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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-28
LOCAL. AND SrRrRRAN.

Monroe Bush of Atlanta. Ga. and Carrie
Stoner of St. Joseph. Mo, eloped TO Clayton
snd We're married.
The police intend to apply the Johnson
law against the operators of s:ot machines
in the future.
Detective John Keely, who was shot five
times two months ago while making an ar
rest. has returned 70 duty.
". E. Spotswood. n member of an cid
Virginia family. was sent TO the workhouse
for disturbing the peace.
Improvements are being made in the
waiting-room and upper hall at Union
Station.
Ransom Post. G. a. r., departs for the
encampment nj Chicago.
Ex-Governor ". J. Stone goes to New
York to assist in organizing a national
Democratic subcommittee there.
The Missouri Edison Electric Light and
Power Company appeals TO court 10 prevent
the LAYING of street car tracks around a
manhole at Broadway and Locust street.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-28
GENERAL DOMESTIC.


A negro who killed his wife at Texarkana,
Ark is pursued BY d posse of his cwn race.
Two young men arrested at Houston,
Tex had in their possession quantity of
anarchist literature.
The exchange OF Porto Rican currency for
United States money IS practically COM
pleted.
The Populist National Committee yester-
day named Adldi Z. Stevenson as the vice
presidential candidate OF the Peoples party
TO fill the vacancy caused by the with
drawal of Charles a. Towne. Stevenson
was nominated by acclamation. COM
mittee was appointed TO draft an address to
the Peoples party. Weaver led the fight
for Stevenson.
statement Of Joe Flory that Missouri war
rants went TO protest
An Improvement is expected in the Texas
cotton crop during the next ten days.
Charles A. Towne, who recently withdrew
from the Populist national ticket, made a
speech yesterday at Duluth to large audi
ence. He replied TO Governor Roosevelt 5
recent speech on Imperialism.
The schooner City of Augusta and the
schooner Hattie McG. Buck collided at sea
off the coast of Massachusetts The Buck
sank, but her crew were saved.
The Illinois broom-corn trust is in a
dilemma. The new crop is about ready for
the market and the trust is in position
where it will be compelled either to give
up its present holdings. which are conSd-
rable. or to buy up the new crop. 1t Is
said the trust has not enough money to buy
the new crop.
Oliver Tomlinson made confession to In
diana authorities of the murder of Frank
lentZ. He implicated Charles Gains in the
crime. The confession was made because Of
the prisoners remorse. brought about by
torturing dreams
The Government is making surveys in
Washington with the purpose of making
great reservoirs to hold the snow in the
mountains and utilize it, when melted, for
the purpose OF irrigation.
FOREIGN.
The full text of Kaiser Williams patriotic
sermon on war, recently delivered OF. board
his yacht, the Hohenzolern. has been dis
tributed broadcast over Germany. Tho EN-
peror says that hosts OF praying men are
needed at home to secure divine support for
the hosts of fighting men abroad.
General Frey has written the French Gov
ernment a letter complimenting very highly
the work Of the French troops at the siege
of Pekn.
General Lord Roberts has reported to the
British Government that Butler and French
engaged the Beers in battle on Saturday
and captured General Olivier and his three
sons.
from San Francisco for Manila laden heav-
fly with commissary and quartermaster' s
supplies. is reported a week overdue
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-28
CHINESE POLICY
OF THE POWERS.
q y VVVVVV
!. LATEST DISPATCH
= FROM Mr.. CONGER.

q Washington. Aug. 1.-THE Depart
o ment of State makes public the fol- 4
q lowing dispatch from Minister Con- 4
= ger, received this morning: 4
= Prom Taku. Aug. &.-Secretary
Q of State. Washington: No important
9 movements since last dispatch Mil
. itary is trying to restore order. No
3 representative of the Chinese Gov
D ernment encountered yet. Several
D. Ministers of the Tsung Ii Tamen re-
O ported in the city. and are expected q
o to appear soon. Generals decide not
q to enter imperial palace. leaving 1t Z
+ practically vacant Two thousand Z
B Germans arrived to-day. =
D (SiGned) "CONGER. q
Q This dispatch is undated. but from
, the fact that it mentions the arrival Z
D of a German force at Pekin, which 4
q has not yet been reported from any
other quarter. it is presumed to be =
o of very recent origin.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-28
Piles Cured Without the Knife.

Itching. blind, bleeding or protruding piles.
Your druggist will refund your money If
PAzO OINTMENT fails to cure you. 80
cents.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-28
RISING
BREAST

woman who uses "MorHER's FRIEND" ne
childbirth for it robs this ordeal of Its
horror and insures safety to mother and child.
Our book, "Before Baby is Born, t" is worth
It's weight in gold to every woman, and will
be sent free in plain envelope by Bradfeld
Regulator Company, Atlanta, Ga.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-28
RAILROADS


st. Louis beaten in pitchers battle b.
one run
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-28

And other painful ana s@rious ailments which
so many mothers suffer, can be avoided by
the use of "MoTHER's FRIEND" This
remedy is God-send to women, because it
carries them through their most critical
ordeal with perfect safety and no pain. No
Nd" need fear the suffering and danger Of
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-08-28

The Best Prescription for Malaria,
Chills and Fever Is a bottle Of Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. 1t is simply iron and Qunne In a
tasteless form. No cure-no pay. Price &c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
FIRST RAILROAD IN CHINA.
Went Around the Towns Instead of
 Through Them.

Mir. Wu the present Chinese minis ter at Washington, has many amusing stories to tell of the first railroad ever built ii the celestial kingdom. which was constructed under his supervision in the province of Tong Chong. where Ii Hung Chang reigned as yicoroy, says the Saturday Evening Pos.. Curi- ously enough, this road was built with out the consent of the emperor, with out his knowledge even, the pr ;ecters realizing that they must educate their ecuntrymen, from the highest to the lowest, by an object lesson. The road once in operation, they argued, the people, understanding it was a wonder ful servant of commerce, and not great devil; that it carried freight bet ter and quicker than the old-fashioned way, and would bind the uttermost parts of their kingdom together, would 10 longer oppose it. Its establishment, however was missionary work of different character, even to so saga eious diplomat as MT. Wu, and, though he succeeded in overcoming the prejudice to certain extent, he failed utterly to gain consent that the road should run through the towns and villages that marked it's route. No, no,' said the leading men of those places; "build your road if you must, but keep it away from us-the farther the better" Well, we'll" said Wu, have it as you will. We will run our road at distance from your limits, but you will regret it for all time; and when you realize what serious harm you have done to your own in- terests don't come and insist upon our moving the road nearer your borders" The railroad was hardly in operation before the men who had opposed it be- sought him to change it's route that it might come by their towns and cities; but the management was obdurate, and Tong Chung received a most whole some lesson.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
SHOULD COAL GIVE OUT.
electrical Energy will More Than Fill
 It's Place.

Are we utterly dependent upon coal, sse that the wheels of industry will stop and the forests be consumed for fuel when coal gives out? Of course not. It is an idle fear, says Gunton's Nigga 21a1e. Already we have the beginnings of new method of utilizing natural energy which will prove enormously more effective than coal ever has been, eS4Tid will be practically inexhaustible, ao whatever extent industry may ex pana. Electrical energy, developed by kgater power, will run the worlds in Siustries, furnish it's light and heat and be the universal substitute for all ferns Of combustion methods. Water power is practically unlimited, and it
 will be utilized more and more in pro- portion as the need for it arises, and zas it's use becomes, at different places And at successive periods, cheaper than aeual. The substitution will proceed gradually. until, when the coal supply finally is exhausted, nobody will have anything more than a curious or aead ssTnie interest in the matter, and prob ably not a ripple will be produced in 7ae steady onward flow of the worlds andustry. As the use of water power 7@ develop electrical energy increases 70 the point of formidable competi- 2son with coal, electrical students and
 inventors will doubtless bring out im- nrovements making it possible to store the power or conduct 1t long dis Gances at small cost, until our facto- Taes, railroads and ships can be oper- .a2ed by it, our houses lighted and warmed and food prepared, all at even less expense than is possible today with coal
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
PoMPADoUR'S RING.
It Was Lost Over Century and a Half
 Ago.


 A ring containing an engraved stone was recently offered for sale to the medal department of the National Library, and on close scrutiny, says the London Post, the curator recognlz : ed the gem as the famous lost Tfl- umph of Fontenoy." left by testament of Mime. de Pompadour to the medal department. The ring had disappeared on the marquise's death and was sup posed to have been lost forever, when chance brought it to the very spot where it would have been had Mme. de Pompadour's will been carried out. The Triumph of Fontenoy" is one of the first works the engraEer Jacques Quay executed for Mme de Pom padour The favorite possessed con- siderable skill in painting and engrav- ing on precious stones. She chose Jacques Quay for master, took him to Versailles, and installed him in her apartments, where he gave her lessons and also executed a series of engrav- ings representing the principal events of the reign of Louis KY. There is little chance of discovering through what hands the Triumph of Fonte- noy" has passed since it disappeared 150 years ago. It has just come from Poland, and precise information ean- not, it seems, be obtained.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
Arkansas Midland RalIIoad Lauds

5o,ooo acres of good timber lands for sale 2,ooo acres of cleared lands for sale, along the line of the Arkansas Midland Railroad. Free sites for factories and mills.
 For farms or timber lands, ad- dress,
 G. T. UPDEGRAFF.
 General Freight Agent,
 Helena, Arkansas
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
THE THEATER IN JAPAN.
The Best Place to Go to Study the
 Natives.

Natives.
 The theaters are the very places to study the Japanese, says a Tokio cor respondent of the Baltimore Sun. In many theaters the entire house is di- vided by rails into square pens four by four feet, intended for four Japa- mese, but often containing half dozen. The men and women are barefoot, walk the narrow dividing rails to reach their reserved seats The patrons kneel within these square pens, or, when there are no pens, they squat upon the sloor in little circular groups and smoke, eat, drink, fan themselves and chatter Many come in and go out at random; children run to and fro. Frequently the spectators bring lunch con and pass the day within the the ater, the play continuing uninterrup4 edly. The stage, which in some the- afers revolves to change scenes, has two detached projections three feet wide, extending among the audience. E1pon these projections the performers rnn, reciting and acting. Their acting Is sufficiently curious. A villain slain walks off the stage, Jap mops with a dirty cloth the chief actors face while he is sreaking The prompter, dressed al2 in black tgown, hood and girdle), will follow the actor all around the stage Other persons, also in black, wttn to and fro across the stage. Those eostumed in black are supposed to be snvisible Stage carpenters and help CTS often stand upon the stage and gaze and laugh at the actars, and so on. The checking of the umbrellas and wooden shoes of the audience and the general scramble for them after 5he performance are very amusing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
pr. Livinesuone,s Grave.

Dr. Livingstone's grave in Africa is now marked by "a tall iron telegraph pole, carefully secured" as the deputy administrator for the district north of the Lambesi reports with satisfaction. The tree under which the explorers heart has lain was rotting, so the sec tion containing the inscription was cut out and shipped to the Royal Geo. graphical society, while in the center of the stump the telegraph pole was set.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
 Hoy tn Lay Bricks.

Estimates are based by the 1000 bricks laid in wall. It is customary to deduct for doors, windows, arches, etc., but not for fiues, ends of joists, girders, window frames, sills or lin- tels. In general way, a four and one- half inch wall will require seven bricks to the square foot: fourteen for a nine-inch wall, etc. Tunnel and arch brickwork Is measured by the cu- bic yard. It requires thirty-eight bricks eight and one-quarter by four by two, with points one-third to one yard if laid flat. If placed on edge, it will take seventy-three, while if on end, 149. Ornamental work, such as eornices and beads, is produced by causing courses of bricks to project beyond the place of the rest. Tn laying walls, the first principle to be observed, in order to gain the greatest resistance, is to have the bricks of successive courses overlap each other, so that the joint between the two is orerlaid by the middle of a brick. What is known as the old English bond and which gives the greatest strength consists in arranging the bricks in alternate courses of stretchers and headers. the former being bricks laid longitudinally with the wall and the other transverse iy. The headers serve to bind the sev- eral courses together.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
The Longest Swim.

Going with the tide in the Thames river, Capt. Matthew Webb once swam a distance of forty miles in nine hours and f1fty-seYen minutes. Montague A. Holbein, an English Tong distance cy- clist,' recently swan three miles farther, although he made no such time record. Taking the water at Blaekwall pier in the early morning. says the London Chronicle, Holbein went down the river on a strong ebb, which ran until he had progressed two miles beyond Gravesend. Turning then with the tide, he came back on the flood to Blackwall. He failed to reach the pier by mile, owing to the tide fail- ing him, and he left the water quite fresh and strong, willing, had his friends so advised, to turn again and had thus covered forty-three miles, which he swan in twelve hours, twen ty-seyen minutes, forty-two and three fourths seconds-is the greatest ever known to have been covered by swimmer, although it has been as- sumed that Matthew Webb, when he crossed the channel, must have been borne almost as far by the changing tides. Holbein swims with slow but powerful stroke, half-side, half-back; he progresses at an even pace and never seems to tire. He has done some marvellous feats on the bicycle, and was at one time an excellent cross-country runner and distance walker, but this swim is certainly to be reckoned as his most remarkable achievement in the matter of endurance
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
A socIALIsTlC CITY.
Where the Municipal Ownership Ex-
 tends Even to the Cemetery.


 Huddersfeld, city of Yorkshire, England, is perhaps the best illustra- tion of city governed on soeialistie ideas to be found anywhere in the world. Every municipal monopoly is operated for the benefit of the citizens gas, street cars. waterworks, electric lighting, markets, abattoirs, aanitarf- ums, lodging houses and even the cemetery AS to gas, ali exchange gives these particulars: In 1872 the gas works were taken oyer, the ob- ject being to reduce the price of gas and increase it's use by the poorer classes. To this end the department introduced penny y-in-the-slot meters, which have been so well received that about ene-ffth of the population is now supplied in this way. When the meter is used a stove is supplied and fixed" free of charge. Not one penny need be invested, except for the thirty feet of gas sold for ? cents. This is a great boon to the poor, who find it difficult to save enough to purchase
  be returned at 10 per cent of cost price per year. and the department has it's GWn stores containing styles to suit the poorest or the most fastidious. The price of gas has been steadily reduced. 9ntil now it is shillings 3 pence (66 cents) for lighting and shillings (49 cents) for heating and trade purposes. Inded, the city has been so considerate of public welfare in every way that practically the whole population con- sumes municipal gas.
 Electricity is supplied in much the same way, and throughout the prinei pal of monopolization is carried into effect wherever practicable and possi- ble. AS everybody seems to be satis- fed with the results obtained, Hud dersfefild fay properly claim to be the model socialistic town.
 snaKer Dleu.
 Baltimore News: The remarkable longevity of the Shakers is claimed by them to be due entirely to the self enforced rule Of regular sleeping hours and meals, the kind of clothing worn, the manual occupation and the food partaken of at the settlement. The most of the Shakers are enthusiastic yegetarians Contrary to the opinion of many food authorities, they con- sider tomatoes as exceptionally health full They use them for breakfast, din ner and supper all through the tomato season, while the Lebanon Shakers put up about 400 gallons for their own use every winter. As these Shakers have not had a case of fever in the family for thirty years, have almost no other sickness, and scarcely ever a doctor, it looks as though their diet agreed with them. Another vegetable that they especially prize is celery, which they think is also staple article of diet. served baked, in warm sauce or even in pies and puddings.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
QUEER FOSSIL
Jew of a Huge Unciassifed Animal
 Found fn New Mexico.


 Santa Fe New Mexican: The fossil remains of strange prehistoric animal were discovered recently at Postmaster Nusbaumss ranch, at Teseuque. Al phonso Dockweiler, who has charge of digging ditch through ridge on the bone the shape of large tongue, but with row of twelve teeth along what seemed to be the tip of the tongue. He dug little further and found the re- mainder of what seemed to be the jaw q an animal that was part ichthyosau- rus and part plesiosaurus, with some of the characteristics of the pterodactyl, perhaps. The jaw consisted of about twenty layers of bone in the shape of a tongue, and each layer,was armed with dozen teeth, which showed that the animal was herbivorous and not car nivorous. These twenty layers were evidently the upper jaw of the animal MT Dockweiler expects to find the low CT jaw and perhaps all of the remains of the strange animal. As much as he has found he will bring to this city and from here ship it to the Smithson- ian institution in Washington. Two layers of the jaw were brought to the city by J. c. Schumanc and shown to friends, who were all puzzled by their unusual shape. It is well known that the surroundings of Santa Fe abouSS with submarine fossil remains, which seem to prove that in long-gone-by ages the site of the city was covered by sea. Only half mile up the ar royo and canyon that branch off Pal ace avenue, near the old brewery, pret- ty petrifed seashells are to be found. At many other places there are unmis- takable signs of the erosion of the waves and footprints of gigantic pre- l historic amphibians, who made their home both in the water and on the land in the days when the highest peaks of the Rocky mountain range were only islands in a vast ocean.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
An Old parisian Landmark.

One of the old Parisian landmarks which will soon be leveled to the ground is the historic mansion once occupied by Queen Hortense Queen Ecrtense was so unhappy in her mar riage to Louis Bonaparte that she spent but little of her time in the royal palace at the capital in Holland. She resided chiefly in Paris, at No. T, in the Rue La Fitte, where she occupied the mansion which Asas since been redolent with the memories of her life. Of re- cent years it has been the residence og the Turkish ambassador, but every body knows it as the old home of Queen Hortense. Here the royal youth who subsequently, became Napoleon IT, of France spent much of his early life
 The front of the mansion has never been considered specially beautiful, but on the interior there are still many traces of the glory which once belonged sse the mansion in former days. The cold building. with the grounds adja- cent, will be destroyed to make room 1or another street which is now being .opened in the French capital.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
The Maria ge Age.

From the London Chronicle: What is the average age at which English men marry? Twenty-eight years five months. MT. Harold Macfarlane an swers in the Lady's Realm. Then the average age of English women at the time of marriage is twenty-six years two months.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
s1rup rom aeorgIa Melons.

An enterprising Georgia farmer has sscome the pioneer in a new industry namely, making sirup out of water melons. He cuts the melons in halves, 8eoops out the pulp, runs it through a .ider mill, presses out the juice and shen boile the liquid for twelve hours ssyer hot fire. Out of 270 melons, srorth $5 or $6 at wholesale, he gets -hirty gallons of sirup and markets he product at 50 cents per gallon. The fefuse is fed to the hogs, cattle and dickens. and the whole operation .s sery profitable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-19
Ancient Astrouomy.

When Nineveh and Babylon were in the splendor of their might men in China were predicting eclipses, mak- ing catalogues and giving names to the stars. But Nineveh and Babylon were mere mounds of rubbish when China was great, and to this date the civilization and life of the empire is the wonder of the world.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-03-01
Notice.

The Sons of the Confederacy will
hold meeting in the Town Hall, on
Thursday, March 8, at 7 p. m, to per
feet the organization of the Stonswall
jackson Camp No. l of Jefferson coun-
ty, w. Va. Gen. H. Kyd Douglas, of
MARYLAND, will deliver an address and
organize the camp. There will be
seats reserved for the Daughters of
the Confedsracy and the Confederate
Veterans, and we ask them to turn
out in a body. An invitation is ex-
tended to all, and we feel certain that
the mere announcement of an address
from our illustrious patriot and states
man, H. Kyd Douglas, on a subject go
near and dear to US, will bring from
far and near a large crowd.
We should love, honor and respect
our Confederates, both dead and liv-
ing, so by attending this meeting you
show your sympathy for the cause and
aid in a movement, which we the sons
may honor and profit thereby.
ROBERT GIBSON.
VIM. II. KEARFoTT.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-03-01
Snydsr's Mills Items.

The grounding must have seen his
shadow, according to the weather the
past two weeks.
Dogs raided several flocks of sheep
last week in this neighborhood.
A horse belonging to 7. S. Williams
ran away one day last week, causing
one of the shafts to run in its side, max
ing very bad wound.
Mrs. Tbos. Link and mother, of Twill
la neighborhood, were visiting Mrs. T.
B. Maddox last week
Mr.. J. Ii. Lemen was in Hagerstown
last Friday on business.
Mr. G.. w Miller made q very good
sale on last Wednesday. He advertised
in the REGISTER.
Mrs. Moorehead Miller was visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Harry Holda, on
last Friday.