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Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-13
1.-THE main purpose of the paper
will be to influence it's readers tc
seek first the kingdom Of e. d.

He declared that "The Capita during
this time will be a newspaper, The
word "news" being defined by Mr.
Sheldon as anything in the way of cur
rent events that the public ought te
know for it's moral and spiritual deyel
opment. The paper will be absolutely
non-partisan and partisan political news
will be given scant notice.
All editorial and important local mat
ter will be signed by the writer's There
viii be no Sunday paper, but, instead, a
Saturday evening paper suitable foi
Sunday reading His leader concluded
as follows;
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-13
MAY God bless the use Of this
paper to the glory Of His kingdom
on earth.

The first item ON the first page was Il
prayer written by Bishop John A. Yin
cent, of the Methodist Episcopal church
1t was as follows:
"a morning prayer and resolutions
j. viii try this day to live a simple, sim
cere, serene life; repelling every thought
o discomfort, self-seeiing and anxiety;
eultiyating magnanimity. sef-control
and the habit of silence; practising econ.
omy, cheerfulness and helpfulness.
60 And, as / can not in my own
strength do this, or even with a hope OF
success attempt it, | look to Thee Oh
Lord, my Father, i'll Jesus Christ, my
savior, and ask for the gift of the holy
spirit. .
Editor Sheldon went to the office
about $40 o'clock Monday morning and
was on duty until the paper went tc
press at about o'clock this morning
AT about 10 o'clock he had conference
with the correspondents for Eastern
papers, and promised to meet them each
evening at $50 o'clock and give out GER
tain information concerning his work
At about 4 o'clock he had met the local
force Of the paper and gave out the
assignments for the day.
A page was devoted to local news and
the leading features in today's issue
We're reports of a temperance revival
and an anti-cigarette meeting. Mr..
Sheldon instructed the police reporter
that in case of murder or other crime
to write bare statement of the facts,
If he had the space to spare, instead OF
filling up with the usual details he
would go into discussion of the causes
leading up to the crime.
During the conference the sporting
editor remarked that there would be a
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-03-13
Redmond Threaten. to Resign.

DUBLIN Starch l3.-Will AN Red
! md. NJ p. has WI Ten to TIE clerk of
Lee corpora ION processing sainsr the
proposed "a ,gess of welco. to Quaen
Nictef ~ express zig his -ntention 10
lesigs ltl &c council II Gle ia
t.ress :. A.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-02
HaRa yglferrfea

F'rankford has an interesting eurios- " in the form Of . strawberry plant bearing twelve good-sized berries, which may be seen in the window of Mrs. ]. M. Fredericks, residence, 4344 Paul street. Tie plant was taken from the yard in the fall and placed in a flower pot. No great care was taken of it or attention paid to it until re- gently, whom twelve blossoms appeared. The berries followed in due time and look especially tempting ir this wintry weather, Hhen strawberries are a de- cided luxury Philadelphia Record.
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:. eurions hYnan r,e,t.

4 curious monument has been dis lowered in the dense uadeagrowth o2 the so-caI1ed Brandhaf. ia the Upper Harz. It is 3 granite block about seven feet high, resting on 3 stone pedestal, and on an iron tablet attached to 1t is the following inscriptions Here, !n the year 1747, the first trials were made with the cultivation of the pota- to. The German peasant of the time did not take kindly to the potato plant on it's introduction to the country. It had, however, a great friend in the King, Frederick IL. who was convinced of it's value, but who was obliged to use foreible measures to get the people of Pomerania and Silesia to plant the bulb. The action of the Harzef's in voluntarily adopting the plant was evidently thought worthy of a memo rial
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0ne-Thifd of Cur Life

IS spent in bed. The bedroom should be cozy, cheerfu and full of comfort. We are mak- ing a special cut on chamber sets which is 3 perfect beauty. The wood is nicely 6ni, he'd, and each piece IS well put togetherand firm. You may have aa offer like this again. but we doubt 1t.
 BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
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spaniah School system.

Priyate houses are now rented under the Spanish school system, which pro- vided that the teachers, with their families, should live in such houses, the rent being part payment for their services. They also collected fees from children whose parents could pay. The balance of their compensation was of ten much iF arrears. and many of the teachers have not been paid for their work for the past two and one-half years prior to American occupation. No one is allowed to live in the school houses now. The salaries range from $50 to $75 per month, according to the size of the municipality. The principals receiver $10 extra per month. No cer- tifcates are required of the teachers this year, but will be after Aug. 1. The teachers are appointed by the local boards of education, which in turn are appointed by the mayors.
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Horse Eats Its Owners Money.

Jacob w. Whitehead, a storekeeper of New Paris, Ind. is short $65 in cur- rency and his horse has risen in value Whitehead went home late and climbed the stairs of the barn to throw down hay to the family nag. In his pocket lie had poeketbook contain ing five ten-dollar bills. one i've and ten ones. This dropped from his pocket as he bent over to pick up the hay Whitehead did not miss the money until the next morning. He then searches the barn, and found a few fragments of the pocketbook, to- gether with tiny bits of the bills. Ths faithful animal had devoured the hay and valorouslY tackled the pocket beck and contents, leaving nothing with which Whitehead could make proof of his less at tae treasury.-Cht eago Inter Ocean.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-02
rslesraphed Up One rligh

That New York is big city which the stranger seldom learns very well, was quite foreibly impressed upon a certain well known Californian few days ago. He was charging about in the business district an suddenly re- membered that he wanted to telegraph to a friend whose offices are at 195 Broadway. The Californian dashed into the nearest telegraph office, wrote out his dispatch, and covering it with q coin, passed it through the wicket to the receiver. The receiver smiled. What is the natter" demanded the Californian. Why this is 195 Broad way," said the receiver, "and your man is up just one flight of stairs" There was 9 confused period that lasted about a second, and when the Califor- nian got his nerve back he calmly said. T know that. Let it go anyway. I guess I can telegraph across this room or this counter if I want to and hays the money. We do that thing out in California every day for a joke
 The receiver may have been blnffed, bit as receivers go they are hard to impress, San Francisco Chronicle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-02
HAVE THE SAME SUPERSTITION
Islanders Fifteen Thousand Miles Apart
 Believe in Evil spirits.


 Philosophic people who belong to the folk lore society are fond of tracing legends and myths and customs all over the world. Cinderella, the dear girl, is found In one knows not how many peoples, speaking innumerable tongues and believing an equal num- Der of religions. How did Cinderella become ubiquitous? The transactions of the Folk Lore society will perhaps offer theory. Now, there has been mon to Shetlanders and Singhalese How islanders so wide apart-some 15,- 900 miles-managed to adopt each oth- er's views one does not know. But here is the fact The rice eultivators of Leylon and the fishermen of Shetland resemble each other in one or two rather remarkable points. They ra- frain from speaking of the implements of their calling by their names; they call them something else, by names known only to themselves. The req son is that if the evil spirit were to think that they were speaking Of spades and rakes or of nets and hooks he would be tempted to damage them or even to appropriate them. The train of thought is the same with both races. There is an evil spirit always on the loo out for opportunities of do- ing miscf2 If. He even hears what we say. If we let him understand that we are talking about our implements and tools we shall direct his attention to them and shall suggest to him way of doing an injury. Therefore we will agree to call boat or a spade by some fancy name known only to ourselves. Another custom of the Shetlander, not possible to the rice grower, is that if in fishing his net catches something at the bottom and stone is brought up 1t is not to be thrown back again for fear of offending the evil spirit, who most certainly put 1t into the net. It is to be kept in the boat until the net again catches. Then it is to be dropped in the water with the words: Take your own and give me mine" where upon the net is at once released. Now. if the singhalese were to turn fisher, would he, following the same line of thought, adopt a similar custom?- Pittsburg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-02
Women in Brazil and Japan.

The legislative bodies of Brazil and Japan present a rather striking con- trast in their policies toward the move ment for the freedom of women. The senate of Brazil has under considera- tion bill to authorize women to prac- tice the learned professions, and the Japanese parliament has just passed a new press law which prohibits women from becoming publishers or editors on the ground that "the discharge of such work by females is neither becoming nor desirable"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-02
WHEN THE THEIRS oNRAMs sAor
Efforts to Control Its Torrents Have
 Been Only Partially Successful


 Been Only Partially Successful.
 Owing to i1l-calculated engineering operations. by which the northern branch of the river by the Tiber is- land was deepened a few years ago, the southern branch. which skirts the for mer Ghetto, has dried Up into heavy bank of muddy aand, and this is it's normal state, making Git will be un> derstoed) the island of St. Bartolom- meo as ridiculous as a swan on iand. The absurd aspect of it is the more ae- eentuated because the ponte fabriee, or quatroeapi, which unites the island to the southern bank. happens to be both the oldest and best-preseryed bridge in Rome, dating from 62 s. C., and be- ing composed of two bold side arches and 8 small central flood arch. On rare occasions, however, after heavy downfalis, the river, rising in it's wrath, succeeds in feasseEting it's an- tient dominion, and we see the beauti- sul bridge built by Fabrieas spanning the waters sent down from Monte pat tino and Anseiano. Such rise has taken place, in consequence of which the forum is inundated by means of the Cloaca Max ina, while the f3.sming yellow flood mas reached 2 height of but three feet below the little Franciscan garden be- longing to the church of St. Bartolom- meo. The ancient confessional below that basilica, dating from about the seventh century, is entirely filled. In fact, the waters have risen about forty feet, and rain should continue to fall we may witness the Tiber invading the Gorso and Piazza d Espanga Happily, 8 change seems to be setting in. It was quite a fascinating sight the other morning to see the main or northern. flood racing beneath the Geetisn bridge like a succession Of nlaesstfor4s, a#nast giddying to behold A 5 usual, a crowd Of people amused themselves by watch ing the operations o3 those who on such occasions fish for drtftwood
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-02
SILLY VOWS WELL KEPT.
Artist Whose Masterpiece Was Due ts
 an Oath He Took.

The French artist, Gerieauid, was determined to allow no distraction to interfere with the painting of his great picture, "The Wreck of the Medusa." :" He had his head shaved and vowed that he would never allow his hair to grow until his work was done. This v0w he re zept, in spite Of strong tsn.a break it, and the reward of His .1- oism was the most perfect painting af his life. A story is told of youEs man In E gland, a great chess enthusiast. who was so annoyed at his failure to solve an ap- parently simple problem that he vowed be would neither sleep nor eat until the solution was found. He shut him. self up in a disused room and was found four days later by his relatives terribly emaciated and out of his mind. He spent year in the lunatic asylum as the result of his rash VOW; and the problem remains unsolved. It was for very curious reason that an old lady, who died few years ago. condemned herself to more than thirty years confinement to her house. She had married widoWer, as mlserly as he was unromantie, and he insisted that his second wife should wear the clothes left behind her by his first wife. The wife was as mutinous as the husband was resolute, and she de- termined that until she could have her own clothes she would never leave the house-a VOW she kept until her death, Woman appears to be at the root ot many eccentric vows5 for it was ha- tired of the sex that once impelled 8 well-known lawyer to swear that he would never speak to a woman again as long as he lived. Nothing would induce him to see lady client, and he would never conduct a case in which a woman appeared .s a witness. He never employed a female servant, and deliberately cut" all his lady acquain- tances he inevitable result was that the men deserted him, his practice dwindled and he died, less than year ago, alone in sQualid room.-Pitts- burg Dispatch.
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Arkansas Midland RalIIoad IaI

5o,ooo acres of good tinb| lands for sale. 2,ooo acres cleared lands for sale, alonp B line of the Arkansas Midl1a Railroad. Free sites for factorl and mills. For farms or timber lands, ,l dress,
 G. T. UPDEGRAFF ]
 General Freight Agent
 Helena, Arkana|
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-02
where eeoge Eliot wrote Her First Book


 The house, No 5 Parkshot row, RfchmcEa, where George Eliot wrote her first book, is. shortly to be pulled down. It is one of row of single fronted houses of a semi-genteel char acter; and she and MT. Lewes only rented a couple of rooms in it. It re- mained their home for more than three years. There the Scenes from Cler- teal Life" were written, and consid- erabIe portion of Adam Bede." The tiny sitting-room was the common study for both the writers, and George Eliot used in after years to tell how the scratching of another pen" used to affect her nerves until it nearly drove her wild"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-02
worshipfng tue reaefu, onion.

The onion was worshiped by the an. cient Egyptians. The caulihower is $ patrician among vegetables and was taken from it's Cyprus home to Italy snd England in the reign of Elizabeth.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-02
Too Good a Target.

Hitherto the regiments of the High land Brigade which have worn the kilt have presented an admirable mark for bullets by reason of the dark tartan of which the national costume is made. Orders have been now issued that all Highland corps are in future to wear a khaiki apron in front.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-30
Democratic Insincerity.

The insincerity of democratic pre-
tension Is illustrated by their per-
formances in the house of representa-
tlves on the Porto Rican matter. On
the day OF the passage of the bill tenn
porarlly regulating the tariff relations
between the island and the United
States they were rending the air with
their shrieks in favor of the Porto
Rlcans and demanding freedom of
trade between that island and the
United States. The next day the pre-
sldent sent to the house a message
proposing to return to the Porto
Kirans every dollar that had been paid
IN duties collected on their products
since the United States took possess
sion OF the Island, and all that shall
be So collectc ! in future, thus giving
them practit ally what the democrats
had clamoled for and a handsome
lump sum of over 100000 for i'm
mediate relief of their sufferings Yet
behold those same democrats who on
thursday were demanding this very
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-30
Big Timber Land Deal.

For the past two months there has
been quite little excitement in Che
halls county over timber lands, and,
fguratively speaking, the woods have
been full of buyers, or men who were
looking for "cheap snaps" for other
people who had money to invest in
such property. A number OF sales
have been made, but principally tracts
and at prices ranging from So to $l2
per acre; a few choice tracts that are
available for logging purposes bring
ing as high as $40 per acre.
The biggest sale that has been made
in Chehalis county for many a day,
however has just been closed and the
price paid is said to have been the
best ever received In Chehalis county
for such a large tract, viz: 500 per
acre. This is the sale just made by
Giles Gilbert, of Duluth, Mimi, by !.
A. Hood, of this city, of about 2OJO
acres in township 81 north, range 9
west.
Although Mr.. Gilbert has paid,
to some may seem, fancy price, vet
he secured what is said to be the best
body OF timber land in the state of
Washington, as conservative timber
men have estimated this tract at six
ty thousand feet per acre, or 100000
600 feet on the whole.-Aberdeen
Herald.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-30
Their Land Titles Attacked.

A new place of the contest that has
been going between the Northern
Pacific Railway Company and the old
or original organization, known as the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
has come up which for the present at
least threatens 10 involve the title to
the timber lands recently purchated
by the Weyerhauser syndicate from
the Northern Pacific, as we'll as all
other land sales made by the new or
ganization in the Northwest.
Ever since the property of the Or
iginal company was sold by the receiver
to the new organization, strife between
the stockholders of the two companies
has been going on. The matter was
brought TO climax last week by the
Introduction in congress of a. bill to IN
quire into the reorganization of the
company, which contains resolution
that all sales OF land from the original
grant made by the reorganized com
pany be declared illegal. The bill was
introduced at the request of Cornelius
Chadwick and w. S. Hassell, oil Phlla-
delphia, representing certain stock
holders on the Northern Pacific Rail
road COmpany.-P. 1.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-30
Farm Journal
| Five Years.
This Paper
One Year,
Pay up and Get Both Papers for the
Price Of One.

We want TO get 500 new subscrib-
ers to our paper and are going to do
it if we can; we therefore con inue our
arrangement with the Farm Journal
by which We can send The JOURNAL
and the Farm Journal the remainder
of 1900 and all of 1901, 1902, 1903 and
1904, both for $3.50. And we make
the same offer to all old subscribers
who will pay all arrearages and one
year in advance.
You know what our paper is and
the Farm Journal is gem-practical,
progressive-a clean, honest, useful
paper-full of gumption, full of sun
shine, with an immense circulation
among the best people everywhere.
You ought to take 1t. Sic sample
copies.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-30
Wool Clip Of Washington.

The wool clip of Washington and
the Northwest this year promises to
exceed that of last by many tons.
The grade is said to be very high, the
staple long and owing to an abund-
ance of rain in the sheep raising dis
tricts carrying less dirt.
M. E. Bace, representing a Boston
wool house, has just finished tour OF
the wool growing sections of Utah,
Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, and
says:
every indication points to the
heaviest wool clip in the Northwest for
many years. Approximately 36,O00,-
600 pounds we're produced in Mon
tana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and
Washington last year. The wool will
be cleaner, of better staple and, there
fore, on an average will command a
higher price.
ga rough estimate of the amount of
wool that will he grown in Washing
ton this year is about 100000 pounds.
1t will be very high grade and will
command among the best prices paid.
The wool industry is growing in Wash
ington, and with legislation that will
not prove harmful to raisers it will be-
come an important business here be-
fore many years."
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1900-03-30
Gen. Joe Wheeler's Views.

Under the caption"What to Do With
the Philippines" Gen. Joseph Wheeler
contributes to this weeks issue OF
Leslie's weekly lengthy article OH
the situation in the islands as he OBJ
served it during his service there. He
says in part:
IL believe that the back of the re-
belliou in the Philippines is broken
there will be little more to do in a.
military way. There will be some
guerrilla warfare, but it will not am
cunt to much. AS for Aguinaldo, I
do not consider him a patriot. He
was fighting for great prize. Had
he won he would have been power
full emperor, mighty dictator.
GAS far as possible I believe that we
should establish civil government in
the Philippines. I am in favor OF ter
ritorial government and 1 see nothing
incongruous in making these various
islands into territories. The group
should be divided into three or four
territories, not only because of the ex.
tent of the islands, but because of the
antagionisms existing between the
different peoples. Some of these tribes
have been our devoted friends, and it
would be most unfair not to give them
the right of self-government. Many
of them are already for selt-government
in local affairs and under territorial
governors appointed by the United
States they would get along very we'll,
| am sure.
81 consider the Filipinos very SUI
perior people-a people with great
possibilities. They are ambitious
many of them have been finely edu-
Gated in Europe; they are not to be
spoken of in the same breath with the
Africans, so far as their possibilities go.
"They are, too, easily governed and
with the fair treatment which they
will receive from us we shall have nc
trouble with them. They appreciate
consideration, | have fou d, but they
are sensitive and are unwilling TO be
treated as interiors. They are little
distrustful of us.
son the question OF ultimate annex
alton or the remote future of the Phil
ippines-whether states would be
erected there or not, in case we annex
the islands, am not yet prepared
to speak but do think that we owe
much TO the many citizens of the
islands who are not Filipinos and es-
pecially to those Filipinos who have
been friendly to us. II our army
were to be Withdrawn from the islands
the natives who have befriended us
would be subjected to all sorts OF per-
secutions and many of them would
meet death all on account of their
kindness to u.s."