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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-28
EARTH IS GETTING SMALLER.
at Least Its Peoples Are Coming Closer
 Together Every Day.

From the St. Louis Globe-Demoerat: One of the wonders of this marvellous age is the rapidity with which the re- mote quarters of the earth are being brought close together. According to the Russian minister of railroad, when Russia's new trans-Siberian railroad is finished the trip around the world can be male in thirty-three days. When Jules VefEe, just twenty-five years ago, sent the fictitious Phineas Fogg around the world in eighty days this exploit was deemed to be as near the absolutely impossible as at one time Puek's feat was of putting a girdle round about the earth in forty min utes. Two American women travel ing in opposite directions, beat Fogg's mythical exploit a few years ago. When the Russian railroad is built, however, the record of their journeys will, in the comparison, seem like the old stage coach and sailing vessel trav- els do today With what incredulity would the navigators of century ago have looked at the forthcoming Rus sian lime table. The remnant of the fleet with which Magellan left San Lu- car, in Spain, in 1519, returned to that port in 1922. Three years, lacking two weeks, were required for the circum- navigation Of the earth. The first of the British world circlers, Drake, who sailed halY century later, was as long making the distance. Cook, who made the journey century later than Drake, was two years ten months on the yoy- age. Tn the century and half be- tween Magellan and Cook the time of the world circuit has been shortened in only an imperceptible degree. There had been but little improvement in the speed of the ocean vessels since the days when Odysseus in his shallop, af- ter the Trojan war, started on his re- turn to Ithiea. No improvement of consequence, indeed, was made until the days when steam began to be ap- piled to ocean navigation and that was at such a comparatively recent date that on May 24, 1S19, the day on which Victoria was born, the first steamboat which ever crossed the Atlantic start ed, leaving Savannah for Liverpool, and taking twentysix days to make the voyage, which would now be made In less than six.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-28
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-28
A GRAvEDiGGERs' PHILOSOPHY
Queer Traits of Character Analysed b,
 4..o

Queer Traits of Character Analysed by
 the Cemetery Worker.
 The gravediggers in the different burying grounds have their own phil losophy of life. One of them who has been in the business nearly 25 years, and who takes an exceedingly cheerful view of life notwithstanding his occupation, said that when he first went into it he felt kind of shaky," :" but that now he would as soon dig a grave as do anything else, says the Baltimore Sun. I've seen some mighty queer things in my time," he said. i've seen people-mourners, I mean catch sight of a name on the card tied on to some flower piece and then they have gone straight to work to tear up the whole thing. I'll tell you another thing I've noticed. When a woman comes along and makes big fuss at her husbands funeral and says, I can't live without him!' I know that in a few weeks time I'll see her out here leaning on some young fellows arm. It's never failed. It's happened every time. But the people-women and men too-who don't take on a lot, but just keep still and sometimes don't even shed a tear, that's the kind that grieves. You don't see that kind mar rying again so soon.''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-28
To Pension Its Old Elm ployes.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany, through it's board of directors, is formulating plan for pensioning its old men and retiring them to that rest which they have earned by long and faithful service. The pension plan is now ln the hands of a committee, and will be perfected and submitted to the board of directors at the October meeting for adoption. It will involve the expenditure of S3oo,000 or more each year by the company, and it's immediate effect will be to retire a hundred or more employees who have passed the allotted three score and
 ten years of life, or who, by reason of sickness or accident. have become dis abled or ineapacitated for active duty.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-28
Peculiar Crime.

Escroquerie is crime which has no distinct counterpart in any country but France. An English lady was re- gently sentenced to twelve months inn prisonment for ordering a costume that she was not able to pay for, and an English governess was sentenced to six weeks imprisonment for taking a cab without being able to pay the fare. The French are eminently practical people, and see no great difference be- tween running off with an article and getting it without paying for it. It often happens that the English fall un- der the law with regard to escroquerie.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-28
BIRD MOTION.
Things That Have Been Found Ont by
 the Alrship fnven ors.

Things That Have Been Found Out by
 the AIrship inven ors.
 In flight the body is moved forward by the resistance of the air to the strokes of the wings. The reason why the start is the most laborious part of the process is thus explained by NJ. Marcy, the great authority of all forms of animal locomotion: When the bird is not yet in motion, the air struck by it's wings first of all presents a resistance due to it's inertia then be- gins to move, and flies below the wing, without, affording any support. When the bird is at full speed, on the con- trary, it's wings are supported each succeeding moment by new columns of air, each one offering the initial re- sistanee due to it's inertia. The sum of these resistances presents to the winds much f1rmer basis. The in- crease of the resistance of the air diminishes the labors of the bird. In calm air seagull at it's swiftest ex- pends scarcely fifth of the labor which it had to put forth at the be- ginning of it's flight. The bird which flies against the wind is in still better conditions, fresh masses of air con- tinually presenting themselves to it's wings. The start is, therefore, the most laborious phase of flight Hence birds employ all kinds of artifices to acquire motion before Tapping their wings. Some run along the ground be- fore darting into the air, others jump rapidly in the direction in which they wish to fly. Others, again, let them selves drop from a height with ex- tended wings. All turn their bills to the wind at the moment of starting"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-28
Blew Open the Safe.

A wealthy but absent-minded resi- dent of McPherson, Kas., recently bought a safe in which to keep his valuables, and, being unable to remem- Der the combination, seribbled it on the plastering of a nearby wall. Sub sequently he ordered a calciminer h put a new coat on the wall. The memorandum was obliterated, and it became necessary to have the safe blown open.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-28
To Protect the Swallow.

The Belgian government has ordered it's minister to make presentations to the Italian government to protest against the enormous destruction of northern swallows seeking warmer quarters iii the south during the win ter. the insect-destruction merits of the swallow being much appreciated In the rural districts.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-28

sy New Plan of Bank swindlinx Ky
 Duplicate Draft.

=Hy New glan Of Bank SwInd1tng ky % Duplicate Draft
 # Boston Special Chicago Tribune: A new scheme to defraud the banking Houses of this community has been dis Powered through the officials os the National bank. The of hcials are assisting the police in this country and those of the Scot nd Yard force in unraveling the matter. The lmanner in which it is worked is as fol- Vows: A man enters bank and pur- shases a draft, at the same time tell ng the c ,hier that he Is goir g abroad nd would like to have a duplicate rawn. He takes both of the drafts vay, ara the original is either taken
 sent. to Europe by the swindler ome bank in London ceshes the origi- nal draft, and the duplicate is cashed . the enntinent by some unsuspecting
 sonY In this way the swindlers
 'le their money. Paper issued by
 Massachusetts National bank was sed by one of the swindlers to secure ..000 from bank in Switzerland. The 1ti " elQ ioQ lilt u duSdCIlO4 W1lH IuG
 II bank told the cashier that he was
 lg abroad and that he would like to
 e the drafts in two parts. He pur-
 sd two drafts of $1 GOO each. These
 drawn on London bank Re-
 word was received from London
 one of the drafts marked dupli.
 had been cashed there. A few
 ago a letter was received from a
 ing house in Switzerland, stating
 1t had cashed the original draft
 the party to whom Miller had in-
 sed it. The cashier of the Massachu- Is National bank wrote to a bank < ' house in Troy, N. Y, and asked at Institution to look up a man giv- the name of J. F. Miller, who had Night the draft in March. The bank lg house replied that it found three people of that name. all reputable bus mess men, No one of the three an- swered the description of the Miller who bought the drafts. The Switzer- aand bank. will be the loser in this case, as {he person who cashed the draft should have demanded the dupli- cate as well as the origiual before cash ing it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-28
The Worlds Coal Supply.

< Of the 650, 0,000,000 tons of coal which Ems titutes the entire worlds supply, |e$ third is taken from the coal mines
 he United States. The British
 produce 218, ,G00, GOO tons, Germany
 100 GOO, and the other European na- LIS make up, in a few million tons fh the rest. Spain contributes 20,-
 s000 to the sum total, which amount
 not sufficient for even home con- mption. China, though rich in nat $al deposits, mines but little of her |Ral because of her use of primitive Eethods. It is prophesied that the in &pduction of British mechanical appli- hces in Chinese fields will send up her bal supply at least 25 per cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-12-28
notn Eucnreo. rerhaps

My queen!" fondly exclaimed the infatuated youth. My Jack!" softly responded the blushing maiden.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17

Noiiec 4 hereby given that ihcrs will b
n ,isrnl nifutiuE % the stockholders ~ tho
lF.rrt & ralt Lake Agricultural < Manu-
ia.iurng anal 'nnrtuy. held ~ the COM
WnN, ohicw rom sl Icmnloton building
tali Lake CITY Utah. uu the lith day ~ April
~ ~ o'clock y m.. for the purpl,c ~
tln,hniuN we Aulclesuf Agrccmeni, hy strik-
ing out Nrtlclo %, which reads u. foil0wsi--
"Asscr.muntg aud proceedings therein to-
rcthcr With sale ~ delinquent stock shall 10
as provided hy lnw."
NM inserting in lieu thcrrui the fnlioelng. -
lhe trlsi'u. ~ aid corporation. FOR the
pufplsn 1f paving rNpru.ci. conducting tho
nu.lhcss, ~ paving The debts ~ the tsnrpor.i-
Won. inAN levy und cullrrt assessments III tho
inhnnrf tnd form provided By law although
fully paid"
And by adding Article Il. which shnll read
That four " tho trustees shall to nuces-
eafN 10 tnrm auuuruWi aud arr hereby ag-
thufyid tu transact the business and exercise
tlir .nriIfntc niwurs q iiic corporation"
llatvi fhla Iis' day ~ March isu
ny order ~ li1arl " nifo'turs
uliAhl.t- II. MiickEN. President
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17
OUR NEICHBORS.
JuAREz. MEXICO.
mormon" rhrin and Prosperity -Eseei
Heat work 81 Academy Appreciated.

i..t WORK ~ Academy Appreciated.
Special Correspondence.
Coionia Junrez. Mex. April IL
Colonia Juarcz II a Ncritnblc flower
garden at present though some OF the
early fruit has been killed by the frost.
The people are enjoying excellent
health ana prospects are glorious for
tho future prosperity OF the people In
that part OF the world.
Three camps OF surveyors are at
work laying out the railroad through
this colony ana extending into the tins
her districts west OF us, ana II IN cN-
pcctod that work win begin ON the
road within a few months.
The Junrez stake academy II Htill
wen attended and n great Interest In
being taken In education. 1nis IN due
TO the faithful labors OF the teachers,
and II appreciated by the people.
Last evening. us Prof. Guy Z. Wll-on,
our principal, was sitting In his room
waiting for students who were desiring
aid ON back lessons In algebra. crowd
~ teachers ana other young people
drove NJ and Informed him that as Il
was his birthday they desired him 10
take a ride with therN This he cheer
fully complied with, and was driven
20 the school house. which he found
~ n students and patrons eager 10
express their appreciation OF his iabors
ana to wish him many happy returns
~ the day, II N needless 10 say that
with dancing, singing. recning and
speech making. the time was spent
most pleasantly until " o'clock when
the exercises closed with remarks BY
Bishop Jos. G. Bentley, who expressed
his feeling of appreciation OF the of-
forts Of Brother Wilson and his co.
laborers among the young people Of
this Stake. lie predicted a great IA.
ture for the academy and said that
even now It's fame had spread TO The
principal cities OF the republic, and that
much good would result from the work
being done here.
The beautiful residence OF President
WINS n now almost completed and
would do credit 10 any part Of Salt
Lake city The new brick homes OF
John q. Harper and Nathan Clayson
are also ready for occupancy and make
quite an addition 20 the already goodly
number OF substantial homes In our
town. Come and see us.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17
PRICE.
spring work-rsriy trriEa,,ng Pine Rec.
ervo'r site.

Special Correspondence.
Price. Carbon Co. Utah. April 10
Warm spring has come. the aprlcota are
out In bloom. sheep shcaring has been
going on for some time. Great piles Of
sacked wool are atakcd In different
place. II IL estimated that at least soy /.
cnty thousand sheep will be Hhcarod at
this point this season. As the sheep are
shearcd they are moved toward the
summer range IN the mountains.
A great amount OF Filnonite ~ belnk
delivered here for shipment.
The extremely dry weather has mads
u necessary TO begin irrignting earlier
than usual and all have begun 10 use
the water on their gardens and farms.
The great rush OF water down the Price
river makes the thoughtful begin To
talk about water storage 80 that there
may be irrigation water later In the
season. There II an excellent site for a
reservoir that would supply water for
all the available land In Carbon coun-
~ II II were utiiized--thnt II. Pleasant
Valley. n this were utilized for a rerer.
volr II would no doubt be the means OF
redccmlng this part Of the country
which IN now subject TO drouth.
Apostle Lund. Elder Rulon y. Wells
Of the First Presidency of the Seventies
and Elder Andrew Icnaon were taken
from here TO Cleveland 60 attend the
Emery stake conference by President
H. u. Miller yesterday.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17
I-EiiI.
John savage. m tnAnown Nav. Pound
Dead In q u,tn tcct riantlrg.
gnFFlal I.rt.au.wN....

John savage. m Unknown MAN, rourd
Dead In . u,rn iicrt Planting.
Special Correspondence.
Lehi. April i1.--saturday evening last
an unknown man by the maine OF John
Savage was found dead In liyrum
Smiths barn. II " thought that al
coholic effects were the cause OF his
demise. rs all day Saturday he was
drinking very heavily and apparently
had been nh incsssant drinkcr for some
Time lie u man of about a. years
OF age. Where he hailed from II not
known and nothing rs yet has been
found out as 10 who he u other than
the Information contained In several
letters which were found IN his pocket.
According to The "a. malioi contli lei
In these letters he was q blacksmith
by trade. Two Of the letters were writ
ten By Philip Schonert. ~ 23o south
First West. Salt Lake City. bearing
the date % February 18th and 10Th. rcs-
pcctivcly. judging from the contents Of
these letters he and Mr. schoncrt were
about 10 enter Into partnership In the
blacksmith business. lilo niso had one
letter addressed to him ut kameror.
Wyo., by Louis Leonard, ana on Feb.
18TH. jos. Jones. Of Pocatcllo. wrote him
nj kamcrcr asking him 60 meet him at
the depot the next day. He was buried
yesterday IN the i.ehi cemetery at tho
expense Of Utah county.
ACTIVITY IN BEET PLANTING.
The Utah Sugar company has now
forty beet drills running at full blast
and up to this date have planted about
$500 acres. fhc lard Il drying out very
rapidly aud " l. thought adyiH bic not
10 plant the bcctH on some lands until
we have a rain storm.
Bccts that were planted ten days ago
arr coming up very nicely and arc
growing faster AZ this time Of the sea-
son than any previous year.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The Deseret News. by direction OF
the First Presidency. will issue n
pamphlet giving a complete account
81 the proceedings OF each General
rnfcrence. Including verbatim reports
4 the dlscourses. II also comprises.
~ an appendix. an account Of the con-
ference proceedings Of the Deserct sun.
law scnool Union. The next Issue viii
re tho fourth 81 the series. aud viii
. ready Immediately after April Com
ference.
The reasons for this publication. In
the minds OF the Presidency are!
II II means OF making the saints
more famiila. with the Views. sentl.
n.nts aud Instruction. n the Church
authorities. thus placing them IN closer
touch with each other.
such n publication IL Of great his.
tofical value.
IL can be made useful abroad through
the medium OF missionaries. and by
being sent out by mail 10 distant parts
by the Saints.
The price Of the pamphlet Il nominal
u will be mailed 90 an" address post
free, for fifteen cents Agents win be
allowed discount ~ 20 per cent. Please
send orders for the next issue as early
as possible.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17
AnyIHIIsEMENTronrH0rn.AIs ron

AnNEHrisEMENTF oR PROPOSALS. ron
SITE TOR fIlil-iC iiuliDlNO y. : I'foa-
sutN department. Washington. - e.. ApHl o.
isf -snlud proposals viii lss received. tn b.
nlenrd ~ o'clock un., May q, i-ll, tor tho
sale 90 the tultsd states ~ suitable property
centrally hud conveniently located. Tor d sltp
Tor the pablo huildlug authOt rd hy Act ~
tnngfr.s, approved Mhrche, ttft to ~ erected
In SAT- Lake 'lty Utah. A corner lot, up.
pfoNinntlng lso feet frnnt. hy IN feet IN dimei.
sions, 4 preferred " not u CORNER lni. the
property must approximate ~ feet by ~
fcet In Dimensions, tho ~ feet 10 be- sirrut
ffuntAgr, Zach puppsnl must h. made With
the UNDERSTANDING aud AGREEMENT that, II II II
accepted the buildings aud all improvement.
ON tue prnpufty are t0 b. retained aud ~.
moved within thirty DAYS after written notice,
by thg yundur, aud that all UNpsnsc. con.
ncctvd Win fuFnhhing evidence ~ title and
deeds uf Conveyance are 20 be- paid hy the
vendor lnfh proposal must be- uissufnutitlfl
by properly drawn diagram giving the
mctcs and bounds 81 the property, aud show.
INK the streets around III" blo'k IL which the
property Il sliuniUdi also hy "a written state
mont ~ regard o. the grades, character OF
ground Tor fuundhtlun, utc, Tho right 10 re-
ltct any und nll proposals. 1. reserved
Zach proposal must he sealed, marked
Proposal for the sale of property for h M,
for a Public luilding ln salt lake City,
Utah, ana addressed aud mailed to
l.. j, OAGE,
Secretary ~ the Treasury
Washington, ~ O.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17
OUR OWN STATE.

drfcksen NJ second. Prof. ]. ". Miiicr
was honornbiy ~ cared from the posi-.
tion OF Stake libfnrian and W. q. Ray
mond appointed TO ~ the vacancy.
TRIAL OF cOWTEY AND KIDD
POSTPONED.
Hyrum Cow ey and Jo clh Kidd came
before judge Hart for trial tnls morn
Ing on the charge % burg aty. Prose-
cution asked for poatnuLcinent on nc
count OF witness being absent In
but an order was made continuing the
case until the 2ist.
Congressman y, ~. Roberts has nc-
cepted an Inv itation IN attend the DEM
oeratlc celebration here on Friday.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17
OGDEN.
city sehoc,s VIA U.s.e Jane On. 1. A
Lectures.

CITY schOrfs VIII tssse Jane v-M. L. n
Lectures.
Special Correspondence.
ogden. April i5.--saturday Detective
Pender learned that his son, who was
wounded In the thigh at Manila On
March 3ist. was getting along all right
and would be sent home at once.
George T.. Thompson. who has the
contract for building a railroad Into the
Seven Devils country. left here ycster-
day for Woiser. Idaho.
Prof. r. ". Lewis lectured last even
ing before the Y. N. and Y. l.. NJ. !. as
rociatlons Of the First ward.
The school year Of the city schools
will close June 9th. The high school
commencement exercise Will be held In
the Grand Opera House June sth. In
the evening. and the commencement
exercises Of the eighth grades viii be
held on the evening OF June 9th.
william stokcr. who died In Plain
city Iast week nj the are % u years.
and whose funeral was held from the
meeting house In that place on Thurs
day, wne "a pioneer Of Weber county,
having resided here for thiriy-slx years.
lie formerly lived In ogden and was
the first to engage In the harness buai-
ness here.
The work 81 tcnrlnE M the stree, car
tracks on Twcnty-fourth street between
Washington and Wall avenues and on
Wall avenue 10 the depot was begun
this morning There " some talk Of rN-
tending the street car line up into Og.
den canyon as far as the Hermitage.
Every scat wna fliicd and many pen-
pie stod M during the delivery Of FL
der G. w. Pcnrose'H lecture on Pre-
destination" before the conjolnt ses-
sion Of the Y. NJ. and v. T.. NJ. I. assoc
Citations held In tho Fifth ward meeting
house last night. Tho lecture was very
Interesting and greatly appreciated
The singing was excellent.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17
WHITE DRESS TEXTILES.

This department Is particularly rich
In the white textiles. that correct taste
suggests for confirmation and gradua
ton dresses. Wash Gibbons. white
embroidered Robes, Egyptian. Batistes.
Organdies. Persian Lawns. swiss Mulls
DlmitleA, Madras Cloths, Plques and
India Linens all priced extremely
moderate.
EXTRA SPECIALIZE pieces or fine
soft finish. English long cloth. Y yards
To the piece, Instead OF si.c5 this week
per bolt
$l.25
our India Linen bargain II n world
benter, lovely sheer Indian I.incn
p inches wide, value i5c, this week
per yard
10
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-17
OUR CURTAIN DEPT.

Makes two remarkable offers for this
week.
100 pair Nottingham Lace Curtains, .
yards long, value Use, this week per
pair
so
l. c. Curtains, ,asi ou:.i In 81. yard,
long and 81 inches wide. the most
satisfactory Curtain evA' vol vni.
Nlb, on sale this week In cream or
white. per pair
Si.23