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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
Terrifying, Sndeea.

An authority upon chemistry was featuring before well-known wom- ans club and Illustrating his remarks with experiments. All went well until he paused moment and then said: T Ill very sorry. but 1 must ask aav of the ladies who use face powder con- taining bismuth to leave the room dur ing this experiment, as the gases I am about 10 set free have a peculiar afTln- ity for btsmuth and turn it purple. V Whereupon the entire audience save three courageous sisters rose and fled fyom the room St. Paul Glche.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
ALL WERE sELF-coNvrcTEp.
aeorria Lawyers Handed over Their

Georgia Lawyers Handed Over Their
 Guns with Singular Uaanfr.tr.
 Georgia has a stringent law forbid dlag ita citizens to carry pistols on pain of tarfetting the weapons md paFIng fine of so or being imL sis- oHea sfz thirty q Hs Shortly attet tba Hae.aae Of thla enactment Judge Lc5taI Wa5 holdinE court iH little own, when suddenly he suspended th% trial of a case by ordering the sheriff 70 lock fba doors of the courthouse. eGcntlemea,1 said the jligo when the doors were closed q have just seen pistol on I man In ta3s roam ai.G cannot reconcile t to my sense of duty 5H-lat eueI 1 violation ef this l2H pass u1notiea3 lght perhaps to go be. tore tine eraa3 jury and ndie4 him, hHf r That man will eails t9 70 thI5 sand and lay his pistol and line of ii down here 1 will let h.m off this t3me The judge paused. and i law yer sitth5 just before him got un, slipped his hand into hip pocket. drew out Heat fvory=haEdlea six shooter. and laid it with 3 dollar down upon the stand. fi5 is all right, = said tue judge Out you are not tho san ! sav with the pistol Upon this another lawyer arose and laid down I Colts revolver and q dollar bill be- fore the judge, who repeated his for ner observation. The process went on until nineteen pistols Of all kinds and sizes and shapes lay upon the stand together with nineteen dollars by their side The judge laughed as he com plimented the nineteen delinquents upon being men of business, but add. ed that the man whom he had seen with the pistol had not come up, and. dancing at the far side of the court. he continued: q will give him one minute to accept my proposition, aad f ne fails will hand him over to the sheriff" Immediately two men from the back of the court rose and begaA 10 move toward the judges stand. Once they stopped to look at eSeh other, and then, coming slowly fof- gard laid down their pistols and the1f dollars. As they turned their backs the judge said: "This man with the black whiskers is the one that [ originally W"--New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
HUNTING FOR pEARl.a
Two sfars in This PeriIous Line sf l Work.

Two famous pearl divers recently visited San Francisco to buy a large quantity of air pumps, diving suits and like paraphernalia of the sea. Opu and Taipu are thelr names, and they are generally regarded as stars in Their perilous line of work. They were born OF ene of the islands of the Dan. gerous archipelago group. They sp6aB good English, however. and both are thoroughly familiar with the civiliZa- tion of West Australia, where they nave sp@nt most of their lives as pearl hunters. says the New York Telegraph Taipu is the principal native pearl
 nerchant of the many hundreds who nave embarked in tho trade size the natives Of the Paumotu isIanas first .aol5ied in that form of e0mmerce. He orns a pearling dredgfr ard a ship; soth are engaged in the ade i'll south western waters. His saip, however, ts 8 mere hulk that travels less than nihety miles along tie coast. They depend principally upun pearl shelis for income, since to stake earnings on Au0 pGaIIS alOn6 N1IlQ Ut lO luftIS .oss. Valuable pearls are not frequent enough to make 1t pay, but the com . ercial lnotber- of-pearl is made from he sheus that they deal in. When 1t comes to hunting for the real pearl there is not any kind of a scoop or iredger than can take the place of mems eyes; diving and treading the deep is the only way to find valuable pearls. AS rule, these are some dis tance apart, scattered over the rocky bed of the ocean. Sometimes man will pick up a fortuna in few weeks and sometimes he will hardly make expenses in season. Pearling is still profitable, for the crude shells are sold at from $500 to s750 a ton, and there Is always a chance that a diver may make enough in enc day to quit for life. "We do not dive farther than sixty to 100 feet" said Opu, for ths pressure is too great. Even at these depths men cannot remain down over i've or ten minutes, and the average life of the deep diver is Short."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
0TTE,.~ osoco AMINO.
ete=t,iian Otter =.nd slides nown
 hlli .tu4f for trn.

6t1ttttan Otter ..nd slides Down
 nalt .iuet for rrns
 It seems straase 10 think that any faE gfDwH, foaf-featad animal should ipdHiea in Rsay=t.ke ] child, and yet shi5 $ what tae otter does His amusement is tobag4aning. and his playground is I =sIopl, covered with ice or sHe5F, that g0es down grade into pool of wateG No iitt1e boy, with B aeM sled, eEer enjoyed 3 coast down all ieezhednd hill more th3n this beau' tlful creature from the frozen n 'ssh. 4he otter is quite large, somes4Mes weighing as much as 9 pounds. He resembles the seal and the mink, be- ing, however, of heavier build, and Is both supple and strong. Living for t5e mcst part in water, he preys on fish, which his swimming and diving ability enables him to catch easily. he entrance to hts home, which is q 5uffoW ln tha bank of stream, is Snder tue water. Tn the early spring when the iee hegIns to thaW, these aIhnals start on their travels from one stream to an0tler, sometimes speua- -Hs months on the journey. If th9- happen to see an inviting bill by ths ~aysido they Immediately step their pilgrimage and prepare for some sport 3he of the number leaves the water and slowly climbs the slope. making smooth hollow in the ice with his wet body. When the slide is pre- pared, he lies fiat or his belly, thrusta his nose forward, and turning his fore aaHs under hig soft sides, goes sail Ing swiftly down. His speed steadily increases until he reaches the water. silently he parts the surface and ie 9ost from sight fer few seconds; then his head appears aDove the surface Pnd you can hear him give a call which sounds like a whistle This is a sig. naL The next otter assumes the posi- non an2 shoots down to the bottom to 3o1n his companion, who has mean. while crawled out on the ice Then another whistle and the next in orde. sIldes and plunges, and the perform, anee Is kent up until each one has several trips to lis cce3it.-Exchauga
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
rAqa Gus CONVICT SHIP
+Ths Chs.mnef of rlorrors.' Winch Wa,
 Bailt Erndrod Ye srs Ago.

battE a AsilihF8fk A& 1FH Ago.
 One of 6l4e =e5rs59 59s.ti4s in England at present is the old convtc ct ship Success, which las recently Seen converted into 3 museum, or into what q foreign jour- nalist style "a chamber oi horrors" she was built 110 years ago, and her first years were spent it cruising be. tween the East Indies and England. h 1929 the British admiralty bought and stationed her in the waters ot wester, Australia. Capt. Stirling was then in comftand, and from his Scottish birth place thd town of Perth in Australia takes its game. From 1847 to 1851 the Success pied between London and East Adelaide. On her last trip she dad on board several hundsad immi. grants who intended to seek their for, tunes in tbe newly discovered gold fields During the voyage the captain, the other officers, and the entire crew Escame seized with the same gold fever aad the result was that when land was reached they, too left the ship and went eff to seek their fortunes. The Success was next used to transport criminals of the deepest dye to Nar Diemen's Land, as Tasmania was then called, and she also served as floating prison for especially dangerous erim- ina1s. The vessel then became popu- iarly know mas "The Hell of the Ocean, title which was evidently well deserved. Old records slow that some awful scenes took place on her. The prisoners cells were in two tiers under the deck, and were so small that inmates could hardly move in them. Moreover, they were SD fashioned that they could be made light or dark, and she most insu5ordinate prisoners were always placed in the latter. Thesa curious cells, many of the old instru- ments of torture and a number of was figures representing famous criminals are now being exhibited on the Suc- cess, and are attracting crowd of eightseers. The old ship is at present fn Leith Har5or. n Scotland" York Herald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
NEW CHIMES IN THE CALENDAR
aIaa's LaWlass Ingenuity Is Giving tue
 Courts Added Trouble.

Courts Added Trouble.
 Under the laws of the land as they exist at present the theft of a larp Is larceny, it may be Roman lamp or Greek lamp. an oil lamp or an electric amp. Whether it constitutes grand iGreeny or petit larceny will in certain tates of the union depend not upon It's age CT newness, but upon it's mar Aet value. On the other hand there are great nun Der of modern crimes which could not have been committed Il ancient days because the instru- ments for their perpetfatien did not exist. They are the outcome of mod. ern civilization and they require new legislation The tapping of a tele- graph wire is a modern form of high way robbery. Tn the old days the method was to Waylay the courier or the roaG and to rob him of his purse or of his message The formula Of the modern highwayman is not Stand and deliver" but simply Deliver" .t3< he may get [ message from the light ming courier which may be wortA p}ors 10 him than 2 well-flled purse. But here is nothing to he gained by indis- eriminate tapping. It is some special message or information that the thief is looking for, possibly for it's effect on the stock market or or other busiA ness ventures, hut the use of cipher codes renders the tapping of telegraph oP 02 war, anless the code as well as the message has been stolen. For the tap ping of power or light lines the mo8- srn highwayman comes in out of 1hs sain. He can do his business better indoors by attacking the electric me- ter, confusing ita calculations and thus getting more current thap he pays for. Such at least saems to se the impiica- ton Of recent statutes
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
Reftera lfla ha1lce.

Why 60 you insist on your sons be eoMiag a lawyer. asked friend. I've made will leaving him all my money, Ms tfe answer. It seems to me that it he I IaNyer himself he VIII stand I ba4ler chance ei setting some of II. Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
If You Didn't Die,

Eating twelve m1nce pies between Christmas day and Twelfth day IS said to insure the eater twelve lucky or happy months during the following year.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1901-02-14
New Chiucse Railrvay.

A. section of the Chinese Eastern railway from Nikolsk to the Manchu- rian frontier, distance Of ninety-one yersts, has been opened for regular Tafilc
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-12
EXCHANGES.

John Bull won a race at New
Orleans yesterday. John has
been getting considerable practice
in the sprinting line recently.-St
Paul News.
What Queen Wilhelmina's hus-
band seems to need is a good,
swift jab with a royal hat PIN
Chicago Record-Herald.
The hand that yields the snow
shovel makes a Minneapolis
Times.
Lord Salisbury takes occasion to
observe that England is the only
country in which, during a great
war, eminent men write and speak
publicly as if they belonged to the
enemy. Hardly; there are others.
Minneapolis Journal.
Suspense, of all torments, is the
most difficult to bear.
No one knows himself until he
has suffered. Alfred de Musset.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-12
revenge for what society itself has made"

revenge for what society itself has made"
If all jurists who have such humane feelings
as Judge Tuley would exert themselves to reform the
existing evils he is doing, the criminal population
of this country would steadily decrease in numbers.
The judge is giving his unqualified support to the
movement to erect home for juvenile offenders in
Chicago He believes there is something wrong
with a system that denies proper training to the
youth of the land and then cruelty Furnishes the
youths because they have not received the training
denied them. And as first step towards remedying
this condition of AFFAIRS he favors the erection and
endowment of real home-not prison under an
other name but home-for boys who, through
excess of animal spirits, through ignorance of
right and wrong have committed offences against
the law
This home for boys is practically an assured
thing, about $4,000 having been already raised
among citizens of all classes for the project. The
Chicago juvenile court has proven such success
that people have confidence in those who urged the
city to adoptit, and the persons support
ing the idea of the proposed home it is but step, OF
course but it is step in the right direction and will
bear good fruit in time
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-12

FOREST preservation andirrigation are given more
space in President Roosevets message than any
other single topic. The attention of the country is
called to the evils resulting from the reckless level
ing of trees, and warning note is sounded. To the
general run of city dwelling people, the subject does
not to be of great Importance at present; the
supply of lumber continues to be equal to the
demand, and while the price may be higher than it
ten years ago. it is not exhorbitant. and these
the things that most concern the man who lives
in the city
But the question is important to the future
welfare of this country. The day when forestry was
a fad, INDUCED in by so called sentimentasts is
past; today it is much business is the raising
of cattle the making of shoes To quote the
presidents message: "The fundamental idea of
forestry the perpetuaton of forests by use Forest
protection is not an end of itself; it is a means to
increase and sustain the resources of our country
and the industries which depend upon them The
preservation of forests imperative business
necessity. We have come to clearly that what
ever destroys the forests, except to make way for
agriculture, threatens our we'll being"
A country denuded of it's trees soon becomes an
arid country Its hills are washed to the bed rock
by spring freshets it lakes first become marshes and
then dry up, it's streams diminish in volume and in
many cases the land becomes pleasure>ground for
hurricanes
There is excuse for ever denuding the hills
of the trees, for there is lumber enough in the
United States to supply all its needs for centuries
providing it is judciously used but good forestry
laws properly enforced necessary now before it
is too late, to put halt to the commercial vandalism
that is wantonly destroying hundreds of miles of
forest yearly.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-12

ALL things are the same, familiar in experience,
and epheraeral in time and worthless in the matter.
Everything is just it in the time of those
whom we have buried.
Say nothing more to thyself than what the first
appearances report. Suppose that it has been re-
ported to thee that certain person speaks i'll of thee
This has been reported but that thou hast been in
jured, that has not been reported. I see that my
child is. sick. I do see but that he is in danger,
do not see. Thus then always abide by the first
appearances, and add nothing thyself from within,
and then nothing happens to thee. Or rather add
something like a man who knows everything that
happens in the world-Marcus Aurelius.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-12

AN OLD Latin proverb tells that, "He who
gives promptly gives twice much" 1t is the same
with all effort in the right direction He who obeys
promptly and willingly will accomplish more and
will find life more pleasant, than he who goes about
his work in an Indifferent half hearted way.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-12

In AN interview on the subject of the proposed
juvenile home in Chicago, last week, Judge Tuley
said that in all the years he has been the bench
he has "never tried criminal case sentenced a
criminal to the penitentiary worse but have felt
like giant, placed there by society to take its
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-12
N 0 7 E

PERSONS receiving copies of THE MIRROR who are
our regular lists will please consider such as
sample after reading, conclude that THE
MIRROR worthy patronage send your name to this
office rates published above
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-12

DON'T anticipate trouble By waiting until
troubles come you dodge half of them and the
other half might dodge you.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-12
|: STORYETTES. /:
Chinese BARRIERS.

$1,000:

The BARRIERS calling is support
ed by government. What if his
little squat razor only covers an
inch or two at the time and makes
the operation unnecessarily tedi-
Gus; he has the advantage of know
ing that he represents lawful au-
thority, somewhat as public
vaccinator does at home. He ought
never to suffer from being out of
work. Then his perquisite, the
combing, makes up for natural
deficiencies. He can sell at clear
profit tails Of his own collecting
and making. Perhaps the fact that
Chinese hair offers little variety in
color simplifes this article of CON-
MERGE. The more sable the better;
children's heads are shaven in
order that it may be black and
thick as possible. Black is much
more cheerful; a Chinaman plaits
white silk into his hair when he
goes into morning. Tales of tail
might be multiplied. The China
mans is more expressive than any
that has, not the power to wag
with satisfaction or droop with
dismay. For convenience in work
it is fastened up in a coil; but for
a man to speak to his superior
without letting it down is an in
suit. No Christian would enter a
church in his dishabille; stranger
might possibly do so, and in such
case, before beginning the serv-
ice, the officiating minister would
fix him with a glance and politely
for the natives expect politeness
under all circumstances address
him: "Sir, will you kindly let
down your l?"-Quiver.
$-A
The Bird That Flies Longest.
Mr.. j. Lancaster, naturalist, who
spent five years on the west coast
of Florida studying birds there,
came to the conclusion that of all
the feathered tenants of the air
the frigate bird can fly the longest
without resting. He has seen one
flying for a whole week, night
and day without repose.
The frigate bird can feed, collect
| materials for it's nest and even
sleep on the wing. Apparently it's
wings can be controlled automat-
ically, without the power of it's
will, and it probably adapts itself
to take advantage of the upward or
bearing force of the wind. The
spread of the frigate birds wing
is great, and it can fly at speed
of ninety-six miles an hour, with
out seeming to flap it's wings much.
The albatross-that liking of the
high SEAS" as it has been called
is larger than the frigate bird, but
if it follows a vessel for four or
five days it has to rest on rock or
on the ship itself.-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1901-12-12
KILOGRAMS.
BY THE ssTWINS.o

hero.
When fool discovers how fool
ish he is, he has made big start
toward getting wisdom.
No matter what language the.
Beers speak ordinarily, it is evil
dent they can butcher the Kings
English.
Taking care not to hurt another
persons corns is just as polite
as offering an apology after having
trod on them.
Looking for trouble may not be
wasting time, but it is certainly
making a bad use Of it.
Solomon said: 'In all your get
ting, get understandings That
sounds good, but how is this: In
all your understanding, understand
getting.
Beauty may be only skin deep,
but ugliness goes all the way
through and sticks out on the
other side.
True knowledge is knowing what
is right; true wisdom lies in doing
what is right
Our choir doesn't subsist on ca
nary seed.
The theory of letting your wife
carry the pocketbook sounds all
right, but my experience in that
line illustrates the difference be-
tween theory and practice. I gave
my wife my pocketbook with $40
bill in it, and when she handed it.
back to me there was a $17 bill in
it. No, it was not bank bill. It,
was milliner's bill, and the worst.
of it was that it was not receipted!
Do [ believe in hell as place Of
future punishment? Well. I don't
know. When [ think of all the
mean things that other people
have done to me, I'd give $40 to-
know there is hell; but when [
think of the mean things [ have
done to other people, I'd give ten
times that amount to know for cer--
tain there is none.
When a conceited idiot admits
that there are some things he,
doesn't know, the foolkiller should
deal leniently with him, and kill
him off privately instead of pub
licly.
Time is money-you bet it is,
especially if it's good time.
If jury should refuse to bring
in verdict of 'guilty'' through
fear of bodily harm, would that be
case of jury's prudence?
These north and south pole
searchers are going to extremes.
The man who cannot pass by a
saloon when he has money would
do wise thing to let his wifecarry
the pocketbeok. But to make
assurance doubly sure, if he is
really wise, he will take out all but
enough to pay car fare before do
ing so.
"Coal Oil Dick" received a pho
tograph of a Minneapolis girl
the other day which made him
blush. She didn't even have a
smile on. But Dick thinks she is
''too cute for anything all the
same.
Enough of anything you really
want is just as good as too much
Of something you'd rather not have.
Being hit too hard on the head
with an ak is just as unlucky as
not being hit as hard as you ought
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-05-30
Resolutions of Sympathy.

At meeting of the faculty and stu
dents of Randolph Macon College May
a, 1901, a committee was appointed TO
formulate the following resolutions:
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased an all-wlse
God in His divine Providence to visit
such an affiiction upon our friend ana
fellow student, Harry H. Kennedy De
it
RESOLVED, Ist. That the faculty ana
students of Randolph Macon College do
extend to him in his bereavement their
deepest sympathy, and trust that the
faith which sustained his parents through
life may support the son in this his hour
of trial.
ResolveG, I'D, That a copy OF these
resolutions be sent to the bereaved lam
ily. and that they be printed IN the Ken
moud aud Baltimore Christian Advo'
cate. the Randolph Macon Monthly the
Spirit of Jefferson, and the shepherds
town Register.
LEE C. CRUrcHFIELD,
c. E. WILLIAMS,
B. p. TYLER,
Committee.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1901-05-30
Among the Churches.

Grace Lutheran Church, just remod-
eled at a cost of $4,000, was dedicat-
ed at Winchester last Sunday. Rev,
WI. sesbrook, pastor of the church,
read the dedicatory ritual aud Rev. D..
NJ. Gilbert, of Harrisburg, Pa, for
mer pastor of the church, preached the
sermon. A number of other visiting
clergymen also participated in the SER
vices.
Preaching in the NJ. E. Church South
Sunday, June I'd, at Bethesda "a at :, .
a. M, Shepherdstown $50: P. m: Chill
dren's day service at Uvilla II a. m
League $50 p. m.
A commission of Presbyterian min
listers last Sunday installed Rev. A: C.
Hopkins as pastor of the First Presby'
terrain Church of Hampton, Va.
Children day at Mt. Wesley NJ
E. Church Sunday at 10. 30 a. m
Preaching at shepherdstown at op' m
Epworth League at ! P. m.
There will be service in the he
formed church on Sunday in shep'
herdstown at 1880 a. m. and at kear
neysville at 8 p. m.
There will be no services IN tn
Presbyterian church Sunday, as tn
pastor will be absent, preaching Il
! Hancock, Nd.