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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29
ABOUT PEOPLE YOU KNOW.

Countess of Lathom, which filled Sir
Arthur with a desire to prevent similar
catastrophes.
y. c. French. the sculptor, says that
there is more chance for young Ameri-
cans in sculpture than in painting.
Canon Farrar knows the gospels by
heart, and he can recite them from the
first verse of Matthew to the last Of
John.
The shah of Persia recently celebrat-
ed his forty-siXth birthday. The shah
is enormously wealthy and almost the
whole of his fortune consists of dia-
monds and other precious stones. The
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29

traces back her title through James rs
daughter Elizabeth and holds the throne
by virtue Of the act of parliament which
excluded the eXiled male line the Le-
gitImlsts regard her as "usurper."
A newly found letter of Robert Louis
Stevenson says, Il had always been
bound to write a novel and had begun
as many az 20 before Treasure Island
saw the light, and few were finished
and none published"
Mr.. Jerome x. Jerome has written
and published 16 volumes in II years.
The following colloquy is reported be-
tween the late Mr.. Sturgeon and boy
in his orphanage: "Mis'r Spudgin, s'pos-
ing there was an orphin 'sylum, an a
hundred oTphin iu it an all the orphins
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29

traitor to kill himself, as Is the French
fashion. and were infinitely disappoint-
ed when he did not do so. Equally per-
turbed were certain army officials
whose conduct had not been Of the no
blcst and most upright.
Then came the beginning Of the end.
A little flame of sympathy burned up
in certain quarters for the lonely pris-
oner on Devils island. There We're a
number of the better class of more in
telligent and rational Frenchmen wig
refused to be swept off their feet by
this anti-Semitic flood of popular dis
approval. These, together with few
friends and relatives, aided by the un-
fortunate officers devoted wife, worked
patiently and necessarily for revision
of that first unfair trial. Fer time all
these efforts came to nothing. Army
officers made it their business to keep
alive the anti-Semitic feeling in the
popular mind, and the government saw
to it that all disturbing questioners
We're dscreetly slenced.
Then, while experts We're kept busy
examining the handwriting of the bor-
dereau and while The Figaro was clam
oring for another trial Colonel Pic
quart was placed in charge of the Sc
cret service department. II FRANCE only
knew it, this same Colonel Picquart has
done more to save his country from ma
tional disgrace than has any other man
of this decade. His new position as
head of the secret service department
gave him opportunities to conscien-
tiously investigate the case of the man
he had done his best to condemn. The
result of that investigation was the
conviction that the condemned man
was innocent of the crime of which he
had been accused, and, because Pic
quart was brave enough to declare his
belief, he was eXiled. When he returned
from exile, he still persisted in drag
ging the truth to light and was impris-
oned for his pains. If he had not pub
licly declared in court that IL he were
found dead in his cell 1t would be a
case of cold murder and not so called
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royal family of Persia is one Of the lar
gest in the world. There are some thou
sands of princes and princesses, and
the present occupant of the throne has
a family of about 20.
Probably the youngest college presi-
dent in the world is. John Henry Mac
Cracker of New York, just elected to
that position by the trustees of West
minister college at Fulton, Mo. Pro-
fessor MacCracken is only "a years old.
Westminster college is one of the most
important institutions of the Southern
Presbyterian church, and this is the
first time in the history of the church
that a northern man has been elected
president of southern college.
! Secretary Long ID considered one OF
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pROFIrING by EXPERIENCE.

He had called on her several times
and finally mustered up courage and
assurance to be somewhat more af-
fectionate than the circumstances war
ranted, perhaps.
you must not do that" she said
somewhat nervously.
"Do what" was the innocent query.
Put your arm round my waist"
"Why not?"
"My brother might come in suddenly
and see YOU"
We'll. what of that? He couldn't xii
me-"
mo, suppose not; but he would tr,
to borrow some money from you. and
have lost two chances already by his
doing that"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29

northern syndicate recently offered
Mrs. Jefferson Da~As 500 900 for her
home at Beauyoir, Miss, but she would
not have the place turned to CONNER
cial account. Now the State Daughters
of the Confederacy are to buy the house
for s25, 900.
Sir Arthur Sullivan, the musician, has
invented the sullivan safety shaft" a
device 10 be attached to carriages to
save life in case of runaways or similar
accidents by releasing the horse from
the carriage. The invention, which is
to be put on the market at once, is pri-
manly dus to the death Of the late
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29

custodian informed the king that it was
impossible to obtain more and that they
were of immense value.
What" said the king. Have you
only these three plates of blue celeste?"
THAT is ALL"
We'll, then" said his majesty, Il
have many more than you"
YOU" said the custodian in amaze
ment. "Who are you?"
THE king of Sweden"
May l inquire, your majesty, how
many pieces of this exquisite porcelain
you have?"
Hear thou, Nils?" said the king.
turning to his first marshal, Count Ro-
sen, who accompanied him. How many
have we"
1.-TWO hundred and fourteen pieces,
your majesty"
Heavens" cried the astonshed GUS
todian. How can 1t be possible that
you have preserved them all this time ?"
"Oh, that's very easily accounted
for!" said the king. you see, in Swe-
den we don't have any revolutions"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29

English at Yale. The chair had been
offered to Donald c. Mitchell ok Mar
veD. to Edmund Clarence Stedman and
to Charles Dudley Warner.
Count Cassini, Russian ambassador
at Washington, is an expert on coins.
friend recently showed him an old
Egyptian one. which was made so long
ago that even the place of it's creation
was forgotten" Yes" replied the
count, signing. Il must be getting pref
ty old, for remember the Birmingham
shop that turned them out at shillings
and sixpence the dozen"
B. L. Farjeon. the English novelist. Is
a son-in-law of Joseph jefferson.
Mr., Philip James Bailey, the author
Of the once popular "Festus," is living
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had uncles an auntses to bring 'em
cake an apples. 'cept one orphin wot
hadn't no one. Oughtin somebody give
that orphin sixpence?" II think So,
Bob" replied Mr.. Sturgeon. But
why?" "'Cause I'm him." said Bob.
The story goes that the "orphin" had
the siXpence.
Ex-Governor Altgeld said at Louis
vile recently: Il claim to have as much
information relating to the political
conditions as the average citizen, and I
could not name 10 of the As governors
to save my life, could not name one
third of the United States senator's"
DR.. Carlton T. Lewis, who is only 80
years old has been elected to the long
vacant Emily Sanford professorship Of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29

the easiest of men for reporters to in
tervew. He is rarely misquoted, for he
writes what he wants printed and in
sists that nothing else shall appear over
his name.
The English Legitimists announce
that there are now living liz persons
who are descendants of Mary Stuart.
The list of these Is contained in the
calendar" published by the Legiti-
mists. No less than GIT of these 1,172
persons have better claims to the throne
than Queen Victoria, for the latter en-
joys only a parliamentary title" and
the Legitimists do not recognize 1.-The
people" Queen Victoria is a descend
ant of Mary stuart, but, inasmuch as
she represents the female line and
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chduke Rudolph wore a
DIDN'T REMEMBER HIS STORY.

Here is an amusing story which Mrs.
Black tells and which is wonderfully
characteristic of her husband the now
elist's, extraordinary forgetfulness OF
his own work as soon as the proofsheets
are safely out of his hands.
In the course of conversation with
my husband one day" Mrs. Black says,
Il suddenly remembered an anecdote
which illustrated what I was saying
and related it to him. He laughed
heartily, said it was very good story
and asked me eagerly where l had
heard it. His face was a study when
told him that l had read II in one Of
his own books"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29

in Surrey, England. In sound health, at
the age of SO.
Carolus Duran says that his most Sc
we're critic was the dog OF a society wo-
man. Duran painted the dogs portrait.
The mistress turned up her nose at the
result, and" says the artist, 1.-The dog
looked once and then bit me in the leg.
Yet it wasn't a bad picture either"
General and ex-senator Palmer of H.
linois is still known in Lexington as the
king of Kentucky" a title given him
when he was military governor of that
state after the rebellion.
Most of my biographies" says Sir
Henry Irving. prefer to say that l was
born in Glastonbury. but l wasn't. Klein
ton was the place."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29
The ReaWakeninQ Of the Conscience Of
France and the Conditions That
Brought About the Return
Of the ExiIed Captain

effective thing, and in France today
there is an awakening desire for some
native equivalent to the good old fash
toned English Blackstone and the open
court and jury.
But while the Paris mob has been
learning these little lessons Captain
Drcyfus has been left to pace his lone
ly cell on Devils island. Amid all the
many hysterical reVulsions of feeling
through which the volatile and mercu-
rial Partisan temperament has been
passing during the last year or two the
Alsatian officer who had been torn from
his family and bundled off to the little
island in the remote Atlantic found
little solace in the fact that lola had
followed him into exile or that an Of
ficer or two had cut their threats rath-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29

n REYFUS, the worlds most notable
] ] political prisoner since the day
when Napoleon cooled his ardorous
heels on the lonely rocks of Elba, is
soon to face another court martial In
a few days this man will stand before
the supreme military judicial body Of
that republic to receive a tardy vindi-
cation or final condemnation for al
legged crimes for which he has already
endured so much.
This long delayed reopeninG of the
Dreyfus case and the immediate cir
cumstances which led up to that event
might we'll be classed as ono more vic
tory for the press. for undoubtedly it
was the Paris Figaro and the bold pol
icy of its brilliant editor which brought
about the gradual reaWakening ol the
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29

seeing the sights
incog. Among
other places, he
dropped in at
the official ex-
position of Sew
res porce lain.
Here the prod
uct OF every
year W as a re
ranged chrome.
logic ally and
with great care,
or some kim
there were fun
sets, but of blue
celeste tn ere
We're but three
pieces. and tho
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-06-29
KING OSCARS
PORCELAIN.

When King oscar Of Sweden was in
Paris, some years ago, he went about
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1899-03-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

vN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNIT
| ED STATES FOR THE STATE OF NE
VADA.
In the Matter Of
PATRICK AHERN,
Bankrupt. IN BANKRUPTCY
To the creditors OF Patrick Ahern, OF Wads
worth in County of Washoc, and District afore-
said. . -
NOTICE is hereby given that on the 18th day
of February lHa9, the said Patrick Ahern was
ing Of Creditors of said Patrick Ahern will be
held AT Carson City, Nevada on the 18th day OF
March, A. ID. 1899 Ut ten O'Clock in the fore
moan nj which time the creditors may attend.
prove their claims, appoint trustee, examine
the bankrupt. and transact such other business
MS may properly come before said meeting.
Navel 4 lWp T. ID VANDERLIErH,
Referee In Bankruptcy.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1899-03-11
Those Who Owe the Dispatch.

All those who have been indebted to
the DISPATCH for an extended time are
requested to settle as all accounts will be
collected at the earliest possible date.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1899-03-11

of this State to provide for calling a
constitutional convention to revise the
State constitution. Passed.
In the Assembly: A. B. 129-Relat-
ing to the width of wagon tires to be
used on public roads. Passed.
Senate Concurrent Resolution-Re-
lating to State lottery. Passed.
Senate Concurrent Resolution l3,-
Relating to discharge of Nevada Cavalry
in Philippines. Passed.
A. B. 125-Increasing salaries of depu-
ties in State Offices. Tabled.
A. B. 122-Empowering Trustees of
Carson City to issue bonds for water
system. Tabled.
A. b. 12l-To readjust the boundary
lines between Woshoe, Ormsby, Storey
and Lyon counties. Tabled.
A. B. 130-Relating to the rising
of State supplies for stationery. Lost.
A. B. 134-Relating to IL e purchase
and preservation Of public newspapers
published in the several counties OF the
State. Lost.
A. B. 81 by Van Etten- Consolidating
Ormsby county officers. Passed.
A. B. 45. Relief of J, B. Paul. Passed.
s. b. 20 by Flanigan-Relative to
Judgeship in cases. Passed.
S. B. IL by McCullough-Relief of
Conboie, Lord. Weir and Kelly. Passed
S. b. 81 by Comins-Preservati OF
State specimens Passed.
S. B. 74-Food for State University.
Tabled.
S. B. 75-County assessors and COM
pensation. Passed.
S. ]. R. Is by Ernst--Free and unlinl-
tied coinage of silver. Passed.
A. B. 50 by Bradshaw-Ame ending
election laws. Passed.
A. B. 40 10y Patey-Providing for sol
dier's vote. Passed.
A. B. "a by Mctiowan Relief of q.
w. Cowing. Ways and Means.
A. B. 1872 by Coryell-Consolida OF
Elko officials. Passed.
A. b l29 by Raftice-- Regulating width
OF wagon tires. WAYS and Means
A. B. 127 by Coryell-Repealiny parts
of election law. Election Committee.
A. B. 79-General appropriation bill.
Amendments considered in Com mittee
OF Whole and passed.
A. B. 73 by Comins-Authorzin
State loan. Passed.
S. b. 81. by Comins-Rplativ TO COM
pensation of State Chaplain. Passed.
s. B 3o-Repealing Purity of Election
law. Lost.
S. B. %, by MISUNDERSTANDING
licensing insurance companies. Passed.
A. B. SS, by Dooley-Relative to pur-
chase of land from State of Nevada.
Lost.
Sub. for s. b. 5l-Act 10 create Board
OF Capitol Commissioners. State Insii-
tutions.
S. b. 20-Permiting County Commits
sioners to purchase and construct tele-
phone lines Boundaries.
S. B. 26-Pav for baliff OF Supreme
Court. Com. OF Whole.
S. B. 54-Detining duties of State
Board of Education Education.
S. B. 6S-Relief of Veterans Home.
Com. of the Whole.
S.J. r. 15-Free coinage of silver
Com of Whole.
S. B. 1l-Relief of Weir, Kelly and
Lord. Com. of Whole.
S. B. 75-Du,i's of County A SCISSORS.
Com. on Elections.
A. B. 1877, by Hodgkinson-Support Of
State bindery-Committee OF Whole.
A. B. 53-Appointment of live stock
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-10

coiled garter; the lesser George, worn
on broad blue ribbon over the left
shoulder, and the star of eight points,
of silver, having in the middle the
cross CT St. George enriched by the gar
ter. The Vesture consists of a mantle
of blue velvet lined with white taffeta,
a hood and sureoat of crimson velvet,
AID hat of black velvet with plume
of white ostrich feathers, having in
the center a tuft of black heron feath-
ers. When the sovereign is a woman,
she wears the ribbon on the left arm.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-10
Woe Paris.

Parisians say that their beloved city
is being ruined by the automobile fad,
which is ten times worse than the BIZ
cycling fever ever dared to be. Luck
lily there are not 50 many automobiles
as bicycles, for tAey are expensive.
The sights. sounds and smells resulting
from the carriages propelled by petro-
leum are driving people from the bou-
levards.
Half an hour after an automobile
has passed traces Of petroleum 1inger
in the air. The beauty of it is that
the drivers Of the vehicle cannot smell
lit inhlcts itself only on the passers~
by.
Some stunning toilets are to be seen
on the pretty women who have desert
ed their bicycles for the automobile.
Sometimes the carriages are upbol-
stored TO match madame's fayorite
gown-in gray or crimson broadcloth,
with parasol tops and soft cushions for
dainty shoes. The fact that she has to
guide her carriage successfully before
critical judge, who passes on her pro-
ficiency in the art before she can get
a license to wheel wherever she viii
has no effect on nadame's determine
ton to join the merry throng on tn,
boUIeYards
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Love, like ice. is awfully slippery.
and it soon thaws.
Beauty is like a cooking stoye--no
good when the fuel gives out.
Leading woman to the altar is usu-
ally mans last act Of leadership.
woman's idea of a hopeless fool is
a man who praises some other woman.
Some men are 50 dignifed that they
never unbend until they are dead
broke.
No one has ever been able to ex-
plain why bald-headed men have their
hair cut oftener than other men.
With the exception of some Of the
gold mines offered for sale b. pro-
moters there isn't much left or earth
to discover.
During courtship lovers overlook
each others faults, but after marriage
they spend most of their time in look
Ing for them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-10
Hot Air to clear Mist.

II is stated that an apparatus has
teen invented in England called the
Tugrin fog dispeller THIS apparatus
enables 4 pilot or the officer in the con-
aing tower OF warship to see through
the densest fog fer several hundred
feet. During al experiment in a fog,
without the dispeller. nothing could be
seen at a distance Of fifty feet; with it
bricks were clearly visible at distance
OF IT'S feet.
There is an outlook pipe, eight feet
long and three inches inside diameter,
with a wide fange at the mouth. A
pipe enters the tube from below, and
The outlook tube may be pointed in
any direction.
When the dispeller is in use the blow
er sends a powerful stream of air
through the fog, blowing a hole right
through It. The fog is rolled back in
every direction and the moisture in
suspension condeases and falls in rain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-10

stands out in startlingly bold relief as
one Of the last and most curious relics
of the primeva1 Australian forest,
which in that district consisted chiefly
of gigantic gum trees.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-10
AN ANCIENT ORDER.
HOW THE SELECT "oRDER OF THE
GARTER" ORIGINATED.

Instituted in the'NIiddle of the Fourteentk
Century by Edward III-Its Purpose at
i First only Temporary, But It Has Lasted
For Centuries.
The Order of the Garter is the high
est order of knighthood in Great Brit
ain, its members consisting of the SOW
ereign, the Prince of Wales and tWen-
ty-fye knights companions, and it is
open, in addition, to such English prin-
ces and foreign soverefgns as may be
chosen, and sometimes to extra COM
panions chosen for special reasons, SO
that the whole order usuallynumbers
about so. Formerly the knights compan~
ions were elected by the body itself,
but since the reign Of George III. ap-
pointments have been made by the SOW
ereign. The order was instituted by
Edward III. about the middle of the
Fourteenth century, but owing to the
early loss of the original records the
date is uncertain. Its purpose has
been supposed to have been at first
only temporary. According to the
common legend, probably fictitious,
King Edward III. picked up q garter
dropped by the Countess of Salisbury
at ball, and placed it upon his own
knee, with the words to his courtiers,
in response to the notice taken of the
incident, Honi soft qui nal Y pense
ashamed be he who thinks evil of it,
TO this incident the foundation, the
0ame and the motto of the order, are
usually aseribed.
The insignia of the order are the
garter, a blue ribbon of velvet edged
with gold, and having a gold buckle,
worn on the left leg; the badge, called
The George or great George, a figure Of
st. George killing the dragon, pendent
from the collar of gold, which has
tWenty-six pieces, each representing a
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-10
Some sioIogx.

The muscles of tae human body ex-
ert force of 534 pounds. The guam
tity of pure water which blood contains
in its natural state is very great; it
amounts to almost seven-eighths. The
blood is a fifth OF the weight of one
body. A man is teller in the morning
than at night to the extent of half an
inch or more, owing to the relaxation
of the cartilages The human brain
is the twenty-eighth part of the body.
but in the horse the brain is not more
than the four hundredth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-10
Profess iOnaI.

TAR. G. d. SMITH, Veterinary Surgeon and
~ Dentist. treats all diseases Of domestic
nimals. Office at Brewster's Stable. Tele-
Lhone, old a; new 100.
All Calls Night and Day
Answered Promptly.
TAR. A. w. TROUPE, Pine Bluff, Ark
~ Office Hours, 2 to D. m. Telephone
effice with AndersOn-Meyer Drug Store
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-10
= Sensible Mule,

For more than ten years very SEN
sible mule has been working in the
mines near Blossburg, Ala. He will
pull his usual load of six cars of coal
from bottom to top without murmur,
but If you put on an extra car ne will
kick and, bray and refuse to go until
relieved. When the cars are unloaded
at the tep he will always mount an
empty car and lie down and ride to the
bottom Of the slope, distance of half a
mile On one occasion as he was
drawing up a lead a train of empty cars
got loose and went down the slope at
br6ak-neck speed. and the men thought
the mule would lie killed by the coils
ion, bur IS the empty cars were about
to rush on him he Jumped on the first
ear and rode back 70 the bottom with
tda whole A2ii'
We ought in 3cmanty no more ae-
spise a man for The misfortanes of the
mind than for thUse Of the body, when
they are SUCH as he cannot help
Pope.
Consolation indiseraasly pressed up
on us Wien we are suffering 4nder az
a:ction, cn.y serves to increase cur
pain, and 10 re2Gse orr gFle5 70 mere
poigr 2nt.-RcsscaG.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-10
A Cnriona EJECT.

It is an inexplicable fact that men
buried in an avalanche of snow hear
distinctly every word uttered by those
who are seeking for them, while their
most strenuous shouts fail to penetrate
even few feet of snow.
Recruitment.
Il don't mind these new reform ideas
Of the emperor" sad Ii Hung Chang
penstyely; but
You resent tie loss Of your yellow
jacket and peacock feathers?"
L could go without them. 4 don't
want any embellishments. This effort
70 decorate ne viii bell punch and
a cash register IS what arouses my re.
SENTIMENT
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1899-04-10
FMo Enrae Girfs.

Z saw the other day. said Mr.. Stroll
ington, rolling a baby carriage. a
nurse girl who was herself on roller
skates. Another nurse girl that I saw, as
she rolled the baby carriage along, read
a book. The latter was doubtless the
more serious minded, but 1 could not
help thinking that the baby would be
safer With the frivolous one