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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14

washington special Chicago Jour-
nal: Fae work Of distributing the nj
Ions Of internal revenue stamps over
The country is performed in two ways.
They are bought by private individuals
ID $1,000 lots. to be retailed by them
at the Irodt OF 1 per cent permitted by
the .aK The other way is By special
stamp commissioners appointed and
raid BY the revenue department.
Aoont 200 such agents are maintained
"a the principal business eenters
throughout the country. Commissioners
Wilson says a larger commission
should BE- allowed for distributing TIA
stamps. Banks are quite unanimous
q refusing to handle them. and the
force Of special stamp distributors has
dad to be greatly increased. The COM
mission at one time was 5 per cent, and
1nally It was cut down to l per cent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14

Hev a eIzeas Bill was Made to Han.
Suspended from Ceiling.

asg Circus Bill was Made to Hang
Suspended from a Ceiling.
= course re used to put up small
bis wherever they'd catch the eye.
said 4 Iii poster who Travelled with
circus making one-day stands. and
one thing Ne used to do that always
pleased folks was to hang a bill from
ceiling. You had to have a wooden
ceiling. to start with, and then all you
wanted besides the bills, was tack
ant silver dollar 1t took practice to
do it. but when you'd got the knack It
Was very simple and easy You attached
tie bills together, one at the foot OF
the other so that it would hang down
when the first one was attached to the
ceiling. Then you folded the bills up.
with tack thrust point upward
through the top Of the bill, with Sill
ver dollar under it, ub against the head
and between it and the other folds Of
paper ah1es It. Then, sometime when
the room was full Of people-this
might be hotel Office or perhaps a
barroom-you tossed the bills up and
there was weight enough in the dollar
to drive the tack into the ceiling far
enough to hold Then the weight u
the paper Itself and of the dollar would
open the bills ont, and the coin would
drop and you catch it as it fell Iaa
bills would be seen, fastened up there
somehow most Of the people wouldn't
know how. and opening out with LIS
lower bill hanging so you could read Z.
This was net the greatest thing N bill
posting ever was, but, as I SAID before.
: always pleased folks.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14
FIRST FAiLRoAo IN CHINA.



NJ ~ - present Chinese minis
Ter - asazagz5zI.. has many amusing
stories e 5E##=8f1He first railroad ever
built = 5ile celestial kingdom, which
was constructed under his supervision
= tas province = Tong Ebong. where
Il Hung Chang re5gne8 as vieoroy.
says ta5 Saturday Evening Pos. Curl
ousLg enough this road was built with
out the consent Of the emperor, With
out MS knowledge even. the pr ject0rs
realizing that they must educate their
ccu1trymen, from the highest to the
lowest. ~ Al object lesson. The road
once il operation they argued, the
people. understanding It was a wonder
IaI servant Ct commerce. and not
great devils that L carried freight bet
ter and quicker than the old-fashioned
way, and would bind the uttermost
pants e their kingdom together, would
10 longer oppose it. rs esta blishment,
however was missionary work Of a
different character. even to SO saga.
cio4s q diplomat - Mr. WI, and,
thoash he succeeded in overcoming
fhe prejudice t1 a r5rtain extent, he
failed utterly - gain consent that the
road should rtfa through the towns and
villages that marked is route NO,
no, said me leading 1aen Of those
places build your road II you must,
Jul keep it away from us-the farther
The better. Well. we'll, said WI,
have It as v8H will. We will run our
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14
sAILoR.s saesss TlrIoN.


LEEs - 2 ship.
Pes aHs a#sssz s. Hrl1g good luck.
and NE6a recent war with
Spain szss=zz #s=s struck and killed by
a bursting sell IN the Texas, all the
sailors esssid It was because
tie aazzzazE4lp 4as without a mascot.
TIE - LIS 5aG reputation among
seafaT5Izg most Of whom believe
II = sl4s brings ill=Iuck 10 a ship. # a
c. fails overheard and is drowned
she always rescued if possible1 the
men VIII often leave at the next port
believing Tie ship s doomed. and I
ha9eheaHa= naeH=6=war men cite tie
case Of the old KeaTsarge as proof
thereof. en- her last voyage the ffigate
carried q cat and d monkey. 4 violent
feud existed between them, and CT
their way north, one dark and stormy
night tacku threw poor Tom over
board. running along the rail and chat
5eFiHs ike fend as the unfortunate
pet DISAPPEARED ia the boiling waves
The seas we're running too high TO ad.
nit CT launching q boat, and puss vas
LEFT % a Watery= grave. but not without
many gloomy f0reB0dings, which we're
realized soon afterwards, when the
kearsarge stranded on the fatal reef.
TO fall down without any apparent
cause IS warning Of death iii the Im-
mediate future. an American cruiser
was lying off Nice a few years ago.
When a seaman fell prone on the deck.
Upon rising. he went TO his bunk. and
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14
RHEUMATISM eATARRH ARE BLOOD
DIsEAsEs-.FREE!

It's the deep seated, obstinate cases
Of Catarrh and Rheum atism that B. 3
g. botanic blood balm) cures. t mat
tars not what other treatments, doc
tors. sprays, HHiments, medIcated air.
blood purifiers, have failed to DO, B 3.
3. always promptly reaches the FeaI
cause aHd roots cut and drives from
the bones. joints, mucous membrane
aad ea tire system the specific pol
u the blood that causes rheumatism
and eafarrh. 3. B. B. is the only rem
edr strong % do this and cure 80 there
can never &c d return Of the svmp toms.
Don give up hope but ask your drug
gist for 3. 3. B.-botanic blood balm or
) bs.-Large bottles one dollar. SIX
bottles full traa tment) five dollars. Z.
3 3 IS an honest remedy thar makes
feaI cures OF al blood diseases after
everything else fails We have abso-
Infe confidence in Botanic blood BALM
hence. So y6u may test it, We vii send
4 trial bottle free on request Personal
medical advice free Address,
BLOOD BALM CO.
- MiethelI St., Atlanta, ca.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14

Philadelphia Record: There are par
ticular people aid peop.e who are par
tieular, but it is doubtful if there are
any more particular people than fonI
ma and pa of a pair of little boys who
live on North Broad street. These
doing parents are so particular that
they viii allow only one barber to
keep the hair Of their young sons in
trjsa, and when It came time for the
family to depart to Atlantic City ths
first Of this month there was no hesi-
taion II engaging the t-nsorial artist
to 60 along. His board has to lie paid
as vel as the amount of wages he
usually earns each week While he Is
at command. however, papa permits
the man Of the razor and shears to
shave him every d4y. while mamma
has her head washed every other day.
so that the barber is not given too
much opportunity to grow lazy. Still.
he looks upon himself as a man OF
leisure. and refuses 70 associate with
the ordinary run Of face Iath4recs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14
An Ancient City Ceremony.

The ancient ceremony Of paving =
certain number Of horseshoes and
nails aud the cutting Of some faggo.s
as Quit rents to her majesty for certain
lands held by the corporation of Lon
don from the crown, will take place
this morning, before the queens re-
membFaneer. in one Of the registrars
rooms at the royal courts Of Justice
London News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14

Tee z vsrnneat weekly crop re-
port took notice Of the drought in
tne RortaH estern spring wheat re-
gion- II gave the corn prospects as
generally good in the central valleys,
though cultivation at places was re-
t8Fded by rain. Several corn stat 6
were reported Ia need Of rain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14

slightly mixed.

From Punch Smith referring tx
the horse1-They tell me she's tnt
fastest little thing IN the county
Jones referring to the lady indeed
I'm sorry to hear that. And she 3
parsons daughter. too!
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14

Two young men he.anglng to
prominent families Killed each otaer
in IN i'm aromptu anel at Livington,
Texas.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14

g - = p . r "a.
Bears the g Nd 81 #se -8as 3aagg
# %HIZZ
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-06-14


Bears he zss eas Bought
Signature - ZZfzl-z--zZ
ZZa<ZZzEM
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11
A Democratic Family Matter.

State Senator Whiteside, of Montana,
who is the leading witness in the inves-
tigation before a COMMITTEES OF the
United States senate regarding the
charges of bribery in the al of Sena-
tor Clark of Montana, still maintains
that the $31, 1000 he deposited with the
presiding officer of the Montana senate
was Clark money, taken for the pur-
pose of trapping that gentleman and
exposing him. The courts of that state
have not taken any action to put the
briber behind the bars, but the lawyer
who gave the money to Whiteside has
been disbarred by the supreme court,
although he denies that he gave the
funds to Whiteside. AS no one else
claims the sum, 1t is still in the hands
of the state, and will probably remain
there until the legislature orders its alb
sorption and expenditure. Certainly
Senator Clark will never claim the
money, and II any n else does he may
open the door of the ~penttentiary for
himself, as well as for the party who
put up the sum for corrupt purposes.
The Clark men claim that his great po-
litical rival, DAILY, provided the fund,
and the exposure was part Of a plan to
cast obloquy upon the senator. II Daily
resorted to that method he 10 certainly
villain of the deepest dye, worthy Of
a place in a drama. A all parties
mixed up in the affair are Democrats,
Republicans are having some amuss.
ment over the controversy.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11
Lease Bill from Wyoming.

The latest bill introduced In congress
to provide for leasing the public domain
comes from Wyoming, where the nov
originated. One clause of this bill
declares that no one shall be allowed to
lease more than five sections Of land.
This restriction Is a step in the right
direction, but would have little force,
for the reason that a corporation desir-
ing to cur a large body Of land would
have contiguous sections taken by va
rious individuals, and then turned owe
the real users. The bill gives set
tiers preference in taking land adioin-
ing their holdings, and provides that
the title shall remain in the government
and the lands shall be subject to filing,
the entryman being required to pay for
the improvements made by a LESSEE
Provision Is also made for giving pub
licity by advertisement to the fact that
land is to be leased so that any n
may learn which lands are Offered, and
parties having a right to preference
may have an opportunity to protest.
On Its face the Mondell bill is the fair
est yet introduced, but it Is open to the
objection of them all, that the general
run of small stockmen, who most need
the range, will be compelled to come in
competition with companies and extern
sive stock owners. The latter a afford
fence lands in considerable quantity,
and can use Influences to bring about
favoritism, compelling the small own-
ers to abandon the industry in many
cases because the range will be leased
to the big fellows.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11
Looks Like a lob.

Congressman Shafroth Of Colorado
will try to get the bill he introduced at
the last session of congress enacted dur
ing the present session, giving to each
state and territory 1,0O0.OO0 acres of
land, provided such state or territory
shall within ten years reclaim such land
by constructing irrigation systems. Al
NO state or territory is prepared to In
dertake such a gigantic task, If it be
necessary to use the public revenues,
the author of the bill must have some
plan for carrying out the proposed law
which he does not make public. About
the only method which could be adopt
ed would be to enter into a contract
with a corporation to furnish the money
for construction purposes in consider
alton Of having the land or a part of it
relinquished to the parties who furnish
the money, after the title shall have
been obtained from the government.
There would be such a great chance for
jobbery In a deal of this kind, that the
measure would always be open to sus-
piclon, and 1t may be that already a
corporation In Colorado seeks to secure
some choice spot through the aid Of a
ioNU
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11
Editors Who See "Thinqs."

Every time a Republican official, 81
member of the bar, an editor or any
body else goes over to Albuquerque, Las
Vegas or to any place up or down the
road, some Democratic paper whose ed
itor has nothing to think about Of great
err Importance, assigns political reasons
for the visit away from the capital.
The and the speculations In
connection with them are laughable in
many cases, to the parties referred to,
who travel for business purposes the
same as citizens Of other towns. Thera
are few persons in Santa Fe who are
just now giving themselves any con-
Germ about politics In the territory, with
no election to come for many months,
and no conventions at an early date. In
such as there will be in the spring, few
have a personal interest, yet there are
many people over the territory who
have been led to believe that the entire
population of the capital Is troubled
with insomnia from the habit of study
ing about politics.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11
Not a Pauper People.

While New Mexico has no million
aires, who are thus rated except in their
minds, and has many people who would
anywhere be classed as poor, there are
few actual paupers. There are some
who beg upon the streets, but far less
of them in the whole territory than can
be found in any big Pennsylvania town
where the children of Hungarians are
sent upon the streets to beg, although
their parents may be working at mines
and factories. There are no county poor
houses, and while churches and socie-
ties do some charitable work, the in
habitants generally ~ too Independent
to seek charity, even If they suffer for
necessities. Poor houses have V
been desired for the care of the needy,
their relatives and friends or others.
generally furnishing the simple neces-
stiles required and no tax being put
upon the public upon this account, al
though there are public hospitals which
care for the sick when occasion re-
QuireS.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11

Senator Hoar turned his guns Upon
the young senator form Indiana who
went to the Philippine islands to invas-
ttgate conditions prevailing, and then
dared ask the senate to ~squarely declare
that the islands are American territory,
and that this country intends to keep
and govern them as may seem best to
the American people. But the younger
senator, besides knowing better than
the Massachusetts, nan what Is needed
in the islands, by reason of a personal
investigation. also ome nearer know
ing the spirit that ~pervades the hearts
IT his countrymen than the aged, be-
nevolent gentleman who has g%ravitated
between the national capital and the
circle made up by his Boston cronies for
70 many terms.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11
The ban kluht nal Ihdsdl

Judge Parker was not in the least
swerved from his wise decision in the
Elephant Butte dam litigation by the
eleventh hour discovery that a party Of
men floated down the Rio GranlSe upon
a favorable occasion nearly twenty
years ago from Ell Paso in a f1atboat.
The facts show that at the present day
and age the river flow does not reach
the head Of navigation in sufficient
quantity nor often enough to help nay
igation, and therefore the storage OF
food waters by q dam in New Mexico
would not interfere with navigation to
an extent worth restraining.
The Washington attorneys who came
out to try to prove something that was
as difficult Of demonstration as that
white Is black, hope to befog the high
est court, apparently, for an appeal to
that tribunal is contemplated If a point
be not won before the supreme court Of
New Mexico.
Judge Marsden Burch, who represent
ed the government in the hearing Of the
dam case. has given 1t out in Washing
ton that the government will send war
department. experts to the Rio Grande
during the coming flood season TO meas
ure the flow at various places. and as
certain from what tributaries come the
waters of the lower end Of the stream,
and how much of the flow descends
from New Mexico. AS the government
has had a boundary commission en-
gagged for many years trying to solve
the problems upon the lower Rib
Grande, and this commission had en-
gineers, it would seem as IL records
might have been obtained upon the
matter ere this. But the government
evidently had none which it wished to
submit to the court. If engineers are to
be sent to make Investigations o in
order to help the state department ea-
tablish a case, 1t means that the influ-
ences which were exerted to interfere
with a legitimate Irrigation enterprise
in New Mexico are still able to- move
officials to keep up the fight.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11

Lieutenant Gilmore, who has been
rescued from the insurgents, reports
that Aguinaldo had him treated kindly
while that leader had charge Of him.
But when another general was his Gus
todian the path was not made smooth
for the captive. The lieutenant has good
reason to feel grateful to the i~nsurgent
teader who prevented him being shot
when he was a prisoner Of war. But this
does mot prove by any neal that
is without scruples and ten
der In his feelings. Had Lieutenant
Gilmore been executed like q criminal
there would come a reckoning later on,
the leader doubtless believed, at which
the assassination would be taken into
account in settling with the prime cause
az It.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11

Proposals for building materials, labor,
etc.. s. Indian School Service, Santa
Fe, N. M, Dec. %, 1s99.-Sealed propo-
sails endorsed proposals for Building
Materials. etc. - as the case may be, and
addressed to the undersigned at Santa
Fe, N. M, will be received at this school
until 2 o'clock p. m. of Monday, January
IS, 1900, for furnishing and delivering
about 1900 feet of lumber, besides
doors, windows, nails, tin roofing, ETC.,
a full list and description of which can
be obtained at the school; also such
stone, brick, sand, lime and labor as
may be required to construct foupda.
lions, walls, etc, of an addition to q dor.
mitory at the above school in strict ac-
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11
CONGRESSMAN Bartholdt,

CONGRESSMAN Bartholdt, from St.
Louis, is asking the committee on ways
and means to reduce the internal
nue. tax On beer, because the brewers
are seeking to secure the reduction. and
even intimating that unless they are
thus favored they will cast their inf1u-
ence against Republican candidates for
congress at the next election. The Re
publican party was not afraid to fix the
tax on beer at the present rate when
wal expenses had to be provided for,
because it is better to tax such a bever-
age than the necessities Of the people,
and will not be afraid to maintain the
tax 80 long as 1t shall be needed.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11

President Mckinley Is said to have
no choice as to who shall be nominated
does not need to have some n selected
who can help the ticket, for the pres
emit incumbent Of the highest Office
would receive just as full support
should no running mate be chosen tpr
him. But the American people desire
to have some one selected for the Sec
ond place who is worthy to be president
should the incumbent die in office.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11

The gentlemen in Washington Who
draw pay from Uncle Sam for deciding
how to spell Spanish names have con-
cluded to try to cram "Habana' down
the threats of free-born American cit
liens who have occasion to speak of the
capital of Cuba. Next thing anybody
knows the geographical board will Is
sue a decree that Cuba should be
spelled Cubeb, and then they should be
smoked out of office.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11

Delegate Perea has introduced a bill
in congress declaring that all persons
engaged in raising any kind of stock
shall have the privilege of grazing their
animals upon the forest reserves in New
Mexico, but any one shall forfeit the
privilege who destroys timber by cut
ting or burning it.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11
ENGLAND AS A MANAGER.
(Hartford Courant.)

(Hartford COurant.)
As a manager of foreign countries
England Is on the whole the best the
human race has been able to produce.
Englishmen are frequently devoid Of
tact, and Individual E~nglishmen have
proved very fully developed tyrants,
but, as a race, they are just. To say
that the English rule over foreign de-
Tendencies is always tyrannical, over.
bearing and inspired by sordid motives
Is equivalent to saying that the human
race is a failure, or, at least, that Euro
pean civilization Is no better than those
old empires of Asia, where tyrant after
tyrant exploited the human ace to
crafty his own greed and ambition.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11
AIDING HI ENEMY.
(Minneapolts Tribune,)

We have no disposition to keep jump
ing IN a man when he is down, but we
must say that a man who will advise
an American soldier out on the firing
line, in front of the enemy, to fire over
the heads Of that enemy and endeavor
not to hurt any Of them, is actually CIV
ing aid and comfort to that enemy. SO
far as his influence extends. When a
soldier is given a musket and told to
fight, he Ia expected to do all the in
jury possible to the enemy in his front.
and a willful and deliberate refusal to
do 30 Is a disobedience of orders.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11

There are seven ~distinctively Irish
regiments engaged in the war On South
Africa now, and last year there were
over $4,000 men of Irish birth in the
regular British army. Ireland has no
cause to complain that England Is not
willing for Irishmen to have the right
Of fighting, whatever other rights she
may deny men from the old sod.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11

Milwaukee al the Democratic ma
tional convention, and ought to have it,
for the patriots who assemble next
summer will need something wet to
help them wash down the platform and
candidate which they are expected to
swallow. Milwaukee has wet goods to
crNo 70
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-01-11
DISADVANTAGES OF CENSORSHIP
brooklyn Eagle.)

DlpkAb JAVA <l11Lo I'll
brooklyn Eagle.)
The English papers must talk about
the war. If they had tales of heroism
from the front the letters of complaint
would speedily find their way to the
waste baskets. Some official regulations
might have been ruined if the full story
of the defeats were known, but no one
believes that the British soldiers have
been towards or their commanders al
together idiots. The full story of their
campaigns would be more healthful
reading for the English people than are
wild s~peculations about aus Of de-
feat in battles which, have been fought
absolutely in the dark, SO far as the
public is concerned. We have had our
experience OF a censorship in this coun-
try. 1t was not altogether happy, and
the English might learn from our blum
ders.