a NUM- er OF piano
quartettes were admirably rendered,
Misses Allie Huffman, Sotie Alcorn,
Jennie Lynn, Stella Hill, Josephine
Hayden, Katie Bastin, Kate Walton
Waters, Catherine Huffman, Mary
McRoberts, Mary Higgins. Minnie
Sine, Myrtle Hughes, Katie Beazley
and Hattie Fowler performing. The
entertainment was a credit to Stanford
Female College and especially 10 the
teachers OF the music and elocution
departments, Misses Ellen and Flora
Ballou
The age-herald., 1899-06-11
THE TRUE STORY OF IT

others did not; thence I deduced the prob ability that she would tell us all she knew.
 She did.
 Well, now" she began, with modest, self-depreciatory smile, 'I really thought everybody knew about those gloves"
 'We, none of us, know Lillian Bodily as well as you do, my dear" said Mrs. Cars ton from across the room. Do tell us about it, if it isn't confidence"
 "Why, I never had any idea that 1t was any secret" Claire went on. Tt began in New York city, you know, more than year ago. It's what they call a romance, l suppose.
 She had never met MT. Simley before. She had been shopping and as she was crossing at that terrible place, where they run over so many people, think it's at Madison Square-she dropped a parcel, without knowing it. AS she was going on it hurry to get to the curbstone and es- cape all the dangers of cars, cabs, car- riages and wagons, someone touched her on the arm and said, I think you dropped this'-and gave her the parcel.
 'She hardy saw the mans face-only just had time to thank him and go on-be- fore he had turned and gone in the oppo- site direction. When she had got to the curbstone, and was well on her way along the sidewalk, she noticed a crowd of peo- pie all running one way. Then she turned back and found that cab had run over a man.
 ''There was a big crowd on the spot, of course and great deal of confusion, but she did manage to find out from somebody who stood by her that the man had been crossing the street, had stopped to pick up parcel and, when he turned to go on again, had been run over-not seeing that the cab was close on him.
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If I had remained the only man in the room, believe I should have held my peace and let Claire's version go.
 As it was, feeling emboldened by the presence of one other member of my own sex, cleared my throat and spoke out from my corner
 Ladies, and fellow mani"
 The laughter suddenly stopped, and twenty-four feminine eyes turned them selves upon me with varing expressions of surprise
 q only wanted to say" found courage to proceed, that the romantic story Miss Fox has just favored with"
 "Usl' Miss Fox echoed scornfully.
 "Well, mean" I continued, somewhat abashed, " the really beautiful story Miss Fox has just told isis very pretty"
 'Is that all?" several of the ladies ask ed together
 T was going to say" continued-"r was going to add, if might make so bold, that the story is-'' Here I caught Claire Fox's eye and quailed little lis almost entirely correct. Only, it was not Simey that picked up the parcel"
 "Oh, then you know all about it!' said Mrs. Carston. ''Who did pick it up?'
 'I did, Mrs. Carston."
 At this there was a chorus of "Ohw
 q happened to be with Miss Body in New York city that day. went on, a lit tie encouraged by the attention of the company. "She dropped that parcel, and I turned back to pick it up, and I was knocked down by O cab and run over
 "You were run over?" Claire Fox ex- claimed incredulously-I don't know why Better men than I have been run over, and worse.
 'Yes, l." 3id.
 'Then. does MT Simley come in?" Mrs. Carston asked.
 "He come in just there," I said. "He was the stray passer-by who run and picked me up. Miss Bodly, after taking the parcel from me, had gone on some steps, and didn't know about the accident until she saw me-all bloody and unpleas- ant, as Miss Fox has said-in MT. Simley's arms. Then came the ambulapee, in which I was removed to Bellevue hospital.'
 But the parcel did contain white gloves with black sow1ng?" asked the middle aged lady who had before spoken.
 "I'm sorry to say 1t did not" said "That really belongs later in the story. simpley was kind enough to escort Miss Bodly to the hotel, and, next day. his mother brought her to the hospital to see me. It is quite true that the Sim
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Here there was murmurs of Dear mel" And the parcel contained blackedged gloves, of course!" One young lady asked, Was the man killed?" But she was laughed out of court.
 "He was all bloody" Miss Fox continued -"all bloody and horrible, you know. But Lillian insisted on seeing him. She told one of the policemen that gentleman had picked up a parcel she had dropped while she was crossing right there, and that she believed this must be the man. Of course she felt dreadful about it, and of course she got them to find out the name of the man."
 And of course it was Simley!" Mrs. Carston exclaimed
 Here I held my breath, anxious to see how far away Claire Fox was in her yer sion of the story. I may as well say at once that I knew a good deal more about it than she could know
 "Yes," she said, "of course it was MT. Simley. They found his card case and gave her one. Then the ambulance came, and she saw the doctor and told him all about it, but he was very abrupt and rude about it, I believe"
 ''They always are," remarked one mid dle-aged lady. "I never could understand why hospital surgeons should not consid- CT themselves bound by the ordinary rules of good manners"
 And did she go and nurse him?" asked another. "She ought to, you know"
 ''They won't let you in those city hospit- als, you know" said Claire Fox, "They have their own nurses, and they treat everyone that come in alike-no matter wno you are But Lillian found his moth- CT, and went to call on her. And in that way a friendship sprang up
 (Which soon ripened into intimacy" Mrs. Carson continued. And before long the little boy with the wings introduced himself to them both,o
 And when short twelve months had elapsed" third lady put in, as her con- tribution, '"they were married. But the bride insisted that at the wedding cere- mony everyone should wear white gloves with black bindings, in memory of the day which had nearly cost the bridegroom his life, but had in the event begun for him life-lfe of
 "Of more perfect and more exalted fe- li6ty," another concluded.
 The whole bevy of beauty were thor oughly enjoying this facetious termination to Claire's pretty little love story, when the door of the room opened, and another man walked in. That gave me courage.
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"All the bridesmaids will wear gloves with black sewing"
 That was what I heard Mrs. Carston tell ing the company in general, as l walked into the room where about dozen or them were assembled. Mrs. Carston had been giving a luncheon of some color or other at which I, being of the sex Of which am was not present, since was ex- elusive a feminine luncheon. Judging by the importance of the wedding alluded to- the forthcoming Simley-Bodly wedding-I would have supposed that the subject had been threshed out three hours ago, in the course of the luncheon itself.
 Inst that funny ieda?" said one of Mrs. Carston's guests.
 Another one said, "It's grewsome idea, I think"
 And third. q wonder they're not afraid of i'll luck Just think, black at a we'd ding"
 Coming somewhat timorously into that gathering of the fair and enlightened, l had hardly been noticed. The first man to appear on such an occasion Is pardonably apt to glide in noiselessly and sidle around the periphery of the room, so as to shake hands with the hostess as unostentatiously as possible. I took occasion to scan the faces of those present in order to divine, if I could, how much knowledge of the history of the black-edged gloves was held in suspension in the whole crowd. As the result of my reconnaissance, it appeared that nobody there knew anything about the inner mysteries of the matter except Claire Fox I could see that Claire Fox knew and had satisfied herself that the
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them the true history of the gloves. Still, l would not enhance Claire's .vindictive pleasure by seeming afraid to tell all l know even though the thing had been a secret until then between Lillian Bodily, Simley and myself.
 Well" I said 'it was only this:-I had been-I may say, very attentive to Miss Bodly until then. When 1 heard she was to be married to MT. Simpley, I said would not attend the wedding-It was a mere piece of foolishness, you know-Then, when they insisted I said that it would be like going to my own funeral. Then. Simley said I might come in black if I liked-with black gloves. And when Miss Bodly, just for poke. settled it, 'as a compromise, she said, that everyone was to wear white gloves with black stitch ing"
 "Oh, hop said several of the ladies, as I ended my penance-"So you might as well go with little sprig of willow in your buttonhole, eh!'
 And Claire Fox, with a fendish laugh of triumph, asked. me, Aren't you glad you were able to set me right?-So much obliged to you for your version. It's much the more interesting.'
 Little cat! tAiilfEWHi5B
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leys and the Bodlys became acquainted in that way, and"
 And acquaintance ripened into friend ship" one of the ladies again interrupted.
 "Friendship into-into the little boy with wings, and so forth,'' said Mrs. Carston. "But don't tell us there were no white gloves with black sewing in that parcel!"
 q cannot tell a lie," I said. "There were no gloves in the parcel which nearly cost me my life"
 .'Then how do you account" Claire Fox began.
 "Then what was in the parcel?" Mrs. Carston interrupted her.
 "Chocolate caramels," I said.
 At that there were cries of "Shame!" "Vandal!' Turn him out!''
 Mrs. Carston presently succeeded in re- storing order.
 ''Mr. Dash" she said to me, "you have shamefully spoiled a pretty romance. It is the sentence of this court that you forthwith do your best to repair 1t by telling all you know about those white and black gloves"
 It was very hard on me, this l cer- ,tainly felt keen remorse for having spoilt Claire Fox's story, if was to tell
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member, and who wanted a taste of torna- do will have come under the influence of the rocking ship. Too proud to seek the side of the boat he will cover his embar- rassment with his hand.
 All are warranted to feed the fishes, and by four o'clock when the rocking is ended and the tornado subsidies, the passengers will agree that they have received five francs worth of misery.
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away All the while the boat rocks violent 'ly and those who generally enjoy the mo- ton of the water and who came out to have a good time, while the others are sea- sick, begin to feel the bangs themselves Seasickness is guaranteed and none can escape it.
 By dinner time all are <xeduced to hope less stage of nal de mer, and the exposi- ton people are 'in'' just many dinners
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where they can eat and drink at their pleasure, paying for what they get.
 As soon as they are out upon the water the fun begins. The ship, by some internal mechanism begins at once to rock. It rolls violently and the decks which were calm an instant before, now incline at steep angle. It is said that this can be done by the simple arrangement or rolling a heavy weight from one side of the ship
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SEA SICKNESS GUARANTEED.
Boat Will Be Launched Tornado and You Can Enjoy Genuine
 Sea Trip for Five Francs.

Probably not a great deal will be cooked; for seasck people are not, as rule, hun gry. ">%
 The bride and groom who stepped aboard in the morning, she pretty and confiding, he debonair. have-lost all their grace and nothing remains but seasickness. They are both hopelessly under the weather.
 Even the old gentleman who has crossed the ocean every season since he can re-
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to the other. Be it done as it may, the ship begins to rock violently at once and the spray is tossed each side of it
 Now the spray rises higher and begins to fall upon the deck; and from myster- ious sources there come water spouts and deluges of brine. It seems as though it were raining; yet the rain does not fall direct. Old ocean is being lashed into fury and the passengers cannot see three feet
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Paris, June 1.-The Paris exposition will excell in novelties, positively everything of a unique nature being offered A person who goes through all the stages of the Paris exposition, sees its sights and tries it's novelties will have lived lifetime. Hereafter that person can testify to know ing all about the land and sea, the sky and
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exposition.
 People taking passage on the ship are charged five francs, The excursion lasts for the day. The boat is to make trip upon the Seine and return the same day. The journey will be about six hours long, from ten in the morning until four in the after noon, though it scarcely gets 200 feet from land Dinner is supplied the passengers free of charge, and there Is a cafe aboard
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the sub-surface.
 One of the novelties promised is a torna- do. A boat will be launched daily, and those who desire can take passage, the ob- feet being to make a voyage in bad wealth. CT. Many people have crossed the ocean when it was calm; few have ever had the experience of being on the ocean in tor nado. But this can be remidied at the Paris
Semi=weekly graphic., 1899-04-26

Mrs. K. L. Elliott, wife oi the we l known Wabbaseka attorney, is wis iting frieI ds in the city.
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A RUNAWAY.

Monday afternoon the negro driy- CT of one of Brewster & Henslee's B public carriages left his team unat- tended at the Iron Mountain depot
 and the result was a runaway and
 smashup. During the negro's ab- sence the team became frightened at the passenger engine and dashed
 away at a wild speed. They ran straight iintn u telegraph pole near City Cotton Scales No. Il, and tore the front part of the costly vehicle into splinters. The harness was torn from the horses backs and they con tinued their wild race. The damage done amounts to about $45 or $50,
 Fortunately no one Was Tn the ve- hiele at the time. A miracle of the mishap was that not a glass in the carriage W as cracked by the collision.
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A CRAZY MAN.

This afternoon Nath Crosby, a negro man walked into MT. Micky Hollands saloon oD East Third av- enue and demanded that the bar keeper hand over the cash drawer and all it's contents. The barkeep F noticed the negro had rather crazy appearance and did not answer him. I he negro then walked behind the counter and attempted to help him. s If, to the cash, but the barkee per held him UT til an officer arrived. He was carried before Judge Garrett and later committed to jail upon a cnarge of insanity.
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ANOTHER PURSE SNATCHER.
A Negro Grabbed Another Purse
 and Is Arrested.

FJack, the Snatcher" has reached this city.
 Another case of purse snatehing is on the civil docket at the court house. Th.s time the offender did not escape the clutches of the law, but now occupies a cell in the jail.
 Lemon Champion is his name. He was riding in buggy in the yicin- ity of thls city Monday afternoon with a "lady" friend, when he spied pocketbook in the woman's apron pocket. He quietly slipped his hand therein and, somehow or other, his fingers cramped on the leather ar ticle.
 He jumped from the buggy and ran from the woman's view. She reported the matter to the police, and Deputy Sheriff Robert Johnson and Constable Norrell soon had him behind the bars.
 The pocketbook and contents, $8, were recovered.
 He will have 8 hearing before Judge Niven Wednesday.
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Isn't it about time for the Demo- cratic National Committee to "breaA loose'' from it's entangling alliances, and stand strictly upon the princi- ples of the party? The committee has wasted entirely too much valua- ble time playing in the back yard of Free Silver Republicans, hollering in the Popuistic rain-barrel and sliding down the Anarchistic cellar door. Good Democrats desire no bastard political compacts for thel next cam paign, such as was witnessed m 1896. If we can't elect our next standard bearer upon merit and party princi- ble, let us at least go down to defeat like men who have 1st a battle fought on Democratic doctrine rath- CT than political intrigre.
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A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

Let every citizen aiu in this impor- tant enterprise and lend his best efforts to a movement that will re- suit in a great commercial and in- dusurial revival in this city.
 The Austin-Sa wyer Lumber Co, of Lacrosse, Wis, through it's repre- sentati es. Messrs. N P Sawyer and J. " Putnam, will meet with our citizens in the court house t6- night at o'clock and submit a proposition to the people of Pine Bluff to locate their large lumber plant here and construct Ia railroad from this place to Sheridan,
 The Austin-Sawyer Lumber Co. have purchased more than O0000 acres of timbered lands lying west of us in Jefferson, Grant and Saline counties and 9ill at once decide up- on a location for their mill. Pine Bluff cannot afford 10 lose this great opportunity.
 Let every citizen interested in the welfare and upbuilding of Pine Bluff aCtend this meeting.
 FRED Fox, President.
 E D. RUSSELL, Secretary.
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Mrs. L. o Knox is the possessor of one of the prettiest and most neatly made crazy quilts that has ever been seen in Pine Bluff. It was sent to her recently by her grandmother, who resides up north. She is eighty years of age and it took her three years to complete the fancy piece. The quilt contains ,479 pieces, among which can be found every color imag- inable. Mrs. Knox has it on exhibi- tion at Bradford & Kuox's store.
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A Refreshing Style.

The art Of quotation requires deli cacy in practice. An already famous firm has originated and developed into very promising advertising a mass of old, quaint proverbs. We refer to Messrs. C. I. Hood & Co.,, of SarsapariIIa fame, who are using not only our columns, but those Of thousands of our c5ntem 2orar g, in adapting wise saws to their service by clever and practical turns. It is refreshing to see something new and bright in this line. Clean cut argn- ment is better than big display type.
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NA8RIED.

At Garnette, Ark, on the l7th inst, Miss Ettie May Wick of Corner vile, to Mr. A. 0. Miller of Dumas.
 The bri2eis an accomplished young lady of Cornersyille, where she is well known in social circles. She is daughter of Dr. T. w. Wick. Mir. Miller holds a responsible position with the Iron Mountain railroad.
 They have the best wishes of their many friends.
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Shame on Representative Parker, of the intelligent county ofOaachita, for introducing a resolution in the House censuriDg Representative J aE. Wood, of Lee eoun because the latter gentlen,aH Id the truth about tic qnafity of the ignoramus- es composing the Legislature, and blamed the people for sending such cattle to make their laws. Charlie, you should not have been SO sensi- tive as to take Representative Wood E rem arks at heart. Perhaps he didn t mean you at all.
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EXCELLENT WORK, PINE BLUFF POLICE STILL TAKING IN FUGlTlVES
 FROM JUSTICE.
TWO NAILED" TODAY,
One a Golored Brute From Georgia; the Other an Embemler
 From Louisiana.

Everyone will admit that Pine Bluff has fine and efficient corps Of officers. A day hardly passes but what they capture some badly Tant- ed criminal. ca several different occasions they have mailed" some very dangerous charac fers. For in stance, take the four thugs, wno at tempted to waylav and rob @ farm CT, James McKenz5p. right ia the heart of the city several weeks ago. Four meauer or more desperate looking characters the writer has never seen. They have tbe type of professionals in the art of robbery and have douotfess been in the busi- ness for a number of years. There are a number of other illustrations Of like character that we could men tion.
 This morning Chef Ph,lpot and his day force succeeded in capturing a negro who has evaded the Georgla authorities for the past two years. Ills name is Frank Black well and the crime tor which he is wanted is abduction. Oyer two years ago Black abducted a young white girl from Gainesville, Ca. Several nonths after bis crime be turned tbe unprotected child into the woods and left for other parts. The girl was soon foul d, but in a half starv- ed coalition.
 Owing to the excitement which now prevails in Georgia oyer recent lynchings in that State, it would be very risky move for the officers to take this brute to that place.
 Another badly wanted man was taken in here tbis morning. Chef Philpot and Deputy Constable Frank Stewart are to be congratu- lated for the good work. A few days ago the Cbief received a telegram from the Shreveport, La author ities stating that a white man by the name of T. D. Kennedy was in Pine Bluff at present and was badly wanted at Shreveport on the charge of en bezzlement. Mr. Pbilpot se- cured the services of Deputy Stew art and they went to work on the case without any clue whatever. Their tedious duties came to an end this morning, when the sighted their man on NaiE street and his arrest resulted.
 Kennedy says be will return to Shreveport without requisition pa- pers. The Shreveport officers have been notified of his willingness to return aud they will probably send after him Wednesday.
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CAN'T PARDON FIRST
Gov Jones Unable to Grant the
 Request of the Bankers Assn.

Little Rock, April Ex-Governor Jones yesterday afternoon replied to the resolutions submitted to him by Arkansas Bankers Assn, asking that he pledge remission of possible penalties which may be assessed against the insurance companies, permitting them to re @pme business during the pendency 6T the litigation. He declares that be is unable to grant the request, which would be tantamount to a suspension of the statute and the exercise of the pardoning power be- fore the courts l. ad declared a com mission of an offense. He has, ,,how- ever, declared that any construc- tion of the law which would pre- vent adjusters from coming into the State to adjust loss lis monstrous, that no one ever intended to exclude them, and that no one acting in tbat capacity shall ever suffer by reason U the operetion of the anti trust law.
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Will wonders never ceast? The Arkansas Legislature adjourned Thursday and straightway there ap- peared in the heavens left-handed moon.