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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-18
What Made yirginiA Laugh.

Well, did you do it. 'Lexander Knox?s
 No, I never-she just looked so- berer than eyer!'
 That's poetry!" laughed Phoebe. It was easy enough to make Phoebe laugh.
 Alexander plunged both grimy little hands into his pockets and looked gloomy.
 T stood on my head three times a-runnin-"
 "oh, my, I couldn't do that!' cried Phoebe, misehieyously.
 An 1 turned three somersaults a-running'," continued 'Lexander, se- verely, and she never laughed one little smile-no. she never! I don't know what to do next"
 T couldn't make her, either" said Phoebe. q tried and tried. Every body else laughed; grandma did and nurse and everybody but just Virginia I guess we nights well give it LID, 'Lexander"
 It looked that way. Everybody in the house had been trying to make solemn-faeed little Virginia laugh. If they could just make her do it once, the backbone Of the storm would be broken, grandma said, and the sun would have chance to come out flor good"
 It was quite a serious case. Virginia had really good cause for being sor- rowful. When one is only years old and has had the croup and can't go to the next-door baby's birthday party well, what is there to laugh at?
 Virginia pressed her tip-tilted little nose fiat against tfe window-pane and cried quiet little raindrops that twink led in the sun. And everybody was so sorry for Virginia-why, even the chickens outside seemed sorry! There was one lanky, ha1f-grown little fellow in yellow coat, half feathers and half down and half bare skin (but that's too many halves,) who seemed espe- cially sorry for Virginia. He cooked his ridiculous little head at her and blinked one bright eye.
 That little girl ought not to be cry ing-dear me, noH, he seemed to be thinking to himself. Somebody ought to put a stop to it at once. The idea of crying when there's just been rain and the angleworms are so plenty Somebody ought to entertain that lit tie girl. I have it!"
 And then Little Lanky Fellow strut 1 ted away importantly. Just the thing If anything would comfort the little girl. that would. He futtered up on to the wheelbarrow and stood just un- der Virginias window and Tapped his | funny. bare wings and-crowedl It 1 was hoarse, cracked, little baby 1 crow but he stretched his long neck | and opened his mouth to a frightful extent-and crowed and ,crowed and | crowed. He was so very important and proud of himself, and the crow was so very hoarse and off the key!
 Then Virginia laughed
 ANNIE HAMILTON DONNELL.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-18

How Temperature Affects Ivory.

Ivory billiard balls, freshly turned, have to be treated very carefully, as sudden change in temperature may cause them to crack. To prevent this they require to be placed for at least three months in warm room in order to shrink them gradually and dry true before they are finished and polished.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-18
Her Intsrsat in It.

"No, she said, don't believe in push. ing the war too fast. I hope the men who are running it will take their time about it."
 That's queer view to take of so serious matter" he replied.
 Well, maybe it is, she assented, but when it began Fred Robbins said he'd buy me 8 two-pound box of candy if our side didn't win in less than three months"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-18
Weak Eyes are Made Strong.

linn vision made clear. stys removed and granulated lids or sore eyes of any kind speedily and effectually cured hy the use of Sutherland's Eagle Eve Salve. It's put up in tubes, and sold on guarantee by all good druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-18
Usually Quite Numerous.

"Extraordinary.. murmured the man who was trying to help form French cabinet. Very extraordinary What is the diffieulty?" Here am trying to find people who are willing to give advice on how to run the government, and nobody is willing to say a word" Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-18
Parcel Post to Venezuela.

By agreement of the postal depart ments of the United States and Ven ezuela, a parcel post has been arranged for between the two countries. The rate of postage is fixed at 12 cents per pound, and the maximum weight of any one package Is fix9d at eleven pounds.
 Lung Irritation
 is the forerunner to consumption, Dr. Bells Pine-Tar- H oney will cure it, and give such strength to the lungs that cough or a cold will not settle there. Twenty-Five cents at II good druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-18
The Eagle. King ofaII Birds

IS noted for its keen sight, clear and distinct vision. So are those persons who use Sutherland's Eye Salve for weak eyes, styes, sore eyes of any kind or eranulated lids. Sold by al druggists at 25e.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-18
Coughed 25 Years.

l suffered 25 years with 8 cough and spent hundrt ds of dollars with doctors and for medicine to no avail until used Dr. Bells Pine-Tar- Honey. This remedy makes weak ungs strong. It has saved my life. -J. B. Resell. Grantsburg, ILL
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-09-18
WE OFFER FOR1THIRTY DAYS ONLY,
 IS4.8 .85 CUSTOM MHDE SUITS

Why pay $12 or S15 for q ready made suit that oes not fit, when we will make to order a suit of our celebrated special wove blue or black serge for S4.S5 guaranteed to fit and please you OF we will refund your money. This cloth makes the most stylish and coolest suit you can get for the summer months.
 REMEMBER If you are not satisfied we will re- fund your money at once.
Evening star., 1899-07-31

Choice Of m immense assort meut of white
India lnon waists-in every size from a2
to a.. Exclusively trimmed with embroidery
inserting and tucking-reHlly the hands0m-
est styles OF the season The marks Of the r
thorough workmanship show In every line.
The best values Of the season at 81 S0-and
offered at IS cents.
Evening star., 1899-07-31

Hundreds of new and desirable shirt
waists-pretty percales in a host Of at
tractive patterns and styles-all perfect fit
ting-emilently stylish. Values. that are
readily worth 50 cents-offered yCu for %
cents. With the wearing season hardly half
over, they're wonderful values
Evening star., 1899-07-31
GOLDENBERG'S S.
GOLDENBERG'S.

60c. black brocade taffetas, .30c.
silk surprise that will town a-akng-and cause
wise buyers to storm this department pieces super
fine quality black bocaded taetas thread all
s-stricty reversible and noncushable complete
OF patterns including designs This regular ooc
grade-nnd you-rgh out of stockhe equal of lots z5c.
values about town. phenomenal offering soc YARD
Evening star., 1899-07-31

Potomac district-House of delegates:
Clark, 10: Amiss. 144: Etchison. II; Deets.
A., Hutton, 12i; Dorsey. 121. For judges
Of the orphans court: Meem. IS: Murphy,
Us: Griffith. 1+i; Sellman. III; Waters 1iS.
For states attorney: Waters. l: Talbot.
As; Prettynan. Is; kilgour. 1874. For coun-
Earnestly. 1; Carroll. 15i; Bogiey. 40;
Preadv, p For sheriff: Selby. .: White.
4G; Fairau AZ: Harriss 2S: Dawson .:
Mullican, p; Williams. -; Howard. /
Damascus diStriCt-Clark 1876: Amiss %:
EtchisOn. l16: Deets. $50: Hutton 50: Dor
sey. IL For judges Of the orphans court
Meem, 50: Murphy, 113; Griffith, 9S: Sell
man. 113: Waters. lis. For states attor-
ney-Waters. *: Talbot, los: Prettvnan.
.: ktlgour. Is For county commissioners
White. p. Hickman. 143: Barnesley. 20:
shertn-SeIby. o; White. I Fairal 30: Har-
riss. q; Dawson, 1: Mullican. IL; Williams
So: Howard 80
Ba~uesviIle district: House of delegates
Clark 2tO: Amiss. So: Etchison 81: Deets
1870; Hutton, 12S; Dorsey. I'D. For judges
Of the pi:ans' court-Meen. 9s: Murphy
III; Griffith. 90; Sellman, %; Waters. 1871
For states attorney-Waters. 81; Talbot
III; Prettyman. 81; Kilgour. 101. For coun-
ty commissionerS-Wh 2I0: Hickman
30; Barnesley. IL; Carroll, 125; Bogley. so;
Bready. 81. For sheriT-Selby /; White
153; Fairall. %: Harriss. 3; Dawson 1; Null
Ecan, 1; Williams, as; Howard O.
Wheaton district: House Of delegates
Clark. $50; AmIss, IS; Etchison. 10; Deets.
2}1; Hutton, PIP; Dorsey, 12i. For judges
Of the orphans court-Mesm. 241: Murphy
1T9; Griffith. 141; seilman, 100; Waters. s12
157; Prettyman. 1O3: Kilgour 80 For coun-
ty commissiOners-White PA: Hickman
1oT; Barnssly; "a; Carroll, 134; Bosley. 152;
81: Fairall. 1876: Harriss. 3: Dawson. o; Null
iican. Il; Williams, 1856: Howard. II
Neither Mr.. Warfield for governor nor
had any opposition and each polled full
votes
Evening star., 1899-07-31
To AIYaif Evidence.

During a conversation Saturday evening
between Basil Brown and John r. Lewis.
both colored, and living on 6ia street south
west. on the subject of complimentary tick
cts to an excursion, a quarrel took place.
Evening star., 1899-07-31

While this was In progress Lewis, it was
alleged, drew a revolver and threatened to
kill Brown. Lewis admitted having the re-
volyer and explained that he was carrying
the weapon for his employer to the latters
home. and declared that he did not at any
time threaten to shoot Brown. The court
said he believed the charge was fully prov
en-. but would suspend the execution of a
sentence. AT this point officer Lake said he
could produce witness to prove that Lewis
had testified untruthfully, and the further
hearing was postponed to enable the police
man to bring forward additional evidence
for the government.
Evening star., 1899-07-31

sCRoFULA. BLOOD POISON, CANCER, ECZEMA.
tetter and all other disorders Of the blood perma-
nently cured and all taint eliminated from the
system. S. s. s., the greatest purifier.
au17-w,f, f,m-1y
Evening star., 1899-07-31

Infants full regular-made tan sox and
chfldren's fast black hcse with -
double do bic. knee, heel and toe-worth sc.
The times., 1899-11-12
THE HELPRoNs MAY LAND.

The Commissioner of ImmigratiOn
Announces His Decision.
Commissioner General Powderly has is
sued instructions to the commissioner OF
immigration at Philadelphia TO permit Mrs
Hebron and her four children who ar
rived on the Belgenland from Russia
few days ago to land. This is an interest
ing case. Mrs. Helpron came over with
six children. who. she stated. were her
own. one of the children was affected
with favus. a contagious disease, which
caused the mother and children to be held
pending an Investigation. In the mean
time a man named GOldeuburg appeared
on the scene and claimed TWO of the
children as his They We're Benisch-the
one suffering from favus-and Aordecai
GoIdenburg. The father, who has only
been in this country four months, gave 8
bond for the two children. Benisch is
confined in the hospital for treatment II
she cannot be cured the father viii return
to Russia with the children. AS Mrs Hell
pron and her four children came within the
law they were permitted to leave without
further detention.
The times., 1899-11-12

HANOVER. Pa. Nov. 11.-The strike Of
the seniors and juniors at the Hanover
High school has been turned into lock-
ont. This is the result Of a hastiIy-callsd
meeting OF the school board
All the pupils who walked cut Of school
yesterday because they did not like the
superintendent and principal are suspended
until they appear, accompanied by par
euts. and apply for admission Then a sat
isfactory reparation must be made TO
Supervising Principal Chrostwaite before
they are admitted Absent members Of the
senior and junior classes who were not
in the strike are ordered to meet the same
requirements
The sweeping character OF the edict ap-
plving 10 all pupils whether in the rebel
lion or not. has stirred up parents gener-
afIv. even those who believe the directors
are justified in the suspension OF the
strikers. Many declare they viii not ac-
company their children to the principal
Office. while others have determined 70 per
nit their children to discontinue IurlheF
attendance.
The following is extracted from the ruieS
adOuted by the superintendent ana regu-
lating committee OF the board, which IS
one Of the prime reasons for yesterdays
demonstration
Anv misconduct either talEinE, making of
noise asking Of unnegesslry glestiors answering
without permission. or any other act annoy ~
TO the teacher. Of an oi which The teacher VIA
be tie sole Judge win exclude the plPi rom
r1e cours.. until promise oi better behavior and
en- condition Of making up the lost work ~s ih=
teacher requires
This rule. it is contended. cannot be
legally enforced. being contrary to the
spirit Of ordinary justice as well as Of the
school law.
Profs. Chrostwaite and Weideuer- who
are now under arrest. have been instructed
by the board TO avoid corporal punishment
in the future Further arrests OF teachers
for assault are threatened The develop
meuts Of the hearing tomorrow or the or
fanding proiessors IS anXIously awaited.
The times., 1899-11-12

is disliked by the Australian labor party,
which is beginning to have a hand in franz
ing the laws Of the various colonies, and
which insists that Australia shall remain
the home of the white man. Many of the
Chinese are men Of high character, but on
the gold fields, where the Chinese pOpula-
tiOn is most dense. their room is more wei
come than their company. Moreover, the
rule OF the Chinese secret societies is su-
preme and practically Oyerrides the laws
Of each colony
With the accomplishment OF Australian
federation an attempt Will be made TO bring
the whole OF the Asiatic population under
federal control, and to prevent the landing
of more aliens on the northern coast
Should Japan or China object to further
restrictions being imposed on immigrants
from their shores there may be q serious
quarrel, and for this reason, if no other, it
is contended that the Australian defence
force should be strengthened, rather than
weakened. Northern Australia, il is in
sisted, should form the bases Of the de-
fences of Hongkong and Singapore, as out
posts Of the British Empire. Moreover, it
IS pointed out the frantic eagerness Of the
colonists to take part in the South African
struggle, following the readiness with which
they despatched q contingent TO the Soudan,
are facts which cannot be overlooked by
the great powers Of the world, and in the
case of a rupture with Great Britain Aus
tralia would form one Of the leading points
Of attack by a hostile power OF course,
the moral effect Of the readiness with which
the Australians rally around the flag of
the mother country has its value and in
directly forms source Of additional
strength to the British Empire; but il is
at the cost Of considerable loss Of defensive
4 power On the part of the colonists.
Hence the readiness with which the great
( mass of Australians have received the sug-
( gestiou Of triple alliance between fed
/ Grated Australia. Great Britain, and the
United States. BY many such a result is
( regarded as one Of the possibilities of the
I near future. It is not IN Europe or in Africa
/ that the next great struggle viii take place
/ but in Eastern waters, where the white
man and the yellow man confront each
other.
The situation in the Transvaal is of minol
/ importance compared with that which i.
now slowly but surely being created il
/ the East. Such is the deliberate opinion
! Of not q few thoughtful colonists, who
while remaining intensely loyal 10 the Brit
. ish flag and ready 10 pour out blood an(
/ money should the necessity for so doing
/ arise, stoutly hold that the duty of Aus.
/ tralia is 10 spend every coin she can spare
/ 10 strengthening her own defences, and b,
increasing her powers of self-reliance lesser
the continually increasing strain on th'
vast but not iIlimitable resources of III,
/ mother country
The times., 1899-11-12

families of women. children, dogs, pigs,
and chickens living aboard bits OF rib
hon and tinsel fiuttering in the breeze, and
the music Of mandolin and guitar mingled
with incessant gibbering Of language that
sounds like Castilian spoken with musn
in the mouth. For these river people,
whose like does not exist anywhere else,
there is neither winter nor summer, nor
anv event 10 mark the flight Of time but
the rising of the sun and the going down
thereof. one day being Just like another
from their cradles TO the Campo Santo-
They labor leisuTely a few hours ont OF the
twentv-four and pass the rest in drcamtul
siesta. enlivened by evening fandangOes
and the excitements of the cockhght- Whlle
the men wear but one thickness OF linen
between their brown skins and the wealth
er. and often sCorn even that preteHce or
propriety, though never neglecting the
golden earriugs-the women are wonderful
u bedizzened with gypsy-hke hnery I'D
truly Oriental mosaic Of reds anu blues
and greens and yeilOws.
Oparto is a vast surprise to the stranger.
He has read of iL as the former capital OF
Portugal. its second city in size, with i'm
portant manufacturing and commercial IL
terests; but is by no means prepared f0r
so great and rich a city, with busy popu-
Iation Of 100 O00i And Lisbon, the present
/
richer. and more important. In short.
ones opinion of Portugal undergoes
marked change after a brief acquaintance.
The poor, old grandmOther-country may De
in her days of the sere and yellow, but it
is a wonderfully dignifed and stately de-
cline.
Viewed from the harbor, oporto is every
bit as picturesque as any Oriental city, IT'S
many-storied houses, spires, towers, and
terraced gardens climbing up stezp hills on
both sides of the river. AT this point the
Douro flows through deep gorge, span
ned from cliff 10 cliff by several hanSsome
bridges. The latter look unnecessaIi y
high. suspended 200 feet above the tran
quil stream. But the DourO is not always
so well behaved as present appearances IN
dicate. After heavy rains, or melting
SHOWS in the mountains, it rises enor-
mouslv. often flooding the lower streets
The quays that line the entire length or
the city. nearly three miles, are faced with
high wall. for the fastening OF ships
cables: but when the river overieaps its
/ bounds booms are placed along the quay.
! for the safety of vessels which no cable
| could hold. FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD
The times., 1899-11-12

ting that the voyage is not longer. To be
rushed into new lands, without giving the
Imagination time to daily on the borders
OF the unknown, IS to rob ones self Of half
the delights of q foreign tour. Spain and
Portugal are one in history, and in the
habits and traditions of their people-aI-
most one in language, saving few extra
his and o's IN the westward provinces. Inc
very thought of sunny Spain, land OF ylne-
yards and olive groves and fandangoes. or
guitars and gypsies brigands, senoritas,
and caballeras, warns the heart like
draft from it's famous vintages. When
Washington Irving made similar journey
he wrote: eve set out with a genuine dis
position TO be pleased. With such dis
position, what a country is Spain Tor the
traveller, where the most miserable inn Is
as full of adventure as an enchanted cas-
tie. and every meal is In itself an achieve
ment."
In a similar frame of mind we hurried on
deck before sunrise of misty morning
to watch the passage of the bar at the
mouth OF the Rio Douro. The great river
navigable for smaller craft more than
hundred miles above, stretches away across
Portugal 20 the border OF France, The
Pyranees frown upon its upper waters,
and somewhere along its banks is the Val
ladedid of song and story, and Braganza
celebrated in opera bouffe. o Porto tPoTtu-
guese for the port'') lies three miles up
the Douro and entrance to its so-called
harbor is between the Scylla and Charydies
of dangerous rocks and shifting sands,
which hinder incoming vessels for hours.
Were 1t on our side Of the world II
would have been cleared out long ago
for the famous old midland manufacturing
city, the Manchester OF the Iberian PENN
sula, has for centuries enjoyed an ener-
nous commerce, Whatever may be the
feelings of the merchantmen, the delay is
welcome TO the tourist, who could occupy
days as well as hours in locating points
of interest" from the tell white lighthouse
on the tip of the sandbar, to the pictur-
esque castle beyond in the village OF Sac
Joao da Foz, and around the circuit Of
suburban hamlets, Campanha, Parahos,
Sordilla to the city that was old in the
Middle Ages.
High walls enclose. the latter, fanked
The times., 1899-11-12

Before starting on this journey, wherever
it may lead, you cannot possibly invest a
dollar TO greater future advantage than
in a square of parchment from the United
States State Department. bearing a more
or less correct description Of your age,
complexion, weight, and inches. 1t not
only shows to all the world that you are
proud citizen of the Land of the Free, and
The times., 1899-11-12

with towers and protected by a fort while
nearer TO seaward you may distinctly trace
remains Of the ancient fortifications Of the
GOths and Romans. This is the site OF
Portus Gale, you remember, afterwards
Porto Gale, from which the king town de-
rived its name. Early as $40 A. D. il had
a fourishing trade, when Leovogild the
Visigath came down and took possession.
Two centuries later the Moors. under ABB
dul Hassan conquered the region. Then
the Christians overthrow the Moors. and
the Mo0rs the Christians, alternately. in
nearly even struggle for supremacy which
lasted. off and on, four hundred years; until
1892, when Dom Alfonso FREDERICK finally
brought the peninsula under Catholic do
minion.
From struggling with hazy recollections
of history your mind comes joyfully back
to the yet picturesque life of the present.
Queer vessels of all descriptions crowd
Oporto Bay, mostly Portuguese craft, laden
with oil, wine, garlic, and onions, going
to carry those prime necessaries of life to
| their cOuntrymen in Brazil, Africa Cuba,
and other distant regions. The Portuguese
are born navigatOrs, and hundreds of yes
sells, built in the DourO shipyards are
sent by Oporto owners to all parts of the
world. A good many English ships are
here, after cargoes Of wine and cattle. As
everybody knows, the Oporto wine trade
is mostly in English hands. Their ware
houses line the southern bank of the river
| half mile or more, and one firm alone
| IS said to export an average of six million
Iitres per annum of the famous old port"
Britain also gets her best beef from Por-
tulgal which is one OF the few countries
never yet visited by the cattle plague I
learn with astonishment that the finest
grass fed beef in the world comes not from
| Texas as we of the United States have
| been taught nor from the pampas OF Ar
gentiua, or the meadows of Uruguay, where
the great Leibig extract factories are do
| ing enormous business, but from the val
ley of the Douro, in Entire Mimic province,
a few miles above Oporto
| Queerer yet to foreign eyes are the Por-
| tuguese river craft swarming the bay
hundreds of clumsy boats with single
! masts square-built hulls and bellying
sides, with their fantastic crews and happy
The times., 1899-11-12
GOING TO COLORADO SPRINGS.
Secretary Long Takes His Daughter
West for Treatment.

BOSTON, Nov. 11.-John D. Long, the
Secretary Of the Navy, left his home at
bingham early this evening for Colorado
Springs. accompanied by his daughter,
Helen. who goes TO the invigorating eli
mate of Colorado by advice OF her physi-
clan. The Secretary and Miss Long viii
make the journey in President Clark's pri-
vate car, which has been placed at their
disposal. The car left bingham on the
5.32 train. and was attached TO a Western
bound express upon arriving at the south
station here
The times., 1899-11-12
A Negro Intruder Shot.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Nov. n.-George
Moon, a negro living at Huntsville, Ala.
was shot last night while effecting an en-
trance 10 the residence of DR.. Galenus
Feeney through window. Feeney, who
was asleep, was aroused by the noise, and
asked the burglar what he wanted "Whis-
ky" replied the negro. Feeney ordered
him out. The negro refused to obey and
continued climbing through the window
Feeney fired one shot from his revolver
and Moon died In five minutes from q
wound IN the head.