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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
FIGURES ON LOt4pON TRAFFIC.
Enormous Number Of Passengers Who
Use ConVeyances.

The i'll mensity Of London traffic is
curiousiy illustrated by ap article
which appears in a recent issue Of the
Light Railway and Tramway Journal.
:. ia stated that tie number Of sub
A:ban trains running in and out Of
tendon daily is no fewer than 7.t:1,
IT which $500 belong to the Great
Eastern.
The passengers they carry is esti
mated at about 100000, and the
statistician who is responsible for the
article proves by calculations which
appear to be perfectly plausible tsat
over 100000 passengers have to
be carried per annum.
He estimates that about 30,U0O 900
gre carried by cabs, 10,000,0 600 by pri
, e vehicles, and an equal number
~ Thames steamboats, and the sra -
ot,1 OF passengers carried anaslc.!y
= 1900 000,QQ
Euch figures are possibly ret quite
accurate, but they are sufficiently near
to give an idea Of the i.-..--ense traffic
that has to be dealt with in London.
Often enough We grumble about
the condition OF the streets. and the
difficulty experienced in getting from
place to place, but, considering the unr
paralleled concourse of people that
have been brought together in the
capital Of Great Britain, the greatest
wonder is that locomotion should be
oCSSible at all
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
NEW GUTTA PERCHA TREE.
Valuable Discovery Recently Made in
the Valley Of the Amazon.

Up to quite recent date the word
has relied on the rubber tree for its
supply OF gutta rc-cha, and on &C.
count of the limited area in which this
plant grows the product has been ey-
ceedingly expensive. \ short time ago
a gutta percha merchant in the Guia-
mas in examining the Amazon region
in South America found the balata
tree growing in abundance near Para
and on the Amazon and its tributaries
for thousands of miles. The BraZlians
had no knowledge of its gum -produc.
ing properties and were founc cutting
down the trees for frewood and build.
ing material. A Concession was bought
and the practical work OF producing
gutta ..ercha for the 10 Arket begun.
There is practically No limit to the
supply of gutta percha on the Amazon
and il can be produced al a fraction
If the cost of rubber The method Of
bleeding the balata tree is entirely
different from that used to extract the
gum ct the rubber tree and only ex-
pert "t:eeders," it is said. can be
employed. The trees yield many tim IS
as much sap as the rubber trees and
one man can gather as much gutta
percha in day as twenty man can
extract from the rubber tree. Each
tree will a. oraga n ee and half
pounds and one c1Rpetent "bleeder"
can prepare fort. 20 atty pounds per
day. The gum is fermented and tn en-
dried in he sun, after which it is
ready for shipment.
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REMOVAL NOTICE.

hereby announce to my friends,
patrons and the public generally the
removal Of my real estate Office on
or about April 18th from No. III Pine
street, this city, which Will in fu.
ture be occupied by the Pine Bluff
Trust company, to the spacious new
quarters. No. ia West Second ayen'
ue. next door to the R. S. Thompson
and Sons hardware store, where l
shall have double the space / now
occupy, and which my business has
outgrown.
My facilities for carrying On the
several branches of the real estate
business will in future be largely in
creased.
shall continue to handle all kinds
Of property, either for sale, rental
ar lease. II not suited in my agency
will be useless to try elsewhere. My
commissions for selling and renting
property will continue to be as low,
if not lower. than is charged by other
agents.
My highest aim at all times will be
to please and satisfy. To prove this,
give me a trial and be convinced.
Approaching your future favors,
which shall at all times receive my
personal attention. am, yours very
respectfully, WIN. BURKE,
i3 Real Estate Agent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
Spider Fancies.

An elderly lady who lives in her own
deuse al Buttes Chaumont, Paris, and
VINO is the daughter Of one CT the fuuc.
tionaries under the late empire, has
discovered that spiders are peculiarly
Appreciatiye of music. She has made
great pets CT them, and :he house is
full Of spiders OF al kinds, on whom
she spends her time and fortune
Her pfateges are lodged in .arge,
airy room, where she has provided
every necessary support 70: their diff
ferent webs. Her great fav9rites are
immense black spiders, which. with
their hairy legs aud great bodies, look
very repulsive to 9Th
When she is inclined to shoT of
their capabilities fer music she sur
rounds herself with circle Q, water
to keep off their too delicate attentions
and PLAYS slowly, softly and in a minor
KEY on the harp. From all corners Of
the room the spiders run toward her,
listening with evident pleasure. but
should she strike up noisy. gay, in.
harmonious strain they scau Der back
to their holes as though disgusted.
A curious fact in connection with
this story is that the lady bears the
birthmark of q spider.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
MANY PARTS IN A DRUM.
And Americans Are Said to Make the
Best in the World.

Americans are the greatest drum
mers in the world and they make the
finest drums. Chicago and St. Louis
have large factories, but in these all
kinds Of drums ere made. most o.
which are of the cheap variety ano
low in price. There are only three
factories in the United States which
make the kind of instruments manu-
featured in his city. These drums
are distinct from the others in that
they have sharpness OF tone re
Quired oul2 in orchestra ana band
work
The drums that ar. used in corps
and in military wei. must hava tone
which is duller. :..d TIE Gfti.9l IlUs,
not be SO sensitive 70 the tCuen. Drum.
making Is curious iE6ustty ard a
complicated as it is ca-.cus, Tor t.
drum has many parts. A Crnm OF thl
best construction has o4s pc es, not
including sticks. hcoi.s and buIt. al
material must be OF the best quality
for the thir gs from which a drum Is
constructed are what give it is tCoa
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
How II Strikes an Operator.

A coal operator who was at the
capitol to day entered into an explanA-
ton Of why coal is high. aud as his
statement seens to confirm some pub.
lie suspicious, it Is worth printing as
he gave it. His mine is in Ohio. Some
days ago the company of which he is
part agreed to sell the product at the
mine at $1.95 a ton. He was sitting
In his Office, when several coal dealers
appeared. Instead of asking his price
I ton, one OF them exclaimed in bold
eager voice: Il will give you for
prompt delivery 81 ton. Another in
corrupted quickly Il will offer $3.50"
Still another jerked out nervously,
eaising his voice TO the highest pitch:
~And l bid S. ton" Thus by over.
bidding they carried the cost price up
to nearly 300 per cent over the original
price the operator had fixed. The con.
sumer was only considered as man
to be supplied as rapidly As possible at
exhalteo prices New Y:..k Tribune
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
Cures Eczema, Itching Humors, PIN
pies and Carbuncles-Costs
Nothing to Try.

B. B. B. (Bontaric Blood Balm)
is certain and sure cure for &C.
zema, itching skin, humors, scabs,
scales. wctc...- blisters. pimples, ach.
ing bones or joints, boils, carbuncles,
prickling pain in the skin, old eat
ing sores, ulcers, etc. Botanic Blood
Balm cures the worst and most
deep;seated cases by enriching, purify
ing and vitalizing the blood, thereby
giving a healthy blood supply to the
skin. Heals every sore and gives the
rich glow Of health to the skin.
Builds uD the broken down body and
makes the blood red and nourish-
ing. Especially advised for chronic,
old cases that doctors, patent medi-
cines and hot springs have failed to
cure. Druggists, 81, with complete
directions for home cure. To prove
B. B. B. cures. sample sent free and
prepaid by writing Bood Balm COM
pany, Atlanta. Ga. Describe trouble
and free midical advice sent in SEAL
ed letter. IL
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
sHREWDNESs OF A LAWYER.
quickly Perceived That the Witness
Was Not Honest.

The lawyer who has an instinct for
The weak point of witness generally
fights winning game. A famous law
which were answered with more or
less hesitation. Tie witIess was asked
to repeat his statements. ard then
once more the same process was gone
through
Suddenly, without warning, the
cross-examining counsel pointed his
finger at the witness and in loud tones
cried:
Give me that paper in your waist
coat pocket"
Taken completely by surprise. the
witness mechanically took a paper
from the pocket indicated and handed
t to the counsel
There was profound stiffness in the
court as the lawyer slowly read, in his
cool, calm voice, the exact words Of
lhe witness in regard to the state
ment, and called attention to the fact
that they were in the handwriting Of
tle lawyer on the other side. He then
gathered up his pape-s with great de
liberation, remarked LAT there seem
ed to be no further need of his ser.
vices, and left the court.
When asked to explain how he ar.
rived at so shlewd conclusion, the
lawyer replied
"A witness who mas learned his evil
denee will not give it as if he had
heard 1t merely Besides, noticed
that when d word failed him his hanc
wandered mechanically 70 his waist
coat pocket"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
500 REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages,
and that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Ca.
tarrh, being a constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation Of
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address F. j. Cheney and company.
Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
Industrial Effect Of spinstera

A study by a woman writer Of cen
sus returns suggests the conclusion
that one in every six English women,
and in the upper classes nearly one
CALF are destined to spinsterhood.
This fact might have depressing eff.
feet on some Investigators, but this
one finds cause for rejoicing The lot
of all women" she predicts. may oe
immensely improved by this ccmpact
band IT single women. 1t would Do
difficult to overrate the industrial ef.
seet of a number of we!.-instructed,
healthy minded. vigorous. permanent
ypiLsters"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
FRANCE is GROWING RICH.
Number Of Persons Owning Securi'
ties Is Increasing Every Year,

Number Of Persons Owning Securi'
ties Is Increasing Every Year.
A statistical publicatioA just issued
at Paris presents an inte< sting show.
ing OF the division OF wealth in that
country. The almost universal sub.
division of the land 10 France began
with the first revolution, and now
there are 5,5oo,o0o Of peasants each
awning a home and tract OF land. But
the same process has been going Oh
in the leading forms of personal prop
srty. In 1889 there were but 125, 900
holders Of French rentes, or govern
ment securities. Now there are over
2.eo0, 600. Tabulations Of the holdings
Of railway securities and bank shares
make a similar showing. In retail
trade there was an increase OF about
per cent in the past decade, while
the number of concerns in the whole
sale trade actually diminished il the
same tine.
Of course. these figures are not SO
exhaustive a. to permit Of exact com.
parisohs. But they harmonic with
the fact that for * least a decade and
hall the aim of les station in France
has been democratic. with no slight
influence eXerted by the socialist ele-
nent. 1t seems as if this tendency
was showing its effects-as the SINH
lar course in land legislation did early
4 the last century-in diffusing prop
erty among the common people more
widely than anywhere else in the
world. This is accompanied by a
financial strength there which 10
other nation can surpass.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
ALL FROGS GOOD TO EAT.
As Much Enjoyed by the Small Boy
as BY the Epicure.

The demand for frogs is great. It
has increased with the years until now
at almost every banquet of importance
the dainty is on the menu. All Of the
larger dining places use from six to
ten dozct per day. OF these crea.
lures. which. according to scientific
paper, are waiting to be classified by
.>.W as to whether they are fish or
aaima,5-just as woman had to wait
.or centuries to find out whether or
0t they had souls-there seems to be
20 especial variety for eating. They
a.e caught anywhere, ard, as small
10Y said: All frogs are good to eat
II they are not toads.
Boys and girls with nets much like
lose used in catching butterflies, only
mach stronger, can be seen making
ter the small streams and ponds that
cot the fields about San Francisco.
The average small boy is an expert
- catching. killing and dressing the
falatatle creatures. 1t is no unusual
sight . see away off in the field from
around which few sturdy young
scrs OF America are busy preparing
feast. Iaey broil the tender. white
flesh, which they sprinkle with salt
and baste with bit Of butter, carried
perhaps IN cinnamon can III a pocket
along with fsh-hooks. keys, marbles
and string. The frogs may noe be
setved on silver shells; they may be
garnished only with a spray OF fresh
@atercress. but l wager they are en-
'e.,ed as much by the youngsters, who
are their own chefs and walters as a
similar dish otherwise cooked and
served would be by grownup be-
whiskered epieures.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
His Bicycle EXEMPT.

A bicycle used BY painter, paper
hanger ard b;llposter TO can livel;
hood is held, in Roberts vs.. Parke
Ga. 81 L. R. \. 764. to be within
the provisions of q statute exemptin:
from execution the team OF lahore
who is the head Of a family and th
wagon or other vehicle by the use Q
which he earns his living, although
the bicycle was not known when tn
statute was enacted.--Case and Con-
ment.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
rrvcro, mott Named low,,,

Proctorkrott. Minnesota, is town
which recalls Proctor Knott of Ken.
''efT ord his famous DulrtN ~~oonh
OF twenty-five years ago, in which he
dSheo "--etC d4-u >!.a. i u4ll.u vas
This speech. though intended to cast
ridicule on an item in an internal
improvement bill in congress, in the
early seventies, was afterward print.
ed as boom" leaaet by Dulutnians,
and now they have named a small city
,or him also.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
Partnership Dissolved.

The copartnership recently exist.
ing between Floyd Thompson and c.
c. Taylor. under the firm name OF
Thompson and Taylor, has been dis
solved by mutual consent Mr.. Thomp-
sons interests have been bought by
s. E. Taylor, and the business will
continue under the name Of G. c. Tay.
lor and company, who will assume all
liabilities and will receive all out.
standing Indebtedness due the old
firm of Thompson and Taylor.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
Justice in New York.

Some Time ago a New YorE mag1s"
ate committed girl to the state re.
ormatory for "disorderly conduct" !"
astice Gaynor has released the pris.
Ger. holding that "disorderly COZ.
ucJ' is too vague an offense to war.
ant depriving person of his or her
5erty. He declares that this conviction
appears TO have been without any
TiGe@ce. thing which appears to oc.
l. very often in this city, as incredi.
e es it may seem"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04

Some men are Of such indecision
that they can't make up their minds
whether to kiss a girl where a freckle
is or a dimple
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04

Some men waste lot of time in ex.
planning that it wasn't their fault.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
DIRECTORS.

A man has pretty nearly lost all
interest domestically when he
ceases to growl about the way the
cook broils the bacon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04

1t is seldom that one does not take
pride in being smart enough to avoid
the misfortunes of ones friends.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-05-04
Now Open
For Business.

Will do a general Banking and Sav.
ings Bank business, accept and exc
cute Trusts committed to it by indi.
viduals or by Courts Of Record,
as receiver or any other judiciary
capacity, act as agents for the pur.
chase, sale or management of Real
Estate, loan money on collaterals. real
or personal, etc.
OFFICERS.
w. II. Langford, President.
w. 3. Alexander, Vice-Presldent.
II. A. Mccoy, Secretary and Treas
urer.
DIRECTORS.
w. n. Langrord, J. e. IsbelI, w. B.
Alexander, VIM. J. Gaibraith, Leo N.
Andrews, John 3. Speers, w. L. De-
woody, s. Y. T. Knox, D. s. BIuthen'
thai, VIM. T. Radford, II. A. Mccoy.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-11-19
LABOR.

United States Steel companys pay
roll viii be reduced $l5,000,000 an
nually under the retrenChment plans.
The trial of Tim" Mccarthy,
Parks's friend and fellow walking
delegate. for eytortion was postponed
In New York.
Denver (Colo) is threatened with
coal famine because OF the miners
strike. and business men will appeal to
President Roosevelt to act as
mediator.
At passaic. n. j., 100 girl weayers in
the Gera wooden mills struck for
higher wages. claiming that they could
not average as cents week. They
attacked others who were going 10
work and the police were called to
quell the riot
Five Chicago street car trains
started with nounion men were
mobhcd by strikers Windows were
broken, woodwork demolished. and
crews badly injured. Patrick Nc,
Mahon. brother of union vice presi.
dent. was struck by bricks while
running cable train. injured in
ternaliy and had one rib broken. over
S00.00u persons employed in the down
town district reached home with
difficulty.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-11-19

butcher knife, slashed Seifernan's
throat, killing him. Tracy escaped.
Fred Irle aged 20, was given a sen.
tence of 30 years in prison at
Savannah, Mo, for the murder OF
Henry Speth and Guy Shilliam OF
Plattcsyille, Wis, July 20, 1900. All
were runaway boys travelling together
Dr. ii. S. Lunn, chairman of the New
Reform club of London, arrived in New
York to arrange for visit of members
Lady Herbert, widow of Sir Michael
Herbert late British ambassador at
/ Washington, was among other pas
sengers.
Z Mrs. Nancy jeanette Flood was
found guilty at Grand Rapids, Mich,
Of the murder Of John London at Mrs
Floods farm April 81, 1903. London
was insured for 1000. He was eating
a meal at Mrs. Floods table when he
was shot TO death.
Mis- May GOelet and the duke of
RoxbuTghe were married at St.
ThomasS church, New York. Several
thousand women almost mObbed the
,
necessItating the calling out of two
platOons of police reserves.
Roland B. Molneux cannot compel
the return to him of the photographs
and BertillOn records constituting the
personal record of his case in the
Office Of the superintendent of the New
York state prison department. The
h.. \
of Justice Howard denying Molineuxs
application for peremptory menda-
mus
The summonses that Captain Rich
mond Pearson HObson secured in New
York for the appearance of three peo-
pie to try and explain the disappear
ance OF jeweiry, money and one of his
medals have been dismissed. Miss
Margaret Hobson, his sister, had re-
ported their loss and her testimony
was somewhat indefinite. She was
later served with papers by attorneys
for her Colored maid, Lizzie Britt, in
$4,000 damage suit charging false
prosecution.
The committee appointed by the
board of trustees Of the Carnegie in
stitute at Pittsburg to select a presi-
dent for the Carnegie Technical
schools of Pittsburg reported in favor
of Arthur Arton Hamerschlag of New
York for the position. He has for
years been a consulting engineer in
New York and has been connected
with many public works in that city.
He was born in Nebraska thirty-seveh
years ago and received his early edu-
cation in the schools of Omaha and
New York, following with special
courses in physics and mining at
Columbia university.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-11-19
DOMESTIC.

At Erie Pa, five persons were killed
and two fatally injured in a trolley car
accident.
Jonn Hayden was sentenced by
Judge Cobb at Vincennes, Ind. to
prison for arson.
Theodore Muller, a juror at Grand
Rapids. dropped dead during the pro,
gress of a trial.
The Indianapolis Sentinel was sold
to new company of which Thomas
Tpggart will be president.
Seven hundred case of yellow fever
are reported by the Texas state health
officer, with sixty deaths.
Miss Lily Bengert a Baltimore high
school student. was seriously injured
by classmates for talehearing.
a Cheyenne Jail was threatened
with attack by mob to rescue Tom
Horn. a condemned murderer.
Burton Martin attempted to swim
ashore from n sinking boat at Sc
Joseph, Mich, and was drowned.
Control of the United States Steel
company is believed bought by John
d. Rockefeller and George Gould.
In New York. Isabel Courtney, an
actress, % years old. stabbed herself
fatally The reason is unknown.
It was reported that j, T. Morgan
after Jan, l will retire from active
organization and reorganization pro-
ieCts.
Forty-six acres of fruit and garden
land in Lee county. Ill, were donated
by Mrs Shippert of Nachusa for an
orphanage.
Andrew j. Stone. New York
naturalist, purposes leading polar
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-11-19

the inhabitants of the vilayet of Ad-
rianople resulted in IS men being ac-
quilted and $50 condemned to be ban
ished to Yemen.
Minister CT Public Works Budde,
Minister of War Won Einem, Secretary
of the Imperial Postoffice Kraetke
and large company of other German
personages rode on an electric motor
car in the Marienfelde- Zossen expert
ments at a speed of 100 miles an hour
The British charge d'affairs at Bel
grade refused to receive the congrat-
ulations of the Servian government
on the birthday of King Edward. This
refusal was in accordance with his
instructions not to maintain diplo-
matte relations with King Peters gcv-
eminent.
Five socialists have been arrested
at Koenigsberg and Memel, Prussia,
on the charge of belonging to secret
societies. The police seized guam
titles of revolutionary papers and
nihilist pamphlets, issued at Zurich,
and also an extensive correspondence
with Russians.
The German war ministry denies the
report published in the United States
that the ministry for war had pro-
hibited the sale in the German army
and navy of cigars or cigarettes of
the American Tobacco company and
that only German goods would be al
lowed to be sold.
The doctors give slight hopes of the
Countess Lonyay, formerly the Crown
Princess Stephanie of Austria. widow
of Archduke Rudolph, ever regaining
her good health. Her private secre-
tary denies the reports that she is in
financial trouble and says Emperor
Francis Joseph is exceedingly gem
erous
The commerce committee of the
house of representatives of New Zea-
land has reported adversely on
Premier Seddon's scheme to establish
meatshops in the united kingdom. The
committee says New Zealand for the
present has reached the limit of it's
frozen meat output.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-11-19
WASHINGTON.

The confirmation of Major-Gen.
Wood is probable, army opposition be-
ing lacking.
Sir Mortimer Durand has been
gazetted British ambassador at Wash
ington.
Congressman Boutell of Chicago will
be appoited by Speaker Cannon to
membership on the ways and means
committee.
Major General Corbin, commanding
the department Of the east, arrived in
Washington and paid his respects to
the president. He is on trip of in
spection and left later for Atlanta to
inspect Fort Mcpherson.