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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04
THE WORLD GROWING BETTER.
The People as Whole Infinitely Better
 or Than Century Ago.


 or Tfan Century Ago.
 That the world is constantly grow ing better is evident to any observer who will take the trouble to lock about him and compare present conditions with those existing a century ago. h a contribution to a New York paper this fact is strongly brought out by Prof. John Bach MeMaster, the we'll known historian. 4 century ago, says the professor, labor was performed in the south almost exclusively by slaves. and in the north largely by 'redemp- tioners, who were in effect temporary slaves. When the redemptioner finally got his freedom he had to work for wages that would barely sustain life; or he had the alternative of pressing stern nature and bloodthirsty sayages for the right to live. And woe be to the poor wretch who fell sick and got into debt In New York as late as 1916 there were 1,9S4 persons jailed for debt, and 729 of these owed less than S25 each, and had been imprisoned flor spite. Today the workingman no longer tolls from sunrise to sunset, as he did then. He is no longer subject to Imprisonment for honest debt. Wages a century ago were paid when the employer pleased. Now they are oaid daily or weekly, and the laborer is protected by lien laws. Railroads and machinery have enabled him to eat better food and wear better clothes than ever before.Z Increased blessings of the same kind are enjoyed by wo. men. Nor is the increase of happiness confined to any class. The steady march of civilization has made every body broader minded and more hu mane. Diseases once the scourge of the world are feared no more. A face pitted with smallpox is as rare now as it was common a century ago. YeI- low fever and cholera have lost their terrors with the increase of cleanliness. Anesthetics have almost annihilated pain. Cheap books, magazines and newspapers have made ignorance and narrow mindedness the badges of dis grace. Cruel punishments are aban- doned and a spirit of humanity and charity pervades the thought and the activities of the civilized world. Prof. McMaster may well remark that the man who can contemplate these changes and still be q pessimist is men, tally diseased.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04
Mammoth EnginN

The mammoth machine for supply Ing power for the Boston Elevated Railway. now in progress. is said to oe the monarch of engines. Its indi- eated power at maximum efficiency is 4.000. but this can be varied 12 to 15 per cent either way. without affecting it's efficiency; the engine shaft is of hollow forged nickel steel, 27 feet 10 inches in length. 32 inches in diame- ter in the bearings and 37 inches in the body, with 171ainch hole through its length The weight of the engine shaft is 65,410 pounds, Of the crank disc 5S,o04 pounds, of the armature I25.000 pounds, and of the fy-wheal 265.515 pounds, making a load on the bearings. aside from the connecting rcd, pistens, etc, 513,929 pounds; 143 pounds per square inch of projected area. The diameter of the ay-wheel is 25 feet. and the main bearings are g. inches iii diameter, $ inches long and 19 feet 3 inches center to center.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04
CURIOUS EFFECTS
Painful, but Not Serious, Accidents Hava
 Unon Some People.

Upon Some People.
 ''It has been my ill luck, said Hor- ace Mefston, of Portland, Me, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, several times to witness painful accidents, and they had once or twice a curious effect on the sufferer. Years ago I was stand ing beside gun at state muster at Augusta when salute to the gov ernor, who had just come on the field, was being fired. The cannon used was of the old-fashioned kind, and it was prematurely discharged, with the re- suit that the index finger of the right hand of the man ramming the load home was blown off. The shock, to- gether with the Judgement of flying driving the blood back from the wound, during which fragment of time the injured man calmly examined his mangled hand; but when the blood did come back it came with rush. anG fairly bubbled out in a torrent. The mans ealmness left him as if by magic at the sight of the blood, and with 3 loud scream he keeled over in 8 dead faint. They used to tell a story there of two men who were working on op. posite sides of buzz saw. The atten- ton of one becoming momentarfly dis tfaeted, he ran his finger against the saw, and the severed piece dropped on the other side where his partner was working. That worthy picked 1t up, and with the casual remark, Bill, you've dropped something, handed it back to it's owner. Bill dida't faint, but it is only owing to the superior burst of speed developed by his part ner that he is not dolng time for homicide with extenuating cireum- stances at Thomaston today
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Lew Wallace on the Sultan.

Gen. Lew Wallace, the auth. Of Ben Hur.o and former United States minister of Hurley, said of the sul- tan; T think l a.a better acquainted with the sultan of Turkey than pes . sibly any other American, and know that he is an honest man and l never knew him to break Q promise. Not a Christian church is burned or mis- sen destroyed but the sultan is the first man to subscribe to rebaiIdiag l know this to be so. Abdul Hamid is a distinguished scholar and a diplomat; if it were not so the Ottoman empire would have been wiped out long ago, for the hand of every ruler ill Europe is against him. He prevents them from acting together and thus pF4- serves his throne"
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ROUTE
The following special low rate ex- eufsi6Hs have been offered by tie ChaetaW Route:

Fbe National Cololed BaBtiz t Association. Richmond. Va, Sept. 12 to %, 100. Ike GboctaW Route is the quickest and shortest ine to Richmond, Va. 0nig one change of cars Through train from Little aoek to Richmond leaves D. m. Sept. i0. 1900. Tick cts are on sale Sept. 10. il and 12 af one fare for the round rip, and limited for return passage Sept. 2,
 Farfates and other information cal OH nea rest railroad agent, or q rffa ] r. Hold, n, Traffic Manager, Little Rock. Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04

 round trip Dates of sale: sept. 10-i2 i900, Return limit: Sept. 2. 1900.
 Summer Tourists Rates, 5 asnn 1900. TO sEAKCY# SPRINGS Rate, s4 10. Date ot sale. May 15 to sept l5, 1a03, inclusive Return limit, Oct3l, 1900.
 RAYENDEN SPRINGER 8f E. Dates of sale June to Sept. 90, 1900. Return iim- it. Oct. 3f. BOO.
 St. Louis Fair st. Louis. Mo. Oct. f6, 1900, inclusive. Rate. one fare the ronnd fr D, Dat Of sale, Sept. 30 to Oct, ,, ipelI- sye and for trains arriving IT St. Lcuis be fore on of Oct 6, Return limie 0ct, 8Th, 1900.
 St. Louis Exposition, St. Lauis. No, Sept. r to Ocf 20, 1900. Rate, open rate Of one and one third fire for the round trip. Hates f sale Sept IS. IS 20, 25, 27 Oct. . i, q H. f6 f8. l000 Return limit five days from date of sale.
 onaobita Valley Fair. Camden, Ark. Get. 15-26 t9a6, Open rate of one and one-tnirti fare fer the round trip. D7tes Of sale, Oct. 1. % Return limit Oct 2l, l990.
 Sovereign Grand Lodge I. Q. 0. F, Rich mond. Va. sept 17-22, 1900 Rate. one fare plus S2 for the round trip Dates Of sale Sept f4-f5 Return limit, Sept25
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Convert Earns His Library.

Marshall O. Waggoner of Toledo, Ohio, the infidel, whose conversion to Christianity was recently announced, has burned his magnificent library, consisting of writings of infdels. The ashes of the books are in the bottom Of the furnace of the Memorial United Brethren church of Toledo, to which he privately consigned them. He threatened to destroy this collection some time ago, but delayed doing so until the night of Jan. g. With su- preme satisfaction and feeling that he was doing Gods will, the aged law yer watched his precious volumes with CT and crumble into ashes in the fur mace heat. Many of the volumes were exceedingly rare. There were large number of manuscripts and first prints not to be found in any other library } in America
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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 1t to the owners satis- faction, and we can do the same thing for you.
 BLUFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
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Iron Mountain F24 ts
special Excursion to Hot springs Aos. 54

Leave on regular train No 222 Q 4sa5 P m. from Pine BlRlf; arrive at l50t tpftags 1t.2j T. nl.; returning train leaves Hot springs 5:50 d. h. sept. ]; round orip F Hhis prom sea t8 be 4he best excursion that Has eFef been nm ta Hot springs and parties desiring niee pleasant trip should avail themselves uf ths.
 Dermott, Ark Aug. 29 to Sent ,, District Conference. Return at one-thdd fare on certificate plan, return limit Sept, 5
 Bee8e. Ark. Sept IS to 24. GaHR Meeting Rttafn at one third fare on eeftiazate pIaH, return limit Sept. 2S.
 Summer Resorts. From Pine Bluff to Mt Nebo aad return. &. 80
 searcy Springs and return, !. It
 Kavepden s' 7.75 Tickets on sale now and will continue until close Of business, Searcy Sept. h; Mt Nebo Oct 1: Ravenden, sept. 30. All tickets limit cd for return passage to Oct 3f. 1981. Parties wishing to spend the summer fn nfcel cool, healthy places should try the above,
 St. Louis Exposition. Round trip rate, 81I6f. Tickets on safe Sept. It. Is. z0 25. 27, Oct. ,. 1 2. Il, t6, Is. All tickets limited for return days from date of sale.
 st. Louis Fair, Round trip rate, sf1 61, Tickets on sale Sept. 90 to Oct inclusive, with final return limit Oct, Sth
 The Iron Mountain will sell tickets to Richmond, Va on Sep. Ii and f6 at one fare plus 8 for the round trip, with final limit for return Sept 2, Account sovereign Grand Lodge l. 0. 0. f,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04
children and Ghost stories.


 The attempt to keep your children ia ignorance of stories about ghosts. fairies, giants and gypsies would cer- tainly prove futile. If they are of a nervous and imaginative temperament they will invent new terrors for them. selves instead of the old traditional ones. A little girl of six, who had been jealously guarded against any acquaintance with nursery bogies and superstitions, suffered from night ter TOTS of a severe kind, in which she always screamed out that she was be- ing chased by robbers. But while it may be fmpracticable to protect chil- dren from knowledge of the super natural and mysterious, 1t is inexeus- able to frighten them with hideous stories or to leave them 9 prey to thu terrors of the solitude and darkness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04
Statistics of British EmIgrants.

Statistics just issued by the Board of Trade show that during 1899 8 total of 241, ,405 emigrants left Great Britain. as compared with 205, I'll in the preyi1 ous year. The greater proportion of this increased outflow of 36,000 con sisted of foreigners. HoWeyens these were "birds of passage" ]" numbering 00,000, compared with 60,000 in 1898. The number Of British emigrants was over 5000 in excess of that in 1898, and it Is remarkable that this was wholly due to an increased exodus from Ireland, 5000 more persons of Irish birth leaving last year, prac- tically all going to the United States, while the English emigrants were 5000 fewer. Of the total number of British emfgrants, viz, 146.777, no fewer than g., ,532 were bound for the great fae- public, an increase of 22.000 as com pared with 1898, and 16, 451 for British North America, a decrease of 1900. Australia received HATS, against i0,- 693, while the outlook of war so seri- ously checked emigration to South Africa that the number declined from 19,7 756 in 1888 to 14,560 last year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04
SINGULAR FRUIT FOR A TREE.
Chinese Product That Fears Tallop
 Brought to South Carolina.


 Brought to South Carolina.
 The people of China are emlaantly practical. and have added much to the civilization of mankind by their habits of industry, of which the method of obtaining vegetable ta1low is an excel lent example The tree producing this tallow 4a called Stiilingia Sebifera, and .he words remind Us ef the dropping product and it's soapy nature. The Chi- nese pick the seeds Of this tree in au- tumn. and first place them in wooden cylinder, open at the top and perforat- cd at the bottom. After being steamed oyer a fire for ten or fifteen minutes the tallow is softened and is then more readily separated. The seeds are trans ferred from the steaming cylinder to stone mortar, in which they are gently beaten. They are then thrown on a sieve heated over the fire and sifted, by which process the tallow is separat~ ed and resembles coarse Indian meal In this state the talloW is put between circles of twisted straw and these plac- ed in g press, by which the tallow Is IOGCGG out dllu idll3 AntO 1i bAtOs x SSH from all impurities, it is then sem1- fluid of a beautiful white color. Candles made o1 it easily melt in hot weather and on this account they are dipped i'll melted wax of various colors-red. green or yeIlow-and are exposed for sale by tallow ehandlers and other shopkeepers This remarkable tree E found on the banks of the Min, in Sze. chuen. It also grows near soochow and has been transplanted to North and South Carolina. It is tree With shining green leaves and small yellow flowers at the end of the branches. They are succeeded by dark eolered seeds and vessels containing delicate white seeds. In late autumn, on the banks of the Tsien-tang river ID Cho- kiang, south of Hangehow, this tree IS striking object. The leaves are then of a blood red color instead of a lgnt green. When the tallow has been squeezed out of the seeds the remainder is preserved to be used as fuel or to enrich the lana.-Pbiladelph Record,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-04
A Remarkable Discovery.

A remarkable discovery has beer made by Dr. Peters, who has recently been excavating at Nippur, an ancient city of Babylonia. While the workmer were clearing away the debris from the walls of the temple Bel they dis covered in hole which had been clos
 ed up with sundried bricks large goose egg on q mat of reeds. Why she egg was placed there is mystery, as it has no connection with any known Babylonian custom. Dr. Pet CTS thinks that it may be looked upon as a joke on the part of one or more of the ancient workmen, the object of which will probably never be known. The temple was built at very re- mote time, probably in the reign of Alzus-gal (B. c 220o), or even earlier, so that the egg is over 4,000 years old.
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z ottton Belt Bulletin.

National Baptist Convention, Richmond. Va. hept. -29 Rare: One fare fer the round trip Dates of sale: 4ept. 10-l2 1900 Return limit: Sept. 9. 1900.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
THE SCRANTON STRIKE.
Superintendent Patterson Assaulted
 Street Cars StiI1 Tied Up.

SCRANTON, Pa, Dec. 2S-The first blow struck in the street car mems strike was received last evening by William Patterson, the new superintendent of the Scranton Railway company. Teamsters blocked the car he was running, and breaker boys and street urchins assault cd it with potatoes stolen from an ad- jacent freight car. When the trolley car reached strike headquarters, the strikers boarded it and attempted to take off the crew. Some one pulled Super. intcndent Patterson from the car, and he was dealt blow on the head with a fist or club that knocked off his hat and caused him to reel.
 Two strikers, Edward and Joseph Pentley, burly brothers, rushed the su- perintendent into a saloon, protecting him from the crowd with great difficulty, and then barred the entrance to give. the superintendent time to escape by the real door. The other strikers helped three police officers to disperse the crowd and also helped the company officials to take the stalled car to the barn.
 Eleven cars were moved yesterday, but not more than six at one time. As far as is known not q single passenger was carried. Some strangers who board. ed car at Lackawanna avenue were in duced to get off and accepted free ride in one of the buses which the strikers maintain for just such q purpose.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
FANATICS AT WORK.

Cincinnati, Dec 2S-The Evangelical Alliance committee, composed or preachers of all Protestant, denoml- nations. with the Rev Dr w. A. Robln- son of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church as chairman. met yesterday afternoon and completed some of its plans for stopping the JeffrieS ana RuhIin prize fight or boxing contest under the auspices of the Saengertest Hall association. It has been decided to enlarge the committee by taking in prominent laymen and representative cburchmcn Of all creedS. Another meeting will be held to-day. when ar engagements will be made for a blg mass meeting in Music hall within the next few days, at which addresses will be made by speakers of national note and final steps taken toward souelching the fight. Chairman Rob inson said last night that he thought there was a good chance for the move ment to save Cincinnati from the dis
 grace of harboring the fight. Com | mitteos will call on the proprietors ana | editors of the newspapers and try to 1 have the fight scheme denounced Ill print '
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
N,GOVERN MAY GO WEST.

Although Ben Jordan has signed to fight Terry McGovern in England at the National Sporting club on Derby night it is doubtful whether the af- fair will ever come off. McGOvern, according to Joe Humphreys, is not in clined to visit the other side at pres ent, and as Jordan has also made up his mind to remain at London the chances of the two meeting. at least in England seem remote. Humphreys who has been delegated by McGovern to look out for his interests ill the east. said yesterday that Terry has received an offer-tO box :ln "unknoWn at San Francisco within a month. It is said that a club there will hang up a purse of $5:000 for the battle. Hum Dhreys called on Joe Marcias. kid BrOad'Sr manager. yesterday. for the purpose of clnching a twenty-round fight between Broad and Terry. A new club. which is being organized at Hartford. is ready to give the palr d large purse to meet during the nrst week of February. Charley White has been appointed referee of the club. Macias said that nothing would please him better than a match between Broad and McGovern. The articles or agreement for the battle between Ior- dan and McGovern are still in the DOS session of pr Ordway. the American representative of the National sport inc club.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
FOR A BARGE CANAL.
State Engineer Bond Will Send Rec.
 ommendation to Legislature.

ALBANY, Dec. 2S.-A barge canal costing $62, ,000, ,O0O, following very close ly the present lines of the Erie canal ex- cept that, while touching the large cities, it may not bisect them, is what State Engineer Bond will recommend to the legislature on about Feb. 12. The most minute details will be given in the report, maps furnished, and even the character of the soil through which the excavations run will be furnished. It is probable that electricity will be recom- 1nended for motive power.
 Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff who is in the city, is positive that the recommendations will be agreed to by the legislature, for he asserts that already 20 members of the senate are in favor of it.. If the legislature passes it, the measure will go before the people next fall.
 Lieutenant Governor Woodruff be- lieves this is the most important question of the year and is of the opinion that the legislature should sit until the question is decided
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
MAHER AND sHARKEY.

Sporting men have often wondered why Peter Maher and rom Snarkey never have met Ill the ring since theIr encounter several years ago at the old LenoX club, then under the man agement of w. A. Brady It Will De remembered that things were getting warm when the police jumped into the ring and stopped further proceedings. At the time there was a wide differ ence of opinion as to the probable re- suit if the mill had been allowed to go the limit. Last summer, when the fighting game was at it's best, efforts were made to match Sharkey and Maher, which proved futile. The two Irishmen were seen constantly togeth- CT at the race track, all night restau
 rants and at fights. They drank many q cold bottle together and were the best of friends. Now, however, they are talking of having good, old fash toned fight, and the gOssipS are won dering whether or not there has been a falling out. If. these sluggerS do meet and mix it on the level the fight ought to be q most sensational affair.
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
DOHENG TALKS BASE BALL.
Thinks the Abolition of the Spring
 Trips Is q Good Move.

IDS iS d NOOC A1ONe.
 Eddie Doheny, the south-paw pitch CT of the New York base ball team. is Wlntering in New York and wonder Ing what the upshOt of the present un- settled state of affairs in base ball cir cles will be.
 Il expect everything will be strengthened out in the spring." Do- heny observed yesterday. II hope so. Tor l expect to show that I am by no mans out of it as a twirler. I haven't touched tobacco in any form in two years. leave liquor entirely alone and am ill better condition than 1 eyer was.
 Il see they have abolished spring training trips. It's a wise move. as these trips didn't amount to anything. IT the weather is good you can get just as fit in New York as south. and the weather is just as likely to be good here as south. If q man can get the work he's as well off one place as an otehr. The main thing is to set into physical condition. Get that way and you'll soon be able to handle the ball all right.
 No, I haven't invented any new curves. I've been thinking of it. though. They have corkscrew punches and scissors blows in pugilism. and I've been thinking of springing q boomerang curye-Something that goes to the plate and then, just as the bat ter swings for it. breaks and comes back to the pitcher I think that'd fol 'em as, much as the windmill wal Top or the whip-lash uppercut does the scrappers.'
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
Poison In Beer.

CHICAGO, Dec: 2S.-Thc possibility of arsenical poisoning by beer was the topic of popular interest at the opening session of the convention of the American Chemical society here. The 100 chemists from all parts of the country turned from discourses on atoms and clements and joined in the argument growing out of the recent wholesale poisoning in Eng land. Dr. Edward Gudeman charged the brewers with willfully introducing into beer an arsenical antiseptic to prevent the fermentation of the beverage from progressing too far, and bis assertion proved the sensation of the session. Sey- eral other chemists spoke on the question, urging that all beer and other brewed liquors should be thoroughly analysed to protect the consumers from dangers of
Waterbury Democrat., 1900-12-28
Efficiency of Telephone Increased.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-A practical sys tenn of dupleXing telephone wires by which, using an auxiliary telephone conversations with two persons may b held simultaneously on the same wire has been adopted by the Chicago Te}c phone company, and instruments for its operation will be put in immediately al many of the big wholesale stores and 1T offices where the use of the phone i heavy. The auxiliary telephones will as rule be used for incoming messages but they are so arranged that out call: may be made at the same time that tn; main telephone is in use. Superintenl ent Hubbard said that the plan had beer thoroughly tested and proved a success By its use heavy saving in the runnin. of wires will be made, besides more thai doubling the capacity of the telephon, service to firms using it heavily