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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
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there was no weak spot, for had re-
paired every one. Then l again rained
blows on the iron. though | was aware
that it was all bricked up. and even ii
the engineer or fireman had come in it
was not probable he would hear NE.
Then | sat down and raved. | knew
not whether | was the more terrified
at the roaring Of the fire or the kissing
of the steam, which was beginning to
spit at ne through certain vents like so
many angry serpents.
Hotter grew the iron, more venom
GUS the jets of steam. l was no Ion
ger able to press my hand against the
former and knew that if l came in
contact with the latter l would be
scalded. Fol ltunately l had heavy soles
Oh my boots, and these enabled me
still to stand OH the hot metal.
1t is said that drowning people pass
their Whole lives in review. Why this
does not pertain to people dying other
deaths | do not know. 1t certainly
pertained to me. 1t seemed rs if my
childhood and my youth We're illumi-
mated as by Il fash of lightning. And
yet the most vivid as we'll as the most
melancholy picture was my wife and
children receiving the announcement
of my death. THIS Lrolght new raw
ing l shouted. pounGed the hot iron
with my fist. which was b,stcred by
me touch; rushed frantic;,My about the
narrow Enclosure. indeed was rapidly
becoming insane. Perhaps it WAS t.,:
realization that / was losing my reason
which caused me 10 make an effoi'
tc keep it.
What is it that keeps ideas out of
our heads till it is WEI, nigh too late to
take advantage Of til, III. then S>:dd ltl,y
thrusts them upon Us to sify eui
despair: All OF sudden relnel,.
bered the few rivcts that remained f.
Ule to pat in. Sai2iEg Il sled.;c.
rushed to the place whore these rivets
We're missing and began to rain blow
apon the place to MAKE a break. -,
time l might succp. H. but the pace
was filing with steam. and must
soon perish from sc:1lding. Givilg &
few last blows, | renounced all hope
expecting mamertarily to fall aganat
the hot iron. when heard the rasping
sound of q latch lifted, Il door opened
end l saw the excited face of the ensi-
neer at the opening. l made one dash
for the aperture, fell through it and
tainted on the bricks before the fur
mace.
Had | not given the last blows on
the spot where the rivets had not been
put in should have perished in a few
minutes. The engineer at that moment
came in to begin oiling the engine
heard the blows and barely opened the
door in time to enable me to save my
life.
This was my last job of boiler mend
ing Often since then have been of
fered high wages to go into these
places, with the promise of a perfect
watch While engaged inside. but have
always declined. | do not fear a ~.
c;lrrence Of my terrible experience h,!!
am unable to bear the horror brought
back by being within the iron inclu
sure. EVAN M'ALISTEK.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
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A TERRIBLE
EXPERIENCE

[Originall
l am boiler maker by trade, and,
as the especial work have usually
been engaged in is repairing, most OF
my time when at work has been spent
inside the iron cylinder. People brought
into frequent contact with any partic-
ular danger soon become careless in
providing against it. The danger in
being inside a boiler or boiler casing
is that some one will fire up without
giving you chance to get out. But IT
always seemed to me that the constant
noise attendant upon boiler repairing
would keep the outside world advised
OF the repairer's presence within. And
SO it would if the noise We're kept up.
One morning l was called upon to re-
pair the boilers of a large iron steamer.
She was to go on her regular trip the
next day, and it was essential that the
job should be finished in time. Untortu-
nately had Just had such another job
and had been at work without any
sleep for twenty-four hours. l went
into the steamers boilers at O'Clock
in the morning, and at midnight, When
I'LL on board except the Waterman We're
asleep, l was still at work. l had Very
nearly finished when l was SO tired
that had to rest before putting in the
last rivets and sat down for the pur-
pose.
That was the last / had Of conscious
ness till heard Il sharp clang. Great
heavens. l had gone to sleep! 1t was
morning. a fire had been built, and the
noise l lad heard was the furnace
door being shut after the lighting Os
the fire.
! didn't need time to become thor
oughly awake. The instinct of self
preservation was quite enough to ac,
complsh that. SeiZing a hammer
struck Justify OIL the iron casing Tht
fireman Wo,ld doubtless have heard
Le had he l-ot gone out of the boiler
room as 500. as he had lighted thc fire.
How could he have been so careless
as not to assure himself that the re.
pairing had euded and the repairer
gone: Doubtless he had come Oh duty
in the morning and, finding everything
quiet, supposed the boiler ready for
use. AT any rate. no one heard me. fox
there was 10 one near enough to hear.
Soon began to feel warmth in the
=. iron. l must either be roasted or scald-
ed. Which would it be? The dreadful,
alternative flashed through my mind,
then gave place to the formation OF
some plan by which l might escape.
Had l been in full possession of lay
faculties l might have conjured UP
dozen plans, but l was so terror strick-
en- could not think. My brain was
paralyzed.
Hark. What is that roaring? The
newly kindled fire.
Rushing madly from one point to an
other of my small prison., felt eagerly
tor some weak spot, knowing that
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
Not Color Blind.

The late Professor NirchOW was, in
his own country at least, almost as
famous for his excessive buntness
of speech as for his very remarkable
mental attainments. Often he spoke
so unfeeingly to the students who sat
under him in the lecture rooms that
they have been known to leave his
classes and not return According
to Berlin traditions. one of the pro-
fessor's favorite replies to a wrong
answer to one of his questions was ::
"Certainly not. Any cook would
know better than that"
DO your eyes tell you the truth
What color is this coat of mine?"
Without moments hesitation, the
young man rose and said "I presume
it was once black Now it is any col
Or except white.
The student was passed.-Phila
delDhia Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
Baked Tomatoes.

Mince very fine slice or two of
bacon with any kind of cold cooked
meat. Season we'll with salt. pepper.
add little minced parsley, and a bit
OF stock to moisten it. Scoop all the
seeds out of the tomato. put i'll the
mixture. cover with few bread
crumbs. with bit of butter over these.
and cook till the tomatoes seem tend
er. but without letting the skins break.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
Potato CroQuettes.

Swiss griddle-cakes are really pota-
to croquettes in all except form. Crate
four or five large potatoes, press part
of the water out of them, and mix
with two beaten eggs and a heaping
teaspoonful of salt. Drop by spoonful
ON hot prea Sed eriddle
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
Tenderloin, Creole Style.

Cut ak ounces of tenderloin beef
lengthwise, shape the. slices into es-
callops an inch and half in diameter
by an eighth of an inch in thickness
Saute them in butter, when ready
take the meat out and keep it warm
between two dishes, adding beef stock,
with part of fat, some halved tomatoes,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
WILL UNITE FORCES
Friends of Statehood Bill to Make 9
Stubborn Fight.

SSO0OOIu VISuS.
Washington, November 2O.-A meet
ing of those advocating the giving OF
Statehood rights to the territories of
Oklahoma. New Mexico and Arizona
will be held in this city next week.
Delegate Flynn of Oklahoma is al
ready on the ground, and will shortly
be Joined by delegate Rodney of New
Mexico and delegation from Ari-
zona.,
The friends of the territories named
are preparing to make a stubborn
fight in advocacy of the statehood bill,
and, by uniting their forces, feel hope
full of securing favorable action upon
the measure at the coming session.
The bill, it will be remembered,
passed the house at the last session,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
Glaciers Getting Smaller.

In Switzerland the studies of many
years have determined the fact finally
that the glaciers are not only steadi-
ly receding, but that their rate Of
recession is becoming greater each
year. There are only a few glaciers
that still grow. The Boveyre glacier
in Canton Wallis is the only one that
has increased since 1892. The famous
Rhone glacier has receded almost 800
yards since 1876.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
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Oysters With Herbs.

Drain medium-siZed oysters; dry
then saute them in very warm butter
and dress them on hot dish; squeeze
over the juice Of lemon. and bestoW
the top With cheryil, parsley and
chives, all finely and separately chop
ped up.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21

THE greatest ambition of men
and women is to have happy
homes blessed with healthy chill
dren. Because wives are weak and
sick thousands of homes are barren
and desolate. How many there are
today suffering Irregularities and
bearing down pains, menaced with
the probability Of becoming childless
wives. Thousands Of heretofore
childless wives are becoming moth
ers by having these troubles relieved
by Wine of Cardui. This great rem
edy so strengthens the organs of
motherhood that nervous, discour-
aged women who want children but
who fear the suffering caused by
childbirth, 60 through motherhood
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
MILWAUKEE WIS.

623 Grand Ave, Milwaukee, Wis, March %, 1902
Only wife and mother fully understand the grand benefit which
Wine of Cadu of barennes and After five
married life most Of the time i'll health with irregular
and painful mensuation became completely discouraged
kept getting and The doctor said that if could hayea
child would be much better, but inflammation had and
such poor health generally that simply unfit be mother My
had beautiful boy and she told what benefit she had derived
Wine Cardu husband decided would stop the
doctors visits and try cardu wish had only known Of this before
What misery would have been spared! But grateful for the
speedy relief obtained and pleased to find that
like changed being and found that the long hoped for hpp
to be mine expected child kept taking Cadu
all through and lovely daughter blessed home Child
birth almost painless and husband and both thank thou
home.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
Omeiette.

Beat required number of eggs very
light Season. Add a tablespoonful OF
sweet cream for each egg used. Drop
tablespoonful of butter into hot
frying pan and when melted turn in
the omeiette Cook until brown un-
dish.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
Chicken FricaSsee.

Cut the chicken into pieces as for
fried chicken; put in a saucepan and
just cover with cold water; cover
season with salt, pepper, little but
ter and two tablespoonsful of chopped
celery. Take out the chicken and
lay on hot platter Add two table
spoonfuls OF flour made smooth with
little OF the stock and the we'll beat
en- yolks of two eggs; bring all to a
boil over the chicken.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
Pcached EGGS.

Separate white from yolk: beat the
white to froth, add pinch of salt
and turn into pan of salted boiling
water. When thoroughly cooked place
on a slice of buttered toast. Drop
the yolk into the same water. cook
three minutes. and place it unbrokea
in the center OF the white Season
with pepper and serve.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
Q1>,>>ux }H<ztx&

with little trouble. By strengthen
ing the organs weakened by sick
ness Wine of Cardui makes all this
possible. No medicine can restore
dead organs, but Wine of Cardui
does regulate arrangements that pre-
vent conception, does prevent mis-
carriage, does restore weak func-
tions and shattered nerves and does
bring babies to homes barren and
desolate for years. Get dollar bot
tie of Wine of Cardui from your
dealer and treat yourself in the pri-
vacy of your home with this great
remedy. Where digestive disorders
exist a small package of Thedford's
Black-Draught should also be used.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
Garnered Receipts

peeled pressed and fried in butter:
also some green peppers sliced fine
and fried in butter. Season highly ar
range the minced meat in borde"
of rice boiled III salted water. to which
half an ounce of butter has been add
ed, and serve
+ j i
SaIri of Duckinqs.
Cleanse we'll two ducklingS. sprinkle
Wa salt and pepper. and put in a
roasting pan. pouring two tablespoon
fuls of melted butter over them. Basic
often, using more melted butter as re
luired until the dutklings are cooked
Take from the oven, cut off the legs.
wings and breasts in good pieces.
Serape the rest of the meat from the
carcasses, chop with tablespoonful
of chopped onion already fried a lit
in butter, and heat all in little melt
cd butter. a cupfu of stock. and a
gill of Madeira. Add salt and pepper
to taste, thieken With a little brown
cd flour and pour over the roasted
duckling pieces. Set in the uVea ana
heat bit. and then serve.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-11-21
ErciIed Mushrooms

Select large flap mushrooms for
hroiling. Wash skin and stem them.
lay them on dish, sprinkle with salt
and pepper and pour little olive oil
over each mushroom, let them stand
one hour. Broil on a eridiron over a
nice clear fire Place on a dish and
serve with the following sauce: Pre-
pare the stock as before by boiling the
stems and skins in water and then
straining. Mincc two of three mush-
rooms fine add to the stock, with a
tespoonful Of minced parsley, few
drops Of onion juice. a small lump of
butter. cook for fnteen minutes. then
add cUpful of cream, an even tea
spoonful OF flour wet With some of the
cream and rubbed smooth. Let it all
cook together for three minutes, then
add the beaten yolk of an egg. stir
we'll. remove from the fire at ohce
and serve.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18

Prussia; Isl by volcanic eruption In Java;
by trolley car accident in Albany.
N Y q by a mine accident in Dayton.
Tenn: % by drowning at Manana Island,
and by drowning in Schuylkill. River.
In June 20 lives were lost by fire on
the Tehuantepec Isthmus; by mine
accident at Iron Mountain, Mich: by
a railroad accident in Pretoria; by dy
Mantle explosion at Binghamton, N Y;
by cyclone in Oklahoma; 16 by a mine
accident at Jacobs Creek, Pa; II by fire
at St. Petersburg; Is by explosion in cart
ridge factory, Paris; by a cyclone at
Naper, Neb-; "a by explosion at Pater-
son, N. j.; and 10 by food in Elkhorn
Valley, W. Va
In July IL were killed by lightning
stroke in Chicago; 1900 by a flood at
kiang So, China; 800 by earthquake at
Lung King. China; by drowning acct
dent in Baden; by a storm at Haiti.
by collapse of bridge at Springfield.
Pa: by drowning at Savannah. Ga;
700 by volcanic eruption in Java; 16 by
oil explosion at Stockholm; 26 by flood in
the Danube River; 40 by oil explosion at
Batoum, and by fire at Louisville, ky
In August II persisted by collapse of a
wharf at Tampico, Mexico; by a gaso-
line explosion in Philadelphia; 10000 by
flood in China; 100 by fire at Witebsk.
Russia: 10 by fire at Cleveland, O.; by
floods in Louisiana; by explosion at
steel works. Youngstown, o.. by fire
in Philadelphia, Pa; by a dynamite
explosion in Herkimer, N. Y: by a hur-
ricane at Villarego-Jilota, Spain, and
by nre In Brooklyn. N. L
In September 10 were killed by a mine
explosion at Caerphilly, Wales; by a
boiler explosion at Oakland, N. J.; II by
drowning off coast of Brittany; by
mine accident at Newcastle, Colo: % by
drowning in the Kulpa River, Croatia
II by powder explosion at Ripault.
France; 80 by a railroad accident near
Bucharest; by fire at Naples; by gas
explosion at Newark, N. J.; 13 by a
cloudburst in Preside County, Tex; so
by a powder explosion in Cozena, Italy,
and Is by a mine accident at Nanaimo,
B. c.
In October "a were lost in a gale on
the Japan coast; 20 by typhoon at
Manila; so by a tidal wave in the Sea
of Marmora, and IL by flood in Sicily.
at Lake Baikal, Siberia; by fire at
Hurley, Wis; by explosion at
Athens. Greece; by mine accident at
Pocahontas, W. Va; p by earthquake at
luride. Colo; by a mine accident at
Bluefields, W. Va; by a mine accident
at Wilkesbarre, Pa; 80 by boiler explo-
sion at Detroit. Mich; rs by railroad
drowning in the Hawaiian Islands.
In December 25 were killed by a rail-
road accident at Kabron Russia; 20 lost
their lives by drowning in Japan; 40 by
drowning at Goa, India; IL by gas explo-
sion at Pittsburg, Pa; by boiler explo-
sion at Pittsburg, Pa; SO by railroad ac-
cfdent at Altenbrechen, Germany; by
railroad accident at Melegnano, Italy; AZ
by fire al Zacatecas. Mexico; 81 by rail-
road accident at Liverpool England
by mine accident, Hartshorn, l.. T.
6; by waterspout at Saffee, Morocco, 200
The loss of life by railroad accidents
reported by mail and telegraph for 1901
was S.669, as compared with 4.169 in 1901
and 1886 in 1899. The number of serious
1y injured was 1926, as compared with
| $3.50 in 1900 and 3,3S5 in 1899.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
FIRE LOSSES WERE GREAT.
Year Has Been Very Hard the In
surance Companies.

The year has been especially hard
the fire insurance companies, because it
has come immedia tely after another year
of disaster. Losses were heavy in 1900,
business, and those that held on did SO in
the belief that the worst had been passed
and that better conditions We're inevita-
BILE Instead of that the losses for the
year in the United States are $40, 600
greater than in 1850.
The result has been a number of rein
surances, retirements and amalgamations
of companies unprecedented since the
year of the Chicago fire, when many
companies were ruined Fourteen stock
companies and eight mutuals have re-
tired absolutely from the field, beside a
seSsment companies. Scores of other
companies have retired from the West,
the South or both, have materially re-
stricted their writings in the sections of
the country where they had suffered
most
AS a result business men needing large
amounts of insurance have been unable
to get it, and horde of wildcat COM
panieS and irresponsible LloydS have been
started, to prey upon the necessities of
the people.
The losses for the entire year put
at s152 OS4 414 as against $780, OBS, 900 in 1900,
and S119. CSC 900 in 1899.
Life insurance has closed the most pros
porous year in it's history. The people
have been prosperous and have been in
yesting their money literally in endow-
ment policies and ordinary life policies
for the benefit of their families. 1t is be-
lieved that the total of business
serve companies will be 81. $50. 00O, 600, and
that their insurance in force will amount
to s., 500, 600, 900. One company alone has
written over $500 OOO. 900.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
Loss of Life bv Ep,demtc,.

The loss of life by epidemic diseases
has fallen off considerably compared
with 1900. The ravages of the plague have
increased, the number of victims in 1901
being little over So, 900, as compared
with 5000 in 1900 Cholera, however, has
greatly decreased in fatality. its victims
in 1901 being about 5000. as compared
with about 1000 in 1900. The total of
deaths in 1900 owing to the Indian famine
reached the large sum of about 579. 600
1t is difficult to make any accurate list
of statistics of this kind, but, roughly
estimated, the cholera and plague last
year claimed about 43. 900 victims. No re-
turns have been made of the fatalities by
famine in India and Russia
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
THE FINANCIAL REVIEW.
United States Has Sustained Position of
Leader of the World.

A review of the financial history of
the past year should make every Ameri-
cans heart thrill with pride. For if in
1900 the United States fought its way to
a position as the financial leader of the
world, the last year saw this country so
fortify itself in the first place that its
pre-eminence in the financial matters of
the world is assured for indefinite per-
iod to come.
Not only was the money center of the
world made permanent in Wall street
during the year, but the invasion of the
markets of the world by this country
that had been gathering in strength for
ten years was likewise pushed during 1901
with such success that this country may
now fairly lay claim to the industrial
supremacy of the globe.
The extent of invasion of foreign
markets during 1901 may be judged from
the figures contained in the annual report
of the Secretary of the Treasury. The
foreign commerce in merchandise for the
fiscal year 1901 showed decrease of
s26 769.o19 in imports and an increase of
s92 2S1. 500 in exports when compared with
the preceding year Comparing the fig
ures of 1901 with those of 1891 there is a
decrease of s21 IA. OBJ in imports and an
increase of s603, 2s4. 1s1 in exports. The i'm
ports of the year 1901 We're $500. 172 165 and
the exports 81, 4S7. 764 991, making the ex-
cess of exports over imports s664 592, S26.
Both the total exports and the excess
or exports over imports were greater in
1901 than in any preceding year in the
history of our commerce.
To say that the country has prospered
during 1901 is weak statement of the
facts The f1oodtide of prosperity has
rolled ahead for the past twelvemonth
with ever-increasing strength, and with
no indications that the ebb is to come.
The governments finances have profted
much during the past year Revenues
| of the government from all sources for
| the last fiscal year were $699, BIG, $50. 3d. and
| the expenditures for the same period were
| s621, 59S 546-54. showing a surplus of ST.
/ 117.9s43S. Compared with the fiscal year
| 1900. the receipts for 1901 increased s29
A. of =
| 253, "A in expenditures.
| The private moneyed interests, as
gagged by the condition of the New York
| associated banks. have an equally happy
story to tell. During the year the New
| York banks gained in deposits $56 $50, 60t
and in loans SCI, 5O7 900.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
BUSINESS OF RAILROADS.
Traffic Receipts Enormous, and Many
Miles of New Track Laid.

Keeping pace with the general prosper
ity of the country, railway building in
the United States during the year 1901
has exceeded that of any previous year
since 1890, when 500 miles of new lines
were completed, and the record for that
year might have been surpassed had the
steel mills been able to furnish the nee
essary cars
The records of the Railway Age for
1901 show that with the returns thus far
received not less than 5,057 miles of track
have been laid on 332 lines in 43 states
and territories
With the exception of Pennsylvania
there has been little building in the East
ern and New England states, but there
has been much important work in all
other sections of the country, the great
est activity being shown IN the southwest
The construction west of the Mississippi
River has amounted to 3.187 miles, and
the states east of the Mississippi and
south of the Ohio have added S91 miles,
making a total of 4,07S miles built in the
states south of the Ohio and west of the
Mississippi.
Official reports to the interstate COM
merce commission for the fiscal year end
ed June 30, 1901, show gross earnings of
all the steam railroads in the United
States were $1.57s. 164. 202. average
| of S. I'll per mile. The previous year the
gross earnings were $1,4S7, 044, s14 The net
| earnings the past fiscal year were $685.
| COZ 924, or $35, ST.. 213 more than in the
previous fiscal year. The amount of divi-
| dends to stockholders last year was $121,-
| I0s 6s7. which is $13. 600. 600 more than the
| dfvident payments the previous year.