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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
HEAVY GUNS DESTROY EARS.
Why So Many Artillerymen saTor From
 Defective Hearing.

Why So Many Artillerymen SafTor From
 Defective Hearing.
 The stunning report of each gun as 1t is fired is something that a stranger on the deck of a ship of war will long Teme~. .ber There IS an old saying, "deaf as a post. Now in the English navy this is changed to "Geaf as a post ca ain No man can go through a lo4-g series Of gannery practices witFc.'t having his hearing seriously affect-s.. Some men put cotton in their ears, but even this precauti0n does lit tie to deaden the terrible shock And if the firing of one or two guns has such a shattertng power, what would be the effect if the whole armament were in action together? It is im- possible to conceive the strain on nerve and senses of the rending concussion. If a visitor watches the firing of one Of the monster nipe-inch guns and then places hsr7self beside one of the small CT pie ,ee, the report made by the one will not appear much louder than that of the other. The extra distance to the hiuNAlC ol tAS Di5 plGCHS uloCOuul5 Iu5 sound. The only apparent difference betwe en the two appears to be that the small pieces have a sharper, high er-pitohed l. 5ee, and that the six and nine-ineh guns speak with more Of a believing roar. One piece of advice may be given to any one who finds himself in the neighborhood of a gun. in action. The noise will not have nearly the same effect if you are watching the gun as if the crash comes unexpectedly. Uneonsciously nature prepares you to resist a shock which Is known to be impending.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
xrotet in a Graverard.

One of the largest hotels in Central America and by far the largest In Be- lize, Honduras, is surrounded by tomb- stones. As this old and abandoned cemetery was located in the center of the toWn and afforded an excellent site for an hotel. the necessary permis- sion was obtained from the proper au- thorities, and in less than a year a large and handsome hotel was erected In digging the foundation hundreds of skulls and bones were discovered. all of which were carefully collected and Inferred in the new cemetery. The ho- tel possesses a room in which service Is conducted by local preacher every Sunday. Last year the Battersea Yes try voted a sum of { 400 for the pur- pose of erecting a refreshment kiosk in the Battersea Parish Cemetery. better known as Modern Cemetery"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
Tons of Gold in Use. The amount of gold coin in actual circulation in the world is estimated to be about 865 tons.
, erea. Place for Longevity.

A Great Place Tor Longevity
 To all appearance Ardnamurchan. on the west coast of Scotland, is a great place for longevity. Whether it is be cause of the soft salubrious climate, or the remoteness of the place from the fe I'd sins of population, or son 1digenous to the Ardnam- urchaH nature. it would be rash to eay; bTy certain it is that an Ardna- uurchan seems to have a good chance 70 become a patriarch. Within thirty years many of the inhabitants have been cut up at varying ripe ages be- tween 100 and tf2. There was a Miss Ann Macdonald, friend of Macleod, the high priest of Morven, who leisure ly laid down her life at the extreme age of 112. An Alexander MePherson vanished from the present vista when he had attained to 109. A third Donald Cameron, not only saw the five score comfortably out, but left "a hundred individual offsprings to mourn his death. And a fourth, Mrs. Mary Stewart, has reached 108, is hale and hearty, rises daily, and "moves about the housa."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
SEA LION
capsized B Boat and Gave Two Fisher
 men an Exciting Experience.

San Rafael (Gal.) Spec. San Frap- cisco Bulletin: John Bartinf and Joe Lafranky two Italian fishermen, came very near meeting their deaths the other morning off McNear's Point, ip San Pablo Bay. Bartlni and Lafranky had their nets set for the purpose Of catching founders, and when the tida started to turn they proceeded to pull in, when they noticed that the nets were harder to handle than usual. They thought they had an unusual large catch of founders, but when they had fully 40 fathoms Of net pulled into the boat a large sea lion was noticed splashing the water at a furious rate. Bartini called to Lafranky to get an oar and hit him. but just as he had said the words the sea Hon stuck his head out Of the water and, seeing the boat and it's occupants, made a Iunge, capsizng the Bartini who is q good swimmer, immediately jumped for his partner and, seizing him by the arm, dragged him to the boat and f1n- ally managed to get him on the bottom.
 
 overheard and the craft was made fast The sea lion continued splashing the water at a terrific rate. and the Ital. Ians were badly frightened They called for help, but their cries were of nc avail, as their voices could not bt heard a hundred yards, the wind blow ing terrific gale. Finally, after they had been In the water for fully three hours, q schooner was sighted coming from the Patent brick yard, and the crew lowered a small boat and went to the rescue of the Italians, who were almost exhausted from fright and cold. After about an hour the boat was righted, the lion being killed with shotgun from the schooner. It proved to be a large one, weighing fully 1000 pounds. The lion was probably follow ing a shoal of herring up the bay and ran foul of the Italians net and sue. ceeded in getting tangled up in it. The net is complete wreck This is the second time that sea lion has been so caught in San Pablo Bay and almost at the cost of life
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
RusKIN's ART TREASURES.
Thirty of Them Now at Brantwood
 Valued at S15o,oOo.

fh1ue0 ab TIDOgVOO.
 To speak of John Ruskins art treas. ures is to think of Turner. The ex- amples by this master at Brentwood are not now so many as they once were, in large part because of his gen. erous gifts to Oxford and Cambridge, to say nothing of the famous Loire series which. complete, he gave to the Oxford galleries. To the university towns he gave, for instance, several beautiful water colors of Venice. of the junction of the Greta and the Tees, which he regarded as one of the very best of the Yorkshire series, the mag niicent Richmond, Yorks," now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, and others. Again, instead of remaining in his possession. The Saver" given to him by his father about the time of his majority, is now in America. Even today. however, the thirty or so Tur- her water colors at Brentwood. be- side many sketches, each one chosen with view to some particular beauty. CT characteristic, constitute one of the finest collections Of the kind owned by an individual. They enable Us 10 follow the development of tbe artist from 1792, when as a lad of IT he painted his own portrait, through bis various significant phases, onward to the early forties. when he shaped some of the most Wendef-provokin and ex- quisite of his creations A value of something like f30,000 has been put upon the assemblage by one who has recently been at Brentwood, but, In truth, linked so closely as they are to Ruskin's life-Work, while they remain together they are invaluable. Twenty two years ago MT Ruskin exhibited his Turner's in Bond street. The epi- logue to this fascinating notes is dated Brentwood, 10th May, 1878, and after- ward comes this simple and beautiful tribute: Being my fathers birthday who, though as aforesaid, he sometimes would not give me this or that-yet gave me not only all these drawings, but BrantWood-and all else. ."-Lon- don Letter In New York Evening Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
New Teeth.

With her second childhood Adelne Woodfn. colored woman of Jerer- sonville. aged 75, is cutting a new set of teeth. For years Mrs Woodfn has been toothless and unable to eat solid food. but large jaw teeth have ap- peared and evidences of a full set are apparent. She is a little woman, Of the ante-bellum days, who has been earninga living mending cement sacks, and she Is convinced that the cement dust which she has inhaled has been responsible for the new teeth.-Louis- vile Commercial.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
It satlsaed the isishon.

Methodist preachers and laymen vho attended the recent conference in Washington have gore home, but have eft behind them stories which will not appear in the regula. report of ths proceedings. Perhaps no man at the conference yielded more power and at he sametime enlivened the proceed Ings more by his bright sayings than Bishop w. A. Candler. One day in ad- Vocating a more liberal loosening of the purse-strings he said that several wears ago he sent an article to a paper in which he said that Eve pray too loud and work too little" The intel- ligent eompositor got in his fine Ital- ian hand, and when the article ap- peared it read, "We bray too loud and work too little" .'I let it go at that, V said the bishop The fact is, I be- iieve the printer was right, and I never attempted to correct it."-Washingtoa Correspondence of New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
SUICIDE AND CIVILIZATION.
The More Progress the More There Is
 of self-Destruetion.


 Felix Adler, the New York ethical clergyman, says of suicide. Suicides are or the increase in the present cen tury. They have tripled in number in the last one hundred years. It is the disease of civilization, increasing in numbers with the progress of eiviliza- ton. Germany, where civilization haa reached the highest point on earth, is the blaekest spot in this respect. It Is the same story as you proceed from the less to the more liberal creed Where the population of a community Is made up purely of the Russian church there are 40 suicides to the mil. lion; where the people are purely of the Catholic faith there are 58 to the million; in Protestant communities there are 190 to the million External conditions appear to have much to do with the act, There are more suicides fn wet weather than in dry, more by night than by day, more on moonlight nights than on dark nights, and there are three times more men to die by their own acts than women I can- not sit in judgment on those who have done this deed; I cannot enter into their inner life. But warn all who think of freeing themselves from this life that they have no right to do it. The duty of progress compels us to remain-we must stay. We are here to solve the problems of life, not to eyade them. We are here to fulfll our task, not to leave it unfinished. We must make the soul victorious over the senses, and we do that not by eyading pain but by conquering it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
Antiena,s Rnads No

Antigua's Roads Not Built for Bicycles.
 In the island of Antigua, British West Indies, are about fifty bicycles among the population of 35,000, as against half that number of wheels a year ago. All but four or five are of American manufacture and are owned by natives The poverty of the people the tropical heat, which renders riding between 8 a. m. and D. m. almost im- possible, especially for whites, and the abominable condition of the roads leading between the various points of the island are against an extensive use of the wheel. The method of road re- pairing in Antigua is to spread on the ground g. thick layer of stone cut to about double the size of walnut and leave it to be trodden down by passing OK carts of other teams, or the bars feet of rative pedestrians.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-12
Arkansas Midland Railroad ,,

5o,ooo acres of good tnb.. lands for sale. 2,ooo as \ cleared lands for sale. alone | ' line of the Arkansas MidIaas ', Railroad. Free sites for facto.is1 s's and mills. For farms or timber lands, sa. dress, z
 G. T. UPDEGRAFF.
 General Freight Agent
 Helena, Arkansa,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
THE CITIZEN.
He Couldn't Solve IL.

As a train was approaching a town
on the Great Northern railway in Ire
land an intelligent looking young Irish
man observed a lady standing up
searching her pocket She commenced
to weep. Have you been robbedF'
he asked.
"Oh, no." she replied; Eve lost my
ticket, and they will accuse me of
fraud"
Seeing her distressed state of mind,
he said:
"Oh, don't mind. Here. take my tick
ct. and l will give the guard a prob
lem" while their fellow passengers
awaited the scene at the station with
interest.
When the train stopped. the guard
collected all the tickets but one.
"Where is your ticket?" he asked the
young man.
you have got my ticket" he replied.
''No. l have not got it. III call the
station master and see about it,
where is your ticketE" asked the
station master when lie appeared.
''He has my ticket See if lie has a
ticket in his hand with n small piece
off the corner
Yes. you have, Dave There t is"
''Well. see viii that fit it," sad Pat
handing him the small piece. and it
did. y look of surprise crept over the
guards face as he left the carriage,
while Fat caused much amusement by
exclaiming. "Begoira. | knew he could
not solve it."-London Tit-Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
A story of Amos Cummings.

One summer q number of years ago
Amos Cummings passed two weeks
on a pilot boat and took Ernest Jar
rold, the author of Mickey Finn
Idylls," with him for company. One
day Il great storm arose, and the pilot
boat was tossed about on the waves
like chip. Every minute a wave
would dash over the deck and threaten
to carry everything away and swamp
the boat. Cummings and Jarrold were
in the little cabin, the former lying
in a bunk hnently reading book on
the French revolution. Jarrold poked
his head out to look at the storm,
when n mountain of sea water fell
with a boom on the deck and filled his
eyes with spray The boat gave a
fearful lurch and careened until II
seemed that she must turn completely
over.
"This is awful, Amos" said Jarrold.
'I'm going to put on n life preserver,
for / don't think the boat can stand
1t many minutes longer"
"Oh, keep quiet, and let me read,
Mickey" said Cummings, never lifting
his eyes from the page. 'The men
on this boat draw regular salary to
keep her afioat"-Saturday Evening
Post
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
T,re. of Nnst,s Fncen.

William NJ Tweed was Il portly man
of medium size. with long. pendulous
nose, little porcine eyes, fat, dropping
checks and straight, firm mouth that
was decidedly his best feature. The
outlines of his face were those of n
Bartlett pear LITTLE end upward, and l
never saw craft so paipably written
upon a human cOuntcnance. Mast
used TO be fond of drawing Tweed's
face, by the way, as a sack of money.
The general contour of his head lent
itself to the outlines of the sack, and
he used S marks for the nose and eyes.
Strange TO say, it was a capital por-
trait
Another Of Nast's trick pictures was
one of Roscoe Conkling. He would
draw a large letter V. with a smaller Y
inside it and surmount the pair with
an Interrogation mark upside down
The big represented Conkling's point
ed beard, the smaller one his sharp
nose and the Interrogation point the
Hyperion curl which he always allowed
to fall neglgently upon his forehead.
That caricature made the naughty sen
ator wild and exasperated him more
than any bit Of fun that was ever poked
in his direction.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28

One of the saddest things that can hap
pen to a woman is to fall into such a depth
Of dependency through unnatural weakness
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28

good. ! had be
come very despond-
ert and thought !
would never be well
again.
But with a faint
heart ! wrote TO
DR.. 4. V. Pierce, OF
Buffalo, n. Y. and
described my synp
toms as best ! could.
He promptly an
swered by letter
and sent me a treat
Use on Woman and
Her Diseases .; he
also outlin ed a
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
The EIrst Umbrella.

To prove at what date the first um-
brella was made Is a seemingly hope
less task, but we find records of their
use among the Greeks and Romans
not alone as a protection from sun OF
rain, but as distinguishing mark OF
royalty. BY the time Of Queen Anne's
reign they had become quite common
simply as a protection. but they were
all imported until about 1902, when
the manufacture Of them was begun in
England
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
IInnNY Ul4 Pom.

"a little fellow" says the Kennebec
Journal, "the Oldest in a family of little
9nes, whose father worked away from
home winters, had occasion to visit his
grandparents for few days. on his
return he found another little member
His remarks will show that he was
both surprised and indignant: We'll, II
you haven't gone and got another gosh
darned kid Won't my father be mad
when he hears Of itv"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
AnDroprfnte.

At Chalfont, St. Giles, England,
stands n remarkable monument, erect
ed by Sir Hugh Palliser to his
friend, Captain Cook, the celebrated
navigator. One of the most singular
visits to this monument occurred
in 1865 when Queen Emma of the
Sndwich Islands went in company
with Bishop Wilberforce. People in
the district still recall, with amuse-
ment, how the village band, wishing to
greet her majesty with an appropriate
tune and not knowing the Sandwich
Islands national anthem, tootled forth
"The King of the Cannibal Islands"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
Cptiture IA cnslye,

On a tombstone IA an old New Eng
land churchyard there Is an epitaph
which never fails to bring smile to
the face Of the reader:
ITO the me Mory of Ann Sophia and
Julia Hattie, his two wives. this stone
is erected by their grateful widower,
James y. Rollins. They made home
pleasant. Woman jour- al.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
HOODS PILLS euro Liver Ills, Bill
lousness, indigestion, headache.
Easy TO take, easy to operate. 25c.

REHUMATIsM CURED IN DAY.
mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in TO 3 days.
It's action upon the system is remarkable
and mysterious. 1t removes at once the
causes and the disease Immediately dis
appears. The first dose greatly benefits;
rs cents Sold by ]. c. Redic, ard J. Il.
B1lph Druggists Butler Apr e6.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28

treatment for me which ! followed to the best Of
my ability and after taking SIX bottles Of the
Favorite Prescription / can truthfully say
that felt ike new woman. In few months
afterwards when was suffering with the many
troubles due TO pregnancy, procured Favorite
Prescription again and took il through that
time soon became very stout and felt well.
I was in labor ONLY short time and got along
well: better than ever did before. My baby is
a fine bow now two months old and has never
been sick any. l cannot find words sufficient
to express my praise Of DT. Pierce's medicine.
I never miss an opportunity TO recommend it.
hope all suffering ladies will consult him, for
they will be benefited by taking his medicine" "
Letters to DR.. Pierce are treated IN the most
sacred confidence, and never published without
permission aud the most careful, professional
advice is given by return mail free OF charge
Women would understand their own men
tai and physical natures better; they would
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be every way healthier, happier, and more
capable, by reading and studying DR..
Pierce's great thousand page illustrated
book. The Peoples Common Sense Med
ical Adviser 1t is veritable, complete
family medical library in one magnificent
volume. More than half million copies
have been sold at 81. 50 each, but free
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woman on receipt of Al one-cent stamps,
to pay the cost of mailing only; or if a
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preferred, send 81 stamps.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
l.. 6. WICK,
DEALER IN
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This Is Your Opportunity.

This Ia Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents. cash or stamps,
q generous sample will be mailed Of tho
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(Eiy's Cream Balu) sufficient TO demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
sc Warren st 4, New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., Of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. l
can emphasize his statement, ''It is n posi-
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Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-06-28
telephone. No. 2i9.

Hot places oyens and cookers-in fact
the best line Of gas saving appliances
ever shown in Butler The prices are
right and before purchasing elsewhere,
you will do well 10 call at Geo. w.
Whitehill's, the plumber.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-02

OPERAcIoNEs DE BUoUEs EN- PUERTO
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-02
2ee AMOR SIN xoauBRn

en- tOda su extension la magnitud de
la deSventura.
El Oonde dc Maillot luchaba for
cejeaba por palpar la realidad, por dar-
sc cuenta exacta de 10 que le habfa
ocurrido, ybuscaha por medic de sus
palabras dichas en- vDz alta ell hiIo de
la refexi0n que habfa perdido inn
pulsos del eoilac REl ruidO que
6l mismo hacia queria utilixarlo como
medic de recapacitar y;comO medic de
fijar tOda su atenci6n en- ell problema
que habia surgido de improviso ante
81.
Y pesar de su voluntad de bierro,
Lo podia dominar ell adormecimiento y
la insensibilidal de que Sc hallaba po-
seido -. El 10 comprendia asi y ges-
ticulaba entonces mas fuerte, para
amedrentar sin duda un fantasma que
no Sc halllba en- otra parte mas que
dentrO de 81 msmO =. Sc abalanza-
ba con rapide2 de una q otra parte del
gabinets Y de cuardo en- cuando g0l-
peaba con fuIia los muebles que halla-
ba asu paso.
No puede ser, decia, he dido NAL,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-02
J. RENAUD DE vIHNNRs 2SS

ra; en- II eStaba el eoaVeneerme 4 mi
de aquellas tan prof6ticas como neciaS
palabras del senior Oerm rnier: stu, hA-
ia mia, nuuca seras delincuenteP
Debleis, esGar ahola aQuf el prOteta
para que Sc escondiera con sus librOS Y
sus maxmas ru nn ceSto de papeles a..
Pero t,nlo esta o0RsumadO -. TU
eres delincuente, I'll eres oualQuier CO.
sa, com tai he lie tratarte, impO-
niendote. pof sopnesto, Ell castigO que
tie CORES lala ..-. va veremOs enal
ser&. .....
El Alfredo en- cnesti6n iquien seras...
Por mas vualtas que doy en- mi cere-
bro, por mas esfuer7os que hacen mi
impaciencia mi bIa confuBdidas, no
aciertO & encontrarLe. -. iAh, pero
todavfa habras de ocultarte mas, tOda
VIA trataras de hacer desaparecer mas
tn soinbra para que no de 20 con
ella. -. 81, ella te ayudara, ella te
pondra sohre aviso Bien, pOr
ESQ no hay NADIA pc dido -. O0nOz-
co el procedimiento sc tambi6n como
vueIve ell PEE caer on 10 red de dom
de Sc habfa salido -. Td v0lveras,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-02
Ninguna
sALIDAs DE oABoTAJB.

Para Fajardo bdra ''Dos Hermanos"
con la carga siguiente: Fernandez
Gauran Y co 10 SIS alroz l brl cebollas
10 d gas Barcel6 y co d pasas l fdo
canela 2 d sal epson 6 d velas l cI te
jidos calzado brl azadas l cI cerve
"a 16 d pasta l fdo canisetas l brl
grampas 2 Sis garbanzos Ia PIP vino
| d y pqte tejidos 81 hojas de sen
% SIS arroz 3 d fOsforos 2 d aceite
Herrero Ortega y co d aguarras l
CT vidrieria / pqte ..uincalla Gonzalez
y Alfonso 5IS bacalao 8 d higOs lib sal
mon S atdos arenques 10 q gas tam
Dor pescada Castrill6n y Ochoa 10 d
quesos brls papas 30 d pasta Planas
Rojo y co IL d jab6n Is SIS harina 2 d
.pasas l CL sardinas Ct sal epson l cI
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1900-03-02
OPERAoIoNEs soBRE Ell MUELLB

Por M Lomba y co:
La L;ga de Detallistas y j Ochoa
y HermanO 1000 d pasta "Euskaldu
na".
Por Balasquide y co:
a Jose PerujO y Olivia y TrOncoso
Hermanos y co 80 d de 4 lit 'pimenton
a Baquero Y Gandara y Gonzalez
y Alfonso 10 d de 1904 It's pimientos.
Por Sores de Vicente y co:
Caldas y co Gonzales y Alfonso y
Baquero y Gandara 100 d quesos bola
25 q quesos patagras.