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DOs:slssa rs IA Printer,

stephen y. Douglas. although not
recognized as such Ey the craft, was a
one time printer. The story Of how he
and Il .onG John" Wentworth came to-
getlief on Il printing proposition is still
afloat but II such close quarters that
1t is not often heard. Mr.. WentWor h
was printing The Democrat in Chica O
in ISIS and Struggling 10 remove "n
Indebtedness OF about $4,000 Douglos s
called on him one day and said that Le
had some handbills that must be print
ed at once.
".All right" answered Mr.. Vert
worth, "but the facilities of this off %
are limited. Do you want ten or a hu l.
dred Of these bills?"
The Little Giant said he believed
200 or perhaps more would be needed.
every WE'LL" was the response. ''Y u
will have to turn printer yourself f
you expect to get them today"
The bill was set up and placed on the
hand press. Then Douglas was given
special instructions how to handle t 9
ink roller. \ big apron was put N
him, and 'le performed the men; /
work of roller boy, mixing the type :.
while Mr. Wentworth worked t. g
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" ~
CHINESE HATS,
Qncer Head Coverings That Are
Worn In the Celestial Empire.


In China the retaincrS and guards
wear special hats to Indicate their oC-
fce. The enSigns wear Il wire Struc-
turc resembling a sugar loaf and rat
trap. 1t Is Il foot high and Of no earth
ly protection against sun or rain. The
chair coolies use Il hat something like
their employers, but fiatter, cheaper
and without button or featl II. The
boatnen have Il storm hat made Of III.
tan and bamboo, which is never les
than Il yard iii diameter
servant who is scribe and valet
combined is marked Ivy something tha.
looks like two storied or three sto
ried cooks cap of four sides. The pre-
Vailin@ color of the structure is YER
million. ! mourner wears 4 turban
made by fastening q long cloth of
grayish yellow hue around the hea
and allowing the ends to fall dow.
behind to the small of tho back An
other style covers the head. temple.
ears and back of the neck and is car
feature upon the steel morions of the
middle ages, descendant Of those tail
hats upon the heads of the captivas
that are drawn upon The papyri and
toNlHS Of the pharaOhs. Still another
funny shape is one which looks as if t
We're the remnant of Il felt hat from
which the briIn had been irregulariy V
torn
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n Baked In Quarry.
FAShlney Patches-What sort OF cake IS
An1s that the lady gave you?
eFWeary Willie-She said that 1t was
marble cake.
Shiney Patches-Mar!!e nothing! It's
eran1te.-New York Herald.
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CATTLE CONVENTION.

Fort Worth, Texas, March lib,
19O2-On march S, and 10, the St
L. 4. M. & S. Ry. will sell round trip
tickets to Fort Worth at the rate ot
s13. Return limit, leaving Fort
Worth up to and including March IL.
Fl. N. Atwood, agent.
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His Hope.

81 hope" said the serious man, chat
you haven't been betting on the races I"
Il hope so. too," said the young man
with the red necktie and the restless
eve. 81 hope I will wake up tomorrow
and find out that the whole thing was
q wild dream. but there's no use hop
Star.
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A wise man speaks we'll OF his
friends. and Of his enemies he speaks
not at all.-Chicago News.
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PILES! PILES! PiLEs!

Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
is prepared to cure Piles and DOES
1T in short order. Easy to apply.
Every box guaranteed, soc and $1.00.
All druggists or by mail.
WILLIAMS MFG CO., CLEVE-
LAND, OHIO.
Wholesale and retail by w. L. De-
woody & Co.
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Leading Jobbers and
Manufacturers of Pine Bluff

FOX Bros HARDWARE
Dealers in Wholesale Hardware Implements Stoves
Wagons, street, Bluff Ark
w. S. BEARD FURNITURE
Machines; Ma street
PINE BLUFF MILL ELEVATOR
y of elevator 10000 bushels neal 900
pounds
KNOX, WtERRY
Wholesale and retail dealers in Furniture
Shades and Lace Curtains
to 225 Baraque Pine
PINE BLUFF
Make Brass aid Iron Castings;
mill and machinery trade
East Fourth Tennessee street.
M. SMITH,
Importer and jober of
Goods shyerpated Toys Agents far
Bucks
B. w BENTON CO, CIGAR MANUFACTURERS
Factory No We make Of
Smoke and be Baraque street
PUDDEPHATT
Wholesale furniture Mail orders viii receive
Office 1ua Ark
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-03-17

The best way to do good to ourselves
is to do it to others: the right way -
gather is to scatter.-Richter.
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most curious forms, six, seven and eight
strands are plated together with the
greatest ingenuity, and two or three or
more of these braids braided together
again.
The women who work are after all
the happiest, and they have something
TO distract, at least for time, their at
tentlon from their troubles. Two elderly
women in one corner Of the sick ward
work together making silk cushions. and
one sews the pieces of silk together.
while the other stuffs the little squares
with WOOL and both consult the doctor
eagerly as to whether she thinks the
squares are the right shape and size In
the same room with these women is a
young and attractive looking woman.
Who not only embroiders beautifully her
self, but who selects and arranges all thu
silks in the proper shades and color for
the various doilies, and does it with the
most artistic eye and taste possible. She.
too, is deeply interested in the work, ana
has shown marked Improvement since
something has been found in which she
takes an interest, for before she was one
of the most violent
The upper ends of the wards are pref
tily furnished with piano and sofas
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ASYLUM FOR INSANE At ST PETER IS ETTLE TOWN N TsEE

The very interesting experiment of
forming a Kings Daughters circle among
the woman patients is bein tried at the
state hospital for the insane at st. Peter.
The members Of this unique circle, which
has only been in existence a few weeks.
are now busy and happy making all sorts
of fancy and useful articles to be sold
for the benefit of their circle. The prin-
cipal object aimed at in this innovation
is the mental benefit to be derived from
some light and interesting occupation.
Many of the insane women in these hos
pitfalls feel the fearful monotony O. their
lives very keenly. They have no interest
in life, and the long hours drag Yearly
on, with depressing lack of variety. OF
course, those who so desire, and are able,
are employed about the hospital in the
housework, or the general business per-
tanning to such an institution. But some
of these women have neither the physical
strength nor the necessary training for
such employment. Some of them love
fancy work. To sew, embroider, knit or
crochet is a real pleasure, and mental
relief from brooding over their condition,
or their burdens real or imaginary.
Since the first of the year the wife of
the superintendent, Mrs. H. A. Tomlinson,
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and the woman physician, DIR. Mary p.
Hopkins, have been sending out little
circular letters to those who, they
thought, might be interested, asking them
TO send any scraps of silk, wool, silkolene,
or anything else suitable for fancy work
In order to give the work more interest
a Kings Daughters circle has been start
ed among these women, and they now
offer their handiwork for sale in a glass
case that stands in one of the corridors.
The proceeds of these sal Is are being us'Ad
for the purchase of some little articles
of luxury or extra comfort for the wards
such as books, pictures or anything other
suitable thing they may select. Many of
the women who before sat depressed
dull, and lstless, now take the most
cheerful interest in their work, and there
are quite a number who do the most eX-
quisite embroidery, the colors being
matched with an artistic taste that it
would be difficult to find excelled any
where.
The benefit to be derived from inter
esting a patient in pleasant and not too
fatiguing work is immense, and patients
improve in mental and physical condition
fairly in proportion to the amount of skill
and interest they show in some employ
ment; in other words, anything that tends
TO rouse them from their apathy, or that
for time withdraws them from that
continual introspection and considera-
tion of their own unhappy condition tends
TO forward their recovery.
Plain sewing, making quilts, and cush-
ions and rug weaving are among the
varieties of hand work that are done by
the patients. and all contributions of
odds and ends of ribbon, linen, zephyrs
and yarns are eagerly welcomed by those
who have so little in their lives to in
terest or amuse Them
st. Peters hospital is the Oldest in the
state. 1t was established in 1866 Dr.
Shantz. of Utica, being the first trustee,
physician and superintendent. The town
donated farm of 210 acres, and the
legislature appropriated $4,000 for per-
manent building and hither the insane
patients who had previously cen boarded
at the hospital in Iowa were brought in
October, 1866.
The hospital buildings are of hammer
ed limestone, with brick-lined walls and
slate roof and are prettily situated about
a mile south of the town. The center
building has four stories, and contains
the chapel, the offices, and two wings.
the latter consisting of three stories
each. Beside these buildings, there is the
laundry, boiler house, engine house. gas
house, ice house, carpenter shop, barn.
root cellar, granary, carriage house,
slaughter house and pump house. The
asylum is, in fact, little town of its
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than usually highly educated and refined
person.
Here and there far back in a corner
patients will be found sitting on the
floor; the nurse or the doctor inrnedi-
ately orders them to rise, and in many
cases follows the order with a movement
Of assistance. Why they should prefer
to sit on the floor is one of the strange
phases of mental disorder, for there are
couches everywhere and plenty of conn
Portable chairs all about and the pecul--
iarity while in some cases may be in
difference, is possibly in others prefer
enee.
In Old WOman's Infirmary.
In the infirmary for old women one
poor old soul afflicted with ST. vitus'
dance. holds up with great pleasure a
letter, which she has just received and
she. asks the doctor to read Another
little old grandmother asks the doctor
anxfously If she is going to die today,
and when assured that such is not the
case dances with joy, that is to saw she
declares she is dancing, but she simply
Jumps up and down in a manner that
is wonderful when she informs u.s. and
with truth, that she is over eighty years
old. Circus people are uncommon here
and dWarfs often end in such asylums.
In each ward there is a Wardroom
where the clothes of the patients are
kept IN boxes and every article belonging
to each is marked and neatly folded
away in the box belonging to that pa
uent The bath rooms near the clothes
room are large, light rooms, with tiled
noors and walls, and with glass parti-
lions and slabs. for Turkish baths
IN the dining rooms those of the pa
tents who are capable of, and who de-
sire to do homework, in that way are
employed, and some of them take as
do oY,I
work as if in their own homes In a
third section is another dwarf a tiny
creature with a not unpleasant face who
mas been circus freak also and has
been accepted now as her own child
by large, motherly looking woman
VINO constantly sits near her and looks
aIter her welfare as carefully as though
she were SIX years old, instead of thir-
ty-flye or six. The larger woman firmly
believes that little woman near her is
her own child, and is happy in that be-
lleI; II Dy chance the latter scratches or
nurts her hand or fingers the larger wo-
man shows it to the doctor with the
greatest concern. and the dwarf quietly |
accepts all these attentions as a matter
of course.
In yet another wards sits a woman |
with fierce. discontinued look upon her
lace VINO attracts immediate attention by |
continually striking herself with her
hands, which are calloused over the |
wrists and in the palms from this inces-
SAINT beating.
All the clothing for these people is sup |
plied by the state and made here. In |
the sewing room upstairs are four large
power machines and several of the house,
hoid variety. and here under skilled d.
rection, some of the patients work, maxi
ing dresses, suits and Undertaking as
required.
Fed Against Her Will.
In the receiving ward is found one |,
woman who has steadily refused to eat
anything since morning, and who has
to be fed mechanically. This is a much
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most pathetic to the ordinary outsider,
this not only because of the unsatistled
longing, but because of the chances of a
similar fate awaiting the offspring of the
insane mother.
Thinks She Owns the Place.
Probably one of the most curious cases
is that of an old woman who imag ines
that she is the rightful owner of the
whole institution, the grounds, and all be-
longing to it, and who might be happy
thus in her own home were she not equal
ly firmly convinced that DR.. Tomlinson,
the head of the asylum. is wrongfully in
possession, and depriving her of her just
rights in her own property. She is also
much troubled by various people running
electric wires up the back Of her neck,
and the attendants shooting electricity in
through the windows at her, which keeps
her constantly shaking her head in order
to keep off the wires.
In the mems department there are few
more patients than in the women's. sec
ten, and here the number runs to 49S,
and somewhat similar classification is
adopted. The men receive the same treat
ment upon entering as the women, that
is to say they are given a bath and put
to bed to rest and recuperate.
Here the first thing that catches the
strangers eye is what looks like beautl-
feet high under glass case, and has
that lovely creamy white color that old
ivory assumes after many years. 1t is a
most elaborate foreign hunting scene
with the figures of three or four men in
hunting costume and dog that is most
spirited. A large tree with leaves and
branches, and even birds nest here and
there to lend realistic touch, shades the
Spcrtsmen from the suns rays All this
was made by q French patient several
years ago. and the material is simply
soap. That this should be so appears IN
credible even upon close examination,
and yet this man was not an artist or a
whose artistic gifts seemed to develop as
his disease did. All throughout these in
StituticnS one is reminded of Shakes
peare's remark concerning the near alli-
ance of great wits and madness.
This man has gone now. but still there
tient spends nearly all his time in paint
ing either in ellis or water cOlors. His
show the mechanical artist
rather than-th free hand maker CT pic
lures, and his ships are almost accurate
enough for builders models. All around
his room are pictures either that he has
copied or is going to copy. ard cuttings
from calendars, from magazines and
books embellish his walls. A few ques-
tons bring out the facts first that he
has been, as evidenced by his pictures. a
draughtsnlan. and. second, that he has
been engaged in the manufacturing bust
ness.
In the next ward. sitting quietly in a
chair, apparently endeavoring to solve
some knotty problem, is a strong, sturdy
looking elderly man, who fancies that
evening after evening he is chlorofOrEned
and taken out of the building, though
sometimes he not certain, owing to the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-16
UNCOMFORTABLE ALTERNATIVES

The youngs sproots of the bamboo are
covered with number of very fine hairs
that are seen, under the microscope tn
be hollow and spiA2d like bayonets These
hairs are commonly called bamboo poi
son by the white men resident in lava
Tor the reason that murder is frequently
committed through their agency.
When Javanese woman takes a fancv
to European. according to an oficiaI
Dutch report, she will either have him or
pclson him If she gets the chance. She
seeks any and every opportunity Of mix
ing these infinitesimaI hairs among his
fcod, and they serve the purpose of irTi-
tat1ng the whole length of the alimentary
Canal, and setting up malignant dVsen-
tery IT may take a long time and MANY
doses of this so-called poison to effect
the purpose. but the native woman does
not tire, and death will surely result. The
male native will also try this method Of
revenge for an affront
Inc planters know all this, and dread
the bamboo hair, but it is always difficult
70 determine I'm whether the dysentery is
caused by the poison or comes about nat
urally; When planter finds himself
prey to attacks of that complaint his
best course is to take voyage to Eu-
rope.-Pearsons Weekly.
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anesthetic, just where he has been. some
times it is Anoka, sometimes the cities
One OF the most interesting of the men
is preacher and theological graduate,
a graduate, too, of two well known
schools. This man suffers acutely, he
asserts, from having his mind read con-
stahtly. He is an electric center and
sends forth, or rather is forced to send
forth currents to other electric centers
which in turn transmit them again. and
ne mas been. made center OF pain, and is
caused much suffering by clairvoyants
whom ne usually refers to simply as
"a certain class of people,
Almost everything in this ward is the
same as the women's, save that the
dinner room is a little larger and lighter,
and the day rooms or wards not so pret-
THY decorated as the women keep theirs.
Though, on the other hand, the men
take better cars of their flowers than the
women.
Has a Fine Laboratory.
In this department a dark room for eve
ana ear work has been fitted up with
modern improvements, much to the sat
lsfactiop of the doctors concerned and
the envy of those in the other wing.
DR.. w. III. Darling is the assistant su
perintendent and medical director in both
these departments, and is we'll known
throughout the state for his valuable
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cheerful and happy That this can be
evidenced by the fact that frequently
patient improves so much that he is
allowed to return home and it is not I'M
common to have them returned to the
asylum after very short time worse
than before, because they had been sub
jected to the same excitements, and the
same surroundings as before.
If they become depressed every effort
is made to rouse them, and the assistant
superintendent, DR.. Darling, next in
authority to DR.. Tomlinson, has started
physical culture class in which many
of the patients are much interested, and
here morning after morning he teaches
them Delsarte and similar movements
much to the pleasure of many of them.
All the patients are classed and graded
according to mental condition, and so
far as possible the violent are removed
from the quieter patients. who require
less care and attention. No strait-jack-
cts or straps, or restraints of mechan-
ical nature are ever used here and
though the strain upon the nurses and at
tendants is greater, there is distinct ben
eft to the patient, who undoubtedly re-
ceives more or less of a nervous shock
when mechanically restrained.
The south detached ward, as it is
called, is devoted to the women and is
under the care of the assistant physician
and superintendent, DR.. Darling, and of
the woman physician, DR.. Mary p Hop
kins. Here the patients in the first room
are principally old women and chronic
cases, while the second is used for the
more hopeless cases and the tuberculosis
ward, the receiving ward and the in
Urinary Though the wards are well
lighted, pretty and bright and both cut
flowers and plants add to their general
attractiveness, it is a depressing place
Yet some of the patients are happy, for
all their decisions and illusions are not
unhappy, though the idea that some one
is prosecuting them, or depriving them
of their rights in some way is one of the
most common perhaps AS the doctor
passes through the ward one after an
other of the old women greets her af-
feetionately, though many sit silent or
muttering to themselves, apparently oh
livious of anything going on about them.
A visit to the wards is both interesting
and melancholy.
Among those classed as less hopeful is
q woman who attracts attention from
the fact that she sits all the time MAX
ing curious footing noise, and swaying
restlessly on her chair. It is marvellous
how she can stand the fatigue of that
constant movement, and the intolerable
monotony of that sound and yet this
was no ordinary woman, but a more
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such a place -
Notwithstanding all this, however. about
10 10 80 per cent recover, While about rs
rated as to permit of their returning to
their homes and of being cared for by
their relatives.
As for the head of the institution. DR.
n. A Tomlinson, he and his work are
100 well known to need any comment.
he mas introduced a number of innOva
tlons In asylum work, and among other
th!hgS, has evolved perfect and sus-
tanning food for the insane, ALWAYS A diff
hcult, and frequently an apparently un-
soIvable problem. Next to him in au-
en- e,1tt loy, aetl5g as assistant superintend
ent ana medical director, as has been
said before, is DIR. w H Darling. while
the other assistant physicians are Drs.
u. A. Nicholson, DR. Mary Hopins ana
DR.. G. F. Tuomy. DR.. Vain Of cour tIto
IS the bacteriologist for the asylum. and
devotes his time to this work.
Large Central Kitchen.
All the food for this enormous number
or people is prepared in central kitchen.
I I resembling those in the large no
tels IN It's fittings, and from thence carr
Tieu on cars running on narrow tracks
through tunnels leading to tie various
bulldlngs This is, of course, excepting
the diet kitchens attached to the sick
wards, where the nurses cook the food
necessary for those patients who have
peen placed upon regular and strict
Attached to the hospital is large
farm; numbering some thousand acres
ana here, beside supplying much that is
necessary 70 the Institution itself in the
way Of food, some Of the male patients
mo that employment which best suits
There is also a fine greenhouse in con-
neetion from which all the cut flowers
and the potted plants that give 90 much
pleasure TO the poor unfortunates in tho
MaF4s are cultivated, and here also some
alton. anu I0Cie-
Inc institution and all about it is plain
ana comfortable. There is not the lavish
display that may be seen at some of the
olner state institutions and while else
where there may be other asylums thar
are more extensively fitted up, the all
thorlties here believe that there is none
Where the patient is more comfortable
Is treated with more consideration or re-
celyes- more sl1illful medical treatment
ana nursing than at the state HOSPITAL
for the insane at st. Peter.
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own and yet not so small a town after
all since there is over thousand popula-
ton including patients, attendants and
physicians.
Everything is done to impress upon the
patient that this is not so much an
asylum, as a hospital for the sick.
When they first come in he, or she, is
given bath and put to bed to rest, and
to recuperate as far as possible, and
also to carry out as far as possible the
hospital idea. Here they remain until
their physical condition has improved and
they are given just the same exact
medical care and nursing as any patient
in one of the city hospitals, for the in
sane patient is always sick man or
woman. Despite all popular theories to
the contrary the mentally disordered per-
son is never healthy or well, and after
this rest and medical treatment it is
frequently the case that within the first
month the patient shows marked improve
ment both physically and mentally.
The day after their arrival the patients
are given a thorough physical examina-
ton, and every organ and sensibility
tested. They are carefully guarded from
excitement, and watched, while every
thing possible is done to make them