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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-28

A. r. Bremen Company:
Mr.. Dear Sirs About one month
ago, seeing your advertisement in
one of my magazines, | wrote you for
a bottle of Coke Dandruff Cure
which you kindly sent, express charges
prepaid. In all candor let me say that
words are inadequate to express to
you my profound gratitude for the
blessing you sent me. | used it ac-
cording to directions. and tho have
been a sufferer from an eXuberance
of dandruff for more than ten years,
accompanied with a disagTeeable itch
ing, yet it was not ten days from tn"
date of the first application until every
particle OF dandruff had entirely dis
appeared I have had this trouble
as before stated, for more than ten
years. in the face of the fact that my
head has been regularly shampooed
fifty-two times each year, for not less
than fifteen years. Refer anybody
to me. when | will take pleasure in
answering them personally Gratefully
yours,
(Signed) ]. WATSON BRADFORD.
Pastor 18th Street M. E. Church,
South.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-28
Might Have Hesn Cats and poas.

The Constantine (Algeria) CORE
spondent of a French newspaper
gTavely states that in the course of a
terrible cyclone at Bcugie a shower ct
rats and mice fell over the distric,
for the space of about a quar:er of
an hour, covering the fields.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-28
As 70 Teeth ct ticrses,

'The popu ,r idea that the age of a
horse can Ways be told by looking
at his teeth" says q veterinary sur
geon, is NOT entirely correct After
the eighth year the horse has no
more new teeth, so that the tooth
method is useless for telling the age
of horse which is more than eight
years old. As sool4 as the set Of
teeth is complete, however, a wrinkle
begins to appear on the upper edge
of tle lower eyel.G, and new wrinkle
is ed ea -eaH, SC that to get at
the age of hnrse more than eight
years Ole you must figure the teeth
plus the wrinkles.'
Preserved After Burial.
Human bodies buried in limestone
countries are often turned to solid
stone by the limewater which pene-
trates lie graves. in other soils
there are elements which sometimes
SO embalm the buried dead as tC pre-
serve form and features unchanged.
Many such cases are on record. Rob.
ert Burns hody was disinterred in
1915 to be removed to q new tomb.
TO the surprise Of all his friends the
features were found to be as perfect
as at burial. When tie body of John
Hampden, the famous English patriot
ard leader, was disir,errea by Lord
Nugelt 200 years after bl-::al the
form and features were as unchanged
as il the corpse had been recently
laid in the grave.
'p93eos.uo2 U9eG eAeV eIna
-o!d s!q Su!lp7q s1,e2 lr2hod Nv 1n7:
10Y lunoO 10 s}!sliIco l!q!Qxe 1ou iI.A
xeQ} VlIoJeouaQ l1p2 su!lilM Y. eSra,d
9 GAYS o. sIeHes Yooq pur sIaieer
,ie up!ssnH p9Iepio sArq seHo1 oVl
.ossloL Sauaes.sd eoncd us,.sua
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-28
YOUR Hair CAN BE SAVED,
pANDRUFF CAN BE CURED
with
Coke Dandruff Cure
HERE is A CASE:

Pastors Study.
West Anniston M. E. Church,
South Admission, Ala.
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TITLE misses must be pro-
tected from the chilling
blasts of the coming winter
quite Is much as their mann.
mas, and it makes but little
difference whether the miss
be of eight or Is. her inter-
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Trafalgar the load was released and
fell on the deck of the battleship.
The empty trawler was then drawn
back to the collier by another wire
rope, worked by another engine, and
at the beginning of the return jour
ney the fair leads were hoisted to the
top of the guideposts by the upward
strain of the main cable and secured
in this position. When the traveller
approached the budapest on its next
journey the fair leads were released
and the load gradually reached the
deck of the battleship.
Instead of using a sea anchor to
keep an equal strain on the main ca bic
between the vessels, as in former ex
periments, the same result was in
geniously accomplished by the use of
a main tension engine which automat-
ically keeps the cable taut while per-
hitting its length to vary. This en-
CINE has two IS by Is inch. steam cylin-
ders, and is geared to slipping drum.
The engine turns in the same direc-
ton all the time, and the slipping
drum is given definite power of
about five tons by the slip of its fric-
ton heads. Hence the drum main
tains constant pull on the main cable
revolving one way and then the other
as the movement of the ship requires
greater or less length of cable.
The two ships were $50 feet apart,
measured from the bow of the Muriel
to the stern of the Trafalgar, and a
steady head to wind course was pur-
sued to prevent the collier from drift
ing on to the battleship. The opera
ton lasted two hours and SIS minutes,
and in this time .s9.Ston of coal, or an
average of 30S tons an hour were
transferred from the collier to the
battleship. The quickest run was AZ
seconds, or an average of 46 tons an
hour, and it is believed that with fur
Their experience this rate of coaling
at sea can be maintained.
The initial experiments were all
carried out alongside the dockyard,
and the last trial took place in favor
able weather at sea but it is expected
that the next trials will be conducted
in bad weather at sea, in order to give
the apparatus complete test before
it is finally adopted in the service. AT
the trial, which was. intended to
dem onstrate the practicability of the
scheme. only six bags of coal were
carried at each journey. but there is
no reason why eight bags should not
be carried at each journey. thus add
ing 25 per cent to the speed of coal
ing. CHARLES L. POOR.
Lieut. u. s. N.
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fingered DER a checker game night or
two ago:
The one VINO played against me seemed to
have no ghost of show;
had bunch Of lusty kings that strutted
all about
And bulIfed my opponents mer, who dared
not venture cut.
Way over in corner shrunk timid little
man.,
Who stayed right in his station ever since
the game began;
He watched my. crowned heads marching
by with banner ard with song.
And seemed to be discouraged, over stand
ing still SO long.
But pretty soon an opening occurred two
blocks away,
And not another moment did that little
fellow stay
He bounded, DER the board and took three
kings in one fell swoop.
Then landed in my king-row with a wi:d.
ecstatic whoop. 1
You've known these quiet fellows that just
sat around and thought,
And never made a noise while the other
ragged and fought;
The whole community had come to think
of them as dead,
Or else so very near 1t that their hope of
fame had fed.
The chaps with recognition for their por-
ton pose and: strut,
And seem to overlook the man who keeps
his taiker shut
But some day. when most every ore is
looking t'other way
This quiet fellow sees a chance to break
into the play;
He reaches out and grabs things that the
others had ignored;
He. puts Into the life-game all the energy
he'd stored
Through all the years of silence So you'd
better not forget
The still man in the corner, for he'll reach
the king row yet!
S. w. Gillian, in Los Angeles Herald.
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Coaling Ships at Sea LslMozv
a Possibility
THE ADVANCEMENT OF NAVAL SCIENCE HAS Sue
A

!; :: :; :; !; ]
q - UR experiece in the Spanish
SSn war showed the necessity
NJ of devising some means
~ whereby vessels might be
ETCSI coaled at sea during block
N8yW ade. The question had
been attacked prior to
this, with but little success, both by
Great Britain and France. Nearly IL
years ago it was attempted and ac-
complished in mid-Atlaptic by Admiral
Sir Michael Culme Seymour. The ships
were, however, stationary. Since
then the French have tried the same
thing under way.
The first coaling at sea took place
In the middle of August, 1890, some 500
miles south of the Azores, and 900 or
more from the African coast, with
1000 fathoms under the ships bot
toms. Thus all the conditions of be-
ing at sea were amply fulfilled,
The ships that coaled were the Cam
perdown, Ajax. Audacious, Iron Duke,
Northampton, Immortaiite, Aurora,
Neptune, Conqueror and Minotaur.
They took varying amounts-in all
cases the minimum necessary to take
them back to Torbay, some 1,S0O miles
distant. One ship, the Howe, eyaded
coaling, and had to go~into Vigo; the.
rest, though their captains protested
strongly in several cases, took coal.
There were three full GOLFERS whit the
feet, and each ship took an average
of $50 tons, at the-usual harbor rate
or nearly so. The sea was smooth to
look at, but there was heavy Atlantic
swell. Each collier was lashed along
side battleship, with thick tenders
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Portsmouth, was supplied with the
necessary gear, and after several pre-
liminary trials of initial character,
the Trafalgar put to sea towing the
MurieL whose. engines were SO slowed
down that they did not give the ship
steerageway. The Trafalgar. then
steamed ahead to wind at speed
varying from eight to ten knots, but
from time to time one ship or the
other sheered off a straight course
and so reduced speed of coaling. The
Ira falgar having with two hawsers
taken the Muriel in tow, the main
cable was hauled on board the Ira
falgar and made fast to her main
top. The tail block, through which
the travelling line passed, was sent to
the Trafalgar along the main cable
and made fast about four feet below
the main cable on the Trafalgar's
\quarter-deck about 100 feet abaft the
mainmast. A guidepost was erected,
through which these ropes passed and
were so adjusted that, controlled by
fair leads, they could slide up and
down distance of about 80 feet. AS
soon as the ropes had been made fast
coaling began, and six bags of coal,
each containing 200 weight, were sent
from the deck of the collier to the
mast head by means of a lift working
on rails on the side of the mast, and
were then transferred to a traveller.
The traveller containing the six bags
of ooaI fhan draxUn across 70 tho
battleship by steel wire rope, which
was coiled in by an engine. On reach
ing and striking the tail block in the
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ESPITE all predictions to
the contrary we are again
to have a season of sepa-
rate waists. 1t looks very
much as though the de-
signers were being forced
into this feature of our
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between. Toward the end of the oper-
alton the swell increased, and con-
siderable amount of moral suasion"
was required with at least one collier
captain. The coal was taken in with
derricks at the main deck ports. One
or two ships had torpedo booms
broken, and one collier sustained
some dents in her sides; but no ma
terial damage was done. The ships
were kept bows on to the swell, and
so there was no rolling. ALL however,
pitched somewhat, and the Golfers,
when they began to get light, pitched
gather violently. 1t was this pitching
which did such damage as was sus tain
ing at some length, because, SO far as
we know, it was the FIRST effort ever
made in this direction. Its strategical
value was, or rather might have been.
great, the fleet that coaled being an
evading one; and had not the Howe
put into Vigo to coal, it would, thanks
TO this coaling, have completely
achieved its object-the destruction of
a mythical trade without it's where
abouts being known to an enemy who
trusted to discover it by its having to
go and coal.
French experiments have gone on
ever since 1890 with vessels under way,
the collier being dashed securely to
the ship. and then the latter steams
ahead, against the wind generally. 1t
is claimed that ten knots has been
reached in some of the trials, though
this was necessarily in smooth
weather, and it is even doubtful if this
speed was reached. Use was made of
: Temperley transports in these expert
ments.
The experiences of the Spanish war
gave q great impetus to the solution
of this problem, and recently the Rus
sian and British navies have been ex-
perimenting with systems for coaling
at sea. The Russian battleship Retvi-
san has been fitted with a cable way
The traveller is operated by portable
electric winches, which may be trans
ported about the deck to positions
favorable for working the cable way
at sea. In addition. there is a hoist
ing device for taking on coal from col
hers alongside in harbor. So equip
ped, the Retvisan may either tow or
be towed by the collier.
The British admiralty has been car
rying on series of experiments with
another cable way, originally devised
and successfully operated by Mr..
Spencer Miller. He cooperated with
Mr.. Temperley. whose transporters
are in general use in the British navy
for coaling purposes, with the result
!, that with improved appliances the
problem appears to be near solution.
the collier Muriel. which was sent to
Portsmouth last July. was fitted with
large square mast. from the top Of
which cable way extends to the
quarterback of the ship to be coaled
For the purposes of the experiments
she Trafalgar, port guard ship ~
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L
stripes or plaided lines on the wrong
side, while the right side is in half in
visible polka. dots of a darker shade
than the ground or perhaps in white,
as the case may be.
Two or three colors are used to form
the fashionable mixtures, but they are
so tremendously blended that you rare
ly suspect more than two shades of one
color unless the spots are in contrast,
as they often are, shadowy white spots
appear on both the brown and the
black mixtures while in the brown and
white combinations you see dull blue
or green spots. Brighter coIored
grounds also show the white spots on
a surface so shaggy that it seems like
fur.
The fashion: for shaggy cloth is most
unfortunate for stout women, but
there is comfort in the fact that they
need not follow it, since smooth cloth
is just as good style as it was last sea-
son, and they can have that with or
without a gloss, as preferred. The
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shirt waist to the blouse of daintiest
lace lined with chiffon.
Pretty designs in tiny bands of white
chiffon joined with fagot stitching are
wrought in with medallions of lace va
riously arranged, forming the entire
blouse. Again, finest lawn is used for
this purpose with little squares of pale
blue or pink lawn worked into the de-
sign, and very effectively, too, with all
white lace and white bands.
Less elaborate but still very dressy
are the blouses of white silk, but in
which there are some new weaves. One
especially commended is called matte.
and has a weave not unlike armure. It
comes quite plain in different colors,
and striped also, chine stripe alter
mating with a matte.
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Another costume is destined for =
girl Of 16 or IL, the material being tbe
ever smart and serviceabl blue serge
and the style something of a noyelty
for the girl in her teens, seeing that IL
allows her to share in the dienity of thu
three-quarter saeque coat, much fav.
ored this season by her elders. The
weli-cut skirt widens out below tn.
knees into a<shaped founee, and :.
the costume Is made without a Iin;r-
it will be ct all times suficientIv
warm without being In the least
weighty.
One for child of ten is more exn.r-
sive, being furstrimmed. IT is a smart
and withaf serviceabie affair of beavers
colored tweed. feeked with ivory Whit
and ON the inside patterned with :
check in white and three shades -
beaver. 1t is made quite simply w,sa
stitched sstrappings as its sole trir,.
ming, and deep roll collar Of be.~..
fur to give finishing touch. ana IS
suggest the wintry weather, far wS.cS
" saPPties welcome warznth.
E1@EEN oaNoNDn
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HAGGY cloths for street
gowns is the mode of the
moment. Some of them are
wonderful combinations of
color, and present most Pc
culiar, but effective mix
ture showing posSibly
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quarrels" are so fire.
quent in Steubenville. o., that the may.
or has determined to put an end te
them. He has established fighting
ROOM" in which he locks the women
who quarrel over the backyard fences.
After an hours abuse of each other
they run down. Then they invariably
become reconciIed.
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wardrobes against their will. For the
past two seasons there have been pre-
diction upon prediction that the sep
arate waist was to be no more, but it
is here just the same.
Net only are we to have another sea-
son of separate waists, but they are to
be beautiful garments as well, more
beautiful if anything than those we
have had in preceding seasons. Among
the new models may be found every
possible mode, from the simple flannel
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.st in the winter garments is quite the
same-it must be stylish.
To meet this demand of the misses
there is an iEnumerable number of
charming models for winter coats.
One for girl of eight or nine is
smart little coat and skirt costume of
softest gray blue faced cloth. the lit
tie skirt arranged with two en- forme
fiounces finished with sundry rows of
stitching. and the saeque coat being
also bordered with half dozen rows
of stitching, while 1t can further boast
of deep collar and cuffs embroidered
in an openwork design, which reveals
the contrast of white cloth beneath,
and finally of some most decorative
buttons of mother-of-pearl conferred
with wee fo-~er In gold wire STUDDED
with steel.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
Chicago Men No, Gallant.

The lack Of gallantry ON the part Of
ChiCago's men was never so forcibly
illustrated as in the case of sweet
Beulah Corley. who had the misfor.
tune to be found drunk in a doorway,
writes Roswell Field in the Chicago
Evening Post. when she was fined by
the Judge. and had no money to save
her from the bridewell, she appealed
to the spectators. Offering to marry
any man who would pay her fine and
save her from further disgrace. And
in this whole city there was none to
heed her cry. 1t is true that most men
would shrink from hasty promise to
love and cherish young woman who
leaped into fame by decorating dOoI.
way while in a condition of intuXica.
tion. but we dare say the knights Of
old would have responded chiyalruusly
to the invitation. still. at the prevail
ing prices for meat and coal, Beulah
must not be surprised that gallantry
has its limits. We hope by this time
that the fine has been paid. without
the added incumbrancc, and that she
will go and sin no more.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
NOTHING WRONG WITH TEXAS
Where Conditions Are Glorious and
Nature Smiles


Tho Washington Post says: Sun.
shine continues to be at a premium in
Texas" Not so. friend. says a writer
In the Galveston News. The sun is
shining from a Cluudlcss sky upon
more than 5000. 200 acres of cotton
upon 100000 watcrmclons still upon
the vines: upon millions OF peach trees
burdcnCd with ripCuing fruit; upon
tons OF grapes growing purple in the
light Of the waning summer. upon vast
areas OF growing grass upon which
100000 cattle feed: upon millions OF
fat horses and industrious mules: upon
myriads OF musical and Contcnted
iaCkasses: upon innumcrablc fat hogs,
gruntinE as their snouts pThw through
the damp. cool earth. shines thirtcen
and a half hours OF the twenty.four,
and then come the rcstful shadows of
the night. the gorgeous August moon.
and the golden stars. when nearly four
millions Of people fall asleep to the
soothing breath OF lisping zcphyrs
mingled with the Incompatible melody
Of 1.i32.SO7 moCking birds. Such is
life in grand. cleaning. glowing. gay.
Elamoruus. gorgeous. gcmnifcrous.
glistC ing. grnmincous old Texas.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
OUR SOIL RICH IN GEMS.
Where American Precious Stones
Have Been Found by MIners.

The report OF the geological survey.
Just complied for 1901. shows that
during that year there were mined In
the United States precious stones to
the value of about 100000. When
talking about rare and beautiful gems
ones thoughts naturally revert to
South Africa or the orient or the
mountains OF Asia or Europe. or per-
haps TO South America, but one Is not
likely TO think OF our own land yield
ing them: but the fact is. that no In
significant value in gems Is taken
from the soil right here at home. The
report OF the geological survey shows
that during that year We mined In
the United States precious stones to
the value OF about 100000.
Diamonds represent only 800 OF
this amount. but the fact that they are
found at all gives encouragement to
the hope that paying fields OF them
may some time be found. Last year
one diamond was found In Lee county.
Georgia. where diamonds were not be.
fore known to exist. New Mexico
furnished siis.0O0 In turquoises. and
these have been placed on the market.
Montana gave us $4,000 In sapphires.
which come next. They come from
Fergus county. Granite county Is now
being explored for fancy coiorcd sap
phircs, that give evidence of being
there In paying quantities. Fine and
extensive rhodolitc garnet deposits are
found In Macon county. North Caro-
lima. Many dark green. blue and ycl.
low bcryis. as well as amcthysts and
cmcraldE. were found In that state.
There is hardly state of the Union
In which there Is not some trace OF
precious stones and Il appears not Mt
all unlikely that before many years
We may be competing with tho old
world In furnishing gems.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
JAMES II. FARRELL. A PROMINENT
CHICAGO MAN.
House OF Representatives flakes
q Recommendation.

James II. Farrell. Of Chicago. is ono Of
tho best known figures in tho Democratic
politics in that city. For years he has
boon marshal Of the famous Cook County
Democracy Marching Club. which has
participated in Democratic campaigns In
half tho states Of tho union. and which
went 20 New York especially 10 assist in
tho election Of Mayor vsnwyek.
Capt Farrell Is the oldest member Of
tho Illinois house Of representatives in
point Of service having been i member
continuously since 1857. His eons,itu-
onts have elected him eight times. Hu
has been leader in that body since tho
beginning Of his career and is one Of the
best known figures in Illinois politics.
Capt. Farrell is SO years Of age and
ono Of tho best preserved mon for his
years in the Illinois legislature. despite
ols ardorous and constant duties in that
body. Mr.. Farrell is engaged in the real
estate business in Chicago. Under date
Of March -. 1901. he writes as follows:
Springfield. III.
Pepsin Syrup Co.. Monticello. III.
Manufacturers CaldwelIs Syrup Popsin
Gentlemen: have found after thor
ouFh trial that your Syrup Popsin is a
most successful remedy for dyspepsia,
billiousnoss and sick headache. Il mos;
effective and pleasing in all cases Of this
nature. and It is with pleasure | recon-
mend it to others. Respectfully.
Jas. II. Farrell.
Or. Caldwell's Syrup Popsin and Hort
Laxative Compound is guaranteed 10 cure
all forms Of stomach trouble. billiousnoss
sick headache. indigestion and eonstipa-
ton. Not an irritant but a corrective
Sold in SOC and S bottles by Hereford
& Award. 1924
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14

We sell the greatest OF blood puri.
iicrs. Ackcr's Blood Elixir. under u
positive guarantee. II viii cure nil
chronic and other blood poisons. II
you have cruptions or sores ON your
body. or nr- pale. weak or run down.
II is just what you need. We refund
money II you arr not satisfied: 5is'
and si.pp. For sale by Hereford X
Award.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-11-14
JUST WHAT YOU NEED.
Chamberlain Stomach and Live,
Tablets,

When you feel dull aitor eating.
When you have no appetite.
When you have 4 badias In tho mouth.
When your liver Is torpid.
When your bowels are eons,ipatad.
When you have headache.
When you feel bilious.
They will improve your appetite. cleanse
and inyigoratS your stomach. and regulate
your liver and bowels. Price 25 cents
par box. For sale BY all druggists.