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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-05
oc WITH A SALARY.
,or,y Employed as stree' syertising Agent


 .ho familiar sights about tho
 section and one attracting
 esa aan,iring attention is a hand
 ,slanr aa curly dog, which walks
 D1a a'1tb sedate dignity, wearing
 sis head, spectacles on his nose.
 ' grmIy clenched between hls ond bearing a large advertising
 " t;s hack. This canine adver-
 0 aqept. who attends to his baSi- 4 y'tb 4 q diligence, perseverance, and krnm which many of his human
 ' niobt do worse than initiate, Is
 chester, and is the property or
 1ones pho usually accompanies
 and who has trained him to the
 w Chester is about five years Ct .,d is partly Newfoundland, part s.don setter. He has the Ions, h.
 ant face of the setter, with almost on soft brown eyes, and the black,
 ,oot of the Newfoundland, the on his breast being the only ohout him. He is quite accom- Iod though his training dates but |la before Christmas. He can open < aoes obediently and intelligently Brands can climb ladder, jump |ngh hoops, and play leapfrog like a ] inst out of school. He understands Esign language, and will obey a smand communicated to him by his Her's fingers without a spoken He is not only docile, but ex- sinely affectionate, and is very po- But he is not without spirit, as Ihowed one day when a mischieyous Es5oy tried to take away his pipe. succeeded in knocking it out of his bth. He sprang upon the scared bin and protested so vigorously and (ibly against interference that 1t q policeman to rescue his tormen- |fram him, the sympathy of all the tanders being with the animal. He q deep sense of the preprieties, and not go out Of doors without his He has cause for his dignifed ba and evident self-respeet, for he hs a regular salary. Now he has 8 ppanien in a younger Newfound- h, who Is also learning the adysr- hg business. This is . handsome l, about Is months old, named Gro- ICleve1anl.. He is being eroken to and spectaeles, but does 1ot take hem very kindly as yet, while Ches, rather resepts the loan of his old which lie is compelled to make the Tcomer. The pair mace striking m of workers in their novel voea. American.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-05
LOW EiFE IN I&A2E ES.
aaunts of the Thieve; Where Crime
 yS Brpel

The haunts of the heggars of Naples are also usually the baunts of thieves kept by some woman, who trades 2n the vice and misery of her fellow-cfeS' lures says the Gentleman's Magazine There the miserable wretGhes sieea by night and assemble by day, teaching children to pick pockets and beg Thence every morning the blind, the lame and the aged set forth on their rounds fn the city. A false monk sets out to visit certain families and chops On certain days, giving numbers fo the lottery and receiving aims. An otd woman departs with her pOeket fall of 6weetmeats, with which she deeoys little children into some deserted cor per and robs them of earrings or artl' cles of clothing Others reb the alms boxes hung in churches or in front of shrines on the roads. These kneet before the images i'll fictitious deyotion beating their breasts with one hand, while with tie other they fish for the money with a thin stick smeared with bird-Hmc. which they insert in the small oval aperture of the 0oX, draw ing out the coins one at a time, One member of the criminal class, got Rp as a gentleman of fortune, used to frequent the public billiard saloons. where he soon made friendships with the aristocratic players. attracting them Hith his charming, ingenious smile bright blue eyes, and delightfm tenor voice, and Was often even ln- yited to his friends houses and intro- duced to their families. He was no thief, his bus ness was to inform his criminal associates of the financial state of the families he visited. thus enabling them to make plots pt TOD nerY af gambling.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-05
TOBOGGANINO sN CANADA.
A Winter Sport That Is Greatly En-
 ioyed by All Glasses.

te @ side of 2, hill put - act slides These are generally vo0Qen erections with the planes fixed at an angle ot 45 de- grees, and with sheer drop of about 100 feet Water is poured over the wooded declivity. which iE the frosty air is soon transformed into ice, with a surface as slippery as glass. When the bottom of the chute is reached the track extends over fields in as straight a direction as possible, though in some cases net particularly level, but the momentum gained by the toboggan in flying down the chute is sufficient to carry it over any slight uprisings ip the ground. The Canadian toboggaE is light, strong article, about five or six feet in length, and about 20 inches in width, composed of a number of nar- row wooden strips secured longitudi- pally together, curling upward at the front. A handrail sometimes extends along each side of the toboggan to en- able the passengers to hold on but the general rule is for one passenger to clasp the person seated next in front, the whole row of travellers being thus linked together for their rapid flight. In some cases there are five or six oc. eupants in one toDoggan. and with such combined weight the sledge flies down the chute as if impelled from a cannon. Both men and women cltev into the sport with great gusto, for the fun is fast and furious. When there is only one traveller to the toboggan he lies prone upon it, and in this manner, on account of the small amount of re- sistance that is offered by the atmos- 7here, the maximum of speed is gained. The ehutes are properly controlled in order to avoid accidents. One tobog- gan is not permitted to leave the sum. init of the chute until the preceding one has cleared the bottom of the slide, Occasionally, by some mischance in- cured through faulty manipulation ot the toboggans a spill occurs on the chute, and if following toboggan were to dash into the overturned vessel the result would be relatively quite as dis, astrous anu terrible as a collision be- tween express trains.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-05
NII}I QUE. OMAHA SIOUX EaLf.>
 SIOEN CITY

and the west. Particulars of agents of tfe
 Illinois Central and connecting lines. VIM. MTRRAN. nIv. Pass. Agent. New Orieart GNO. \. SCOTT Div. Pass. Agent, Memphis,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-05
HEP h.s A CURE FOR HUNG sR
Ewing Peasants of Russia Are core

.0eving Peasants of Russia Arc CoE<
 pelled 10 Try the Remedy.
 Ahdut the beginning If this century ] distinguisAed French philanthropist, AsJoux, a4yised poor people to sleep nsnnch as possible during the winter (hths as only thus would they be |Me to live with any degree Of com lcft. This strange theory is now being lesteG 5y many persons in Russia, and, l&ording to a report which has been !Mned, their almost complete nbsti. nnce from food has produced no Anmful result, and even has from aeir standpoint proved highly benef s1. These people live at Pskow, a AstTiet south of St. Petersburg, ano 8 reason why they have adopted the lnctice of sleeping during the winter 3nths is because for the last few @rs their crops have henn insufficient
 provide them with the necessary
 the district saw that starvation &ans of sQsteaanca. When the elders z the district saw 'hat starvatiog 9Fed the people in aHe faee they ad 8ed them to make thei--' .emainine 'Rck of fooi last as long as possible, p to so to sleep during the winter. ls suggestion vas adopted The moers of each family stretch them |@ yes on cots around the large stove siunher day and night Once iN B tWehtysfoar hours they get up and |s& &resh themselves with a morsel of rd bread baked last autumn and a ilh of water, after which they lit, wh again and snore calmly. Appar- ny some of the poorest inhabitants shoW have been in the habit of hi- hatlng for some years, but the prac- Ee did not become general until re- tiy, and 1t has now only attracted Ii attention of philanthropists and ot ysiclans. Medical men in St Peters fg have decided to investigate the
 ttef closely, as they are especially FAlouS to obtain answers to two ques PhS' First, does the temperature ,3 fsons who remain torpid and who ep TOT whole months in this fashioE uefeo any change? And, second, in la' other manner, if any, does this pue ot living affect persons physical, 'Aa mentally2-New York Herald
 Nau Wnxa
 ,se@ York correspon aent in the i,s a"oufs Dispatch says that d French 'ei uptown walked out of window Ais sleep the other morning. and al- 0asn he nay die as consequence a.s a4s injuries, it might be some con- .auon to hin to know that in giv-
 ,,a ais He he has also given to the .0 i4 new verh Ito somnambulate."
 as emaloyed i1 description of tho
 a>tef .>' In one of the evering papers .n.S city. Every one must admit |. somnambulate" is good. even If @ unusual.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-05
.,,,nber of Commerce at Tunis.


 British chambe. of commerce. authorized by the prime minister of &he bey, has just been established at TuRis.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-05
f You 'Don'f Know This
Y01I 2h0l1d.

For some yoars it has been oar aim to bring cur service, time and equip ment up to the highest possible per lection. The result js that . have in the trains we now run, luxurious cafe ears and handsime PHlmans, just ground for claiming superiority.
 If you are gaias to Colorado, Utah, California, or an portion of the Northwest, remember that You don't have to apologize for riding on the Denver Road.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
SATISFIED WITH HER BET.

From The Detroit Free Press
For d week before the late election"
said Detroiter the other day. my wife seemed
to pay more than usual attention to politics. In
fact. she surprised by asking questions touch
ing the situation, and when l tried to find out
what she driving at she simply put
knowing look and had nothing to say The morn
ing after election l got up fully hour ahead of
time to see the paper. l had little wager
the result. i too late. My wife had the sheet
and her face was fairly beaming a. she looked at
the returns. / expressed my astonishment at her
interest. and she replied:
" 4 didn't want to say anything to you till I saw
how things came out. but had a bet on election
You don't mean it? | gasped in astonishment
" But do l had s. bet with Mrs Baker, and
OH I'm tickled l don't know what to do. It's
my very first bet, you know
50 And was your candidate elected? asked
soon could get my breath.
Il guess not
Was hc defeated?
IL think 50
Then what tickles you
why he came within 1890 OF being elected.
Just think of it. Richard! If he could have got
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
THE suOKE CONSUMER WORKED.
THAT WAS THE LAUNDRYs GREAT oRJEc-
TION TO IT.
! Rccori-H Herald.

From The Chicago Rccord-Herald.
About a year go" said Chicago patent law
Yer. 4 secured a patent on smoke consumer lol
a client Of mine lie into the office tn" other
dav and l asked him what he was doing with his
invention.
...Neu' he said I haven't had much success
with it It's hard work TO get a thing Ike that
introduced. Last spring after lot OF aTE"'nB'
! got West Side laundry firm TO Try II.
with the understanding that I was to take It
out at my own expense if it didn't give saiisiae-
ton. After it had been in use month or so
thought Ia 20 and sea how II vas working
AS ] approached the laundry saw that t4'fe
wasn't q lit Of smoke rolling out Of the stack-in
fact il WAS almost impossible to see from the out
side that there a fire In the boiler Il made
feel mighty good tc see that the thing was
working so well. and l Went into the of'ice fun Of
confidence.
'"WeI." I said to the senior partner, how do
you like your smoke consumer2'
I've been going to write to YOU about that.
he replied. We want it taken out"
...tWhat's the trouble?' l asked him.
"''You agreed to take it out at your own ex-
pense If it wasn't satisfactory you know. We nave
the contract in writing"
That's all right. I'm not denying that l
agreed take It out. but Ia like to know what's
the matter with it l looked at it just now, and 1t
Seemed to be consuming the smoke all right
oh it consumes. far that's concerned,
but since the smoke has quit rolling out Of the
stack lot of our old customers seem to think
we've shut here, and they're taking their
laundry somewhere else"
Yes" the junior partner added, and l can't
ina sine where got the fool idea that we
ought to help stop the smoke anyway 1t would
be just sensible for saloon keeper to around
preaching temperance"
so / had take the consumer out. and I've
decided TO give up the idea OF trying to introduce
1t among the laundries. "
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
NOW THE Old MiN ANEW.

From The Atlanta Constitution.
4 sho' does brcve in ghosts" said the old man
Il seen my OIL moster once. after he done dead en-
bury"
What did he look like"
"W,n. suh ter tell de Gods truth. l wuz too
skeercd ter tell. but l lnowtd hit wuz him"
How'd you know it,
"Kaze l had a jimmy john full er Ticker in my
two hans. en- l drapped it-kerb1 am, En- he say
right Off
John did YOU spill all dat good ncker?'"
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
4 HiRD QUESTION.
N The unmiletic Review.

From The iIomiletic Review.
When | was quite a lad. long before l became a
preacher, | had some difficult questions put to me.
one especially SO. as l considered it. The Sunday
school was rather thing in the section where
| lived. and put great many to asking and an
swcring questions \ little girl came to day
as on a mission of great Importance, and began to
ply me with questions l answering them, of course
the best l could. She asked me who made me. why
God made me- and number Of other questions.
and then pausing for a while if in deep study
she said. why did God make you SO ugly That
was a very hard question for me. l was obliged to
ask for time and have never answered it yet
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
TOO NJCH NEGOTIATIONS.
now THE LAST BASKET OF CRATES WENT FOR
a QUARTER

a QUARTER.
From The Chicago Tribune.
What's the price of this basket of grapes"
"Twcnty-five cents. ma am. VIII you have ii
sent Or
Last one you've got isn't it,
''Yes'm. VIII you''-
You ought to sell it for less than that All the
good baskets have been taken
They were all alike ma am"
Needn't tell me that Everybody that buys a
basket of Concord grapes lifts the lid at side
ard looks in. This one looks if hundred
people had examined it. Lids all split. There are
bad grapes inside too l see 'em. I'll bet they
were picked six weeks ago"
"We of course, ma'a the grape season ended
several weeks ago but these carefully Sc
lcced and carefully packed for the late fall trade
Shall r
"A week ago YOU selling these same grapes
than they are now. \ heap better. Cost you just
the same as these Take is for this basket"
Cant possibly do it, ma am. This is the last of
twcuty-scvcn baskets had hand this morn
ing and sold them all for q quarter apiece Like
accommodate YOU, but
Take 20 cents for it?'
"One moment. please. What is it. miss?'
"We it's cheating. hut | suppose l might as
wcIl-stil. l think You ought to sell it for cents
bsskct2"
Just moment. please Now. madam
Il was only going to say that l thought quar-
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
THE PROFEsSOR's HOMEOPATHY.
HIS IDEA OF BEER AS a MEDICINE


From The Philadelphia Post.
Senator W \. Clark. OF Montana, tells a story
on Professor y. X Leonard, who for years was
dean OF the faculty OF the Iowa State University.
and who was called recently To the presidency OF
the Mining College at Butte. Mont. Senator Clark
saws that though Montana Is somewhat out of tho
circle Of prohibition Influences il now boast in
President Leonard q apostle and advocate of
temperance
Not long ago Professor Leonard. feeling indis-
posed consulted his physician. German. very sci
cntidc and ACKNOWLEDGED one Of the leading men
in his profession in Montana. The doctor advised
Mr. Leonard work less at the desk, exercise
more outdoors and take beer a tonic
The Professors laIors wcr- such that he felt
that he could not devote fewer hours % them. but
h.. concluded at least 10 -ry some her. which he
had never before tasted He did not approve of it
as n beverage a< medicine ne felt justified in
akiur it, especially the r-cJul:e udation Of so
eminent pra"titi"n-r-
The doctor met his patient a few days later as he
was leaving the college and stopped to inquire h'7
ne was feeling
About the same" replied the Professor
Did you take beer I directed?'' inquired
physician.
Yes" responded the Professor. Il took IL a few
times but II became nauseoUs that had 10 dis
continue it
How much did you take
Why | bought L whole bottle and took spoon
full before each neal answered the Professor
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
OASIS CHAT.
From Brooklyn Life.

From Brooklyn Life
In these sandy wastes observed the traveller
the camel is indeed. invaluable"
Oh ycs'' replied the Arab. nonchalanty. Il have
heard it referred To the automobile OF the
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24

wcli'-
Il beg your pardon. a'am. but I've just sold
that basket Of grapes to this little girl Is there
anything els, l can show you? We have some eX-
Ccllent dried fruit"
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24

What's the price of this basket Of grapes
! "Twenty-fve cents. ma am. VIII you have II
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24

1900 more votes he'd have gone in flying. and I'd
had money to burn, and none Of the women around
here would have dared to bet with me again! I'll
bet you that the very next time | make wager
my candidate won't be beaten 10y over 1850.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
HALF AND HALF.

From The Atlanta Constitution
Dunno ef dis weather
Is winter time or spring:
Wander sets a hluebird
Wild gray fros' on his wing
New-York tribune., 1901-11-24
ILLUSTRATED QUOTATIONS.

| (One so seldom finds artist who realizes tho
poetic COuceptiOuD
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-22

A veteran member of Congress was
listening the other day to a recital of The
adventures of several amateurs in stock
speculation who had sold Northern Pacific
short and been wiped out by Thursdays
whirlwind, says the Washington CORE
spondence of the New York Evening
Post.
81 sat in the House with John Norris
'sey of New York, the ex-prize fighter"
said he, presently, addressing himself to
the youngest man in the party John, in
spite of his profession. was clever fell
low, and we all felt sorry when we learn
ed one day that he was getting the worst
of little set-to with the bulls in tine
stock market. They evidently had rugged
a corner in a Vanderbilt stock which
John had been selling very freely-and
he was forced to pay fancy prices for sew
eraI purchases. He made up his mind
to go straight to Vanderbilt himself and
ask for help-money, the loan of enough
stock for a definite time to tide him over
his trouble, or any other aid the old man
was willing to give him. He knew the
Commodore weakness for a good horse.
He had a beautiful roadster in his sta
BILE, and with this he went to Vanderbilt
and asked him to take a drive. Norris
sey handled the ribbons himself, and
watched the old man out of the corner of
his eye as they shot past everything on
the Bloomingdale road. Then he intro
duced the subject of his stock deal, made
a clean breast of it, and asked Vanderbilt
what he would take to pull him out of
the bog.
IN think about that was the an
swer
'Morrissey took fresh grip on the
reins and away they sped once more.
Vanderbilt almost held his breath, as one
after another, the biggest horsemen on
the road fell to the rear When they
finally drew up in front of his house for
him to alight, he turned to Morrissey and
said:
" John, you may have all the stock you
want but on two conditions: First, you
must send that horse around to my sta
BILE tomorrow morning; second, you must
give me your pledge as an honest man
never again to sell what you haven't
got
You youngsters" concluded the veter-
an, have no horses, and | have no sta
bic; but I'll give you this chunk of the
Commodores solid sense for your own
use, cheaper than John Morrissey bought
III"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-22

It is evident from the reports coming
from Cuba that the opponents of the
Plat amendment in the Constitutional
Convention are receiving encouragement
from persons in this country. Probably
there are persons of prominence in New
York city who are holders of Cuban
bonds, and who are afraid that if the
Platt amendment is approved the United
States in some way will interfere to pre-
vent the payment of these bonds.
1t is only fair of course to the mem
bers of the convention who are Directing
to the Platt amendment TO admit that
they are influenced by the purest of mo-
tves in the course which they are taking
but, at the same time, may they not be
under the influence of those who are con-
trolled wholly by selfish motives?
1t would not be surprising if it should
finally appear that there are influences
at work in the constitutional convention
of which the public knows nothing. The
Cubans certainly cannot expect that we
will make trade concessions to them I'M
less they show disposition to comply
with our wishes in matters in which we
are profoundly interested. This country
is the greatest market for Cuban sugar.
and it is a great market for Cuban to-
bacco, but unless our tariff on these srti-
Giles is modified greatly. Cuban planters
will not be able to make much profit on
either their sugar or their tobacco
When the Committee of the Constitu-
tional Convention returned to Havana
from Washington it was thought that
there would be very little delay in adopt
ing the Plat amendment. The explanation
which Mr.. Root, Secretary of War. made
Of the amendment seemed to satisfy pref
ty nearly all OF the members of the com
mittee. 1t seems, however. that other
counsels reached some of them before
the report OF the committee was made
The minority report, however. was not a
strong one, and there are still reasons for
thinking that the amendment will be ap-
proved.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-05-22
PERSONAL.

Arrangements are being made in Paris
for the removal of the body of Gambetta
from Nice to the Parthenon The rela-
tives of the statesman have consented to
the removal, and the date set is either
July II or Sept. 4.
ALBERT c. Case of the Carnegie Com
pany, who is to become president of the
American Cotton Company on June 1, is
native of New Jersey, and began life at
II as a telegraph operator on the New
York division of the Pennsylvania Rail
road.
Senators Hoar, Stewart, Pettus and
Morgan are a patriarchal group in the
upper house at Washington, but they are
British House of Lords. Lord Gwydyr has
just completed his 91st year. He took his
degree at Cambridge in 1881
The oldest diving first-class cricketer
in Great Britain is Herbert Jenner- F'ust,
LII. D.. of Hill Court, Fafield, Glouces-
tershire known to the cricketing world
as Herbert Jenner. Born early in 1906 he
is now IS years of age. His first public
appearance on the cricket field was for
Elton against Harrow, in 1922, and he cap
tanned the Cambridge team in the first
interuniversity match, in 1927, scoring Al
out of the Cambridge total OF 49, and TAX
ing five OXonian wiclkets. OF the two
elevens Mr.. Jenner- Fust is the sole sur
vivor, Bishop Wordsworth the last but
himself, having died in 1892.