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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-13
FINE COFFEE CROP.
Peculiar Way in Which the Natives
 Prepare the Bean.

Prepare the Bean.
 Coffee is exported from Puerto Rico in larger quantities than Is any other native product, and while but little of it finds it's way into the American mar ket under the brand Puerto Kican, an immense quantity, according to Gen. Roy Stone, is sold here as genuine Mocha and Java The average Puerto Rican countryman, even though his children have neither shoes for their feet, nor clothing for their backs, owns bis private coffee patel. from which by occasional pickings, lie secures enough of the little round berries to keep the family supplied. The exporting, how ever, is done by large growers--men who have plantations which cover hun dreds of acres. mostly upon the well drained mountain sides. The plants, er trees" as they are sometimes call ed, are grown at intervals of from six to eight feet, and after reaching & night of about five feet are trimmed off that no strength may be wasted in surplus foliage. The flowers, which are pure white in color, have rich fra grance. Each berry contains two seeds, or beans, and as these are gathered before fully ripened, they are dried in the sun. It is common sight to see coffee drying on burlaps, or mats, iD the city streets. The average Puerto Rican has little or no use for coffee mill Ha ha Iyec bic oOffaa ,,1+iI ix io black, and then grinds 1t to powder i'll huge mortar. When ready for use It closely resembles gunpowder, the 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 a very small minority of the popala, lion.-Leslies Weekly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-13
Arkansas Midland RaIIIaas 1,

5o,ooo acres of good tinsI lands for sale, 2,ooo acrs. '' cleared lands for sale, alops N line of the Arkansas M;s,' I Railroad. Free sites for faetsss and mills.
 For farms or timber lands, j dress,
 G. T. UPDEGRAFF 5
 General Freight Agent !
 Helena, Arkaas|
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-13
THE RAISING OF osrRlcHEs.
Five Farms Now Carried on in the
 United States.

There are now five ostrich farms iD the United States-two in California. one in Texas, one iu Florida, and ons in Arizona. The last named, although the youngest, is the largest and most hourishing in the country. It is To-
 cated near Phoenix, and the Salt river valley seems well adapted to the Af- Tican ostrich. No protection whatever is required for the birds during the winter. They graze the entire year i'll She fields, the same as horses and cat He, and are healthy and thrifty. The man in charge of the Arizona farm, who spent 15 years handling ostriches in South Africa, says the birds do just as we'll in the Salt River valley as in Africa, and that the climatic and other conditions surrounding them here seem as well adapted to their requirements as those existing in their native home
 After the birds attain the age Of four weeks there is little danger of their dying from natural causes for many years. It is not positively known how iong an ostrich will live under normal conditions, but there are birds on South African farms which are believed to have reached or passed the century mark, many of them having been in captivity there over fifty years. Most people have the idea, obtained, prob ably from their old geographites when they were children, that the female ostrich, after laying her eggs in 8 nest seooped out of the desert sands, coV- CTS them up with the sand and leaves them, trusting to the heat of the sun to hatch them. This is not the fact. The birds always pair off during the breeding season, the male bird making the nest by resting his breastbone on the sand and turning slowly round and round, scratching the sand away with his feet until shallow hole is made, some three feet in diameter and about a foot deep. The female then lays, usu- ally, 15 eggs, and the birds take turns sitting on them, the female sitting during the daytime and the male at night, except that the male allows the female about an hour in the middle of the day to feed, when he takes her place on the nest.-.Boston Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-13
PRINCE OF MONACO.
Has Made aood Terms for Htmssss
 with the Casino Company.

Ten years have elapsed since Prince Albert ascended the throne of the Grimaldi amid a pageant which re- called the middle ages, says the Gen tleman's Magazine. The reigning sov- ereign, who is 51 years old. was ed ucated as naval officer, and has served in both the Spanish and French naYies, taking part in the Franco Prussian war of 1870. In England he is known for his papers on ocean, ography; in France he has lately mads himself conspicuous for his letter to Mime. nreyfus; at home he is regard ed as very shrewd man of business. who has made excellent terms for him self with the Casino company. So far the most important event of his reign has been the renewal of NJ. Blanc's original concession, which would have expired in 1913, for a fut her period of fifty y :ars from that date This new privilege will have cost from first to last million sterling in hard cash paid to the prince all annuity rising every ten years, till it will reach 9100,000 in the last decade; new opera house, to cost EST 1OQ, and, as a recognition of the artistic tastes Of the prince, a sum of E1 .000 for each of ten special representations at the theater He also receives, as may be seen from the balance sheet of the company for last year, an additional grant of 92o,000 for his law courts, police and army of seventy-five men and Is also large shareholder in the concern. Besides all this, the Casino pays for public works and roads. light ing, the water supply, the official wash house, the state baths and the loss on the postofTice, while, true to the religious character of Monaco, it gives grants to the bishop. the clergy and the conyents. In short, the contem- poraFy history of Monaco is simply that of the Casino and the descendant of the Grimaldi is that very modern product-the aristrocratic fHancier.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-13
To Nuke a HaiIaaY,

The average number of horses killed in Spanish bull fights every year ex- ceeds 5000, while from 1000 to 1.2oe bulls are sacrifices
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-13
DOLLAR ABOUND
Paid for Elk Meat In the KIondIkS
 Region by Miners.

Satd Tor ELK M cat III the kIondtk%
 Region by Miners.
 Elk meat brings $t= per pound in ths Klondike mining camps, and there ara three or four deerslaye15 in that ter ritory who are cleaning up the tidy sum of S1,0Q0 a month above their living expe ses. NJ L A. Kicker of Denver told me 8 good story of one of these hunters, who ran across a couple of bear, promptly added them to his game bag and got them into the nearest settlement, where, greatly to his disgust, he found that Bruin meat, which he esteemed a dainty in the East, could not be given away. He returned to his camp a wiser indi- Yidual, and thereafter never wasted ammunition on any more of that spe- cies This deer hunting seems 3 pret- ty good proposition for some of our young men who would like to combine a chance at big game and an oppor- tunity to make small fortune, and it would be apt to prove more certain bonanza that stalking out claim that might, on working. turn out anything but profitable. The hunter would be sure of a market that would pay top prices and not haggle over a reason able degree of toughness in the goods supplied. For the benefit of any ener- getic young man who desires to try his chances as an elk proyidar in or dinary to Dawson and other budding towns of the newest gold regions, would say that the 3o-30 is the most popular rife in use up there at the present time. on account of it's long range and the compaetness of it's ana nunition-New York Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-13

Hundreds people, young and old, enjoy the advan- which bicycle offers aid to reereaton The ideal mount for outing purposes is the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-13
RELIC OF THE WOODEN NAVY
Old Frigate Franklin wK Soon Be
 Abandoned as Useless.

Old Frigate Franklin wn Soon Be
 Abandoned as Useless.
 From the Washington Star: "The ancient frigate Franklin, a relic of the old wooden navy, which has been used for many years as receiving ship at the Norfolk navy yard, is soon to be deserted hulk, said naval officer who has recently visited the Virginia naval station. She was examined not long ago by board of officers and it is be- lieyed they will submit a eondemnatory report. The policy of the department, as is generally understood, is to do away with the time-honored but an- tiquated and out-of-date system of re- ceiying ships, substituting for them shore barracks similar in general char acter to the quarters occupied by en- listed men at army posts The tackles of the old school are much opposed to this plan. They cling to their old fogy ideas of a seafaring life and believe a recruit should be placed upon the water from the very first. To break him in on shore and have him live in a bar racks, they say, will make the fellow landlubber all of his natural life. While the receiving ships of today are noth- ing more than great floating houses. there is nevertheless an air of the sea about them and this the old dogs among the men love. Dismantled and roofed over, the ships haven't much resemblance to a seagoing craft. An other thing in connection with the re- ceiving ships is that the families of commanding officers are allowed to live aboard. The Franklin is historic old boat, and it has been suggested that one might buy her when she is put up at auction and place the craft on ex- hibition in different ports. This would hardly seem to be profitable under taking"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-13
Tons of Gold in Use.

The amount of gold coin in actual circulation in the world is estimated to be about 865 tons.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-09-13
Telegra phed Up One Flight.

That New York is a big city which sae stranger seldom learns very well, was quite foreibly impressed upon a certain well known Californian a few days ago. He was charging about in the business district and suddenly re- membered that he wanted to telegraph 50 friend whose offices are at l95 Broadway The Californian dashed into the nearest telegraph office, wrote out his dispatch. and covering it with q coin, passed it through the wicket to the receiver. The receiver smiled What is the matterE' demanded the Californian. why this is 195 Broad way" said the receiver, 'sand your man Is up just one flight of stairs. There was confused period that lasted about a second, and when the Galifor- nian got his nerve back he calmly said: T know that Let it go anyway l guess I can telegraph across this room or this counter if l want to and have lhe money. We do that thing out in California every day for a joke"
 The receiver may have been bluffed, but as receivers go they are hard to Impress,-San Francisco Chronicle.
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The evening times., 1900-10-01

work seven days in the week than take
their day off, on any day except the first
or spend any part of Sunday in having
good time
The bicycle viii probably, in course of
time, win its way into the esteem even
OF this class in the community, and they
will ride their wheels to church. as t.ieS
already do sometimes OF course. thi8 may
preclude the wearing of the best clothes
one has on that occasion. but that ought
not 10 stop anyone from going to church.
1t is not to be supposed that the Creator
OF the universe, in listening to the prayers
ana hymns of an assembled congregation
cares whether the men are dressed in
Prince Albert coats or in Norfolk Jackets,
nor is He likely TO insist that lady shall
wear an elaborate walking costume, with
plumed and beribboned hat. instead of
a plain little suit of grey with a walking
hat. There was time when an umhSella
was considered quite as ungodly as the
bicycle ever was. Lightning rods were
also thought irreligicus when they first ap-
peared But in course of time mankind
may learn that the progress of religion is
not affected by peoples going about on two
wheels instead of four.
The evening times., 1900-10-01
Bicycles and Religion.

1t is reported that in certain New York
cemeteries bicycle riders are not ad-
nitted, unless they happen to be work
men employed in the cemetery. going to
and from work. This suggests some Gu
rious reflections On the nature and fune-
tion of the bicycle. For some reason or
other, this device seems to have been re-
garded as peculiarly incompatible with
serious thought. It is not long since cler-
gymen were, by an unwritten law de-
barred from its use, and there are people
even now who do not think il proper to
ride their wheels to church
What is there about a bicycle more IN
holy than the associations which cluster
around the horse? The horse has been
used in racing, in circuses, and for all
kinds of purposes unsuited TO religious
sobriety, yet he is admitted to the ceme-
terry, and may be ridden or driven to
church. while the innocent and tradition
less wheel is tabooed.
1t cannot be because of the bicycle cos
tune, for man or woman may wear as
sober and quiet a costume while riding
the wheel as while walking along the
street. It is not necessary to wear golf
hose or very short skirts, or any of the
other articles of attire associated with
bicycle riding, as is done by the reck-
less and unsavory element of society.
Most people who ride wheels are quite
respectable and inconspicuous in their ap-
pearance, and, indeed, their garb is net
Ileariy so gorgeous as the plumage of the
is the flower -bedecked Easter hat any
more suited to church than the demure
Alpine With its single feather? Why are
knickerbockers less proper in the house
of worship than on the street?
There is. moreover, a certain ineonsis-
tency in the attitude of the person who.
on Sunday morning, leaves his wheel at
home and takes the street cars. He is
thereby helping to deprive the conductor
and the motorman of a chance 10 go to
church. There was time when very strict
people always walked to church, instead
OF taking the cars, and unlike some other
scrupulous notions of the ''unco guild" this
had a solid foundation of sense in it. A
washington motorman stated the case of
himself and his fellows very Justly
when he said that for them the Fourth
Commandment read, "Six days shalt thou
labor and do all thy work but the sew
euth thou shalt work harder than on all
Of the rest put together" The street car
employees certainly have a hard time on
Sunday. They are sacrificed that the
rest OF the people may have proper rest
and recreation Perhaps, it anybody were
sufficiently interested in IL matter. some
way could be arranged by which they
might have a weekly holiday or half-holi-
day, whether it came on Sunday or not
To most of them it would make but littls
difference when their day of rest came. SO
long as they got one. The same is true
Of hotel people and other working folk who
have to attend to business on Sunday. If
there could be concerted EFFORT on the
part of all church members to secure fer
these unfortunates one day of rest in the
week. on which. perhaps, they could at
tend special religious services, the effort
would probably be successful. But most
Sabbatarians would rather people should
The evening times., 1900-10-01
Circulation Statement.
The Coal Strike

As The Times has predicted, the first at
tempt at settlement of the anthracite coal
strike by the operators has proved a water
haul. This morning at the mines of the
Reading Railway Company notices were
posted announcing an advance of ten per
cent in wages, and asking the men to re
turn to work. Practically none responded,
This is a signal victory for the miners
and a stinging defeat for the Coal Trust.
The Reading mines were selected to drive
the entering wedge into the strike. be-
cause in their cases the miners had been
better paid and better treated than in
other districts, and it was believed that no
difficulty would be experienced in getting
the men back. That being accomplished. il
was expected to pull in the men of other
mines one after another.
The trust magnates may be surprised TO
learn tnat their play is thoroughly under
stood by the organized labor forces with
whom they are contending. Members OF
the Mine Workers Union laugh at the idea
of calling the strike off for a mere tempo
rary concession of ten per cent. They say
that it would simply be adhered to until
after the Presidential election and until
the trust had a good reserve stock OF coal
on hand. when the advance would be wiped
out Moreover, acceptance Of the present
offer would dissolve the union in the an
thracite region, which it has taken three
years of hard work to organize and make
what il is.
As a result of these considerations. the
general consensus of opinion among the
mine workers is that the strike Will be
kept up until the Coal Trust agrees to ar
bitrate all differences and to recognize the
union. If this stand is maintained the
chances would seem to be that. instead Of
nearing its end the struggle between eapi-
tai and labor in the anthracite region has
ouly just begun. The union is believed 10
have ample funds-at least il has declined
offers Q; financial aid from other labor or
ganizat.oas; and President Mitchell and
his Iieutenants declare that the men are
in a position to stand out for six months
If need be. They also say that they ard
the other people they represent are fully
aware of the political aspects of the situa-
ton. and that they mean TO take due ad-
vantage of the opportunity which the di-
lemma of the trust throws in their way.
In this determination they may rest as
sured that they have the hearty sympathy
OF majority of the public
The evening times., 1900-10-01
Affairs in ChiDn.

The week opens with the Chinese situa-
tion scarcely changed. Under the wizard
influence of the willy old Ii Hung Chang
the Empress Dowager has degraded Prince
Tuan from office. with degree of promp
titude as interesting as suspicious. If Ii
had informed her tigerish majesty that
he could do nothing toward peace unless
Tuan was instantly beheaded. that prac-
teal dictator no doubt would at once ad
wise TIE Hsi to give the necessary assur-
ance. accompanie by the nearest head
that resembIed his to complete it.
Nobody outside of the Washington Ad
ministration is disposed to 3elieye that
the Empress Dowager's apparent change
OF attitude is serious. While pretending
to employ her Imperial troops in punish
ing the Boxers il is generally understood
in China that. in reality. she is moblizinS
them for an attempet TO recaptuTe Pekin.
and the mask will he thrown off and ac-
tive hostiIities resumed by Eext Inonth.
just as Sir Robert Hart has predicted.
In the meantime, General ChaIee is
conducting the Mckinley scgLtle with
loyal despatch Lord Salisbury has not
as yet answered the German note. and
diplomatic conditions are still at loose
ends to some extent. Nevertheless there
are some signs of Improvement IN the re-
lations Of the powers. In the capitals Of
Europe tkere is an underlined but strong
feeling that modus vivendi is in sight,
and that a week hence a policy and pro-
gramme will be developed under which
England. Germany, Russia, France, and
Japan can cooperate with harmony ard
common satisfaction. The irritating and
dangerous biunders of our splendid di-
plomacy." and our action in retreating
from China. have left the United States
out of consideration in the new rap
prochement. Whether it shall adhere 10
or reject the future plans Of the concert
will be equally a matter of Indifference to
the Governments composing il.
The evening times., 1900-10-01

There was riot in Cleveland, Ohio. Fri
day night, the cause Of which was the an
tagonism between union iron molders who
are on strike and the non-union men Who
have taken their places. AS result pc
lice detective and two other men were
killed and two more were wounded The
conditions in his home town would seem
TO invite Marcus. the labor mediator, to
visit the place with his persuasive tongue
and boot.
The evening times., 1900-10-01
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
indiana

Indiana for Brynu.-Testimony from
all sources indicate plainly that at this
time the dominant sentiment Of Indiana Is
for Bryan and Stevenson. Correspondents
of Republican papers sent into the State
to write bout the situation are more pos
itive IN tfeir statements than are the CORE
spondeD.s of Democratic newspapers, that
Indiana will swing over to the Democratic
side this year. Those who are writing for
the independent papers also express the
same opinion. Indiana has alternated be-
tween the TWO great parties in every cleo
tion since 1876. In that year it was car
ried by Tilden. In 1880 Garfield swept the
State. Grover Cleveland carried it in 1884
Then General Harrison came along in 1888
and took it away from the Democrats, and
into the Democratic line. Mr.. Mckinley
carried the State four years ago by $4,000.
By this rule of alienation it is now the
turn of the Democrats to get the State.
However, there are apparently more potent
influences al work for the Democrats. in
Hoosierdom than this unstable law OF al
formation. Not the least of these .s i'm
periaEsm. 1t will be remembered tn;it in
no part of the country was Mr. Mckinley's
duty more Tiotously protested against
than in Indiana. The pressure so
strong out there against the Omar died
Porto Rico bill that even Senator BeveT-
ldge. one of the most outspoken and most
impassioned imperialists in the country
felt impelled to speak against that meas
ure, though he voted for it in order to be
regular The plain hammered and clear
headed Judge Crumpacker, however fought
mutton in the Tenth Congressional district
by voting against the bill General Harri-
son denounced ii, and Gen. Lew Wallace
foTesaW in it the doom of the Republic.
The feeling of fear thus excited among the
masses of Hoosiers appears not TO have
died out yet. and by judicious local nomi-
nations the Democrats seem to have
strengthened their position At the same
time Mr.. Hanna has not given up the
State. He has gone back to his headquar-
terS IN Chicago solely for the
purpose of setting things straight
IN the close States of the
West Whether or not Blocks-of Five
Dudley has been commissioned by Hanna
to bring his peculiar methods to bear up
On Indiana is not known, though it is
considered certain that if Dudley has not
been brought into the game somebody else
TO do his work has been employed by Han
na. Nominally the Hon. Harry s. New is
charged with the responsibility of holding
Indiana in line for Mr.. Mckinley, but in
view OF the fact that this young states
mans father felt called upon last winter
TO deDounce Ny. Hanna as a 'tblanked old
liar it IS thought that the New family
does not stand well at court and there
fore the real Important work is being en-
trusted by Hanna tc other hands 1t can
be depended upon that some heroic work
Will be done in Indiana by both parties
from new until the polls close November
8. Pending the battle royal no man in
all HosieEdom need complain of hard
times.
The evening times., 1900-10-01
Importations of Negro Miners.

The proposal to import negro miners into the
anthracite coal fields should meet with a vigor-
Gus veto from the Governor OF Pennsylvania II
it IS the desire of the coal companies to have the
strike terminate as the Homestead affair ter1ni-
rated then the surest method OF bringing this
about IS to attempt to put celored met in the
place of the miners who have nothing against
them save that they demand fair play and liy-
ing wages. Importing large body of white
miners would be Just as Objectionable as i'm
porting colored men, but in the latter case it
would probably go harder with the men i'm
ported and might serve to stir up bitter race
war between white and colored labor throughout
the country.