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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05
FLYING ENGINES TAKE WATER,
Tanks Are Replenisiaed While tue Loco-
 snotive Is Making Speed

snotive Is Making Speed.
 On many of the railroads centering at Chicago it is no longer necessary for train to stop to enable the engineer to replenish his boilers with water. All travellers have now become accustomed to seeing the narrow trough, 1,2o0 to 1,400 feet long, at various dead level points along the road and they know that the strip of water which it con- sains is scooped up by the engine as it speeds over the tracks But people from foreign countries often ask qdes- tIons about the water between the tracks and marvel when they hear the story about drinking the engine on the fly. What seems a marvellous me- ehanieal contriVanGe is an extremely simple thing. \ pipe with scoop end IS fastened to the tender. It is c shaped, with the top end pointing into the water tank and the bottom curled under the body of the tender. By series of levers this end may be dropped until it reaches the level of he ties. When the engine reaches the trough the fireman drops the scoop end, which is 315 inches high and 12 inches wide, into the trough, into which it sinks a distance of about six inehes or within an inch of the bottom. It may wabble slightly without doing any harm, because the trough is A inches wide. Dropping the end is all that is done, for the motion of the en- zine does the rest The water rushes into the pipe and thence into the tank with rHsh and force that suggests to he uninitiated the use of powerful en- zines. "The most remarkable thing about the water-taking scoop. said a railroad official, sis the fact that tha speed Of the train must be reduced when the water is taken OH. ft reaches the bend in the pipe with such force that if the train were allowed to go at its regular speed the metal would be seriously strained, so we reduce the speed to about thirty miles an hour and have the best results While the engine is passing over the trough at the rate of thirty miles an hoar 1t takes up about 1000 gallons of water about as much as would be contained ln 100 spirit barrels.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05
THE LONGEST STAIRWAY.
It Is in the Tower of tue Philadelphia
 City Hall.

It Is in the Tower Of the Philadelphia
 City Hall
 4 novel diversion is about to be in- stituted at the Philadelphia city hall. Within a few weeks this noble pile, already distinguished as being the highest municipal building in the world, will contain, according to the Press. the highest continuous stair way in the world, and tourists who have hitherto boasted of their mus cular ability in climbing the stone steps of the Bunker Hill monument at Charlestown, the Washington .onu ment or the monument to Gen. Brock, near Queenstown, Ont, will tell their friends of their feat in ascending the 598 steps which lead from u seventh floor of the city hall of Philadelphia to tile landing abont the feet of Will liam Penn. Tower-climb is one of the fads of tourists Hitherto the Bunker Hill monument, with it's 400- odd stone steps, and the Washington monument, which has a few more, have represented the acme of oppor- tunity for tests of physical endurance. Ascent or descent of these steps has been boasted of, and though both so eramp the muscles of the leg that the climber for an hour afterward is hard ly able to walk upright, the distinction has the reduited pain. The building commission, adds the Philadelphia Press, is pushing forward the work on the tower stairway. and within two months it is expected that it will be in readiness for climbers. It will extend from the seventh to the sixteenth floor and will contain just 59S steps Of iron arranged about square, central shaft, in which will run an electric elevator To reach the tower stairway the climber may mount the 245 granite stairs in the hanging stairways at the northern eud of the building, thus making 3 total climb of 743 steps.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05
 MORE ENGLISH IRON.
Timely Discovery at Kent in the Dover
 CoalfieId.

When the coal boring was put down at Dover about six or eight years ago. by Mr F. Brady, on the site of the old Channel tunnel works, there were indi- cations in the cores of the presence of iron ore in the strata between 500 and 500 feet from the surface. The indica- .tions have now proved correct, says the London Chronicle. In the course of sinking the No shaft a bed of vaiu- able oolitic iron ore has just been struck at a depth of rather less than eco feet. The seam proves to be no less than twelve feet thick and probably ex- tends over a great area, the quantity being practically unlimited. The diam
 zs. e e shaft is twenty feet and the quantity brought to the surface in amounted to about $50 tons. Samples of the ore have been submitted to anal yss, with highly satisfactory results, washed sample of the ore yielding 45.S per cent of iron. On visiting the col- fiery works today I inspected a consid- erable bulk of the ore and the mana ger informed me that a washed sample tested at the works yielded between 50 and 50 per cent O. iron. The analysis shows that the ore is free from sul- phur and phosphorus. The ore is stat ed to be of much richer quality than the Wealden ironstone, worked in Kent and Sussex q century ago. Prof. Boyd Dawkins, in a paper read before the British association in 1894, described a sample obtained from the original boring. From this it appears that this bed of iron ore is identical with that described by Blake and Hudleston at AbbotsDury, in Dorset, where it occurs between the Kimmeridge clay above and the Corallian rocks below. It is also practically identical with the val uable iron ore worked for many years ill Westbury, Wiltshire. The ironstone presents very singular physical char acteristics It is composed of dark brown, shining grains of hydrated OK idle Of iron, like millet seed, imbedded in crystalline base, partly of cal eium and partly of iron carbonate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05
CLIMATE SHOWS FEW CHANGES
Weather Conditions Now About the
 Same as in Ages Past.


 Same as in Ages Past.
 From Popular Science: This suaject is of extreme interest and merits most thorough study. We find the "early" and the "latter" rain today in Palestine precisely as described $500 years ago. Jordan overfows all it's banks in February today exactly as it did in Joshua's time, thirty-three cen- turies ago. Plants taken from mummy cases in Egypt, which must have been gathered more than 5000 years since, are practically of the same size and have the same appearance as those growing today. Records of vintages in France over TOO years ago show prac- tieally the same dates as today. Actual observations of rainfall for over ? years in France show no change. Ob- servations of temperature for almost 200 years at St. Petersburg show no change appreeiable to US, though, of course, the earliest observations were extremely crude and somewhat unreli- able. Facts of this kind might be ad- ttENId tO It'll I olAdll NO4u1l1Us OA lllts other hand, we have records of most extraordinary cold weather in ancient time. One winter light wine in France froze. Another winter the River Pc froze over so as to bear teams, an un- heard-of phenomenon today. In this journal for June it is stated that Par nassus and Socrate, now free from snow were covered with it in classic antiquity. Also "the name Greenland, which strikes LIS as so singularly in- appropriate, was not inapplicable at the time it was named, in the four teenth century" It is entirely proba- ble that descriptions of the cold in an- cient times were much exaggerated. Parnassus and Socrate have snow at times, and, in earlier days, when pro- lection against the cold and snow was much less than now, 8 little snow would go a long way. The earlier voyagers from Iceland, more than a thousand years ago, leaving q land of almost perpetual ice and snow, and reaching land 1n summer with its beautiful green color to their unac- eustomed eyes, would very naturally give the name of Greenland to 1t. At the summer time it is said that Green land presents Q most beautiful green near the Danish settlements to this day. Our oldest inhabitants, who have been wont to describe the terri ble cold and deep SHOWS of their boy hood days as incomparably greater than anything which does or can oe- eur today, have completely lost their reckoning the last winter when reading Of a ship that had sunk in New York harbor by the weight of the ice upon it; also that Washington had had thir- ty-four inches of snow on 8 level and tho lowest temperature ever noted in that fair city. 1 am sure q careful study will show no appreciable change in the climate of this earth since the early historic times. Of course nothing here addueed touches climatic changes in glacial times or in prehistoric times. which changes have been established beyond question.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05
 Sale c=of Liquor.

Washington Special New York Times: A decision of Justice Brewer has been raked up which may enable druggists to sell some kinds of liquor in communities under the control of the federal government where such practices are supposed to be prohibited The District of Columbia Pharmaceu- tical Association has been trying to find out how it can prevent the sale of certain kinds of malt extracts, and has been enlisting the aid of the dis trict government. As result of the investigation of the legal aspect of the question it has been found that the act of congress regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors contains no def- milton of intoxicating liquors. An opinion given by the district attorney cites an old decision of Justice Brewer, holding that the question whether any particular compound is within or with out the law is question of fact.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05
An Embarrassing situation.

An embarrassing state of affairs for a number of newly married couples has arisen in Algiers through the suspen- sion of the deputy mayor. An irregu- larity has been discovered in his ap- pointment, which therefore becomes null and void But directly after he occupied the position he celebrated a number of marriages. all of which are now declared to be equally null and void as the mayors appointment. They will have to be married over again.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05
 German Jury Laws.

In Germany when the vote of the jury stands six against six, prisoner is acquitted. vote of seven against five leaves the decision to the court, and on a vote of eight against four the prisoner is convicted
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05
In the srums.

Mrs. Dothetown-"P Poor, dear child! Are your parents dead?" Tenement Tommy-''I t'ink pap is. Him an mar wuz a fightin' when left, an gee, she wuzn't doin' a ting t him" ."-Ohio State Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05

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 SLoo BOTTLE ThREE soc. aorrLEs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05
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 A Reduction.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05
Relic of By-gone Days.

St. Georges church, at the top of Lord street, Liverpool, England, is undergoing demolition, and the work
 men have just come upon curious relic of hy-gone days. The church stands on the site of baronial castle said to have been first built by Roger de Poictiers in 1073. After being used for various purposes, the castle was demolished early last century to make room for the church. While at work the demolishers of the church came upon a large slab in the east aisle, im- mediately under the stained glass win dow facing Lord street. The slab be- ing raised disclosed twelve steps cut in rock and leading to platform. and an arched doorway led to another flight of five steps, at the foot of which was a square chamber about fourteen feet in height, also cut in the rock. From this place there is a passage appar- ently running in the direction of the river, while marks on the walls sug- gested that the tide flowed in at high water, though the church is on high level and nearly 200 yards from the river It is supposed that these steps and passages were hewn in the rock to provide an outlet from the castle near the waterside, and that when the castle was removed it was thought easier to cover the entrance than to fill up the passage. Foul air prevented the from exploring further
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-05
.s2ver or SHORT WORDS.
4 Paragraph Illustrating Ii, and Nttri-
 buted to Horatio Seymour.

A fagsanh Illustrating ii, and AttrI-
 buted 10 Heratio Seymour.
 In the following paragraph. attri5a.. ed to Horatio seymour.t the writer pfae- tees what he breaches. since there is no word in t with more than two svlla- bles, save such as are quoted for the purpose Of illustration: We must not only think in words, but we must also try to use the best words and those which in speech will put what is in OFT minds into the minds of others. This is the great att which those must gain who wish to teach in the school. the church, at the bar, or through the press. To do this in the right way they should use the short words which we learn in early life and which have the same sense to all classes of men. The English of our Bible is good. Now and then some long words are found. and they alnays hurt the verses in which yeu fad them. Take that which says Oh, ye generation of vipers. who .hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?' There is one long word which ought not to be in it. namely. # generation In the old version the old word brood is used. Read the verse with the term, and you will feel .1ts full verse: Oh. ye viper's bred, zwhe hath warned you to flee from the Swrath 10 eome?' Crime sometimes does s1ot look like crime when it is set be- Bore Us in the many folds Of long sword. When man steals. and we call it defaleation, We are at a loss sto know fl 1t is blunder or q crime. If he does not tell the truth, and We are told that 1t is a case of fprevarieation.' at takes us some time to know lust what we should think of it. No man will ever cheat himself into wrong-do- Ing, nor will lie be at loss to judge of others, if he thinks and speaks Of acts fn clear, crisp terms. It is a good rule. fl one is at a loss to know if an act is right or wrong to write it down in short, straightout English"
 3 i Dogs Bath Tub.
 A sagaclous dog lives at red brick house on Belleview avenue, near Six teenth street. in Kansas City. He IS fullgrown pointer. At the cor ner of %eventeenth street, a bloc and a half rom the home of this dog, is an iron watering trough set into the sidewalk near the curb The trough is always full of water, lie leaps into the trough and squats down till the water which is more tlan foot in dtpth, is almost over his back.
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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-19
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Rear Admiral Schley, who has been
on waiting orders since relieved of the
command of the flying squadron, fas
been assigned TO duty as a member Of
the naval examining board in Washing
ton.
Ellis Dillon died at Normal, ILL.,, On
the 18th. He was famous throughout
the United States and Canada as the
earliest and probably the most extern
sive importer of and dealer in Norman
or Percheron horses. For 30 years he
was an exhibitor at nearly every state
fair in the Union.
Edouard Fossard, famous throughout
the United States as a numsmatist,
is dead at his home in New York City,
aged 62 years.
Matthew Clark McEwan, one of the
most prominent amateur athletes in
the United States, is dead at Chicago Of
pnelttnonia. McEwan was a member Of
the Clark family, thread makers. He
was graduated from Edinburg univer-
sity and was for three years captain
Of the Scotch international football
team.
Mrs. Mary Mckee, daughter of ex.
President Harrison, has been appointed
by Gov. Roosevelt commissioner to
the 1900 exposition in Paris to repre-
sent the state of New York
John II. Oberly, editor of the
People and Patriot, diSd on the
18th at his home in Concord. N.
H., aged 63 years. He was born in
Ohio. He was civil service commits
sioner and Indian commissioner under
President Cleveland.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-19
WERE DEADLoCKED.
G. A. II. National Council Fails to
Elect GEN. SextOn's Successor.

Elect Geus SeXtOu'o bucceHBOrs
Philadelphia, April 13-The execu-
tive committee of the national council
of administration of the Grand Army
of the Republic held two sessions at
the local G. A. r. headquarters in In
dependence hall yesterday for the pur-
pose of electing a commander-in-chief
TO fill the vacancy caused by the death
of James A. Sexton. There was no
election. The first meeting was held
IN the afternoon and the other at
night.
Both sessions were executive and
the members of the committee stated
that there was deadlock on the names
of w. c. johnson, of Cincinnati senior
vice commander-in-chief, and John c.
Black, of Chicago. commander of the
Department of Illinois. After the
meeting the only official announce
ment made was the result and the fol-
lowing resolution, which it was stat.
ed was adopted
"Whereas, for the first time in the
history Of the Grand Army of the Re-.
public the mmander-in-chief has
died while in office, therefore;
Resolved, that as a mark of respect
10 the memory of James A. Sexton.
the late commander-in-chief, the Sc
nior vice ommander-in-chief chall con-
tinue TO perform the duties of COM
mander-in-chief and the Office of COM
mander-in-chief shall remain without
an incumbent until the meeting of the
national encampment."
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-19
AJouRNEY TO ApIA.
Samoan Commissioners VIII Leave
San FraneIseO on the 25th Inst.

san EtAmCAbCO On tmo N0th INST
Washington, April 1.-THE Samoan
commission will sail for Apia on the
United States naval transport Badger,
leaving San Francisco on the este inst.
This arrangement was made Thursday
after Baron Won Sternburg, first secre-
tary of the German embassy, had called
on Secretary Hay and advised him Of
his appointment as the German MEM
ber of the high commission. This COM
pleted the body. AS the plan TO have
the members to get away on the Mari
posa, sailing on the 19tn, was no longer
feasible the transport Badger, now at
Callao, Peru, on her way to San Fran
cisco, was placed at the disposal of the
commission. On her trip out she prob
ably will take supplies for the Phila-
delphia.
The formal announcement of Baron
Sternburg's appointment was received
from the German foreign office, and
gave general satisfaction among Off
cials and diplomats, as throughout the
recent troubles he exerted his intu-
CllCN lit SuCAl as " VIII IHt
heartiest approval of the state depart
ment as well as the British ambassador
His choice, therefore, was accepted as
an evidence that the commissioners
would be able to cooperate and to
reach the unanimous decision called
for by the agreement.
The early sailing of the commission
is regarded as evidence that the recent
collision at Apia will be settled diplo-
matically.
London, April 14.-It is asserted that
the Marquis of Salisbury has not unre-
servedly adhered to the principle OF
nnanimity in the decision of the Samo-
an commission. The question as to
the extent to which unanimity is neces-
sary has still to be settled and certain
reservations will probably be made by
Great Britain. The exact terms of the
instructions to the commissioners have
not yet been agreed upon.
Berlin, April 1.-THE newspapers
continue their bitter comments on
Great Britain. The semi-officiai
Post strongly urges the reichstag to
place at the governments disposal
forthwith the whole amount of the ap-
propriations passed in annual install
ments for the naval increase last year,
and TO hasten the work of construction,
arguing that with a respectable navy
Germany need not fear a repetition of
the humiliating occurrences at Samoa.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-19
WILL HOLD A CONFERENCE.
Legislators Wish TO Adjust
Differences Between the Factions.

Harrisburg, Pa, April 14.-A meeting
of the anti-Quay republicans was held
Thursday at which it was decided to
send the following communication to
Senator George C. Grady, chairman of
the republican caucus that nominated
Senator Quay:
Dear Sir-Those republican MEM
bers of the legislature who are now
opposing the election of NJ. S. Quay to
the United States senate, hereby sug-
gest that n committee of conference be
held on the part of those voting for
Mr.. Quay to confer with like commit
tee on the part of those opposing him,
with view of adjusting factional diff
ferences and the election Of senator.
"William Finn, Chairman"
Last evening Senator Grady handed
to Senator Finn the following reply
TO his letter: 81 am in receipt Of your
communication suggesting thai com-
mittee of conference be named IN The
part of those voting for VI. 5. Qlay to
confer with ike committee on the
part of those opposing him. The joint
caucus held in January did not clothe
me with authority to appoint confer
ence committee, but as the proposition
submitted by you may have an import
ant bearing upon the matter, it should
be brought to the attention OF those
now voting for the caucus nominee of
the republican party, so l feel it my
duty to at once call for meeting to
be held on Monday evening next"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-04-19

In the superior court at Chicago
Judge Bretano has declared the anti
scalping law enacted by the legisla-
ture in 1895 unconstitutional as it
sought to deprive citizens Of a means
of livelihood on account of illegal acts
of some of the persons in the ticket
brokerage business.
BY the falling of an elevator used on
a building scaffold on the Fahy block in
Rochester, n. Y, on the 18th five men
were seriously injured.
The president has appointed Law
renee Townsend, Of Pennsylvania, to
succeed Bellamy Storer as United
State minister TO Belgium. Mr.. Town
send is at present United States min
iSter TO Portugal.
.sbout 1900 grain shovelers at Buff
falo, n. Y, have announced their in
tention 10 refuse to work under the
contract system, which, the shovelers
allege, is oppressive.
The Allegheny county (Pa.l Sabbath
School association on the 15h carried
TO a successful termination one of the
most unique demonstrating movements
ever attempted. The object of the CEN
sus was to secure for the association
complete data of the religious life of
the cities of Pittsburg and Allegheny.
Three thousand church workers made
the canvass. with the result that 10000
families, representing 100000 members,
were visited.
At Chesaning, Mich, Mrs. NJ. B.
Keith wrapped a shawl saturated with
kerosene about her, went out into a
field and set herself afire. She was
soon discovered, but was burned so
badly that she died six hours later.
Mrs. Keith had for years shown signS
of insanity.
Options given by several leading sar-
dine packers of Eastport, Me-, to syn
dicate Af Chicago capitalists expired on
the 18th. The money was paid and
large part of the sardine industry Of
the state passed into the control of the
syndicate.