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PROPOSALS FOR REPAIRS TO AND CHAM. f>S
In Plumbing in Grant School BuiIding.-Ofice of
the Commissioners. D. c.. Washington. D. c..
June IS, 19OO.-Sealed proposals will be received
at this office until TWELVE NJ. JUNE TWEEN
TY SEVENTH, 1900, for repairs to and changes in
plumbing in the Grant School building. located
west. Washington. D. c. Blank forms of pro-
posas may be obtained upon application therefor
at the office of the inspector of plumbing of the
District of Columbia. and bids upon these forms
only will be considered Plans and specifications
together with all necessary information can be
consulted at the office. The right is
served to reject any all bids. Proposals must
be inclosed in scaled envelope. indorsed: PRO
posals for repairs to and changes in plumbing in
Grant School building HENRY +. +. MAC
FALKLAND. JOHN W. ROSS LANSING H.
LEACH, Commissioners, d. G. je1S-6t
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The X-RaylI :.
rqedicaia Institute.

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x-Ray in Csc for Rxamtaatioa and Diagnosis.
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CURED; latest electric discovery; no knife no in
lection; no pain. Trussess ON trial.
Structure, VaricoceIe. Hydroceis, Blood Poison
cured without mercury.
Especial attention in old and so-called incurabls
cases treated and cure accomplished, HOurn 10 To
Il, to 8. Tuesdays and Saturdays tin evening
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On.ce rooms, 1901 + NV.
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-31
sHYLock IN JAPANESE.
-sssnges in the Text of shakespeare's
 Great Play.

Two tragedies were given by the
 6aTanese players at the Boston theater
 recently. and the author of both--Ka-
 wakami-p1ayed the leading part in each. Japanese playwrights are cer-
 tainly versatile, and when the amount of physical labor involved in these tra-
 gedies is considered, they cannot be said to be afraid of hard work, says the Boston Herald. The Japanese idea of "The Merchant of Venice" which the author attempts to show in "Sairoku" and in which he plays the name part, proved hardly as entertaining as might be expected. It might be called weari- some in places, owing to the protracted dialogue and insufficient pantomime to clearly indicate what the people were talking about The main features of the play are copied, with some changes Thus the Jewish miser becomes a Ja- panese miserly fisherman, the pound of flesh is three square inches,' to be cut off nearest the heart of the lover or {. misers daughter, who has borrow e 5000 rio under the pledge of flesh : feiture; and an older daughter is {. Portia who becomes the judge and S les the lovers life. The play ends L-ppily in the repentance of siroku, though not before the tragic element Is devolved in the suicide of the young ar daughter. The shorter play that opened the bill and is called Scarlet Snow" is based on events following the visit of Commodore Perry in Japan in 1853, and the tragic fate of Minister Tairo Ramon in consequence of his signing a treaty In opposition to the wishes of the exclusion party The hand-to-hand fighting that comprises almost the entire second act and that reddens the deep snow with blood gives the name to the play, and is a study of muscular realism on the stage. The play is eiven entirely by the men, but in "Siroku" two ladies of the con- pany, Sada Yaeeo and Mikami, give de- lightful performances as the two daughters.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-31
 i Gatss Long Hmm.

New York Correspondence Pittsb1irg Dispatch: How far can a cat jump without hurting itself was partially exemplified in Brooklyn A pretty white cat ran ID 3 tree to get away from 8 dog, and at last eraWled out on 2 small branch at least sixty feet above z ground The branch was not much
 ore than ! tWig, and the cat could
 t turn around. She sat up there on
 swaYlng limb and meoWed. At last
 3 twig broke, and down came the cat. She alighted on the ground on her feet looked around for a moment, and then bounded away Which shows tliat g sixty-foef drop does not hurt 9 Brooklyn cat. whatever it might do to cats of other plaeas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-31
Austrian Court Customs.

Tn the Austrian court 1t is contrary to custom for perishable articles to ap- pear twice on the imperial table. The result is large perquisites for the at tendants. To one man fall all un- corked bottles, to another the wine left in the glasses, to another the joints. and to still another the game or the sweets. Every morning sort of mar ket is held in the basement of the pal ace, where the Viennese come to pur- chase the remains.-New York Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-31
Anaazlng Expansions of Great Britain.

Amazing Expansions of Great Britain.
 In 17S0 the area of the British for eign possessions outside and exclusive of the British Isles, but including Can ada, the West Indies, and India, may be set down as about 31s millions of square miles, with a population of less than two millions of white people and perhaps forty-fve millions of colored races. These figures, though little as compared with those of 1899. are yet quite respectable. They were vastly greater than other nations of that time could show. Indeed they are greater than any nation can even now show for foreign possessions. In 1889 the British empire contains over 12 mil lions of square miles and 40 millions of population, of whom 55 millions are white people, that is 40 millions in the mother country, and 15 millions in the colonies while the remainder are of colored races. This represents. about nearly one-third of the.habitable globe and shows an amazing expansion with in the hundred years.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-31
For Sale by WALKER DRUG COMPANY
Make. 8 Living Catching Butterflies.

Catching butterflies is the pleasant work by which clever English girl makes a good living. Miss Mary Yeo- mans, before going to California, has collected butterflies for pleasure at home, and after coming to America realized that many of the rarest varie- ties are to be found in California. The first butterflies she captured were G a species seldom found except in the higher Alps, and on sending them to England she was paid s25 each. From that time on she has been steadily in creasing her stock, and now makes a large income by the sale of the insects
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-31
Whale n Disturber.


 Last year the sardine fishery on the Blscayan coasts was good deal spoilt by the presence of large whale, which seemed to have got itself "cor- nered' in the wedge of the bay of which. the Bidassoa's estuary makes the apex. All the sea here, for some thing like 200 miles out, is shallow. so one can imagine the commotion that rather badly f1ustered whale would make on finding himself threat ened by stranding among the sardine population. Naturally enough the fishery did not prosper with such large disturbing influence about. But it Is not a little singular that this year again, SC far as the season has gone, little has been doing, and surely this cannot be ocsasioned by fear of last years whale. But whatever the reason. the fact is too true that the sound of the lookout mans horn has been seldom heard (they post a man on watch for sardines in the bay. their appearance, to summon the fish ermen to the boats) even though the ceremony of the "Interlo de los sar- dinosy has taken place. with all its childish pageantry, in all the Biscayan villages that the sardine fishery con- cerns. Luckily the Basques are nor wholly dependent upon their fisher- ies; but. of course, their degree of sue. cess makes a difference to then.- iNFinagn News
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-31
Dining-Room Necessities

are here in great variety. We have fine stock of tables. chairs and sideboards. We are making special prices upon a quartered oak sideboard, beveI- ed glass mirrors By examining our sideboards you will see the bargain we are offering.
 B1aff City Furniture Go,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-31

Lot 54oe Brown Fancy 2.35 Lot 5ls4 Grey Checked lS5 Lot sseo, Tan plaid quality sa value, f9O Lot ssea, Tan Check FlanLe, 2O5 Lot 5l4s Black whaebone ss5o 2.25 Lot s7os Black cheyo 9Oc Lot so2o s2 i25 Lot s2s7 all pants s250now 65 Lot se5o all 2O 4s4l, cheap g. ,s lSO $s5e fo5 striped pantsf 23O Lot 542 Slate 5O Lot 1o White real s now soc The Values offered above 5 discount therefore
 other merchants can't compete.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-08-31
Another Master Stroke in Merchandising.
me power oI cash saves you not pennies dimes but Puts Dollars in Your Purse.

Our buyer the East has purchased for the Pants for cash which the carry over and u order for dispose them season offer them to the people of this city prices Of Great Loss to the Maker to the Weaer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11

ly prevails. because the crew have to
work hard unloading the vessel and in
toxication is not an incentive to shovel
ing grain or handling lumber.
Goderich, Canada; is the fayerite port
of the lake sailors. Vessels which land
there are! usually laden with grain, which
is unloaded bg steam shovel, which
makes little work for the crew. The
town is Beautifully situated on high
bluff, overlooking Lake. Huron, and the
American consul. Robert S. Chiffon, who
by the way. was appointed to the con-
su1ar service by Daniel Webster, when
he was secretary of state, is friend to
the American sailor, when he gets IN
trouble. Goderich represents to the crew
of lake schooner the place described
by Kipling as Somewhere east of Suez, :
and as the vessels are tied up at tile
dock there you can hear this verse sung
in loud, deep voices, going from one to
the other:
Ship me somewhere east of Suez
Where the lest is like the worst,
Where they ain't no ten commandments.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11

needle and thimble. A housewife would
disdain these implements. but they do
effective, If unattractive, work. The
third man gees on deck, draws a bucket
of water and washes some of his clothes.
This is the usual scene in calm weather.
But in storm there is no such time OF
peaceful inactivity. A hurried shout in
stentorian tones into the forecastle, ac-
companied by number of thumps on the
hatch with Delaying pin, calls all hands
on deck The vessel is leaning over till
her lee bulwarks are almost even with
the water The lake is a mass of foam,
and occasionally big waves dash over the
windward rails and three feet of water
are sluicing the decks. making it impos
sible for the hardest sailor to maintain
a position without firm grasp upon a
rope It's shorten sal" now, and up the
windward and leeward shrouds Chamber
the crew, with the agility of monkeys on
trees in their native forests. On the lee
ward shrouds, so great is the slant of the
vessel. a mans feet will slip from the
ratlines occasionally, and he will hang
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11
WHEN STORMS COME UP.

In the meantime the other watch is
below. The oil lamp which swings dis
mally in the center of the forecastle
sends forth a siclsening smell and gives
but feeble light. One man is sleepy ard
Immediately seeks his bunk, from which
snores soon emanate loud enough to
make one think that vessel in distress
IS firing signals to obtain help. Another
man mends his breeches, using a sailors
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11

about sailing on the lakes which is not
attendant on sea navigation. Not a
schooner on the lakes possesses sex
tant, and observations are never taken.
1t is doubtful If half dozen captains
know the science of navigation. Land
is out Of sight for several days at a
time, and yet the vessel puts in at the
port bound for without trouble. Direc-
tons such as these are the sailing guides:
Steer from lighthouse at Chicago break,
water north by east for thirty-five knots,
then due north forty knots, then east by
north seventy-five knots, and the She
boygan light will appear off the port
bow
OF course these are not the-sailing d.
dections to reach Sheboygan, but they
are the terms in which they are ex-
pressed. By some kind of intuitive sense
the captain figures out the leeway and
tells by the log, the smell of the waters,
or the looks of the last fish caught,
where he is. Vessels sometimes go out
of their course, but these are rare cases.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11

Captain and Crew Eat at the Same
Table, and Relations Are Like
Those of a Big Family-Many of
the Sailors Men Who Have Served
Before the Mast on Salt Wa
ter.
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|
Generally the thirst has already been
raised and is .quenched at a nearby no.
tel, which sells a much better liquor at
a much cheaper price than do. the grog-
shops along shore in an American city.
Revenue officers look with lenient eyes
on the sailors who come back from Cans
adam ports. They are guilty OF SNUG
gIing-almost all of them-but this crime
consists only in bringing across the line
articles for their own Use, such as
clothes, shoes, or a few bottles of wills,
ky. OF course, bold attempts at SNUG
Cling have been made, and several
schooners have been seized for carrying
on Illegal traffic, but these cases are rare.
Sailors are quick to apprise the author.
tiles when any vessel falls under their
suspicion, and this is the reason. per-
haps, that they are allowed little lib
erty themselves in custom house mat
ters.
OBSERVATIONS NEVER TAKEN.
To the uninitiated there is mystery
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11

In his first mate the captain has a VAL
liable assistant to correct him If he errs
In Judgment. Most Of the first mates ON
the lake were formerly captains They
lost their vessels-and the number Of
men in reduced positions shows the ex~
tent of the marine disasters-perhaps by
storm or by some mismanagement, and
have been unable to get another COM
maDd
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11
origin of "sterling.v

Sterling is derived from the name by
which the jewellers in eastern Germany
were known in the twelfth and thirteenth
Not only was the purity of their money
very famous, but that of their silver
especially so, and coiners and siiversmiths
were fetched from those parts to inn
prove the quality of our own manufact-
1lreS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11
Carpet Department

OdTpEI DGpdT ITIItIII
If you need Carpets Rugs Art Squares, Lnoeums,
Ocoths- fact anything in the line of floor coverings
you should take advantage of special offering for this
winbe
good selection,
About 800 heavy Wool Art Squares, all sizes =
and colors big drive yard HNHAI
- - -
gE hal I'm ERH KME HMH H I'm m Nm nj u n
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11
Drunkenness i'm boston.

The arrests for drunkenness In Boston
last year averaged sixty-five per day, or
4 per cent of the population.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-02-11


in midair suspended only by his hands,
with boiling sea beneath ready to act
as a tomb for his body. Upper and low
er sails are furled, jibs taken in, the yes
sci goes along under cIose-reefed fore
sail, and then one watch may go below
All the men are exhausted by their OK.
ertions. 1t is no time now for mending
breeches or washing clothes. Each one
tunbles into his bunk and is asleep in q
moment, knowing that the cry for ali
hands may come in moment, and fear
ing that the pumps may have to be
manned.
NO wHIs- ON BOARD.
Intoxicating liquor on lake schooner
is an article taboo. The captain gem
orally has q big bottle of whisky or
brandy to be used in case of sickness, but
the sailor has to be actually sick in order
to get taste Of it. When Canadian
port is reached shore leave Is eagerly
sought, for there whisky can be obtained
for cents a drink and Is freely INDUCED
In. However, in these ports excuse rare
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-07
BRIGHT BITS.

Heard in London.-Smythe: Haven't
seen Diggs in an age.
Woodfan: He's on the race-track now.
Smythe: Newmarket?
Woodfall: No; Pretoria.-Chicago News
Extreme Cases.-"Bredren," said Par
son Black, earnestly. deere am some folks
in which de still. small voice OBJ con-
science keeps a-gettin' stiller an smaller,
until al las it d hab ter Farm de def an
dumb langwidge if il wants ter attrack
dir attention!'-Puck.
Not an Archer.-"Why don't you ever
bring yosir bow and arrow with you, Mr..
Gazzam?" asked Benny Bloombumper.
My bow and arrow, Benny" repeated
Mr. Gazzam. I'm no archer"
but papa says you often draw the long
bow. Won't you show it TO me?"-De-
troit Free Press.
-Explained.-"Wh your watch?'
asked the observant man.
"Why, here 1t is" replied the man
whose prosperity had slipped cog or two
recently.
"But that's a silver one. The one you
used to carry had a handsome gold case"
"Well-er-circumstan alter cases,
you know. "-Philadelphia Press.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-07
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Personal.

in England, Richard Croker is at
tracing attention as an expert golf
player. When last In this country he
used to spend many of his mornings learn
ing the game on the Lakewood, N. j.,
links.
WI Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister
at Washington, prefers the bicycle to
any other means of getting about. In
going about Washington. except when
going out of an evening, he generally
rides one.
don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, de-
mics that he ever said he was not a
Spaniard but an Austrian, a statement
which he was declared to have made in
order to escape a civil suit brought
against him in Madrid
Patrick Sharkey, who died at the age
OF SO in East Cambridge, Mass, the other
day, was the last survivor of the four
organizers of the Father Mathew Tenn
perance Society, the oldest association
of its kind among the laity of the Roman
Catholic Church.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-06-07
Naval hattie of the Future.

The Stranger-Excuse me, l am a
stranger here. VIII youskindly inform me
why all these gayly dressed people are
lettering on the shores of this bay?
The Native-Eh? Don't you know? Why,
a great naval battle is being fought here,
and the people for miles around have come
to enjoy the event.
The Stranger-Im new in this part of
the country, but I'm not as fresh, per-
haps. as 1 look. You tell me that a great
naval battle is being fought here. And yet
as far as the eye can reach / can dis
Germ no boat-no, not even a ripple on
those placid waters.
The Native-That's all right. It's a sub
marine battle fought by submarine boats
They are now at 1t tooth and nail some
where about the middle of the bay
The Stranger-You astonish me. These
people do not look as If they were at
tending battle. The women wear sum-
mer froeks, and the men are in afternoon
clothes, with top hats And see, there is
band over there!
The Native-Oh, yes; it's quite a func-
ton. That's the marine band, and those
women and men about 1t are the special
guests of the Secretary of the Navy. You
wait around little while and we'll have
some news. There, see
At that moment, says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. a black object like a NAM
moth strong cigar leaped upward from
the waters and lay quivering. on the sur
face. Every opsra glass was leyeled at it,
and the stranger slanted his hand above
his eyes so he could see better. A grimy
man crawled from the midst of the thing
and raised huge megaphone to his lips.
The Native-Hoorayi That's old Com
modore Bob Evans grandson!
The man with the megaphone shouted
in a stentorian voice:
We've licked the blankety-b lank-blank
socks off of emf
Whereat there arose a great cheer and
hutter of handkerchiefs, and the marine
band played, and the Secretary of the
Navy held an impromptu reception, and
then everybody went home TO dinner.