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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-19
FERGUS & WRIGHT,
PLUMBING.
for Sale or Rent.
Bicycle and General Repairing.
Gas Fitting. Steam Pipe Fitting.
2I3 West Barraque Street.

Monday afternoon on the north
bound Iron Noun tain passenger. He
was conveyed to this city on
stretcher in the baggage car and had
a large bullet hole ia his left shout.
der. One negro man accompanied
the wounded farm hand.
The way Harper came to receive
the wound was about in the follow
ing manner: He is employed on the
Heckatoo plantation and at about 2
p. m. Monday went to Capt. r. r
"Bob' R;ce's store at Warner to
straighten his account. Mr.. n. H.
McPeak, the book keeper, showed
him his bill and Harper denied some
of the items thereon. He was ex-
planned the matter but became very
boisterous and demanded change
Of the account. A dispute arose
and finally hot words were passed.
The negro struck McPeak, who is a
man of very small statue, and con-
tiuued to punish hlpa. McPeaK fn-
ally reached for bis revolver, struck
Harper and the gun was diseharg-
ed. The bullet lodged IN Harper's
left breast rear the shoulder. He
was brought to this city for medical
treatment The wound is not of a
serious nature. The above story is
related just as told US, though Har-
per denied having struck MePeak,
He says McPeak struck him first
and be ran from the building. Nc
Peak, according to Harper's state
ment, pursued him and struck him
over the head with the gun. Up to
the present writing McPeak has not
been arrested. Harper is said to be
quiet, law-abiding farm hand.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-19

Al Emancipation Day celebration
is being held at Stamps today. An
excursion train made up of 10 pas
senger coaches and filled with ne
groes from this city and surround
ing towns left here this morning for
that place. The excursion was
doomed by Mr.. NJ. Adami, the Cot
ton Belts clever travelling represent
tative anu it was d ",.orker." Two
more coaches were decided but they
could not be secured, as cars are
very scarce on the Cotton Belt just
now.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-19
CALLED ON M'KINLEY.
Hon. C. R. Breckenridge Thanked the
President for His Appointment.

A recent Washington dispatch
says:
"Hon. Clifton r. Breckenridge, ex-
am bassador to Russia, accompanied
by bis daughter, after spending sew
eral days in the city, departed yes
terday for New York. While in
Washington he paid a PERSONAL visit
to his old friend. President Mckinley
with when he had a loDgehat. Mr..
breckenridge thanked the president
FIR bis app intment as II member of
the Da wes | dian commission Mr.
Breckinridge, s confirmation by the
senate WIS prompt and hearty, de-
spite some objections sent from Ar
Kansas. Win his daughter he wi
remain in New York City until next
Monday. when he will return to
Washington, and after q short stay
will proceed to Pine Bluff prepare to-
ry to taking up his new duties ia
Indian Territory. Mr.. Breckenridge
was given cordial greeting by
members of both parties, all OF
whom admire him for his worth as
q genuine gentleman, statesman and
diplomat"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-19
FIRE RECORD
Chief senyard Presented His Annual
Report to the City Council.

The report of the fire department
for the year commencing April 1899,
to April 1900. was presented to the
city council ty chief seny ard at it's
meeting Monday night. It is very
brief and reads as follows:
During the year 81 alarms were
turned in as follows;
81 were for fues etc.
20 were for fires which resulted as
partial losses.
13 were for fires which resulted as
total losses.
The insurance companies paid par
tial losses or damages TIC the amount
of So. 2539 80 and for total losses $29. :
$50 80.
There were only three fires at
which flames were not confined to
the building in which they orlginat-
ed and damages to adjoining prop
erty were slight. One of these fires
was two story house on Barraque
street. The water company was
slow in furnishing water and we
were on hand ten or fifteen minutes
before the proper pressure was CIV
en-. Another was at ] II. Neimey-
er's home near the shops. Being cut
Of the city limits e were unable to
get water quickly. The third was
On west Third avenue. The house
burned before the alarm was sent
in.
The annual report Of Mr.. Senyard
gives our people very good idea OF
the status of insurance affairs in this
city. An estimate of the receipts of
the fire companies doing business
here-about IS in number-indicates
very small difference over the losses
When it is considered that the com
panies have to pay their agents, IL
censes and other expenses incidental
to operation, the margin of profit on
business in this city was practically
nothing.
In order to tie more explicit, Mr..
Senyard's figures hereafter should
show the entire fire waste without
regard to the insurance figures.
These figures should be given separ-
ately as an essential part of his re-
port. The report, while it thorough
ly covers the point, would create a
wrong impression in the mind of the
casual observer.
Our fire chief is to be compliment
ed on his enterprise in this matter.
Since his identity with the fire de-
partment, be has done his utmost
to maintain an excellent system,
and at no time has he simply wait
ed for suggestions from the city
dads"
The water company recently made
arrangements, whereby The water
supply will be greatly improved.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-19
commandments sale

In obedience to a decree of the Jefferson
county Chancery Court rend red on the 4th
day of June 1900, in the case of the American
Building & Loan Association of Little Rock,
ct al, plaintiffs, against William T, Stanley Ell
al, defendants, / will on the
t26th Day of June. 1900. q
sell at public aution 70 the hi chest bidder at
the court house door in jefferson county,
Arkansas on credit of three months, the
following lands lying in said county to-wit;
Lot2, block 81, in Woodruff's addition west
and south to the city of Pine BLUFF, except so
feet off of the north side of said LOT. Pur
chaser will be required to give notes bearing
10 per cent interest per annum from date till
paid with approved personal security, and a
lien will be retained on said land to secure
payment of the purchase money.
j. A. LANGFORD, Commissions
Crawford Hueson attys for plaintiffs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-19
BELLwooD CEMETERY.


I am glad to say that the ceme-
terry has been greatly improved dur
ing the past year, and the work now
undertaken by the good women of
cur city will prove of great help in
identifying this "silent city of the
eead. . They are entitled to, and
>hau q receive, the material and Fl,
4n,.a aid of our whole people.
~ laYe Just con- pleted a good and
suoo antial wire fence which has
added much to the appearance OF
this last resting place of our loYed
ones.
Now, in conclusion gentlemen per-
mis me to again thank you for your
uniform kindness to me. Any sue
cess l may have attained during the
year would have been impossible
without your hearty cooperation
and advice. And Ipromise you and
the constituency we all represnte
shat I shall bring to the discharge
of every duty devolving upon me my
very best efforts, pnd to the end
that good government snail charac-
terize the administration of the
city's affairs. I bespeak your con.
tinued hearty cooperation,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-19
One Third of Our Life

is spent in bed. The
bedroom should be cozy, cheerful
and full of comfort. We are max
ing special cut en- chamber sets
which is perfect beauty. The
wood is nicely finished, and each
piece is we'll put togetherand firm.
You may have al offer like this
again, but we doubt it.
BLUFF CITY
FURNITURE co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-19
yicer-ous Cross Exa NINA tion.

ICnt sU0Ia II U.s. Hsk'1 EEAitIF tIUIIs
Does your wife eross-examine you
when you stay out late at night?"
"Worse than that. She encourages
the children to ask questions in her
presence Syracuse Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-19
Annual Message.
CONTINUED from page IL

when completed, will fully answer
the purposes for which it was desig
mated.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31
The Poison ivy Evil.

The efforts of Evanstonians to exc
terminate poison ivy are to be COM.
mended, for 1t is high time that this
weedy enemy was removed from the
path of man. A danger for which
man is responsible that threatens
health will be complained of speedily.
but natural forces are more lightly
regarded. Perhaps the reason for this
Is found in the fact that some people
are impervious to the ivy evil, can
pick it with impunity. and are rather
inclined to scoff at the susceptible suf-
ferers. But to those who have MEN,
cries of the hours of misery that came
unmerited after so innocent a pastime
as picking leaves the subject is serious
and these victims feel that the possi-
bility of others enduring the same kind
of suffering ought TO be removed.
Of course the chief danger is for
those who are unfamiliar with the
foe and whose love of nature is un-
mixed with fear. For such people to
discover that Wordsworth's doctrine
that mature never did betray the
heart that loved her" Is untrue. brings
the same shock that comes to the
country man when he learns of the
poison ivies that grow upon city walls.
1t will be some time before this vicious
vine can be completely exterminated.
but like moral evils it will finally
yield to brave and worthy efforts
Chicago Tribune
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31
Ex.PREsIDENTs FOR ARelTRAToRs
Places in the International Board Offere'
to Mr.. Cleveland and General Harrison.

Places in the International Board offered
to Mr.. Cleveland and General Harrison.
Washington, b. G. tSpeciaD. For
mer Presidents Harrison and Cleve.
land have been asked by President
Mckinley to serve as members Of the
International Board Of Arbitration au-
thorized BY tile treaty Of Tie Hague:
Each of the nations which are par
ties to the treaty Is entitled to four
members Of the board for the settle:
ment Of International differences, and
the names of the other two members
forming the quota Of the United
States will be announced when replies
are received from the former Presi-
dents. So far as is known here the
United States are the first Of the
great Powers to demonstrate good
faith in carrying out the provisions OF
The Hague treaty by the appointment
Of arbitrators.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31
A Advertisements
THE COMMENTED cow.

The placid beeve, to contemplation wed.
Moves lazily along the sunny slope;
Unanchored by CALLING chain or rope.
She swings her tail of soft Venetian red
Until she knocks the hungry horse fly head.
Oyer-heels, and, unannoyed, proceeds to
nope
And MUNICH the mead, or suddenly to
lope
Around the green, by fairy fancy fed,
And kick her hinder members high, joy
fraught,
Meier fondly recking that within time,
As brief as that which scoops or scads
and scoots,
Her lotus dream will crumble into naught.
Zen while her shell shall rise to heights
sublime,
In stews, roasts, buttons, gelatine and
boots.
-R. K Munkittrick, in Puck.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31

Miliet is good to increase the flow of
milk.
Do not use beef cows if you want to
! succeed in dairyihg.
The feeding and milking should be
done at strictly regular intervals.
Milk should be removed to the Try
room soon as drawn from the COWS.
Observe and enforce the utmost
cleanliness about the cows, stables and
dairy utensils.
The time to dehorn calf with any
chemical dehorner is before the horns
grow through the skin.
Wheat is practically of the same
value as barley or corn, pound for
pound, for feed in the dairy.
Clean cheese shalyes thoroughly af-
ter each sale, and no not place new
cheese on them until this is done.
Any xtremes of temperature in the
milk or cream, either freezing or heat
ing, are injurious to the butter made
from it.
One OF the greatest triumphs in but
ter making is to produce an article on
high grade, and have it so without
any variation from quality from day
to day.
If baby separator is used the
milk ought to run through it as soon
as convenient after leaving the udder,
and the cream be afterward properly
,znatured.
PASTURES. yards and all places where
] mich cows are kept should be free
from decaying substances or anything
that will produce noxious smells.
These will reappear in the milk If they
are present.
First-class butter should not carry
any more curd than can possibly be
- Its presence renders deterior-
I((tIon more rapid. Salt is good pre-
servative. but the poorer grades must
| always be avoided, as they are detri-
mental to the keeping qualities of the
utter as well as the flavor and appear
s. lf40
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31
According to Professor L. @. How

According to Professor L. o. How.
ard, Chief of the Bureau of Entomol.
ogy at Washington, the honey indus.
try has shown marked development
in recent years, and there are to-day
more than 100000 persons engaged in
it, the value Of the product being $2O,.
100000. There are 11O apiarian socie
ties and eight journals devoted to the
industry. Much of the honey is ex
ported, England being the chief pur
chaser. Nor has the limit by any
means been reached, as it is esti
mated that the existing fora in the
United States could support with an
equal average profit ten times the
number of bees now in existence.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31
In the Nineteenth Century Il,

In the Nineteenth Century the mat
ter of covering picture with glass is
discussed. At first it was universally
decried. 1t was called clapping "a
window in front of nature In 1850
Mr.. William Russell advised that the
most valuable pictures, the property
of the nation, should be covered with
glass. Certain scientific men were to-
tally opposed to the use of glass. 1t
was declared that the confined air
would become superheated with even
an ordinary rise Of temperature, and
that the the paint would crack and
the varnish scale off, Artists were at
first against glass, believing that the
details Of a picture would be in a
measure lost. Faraday was the strong
est advocate Of glass. In the Dresden
Gallery the use Of glass, it was shown,
had been found advantageous. Finally
the glazing Of the English national
pictures was decided upon. and there
are to-day something like 170O pic,
t,ires under glass.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31
Irrigation Rules.

The Oceanside tCal.) Weekly Blade
prints tie following seven irrigation
rules.
!. The more cultivation the less
water is equired.
2. Irrigation burrows should gener-
ally not be over three inches deep.
8 Do rot let the water lie around
the stems of plants.
4. Do not Cyer-irrigate; two thor
ough soakings a month re usually suf-
ficient.
5. Do not water trees ~r vines when
in blossom, nor until the fruit has
properly set.
6. Irrigate preferably on cloudy days
or at night.
I. Do not apply water when the soil
is hot.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31

n
clean and al It every day, take a
clean barrel to the factory for your
portion of whey. l have known farm
ers to go to the factory to get sweet
whey every forenoon; for immediate
feeding to calves. but the young ami
mails did not particularly thrive OH 1t.
The majority feed it TO their calves
when the whey is tweEty-four hours
old. 1t depend on the receptacle the
swill has been kept in, whether it is
then in a proper state for best results.
If it has Teen stored in filthy whey
domestic animal. In hot weather even
after daily washing and scalding of the
storage tub, care should be taken that
the whey does not get too sour. Keep
it in cool. airy place. Above all, do
not depend on whey alone for the sue
cessful rearing of calves. If you do,
they will become pot-bellied and
stunned. Give them the range of a
nice pasture partially shaded, so THAI
half of their sustenance at least will
be from grass.
Feed them whey three times daily in
d clean, elevated trough, or fixed buck
cts. If they do not hrive sufficiently
on this, add d little oil meal. Keep
calves by themselves. and do net toll
crate swine or sheep IN the same en-
closure. The idea is to keep calves
growing and developing naturally if
you would obtain h hsaIthy. vigorous
cows. Cramped quarters, lack of va
riety in food. and insufficient nourish-
meEt make plny. improbable heifers.
George +. Newell, in Ar lean Agri-
culturist.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31
In All Parts of the state.

In All FarCe OF the St8t0s
Cape May County's cranberry crop
will be unsurpassed:
SO far this season AIgiesea has been
the coolest spot on the coast.
A three feet long alligator has been
caught in Assaupink Greek, at Tren-
ton.
There is every prospect of good
reed and rail-bird shooting in Salem
County this year.
Williamstown farmers are gathering
their pickle crop, which is said to be
the largest in many years.
determined efforts to suppress the pet
ty gambling that exists in the town.
Cedarville farmers are complaining
that the severe drought is running their
crops: Corn fields are literally being
burned up and fruit is witherihg oh
the trees.
Tie hew stone road through Hlrff-
Vile has become a favorite highway
for tramps, who are making them
selves obnoxious to the dwellers Of
that town.
Clayton Tice, Jr., of Williamstown,
who lost most of his farming imple.
ments and stock by fire, has been pre-
scented with purse from his friends
which will partly reimburse him:
Dealers are visiting the farmers all
over Burlington County and are buy
ing up all the white potatoes that
are offered at prices ranging from
twenty to twenty-five cents basket.
Johanna Ross, fifteen years old, of
West Hoboken. drank carbOlic acid
and died. She feared whipping for
having gone on an excursion without
receiving her mothers permission.
The peach crop is so abundant about
Hightstown that many of the trees
have been destroyed by the weight
of the fruit.
Poles are being erected along the
Grove and in short time the entire
distance from Glassboro to Pitman
Grove will be lighted with electricity.
Tramps and other nuisances of ike
character have given Clayton a wide
berth since the Mayor and officers
raided gang of toughs, when four of
them were sent to jail for from two
to three months.
Tomatoes around Gloucester County
have advanced to eighty cents per
crate; canteloupes are bringing seven
ty-five cents, and lima beans 81.
Father Diana, the Hungarian priest
at Alpha. who was arrested charged
with forgery. has been held under
$1,000 bonds for the Grand Jury.
There Is every indication that the
canneries Of South Jersey will pack
as many, il not more, tomatoes this
fall as in former years. notwithstand-
ing the talk of the Gamers that the
market is dull. and that some Of last
seasons pack remains unsold. One
thing is sure, and that II the vegetable
has never been finer;
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31


Tact is being more and more recoc.
nized as valuable instrument in
mans welfare and happiness. .-Phila.
delphia Ledger. Quite right. When,
for instance. you approach mule you
want all the tact you have inherited
from a thousand generations. The
wise mar approaches him from the
evangelical end, for his head is Ortho
dOx- The other fellow, who has left
his tact at home, approaches him from
the other end, and soon after goes to
his own funeral. Tact. and lots of it.
is necessary to success in life.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31
Adiudred : Pvrornaniac.

County Physician Carroll has ad-
Judged dehh Grouleyi Of Midtown. In
sane. and the man was taken to the
asylum at Trenton. Grouley was ar
rested recently for burning the barns
on his mothers farm at Milltown. He
set fire to the buildings and hid in
the woods to watch the Intellectual ef-
forts of his mother, who is nearly
seventy years old, to save the proper
ty. It is said he has become a pyro-
maniac
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31

"Yes; I've got some money invested
in flying machine; "but it's nothing
merely fly spec"
The telephone damsel
Remarks, in low tone,
That ring on the fingers
Worth two on the phone.
Ostend-''Is the world round man.
MAJ" Misunderstanding, my son.
Ostend-"Then how can there be an
end to it?'
"What strong face that Mr..
Mimmsley has," "Yes. He used to be
the strong jawed man in a circus
Washington Star.
Little willle-"Say, par Pa-"welI.
what is it now. Willie?" Little VIII
he-"Does grape-shot grow on am
bushes s?'-Chicago News.
Cholly-"Yaas, Gussie and 1 have de-
cided to waise mustache." Miss Kos
tique-"Good idea. How are you get
ting along with your half?"
If love is bind, may we not rise
With confidence and say,
1t is the scales upon his ewes
That helps him find the weigh.
-Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Hix-.'Is your daughter hap
PLY marriedT' Mrs. Dix-.Indeed she
is. Her husband shakes in his boots
every time she speaks New YORK
Weekly.
"Er-I want some sort of a present
for a young lady" Sweetheart or sis
ter?s "Er-why-she hasn't said
which she will be yety-Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Wigwag Showing Bjones through
his new house)E"What do you think
of that friezeY' Bjones-"Fine Looks
as though it might have been done by
an ice man."
There are so many barks on the
sea-" remarked the girl who was lean
ing over the rail- Perhaps they come
from the ocean greyhounds," ventured
her tall companion.
Georgy Ton the warpath)-"Say. Ed
dy did Harry hit you?" Eddy
Nope" Georgy-"Well. If nobody
hasn't hit you. viii. I've got to HEX
some one."-Chieago News.
Edith (coylyl-"What is IT the poet
says about young mans fancies' in
The spring?" Backward Lover-"Why
-er-really-I-er-leaye all that to
one tailor. ye knoww-Puck.
"And your stepfather told you to get
3ut into the world and earn your own
living? He should have given you a
helping hand" "He gave me helping
foot" ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What makes you think the place
8 unhealthy?' asked the real estate
nan. 'There are six doctors signs in
the block we just passed" remarked
the prospective purchaser, sadly.
Horatius was holding the bridge
'Why so quiet?" inquired friend Il
am thinking" he responded. ''Of
what?'' thinking whether / can at
.ain more fame by keeping the bridge
or diving off,
Even the general that never wins
i battle can beat sometimes" re-
marked Beechwood. what are you
driving atY' asked Homewood. He
can beat d t.'-Pittsburg Chron-
icle Telegraph.
"That fellow Bunibleton is deep
,ne." What has he been doing"
nWhy. he got the new boarder into
a brisk controversy with the landlady
over the reasons for woman's mental
lnferiority, and under cover of 1t
sneaked a second piece of huckleberry
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1900-08-31
A six.Year-Old BURGLAR.

Judge Heisley, in Quarter Sessions,
has sentenced to the Reform School
J0hnny Howard, six years old; Of
Fair Haven, who was charged with
burglary in breaking into Beverly
Browns house in that place: Two
weeks ago the boy appeared before the
court. charged with stealing two
horses and wagons, with assault and
battery and petit larceny. He was al
lowed to go home ON his promise to
behave. He then committed the burg
larry.