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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Mir. Jules Hellums and wife. of Grady. are spending u few days in the city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Mir. Arthur Murray, editor Of tue Press Eagle, is spending few days in Memphis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Mir. K 0. Pindall. the bustling candidate for prosecuting attorney for thls district, came up from AL kansas City Tuesday night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28
CITY ITEMS.

Mir. Cnas. F. Wiley returned to Cummius this morning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Mir. Harvey Owens. one of the fire boys, is laid up with sprainei an kle. He was .monkeying" with one of the fire boys and fell.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Pure Louisiana Molasses an zen. uine Maple Syrup.-Strauss < Miller. successors to l.. l.. Goldsmith < Co
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Attorney John M. Taylor, of this city, was legal business visitor ID the Capital City Tuesday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Pure Buck wheat. like our grand mothers used.-Strauss & Miller, successors to |. E. Goldsmith < Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Try our barrel of American beauty ginger snaps, lbs. for 9 cts.
 Ill MCCAIN GROCERY Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Kindling wood delivered to any part of the city for $1.00 per load. EZELL SHAVE co. Telephone or ders receive prompt attention.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

If you want any delicacies.s we have them.-Strauss < Miller, src- cessors to l.. E. Goldsmith X Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

The Misses Murphy, of Little Rock. arrived in the city today and will visit friends for few weeks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Messrs. M. ". Ware and c. ". Butts, of Linwood. are visit ITS in the city today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

A car of Gurtiee Bros.g celebrated Preserves and fine. Canned. Yegeta- bles just received. Strauss X Miller, successors to l.. F. Goldsmith & Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Geo. E. McKenney makes a special ty of dressing all kinds of poultry on very short notice. PA W. 4th Ave. m
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

State Treasurer Thomas E Little, of Little Rock, is a visitor in the city today. He is registered at the Tru- lock. f
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Dr. D. s. Mills and Mrs. Will Nich- ols and child have returned from Wilkins, where they visited friends and relatives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

The disa bilities of Walter A. Rainey were removed in the Jefferson c1an- cery court Tuesday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Mir. ". B. Langston has returned from business trip to Hamburg.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-02-28

Ethel. the little daughter of MT. and Mrs. !. G. Schloss, is sick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24

From Chambers Journal.
1t is not generally known that the dia-
mond-producing region OF South Africa Is
not confined to Kimberley. The United
States consul at Pretoria recently reported
that the output of diamonds in the Pretoria
district during the year 1898 was valued at
nearly nine thousand pounds. the largest
stone found having weight of thirty-eisht
carats. Although the industry has not de-
yeloped with any astonishing rapidly, 1t
must be remembered that the first stone
was discovered at Reitfontein only IN Au-
gust. 1897 The value per carat of the Pre-
toria stones is los, against 26s. of those
found at Kimberley, and 34s. per carat for
the diamonds from Jagersfontein, in the
Orange Free State. The total quantity OF
diamonds found in the Transvaal in 1s9S
was - S43. carats. valued at f43,730. The
stones found at the alluvisl diggings are OF
finer quality than those found, as at Kim
berler in volcanic pipes" A pure white
stone is sometimes of twelve times the
value of a straw-colored stone of identical
weight Unfortunately, the War has caused
a diamond crisis, and hundreds of diamond
cutters in Antwerp and Amsterdam have
been thrown idle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24
The Mines of Sinai.
From the Chicago News.

Egyptians had mined the rugged sides of
Mount Sinai for copper and turquolses
thousands Of years before Moses climbed
the mountain to receive the tables of the
law, and the Egyptians waged wars for
the possession of these mines. NJ. de Nor
gan with a party of French engineers re-
Gently visited these abandoned workings
which are situated convenient to the Gulf
OF SueZ, and explored two of the ancient
deposits He found the mineral deposits in
the sandstone region and not In the porphy-
RES which constitute the great mass of the
mountain.
These deposits consist Of copper and IRON
bearing minerals. especially hematite, and
some gypsum. Among the cupriferous min
erals the most valuable We're the turquoise,
many valuable specimens of which have
been discovered from time to time in the
tomb and treasures of the Egyptians, says
the National Druggist NJ. de Morgan
brought back to France q collection of
minerals, most of which were turned over
TO NJ. Berthelot. who made most inter-
estlng report on the minerals, in which he
stated that the copper-bearing specimens
We're poor in metal and not plentiful
Mining such ores must have been tedious
and severe labor. The Egyptians were still
using arms of wood and Clipped or ground
stones, ana copper was a rare and precious
metal, the possession of which was thought
to repay the most severe labor Later on
wood and stone implements gave place to
bronze, which was made possible by the
importation or tin from remote regions
Ihese mines have been abandoned for at
least 800 years, probably on account of a
constantly growing scarcity of the material
and the poverty of the residue in metal.
The mines We're probably worked from $50
TO 4,po years. 1t Is thought that the
working OF the mines began nearly 7.0n
years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24
Japanese Police Courtesy.

From the Chicago Tribune
Dr. Louis L. Seaman is an authority on
Japanese affairs, and he went to see the
company of actors now playing at the
Berkeley Lyceum to discover whether they
were genuine or not, and, if so, how much.
The doctors last visit to Japan-n..,ss when
ne was on board q United States trans
port, returning from the Philippines
There was a little incident happened
while we were in port" he said, that
showed the magnantmity of those people.
A United States soldier. was out riding a
bicycle, and he waszepasting down hill,
when he ran over hsnf They promptly
arrested him. and hsias taken before a
magistrate. We all wehtfub from the trans
port maatt to- see &c how s shingsN with him The
80 for running over ~ blind man. 'What!'
said the soldier. was the wan blind? Here,
give him $50 and he,pullah out 500 gold
piece and handed 1t over to the magistrate
And what do YOU think they did? They
were SO pleased THAI they RENTED TIE
whole fine, or WOULD Nave done so, only
the soldier would not fakelit. back, but in
sisted on its being giffn to the blind man,
and then they gave HI I'M a diploma, setting
forth what he had done"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24
Microbes In Holy Water.

rom the Lancet.
The Rome correspondent Of the Lancst
recently made the suggestion that the salt
which from the earliest ages has been ~.
gled with the water used for cs>o,A,
purposes should be modified s. as to male
1t a true disinfectant. Salt az tho h.,
known and probably p.le earliest used s,,hs
stance Tor preventing decay was most like
~ aooed originally purely from its svn-
poiic meaiing. though possibly the SYM
ooneip' as In so many other instances, grew
side by side with the literal meaning.
According to the Catholic Times of De-
cember 20, 1899, the Osseryatore Romono
does not fall In with our correspondsnt's
suggestion, avowing that the water, bejne
molly, needs no human treatment and has
never hitherto been regarded as a channel
OF dlsease. Ths Catholic Times goes on in
. une Iollo"lng eminently sensible fashion:
COD has given us intelligence for use and
even when He blesses requires rs 70 taLa
the ordinary precautions which reason sIp-
gests. The argument that no chanea 10 .S
visable because the necessity for II has not
been suspected before now GUS at tba
ground of improvement" ''No
We are glad to be able to note tbese va
marks or our contemporary as showing the
ACCORDANCE or common sense lay opinion
with that OF scientific men. We have nre-
Vlously pointed out how the church bas al
ways taken cognizance Of msn's hoAias o.
well as Of their souls. There must he no
standing still in either religion or scienca
rsr In both the intellect is Striving to reacb
heighrS at present beyond it. hut which
shall ons day be attained, and that which
Is now dark shall be made light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24

The colonial ladies were great gardeners,
and the hours they passed with their fruits
and flowers must have been moments of
much pleasure in their busy lives. The
most famous of these ladies was the ,laugh-
ter of George Lucas, a planter of Carolina,
and at the same time governor of Antigua,
at which place he appears to have resided,
leaving Miss Eliza at home. From Antigua
he sent her all sorts of tropical seeds of
fruits and flowers. to try if any would take
kindly to the soil of Carolina Eliza OBJ
served certain hopeful signs with regard to
the indigo and, undismayed by repeated ac-
cldents to the young plants, at length OBJ
tanned a good crop. Gov. Lucas was so de-
lighted at this unlooked-for success that he
sent over an Englishman to teach Eliza the
who'll process OF indigo working. The Eng
lishman, bearing gifts, seems to have been
rather sly and tricky sort of person. but
when did England ever get the better of
America? The youthful Miss Lucas saw
through the Englishmans lodges (his name
was CromwalD, and finally obtained a sue
cessful knowledge and application of the
complex and annoying methods of extract
ing indigo bounty Of Cd. pound en-
couraged the planting and through its
profits more children We're sent over from
Carolina to be educated at home than from
all the other colonies put together. Indigo
was looked upon at last as a sort of current
coin, and it is on record that when little
boy was sent to school al Philadelphia he
took with him a wagon of indigo to pay his
expenses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24
The Queen of Spain.


The day Alfonso died, November o. 1885
Maria Christmas tragic position won all
Spanish hearts. The king had outlived his
brief hour of popularity. He was too young
and frivolous to measure the consequences
for so democratic a nation as Spain of to-
day of a frivolous reign. He could be
brave as BELTS a man Of his birth, which
he proved in the smallpox plague and the
earthquakes But his real preoccupations
were bullfghts and ladies of light morals.
Instead of the serious sovereign SDain
needed she had only mediocre rake and
whatever may be thought to the contrary.
nowadays at least, the rule of the rake is
none of the wisest. And 50, Spain was once
more on the verge of a revolution But
death at twenty-eght is considered a trapic
expiration of the folles of youthtide and
the country only remembered the kings
extreme youth and regretted its unfulfilled
promise. HIS errors were, after all, the err
rors of impulsive and passionate nature
without bride to its desires and no higher
ldeai than the enjoyment of the hour Spain
saw but the corpse of young man, beside
which knelt young widow
Spanish chivary awoke when the Snsn
lards reflected that this young widowed
queen was foreigner a woman on the
point of motherhood, whose fate was in
S s,aeir hands. When the prime minister,
senior Canovas, came into the uortuarv
chamber to tender her his resignation the
newly proclaimed regent. terrified at the
immediate prospect of her Responsibilities,
cried to him: No, no. don't talk to me Of
business matters, at least while Alfonso is
mere. But she was even in that awful
hour made to understand that affairs of
state may not yield to private misery. and
as Reina Gobernadora. though her eyes
We're fuli of human tears in the presence
Oh human unhappiness, she was Obliged
to take the oath of allegiance to the kim
successor and to the laws of the country,
Senior Sagasta 'it'''i''ei'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24
The Popular Preacher.

Lo. the smooth-faced priest as he stands I'm the
perch of his pulpit, 49,
Fraught with message of wrath survevino ,bs
great congregation. ~
Soon, he looks, he beholds I'm the midst of tbo
people expectant, - >
Squat like yenomous toad, alert like a hideous
spider,
One Of a fearful fame, who. armed with inyineible
millions,
VIKINGS from the hand Of toll the fruit of Its bur-
densome labor,
Coins from the blood of the poor the price of their
bitter undoing,
Hears with a grin of content the mournful CRY of
the orphan, :
While with tainting touch he fouls the fountain
of Justice,
Buying and selling and staying the souls' Of men
: with his money.
Him behoiding, the priest pereeives the aurferous
halo
Round that ophldian head and his voice momen-
'tarily faiters.
Then his message of wrath he diyerts to, the sim
of Judah:
Boldly he bans old BALKAN and tells the truth
about Ah6b,
Fearless of speech, and he lashes the lust of aduI
ferrous David;
But Of the sins of the reptile before him COMMA
Gently basking
Never a word does he say; and his voice with its
unetuous accents
oozes with oil as he ends in bland benedictory
manner,
Quenchlng the lightnlngs Of God in platitudinous
puddle!
HARRY THURSToN PECK.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24
To Arrest Civilization.
From the Forum.

The Beers are attempting to arrest the
march of civilization, to hamper industry
and to retard education. England is fight
not Cypress the subjects of other powers
nor commit injustices under the shelter OF
pettifogging interpretations Of treaties or
conventions. This 1t may not do, because
there is no International police court which
will uphold legal bubbles and evasions
England is fighting for an honest interpre-
tatton of the convention which established
the South African republic.
No one on earth values freedom more than
the Beers. but, much iiaS the early New
England De- t1ans, they regard it as a treas
ure to be protected jealousy lest some one
else should share it. They want a monopoly
of the rights OF free men They are fight
ing for freedom to deny freedom which
shall exclude the Anglo-Saxon race from
what the Beers consider their heritage.
In spite of their picturesque mediaevalism
and the gallantry of their attack on vast
empire. the Beers are wrong. The British
are fighting for ideas most dear to the
aiogous conditions the United States would
fly to arms. They deserve our moral sup
port and cordial good wishes. At present
they wish nothing more. 1t is, however,
11f' my opinion, q great mistake to suppose
that they will or should make peace with
the Beers until they can dictate terms from
Pretoria. Before that time comes we may
have an opportunity Of reciprocating the
service the British government rendered us
not long aSsSS. The end of it all is certain
The Beers will have greater freedom and
better government than their own oligarchy
has ever given them. The rights of all
men. white or black. will be better respect
ed in South Africa than they have been
heretofore. The British empire will be knit
closer by the participation of the colonies
III imperial affairs and the army will have
undergone valuable though bitter and
bloody experience
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24

From Chambers Journal.

The first case of black rain which comes
under review occurred at Grahamstown and
the surrounding district in August, 1885,
and it extended over an area of no less than
800 square miles. Since then there have
happened several showers of similar char
acter, but less pronounced in their sable
character. Other showers of black rain
have been recorded in Ireland, one of which
was felt over an area of 400 square miles
No one seems to have microscopically ex-
amined the water which fell at Grahams-
town, but 1t was noted that the LIQUID grad
ually cleared when placed in suitable YES
sci, and black precpitate fell from it,
In the latter cases referred to the deposit
has been carefully examined and was found
to consist of microscopic organisms which
averaged about the 12500th part of an inch
in length, and which We're identified with
the same fungotd organisms that are re-
sponsible for blight in the plants which
they fnfest, and subsequently for smut
midew and rust in wheat and barley. The
writer sums UP his remarks thus: HUI
nudity IS known to contribute larg&L 60
the copious production of fuc~; ana 5,;yr;,, y,
protracted drought ~. regions affecta5
fnnaI w lam comparatively bare of
~ during the seasons of frequent
'--.nfalls the production of fungoid vege-
tation is largely increased"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24

From the London News.
Which is the true Easter day in l%o!
Some people think Easter should be Kept
on April ~ and not on April 10. The RUE
is, Easter day is always the first sunday
after the full moon which happens upon VI
next after the 21st day of March; ana IL
the full moon happens upon a Sunday, t-as-
ter day is the Sunday after. Inc iteV-
Allen Whitworth, vicar of All Saints Mar
garet street who is expert in the mat
Ter exnlains in the All Saints Magazine
that in order that the church might not
be dependent on future astronomical caicu
Iatfous he adopted a set of rules by Whicn
To determine the dates on which the lull
moon should be assumed to fall. rms ne
titiouS full moon can always De loulu III
the tables at the beginning of the prayer
hook. ana by the common consent of west
prn Christendom this tabular fui moon Is
used in the determination of Faster
This year the tables give SATURDAY.
AnrfI H. as the date of the Paschal full
moon. but the actual moon in the heavens
is not full until SiXty-two minutes AFTER
midnight; that is. the astronomical fuil
moon falls on Sunday, April l.. If we fol-
lowed the astronomical moon, Easter sun
day would be the following Sunday. Aprli
-. but as we accept the ecclesiastical moon
we keep Easter on the 10Th. II Should'
however be noted that the Jewish deter
minatinn of the Passover depended not on
the full moon, but on the fourteenth day
after the new moon. And the Christian rule
is founded on the Jewish. Now the (ecclesi-
So that what is called the full moon un the
PRAYER book falls correctly on the 1ith day
of the moon though the astronomical 1ull
moon lust misses that date.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24
south Africa and Domestic Animal.

magazine.
1t always seemed strange to me that tho
Natal climate, which is on the whole ca
healthy for human beings, should not he
favorable to animal life. Dogs do NOT
thrive there at all. and soon become infast-
ed with ticks. One heard constantly of tho
native cattle being decimated by strange
ana weird diseases. and horses. especially
imported horses certainly require the
greatest care. They must never be turned
out while the dew is on the grass. unless
with sort of muzzling nosebae on. and
me SNAKES are perpetual danger to them
though the bite is not always fatal Cor
there are many varieties Of snakes which
are not Venomous. Still, a native horse is
always on the lookout for snakes and
breads them exceedingly. One night I was
cantering down the main street of Maritz-
burs on quiet old pony on my way to the
legislative council, where wanted to hear
a very interesting debate on the native
question (Which was the burning one -
that day.. and my pony suddenly leap 60
the ground like an antelope and t. u -; oi1
right across the road. This ei siileo
IRON iron o MS f having stepped IN thin STRIP Of
s nave or nef In opeHS as usual outside the
AS soon shop which we We're passing
n t% - the pony put his foot on one end
" ~ long curled-up shaving 1t must have
zen up and struck him sharply, waking
unpleasant memories of former encounters
with snakes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24
The Inadequntely Clothed Dream.

=
There is the painful class of dream when
may be labeled the inade0uately ciotheo
dream In this class of dream II occurs "
us to come down from our bedrooms 10
rningle in society even sometimes to De pre-
scented at court or to take part in the Nigh
est and most solemn functions, in cos
tune that We should deem scarcely ade-
orate if We had been just reused from our
beds, by a shout of Fire" The degrees OIL
this comparative nudity are very various,
and il is remarkable that never. 50 Tar as
can learn has human being Chat Is TO say
in the temperate climates ever III ms
dreams aDpeared before his fellows IN an
absolutely Arcadian or idylltc lack OF cos
tumc: but the costume is commonly very
iradeot,ate so Inadequate that the police
would very rightly interfere IN the pare
interests of decency. indeed, that leai-.,le
apprehension of police interference Tor the
sake of the public morals--is FACTOR III me
general uneaSiEesS that we feel III our
dreams in finding ourselves gong aproau III
s,rc;, ,leshahiIle For we are CONSCIOUS OF a
measure of uneasiness, We can feel that we
did wrong in not putting on TINS or lhdt do-
soIutely Indispensable portion OF our Maiu-
robe. before we left our room put IL Is az
nothing to the utter shame ana hurror t frad
would overwhelm US were We really 10 liilu
ourselves in such conditions Ana III me
same degree the shock that our appearance
gives our unfortunate 1rlendS aihoHS "ii'iti
We show ourselves in such guise Is not
circumstance to the pain those sensitive
souls would receive if our appearance were
a reality instead OF a subjective fancy.
Yet we retain sufficient sense OF Shame W
be conscious of a very real relief Wneh We
wake to find that We have not betlaNeu oui :
selves in such manner as TO be the reirood-
ton of every right-minded man ana "o-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24
Lyddite Shells,
From Chambers Journal.

AiVii SHaihpefS JoufnaI
Although all good people have horror of
war and the terrible tale of misery which
1t drags in its train, there is a certain
amount Of fascination about it because Of
its picturesque and intensely dramatic ac-
compartments. One cannot, for instance
read without absorbing interest of the work
of our naval brigade and their awfully de-
structive lyddite Shells, which, by the way
take their name from Lydd, on the Kentish
coast, where the explosive is made and test
ed Although the 47-inch gun used by the
naval brigade has q projectile weighing
forty-f1ve pounds, this includes the five and
half pounds charge Of cordite which ex-
pels It; the weight Of the lyddite in its
head. which breaks the shell into DEATH
dealing fragments, being only ten pounds.
The entire projectile Is in form like sports.
mans cartridge. containing its own pro-
polling charge. with the addition Of the
bursting charge Of lyddite; deducting these,
a half pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-24

Interesting to see that in this tribal COM
mune the smallest child had evidently as
much right to put his paw in the dish ana
help himself as had his elders
In a pool of gravy in TIN pan ray a
large hambone at which an infant was pick
ing but the chief provision lay in great
pie dish full of kumaras sweet potatoes
and some green vegetable. In adultioli'
there was splendid loaf of bread, round,
fat nicely Drowned and closely resembling
a huge wheaton scone. The melnoo 81
cooking was primitive. but apparently en-
cent. Catching the glimmering OF hrehsh,
in one, of the larger huts, We entered ana
found that it proceeded from some glow
ing wood ashes on the floor. over the en-
bers were set iron bars which formed
rude grill. wherein was placed large III,
pan containing another loaf. while a thlrd
still in the dough stage stood on the fioor
ready for baking.