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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-05
PHOTOGRAPHS AS PROOFS.
They Are About as Conclusive as Figures
 That Never LIe."

Speaking of freak photographs, said an old newspaper man, reminds me of singular little incident About three years ago, if you remember, a story went the rounds of the papers that flying machine had been seen maneuyering in the air at number of different places in the middle west. Some of the reports seemed to be well authenticated, and it was certainly strange that the same yarn should come from so many widely separated points. One day while the thing was being generally talked about, certain big journal received a photograph from a town in Nebraska showing an enor- nous cigar-shaped machine caught in the top of a huge oak tree. According to the story that accompanied the pie ture the aerial nayigators had at tempted to land and fell foul Of the oak There was 10 doubt as to the genuineness of the tree in the photo, and it was at first thought that the machine had been painted in,' which is an old trick with pictorial fakers. When an expert was called in, how ever, he declared positively that the picture had not been doetored, and on the strength of his opinion a reproduce ton was printed How the trick was done afterward leaked out. It seems the photographer first took separate picture of a small pasteboard model of a flying machine, which was only about a foot long One of the beauties about photography is that you can make everything the same size, and the photo of the model was as big as the photo of the tree. The model was then cut out of the picture with pair of scissors and pasted on top of the branches Of the oak. and new photo graph was taken of the combination. Il was the most deeeptiYe-looking job l ever laid my eyes on. New Orleans Democrat.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-05
nn.u.r Nlahes 1naenenaenes.

The Norwegians have taken another step forward to entire independence of Sweden. The popular party has just drawn up it's program, and it's essen tial point is independence to be brought about by means of 3 separate Norwegian ministry for foreign affairs and a separate Norwegian consular system. This leaves the king the only bond of union between the two states, and will be strenuously resisted by him, on the reasonable ground that it may compel him to sanction two directly opposed lines of pol icy. If England and Russia. for example. were at war. the king as a Swede might be an ally of Great Britain, and as Norwegian her en- emy. The probability, therefore, is that he will continuously veto the bill ordering the separation. and will at last be confronted with the decIara- ton that Norway is a republic.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-05
THRIFT OF A CLERGYMAN.
Letters Whose Backs He Used for Copy
 Made Amuting Reading.


 Habits of thrift are generally con- mendable, but sometimes they give cause for amusement without the per son practicing them being aware of It. This was the case recently with we'll known clergyman, whose church is one of the most fiourishing of it's denomi- nation in the city This clergyman re- ceives salary of $6,000 year and has in addition a comfortable income of his own. He is a liberal giver to many charities, lives in handsome brown-stone house, and apparently has less reason for economy than the average citizen, yet he has one habit perhaps better, one idiosyncrasy-that might we'll be taken as an indication of poverty by those who did not know the clergyman. With inborn Scotch thrift the minister makes use Of the blank side of letters he receives when they are written "on one side only He was recently asked to prepare an article for a magazine. In due time the manuscript reached the editor, eacn page OI It WEllGGu Ou b1O oesSA- of an old letter, and it was only too evident that he had paid no attention to whether or not the letters were or personal character. The letters fur nished a rather curious commentary on the sort of letters metropolitan clergyman receive. Among them were: A notice from an insurance company that his policy had lapsed owing to the non-payment of $156 premium. A note from the general passenger agent of a railway refusing his request that pass from New York to Chicago be given to a poor brother in the min- istry An appeal from 8 poor widow for money 10 pay her rent and keep her from being dispossessed. 4 letter from a broker. who was one of his con- gregation, advising him 10 invest in 8 certain stock. as it was certain to be "a good thing 4 criticism of one of his sermons from one of the pillars of the church. \ receipt showing that he had paid for the license of his dog. New York Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-05
Dublin Visited by a Cyclone.

Dublin Ireland. was visited by a regular cyclone recently. which did q good deal Of damage in the city. The cycloHie character Of the storm may be judged by the marked course it took. passing over a narrow breadth h one street the driver of a hearse was blown of his seat and only for some people holding on to the hearse t would have been over with the coffin X it was. some of the mourning coaches were capsized, as were several eabs Ia the street. \ number of houses Were blown down and rooSs taken off by the storm which Was one of the moss ss- we're ever experienced in Du5lia
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-05

Boat Leaves Memphis every Tues day at5 !, 6
 saat ieaSss Pine Rla5s e7e~r Fri Jag ef3I a. H.
 leat s#2ssest rates frea aHd ta all points
 1.eiepu51o No. fs.r aerfgaf f= TIE Ali 5 I.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-05
1ohn Wesley the Great Man.

From scribner's for December: No man lived nearer the center than John Wesley. Neither Give nor Pitt. neith- CT Mansfield nor Johnson. You can not cut him out of our national fife No single figure influenced 50 many minds, no single voice touched so many hearts No other man did such q nfe's work for England As a writer he has not achieved distinction he was no Athanasias. no Augustine. he was ever a preacher and an organizer | la borer in the service of humanity. bat happily for us bis journals remain. and from them we eaa learn better than from anywhere ess what manner of man he was, and tas character of tAe times during whiea he lived aaa moYed and had lis being.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-05
AIastaaen. in Hearer Dams.

The discovery Of the remains Of q mas5edon near Newburgh. New York. last summer. recalls the fact that the best preserved skeleton of one Of these huge animals now to be found in our museums was also discovered in a marsh hear &ewburgh. That part of the Hudson Valley appears to have been a fav0rjte haunt for these Ameri- can elephants. Inspection of the place where the latest discovery was made emphasizes The fact that beavers were contemporaries of the mastodons and that beager-dams were as perilous as qeieksands for the massive beasts who gentured to set foot in them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-05
NaLLsa En LII. slaa..

Bernard Bennett of Jamaica |. l.. who has been confined to Dis bed for toHF years with paralysis 20 complete That ae is unable go move ab0at is never. hatsss able s0 wafk in lis sleep Eais ability las just been discovered 5$ t#1e m#A Ez Wao fouad him ga- .aa eQ@a stairs When he was aWak- f0ed sfser 6atug le8 ta his led 6a was again unable t3 move
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-05
Early Days ef Colorado Mining.


 As illustrating the local conditions at the time of the commencement of operations by the pioneer smetter= ia Colorado, it may be stated that every single brick used in its construction cost $1. having te be brought by wagon about 600 niles from the nearest point on the Missouri river, and to that point by railroad from St. Louis; the iron cost 2 cents per pound the pay of skilled labor was $s per day and of common labor g. per day. and the charge for smelling ranged from S20 to $45 per ton. There was no railroad nearer than the Missouri river. about 600 miles away; wagon transportation was high. as also were all the necessa- ries of life. Moreover, the matte the product of tbe plant in the absence of any local means Of separating or refining. had to De hauled to the Ms sogfi river in wagons. thence by rail- road to New York, and taeaee to Swansea. Wales, where it was sepa- rated and the gold. silver and copper refined. Today there are nine smelt- Ing plants in Colorado. The aggregate jaily capacity is 4.500 tons. and about I996 men are employed Engineering tIagazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-05
VIII Develop Japanese Mines.

The Japanese government intends to introduce in the next session Of tae dfes 3 law freeing foreigners from al re- strietjons ia regard t9 the mining husi- ness ia Japan. The existing law pro hibiss them from becoming saaHaA0Id- CTS or partners tn any mining com pany. By the new law saca provision will he entirely done away witch. It is evident that the government is begin ning to realize that foreign capital will not come into the country unless for eign ownership privileges are first con eeded. Mining enterprises requiring especially large amounts of capital. such privileges will now probably be granted. And il is likely taat they will ultimately be extended to cover foreign ownership of real estate and industrial shares. Iii quite evident that the min ing resources of the empire are in an undeYeloped state, and that they are arousing a growing interest and atten- ton.
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lt is I'm possible
 to Get Away

from the faef that ia I90o H hi!e other butchers changed their shops. And he name If other meat firms
 fogs. Peddler7 hanl their stuff thra' mud a8d st0a. Sui fse people know fhaf= =tp tHe old reliable They Fe always got to go. To get the meat that j- desirable.
 tITY MEAT MARKET
 2i0 " est Second. B. ?. Holmes. Prop.
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Man at the Fish Marker.

From Life. Man at the fish mar ket-Ihe mackerel are running very staail thls season. ma'am. Young Housekeeper-I suppose it's on account of Fhe dry weather.
Washington sentinel., 1900-07-07

TUBERCULOSIS AND Cow Milk
Details Of an interesting expert
ment TO determine to what extent
tuberculosis is transmissible
through the use of milk are given
in the annual report OF the Con-
necticut Agricultural Experiment
Station 5torrs. -Four condemned
cows which had responded to the
tuberculine test and had shown
other Evidences Of tuberculosis,
were placed at the disposal of the
station. Milk from these animals
was fed to eight calves, three of
the young being the progeny OF
the afflicted cows, for peri DDS vary
ing from three to sixteen months
and not one OF these calves devel-
oped tuberculosis during the test.
Nearly six months after the feed
ing period with milk was ended,
one OF the eight animals responded
to the test. A post mortem ex-
animation showed a few tubercles
in one OF the pharyngesl glands Of
the throats. Had the disease been
produced by the milk it is believed
that it would have appeared first
in the digestive tract.
The conclusion .relched by the
experimenters is that "the danger
from the spread Of tuberculosis
through the milk OF COWS 20 man
or to other animals is not as great
as has generally been supposed" "
Washington sentinel., 1900-07-07
TRADE HINTS FROM our
CONSULS ABROAD.

GERMAN SAMPLE Room IN Con
srANTINOPLE.-A sample room oi
German wares is about to be
opened in Constantinople, says
Walter Schumann, United States
Consul at Mainz.
The selling terms vary accord
ing to the articles. Metals, such
as copper, lead, zinc, iron, steel,
etc, are as a rule sold tor cash,
whereas six months time must be
granted on sales Of textile goods,
etc.
In the trade with Constantinople,
terms play an important role, in
view OF the fact that the merchant
there sells his goods in the interior
Of ASA Minor on credits OF ten or
even twelve months, and conse-
quentlY can not pay cash in buy
ing.
The following are among the
articles for which there is a good
market in Constantine pie: Silks,
velvets; silks, wooden, and linen
plushes; umbrella covering (silk
and cottonl, cloth, hosiery and
underwear, merinos and coatings,
calicoes, hannels, shawls, uphol-
stery goods, needles and pins,
thread and twine, ielt and straw
hats, imi atoms Of English tapes
try, enameled ware, tinware, cheap
knives, cheap scissors, hammers,
files, hatchets, ETC.; furniture,
stoves, lamps, drugs, machinery
and mineral oil, etc.
Prices are Of prime importance.
II an article is expensive, it cannot
be sold in the Orient.
Washington sentinel., 1900-07-07
500 Reward, 500.

The readers Of this paper will be
plea ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure IN all its stages and that is
CatarGh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity CataTrh being a constitu-
tional disease, requires a constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces Ofthe system,
thereby destroying the foundation Of
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature n doing its work
The proprietcrs have so much faith in
its curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that il
fails TO cure Send for list oftestlmonials,
Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 7sc.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Washington sentinel., 1900-07-07
o. II. Hoover,

100 Ninth street NV, deals in foreign
and domestic cigars, and has always on
hand Havana, Kew West and home made
cigars whose quality and flavor appeal
to the most refined tastes, Departmental
and Congressional trade solicited.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04
SHEETS OF WATER.
A CIoudburst Floods the City Of
Waco, Tex, Destroying Property
and Drowning Eight Persons.

Waco, Tex, April 2s.-A cloudburst
accompanied by high wind, descended
upon this city at noon Friday, and the
result is that eight people are known
to have persisted in the city limits and
property valued at several thousand
dollars has been destroyed or injured.
The known dead are: Mrs. Nancy
Caudle, Miss Clara Caudle, Rosa Chap
man, Emma Decker, Thomas Capps,
Frank Walker, two negro men, names
unknown.
The business streets were converted
into rivers. Such flood was never be-
fore seen here. The rain resembled a
succession of cloudbursts. Easements
were flooded on Franklin and Washing
ton streets and on Austin avenue.
Waco creek, on the south side of the
city, and Barrons branch, on the
north side, poured their surplus water
toward the center of the city and
formed a sea in the business center.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04
CITIES SWEPT BY FLAMES.
Fire Starts in Hull, Quebec, and
Z Leaps Across River Into City
of Ottawa, Ontario.
HEIGHB0RING TOWNS ALSO DAMAGED,


Ottawa, Ont, April 27.-Five square
miles of territory burned over, more
than $500 dwellings, factories, mills,
stores and other buildings destroyed,
entailing a loss estimated to reach $780,
100000, and between $4,000 and $4,000
men, women and children homeless, is
summing up of the havoc wrought by
the fire which has been raging at Hull
and in Ottawa since II o'clock Thurs
day morning, and at midnight was not
completely under control. Most of the
lumber piles in Ottawa and Hull have
disappeared, and are now mere heaps
of charred wood and ashes. Half a
dozen churches and schools, number
of mills, the Hull waterworks, the Hull
courthouse and Jail, the post Office, the
convent almost every business place,
and about 1000 dwellings and shops in
Hull have been destroyed. Indeed,
practically nothing of Hull is left but a
church and few houses beyond it.
Neighboring Towns Burned.
The neighboring villages of Hinton
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04

administration of our president, William
Mckinley, under which new luster has
been added to our arms, and unparalleled
increase of wealth and prosperity secured
to the country, and we rely upon our party
to deal with and solve the problems that
have come to us as result of the Spanish
war in a manner that will reflect credit
upon the party and rebound to the honor
and strength of the nation.
The administration of Gov. Edward
Scofield is also Endorsed.
Indianapolis, Ind, April 27.-In con-
vention in this city the republicans
nominated Col. Winfield T. Durbin, OF
Anderson, for governor, and a full state
ticket, and named as delegates at large
to the national convention United
States Senators Fairbanks and Bever.
idge, Gov. Mount and Charles 8. Hern.
ley, chairman of the republican state
central committee. The platform in,
dorses the administration of President
Mckinley and favors his denomination
and also Endorses the administration
of Gov. Mount.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04

children in Minnesota and the Dako-
tas, collected by the Minneapolis Jour
nal and 1876 country dailies and weekly
newspapers. The idea was suggested
and the fund was started by Archie
Cadzow, a lad of 16 living at Rosemount,
Mimi, who brought the watch to Wash
ington and assisted at the presentation.
The watch, chain and seal are made
of gold mined in the Philippines and
gun metal taken from the tip of tor
pedo fired by the Spaniards at Dewey's
flagship at the battle of Manila. The
case is ornamented with the admirars
flag in blue and white enamel. In place
of the figures upon the dial are the let
tiers G-E-O-R-G-E-D-E-W and upon
the lid of the case is an inscription:
presented to Admiral George Dewey
by $4,000 school children of Minnesota
and the northwest, no one of whom
contributed more than penny"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04
NEARLY CRUSHED.
Summary of Conditions in Philip
pines Shows That There LIS Little
Left of the InsurrectiOn.

Washington, April 25.-The military
situation in the Philippines as shown
by the latest mail advices received at
the war department is summarized in
the following statement which was
made public Tuesday at the depart
ment:
ION the LIST of January, 1900. the insur-
rection in the part of LuZon, T. l., en-
bracing the province of Manila and the
provinces to the north of it had collapsed
to the extent that organized resistance to
American control had virtually ceased. A
different state of affairs existed in Ca
vite, Batangas, Laguna, and Tayabas, the
provinces lying Immediately south Of MA
Mia In this territory, the richest and
most populous of the island, the birthplace
of Aguinaldo and the rebellion, the nsur-
gent troops were still intact; had IN fact
been strengthened by accessions fr0En the
north, and as regards equipment, discf-
pline and cohesion were equal, If not SUI
perior, to any that had been raised In sup
port of the insurgent cause.
Gen Otis committed the task of the de-
struction or dispersion of the forces with
in this district to two eXpeditionary br--
gades, commanded respectively by Brig.
Gems. Wheaton and Schwan. In and about.
the two towns of Bacoor and linus, in
northern Cavite, there were and long had
been insurgent bodies of considerable size,
some of which had actually besieged our
garrisons in those towns. These tnsurgent
bodies Gen. Wheaton'S command attacked
and completely routed on January last
Further disintegration of the rem
nants of this force fell to the lot of Gen.
Schwans brigade. In the course of its
campaign his troops covered $50 miles,
fought 80 combats and established per-
manent garrisons in q towns within this
district
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04
STATE CONVENTIONS.


Harrisburg, Pa, April &c. = The re-
publican state convention was heid
yesterday. The following is an alb
stract of the platform:
1t reafirms the last national repub-
ican platform: il indofse6 the pres
ent administration and instructs the
national delegates for Mckinley. The
country Is congratulated that the
money question no longer dtsturps
business conditions. and adds that the
gold standard is now accepted as the none
tary unit of value. The election of United
States senators by the people is favored.
The convention declares its continued be-
lief In the political and personal integrity
OF ex-senator Quay and records Its f1rm
conviction OF the governors right TO APP
point him to a seat in the United States
senate. Senator Penrose is also commend
ed.
Columbus, o., April 26.-The repub-
ican state convention yesterday adopt
ed a platform a synopsis of which fol-
lows:
Strongly indorses the administration of
President Mckinley and demands for him
another term.
Sustains the president and congress in
legislation enacted for the country's for
eign possessions, and advocates for them
ma terial advantages in the way of schools,
security for life, liberty and property, and
for the Largest degree of self-government
for which they are fitted
The following nominations were
made by reclamation.
Secretary of state, L. C. Laylin; supreme
judge, John A. Shank; school commission
er, Lewis D. Bonebrake; member of the
board of public works, Charles A. God
dard.
Milwaukee, April 26.-The republic
an state convention chose four del
egates to the national convention and
adopted a platform which says in part:
1--WE indorse the strong and progressive
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04

To gain control of all the auto
mobile manufacturing and transpor-
tation companies, Philadelphia and
other capitalists have organized the
Anglo-American Rapid Vehicle Co., and
steps are now being taken to ANAL
gamate the various concerns in a gi-
gantic trust. w. w. Gibbs, president
of the Pennsylvania Electric Vehicle
Co., is president of the Anglo-Amer,
lean Co. The capital stock is $75,o0o,,
900, all of which is common stock, di-
yided into 100000 shares of the par
value of 500 each.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04

Turkey is a very interesting mis-
sion," says Hon. Oscar S. Straus,
minister to Turkey. Turkey is the
only country, excepting China, where
the American minister has to look
after the cxtra-territorial rights of
Americans. In this capacity the min
lister has judicial powers. There are
not very many Americans who get
iuto trouble, but constantly arising
are questions which involve their
rights and have to be settled by the
minister. The missionaries furnish
considerable of this class of business u
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04

Last summer the flannel suit be-
came for the first time in New York
an article for general city wear. 1t
had previously been confined to coun-
try use, but English tailors sending
over these garments in dark colors,
made them popular in town. In all
probability many more of them will
be seen this summer. They have the
advantage of being somewhat cheaper
than serge or the cloths customarily
used, and they possess the merit of
EghtneSS
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04

M. Pallex, the French sculptor, has
finished a model in wax of the sword
to be presented by M. Rochefort and
the readers of the Intransigeant, to
Gen. Cronje. The cost of the weapon,
which is to be in solid gold, will be
$4,000. The hilt represents a Boer
soldier strangling leopard, which
carries on it's head, in lieu of a crown,
a shield with the British arms. On
the hilt is the vierkleur. This is to
be in colored enamel.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04
Killed by q Falling ScaffOld.

St. Paul, Mimi, April 2s.-One man
was instantly killed and another Sc
riously injured in an accident at the
new state capitol at two o'clock Fri
day afternoon. Alfred Swanzen, a
mold caster, was killed by the break
ing of scaffold on which he was
working. Frank Thiery, working
with Swanzen, fell and suffered a frac-
ture of the left leg above the knee.
He was removed to the city hospital.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1900-05-04

During the eight years ending June
30, 1899, the net increase of railroad
mileage in Texas, exclusive of yard
tracks and sidings, was 1,O47.92 miles,
an average of about 1a1 miles per
year, or half mile per day. The pc.
Rod referred to represents the time
during which the railroad commission
has been in operation. From present
indications the average bids fair to
be fully maintained and even in
creased in the future.