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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-04

,, ,nllitars Balloon Photographs.
 ,safy ballooning is, of course. in ianey, and the present Boer war aceically the first opportunity of US efficacy. Each balloon is sneo With nearly a dozen cameras uer to obtain panoramic views or Ountry, which are of great value invading army.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-04
Londoa's strange Fountain.

A fountain of mercury is the most interesting sight in a big exhibition now being held in London, and it att tracts large crowds every day. Mer- sury, or quicksilver, is nearly fourteen times heavier than water, and 1t must seem strange to see flat irons and large chunks of rock floating around upon it's surface in the lower basin. The mer- eury falls in constant shower Of sll- yer spray from basin seven feet above the one in which these heavy objects are floating, and it is raised back up into this upper basin by an endless chain upon which are fastened tWen- ty-eight tiny buckets, which dip into the mercury and carry it up, one after .he other Tie entire fountain is paint ed black, and when it is lit up at night the silver rain sparkling in the electric light against black background is very pretty Two and half tons of mercury, costing S2,9T0. is the amount used in this remarkable fountain Pittsburg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-04
ToBoooaNINo gN cAnADA.
A Winter Sport That Is Greatly En-
 joyed by All ayiassea

4obogganing is one of the staple amusements in Canada. sportsmen are not content with tie naturally formed "chutess down the side of a hill but construct artificial slides These are generally wooden creations with the planes fixed at an angle 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 surface as slippery as glass. When the bottom of the chute is reached the track extends over fields in as straight direction as possible, though in some cases not particularly level, but the momentum gained by the toboggan in living down the chute is sufficient to carry It over any slight uprisings in the ground. The Canadian toboggan Is a light, strong article, about five or six feet in length, and about 20 inches in width, composed of number of nar- row wooden strips secured longitudi- nally together, curling upward at the front. A handrail 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 oes cupants in one toboggan, and with such combined weight the sledge 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 at1nos- phere, the maximum of speed is gained The chutes are properly controlled in order to avoid accidents One tobeg. 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 mischanee in- cured through faulty manipulation Of the toboggan, a spill occurs on the chute and if a following toboggan 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., 1900-12-04
CURIOUS EFFECTS
Infu,, but Not Serious. Accidents Hava

kIuful, but Not Serious. Accidents Hava
 Upon Some PeopIes
 &Tt has been my i'll luck. said Hor- e Marston, Of Portland, Me, at the Etth Avenue Hotel, several times to illness painful accidents. and they ad once or twice curious effect on e sufferer. Years ago I was stand g beside a gun at a state muster at ugusta. when a salute to the gov. nor, who had just come on the field, as being fired. The cannon used was the old-fashioned kind, and 1t was tenaturely discharged, with the re- IL that the index finger of the right pnd of the man ramming the load bme was blown off. The shock, to- Ether with the Judgement of flying lrticles of powder, had the effect of |lging the blood back from the bund during which fragment of timt injured man calmly examined his hngled hand; but when the blood did ai0 paSh 1I Odluc WILL d uSds dlN |ry bubbled out in a torrent. The en's calmness left him as if by magic the sight of the blood, and with Q ld scream he keeled over in dead int. They used to tell a story there two men who were working on op- site sides of a buzz saw. The attens of one becoming momentarily dis Rcted, he ran his finger against the and the severed piece dropped on other side where his partner was fking. That worthy picked it up, with the casual remark. Bill, fye dropped something handed it fk to its owner. Bill didn't faint, 1t is only owing to the superior iN Of speed developed by his part that he is not doing time for plcide with extenuating circum- nces at Thomaston today
 tontiact for an American Company. l1er being carefully guarded for tWo months it has leaked out that lramway committee of the Glas- lScotland) corporation has award sae contract for the supply ard lay or the conduit for conveying the e Tor Glasgow municipal tramways 'ne National Conduit and Cable pany of America. The work of ag the pipe under American super on has already begun, and some 800 aes are being employed. This con- contract is reported to be by far most important one ever placed lae of England. Already 100000 of piping have been ordered. and Sald that the chances are that the le requirements ia this line will be oy tho Americans, and that the e-on the superior manufacture of a English manufacturers have
 pflded themselves-will also be req from the United States. The Vus part Of the conduit contract is lump sum has been agreed upon
 the National company that will ae the supply of pipes, the ex- Eloh of the earth as well as the B Of the pipe.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
Bears Out Idea of
Conspiracy.
CredibiIity of States Witnesses
Attacked.

Georgetown, KY, August 3.-Of the
eight witnesses introduced by tho defense
in the Powers case, today, all but one
were called for the purpose of attacking
the credibility OF witnesses of the prose-
cution. Former State Auditor Stone
stated that Witness W. II. Culton, an al
legged cO-conspirator of Powers was re
moved from place of trust in his office
because he defauIted in the sum of 5000.
Other witnesses stated that instead of
being in Frankfort on the day OF Gov.
GoebeIs murder as he swore he was,
George Weaver, a prosecution witness,
was in Grapon Springs. Others testified
that wharton Golden of the prosecution
has displayed money and intimated that
it came from the state reward fund.
Attorney for the prosecution made one
of these witness. James Harkleroade OF
Barbourville, admit that he had been in
dicted several times for the violations OF
law. Daniel r. Collier of Lancaster, ad
jutant general of kentucky under the
Taylor administration offered as testi-
mony the written word of Gov. Taylor
directing him to bring the regiments of
the state guard to Frankfort after the
shooting of Senator Goebel and ordering
him to confer with the civil authorities
of franklin county as to how best to pre-
serve peace there.
This was the first appearance of the
document which was never made a part
of the state reco- DIS and Judge Cantril
ruled it out as incompetent
An alleged confession of 'TalloW
Dick'' Coombs. one of the men under in
dictment in connection with the Goebel
shooting which was exhibited here today,
was at first denied by him, but later he
admitted that it is partially correct. The
confession, if true, throws no further
light on the case than to connect Henry
Youtsey more closely with the murder
and to bear out the idea of conspiracy.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04

William Allen White, the friend of
boys, says "TolAcco is like whisky-it
is growing in disfavor There is not in
EmpOra today a single topper. In % years
the use of tobacco will be tabOoed as
whisky is, and, what is more, white rib
boners and reformers and political agi-
tators won't be responsible for it. The
responsibility viii be in the relentless
competition of this age, which casts upon
the ash heap for failure every brain that
is impaired from any cause. This viii
be cruel. But it is inevitable, and the
boys of today should prepare for it. In
the day when they shall do battle for sue
cess the man will coddle his brains and
his body as a sporting man coddles his
horse. In these days of active competi-
ton it is the best brain that wins, and
the man who knocks out his brains with
tobacco CT whisky is knocked out of the
contest for supremacy in any field of
activity. When a young man applies for
a job IN this town he is practically renting
his brains. The market is full of brains,
and no employer cares to hire damaged
set when he can get a clean set just as
we'll. "-Atchison Globe.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04

One OF Detroit's best known figures is
a venerable artist, one of whose charac-
teristics is furnishing fun without know
ing it. Some time ago he sold a portrait
of a notable parsonage for what seemed
to the old gentleman a large sum OF
money.
Instead of furnishing himself with
some Of the necessaries of genteel living,
to which he formerly was accustomed
and which he so much needed, this mon
ey stirred his sluggish blood to youthful
ambition once more, and, going to Chi
cago, he set up a Studio" Before many
weeks had passed he returned, as was
expected, and one of his many friends
said to him:
''Well, how did it go?'
The old artist shook his white head
and answered mournfully:
"Well, Chicago isn't what it used to
be. There used to be people of real re-
fnement and true artistic taste there,
but they seem to have changed and not
one Of them visited my studio, as they
used to do daily"
why didn't you go to see them, then? 2"
"Well, l did intend to, but somehow
l couldn't get at it, the people seemed so
different"
''You ought to have persevered a little
longer"
eyes, I suppose so; but, you see, they
were mostly dead. Detroit Free Press.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04


AS the stone comes from the breaker
the pieces viii be found to show a con
siderable variety in SIZE and bv many
practical roadmakers it is regarded as
best that these sizes should be assorted
and separated, since each has its par
ueular USE To Go this work bv hand
would be troublesome and expensive
and screens are generally employed for
that purpose. Screens are not ahso-
lutely necessary, and many roadmal1.
ers do not use them, but they insure
uniformity in size of pieces. and uni
1ormlty means in many cases superior
wear, smoothness and economy. Most
Oh the screens in common use today
are Oh the rotary kind. In operating
they are generally so arranged that the
product of the crusher falls directly
into the rotary screen, which revolves
"a an inclined axis and empties the
;eparate pieces into small bins below
he crusher.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
SHAH a FATALIST.

Paris, August 3.-Mira Mezam de CAT
fairy, Persian minister of public works,
gives in an interview the personal i'm
preston of the Shah on the outrage COM
mltted against His Majesty. Like all Mo-
hammedans, said the minister, the Shah
is fatalist; hence the remarkable cool
ness with which he treated the whole af-
fair. He is simply astonished.
eff the assassin has not succeeded in
killing me, - said the Shah, sit is that
my hour has not come. God IS great
The Shah seems the least concerned of
all over the effort to take his life, and he
has not curtailed the program he had in
view. The discovery of Salson S identity
was made by means of the Bertillon sys-
tenn, his measurements agreeing with
card at police headquarters When shown
the card and photograph the criminal
said; Eyes, L am Salson." His full
name is Francois Salson. He is a French
man and was born in 1876 He was re-
garded as a dangerous anarchist and in
October, 1898, was condemned to three
months imprisonment for preaching an
archy. In June, 1899, he was condemned
to eight months imprisonment for a like
offense
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
NICARAGUA CANAL.
A Private c. rporation is Going Ahead
with the Work.

New York, August 3.-John d. Grim
Minis of the syndicate formed to construct
an inter-o 3eanio canal through Nicaragua
under the concession given by the govern
ment of Nicaragua to Edward Frye, and
Edward f. Cragin, the existence of which
was proclaimed yesterday by President
Zelaya, said today the company would
proceed to carry out the terms of its con-
ract without delay. The capital needed
has been secured. and if the estimate
of cost made for this government is cor
rect, the canal can be built for the same
money and probably less. This estimate
is about $13O, 100000. The route has not
been selected and the company has liber-
ty to choose any within the domain of
Nicaragua. That preferred by this gov
ernment will certainly have preference.
The probability is that the route Will be
that hitherto called the Nicaragua.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04

The highest, the best, the most per-
manent pleasures are those which are not
sought but which come from the faithful
fultillment of life's duties and obligations.
indeed eager search after pleasure in any
direction is always fruitless, because it
implies a condition of mind to which en-
during happiness is a stranger. Selfish
ness and enjoyment may dwell together
for a brief season, but the latter will
soon wither away under the scorcfing
influence Of the former.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
WOULD HAVE KILLED CzAR.

Paris, August 3.-SaIson, the wouId-be
murderer of the Shah, was more COM
municative today and when an effort was
made to interrogate him hs spoke freely
OF yesterdays attempt and ventilated his
anarchistic ideas, but when asked if he
acted as the instrument of others he de-
clined to answer, saying, however, that
had he killed the~Shah and escaped he
would have killed the Gar.
Further inquiries at the Workingmen s
hotel where Salson lived brought to light
the fact that he had been working at day
labor until recently when his work was
finished. He was then unable to find
new employment and became more IN.
communicative even than formerly.
though still keeping regular hours. The
last few days the question of existence
was a difficult one for him.
What his punishment will be is mat
ter of doubt. Probably it viii be a life
sentence at hard labor, though it is pos
sible he will be condemned to the guiIlo-
tine.
NAME OF SHAFTS ASSAILANT.
Paris August 3.-At the. meeting of
the cabinet this morning it was an
nounced that the would-be assassin of
Muzzaffer Ed Din, Shah of Persia had
given his name as Salson. A man of this
name who had been regarded and watched
as an anarchist disappeared from Paris
in 1896 and had not since been located.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
sA1soN Had PROTECTION

Paris, August 4.-The Echo de Paris
says that Salson, although condemned Ito
eighJ months imprisonment last year
never went to prison. The police knew
his address and he never hid himself. The
paper says:
10 what powerful protection did this
anarchist owe such favor?''
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
GERMANY GOT SMALL END.

Berlin, August 3.-The Deutsche Tages
Zeitung urges the government to publish
the terms of the recent tariff agreement
between the United States and Germany,
claiming that Germany was severely
beaten by the United States, and that the
German foreign office is afraid to let the
German public know the facts of the
situation.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
TO save Her Child

From frightful Disagreement Mrs.
Mamie Gallager, of LaGrange, Ca, ap-
piled Bucklen's Arnica Salve to great
sores on her head and face, and writes
It's quick cure exceeded all her hopes,
1t works wonders in Sores, Bruises. Skin
Eruptions, Cuts Burns, ScaIds and Piles.
25c. Cure guaranteed by IL. p S
Goold, 577 Congress street. druggist.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
NORTH CAROLINA MAJORTrIEs.

Charlotte, N. c., August "a special
to the Observer from Raleigh says:
The returns tonight show that Dem o.
cratic majorities aggregate "a, 678 and fu-
sion majorities 5.125, making the net
Democratic majority SO, 553. There will
be contests in several counties.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04

Copake, N. Y, comes to the front with
a decided novelty in the way of social
diversion. The citizens organized a
tombstone bee" and, going out to the
graveyard, Strengthened up all the top
ping monuments and headstones. They
then returned to town and wound up the
evening with a dance.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04

ne Fh@nicians were great road
builders. Traces Of their roads in Svr-
" and Asia Minor, from the seacoas+
20 the plateau Of Armenia, are to be
round even at the present day.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04

AMIEDLFor U. S. army Able boaied
~ unmarried men between ares Of o. oe ~
60, cluzens OF the United States. of cood
Speat , rda ana temperate habits. who can
specially desired for service I'm Pbiiiirey,s are
TqC snntormatlon apply to RECRUfTINtt Hr
NAOhh' zOo12 Middle ST., Portland. Me. O'-
ly5-IuIh&Sat-t Ogept
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
THE DAILY PRESS.

Can always be found at the periods
stores of:
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
STAGE MAILS.

Bo'oery Beach-Arriye at $50 p. M; clossa
200 p. m.
Cape Elizabeth and K1ljghtUiUs-Arrlye Al
$50 a. m and $50 p. m. close at 500 a. m and
200 p. N.
Duck Pond, P4-ide's Corner, WIndh1,n IA
Kjqdh0nl. Rdg1aOad and South Casco-Arfirs
at 1000 a. m: close at 200 D. N.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
ISLAND MAILS.

Peaks lssand-Arrive at s9.3) a. m., 4i5s
m. close at $50 a. m. 2.30 D. m.
H0gpslCeU, Long and Chebea0lte LSlqnds-lt
rive az 800 M, 90 p. m. close at S00am
$50 2. N.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-04
THE TIEN TsIN CASUALTIES.

THE IIEN TSIN CASUALTIES.
Washington, August The casualties
in the Ninth United States infantry at
lien Tsin, China, on July 10 last are re-
ported by General Macarthur. The only
Maine man included in the list of
wounded are Second Lieutenant Frank
r. Lang and Private William Murphy,
whose nearest relative is Hannah Murphy,
Portland, Me
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
GOOD Counsel
DEftcEL
Has No Price. !"
Hlaz:ali2l e. Q { ;:,1:zEfD1

Dave Long was taken quite sudden
ly and severely i'll Saturday at Pella
while in that city looking after BUSH
ness matters. His wife and Mrs.
ScottLong went to Pella this morning.
Mrs. Margery Rominger, who has
been visiting briefly at the home of
her mother, Mrs M. Baker, returned
this morning to her home in Bloom
field. Mrs. Baker accompanied her
and will visit there a short time.
Ernie Cummings and wife went to
MarshalltownSaturday for few days
visit with friends. Will Brock occu-
pies the position of day clerk at the
Downing House during the absence
Of Mr.. Cummings.
New Sharon people seen in the city
Saturday were: Ed DUNCAN, Chas.
Atkinson, John Taylor, d. @. Kurtz,
j. G. Hammond, Mrs. I'll. M. Whita-
kef, Miss Ruth Penrose, Mrs. John
Day. Mr.. and Mrs. Will Garner.
Jonn Hughes, of Iowa county, the
author of the anti-pass bill in the
present legislature, was in the city
over Sunday visiting with his wife
and daughters at the Chas. and Henry
Edris homes and with Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Jones. The gentleman returned
to Des Moines this morning in COM
pany with Mr.. Jones.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
ORDINANCE NO. 2O7.
Passes the City Council To Be
Voted on March 20.

The water question is again up to
the people of Oskaloosa.
There was special meeting of the
city council Friday evening for the
purpose of the reading of the new
Water Ordinance No 207. 1t was
moved that the instrument be placed
on its second reading which thing
was done and the ordinance passed
the second reading.
There was another special meeting
OF the council Saturday morning at
$3.50 O'Clock and the ordinance was
placed on its third reading and
passed. The mayor will affix his
signature and the instrument will
then be ready for the vote of the peo-
pie of the city.
The new ordinance will be voted
on at the regular city election that
will be held in the city of Oskaloosa,
Monday, March 26.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
Settlement In Sight.

Des Moines, March 3.-At a late
hour yesterday afternoon the joint
committee, composed of eleven mem
bers of the Iowa association of mine
operators and a like number repre-
senting the United Mine Workers of
America, agreed to recommend to the
joint convention of the two organiza-
tions that mine run scale be adopted
wherever coal is sold on this basis
and that uniform system of screen
ing be used in each district. The re-
port was agreed upon by a unanimous
vote and the announcement of the
roll call was sgreeted with cheers by
the miners and it is said some of the
operators also applauded.
The agreement will be submitted to
the joint convention to-day and it is
believed twill be ratified without OPP
position.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
A Good Man.

Abba Union. Engineer A. A.
Lindley, of Oskaloosa, has been run
ming on the Hooking branch for sew
eral days. Lindley, by rights. be-
longs over on the main. line of the
Central but occasionally they switch
him down in this neighborhood when
they want big loads hauled. When
the Central gets their new engines
on the road they should give Lind
ley the biggest and best of them and
allow him to move to Abba and
make his home here. He is one Of
the best engineers on the road and
one of the best men,"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
Tit For Tat.

The Brighton Enterprise says:
"The Central was in hard luck here
during the snow storm. A freight
train got stuck in snow drift in
Whitacre's cut and the men were all
night digging it out, while the side
tracks filed up with waiting trains.
Then the same train stuck again.
Ben Whitacre has an unsettled fire
bill against the company for burning
his hay last summer and now this
makes them even. He refused to
let them put snow fence in his field
to stop the drifts"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
Masonry Exemplified.

A great time was had at the Ma
sonic temple Friday evening. There
was work in the third degree and
Prof. Charles Farmhouse was the cam
didate receiving the degree, and the
work was witnessed by crowded
lodge room. Members were present
from New Sharon, Rose Hill, Leigh
ton, Eddyville, Fremont and Iowa
City. The hall was crowded to it's
greatest capacity.
After the work of the evening sup
per was served in the banquet hall
aud the occasion was greatly en-
joyed by all who were fortunate
enough to be present.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
Graio-O, GraIn-O!

Remember that name when you want
delicious, appetizing nourishing food
drink to take the place of coffee. Sold
by all grocers and liked by all who have
used it. Grain-O is made of pure grain,
it aids digestion and strengthens the
nerves. 1t is not stimulant, but a
health builder and the children as well
as the. adults car drink it with great
benefit. Costs about "a as much as
coffee. I5c and 25c. per package. Ask
your grocer for Grain-O.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08
MANY A LOVER.

Has turned with disgust from an other
wise lovable girl with an offensive
breath. Karl's Clover Root Tea purifes
the breath by its action on the bowels,
etc., as nothing else will. Sold for years
on absolute guarantee. Price rs cts. and
so cts. GREEN & BENTLEY DUG Co.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-03-08

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fiji
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
II they are sick or out
Of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected