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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-22

boring day and night Itis encour- aging to see the Christian people laying aside their preiudices and taking hold and helping in these meetings. Special meetings nightly during Fair week for visitors and others. Meetings touaN: "One hour at the cross" a. n. Sermon II a. m. Free and easy meeting D. m, Revival 7:30 p. III. Gn out and hear them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-22

There will be q boys meeting at ? o'clock Sunday evening at the Y. M. c. A., to be addressed by one of the visiting minister's The mems meeting at o'clock will also be ad- dressed by one of the visiting pas tors. The meetings will be particu. larry in teresting today, and the men of the city are cordially in- vited to be preset.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-22

Eros Sir,
 May be exhilarating, but it is also freighted with certain disadvant- ages. Tne means with which to avoid or remove these petty incon- veniences are here suggested. Princess LiIion
 For rough skin and cracked lips. Not greasy and stickeY. and can be used at any time. It is a delightfully."- perfumed light green liquid. In 9 cent bottles. Witch Hazel Cream
 Some people like Bohemian ware better than cut glass. There's no accounting for tastes, And some customer prefer Witch Hazel Cream to Princess Lolion, put up in bot ties at 9 cents. H Ot Water Bottle
 For. neuralgia and other aches, as well IS for cold feet. It is we'll to have a not water bottle in the house at this time, Two. three and four quart sizes.
 ANDERSON MEYER DRUG co.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29

She received large box full of Amer
lean beauty roses by messenger from
her husband along toward o'clock the
other afternoon.
James is absorbing Martigny cock
tails again." she mused shrewly.
Half an hour later another messen-
ger brought her five pounds Of expen-
sive candy from her husband.
james has ordered that $50 over
coat he was talking about, but said he
couldn't Afford" she mused again.
Half an hour later wagon drew up,
with a florists name painted on the
sides thereof, and two handsome, full
grown palms were delivered at her
door, marked as coming from her hus-
band.
solve branches preceding him." she
mused some more. Hell be home by
dark"
He was home by dark. He had been
absorbing Martignys. He had ordered
the $50 overcoat. The prescience of the
modern married woman Is sufficiently
awe-inspiring to persuade any man to
raise his bonnet thereto.-Washingt
Post.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
Study Of Shaknneara.

"The practice of reading aloud in
small or model ate-s.zed gatherings |.
in every way to be commended" writes
Sir Henry Irving, of "Ihe Study of
Shakespeare in Small Communities" in
the Ladies' Home Journal. "It Is good
for the individual, good for the men,
bers Of the group, good for the locality,
good for the nation. No community can
be too small for the practice of reading
In public. If there be only two per-
sons, each may, in turn, learn some
thing from the successes or failures of
the other. No one need be dttident at
the beginning; there Is moth NJ really
difficult. There is no arduous labor;
there Is no possibility OF absolute fail
ure where there. is honest, careful eff
fort. Any form or subject Of reading,
worthy in itself, can be of use for the
study Of elocution. 1t is, however, pos
sible to get together groups OF persons
Interested in some common theme,
when the mere getting them together
without such an agglomerative cause is
lacking: and Shakespeare has been, Is,
and ever will be, name to conjure
with. A play read weekly or monthly,
with the various characters allotted be-
forehand, has been a source of much
and continuous pleasure, productive OF
thought and study, ameliorative of de-
fective power Of utterance, win
mower of the chaff of harsh accent or
ultra -colloqulal mannerism."
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29

spent in Saratoga, Magnolia, Mass, and
later in Newport, where she attended
the wedding Of her favorite grand
daughter, julia Dent Grant, proved re-
plete with interesting adventures. She
especially enjoyed the gayeties attend
ing the nuptials Of the Princess Canta-
cuzzene, and is never tired Of relating
her experiences to her friends. This
venerable woman, although 70 years of
age, is remarkably vigorous physically
and mentally. She receives her friends
almost every morning in her pleasant
sitting room in her Massachusetts ave-
nue. home. She is perfectly impartial
In the reception of these guests. The
lowly friends of early years are as well
come as the leaders of society.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
MISS wHITTLEsEY.
MRS. MORRISON. NJ

obtain some strychnine, which. ne said,
was to poison some ''varmints' that
were killing his chickens.
The crime was committed on Sun
day night. Before the deed he preached
a particularly effective sermon, speak
ing In a pathetic manner of the sad
parting with loved ones at death. Then
he went home and gave his wife an ap-
pie in which he had put some Of the
strychnine. She died the same night
with her arms about her husbands
neck. She never knew of b s treachery.
He still continued the correspondence
with Miss Wnittlesey and the day after
his wife's burial he sent letter in
which he expressed his love in the
most lavish terms. He went to 10
peka few days later and obtained =
promise from Miss Whittlesey that she
would become his bride. On his return
he was arrested, suspicious circum
stances coming to light concerning his
wife's death, but was soon releas ed II :
fled, but three months later was rear
rested In San Francisco and taken back
to Texas, where the full extent Of his
villainy became known. At the trial
Miss Whittlesey was the principal pros
ecuting witness and her testimony sent
nim to the gallows.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29

Italy know to their cost that he has
skillful and daring generals and that
his soldiers are brave and impetuous.
The king lives in the interior of his
country, surrounded by great desert,
so that it would be almost impossible
for an invading army to reach him. In
the center Of the royal city he has
caused a tall tower to be erected. 10
this tower he ascends at frequent in
tervals, and with telescope observes
how his people are behaving them
selves in the city below him. Offend
ers are punished with great severity,
and as a result there Is little disorder
of any kind at the court or about it.
The king and most Of his people are
nomlnally Christians, and the Golden
Rule is said to be the ruling principle
Of the Government. in spite of the Sc
verify of the punishments sometimes
inflicted.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29

but Castro could not be persuaded to
take it. The reverse, indeed, was the
fact, for Castro severely criticised
Crespo's administration. When And
rade's star began to rise Castro led a
movement against him and Crespo.
After the failure of the "Mocho" Her
nandez revolution the man who is now
president successfully defeated Mo
rales and Larria and became the domi-
nant military power Of the country.
With his new success came hordes or
followers, and Castro, after carrying
numerous towns, at last took the capi-
tai itself. President Castro Is a highly
educated young man and a hard work
err, but he is handicapped with that eX-
plosiveness Of character that Is the
greatest handicap to the Latin race.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
DIDN'T LIKE THE SMELL,
&c Said, After Blowing Out the Gas and
Sleeping Thirty Hours.


Sleeping Thirty Hours.
A very bra mon' is "Scotty" Patter-
son, and he has been away from the
"Heelands" but fourteen months. This
n part accounts for his thoughtless act
If Saturday night Scotty works in the
Scotten stables, and takes his meals
in Kurth's Hotel.
On Saturday night the Kurth's man
of-all-work, who also comes from the
land OF golf and the "Bonny Briar
Bush," gathered in Scotty, and the two
sat quite late over "reminiscences and
Scotch whisky. When it came time for
Scotty TO return to his room over the
stables they found that the Scotch whis-
ky had quite paralyzed his power Of
locomotion, as well as his sense of direc-
ton. Scotty suggested that a vacant
room In Kurth's Hotel might simplify
matters, and as the hotel was Just
across the street, "Jaimie," the chore
man, fell in with the suggestion. He
pulled Scotty up the back stairs and
locked him in. Then Scotty blew out
the gas at the third lunge and Jumped
ut the bed.
This morning Mrs. kurth found Scot
tvs door locked, in fact she didn't know
that Scotty was there at all. They
looked over the transom and saw a pair
Of feet protruding from the foot of the
bed, for Scotty had crawled under 1t.
The smell of escaping gas was suffo-
eating, but they kicked in the door and
pulled Scotty out. His chaperon had
quite forgotten his good Samaritan
work. The dazed man was set down IN
the yard, where he soon recovered.
lie had been in the room for over
thirty hours, inhaling the poisonous
fumes, and his bra" constitution and
the two inches of opened transom are
all that saved his life.
Scotty said few things when they
pulled him out at 10 O'clock this morn
ing. One of his remarks was:
"Hoot. mon, but dinna like the
smeel over weel. ."--Detroit Journal.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
Counting the People by Machinery

IOuutiuB Jbo ESOplt ny MuCnInefys
Our first census. made in 1895, showed
the population of the United States to
be five million, and the count cost Uncle
Sam, who was comparatively poor then,
one cent for each person. 1t Is esti-
mated that the twelfth census, to be
made in June, 1900, will show that our
people number seventy-five million, and
that the item of clerk hire, in the Cen
sus Bureau alone, will exceed $5,000,-
900. Clifford Howard. writing of "How
the Next Census VIII Be Taken" in
the Ladies' Home Journal, says that
although the work Of enumeration will
be completed by the first of July, It will
probably be two or even three months
later before the last Of the schedules
are received at the census office; for not
only must they all be first examined by
the supervisors, but in many cases they
will probably require revision because
Of some error or informality. The act
ual counting Of the people will not be
done until the schedules are turned into
the census office. The enumerators
simply gather the facts, and the office
force in Washington does the counting
and the compiling, which Is done by
electricity. In 100 days all the facts re-
latlng to 75,000,000 people will be tabu-
lated "
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
FROST ON THE PUNKIN.

Ubon the frost is on the punkin and the
folders in the shock,
Aud YOU hear the kyouck and gobble of
the struttn' turkey-cock,
And the clackin of the guineys, and the
cIuckin' of the hens,
And the ROSTERS hallylooyer as he tip
toes on the fence;
n IFS then's the times feller is a feel
in at his best,
With the risin' sun to greet him from q
night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bare headed, and
goes out to feed the stock,
VIXEN the frost is on the punkin and the
folders in the shock.
Tbey's something kind o heartyike
about the atmosphere
When the best of summers over and the
coolp' fall is here
Of course we miss the flowers and tho
blossoms on the trees,
And the humble of the hummiE' birds
and buzzin' of the bees,
But the airs 50 appetiziiI', and the land
scape through the haze
early autumn days
Is a pictur' that no painter has the color.
in to mock
When the frost is on the punkin and the
folders in the shock.
The husky, rusty rustic OF the tossels Of
the corn.
And the raspn' of the tangled leaves, as
golden As the morn;
The stubble in the furries-kind O. lone
sOmelike, but still
A.preachn' sermons to us of the barns
they growed 20 fill:
The strawstack in the mcdder. and the
reaper in the shed;
The bosses in their stalls below--the
clover overhead.
o, it sets my heart a-clickin' like the
tickin of a clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the
folders in the shock.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
KING MENELEk.

He Is Said to Be the Greatest of All
African Monarchs.
1t Is announced that King Menelek
of Abyssinia will visit the Paris expo
sition and that on the way to the
French capital from his little kingdom
in eastern Africa he will call on his
friend, the Car of Russia. The black
king is the most picturesque as he is
the greatest of African monarchs. A
giant in stature, he rules his kingdom
with rod Of iron, and the great pow
ers Of Europe are all glad to be on
good terms with him. He has an army
Of real fighting men, armed with mod
ern weapons, and both England and
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
Alligator Riding.

Jim Frazier, of Florida, is called
"Wild jim" because he is the king Of
alligator hunters. wild Jim" hunts
alligators in the Florida Everglades
His specially is In furnishing baby ALI.
gators to the Northern trade, though
he also catches adult alligatOrs and
sells their teeth and skins. 1t is said
that he employs several hundred alli-
gator catchers, and has made fortune
out of his hotel business.
His favorite pastime Is to watch alli-
gators eat dogs and cats that he has
thrown into the water to feed them.
During the winter he secures hundreds
Of worthless ours and screaming cats,
and in the spring he drives the CANNES
and felines down to his alligator ranch
In the everglades, where he amuses
himself with alligator-back riding.
He Is an alligator charmer and tanner,
and Is the only man in Florida that
would dare mount the back Of an old
alligator in the water. When he wants
to ride he throws his alligator muzzle
over the head of an alligator and jumps
on the monsters back. The alligator
cannot reach the intrepid rider with
his tail. and his mouth Is muzzled.
"Wild Jim's" why legs are entwined
around the forelegs of the alligator,
while the alligator dives and swims
and lashes his tail, trying to be free.
When Jim gets tired he makes the alli-
gators swim to the shore, where he
Jumps off and dispatches it.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29

u aner'' @ IN The paper. His wife died about
se"i ago' and since that time bis
iiother had been with him and looLnd
alter Dis little ones and directed tho
servants. But illness in her own hon,o
liau called her there, and for the snm.
ilier at least She must remain avov
AlVer seeing the lad" Yesterday bo
ueciued this morning to give the babies
sail down the harbor and 600 if on,,
arrangement for a summer home corlJ
NC llade IN case a suitable ploce wos
louhd' The doctor had advised tho
seaShore, and he wanted them noor
enough the city so he could see them
e,vry uay. Il assure you they are good
cnliuren, Mrs. Gray, and Nurse Morv
"ili see that they trouble no one I
VIII pay you we'll if you will LET thcm
nave a nome with you for a while"
Motherly Mrs. Gray would have said
yes Immediately to his pleading. but
she remembered her promise to Nan,
hNcusing herself. she beckoned Nan
INTO side room. "Well, Nan, YOU have
nearu the plea, what do you sayY
"Oh, DEAR" said Nan. 81 don't SEQ how
we can say mo- with those little moth
erless things right before us. III had
only Oeen little wiser on wording that
ad' l know how anxious you are 10
take the whole brood under YOUR wing
ana l know too well what its shelter
means to urge you to say no, when your
heart says yes you dear mother SOUL"
so the little family stayed many
weeks. Papa Bailey coming down ev-
cry night. And so dear did they be-
come to Nan that it was only with feel
ings of sadness that she thought of Their
leaving.
1t was the last Saturday of vacation.
Nan had taken Baby May into the ham
mock in the orchard and had sung her
to sleep in her arms. You little dar-
ling, wish l might keep you always"
she whispered, as she gazed down into
the sweet, rosy little face.
Looking up she saw bending over the
hammock baby's papa. 81 wish dared
to say the same thing to you, Man."
whispered he. as he looked into Mans
blushing face. 81 have wished so many
times this summer that might always
have you near. Won't you give up
your large school and take a smaller
one? We will be good pupils"
81 am not used to mixed grades"
said Nan, mischievously, "but will try
it If you wish it very much. But l
must tell you little story first. Per-
haps you won't care for such teacher
then" So Nan told him Of her weari-
ness at the close of school, and the mar
row escape he had from being summar-
lily dismissed when he applied for board
for his babies.
He understood perfectly, and with
loving kiss to both occupants of the
hammock he slipped a ring on Mans
finger. In the early fell Nan became
Mrs. Bailey, and happiness reigned in
the Bailey kindergarten.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
Sorry He said 1t.

There are so many things in this
wicked world we would rather not have
said. Mean things, spiteful things, I'M
feeling things, reckless things which
trickle over the lips before we realize
it. An estimable man in town has
wife who Is a good woman, though she
can never be a candidate at a beauty
show. He admires her, however, and
Ms he is the one to be pleased her lack
of loyeliness Is small matter. One
day he was talking with some friends
about his disposition.
mo" said he candidly, you rarely
see me get worked up, nervous and
cross. | am the easiest person In the
world to please"
"One glance at your wife shows that"
renled a dear friend, who is the soul
of politeness, and who, poor wretch,
really meant to imply she did not have
tbe looks of a nagged or brow-beaten
woman. and must get on easily with
him. But, oh, it didn't sound that way,
and that man would gladly have given
$40 down for hole in the ground just
about that time.-Louisville Times.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
Gladsuoue,s Memori I.

A marble and alabaster Gladstone
memorial tablet has been placed in
Hawarden Church, between the pulpit
and Armenian window. In the upper
part are the words, "That rock was
Christ" and on one side are four verses
Of the late stateman's favorte hymn,
"Rock Of Ages" On the opposite panel
are the same verses in Latin, with the
inscription at the foot, Translated In
1S4S by William Ewart Gladstone.
Placed by his grandchildren, in love,
gratitude and reverence" = London
Chronicle.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29

lie was innocent, circumstances over
winch he had no control placing him
Wnere he was. He had a large follow
ing or friends who made strenuous ef.
tofts to have the Governor commute
the sentence to Imprisonment for life,
but without success.
MorrlSon was married to his wife.
VINO was Minnie Brady, at Hanford,
1eXas, in 1881. She sang in the church
cholr' Later they moved to Pan Han
die City. In 1897 he went to Topeka,
Kan, to attend Sunday school con-
vention. Here he met Miss Anna
Wnlttlesey, whom he knew at school.
She had fallen heir to 100000, and he
fell deeply in love with her. He told
her that his wife had been dead eleren
years, that he had retired from preach
ing and owned a ranch near Higgins.
Texas. He made her an offer of mar
riage and she agreed to become his
wife. He returned to Texas and kept
up correspondence with Miss Whit
tlesey. To get his wife out of the way
was the next question. He made up his
mind to murder her. This was in Oc-
tober. 1897. He went to a druggist to
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
MANS KINDERGARTEN
667F ever l was thankful l am
this minute" said Nan Gray,

v,
as she threw herself in an
easy chair on the piazza. at did seem
as if school would never end, but ev-
erythlng has an end if you can only
wait for it, and this blessed day winds
up the term. and now for a good sum-
mer's rest from teaching the young
idea and all its attendant Affections" ;"
"Well, dear, are you tired" said her
mother as she entered.
Tired to death, and 1 believe | al
most wish might not see child again
until September. Don't, please, don't
take any children to board at the cot
tage this summer, ma"
why, Nan Gray, l always thought
you loved children"
80 | do, mamma, but after one has
eaten a pound of chocolates she doesn't
care for any more Immediately, does
She! Don't you understand"
"Yes, Nan. see. We will announce
No children need apply so don't
worry"
The next morning Nan and George,
with their mother, started for their
house at the beach, where they were
to take few boarders.' On the steamer
sitting near them was young man
with three children and a nurse maid.
lhe youngest child was about a year
old, a bright, pretty little thing. The
other two were boys, perhaps and 5
years old, with sweet faces and cun-
ming ways.
Man," said George, "go and ask him
u he doesn't want a nice boarding
place for the summer. That's just
what you've been looking for in the
way of boarders, you know"
Nan flashed look at her brother,
then turned her eyes to the broad eX-
panse Of sea, but in spite Of herself
her thoughts would come back to the
group near by. II wonder where they
are going. Where's the mamma? Per
maps she's dead. He does look sad and
serious. How lovingly he holds the
little boy" But it was nearly time
for our travellers to land, and they be-
gan to pick up their bundles and bags.
Look, Nan, they land here, too. I'll
oet cookie they are coming in answer
10 that 'ad' for few boarders you put
IN the paper. Jolly! wouldn't it be
Joke on you, though, sis?" And George
chuckled heartily.
Dear me, l ought to have added NO
children,' but | forgot. Do you sup
pose they can be coming to our house,
map
Time will tell, Man," said her moth
Ell smiling. They walked briskly on
ana reached their house few minutes
III advance Of the kindergarten par
"" as Mans brother called it.
Looking around, they observed the
gentleman evidently inquiring the way
somewhere. He had stopped the local
nSh merchant, and from all appear
ances was being directed to the Gray
cottage. In a moment came ring at
tne door, to which George responded.
Does Mrs. Gray live here" inquired
the stranger, who was leading the lit
tie boy of 3 or 4. Closely following
was another boy two or three years old
tr and the nurse with the baby girl on
her arms
George, though intensely amused at
Mans predicament, Invited the party
fn very politely, and spoke to his
mother.
Nan, who had dropped into chair in
.he further part of the room, sat gaz-
ing out of the winGow into the orchard.
She heard the gentleman introduce
himself as Mr.. Bailey and tell her
mother that he had seen the advertise
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time. He was always
one of the warmest
supporters Of the Lib
eral party, and took
part in the war of de-
fense during the rev.
olution that was led
by Crespo. That gen.
eral did all he could
to influence Castro to
his side, and even Of
fered him a portfolio,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
Home of the south Sea Bubble.

South Sea House, London, the home
of the South Sea bubble, which con-
vulsed England in the early part Of
the eighteenth century, is soon to be
torn down to make way for new ware
houses. For century after 1920,
when the bubble burst, the building
stood practically untenanted; but of
late years it has been the headquarters
of prosperous traders.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1899-12-29
Justice Among the Parsees.

Among the Parsees a murderer is
punished with ninety stripes on his
bare back, while master who neglects
his dog receives 200 stripes.