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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18
 A BRASS BAND.

Recently glee club was organized at the Merrill Institute in this city. It is composed of fifteen enthusiastic members and it promises to be an important organization of vocelists in the future. A complete brass band is also being organizad by members and expert musicians of the Institute. The latter will dou 5t- less furnish music for the Pine Bluff State Fair in October.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18
ROUNDLAP BALES MADE COTTON
 HIGHER.

Whenever the American Cotton Company's Roundlap presses were operated last season higher prices prevailed for cotton whether baled round or square. In order to get cotton, square-bale buyers were obliged to pay more than the mar ket price, and more than cotton was selling for In neighboring towns where there was not a Roundlap plant. In some cases the premium paid by square-box ginners in con- petition with Roundlap gins during the greater part of the season was as much as half cent per pound above the price ruling at other old style gins in the same county. The inevitable result followed. Cotton (and the owners trade with it) was drawn long distances to Roundlap points to the profit of the entire community, and at the expense of towns that did not enjoy the advan. tages of round bale competition.
 The effect of such object less ons has been a demand for Roundlap presses for next season which will tax the full ca pacity of the American Cotton Company's WorKs running day and night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18
WILL CONTEST.

Prosecuting Attorney ". B. Sor- rels, of this city, recently challenged Mir. c. F. Delong, of Hot Springs. for the state individual championship medal. which the latter possesses, the shoot to take place under rules and regulations governing same. Mir. Delong Thursday accepted the chal- lenge. The contest will take place at the Pine Bluff Gun Club grounds May 19 at o'clock p m.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18
4 Pleasure and a Duty.

I consider it not only pleasure but duty I owe to my neighbors to tell about the wonderful cure effected in my case by the timely use 0 Chamberlain's Golic, Cholera aud Darroea Remedy. I was taken very badly with Aux and procured a bottle of this remedy. A few doses of it effected a permanent cure. take pleasure in recommending it to others suffering from that dreadful disease.-J. ". Lynch, Dorr. ". Va. This remedy is sold by w. L. De- woody & co. druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18
An Ancient Gselief,

The ancients believed that rheu- matiem was the work of demon within man. Any one who has had an attack of sciatic or iDham- matory rheumatism will agree that the infliction is demoniac enough to warrant the belief It bas never been claimed that Chamberlain Pam Balm would cast out demonss but it will cuse rheumatism, and hundreds bear testimony to the truth of this statement. One application relieves the pain, and this quick relief which 1t affords is alone worth many times it's cost. For sale by V. l.. Dewoody 6 Co.,. druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18
D,.A!s@ D,A Southwestern
 @ Telegraph and ezaae'as'" Telephone Co.
THE WEEKLY SHOOT
Of the Pine Bluff Gun Club Proving
 an Interesting Event.

The weekly shoot of the Pine Bluff Gun Club is proving quite an at- traction for our people. as large numbers visit the grounds each Thuraday afternoon and witness the contest. Yesterday afternoon the shoot was very interesting and re- suited as follows: Clements. 45; speers, A; Lloyd. 10; Dr. Carver. 40; Bluerock, 8. Jones, B
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18
SULPHUR SPRINGS DOTS.

Special Correspondence,
 Approve the right, condemn the wron9 is our motto.
 During the summer months, to keep your energies from stagnating, come to the springs, breathe pure air, drink fresh water, wander among it's vine-elad hills and listen to the voice Of the whippoorwill.
 Whats the matter with having a postoffice at this place?
 To facilitate rapid transit we need an electric railway connecting LIS with the city of Pine Bluff.
 Quite number of Pine Bluffians were out last Sunday testing the purity and medicinal qualities of our spring water. Come and drink to your hearts content.
 Mrs. $. E. Reilly and Miss Lula Davis spent last Saturday and Sun- day at White Hall.
 There will be services at the Meth edist church next Sunday morning by the regular pastor, Rev. R. H. Poynter.
 Little Johnnie Hanna, son of Esq. Fl. C. <Hanna, WAS quite sick fl few days since, though we learn that he is improving.
 Miss Mary Watson, after q short illness, is up again and filled her reg ular position as ofganist last Sun day at the M. E. church.
 We need more good w-abidiDg people coming into our town and locating. Public spirited men, busi- ness men. We have nice locations for residences and business houses, and with such among us, in short time Sulphur Springs would increase to such gigantic proportions as to rival some of her sister cities. We say come.
 Mrs. l. J Viek attended the Metho- dist Sunday school last Sabbath, ,and before leaving added her Dame to the list.
 The question of momentous mag nitude that seems to be agitatlng the public minds today of Jefferson county is whether the existing con- dition of affairs is pointing to our veal or woe. Corruption and dis cord ale making rapid strides with in her hir borders. Party zeal, po- litical intrigue and sectional prelu- dice are in the ascendeney and sweep ing with lightning speed throughout our country. If allowed to continue what will the ultimate result be? Is there no remedy?
 We like the Graphic and think it a good paper. We think it's editorials are just splendid.
 The Methodist Sunday school at this place is in ' thriving condition under the management of MT. 5. J. Low dermilk us superintendent, and Mesdames Watson, Wilson and MT. Gus Petty as teachers. Many thanks for the lovely boquet Of select roses, eulled and so tersely arranged bg those angelic hands. They may fade away and be forgot ten in my hearts memory, but your lovely face. never! BILL l.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18

For Fans and all kinds of Adver- Using Novelties, call on the Adams Wilson P't'g Co. dtf
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18

Prescription work is our hoby, and we are proud of this department. Every thing delivered promptly up untin 10 o'clock at night. "
 Walker Drug Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18

Rent your bicycles of c. G. Sehenck Citizens Bank Building. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18
An Eplde mic of w-hooplng Con xh.

Last winter during an epidemic of whooping cough my children con- tracted the disease, having severe coughing spells. We had used Cham berlain Cough Remedy very suc- cessfnily for croup and naturally turned to it at that time and found it relieved the cough and effected a complete eure.-John E. Clifford, proprietor Norwood House. Nor
 wood, N. Y. This remedy is for sale by W. L. Dewoody < Co., druggists.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18

We have Eggs we guarantee every one Fresh-Joe z. Meyer & Co. III
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18

Mir. Will k. Kirby and Mr. F. H. Lee, nf Douglass. came to this city yesterday afternoon. Mir. Kirby attended the valhalla dance last night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-05-18

Special Correspondence,
 Approve the right, condemn the wronS is our motto.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

The Historical Manuscripts Commission Of the
American Historical Association proposes to
publish the papers Of Chief Justice Salmon p.
Chase. and Mr. Herbert FFiedenwald is prepar-
ing hem for the press.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
DINING OUT IN CHINA
A FOREIGNERS ENTERTAINMENT AT A
CHINESE RESTAURANT.
From Blackwood's Magazine.

From Blackwood's Magazine
During the quarter of an hour before dinner
he guests tonly male, of cOurse) sit or stroll
aoout' eating cakes-a faVOrite being a sort of
"ot irult pun (Which each orders for HIMSELF
ana slppIng tea. Melon seeds and salted al
monds are also in demand for desultory nibbling
Nheh our number is complete a tremendous
encounter or good manners ensues. Though the
question OF precedence is of course all cut and
uTleo beforehand, each man must be polite
enough TO simulate an irrevOcable resolve not to
accept any but the lowest place until the hosts
FRIEND go up higher" promotes him.
Inc table, as mentioned. is ready laid with an
imposing show: regulation number of reguIa-
ton dishes, marshalled in regulation order;
quaint porcelain stands filled with slices of or
anSes, pears, or cold goose; towers of purple
ounce Jelly squares, grapes or shredded chicken
breast; saucers of shrimps, salted in their skins;
and never forgotten, the famous eggs preserved
Tor years in lime, and served, sliced in beds of
brown jelly (much priced for their acrid and
faiher anmoniacal flavor, but not usually appre-
clated by foreigners) Hot wine of various
oranus and vintages. is served throughout That
most commonly drunk is kind of sack or sherry
negus-a yellow wine distilled from Indian corn
Belng comparatively mild, il is served in small
cups; ardent white spirits of rice-samshu-in
thlmblefuls. Rose" wine is one of several
varieties, Favored with roses. CNo wine is made
from grapes, though they are plentiful in North
China9
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
THE MURDER OF POmPILIA.
From The LonGcn Morning Post.

From The Lonccn Morning Post
Those who are well acquainted with The Ring
and the Book" that is To say. almost every one
who can read Browning with pleasure, should
turn to the account Of The Murder OF Pom
pilia'' in The Monthly Review" Professor Hall
Griffin, a devoted student Of Browning. has pro-
Vided the translation Of an Italian manuscript
discovered in January last by Signor GioFSi.
librarian Of the Casanatense Library al Romeo
which gives full account of the trial of Fran
ceschini and his assistant assasSnS. II is Of
value 10 those who care TO study the historical
bases OF tragedy ana romance for the variants
and supplements il offers to the narrative in the
square old yellow book from which Browning
obtained his materials and Of which a translation
from the poets unique copy. now preserved in
the BaliOl College Library, is in preparation. 1t
is also likely TO attract the curious student OF
criminal character and achievement. Mr.. Hall
Griffin. in the many fOotnOtes which he supplies
shows that in several notable features of his
poem Browning failed. in spite Of his endeavors.
to perform the difficult operation Of telling
.the truth the whole truth, ard nothing but the
truth" about the terriDle domestic tragedy with
which ne was concerned. No doubt some of the
poets diVergences fr an hisIO.y were introduced
for artistic reaso Others were as surely the
result OF misinfOrnation or mistake. For in
stance the chief criminal. POmpilia's husband,
Was a man of forty at his death. whereas he is
fftv in ''fhe Ring and the Book" while from
the name OF the Augustinlan brother. "Celestine
di s. Anna Browning constructed wholly
imaginary Hospital Of ST. Anna" for Pompilia
70 die in.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

Characteristic note addressed by Charlotte
Trlute 20 her dear Ellen" was also disposed OF
az this sale. From what you say Of Mr. Clap
ham,. she writes, Il think I should like him
very much; Annie wants shaking TO be put out
about has appearance. What does il matter
whether her husband dimes in a dress coat or a
market coat provided there be worth and hon
esty and a clean shirt underneath"
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
THE LATE OSCAR WILDE.
REGRETFUL REFLECTIONS OF HIS CIOsINA
HOURS.

REGRETFUL REFLECTIONS OF HIS CLOSINH
HOURS.
Paris correspondence of The London Chronicle
About three weeks ago 1 was securing Paris TO
discover the address of a Nj. Sebastien MelnOth
for the purpose of verifying a statement that he
had been unjustly deprived of certain dramatic
rights of authorship. At length a French liter
airy friend informed that the object of my
search was lying i'll at little hotel in the far off
Rue DIS BeauX Arts To save time he had called
upon him in my name. NJ. Melnoth Oscar
Wilde. On the same evening l received letter
in answer to my petit bleu." l instantly an
swered this in person. The once brilliant and
adulat6 d pOet-playwright, though in bed looked
well in the face. The first part of the CONVEX
bitterness l did my best to console him. and
h.. suddenly burst into tears I felt daeplv
moved as he told the sad tale of blight and
mis- ~ through which he had passed. Men who
had been the recipients of sterling generosity
lad betrayed him and trodden him under their
feet Perhaps there was some justice in his
wailing.
Then ne turned to religious subjects. and NUT
tered almost SaVagely, Much of my moral
Obliqui,y is due to the fact that my father would
not allow me to become a Catholic. The artistic
side of the Church and the fragrance of it's
teaching would have curbed my degeneracies. /
intend to be received before long" He spoke al
most smiingly of his operation. saying that it
would cost him $40, adding that he owed nearly
1000 francs to the hotel
The operation in question intestinal and
then symptoms of cerebral meningitis set in.
Leeches were arpl ed TO the ears. but the patient
sank away rapidly. Two kind friends, Mr.. Rob-
Ross and Mr.. Turner, nursed him, while
Father Cuthbert Dunn. Of the British CathO-
lie chaplains from the Avenue Hoche, admin
Stered the customary rites of the Church. Oscar
Wilde tried to articuate the prayers which ae-
company extreme unctOn, and his deathbed was
Of repentance.
Tomorrow morning the funeral service will
take place at the Church St. Germain des Pres,
after which the body Will be inferred in the Ba-
gneuX Cemetery. small cross viii surmOunt the
grave with the following inscription: "Ci git
Oscar Wilde. Poete ct Auteur Dramatque.
r. l. p"
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

a..a 1 Mheh the clock struck six she was talking
aans %ole9g 10 me / cannot say how soon after,
ness Sle t was seized again with the same faint
conIa ns was followed by the suffering she
80. nOt describe; but Mr. Lyford had been
ana p' nae applied something 10 give her case,
se,., VA. vas IN state OF quiet insensibility by
half-nsSt - AZ IIe latest From that time till
sca1 iss' TOUR when she ceased to breathe she
,essot moved limb. so that we have eyery
that 49, ...nk: win gratitude TO the Almighty
SAD cara,. mss were over. The last
roo,,,ts' S,elerthohy Is TO take place on Thursday
ar, ls' her dear remains are TO be deposited in
~. atheoral-it is a satisfaction 10 me 10 think
that they are TO be i'm a buildins. She iaS s,;,,,1
~ - anucn-her precious soul. / presume 10 hope
rep0ses IN superior mansion"
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

MI Lewis Melville, the author of a so-called
life OF the great novelist. The publishers an
nOcncement gives US 10 understand that the
volume viii contain such matter as has not been
reprinted in any book-matter, therefore which
its writer did not wish to preserve. A com
mentator in The Pan Mall Gazette" sees in
Mr. Melville "a well-mean ming Nemesis visiting
at this far remove the indiscretions OF a
Pegasus in harness, and suffering not the in
noCent pot-boilers TO be forgotten" Alas that a
dead giant should be the victim of such small
fry, feeding on his fame!
for literature, a cultured" grocer
his tea. and varies the gift according to the
quantity requested
Mark Rutherford in his Forthcoming Jour
nal" describes a visit 10 Carlyle at Chelsea in
lS6S. The sage VINO sat at breakfast in a
cheerful room, was agreeable and frankly TAX
order, the books the shelves, for instance
noticed that when Carlyle replaced a book ne
took pains get il even with the others. There
are left only few Scotchmen who remember
Carlyle in his prime Some old men at Craigen-
puttoch describe him sometimes a sour
tempered body who did not get well with
his brother, the then farmer of CTaigenputtoch
Polish enthusiasm for the novelist Henry K
SienkieNicz is great-so great that the Poles
intend TO celebrate has twenty-fifth literary
anniversary" by the gift TO him Of fine house
and estate.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23
LETTING HER HAVE HER CHOICE.

From The Philadelphia Record.
Nell (eXcitedly)-Heres a telegram from Jack
Punter, Of the Varsity team.
Belle-Whats il say?
1T says: Nose broken. How do you prefer it
set-Greek or RomanT
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

shrieked from court to court. as far the
street door. A dinner such as described for
dozen people, world cost about 30 shillings,
would last three hours So and would include,
great and small. more than fifty dishes.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

The dust OF Samuel Richardson the novelist
lies under the pavement OF ST Brides. one Of
the quaint old churches in the city" Of Lon
d1u, and a brass tablet set in the wall repeats
Dr. JOhnson's tribute: He enlarged the knoWl-
edge II human nature. and taught the passions
o. move al The command OF virtue The nov
eist's graVestone," says The London Globe"
''Is under the cocoanut mating in the middle
alS e where ats gilt lettering Is Carefully shell
Tered from dust under paper covering. II may
seem strange that the graVestone Of the author
of 'ClaIissa' should he thus hidden away. but
there is force IN the contention of Mr.. Peart
the courteous parish clerk, that by this means
II is preserved from being worn by many feet
and is kept in condition to be shown to gen
uine pilgrims. For such MIR. Peart viii gladly
ron the great mating down the aisle, in an
advancing and increasing cylinder Nike Fame
thTusting back ObliViOn) until there comes in
view the marble slab beneath which the father
u she English novel lies" mOdern English
novelist lives under the shadow OF the old church
toWeT-0ne who has lately begun 10 deal
seriously with the life OF his own country This
is Mr. Anthony Hope Hawkins, whose father
the elder Anthony Hawkins. is the rector OF
ST Brides and is one Of the most interesting
and beloved OF the older clergy in London.
A meeting was held in Concord the other even
ing memorial 10 the late DR.. Elisha Nul-
ford the author OF The NatiCn,' a book which
not many people read in these days Various
Old friends OF the author gave their remi-
riscences OF him.
letter describing the last hours Of Jane
Austen has just been sold in London II was
ueuned by her sister. Elizabeth Austen, who
writes as follows: 'She felt herself to be dying
about half an hour before she became tranquil
and apparently unconscious During that half
hour was her struggle, poor soul; she said she
could not tel US what she suffered. though she
comTlained Of little fixed pain When 1 asked
her IL there was anything she wanted, her
answer wae she wanted nothing but death, and
some IL her words were, God grant me patience,
pray for me, Oh pray for me- Her voice was
effective. but as long as she spoke she was
Ineligible i returned about a quarter
before six and found her recovering from faint
ness and OppnessiOns she got so Wen as 10 De
aFle 10 give me a minute account OF her SEIZURE
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

The new and cheaper edition Of the Steven
son leueIs contains one from Alan Breck 10
Private Terence MulVaney with Alan's com
ments on the changes in the art of war since
the days oi MS skirmish in the roundhouse OF
the brig Covenant. "a
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

Mr.. Horace Il. Scudder has Just finished the
first draft Of his biography OF Lowell N is 80
be published early in the autumn of 1901
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

The thoroughness with which .r,,.o,
t,s MS theoiy OF non-resstance is illustrated nv
ians ns aReeaote; az Some time ago he was the sinh.
lcan Journalist. whom the Connt ss,aS - Aiis;- s;
svS h nome and who put him under prolonged
@ iu Iuthless examination At last the visit
,,.. 70 70 an eno' and the gentle sufferer saw his
Iues.oher into the carriage AS the Dar,ipg
a. s'iiss were being exchanged the guest binted
Ia. rlat a5ttT an he had not learned everything he
bI ",teu u 10 Know Then you must come into the
1 nouse asain and stay another day with us - wa
'ae count reply, and he would take no denial
mere is to be another compilation of stray
D''s oi Ahaekerays writing, the compiler being
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

Mr.. Henry James. who now ,;vas =, r,,,o .Ao
D,,,,e,. "A lhackerays unfinished story. ''Denis
MDuhai M has written for "Scribners Mapa7ina''
S'Aiis paper on the place and the story
New-York tribune., 1900-12-23

An English critic TejOices over the present in
GlcariOns Of reaction against the dominion of
The blbeot in letters He complains Inat me
little book has had long run and the little
masters" have made the best of il; that We have
been living in age of meticulous preciOsities,
q diet apt in time TO become clOying TO the
palate. And he adds. Erimly, aprOpos OF the
fashionable bIbelot binding, There has been too
much Of the limp lamb in the recent purgeying
Of English letters"
New-York tribune., 1900-10-08

Inhabitants to a district being perhaps the limit
most likely to be set.
1t was the particular care of the trainers of
the law Of 1891 that no State, however back
ward her growth, should lose any part of the
representation she then enjoyed. 1t will be
difficult, however. under the new census to
avoid some of the reductions and readjust-
ments by which most other reapportionments
have been marked. An increase of the ratio
to $4,000 threatens to cut again into the rep
resentation of States like Maine and Vermont
whose population has been stationary for sew
eral decades past Maine and Vermont each
lost Congressman under the act Of 1888. Yer
mont gained less than two hundred in popula-
ton from 1880 to 1890, while Maine gained only
a little over twelve thousand. By grace of a
major fraction the Green Mountain State retains
two votes in the House now. But with a ratio
approaching two hundred thousand that major
fraction is again declining TO the danger point
With 661, ,0S6 inhabitants in 1890 Maine will
have to gain over thirty thousand to hold secure
ly the four seats awarded her under the present
law Nebraska is another State whose repre-
sentation is likely to be reduced under reap
portionment- Her population of 1,O5S910 en-
titled her to six seats in 1891 But it is already
apparent that these figures will shrink material
" when the new State totals announced,
ana with an increased rauo NeDraSKaS repre-
sentation in the House will probably fall to
five
With twenty-seven members added to the
House roll it seems reasonably certain from
present indications that these States will gain
in power under the new apportionment: Massa-
chusetts, New-YOrk, NewJersey, Pennsylvania
-Ohio, Illinois, Michigan Minnesota, Missouri,
Texas, California, Utah and Washington. New
York Pennsylvania and Illinois are expected
to gain two seats apiece. Under the present
Apportionment act New-York's representation
remained unaltered, while Pennsylvania's dele
CATION was increased from twenty-eight to
thirty and that of Illinois from twenty to
twenty-five The enormous growth of greater
New-YorI in the decade now ending promises
to give this State an equal advantage in the
new apporionment with her two nearest-and
in the last decade more favored-rivals in pop
uladon and political power