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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-08-05
REPUBLICS ONLY IN NAME.
Latin-Aaserican Countries Arc Governed
Upon Despotic Lines.


Only in name does republication
exist in the countries of South Am
erica" says a southern business man
who recently returned from tour OF
the LatinAmerican countries. THE
Latin republics are the worst apologies
for republics in the entire calendar of
free states. Affairs in these republics
are becoming better Of late, but 1t is
the simplest thing in the world to pro-
woke revolution. We arc all familiar
with the changes Of government that
have taken place within the last de-
eade, but few understand how easy it
has been, and still is in some of these
republics, to preeipitate rebellion,
turn ruler out of office, upset a gov
eminent, and create general anarchy.
/ was in one of these republics some
years ago, when revolution, Or rather
an attempt at revolution, occurred, for
1t was not genuine success. was,
with friend, about to go to breakfast
when a party of about twenty men APP
peared in the street along which we
were passing. About the same number
Of men came into sight from an OPP
posite direction and the fun began.
Every man had a cloak over his shout
ders. though the weather was oppres-
siyely warm, and when they sighted
each other the c1oaks were thrown
aside and more brass medals, rainbow
tinted ribbons, red sashes and other
gorgeous insignia Of something or 9TH
er I never saw. They began firing at
each other, and soon the street was
filed with a multitude of troops and
about an equal number of revolution
lists. The government troops dispersed
the rebels on this occasion, and when
we left in the afternoon for our respee-
tive locations, the same national flags
that were flying at sunrise were still
hanging at their staffs. 1t was on this
occasion bloodless and futile revolu-
ton, and people went about their bust
ness on the next day with the same
eompesure and contempt for one party
or the other as they had on the day
before the opera bouffe rebellion"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-08-05
To Exclude Eastern consumptives.

It is interesting to note that Califor.
MA physicians are fixed in their hope
IF some time excluding eastern con-
sumptives from the state The sub
jet, which has been discussed a num-
Der of times in the last few months,
was again taken UP at meeting of
the state board of health a few days
ego. DR.. Louis Bazet, of the board,
read a paper On the dangers of tuber-
culosis as contagious disease threat
ening California. He said that be-
tween 10000 and $4,000 consumptives
entered California annually, and each
of these persons helped to spread tho
disease germs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-08-05

It clears the head of foul mucous; heals the
sores ana ulcers of the head and throat,
sweetens the BREATH and perfectly restores
he senses of the taste, smell and hearing
Stops beada"he and dropping into the
.kroAt. Also DESTROYS the germ which causes
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-08-05
Farming in Colorado and New Mexico.

The Denver & 9io Grande Rail.
road. The Scenic Line OF the World, 2
has prepared an illustrated book ap-
on the above subject, " hieh Will be
sSnt free to farmers desiring to
change their location. This publica-
tion gives valuable Information in
regard to the agricultural, horticul-
tural and live stock interests of this
section, and should he in the hands
ofevery one who desires TO become
acquainted with sthe methods Of
OF farming by irrigation. Write s.
K. Hooker, q. 2. &. ]. A., Denver
Colo.v If
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-08-05
BLUFF CITY
FURNITURE co.
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE
BEST LINE.


WEST: St. Louis to Kansas City
ST. Joseph. Omaha, Nebraska. Den
yer. Utah, Pacific Coast-PWO
TRAINS DAILY. Weekly California
Excursions.
NORTHWEST: to Black Hills,
Montana, Washington, Puget Sannd
via tie short Billings Route-50 to
500 miles saved from ST. Lao iris.
Tourists sleepers Tuesdays and
Thnrssiavs. Kansas CITY to Seattle.
NORTH: to ST. Paul and Mime
apolis-THREE TRAINS DAILY.
HOMESEEKERS' EXCURSIONS
to the West and Northwest.
: 1900 Miles Of Standard. Railroad.
The Main Travelled Road in the
Louisiana Purchase.
Wise-Vestlbnled, sch-lighted
complete trains OF chair cars (seats
free), Pullman rleepers.
All Ticket Agents can ticket vie
the Great Burlington Route.
Write.
FM FUGG, Lw wAKELy
T p A. 6O4 Pine ST.. Gen. Passenger Ag't
st Louis, Mo- st. Louis, No.
rHoWARD ELLIOTT. Gent Manager.
ST. LouIs, No.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-08-05
Flowers Used in Making Perfumery.

Vast quantities of flowers are gath
cred for perfumery purposes. It is
estimated that each year 1850 tons 81
orange flowers are used, besides $50
tons of roses, $50 tons each of violets
and jasmine, 70 tons of tuberoses, 80
tons of cassie and Is tons of jonquils
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-08-05
Cruiser Used as a Prison.

{ The Spanish cruiser Emperador
Carlos V has been ordered to BARGE
Iona, where she will be used as q
prison for the instigators of the OPP
position to the payment OF taxes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
KEEPER FACED DEATH
In Huge Pythons Coils, but Waa
 Rescued.

In R Huge Python's Coils, but Waa
 Rescued.
 Either of the ewc big pythons just brought here on Lne steamer Afridi, for the Bronx Park zoo. would easily crush the ribs of a horse in it's terrible embrace. One Of the serpents is twen- ty-seyen feet six inches long, the other is et least twenty-six feet=Iong and as 'ig around as water pail Keeper Horan on Wednesday afternoon had a half minute of time which could easily nave ended his career. Around his body wound coil of the twenty-six- foot python. He was not hurt. The other keeper rushed in and as quick as human hands could work released him. But for one instant Horan, al- most paralyzed by the situation, could not know whether he would sleep that night on his bed or on his bier There were two pythons which Eoran was directed to measure. The female py- tnon was stretched out at full length and the tape was applied Then Horan applied the tape to the male python, that also lay stretched out motiopless. He had measured off nearly half ths length when the huge reptile seemed suddenly to awake. There was a shout of warning from Keeper Snyder and the others who were watching the Measurement. but before Horan could stand erect the whole huge body of the pythcn had suddenly taken life. The great head was suddenly raised, the great mass of ringed muscle mad swept around in a living coil, and Horan. pale as death, stood transfxed with terror Snyder and his assistants dashed into the cage. They knew that the reptile was still semitorpid With cold. Fearlessly they caught hold of the great body and shouted to Horan to jump out of the living circle. He did SO The men left the cage and the python lazily stretched out its full length and sank again into the toEpor Of cold.-New YovF Journal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
 WOmen GAninsRa.

Many of the most useful novelties of the day were evolved by women. Silk weaving was invented by the wife of the fourth Chinese emperor; bronze work by a Japanese woman; the weav- ing of cashmere shawls by a woman of the Indian hafem, and the lost secret of Venetian point lace was rediseov- cred by an Italian woman. Harriet Hosmer invented a way to make mar. ble from limestone. Mrs. Strong, who began by inyenting a corset. ended by taking out patents for dams and reser- voirs. A woman invented q sateheI bottom paper bag and was offered $20,- 900 for her patent before leaving Washington. 4 Texas woman invented a digging machine; an English woman 8 horseshoe; a Florida woman rail- road car, and an Illinois woman car heater
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
CLEANLINESS WITHOUT SOAP.
That the Boers Don't Use It Doesn't
 Prove They're Dirty.

Surely too much importance is at tacned to the scarcity of soap in the Beers farm houses, says the L0 don Truth. People may be very clean and use very little soap. The Russians and Japanese cleanse themselves with va DOT baths, rarely using soap when they Qo so. A really healthy skin cleansas itself. Rough inside clothing, which. l presume, the Boers wear, is a great skin cleanser. have known of doctors curing skin diseases by insisting on lingerie de luxe being cast aside and coarse undergarments worn instead. The late emperor of the French hard ly ever saaped his hands until he went to England. l have come across a pa per found in his desk at the Tuileries. It contained the instructions of the king of Holland to the governor of his two elder sons. Among the things for bldden was for the young princes hands to be washed with soap. They were to use bran and a slice of lemon. The lemon was to remove ink stains. and in summer to keep off gnats and
 
 mosquitoes. Napoleon, whose hands were good to model and beautifully white. also used bran and no soap, unless to shave. l never use soap of any kind without a sense of skin dis comfort which not even a deluge Of quite pure water will wholly remove. In England. on account of coal smoke, soap is more needed than in countries with clear air. The Boers enjoy, per haps, the purest atmosphere in the world, except when there are dust storms. 1 know French ladies who have discarded soap for yaseline. They smear themselves with the latter and then rub it off we'll with soft cotton towel. A doctor tells me that nothing is more cleansing, but that he pref IS, as more tonic. plain cold water, fol- lowed by the same sort of rubbing. Dr. Leyds really should not take to heart what Sir Henry Stanley said aboat the Boers being badly off for soap.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
Playing xJa rds.
heater

The amount of playing cards used in the world is something won~ derfal. The United States manufae- lures great quantities, and also imports many for use. Germany possesses thirty-four playing-card factories which last year produced 5,26O, GOO packs. Of this quantity 4,98z 900 went into circulation, paying duty of l.. 420,0Go marks. No duty is paid on those exported, Qf which a large part come to this ".
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
STILL VERY PRIMITIVE.
gsse rh Portuguese Colonies Much Like
 It Was 900 Years Ago.


 The Portuguese colonies in Africa are the Rip Van Wrinkles land of real lty. After three centuries of white dominion they remain pretty much in tie condition in which Da Cana and his bold successors left them. In the years report of our consul for Angola these Portuguese peculiarities stand out strongly. Thus. from Loanda, the capital, to Cape Town. ia about 1,f00 ymiles, and the io'uney should take about six days W haI actually hap pens is this: Yoa frst taiSe trip oi 5000 miles te Madeira, where you way lay the next mail steamer and then complete the excursion by another jourr ay of 4,S00 miles to Cape Town. In short, 7,800 miles have to be tray eled to cover a distance of 1,600 miles. 4 letter between Cape Town and Lo- anda takes about two months. Here is picture of what trades mean In the favored region of Cabinda bay, where there is a single trader, who occupies a house of three rooms, with shop" of 20 by feet attached. The place is stocked with puncheons of some vile stuff called rum which are ex- changed for palm kernels. Knots ot natives from the interior villages with loads of kernels begin to present themselves at the shop at a. H., ana when the trader at last makes hls ap- Fearance there is a noisy crowd of ker- nel-sellers and thirsty hangers-on. The exchange of rum for kernels is quick ly effected, and by in the morning the entire population may be seen ly- ing under the shelter of the coeoanut palms, either stupidly drunk, or nois1ly quarreling. On good day, which is often enough Sunday, the trader at Gabinda bay gets rid of about 190 gal Ions of rum And he ayers that the scene described is repeated every day in the year. Next to rum and "eivill= zation," the greatest curse Of West Africa are smallpox and the sleeping sickness. From the last no case of recovery has ever been known, and so contagious is it that in the native Christian communities every com municant has separate vessel from which to partake of the sacramental wine. It is true there are labor ar engagements which look uncommoniy like slavery-but then. so there are ln Rhodesia, and some are gleefull an tleipating the time when Johannesburg will be better.-London Leader
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
ROUTE
The following special low rate ex- cursions have been offered by the ChOctaw Route:

The National Cofo1ed Baptist Association. Richmond, Va, Sept. P to 20 100. TAe Cboetaw Route is the quickest and shortest line to Richmond, Va. Only one change of cars, Through train from Little Rock te Richmond leaves ? D. m sept. l0. 1900. I ick. cts are on sale Sept. l0 Il ard ? at one fare passage Sept, 9.
 For rates and other information call on nearest railroad agent, or write J x. Holdtn, Ira fife Manager, Little Rock. Ark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
Summer Resorts.

Summer Resorts. From Pine Bluff to Mt Nebo and return, 87.80
 Searey Springs and return, 4.l0
 Ravenden '' ' 7.75 Tickets on sale now and will continue until close of business, Searcy Sept. f5; Mt. Nfho Oct. 1: RaveDden, sept. 30. All tickets limit ed for return passage to Oct 31. 1900. Parties wishing to spend u summer in nice, cool. healthy places should try the above.
 st. Louis Exposition. Round trip rate, Si1.6t. Tickets on sale Sept. f6, 1e, 20 25. 27, Oct, 3. i. ]. II, 16. Is. All tickets limited for retura days from date of sale. |. St. Louis Fair, Round trip rate. B1i61, Tickets on sale Sept. 30 to Oct inclusive, with final return limit Oct, 8th.
 The Iron Mountain will sell tickets to Richmond. Va, on Sep. 14 and 5 at one fare plus B for the round trip, with final limit for return sept. 25 Account Sovereign Grand Lodge I. O. Q. f,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
Summer Tourists Rates. s asan leos

Summer Tourists Rates, ason 1900.
 TO SBARGY SPRINGS Rate. B. 10. Date or sale. May l5 to Sent l5, 1909 inclusive. Return limit, 3l, 1900.
 RAyENDFN SPRINGS Rate, 8775. Dates Of sale. June to Sept. 30, 19o0. Return lim- it, Oct 3l. 1s00,
 st Louis Fair St. Louis, Me-. Oct. f-e. 1900. inclusive. Rate one fare f the ronnd tr D, Dat of sale, Sept. 90 to Ocf. 5 iuelp- sive and for trains arriving in st. Louis be- fore noon of Oct 6, Return lifHie Oct, S6h, 1900.
 St. Louis Exposition, St Luuis. No, Sept. 1T to Get % 19C0. Rate. open rate of one and e-third fare for the round trip. ates I sale Sept. 16 la 20. g. 27; Oct, 2 ]. g. H. l6 18 l0C0. Return limit five days from da1e of sale.
 Ouachita Valley Fair. Camden Ark Get. l5-20 1a00 Open rate of cue and oae-third fare fer the round trip Dates of sale, Oct. H. 20 Return limit 0ct 2i. l90o
 Sovereign Grand Lodge I. C.. c. F.. Rieh= mopd, Va. Sept 15-z2. 1900 Rate. enc fare plus S2 for the round trip Dates of sale. Sept 14 i6 Return limit, Sept 25
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
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.
 B UFF CITY
 FURNITURE co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
Beauties of Warwick Castle.

Warwick castle is held by many to be the most beautiful seat in England. The large baronial hall is magnifi- cent room It is decorated with the most perfect specimens of armor. fur snished in a luxurious manner, and masses of flowers and large palms abound on every side.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
Cotton Belt Bulletin.

National Baptist Convention, Richmond. Va, hept. 1920 Rate: One fare for the round trip Dates of sal: sept. I0-t2 1850. RetGrn limit: Sept. 9. 1900.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
4 Great Place for Longevity.

To all appearance Ardnamurchan, on the west. coast of Scotland. is great place for longevity. Whether it is be cause of the soft salubrious climate, or the remoteness of the place from the tenters and sins of population, or something indigenous to the Ardnam- urchan nature. it would be rash to ay; but certain it is that an Ardna- nurchan seems to have a good chance 70 become a patriarch. Within thirty years many of the inhabitants have been cut up at varying ripe ages be- tween 100 and 112. There was Miss Ann Macdonald, friend of Macleod, the high priest of Morven, who leisure ly laid down her life at the extreme age of 112. An Alexander McPherson vanished from the present vista when he had attained to 109. A third Donald Cameron, not only saw the five score comfortably out, but left "a hundred individual offsprings to mourn his death And a fourth, Mrs. Mary Stewart, has reached 108, is hale and hearty rises daily, and moves about the house."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-05
Iron Mountain Rates

Reebe, Ark, Sept. Is to "A Camp Meeting Return at one third fare on certihe ate plan, return limit Sept. 2s.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-24
Waited fer one Cent Change.

"I never felt so cheap in all my lifs. sa1d Short. .tas I did one day in a de- partment store. I bought book for 99 cents and while 1 was waiting for F young woman, whose good opinion l valued, came up and we began to talk. The book was wrapped up and handed to me by the girl at the counter and after short while the young woman esked: Are you waiting for yous changer. l replied that l was, but, iE Sact, hadn't been thinking of 1t. wanted to talk to hef and made that an excuse for staying. After the usuaz delay, when it had passed entirely out of my mind, the girl at the book coun. ter stepped up and said: Here's your change, sir. And she held bright new cent in her open hand so that the other girl saw it. l felt chill at once and just because it appeared to the young woman that had been waiting all that time for z. cent I got reputation. for closefstedness that tq stiu sticking to ma "-Pittsbdrg News
 Value of Birds.
 A French naturalist asserts that If the world should become birdless man would not inhabit it after nine years. in spite of all the sprays and poisons that could be manufactured for the destruction of insects. The insects and slugs would simply eat up our orchards and crops.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-24
 LOW EtFE IN NAPLES.
is Of the Thieves Where Crime
 Is Bred.

lB Or suo AnAcRus WhoAO NAAA@&S Is Bred.
 e haunts of the beggars of Naples klso usually the baunts of thieves |by some woman, who trades on lice and misery of her felloW-crea- says the Gentleman's Magazine. e the miserable wretches sleea by and assemble by day, teaching Een to pick pockets and beg. Fee every morning the blind, the and the aged set forth on their Us in the city. 4 false monk sets b visit certain families and shops |rtain days, giving numbers fo the ty and receiving aims. An cid Rn departs with her pocket full of Emeats, with which she deeoys children into some deserted ecr- Ind robs them of earrings or arti. |pf clothing. Others rob the aims k hung up in churches or in front |rines on the roads. These kneel (e the images in fictitious devotion, bg their breasts with one hand, l with the other they fish for the N with a thin stick smeared with lime, which they insert in the
 oval aperture of the box, draw but the coins one at a time. One per of the criminal class, got ID
 gentleman of fortune. used to
 ent the public billiard saloons, k he soon made friendships with
 aristoeratie players. attracting
 with his charming, ingenious
 bright blue eyes, and delightful
 voice, and was often even in- Ito his friends houses and intro
 to their families. He was no
 his buA ness was to inform his
 nal associates of the financial
 of the families he visited. thus
 Ing them to make plots of rob-
 Or gambling.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-24
GOAT WHICH CREW.
. Clever Prisoner's Plan fes
 Escape.

Escape.
 .n Casey, a convict at San Quen-
 - won the admiration of all his
 conyicts at the prison for tho
 .ontriyance he has invented in
 to make his escape from the prls- ous some time ago, and through
 4 1,angdon of Santa Clara county. torv has leaked out, says the SaL cisco Call. Casey was a kind of
 around tie prison grounds, and
 working in one of the grounds in [icinity of the prison he took it bis head that he would like to es-
 and was beginning to tax his \ as to the most advantageous way |sit his purpose. As he was stroll sround on the green grass which sr in abundance around the prison, '4lea struck him that if he could Rste the grass by some means he HA dude the watchful sentries and Es good his escape. Through the Eli his convict friends he procured @s pieces of burlap, and with the Bf some rope made them into long would cover him completely I lying on the grass. He then se-
 some wheat from the prison e and sowed it down carelessly at Eend of the prison grounds, and Fred 1t daily. In few weeks the E grew up through the sack coat, Ebefore 8 great while the piece of p was conformed into a grassy
 He was now ready to carry out Slans, and patiently waited an op- bnity. At last he succeeded in get Ehis new contrivanee across to the kwest of the prison, and in a few Rtes was under his grassy coat. ly he erept along with the clever [of worm, and from all appear success would crown his efforts. Dis progress was too rapid, and
 soon he heard footsteps coming 8s direction. The moving grass (which was slowly making it's way he hillside soon came to a sudden fstill as the eye of a guard had led the grass moving and came to Etigate the phenomenon. A kick ribs appraised Casey that his plan been discovered. The guard took
 and a red shirt now covers his
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-24
SCIENTISTS FIND
That Typhoid Germs Are Bred in Oys-
 ters by Sewage


 A scare was caused in England some years ago by the statement that oys- ters were active disseminators Of ty. phoid fever. The consumption in an- don of what are invariably referred to ID the country papers as luscious bi- valves" thereupon fell off 50 per cent. The coekney. alive to his opportuni- ties, refused to buy oysters for his sweetheart, on the ground that they were dangerous. As oysters are very expensive in Great Britain anyhow. people were easily convinced cf their unWholesomeness. The reduction in consumption caused rapid fall in prices. It also injured the American exportation of Blue Points to England Profs. Herdman and Boyce went to live among oysters of Lancashire to find out 1T they are really so dangerous. They looked into the cause of the color of green oysters. "The green hue," they pieturesquely say in their report, is equally familiar to the man who raises them for the market, to the one who raises them from their bed with pair Of rakes, and also to him who raises them out of their own juices from the half shell by means of sil- yer trident. This eo1oring has been attributed variously to metals vege~ table coloring matter, bile pigment and the pigment of diatoms." The inyes- tfgations of the learned oyster sharps, however, yield the fact that the green color is not always due to the same cause. One yariaty Is caused by COD per. This appears true of the Ameri- can green oyster. In other varieties iron is found, while diatom, or moss, Is suspected as cause to still others. The American green oysters are fre- quently thin and have shrunken flyers. The contamination of oyster beds by sewage and the results of experimental feeding of oysters with matter laden with typhoid fever germs are taken up. Oysters from the vicinity of sew CTS contain bacteria. Those that have imbibed typhoid bacilli have in them germs which can be cultivated from them fourteen days after infection.-- New York Journal.