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WHAT AsToNIsHEDTHE SCOUT
ostriches h South Africa Are Often
 Exceedingly Familiar.

0strieIaes h South Africa Are Often
 Exceedingly Familiar.
 The warin South Africa is proaac- tive Of the greatest eufiosities that nave ever come under the notice of the British soldiers. One of the latest re- ports from the scene states that the simpie-minded British soldiers have mistaken troops of ostriehes for bands of Boers and bands of Boers for troops of ostrtches. In some cases the os- trfehes have made friends with the soldiers. Che Of the best known cor respondents at the front, who was with General Methuen at the Moddar river. reports this remarkable incl dent: While I ranged the valley or plain with my glasses something slip ped and tHmbled heavily over the loose stones behind me. I turned. thinking to dodge or help stumbling man and found myself staring into the great brown eyes of an ostrich six feet tall and with legs almost as thick as and longer than my own. He came up here some days ago. said a soldier, and he always stays here now. We feed him and fool with him, and he seems very happy The ostrich stalked pat ne and took g position between the major and the captain, where after appearing to observe that they were very busy scanning the landscape, he. too, stared at the plain and remained erect and watchful, the highest type Of q sentry in appearance. He marred this fine effect for just moment by seizing and swallowing a box of safety matches. After that he continued his sentry duty with satisfaction in his eyes. The ostrich is great figure in public life in South Africa. He is source of wealth and often a friend and companion. He is valuable sub- stitute for a watch dog. He can kick 3 horse to death and is, therefore, very formidable to br lars. He eats with relish things that would poison the strongest goat that ever iyed.-New York Journal.
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SABLE ISLAND PONIES.
Their Names Are In some Instances
 Three Yards Long.

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 The story of animal life on Sable island is strange. Roaming the sandy wastes are herds Of wild ponies guard d by patfiarehal stallions. says Aims lees Magazine These ponies resem b9s the horses on the sculptures of Nine- veh. and approach the beaolder seem- Ingly out of the framework of antiqu.- v. They are stocky and remarkable for their long ma4es, which in in stances have been known to grow to the length Of three yards. These po- uies are the remnant of a stock thought 10 have been left By some Portuguese fishermen sPortia gals the old rec ords quaintly call them-Who touched at the Islands on their fishing expedf- tion at even an earlier date than tho Marquis de la Roche. At one time there were from 400 to 800 wild ponies on the island, but their number has been de- creased by exportation, the severity of the winters and, some people think. by the in p0rtation Of improved, d9- aestieated staI1ions, which have maae the stock less hardy and consequently more susceptible to death from expos are. There are now between eighty and 100 wild ponies and about thirty for domestic use. Mounted on ponies, the life savers gallop over the dunes and among the hfIIocks on their long patrols, and the Ifeboats are drawn to the scenes of shipwreck by teams Of five ponies, three at the shaft, and two leaders. Some Of the ponies are sent to Halifax every year or two, and are sold at auction at an average priea Of from $15 to SIS.
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II you eat without appetite you need Prickly Ash Bitters. It prompt ly removes impurities that clog ane impede tie action If the digestive organs, creates good appente anc digestion. strength Of body ana ac- fivits 6f brain. For sale by Wake Drug %.
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REEUAIATIsM CATARRH ARE BLC0I
 DIsEAsEs-

Itis the deep seated, obstinate cases of Gatarrh and Rheumatism that B, B B. (botanic blood balm] cures. It mat ters not what other treatments, doe tors, sprays, iiniments. medicated air, blood purifiers, have failed to do, B. B, B. always promptly reaches the real 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 go there can EeYer be af e9urn oftEe symptoms. Don't give up hope but ask your drug gist for B. B. B.-botanie blood balm oi 3 ba.-Iarge bottles one dollar, siz bottles ffHll treatmene five dollars, B B B. is an honest remedy that makef real cures Of all blood diseases after every thing else fails. Ne have abso- lute confidence in Botanic blood hahn lIeeoo, e0 you may test II, we VIII seno triai bottle free on request. Persona medical advice free. Address,
 BL00D BABM co,
 222 Micthell St., Atlanta, ca.
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Hot days follower bg cool ni@hts will breed malaria in the body that is bilious or coetiea. P5iekly Ash Rifters are very valuable at this time for keeping the stomach, liver and bowels wet regulated. S3ld by N alker Drug Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04

Lack ol adequate transportation has forced many Amerieaus to take passage in the steerage in order to ,eturn home. They bage been suh- jscted to vaccination, despite their protests.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04

Exposition Commissioner Yalois has returned from Paris.. He aefend Z cd Peck in reference to the charge that he had been dise9urte0us to State representatives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04

Thirteen persons were kiiled and over thirty Injured in railway eol- lisi0n on the Pennsy yfvania anu Reading Raiwey. An excursion train ran into a milk train. The engine pl0wed through tR 0 coaches attached to the milk train.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04
TEEc74PHfc BRIEFS.

The transport La Wtnn will besent to Cape Nome to relieve the desei ute miners there,
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THE BEST should be yonr aim
 3 when buying medicine. Get Hoods Sarzaplrilla and have the best medicine MONEY GAN BUY.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04
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The National Association ef Let ter carriers will seek legislation which will instita te a pension sys- tenn, the fund to be raised from as- eessment on the salaries of the car rIeEs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04
is the Quality. the Price and
 the Service Right?

Cur 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 1t.
 If you trade with us these three important questions will be established. Give us trial. Knox & Smart,
 No. BPS Pine Street.
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Louis Gross ef Eldorado, H., com mitted suicide by4staking morphine.
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PAYING OFF IN BANK CHECKS.
One Troublesome Practice Lsssened by
 tine War Revenue Tax

ths War Revenue Tax
 "The war tax has it's drawbacks" re- marked the cashier ia large stock yards concern, but 1t Is blessing to 2 man fa my position. I never knew 10 what extent the habit Of making small bank checks had spread until I saw contractor pay of h5s la5orers one Saturday night in cheeks. I made inquiry, and found that 1t was com mon praetfce= not only with him. but many others who hired great bodies of men. The latter didn't like 1t, Of course, because they were obliged to cash the checks at the nearest gin mill, which meant loss to them. because they had =t9 treat. A contractor who made a practice Of issuing small checks told ne frankly that in the old days, when it was necessary to face each cheek with 2 2-cent internal revenue stamp. he made as few checks as pos- able. The war tax having included bank checks the habit Of issuing small checks has practically been discon- tinued. That's why say the tax is 3 blessing in disguise. It is not profit able to issue checks for small sums. There is still another reason why we now use fewer checks for small amounts. Expert bank men declare that the simplest check to raise is the one calling for aa amount below S10. The percentage of raised cheeks is s on sums below Sf0. Another reason for the opposition to small checks =fs that they bother the bank authorities. Some banking institutions will cast out a patrons account should he per sist in making small checks. The eheapeneng Of the registry of letters fs mother reason for. the suppression Of small checks.
 HEAVY GUNS DESTROY EARS. why So Many Artiiierymen saffor From
 Defective Hearing.
 The stunning report Of each gun as 1t is fired is something that Q stranger on the deck Of a ship Of war will long reme~.ber. There is an old saying. "deaf as a post" Now in the English navy this is changed to 4deaf as post @ ain. No man can go through a l0-g series of .guRnery practices Witfz.'t having his hearing seriously affect Some men put cotton in their ears. but even this preeautian does lit- tle to deaden the terrible shoe. And if the firing of one of.two guns has such a saattsring power what would be the effect if the whole armament were in action together? 1t is iTn- possible to conceive the strain on nerve and senses of the rending eoncussion. If q visitor watches the firing Of one of the monster nine-inch guns and then places h1meof beside one Of the small CT pie-18. the report made by the one Wiil not appear much louder than that If the ether. The extra distance to the muzzle of the big pieces discounts the sound. The only apparent difference betH en the two appears to be that the snaH pieces have a sharper, high er-Pig~ned L5.e, and that the six and uine-ineh guns speak with more of a believing roar. One piece of advice may be given to any one who finds himself in the neighborhood of gun in action. The noise will not have nearly the same effect if you are watching the gun as if the crash comes unexpectedly Unconsciously nature prepares you to resist a shock which is known to be impending.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04
Can't Whistle. 4n Sunday.

The trains are to be forbidden to whistle within the limits of the city of Toronto on Sunday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04

Lead has advanced aad ziac de- creased in price during fae week.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04

Al shafer shot and kiitah Bud Henderson. HegFo, at 02FalloB, Mo.
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Democrats and Republicans will hold demonstrations at Bowling Green, Ky.
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The rebuilding of the fires wept district in Bl7omington. III is i'm peded by the plumbers strike.
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A telegfs@ from Paris describes an encounter with a mad bull at Mont de Marsan A woman was terribly in jured, and an officer who went to her assistance with drawn sword was tossed several yards and badly hurt A sergeant charged the animal with fixed baronet, but was knocked down and trampled upon, being frightfully mangled. The bull next charged the village omnibus, killing both the horees. se. eral villagers. armed with rifles. at length succeeded in killing it.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-25
PERSONAL.
come round.

Professor Francis Walker, "a present head OF the
department of political and social science in the
University Of Colorado is TO become head Of the
same department in Western Reserve University In
September. DIR. Walker is the grandson of Amasa
Walker and the son of Francis A. Walker. who
was for years the president OF the Massachusetts
received his first degree. He then took graduate
course at Columbia; where he received the doctor
degree in 1895. He has served a member of the
MASSACHUSETTS, Board 10 Investigate the Condition
Of the Unemployed.
An amusing story told Of General de Galllfret.
One day in the corridors of the Chamber OF Depu-
ties he talking a friend. when he suddenly
heard cries from the Chamber of Assassin, AS
sassin!r With laugh he said to his friend. They
Voila." '''' 'Or u '''' VIC
Professor Slogan Krstoff Vatralsky. n native OF
Bulgaria, a graduate of Harvard and a writer and
lecturer. has finished his studies in this country
but before going home he Is furthering a movement
FOR the erection OF a monument over the grave
war correspondent
At the recent commencement OF Mount HoIyoke
College the degree Of Doctor Of Literature was
conferred upon Miss Ada Lillian Howard. She was
there during lS5S-6l She was the first president Of
At the italian elections there will be some strange
Parliamentary candidates. MascagnI the composer.
IS going to run at Pesaro, and thinks he will be
elected He Intends to join D'Apnunzio in forming
Fermo II is proposed TO put up Ermete Novelu the
actor.
DR.. Max Nordau, who Is visit England in
August. has ntmated frankly his literary friends
that he VIII only be concerned during his visit
with the question which now constitutes the chief
problem In Judaism-the Zionist question
There have been a number OF young Governors IN
Illinois. Mn an Edwards. Executive Of Illinois when
It was a Territory, was only thrty-four when ap-
pointed: Governor Coles thirtv-six when in
auEurated Governor French was thiTty-eght and
Governor Hamilton was thirty-six.
yy-,,rt.u..- ~
torGeneral OF the United States started from here
to-day for Cambridge Springs. Penn. where he
will deliver address Tuesday before the
Pennsylvania Bar Association on The ConStitrI-
ZION and The Philipplnes.r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-25

would ask him to resign the Governorship to
run for that Office a second time. If the Gov
ernor Is fit to exercise Judgment on State
natter at all, his fitness will not be diminished
by his nomination. The people will judge his
action on its merits Not being on the National
ticket would not save him If he acted without
clear justification. His being on it will not con
denim him If he does what is clearly right.
From the beginning of this Government men
have been running for office while holding
another. Neither party is in position TO find
fault with an opponent for following the Gus
tom. The people elected Theodore Roosevelt
Governor. and they wish him to fill out his
term. They not so we'll satisfied with the
intrigue which made his reelection impossible
as to wish the change in the Governorshp 10
be hurried up. The Executive shoes wifi soon
CROUCH be empty without any aspirant getting
impatient TO try them on prematurely.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-25
TIE GREAT EXPANSION IN BUSINESS.


The actual ipcrease in volume of business
transacted this year is almost universally mis-
understood and supposed to be relatively smaller
than it is, because Of the peculiar circumstances
which prevailed year ago. At that time there
was in progress settlement Of large amounts
between many new corporations recently formed
and the former owners Of property purchased.
In most cases, even where the transactions
were in effect mere consultations, and the for
mer owners united to form a company and took
agreed proportions OF its securities as payment
for their properties, the transaction was greatly
facilitated and rendered more simple by pro
forma purchases, each owner selling his prop
erty for cash and paying cash for the stock
which he acquired in companies. AS a con-
sequence payments amounting TO many hun
dred millions were made every month for some
time which represented no part Of the general
business Of the country, had nothing to do with
the passing Of products from producers to final
consumers, and did not really expand in the
least degree the volume of business upon which
depended the wages of labor or the earnings Of
capital.
These settlements were largely made In the
spring Of last year at New-York and Boston.
Other cities had a larger share Of them in May
or in other previous months. But the exchanges
at these two cities In fact sweed largely
in June by these transactions, which had moth
ing to do with other business except company
formations. Thus the clearings In that month
appear to represent a decidedly larger volume
of business than in the ordinary sense Of the
word was really transacted. When the business
of this year at the same cities, though as large
or larger in other elements, comes to be com
pared with that Of June, 1899 considerable
percentage Of decrease appears which is due to
the swelling of payments a year ago by the
modes described
That this solution is the true one appears
certain when ii is observed that the volume of
payments outside two cities has been consider
ably larger this year than last year. New-York
reports in June thus far clcarlngs ssh. 600 900
smaller than last year and Boston S64, 900, 900
smaller. and while in both cases unusual activ-
ity in stock speculation also made a difference
the formation Of companies was the one opera
ton Of absorbing interest. But at all the chief
cities outside of these the payments have been
S1o3oooO00 larger tits year in June than at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-25
Aetu91ork Dailp Gibn,rs.
MONDAY. JUNE %. 1900.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Admiral Kempff sent dispatch
announcing that the American force for the re
lief Of flemish had been ambuscaded, four
being killed and seven wounded. - The
English Admiralty confirmed the report of Ad-
miral Kempf regarding the repulse Of the relief
columns the way TO Tien-Tsin; the situa-
ton at that Mace continues serious 60 Cen
eral Hamilton occupied Heidelberg; the Beers
withdrew northward. taking prisoners with
them, but De Vets retreat from the neighbor
hood OF Laing's Mex is regarded as cut off -
The Beers made raid on the railway near
.Honingspruit north Of kroonstad. - force
for the relief Of Coomassie was dispatched from
Prahsu yesterday. - LabOrers in cleo
trical company at Havana struck for higher
wages. - Lloyd c. GTiscom, the American
Charge d'ATaires at Constantinople, presented
to the Porte another demand for settlement of
the armenian claims " several american
Temperance Union Conference at Edinburgh
preached in that city.
DOMESTTC.-Thirty- five persons were killed
in train wreck caused by washout in Geor
gia, and six were killed in a collision in Wiscon
sin. - Much interest IS taken in Washington
IN the forthcoming action of Secretary Long in
the question Of double turrets for the new bat
tleships. - Democratic politicians are busy
at Washington securing campaign material to
use IN Congress elections. - tornado did
considerable damage IN Oklahoma. - hsh-
ing schooner was sunk by Old Dominion
steamship off the Jersey coast. but all on boero
Zvera saved - Frank Campbell Democratic
National Committeeman says Hill is not a can
didate for Vice-Presdent. = Higginson the
stroke If the Harvard crew. spraiped his ankle
and cannot row IN the race. bdcCdIaul SdIC
sermons were preached by the presidents Of
Yale, Amherst. Dartmouth and Oberlin.
CITY-Richard Croker. 1t IS understood is
likely TO be the New-York representative on
the Democratic National Committee. - Gen
eral Howard Carroll and Luther Little were
talked Of in connection with the presidency
of the Republican County Committee. -
Nathan Straus offered 10 race one Of his horses
against the trotter Page for stake Of 1000 to
be given TO a charitable institution. - The
cOlored man who stabbed Richard Bell, re
porter, in Broadway, was arrested. - A
ten-year-old oarsman raced against Captain
Maggie Of the Harlem Rowing Club - The
Citizens Union submitted TO the Charter Re
vision Commission recommendations for changes
in the charter affecting the school system. -
Preparations were completed for the National
Amateur Golf Championship contests at Garden
City. == The Boer ENJOYS issued state
ment saying they want the United States TO in
tervene % stop the - The Rev. DR.
NJ Headland, Of Picking University, preached on
VI the Boxers and the Empress-Dowager. -
Mrs Asa Bird Gardiner, wife OF the District
Attorney, died al Garden City. Long Island
THE WEATEER.-Forecast for to-day:
Showers The temperature yesterday: High
est, 81 degrees; lowest, &C. average, 1872.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-25

the same cities last year, the rate of increase
other cities were also 31.6 per cent larger than
in 1898. At a glance 1t will be seen that this
forms more accurate measure of the status Of
business, outside of company formations and
the speculation in new securities, than any other
that can be named. But what is TO be said Of
the National policy which brings about great
an expansion in the volume Of trade and indus
try, and in a manner SO general and so widely
distributed that scarcely a single important city
from the Atlantic to the Pacific except the two
mentioned failed to share the gain? Boston
and New-York in June made great gains com
pared with 1898, and fell behind last years
transactions only because they then included
the special operations growing out Of stock
creation.
If the people had not in their own experience
other means Of determining their relative con-
dtion such records would be regarded aston
fishing. But when individuals observe the re-
turns everybody is likely to remember that his
own earnings or profits have largely expanded
that he has enjoyed better employment and at
better wages. has done larger business with
more satisfactory profits. It IS to the verdict Of
these millions that the great political parties
have to appeal. The people who know by their
own good fortunes how vastly the business Of
the country has improved and who can reckon
three years Of Cleveland and three years of
Mckinley, are those whose verdict at the ballot
boxes will decide the next election,