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The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16
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Fail River. Mass. Dec. IO.-1hc now
wngc schedule. giving 1000 cotton
mill employees In this md other New
England cities n ~ pcr cent. Increase
In wages. VIII 20 Into effect to NOR.
row. ON December 18th mn additional
10000 mill employees will begin 10 in-
crrass like advance In wages. and BE-.
fore the first Of the year iO.3O0 othsrs
will have received the Increase
Thus by January 1s& fully 1l6eoo
New EaglAnd mill eaployes win b -.
eetving % avssAse rate q pay eQual
= ~ resvsoue high rate e ~ vhse
Wa0oe eloes " iDeeDe3eo - ~ ooo1oo
06oeesy.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16
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Pretoria. Sunday. Dsr. i0.-Prcsi.
dent Ntcyn hns sent the following de-.
tails of the night nt Storini,org.
''rhe British. with six cannon, at.
tackled tho lsrrS under Swnnrr,,cI
and Oliver. Rnd storined tho Rorru'
cntrrnchssi positions on tho kopjcs,
After . severe ne... they were com.
PEELED to surrender. The prisoner
are Major Hturgena. six OtiiC~rs and "a
l,oa-commiaal0sesi officers and NEE OF
the Northumberland, and two Of.
ecssy ard about 80 non-commissSoo
"a o01cess of the Irish fusijeera, Il r
lnpeesebae 10 state The numbsS q
1eeA and wounded n1tish. n
Doosu captufs1 thsRe eannea eaA tve
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16
THE CHRISTMAS ISSUE

OF the lake Shore Book Of Trains =
something entirely out Of the ordinary
In the way Of railroad literature and
VIII be Of interest to all. Copy will be
sent to any address on receipt Of 1-cent
stamp.-F. n. Byron. @. W. A., Chi
cago; A. J. Smith. g. p. A.. Clevs-
land.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16
KILLED Bv EXPLOSION.
Ihlrty.rwo Coal Misers Lose Their Liv~s
In Washingtoa.

Carbonate, Wash. Dec. 0.-Shortly
before II ~ o'clock yesterday forenoon
this coal mining village was stunned
with the first report OF terrific subter-
rnnean explosion In the mine OF the
Carbon Hin Coal Company. the tunnels
OF which run miles under the town.
There was an ominous rumbllnH.
smothcrcd sound for few moments
and then II ceased abruptly. The pco-
pie knew ut once what this meant and
stood around with blanchcd faces.
Approximations OF some fearful dis
nx,er were confirmed In little while
with information that the morning
shift In tunnel No. had been caught
In mn explosion of fire damp. Between
seventy md eighty men were at work
In the mine at the time and the belief
was that all must have been killed. ~
there was no chance Of escape. Those
who We're not killed outright would be
hemmcd In by the falling walls and
timbcrs and sufrocatcd by the gnsscs
and smoke before any opportunity Of
relief could come.
Details OF the disaster are mcaxre.
ms Superintendent Davis and Foreman
Jonah Davis OF the day shift nrc now
down In the mine engaged In the res
cue. The number OF men employed In
the first day shift was scvcnty-two.
Their hours are from Z o'clock a. IN
TO 8 y. m. The explosion occurred b..
tween 10 and IL o'clock. ns near ~
can bc Rsccrtnlncd. Jonah Davis, the
foreman. escaped unhurt. and besides
him nhout twenty Fins. Most Of the
men nrc Welsh and several Of these
also escaped. but the turned and went
back into the mine In the hope Of is>
Ing able TO rescue those still supposed
TO bc alive.
The total number Of men In the un.
fortunate shaft wns scvcnty-six. Of
whom forty.four are alive. all Of them
having escaped or been rescued.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

A frm at Sycamore. ILL.,. has started
= turtle farm on the banks of the Kish-
waukee river. Both before and after
death 1t appears that the festive turtle
II TO be In the swim.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

Sir Thomas Lipton was banqueted
on his return to London, Just the same.
He had certainly done as well as could
have been expected. considering the
circumstances.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16
0O.eeA

On Tuesday. Jan. -. . special vssti.
buied train Of Pullman palace cars,
compartment. drawing room. library.
observation and dining cars will start
from Chicago. going 70 the City q
Mexico and 70 other prominent cities
Of the republic and back 70 Chicaso
again. nakisg the tour q ii
Msxico complete. The party will b.
strictly limited and absolutely arst
class. Tickets Include all expenses
everywhere. The tour 10 under the
personal escort and direction OF Nr.
Reau Campbell. general manager Of
The Ansrican Tourist Association.
For maps. books OF the tour. tickets,
ETC.. cali % Assnts Of The CAicaeo,
what n the strsnYgvs Mfe, anyway
N00't kRVa N WmRA."
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

'Tis said there are but few great
women orators; but when 1t comes to
great talkers-well. that's another
proposition.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16
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Chicago. Dec. l0.-A special to the
Chronicle from East Liverpool. Ohio.
says: Friends In this city Of Charles T.
Mncrum. until recently United Stntca
consul at Pretoria say he Ia returning
10 this country with important infortna.
ton for the State Department. which
he Is unwilling TO Risk cabling. Ills lct.
tcrs conclusivcly prove that not only
was Mncrum not persona non RratA to
tho 1ransvani government, but that he
wna on the lcst possible terms with
President Kruger. Cabling could only
irs done over 4 line controlled In part
by England. II II believed the infor.
nation beough by Mncrum IL from
President Kruger. md the purpose In
10 initiate measures 10 bring the wnr
TO closc on honorable terms to the
Dutch republic.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

Political reform may be all right. but
political corruption has the advantage
Of age and experience.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

No woman should ever be allowed
to vote until she is able to sharpen
. lead pencil for the purpose Of
scratching her ticket.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

When the landlord raises the rent
the tenant must raise 1t also or get
out.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

The man who is the architect of his
own character often puts up Job no
other man would take of his handa.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

photographers think favorably Of
changing the word politician to pulli-
ocian.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

II vanity fails to catch q man In one
disguise It assumes another.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

The Airt of today will be tho old
maid Of tomorrow.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

Somehow the more you try to be
funny the more people don't laugh.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

Even the deaf mute is able to hear
mofsy when It talks.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

The BARRIERS face must be his shay
Ag mug.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

Masked hikhwaymcn II Greater New
Yosk climbed aboard . trolley car tbs
0tAsf morning. robbed the conductor
~ lsft the motormAn tied to . tree
n Q loasly patch Of woods. Possibly
~ Engiishmen who came over expect.
~ 10 chase buffalo along the New
tssk boulsvards and shoot Indians In
9rooklya were not 20 far astssy n
eAeiS eeckonings after all.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

3Ae sfectioa q q wool wAssheuso
eS ee0e peont aloae It, Iine n Nseth-
esA Nye0lng y neW bstog eoaGl6oeo1
- ~ 1us1ineteo sal1suad. uA0UooA
HsWeo0ee a11 C1oAsuDont ~ ~
swne sesvine M ~ ~asSAooGA
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

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y (11Ar g se1use ~ .
f0 49, - - . -
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The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

There arc 25.00O lnmim now on feed.
ing In tho vicinity Of Bcrthoud, I.ari.
mcr county. and the youngsters an Do
Ing remarkably wcil. A number Of
residents are going Into sheep breeding
e pefmanent occupation and Ii time
befshoud will b. known a. 80 q oue
famous csntsfS.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

q y aanouncsd fFon London that
0SWsk Hopper was introduced 70 tAs
0siass q wales the other day: thai
- Deiaes told . joks 70 NJ. Hospss,
~ tAat Tie actor laughed heartily,
j ~ psisss'a joks was Of Tie really
1011GA oe6es. n q oass hsoonss nas.
- ~ ~. Heopse sAevsl rass M
- - eaenisaes ssess q ssos1y h
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16
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The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

4 naa II liable TO cast bis bread
eDea he watsrs during his arst ocean
VsyAgs. but rs his arst excursioa In
Q balleoa that makes him soar.
The Monte Vista journal., 1899-12-16

j
niles, and na trains both II he no
Grnnde and Midland ARE passing over
the route. the prrcnution was decided
upon recently by officials u bo,h lines
as the best step that could lie taken
for the safety Of passengers. A t.lc.
graph operator Will bc ~ duty At each
Of the stations. seven 10 tn u,ilcs
apart. aud no train will h.. allowed to
60 forward after reaching one end }.
q "biock" until the trncx IL clear
throughout the entire block. Under
conditions which have prevailed In the
past trains have nt times been running
o. cioAc NJ one nnd hnlf Lilics spnri
Tire system II quite cxpcna W. but II
will lc continuously mai a niicd ~
soon a. all the stations are completed,
By the explosion OF giant powder
early Tuesday morning tho lodging
house Of Mrs. Alice NJ. Fox at Rico
was wrecked. The explosive Ind been
plncsi ncnr the bWck door Mt the end
of the hail nnd Immediately under tho
bed room occupied by Mrs. Fox and
her son eight years Of agc. This gives
color TO the theory believed by many
that II wns \ deliberate nttcmpt 10
murder the woman md Ter child. They
r~rnp~si unInjurt.i. but the properly
which Mrs. For bns accumulated
through eight or nine years " patient
toll and snvlng WINS damaged 10 the
extent of e?iD. Mrs. Fox, II 4. nijog.
ed. had been warned several times Tint
her life and property were Ia ianrcr
she has been very active In wn cling n
war against public gambling n, J,jco.
NeverAl month"; ago she filsi cotn.
paaletv sgnluat ths prppric,orn Of the
9a06llaG AouArs and had them euV.i.
elnce thea she hes iern trying 10 kssu
IT. hooees clese6 by having ths ixupri.
e11es ARRESTED svery lime they opes~d
~ oanonepa (tamblIng h n0w ceeflod
- eooeoy ~ = 1soases q ~ D9v.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-04
 Sale 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 1t can prevent the sale of certain kinds of malt extracts, and has been enlisting the aid of the dis trict government. As a 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 defi- hilton 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., 1899-12-04
.- ...--.-.. .-.-..~r.

Oregon Indians have curious names.
 Recently an Indian named Shot His Mother-in-Law signed a warrant of the treasury department, and other we'll Known names are: Finds Them and
 Kills Them. Kills Over Beyond the Other. Hoop on Forehead, Rear Goes sto Other Grounds, Crazy sister-in-Law, Points Gun in His Face. Got Many En- Hemies. Looks at the Ground, Steals on the Camp, Hears Every Way, Strikes aon the Top of the Head, On Top of the House Sings in the Mountain, Bull Don't Fall Down. Does Many Good
 Things, Kettle That Boils, Strikes at
 Night, Kills Coming to the Birds,
 Bird Tail That Rattles. Charges Madly on the Enemy, Gets Hold of the Dead, Knot Between the Eyes, Goes to Look Rt the Prisoner, and Sits in the Middle,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-04
MORE ENGLISH IRON.
Timely Discovery at Kent in the Dover
 Coaffietd.

Ccaffiefd.
 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 600 feet from the surface. The indica- tions have now proved correct, says the London Chronicle. In the course of sinking the No. 2 shaft a bed of valu- able oolitic iron ore has just been struck at a depth of rather less than 600 feet. The seam proves to be no less than twelve feet thick and probably ex tends over great area. the quantity being practically unlimited. The diam et.e t1 he shaft is twenty feet and the quantity brought to the surface in passing through the twelve feet amounted to about $50 tons. Samples of the ore have been submitted to anal ysis, with highly satisfactory results, a washed sample of the ore yielding 45.S per cent of iron. On visiting the eol- fiery works today inspected consid- erable bulk of the ore and the mana ger informed me that washed sample tested at the works yielded between 50 and 60 per cent of 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 century ago. Prof. Boyd Dawkins, in paper read before the British association in 1894, described sample obtained from the original boring. From this 1t 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 in Westbury, Wiltshire. The irenstone presents very singular physical char aeteristics. It is composed of dark brown, shining grains of hydrated OK idle of iron, like millet seed, imhedded in crystalline base, partly of cal cium and partly Of iron carbonate.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-04
British Tars Row Against malAys.

In the harbor at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony, the other day, an interesting boat race was held, crew of British bluejackets being pitted against some Malay fishermen. The five seamen who represented the British navy were se- 1ected from the crew of the cruiser Doris, the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris, one of the smartest admirals of the navy, and now in con- mand of the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa squadron. If the seamen thought they were going to have a walkover they were greatly mistaken. The Malays gave them a good race; sometimes the naval men led, and then again the Malays would evertake them. Toward the finish, however, the seamen obtained a tae- tieal advantage and managed to win with about dozen lengths to spare.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-04
.owrn or SHORT WORDS,
4 Paragraph Illustrating It. and Attrl-
 buted to Horatio Seymour.

h the following paragraph, attribnt- cd to Horatio Seymour. the writer prae- tices what he breaches, since there is no word in it with more than two sylla- bles, save such as are quoted for the purpose of illustration: We must not only think in words. but we must also fry to use the best words and those which in speech will put what is in our minds into the minds of others. This ls the great art 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. a9d they always hurt the verses in which you find 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 It's full verse; Oh, ye viper's bred. who hath warned you to fee from the wrath to come?' Crime sometimes does not look like crime when it is set be- fore us in the many folds of a long word. When a man steals, and we call it sdefalcation,' We are at a loss to know if it is blunder or a crime. If he does not tell the truth, and we are told that it is a case of prevarieation, It takes us some time to know just what we should think Of it. No man will ever cheat himself into wrong-do- Ing, nor will he be at loss to judge of others, if he thinks and speaks of acts in clear, crisp terms. It is good rule, If one is at loss to know f an act is right or wrong to write 1t down in short, straightout English.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-04
EDISoN'S NEW LAMP.
FEament Is Covered with a White Coat
 ing of Rare Earth.


 In a recently patented lamp devised by Thomas A. Edison the filament con- sists of highly refractory. porous, non-conducting material of rare earth oxide; incorporated in the body there of are isolated particles of car ,n. be- tween which are spark gaps. whereby high tension currents, either alternat- ing, continuous, or intermittent, will be conducted from particle to particle of the carbon and thus raise the fila ment to incandescence. AS the f1la- ment is of highly refractory, non- conducting, porous material, the 1n- terior will be subjected to the effect of the vacuum in the globe, which Will assist in the conduction of the curreHf through the carbon particles. TAe highly refractory material consists of an oxide or oxides of the rare earths, such as oxide of zirconium or thorium. In order to provide an exterior surface for the filament which will radlate light it is momentarily dipped in the salt of the oxide, such as the acetate, which will leave no carbon upon car honization, and provide white radiat- ing surface In making the fl anent and, such as solution of sugar, asphalt, or a tartrate of the oxide It. self, is mixed with the refractory ma terial, a residue of carbon thus result ing upon authorization. The mixture is forced by heavy pressure through a small opening and guided to form filament Of the desired cross-seetlon, which is then bent into proper shape, carefully dried and carbonized. Owing to it's high resistance, a voltage of seV- eTal hundred is necessary in operatlons The filament may also be formed by soaking threads of cotton in the salt of the oxide. such as acetate, and car bonized to form deposit of the oxide thereon; then resoaked and relocated successively until the desired quantity of oxide has been deposited, after which the filament may be soaked m the carbonizing substance; after being dried, it is dipped in solution of a salt of the oxide of a rare earth, such as zirconia or thorium, preferably an acetate of such oxide, to form the white radiating coating desired-Elec- trical World.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-04
German Jury Laws.

In Germany when the vote of the jury stands six against six, prisoner is acquitted. A vote of seven against five leaves the decision to the court, and on vote of eight against four the prisoner is convicted
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-04
MANY WEEDS GOOD TO EAT.
Certain Kinds Are Often Used fer Food
 by Families.

Go out on any farm and see the farm CT hoeing away at the weeds that threaten to choke his crop. You may hear him say things that wouldn't sound nice about the weeds The dan delion isn't the only weed eaten by people who know what's good to eat Take wild ehieory, the plague of the farmer. It makes one of the finest salads served. piquant. tender and wholesome. Charlock or wild mustard is another bane of the farmer. He doesn't know that as a pot herb it can give soup delightful flavor. The dock-weeds-how annoying the whole family arei Yet the broad leaf vari- ety and the curly leaf are used all over Europe as table vegetables. There's pokeweed, commonest of all. In France it is cultivated It takes its place. Sorrel, fetticus and chevril are looked on as fiavoring for soup. Everybody in American hates net tie and can't see what use it is. Tn Scotland Poland and Germany tender young nettle leaves are used as greens. The Germans boil them with other vegetables to give them a piquant fias vor. Purslane is another weed that can be treated in the same way. Most people think milkweed poisonous. It is a medicinal vegetable. with de- lightful flavor all its own. The yoang leaves, when they are in just the right condition. are cross between spinach and asparagus, and in salad are de- licious. Sorrel, fictitious and chevril are looked on as field pests by ninety nine out of every hundred farmers Inc hundredth one picks the choicest leaves from these weeds and sends them to market, where they find a ready sale for salads to be eaten with game and for flavoring herbs-for terbs they are, and not weeds.-New V ,rk World.
 No Immediate Danger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-04
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., 1899-12-04
Relic Of By-eone Days.

St. Georges church. at the top of Lord street, Liverpool, England, is undergoing demolition, and the work relic Of by-gone days. The church stands on the site of a baronial castle said to have been first built by Roger de Poietiers 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 npon 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 arehed 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 workmen from exploring further.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-04
No Immediate Danger.

Sandy Waysides (reading)-"Here 6 brand-new microbe jest made it's ap- pearance." Yawning Yergason-"Den dere's no immediate danger. We never get nuttin' till it's secondhand"