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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-07

but is considerably worked up and
torn up over the leadership. Now
there is not a particle of statesman
ship in a situation Of that kind. The
majority has no interest in who leads
the minority, and all ,>e talk about
the strongest man for the Democratic
ticket is meaningless. There is no
strongest man, though there are evi-
GENTLY different degrees of weakness
Parker may be weaker than German,
Johnson weaker than Parker. and
some other men still weaker than
Johnson, though the truth of the last
suggestion, it must be admitted, is
rather hard to grasp. But the pick
Of a candidate is the last resource o.
party in the extremity of an ami
hilated platform. and that is precisely
the extremity of the Democrats. They
are leaving issues to shape themselves
and are trailing hot for a nominee
That shows the plight of the party
and the misunderstanding it's leaders
have of the situation. You don't see
the Republicans at that kind of bust
ness. They some time since passed
, beyond the personality stage of poll
tics. The fact is, they never were
III that stage, though a number of the
country's most distinguished men
have been on their presidential ticket.
Theodore Roosevelt will proba bly,
head it next year, and if he does, his
footing will be solid. He is a u,n-
, manding parsonage, too, but his party
has a platform, and it has history.
J. G.. lUTF.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-07
FREAKS OF THE ZEPHYR.

Twas a giddy little zephyr
Came a-whirling down the street.
And it wrangled and it tangled
With whatever it might meet.
Till it overlook sweet Phyllis
AS she tripped along the way.
And she looked SO very charming
That the zephys stopped to play.
So it wrestled 'mongst the fast'nings
of her locks of chestnut brown.
Till the fast nings were exhausted,
And the ringlets rippled down.
Oh, they rippled and they rippled
Till they'd rippled all away,
And heap of nutbrown ripples
In the dusty streets did lay.
Then the maiden grabbed her tresses.
And she nastened out of sight,
While the zephyr FASTENED onward,
With a chuckle Of delight.
For zephry's not responsible;
It's such a giddy thing,
| And it bloweth where it listeth,
AS its impulses may spring.
Oh. it's here and there and every
where,
In highroad and in ditch
Is il wonder such erratc imps
Should sometimes take switch?
-Lippinc0tt's.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-07
: o The :. 19AlcY :ra3u :: :. ::
Graph .'s - * .: STHlRY

'"Dli}lk Win Us. cit.-.-------. T-c--~
out the blood Of an arstocrat. becoln"
commoucr. and you and your father
shall go from this wearing your heads
on Your shoulders.
The crowd laughed and jeercd and
howled as if each individual were q
tiend and had been dispatched by
Satan to represent him at this bis
carnival Several OF the most violent
pushed forward to stop this stay OF
death, but the ilan Who held tAe cup
waved them back With an air CT au-
thority.
This girl is to become one Of us"
he said. she will give us the hiding
places of her fellow ariStocrats AZ
furnish a dozen heads for two. That $
good bargain Six for one.''
Drink" he said. forcing the cup to
Iizette's lips.
I.izatte. with Il shudder, seized it and,
shutting hcr eyes, forced herself to
father were thlrlSt into the cart and
driven awn;. the man who had been
the ci.ipf actor i'll the strange scene
noun. ng tie cart and taking the reins
from the driver For awhile it was
doubtful whether the crowd would per
nit their departure. but. a cartfu Of
new victims driving up, the first were
! forgotten for the last. Ten minutes
later the man who had saved Lizette
and her father ordered the driver to
Get down. He did So, and the man
drove on till they passed the barrier,
whore they all descended and stood q
moment in the road.
Nov. NJ. ln tomte and Mile. d"
bonneville. fly for Safu lives. This is
til, road to Boulogne. Travel by night
ard hide Hy ;.ay til you reach the
coast. tacn take boat for England"
,.NEo am | 10 thank for our lives =
as..:etl thp count. and why have yo.:
done tlis?"
"no you reaemhor years ago a
s.her being brought before You
VIXEN YOU sat at c',e end Of the break.
! fest tab!e and your daughter at the
| ot'ssr?
Ne" r"n!iod the count: II don't re.
member."
.,It was the morning. mademois"lh.
before your birthday. You chose fo'
Hcs'r gift my pardon
Now | remember" said LiZette.
lin return give YOU for your next
birthday your life and the life Of yo'r
fathor,'
LiZette. her eyes swimming with
grat ateful tears. put out her hand.
Was it only for this that you have
returned so mueh?'
"rhe couAt gave me the birds for my
dear mother"
"All this is very little for two lives
l wonder that you remembered u.s."
THAT morning l took an image into
my heart that shall never forget"
Lifting her hand to his lips he kissed
1t fervently. and. turning. jumped uT
on the cart and drove back to Paris
The count and I.izette escaped to Eng
land When they returned to France
their preservrr had been executed fol
the part he had taken in saving them
WILLARD CLIFFORD IRVING.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-07

The Princess Mathilde, who COM
iySsfea her eighty-third year recently,
ID she daughter of the great Napoleon's
youngest brother, Jerome, King OF
Nestphalia, and was engaged when
Eiue4een years old to marry her cou-
xa1, che future Napoleon III.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-07
A BIRTHDAY GIFT
[Original.] ]

[Original]
The Count de Bonneville was sitting
one morning at the breakfast table in
his chateau near Paris. The count was
Il widower, and the opposite end of the
table was occupied by his daughter
Lizettc fifteen years old. There was a
ronmotion without, and the butler an
nouneod that 4 poacher had been
caught the night before and had been
brought to the chateau. The count gave
an order that the offender should be
brought 10 him and Il young man of
perhaps twenty WIS led in by the game
keeper, backed =byZ;l gardener and a
stable boy. The count questioned both
The poAriI"r and his Aeeus, rs. and since
ae .,g,i been caught /, ,Itandel directed
hat he hr t,.iHeil % jail.
.'n;.,,n." said l.iZet;e, Il lave a f;,-
.or TO ;)Sl, Tomorrow IS my birthday
and YOU ~rvn n4o 10 sal"ctior Of my
si't ask the forgiveness of this
nan.
I..e >oi,.lt, Wlo had 40 wish to pun
ssh the poacher, except as Il matter OF
tGtN complied.
Why did You Kill papa's pheasants:'
lS!ied I.iZpttc Of tie man.
'Hecallsp. madpmoselle. my mother
.si i'll and needs dainty food. | have
.GthinG "lSe to Gifp her.
'rAlle tic birds YOU have shot" said
he count. and e;sI GA my butler for
yllat elsc You need.
Ten years passed. France was in the
throtS OF ieNoliitioil. Each day the
Paris PRISONS gaNe=up Il number OF
the crONt.S of ariStotratS who filled
them to be l"d out to TIE auillotine To-
Gated in the Place de LII Concorue.
Paris was literally drunken with blood.
AS each cart was driven from the pris-
on to the guillotine crowds OF revo.n-
tionists followed. Aooting and jeerins
the victims it contained.
one morning a cart was driven from
| the Concierynrie to the Place Gle Ia
| Concorde containing but two people, q
| white haired old man and his daugh-
| ter. the Count de Bonneville and
Lizette, the latter now Il woman. As
| the cart was driven up to the Suillo-
| ClDe Il party near IL Ntlc pOui AIi-, Il
red liquid from bucket into cups,
! drinking and singing Il song in which
| the words wine and blood frequently
occurred. Lizette held out her hands
imploringly and begged them to spare
her father and be content with her
own life. They only hooted. and the
two were taken from the cart and led
up to the guillotine. Then a man In
the crowd suddenly called out:
What say you citizens? Shall the
citizeness save the old man by drink
ing with us a cup of blood?"
NO, now cried some Of the crowd
Spare no aristocrats." "Yes. yes,
cried others LET her drink what we
drink"
Meanwhile the man who had pro
posed the draft filled one Of the cups
with the liquid from the bucket and
handing. it e. Lize.tte, said; -.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-07

X woman's club in st. Petersburg,
sxsla.g& mas a membership of / 900, was
.gyx,arized fer the purpose of befriend-
mg women in the city who are lonely
gEg1 i'll need of help. Tic president t
sfn club is woman physiciS2, Dr.
gchabanow. who is at the head Of d
ehTldran's hosrital founded by the
BrigNe Of 0ldenburg.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-07

building cyclone cellar but neglects
to proyide his family with bottle OF
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy as a safeguard
against bowel complaints, whose vic
tins outnumber those of the cyclone
a hundred to one. This remedy is
everywhere recognized as the most
prompt and reliable medicine in use
for these diseases. For sale by w. l..
Dcwoody e Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-07

To Cure a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo o1u1nlne Tab
lets. All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure e. w. Groves sig.
nature is on each box. 25c.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-07
Not ler-WI3c.

There is an III aregorlcat picture of
X girl scared at grass-hopper, but in
ale act OF heedlessly treading on a
,ao2kr. This is paralleled by the man
MO spends a large sum Of money
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-07

Grim Jlggs for Congress.
Grim Jiggs is a politician who has
recently come to the front in the pub
lie affairs Of Texas. He aspires to a
seat in congress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-08-07
Personality
Of Nominees

Continued from Page Three.
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Finney Siding.

Finney Siding, July l5.-Mrs.
Harrison and children of Enterprise
Alabama, will be the guests of G.. w,
Collous and wife for several weeks.
Messrs. Roy Slaughter and Au-
thur Davis of Honaker, were in town
Sunday afternoon.
Nus. f.. NJ. Fink went TO St. Paul
for II short visit the first Of the week
Misses. GertIe Fletcher and Lizzie
Howard were calling on Mrs. Charlie
Meade, Of near this place, Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. Hardy and Mrs. Henry KIN
drick of Honaker, visited Mrs. Col
lens one day last week.
5. w. Banner aud wfo and Mrs.
Gilmore left Sunday to visit their
parents near Lebanon this week.
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BenbOw.

Messrs. ID. w. Lynch, w. T. Buch.
anan and j, T.. Buchanan left yeste,
day for Hunters Alum Springs. Ed
Buchanan has been ON the sick list
for sometime, but the neighbors are
wondering how Will and Dan will
enter, whether as invalids or sports.
About thirty of our young folks
attended ChildreDs Day in Poor Val.
ley Sunday. They report a fine trip
although il was funny to see their
expression when they learned there
would not be dinner on the ground.
We are glad to report that Mr.
William Allen, who has been quite
sick for several we. k. is much bet
ter at this writing.
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Raven.

Misses. Carrie Mcclure, Bessie
Peery. Mamie and Louise Higgin.
botham, Bertha and Daisy Scott, and
Mr.. Marvin Mcclure, Of G .dar Bluff
spent one day last week with Mr.. and
Miss Mccall of this place.
Mr.. j. l.. Valley returned yestor.
day from a visit to relatives at Clin
tonwood, Virginia.
The Ladies of the Methodist
Church at this place will give an ice
cream supper at Miles Chapel on to-
morrow nIght.
Mrs. T. A. Repass, Jr., is visiting
relatives at Bondtown this week.
Mr.. Jessee Mccall of Bluefield. wa.
in town Monday.
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of yisters. said, "Boys | am will
you" This condition has helped Il
complicate matters from the sta.t il
it said, aud, this being true il ca
readily be seen, that the calling out
OF troops was necessary precauhon.
Many of the police of Richmond ale
ex-motormen, ex-meehanics etc. and
is not unreasonable that they should
sympathize with the strikers.
The end is not yet, when the next
election of the city council takes
place something wall happen. There
will be something DOING in Rich
mond in political circles next time.
ALAS! OLD RICHMOND.
The older citizens of Richmond
feel humilitated over the strike.
The Ida that staid, sturdy, conver-
sative Richmond should feel the ne
eessity of calling out troops to make
her citizens behave themselves. is
very humilitating to the old eitzens
of this, the greatest and best city of
the world. Such strikes aud troubles
as this ale eimportations, they say from
the North, and do not belong here.
THE CoLoRED PEOPLE.
a marked feature of this strike is
that the colored people of the city
have not figured in it at all. They
have been the most quiet aud peace
able os all the citizens of the c'ty.
One of them said, "the negroes and
the Aristocrats have come together
and the poor white trash are Walk
ing" All though the trouble the
colored people hava conducted them
selves IN the best manner possible,
and this speaks volumes.
However, before this letter reaches
your readers the military maybe
withdrawn, and the strike ended.
The strikers will "eome out at the
little end of the hour" rs usual.
Will the working people of this
great country ever learn any senseP
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Oldest Man in the County Dead.

Madison Farley, of Thompson
Valley, said to have been the Oldest
man IN the county, died at his home
Tuesday night in his l05th year.
Mr.. Farley was veteran of the
Mexican war aud had been drawing
a pension for long number of yen RS.
He had been an invalid for several
years. His remains were entered in
Thompson Valley.
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Flat Top Association.

The Annual meeting of the Flar
Top Baptist Association, (colored)
met at Bluefrld last week.
Rev. V. $. Smith, of Eckman, w.
Va, is President, aud Rev. r.. H..
Mccoy, Elkhorn, is Secretary. This
association embraces wide terrific
ry in Virginia, and West Virginia,
aud is composed of n body of nine
intelligent and Jealous ministers and
laymen. The body is doing Fl ne work
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PocahOntaJ.
AL.UATNUs.

fOCanOntaJ.
Pocahontas, Va, July 14th.-Th,
dance given by the Monticello German
Club ON Friday night, was quite n sue
cess, the hop was danced until lip. M
at which time refreshments were sery
ed by the ladies OF the club and after
the refreshments the german was dane
ed until the wee small hours of morn
ing. Those present were:
Misses Minter, Mary and Louise
Phelps, .anie aud Rebie Browning,
NoGe"; Sadie, Ray and Mabel
BSach, Vernie, Elsinger, Haller,
Wood. of Lynchburg; Jones and
Wilson of Radford, Nellie aud Cecil
Stuart Of Tazewell; Lion. of Balti-
more; Wygall,o East Radford; Miss
Lisberger, of Richmond. Messrs.
Swope. Ross, Umberger, Jones, Cor
den, Minter, Cunningham, Shepherd,
Ward. Macconnell, Cornell, Vaughn,
Bach, Il. g. Toney, s. Il. Toney, Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Black, Mr. aud Mrs
John Tanner, Mr.. and Mrs. G.. NJ.
Galway, Mr.. aud Mrs. l. Baach Mrs,
Elsinger. Mrs. j. +. Ward, Mr.. ard
Mrs. ). Baach, Mr.. and Mrs. Stump,
MIR. and MIS-. King, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sexton.
"A reception WAS given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Landon, at thei- home
on Water Street in. honor of Mr.. and
Mrs. Floyd Black Monday evening.
Mrs. |. J. Moore, wife of Master
Mechanic Moore, arrived yesterday.
from Wilmington, Deleware, and will
spend the summer with her husband
M's. w. +. Morris, left today for
her home in Wilkesbarro, Pennsylva
mia, To spend n fow weeks.
Mr.. Charlie Minter, of Blurnold,
spent Sunday with his parents.
Mossrs. Cornell and Macconncll
have returned to Poca, aftor two
weeks vacation to their home in Mt.
Clair, New jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. Baach. ontertnin-
ed Monday evening in honor of Miss
Celia Lien of Baltimore, Md A tole-
gram party was given. DR.. l.. f.
Ward, received first prize aud Mr..
Floyd Black the consolation. Those
present, Misses. j. and II. Browning
Mary aud Louise Phelps, Sadie, Ray,
Mable, and Jennette Baach, Wygal
Lion.
Messrs. Cornell, ward, Borbert
Bach, Jones, Shepherd, Cunning.
ham, Macconnell, Moore, Gordon
Umberger, Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Black
MissJ. Nan Hoge, OF Burks Garden
is visiting the Misses Browning this
week
Mr.. Edward Atkins age 30, ma
tive of Wythoyille. died Yesterday o
typhoid fever. Ho is survived by ,
wife. His remains will be taken tc
Wytheville for burial.
Miss Bertha Cox, leayes today fol
her home in Salem Virginia
Mrs. Thos. G.. Crockett, and chill
dren left yesterday for Wythevillc
where they will remain during july
and August.
Mr.. J. w. Hawke, general manager
Of Pocahontas Grocery Co., lef
Thursday for Philadelphia, Pennsyl
vania, where he will buy his fal
supply of goods.
The Misses. Sexton, of Marion, Va
are visiting Mr.. V. l.. Sexton thi
week.
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VIRGINIA COLLEGE FOR YOUNG
LADIES. ROANOKE. VA

Opens Sept. 21, 1908. One OF the
leading Schools for Young Ladies' in
the South. New buildings, pianos and
equipment. Campus ten acres. Grand
mountain scenery in the Valley OF Vir-
8inia, famed for health. European and
American teachers. Full course. Con-
servatory advantages in Art, Music
and Elocut'on. Certificates Wellesley.
Students from 30 Ststes. For catalogue
address MATTE 2. HARRIS. presi-
dent, Roanoke, Virginia.
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One thing is sure: No man should be
elected who cannot command the cor
dial support OF the alumni and OF the
Faculty OF the University, for the wei
rare OF the University depends upon the
harmonious cooperation OF the three
President, Faculty and Alumni
ALUNINUs.
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Will Open New Store.

Messrs. w. L. Witten of Tazewell
and }. ID. Harrison, of Knob, will
open up line of up-to-date mems
furnishing goods. The have secured
IA store room at Norton. and we un-
stand, will start the business IN
right away.
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EFFECT ON BUSINESS.

D-N 'PhHiNf-NN.
Even before the strike, business in
Richmond was none too good. In
Tact the drummers-these financial ba-
rometers-said that Richmond was n
g., and since the strike there is great
stagnation. Business is not good, at
all. What will be the result when win
ter comes is not hard to tell.
THE MILITARY.
Since the strike there has been about
1900 soldiers here all the time, and are
here now. This means an expense 10
somebody of about $4,000. 90 day. !
understand that the City OF Richmond
pays the board bill of the boys and the
State pays their salaries. The express
sion of opinion here among large num-
ber OF people is, that the military were
never needed here at all. Their pras.
ence here has tended to increase the ex-
citement. Others say that the trouble
which has been prevented by the sol.
diers cannot be estimated. No TELLING
what might have occurred il they had
not been here. The only CASUALTY
which has occurred was the shooting
and killing of a man in Manchester and
few arrests for throwing rocks. etc
THE WORST FEATURE
OF this part of the situation comes on,
in insinuations from Trustworthy sour.
ces, that the police force OF Richmond
mot all Of them) are in sympathy with
the strikers. / have failed 10 find 3
policeman, (and L have talked will
many OF them), who did not say thai
the military was unnecessary from the
start.
1t will be recalled, that Mayo,
Iiaylor, IN a speech to large bod,
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Notice.

We have decided to moye our bus
mess to Norton, Virginia, and re-
specially ask all parties owing us
TO come forward and settle at once.
w. 7. Wittsn & Co.,
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Nothing Like it in the
Coal Field.

The "Cute Photo" studio, No. 235
Princeton Avenue, where you get %
"cute" photos In artistic poses for 35
cents. Here for short time. Come
quick. Lost time is a pull-back to fun.
No. 235 Princeton ave-, Bluefield, w.
va Junel24i,
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RICHMOND STREET
CAR STRIKE
Review ofthe Four Weeks
Trouble at the Capitol
Special Correspondence

Richmond, Va. July l3-An outsid.
er and visitor to Richmond can see. per
haps, certain phases OF the trouble
which do not rapidly appear to those
on the ground, who are directly inter-
ested. 1t has been just four weeks to-
day since the strike began, and only for
day or two were the cars stopped en-
tirely. The Strike breakers" were i'm
ported here from other cities, and put
In the places OF the regular men who
were off, These men, in turn, after
running the cars for n few days, struck
for higher wages, and the service was
again interrupted. Their demands
were promptly acceded to, and the cars
were again started, and have been run
ming, with more or less regularity, ever
since, under the protection OF the mi
litia of the city and other parts OF the
State.
The Strike breakers, or as they call
themselves, "striko busters, are also
members OF Union, whose object os-
tensibly is to fight the regular Union
OF the country, but whose real object is
to make all the money they can in any
way they can, and it is said they have
lined their pockets well and thiclxly
since they have been here. The Pas
scnger and Power Company have been
up to this time, completely i'm their
power and unable to protect themselves
against INSCRIPTIONS fare-collectors.
This fact, added to the other. that few
people rode on the ears for long time.
naturally resulted i'm great loss to the
Company, even when cars were run.
1t is reported in the city today that
large numbers OF these clusters" will
leave the city tomorrow. Quite n mum
ber OF them have been employed per-
manently, and n number of young men
from the city and surrounding counties
have been employed to take rheir places.
or one thing they may be assured, viz:
That few citizens of the city will shed
tears mt their leave taking, but rather
will speed the parting guests. They
are not expert motoImen or conductors
by any means, only so far rs collecting
fares is concerned; so say many Of the
leading citizens OF the city. Your cor
respondent, though not in any sense a
"spotter'', on one trip through the city.
saw one Of these strike busting conduc-
tors collect thirty five fares and ring
In only fourteen. So, it will he seen
that the Company has been running at
loss and n great loss.
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MR. GouLp's rosIrIoN

Mr.. Gould, the owner virtually of the
Passenger and Power Company, has
not been here since the strike began,
but he called up General Manager Hun.
OF this city, ami instructed him TO draw
Tor all the funds needed TO run the cars
for any length of time, and never to
yield one iota TO the demands of the
strikers, and as Mr. Gould is multi
millionaire it will be readily appreciated
what this means. It means war to the
knife, and the result is not difficult TO
predict.