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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31

l, may be all right for people who
want TO have a little comfort for sleep
during the darkened hours, but the sup
preston OF newsboy shouting In Lon
don must be a great hardship in de-
privlng the newsyendors of a vast
amount OF lung exercise.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31

One Rev. Percy stickney Grant, who
accompanied Bishop Potter TO the Phil
ippines. is reported to have said:
Thank God the cause Of Christ can
summon today great fleets, great armies
and the great abilities % statesmen.
We. with our prosperity, our political
freedom, our arts, our sciences, our
literature. our Christianity. should give
to the East as much as we can"
Christianity with armies and nayies,
fire and blood And yet the Master
said His kingdom was not Of this world.
No wonder that with such priests the
churches are in condition Of stagna-
ton Blind leaders OF the blind
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31
NOTICE.

The SEVENTEEN Annual Conference OF
the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter
day Saints viii convene in the raber-
nacIe, Salt Lake City, at ten q. m, on
Friday. April 9Th 1900.
LORENZO SNOW,
GEORGE Q. CANNON.
JOSEPH +. SMITH,
First Presidency.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31

A clever counterfelter has been taken
In by Secret Service Agent Hazen' al
San Francisco One gratifying feature
Of the capture is that 1t seems to have
been made before the fellow could take
in many people with his bogus coin.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31

Col. Williams says the recent dis
turbances in Kentucky have had a bad
effect on business. They do not seem
TO have been beneficial to either health
or morals so must be classed as an III
wind that blew no good.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31

A branch Of the Church has lately
been organized In Bucharest, the capt.
tai Of Roumania. An interesting let
ter from Elder Thos. p. Page, now
laboring there, will be found on anoth'
er page of this paper. Four Sunday
schools are now organised and in sue
sessful operation In belgium.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31

In these warm days people walking
get very dry for a drink. Adults as wei
as children go to the fountains TO ma
them as dry as themselves. Why not
turn on the water for the public bens-
AZ? Please oDen the fountains!
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31

Ex-President Cleveland says the
unired States should not be a money
grabber. Perhaps he would limit the
grab business to those in Office but
the money-grasplng will go on just the
same.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31

Queen Victoria has a great grand
son. THIS is not the first; but the baby
boy who came today is in direct line
for succession to the throne OF Great
Britain.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-31

significant sign Of the time. It Is an
admonition to them TO be prepared for
that which Is yet 20 come.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
WOMEN lN MARTINIQUE.
Sleep Seems Q Re the Chief Industry
 There.

 Sleep Seems Q Ra inc Chief Industry
 There.
 That tue woman who was Napoleon 5 first empress, 8he unhappy Josephine, was born in Martinique, and lived there 8flf she was fifteen, is remember ct perhaps by very few who have read of the current disorders among tke people of that French West Indian is- land. but by the residents thereof it is never lost sight cf for moment. It was in Martinique that Josephine ae- quired tnssa qualities which later made her so much trouble-passion, indo- fence and indulgence. The conditions that nodded Josephine3s character still exist, unchanged and apparently un- ehangeab.e. If there has been any change in recent years the movement has been retrogressive rather than forward. Everything tends toward al most continuous slumber in the French West Indies, from the climate to the rum, and, to speak truth. no one seems in the least to strive against the sIumberous influence. To the out. sider sleep seems to be the chief in. dustry sf the islands; the people ap- pear to sleep, sleep. sleep. from morn ing til night. Of course there are times oi 5he day when the sleeping is more nearly general than at other times, just after the midday breakfast, Tor instance, and again just after din- ner; then no one remains awake The attempt to Christianize the harmless and peaceful saFages who originally pe6pled the islands. now French West Indian. began 400 years ago, resulted in practical extermination, and thu place of the earibs was taken by the negroes Little by little since then the influence of tie negro blood has increased; since emancipation in 1s4S the white population has decreased, the influence and interest of the whites have grown less year by year, home and social life has grown mar rover preiadices have grown stronger and more numerous. and there is little likelihood of lasting improvement In any direction. Washerwomen in Mar unique are made, not born. Tie strength. health and constitution re- quired for their calling is not neces- sary in any other. l habit Of standing for days in the cold river is cultivated from ehildhood.-Chieage News.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
PuhlIc schools Gaining.

The current annual report of Dr. William T. Harris, United States com missioner of education. estimates the population between the ages of } and IS. at 21, ,45S. .294 Of these 15,038. .636 are enrolled in the public schools. The increase in attendance in the public schools is in excess of the increase in population. The recent enrolment is TO per cent of the whole, against 65. , in 1880 and 61.4 in 1870. The average term of the school year increased from 152 days fn 1870 to 143 days in 1888.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
ssale. . Living Catching sostsr,,,e..

Catching butterflies is the pleasant work by which clever English gir. makes a good living. Miss Mary Yec- mans, before going to California, has collected butterflies for pleasure at home, and after coming to America realized that many of the rarest yarie- ties are to be found in California. The first butterflies she captured were e a species seldom found except la the higher Alps, and on sending them to England she was paid $25 each. From that time on she has been steadily in- creasing her stock, and now makes a large income by the sale of the insects
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
PAYING OFF IN BANk CHECKS
One Troublesome Practice Isssened by
 the War Revenue Tax


 "The war tax has it's drawbacks" re~ marked the cashier in a large stock yards concern. but it is a blessing to a man in my position. never knew to what extent the habit of making small bank checks had spread until ! saw contractor pay of his la5orers one Saturday night in cheeks. made inquiry, and found that 1t was 8 com mon practice not only with him, but many others who hired great bodies of men. The latter didn't like 1t. Of course, because they were obliged to cash the checks at the nearest gin mili, which meant a loss to them. because they had to treat. A contractor who made practice of issuing small checks told me frankly that in the old days. when 1t was necessary to face each check with 3 2-eent internal revenue stamp. he made as few checks as pose sible. The war tax having included bank cheeks the habit Of issuing small checks has practically been discon- tinued. That's why say the tax is 8 blessing in disguise. It Is not profit able to issue checks for small sums There is still another reason why we now use fewer checks for small amounts. Expert bank men declare that the simplest check to raise is the one calling for an amount below s10 The percentage of raised checks is 65 on sums below s10. Another reason for the opposition to small checks ia that they bother the bank authorities Some banking institutions will cast out patrons account should he per- sist in making small checks. The eheapenng of the registry of letters is another reason for the suppression of snell eheeks''
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
The Hi-hest Tower.

The highest tower n the world IS presently to be built as one of the great attractions of Buffalo during the Pan American exposition, which is % be held in that city in 1901. It is to be ,15z feet high. and 400 feet square at The base. and viii be 3 much more or aamentaI building than the Eifel tower. It will be served by 10 fewer than g electric elevators, sixteen of which will run only to the first ianding. 225 feet above the level of the ground. The whole Journey from the bottom to the top will ntressitate four changes Of elevators, and will take about six minutes, while the elevators will have a carrying capacity of 10000 an uour. The estimated cost of this tower. which will be built of steel. is s800,000 or about twice as much as that of the EifeI tower.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
First In.ans Indian.

Mrs. Blue Sky, the Indian woman who was recently sent to the insane hospital at Fergus Falls, is the first Indian woman in Minnesota to ba placed in an institution Of that kind. says he Detroit Tribune. The wom. ans mind during the trip to Fergus Falls was occupied with assoc cIations most dear to the Indian She talked in Chippewa of trapping and Of the woods. Her mind dwelt on such mat ters during most of the journey. Mrs. Blue Sky Is a sister of John Bear grease.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
An Encounter with a Mad BniI.

A telegEa l from Paris describes an encounter with a mad bull at Mont de Marsan. A woman was terribly in jured, and an officer who went to her assistance with drawn sword was tossed several yards and badly hurt. A sergeant charged the animal with a fixed baronet. but was knocked down and trampled upon, being frightfully mangled. The bull next charged the village omnibus killing both the 1o-ses. So eraI villagers. armed with sifies. at lNngth succeeded in killing it.
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 Haars tia >s Hha Kiad You Hasa Always BougM
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
Peas.aae.t widows of omesrz.

Among the widows of volunteer ot- deeEs af Ebe civil war Co whom pen- sens Lave heen granted are Mrs. F. ?. EIaIr. SZe9d a year. Mrs. John M. goHss, s1za0, Mrs. Nathaniel F. Banks. S12o0: Mrs. Walter 0. Gres- Lam. sl206. Mrs John F. Hartranft, slza0: Mrs John 4. Logan, s1 ,z00; xzrsz Fletcher Webster. whose hus- eand vas the son of Daniel Webster. s ,2ao. Among the widows of the reg Qlar establishment pensions have been granted as follows: Mrs. P. H. Sheri- dan. s2=500; Mrs. c H. Thomas, g 1000; Mrs c. B. Mcclellan. 5000; Hrs. John e. Fremont. s20og; Mrs. Grant. s5,0o0; Mrs. Hancock. s2,000; Mrs. Crook. S2s00o. besides a large number ,5f less known parsons at s48 and s59 2 month.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
Couldn't SHI.

Mrs. Rambo {in the inside of the front deorl-s. Absalom, you have been drinking again." MT. Rambo ton the oatside4-eNo, D dear. I-ss Mrs. Say Prompt payments pa tiently pursued produce prosperity . MT. Rambo-.P Prompt payments pa tie1fIyz prosued pos Mrs. Rambo - 8bsalom, you can go up to your room bg way ef tha back door. Mem. phIs Commercial Appeal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
Dining Room Necessities
are here in great

are here in great variety. We have fine stock of tables. chairs and sideboards. We are making special prices upon q quaftered oak sideboard, betel= ed glass mirrors. By examining our sldeboards you will see the bargain we are offering.
 Bluff City Furniture Go,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
O -A- 1 TT o E r A
Russian Dinners.

The etiquette of Russian dinner iz decidedly formal When the guests are seated, the host and hostess of the feast remain standing. it being their pleasure to attend upon the company and to see that the servants do their duty. Nothing can escape their ob~. servation; the plate of no guest re- mains empty for moment, nor Is a wine glass ever without contents. Trench wines are mostly drunk at Russian dinners. Madeira is also g favorite. and bottle of port is always served to an English guest At her own time the hostess gives the signal, and all rise from the table.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
Where People Drink Ether.

A curious vice has taken root in Eastern Prussia, where the people have taken to drinking ether. It Is sold in the saloons like any other liquor, four or five g9ammes to the glass Tn ths town of Msmel alone. t s stated, the amount thus sold last year was about s,5S0 quarts. and in reality twice this amount was consumed, the rest being brought in by amngglers. The effect Is said to besfonr times more powerful than an equal amount of alcohol, 5us its continued use produces intolerabls suffering and incurable lesions of liver. kidneys and heart.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17

your mind right now what you are going to have in your home this summer; then you ought to come right along this way, and look over this stock of ours. Are you going to enter tain your fl. ends in the same old chairs. at the same old table, and on the same cid carpets2 Why not have things fresh and new7 Needn't buy ali at once. Get a piece now and a piece a little lat CT If you buy here, the first piece will be as good as the last piece.
 BLUFF CITY
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-17
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nlehess elaek .n the wo,ld.

The clock on the Philadelphia city hall is the highest in the world. t has the l. -gest diaIs If the dials were out of the way and tracks were laid, two trains could pass each other run- ming through the holes The glass in the four faces is fastened there by a ton of cement. The glass, fl lai4 on the groHnd. would make a walk a square long and ten feet wide. The minute hand will finish it's years jour ney by completing a f1o-nfle trip on New Years day. It is expected that this minute hand will travel 10 miles annually for many years to come The clock is strong. and the minute hand is phospher bronze, and weighs 25o pounds.
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 B,ars the 1 The Kind You Hays AIsays Boggt; Signature ss Isx1aZzZ1
The age-herald., 1900-04-02
CENTER OF POPULATION
The Manner in Which it Is Ascertained
 by Officials

A Washington letter to the New York Evening Post says:
 Some account was given in these columns the other day of the work of the census bureau in determining the "median point" and the center of population, and the dif- ference between the two was explained. Some readers have been sufficiently inter- ested in the abstruse subject of the center of population to inquire how this center ls ascertained. A census report of about twenty years ago describes the method, but all except mathematicians are hereby warn- ed to skip 1t. ua
 point was first assumed as near the probable center, and through this a paral- Tel and a meridian were drawn, these lines being taken as the axis of moments" A north or south moment is the product of the population by it's distance from the assumed parallel, an east or west moment the product of the population by its dis tance from the assumed meridian; in the first case the degrees are measured dn minutes of arc; in the second 1t is necessary to use miles on account of the unequal length of degree in different latitudes. The population of the country was then grouped by square degrees-that is, by areas includ- ed between consecutive parallels and me-
The age-herald., 1900-04-02
WALL STREET HAS
 A GREAT SURPRISE The Bank Statement Was Unex-
 pectedIy Favorable. EXPLANATION IS NOT EASY Bears in Sugar Were Relieved from Their Panic of Yesterday by the
 Assertion That Sugar War Was Still On =, s
EXPLANATION IS NOT EASY

New York, March 31.-Wall street was treated to an agreeable surprise today in an unexpectedly favorable bank statement. The most sanguine preliminary estimate of the gain in cash by the banks for the week on interior currency movement and the sub-treasury operations did not exceed $25OO,OO0. The actual returns show a gain of nearly 5000, 900. The explanation of this large increase1 1in cash is not easily per ceptible. It may be due to the fact that the shipments of currency to the interior by the banks have included large propor- tion of their new note issues, while the receipts have been made up of legal ten- ders.
 The process of sorting thus involved would yield larger return of cash to the banks of cash available for reserve than would be indicated in the bare figures of ex- cess of receipts over shipments on the in- terior movement. It will be by some suchs process that the new bank notes will dis play the legal tenders in new circulation and thus make them available for reserve purposes al the banks. ,
 The bears in Sugar were relieved from their panic yesterday by the assertions of officials of the company that the sugar war was still on.' But professional traders handled new short contracts in Sugar in Slngerly manner. The stock dipped points at the opening, but did not get with in more than a point of as low as that again, and rose at one time a fraction above yesterdays high level. The stock was very feverish and cratic.
 The buying of railroad bonds ran up to very large proportions during the week. The market was very broad but the largest demand was for low priced bonds, whose security Is increased by an added surplus of earnings on which the return is con tinSent upon increased earrings
 United States old As declined % the 2's retunding when issued and the SIS F and the new As in the bid price. The 3's ad- Yanced F. fl
 lBY Private Wire to Mnrnhv &. CnA
The age-herald., 1900-04-02
 How to Go to South Africa inc New York El1n-

From the New York Sun.
 Well" said the man who knew some- thing about it to the man who didn't, eff
 you want to go to South Africa you have got to Ghave money or you've got to swim. Swimming is slow, because it is 5.90O miles from London to Cape Town and 3O00 from New York to London or fror. Southamp- ton, from which pert the ships sail. You
 can go from the other side by the German
 East Africa Line, but that takes you around 10 Delagoa Bay only. There are several English lines, lJut the best are the Union and Castle lines, sailing every Saturday from Southampton. The fare from here to London is anything you want
 to make it, from $60 up. From London to Cape Town by Royal Mail Doats is $20o first-class, SIPS second $67 third, and the usual time Is seventeen days.
 By intermediate boats hrst-class fare fs $1S4; second, SIT; third scr. and the
 time is twenty-one days. If you want to
 camp out you can get an open berth ticket for $52. The German line goes through the
 Mediterranean, stopping at Lisbon, Naples Zanzibar and other ports. The British and Colonial boats sail every two weeks from London, as do the Aberdeen boats, but these latter go direct to Port Natal Be- fore the war you could get tickets direct from London to Johannesberg via Natal
 Out you can't now. The fare was s254 first
 class, $l62 second and s193 third with a 10 per Ceiht less rate by intermediate boats When you have got to Cape Town you will find railroad travel expensive and dis tances about as stretched out as in the United States.
 For instance, 1t is 1014 miles to Johan- nesberg and it costs. first-class, $57 to get there, or nearly six cents a mile, double the usual rate in this country. Second class was $39 and third $21. Time, two days Tom C. e Town to Kimberley. which is | now open, the distance is 647 miles, and the fare, first-class. is-or was before the war-$49; second, s27; third, SIS, and the time was day and a half. From Cape Town to Buewayo it is 1,360 miles, and the tirst-class fare is $90; second, s60 third | s2S, and the time is four days. That, you | see, gives you plenty of time and opportu- nity to spend money for bed and board, though l don't believe they have our kinl or sleeping cars down there. The railway time from Durban to Joha nnesberg was tWenty-seven hours, and to Pretoria tWen- ty-nine hours.
 incidentally I may add that if you want to do any telegraphing you will find 1t somewhat expensive also, the rate from England to West African points running from $1.01 a word to s26I while to the east coast 1t runs from S121 to $1.3S. It is a b,t cheaper, to South Africa being 97 cents to Capetown, Natal and the South African re- public and the Orange Free State. and $l.01 to sl07 to other points. Taking it by and large man doesn't want to start to South Africa with much less than a thousand dollars in his pocket, if he expects to get back home again without having to work his way"
The age-herald., 1900-04-02
COTTON MARKET
 WAS AGAIN WEAK Reports of General Activity in
 Planting Responsible. .FLURRY OF PROFIT TAKING On the Break Prominent Wall Street House Was Identified as Lib eral Buyer = Bearish
 Cables.
.FLURRY OF PROFIT TAKING

New York, March S1.-The cotton market opened weak with prices to 10 points lower under brisk selling from all quarters, which Tn turn grew out of bearish Liverpool cables instead of expected bullish advices rom that center. Then, too, reports of gen eral activity on plantations in the cotton belt and evidence of an enlarging forward movement of old crop cotton, added to the break. A furry of proft-taking by room shorts of the scalping type led to quite rally at the close of the first hour, but the market exhibited small recuperativ energy and ruled barely steady pretty much to the close. On the break a prominent Wall street house was identified as a liberal buy CT Of the near months, but this support only partially absorbed offerings of long cotton for those deliveries.
 The market for futures closed barely steady, with prices net five to eight points lower.
 New York, March 31.-Tone quiet; mid ding, 99s; net receipts, 1,656; gross, 1656; sales, 500; stock 136, ,449.
 Total today: Net receipts 15,259 export to Great Britain, 3,655; Continent, 23l9; stock, 732 ,904.
 Consolidated: Net receipts, 15, ,259; exports to Great Britain, 3,655.
 Total since September 1: Net receipts, D. 3S,l0; exports to Great Britain, 1,S64676; France, 634 ,276; Continent 2095,69
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The age-herald., 1900-04-02
Birmingham City Bonds

Fruits pnd Produce Butter-Elgin, 23Q25c; dairy, No. 1, 1S92Oc {: country, 15@16c; cooking. S@10c. Potatoes-Irish, roc Lemons, s3.000325 Poultry-Hens 25G27hc: fries, 15Q17c: small, 12d13c: ducks, s0r: geese. 25Q3oc. Eggs, 121121sc per dozen. Tomatoes. $325 per crate. Spring cabbage, $3.0o per. crate. Onions--Wk1te, 1hc; red, lNc. Apples-S3.5o94.5 per barrel
 Local Staple Groceries Flour-Best patent, S50; straight, S.65: patents. s4.10
 sugar-Granulate ted, s5.5O; Y. C., SAC Coffee-Green, 101a@12c: Arbuckle's pack ages, s12.SO; Lyons packages, sl1.S0. Lard-7H.
 Clear rib sides, 61sc
 Molasses Centrifugal. ibQSSc; sugar house, 2o9S5c; Georgia cane. S6c. RiceA@6hc. Corn-Mixed, 51c; white, 52c. Pearl meal, S6c.
 Hay-Choice timothy, s2ioo: No. 1, $1S2s; clover mixed, $17.00
 oats--Mxed. sec; white. SIG: seed. Ssc0 l0c.
 Bran-Mixed. $170o; pure wheat, }lsoa Cotton seed meal. $22.50.
The age-herald., 1900-04-02
SUPERB DOUBLE
Daily Passenger Service to Cincinnati T and Louisville

| The Alabama Great Southern Railroad operates two daily passenger trains between Birmingham and Cincinnati and Louisville on quick and convenient schedules
 No. ''Cincinnati Limited" solid vesti- pulled train, leaves Birmingham daily at 1855 a. m., arrives Louisville 7:S5 D. m., Cincln- nati 7:30 p. m. Through sleeper to Clncin- nati; also cafe dining and observa ton car, serving all meals a la carte, Attalla, Ala, to Cincinnati.
 Mo- "Queen and Crescent Special" leaves Birmingham daily at 4:15 D. nn., ar rives Louisville 7:55 a. rn., Cincinnati 7.45 a. m. Through sleepers Birmingham to Louisville: also sleeper and free reclining chair car, Chattanooga to Cincinnati
 The scenic line via Lookout Mountain. Detailed information, sleeping car reser- vatons, etc., cheerfully furnished upon ap plication to R. M Ellis, Travelling Passen- ger Agent, 2019 First Avenue. Phone, 617.
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