Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1902-03-21

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\ country laborer of Brcscia while
cleaning an eel discovered in its stom-
ach a large black pearl, which has been
purchased by a Milan jeveler for 81
SEQ.
Prizes amounting to Sl00, 900. it is
said. VIII be offered in the grand Atcr.
national airsllip race Which the Paris
Aero club is organizing for next sum
MGR.
Twenty years ago Il few foreigners
had ventured the risk of life incident
to landing in Korea, but today it's
capital has an American street railway
plant.
Husbands in LmeDurg, Prussia
must be home ut II o'clock at night or
pay fine of about $3.50, half of which
goes to the complainant, who is usual
ly the wife.
Since the establishment Of the gam
ing tables land on the Riviera fifty
miles from Monaco which was former
ly only worth So an acre has been
sold for $4,000 an acre.
The pope is stated to have refused
the application for permission to settle
in Rome which was made by several
of the religious congregations expelled
from France under the new law
Quais are becoming so scarce in Eu-
rope that France and Germany have
joined in prohibiting the killing of the
III - Il
quails across their respective terrific
res.
DIR. Ware, head master of Elton, pro-
poses to build a classic ship, probably
Oh the model OF Roman or Grecian
trireme, and to moor it in the Thames
ing coronation week
King Leopold of Belgium has been
consulted as to the construction of Il
road from Ostend to the French from
tier to be reserved exclusively for mo-
tor car racing. Efforts are to be made
in France to have the road continued
to Paris
NJ. Hamard, the French sculptor, has
just completed in Paris the model of a
statue of Marshal ROchambcau to be
presented to the city OF Washington as
a companion statue of Lafayette. 1t
VIII be ready to send to the United
States III April.
The Bengal chamber of con- mercc is
protesting against the proposed Aus
tralian prohibition of colored labor on
mail steamers Oh the ground that the
interests of the Indian companies and
Of 10000 Indian scamcn and tremen
are thereby @ravely imperied.
Work has begun in the Salt river
valley on !; great plan for the growing
Of citrus fruit indoors. The project
involves the roofing of more than 1Oo0
acres OF orange. lcmCn and pomclo
trees and is undertaken by the Terri
torial Association Of Citrus Fruit Grow
erS.
bicycling seems Oh the way to join
roller skating in France as an extinct
craze, and the big velOdrOmcs, like the
Kinks, are empty. An attempt is be-
ing made to turn them into open air
theaters for classical plays and operas
~ NOuldlA the experiment Will De
made next summer.
In the Lyons tobacco factory 1873 wo-
men and girls. from sixteen to twenty
eight years of age work ten hours a
day in the cigar department, and only
one of them earns as high as 81 per
day. Their situations are very desira-
hle, and there is now list of applica.
tons for places containing over 500
names.
1t is often said that the French pres
ident receives no more than $120,O0O
year for his services. That is, as
matter OF fact. the actual salary of
the head of the republic. but it is not
generally known that NJ. Loubet Is
supplied gratuitously with a number
Of household necessaries which repre-
sent in value at least $4,000 year.
For fruit. vegetables, game, oil, logs
for his fires, gas and electricity he pays
nothing. while, in addition. his house.
hold linen Is washed free of charge.