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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
Sensitiveness of lncubators.

"An egg in the process of Matching
is remarkably sensitive to vibration, :"
says an expert in the breeding of
fowls. The rumble OF train or the
passage of a wagon along the street
will spoil a whole incubator full of
eggs if the faintest vibratory wave
reaches the apparatus. Even such a
little thing as the banging of door
in some other part Of the house will
destroy the chances Of Matching out
a brood where care has not been
taken to place the incubator beyond
the reach of such disturbances. A
thunderstorm always gives breeders
a scare, as thousands of eggs may be
spoiled by sudden heavy thunder
clap. To sneeze or cough in the vicin-
ity of the incubators will sometimes
work a disastrous result. ."-Philadel.
phia Record.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
LOCAL AND OTHERWISE.

Mr., Jesse Bush, of Dexter, is in the
city.
Miss Bessie Tucker, of Tucker, is
visiting in the city.
MIR. Maurice Altheimer OF st.
Louis. arrived in the city today.
-Messrs. Henry Russell and Phil
e.rDtrher returned Monday from Hot
Springs.
Mr.. J. G.. Reno has returned from
4 visit to friends and relatives in
tuka, Miss.
-Messrs. w. J. Stanfield and J. D.
stone, Rison editors, were in the city
Tuesday.
Might Chief Alex Peterson has re-
turned from Nebraska, where he has
been visiting his son.
For sale, at bargain, hand
some bed room suit w. B. Lilliard,
1905 West Third avenue.
Mr. Hillory Jennings, representing
1he st Louis Pr, ters Supply COM
sany, is in the city today.
Miss Ruth Welch, of Camden,
Ark, has returned home after visit
te, ner mother and other relatives in
Gf1is city.
See John Dellmon about gravel
roofs He is prepared to give all ord
ers prompt attention, and your pat
ronage is solicited
-Mrssrs. S. NJ. Taylor, M Danaher
and II r. c. Foster, and Court Steno-
grapher Miss Nettie Freeman, went to
Warner this morning to attend circuit
court.
The ladies of Lakeside Methodist
church have secured Rev Khoshaba
Shimmon for stereopticon lecture
at the church next Tuesday night on
ghe social, religious and political life
Of Persia Admission, % and Is cents
Mr.. Edwin Trout, the piano player
uf the Spooner Dramatic company
who has been spending vacation in
the north arrived this morning and
viii resume his work with the com
Dany.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
5us o. ~ Pickers.

rs exc sooll place from
phii;s''5, .'oia ttle otaer day when
about 200 Italians. men, women and
.,hildren, started for the south Jersey
1erfy tields. They were in charge of
Dadroncs who make annual contracts
with farmers and growers to supply
} certain number of hands. The
~padrones" accompany the pickers
50 certain stations. where a division
is made, and they send the different
groups to their destination. The
farmers provide frame structures for
ti1e pickcrs. The berry pickers open
the season in the strawberry fields
srom there they go to picking peas
and beans, then dewberries, black
berries and gooseberries, and wind
up in the cranberry growing districts.
Many of the Italian families make sew
eral hundred dollars in a season and
40 bas K to Italy in the u,rtar-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
He Wanted His Dinner,

visiting Englishman who attended
a dinner given recently by New
York hostess whose hospitality is no.
toriously inadequate, made a reply to
her that it will be difficult for her to
live down. Her dinners have been re-
ferred to as samples, and invita-
tions are not accepted with alacrity
the second time. The Englisnman
was d big fellow. whose family had
been kind to the hostess When in Lon.
don. The dinner served merely as an
appetizer to the hearty Englishman.
but the hostess did not notice it, and
said to him amjcaoly Nov DO tel1
me when We may have the pleasure OF
having you dine with Us again. La.
mediately, madam, Immediately" was
his unexpected reply.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
WEEKLY CROP REPORT
BY The GOVERNMENT FOR AR
KANSAS
Sufficient Moisture in the Ground for
Cotton But Other Crops
Need Rain.

The following is the government re-
port for Arkansas for the week closing
Monday, August IS:
The weather has been excessively
hot and dry; rain fell in a few local
tiles but as rule the amount was so
small that little or no good resulted
In some localities, however, there is
still sufficient moisture in the ground
for cotton, but all crops are needing
rain and are beginning to show the
effects Of the lack of moisture. Cot
a good crop. though there is consid
erable complaint of damage by rust
and shedding, and a few reports of
damage by boil worms In the south
west section there are some reports of
failure en- bottom: lands owing to the
heavy rains and floods of the last of
July There are some complaints of
corn drying and maturing too early on
account OF the hot, dry weather, but
Some is being cut in localities Con-
siderable hay has been cut. the yield
being satisfactory and the quality good
Fodder pulling is progressing Some
late FISH potatoes are coming up to
good stands, and are doing we'll: more
are beng planted. Peas are very
I Trnp,j-ino o1
the late varieties are ripening and a
large crop is reported from some
roi'nern counties. Apples are scarce
ard of poor quality. Considerable
blowing has been done in the north
west section for wheat and oats.
Dexter. Jefferson CO. J. D. Bush
Hot, dry weather has caused some cot.
ton to she'd rust has appeared in some
places and is doing considerable dam
age. Hay crop good. Peas doing we'll
Peaches fine
Dumas, Desha Co.: J. H. Ellis-Corn
is being damaged hy worm similar to
the cut worm, they are very bad in
some places. Cotton throwing off bad
" and boil weevil doing considerable
damage Good rain would be of much
| benefit.
Winchester, Drew Co: Thos D. New
ton-The hot, dry weather has been
favorable for maturing crops Early
! cotton on old land is shedding and
much of it has the rust. and is being
further damaged by the boil worm:
cotton on new land is doing we'll and
maturing rapidly. but is being damag-
ed by boil worms.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
Daily Graphic.

aoy city subscriber falling to re.
crive Che Graphic on any day sheuio
ecrort the failure to this office at
erce. The present carriers are new,
sno have not had time to become
thoroughly acquainted with the places
Of residence of subscribers, and II is
q favor to the Graphic and the car
riers to have those failures reported
naiiy, so that they may be remedied
Ks soon as possible.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
How F1iipinos Smok 9.

In the Philippines the women smoke
a. great deal. but instead Of the deli
cate perfumed cigarettes, which are
NO dear to European women, they
smoke enormous cigars. which last
Ncs Ave or six hours. Even the chill
.dr<en smoke cigars. which are not very
xnuch smaller, and only the men in'
Giulge in cigarettes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
Uonstruction Of Pencils.

pencils are very skillfully construct
"a. When the column OF graphite mas
hsen prepared for use in the pencil II
is laid in a slit cut for It, covered
with another piece of wood, which -
yslued on; then by means OF ingenious
machinery the wooden covers are re-
.3uced to the proper size for pencils
ss6 painted or ym nished and set aside
- dry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
Ncinhinu Thouqhts.

A tho sht Weighing machine mas
.oeen invented by Prof. Mosso, an ltal'
.an ohysiologist. the rush OF blood TO
.he nead turning the scale. The ma
chine IS SO delicate that it can measure
the difference in the eXeruon needed
20 read Greek from that required for
34AIin.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
Robinson Crusoe's Island.

Robinson Crusoe's island, Juan Fer
.iandez. lying 600 miles west of Val.
paraiso, is to be given civil govern.
ment by Chile. on account of its lob.
screaming industry
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
j: CITY COURT. =

Wiley J. Reed. colored. failing to
have weeds cut, So.
George Fleming. colored, trespas-
sing, SIG
Thomas Mahoney. white. drunk and
Gisordcrly So.
Marseilles Edwards. colored. tres
passing. discharged
Adda Chambers. colored. disturbing
the peace. So
Sandy Jackson, colored disturbing
the l eaco, So
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
First Harvard Degree.

Henry H. Edes, at a recent meeting
of the Colonial Society of Massachu-
sets, read paper in which he said
that Prof. John Winthrop. and not
George Washington, was the first per.
son to receive from Harvard college
the degree Of doctor of laws
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
The Narrowing Ooean

An American syndicate is planning
a steamship line that will have a boat
start every day for Europe, thus es-
tablishing the first daily service. That
ocean is not nearly so wide as it was
twenty years ago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
MAX O'Keli's Philosophy.

Life is not worth living unless you
can, when the winter Of life ap-
proaches, still thoroughly enjoy a
game of marbles with little boys and
telling long fairy stories to little girls.
MAX O'Rell
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19

No business was ever made success
without some Kind of adyertisins,-
Mahin's Magazine August.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-19
STRAUSS Z MILLER

First American Woman Doctor.
The first American woman doctor
was Miss Elizabeth Blackwell, who be.
gan practice in 1919 To-day there are
5000 women physicians in the United
States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28
SPLITTING UP THE NICKEL.
Practice of New o.leen5 Stores and
 Markets with Small Purchasers.

New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 You would be surprised to know the vast number of children among the poor CT classes in New Orleans who do not clearly understand the value and func- ton of the nickc,," said storekeeper downtown. and it all results from the popularity of the quartie system which has always been so much part of life ia this city. They are the small buy CTS, who run all kinds of errands for the little family to which they belong. Pur- chases. amounting in individual cases to less than five cents. daily amount In the aggregate to thousands of dollars. It Is no small part of the retail traffic of the city. The children split nickel up into very small pieces. buying penny's worth of this and pcnny's worth of that, until they leave the store or the marke: with an armful of little packages which will represent the days supplies.
 Sometimes they will spend only part of the nickel and will get a ticket. or tickets, or maybe pennies, in change, Ere quent:y the purchase will amount to two cents and a half, and then they get pastehoard check for the other two cents and a half which Is legal tender at the place issuing 1t for its face value. Checks
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28
Christmas Holidays.

Now that the holidays are over and you have abused your digestive organs until they are on the point of rebellion. the proper thing to do is to get back into working condition as speedily as possible. "A stitch in time saves nire" is an old saw, but it is q great truth in homely dress and applies with greatest force to the human body A little tFifiing ailment which was not considered worthy of a second thought has in countless instances cost a life. A stitch in time" would have saved much suffering and distress to the victim and his family. Those who have to fight the battle of life, the wage earners. must at once get in shape for another years work. If they start out with an ailing body, be 1t ever so trininE. they cannot do their best, and if no at- tention is paid to the trouble 1t soon be- comes severe, entaillng loss of time and money or worse. Prudent persons will ger rid of the disorder as speedily as DOS sble. few doses of Prickly Ash Bit ters will do this work. It will cleanse and strengthen the digestive organs
 empty and purify the bowels, regulate the who'e system and impart feeling of strength and energy that will make work a pleasure. It is good for the whole family. Children who are puny, sickly or who have eaten too freely of sweet sturr will Immediately improve under Its bene- fcial effect For ladies. particularly these subject to headache. indigestion
 constipation or the ailments peculiar to treir sex 1t Is of the greatest value as 1t purifies the system thoroughly. tona,
 up the vital organs. clears the complax. ion and promotes good appetite vigor and cheerfulness. wed-f -fri-sun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28

been here. The tourists pass Mons by, al- though is is one of the oldest towns of Northern Europe and full of historical Interest Julius Caesar had a fortress here when he was fighting the Gauls. and Mons was bathed in blood in the strug- gle of the Spaniards and William of Orange. There Is a cathedral in the city which was building when Columbus start ed out to discover America, and mon- umet to Baldwin K. who took part in the crusades. and who in 12o6 became Emperor of Constantinople, while trying to wrest his soul from the devil and the Holy Land from the Turks.
 The Mons of today, however, Is more interested in the fires of the living man than in the birthstone fires of the damned. 1t is the center of the chief coal mining section of Belgium. Mountains of coal waste rise up everywhere about it, stand ing like great cones high above the fields and villages. The city is one of hills and hollows. Its winding streets are of cob bles and Its buildings such as you would expect to find in coal mining center.
 took a room at the Grand Hotel de 6chmitz, near the depot, and then started out to see If I could find some evidences of the American invasion. I did not ex- pect much, for I knew that most of the people were miners and many of them exceedingly poor. This is my first city in Belgium, and as the town has no Amer acan consul could find nothing about it in our State Department reports. My knowledge of French is not over good, and that of my son Jack. high school boy, who Is with me. is little better. still we were not long in finding the American tracks. The first store we entered was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28

ture, with a wall of porcelain, in which are set the names of bell and other Amer ican inventors. In a store not far away I saw American notions. and spinning tops painted red. white and blue.
 American Shoes in the Land of Clogs.
 did not expect to find American shoes here. The Netherlands. which broadly speaking. include Holland and Belgium, are the homes of the wooden shoe. The common people wear clogs but, neverthe- less, American shoes and Belgian imita- tions of them are sold. The shoes are labeled "Veritable Americaine," In some of the stores I saw shoes marked ''Ve9u Americaine," which Jack promptly told me meant American veal. but which rather think was intended 10 convey the idea that they were of American calf skin. The leather was undoubtedly A poor imita ton of ours. but the fact that 1t was advertised as such shows what is thought of American leather. Indeed. I got one of the merchants to give me a label It reads:
 "Recoma nde Veau Ameri"aine Solidite Garantie Souple Imp-rmea ble."
 Which evidently means that these shoes are especially recommended as of gcnu- inc American calf, guaranteed for its du- rabi'itv. softness and impermeability as to water.
 Shoes for Ten Cents a Pair.
 There is no doubt but that a good cheap shoe will sell here The better classes will buy 1t. and if cheap enough 1t might command some trade among the miners still, no leather shoe can compare in price with the wooden clog which the most of the poorer people wear. During my walk in the country I bought pair of shoes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28

or tickets of this kind are extensively used in this city. and they have added greatly to the circulation of a sort Of crude subsidiary money One of those checks is as good as gold at the gro cery or market stall where it is issued. IL is predicated on, and gets its value from d redemption fund. just like Uncle Sam's money except that instead of be- ing redeemable in gold on demand, it is eXchangeable at the grocery at it's face value for any of the things In stock, or good at the vegetable stall at the market place for two cents and half worth of anything on hand when 1t is presented. It is always good for what 1t calls for on its face"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28

c-onvrixht, 1902, by Frank c. Carpenter)
 Mons, Belgium.
 I have come from Switzerland across France to Belgium. and am now in Mons. on the southern cdr of this country. Mons has 250O0 people, but the country about is one continuous village, and l can see the possibilities of an enormous con- sumption of American goods. Belgium is one of the most thickly populated parts of the world. I have travelled among the millions of China and India, but nowhere have found the people much ahicker than here. The country reads are spotted with blocks of one and two story houses, and at every mile or so there is a village. I took a days walk through the country last week. Every hour or so I went by coal mine with n mountain of refuse behind 1t. and large collection of miners houses under tts shadow. The roads are thronged with men, women and children. Nearly all walk, and a common sight is a woman and a dog dragging a cart. harnessed up side by side. Sometimes the dog is in the shafts and the woman pulls outside with . rope, at others the woman is in the shafts and the dog tolls along behind, under the bed of the cart, hitched to the axle. The fields are full of women work ing. They spade the ground. they dig and they hoe. Sometimes they carry great loads along the roads or across the fields on their backs like very beasts of bur den.
 :. doubt if many Americans have ever
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28

that of a tobacconist next door to the hotel I dropped in and asked for some American cigarettes. The maiden in charge promptly handed me three differ ent boxes. all made in Virginia, ard later on told me that she sold chiefly the wares of our tobacco trust.
 A little further on I saw large sales room filled with American sewing ma- chimes, and next door was q store sell ing photograph cameras from Rochester. N. Y. I was wondering as to American foodstuffs when Jack called me across the street to sec grocery where the hens lay eggs for you waile you wait. l went over and looked in. Tn the glass win dow upon a round crate of esgJ sat wnat looked like a live hen in the act of lay blood-red comb and real hens eyes. The eggs were genuine, and 1t took me twelve seconds before I realized that the domi- nick was only stuffed and that 1t was merely to advertise the freshness of the eggs. Nearoy were yellow porcelain but ter rolls and in an adjoining window I saw the words "Weise Oats" and some bags of "self-raising flour" from New York.
 In the hardware stores I found Ameri- can tools and a lawn mower which was exhibited in a window and to which was nailed the words 'Veritable Philadel- phia.''
 Turning the corner. I was directly op- posite the finest of the new buildings of Mons. This is great telephone struc-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28

with a grin, I would like to oblige you, but we English never snow our machin- cry and methods to our rivals in trade. We really can't do that. you know.
 But sad the American when you were in our country you asked for per- mission to go through our works, and got it..
 Yes said the Englishman. but this is our rule, and we can't go back on it.
 We'll replied the American, if you ever come back l shall assurediy see that you are kept our of the snops. We are not afraid of your competition. We have thrown most of the machinery you saw on the scrap heap. and have invented better, I suppose you have copied the old shop. At any rate. no Eagl.shman shall ever enter the new enc. And he left
 French and English shoes.
 Tie conve-saticn here turned to the American shoe. ard Mr Greeses said:
 The American shoe is the easiest ard most stylish shoe made. The dYpe-s are thinner and more durable than ours, but tie soles are too thin for the English
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28

market. am surprised you do not sell more shoes in France. You ought to have a greater trade here than in Eng land, and if you will use the same energy to capture this market as you have used in England, you will have much better results. Your people ought to send out drummers who can speak French, german and English. As 1t is. the English ana Germans sell more shoes here than you do, although the better classes or the French would surely prefer the American shoe. At present they have most of their shoes made by hand by the old-fasn- toned shoemakers. The shoes cost more than yours. and they are not so good
 How to Make Shoes Wear.
 In talking about leather the question Of durability came up. and MT. Greeves gave me a recipe which will probably decrease my shoe expenses. Says he:
 ''The first thing one should do on buy ing a pair of shoes is to give the so!es good greasing. You can do this with neatsfoot oil. greasing them at night and rubbing them off well in the morning This greaslng, if repeated every month or
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28

which will eventually lead to the loss of your foreign trade.''
 English Reciprocity.
 "I don't believe we will lose our foreign trade" said I! We are making new ma chinery all the time and we shall con- tinue to improve faster than Europe can copy"
 You may" said Mir. Greeves. "but 1t seems silly to give so much when you get nothing in return. The English go to America and the secrets of the workshop are shown them. Americans come to England and they can't get inside the door. I know a big English tanner who went to the United States and visited the largest tanneries. After going through one where he has been especially well treated he said to the proprietor: I hope you will come to England and let us show you what we are doing Two years later the American d.d come. He was received with kind words and offered some hospitality, but not word was said about the tannery. At last the Ameri- can asked to go through the works.
 Ah! replied the son of John Bull,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28
Giant Trees Near London.

London GIope.
 There are still to be found, even with in the sound of Bow Bells. some trees re- markable enough both for height and grth to deserve a visit. Church yards are good places to look for large trees besides the funeral yew. The ivy is not strictly speaking a tree. but it is hard to apply any other designation to the venerable plant whose foliage mantles old Clingford church. Its trunk has be- come veritablo timber, and it can scarce ly be younger than the fabric to which 1t clings. If we go further afeid numer' ons instances may be recalled of giant trces-gigantic. that is to say. for these temperate regions. It Is to be feared that thoy are doomed to perish when they grow in the outskirts of large towns.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28
Holiday Rates via Central of Georgis
 Railway,

Tickets on sale Dec. 2Srd 24th. 18th. sOth and 31st, 1902. and January 1st, 1903 Final limit returning, Jan. 3rd, 1Soa.
 In addition to the above dates. tickets will be sold to Teachers and Students of Schools and Colleges Dec. 18th to End. 1902, inclusive; final limit Jan. Sth l9o3. For further particular. rates. etc. apply to any agent of the Central of Georgia Railway R. c. Rogers.
 Travelling Passenger Agent adV-sat-tu-thu-sun
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28

so, will keep out the water, and make the shoes wear twice as long. They will be softer to your feet, and if you are an average walker they will last you at least a year without mending."
 Frank G. Carpenter.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-28
The Winter Term of the Massey Business College will

The Winter Term of the Massey Business College will begin Monday, January 5h. at which time new classes in all departments will be organized Interested parties should write, call telephone at for full particulars. We assist graduates in securing situations
 Massey Business College, Montgomery, Ala. Dexter Streets,
 Alexander & Spanns Drug Store