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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-10
TIE BUSY CORNER.
Always the best of everything
1Or the least money.
OPEN TONIGHT.
You Hay as Well
Begin to Buy Your
Holiday Goods Now.

If yen dat wish to pay all cash, make
small deposit and We win lay by any
purchase you make. and keep It until
wanted Anything yoa bay which reqlires
two expert engravers right on the prenlis-
es. who execute neat work without delay.
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naeamennarn .1oD~y.

Medmenham Abbey, Bucks, England.
standing on ground which Danish ira
dition has made its own, and almost
washed by the Thames, is in the mar
ket. after being restored at a cost of
$4,000 Little real trace had re-
NAMED of the Old monastic house,
founded by the Cistercians in 1900,
aod the picturesque remains were those
Of manor of the Dufields, who held
he property from the time of the dis
SOLUTION till IT'S. In the middle OF
that century set of pseudo Fran
eiseansa came into occupation of the
abbey. an order whose rites and cere~
monies would have Mortified tie old
Eistercian tenants. Bacchic reyelry,
deyil-worship and other practices were
3seribed to the bloods of the days who
forefathered at Medmenham, with Sir
Francis D8shwcod as their presiding
genius. The story goes that one night,
IN the midst Of the monks orgies,
the party were overwhelmed with ter.
.or at the apparition of a huge ape,
which had been lowered down TIT
chimney. For once, they thought the
object of their attentions had appeared
II person. and the meetings came to a
sudden end The notorious Wilkes
was ore Of them.
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LDNDoN's WATER.
Comparison. to show the Volume sf
Is Daify Consumption.


In 1884 the astounding total Of 1872
Goo. 600 gallons q day was reached by
the combined water companies q Lon
don. SAYS Coed Word 3Fhis was sup
piled to the five and half million in
habitants at the rate Of say, thirty
two gallons a head for all purposes.
These figures represent an en-. nous
volume Of water, though small when
compared with the mighty river that
flows into old Rome. We eeR only
deal with the figures roughly; the sup
ply fiuctuates to a considerable degree
at different times in the year; It IS,
tberefe E, not possible to be mathemat-
ieally accurate. Allowing for a slight
increase since the last return, and tax
ing in other sources, TO which | shall
refer little later, we may pretty SAFE
" put the present London water sup
ply at about zoe, 100000 gallons a day
Let us try for a moment to realize
what these figures mean. With 200,-
G00, 900 gallons of water we could I'LL
a lake a mile long, a quarter OF mile
wide and five feet deep. The water IN
II would weigh nearly a million tons.
This lake would stretch from the Bank
of Church, yet it would be emptied in
a single day to assuage the thirst OF
London. Or suppose we could freeze
ell this water, we could build up
great block of ice thousand feet long,
thousand feet wide and thirty-tWo
feet high. If we allow for the ex-
pansion Of freezing, the block would,
of course, be still larger. Sixty-fiye OF
the largest ironclads in the British
navy could float in the water we use
every day in London. When we come
to compare our supply with the mighty
torrent of Niagara we belittle it. The
water goes laundering ovel the falls
at the rate of two million tins min
ute, or four hundred and twenty mill
lion gallons. Our whole daily supply
would be whirled over long before the
second hand of a watch would have
Travelled once round the dial. And
could we divert the magnificent tor
lent for only three hours we could sup.
oily London with water for whole
year at the present rate. Niagara is a
big thing.
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eohte de Dion,s Ira s.format.,n.

5ohte de Dfonis Ira .4format!8n.
The Way TO make a useful citizen ont
81 an idler is to give him a real jnte-.
est in life. Colnte de Dion, the pramot-
er of the automobile in France. where
the new vehicle first attained popular
ity, is, according to the Bicycling
World, a striking illustration Of this
truth The comte was long the typical
white earnation of the Paris aristoe-
raey, which means that he was a
ne'er-do-Wel. The merest accident
sufficed to put him on the right track.
One day he bought miniature loco
motive for the little son of one of his
friends, and carried the toy to the
child. But though they lighted the
alcohol lamp and got up steam in the
tiny boiler, for some reason the thing
would not work. Comte de Dion is of
stubborn disposition, He persisted, tried
this cog and that, finally taking off
his coat to work more at ease. He
puzzled the whole afternoon on the
engine with no success. Then he car
ried it home and spent the night sqaat-
ting oil the floor amidst an assortment
Of screwdriyers, hammers and files he
had bought on the way. The loeomo-
tive was taken completely apart and
readjusted several times. At last, to-
ward daybreak. The young count had
the satisfaction of seeing the toy travel
merrily around the room. Having thus
discovered within him a taste and an
aptitude for meehane es, Comte de Dior
did not return to his idling, but studied
until he became an engineer. It was
st this period that he showed remark
able business perspicacity in investing
all his capital in the automobile indus
try. At a time when everybody was
deriding the first clumsy machines.
that spurted and SHE'D and then re-
fused to bulge for hours, he under
stood the possibilities of the motor car
and resoiutely cast his lot with It's
fortune. It is generally acknowledged
tina no man in France has done so
mu to further the cause Of the new
loo motion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28
JUDGING a NATION.
~ the Advertisements. which are
prIntea IN the NewspapsFs.


How easily one can tell the country
II which a paper Il printed Just BY a
glance at the advertisements. said a
woman deliver at the library the other
cay to the New York Commercial Ad-
ftTstsfr man. Heres an Italian paper
Eo..iGg 3ut ads or restaurants AID
thiH.s to eat; and here are some
French papers, every one of them hon
eyeombed with eulogies of Dr.. B. s
recipe pour maigrir, or Dr.. q. s lotion
pour embellir la peau. or to render
bright the eyes. And so many medi'
eines! For coughs and colds and spinal
diseases and smallpox! Talk about
Lourdes, why, Nj. lola need only to
have glanced at the advertisements Of
the papers of his native land to have
got copy for chapter of horrors. And
here is German paper-obesity and
beer and books; isn't that Characters
tic? But the most typical of all are the
English ads, all about travel, false
hair, carriages, tea, cocoa, hotels and
bicyeles-jewelry, complexion lotions
anu IdilOfS uSulS plOu4ACA1Ay AZ ooA1S
papers, bit travel and tea and hotels
and false hair fill pages in all the
papers. Listen to this, opened at ran
dom in one of the smaller English
magazines: TO the Continent on a
Crack Liner A Holiday Trip to the
Canaries, TO the Fjords and Baltic on
Yacht Cheap Trip to Weymouth
Quick Line to Scandinavia and then
pages and pages of hotels. The Amer
lean papers are more cosmopolitan
than any of the foreign papers, and so
in their way just as characteristic Of
the land of emigrants, suppose. One
typical Yankee trait their advertise
ments have is that nearly everything
is patented Baby swings, chairs, beds,
corsets, soups, flour, biscuits, soap, fur
niture and shoes. Nearly everything
is made by machinery and almost eE-
erytbing is patented"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28
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$40. 900 PAID FOR a BIBLE.
Fsalterium, Printed in Gutenberg's shoR
Worth Even More.

FsaItertum, Printed in g utenbergfs Shop
Worth Even More.
Fabulous sums are paid for copies o..
the earliest printed Bibles on account
of their rarity. Yet it is known that
many more were manufactured than
have ever come to light, and every now
and then we hear Of another copy hav-
ing been found in some garnet or eel
lar amid the rubbish. The famous
"Mazarin Bible" has been sold for
more than $4,000, and this is called
cheap, as it is one of the finest specl.
mems Of the printers art ever pro-
duced, and, most interesting OF all,
was set UP and published by Gutenberg
In l455, after three years of continuous
labor. He printed only 100 copies, but
eighty-fYe CT these have never been
found. 1t is called the Mazarin be-
cause the first copy to be discovered in
modern times was in the library of
Cardinal Mazarin. But there is an.
other part Of the Bible, called the
Psalterium, . because it contains the
Psalms only, which commands even a
higher price, having been sold for s25,>
Go0, for but six copies are known to be
in existence. II was printed by John
Faust and Peter sehoeffer on parch-
ment il Gutenberg's shop, ana is the
first printed book bearing the year and
day Of its publication on the title page.
This inscription reads, 1857, on the
eve Of Ascension. OF course, all of
The earliest Bibles were printed In
latin. The first complete Latin Bible
With date appeared in 1862. and is
valued It 900 After that time many
editions of the Bible appeared N all
languages English. Frenck
and Greek-and in 1514-1517 was the
arst polyglot Bible. one in which tho
Bible appeared in various languages
side by side The most valuable Bi
bles all date from the fifteenth or six,
teenth centuries. After that No spacia,
value is attached to them.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28
COOKERY IN BOLIVIA.
Chupe, an Uncertain KIND of irish
Stew. Is the National Dish.

Chupe, Uncertain Kind of Irish
Stew. Is the National Dish.
The stoves of the Bolivian Indians
are curious things. A hole is dug in
the ground about Is inches deep and a
foot square, and over this is built a
roof of clay with holes of different
sizes to receive the various cooking
pots. Roasting is done on spits passed
through the holes, so that the meat
comes out very much smoked unless
great care is taken TO have only live
Goals at the bottom of the oven. The
national dish, and the common food OF
the masses, is "chupe," a sort of first
cousin to the Irish stew. 1t is a con-
glemerate composed of irregular con-
stituents from the animal and yege=
table kingdoms-a mess of mutton and
such other meats as are available;
chicken, fish, fruits, potatoes. carrots,
barley, corn, rice, onions, yams, ETC.,
chopped up, highly seasoned with pep
pers and herbs, and stewed to a con-
sistency of porridge. What happens to
be left from one meal SINNERS in the
pot until the next. If the fire goes out
the @chupe9 is allowed to cool but It
is warmed up again, and new supply
of the ingredients added to the water.
logged and greasy stuff for the next
meal In the cities, at the hotels ard
restaurants where there are French or
Swiss cooks the "chupa" is sayory and
palatable but the further you go from
the centers of civilization the worse 1t
gets. One eats it first under protest,
then from necessity, and only to escape
starvation; but finally the stomach re-
bells, ana you limit your diet to boiled
eggs and fruit. which are usually to be
obtained; but the experienced travel
er always takes canned meat and bread
with Chicago Record
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28
TWO ANCIENT ARABIAN WELLS
They Furnish Drink to the Thirsty Trav
eIers Through Desert Sands.

They Furnish Drink to the Thirsty Trav
eIers Through Desert Sands.
In northwestern Arabia there is a
well of the purest water, perpetual IN
It's supply, that has existed for ages.
The Arabs claim it was dug by the
have expended great labor upon it, fol-
It is five feet in diameter at the top
ans gradually enlarges until it reaches
the water, at depth of nearly zoo
feet. It is lined with hewr stone
throughout. However, the host re-
markable we'll in the world is Joseph's
well. at Cairo, Egypt. Its shaft was
excayated through solid rock to a
depth of 165 feet, at which depth it
was enlarged on one side to form a
chamber. in the bottom of which a
reservoir was made Immediately un-
der the shaft. At one side Of this
reservoir another shaft was exeaVated
through rock to bed of gravel, where
water was found The lower shaft
was $50 feet deep, making the total
depth 295 feet. The upper shaft was
rectangular, 24x18 feet. The lower
shaft was 15x9 feet Winding around
the well a spiral passageWay feet 4
inches wide by feet 2 inches high
was cut with great care from the sur
face Of the ground down to the cham
Der. Between the well and the pas
sageway q yall Of rock was left.
Horses and oxen descended the pqs-
sageway to the chamber. where they
propelled machinery to raise the water
in pots attached to a chain from the
lower shaft to the reservoir in the
chamber, and it was again raised by
machinery operated by power on the
surface In the lower shaft path
was cut in its side so that a descent
could be made to the water. There
vas nc wall between the path and the
well This work is said TO have been
constructed by saladin, who lived in
the years 1872 to 1893. Some writer's
dc not mention this, and say that the
date of the construction IS lost Ia an
tiquity
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

Chicago Inter Ocean: Mrs. Sarah
J.. Gngerman, who has filed a suit
against the Hamburg-American Steam
ship company for damages for sea-
sickness, is from Missouri She saws
she paid for comfortable trip on the
steamship across the ocean, but she
didn't get it. She estimates the dam
age to her health, comfort and dignity
at $1,000. Mrs Ungerman is specific
in her charges She says she W.T.
guaranteed four good meals a day
aboard the steamer going to Europe
but on account of the peculiar antics
Of the ship in trying to find the bot
tom with her neae and stand on her
stern, she was unable to eat, and the
display of fare was tantalizing. Insult
was added to injury, she says. when.
IN the midst of her suffering, the cap
tain prescribed salt pork as a remedy.
steamship managers are said to be
worrying over the suit, as an adverse
decision would establish very dan.
gerods precedent, and would probably
result ii driving hem out of business
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

Are you dull and stupid? D. YOU
miss tie snap, vim ard ene gy that
was once Yours? You need few
doses ofthat great system regulator,
Prickly Ash Bitters. For reeivipg
strength and energy, increasing the
capacity OF the DO iy for work, it is
a remedy of the highest order. sold
by Walker Drug Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28
RanrMAT1sN cATARRu ARE HOOD
nf<EAsHs-.FEEIi

II Il the deep-seated, obstinate cases
of GataTrh and rheumatism that p, -
B. botanic blood halml cures. II n at
ters not what other treatments, doc
tors. sprays. liniments. medicated al,
blood purifiers, have failed to do, b b;
B. always promptly reaches. The reai
cause and roots out and drives from
the bones, joints, mucous membrane,
and entire system the specific poison
in the blood that causes rheumatism
and catarrh. B. b. b. is the only rem.
edy strong to do this and cure SO there
can never be az eturn of the symptoms.
Don't give up hope but ask your drug
gist for B. B. B.-botanic blood balm OF
8 bs.-Large bottles one dollar, SIX
bottles (fnll treatment) five dollars. B.
B. B. is an honest remedy that makes
real cures of all blood diseases after
everything else fails. We have abso-
lutte confidence in Botanic blood hahn;
4acHt6, so yo1 n az test 1t, we will SEND
q trial bottle free on request. Personal
medical advice free. Address,
BLOOD BALM CO,
300 Mitchell St.. Atlanta, Ga.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

The governments weekly eroo re-
port noted fur her deterioration in
the spring wheat OF the North west,
due to drought, but reported the
winter whe It harvest of Oklahoma,
Kansas and Missouri favorably pro-
crossing. Corn Was 5ing well, but
cotton suffered.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

Lemuel Quigg. replying to Gros-
vtnor, SAID the subcommittee on res
olutions deiiberatel made the
langes in the MeKil ley draft Of e
Republican platform.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

KEEP your blood pure and your
~ stomach and digestive organs in a
healthy condition by taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla and you will be WELL.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

Insure your health in Prickly Ash
Bitters. 1t regulates the system,
promotes good appetite, sound
sleep and cheerful spirits. Sold by
Walker Drug Go.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

The man who was "born tired"
should use Pric&ly Ash Bitters. 1t
makes work a necessity to give vent
to the energy and exuberance of
spirits generated by functional
activity in the system. Sold by
Walker Drug Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

Thirty United States senators went
out of office on March 4. 1899. thirty
more are to go out of office on March
4, 1901 and thirty more on March 4
1903. the whole membership of the
senate being ninety.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

Hill of Nsw Y ork is being doomed
for second place on the Demoerat tic
national ticket It is said that
Tammany Hall will support him if
nominated, but is not for him.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

American Smelling and Refining
Company advanced the price Of
lead x cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

Chicago court returned verdict for
plaintiff in case where suit had been
b ought cd grounds that the elevat-
ed railway damaged adjacent prop
erty.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

Print cloth manufacturers at Fall
River talk OF reducing wages and
closing plants. owing to slow bust
npGe
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

james Norton, principal of the
Lake View College, Chicago, died at
southampton.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

Severe rainstorm did great dam
age in Mobile, Ala. AMI along the
Gulf coast.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28
TElEcRAPHlc BRIEFS

Toledo Centennial Fair project
killed by ruling of supreme court
that it had not an appropriation as
claimed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

One tenth of one cent advance in
price of refined sugar announced.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28
Always Sunday someW here.

In some part Of the world each day
of the week has served as a day of
Sunday among Christians, Monday
with the Greeks, Tuesday with the
Persians, Wednesday with the Assy-
rians, Thursday with the Egyptians.
Friday with the Turks and Saturday
With the Hebrews.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

The Southern Illinois Teachers
Associa ton opened its meeting at
Mount Vernon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

Mississippi River Commission will
announce its awards tod ay.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

ga g tt - II IA.
B.ara thu - The Kind You Have Always Bought
Ss. "a LN2Azza
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28
Is the Quality,
the Price and
the Service Right?

Our prices are always the low
est. Ask any one who trades
with US exclusively---and there
are many such--and they will tell
you we handle the best goods
made. The service is also as
good as conscientious and expe-
rienced help can make it.
If you trade with US these
three important questions will -fe
established. Give us a trial.
Knox s Smart,
No. 328 Pine Street.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-28

There are three things to AZ
yourself when you enter a gro
Gerry store.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
A FIENDISH CRIME.
Ma and Woman in Nas County
Starve to DEATH the Formers Four
Children by His First wife-Convfcted
of MansIaughter.
Messenger Bureau,

Raleigh, November IS.
Frank s.. Spruill, of Louisburg, ar
rived here today from Nash county.
where he appeared as a prosecuting at
torney in a case which he says was the
most revolving in his recollection. A
white nan named George Griffin and
Grifffn's second wife were convicted of
manslaughter in causing the death Of
four OF Grifin's children by a former
were -four children, the oldest 10 years
of age; hat they were placed in an
clubhouse sixty feet from the home;
that the ~step-mother said she was"go-
ing to leave h miserable little dirt
eating devils out there and let them
die" that the poor children were fed
like. beats: that they sicken and died
on one bed. the first one in June, the
others at intervals of a week or ten
days; that their sores and the bed were
filled with maggots; that no doctor saw
them, that they were rive no medicine;
that some of the neighbors discovered
their awful condition and went to the
place; that Griffin threatened to do
those who came violence and so drove
49, Oh" ~ t1@SS - - III NSLA AS1N
part of lash county and some of the
people living near evidently did not IN
deryftand their duty as neighbors. Crit
fin and his wife were first charged
with murder and a true bill found.
Then it was concluded that, on account
of their lowness in the scale OF intelli-
gence and their grinding poverty. to try
them for manslaughter. They were
convicted and yesterday afternoon were
sentenced, the unnatural brute of a
father to twelve years and the inhuman
Step-mOther to six years in the peni-
tertiary, Both richly deserved the linn
it, thirty years. 1t was contended in
the defense that the children dice as
much of disease as neglect. The story
is soul-harrowing. The bodies of the
lead lay on the bed beside the living
until ~neighborS ook them away.
The state charters the Chadwick Cot
ton Manufacturing Company, of Char
lOtte, capital $3.50, 600. The mill will
both spin and weave.
Among the arrivals are Walter G..
MacRae, Wilmington, and Wilson G..
Lamb. Williamson.
Revenue officers today seized the reg
istered distillery of H. E, Joyner in this
county and that of w. C. Stevens in
Person county.
One of the large mill owners in Ala
nance county tells me three-fourths Of
the looms and spindles are now i'm oper-
alton. Those of the strikers who are
still holding out are planning to go to
West Point, Ga. The money given to
aid the strikers came from North Car
DINA unions, and was small in amount.
Sixteen mills were affected in all. The
strike came at a good time for the
mills, as one corporation if run on full
time would have now 1000 bales of un-
sold goods.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-12-04
TWZMenS Shot.

Thursday lit DOL Z O'Clock. when,
street a IS. Conductor John Scott
an dMotorman Peter Merit, arrived at
Front and Princess streets. Mr.. ]. H.
Woebse, o Of Policeman II. H.
Woebse. boarded the car with his gun.
He had just came dovn on the steam
er Buck from a hunting trip up the
river and was on his way home In
Brooklyn He had his gun wrapped
in his overcoat and IN stepping on the
platform Of the car, he stumbled and
dropped il or got IL knocked out of his
hand. The result was that one hammer
was knocked off and both barrels were
d~ischargd-
Fortunately of the shot went
into the electric controller on the plat
form. tearing a hole In the sheet iron
casing around II. Five shots. however.
struck Mr. Woebse in the feshy part
OF the left leg and he went on To DR..
Schonewald. who removed them. One
shot embedded itself in back OF the head
OF Mr.. r. NJ. Murray. who was stand
Ing on n sidewalk, and he had DR.. r.
r. Nachary 10 extract IL. Neither one
was hurt seriously.