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Blackburn's Baggage.

On one occasion Lindsey, VINO sue
.eeded Carlisle as a senator from
kentucky, was coming east with
Blackburn, says the Saturday Even
ing Post. 1t was molning, the
=:ain was swaying and rocking
through the Allegheny hills; precisely
the hour, the motion and the place to
a. nd a gentleman of Bluegrass
genesis that he needed stohachic.
Lindsey, returning from the smoking
loom, was concerned to note that his
colleagues countenance, usually SO
.)land. wore look of troubled gloom
whats wrong?." askcu Lindsey,
anXiously.
The wo:st thing in the world,
returned Blackburn. I've lost the
better part of my baggage"
WAS ii stolen, or did You leave il
5ehind?"
Neither; the cork came out
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-15
County Morgues.

The county court appropriated, at
the request of the board of public
affairs, $500 out Of the city road dis
trict funds to pay for the material
and freight on the iron thing from
Tyler, Tex. for the culvert to be
III; in Brunp's bayou. The money
vas turned ever to the board Of puo-
lie affairs per agreement that the
city will place a like culvert in the
east end of the city. The county
court also accepted Ralph Rob
inson's and the Holdernesss ss-Senyara
company's undertaking establishments
as county morgues, and the
county now will have the free and
continuous use of the two morgues,
which are now under course of cree
ton.
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The D-n Fool Vote.

Congressman Champ Clark usually
manages TO take pretty good care of
himself, whatever the circumstances
During one of his campaigns in Mis-
.ouli he struck an exceptionally hos
tile neighborhood. He had been sub
iected TO several Interruptions, and
finally burly fellow strobe down
to the front of the platform and said
Say, you're d fool. and every
body here knows it.
Cla' ks face actually became ra-
diant at this announcement. He lean
ed over, and before the bewildered
spectator WHO had hurled the epithet
could think. seized his hand and
wrung it warmly. Then, facing his
audience squarely, Clark said:
The remark of my friend here has
given me renewed encouragement. II
before | had any shadow of doubt
as to my success, he has dispelled it,
for if poll the full d fool vote OF
This precinct, will be elected by
rousing majority
Clark afterward saio ..e knew he
was taking long chances. But the au
dience went wild over the prompt re
joinder and the congressman really
did carry the precinct when election
day rolled around.-Baltimore Herald
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LITTLE STORIES.
" j. i. i. + i. + + + + + + IF 1. /

In the latest number of ~. G. Gen.
Ben Niljoen describes The Bravest
Deed | Ever Saw 1t was that OF
Commandant Cert Gravett, who res
cued two OF his comrades under a
fierce fire of British shells and bull
lets. But the "madest act of courage
was that of British colonel, Thus
the general converses with the inter-
viewer:
We wee lying behind boulders
high up on one side of kopie. and
the khakis were coming up on the
other We saw their hats appear
over the crest before they had any
view even of the top of the hill, far
less of US. Then came their faces,
then their breasts. then we fired. The
fiIst rank went down like swath OF
grass. But others pressed forward,
the colonel leading. We fired again,
The colonel reeled and fell forward
shot through the leg. But almost in
stantly he was up again. the wounded
leg hanging horribly limp and trail
ing upon the ground, he leaned upon
a rife, using it as a crutch, and sc
forced himself forward in jerks, call
ing hoarsely to his men, beckonine
them angrily on with his arm, ano
thus limping calmly to the very muz
Zies Of our Mausers It was splendid
and when he fell for the last time
WELL we were sorry"
What was his name?" ! asked.
Col. Lloyd, of the West Riding reg
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Sheriff Saved the Day.

Opie Read. the novelist, was telling
of his experience as journalist in
Kentucky some years ago,
There was good deal of news,
he said, such as shootings and knll-
ings. but this news was not regard
cd as important and little attention
was paid to it. | remember once when
local feud broke out afresh, when
members of the opposing sides met at
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-15
Not Good Form, Anyway.

LAWYER LeCn Shelp of New York
has an acquaintance whose frequent
use of profanity disgusts every one
within hearing In the smoking room
Of the Morningside club the other
evening the mans language grew SO
offensive that Shelp politely informed
him what nuisance he was making
of himself. "Why shouldn't | swear
if want to-" clustered the other.
There aren't any ladies here. NO, :
assented Shelp, but there a.e still
few gentlemen
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-15
The Two
Vaus anC

iOriginal.]
1t WAS Just Q O'Clock when | entered
my office The clerks We're busy at
their various duties, While my type
writer Was reading q morning paper,
waiting for work. | was surprised to
See my desk open aud Il man sitting in
NY place There was something IA
miiiar in the clothes he Wore. which
were Of the same pattern as a suit l
often Wore Rut what WAS my aston
ishlneut When he turned and-great
hea zen. t!Ienp sut#lt!Ss4if
Tie first thought that darted through
my brain was th;,t | had received
soise "a: ~le;,l shock which had bereft
me of my H"ata! equilibrium but
upon CHANGING at the clerks | saw they
were Us ...>icil ;stoniSAed ut my en-
trance - | WIS x the appearance of
the n;tH IT my desk, who appeared tc
be efuany surpl1sed.
WEI. 81. ,'-.s3.ssss!
We'll sir" nel. .ae'! the man.
Nv hat are you DOING at my desk|'
Your dcs !
Yes. sil':: my GaT:.
.M1.o arc yoll. sir: Your appearance
is rot1l,.a ,;:ily IKE .u.ile.
y a. Av..l Vaughan. the proprietor
of tbs o1.sp.
''..el.ii N;sal l,..;l:..:' =
.'Yes. s.r:: Jon Vaughan And who
are vow:
Il am he whom You claim to be
John NaU.;i3;i!l.
grasp"d 1T the back of a chair to
steady myself Willie Il cold sweat
stood Oh luy brew. Ny double sat
staring ut rae. with something Of the
same evidences of terror in him that
We're in me- Partially mastering my
self. | turned to the head bookkeeper
and asked
'Who is this person. FraZer?'
Frazer stood With mouth and eyes
wide open, staring first at me- then at
the man ut the desk. but answered
never a word.
..Who he isf" | repeated, addressing
young Curtis. clerk.
1--WE supposed he was you, SIR he
replied hesitatingly.
My double turned to the persons ad-
dressed and repeated my questions
verbatim. Had ] gone daft: Ii so,
how account for the astonshment of
the employees?
: How long has he been here" l
asked.
He came in ten minutes ago. sir
Curtis answered. "He was earlier than
you usually are"
"Where do you live?" I asked the
pretender.
AT 3943 Chestnut street
Again clutched the back Of the
chair convulsively. The man had
named my own residence.
''Sr." he said rising. "if l had had
a twin brother would surely think
you were he. AS l have no brother |
am inclined to think either that hava
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-15
Il eOttllty seat.

tdtt County stat
There were hot words. a blow was
struck, and weapons wee -+>.-
when Tie sheriff interfered He loud
ly announced rhaf he would not to}er-
ate aoy vfo.eH-e, o-deee. t4e partias
.epa .t5e. a:4d waen mis- ordsrs were
net obe>ed he began shooting.
Il forget WnetneT be kit4ed eigHt
or nine. but know III describing tae
mciaenJ N my paper I commended me
sheriff foi r+ss p-onpt "a @-on at;
brave cry, ana aided tae parag apn.
'1.pere IS no doupl but for the prompt
aesion OF the sheriff there Wou!a have
been bloodshed. New YORK W-olsu.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-15
Very Remarkable Cure Of DiaTrnoea.


About six years seC, for e.ie lrst
tine in my life, had a SU den and
severe attack oi diarrhoest, says Ms.
Alice Miller. Of Morgan, Texas. = get
tomr0.aly relief but it came ba X
again and again, and for six long years
have suf5 red more misery and agony
than cat seli. 4 Was worse than
!eath A-y husband spent hundreds
If cellars tor physicians prescriptions
ana - aatment without avail. Finally
We moved 10 Bosque county cur pre-
ent home. and one day happened tc
see an advertisement of Chamberlain
Coke. Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
Win a testimonial of man who haG
yeen tu.ed By Il. Tie case was SO
similar u n.y own that concluded
TO try the remedy. The result was
wonderful. ucuId hardly realize that
was well again. or De.;eTe = could
ne so after having suffered so long,
nut t at one bottle OF medicine, cost
ing but few cents, cured me- For
sale by w. L. DeWoody & Co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-15
o,.," r": >. Da!.t!Y: 1! y J! s. :; :; oily :;


~>t my >"nScs or Ven are nrct"nang
To be ne for Il r,:tnesr.'
a panied expression passed over Ei:,
face aS Tough lie had .r2'in TO doubt
his own sanity. ',h"n, tu":.iis5 20 the
gaping CLERKS. he e;,id:
Game. Dccida between US. and do
it quickly or we small both go mad.
An: ,'o,;n Vaughan or not
The clerks cont.n'!cd to gHp"
.Iecide! sad on the verge of
fren"y
'pec!de. repeated NY otl.cr self.
and if am Hot myself | VII leave
this office and bctahe myself 10 Il mad
hoG.
At Ills point Mss Tewae the type
writer. arose and with fur more pres
encr Of mind tlHn tie others surveyed
us both. Thea. pointing to ne. She
sai0
You arc Mr.. Vaughan.
With sllric'i. ~ Go;: 'o Srrlny
pest nae. do"-ri a :ii-ht nf st; - :. .:, oHt
If tie building. | fcti ,.o = ctH..r in II
lead faint When recover. d ;;il the
clerks were hcadir,:s over N" wish
anxious faces.
What does !: all Hieal:. asked.
Have | b"ea drc#lu;,!t su:..":33si:ls ter.
.'ib.,. or WAS Tie scene re.l, -
at was real said tn. lsa;.d book
.,eepcr. AND tie st:.s;!&aSt experience
| have ever had in my lie"
"Whpre is Miss Townp:"
Here.
Tic circle opened and saw her
standing" before the safe which | now
toi the first time noticed VS. ui,tn.
WHO opened that safe" l asked.
aStoniSnpd
Il. sir said Frazer. Il opened it
on your-I mean the other c.1n's order"
How much money WAS there in it,"
asked Miss Townc of ntr.
"Fifteea hundred dollars and over
Is it there"
"There's no money here that l can
see"
Something began to dawn on Us all
at the same moment. The safe had
stood open all the time that had
aeen talking to my double. but had
Deen 100 QlSlllEptu 10 H6tltt' 1t.
'FraZer." | said. "you,ve= been vic
tilnized. Wee all been victimized.
But gladly lose ny money to !snow
I'm in my right mind. Telephone the
police BE quick
My double was finally caught and
most of the money recovered. He told
a very interesting story of how he had
conceived and prepared for his plan.
For a long while he had frequently
been taken for me. on the street in
hotels, everywhere that people are met.
Being one Of the best confidence men
known to the police. he determined to
do" me- He had learned all about
me and procured a suit of the same
pattern as one he had seen me wear.
When all was ready he walked into
my office ten minutes before my time.
ordered the safe opened and helped
himself He was about to leave when
l entered, and he played role he had
thought of for such an emergency,
and played it admirably.
+. A. mitchell.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-15
COMMISSIONERS SALE.

Pursuant 10 decree of he Jeffer.
on chancely court. rendered on jan
cry 3fst 1908. in the case of Terry
"aree IS. ". T. Young. admin. st at r
the esta, of Berna Annegaln ct
:. 2s commissioner of said court.
viii en- Tuesday. july 7tn. 1so}. sell
I front door Of the court house,
n the city Of Pine Bluff Ark On a
:edit of three months. With approved
security. the following described real
estate, situated in Jefferson county,
Ark. t0-wir:
Beginning at point 132 feet south
Of the northwest corner cf the south
east quarter of the northeast quarter
of section nine, township six south,
range nine west; thence east 152 1-2
feet, thence south 100 feet. thence
west 152 IL feet, thence north 100
feet to the point of the beginning
The sale will be to the highest bid
der. w. L. GOODWIN,
Commissioner in Chancery.
W4t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-15
w. l.. DeWoody & -. Will Buy It
Back

You assume no risk when you buy
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Diar.
rhoea Remedy. w. L. DeWoody & Co.
will refund your money ii you are not
satisfied after using it. 1t is every
where admitted to be the most sue
cessful remedy in use Tor bowel COM
plants and the only one that never
fails. 1t is pleasant. safe and relia-
Bile.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-15

of flowers on his grave, and the card
bore this inscription: In honor OF
a brave enemy. 1t was an act diff
cult to forget
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-07-15
w4t

Where there's will there's a way
but in the majority of cases it is
not the way you will.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-18

5000 men at work whom they agreed to
start to work when they submitted to
this commission.
I'VE do no not want to and will not
cause trouble at the mines, but will do
all we can to prevent 1t. But I want
the commission to understand that the
men who have been idle all this time
are getting impatient. They are writ
ing every day asking If something can
not be done to secure them work In the
mines. They are charged, Of course,
with being criminals. 1t is alleged they
left their jobs and all that, but If they
are going to have a term of peace for
some years in the anthracite field, 1t
seems to me they ought to stop fight
ing now and that any desire to punish
men by the companies ought to cease.
We are willing and anxious to get along
in harmony with those in the coal fields
and will do all we can to establish
good relationship there and we hope
the coal operators will meet us half
way in doing that"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-18
DEATH TO SIX OR MORE
MAN-OF-WA MEN
Accidental Explosion on Board the
Massachusetts Off CuIebra Island.

SAN JUAN, p. r., Jan. 17-Five men
were killed and four others wounded,
two of them probably fatally, by the
explosion of a powder charge Of an
eight-inch gun on board the United
States battleship Massachusetts yes
terday while at target practice eff
Culebra island.
The explosion occurred in the star
board aft eight-inch target and was
due to the accidental discharge of a
percussion primer while the breech Of
the gun was open. The full charge ex-
ploded in the turret and killed or in
jured all the crew of the gun, number
ing nine men.
Capt Harry Lee, commanding the
marine guard of the vessel, and En-
sign Clarence Abele Immediately food
ed the turret with water, and Lieut..
Charles F. Hughes and Gunner Kuhl-
vein went below to the magazine, pick
ing up powder charges and preventing
further explosions, while Lieut.. Will
liam G. Cole and Gun Captain Stone
men entered the turret and withdrew
the charge from the other gun, whose
breech was open. The survivors of the
guns crew when rescued were burned,
mutilated and nearly dead.
One man whose clothing was on fire
jumped overheard.
Dead-A. Hendricksen, boatswains
mate; f. H. Losser, appretice; S. It.
Ma1inowski, landsman; K. J. Platt, or
binary seaman; Robert Hule, ordinary
seaman. Injured-W. w. A. Schert, ap-
prentice; A. S, Tacke, coxswain; j. c.
Patterson, ordinary seaman; A. N. Dos
sett, ordinary seaman.
Coxswain Tacke died this afternoon.
The conditions of Apprentice Schert
and Seaman Dossett have become
worse, and it is now thought that these
men will not survive. Seaman Patter-
son, it is expected, will recover.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-18
BODY AND SOUL
SEPARATE FOREVER
Frenchman Loses His Life
While Making a Psychic
Experiment.
Special Cable to The Globe.

Special Gable to The Globe.
PARIS, Jan. 1T.-In an effort to prove
that the soul can leave the body to re-
turn to it, Albert Guelle, man of su-
perior intellect, lost his life-victim to
one of the strangest experiments in
history. Mr.. Guelle was widely known
as translator from the Greek, Latin
and Hebrew.
The independence of the mind in
dreams caused him to conclude that
personality is dual and he resolved on
an experiment that should free his soul
from his body for time. He construct
ed an apparatus consisting of a reser-
voir fixed to the wall, which would let
mixture of chloroform, sulphuric
ether and water fall drop by drop on
his face. Then he wrote a letter to a
friend and placed himself on bed be-
meath it, having annointed his body
with antiseptics that modification
could not set in, while his soul was alb
sent. The letter to his friend was to
awaken him at the end Of ten days.
Immediately on receiving 1t the
friend rushed to the young mans
apartments with Guelles mother. They
were too late. They found the student
stretched on the bed, a calm express
sion on his face, as if he were sleeping.
He had been dead several hours. In
his will he enjoined his mother not to
regret him if his experiment should
prove fatal. He promised that his soul
should continue to communicate with
her
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-18
NAVY DEPARTMENT
CAN'T SPARE HOBSON
He Will Take Charge of Construction
Department on Puget Sound.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 17.-Up-
on the recommendation Of Admiral
Bowles, chief constructor Of the navy,
Acting Secretary Darling today signed
an order assigning Constructor Hob
sou to duty in charge of the construc-
ton department at the Puget Sound
naval station at Bremerton. Hobson
has been for some months past on
waiting orders, having declined an as
signment to Pensacola. pending action
by congress upon a bill authorizing his
retirement. Special action OF this ma
ture was regarded as necessary in view
Of the failure OF two naval examining
boards to find him physically disquali-
fed for active service.
The navy department concluded that
the straits 1t is in through the resigna-
ton Of Constructor Hibbs, leaving va
cant the important post at Bremerton,
justifies the action taken today. Hob
son is now in a position where he must
resign from the naval service alto
gether or undertake active duty, for
which he feels himself untitled by rea-
son of eye trouble.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-18
FAILURE OF
SARDINE FISHERIES
Twenty Thousand French
Families Are Starving in
Consequence.
Special Cable to The Globe.

Special Cable to The Globe.
PARIS, Jan. 17.-The winter has
brought great distress upon the fisher
folk of Brittany, where 100000 men,
women and children depend for their
living upon sardine fishing. The tickle
sardine has suddenly abandoned the
coast, and black, unrelieved misery is
the result. These 10000 families are
literally starving.
To add to the hardships of the situ-
alton, the potato crop was a failure
all along the coast. Whole families
meet outside the villages, imploring
bread from passers-by for six, seven.
eight and sometimes ten children. The
local authorities, having done what
they could do to relieve the distress.
have now appealed to the nation for
help. President Loubet. Premier
Combes, who is also minister of the
interior, Marine Minister Pelletan.
Sara Bernhardt and many other prom
inent people have promised aid.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-18
AMERICAS MOST
POWERFUL GUN
Successful Test Of a Weapon
That Shoots Twenty
Miles.

NEW YORK, Jan. 17.-The most
powerful gun ever built in America, a
siXteen-inch coast defense rifle. was
successfully tested today at the gov
eminent proving ground at Sandy
Hook, The gun was fired three times
In the presence Of several hundred
army Cheers, a few civilians and one
representative Of the legislative branch
Of the government, Congressman Mil
lett. Of the naval committee. Among
the officers present was Col. Riley, of
the ordnance department, who Superin-
tended tho construction of the gun at
the Watervleit arsenal in West Troy
The three tests were marked by the
wonderful accuracy with which they
fulfilled the mathematical calculations
OF the army experts who have had
charge Of the guns construction. The
three shots also proved that the special
sr or eless powder made for sixteen
inch guns had been accurately pre-
pared.
The first shot was a sort Of warm
cr." The charge was $50 pounds of
s1nokeless powder and the velocity of
the $500 pound projectile when it left
the muzzle was 1900 feet a second.
The pressure of the great charge of
powder in exploding was 5000 pounds
to the square inch. For the second shot
the trll charge of $40 pounds of pow
der was used and the velocity was
2,306, or feet more than calculated
The pressure was $4,000 pounds to the
square inch. rhe elevation of the guns
munzle for the first and second shots
was about TX degrees and the ranges
were 5000 and $500 yards.
For the final shot the -muzzle was
elevated to Az degrees, increasing the
range to 1000 yards. The charge was
$40 pounds of smolxeless powder and
the pressure was $500 pounds to the
square inch. All the shots ricocheted
two or three times in the water, send
ing up great fountains of spray. Gen.
Crozier said the tests showed the gun
was an absolute success and proved
that sixteen-inch guns could be fur
nished whenever the country wanted
them.
The gun cost 100000. 1t will un-
doubtedly be mounted at Sandy Hook.
Gen. CroZier, chief of ordnance said
that while it's range at it's highest ele-
vation was about 20 miles, 1t could be
used to hit objects at distance of only
or miles. Objects further away
could not be seen. The gun was the
greatest step in advance yet taken in
ordnance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-18
CUSTOMS PECULIARITIES
MENTIONED BY SHAW
Secretary of the Treasury Gives Inter-
national Congress Some Hints.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE first
formal session of the international
customs congress was opened here to-
day with an address by Mayor Low.
lie was followed by Leslie NJ. Shaw,
secretary of the treasury, who said:
1T has always been the policy of
the United States-and it is also the
law as again and again announced by
our courts-to resolve reasonable
doubts in favor Of the importer. 1 as
sumo that the same law prevails in all
countries. 1t should apply, 1 think.
with especial force with reference to
drawbacks. The whole drawback
scheme has been worked out in the in
terest of the exporter. People may
differ upon the proposition whether
the tariff is or is not a tax upon the
exporter of manufactures from import
ed material. When it is once considered.
therefore, that the government does not
desire to profit at the expense of it's
import trade, then customs officials are
justified in constructing drawback laws
as literally as their language will per-
nit, and legislators, L think, are iustt-
fled in liberalizing these drawback laws
as far as possible.
"A large percentage Of the frauds
upon the customs revenues of a coun-
try are committed on consigned goods
and it has always seemed to me that
Ine 1acC lhaI goods are purchaSable
only in the domestic market raises a
strong presumption that they are be-
ing underValued. This practice not only
drives the domestic importer out of
business but it prejudices the domestic
manufacturer who produces competing
goods. The fact that goods are sold
for export cheaper than for the do
mestic market frequently works a great
hardship upon the importer. He pur-
chases abroad, and presuming that he
has paid the ordinary foreign market
price, invoices at the prices he has
paid. but frequently finds himself sub
Jected to an advance of from 10 to rs
per cent with statutory penalties In
my judgment, the commerce between
the countries here represented might
be very largely increased and to our
mutual advantage"
Officers were elected as follows: Gen.
Q. L. Spaulding. assistant secretary of
the treasury, president; F1del G. Pier