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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
ITS FOLLY ID BE WISE
Where Ignorance is Bliss-A Mis-
 taken Identity.

It is not very often either in Ge- jon or fact that lawyer is taken 5r a lpreaSber aud county clerk Br "a lawyer. But such was the ase Thursday. An=unedueated ge- To, evident from the mistakes he Iade, called at tbe law offices of a Ieomiaeat attorney in this city and baded him marriage license; the bgro then walked over to the coun
 IeIerk $. office and handed him a lyoree paper. A few.moments in lrvened when the lawyer foomed
 in the clerks office, much
 line pleasure of the negro who lied and grinned as if a water
 Ion was attached 10 the vine
 Etters tn a shor time were adjp. &tsj to the entire satisfaction of
 brother of the man who wanted As De Minister to Dahop1ey in
 r.. This story is black on white.
 Ait goes to show that "where ig-
 bee is bliss 'tis folly to be
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
IN ThE COURTS.

e circuit court this morning 'iness is being transacted ter.
 E chanceTy court Dothing is Ield.
 Fl police court the fines were NAe Vanees court two civil Ire filed. This afternoon a
 he hear b fore him In the ' T q negro stealing q bale of Hge Gsrrett'4 court A writs
 'i's We're issued this morn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03

Pills are gentle. yet effective.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
MIDNI 3HT ROBBERY
Occurred Last Night on West Sixth
 Avenue.

Last night on West Sixth avenue the store house of Nixon Bros. was robbed. The robbery occurred about midnight. Mr. Havis Nixon. one of the firm, says that it was not discovered until this morning the amount of goods taken by the theives. They lost several cases 0f canned goods, meat aud four. The. robbers have not as yet been ar rested. The loss of Nixon Bros will be somewhere in the nelghoor- hood Of $l00.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
ON ID BIRMINGHAM
To Attend the Twelve Day Fair
 Largest in the South.

Mr. Frank Harland, who has been in attendance at the Fair here, which concluded last Saturday, will leave today for Birmingham, Ala, where he will participate in the 12 days races 10 be held there The horses are Jo Belle, Jo Mack, Ed Lehey, Ejotis, Bill Powell and Frank Eel lows. They are all good horses and made excellent records while here on Jones track. The Fair at B;rm ingham will begin on next Thursday Noyemb Der g and continue until the 21st. Frank says he expects to come out winner. His plck of the horses is Jo Belle. Jo Belle seems to have played winning hand with cur local sports during the Fair here:
 Zen Cheek this afternoon sold 6ne bale of cotton weighing 640 pou-ds at II cents per pound to John ". Gibson. Toe bale nettej him $7O 40.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
EARLY MORNING FIRE
Destroyed ihe scull PrOper'y on the
 Corner of Fourth and Laurel.

This (Friday) morning about five o'clock an alarm of fire was turned in. The fire department immedi- ately repaired to the place from whence came the alarm. 1t was the corner of Fourth and Laurel. The property was that known as the Scull place. Those living in the house were Mrs. N. Scull and cbil. dren, Mir. w. W Scull aud Selden Wright.
 Nothing was saved whatever. Everything, including household goods, was lost. Many of those in the house were seen, when the ire men arrived, standing on the side walk iu their night suits. No one knows how the flames originated, or how they were given such an ur controlable start. Will Scull lost $200 ir money that be had under bis pillow. The house is one of the old landmarks of Pine Bluff and was built thirty seven years ago. IL was insured for The following amolnts:
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
PHILIPPINE GOLD.
Returning Soldiers BrIng Rich Ore
 Specimens.

Evidences of the richness of the Philippine islands in the precious metals, says Il Deadwood special, has been shown ill the Black hills towns since the return of the three volunteer companies winch served a year.in the Philipine country. The Black hills boys, many of them, have had practical experience in mining for gold and silver ores, and they have been watcl ful of the Pbili- pines country for indica tions of ore deposits. Capt. Paul McClelland, of Company |. has brought back from Manila piece of bamboo, corked at each end, which contains very rich piece of decomposed silver ore. Capt. McClellapd formed the ac- quaintance of an old native who stated that the rich specimen in the bamboo stick came from a wide leage, stepping off A distance of about 100 feet when he told the
 
 The sample If ore is nearly hall silver. Fh P ledge. the native stat ted, is about ten miles from Manila. Many of the natives have learned something of the value of the ore veins of the country, having seeu some of the mimi 2 done by the Spanish.
 Pieces of rich gold quarts ore have been given the Black hills boys by the natives which came from Luzon, and the ore resembles very closely the rich free-millng veins of the Black hills. Chunks of gold ore have been exhibited on the streets of Deadwood by s0h5e of the returned soldiers winch bristled with gold threads, fakes and nuggets. and it would be taken for Black hills ore by the most experienced mining man.
 Many Of the Black hills boys have remained in the Philippines fer the purpose of being on the ground ready for the gold fields as soon as order is restored in the islands. Several outfits have been organized which are already in the gold fields around Manila. Some of the re- turning soldiers have small bottles nf placer gold which they banned out of the creeks and larger streams of " ater wirh common pans. There seems to be large quantities of blaek sand W which is full ef bright yellow gold, easily banned and believed by the Black hills men to be in great quantities
 
 tf -n,, \. ar.r u.nr n..1,lau n4 o.a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03
BEAUTY BOWED BENEATH THE GLlTTERlNG SPRAYS OF BRIGHT
 LIGHTS. AT BLUFF CITY HALL. Costumes Equal to Veil Prophets Opening Ball One of
 Splendor.

Amid che gay and splendor. amid the gay and the bright, the Bluff City Hall was a scene of beauty last night.
 Socleb E season was formally opened and with it the belles of so- eiety were conspicuous, as were also society s solons. Last night at the opening ball of the Bluff City Club large coneourse of pleasure lovers were present. The hall is q thing of beauty. It is truly q pleasure pal ace within, and the visitor stares in wonderment and amazememt at the beauties to be sen. The hal is like parlor with it's extra fine pa pering and excellent and profuse decorations in the way of palms and other flowers. The paper is of a dark green, overloaded N ith white and the blending of col0rs is truly artistic. Fhe inner hall gives d brightness like tue morning sun that puts in its appearance at the break of day. It was one of the grandest opening balls eyer given to socIety and the spectacle the hall and ball room presented to the lovers of dancing, was one that they will never forget. The decorations were profuse and everything was in har- mony with the occasion. The hall is one of the best in the State, and the Improvements are well worth the seeing of anybody In our city.
 The ball was formally opened at 10 o'clock. The music was furnish ed by the Chicago Glee Club. They rendered the sweetest music eyer heard within the hall. Between each dance on the program the gen. tlemen rendered a selection.
 The grand march was opened, and led by the following couples: Air. Gabe Meyer and Miss May Mey- CT; second couple, MT. Chas Veil and wife; third couple, Mr. Joe Meyer and Mrs. Gabe Meyer; fourth couple, MT. Harry Solmson and Miss Josie Drey ius; fifth couple. Mir. Lce Wer- theimer and Miss Ila Drpvfus: sixth couple, Mir. sam katzensteIn and Miss Carrie Colds mith;and so on. in- eluding twenty couples. After dan- cing six dances, as per the program, they were usntred into the supper hall, sumptuous indeed. It was one of the best repaSts ever served by the Bluff City Club. The menu was as follows:
 Oysters,
 Turkey and Cranberry Sauce Ducks. Goose.
 Ham. Picked Beef and Tongue.
 Sal.ds
 Chicken Salad. Potato Salad. $ aw.
 Pickles, Olives and Celery. Assorted Cakes, Nuts. Cream and Cosee
 Among the gentlemen in atte nd ance were Messrs. Ike Hanf, Harry SOlmsOn, simon Bloom. Edgar Bloom. Gus N aterman, Herbert Bluthentbal, Nose Solmson, Ben ]. Altheimer, Gabe Meyer, Adolph Bl..- thenthal, NJ. Cans, l.. E. Goldsmith and many others.
 The costumes worn by the ladies were as follows:
 Miss Josie Dres fus, white embroid- cred lace over taffetta. Bouquet of roses,
 Miss Lucy Benton. black taffeta. ietted net trimming American beau ty roses.
 Miss Hattie Franklin, white or gaAdy, diamond ornaments 9ith chrysanthemum roses.
 Miss May Meyer, white orgapdy, over attn pink trimmin gs, Ameri- can beauty roses.
 Miss Lena Friedman, the debu- tante of the evening, was one of the sweeteSt faces in the ball room. Her costume was white organdy over white duchess satin; diamond or
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03

W. W. Scull on his personal goods $200
 The house for 5000 and the other household goods for $2o0.
 The tremen did brave and excel lent work in saving the adjoining houses which are rather close to the one burned.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03

This report is hoard around tB world. annihilating time, distaDe and resistance,
 The up-to-date business man wills seep pace with he times. He wila do all in his power to make his store so attractive that it will Invite fhe attention of che buyer.
 The telephone is one of the means fo this end. It will bring people fo , OUT place of bnsiness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-11-03

If you want your goods at once telephone Knox * smart. k
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

dos - - his ssassssa - - sxsss for
Infringing the inherent rights Of others.
We prohibit the sale Of liquor not because
We regard 10 wscksd or ifrsiigious 10 sell
liquor for with religion or irreligion the
state has nothing 10 do. We prohibits 10
not bsc.sss W would prutscs man from
injurins himssff b. dxinking. for the
state Ia not the guarsiisn Of the individ-
uars good 70 protect him from himself.
We prohibit 10 hspauss to ssll liquor IL 10
infringe the iixhts and jeopardizs the
nsa ineo the sereets who ere tsmporsrily
insane and who therefore know no re-
specs for the rights OF others. IL makes
people perman1naly insane and paupef-
LEES them and leaves them wards Of the
state TO tie supported By the taxation OF
others.
Likewise polysamy IL prohibited. not
bsoauss it y u SIN, mot because 10 IL soma
tAing rssntns In cur duty toward 0od.
Sus6 y undoubtedly h, Tor eli injury Of
cur fellows IL q SIN against God. "Inas-
niue, much :: e have do.s e unto ONE Of the
II unto me-" These are the sublime
words Of Jssua Hut with the sinfuInsss
or nonsinfulness Of our acts the state has
nothing to do. Thst 10 n matter for the
Individual conscisaoA and must Be decin-
I'd for each soul In sscret counsel WITH
crime, ~ ~ infsinusm<ns On the rights
of humanity II ID . God-sivirg and
Inherent right written deeply In the M.
ture and breast Of sve - woman to win
for herself u mats that shall be hers for
life and not hers In company with an 9th
81. u h thu right Of every child 10 Be-
rnissd undsr those sacred homo inhusaoss
and associations that can only exist
where mouogaWy and not poly Ramy 10
the ruls. We prohibit poly gamy ~ that
greatest possibls orime to the generations
yet unborn and therefore as . MANAGE
depends upon the purity snd pesee OF
the home life.
No religion can be made an excuse fos
murder oe theft or aduitsry, for these are
In direct Disregard Of oshs-s rights.
with all eompulsory sundsy laws IL 10
to rest on Sunday II he chooses. but every
man has equally q right ia work on sum
day n ~ chooses. No mso by quietly
resting o. 6sndNg II infringing or disre-
gardina the righSs Of others. Likewise
NO man BY quietly working on Sturdy
0od-giyes Inherent right IL equally 10
rest or mot TO rest, 20 far - stats inter-
ferencs ID concerned. since neither Il an
Infringement on the rights Of others, the
right 10 equal on both sides 10 work and
not to work. Hence any law that won Id
compel work on Sunday Ia an infringe
meDt Of inherent rights and no un-Ameri-
can, fot u disrvRArds the right on one
side. This our eppossnts readily admit.
But 10 n just ~ olsar that sny Law which
compsls Sunday rest IL unjust and un-
A merfoan, sincs It's disregards the inner
snt light of the other side, the rigAt 30
work. We are not incousisesas - cur
opponents affirm. We ara consistent
stAndipg ever and all the time for the
AmerissD principle that governments ex.
iss to protsct men In thsir en- joymens Of
their inherent rights sud not to taks
them from them. u. q. B,sney.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

thns 10 NEE . psrisus rspu3sa He ssv1s
inclinsd 10 sssribuss ~ 10 tAs isnxancs
o. trssohsry 81 his guides. who nisin-
formed him both - - the nunbsr - the
Beers and ths situstton and strscgsh Of
their entrsnohments. The truth appssrs
10 be that the Beers were able - pspsat
successfully the tactics which thsy have
employed against tee British several
times bsfore In this wsr. and rspsstsdly
IN prrsious confisss. Gen. ossaxv who
corn manded the British osFumn won
much glory and many decorations In the
seudan. bus fiehtins the hysssrioai
savagss of that rsaiun n vsry different
business from fighting the sesady and
willy Dusoh Of South Afrios, and expert
sncs In the fo-msr lftsle qualities for suo-
cess In tbs latter. He appears 10 have
been the victim Of over oonfdsnes In
himself - well - In his guidsa Evident
IL he wss far less oautious than hs should
have bssn, fault that 10 due In part very
likely to the very different nature Of the
foes he has been accustomed to fight.
The defeat In itself 10 NOS vesy serious
matter. Gataore hes more troops near st
hand. But the tndire,t efie,ts Iuay he
eHtreu ely serious Ire battle was fought
In Care Colony right In the midst Of the
Dutch. who naturally sympathize wish
the Beers. Alre,dy there had teen con-
siderable enlisting under tie Beer stand
ard, and thee IL much danger that
Gatane's repuLe will sIeAtly stimulate
tire exodus Of Dutch to help tie Beers.
This IL the effe,t that Is most dreaeei In
London. Cage Colony. though an EnRlish
dependency, IL re,plei largely BY TIE
Dutch, and II general REBELLION should
break out among item tie task Of tie
British would tie enormously inereafed.
The affair has evidently excitei the
eloomieIt apprea ensions In England. last
this catastrophe ensue
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

The currency debate tegan In the
HOUSE yesterday, and 1t Ia to be permit
ted to run week. It u not at all likely
that the studsnt of finance will be able to
get any thing out of 1t Of much novelty or
value. Il will he largely thrsshing over
of old straw. No subject. not even the
tariff. has been more debated during the
past tan years than tbs currency. Every
phase Of 1t has been exhibited In micro
scopio detail Iha debate Is aIgely for ap-
rearanees anyway. Unfortunately when
the bill gets through the Houss 1t will BE-
sill long way from the statute book
The Senate viii then have to consider It.,
or another one Of similar character, and
when the Senate begins to consider q
thing nobody can predict the end. The
traditional eourtssy Of that body forbids
shutting of any body, no matter how long
or how often he may talk. That being
the situation 10 would be useless to I'M
dertaks to predict when the talk will
come to an end.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12
GEN. GATAcRE,s DEFEAT.

Details Of the battle between the Beers
and the British az Stormbsrg are still
wanting, but is SEEMS clear that Gen.
Gataore was deosi we'd as to the number Of
the Beers and the strength of the position
they occupied. He had his force out under
cover Of darkness, expecting. apparently.
to take the Beers by surprise. Instead Of
that, his own troops were ambuscadsd.
and the first knowledge they had of the
presence of the enemy was Q tsrrifio IRE
poured In upon them. An attsmpt was
made Co drive the Beers from their en-
trenchments, but this Was soon
abandoned. the position beine found i'm
pregnabls, and the British retreated, har-
RAISED for some distance by pursuing
Beers. The British loss in killed and
wounded does not appear to have bsen
very heavy, but the Beers took six hun
drsd priaonsrs or quartsr Of the attack.
ing forcs. How this happened IL not az
planned. Gen. Gataore frankly admits
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12
DIR. LITTLE NOT WILLING.
To the Editor Qf the Press:

An artiols in your issue Of Dsosmber
9Th entitled Thsy are WininR-Msn who
Would Succeed Bishop Nssln," has this
sentence: 1.-The Rev. Arthur w. Little,
once Of St PauPs IN this city, is under
stood to DO willing % take the place"
Permit me b ny tnat this stssssusnt 10
not only unwarranted. but Is as far ss
pf s'ible from the truth. have not been
approached on the sHbjeut, nor have
spoken or written 20 anyone Ab5ut It.
Moreover, IL asked, should absolutely
refuss TO saIi0w my name 60 BE- broug be
before the Convention.
I daeDly synpathizs With the good
people 81 Maine in the loss Of their vsn-
sisbIs aud beloved Bishop, who was to
me true fsshse In God. May the great
Head of the Chnrsh ssnd to the berea we'd
Diocese the right man.
Yours very truly,
ARfHCh W. LITTLE.
Sc MAeh's Reetory, Evanston. III.
Dsc. 8, 1899.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

two months was under the care Of our doctor,
but was getting weaker all the time until one
day sent and got three bottles of Favorite
Prescription and one bottle of Pellets inn
proved SO fast. I continued to take your medl-
cine until baby was born, and he IL healthy and
all right Ne Is four years old. My baby giri 10
two years old My health has been good ever
since. now weigh r6s pounds and when be
gin to feel badly take Favorite Prescription
which always helps me. always tell my neigh
bors what helps me and a good many have taken
your Favorite Prescription with good results"
The "Favorite Prescription has cured
more women than all other medicines for
women combined. II is the only prepare
ton of its sort devised by a regularly grad
uated physician-a skilled and experienced
specialist in the diseases of women.
Other medicines are sometimes sold on
the plea that they are Just as good as the
'Favorite Prescriptions. Don't believe II.
Don't be imposed upon. Counterfeits are
never as good as the genuine
Over ago 600 women have endorsed Fa-
vorite Prescription. They say there 10
nothing just as good" and they know.
Would you rather have the say-so of one
dealer who makes an extra profit on the
substitute, than the pyogdbfe words of
a5o, 600 women whose only object in recon-
mending the "Favorite Prescription" d
their dssirs to help their suffering sistersp
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

An army must be victorious all the
time to prevent erumbling on the part
Of the people. A, ths British army In
South Africa has bssn victorious only
email part of the time 1; Ii not To DO
wondered at that complaint and criticism
are rife In England.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

England Is beginning 10 rsgret that she
got into the Bosr war, but now she 10 In
has got to pursue 1t to the bitter end.
For her own self protection she must
to snbdus the Iransvasi and the Oraiigs
Fres ntats for she Is governing millions
Of men without their consent aud they
must be kept filled up with the idaa that
ahs Is inyinoible.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

The Gosbslites seemed to have pre-
sumed that all Democrats ware ~ ready
a. themselves to resort to fraud, but
when they applied tn the chairman Of
the returning board to help them count
out Taylor they found to THAR astonish-
ment tnsS there was at least one homes {
Democrat In kentucky, for he atsolst sly
rsfusei tn have any thing 50 do with their
scheme and vottd with the Republicans
to give the certifio.ts to Taylor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

Since Roberts must be- convinced by
this time that his chances Of getting into
the Hous, are not worth talking about
IL 10 difficult to understand why he seeks
to prolong the case. But perhaps he en-
joys the notoriety he 10 getting.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

The subscriber hereby gives notice that he
has been duly appointed Executor OF the lsst
VIII and Testament Of
MARGARET ANDREWS, late Of Gray,
In the county Of Cumberland. deceased.
All parsons having demands against tina estate
of said deceased are desired TO present the
same for settlement, and all indebted thereto
are requested to make payment Immediately.
EGBERT 7 ANDREWS.
Gray. Nov. n. 1909. nov2sdiaw3~Tus
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

The Nebraska senatorship seems to lie
tetwsen ex-senator Allen and Mr..
Hitchcock. editor Of the Omaha World.
We know but little about Hitchcock, but
1t seems highly improbable that he can
be a. unit for the place as Allen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

Senator Lodge 10 trou bied about the
future OF the Galap, sos islands. The
most IF the people are troubled to know
where they are. They are. we judge
from the Senator's remarks about them.
situated somewhere In the zone bounded
ty he Monroe doctrines doctrine which
We used to hear much about but which
We have had little uss for siuos we
established ourselves In the kastern
hemisphere.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12
RACE BETWEEN FISHERMEN.

Ruoksport. December l.-Fishsrnez
generally will be interested In . trial oil
calling qualities between two we'll known
hank fishsrmen, the sshoonsrs dsnsrAl
Cosswsll. and I. n. Nisholson. both Of
Nicholssn's Bucksport fleet. Both Iefi
Bucksport At the same time Saturday
bound for PlacsntiA- Bay, N. r., for
frozen barring The Cosswsl formerly
hailsd nom Gloucester. The Nicholson
WAS built this ysHr by Tarr and James at
Esssx. Captain John MoInnis. formerly
of Gloucester. sails the Cosswell and
Captain John Dsvereaux the Nicholson.
Considerable money has bsen wagered on
the result on sven farms.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

Quay's chances for getting into ths
Senate are believed to be on the decline.
Desire to stick TO the prsoed-
ents established In the Mantis and
Corbstt GASES In strong even with thoss
who would rather like to ses Quay get In.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

Boston's municipal election occurs to-
dny and Gen. Collins's managers are
predicting his success by 1000 majority.
This is near the majority the Democrats
got in Novembr. aud doesn't make much
allowance for the popular uprising which
Mr.. Murphy has summoned. Evidently
this uprising is not ext eotsd TO material
ina
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

Tho Ksnnsbeo Journal concludes that
the Beers have been overestimated as
fighters. Gen. Iatscrs. Gen. Msthuen
and Gen. White probably would not gree
with the Journal, and as they Rave raj
experience. their opinion is likely 20
weigh rather more than the Journals.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12

The California fruis faissrs along with
the Conneotiout tobacco growal view
with alarm the proportion to open our
markets to Porto Rioo.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-12
UNDERWOOD SPRING.

Spacious Dining Hall always open. Mnsic
Card and smoking Rooms. all with op,n nres.
brilliantly lighte: by electricity and heated by
steam, decorated with palms and evergreen:
An excellent menu from which to order
Gana and hsh dinr srs specially.
Announcements made for Dinner, Dancing or
Card parties with or without special cars az
ONCE Of Portland q Yarmouth Electric Kali
w ~ Co. ofIicr $40 Congress street. Telephone
9i6-3, nov23ou