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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-26
FOURTH IN POPULATION
This Is the Standing of the United
 States Among the Nations

This Is the Standing of the United
 States Among the Nations.
 There were 62, ,622. .250 inhabitants in the United States ten years ago, ac- eording to the last census. Secretary Cages aetuary of the treasury. who ia q close gaesser in matters Of popula. ton, computes the present population between Maine and California, Alaska, and Key West, at 76.148, 000 To this must be added the peoples brought un- der the stars and stripes by the war with Spain and by the annexation of Hawaii, to say nothing of Cuba, Porto Rico, and Guam. If the Filipinos can be induced to stand still long enough to be counted they may possibly yield q million or two more, but unless the aetuary has made mistake in addi- tion there Will yet remain wide gap between the actual and the magnificent round number. For a decade or two longer therefore, the United States must he=eontent remain in the fourth place in point of population among the nations of the earth. China despite the encroachments upon her territory. still holds the lead, with 492,6S0,00a men, women, and chil- dren within her borders; the British empire comes next, with 5S1 ,057 ,67I subjects including the dusky fanatics of the Soudan; and the Russian em- pire is third. 129, ,211, ,113 persons owing allegiance to the ear No other na- ton, however, can show such q rapid increase as that of the United States. George Washington was president of a nation numbering fewer than 3000,- Q90 individuals It took 20 years for the population to double. In 1St0 it was 7,239, ,881, in 1920 it had reached only 9,633, ,S22. and 10 years later the total F. .866, ,020. From this time on it advanced by leaps and bounds. In 1840 it was 17,009, ,453, in 1850 it was g, 191 .876. in 1860 it had reached 31,- 443,321, and 30 years ago the census showed a population of 3S,55S,371. It did not pass the 50.o00,000 mark until 1880, when it was 50,155. 7S3, and the last enumeration, 1890, gave a total of 62 ,G22, ,250 Pittsburg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-26
GERMANS STRANGE rrMEprEcE
Took Him 6 Years to Make His s4o,ooo
 Clock,


 A remarkable clock is to be placed on exhibition here in the near future It has taken 16 years for the inventor, Carl Julius Speath native of Baden, Germany, to build it. Not until 1884 did he start to build this clock It is what the inventor calls an astro- nomical art clock. All parts Of it were made by Speath himself out of raw material. The smaller parts are plated with gold or silver, the larger parts are of nickel. The case is T feet high, feet wide, and 2 feet deep, and is made out of oak wood, waxed and pol ished. On the top at the left hand, stands 8 rooster, which crows three times, just before the clock strikes F. The cocks crow immediately brings out cuckoo, which chirps if the sea- son picture beneath the roof shows spring; quail appears and shrieks if it is summer; in autumn bull jumps out and bellows, and in winter lion rushes forth and roars At the top, on the right hand, stands the angel Gabriel, who blows his horn after the striking of each hour. Tn the gallery beneath the roof stand the four evangelists, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Two statues stand in another apartment and strike the quarter hours. Near the first quarter-hour stroke stands child near the second young man, near the third a man fully developed, and near the fourth an old man. These figures are sup posed to Illustrate the four stages of human existence. In the center of the gallery is the Savior, seated upon the clouds, holding book and cross and showing his wounds The astronomical part of the clock is very elaborate. The eclipses of the sun and moon are shown distinctly and predicted accu- rately. The position of the stars and their movements are also shown very beautifully. The milky way. equator. zodiac, and meridians are painted on a globe At the lower right-hand cor her is an extra indication of the date. weekday and month, with the illus trations after which the weekdays are named. The whole clock weighs only 335 pounds, but it's appraised value in Germany is $40, 000-New York Jour nal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-26
Khaki Made at PimIIoo.-

Khaki is made at the army clothing stores at Pimlico, Eng. There are over 1900 girls, ranging from lo to 25 in age, employed at the factory, the sew ing machines being driven by steam at war speed of LIDO stitches min ute. making khaki and other clothing required for South Africa. Every girl is taught to make a garment through out, it being considered that, even if the girls do not work as quickly when making the whole garment, they do it better than if each section was made by specialist; at any rate, they man. age to turn out 10000 uniforms week. Every soldier out in South Africa car ries in the lining Of each garment a linen label containing the name of the girl who made it, and if any complaint of scamping is received during it's natural life of twelve months she is certain to hear of 1t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-26
Time SYSfen.


 "The twenty=four hour system of keeping time has just become the of fieial standard in France said Mr. Jules Laeori, of Paris, at Chamber lains
 The twenty-foUr hour clocks are al ready an established institution in Russia, and l believe that their official sanction in our country will lead to the adoption of the system on French rail- roads, which would surely lead to the extension of the plan throughout Italy. Switzerland and Spain. should think. considering the manifest merits of the new way, the railways of the United States. which are the most progressive in the world. would soon take 1t up and have done with the ancient system, so confusing and misleading through the enforced use of a. m. and D. m. The twenty-four hour clock system is an ideal one for the railways, absolutely preventing all danger through the dup 1ieation of hours for day and night. It is the coming system, and Z look to see it in operation in America in the near future, Washington Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-26
DOLLAR A POUND
Paid for Elk Meat in the Kiondiks
 Region hY Miners.

Paid for Elk Meat in the Ktondike
 Region by Miners.
 Elk meat brings $1 per pound in the Klondike mining camps, and there are three or four deerslayers in that ter ritory who are cleaning up tde tidy sum of $l,000 month above their living expe ies. NJ. I. A. Kicker of Denver told me good story Of one ot these hunters, who ran across a couple of bear, promptly added them to his game bag and got them into the nearest settlement, where, greatly to his disgust, he found that Bruin meat. which he esteemed a dainty in the East, could not be given away. He returned to his camp wiser indi- Yidual, and thereafter never wasted ammunition on any more of that spe- cies. This deer hunting seems pret- ty good proposition for some of our young men who would like to combine a chance at big game and an oppor- tunity to make a small fortune, and it would be apt to prove a more certain bonanza that stalking out a claim that might. on working, turn out anything but profitable. The hunter would be sure of a market that would pay top prices and not haggle over a reason able degree of toughness in the goods supplied. For the benefit of any ener- getic young man who desires to try his chances as an elk provider in or dinary to Dawson and other budding ff1 @E would say that the 30-30 is the most popular rife in use up there at the present time, on account of it's long range and the compactness of it's am- munition.-New York Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-26
Horse Eats It's Owners Money.

Jacob ". Whitehead Q storekeeper of New Paris, Ind, is short s65 in cur rency and his horse has risen in value. Whitehead went home late and climbed tho stairs of the barn to throw down hay to the family nag In his pocket he had q poeketbook contain ing five ten-dollar bills, one five and ten ones. This dropped from his pocket as he bent over to pick up the hay. Whitehead did not miss the money until the next morning He then searches the barn, and found a few fragments of the pocketbook, to- gether with tiny bits of the bills. The faithful animal had devoured the hay and valorously tackled the pocket book and contents, leaving nothing with which Whitehead could make proof of his loss at the treasury.-Chi- cago Inter Ocean.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-26
WONDERFUL LAKE
Filled With Boiling Acids That Eat
 Boats to Pieces.


 Boats to Pieces.
 A strange lake exists in the center of Sulphur island, off New Zealand. It is 50 acres in extent, about F feet in depth and IS feet above the level of the sea. The most remarkable char acteristie of this lake is that the water contains vast quantities of hydro ehlorie and sulphuric acids hissfng and bubbling at temperature of lit degrees Fahrenheit The dark green> colored water looks particularly untn- Yiting. Dense clouds of sulphuric fumes constantly roll off this boiling ealdron. and care has to be exercised in ap- preaching this lake to avoid the risk of suffocation. On the opposite sice of She lake may be seen the tremendous blow-holes which. when in full blast. present an awe-inspiring sight. The roar of the steam as 1t rushes forth into the air is deafening, and often huge powders and stones are hurled out to height Of several hundred feet by the various internal forces of na= ture X boat can be launched on the lake, and, if proper care be observed the very edges of the blow=holes may be safely explored Some idea of the strength of the aeid-saturated water of this lake may be gathered from the fact that a boat almost dropped to pieces after all the passengers had beett landed, as the riYets had corroded un- der the influence of the acids.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-26
ORIGIN OF THE WIG.
History of Every Nation Mentions Wigs
 Very Early

Very Early.
 The first wig mentioned in history was made out of a goats skin and was worn by the daughter of Saul, king of Israel. The first artistic wigs were Gapiniens, who lived in Apulia, ant were known for the luxuries of their toilet. These people were, they say, the first who painted their faces; this they did with the juice of strawberries Xenophon relates that little Cyrus, father, whose eyes were framed in blue paint and who wore an enormous wig, threw himself on his knees and cried: 70, mother, what a beautiful grandfather I hayet7 The Phoenician women, who were proud of their hair, having b~sn ordered by their priests to offer it up on the altars dedicated to Venus after the death of Adonis, obeyed but with murmuring. Soon they were eonsoled by a Greek merchant who told them that he would give them the means of hiding their bald pates under 1uxuriant curls. In his chariot he had hundreds of wigs of all colors. Wigs were in vogue in Rome toward the end Of the republic, and so well made that, says Ovid, No man could know if his wife had any hair at all hefore she had given him an oppor- tunity of seizing her by the tresses. . Teutonic peasants were the providers of blond hair for rich Roman prin- cesses. who loved the contrast of its faxen hue with their black eyes. They even had morning wigs, small and tightly curled, of any color, and kept the beautiful fair ones to receive their admirers at night Messalina had 150 wigs to disguise herself-Exehange
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AIDING WOUNDED IN BATTLE.
All Perfectly simple and Comforting to
 Read About.

Never have the arrangement Tor dealing with the wounded been in so thoroughly satisfactory a condition as they are today, says the Church Fam- fly Newspaper. During an engagement and as the troops advance the wound ed are sought out as quickly as may De possible, their wounds temporarily dressed, fractures temporarily splinted and any other first aid' given that may be necessary. Indeed, in the pres ent campaign each soldier carries Wltn him a small first aid" equipment Tn his tunie, so that he may banddge hlm- self or temporarily arrest bleeding, or give such help to a wounded comrade
 After first aid" is rendered the wounded are borne on comfortable l1t- ters to the dressing places, which are sheltered spots a short distance oe- hind the line of battle-usually ln the rear of the artillery. Here they are ex- amfned by the surgeons; hemerrhage is securely arrested; bullets which can be easily and quickly removed are taken away; foreign bodies and spllnt- CTS of bone or shell, if loose, are re- moved; limbs so secured as to render transport to the field hospital easy and comfortable and anything else done which can be done with ease and ra- pidity. No big operation is done at these spots except in the case of limbs so shattered as to require immediate amputation. The surgeons at the dressing places" do only what is ab- solutely necessary, and then the wounded are made comfortable in spe- cialy constructed ambulance wagons and transported to the field hospital.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-26
BIBLE WITH ROMANTIC HISTORY
II Was Found on the Plains and Used
 Many Ceremonial Occasions.


 on Many Ceremonial Occasions.
 The Bible which was used in the ceremonies beginning the celebration in this city of the fftieth anniversary of the state Of California has a history that is very interesting. In 1849 young man in coming across the plains found q pile of books by the side of the road with stick stuck among them bearing a note telling travellers to help themselves. The young man in= searching through the old volumes found handsome Bible, which he con- sidered a shame to De left upon the dreary desert. He placed it in his pack and carried it 10 Sacramento. He presented =ft= to Dr R. H. Mcdonald. who at that tlme conducted drug store in that city Some time after the advent of =the Biblefnto# Sacramento 9 meeting was called in that city for the purpose of founding a lodge of Masons. That was on Jan. 8, 1850, and the lodge was to be known as Connecticut Lodge, No. 75 It ehanced that the meeting place was adjoining the premises occupied by Dr. McDon- ald. When it was convened it was found that there was no Bible at hand with which to conduct the ceremonies and Dr. Mcdonald presented the book that had been given to him by the young man for the lodges use. On Che 18th of the following April the grand lodge of Masons was formed and the Bible again played an important part in the ceremonies. After the form ation of the grand lodge the name of Connecticut lodge was changed to Te- hama lodge, No. 3, but ever since its establishment on Jan. 8, 1850, the Bi b1e has remained in the possession of the lodge R. o. Craven, a prominent officer of the lodge, has been appointed so fepresent the lodge here during the jubilee exercises and serves as the GUS todian of the prized old book during it's visit to this city.-San Jose (Cal) Mercury.
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The Lightest

Somebody, very learned, once took the trouble of weighing the brains Of a number of animals, and found that the brain of a tame rabbit weighed less for it's size than the brain of any other known creature-much less than that of a wild rabbit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-07-26
The Good News Spreads

and our business grows larger, and the prices small CT, every day. People come here from all parts of the city. When ever they need anything in our line, they think of us. We have furnished more cozy homes than we could possibly name. We have done it to the owners satis- faction, and we can do the same thing for you.
 BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-06-06
A DANGEROUS DRINK.
Philippine Beverage that Is Playing
Havoc with Our Soldiers.

Philippine Beverage that Is Playing
Havoc with Our Soldiers.
Reno" is the stuff that is knocking
the American soldiers cut in the Philip
pines, says George Hobart, regular,
who has returned to his home IA Gin
einnat. II is not heat that is drf ing
them crazy. 1t is just simply "beno."
Ii looks like water and tastes like lico-
rice, he says, and it takes a pint Of IL to
make a drinking man drunk. The third
or fourth consecutive drunk makes
blooming idiot out of the victim, The sol
dicrs crave it after they have once tast-
ed it.
Hobart reports that in the southern
isles of the Philippine group "beno" is
known as tuba" and II is made out OF
c0coanut palm sap. The cocoanut tree Is
tapped near the top and the natives put
an empty cocoanut shell near the hole TO
catch the drippings The natives drink
it only in moderation, and as a rule le1 it
alone. lie also says that when the Gov
eminent discovered the nature If the
drink its sale was prohibited, and there
after the soldiers were compelled 10 buy
it secretly, as it was subject to confisca-
ton.
In the southern islands. where the de-
mand is not so great, the natives sell it
for 3 cents a canteenful, but around Ma
Mia the demand is so great that the price
has been raised to 80 cents. After man
drinks about a pint OF the stuff he begins
10 get silly, but he RECEIVERS in a day or
two. Then he will want more of It. and
If he can't get ii he will go mad Then
the officers have to shackle him, aud he is
sent TO the hospital for the insane at
Washington,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-06-06
THE PREseYTERIANS
Creed Revision Discussed and Referred
20 Special Committee.

NtCcu hCNlslOH DlSCuSscd ana hcfcrrGO
20 Special Committee.
Unusual interest marked the proceed
ings of the general assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in st. Louis last week
Greed revision was most unexpectedly
brought forward Tuesday afternoon, and
the discussion which followed was of a
decidedly heated character. Situations
at times little short of dramatic came
to the front. and, although speakers for
and against revision occupied the floor
and made speeches that laid bare their
thoughts upon the old confession, no ac-
ton was tsken at that session. Cnsid-
GRAFTON Of the subject was postponed un-
til Wednesday. when it was placed in the
hands of a committee of fifteen, with
the moderator added as chairman, TO re-
port what action, if any, should be taken
by the church. This committee will COM
pare, analyze and summarize suggestions
from the presbyteries, which are invited
to take action on the whole matter of a
restatement of the doctrines most surely
believed among us and which are sub
stantially embodied in our confession Of
faith" An hours intense and at times
almost acrimonious discussion preceded
the adoption of this report.
The settlement of the creed question,
as far as this assembly is concerned, was
not accomplished without comments be-
ing made on the subject from every shade
of opinion represented in the church The
leaders alone did not settle the matter,
but elders and pastors new to the assem-
bly, voiced their opinions in no uncertain
tone. The decision to send the question
to the proposed committee for investiga-
ton was in the end adopted by a major
ity which completely overshadowed the
few votes cast against the report. This
will leave the question open for the pres
hyteries to discuss in every form desired
Their recommendations will do nothing
but shape the report of the committee,
which, in turn, will make recommends
tons to the assembly next year
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-06-06
odds aud Ends.

Another food at Austin, Texas.
New warship Kentucky has gone into
commission.
Five men drowned in the waters about
New York in one day recently.
Thomas Murray. Joplin, Mo. tried to
escape from officers and was fatally shot
In duel over a woman at Bnckyille,
Texas, G. A Baxter killed Malcum Ju-
ner,
Big zinc combine has been formed to
develop Missouri territory. Capital $lO,-
100000.
Columbus, Ohio, report says that Han.
ma will be the national Republican char
man again.
presidew Mckinley win 60 70 Csntoa,
Ohio the latter part Of June 10 remain
three weeks
The Germania yard. at Berlin. has be-
gun 20 make i9rpeioes for which supe-
riority is claimed.
Ted Brockman, eolored Fort Worth.
Texas, killed his wife with a knife, then
slashcd his owu throat.
British Columbia capitalists VIII tunnel
Chilk6ot Pass mountain and build q rail
road from Dyea 70 Lake Bennett.
R06beries and hold-1ps are so numerous
in San Francisco that special squad Of
25 armed men Is trying to capture The
thugs.
James Currier, the Philadelphia boy
charged with causing The death Of Chris
TOPPER Donaghan by initiating his body.
was released.
Moses d. Gotfief Of New York, who
was formerly bandTDaster in the Rus
sian srrny, proposes 10 raise a regiment
for the National Guard of his State, com.
posed entirely Of Hebrews
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-06-06
AMUSEMENT BAN REMAINS.
The Methodists Refuse to Change the
Church's Attitude.

Church's Attitude.
The Methodist general conference in
Chicago, after two days Of turmoil, dodg-
ed the amusement question. On Satur-
day the minority report of the commit
tee favoring no change in the discipline
as to dancing, theater going, etc, was
adopted by vote of 333 to 290. When
the vote was announced in the conference
Monday motion was made that the re-
port be laid on the table. This was
agreed to by vote of 2a6 to 253, and the
presiding bishop ruled that the matter
was. no longer before the house. Prac+i-
cally the question stands as it stood v i
the conference met; technically the c2a-
ference has voted against a repore To
leave the disciplins unchanged,
This action leaves the controversy open
and was reached iii opposition 10 the
adv ce of the majority of =. committee
guided by ex-Gov. pattison of Pennsyl-
vania, and after a stormy debate. The
majority Of the committee headed by ex
Gov. Pattisoi, presented a report TO
strike from tae trial code mention of
specific amus'ments. and to add % the
chapscr of Special Advices" an aIirma-
ton of the church's historic attitude to-
ward worldly diversions. The minority
recommended that no action be taken.
Having transacted all the business that
had accumulated, the conference Tuesday
adjourned. Before the $50 ministers and
laymen in attendance as delegates closed
the session and departed for their homes
in every part of the United States and IN
foreign countries of every continent, they
rushed through number of smaller mat
tiers of business left over from the earlier
days Of the session. But many members
OF the conference had gone away and tho
galleries We're almost empty, SO that in
terest in the subjects voted on was small.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-06-06
m Roer Envoys.

Secretary Hay quickly made it clear
to the Boer ENJOYS that the admlnistra-
ton could not do mere than II al
ready has done TO bring about peace in
South Africa The United stat Is Gov
eminent acted promptly when an OPP
portunity offered, through the appeal
made to the representatives of the varI-
GUS nations at Pretoria, and was the
only nation which did act. AS its offer
of mediation was then courtcously de
clined by England no further opportu-
nifty is now afforded