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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
COUNTY JUDGE JONES
Will Not Be an Aspirant for Political
 Honors This Election.

During the past few weeks, in fact, ever since tLe water in Jeffer- sons political pot began to simmer, our people have been wondering fl County Judge W. D. Jones would be an aspirant for further political honors at the ensuing election.
 Several well known and popular men, so we have been told, would have announced as candidates for County Judge but for the saving wood and saying nothing 0. Judge Jones himself.
 A Graph C reporter had an inter view with MT, Jones today ard be informed him that he would not be in politics in any way, shape or form at the ensuing election. When my term expires, said he, T will fit up law office and settle down to a more peaceful and quiet life
 Hon. W. D. Jooes has most eff. eiently and satisfactorily perform ed the duties of county judge four successive terms-eigbt years-and there is no ore in this community. who has ever accomplished the du- ties devolviug there so perfec, ,ly and with such excellent judgment.
 We wish for Judge Jones even greater success than be has previ- ouslY attained in his chosen profes. sion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
HELLO, MONTICELLO!
Iae Bluff to Have Direct Connee.
 tion With DreW's County Seat.

Pine Bluff is soon TO have direct telephone connections with Monti- cello, Drew county. The voice, when the line is completed, will go via Fordyee.
 4 telephone promoter, who has put in several local phone systsms in towns in this section during the past year, will build the line. The wark has already begun.
 The Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone Company's long distance line is already extended to Fordyee aud the new line to Monticello will copnect with the Southwestern 8 line at Fordyce and thereby give us 2 6irect speech to Monticello and other points that the line touches ssA route. A system of telephones vii be put in at Fordyce by the 'promoter in charge of the work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
CLERKS CAN'T COMBINE
c. M. Mosher, the Organizer, Leaves
 as Emp y-Handed as He Came.

c. M. Mosher, the man who came here recently in the interest of the Clerks International Protective Association and for tte special pur- pose of arranging a clerks union in this city, has gone. He made sey. eral attempts while in our city to organize the clerks into body or union, but the clerks of Pine Bluff didn't take to the proposition. A gentleman who is employed by a well known and prominent local firm said to a Graphic reporter today, Clerks that have as good and con- s:derate eu p overs as we have do not need to be mem bers of a union, which in my opinion creates more trouble among clerks and their em. ployers than good. We are closing at 630 now, and ] do oot think the clerks of our city nave any kick coming.
 Mir. Mosher held several meetings while here, but none of them bore fruit.
 Mr. Lazarus Fies has taken uP the matter. however, and will make another attempt to perfect organi- zation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
UNITED STATES MAIL
Burned in Cotton Belt Wreck
 Pine Blufians May Be Losers.

Considerable complications in the postal world have resulted from the wreck. which occurred at Paragould on :he evening of January 31. The wreck was naused, as our readers will remember, by a collision of an Iron Mountain passenger and a Cotton Belt freight train. la this wreck Engineer Grant, of Jonesbo- TO, was killed instantly.
 A mail car was burned and a great part, if not practically all, of the mail was consumed by the flames.
 The mail car burned had just come out of Helena with mail for all sections, and if any of our mer- chants or people generally have not heard from correspondents, the trouble will probably be located right in that wreck.
 The Helena World, of very recent date, says
 "The First National Bank of this city is probably reapins more trou ble in the matter than anyone else. That bank sent out between $30, GOO aud $40, 900 worth of exchange and drafts that day. and will in all prob- ability continue to be reminded of the wreck for some days to come, as it will take some time to straighten the tangle and duplicate the paper, The large drafts were promptly du. plicated aud sent out Saturday, less tLan three days after the wreck, but some of the smaller pieces are apt to remain out for quite while.
 Some of the letters in this mail were charred ard scorched badly without being entirely de- stroyed, and some have been returned by postmasters to send. CTS. Tie First National received a few in badly dilapidated condition, drafts, etc, burned in two or three places, and in various other stages of ruin. The narrow escape that some letters had from the fire was proven by an answer received by MT. 5. L. Lyford. A Chicago firm acknowledged receipt of exchange sent them, and returned the envelope in which it came, to show what a closa call the fire gave it. The ,en. velope was burned all around the edges and just barely holding to- gether.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09

Our goods are fresh. Opr prices are reasonable. Our delivery is quick-Knox X Smart.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
Now Think About Your Health

In the warmer weather of spring you should he strong and in robust health, sour blood pure and your Appetite good. Otherwise you will be in danger of serious Illness. Puri- fy and enrich your blood with Hood s sSarsaparilla and thus prepare for spring" The medicine makes rich, redtblood and gives vigor and vitali- sty
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09

Mir. J. A. Bain, of Redfeld, is a visitor in the city today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09

The valuable bird dog belonging to Mir E. c. Arnold was run down and killed by Cotton Belt switch engine at Main street and Third ay- tnue Thursday afternoon. It at tempted 10 cross the street, but was too slow and was crushed to q pulp. Mir Arnold owned two dogs. They were together when the aeei- dent occurred. The fortunate one Of the two ran to MT. Arnold's place of business and wept as bit terly as if it was human being. Mr. Arnold knew something was wrong and few moments after wards friend told him of the aeei- dent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09

Dr. L 3. Raschbaum has eeen quite sick for the past few days. Hf had a severe hemorrhage Thursday but is some better today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09
4 LIVE WIRE
Causes Much Excitement Also Trouble
 to a Telephone Company.

Much excitement was caused early Thursday evening among the subscribers of the Southwestern Telephone Company in this city by an accident winch happened to the lines and which is causing the line men in the employ of that company much work and annoyance today.
 In some unaccountable manner a live wire came in cor tact with a telephone wire, melted the sorter in the automatic arrester and threw the entire line open. Every phone in the city, over 750 ir number, was effected. The bells rang on every old phone ip the city and naturally every body answered. Many received severe shocks and the young ladies at the exchange were rushed with inquiries, etc.
 The accident threw oyer 100 phones out of use, but Mir. Powell is doing everything possible to re pair all the burned fuses today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-09

w. II. Miller, a prominent planter of Cummins. IS business visitor il the city today.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-21
The First Born is Favored

Professor Arenfeld, in the "Rsvista
Moderna," says that most men of gen.
Jus are firstborn or second sons.
Luther. SchOpenhauer, Dante, Ra-
phael, Da Vinci, Heine. Goethe. Shell
ley, Milton, Byron, Leopard, Moliere,
Carlyle and Rossini, among many 9th
ers, were all first born or only sons.
Beethoven, Cuvier. Michael Angelo
Rousseau, Pascal and Garibaldi were
second sons. The professor further
states that the third son may be an
eminent person. but that a fourth
fifth or sixth child VIII never be a
shining light. However, for the con
ISOLATION of the youngest sons of large
families, 1t is further stated that after
the sixth child, the rest may again be
come men OF talent
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-21
Kahookano Case Discussed--S Sanitary
Regulations Extended--Price
On ProphyIactic.
**** + 4 80

No plague appeared in Honolulu yes
terday. One case OF sickness is being
closely watched although It is not yet
considered suspicious. John Hurley
living on Vineyard street, near the
Queen hotel, Is the man who is being
watched; he has a large swelling in
the eight grain, not in the immediate
spot where buboes are looked for, how
ever; his temperature Is moderate and
his pulse fair. A guard has been placed
az the door OF the house merely as a
precaution. DR.. Cooper Is the attend
ing physician. Dr. Wood said late last
night that Hurley was an old white
man, who had developed a bubo by
sprining himself in lifting trunk
He said It was not a case OF plague;
the guard had been placed there 10 keel
people from running in and out or the
house. DR.. Jobe has also visited the
man and declares there Is nothing sus-
picious in the case.
RI. VI. Levy. the Hawaiian hotel clerk
and the Chinaman. Seu Kan, from Iwi
lei. are both getting along very well
Levy has not yet been officially declar
ed a plague patient nor has 1t yet beer
definitely decided that he has not thu
disease. Seu Kan has been inoculateC
with ten doses OF the plague serum.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-21
AT THE oRPHEUM.
The Minstrels Continue to Draw
Crowded Houses Nightly.

It certainly seems more like old
times, now that the Orpheum is again
in full blast. One good thing about
the house is the fact that practically
every cent paid for admission remains
bn the town. Vaudeville artists are
proverbially spendthrifts, and who ever
heard of coon" keeping money? Ho-
gan and his Ministries. from cream to
chocolate, have made a decided and
deserved hit, and there seems no sign
of dimlnution of public interest in
them.
The Trocadero quartet are doing
capital work, the voices are well bal
anced, while precision and shading
render them one OF the treats of the
program. Miss Ringgold, who only
left the hospital just before the COM
pany sailed, has apparently regained
her strength and successfully proves
her right to the title Of worlds cham
piOn buck and wing danseuse. All of
the Kentucky five are good, the gentle
man with the elastic countenance
who successfully holds down the end
mans chair, till Hogan arrives. and
programmed as Master Livers, IL making
quite hit with his versatility. The
dramatic ability shown by many OF the
members, especially Misses Bradley
and Price with Chenault, speaks well
for the promised Uncle Toms Cabin
to be presented later. 1t Is hard "a
imagine Hogan playing a serious role
| but the Australian press gives him
/ great credit for his performance OF
| Uncle Tom" Seats continue selling
/ rapidly for this and next week.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-21

dollars be charged for administering
the prOphylactic."
Hatch seconded the motion. which
was unanimously carried.
Clothing Ruined by Sulphur.
Dr. Wood: Il have a report TO make
on sulphur fumigation. have been
over TO look through several OF the
houses in the quarantined block m the
rear Of the Judiciary building. These
houses have been fumigated. and ]
found that all the clothes. bedding.
mosquito netting, curtains, hangings,
etc. have been utterly ruined by the
sulphur fumes. In some cases the ma
terial has been simply rOtted. while
handsome cOunterpanes and valuable
hangings are discolOred and worthless.
I told the owners 10 draw up lists OF
the damaged articles with their values
noted and send them in TO the Board
of Health as IL is entirely the Board
fault that the things have been spoil
ed"
Hatch: 1T is. Of course. a great
hardship. but it is not in our jurisdic-
ton to decide as to the payment for
the damaged goods
Petition Tor Restaurant inspector
DR.. Wood: Il have here a petition
relative TO the inspecting of restaur-
ants. The petition is signed By a
, large number of persons. will read
it,"
, Honolulu. March Is, 1900.
, To the President and Members of the
Board Of Health. Honolulu, II. l.
! The undersigned residents of Homo
lulu believe that it is OF importance 70
the health of the community that an
!, inspector be appointed TO visit the va
q rious poi shops, restaurants and coffee
shops from time TO time and see that
), the same are kept clean and sweet and
free from the usual conditions that
are found in such shops.
o As the Hawaiian population depend
upon poi. and the majority of then
: purchase il from the nearest shop &c
: their residence irrespective of the con
e ditiOns under which it is made. we be
q lieve IL is of special Importance fol
their protection that careful inspection
Z be made.
e We believe that Mr.. A. NJ Mellii
e could do the work of inspection in ;
satisfactory manner.
s Hatch THE inspecting Of the res
u taurants should be in the hands Of ont
u Of the regular officers Of the Board;
should think it would be the duty o
q the corps OF inspectors w1ich We EN-
IS ploy to attend to matters of this kind.
lie The Board adjourned shortly befor
: 4 O'Clock to meet again tomorrow aft
a ernoon.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-21
Petition for Restaurant Inspectc

Dr. Wood: Il have here a petitio
relative 20 the inspecting of restau
ants. The petition is signed By
large number of persons. I will req
it,"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-03-21

dollars be charged for administering
the prOphylactic.'
Hatch seconded the motion. which
was unanimously carried.
The evening times., 1900-01-13
A MEAT WAR ON.
Philadelphia Wholesalers TO Fight
the Chicago Houses


PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13.-There is con-
sternation in the ranks of the wholesale
meat dealers of the city, and war is about
to be waged on several of the large Chi
cago meat houses doing business here. Ac-
cording to the statements of the whole
salers, who are known as middlemen or
jobbers they have lost thousands of dol
lars worth of business in the last month.
being the cause.
They claim that these firms have been
carrying on for month or so a consum-
ers' business. They have been selling di-
rectly to the consumer from the boxes"
and at prices the wholesalers are unable
TO meet. The wholesalers rely almost en-
tirely upon the trade with the hotels cafes
restaurants, and boarding and apartment
houses. Il is estimated that these estab-
lishments in the city buy several million
dollars worth of meat every year. It is
TO these customers that, it is alleged, the
firms in question have been selling meats
at lower prices than at which the whole
salers are able TO buy it.
This is the cause of the CONSERVATION
among the wholesalers, and the reason
that war is about to be waged. The mid
dlemen claim that if these firms persist in
supplying the consumers it will drive them
out of business, for it is impossible for
them to sell meat at IL cents a pound
when consumers can buy il for 10 cents.
which price. the wholesalers saw is one
half cent lower than they can buy il. even
in large quantities.
The evening times., 1900-01-13
DEATH OF MAJOR GUTHRIE.
Veteran of Two Wars Passes Awa,
i'm Buffalo

BUFFALO, y. Y. Jan. 13-Maior John
b. Guthrie, Of the Fifteenth Regiment.
formerly of the Thirteenth Regiment L.
s A, and the military representative of
the United States Government at the PAN
American Exposition, died at his home in
this city shortly before o'clock last night
from neuralgia of the heart. He was i'll
only few days He had lived in Buffalo
since 1894. and in officers quarters at Fort
Potter until recently.
Major Guthrie was ifty-six years old.
He left his home in Cincinnati 10 enlist
with the Kentucky Volunteers in the .ivil
war, and when mustered out on June IS.
1864, was a second lieutenant. He enlisted
with the Fighting Thirteenth" July %,
1866, and was captain of Company A. He
was in all the fights of the regiments with
the Indians. He was wounded while lead
ing his company up San Juan Hill. and
when he returned from the Sparish-Amer-
lean war on July ~ last he was on sick
leave. He was assigned 10 Havana and
mustered out with the entire Eighth Army
Corps. Then he went TO Washington vas
promoted to major and assigned TO the
Fifteenth Regiment.
The evening times., 1900-01-13
THE FRENCH MARRIAGE LAWS
The state Department Defines the
Status of Welded Women.

The American Embassy at Paris has re-
ceived a number of enquiries lately re-
specting the status of American women
who have married Frenchmen, and the
State Department, at the suggestion of the
Embassay at Paris. gave out the following
statement today:
American women who have become the
wives Of Frenchmen. and subsequently
have been deserted, have peculiar status
before the law OF France.
The French law of marriage provides
that marriage contracted by French citi-
zens in foreign countries are valid If cele
brated according to the forms habitual in
those countries. provided they conform TO
the requirements of the French code with
respect TO age. prior marriage, kinship.
parental consent and consent of the
parties.
If however. these formalities have been
disregarded the deserted wife still can
claim recognition IL she was twenty-five
years of age and her husband twenty-five
at the time of the marriage. and IL there
was no manifest intention to evade the
provision OF the French law.
Under these conditions the alliance
would be known by the courts as a putative
marriage The effect Of which would be
notwithstanding the invalidity of the mar
riage TO give the wife the status OF a
legally married woman. and the children
the right to bear the name of the father.
They could also inherit the fathers
estate. The French law would further give
the putative wife the right OF alimony, and
would enable her to enforce such a claim
not only against her husband. but. in the
event of his inability against his relatives.
An American wife of French husband
who has proved unfaithful, therefore, is
properly protected by the law of France
and the husband is released from none of
his obligations. II he should, under these
remarry in France he would
be liable to sentence for bigamy In the
cotEts of his own land if it could but be
shown he was over twenty-five years of
age at the time of his first marriage, and
had entered into that contract in Cd
faith -
The evening times., 1900-01-13
The Oldest Machine Tool.

(From the Casters Magazine)
There can be very little doubt that the pot
ter's wheel. or potter's lathe, as il is also
termed, represents today the most ancient form
Of machine tool known. Among the many scuip-
tured records of the trades and occupations which
SO yividly represent the customs and habits of
the ancient Egyptians the potter and his wheel
have been found frequently depicted, and it is
curious to note that through the almost countless
generations since that time this crude type Of
lathe has undergone no material modification.
The primitive form evidently a small round
table. set on a pivot, and free 10 revolve, being
turned by hand at intervals, and to this device
there We're added in the course of time such
simple conyeniences as table TO support and
foot or a hand power turning arrangement,
displaced, in recent years, in possibly few
isolated cases by actual engine power driving.
In general use, however, the potter's wheel of
the present time bears all the characteristics of
the one which, four thousand years or more ago,
served 10 out pottery attesting unsurpassable
fssfp nd cl,i
The evening times., 1900-01-13
RUBBER IN MEXICO.
A Report on Its Culture and the
Profits Derived.

In answer to a request for information
from a resident of Kentucky. Vice and
Deputy Consul General Hardy writes from
Mexico to the State Department:
Land suited to the growth Of rubber
can be had anywhere from 81 to SIS per
acre The titles will be found vested in
private ownership; none are in the gov
ernment. The land will in all cases be a
dense jungle. Cacao, pineapples, and ba-
nanas can be grown as we'll as rubber
Prairie or grass land is not adapted to this
product.
Rubber may be planted from branch
cuttings. root cuttings and from trees
grown in the nursery from seeds. From
$50 to 800 trees are set 10 the acre and
they are tapped anywhere from FIVE to
fifteen years after planting, according to
the locality.
Under the most favorable conditions a
tree Will yield an average of one to two
pounds of rubber. The present market
price at Frontera is S144 Mexican (about
81 cents in United States currency) per
pound. The tree is long lived and the
production increases with age No ma
chinery is required for handling the p,,n,
The rubber plantations of Mexico. as a
rule, are remote from centres of population.
they are always thinly inhabited. Oriental
labor must be imported. The approximate
wage is 81 silver az cents goId) per day.
knowledge of the language of the country
is desirable for person about to engage
in the cultivation of rubber
"As to the comparative cost of living in
the United States and Mexico. | will saw
that if a man is content to live in Mexico
as the natives live he can exist very
cheaply; but if he desires to live here i'm
the manner to which he is accustomed in
the United States-eat the same food. pre-
pared in the same way--it will cost him a
great deal more than at home
The rubber tree of Mexico is found
growing from the Guatemalan boundary as
far north as Tuxpan on the Gulf Coast. and
as far north as Colina on the Pacific Coast.
The maturity of the tree and it's production
are measured by the quantity and uniform
distribution of the rainfall, together with
high temperature throughout the year i'm
low attitudes. Localities of 100 and 200
inches of rainfall distributed over eight or
ten months in the year enjoy the best con-
ditions, although rubber does grow where
they have six months of rain and six
months of dry weather; but in these locaIi-
ties, it requires from twelve to fifteen years
for the tree to mature. while in districts
with an ample rainfall it will flower within
five or six years"
The evening times., 1900-01-13
SATURDAY. JANUARY 10, 1900.
The ContagiousneSs of Example.

Everybody knows where the midwinter
dog day muzzle ordinance had its inception!
The idea was born when Thomas B. Reed
enacted the rules by which every member
of the House OF Representatives was re-
quired to be securely muzzled in way ef-
fectually TO prevent speaking or objecting.
The force of example is easy to detect in
this case, and. we apprehend, viii be found
TO operate in others.
The thought is suggested by the neat
and effective manner in which the law and
order forces of St. Louis society marched
upon their city council, Friday night and
with muzzles and halters in their hands
compelled a promise of municipal reform.
and immediate compliance with a demand
for remedial legislation
We are inclined TO think that this St.
Louis episode may have far-reaching con-
sequences. II may act as the pebble drop
ped in The pond and start concentric lines
of wavclets which viii wash against more
han a few places where there are alder
manic doodle" tendencies. and communi-
ties in lined to resent local ring govern
menJ such an example Is always likely
TO be contagious: 50 likely that il would
not be particularly amazing if Jhe phila-
delphia Qnakers were 40 adjourn from
their seve al meeting houses some day.
and. sEcoping down on The Republican
machine .oCtas. no have made the City
of BIoJhe.ly Love a place OF bribery. cor
rupticu. and distinctly criminal politics,
shove few hundred of The offenders into
the ScsuyIljll River. The water Of that
stream is 50 had now mat the acJ could
not make il much less potable.