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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-31
-,x,,s Es ECCENTRIC.
,vsa by Some Recent Loinxa
 of Actors.


 .oient wearers of the sock and
 bod many draw backs to con.
 airst The strollers who sol
 "0 0nerformed their parts on the
 boards of cart must have
 fin. es that they were leaving athor too much to the imagina'
 If the open-mouthed auditors.
 o have no reason to believe thai
 ovor cut short tragedy because
 o.o nnnleasant restrictions, nor
 thov rudely drove away ir the of q mutilated comedy. It re- for the later-day actor, with wAalth of realistic surroundings, are LID over trifles and bare his or;ne nerves before a presumably .otbntic audience. Miss Julia ur stops her performance and de- ooc 5be murmur of chatterlng 1 narty. Actor Richard Mansfield |ws up his hands in disgust and lc down the curtain because of a Herring steam pipe. Perhaps he at the moment very much as the lime actor did when greatly an- ed by the crying of an infant child, bking off abruptly, he advanced to footlights and gravely observed: Hess the play stops, the child can go on." MT. Mansfield, however. nothing-at least, nothing audi to the audience. He tacitly con- ed his unwillingness to match the mary vocal pipes against the va v sort, and rang down the curtain, jus has always borne a reputation eecentricity, but only in later rs has it burst through the en. ,nments of time, and place, and sessional obligation, and domi. sd it's chosen field. The musical lus warbles or thrums at will; the IT treads the boards at will. Per s this independence of action will k the other professions in time. jus has become, ip measure, a y autocrat, and as long as there servile pecks for it to pirouette n, it may be expected to show stil' her proofs of unpleasant eccen. ity
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-31
A,ne.l,,n for sl.c drfs EJposttions

An aquarium Will be one of the at fractions at the r>ris exposition. A dark incline will lead visitors to it.and suddenly they will feel as if trars' ported to the very bottom or the sea, in the midst Of marine landscapes and Inhabitants Of the ocean. Immense glass tanks viii form the aquarium proper, while the buttresses, pillars and gjrders used as frames for the tanks and for holding the glass to> gether wil be entirely concealed undr rocks
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-31
THE IDEAL AUTOMOBILE.
Low Cost, Durability, and Speed Nee
 essary.

Low Cost, Durability, and Speed Nee
 essary.
 The automobile has been sufficiently long in our midst to enable us to define tue essential qualities which go to make up an ideal machine, says the Scientific American. Naming them in their order they are as follows; Low cost durability, endurance Garge fuel supply, ability u climb hill and speed. LOW cost is given the first place for the rea3on tbat the present price of the au- tomobile places it altogether beyond the means of the average individual. and renders it a very decided luxury. It is certain that eheapenng the cost will produce a proportionate increase in the demand, and an increased de- r.-and will lead in it's turn to reduc- tinn in the price. This was eonclu- sivefy proved in the history of the bi- cycle, the cost of a frst-class machine today being about onequarter what it was few years ago, when the number of riders WIS limited. But while the ideal automobile must be cheap, the ItluCllOu III price must Hot De SdluCQ at the expense of sound materials and good workmanship. However great may be the demand for a low-priced machine, our manufacturers must ney- CT attempt to meet it by making short cut by way of showy but inferio- construction The folly Of such meth cd was demonstrated very conclusive a WEea vhS ..eys ssss aas ae shS AefgM of It's popularity Next tc it's low cost and durability we place the endurance of the automobile, by which we mean its capacity to cover large mileage without having to refill it's fuel tanks. Liberal fuel capacity will be very strong recommendation to the bicyelist who has been accustomed to rove all day on long distance excursions with the knowledge that he is not tied to particular stopping places, or liable to be hopelessly stalled" by collapse of his motive power in out-of-theway or unexpected places.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-31
Yrese. v1ng Eggs .n Stockings.

Tile latest advice for Keeping tE"s comes from a farmers wife. Sh, l. ) loEg stockings, fills them wtl- ties them shut and hangs them ' cellar and garret in a current c . Every week or two she takes the stock ings aewn and hangs them upside down. This is quite an important part of the method. Eggs have been kept sweet for a long time in thia manner.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-31
Arl,J,4ted Giaas.

recent German invention Is arm
 oieu glass, or glass cast with Wire sauze lnclosed in thelr substance, so as so increase the resistance to pressure. SHOCK, and the effects of heat Tests oi the new material have been made at the Chemnitz techn ological museum "nlch show that the armored glass is 4nuch stronger, and where the ordin- aty oy glass broke under sudden applica- .lons Of pressure the strengthened ma sefial only cracked, and the cracks ."used oy changes of temperature did
 ut @iHw either tlamo or flame to pass
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-01-31
Honey St, bpe6 the Clock.

A church clock in Harborne, near cunningham, , England. was found to nave stopped on account of bees ssaflnlng sN,'l in it and filling the works Y, n''n honey U took two days to get s1s honey out. Another Yorkshire n,oeA no was stopped by bird, which n.aue a practice of roasting on one of
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RUSKTN.S ART TFE n SURES.
hirty of Them Now at Brantwoc<
 Valued at SI50,ooO.

To speak of John Ruskin's $ art treas
 res is to think of Turner. The ex-
 mples by this master at Brentwood
 re not LOW so many as they once
 ere, iD large part because of his gen.
 rous gifts to Oxford and Cambridge,
 b say nothing of the famous Loire
 eres which, complete, he gave to the Oxford galleries. To the university (oTns he gave, for instance, several Beautiful water colors of Venice, of the
 Junction of the Greta and the Tees. which he regarded as one of the very best of the Yorkshire series, the mag. bifeent Richmond, Yorks," now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, and others. #Again, instead of remaining in his possession. The Slaver," given to him Eby his father about the time of bis 5majority, is now In America. Even To-day, however, the thirty or so Tur- [ner water colors at Brantwood, be- Esids many sketches, each one chosen with view to some particular beauty, 1T characteristic, constitute one of the finest collections of the kind owned oy an individual. They enable us to | follow the development of the artist rom l192, when as lad of IT he Saated his own portrait, through his sarlo9s significant phases, onward to lne early forties, when he shaped soma of the most wonder-provoKlny and es- quisito of his creations A value of
 iomeshing like f30, 900 has been put apon the assemblage by one who has recently been at Brentwood, but, In TGth, linked so closely as they are to SusHin's work, while they remain together they are invaluable Twenty two years ago MT. Ruskin exhibited nls Turner's in Bond street. The epi- iogue to this fascinating notes is dated brantxood, 10th May, 1878, and after ward comes this simple and beautiful tribute; Being my fathers birthday
 ~ho, the" n as aforesaid, he sometimes would not give me this or that-eyet gave me not only all these drawings. sut Bfantwood-and all else. e.'-Lon- aon Letter In New York Evening Post
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ItsYOQ Don't Know This
' Ou Should.

For some years it has been our aim to bring our service, time and equip ment up to the highest possible per lection. The result is that have in the trains we now run, luxurious cafe cars and handsime Pullmans, just ground for claiming superiority.
 If you are going to Colorado, Utah, California, or any portion of the Northwest, remember that "You don't have to apologize for riding on the Denver Road,.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14

This is strange place for cooper
shop" said stranger in New York,
pointing to sign over a basement in
the wholesale dry goods district.
Eyes; it would be a queer place." was
the answer, IF the product was like
that Of nearly all cooper shops. But
there was never a barrel made in the
place, and probably not one of the Is
men who work there could head bar
rel, to say nothing of making one. This
cooperage does business only with big
wholesale houses"
There are several similar shops in the
district. They make a business Of
strapping cases of merchandise after
they have been packed. The large
concerns have the cases put in the
street after they have been packed, and
then the cooper is sent for to nail the
wooden straps around them. He re-
ceives about % cents an hour for his
labor. and from Is to % cents a pair
for the straps. The shops are the
storehouses for the hoop poles, and
there the men split and shave the hick-
DRY saplings which finally become the
case straps. There are some houses in
the district where the porter does this
work, but the large concerns turn it
over to the coopers who never make
barrel.-New York Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14
sword of a Thousand Pieces.

What do you think of a sword blade
that contains a thousand sheets Of met
al? Yet they are not uncommon and,
entail workmanship. Our painstaking,
patient japanese friends are the MAX
4 ers of them, and few days ago l had
the pleasure of seeing one in Fourth
avenue curiosity shop and had its
method of manufacture explained.
The blades of these sabers are made
from magnetic iron ores. The steel is
produced in small, very thin sheets,
and the workman begins by fixing one
of them to the end of an iron rod which
serves as q handle To this are solder
ed other small sheets until the mass
has a length of about eight inches, a
width of about two inches and a thick
ness of little more than quarter Of
an inch.
This bar is brought to a white heat,
doubled on itself and hammered until
it Is down to its original dimensions.
This process is repeated 10 times. -Four
similar bars are then soldered together,
doubled upon themselves, resoldered
and heated, the operation being repeat
ed five times. This process makes the
superposed layers so thin that saber
contains at least thousand sheets of
metal.
If you find one of these swords that
has yeined appearance, you may
know it is caused by alternate layers of
iron and steel being soldered together.
New York Herald.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14

The stranger In any city half hun
dred years old, IL he knew nothing of
the city's history, would learn from
many of the signs that the second and
third generations had succeeded to the
business of father and grandfather 1t
is especially true of New York. The
New York Tribune mentions some pc
culiar signs and relates the following:
A Londoner who had strolled about
the streets of the city with a New
Yorker who called his attention to
some Of the signs of sons agreed that
in this respect New York was very like
London, but in neither city was there
any such sign as he saw in one of the
old English towns few hours run
from the worlds metropolis. The sign
reads, John Littlejohn's Sons & Little
little Littlejohn, Doolittle Littlejohn
& John Little).
According to the Londoner the first
Littlejohn and Little were partners.
The former gave his first son his part
ner's family name, and Little gave his
boy his partners Christian name. Lit
tlejohn's second son was named for his
mothers family, Doolittle. The three
sons succeeded to their fathers bust
ness; hence the sign is entirely correct,
and the Londoner was right in saying
that the successors had no intention of
being funny" when they had their
sign written as it appears.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14

Trained nurses are not welcome
guests in New York hotels, and in fact
in many they are expressly forbidden
to appear in the dining rooms in their
uniforms. The hotel keepers object to
their presence in their working dresses
because any indication of the existence
of disease in a hotel is disadvanta-
geous. Under these circumstances they
are compelled to go through as much
preliminary labor before they go to
meals as if they had been invited under
formal circumstances. Yet the wisdom
of the rule on the part Of the hotel pro-
prietors is admitted, as in some of the
large hotels up town occupied chiefly
by families there are frequently 10 or
II trained nurses employed! The sight
Of so many would not be reassuring to
guests.-New York Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14
A Word Kept Him Up.

An absentminded ruralite was the
cause Of much amusement at Mem
phis hotel few nights ago. He reg
istered early after supper, but did not
go to his room right off. About
o'clock, his usual bedtime, he remark
ed to the clerk that he believed he
would remain"
GAN right" said the obliging man
behind the counter. The big clock
licked off another hour, and the old
man addressed the clerk again:
II say / believe I'll remain"
you have my permission, sir"
When the hands on the dial pointed
to II, the old fellow, who was so
sleepy he hardly knew where he was
"at," called out in half angry voice:
by the eternal, l say believe I'll
remainw
Again the clerk assured him Of his
permission, but the situation was be-
coming critical, and something had to
be done.
when you are ready to retire." said
the clerk, you can get your key at
this desk"
Retire" said the exasperated guest.
THAT is the very word I've been try
ing to think of for two hours. Give
me the key to my room. I'll sleep I'M
til 10 o'clock in the morning to make
up for lost time"-Memphis Scimitar.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14
Father Times Old Clock.

"The transmitting clock at the Naval
observatory, Washington, is the abso-
lutte monarch Of American timekeep-
ers," writes Evander McIver Sweet in
The Ladies' Home Journal. Every day
in the year except Sunday by one pen
dulum stroke it speaks directly and in
simultaneously to every city and consid-
cradle town between the peaks of the
Rockies and the pines of Maine, saying
to them that on the seventy fifth merid-
ian it Is now high noon to the fraction
of second. A duplicate mechanism
stationed at the branch naval observa-
tory on Mare Island performs a similar
service for the people of the Pacific
slope. And by this one clock at the ma
tional capital, together with its dupli-
cate on the Pacific, is set nearly every
timepiece In the United States and Gu
ba, most of those in Mexico and many
on the border of Canada.
"a number of clocks-from to 5000
in nearly every city and large town
are wired together into local family
and by means of a switch key at the
telegraph Office are put into direct con-
tact with the parent clock at the ma
tional capital. So that the instant the
electric touch is given from Washington
every clock in the circuit whether it be
at Boston, Minneapolis or New Or
leans, begins new day in perfect &C.
cord with its mechanical deity"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14

It would De lard to tell which II
worse, dun or a crying baby. One
Of the latter on crowded street car
raised sheol. A poor, dispirited, sad
faced man held it with its red face
wabbling over his shoulder and its feet
occasionally beating the air as 1t re-
newed its pathetic screams. The wo-
men glared at him. mo wonder It
cries." said one. "See how that idiot
lis holding it," The old married man
longed to give him a word or two
about carrying a child on the public
cars. The bachelor swore under his
breath and said something about nui-
sances on street cars and forcing peo-
pie to quit after paying their fares.
Meanwhile the baby screamed louder
than ever, and the poor father was
wild. He saw the looks on the faces
around him. He knew exactly what
those folks were thinking. Finally he
said, with tremble In his voice, La
dies and gentlemen, you must excuse
this baby, but its mother Tears
stole down his haggard face. "Oh, the
poor little thing" interrupted the old
maid in the corner sweetly. "Let me
hold the little angel"
The old bachelor turned hastily aside
and wiped tear which had given his
eye a surprise party, and the married
man coughed and felt strange lump
In his throat. Its mother" continued
the baby holder, lis attending the
business meetings of 10 of her clubs
oday."-Louisville Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14


When the theater crowd was at its
thickest on Broadway on Saturday
night, a well set up man Of medium
size, wearing a glossy silk hat, hurried
along. In lodging through the throng
the handle Of the cane he carried
caught the arm of one of two burly
persons who were going in the same
direction. He half turned as if to apol-
ogize, but before he could do so one
Of the pair smashed his silk hat with a
heavy stick.
Il beg your pardon, sir" said the
man, blandly taking off his battered
tile. MY rudeness was unintention-
al"
Putting back the damaged hat on his
head, he dropped his cane and said,
"Now l propose to settle with you for
a BLACKBOARD"
Those on the spot saw flash of
fists. The big man went fiat on his
back from clean smash on the jaw.
III you want any more, am ready
to oblige you" said the other.
The other apparently didn't. The
smaller man picked up his stick, took
off his damaged silk hat, brushed it
and continued on his way down Broad
way. And the crowd of spectators,
who had gathered as if by magic, broke
up with the feeling that they had seen
as neat bit of work as it would ever
be their good fortune to encounter
New York Sun.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14
Dangerous Economy.

A paragraph about an economical
merchant in Broadway saving the
backs Of old envelopes for scratch pa
per reminds an old friend Of this story:
A New York dealer, who left about
100000, for a long time kept up the
practice Of tearing of the fly sheets
Of the numerous foolscap letters he
received and sticking them on a spindle
for scribbling purposes. Envelopes
were not yet In use. A lawsuit arose,
and the merchant thought he had won
his case when defendants letter, duly
signed. was produced. Counsel for
defendant examined the letter and
turning it over to look for the super
scription, found that it was missing.
He Immediately saw his advantage
and said: This letter is incomplete,
your honor. A sheet is missing. /
claim that there might have been a
postscript on the other sheet which
would entirely change the character
of the order" The court so ruled, and
defendant won the suit. The practice
Of utilizing fly sheets in that mer-
chants Office was at once discontinued.
New York Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14

when Indians were being recruited
for the regular army" said western
representative, at was the custom t.
give them civilized names. Down a,
Fort Apache army officers were re
cruiting Yumas and Apaches. A re-
cruiting sergeant was naming them
Finally company had been formed
and the first sergeant, who was an
American, went out to the front and
center to report his company to the
commanding officer.
Company d, sir, four privates alb
sent
WHO are theyY asked the COM
handing officer.
Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Joe Jefferson and Russell Sage, sir,
shouted the sergeant."-New York
World.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14
ROBBED THE GRAVE.

A startling incident, of which Mr..
John Oliver, of Philadelphia, was the
subject, is narrated by him as follows:
81 was in most dreadful condition.
My skin was almost yellow, eyes sunkell
tongue coated, pain continually in back
aud sides, no appetite-gradually grow
ing weaker day by day. Three physi-
clans had given me up Fortunately a
friend advised trying Electric Bitters;
and to my great JOY and surprise, the
first bottle made a decided improve
ment. continued their use for three
weeks, and am now well man. |
know they saved my life, and robbed
the grave of another victim" No one
should fail to try them. Only Scots,
guaranteed, at A. II. Roberts drug
store
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14
METHODS OF SUICIDE.
How Desperate Persons Adopt Pre-
VaiIing styles of Destruction.

vailing styles of Destruction.
"The remarkable methods several sui.
cides have adopted in this city recently
call attention to the fact that methods
of self destruction are largely matters
of suggestion" said a doctor. when
a man gets In that condition where he
wants to die, he has little inventive
ability and adopts the method that has
been brought to his mind. You will no
tice that after one person kills himself
with acid there follows a long list of
acid suicides. 1t is the same with any
unusual method. One person gets up
an original way, and that inspires the
next one to try his hand until we have
a whole series of such grewsome nov
elites.
Il have proved this theory. Several
years ago was discussing this feature
of suicide with several friends, includ-
Ing the coroner. They ridiculed my
theory. | offered to prove it. 1t hap
pened that shooting and hanging were
popular just then. l wrote an article
for a newspaper on the horrors of
ST dliS uidlloil anu IblSlUl WOuuuS anu
explained the ease with which one
could kill himself with prussic acid.
Death from prussic acid, you know, is
absolutely instantaneous and, many be-
lieve, painless. There had not been a
suicide with this acid for more than a
year, but within week after the arti-
Gle was published there were four, and
one Of the unfortunates had clippings
of my article in his pocket.
"Of course | was accused of killing
these four by suggestion, but l was
never arrested and do not feel guilty,
for when once person has decided to
kill himself the method is slight mat
ter. No person in his right mind will
commit suicide. We all know in our
sane moments of easy ways to end life.
but when In the suicidal frame of mind
nature seems to rob us of our reason in
this direction, as If In desperate hope
of preventing the sacrifice" New York
Mail and Express.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14
"As Mad as q Hatter.o

Probably very few persons who fire.
Quently use the expression "As mad as
halter" have any idea as to what IT
means or why halter is necessarily
any more subject to fits Of anger than
a plumber, blacksmith or a carpen-
ter. The expression is said to have
come into use half century ago, when
the manufacture of hats was done
wholly by hand. The most striking
thing about the process was that of the
beating up of the felt. The halter first
dipped the mass of wool and hair fire.
Quently into hot water; then, seizing a
stick in each hand, he belabored the
mass most vigorously, stopping now
and then to get his breath, until the
material was matted together in a
rough sort of felt. The lively beating
administered to the felt, as If the work
man were actually incensed, gave rise
to the familiar smile.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-02-14

In one Of the old Greek cities there
stood long ago statue. Every trace OF
1t has vanished now. But there is still
in existence an epigram which gives us
an excellent description of it, and as
we read the words we can surely dis
cover the lesson which those wise old
Greeks meant that the statue should
teach to every passerby. The epigram
Is in the form Of conversation be-
tween a traveller and the statue:
"What is thy name, 0 statue"
IL am called Opportunity"
who made theeY
"Lysippus."
"Why art thou on thy toes"
ITO show that / stay but moment"
"Why hast thou wings on thy feet"
'"To show how quickly pass by"
"But why is thy hair so long on thy
foreheadT
THAT men may seize me when they
meet me-"
why, then, is thy head so bald be-
hind"
ITO show that when I have once
passed I cannot be caught."-Christian
Press.