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AnfIanltr of nells.

Before the time of bells various in struments were used to summon con- gregations to worship. In Egypt they are said to have followed a Jewish GUS tom in using a trumpet. In some Or iental churches a kind of rattle gave the signal In monasteries monks took it in turn to so round the cells, calling the inmates to their deYotions by knocking with hammer, which was called the awakening instru- ment' Bells of one kind or another are, however, of very great antiquity, having been used in religious cere- monies by many of the ancient nations as a means of honoring their gods and summoning them to the feasts. For example, the feast of Osiris and Isis was always announced by bells. Pliny says that bells were in use long before his time, being called "Tin tin nabula. " The use of small bells (noIae) in Eng
 land, says William of Malmesbury, may be traced back as far as the fifth century, and 1t Is clear from Bede that even those of the larger kind (cam- panae), such as sounded in the air and called numerous congregation to d. vine service, were employed in Eng land as early as the year 680, being that In which the Abbot Hilda died
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ordinan ce No. AGO.

An Ordinance to provide means for and to regulate the redemption of outstanding warrants of the city,
 Be it ordained by tho City Council of the city of Pine Bud;-
 Section l. That such a portion of the n- coming revenues of the city, (save and except that part belonging to the Cemetery Fund), as may prove necessary. is hereby appr0pri- ated and set apart for the purpose of re- deemng and cancelling all the present out standing scrip or demand warrants Of the city.
 Section ?. 1t is hereby required and made the duty of such holder of such scrip or de- mand warrants to present the same to the Treasurer for registration or payment or or before the 2lst day of September, 1899. in which event and in the absence of any funds in his hands for the payment thereof the Treasurer shall indorse thereon;
 Presented. giving date. .,........,........ 1S... Treasurer's num- her.. ...s...... ...... and affiX his of ficial signature thereto and immediately en- ter them in a book or register, to be kept for that purpose, in consecutive order as to the date of presentation and the Treasurer s number, Such register shall be ruled in ap. propriate columns, So as to show the Treasu- nfers number, the date of prese ntation, the date Of warrant the number of warrant the amount, to whom payable, for what issued and from whom received; if turned in by the collector, also date of payment.
 Section ]. All persons who bold any war rants of the city of City of Pine BluG issued prior to the 18th day of May, 1s99 and paya- Die on demand, and who shall neglect, refuse or fail to present the same 10 the City Treas urer as required by the provisions of this Ordinance on or sefore the Fist day of Sep tember, lS99 shall be forever debarred from deriving any benefits from their claims.
 Provided that the provisions of this ordi- nance shall not apply to any time warrants issued under or since the passage of the law establishing the time warrant system, of date April 99th, 1895,
 Section 1, That the city clerk is hereby instructed to advertise the passage of this ordinance according to the laws relating thereto,
 Section 5, That this Ordinance be in force from and after it's passage and approval and all laws or parts Of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed
 Passed and approved on the 18th day of June, 1892
 Attest: ", B. ALEXANDER,
 k. LEE JOHNSON, Mayor.
 City Clerk.
 State of Arkansas, County of Jefferson. City of Pine Bluff.
 l, K, Lee Johnson, clerk of the city of Pin Bluff, Arkansas, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by the city council of the said city of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, at a regular meeting of said coun- ell held at the city hall of said city, on the 18th day of June, 1899
 Witness my hand and official seal this 18th day of June, 1899,
 R. LEE JOHNSON
 yow City Clerk
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White House Clocks.

"The clocks in the white house" re- marked an official clock winder to a Washington Star reporter, "are by no means the most uninteresting things about the house, though but little has ever appeared about them in the news papers. Strange as it may appear, but one of the old clocks is of American manufacture. though all that have been purchased of late years are. The one clock referred to was made in New York and was purchased when James Monroe was president It is one of the permanent fixtures in the green room and has been there ever since it was purchased. As timepiece it com pares favorably with any of the for eign-made clocks, though 1t was made at a time when America was not as famous for it's timepieees as it is now. The most interesting clock there, of course. from its history is the clock in the blue parlor, which was once the property of Napoleon Bonaparte, who presented 1t 10 General Lafayette, and the latter presented it to General Washington. The frame of it is made of alabaster and French gilt bronze. It has to be wound but once a month. It keeps time today as accurately as when first made.
 What is known as the Lincoln clock, purchased when President Lin- coln was in the white house. is an ob- ject of interest in the red room. and is of ebony and gold. It strikes the quarters, halves and hours. In Mrs. McKinley's room Is clock which has been running without the slightest in- termission for nearly thirty years. The clock at the foot of the stairs leading up to the presidents office is the one that the public generally sees. t Is
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odd Furniture.

Perhaps the oldest suit of furniture in the world is owned by Joseph Der ger, hotelkeeper in Budapest. For many years he has made 1t his busi- ness to collect the match boxes from factories of various countries. His collection aggregates 4.000 boxes. He ordered a skilled cabinetmaker to equip room with furniture made of these boxes The outfit consists of writing table with smoking apparatus, fire screen, cabinet, a chair and other smaller articles, Though the boxes are empty. they are adjusted so in- geniously that the pieces are fully as strong as the ordinary furniture.
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The cashier of thriving bank in big western town was doing the talk
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Ju.trce for the wtves.

You can stand by now for whole lot of gags in the newspapers about the bum cigars, the unsmokable. pipes. and the delirium tremens neckties bought by wives as Christmas presents for their husbands. said a department clerk whose speciality Is puncturing current fallacies to his own satisfac- tion. "It's about time this partlcu- lar brand of Christmas humor were shelved. I've made a careful canvass on the subject, and I have ascertain ed, after questioning all the men I know, that the Christmas cigars pur- chased by women for their husbands are generally about five times as good as the husbands are used to; that the Christmas present pipes assay three times as high as the ordinary pipes bought by the husbands. I've got one myself that my wife bought for me a Christmas present three years ago, and it's as sweet as a nut at the present moment; and, finally that Ehe neckties given as Christmas pres ents to husbands by their wives are, in nine eases out of ten, the acme Of taste and judgment in selection. New ertheless, suppose this especial brand of joke will go on outlying its truth as so many others do."
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The Broken Heart.

(An Old FaVoritel Now lock my chamber door, father, And say you left me sleeping But never tell my step-mother Of all this bitter weeping. No earthly sleep can ease my smart Or even awhile reprieve 1t; For there's a pang al my young heart That never more can leave It! Oh, let me He, and weep my i'll Der wounds that heal can never And oh, kind heaven were 1t thy Wlil' To close my eyes for ever. For how can maids affections dear Recall her love unshaken? Or how can heart of maiden bear To know that heart forsaken. Oh, why should vows so fondly made, Be broken ere the morrow To one who loved as never maid Loved in this world of sorrow9 The look of scorn I cannot brave, Nor pity's eye more dreary: A quiet sleep within the grave Is all for which l weary! Farewell dear Yarrow's mountains
 green
 And banks of broom so yellow! Too happy has this bosom been Within your arbors mellow. That happiness is fled for ay, And all is dark desponding- Save in the opening gates of d@y. And the dear home beyond thens
 -Hogg.
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rather modern In construction, of the regulator pattern, and is very reliable.
 "The clock In Private Secretary Por- ter's room is admired for its cathedral gong rather than anything else but it is a good clock and has so proven itself for the ten or fifteen years it has been there.
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Statistics of Atlantic Liners.

There are fully 1000 tons of piping of various kinds in the average Allan tic liner The furnaces will consume no less than 7,5O0,000 cubic feet of air an hour. The boiler tubes, if placed in straight line, would stretch nearly ten miles and the condenser tubes more than twenty-five miles. The to- tai number of separate pieces of steel in the main structure of the ship is not less than 10000, and the total number of cubic feet of timber used in the construction is more than 1O.- 900. The total number of riyets is not far from 1.25O,000.
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FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES F 9R OUR
 JUNIOR READERS.

How an Ohio Boy Got His First Lesson in Banking -The Deposltor Wanted to Put In Penny the Flrst Day and Double the Amount Every Day for a Month.
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The cashier of a thriving bank in big western town was doing the talk ing.
 When I began my career in the banking business" he said, Tit was in an old established bank in an Ohio city to which my father had been elected president. We didn't live in the town until his election, and moved there when he took charge. After about six months experience I was made assistant receiving teller. and be- tween that and my youth, and the fact that my father was president, I guess was about four sizes too large for the earth. But I got over it, and one day when there was a lull and the re- ceiving teller had gone across the street to look after a check that he had taken I popped up to the window and took my first lesson. A rough looking old fellow came that I thought was farmer from Hayville He came straight for me, and said he wanted to deposit some money. It wasn't my business to undertake 8 new customer, but thought knew it all, and began to talk to him. He said that he wanted to deposit a cent that day, but had more. Well, I gave him the ha ha then and there, and told him to run around to the Dime Savings bank and become depositor on the installment plan. l also said some more funny things, and after I had had all the fun there was, he said that while he wish ed to deposit only cent that day. he would put in two cents next day. and four next, and so on for four weeks. I gave him the laugh again, and told him we really couldn't do a small busi- ness like that, and he must be good boy and run along to the penny ante bank around the corner. Then he went away, and I was still laughing when the receiving teller came back.
 q told him what was making me smile, and he looked at me kind of funny, I thought, and went to figuring on sheet of paper without further comment. Presently he handed the paper over to me. That old fellow he said, is a millionaire, whose busi- ness we have been after for a year. Those figures will show you that what you consider is a penny ante bank business would have amounted to something over $21OOO0 in the four weeks, or 24 banking days, during which he wished to deposit his money. He's crank, but he's got the cash, all the same, and we want him. Just what effect your able funny business has had upon him I can't say, but suppose you go and talk to your father about it, or do you want me to report it to the cashier and let him see the president?'
 T had cold chills and collapse and lot more things during the next five minutes, and then I mustered up cour- age and went to my father with the story. He promptly reduced me to the ranks and cut my salary 10 per cent. and I learned whole lot in the next six months, by which time we had the old fellow all right, and I was made assistant again, but I wasn't the same kind of one by good deal"
 Statistics of Atlantic Liners.
 There are fully 1000 tons of piping of various kinds in the average Atlan- tic liner. The furnaces will consume no less than 100000 cubic feet of air
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The Only Nation.

The United States is the only great nation whose postal receipts fall be- low It's expenditures for tho service.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-24
SMUGGLED PEARLS.
Found in the Old Shoes of a Providen,
Man.

Found in the Old Shoes of a Providence
Man.
New York, Nov. 22.-Ten thousand
smuggled pearls, of all sizes, some imi-
tation and some genuine gems, were
taken to the custom-house today and
spread out in Collector Bidwell's office.
Tomorrow they will be taken to the ap-
praiser's stores, where the government
experts will pass upon their value. The
pearls were seized by Special Treasury
Agent Theobald, from Francis Book, q
dealer in jewels and gems, of Provi-
dence, R. I. Book arrived on the
French liner Bretagne, but preceding
him had come cable message to the
customs officials telling that the Provi-
dence man had pearls of great price in
his possession. To the inspector Book
declared he had nothing dutiable. He
declared he was going to Mexico at
once, and said nothing about his bust
ness in Providence. So specia1 Agent
Theobald and the inspectors made a
rapid examination into his baggage,
and in his pockets.
In Books trunks were three pairs OF
worn shoes, tied together heels and toe,
and wrapped compactly in newspapers.
Inside each pair of shoes were many
packages of half pearls. There were
two quarts of gems altogether. A
rough estimate of the value of the en-
tire seizure is $50, 900. Book was taken
before United States Commissioner
Shields and held in $4,000 bail. Not
being able to secure bail. he was sent
tn iai1
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-24
Hardships Of the Campaign.

Among the scraps of news obtainable
are stories of the hardships with which
the American army Is meeting. 1t is
reported for instance, that Lawton mar
rowly escaped drowning while fording
river recently, when Lieutenant Luna
and two privates were lost.
Captain Leonhauser, with battalion
of the Twenty fifth infantry, is on his
way from BAN bam to O'Donnell to
take the insurgent cartridge-filling
works there. A Filipino captain who
surrendered with four men to Colonel
Burt, of the Twenty fifth infantry, de-
scribed the factory and volunteered to
guide the expedition.
The governor of Neuva Vizcaya has
determined, like many other Filipinos,
in these days, that the administration
of his province cannot change too
quickly, and is coming to Manila to
tell General Otis of his loyalty and in,
identally to request that he be re-
sained in Office under the new regime.
Admiral Watson has received an ad-
ditional credible report that Lieutenant
Gilmore and five of the captured sail
ors of the gunboat Yorktown were at
Tarlac, November 10. Gilmore was
living in Filipino generals house.
The cruiser Baltimore starts for Lin
gayen today, and Admiral Watson pur-
poses sending another ship to Natiguen
if the gunboat Helena, which is over
due, has not arrived at Lingayen.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-24
LABOR CONDITIONS.
Gompers Testified Before the Industrial
Commission.

Gompers Testified Before the Industrial
Commission.
Washington, Nov. 22.-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, was the only wit
today. Speaking of the union label,
Mr.. Gompers said there are 81 different
organizations now using the label, and
that it is growing in popularity very
rapidly. He defended the boycott as a
legal and proper weapon for working.
men. In. reply to question, Mr..
Gompers said that organized labor
views trusts simply as their employers.
There had been cases in which the or
ganizations had been benefited by COM
binations of capital. 1t is too early to
decide whether men would be more
steadily employed by the trusts than by
other employers. He said that these
com binations have more influence in
securing legislation than has unor-
ganized capital. He took a position
against cooperative schemes, saying
that experience has proved that la
borers have secured no greater advan-
tages under them than under the wage
system. He has no fear of the future
for organized labor. The condition o ]
labor today is better than ever before,
and he attributes the improvement to
the influence of organized labor. Mr..
Gompers favors an amendment to tho
constitution fixing maximum ol
hours per day for labor. Speaking oi
the effect of advanced labor legislation
in different states he said there would
be no backward step.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-24
MARCH TO PRETORIA.
Plans of the British and Boer General.
-Joubert Moving South.

-Joubert Moving South.
London, Nov. 22.-The reports of
heavy fighting at Ladysmith last We'd
nesday have not been confirmed. On
the contrary, the most reliable advices
from Estcourt indicate that there was
nothing more than desultory cannon
ade. Probably the rumor of serious
engagement grew out of the fact that
the Beers thrsw few harmless shells
late Tuesday night, leading to the sup
position that an attack was imminent.
Nothing. however, happened Wednes-
day. Beyond the fact that the Beers
are daily receiving fresh reinforcements
and supplies, there is practically
nothing new from the front.
The Boer invasion of Cape Clony con-
tinues steadily and rapidly. There are
l 300 Beers at Colesburg, and news has
reached East London that Ladygray,
near Aiwal North, has been deserted
by the British and now is in the hands
of the enemy.
From Delagoa bay come reports of
the arrival of more German officers and
artillerymen, who have volunteered to
serve with the Transvaal forces.
The war Office semioficially asserts
that all news received from Africa las
been published, with the exception of
demands for the renewal of stores, war
material and the like.
There is an unconfrmed rumor that
more troops have been ordered from In
dia to the Cape.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-24
HEAVY FIGHT is NEAR.
Large Force of Beers Reported to Be
Moving South.

Large Force of Beers Reported to Be
: Moving South.
London, Nov. 21.-This morning. q
news gives little that alters the COM
plexion of the situation. Since the
fight of November 9 matters, so far as
known, have been fairly quiet at Lady
smith. 1t is not unlikely that the
Beers, badly informed as to the nature
and extent of British preparations to
advance to the relief of the town, may
be hesitating regarding the next move
ment. The situation in Natal is very
complicated, more especially if the re-
ports be true that the great Tugela
bridge has been destroyed. The sue
cess of the next move on either side
will depend more on strategy than on
superior numbers.
The Beers have three lines of action
open. They can hold the railway with
the force they have at Ennersdale, fall
ing slightly back before the British adj
vance and threatening it from Weenen;
or, in the second place, they can ad-
vance from Weenen and try to carry
Estcourt; or, in the third place, they
can advance due south from Weenen
to Weston, cut the railway and blow
up the bridge over the Mooi river. II
it be true that there are 10000 Beers,
under Joubert and General Botha,
marching south to meet the British re-
lief forces, heavy fighting is in store.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-24
|OUR FOREIGN COMMERCE.
The Year 1899 Breaks ALI
Previous Records.
AMOUNT IS OVER TWO BILLIONS
Although Great Reduction in Bread
stuffs, 1t Is More Than Offset by As
tonishing Sales of Merchandise.

Washington, Nov. 21.-The foreign
commerce of the United States seems
likely to make it's highest record of the
century in the closing year of that Pc
riod. The October exports are larger
than those of any preceding October,
the total for the 10 months ending with
October is greater than the total for the
corresponding period in any preceding
year, and it is apparent that for the
first time in our history the foreign
commerce of the year will exceed ST.
600, 900, 900. For the 10 months end
ing with October, 1899, the figures Of
the treasury bureau of statistics show
the total exports to be $1,029, 242, 900,
while in the corresponding months of
last year they were $987 $4,000.
This remarkable increase in exporta-
tions is the more surprising because of
tbs absence of the excessive demand
abroad for our breadstuffs, which char
acterized the year 1898. In that year
the short crops abroad and plentiful
supplies of breadstuffs of all kinds in
the United States resulted in an abnor
mally large expectation OF breadstuffs,
so that the expectation of agricultural
products in the present year naturally
falls about $s5, 900, 900 below that Of
the corresponding period of last year.
Yet the total expectations for the 10
months are, as already indicated, more
than $40, 1000, 900 in excess of those Of
last year.
It is easy, however, to find the cause
of this remarkable growth in our total
expectations, which occurs in the face
of the reduction of our expectation OF
breadstuffs. An examination of the
detailed figures of the nine months of
the year already accessible shows that
the exports of manufactures in that
period were $50,OOO,OOO in excess of
those of the corresponding months of
the preceding year, and $65, 200, 900
greater than those of the same months
of 1897, while the products of the
mine were $4,000,000 greater than
those of the corresponding months of
last year, and those of the forest $6,
100000 in excess of the corresponding
months of the preceding year. Thus the
years expectation of agricultural pro-
ductions will be quite up to the nor
NAL, while those of manufacture, min
ing and forestry will exceed those Of
last year, and indeed, of any year in
our history.
Imports have increased more than
exports, for they were unusually low in
1898. while exports were unusually
high in that year. The total importa-
tiou in thaJ10 months ending with Oc.
tober, 1899, is $658, ,875, 900, against
$527.734, 900 in the corresponding
months of last year.
Union gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1899-1900, 1899-11-24
FOR A FORTY FOOT CHANNEL
Engineers Plans to Improve
Mouth of the Columbia.
JUSTIFIED BY SHIPPING TRAD
Project Will Be Included in Any River
and Harbor Bill Prepared i'm the
Coming Session.

Washington, Nov. 20.-The project
and plans for deepening the channel at
the mouth of the Columbia river to 40
feet have been received by the chief of
engineers, but will not be made public
until sent to congress. This project
will probably be included in any river
and harbor bill that is prepared in the
coming session. From statistics that
have been submitted it is shown that
over l, ,O00,O00 tons of exports and inn
ports, valued at 500. 900, 900, have been
carried by ea-going craft using the
river between Portland and the sea
during the past year, and it is the gen.
sral belief that a waterway handling
such an immense traffic is entitled to
the fullest recognition.