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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
PEARL FISHERIES.
How the Gems Are Obtained md Dis
posed of In Cey1On.


posed of In CeylOn.
Since Keats told how 1.-The Ceylon
diver held his breath and went, all
naked, to the hungry shark many
poets have exhausted the resources OF
their Imagination in trying to describe
the wonderful pearl fisheries oil 'ey-
Ion. A few facts about them may De
nf interest il only as an antidOte to so
much poetry.
The pearl fisheries are the property
of the government of Ceyion. Inc
divers are paid no wages, but receive
one-third of the oysters they bring up,
the remaining twO-thirds being taken
by government agent and sold at
public auction to speculative buyers,
who gather from all parts of the ORR
cnt. The pearl fishery usually lasts
from thirty to forty days, but does not
take place every year. II IT dld the
oyster banks would soon be ruined.
Sometimes several years are allowed to
pass by without fishery.
The diving Is done after primitive
fashion, and the stories told about the
marvellous length Of time the divers
will remain under water are quite I'M
founded. The record is l minute ~
seconds.
The auction, which lasts for several
DAYS, is one of the most interesting
sights to be seen in Asia. The oysters
are sold in lots of 900, and of course
the purchaser Is buying "a pig in a
poke" There may be no pearls in any
of his oysters or the first one he opens
may give him fortune. This risk APP
pcaIs to the gambling spirit of the
orient, and pretty nearly all the races
from the Persian gulf to Japan are
represented ut the sale
The prices paid usually start low on
the first day Then if the buyers have
found pearls in fair quantities bidding
is keen, and the prices jump skyward.
One year they varied from los. 4d. per
1000 on the first day to f12 lis. 1Od.
on the second
1t is remarkable that the fisheries
are still SO profitable for there are
historical records that they were work
ed there 300 years before the birth Of
Christ, and 1t Is impossible to say how
many years before that date.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22

Coal hu+ bc,.oInc mans chief worl.e:,
and horse labor and human mlI"a!
labor are slowly being pushed aside
In the great transformation il las
been brain power that has triumphed
over brute strength. Man first sought
to shift his burden 10 the backs Of
the beasts Of the field, and the horse
became his patient friend and assist
ant. but now he seeks to harness the
elemental forces of nature to do his
bidding The burden is thus lfzhteued
without cruelty to any living creature.
Neither man nor beast has had his Ia
bOrs increased, but steadily decreased
st Nicholas
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
PITH AND POINT.

You are not expected to accept all
of your invitations.
Quit talking when it is plain the
other fellow isn't listening.
We wish we could have as good Il
time as young people think they are
having.
orr punishment used to hang on Il
nail behind the kitchen door. Where
die yOnvc used to hang:
No matter how rich or influential any
man becomes. he can never be rs i'll
dependent rs ii hired girl.
Ill the old people seem TO be look
ing for the iInpOssible-yOuns people
with no touliShneS; about them
Occasionally IL man talks of always
wanting to do what's right" as if lie
thought he had Il monopoly on the
Decentralization Gl.:he.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22

DO you think :, doctor ought 10 tell
a patient exactly what is the matter
with himt'
Yes answered tie physician. "iGut
he should use such terms IS i pre-
vent the possibility Of the patient I'M
derstanding Il word of what he says"
Exchange
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
Still Lower.

Here is a promising mining deal In
which l want to let you in on the
ground floor"
NO thanks | have been let III on
the ground floor of mining deals be
fore only to be dropped down into the
basement'
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-12-22
Scoils the Pleasure.

/ like to haunt the smoking car
And revel in a good cigar.
But. | confess. I'm free to say
That cars a place of blasted hopes
When some one lights one of the ropes
The politicians give away.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
SUITS AGAINST OIL MILLS.

Suit was filed in the jefferson ccun-
ty chancery court Thursday by the
Delta Cotton company and Edward Ca
rey, trustee, against the Bluff City
Oil company. The suit is to recover
$55S.32, which the complaint alleges
w. B. Powell received frcm the de.
PENDANTS for cotton seed sCld to them
which was included in deed given
to the plaintiffs to secure note for
$4,000 given by Mr.. Powell to the plain.
tiffs The complaint petitions for a
foreclosure upon the proceeds and val
lie Of the cotton seed converted and
appropriated by the defendants and
judgment in the sum Of $552.3S. TIE
Arkansas Cottsn Oil company is made
the defendant in a similar suit in the
sum CT $500
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
Theater Audiences.

A theater audience Is tickle and not
infrequently cruel but it must be won.
Augustin DAILY had several ways OF
testing it. One was to station men in
his employ at convenient points where
they could hear the comments and
judge whether the play was making an
impression. But Il test upon which he
depended more was to listen himself
at the moment when the curtain
went down upon an act. If lie saw
people turning to one another eagerly
and making quick comments he knew
that they We're being moved whether
for praise CT blame. But if the talk
began slowly after the curtain fell
he WAS perfectly sure that the play
had excited no interest-a worse fate
than blame
1t is Il favorite way of players to
pick out som" one person in the audi
eAce-one with a sympathetic coun-
tenance-nnu to play to him or her.
and to judge by success from the eX-
rr2Ssion seen tHcre. The trouble is
that tie people in the >front rows are
often the regulars, who feel little emo
ton and show less, and who may be
still unMOved when the rest of the
audience is in ecstasy. If they could
know the distress and the woe they
cause-well, then they would not be
the regulars.-New York Mail.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Reported by G. w. By;ngton,
Abstractor.
I. + + + + + i. !. + + !. + ]. !. J .

Charles W. Dixon to P. p Weeks
ct al, lot 3, block 80, Tannehill and
Owens addition, S125.
F. E. Renfrow to Herman Bahlau
lots 8 and 4. block 13, Pine Bluff Land
company's addition, $3.50.
Fred Fox ct al to A. Laxton, tract in
the sc ne, 9, 6, 8, $3.50. $500 cash, bal
ance one year.
Emma B. Howell ct al to B. j. Althei-
mer, 1-2 ne. 35, 4, 8, ct al lands,
s12.5oO.
F. c. Dietrich to Victor Simon, lot
3, block 80, Tannehill and Owens au-
dition, $500.
S. Geisreiter to Reuben Brown, W.
1-2 lot 2, block II, Geisreiter's addi-
ton. $3.50
George T. Subway to American Trust
and Agency company. all 4, 5, 9, ct al
lands, $1.0O.
E. A. Dryer to Matilda Ingram,
tract in the sw sc 10, 6, g. SIPS
Eureka Land company to NJ. S. San
,,ers, w IL Sc, II, 7, 8, ct al lands
312o
A. F. Dreyfus to Robert Harrison,
e sw 13, 5. 10, 5000
Martha Mccain to John NJ Mccain.
J 1T. Sc ne. 9, 6, 9, $3.50.
Thomas Dunmore to Mary Bowens
| tract in Sc sw, Is, 6, 9, $25
Samuel Jackman to j. S. Ingram
v IL. ne sw. 81, 6, 8, ct al lands, $15
Terry Pearce to w. R. Youngblood
lots 19, 20 and 21, block 8. Ringers
addition s345.
E. B. Blocm. clerk, to E. H. Hopkins
W 1-2 NV, 6, 4, 10, $4.51.
Joseph c. Corbin to Agnes Smith
S IL, ne, 10, 5, 9, $1,000
Mann and GaranflO Land and Lum
Der company to Moritz Glauber. trust
ee, Sc Sc 1. g., Z, ct al lands, $1OO.
j.. C. Wiley to J. F. Clemmons, par
ne Sc. 18, 6, 6, $2,25O.
George w. Bell ct al tc. L. E. Parks
part block s, Woodruff's addition, east
s125.
Emma G. Withers to B. J. Altheimer
w IL ne, 35, a. s. ct al lands, $12,5O0
| Lucy H. Reeves to r. G. Johnson, 10
IL, block 20 Woodruff's addition, $1,65O
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
"a Zee In Your Bonnet"

Kelly in his Scotch Proverbs" gives
the phrase, "a bee in your bonnet"
with slight addition, "There is Il bee
in your bonnet case" The earliest ref
erence to it seems to be in Robert Her
rick s Mad Maids Song
All, woe is NEE. woe, woe is NEE.
Alack and well-a-day.
For pity, Sir, find out that Bee
Which bore my love away.
lie seek him in your bonnet brave,
L lie seek him in your eyes;
Nay, now l think th'ave made his grave
l. the bed of strawberries.
In "Heywood's DuoloGue,' 1916. We
find, "Their parties full heavy, their
heads be full of bees The same sym
Dol of confusion occurs in Ralph
Royster Doyster," 1.G0:
Whose hath such bees as your master in
his head
Hath need to have his spirits with mu-
syke to be fed.
And in damon and FitAiaa," 1911,
"Eut, Wyll my master hath bees in
his head -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
Ruhaiyat of InIOleUcc.

ut never pays to rustic much,' said
lazy Ezra Fox. a-sittin round the cor
ner on an empty cracker box. Il don't
believe in stirrin' up lot o noise at
all, fer often too much energyll bring
about fall Now, there's the flea; his
energy just gifts him scratched to death.
The hen thet works too hard for worms
Is first to lose her breath. The pig thet
fights the hardest fer the corn throwed
in the sty is first to fatten, first TO sell
an first of all to die. The horse thet
tries to do it all soon works hisself to
bones. The dog thet does the barkin Is
the one thet gifts the stones. No slr.
this workin' hard ain't right. I don't
keer what they say. An hour er two OF
works enough-say, ev'ry other day
An then he tilted 'gainst the wall his
empty cracker box an soon was snorln
reg'lar like old lazy Ezra Fox.-Pii-
grim.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
PRESENT DAY ADVERTIHltG
Few Realize the Power of AdNrtis-
J,
Ing and the Amount Paid I'd
the Mediums.

Few people have any idea Of the
power welded by advertising al the
present day, and fewer still ark ac-
luainted with the modern tend ancies
hat guide the expenditure of this pow
II. "A conservative and well qualified
Estimate places the total annual cut-
rtay for advertising in the Utited
states alone at $500000, 600, atd CT
his enormous sum no less than IS
Ter cent. is in payment for spake in
newspapers, magazines and tradeljour-
rails In other words, we spent as
much in advertising as Russia, Ger
many, France. Austria Hungary and
|IPpaan spend on their armies every
ear. Huge as the expenditure is,
t 1eg not in undue proportion TO the
alue of BUSINESS done, being little
esethan per cent of the total an
lual sales OF the United States. AS
Mmjng that two billion dollars are
pent annually for advertising in al
.ou&tries, it will be seen that cur
hare as the leading nation in publici
thods is one-fourth of the total
nNint spent.
The newspapers occupy the most
ROminent position in the advertising
rena.. Their phenomenal growth from
.E26 modest specimens in 1850 to
>oundo 25,000 at the present time does
however, give any idea of the ad-
1sing they contain. The number
hppies annually printed is about
c0& billions, and counting an average
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
KEEPS. ON CLIMBING
FlFTY-SiX COUNTIES NOW IN OA-
Wis COLUMN WITH 3I5
DELEGATES
Close Vote n race fer As4oe ate Jus,
tiae aad N.naer# Is No Vet
Close Vote n race fer Asaoc. ate Jus,
EeLIGs


Little Rack, April 1-Seventy-four
counties in Arkansas have been heard
from on the governOrship vote in last
Saturdays primary. The official count
in PClk county gives that county to
Davis, making Sc counties with 315
delegates. that he has carried against
eighteen counties. with 122 delegates
for Wood. The county Yet to hear
from is Marion. The slowness in some
counties in the official canvass will
cause delay in publishing the pop
ular vote in the primary.
A report from Washington states
that on the face OF the returns Gov.
Davis carried Hampstead county by q
majority of 23. If this proves coIs
rect Gov. Davis has 81 counties and
1875 delegates, and Judge Wood has II
counties with 112 delegates.
Until the official vote CT all the coun-
ties is in, the race for associate JUS
ticeship Democratic nomination can
not be determined so close is the con-
test between Moose and McCulloch
Some OF the counties have net yet Of
ficially canvassed their vote, and def
mite estimates are difficult to make in
the absence of all the conclusive fig
ures. 1t is claimed by the McCulloch
forces that he has carried countless Civ
ing PIG delegates, or six short of the
required number, and that Marion,
and Baxter counties are still to hear
from while several other counties are
SO close that the official figures are
awaited. Judge Moose has 211 dele
gates, according to unofficial estimates
not including Carroll county where the
result is in doubt All indications are
now that there will MT be difference
of more than two convention votes be-
TWEEN the two candidates. Never be-
tory of the state a closer contest for
a state nomination.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
AHE INSIDE OF Il
EaWHY COTTON BELT PROPOSE
TO WITHDRAW FROM
MEMPHIS.
Was to Protect Little Rock and Pin
Bluff Rates Against
v Memphis.
MEMPHIS DEMANDED

\ It is announced that Pine Bluff is D.
aAectly Interested in the withdra FL
If the Cotton Belt from Memphis ad
hat it was done to prstect the sH-
oers at this point and little R5k.
The topic was freely discussed amng
he wholesale merchants and lage
shippers, and the general expression
'bf opinion is that the Cotton Belt fill
at1eir fight against the Mem pls
freight bureau and 1..e Withdrawal
would not take place. Pine Bluff Wlld
be seriously affected in freight rats f
he Withdraw wal is made.
It is said that the Memphis fl tight
Mpeau has forced the Iron Mo,utain
md Chcctaw roads t. reduce itsout-
pound rates from Memphis to rints
n Arkansas 25 per cent, and hasbeen
attempting to make the Cotton Belt
10 the same thing. This wcul be
discrimination against all poihs in
ne state, and as Little Rock andPine
8luh are the largest shipping pint;
t would affect them most Ths Cot
on Belt has refused point bla nk to
make the reduction asked for y the
Memphis bureau and has confined to
10 business with the same old ri es IN
effect placing Memphis cn an ed qa'ity
With the shipping points in Arkai isas
The Memphis freight bureau hi Civ.
N notice to the road that they VII o.,
April z apply to the Memphis city
, council for legal proceedings to force
che reduction in rates and the cotton
Belt has responded by giving potic ,
hat on April 6 they will withdraw
rem Memphis.
The little Rock freight burea has
3een working for some months In an
effort to have the rates on Iron Moun-
ain and Choctaw put back to tie old
fates. The board of trade at this
place will take the matter up aid as
,ist Little Rock and the Cctton Belt
n the fight against the Memphis bu-
eau inA case the withdrawal is nade.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
BALkY EXPRESS HORSE.

A balky horse hitched to one
Of the Pacific Express company's
wagons came near to delaying a
wagon lacd Of express this morning.
The horse had just gone far enough
to get the wagon across the Iron Noun
tain track when he decided the load
was toe heavy and refused to bulge.
Every means failed to get the ami
NAL tc. move, and the load of express
had to be transferred to another wag
on in order to get it to the train on
time
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
fENCiBLES GO TO WORLDS
FAIR IN SEPTEMBER

Maj. Gen. w. H. Haynes has ar
nCunced that the provisional regiment
from Arkansas to the Worlds Fair in
st. Louis will go in September The
jefferson Fencibles will be among the
number If companies selected to make
up this regiment. The provisional
regiment will be selected according to
the United States army inspection
which begins next week The Fenci
bles rank as the third company in the
state. They will be inspected April
9th.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
Pre~e.isisa Provsd True

A sensational case of coincidence -.
esntly occurred at Newport Mr.. Charles
Anstee, the proprietor Of the Potter's
Arms Hotel, had a presentiment that
he would die on the anniversary of the
Heath of his wife, who fell and frac.
tured her skull year ago. His friends
ried to laugh him out of it, but he
vas found dead in bed at o'clock .
sw mornings ago-.eXactly year att
r his Wife's fatal accident.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
Constantine Bradley to Mann and

Constantine Bradley to Mann and
Garanfls. Land and Lumber company.
W IL Is, ). 6, ct al lands, $l.00
Annie NJ. Barrow. Trustee. to Hol-
derEess Senyard company, lots :, 8
and 9, block >, Holderness- -Senyard' S
addiliC", ct al lands, $l.00.
-Senyard mpany to Fan
nia A. G. Johnson trustee, lots 10 ana
H. block >. ct al lands, Holdernoss-
Senyard' additiGa, $l.oo.
Citizens Land company to r. II.
Pritchard lots /, = ) and t. blerls lo$.
Austin and Taylor's addition $75.
". f. Iankin 10 10 iic&crbottom,
-, -, block :, l.uanhaer. So.
State ef Arkansas to G. VI cara IiHe,
ne ne, /. 3. II. $i7.5
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
FUNERAL OF MRS. M'CAjN.

The funeral Of Mrs. Martha Mccain
was held this morning from the Lake
side Methodist church at ten o'clock,
Rev. w. c. Watson conducting the ser
vices. He was assisted by Rev. John
F. Carr. The interment was in Bell
wcod cemetery Many friends of the
deceased followed the remains to their
last resting place and the floral Of
ferings were many and beautiful.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
SHRINERS TO MEET
AT FORT SMITH.

Fcrt Smith has been selected as the
place for holding the next session OF
the Snriners by a committee of Sahara
temple, Ancient Order Mobiles Of the
Mystic Shrine. The day fer holding
the session is May II, and the loca'
SINNERS will go to Fort Smith on a
engagements are being perfected fer
enc Ct the best meetings of the order
ever held in the state.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
SUIT ON LAND NOTE.

Suit has been filed in the Jeffers on
county circuit court by Edward FitZ-
gerald against John Dellmon in the
sum of 81 1872 alleged to be due on GER
tain tract of land in Jefferson coun-
ty for which the defendant gave notes
in part payment, and which are alleged
to, be due and not paid. ..4e EsEs
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
DAY OF ALL FOOLS
THIS DAY THE SMALL BOY HAS
rs MUCH FUN AS ON
CHRISTMAS.
Many Pranks ate Played and Much
Eun Is Fiad a Expense OF
Ills Elders.
Ills Elders.
Did you get April fooled

Did you get April fooled?
If there is one day that the small
boy enjoys more than Christmas or
the Fourth of July, it is the first day
of April Shere are some small boys
who say that they really have more
fun IN All Fools Day than they do
on Christmas day. The pranks of the
lads in short breeches on April 1 are
as old as the hills, but he Isl always
there with the goods and manages to
find his victim every time.
The man who lets his telephone ring
for minutes at a time and does not an
swer it for fear of an April fool joke
remembers the days of his youth
when he first played the joke. Some
people were afraid to eat their break
fast this morning because of fear
of salt in the sugar bowl or soap in
the biscuits. The plug hat is allow
ed t. remain on the sidewalk unnctic-
ed when there is really no bricks un-
der it. S11UY
The day is set aside for the boy and
the joker, and the other cards in the
deck generally put up with tne jokes
good naturedly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
PREACHING SATURDAY.

T'ere will be preaching at the FiIs,
Methodist church at 10 o'clock Satur
dav morning The presiding elder,
Rev. E. NJ Pipkin, is holding the sec
md quarterly melting.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01

OF one hundred ads. to each copy. we
face ne gigantic number Of 10000
billion impressions of ads. made year
ly by the printing press. The energy
ally large that we need not consider
the few hundred billion impressions
taken by the magazines and trade Or
sans. Of tnis energy how much is
wasted in unsuccessful ttgrt and how
! itch by competition? Figures v.
never he able to tel the story. It is
ueiy matte! Ct judgment as t.
what coEetitates waste and what
harmful competitive publicity. bu. i.
modern tendency is TO have no ixad
rules; to make each case case for
Itself In the majority Of cases how
ever, competitive advertising is moe
likely to result in waste rather than
III benefit, as 1t only increases the co t
of putting the goods int. the hands Of
customers.
Tie impcssibil;ty CT fixing the factor
of waste has turned the attention Of
the business man to the very modern
and not unsatisfactory method OF
gat.sirg the result Of his advertising
-. the tabular system. do not mean
Via. IS generally known as result ta-
bles, such as are printed py mediumS
to show their ehlciency,~for they are
clten misleading and unreliable. and
besides nc one table of results can be
made to fit all kinds of business. One
medium may be the making IF one ad-
vertiser and the undoing of another:
the high rate and limited circulation OF
one may be offset by the quality of it's
readers, etc. The modern advertiser
creates his own tabular matter cut OF
the quantity of circulation measured
Wy IuC ldCO VI space, dlICi WdIu CIdCluS
the outcome with ad. keys
Experience gained by this and other
means have given rise to very accurate
ideas governing the size of appropria-
tions for certain definite lines of adver-
tising, but there are no general ideas
and no general rules that can possi
bly, be made to apply to advertising in
general. While 1-2 per cent CT the
sales amount IS looked upon as being
the ideal rate, 5 per cent IS more fire.
quently spent nowadays, and there are
instances when it has paid we'll to in
vest two-thirds of the capital in ad-
vertising. The data of department
stores are very reliable in this respect.
The twenty large department stores in
New York City spend a total CT
100000 annually for advertising, Or
four per cent. of the sales.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
GONE TO THE WALL
BIG CEMENT CONCERN AT WHITE
CLIFF, Ark. BECOMES
BANKRUPT
Precipitated rs sftt ot tvnzr UE and
Half Ml.-,oe Dollar Worth
Of Stocs.
PLANT VALUED AT $5.00a,50Q.

Fcrf Smith. April l-Jelge Rogers
OF the Federal court. up0a aFBica-
tion of Judge James s. Reed o. this
eity,co counsel for John Do Geufien 6
Holland, appointed Lee Haight receiV-
er of the Southwestern Portland Ce-
meut Works, located at White Cliff,
Ark.
The plaintiff is owner of $1,500.0oD of
stock in the company and atiirms that
it is insolvent through mismanage-
ment Within two years improve
ments to the extent of $500 900 have
been made by Holland stockholders.
The plant is valued at $4,000, 600, and
has a capacity of 900 barrels per day.
Two years ago the property was the
cause of extensive litigation in the
Federal court here between Holland
and Chicago, ST Louis and New York
stockholders, which resulted in Hol-
land interest securing control.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
REDFlELD.

Redtield, March 31.-Mr. w. f.
Campbell has returned from a visit
to Little Rock.
Mrs. ]. A. Balm and children are
back from Greenville, Miss, where
they attended the wedding Of Mr..
Bain's niece.
Mrs. L. C. McNeill is convalescent
after short illness.
Mr.. H. K. Toney of Pine Bluff, w. =.
Somerville, Tom Carr and ]. M. Smith
went out on fcx chase. They sue
ceeded in killing a wildcat, but the
willy fox was not tc be found.
Mr.. E. B. Waddell has been very ill,
but is much improved
Mr.. A. F. McNeill is home from Pine
Bluff.
Mrs. J. NJ. Koon of Kearney was here
shopping today.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01
SIX TRUE BILLS REPORTED.

The Jefferson county grand jury
yesterday reported six true bills as a
result of their days work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-01

Born TO Mr. Wolf and wife on
East Sixth avenue, at noon yesterday,
daughttr.