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MARRIED ON THANKSGIVING.

A quiet Thanksgiving marriage was solemnized by ERev. John F.. Carr Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock al the home Of the bride on East Sec ond avenue. The contracting par ties were Mir. w. B. Williamson. a well known Cotton Belt engineer, and Miss Alice NJ. Peterson, an ac complished young lady. Both are popular young people and their many friends join with the Graphic in wishing them long married life of health and happiness. Mir. and Mrs. Williamson are "at home'' to their friends at the residence of Mrs. Cow an on East Second avenue.
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THANKSGIVING RACES.
r0 Events Pulled f---They Were
 Poorly Patlonized.

|Toe Thanksgiving races gotten ] and managed by Nr. Frank 5. Lnliuson at Jones' Park Thursday kre poorly patronized. A number Interesting events had been ar hped by that gen tIen1an, ut tfe at bdauce did not justify their being He'd off. Two private races for } shorse owners own amusemen
 shad.
 Hhe first race was between Nora |, driven by F B. Tomlinson but tned by Wiley Jones; Executor, l, owned and driven by Wiley |pss, and Skylisht. owned and [vea by ". D. Hearn. 1t was |le race, and Nora B. Finished first. Rhe second race was one mile,
 t affair. The entries were: John lice, owned by Sam Franklin, |zabpth w.. owned by Dr. ]. D. etzsrich, Galbryar, owned by W. Hearn, Antoinette and Sweet
 Ft, owned by Wiley Jones. John fce won.
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A GOOD SHOW AND TOOK WELL

"A Pair of Tramps." live farce comedy, was presented at Hollands new opera house in this city Thurs day night to large and we'll pleased audience. The company Is made up of a large number of well-xnown people and their acting and comedy work on this occasion did not fail to cause general satisfaction.
 Miss May c. flyers, clever young actress. deserves special mention. In fact too much cannot be said of her. She sang that popular song. Don't Run a Woman Down.
 The dancing of Miss Colfax was well received.
 MT. Allen St. John, as Charley the Dude." was good feature and caught the audience when he ap- peared, and held it throughout tbe evening.
 All the specialties are good draw ing cards and are alone worth the price of admission.
 The company will close it's engage ment here with performance to- night, introducing new specialties Popular prices prevail.
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PINE BLUFF CHICKENS.
Y Away a Number of Prizes at
 Little Rock.

(one of tbe awards of prizes at Little Rock poultry show, which
 been open at Glen wood park in
 ! city since last Monday, were pe Thursday. Pine sBluf chick
 haye captured a number of them, pillows. |econd cock 913, second cockerel
 third bullet (tie) 924, W. Il bkle. First cockerel 93, third cockere! |drst bullet 931. second bullet 93, Fd bullet (tie) 92s, ". H. West |ok. |econd cock 84, w. H. Hinkle. Pan Plymouth Rocks-First cock
 R c. Wilkins. |econd cock 87, first hen SIX, W. Hinkle.
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COURT NEWS.
A Little Child Ran Away From
 Home Twice Still Missing.


 Roy Newton was fined $10 and costs by Justice Garrett this morn. ing for disturbing the peace.
 A. D. Davis was fined $1O and costs by the same magistrate for gaming.
 F. Neis, the contractor, was fined So in police court this morning for fencing up the north end of Cherry street without permission.
 A negro named Charles Dyer was arrested by the police this morning on charge of petit larceny and transferred to a magistrate for tri- al. Mrs. Tomlilson charges that Dyer stole wire cot from her home
 Mrs. Miller, lady living on Ala bama street, and who recently nov ed here, asked the police to find her 4-year-old girl, who ran away from home Thursday afternoon. It was only few hours before Detective Culpepper located the child and re- turned her to her mother. The child slipped away from home again this morning and has not yet been found. The mother and Officer Gull pepper are out searching for the girl.
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SUIT OVER TIMBER.

The suit of D. c. Hill against the J. l. Porter Lumber Company is be- ing tried in circuit court today. Mr. Hill is suing for the value of some timber, the amount of which ia about two or three hundred dollars. The plaintiff is repr, sen ted Toy Attor- ney J. w. Crawford and the defend- ant by Austin & Taylor. This is the last suit on the civil docket.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-30

tEat Yoss & Bro,'s store was bur
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-30

The price of tickets for the Gov. Bob Taylor lecture has been aa- vanced to 75 cents This is the highest nriced lecture on the course, and Merrill Institute Hall does not seat enough people at the regular price to pay the expenses. Tickets will be on sale Monday morning at Bailey's drur store. Season tickets are on sale at the Y. M. c. A rooms till IO o'clock.
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|noerlain's Pain Balm Cures Others Why Not You?
 \ Vile has been using Chamber Pain Balm, with good results, E iame shoulder that has painpd continually for nine years. We \ 'rled all kinds of medicines and |'ofs without receiving any beLe-- fom any of them. One day we ah advertisement of this medi-
 ano thought of trying it, which
 'iu With the best of satisfaction.
 aas used only one bottle and her
 a'oer Is almost well.-Adolph l..
 Y Manchester, N. H. For sale
 .L. Dewoody & Co.. druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-30
 CHlLDREN'S TEA,

The Junior Missionary Society of the Episcopal church will give a children's tea tomorrow Saturday, afternoon from 2 to o'clock at the
 home of Mrs. Hutchins, corner oi Fifth avenue and Laurel street. All children invited, admission ten cents.
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REMARKABLE SUCCESS
Was the Jewish Baby Show Prize
 Winning Babies.

Tbe Thanksgiving baby show is a thing of the past.
 Remarkable success attended the efforts of the Jewlsn ladies hayiog in charge the baby show given at the Bluff City Club Thursday after noon, and the affair was even more largely attended than was expected. In fact, it was an immense gather Ing, but a very happy one, and everyone present at the club hall enjoyed everything connected with the show.
 There were about seventy-fiye babies entered for prizes in the dif- ferent classes. Among them were laughing babies, crying babes. pret- y babies. ugly babies (but we will not tell their parents sol, fat babies, lean babies, babies with curls and much pretty bair. bald beaded ba- bies, bad babes and good babies, babies with teeth and some without them, fortunate ard lucky babies, unfortunate aud anlucky babies. In fact the babies held the foor..
 They were allowed to contest in different classes, such as 1 to 6 months, and so on. Misses Eddie Rutiedge, Grace York, Mesdames c. A. Bloom, H, Riley and Sam Hilz- hiem were, unfortunately, so they say, selected to act as judges. It was a difficult matter to decide as to the prize winners, there being so very many 6re, pretty and attrae- tive babies present. Ia each event there were ten Or more babies con- peting and it was the general opin- ion of those present that the decis- ions of the judges were very good. Naturally there was some dissatis- faction. The awards were made to-
 
 the prettiest babies as follows:
 From l to months Adele. daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Bluthenthal. Age 3 months.
 From 6 months to l year-Sara Rita, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. Alex Strauss. Age II mop ths.
 From l to 2 years-James, jr., son of MT. and Mrs. James Gould, Age years.
 From 2 to 3 years Richard Ber- nard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Bird. Age2 years.
 From 3 to 4 years-Arden Ben nett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Smith. Age years and 4 months.
 Plumpest Baby-Jamps w. Jr., son of Mir. and Mrs. J. W. Bunch. Age II weeks.
 Youngest Baby-May, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dolan. Age 2 months.
 Consolation-Fanuy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Marx.
 The large crowd present was handled in manner that showed D erfecbion in all the arrangements by the promoters of the show. The amount of money netted from the show was about $60, after paying all expenses.
 The ladies are entitled to the thanks of all for the delightful af- ternoon, and to the congratulations of their friends for the splendid success that was achieved. They wish to express their thanks to those who assisted with liberal pa tronage, those who helped them, especially the juages, and to Miss Birdie Weller, who so competently furnished music
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-30
OUR COTTON MOVEMENT,
Stock on Hand S336 Bales Compar-
 atiye Statement of Previous Years.

Following is u correct statement of the receipts and shipments of cotton In the local market, furnished by Secretary D. D. Russell, for week ending November 30
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-30

pe steamer Lucille No owland came se night from Memphis with q
 cargo Of freight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-30

Mr. c. Cross, of Little Rock, was a Thanksgiving visitor in the city, regist tering at the Trulock.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-30

The little child of Mir. and Mrs Sam Johnson is down with scarlet fever.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-30

Mr. Harry Hanf left thls morning for Henderson, La., where he VIII visit relatives for few weeks.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
(To be continually
He Didn't choke.

Toward Mecca the thoughts and as
pirations of all pious Moslems are
turned, and at least once i'll his life
time the good Mohammedan is expect
ed to make a pilgrimage to that city.
One of the duties Of the pilgrim i'm
mediately after his arrival is to make
journey seven times round q holy
portico outside the mosque.
1--WE went at great pace" says an
Englishman, who, disguised as Mo-
hammedan, paid visit to Mecca at
the risk of his life, land the day was
growing hot. When the procession
was over, we came back to the mosque
and were each given bowl of limpid
water. was so thirsty that drank
mine at a draft and asked for more,
which noticed produced very good
impression, for, as afterward learned,
this was the sacred water of Temzen,
which an infidel cannot drink without
being choked.
"This was supposed to be the water
which was supplied to Hagar when
she was perishing in the DESERT
Christian Endeayor World.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
He Rode Down.

Algernon Dougherty of the United
States diplomatic service has qualities
Of his own to account for his success
as well as being the son of the famous
"Silyer Tongued" Dougherty of Phila-
delphia. One of the rules Of the aris-
tocratic Partisan concierge is that
while one may ride up in the elevator
one must not ride down. 1t was Mr..
Dougherty who broke down this rule
in a house in the Rue de Maturin.
He started down, and the concierge
stopped the elevator. at is forbidden"
"By whom?"
@The proprietor forbids it," said the
concierge.
Mr.. Dougherty drew himself up and
said, 'Tell your proprietor that I for
bid him to forbid me anythingv and
rode on down. And now even the
timid maiden ladies on the sixth floor
play with that elevator as though it
were a tame cat.-San Francisco Argo-
nauf
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
A Bridge Of Comns.

When the British forces were march
ing to Picking in 1860, after the capture
Of the Taku forts, one Of the rivers be-
came SO swollen with the heavy rains
that it was rendered almost impossible.
While in this quandary bright idea
suddenly struck one of our officers. Be-
ing well aware that the Chinese gener-
ally order their collins years in advance
and keep them on the premises and also
that they are perfectly alright, he con-
suited with his brother officers, with
the result that orders were given to
search all the houses Of the village and
collect every coffin. With the aid of a
few empty casks the soldiers construct.
ed a pontoon bridge of collins sufficient
ly strong to bear the artillery, and the
river was thus passed in safety.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

Through these months of anguish a
mist had rested on her mind. 1t was
rolled together now, and the old clear
intellect awoke from its long torpor. 1t
looked back into the past. 1t saw the
present. There was no future now.
The old strong soul gathered itself to-
gether for the last time. 1t knew
where it stood.
Slowly raising herself on her elbow,
she took from the sail glass that
hung pinned there. Her fingers were
stiff and cold. She put the pillow on
her breast and stood the glass against
it. Then the white face on the pillow
looked into the white face in the glass.
They had looked at each other often so
looking out above its blue pinafore. It
had been q woman's face, with a dim
shadow in the eyes and something
which had said: I'VE are not afraid,
you and l. We are together. We will
fight, you and ~ Now tonight it had
come to this. The dying eyes on the
pillow looked into the dying eyes in
the glass. They knew that their hour
had come. She raised one hand and
pressed the stiff fingers against the
glass. They were growing very stir.
She tried to speak to it, but she would
never speak again. Only the wonder
full yearning light was In the eyes still.
The body was dead now, but the soul,
clear and unclouded. looked forth.
Then slowly, without sound, the
beautiful eyes closed. The dead face
that the glass reflected was thing Of
marvellous beauty and tranquility. The
gray dawn crept in over 1t and saw 1t
lying there.
Had she found what she sought for
something to worship? Had she ceas-
ed from beings? Who shall tell us?
There is a veil Of terrible mist over
the face Of the hereafter.
(To be continually
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
HOW TO USE So, 900.

An old friend said to us: II have the
farm all clear and have my debts all
paid. have $4,000 in the bank What
shall do with it?" Now, here is an
other Of those hard questions, which at
best can only be answered in general
way. OF course this surplus could be
loaned out at low rate of interest,
and this is what most men SO situated
would do. Still there may be better
way in which to use It, We will an
swer the query by saying what we
would do were we in our friends place.
We would first give thought to the
wife and mother who through all the
hard years has so patiently borne the
home burdens. We think that we would
fix the old house up--buy some new
carpets, pictures and curtains. While
the house was being fixed we would
send her down east to have a good,
long visit with her folks; we would use
enough of that money to make the home
just as attractive and pleasant as pos
sible, because money so invested will
bring any man more than per cent
4uSGlSSl. 4llell we WOulu lldhG some
improvements down in the barnyard
would fix convenient water supply,
get rid of all the scrubs in COW barn
and feed lot and put in their place the
nucleus of a thoroughbred herd. We
would remember the boys and girls
and give them some of the fine educa-
tional advantages Of the times in
which we live; we would in other
ways use the money so as to make life
more pleasant and enjoyable and not
figure to keep on scrimping and toiling
just to get bigger pile. 1t really makes
so little difference whether a mans
will disposes Of $4,000 or 10000; that
he is a fool to work himself to death to
make it the larger amount. One thing
we would not dove would not buy
more land for more land means more
debt, more work. more fret, more hired
men-more trouble all round. Inas-
much as we have not the $4,000 to use.
the above suggestions can be taken for
just what they are worth.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

The tuberculosis question is coming
to the front in England as well as in
this country. The queen, wishing to
test the purity of the milk from the
royal herd Of dairy cows, sent 40 cows
to undergo the test recently, and Of
these no less than "a responded. These
cows were kept under the very best
possible conditions, and the test con-
firmed the well grounded suspicion
that very large per cent Of ell dairy
herds are affected to a greater or lesser
extent with this disease. The conclu-
sion is being arrived at in England
that milk is one Of the most dangerous
of foods for man.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

Just one days work devoted to clear
ing anc Strengthening things up
around hundreds of farm homesteads
would result in making new places Of
them. The trimming Of the trees, the
repair of the fences and gates, the put
ting Of the farm tools where they be-
long, the shutting out Of the hogs and
poultry from the front yard, the pick
ing up and burning Of years accumu-
lation Of rubbish, the Sticking up of
the wood pile and the hanging of that
barn door would, If done, make the
owner feel better and invite the COM
pliments Of every passerby. There
is really no need these days for any
granger to fasten his galluses with a
wooden PIN or live with his homestead
in slouchy, down at the heels con-
dition.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
SOWING AND REAp1SG.

So you are poor, are you-you, a
strong, healthy, mature man, poor as
Jobs turkey" you say, and you living
in America? Well. let's see what's the
reason. When you were a young fell
low, your highest ambition was to
have bully good time, and so you
neglected the school and got your edu-
cation on the streets. What books
you read were bad ones. II you earn
ed dollar. you always fooled it away
In gratifying your animal appetites.
You did not value your credit, and so
no one would trust you. If you work
ed for a man, you never considered
the interests OF your employer and
thought only of hash time and the &
o'clock whistle. You don't know how
to do anything well and won't do a
fair days work unless you are right
under the eye of boss. You say that
the world owes you a living, but it
doesn't. Your poverty is the legitimate
result of your own folly and stupidity,
just exactly as much so as is COM
petence the legitimate reward of the
man who is Industrious, faithful, hon.
est and self denying. You are not of
much account anyhow. You ought to be
poor. If men like you could get along
in the world and live well without
breaking the laws Of the state, there
would be but little incentive left for
men to be industrious and enterpris-
ing. The worst thing about your case
is thai you married one of your own
Sort and may the good Lord pity your
children! 1t is not much use to tell
you all this, for you belong to that
sort that can't be helped in an eco
nomic way. You started wrong and
if put on the right track would not
stay there. You will live poor, be con-
sidered just no account as long as you
live, and the county will finally be at
the expense of burying you. You
might have been a man; you preferred
to be thing. We see boys every day
who have the making of just this sort
of man.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

The opening of the new gold bearing
territory of the Alaskan peninsula, the
acquisition Of the Philippine Islands,
the development Of Japan and the COM
ing regeneration Of China will insure
markets for all the surplus cereal, lum-
sbe, meat and manufactured products
BDf the Pacific slope. This in turn will
help the producers Of the Mississippi
valley, who will thus get rid Of their.
Pacific coast competitors.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
Where the Tail Went.

Do you remember the story of Harry's
and George Is rabbits-how Harry g rab-
bit got out of its hutch and disap-
peared for a week and at last crept
home without it's tail to die and how,
when Harry cried bitterly over his dead
tailless rabbit, George tried to comfort
him:
Don't cry, Harry, dear; don't cry.
It's only the body you seel The tail
has gone to heaven. "-"Memories and
Fancies," by Lady Gordon.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

Maud S, once the most noted trotting
horse in America, record 2:10, is now
25 years old and is cared for by the
Robert Bonner estate. 1t will be re-
membered that Mr.. Bonner bought the
mare Of Mr.. Vanderbilt, paying $780,
900 for her. The reason given by Mr..
Vanderbilt for selling her was that
when he drove the mare everybody
looked and said "There goes Maud S."
when he would have had them say,
"There goes Vanderbilt"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

We were talking with man recently
who has been farm renter for the
past six years. He rented 24O acres,
paid 5000 cash rent, had only $500
worth of farm equipment to start with
and closed out a few weeks ago with
his teams and tools and $1,000 cash in
his pocket. AS he had made a good
living during the years of his tenancy,
he had made a success of his business
from our point of view.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

The uniform character of alluvial
prairie soils is a black loan, varying
in texture according to lay of the land.
New, let little stream of water find
it's way across the prairie and on the
banks Of such stream will very often.
be found most marked and radical
change in the character of the soil.
On one side Of the stream quite likely
sand and gravel, which may be ac-
counted for by the wash Of the stream
in foodtime, but on the other may be
found stiff, hard clay covered with
timber-a soil altogether different from
the alluvial prairie. How came this
clay formation in such q place? What
relation did the water course bear to
its formation? This is problem upon
which we have long studied, and we
know no more about it than when we
first began. !
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

We do not think that there is very
much use in man bothering with
fruit culture unless he has real liking
for the work. 1t is of no use to set out
fruit bearing trees and shrubs unless
they are given proper care thereafter
Ia fact, 1t is more work to care proper
" Tor them after they are planted than
IT Is to plant them.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15
THE FIGHT AGAINST INSECT PEST.

THE FIGHT AGAINST INSECT PESTS.
Partly because of mans insane de-
sire to kill the birds and partly because
the multiplication Of the insect food
supply has resulted in increasing the
number of consumers man is year by
year called to wage more and more
aggressive fight against his insect enc
mics. The orchardist and fruit grower
realizes that his losses from insect
debredations are becoming each year
more serious. and protection from
these pests has become one Of the most
important things for him to study out.
The borer kills the apple and plum
trees, the cankerworm destroys the
apples, the curculio ruins the plums
and the aphis the plum trees worms
working by day and bugs by night, a.
numberless, ravenous horde, difficult
to cope with because Of their invisible
ity. The spraying Of the orchard has
now become prime necessity If one
expects any return In fruit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

But few fruit growers have the nerve
to properly thin out the fruit on tree
too heavily laden. Many young tree
gets q deathblow by allowing it to try
to mature an excessive crop of fruit.
"a proper thinning of the fruit on trees
SO overloaded is most important fea-
ture Of successful orchard work and
should be attended to with as much
care as the pruning or cultivation Of
the trees.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-15

( The rice crop Of 1899 in Louisiana
was increased in value in the sum Of
$1,000, 600 by reason Of the enterprise
Of the agricultural department at
Washington in securing seed of new
varieties Of rice for the planters from
Japan.