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The daily news., 1900-03-06

WAsH!NGToN, March 6 Il Special. !
GoNrrHMcnt commissions are on the
increase. When one expires, another
is provided TO take its place, and con-
greSS is ready to create more on short
notice. Commissions have taken the
place of congressional committees to
some extent. The time was when there
was anything TO investigate and re-
port Upon a committee Of congress
would be authorized to visit the place
and take testimony and make It's re
port. At the close OF the session. eSpe-
cially when there was to be d long va
cation, it was quite a common thing
for each house to pass Il half dozen
resolutions directing some committee
10 perform service requiring jour
ley. the expenses 10 be paid out OF
the contingent fund" The Indian COM
".ittee. or a portion OF il. would Wis
IL faroI Indian 7, ,serv&t.uuS. ,pGb!."
land comu..ttr,s WOull visit Yellow
stone park aud other far w.~r"rn
points of tie public domain. Terri
toriul committees would visit ALASKA
aud other territories. commerce com
mittrcS. river and harbor committees
and in fa.; dozens of other commit
j,cs IN times gone by had OCCASION
{, max" trips to gather Information
Tor congress. Then the papers got
into way Of c1I'in. these visits
"j"ul.yt>." There wa, TOO much said
about congressional juukets.' Then
senator's and representatives. some Of
whom were never Fortunate enough to
=. taken along, had an unpleasant way
~ discussing every proposition Of the
hind ~ tie annual congressional
'Gnket"
The daily news., 1900-03-06
Have Your Painting

and Paper Hanging done by up-to-
date people. in an up-tO-date stvle,
by patronizing J. F.. Ross & Co.. No.
ii y. PalafOX. Phone 81. 24f-tf
The daily news., 1900-03-06

ATLANTA, Marcl .. Two street
creed- and policeman had to interfere
and arrest them both. The episode Oc-
cured Yesterday afternoon on Marietta
street. near the corner of Broad. TINS
preachers were Jack Morumer. Of no
sect OF creed. and George Gerard, a mis-
sIOnary Baptist.
The daily news., 1900-03-06

"Old Nollmer" at Eugene Arbo-
mas.
The daily news., 1900-03-06

Prevention l. the best bride. "
Yau can prevent sickness and cure
that tir. 4 feeling and all blood
humors by taking Hood Sarsapa-
rilla.
The daily news., 1900-03-06
nr RnII,s Cough srrnn fnrni.hs. most ,ab.

s,Antial comfort and relief 10 cOn-ump-
tIvrs: il works most r-mHrkabie cures.
Don't despair. Relief can certainly be- bad.
cure Is possible with this wOnderfui
raj
The daily news., 1900-03-06

Cleaning ladies skirts and waists
: one of our specialties. star L1un-
~.
The daily news., 1900-03-06
surplanted by CommIs~ions.

Bu' the place of the congressional in
y">t.Eati,u is now filed ly couH.>-
sions. TAes" are created generally By
act Of congress. though in some in
stau"cs the president appoints them Of
his own voi'ion. >;.rh rs the Philip
pine aul other commissions growing
ont Of the Spanish war. Those created
hy congress. Ike III" industrial com
mission. the Indian territory commits
sion and others. are paid good salaries,
travelling expenses when they are away
from Washington and ar" really good
places In the place of congressman
doing this work it is performed 10y
these commissions. who report 10 con
gTosS Now there is a proposition for
commission To visit Asia and make
an investigation Of the commerce Of
that country with a view Of having
all the facts laid before congress. An
other commission is proposed - visit
the commercial colleges Of Europe to
secure Information there relating TO
theiustructiou given commercial agents
Of foreign countries. The Paris expo
Sition commission has already been
named
The daily news., 1900-03-06
An ERAOF COMMISSIONS
Partly Take the Place of Con-
gress Committees.
A VARIETY OF WORK PERFORMED.

Created by act of Congress or APP
pointed by the Presidcnt-A Naval
Mans Experience - An Attentive
Listener To the CIErk Case.
The daily news., 1900-03-06

Paul Jones" at Eugene ARIZONA :.
The daily news., 1900-03-06
Your Credit is Good

For anything in our hou-e. We have
4 large assortment of COuchD-. Bed
Lounge. Toilet sets and Bedroom
SIits-. Iron B-d-,e. d. at sluu.
q. VI. PRIOR'S
Bargain Furniture House.
The daily news., 1900-03-06
Il Never Absent.

tt" most attentive listener M thr
lark Investigation is a blind man.
William Campbell He comes carly
AMI remains all day. He got. n scat
directly behind the witness and drinks
in ID" whole proceedings. Il beam.ug
face b"tokcning thorough enjoyment
He has become such 4 fixture that
I'm inclined 10 think they would sus-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-27
FAMOUS CONVICT SHIP
.The Chamber of Horrors" Which w..
 Built Hundred Years Ago.


 One of the curiosities in England at which has recently been converted into museum, or into what foreign jour- nalist style "a chamber of horrors" She was built no years ago, and her first years were spent i1 cruising be- tween the East Indies and England. III 1929 the British admiralty bought and stationed her in the waters of westers Australia. Capt. Stirling was then in command, and from his Scottish birth place <he town of Perth in Australia takes it's Same From 1847 to 1851 the Success piled between London and had on board several hundsad imml- grants who intended to seek their for tunes in the newly discovered gold fields. During the voyage the captain, the other officers, and the entire crew bAeame seized with the same gold fever aad the result was that when land was reached they, too left the ship and went off to seek their fortunes. The Success was next used to transport criminals of the deepest dye to Van Diemen's Land, as Tasmania was then called, and she also served as a floating prison for especially dangerous erim- 'nals. The vessel then became popu- iarly know mas "The He1i of the Ocean. title which was evidently well deserved. Old records show that some awful scenes took pIaee on her. The prisoners cells were in two tiers under the deck, and were so small that inmates could hardly move in them. Moreover, they were SD fashioned that they could be made light or dark, and the most insubordinate prisoners were always placed in the latter. These curious cells, many of the old instru- ments of torture and a number of wax figures representing famous criminals are now being exhibited on the Sue- cess, and are attracting a crowd Of sightseers. The old ship is at present in Leith Harlsor, in Scotland, ~New York Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-27
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-27
AND THE CHINESE
.ov the ceIestlais Make the Bird,
 Eager for Circling.

the GSIeSLiAia NaKG EES bfr0s
 Eager for Circling,
 # The Chinese have made pigeon flying |Sha decoyiug gamo that it is basa6st 7ksy like any kind ef playing fol <aens.' soys St. Nicholas. Eyen fl |kIte-fying, they fiy little hooks to theil Iite strings and try to pull in eack #tber,s kites. and count it flair to keeI sny kite that drops into thei1 yards nheY will tell ycu that 6 kite or a zfrange pigeon that comes tc you slace. if given up, takes away youl ssamily luck So you must tear tns kife and keep the pigeon. Hut when xog see the town danGies saunterine |s,,f with their fans and bird cages In watch the noon kite flying, eritielsz hg the floeks and their tactics. ene |arguing the fine points of decoying 4ou guess that family luck" has very |Sttle to 60 with their game. To desoy |=t =trange pigeons, pigeon keepers must Tai train their f1oeks to "hy in spir. T that is, to rise steadil.r in circles #ithout straying far front the home &of. Pigeons naturally fly together ip
 rcles. Even wild pigeons whee Sbont in f1ocks before struggling of t0 Ae fields. Chinese make their birds
 ger for circling by keeping them hut up in a wicker house built on the
 round around the 6oyecota, and they &lre their birds of struggling by pelt. k them with pebbles when they try B alight anywhere except on one spot T the ridge-pole of the roof facing the Kicker house. The flock must a1ight
 ere in a bunch, and immediately walk
 bwn to the caves. This Is done to ring any strange pigeon among them bWn within sight of the grain, which
 then scattered on the floor of the Ticker house. Pigeons are fed only fter flying, for unless hungry, they
 fa lazy and manageable. Their
 bod is mil1et, sorghum seed or corn, Fhich their keepers use to get as much
 ork from them as possible. When kere is much flying and calling down B do, they are usually fed with millet, Ehieh is so small that it keeps them bting long time without filing them,
 t other times their food is sorghum
 Jed Corn is not very good for pig.
 bns, but they are so fond of it that
 lgeon keepers usually have 1t on hand call them down when they are al.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-27
Visited fer One ceat Change.

never felt so cheap i'll all my lifss ea1a Short. sas I did one day in 8 de. partment store I bought a book for 99 cents and while was waiting for f. a young woman, whose good opinion valued, came up and we began to talk The book was wrapped up and handed to ne by the girl at the counter and after a short while the young woman eeked: Are you waiting for your ehange?' 1 replied that I was, but, in fact. hadn't been thinking of it. wanted to talk to her and made that an excuse for staying. After the usua. delay, when it had passed entirely out of my mind. the girl at the book eoun. ter stepped up and said: Here's your change, sir And she held bright neY cent in her open hand so that the other girl saw it. l felt chill at once and just because it appeared 10 the young woman that 1 had been waiting all that time for L cent I got reputation. for closefstedness that ts still attekiGs 10 me. ..@PittsLarg News
 ValnH of Birds.
 l French naturalist asserts that II the world should become birdless man would not inhabit it after nine years. In spite of all the sprays and poisona that could be manufactured for the destruction of insects. The insects ard slugs would simply eat up our orchards and crops.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-27
Kentuckian Thought the Episcopal Pr.
 late PIaIn Man.

Aentuekian Thought the Episcopal Pre-
 late PIaln Man.
 Not long ago Bishop Dudley of Ken. lucky went to preach ip ! little town in the western part Of the state. where there are no Episcopal churches, and only one, in fact. of any other denomi- nation. The people are unfamiliar with any but the p1ainest and most simple church service and entirely un- accustomed to the Fastments which the Episcopal clergy wear. The pastor of the son1y church. "a good, conscientious, narrow minded man, hearing that the bishop was coming on a certain Sum- day to preach at the courthouse, told some of the pillars" of his congregae ton that he hoped they would not de- sert their own church to hear the Episcopal service On the appointed Sunday what was the pastors surprise to notice half Of his flock absent. aud upon inquiry he learned that the court house was thronged with the villag- CTS. The next day he met one of his chief supporters, whose accustomed seat had been vacant at the weekly service, and the pastor questioned him as to his whereabouts on Sunday. The man replied that he had gone to hear Bishop Dudley. What" replied the clergyman. Desert me to hear Una. pompous prelate!" You're mistaken in the man." answered the culprit. Bishop Dudley ia no rompous pre- late. He preached in his shirtsleeves." Louisville Courier=J Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-27
 NJ insult xnfendsd.

Philadelphia Record: While his lneal \ being served on Saturday night to |Nest Walnut street exquisite. whom X excessive expenditures of Christ fs Week had reduced to cheap res Efdnt, lie showed displeasnre with \ manner in which things werc fsed. The constant rattle of dishes she hard tables and the believing .le walters as they announced their aefs to the cooks at the end of the Sai made him nervous. When the
 waiter deposited his order befors
 the young man began a fusillade of soaeh on the substantial but homely aas. ~ Do you call that Q veal cut
 ae demanded of the waiter
 ", such a outlet as that is an ins so every self-respecting calf in sas county The waiter hung his
 TOT a moment. but on recovering aseii. said, in a tone of quiet apoi-
 ! raally didn't intend to insult
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-27
SINGING AT THEIR WORK.
krkIss Accomplish Much Mos~ Whoa They Can Make Music.

erkIes Accomplish Much Mot :. WheM They Can Make Music.
 agontraetofs in south Missouri em- aoy many negroes to. load railroad les on the cars of the Memphis rail- @Y. says the Kansas City Star. The |es are cut in the woods, hauled to ke railway in wagons and dumped in Hles along the side of the roads Ths kgroes then cake them up, tie by tie. &d run with them up the blanks to e cars, whore they drop them in kgulaF order These negroes are paid Eprice for each tie they carry, so they Ee with one another to earn the most Eoney in one day. They become 50 Epert at the work that an old hand #n throw a heavy tie on his shoulder ] that if will balance, and then. with It holding it, he will run, both hands Eessed flat against his sides, up the Rng plank to the car. The negroes e so accustomed to the whrk that ley seldom drop 8 tie and seem never have sore shoulders. One may see Rngs of dozen or more of them, all [nging and Whistling. Each sings at e top of his voice or whistles as loud
 ne can, and every tune is different. ae effect is amusing, but beyond de- Elption. The men carry their ties at
 fat all day long An inspector Aaas beside the plank that goes up
 car to examine the ties being load
 1t is amusing to hear the insnec.
 eall 2 negro halfway I'D the plank
 2 tie on his shoulder to throw it
 ag among the heap of bad ties. The gre gets no credit for his load and
 $ back swearing at his bad luck, ala his companions stop their music
 burst Into loud, uncomfortable agnter. All these negro tie carriers
 Ye deep grooves in the right shoul-
 where the ties have pressed, but
 flesh is easioused and seldom sore,
 E men make goad wages, most of
 sa sS50 day. They spend all of
 Very few Of then save their pney
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-27
gnothnli Isnehiaden bz Scottish I.a,r.

The eafie $ may dig from the stat ate book some strange relics of the middle ages. Sir Thomas Thornton. the town clerk of Dundee, speaking the other day at the footI lll club ba- gaar. reminded his audience that foot ball is to this day forbidden by Scot tish law, and that there is still unre- healed an act of parliament dating from the reign of James (of Scot ,and) enacting that mo man shall play football hereafter, under penalty oi sos
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-27
PREACHED IN sHlRTsLEsVE Es

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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-27
Pursuing the Nimble Dime,

An appeal in the shape of a cireu-
lar comes from a large city addressed
ito liberty-loving men. women, boys
and girls" asking for Ice contribu-
lions to a Bryan campaign fund. In
an upper corner is a portrait of Mr..
Bryan, with the inscription under
meath. This matchless man. The
adjectives probably explains why the
we'll known Nebraskan has not yet
been admitted to the Hall of Fame.
He is mat .hless, and therefore, in a
class of his own with Washington,
Lincoln and Franklin fair specimens
of the second rates. 1t seems that the
objects of this eloquent circular are
two in number. One is to ''destroy
the i~mperialastic idea by bringing
about the election of William Jen-
nings Bryan for P~resident;;" the
other to TASK if you will not give to
the fund 1Oc." The firstly is quite a
propositions: and the secondly so
slight in its demands that, if the pro-
ject in view is rightly estimated, any
body "a change the current of Amer-
lean history and the fate of mankind
for the small sum of two nickels.
The circular asks touehingly (and
the touch is delicatel that it be
brought especially to the attention of
children. "Please have the boys and
girls read this letter." it says. "Dis-
cuss the issues of the day with them:
help the children to organize Bryan
and Stevenson juvenile clubs" The
point seems to he that the children
should be called together and infrom-
ed that there is a vast effort on foot
to convert the republic into an en-
pi- e; that the matehless Bryan alone
can save free institutions, and that
all this can be achieved, with immor-
tality thrown in, for the small consid-
GRAFTON of lOc. The organization Of
small boys and girls into these clubs,
without the remittance of lOc each,
fall q little short Of the desired
effect. The result might be Bryan's
defeat a~nd-empire. A great respon-
sibility rests on the juveniles, but
they are skipping about as if unaware
that the Goddess of Liberty is about
to be toppled from her pedestal, when
lOc saved from the popcorn man
might steady her for at least four
wears more under the heroic guard
of Bryan, the %matchless.
Globe Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-27

The interest which is being taken by
the voters of Missouri in amendments
/ and ) to the state constitution is
gratifying. These amendments relate
to the Worlds Fair which is to be
held in st. Louis ir 1903. One of them
gives st. Louis the privilege of bond
ing herself 10 the extent of So. 900. OOC
in aid of the enterprise, and the other
allows the State Legislature to make
an appropriation for an exhibit of the
states These consideration
appeal to the whole state. An immense
vote is certain to be cast in favor of
both amendments. Every voter, in
fact, should cast his ballot for both of
them. When the poll is made it will
undoubtedly be found that the opposi-
ton to the amendments has been very
slight.-Globe- Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-27
IS A TIMBER FAMINE IMMINENT.
The Stand on American Lands Only Stuff.
Gent for Fifty Years.

In the manufacturing Investigations
of the eleventh census, made in 1890,
lumbermen and mill owners were
asked how much timber land was
owned by them, and what was the
stand of timber upon it. These ques-
lions were quite generally answered,
and the replies showed that a total
area of -. 1854. 626 acres, or about 49,
200 square miles, was reported upon,
with an average stand upon it of 1890
feet per acre. Nearly all of this area
IA in the Eastern states. The stand
of timber averaged by states ranged
from 5000 up to fl 900 feet per acre,
the latter stand being in the State of
California. The average stand in the
Southern states. including pine and
hardwood. was 5000 feet and in New
England $500 feet. These figures of
average stand, however, are mislead-
ing, since they represent not the aver
age of the timber land of the country.
but the best of it, quality having
largely determined the selection of
lands. 1t would, therefore, be unsafe
to accept these figures of stand as the
average, even for the lands which are
covered with merchantile timber. The
average stand of the wooded regions
of the Eastern country must be far be-
low these figures. Indeed, estimates
of the stand of Southern pine show
the much lower average of about
1000 feet per acre for the entire region.
Judging by the above facts and nu-
merOus other straws of evidence
which it would be tedious to numer-
ate here, | have come to the conclu-
sion that the average stand upon the
wooded lands in the East probably
does not exceed 1900 feet. The area
of woodland in this part of the coun-
try is a little less than half a billion
acres. The stand of timber upon it,
therefore, may be in the neighborhoOd
of $50, 000, 900. 900 feet( B. M J. With
that estimate in the West, $50, 900, co.,
600, the total stand in the country
would appear to be, approximately,
1880, 600, 900, 900 feet B. NJ. In 1890
the cut was %. DOC, OOO, 900 feet. and
then the annual cut has somewhat in
creased. The present stand would,
therefore, supply the present rate of
consumption for about fifty years. AS
a random statement, then, it may be
said that we have timber in stock suf-
ficient to last the present demands of
our industries for nearly two genera
tiOns. Some species, however, which
are applicable to certain purposes,
such as the Southern pine, the red
wood and the red fir, will last longer
than others, and some species, like the
black walnut and. the white pine, are
already nearly exhausted.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-27

The Worlds Fair promoters are
wise in arranging for workers in each
voting precinct to aid in the adoption
of amendments 1 and ) to the consti-
tuition. These amendments relate to
the Worlds Fair, one of them being
for the purpose of allowing the City
of ST. Louis to bond itself in S., OOO,-
900 as a contribution to the fund which
is to carry on that enterprise, and the
other is for the purpose of allowing
Missouri to make an appropriation
for an exhibit of the states resources
at the fair. The city and the state are
vitality interested in the adoption of
these two amendments. Unless the ST.
Louis amendment is adopted the fair
project will have to be abandoned,
for the $1,000, 900 appropriation pass
by Congress four or five months ago
is contingent on the expenditure of
this S., OO0, 600 to be raised by the city
and s., 900, 900 to be contributed by
popular subscription. These two
ought to receive the
unanimous vote of the citizens of
Missouri. Globe Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-27
More AbOnt School Funds.

SuW. Darlington: The school
funds have been handled SO as to
bring IN the largest income to the
state and at the same time strengthen
the state's credit. When our school
funds we're invested in United States
bonds six per cent state bonds were
With our trust funds invested in state
securities, u three and a half per
cent state bonds are away above par.
charlottesville Democrat.
Our school fuEd is gone and we
have gone in debt to receive this
''largest insome." We could have
held our L. S. bonds and issued
these certificates of Indebtedness Just
as well. But extrayagapt Democrat
ic administrations wanted money and
they cashed the bonds, spent the
money and created this peculiar debt
on which We pay a 10 keep up II.
school income. This is only a small
part of fraudulent expenditure OF
state funds. If IA student will take
time to study the. Estate Auditors re-
port he will find that millions and
millions Of state interest fund have
been used to pay current expenses
of extravagant administrations.
Somebody is liable on this bond for
this unlawful use of the peoples
money.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-10-27

ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that letters of
administration upon the estate of
Jones A. Farrar, deceased have
been granted to the undersigned
by the clerk of the Cape Girardeau
Court of Common Pleas of Cape Cir
ardeau County. Missouri, dated the
10th day October. 1900.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to him for allowance within one
year from the date of said letters, or
they may be precluded from any bene-
fit of such estate, and if said claims
be not exhibited within two years from
date OF the publication of this notice,
they will be forever barred.
RUDOLPH WALTHER,
Oct20n27 Administrator.