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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
eNoLaND,s BORROWED ARMIES
Has Secured All Over Europe to Hira
 SoIdiers.

Soldiers.
 This is the first war Great Britain has fought against white enemies with out buying foreigners to fight for us, says 2 London paper. Until less than 50 years ago, wheh we had a war on hand We sent of to Germany and all over Europe, [ s4ge men ID fight for Us. The men g. gagged were most ly old soldiers, and were hired to fight until the war was euished. In 1756 an invasion of Engl1rd Was feared, SC 5000 Hessians were hired to come and defend these shores against the eX pected attack. These hirelings were paid at the British rate of pay, and for every man of them killed their king was paid so much per head. Even against the American colonists Hes- sian troops were employed. No won der our fellow -Englishmen were en- ragged at this shameless action. The iandgrave of Hesse was paid $2,355, 000 in per cent stock for the Hes" sians lost in the war of independence This WAS the amount of $50 per man. The Irish rebellio4: of 1798 was put down chiefly by Hessian hirelings. In the long struggle with Napoleon we freely hired foreigners. but the bulk of the work was done by British sol diers. Wellington found that he could not rely oD his mercenary gangs too much. In 1894 the Kings German le- zion" of 10000 men was formed. I've years later the force was increased by 5000 men. Besides Germans from all the petty states. there were also en- listed French royalists expelled by Ma polron, Corsieans, Greeks, Italians. Turks, Portuguese, Belgfans, Hungari- ans and Swiss. At Waterloo, Yelling. tons army of 67.000 was made up of only 22,000 British, and the rest=w Dutch, Brunswickers, Hanoverians and NassaHmen. When peace came in 1874 there were no less than 29.000 hired foreigners forming corps in the British army. The Crimean war was the last time Britain had to go a-hiring sol diers. Thirty thousand men had been sent to the Gri1nea and more were wanted. So the government went to parliament with bill authorizing the enlistment of 10000 Germans, 5000 Swiss and 5000 Italians, at British rates of pay.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
SOUTH AFRICAN LAWS.
There Life Is Valued at Less Thaa
 Diamonds.

Kimberley proper is built around q hole big enough to hold the entire white population of South Africa. This is the excavation above the Kimberley mine, made when diamonds were mined from the surface. Nowadays shafts are sunk and levels formed, whence rSe blue ground is blasted out and haAied to the surface in elevators. The diamond is different from other precious stones, in that it is found in soft clay, while the amethyst ruby and emerald are embedded in quartz. This makes the diamond easy to conceal in the mouth, nose, and by swallowing, and every year the De Beers company gets from the workmen S2,000,00G worth of stolen goods. The inclina- ton to pilfer these stones is so intense that the crime is severely punished. Tn South Africa the first commandment is Thou shalt not steal diamonds For having a diamond found on his persor that is not registered a man will get 2G years imprisonment. At Cape Town is great convict station called the
 biEdA W dleEy NuSIG 5O0S Ol prominent American families and English aris- Soerats join in lockstep with Lascars and Kaffirs. They have all violated the first commandment. In Kimberley LOGO negro convicts sort the diamonds under the muzzles of Martini rifles. They are kept In separate place. The other black boys live in a five-acre fn- closure known as the 'compound' The De Beers company controls the dia- mond market of the world Of the five mines-Kimberley De Beers, Du Toits. Pan Bullfontein, and Premier-tae first two are situated in Kimberley and are the only ones worked now. The dia- monds produced in other parts of the world would not supply the city Of Philadelphia. The value of the South African product thus far has been f600,000,000. The supply seems inexe hRustible, ,''-Ainslie's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
Three Kinds Of British Colonies.

Great Britain has three general classes of colonies. Those controlled entirely by the home government are crown colonies. and their funds and laws are managed by the administra- ton, which does as it pleases. A sec ond class has what is called represen- tative government. In such the crown retains the veto power and controls the public officers. Those Of the third class have responsible government. Tn such colonies the crown has no con trol over any public officer except that 1t appoints the governor and retains it's veto on legislation.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
The EIipheAt ToNar.

The highest tower n the world is presently to be built as one of the great attractions Of Buffalo during the Pan- American exposition, which is 60 be held in that city in 1901. It is to be t,152 feet high. and 400 feet square at the base, and will be a much more or hamentai building than the Eiffel tower. It will be served by no fewer than B electric elevators, sixteen of which will run only to the first landing, 225 feet above the level Of the ground. The whole journey from the bottom to the top will necessitate four changes of elevators, and will take about six minutes, while the elevators will have carrying capacity of 10000 an hour. The estimated cost of this tower. which will be built of steel, is s800,000. or about twice as much az that of the Eiffel tower.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
roeoeoANlNe IN CANADA.
A Winter sport That Is Greatly En-
 ioyed by All Glasses.

A winter sport That 4s areatIy En@
 joyed by All Glasses.
 Tobogganing is one of the staple amusements in Canada. sportsnen are not content with the naturally formed "ehuteso down the side of hill but construct artificial slides. These are generally wooden ereetions with the planes fixed at an angie Of 45 de- grees, and with a sheer drop of about 100 feet. Water is poured over the wooded declivity. which in the frosty air is soon transformed into ice, with a surface as slippery as glass. When the bottom of the chute is reached the track extends over fields in as straight 8 direction as possible though in some eases net particularly level, but the momentum gained by the toboggan in flying down the chute is sufficient to carry t over any slight uDrisings in the ground. The Canadian toboggan is light, strong article about five or six feet in length, and about 20 inches in width, composed of a number of nar- TOW wooden strips secured Iongitudi- nally together, curling upward at the front. 4 handfaa sometimes extends along each side of the toboggan to en- able the passengers to hold on but the general rule is for one passenger to clasp the person seated next in front, the whole row of travellers being thus linked together for their rapid flight. In some cases there are five or six oc- cupants in one toboggan, and with such combined weight the siedge flies down the chute as if impelled from a cannon. Both men and women enter into the sport with great gusto, for the fun is fast and furious. When there is only one traveller to the toboggan he lies prone upon it, and In this manner, on account of the small amount of re- sistance that Is offered by the atmos- phere, the maximum of speed is gained. The chutes are properly controlled in order to avoid accidents One tobog. gan Is not permitted to leave the sum- nit of the chute until the preceding one has cleared the bottom of the slide Occasionally, by some mischance in- cured through faulty manipulation of the toboggan, a spill occurs on the cnute,a and if following tobeggan were to dash into the overturned vessel the result would be relatively quite as dis, astrous and terrible as collision be- tween express trains.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
 ALONG THE AMAZON.
Enaians sunk in Almost Hopeless Bar
 barism Inhabit Great Areas.

The trip of the United States gum boat Wilmington up the Amazon river promises to be looked upon as one or the achievements of the closing cen- turv. The commercial object of the Wilmington's cruise was to see how rubber was found in the natural state, and what manner of man it was who dWelt in the remote fastnesses Of the great forests whence it came. During the gunboat's stay the officers visited many Indian villages. The Indians were found to be apparently declle, but there was no mistaking their unclVll- ized state. Clothing, save strip OF two, worn by the women, are unknown, The men are strong and muscular, and show great chest development. They are eopper-eolored, of middle height, with well shaped limbs and small hands and feet. Their hair Is black, straight and rather coarse, the features broad. eheekbones not generally prominent, eyes black, and, strange to say, some times oblique like those of the Tartar races of Eastern Asia. The sole wea- pons in their possession are the spear and bow and arrow. The bows are of great length, and in the hands of a skilled native can be made formidable. Tn some of the native huts the Ameri- can visitors found curious objects which, on closer investigation, proved to be mummtfied human heads. This was significant, inasmuch as 1t proved that the tribe belonged to the class known as head hunters" term de- rived from their habit of preserving the heads of their enemies killed in battle. The process consists in remoV- ing the skull and treating it with cer- tain herbs until the head has been re- dueed to about one-sixth of it's original size. The hair and features are pre- served intact, thus giving the head Fery life-llke appearance. The lips are sewn together with hide thongs, upon which are recorded the details oi the battle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
C A. 9 Er o H HTA. Beara the 1 Ina Kind You Have Always Bougie signature at Ne1NZIzZz
mIneraI Production in the United

EiineraI Production in the United States.
 The Engineering and Mining Journai In it's annual statistical number says that the preliminary statement of Inin bral production ip the United States In 1898 shows that the total production oi metals in the United States for tha; year was valued at the place of pro- auction at $413. .7S8,4t4, as compared with $314,255, ,620 In 1898. Of non=me- taltic substances, the total value of the output was $601, ,872. .631, as compared with $483. .091, ,970 in feo8 Dedueting certain unavoidable cations, such as coal used in coke S, son ore in pig iron, and so on. the "99luo of the mineral production res.a..sa total ot 1891 ,424.082, showing aa crease of s151, ,607 ,932 over 1898. gsa old pro auction was valued at SIP, ,455 ,o55, and the silver was 61.179. .6S9 ounces.
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 Bsars the 2 The Kind 4oa fa4a Always Bought Signature ae L,9xl1z2Iz.z<x
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
PIGEONS IND THE CHINESE
How the eelest'als Make the Bird,
 Eager for circltng.

How the eelest'ais Make the Bird
 Eager for circltng.
 The Chinese have made pigeon flying the decoying game that it is bseaIs4 they like any kind Of playing fol keeps" seys= St Nicholas. Even if kite=fyiDg, they fy little hooks to theI1 kite strings and try to pull in each other'H kites, and count it ft.1s to keeE any kite that drops into thei. yards They will tell ycu that kite or q strange pigeon that comes te youl place, if given up, takes away yout family luck So you must tear the kite and keep the pigeon. But when you=see the town dan6ies saantering out with their fans and bird cages to watch the noon kite flying, eritieis ing the focks and their tactics. and arguing the fine points of deecying you guess that family luck. has very little to do with their game. To decoy strange pigeons, pigeon keepers must first train their foeks to "ay in spir. als5 that is, to rise steadil.1 in circles without straying far from the home roof. Pigeons naturally fly together in circles. Even wild pigeons whee. about in foeks before struggling off to the fields Chinese make their birds eager for eircling by keeping them shut up in 8 wicker house built on the ground around the dovecote, and they cure their birds of struggling by pelt. ing them with pebbles when they try to alight anywhere except on one spot the ridge-pole of the roof facing the wicker house. The flock must alight here in a bunch, and immediately walk down to the caves. This is done to bring any strange pigeon among them down within sight of the grain, which is then scattered on the floor of the wicker house. Pigeons are fed only after flying, for unless hungry, they are lazy and unmanageable. Their food is millet, sorghum seed or corn, which their keepers use to get as much work from them as possible. When there is much flying and calling down to dc, they are usually fed with millet, which is so small that it keeps them eating long time without filling them At other times their food is sorghum seed. Corn is not very good for pig cons, but they are so fond of it that pigeon keepers usually have 1t on hand to call them down when they are al- ~~tss-- c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
TO THE Residents of Pine BIl
 AND VICINITY !

The City Market will r,.,l Monday, October I, to retsi clusively a high grade of N Nd Morris & Company's vel dressed fresh meats, fine saps. canned meats, packing house X cacies, Lard, Breakfast P,'I Dried Beet and Sugar rs Hams, A. C. L. Haase X S, Smoked, Salted and Picked K also Fine Fancy Fresh Fish fi Lake, River and Ocean, Kabr zoo Celery, New York CO1 and Baltimore extra Select O5 CTS, Dressed Poultry, Wild Dot Quail and Rabbits in seas Pickles, Potatoes, Cabbage Cauliflower. And expect courteous treatment, inteIp service, prompt delivery charging reasonable prices, a continuance of your VI ed patronage.
 R. P. HOLMES, Prop
 2Io West 2d
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
You Ought t0 Make Up

your mind right now what you are going to have in your home this summer; then you ought to come right along this way, and look over this stock of ours. Are you going to enter tain your friends in the same old chairs. at the same old table, and on the same old earpets7 Why not have things fresh and newp Needn't buy all at once. Get a piece now and piece little lat CT. If you buy here, the first piece will be as good as the last piece.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
Peanut Butter.

According to prominent dealer, peanut butter is rapidly becoming an important commercial product. It is made by grinding peanuts very fine and reducing the mass to paste, from which large part of the oil is re, moved. A little salt is then added. Many physicians recognize the nutri. tious value of this butter. It has all the wholesome qualities of nuts with put being so indigestible. Peanut but ter is excellent for the poor, too. for it contains quite as much nourishment as ordinary butter and is much iess expensive
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
Crookedest River sn America.

From it's four heads in the Boston mountains to Batesyille, where it leaves the Ozarks and enters the Ar kansas lowlands. White river is sue, eession of astonishing curves. No other river on the continent so oftep and so nearly doubles upon itself From the source to the flat country is distance on straight line of per haps 150 miles. White river between these points has a course of over 60G miles; some estimates make it 1,0oH miles
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
Otanleesia h Eenosi..a,

The names of habitual drunkards are posted in public places in Kenosba. Wis, and the other day the common council passed an ordinance providing that habitual drunkards who have been posted "have tintypes or photographs of themselves attached to the poster, and that unless the parties so posted gre able to pay for said photographs, then the relatives be required to stand the expense. In case there are no rela- tives. then the city is responsible for Abe cost
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
Arkansas Midland RaIIroad auds,

5o,ooo acres of good timber lands for sale. 2,ooo acres of cleared lands for sale, along the llne Ii ,, of the Arkansas Midland Railroad. Free sites for factories and mills. draso For farms or timber lands, ad-
 G; T, UPDEGRAFF.
 General Freight Agent,
 Helena, Arkansas
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
Where People Drink E.her.

4 curious vice has taken root tn Eastern Prussia, where the people have taken to drinking ether It is sold in the saloons like any other liquor, four or five g1ammes to the glass. In the town of Memel alone. t $ stated, the amount thus sold last year was about 8,580 quarts, and in reality twice this amount was consumed, the rest being brought in by smugglers The effect Is said to be four times more powerful than an equal amount of alcohol, but its continued use produces intolerabls suffering and incurable lesions of liver. kidneys and heart.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
Arm ored Glass.

A recent German invention is arm
 bred glass. or glass cast with wira gauge inclosed in their substance, so as to increase the resistance to pressure. shock, and the effects of heat. Tests of the new material have been made at the Chemnitz technological museum which show that the armored glass is much stronger, and where the ordin- ary glass broke under sudden applica= tions of pressure the strengthened ma terial only cracked, and the cracks eaused by changes of temperature did oat allow either damp er flame to pass
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
Too Good a Target.

Hitherto the regiments of the High land Brigade which have worn the Kilt have presented an admirable mark for bullets by reason of the dark tartan of which the national costume is made. Orders have been now issued that all Highland corps are in future to wear a khaiki apron in front.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-19
The Good News Spreads

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 and our buslh,' grows larger, and the prices sd'. a.' CT, every day, People come ,rs,' ,s from all parts of the city ', NAr x ever they need anything Ill A,' < line, they think of us. we ,'' 4, furnished more eozy homes JI g we could possibly name ..'; have done it to the owners 2. ~ faction, and we can do the z thing for you.
 BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE Co'
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13

THE WAR IN PHILADELPHIA.

The war preclpitated in Philadelphia
ton to blackmail John Wanamakcr
WAKES merricr every day. Various or
CARNATIONS of the city demanded an
Investigation of Mr.. Wannmakcrs
charge against Director of Public Safe
~ English. and the removal of that
official ana the resignation of Mayor
Ashblidac If the charge was sustained
The Mayor replied in letter virtually
admitting the charge. but explaining
that Director English called on Mr.
Wanamaker in his individual capacity
rot rs a city official, and asked that
he silence the attacks OF the North
American. lie therefore refuses to re-
move him. This has drawn the fire
upon the Mayor ana attention was
called to Vile speech that he was al
legged to have made sometime ago to
n meeting " the Junior Order OF Amer
lean Mechanics. The ministers organ
i2at,on denounced him for that. He re-
piled with n denial and sought TO sub
stantate his denial by MIR. McEcnna.
the city editor of the Public Ledger.
Mir. McNcnua declined TO back up the
Mayor. but on the contrary said that
lie did make the speech. The Mayor
raised Il question OF vcracity and the
journalist produced the original COPY
Of the report of the speech which was
50 decidedly of color that The Ledger
had refused To print it AZ the time.
The city editor had taken the copy TO
the Mayor with Il view TO dischar,elng
the reporter If the Mayor had been
m.srepres nted. The Mayor virtually
20 k-cd' the report ana the copy was
reserved for future reference ana 10
tne infinite discontinue OF Mayor Ash
bridge. whosc reputation COR veraclty
has not been improved by the incident.
Every morning newspaper Of the city
has sided against him. except Mr..
Quay Philadelphia Inquirer. which
boldly asserts that all the others are
Subsidized" CIR. Wanamaker does
not patronizc the Inquirer). And so
The matter stands. The Mayor is cor
nered but defiant and the fight has
grown SO WARM that it threatens to al
together overshadow the ouay-Wana-
maker war.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13
THE CONSCIENCE OF NEW JERSEY

Citizens of other States have
long been curious to know what
fearsome shape public sentiment
has assumed in New Jersey in
the matter of trusts. 1t has
been next to Impossible for the resi-
dent of communities where trusts are
regarded as legalizcd bandits to conjec-
ture how they are regarded in the Com
monwealth that commissioned them for
the sake of the license fees and taxes.
From the Newark Advertiser we get
ray of light on the subject:
I'VE miss in the columns of the press
of the State the fluctuations which
would naturally be INDUCED in over
the showing made OF the corporation
tax assessments, in the report of the
State Beard of Assessors. They are
either mum or make only II passing
reference TO the report
~ sense of public decency seems to
have come to these State newspapers
They begin to see that II state policy
which enriches the treasury at the en-
penSe of the honor of the State. and
TO the dctriment of its people. and the
people OF other States. is not Il policy
for laudation in its results. and that
it cannot be commended 10 honest
men,.
We are unable to share In the Adver-
tisar's optimistic view of the awak-
ening Jersey conscience. The silence it
notes with so much satisfaction we do
not regard as referablc to repentant
rangs. 1t may spring from satisfaction
too deep for utterance with the truly
magnificent showing the trust mill
made for its stockholders: or it may
be dumb reSrct-thc Silent sorrow that
lies too deep for tears-that the palmy
days OF the industry seem to be over
and that hereafter the local tax gather
or Will have To supply the deficit, in
creasfnS as applications for the black
flag become more and more infreuuent.
But that Jersey sorrows for her sins
VIII find credencc only in circles where
Munchausen claims devout believers
and where the Republican antitrust
amendment is accepted in good faith.
An organism that has Mithstood the
perennial assaults of the Jersey mos
quito Will hardly succumb to the stings
OF conscience. The Advertiser will
have 10 find some more plausible ex-
PLANTATION of the silence that broods
over the marshes. Possibly even the
Jerscyman realizes that, sometimes, the
less said the better.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13

Mr.. Cannon. OF the House, and Mr..
Allison. OF the Senate. in their report
of the appropriations declared that the
increase of $50, 2O2. 500 over the preccd-
ing fiscal year needed no defence and
chairman Of the committees proceeded
to defend nj great length. At an In
crease OF $50OoO,OOO annually 1T would
appear that sooner or later even the
richest country in The world will find
lis treasury bankrupt and it's citizens
impoverished.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-06-13

The fact that there should exist. as
General Macarthur admits, a secret or
ganization IN the Philippines which
levies taxes even i0 Manila and which
cannot be broken up because 1t cannot
DC reached. is the most significant state
ment that has been made as to the
Philippine situation receutly. It shows
that we have to reckon with the earnest
and deadly hostility OF the Filipino peo-
pie and not with that of a mere faction
as has so often been asserted. And all
this because a laundering admin!stra-
ton did not conciliate the Inhabitants
in the beginning by the promise of self
government under an American protec-
torate. Tho mischief has beeu done and
tariff schedules, Internal taxes and n
carpet bag government Will not win
back the good will that might have
been had for the asking