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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
PLACE FOR ADVENTURE.
Central America the Only Spot o

Central America the Only Spot on
Earth for Rover.
New Orleans Times-Democrat: Central
America Is the only place on this hum
drum hemisphere where life still runs
red" sighed a young gentleman who
holds very good position in a Poydras
street commission house. st is the last
ditch Of romance, the one spot where the
sword is mightier than the pen. wish
1 wasn't near-sightcd and measured n
little more around the chest. I'd go down
there and break into the seventeenth
century and have adventures that would
make your hair CURL
"Y-e-es, life is very strenuous in Gen.
trail America" said the head bookkeep-
err, who speaks Spanish and smokes
brown paper cigarettes. NJ went down
there once myself and opened a general
merchandise store 'tother side of Chiqui-
mula. My stock consisted chiefly of
whisky and cartridges. which were the
two articles most In demand in that part
of the country, but 1 also carried small
side lines of tobacco, sardines and fancy
percale shirts.
Zone day q big Niger came into the
store, smoked what was left of the to-
bacco, ate the last six boxes of sardines
and put on all the fancy percale shirts
duced himself as Gcnral Tomasso Some
bodyorother, and told me to charge the
bill to the army Of liberation. While We
were arguing about the matter a detach-
ment of government troops came up look
ing for my colored friend and blew off
the roof off the store with d small shell
from a mountain howitzer. The general
went one way and 1 went the other, but
we both got caught and the commando
ant promptly put me under arrest for
harboring notorious rebel. l was taken
before the .cfe politico as they call their
magistrates down there, and in order to
square himself with the authorities To-
masso turned states evidence and swore
that 1 was the head and front of the rev.
olution. The scoundrel had on all my
percale shirts at the time he was giving
his evidence, and was SO mad couldn't
talk coherently.
/ "Still, i think would have been dis
| charged If it hadn't leaked out that had
a couple of barrels of whisky in the store.
When the jefe heard that he ordered me
locked up and confiscated my property for
the use of the department. The American
| consul got me out eventually, and came
home in the steerage of q banana steam
| err" And have you never been back
| since?" asked the near-sighted young
man. NO" replied the bookkeeper. II
| think ! prefer country where life runs
| light pink instead of red. It's less wear-
I ing on the nerves.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
Lots of These Socialists.

Cleveland Plain Dealer: mo, my
child e, you candias. marry Ravenswood
Plunks." /
But, papa, what is your objection
to Ravie?'
t'A1y child, he is one of the most OBJ
jectionable socialists I ever met
"A socialist, papa? surely you are
mistaken!"
mo, I'm not. He actually demand
ed to share my wealth with me!
'Ravic did that? Why, papa, what
did he say?"
',EIe said he wanted to be my SON
in-law."
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
-N-o-4

This country last year exported
more meat products, leaving out
sheep and mutton than all the rest of
the world combined. The amount
was nearly Sao0.ooo,0oo, and the great
crops of corn are the foundation of
the trade,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
Viewed by the I'rc,sblc"t.

TUTI MUHrUe, va, MHy .,o..- TIC SUI
was totally eclipsed at 1853 in cloud
less sky. The period of totality was
about thirty seconds. The president
and party watched the phenomena
from the Dolphin, near Lambert's
point, and Secretary Cages party
from the lighthouse tender Holly.
The Dolphin passed on up the bay for
Washington.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
Sleep Changes the Verdict.

A jury recently agreed upon a YER
dict, scaled it and went home. After
sleeping over it, they disagreed. This
shows the power of sleep to strength
on the mind. Those who are troubled
with insomnia or stomach disorders
should try llostctter's Stomach Bit
tors. 1t puts the stomach in good gon-
dition and induces sound sleep.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
AS VIEWED IN GEORGIA.
Chabot Expedition Gets Splendid
Views Of Tic CorOnn.

Chabot Observatory, Eclipse Station,
Sloan, Ga, May 2s.-The obscrva-
tions here were complete success.
Professor Charles Burcllhalter, OBJ
server in charge, gives the following
statement regarding the work:
"Observations successful at this
point and full program of eleven pho
tograph exposures carried out. The
corona appeared striltingly like that
of the eclipse in India in 1898. The
Chabot expedition has the only appa-
ratus in the world that will give short
exposures on the bright inner corona,
while giving long exposures on the
faint part at the same time on the
same plate. The plates will be devel.
Oped this afternoon"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31

Senator Culbertson of Texas said re-
Gently that fifteen Years ago he had
his picture taken and sudden death
followed in the family. Ten years ago
the same coincidence was noted, and
since then the senator fees the cam
era
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
DIDN'T GET MUCH BOOTY.
Lone Robber Holds Up Passengers

Lone ltObber Holds Up Passengers
Oh NJ. r. Sleeper.
Falls City, Neb., May 2s.-Passen-
gers on the sleeping car of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway, which left Kan
sas City last night, were held up and
robbed this morning between here
and Stella by lone highwayman.
There were not many passengers in
the sleeping car and he did not get
much. A mile east of Stella he
jumped off the train, keeping the pas
sengers back at the point of re-
volver.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Toot-Easc.
A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet. Cures Corns, Run.Ons, Swollen, Sore
Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot Ease makes
new or tight shoes easy Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, &c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Oimstcd. lie Roy, N. Y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
Tho Plmcc for Work.

Waterloo Courier: Mrs. Frances
Hod%son Burnett says that. although
English by birth, she believes Amer
lea is the place for work, and, there
fore, does nearly all her writing in
this country.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31

The work of blind women type
writer's is one of the interesting feat
nrcs of the United States treasury de-
partmcnt. il is said that their work
is equal to hat of the best operators.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31

A new educational plan is being
tried in Copenhagen. No books are
used, but the boys are instructed
orally when they perform at the same
time some light manual labor.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31

Dropsy treated free by DR.. H. IL.
Green's Sons of Atlanta, Ca The great
est dropsy specialists in the world. Read
their ad. in another column Of this paper.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
Mrs.. w,..i.w.. sooru1so srnu, for cb,,dre,
tsething, softens the gums. reduces Inflammation.
ensys pain, cures wind collie CSC bottle.
Dtscordant Jingle.

A Philadelphia poet rhymes ''por-
there" and weary" And yet they sny
there is nothing doing in poetry now
adays, says the Louisville Courier
Journal.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31

Piso's Cure for Consumption is am
infallible medicine for coughs and
colds-N. w. Samuel, Ocean Grove, N.
j., February II, 1900.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31

The exhibit of Thomas A. Edison at
the Paris exposition requires no less
than 3T5 cases. Three of Mr.. lIdison's
assistants will have charge of it.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31

All the soap in Paraguay is made
from cocoa oil. Cows eat the pulp
from the nuts, leaving the huh in
closing the kernel clean and smooth.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
REV. DR.. scuDD6R DEAD.
For 80 Years He Had Been n Mis-
SiOnNrY III lnllin.

s1UTHTy III 1HtTH.
New York, May 3o.-Rev. DIR. John
Scudder, of the Dutch Reformed
church's Arcot mission in India, died
at Kodai Kanai, in that country, May
%. He was 81 years old, and for thir-
ty-nine years had been connected with
the Arcot mission. He had come to
be an authority on matters pertaining
to India and it's people.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
Print Cloth Re.,uce,l.

Fall River, Mass. May 7s.-The selling
committee of the Fall River Cotton Manu-
featuring association voted to reduce the
price Of print cloths from 3k to 3M cents.
owing to q falling off In demand.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31

You Will Never Know
what good ink is unless you use Carter's.
1t costs no more than poor Ink. All deal
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
PILES OF PAIN.
sFor Twenty Years I've Suffered,
and Now l Am Well"
A Miracle Performed for Father aud His
Three.Year.Old Son--Millions Of
People Need Relief. ii
What causes thcm7

What causes them?
Nothing but Irregular working of the
bowels. When n nauseous mass of undi-
gested food ferments in the intestines In
stcad of being passed out of the body, Its
pressure congests the blood vessels, and
produces all kinds of pies-blecding. blind.
itching. al! horribly painful and annoying.
Nothing will cure them except to go ut
the cause. make. the bowels regular. and
regular. Only strong Intestinal tonic can
do 1t, and Cascarets Candy Cathartic are
the best known The best kind Of a proof
is the experience of Mr.. Heitz:
Chicago, ILL.,, February IS, 1900.
Gcntlemen-l have been using yOrr Chs
carcts for almost year with great success.
not only relieving chronic constipation, but
they have cured me of bleeding piles (Which
two surgira! operations failed to do, putting
mo to greut expense and needless palm. l
have recommended them to many friends.
ROGERS. No. 22S East Forty-hrst street,
Chicago. Ill.
Sufferers from piles! Go and do likewise!
Buy and try Cascufets to-day! Its what
they do, not what we say they'll do. that
proves their merit. They make the liver
lively, the bowels regular, the blood pure.
An druggists, Zoe, 25c. or soc. or mailed for
price. Send for booklet and free sample.
Address Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago:
Montreal, Can: New York.
This is the CASCARET tablet.
A9SSI8Mu n Every tablet Of the only genuine
HeH$cN Cascarets bears the magic letters
RmuAAA "CCC." Look at the tablet before
E&S4s You buy, and beware of frauds,
limitations and substitutes.
no
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
queer Indian Customs.

The Mosquito Indians are not &C., quainted with the art of kissing, but they sniff or smell the skin of the cheeks, which answers the same pur- pose. The little child is lifted in the fathers arms, he buries his nose In it's stomach. Handshaking is as common as with us, but there is always tinge of melancholy in the character of the lndains, which breaks out where we would expect hilarity. Thus, after a long absence, sisters and mothers sit town, and, throwing a cloth over their heads, with their hands clasped on the head of the person who has returned, cry over him with their dirge-like song. On the part Of the wives, 1t is supposed to be improper to show any emotion; consequently they take Ht- tie notice of the husband on his returns but confine their attention to others and do their duties sn the meantime. = Bells TangoWeTa-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
SABLE ISLAND PONIES,
Their Names Are in Some Instahoe
 Three Yards Long.

The story of animal life on Sable island Is strange. Roaming the sandy wastes are herds of wild ponies guard ed by oAe. iarchal stallions, says Ains- lees Magazine. These ponies resemble the horses on the sculptures of Nine- seh, and approach the beholder seem- tngly out of the framework of antiqul- sy. They are stocky and remarkable for their long names, which in in- stances have been known to grow to Che length of three yards. These DO. nies are the remnant of a stock thought 10 have been left by some Portuguese dshermen-"Portinga the old rec ords quaintly call them-who touched at the islands on their fishing expedi- ton at even an earlier date than the Marquis de Ia Roche. At one time there were from 400 to 500 wild ponies on the island, but their number has been de- creased by exportatfon, the severity Of the winters and some people think, by the importation of improved. do- nesticated stallions, which have mada 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 ganop over the dunes and among the hilloeks on their long patrols, and the lifeboats are drawn to he 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 price 9f from S15 to SIS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
rsneIonad yYido,gs of omeer..

Among the widows o3 volunteer ot- acers of the civil war to whom pen- sons have been granted are Mrs. Y. ?. Blair. $2.o00 a year; Mrs. John M. gorse. S1.200; Mrs. Nathaniel F. Banks, $1,200: Mrs. Walter Q. Gres- ham, S1.20o; Mrs. Johp F. Hartranft, Rl,200; Mrs. John A. Logan. S1,2oo; Mrs. Fletcher Webster. whose hus- band was the son of Daniel Webster. 81,2o0. Among the widows of the reg uIar establishment pensions have been granted as follows: Mrs. F. H. Shert- dan, S2.50o; Mrs. G. H. Thomas, $2. COG: Mrs. c. B. Mcclellan. S2,000; Mrs. John c. Fremont. s2.000; Mrs. Grant. 55,000; Mrs. Hancock, S2.000; Mrs. Crook, $2,000, besides large number of less known persons at $40 and $50 ! month
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
FINE COFFEE CROP.
Peculiar Way in Which the Natiyea
 Prepare the Bean.

Coffee is exported from Puerto Rico In larger quantities than is any other native product, and while but little os It finds its way into the American mar ket under the brand Puerto Riean, ,"an immense quantity, according to Gen Roy Stone. is sold here as genuine Mocha and Java. The average Puerto Rlcan couEtfyman, even though his children have neither shoes for their feet, nor clothing for their backs, owns his private coffee patel. from which by occasional piekings, he secures enough of the little round berries to keep the family supplied. The exporting, how ever, is done by large groWers-n1en who have plantations which cover hun dreds of acress mostly upon the well drained mountain sides. The plants, nr trees as they are sometimes call. ed, are grown at intervals of from six to eight feet, and after reaching a night of about five feet are trimmed off that no strength may be wasted in surplus foliage. The flowers, which ~-A V b0AO NAtA1N Al NoAO4t 4ldA0 HIGH IEd" granee. Each berry contains two seeds, or beans, and as these are gathered hefore fully ripened. they are dried iB the sun. It is a common sight to aes coffee drying on burlaps, or mats, ID the city streets. The average Puerto Rican has little or no use for a cone@ mill. He bakes his coffee until it Aa black, and then grinds it to a powder i'll huge mortar. When ready for use 1t closely resembles gunpowder. ths beverage made from it looking very much like ink. Some of the natives since the close of the Spanish regime, have learned to prepare cup of coffee on the American plan. but these belong to very small minority Of the popula. don,-Leslie's Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
ssrecautionn Arainat Fir.

The Paris Exposition preeautione against fire include the coating of al wood used in the building frameworks with non=inf1ammable material: all gtairways will be fireproof An emer gency light system for night use will consist Of electric lamps of one candle. power, bearing a distinctive red color Only coal gas and electricity may be used for heating and lighting, the use of any form of hydrocarbons, aeety lene. or gas other than coal gas being forbidden. Theaters, concert halls. etc. must have fre-proof curtains of iron pr asbestos, and must be lighted exclu. savely by electricity.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
4 eleat seotsman of To-day.

Noel Patton, her majesty's lins- flor Scotland since 1865, completed |seyenty-eighth year recently. In |sr Noel was admitted student at Royal academy, and in 1850 he be-
 e an academician of the Royal |lsh academy. Sir Noel Patton Is Pet as well as painter. Almost
 \ years ago he issued book Of
 N entitled Poems of Painter" m lS67-the year he was knighted
 I second volume of poems was is~ under the title "Spendthrift. Tn
 Eouse in George square, Edinburgh.
 gar from the building in which Sir
 Eer Scott first opened his eyes, SD Paton, who enjoys good healths |une of the finest collections ot ana armor of any private owner |Ps country.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
.rET CARS IN ENGLAND.
!. nec,slon That Would Cause As. z -..,.rnent in This Country.

necislon That Would Cause Ass
 tan,snment in This Country.
 rondon magistrate has just made ], inc bench statement which. II |p over duplicated by competent
 n This city, would or might have Esouenees terrible even to imagine. Eems that on one of the urban rail- | +here had been a crowded train. [oman had tried to force her way I { compartment already fully oc- .a and her efforts had excited a E nrotsst from one of the pas '@ors already seated. The protest remarks were taken amiss by tha ans husband, a fight followed ana \ an arrest of the pugnaeious hus- ,a It is not a matter of any con. sonce whether he or the other man at fault for the scrimmage; what X least interesting is the fact that magistrate before whom the casa .o formally announced that nobody 2 right to enter a railway carriage |cb is already full. Those who tickets at the starting point, said, are entitled to seats tickets taken at intermediate sta- bs are subject to there being room |tae holders. If the company issues lois iii excess of the number of seats
 gided the holders may bring an ac. for damages, wait for the next |n or demand the return of their pey. Persons in a carriage which |ll have a legal, as we'll as moral ht to prevent others from en- Forizg to enter it and the sooner public understands this the bet as no one has a right to incon~ Hence passengers already in their pes. Such is the English law, accord Ito this interpreter of it. Patrons of own elevated and surface cars are likely even to ask if there is any law in this country. They are SC ] habituated to travelling in cruel |omfort that tfe impulse to make eS. Iyn protest against it has been lost.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
.ARLy LAMPS AND wIoKs. 2
Latter Were Commonly the pith
 of the Rush.


 of the Rush.
 would be hazardous to Ct 4jeeture at the first wick consisted of, but sn we come to consider the iron b or "erusie," we know that the K commonly used was the pith ot |rush, which was gathered and par Gy stripped of it's outer green cover cut into proper lengths, dried and ! up into bundles ready for use. The lamp was hammered out of one ee of iron in a stone mold. This usually done by the blacksmith. the moids are still to be seen in eeums. in the hands of private col- !prs, and, no doubt at some of the htry blacksmith shops. They are uniform shape, with some slight va@ Ees. The lamp consists of two cups. suspended above and inside tho er. The suspender is so fixed ana ehed as to enable the upper cup, lch holds the oil and wick, to ba tied, and to keep the oil constantly fontact with the wick. The lower catches the drip of the oil, which be easily replaced in the upper cup lifting It off until the oil Is poured 1t The upper cup has sometimes loveable lid. There is a remarkable Rmhlance not only between tbe iron |ies in this country, but to those Fhe continent and in Egypt. They Eerve the same general shape, but fr if the material from which they made The Pompeian lamps, or at X some of them, might be described Ehree erusies in one. The cup of the P is the same, but 1t has provision |three lights. The oil used in the Feh lamps was of the eoarsest kind. Fhe west coast the oil used was, and Fll, fish oil. The material for wicks variable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
Tall Men Scarce.

The directors of the Great Northern sf England have issued a circular let ter to the station agents stating that in future the standard height tor DOT. ters in the passenger department shai be five feet six inches, aud in the goodk department five feet foar inches. This Is a considerable reduction, forced by & searsity of taller men,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
TheIr Own Amlnunftior.

|iarge amount of the sman-arms Funltlon now being used by the | against the English troops is of
 (sn manufacture. AS late as 1896 |se English cartridge firm, the pres-
 ol which is MT. Arthur Chamber 'ne colonial secretary's brother, |aeu the Boer government with ('ns or rounds of ammunition. This
 faselon was, of course, we'll known
 N British at the time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
Flower. Used in Making rsrfumery.

Vast quantities of flowers are gatn- cred for perfumery purposes. It is estimated that each year 1860 tons Of orange flowers are used, besides 930 tons of roses, 150 tons each of violets and jasmine, 75 tons of tuberoses. 30 tona of cassie and IS tons of tonauils
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-21
Gold in LEanascIaezf-a.

'nsehatka may soon become as
 1ar a resort as the Klondike, as las been discovered there in
 'lslns quantities.
The age-herald., 1900-07-14
mohammedans in Chine.

Confucianism Buddhism and Taoism are the three great religions of China, in the order named, but all the Chinese do not accept these three systems of worship. The Mahommedans alone in that country number 4O,000OOO, and they are as devoted to Mahomet and Mecca and the Sultan of Turkey as any other lot of Moslems that can be named.
 The Moslem Chinese are to be found in the provinces in the northeast corner of the country, not far from Pekin. They are numerous in Yunnan and also in Manchuna- They are also numerous near Thibet and the Russian possessions in the western end of China. But wherever they are they are very loyal to their country and it is believed they will fight long and hard against the foreigners. They have nothing in common with them. They are Chinese born and bred, differing from their countrymen only in religious faith.
 True, there was a Moslem rebellion in 1856. The Sultan of Suleiman and the prov ince of Yunnan tried to secede, and the Moslem outbreak extended to the western provinces of Hi and Jungaria. In 1871 Russian army marched into western China and, after General Gordon had crushed the Taiping rebellion, the Chinese govern ment fought six years, chiefly in Yunnan, before they put the Moslem rebellion down. But it took four more years in order to get rid of the Russians
 But since the Mahommedans were brought into subjection they have been quiet and peaceful and loyal, and they are as full of anti-foreign feelings and preju- dces as any other Chinese in the empire They are not factor that makes for di- vision in the present contest, however much they may be devoted to the Sultan of Turkey and to Mahomet.