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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-27
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THE PAPER BALLOON

LOrginaLl
Two huntsmen out for birds were
standing, with their guns lowered. gap
ing at the sky. One was an old man,
the other handsome young fellow.
his son.
Its a crow said the elder.
"No; it's an eagle
1t was neither. but a little paper bal
loon, which came nearer and nearer
descending as it came, till it fell ut the
feet Of the younger man. He picked
it up and found that its shape was
that of a heart. Tied to it was n note
written in feminine hand:
If the finder of this be a man. a gentle
man under thirty years of age. let him
consider it addressed to himself. Ny ia
ther does not wish me to marry and
keeps me Shut up in his country seat at
L. You, good sir, may help me. q. Il.
After reading the message the young
man handed it smilingly to his father.
who read it and returned it to his sou
without sharing in his amusement.
Tear it up" he said. THE person
who wrote it is doubtless very young
and has been impelled to do so by
having her natural instincts interfered
with. Between the ages of fifteen ard
twenty u young girl should be hand. q
STery carefully. 1t is quite likely tae
Etilcr OF this one has acted unWiscly.
Young Henry Thorpe looked sn,-
prised at his fathers serious tone antl
instead Of tearing up the note put it
in his pocket The two went home tor
dinner and the episode was not again
mentioned bel them. Nevertheless
it had made Il deep impression Un tue
visited L., where he learned that
GwcndO!rn isuthbun, an Only chlia,
lived with hcr rather u widower, in
the center OF large estate, surround.
ed 10y high wall. 1t was reported
that the father, who was very ricu.
desired 20 tr;lusinit The bulk OF his IS
tate through the male line by leaving
il to his nephew and preferred that
his uauSH liter should never marry ANA
have iss,le TOR fear of litigation over
the inheritance.
Henry bribtd Il servant to take the
note he had received through the bal.
Icon to the Young lady, with one from
hlmsclf Which WAS very uelcately
and Synpatietically drawn. To this
he received u reply. and in time q
meeting was appointed to take place
by moonlight at II part OF the wall
fartEcSt from the llu,.Se and passing;
through woCd. The young imam was
to provide y ladder for himself, the
young lady Was to mount by means OF
a large box. and they were to make
each others acquaintance ut tie top OF
the wall. The young man found the girl
attractive. ftnlilis,e, Il true Euny. His
father was right. She had acted indiS,
creetly only because her natural i'll
stincts had been blocked at too tender
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-27
LITTLE STORIES.
An important Point.

When the Massachusetts legislature
was considering the bill which was
of eleomargarine to stamp it as such
and take out licenses, Thomas Went
worth Higgins arose, and in a long
speech, in which he ignored the i'm
mense dairy interests of the state,
argued against the bill on the ground
that oleomargarine was the poor mans
butter; that it was healthful and nee
essary, and that such law would
drive it out of the market.
Why" said Mr.. Higginson, whats
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-27
Boon for Sailors.

Thomas w. Lawson of Massachu.
setts, does not let his interest in the
possibly less practical things of life
stop with yachts. He has placed Z
chime of ten bells on an observatory
tower at Scituate. The tower itself
Is q landmark for mariners making
Boston harbor from the southwark.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-27

reading without speaking. After three
minutes the boy said:
Excuse me-but | am in hurry!
What do you want?" he was asked
"a job
You do? Well" snorted the man
of business, why are you in such a
hurry?"
Got to hurry replied the boy.
Left school yesterday to go to work
and haven't struck anything yet.
cant waste time. If you've got moth
ing for me say SO and I'll look else
where The only place where | can
stop long is where they pay me for
it,"
when can you Gomez" asked the
surprised merchant.
Don't have to come" announced
the boy.
Don't have to Gomez asked the
surprised merchant.
Don't have to come, he was told.
I'm here now, and would have been
to work before this if you'd said SO.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-27

the need of labelling this product as
if it were poison? 1t is so like butter
in it's taste and effect that when, at
the recent dinner of the agricultural
society pats of butter and pats of oleo-
margarine were placed before the
guests, not man there could tell
which was the butter and which was
the oleomargarine.'
Just then a member who had been
prominent in advocating the bill in
terupted, saying:
"Would the gentleman mind telling
the members of this body at what
stage of the dinner this test took
?"-New York Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-27
A Phenomenal Bov,

A merchant in Chestnut street has
become very fond of an Office boy he
engaged last June. The boy entered
very early in the morning when the
merchant was reading the paper.
The latter glanced up and went on
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-27
How Gz0 Why
Labor and Capital
Should Agree
Ey MARCUS A. HANNA.
Cy MARCUS A. HANNA,
yTryT.,T

NN1SM 1t is institution that promoted by labor
N ing who seek to protect themselves and whose
Es tI<lSs hope is mutual benefit.
GN~%N9 Organization of capital has stay, Just
sa . organized labor has stay and
reasonit is necessary YOU CANNOT SEPARATE TIE IN
TERESrs OF CAPITAL AND LABOR If TT IS GOOD
FOR ONE TO BE ORGANIZED FOR ANY PURPOSE,
IT IS GOOD FOR THE OTHER FOR TIE SAME REA-
SON. THEY ARE BOTH GOOD AND NECESSARY AS
APPLIED TO OUR CONDITIONS TODAY AND OUR De
VEIOPMENT FOR TIE FUTURE.
The combination of capital has brought industrial nstitu-
greater economic results has brought
and higher the a1cr. capital organized and pro-
duces beneficial results, labor which organized many years
before, will be the first feel and recognize It's effects.
DIFFERENT
oETHER UPON GROUND
only settle labor difficulties kc but it theory
that IT is BECOMING RECOGNIZED THAT THERE IS
A BETTER WAY TO SETTLE SUCH DIFFERENCES.
MY THEORY is THAT IL YOU BRING MEN To
GETI1ER IN A WAY TO MAKE THEN KNOW EACH
OTHER AND IF YOU APPEAL To TIE HEAD AND
THE HEART YOU ESTABLISH \ BOND BETWEEN THE
TWO FACTIONS THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN. The Civic
federation trying establish condition of absolute confidence
between employer and employee We remember the Golden Rule
and try to live up to its principle
SETTLE
DISPUTE BETWEEN CAPITAL AND LABOR
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-27

member of the Worlds Fair commits.
sion, was in town yesterday
What are you doing here, john"
inquired one of his old cronies.
The Mississippian assumed very
mysterious air and finally replied.
I'm a bear" r"-Washington Post.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-27
Condition Of the English Stage
BY RICHARD MANSFIELD

m HE condition of the stage in England very bad They
producing neither plays actors. If they
2g don't hear of them 1t spectacle after spectacle IF
YOU HAVE THE MEANS AND TIE TASTE, OR If
WITH A FRIEND THESE TWO THINGS MAY BE ES-
TABLISHED, THEN YOU CAN PUT ON WHAT THEY
CALL A PLAY. BUT CAN YOU ACT?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-27
John Aliens Latest.

Ex-representative John Allen, of
Mississippi, the wit of Tupelo, and
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-31

used IN mining operations ls 40 feet
IN length aud nearly ~ feet In width.
The boiler is nearly feet IN diameter,
and the boom or arm Of the shovel
ranges IN length anywhere from % 10
80 feet Such a shovel weighs more
than many a locomotive. and costs
from $1,000 to $4,000. Il Is In the iron
regions, previously mentioned, that
the most remarkable records Of rapid
loading BY means OF steam shovels
nave attained As a rule five trips OF
the dipper are required to an an
ordinary freight car, but SO rapidly is
the long arm raised and lowered that
It Is accounted slow work If more
than FIVE minutes be consumed I'm,
loading a car. and not frequently cars
are fully loaded and pushed out OF
the way of the shovel az the rate OF
one every two minutes. From eight
to a dozen men are required TO
operate a shovel of fair capacity, and
by steady work they can place fully
1000 tons of ore aboard the cars In q
single working day In order TO
make such a record as this. however,
It Is necessary that the men have an
opportunity to work on the side OF a
pit or mine, where it will not often be
necessary to resort to blasting oloos-
en- the ore, so that ID may slide down
to the shovel and it is further essential
that a locomotive be constantly at hand
to shift the cars as rapidly as they are
filled, thus preventing delay.
New types of steam shovels are to
considerable extent displacing the fam
iliar locomotive crane in many manu-
featuring establishments. Some Of the
machines put to such use are operated.
by electric motors instead Of by steam.
Numerous improvements have of late
been made in steam shovels in general.
One of these gives greater latitude Of
movement to the dipper The old-fash-
toned steam shovel dipper was limited
to a verticle thrust, but in the newer
machines the big scoop is not only
enabled to revOlye in complete circle,
but the dipper is fitted with a sliding;
trolley, to which is suspended by an
adjustable arm, and about which it ro-
tates. Indeed. the present mechanism
even renders it possible to remove the
dipper entirely and make use of the
machine as a locomotive crane. In the
new-style machine all the movements
are controlled by levers so arranged as
to be operated by one man stationed
on a platform at the front of the ma
chine. Within the past year or two
many steam shovels have been ex-
ported to Europe, where they are COM
ing into extensive use for railroad and
canal excavation, as well as for trans
ferring material in manufacturing es-
tablishments.-Phila Record.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-31
Deaf and Dumb Artist..

It is a curious fact that the monu-
ment to Rochambeau, which was I'M
yelled at Washington at the end of
MAY, is the work of sculptor who is
a deaf mute. M. Hamar, however, is
not the only celebrated artist who
finishes his work better than nature
often finishes hers. Three other
French sculptors of the present day
are also deaf mutes, and more re-
markable still was the sculptor Of an
imals, Vidal, who died few years ago
much regretted by the many admirers
of his work, for he was blind An
other sculptor, M. Conttrevas, who ex-
hibits in the old Salon, had to have
his right arm amputated a few years
ago. Most men would have given up
a profession which obviously seems to
require more than any other the use
of both hands, but M. Contrevas
taught himself to model with his left
hand, and chisels the marble with the
help of an instrument he can work
with his foot.-London Taller
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-31
MODERN AIDS TO NoveLlsTs.
Manner in Which the Popular Writers,
Collect Their Material.

NoAteot holr uAht6ElHts
Just as rapidly as the public de-
mands anything in large quantities
nature supplies the mechanism which
will crafty the want. At the present
time there is an Unsuitable market for
historical novels of all sorts and kinds.
When, therefore, the historical novel
list sketches out a plot, he would, if
left to himself, require several months
of hard study ina some large library in
order to obtain accurate material and
local color. Creative genius does not
enjoy research and investigation.
What he does. therefore; is to make
a plot OF scenario of his story and a
requisition for material. This will inr
clude a description of the towns and
cities and the times wherein the story
is placed, pen pictures and anecdotes
of any historical characters introduced
into the piece, and a brief collection
of the sayings, Jokes, poems and pop
ular songs of the, period. He then goes
to the libraries and interviews several
professional bookworms who have
lately developed this work into rec
ognized industry. These patient pur-
veyors of information are known in
the libraries as "the shadows of the
novelists,,' who, employ them. Their
work is pleasant, but monotOnOus.
Long practice has made them familiar
with the books, so that they know ex-
actly where to- turn. which is nine
tenths of the battle.
One of them, a middle-aged but
brighteyed Daughter of the Reyolu-
ton, who has become a specialist i'm
this field of work and calls helself "A
t Searcher for Novelists, showed NE her
order book and ehatted with me about
her work. 'sMr x, who is run
ming serial story in Barker's Month
ly, wants ten jokes about General
Israel Putnam. / sent him Is, from
which he will select 10. If had not
done this, he would have growled and
declared that any schOolboy could
have gotten these from a Fifth Read
er."-New York Post.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-31
ManIiness.

Next to being manly is to appreciate
manIiness. Next to being womanly is
to appreciate womanliRess, There is,
indeed, a measure of the high quality
in man or woman that makes one re-
cognize it when exhibited in another.
It is the lack Of the high quality that
makes one undervalue it as it stands
out in its commandments. In view
Of this truth. we must remember that
we disclose ourselves by our estimate
Of others.-SuRday School Times.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-31

The Italian peasantry have a horn
called the serDentine. which is made
of wood and leather and has six finger
holes.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-10-31

Soil was brought up from depth
Of $50 feet from a coal mine in Bel.
GUM. and from It sprouted weeds OF
a species unknown to botanisss.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22

ments. Between her eyebrows was a
round black patch to simulate the
mark of the red-hot iron with which
the women of India are branded to
show their allegiance to the god silva.
1.-THE children of India are clothed
with brass jewelry rather than with
garments of CLOTH Mrs. Burnel said.
They run wild. with little or no at
tention. At the age of II a Hindu girl
becomes woman and then her liberty
ceases. They can neither read, write
nor sew. being taught only to cook a
little. and they spend their time black
ing their eyebrows, dyeing their finger
nails red and decorating themselves
with iewelry. In India the wealth of
a man is gagged by the amount of jew
elry he Iavishes upon the women of his
family.
When a girl is born" said Mrs. Bur-
nell. the first question asked is whom
shall she marry. Every higll-caste girl
must be welded at Y and to man of
her caste and her horoscope. He may
be comparatively young, middle-aged
or old. immoral. diseased or brutal: 1t
makes no difference if his caste and
horoscope agree with hers A woman
in India is perfectly helpless
she is generally married at or 2,
but does not become member of her
husbands family until she is IL. II it
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22

should chance that her husband die be-
fore that time she becomes a child
widow, the most despised of creatures.
A curse is believed to be upon her and
if she goes the ordinary course she
commits suicide in desperation. There
are 72.000 child-widows under 9 years
of age in India.
There is no wooing or being won Inf
India" she said. Every girl over ~ is
wife or widow. There the mother-frl-
law reigns supreme. She rules with a
high hand and rod of iron.
THE Hindu who dies without a son
believes he loses eternal life, and fire.
quent!y mothers give their daughters
to be nautch girls in the temples-the
vilest life in all the world-in the belief
that they may appease the angeTNQf the
gods and have sons born to them
THE religion of India is nakedness
without whitewash. yet they are bring
ing it to your American women, the
queens of the earth"
Mrs. Burnell talked Of the work Of
the Christian missionaries and the op-
position to them
American dolls, given as prizes in
the Christian schools, and American
fine-tooth combs, the Importance of
which you must visit India to realize.
are doing more to Chrfstianize India
than anything else" she said.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22
Pulling off a Table Function.


f. W. Howe says that at recent din
ner party in Atchison a cOlored man VIII ,
formerly worked as a passenger brake
man was employed to call out the differ 4.
ent spoons and forks to use.
When the oyster cocktails were served.
the colored man appeared at the panty
door, and said in the voice he formerly
used in calling out stations: Use the
small harpoon looking fork to the right. ;
When the biscuits were brought In the
man said: Everybody look out now:
use the butter knife directly in front of
your plate; not on the side. Don't put
your dinner knife in the butter plate.
When the escalloped fish came on, the
brakeman said: Here is where the best
of them usually fall down. Use the sill
yer affair in front of your plate; II is a
cross between fork and a spoon, anu
looks like a scoop shovel with one corner
bent And so on with the differen.
forks and spoons until the end.
1T was a good idea: even the men go.
through without trouble says Mr.. Howe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22
GIRL LIFE IN INDIA.
What There Is Of II Ends at the Age
of Eleven, Says Woman Missionary.
kansas City Times.l

At the Y. NJ. G. A. assembly hall,
yesterday afternoon, and at the Cen
trail Presbyterian church, last night,
Mrs. Abbie Smell Burnell, for several
years a missionary in India. imperson-
ated "Menarches," a high-caste Hindu
woman. When Mrs. Burnell appeared
on the rostrum she was wrapped in a
gold-embroidered purple robe, under
which a yellow silk vest with sleeves
reaching to the elbow showed. Heavy
bracelets of coral and metal and ANU
lets binding her hair were her orna-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22

strange sight of a young and newly
Joined sublieutenant who happens to be
the son of a peer enjoying precedence
over some battle-scarred and famous gen.
eral.
The statutory precedence among the
royal family is as follows: Next to the
King and Queen come the Prince and
Princess of Wales, then the three daugh
children of the Prince and Princess of
Wales and of the Duke and Duchess of
Fife, then the Duke and Duchess OF Con
naught and their children, then the other
~ his cousin, the aged Duke of Cam
bridge
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition is
one cause of great activity in building
operations in St. Louis The building
permits issued there in the year Just
closed aggregated $l3, 2O7, 991 in value.
being an increase OF s7.2sl. COZ over 1900.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-02-22
FEAzED BY JUDGES TROUSERS.
An Illinois Lawyer Who Is Glad to Sec
Judges Wearing Gowns.
(New York SUM

II am glad TO See said the Chicago
lawyer. that the judges of the higher
courts of New York wear gowns. They
are distinct aid to lawyers arguing
cases.
1.-THE justices OF the Illinois supreme
court do not wear gowns. | came near
losing The last case / argued before that
bench because of the eloquent trousers
worn byr one of the judges.
'''rhey were wonderful to behold and so
wide were the stripes and so striking the
pattern of the cloth that To save me /
could not keep from wondering how a
man holding a nigh office and coming In
contact constantly with men of COOL
taste could have the har1ihood to wear
such fiashy garments while sitting in a
court Of Justice
Naturally, such mental speculation did
not add any strength to my argument,
and If | hadn't pulled my wits together
and turned my eyes 10 the other end OF
the bench. | am certain that my case
would have failed utterly
DR.. Robert J. Irvine, physician in
charge of the Sing Sing prison hospital,
advocates an indeterminate sentence
Tor criminals. 50 that those who show
no evidence of reform need not bere-
leased. He says that the present sys-
tenn sends prisoners out worse moral
y than when they go In.
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e" FRO" TN"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-18
NEW LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

George l.. Shepley was born i'm Dover
n. H., October IL, 1854 son OF John and
Sarah r. Huntress) Shepley In 1856.
when George was but two years ago. the
family removed to Providence. so that
practically he has been "a life long resi-.
dent and was educated in the local public
schools. Upon leaving the latter institu-
ton he launched into the insurance bust
ness for himself at the age OF IS years.
His energy, promptness and unfailing
courtesy gained him many friends, and
they have regarded with much satisfac-
ton the successive steps OF his business
career.
In the year 1876 he entered into partner
ship with the late Caleb Farnum. under
the firm name OF Farnum a. Shepley In
1879 he withdrew from this firm. entering
into another with the late James o. Stark
weather. Under the name Of Starkweath
or a. Shepley the business Is now carried
on the present firm controlling what is
probably the largest fire Insurance
agency, dealing directly with its custom
ers, OF any I'm this section OF the country.
They make a speciality of underwriting
large manufacturing establishments,
which are specially protected by auto
matte devices for extinguishing fires To
attain this measure OF success he has np-
piled himself diligently. and has sought
20 make profession out OF a business
lie was n Mason. shortly after attain
Ing his majority. i'm What Cheer lodge
No. n. Providence. a year or two later
he entered the chapter and commanderv
becoming affiliated wi,n Providence ROYAL
Arch chapter and ST. John commandery
OF Providence.
fow years ago he Omitted from What
Cheer lodge and became amembcr OF Adcl-
phoi lodge In Providence. He never cared
10 hold Office In lodge or chapter. but ac-
cepted various official positions in the
cOmmandery, the duties OF which he has
always discharged with an intelligent
faithfulncss. I'm iSSl and 1886 nc held the
highest office In the gift of his command
cry. and IN the administration OF its af-
f0irs as eminent commander. showed the
qualities of a strong and resourceful per-
sonality.
In the Grand commandcry of Massachu
sctts and Rhode Island Sir knight shep-
ley has gained deserved prominence
lie was elected junior warden IN 1898 and
has been advanced from year TO year.
until In October. iS9N. he was elected
grand commander by n unanimous vote.
In Scottish Rite and Shrincrs he has
been ever active and his first public oflice
was as colonel and aide dc camp on Gov
srnor Dysrs star.
lie has travelled extensively IN this
country and abroad. is q man OF expcr-
iencs. ability and conservative judgment
ana Will. no doubt make an excellent
lieutenant governor.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-18
REWARD OFFERED
Little Compton Authorities Act
on Murder Case.

The local authorities have finally taken
action in the Little Compton tragedy
which resulted In the mysterious death
and evidently murder OF Peieg Cornell a
week ago. The town councilmen met, yes
terday afternoon. and they not only voted "a
special reward of 500, but there is a stand
ing reward OF 500 offered BY the town for
the arrest and conviction OF anyone steal
ing property valued at 81 or more. AS rob-
berry, as well as murder, was committed
In this case persons earning the first re-
ward will also stand fair chance OF get
ting the standing reward SO that I'm real
ity the amount offered is equal TO $500.
The reward OF 800 has been paid once
since offered for the arrest OF a man who
was convicted Of stealing gun
At the council meeting Is was also voted
10 appoint Coroner Clifford n committee
of one TO interest the state officials I'm the
matter, and as result Mr.. Clifford visit
ed Providence and interviewed both Gov
kimball and Assistant Attorney General
William B. Grccnough, with tho result
that the latter will attend the inquest
which will be held at Little Compton to-
day.
The result OF today's inquest 20 which
fully score OF Witnesses have been sum-
moned is looked forward TO with consid1
erable interest. for 10 Is expected that
some things will develop that have up to
this time been kept very quiet