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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-10

Erastns Corning spent 100000 on it
and as pericat has propayated from it
oVer 2,oto hybrids) close upon $1,0"0,-
00O 1t is said to be the best collection
in America. and Sanders SAYS Il is in
many Respects the best collection il tbs
World.-t 'licago Record llerHlti
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-10
No Mere Bluff.

tions testify that You are a competent
cook. Allow me to ask if you can make
good
New Girl-You bet.-Chicago Tr!b
une.
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SPREAD OF TUBERCULOSIS
Public Houses and Their Servants
Said to Be Common Carriers of
Disease in England.

That the public house is fruitful
source ofiinfectiOn by the tubercle bacil
lus is we'll known. and the returns of the
English registrar general show that pub
lie house servants are specially prone &c
the affected by pulmonary tuberculosis
This. states London Lancet. is not to be
wondered at when we consider that the
floor Of the lower class of public house is
covered with sawdust which in great
measure is impregnated with sputum
This dust dries and is constantly being
stirred up by the feet of drinkers. Not
only are barmen and barmaids and the
customers of the house thus exposed tt
Infection. but the unhappy children who
are brought into the house by their
mothers are likewise in danger. The pub
lie house is the poor woman's club where
she can discuss with her neighbors so
cial and domestic incidents; the children
cannot be left at home, and SO they sit on
the public house floor during their moth
er's gossip time. Only the other day
passing a large public house in one of
the main thoroughfares of st. Luke's
we noticed through the open door of a
drinking at the counter, while crawling
on the floor of the bar and rubbing their
hands in the sawdust with which it was
StreWn were two babies of from Is to "a
months old. That this is not an uncom-
mon occurrence those who have accession
TO visit poor and squalid neighborhoods
we'll know, and in the light of such facts
is it to be wondered that the race is said
to be degenerating or that medical sci
ence should have such a hard uphill
fight with disease? Granting that these
children, probably the offspring of de-
generate beings, become infected with
the bacillus Of tubercle, the environment
IN which they live will necessarily be q
patent factor in the development of pull
| monary tuberculosis and not only will
they themselves suffer. but they will
! also involve the public in great expense
for their subsequent treatment and keep.
Recently law has been passed to pre-
vent children under a certain age from
obtaining intCxicants and there islegis-
lation for the prevention of cruelty to
children. but as yet there no law to pre-
vent ignorant mothers from leaving
their offsprings to play on the disease
| laden floor of public house Efforts are
/ being made to inculcate the precepts OF
hygiene at an early age and many pub
! licans, notably those in the borough oil
Woolwich. post.up notices requesting
| their customers not to spit But until
splitting on the floor of a tavern is made
a penal offence. as it is at present to spit
in tramcar there is but little hope o;
amelioration
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90 G

HE wasps Of the ocean; such
are the torpedo boats an6
torpedo boat destroyers of
the nayies of the world.
These wasps of the gapa-
nese and Russian nayies
have played such a promi-
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LOOKING AFT FROM THE BRIDGE.
or the poetry of motion, and plenty of
t. you will find it there.
Think of what he controls-a long,
black, low hull, rising for the most
part only a few feet above the water,
he exception being the bows, which
serve the double purpose of protecting
the ship in heavy weather and affording
accommodation for the crew. Very ex-
cellent accommodation it is, for there
Are two forecastles in which about so
men live md sleep. not all at one time,
Of course since there is always the
watch on deck. so that those below have
plenty of room in which to move and
sleep and eat. and do the numberless
odd jobs that occupy the waking and
eff duty hours of the wonderful handy
man"
For the rest the deck runs flush from
the forecastle, the leyelness being
broken up, however. by the low. huge
ventilators. the two torpedo tubes. one
behind the other. amidships. where
they command wide range Of action.
and the after gun platform. In these
tubes couple of torpedOes are slowed.
and another pair of these beautiful and
deadly weapons are in reserve in wa
| ter tank below
The commander has therefore, four
torpedoes at his service: that is to say.
he has the means of destroying utterly,
with luck-which in practice at any
rate. is never likely to come HIS way
| four first-class battleships which have
cost in round figures. more than a
sum of $4,000 900! And the value OF
This own craft is s350.000.
/ The commanders ship is a shell. 1t is
Itrue, but a shell every part of which
| IS marvel of ingenuity and skill; and
The most marvellous of all parts is the
engine room. for here are the engines
which develop the 7.00G-horse power
which is needed to make the destroyer
rush through the water at 80 miles an
hour. and fills her with that madness
of life which seems TO represent the
very lust of destruction.
In the stokehold an astonishing reve-
iation awaits You. especially if you have
had experience OF other similar denS
| have been in the stokeholds of good
many steamers. from Cunarder-in
which gasped and shoveled for near
liz two hours before resigning my post
TO North sea trawier. and have mar
relied that men could endure it and live.
expected the destroyer's stokehold 70
be q perfect oven: and 10! It was quite
,ool and comfortable and marvellous
| il its devices for saving lAbor and safe
! guardinR life and limb.
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LOOKING FORWARD. THROUGH a
PORTFOLIO IN THE COMING TOW.
ER.
cape the attention of the ordinary Wis
itor to a destroyer. 1t is made Of ar
INQUIRED plate thick enough to resist rifle
bullets and small missiles, and just
large enough to hold two men. and the
necessary machinery for guiding the
ship.
. Like all officers who serve in destroy
ers, he is young and dare-Gevil-and he
has need of being both for such des-
perate task as that which has been al
lotted to him. His motto. in all prob
ability, is: Death or Glory and. mas
much as he despises all risks, and does
not even pause to consider them. he is
certain to meet with the one or gain
the other.
He knows that he is at liberty If he
feels so disposed, TO risk his ship and
his crew in an attempt To destroy the
enemy.
In the dead of night he has found
his quarry-a huge, noble, new battle
ship, which is lying fearfully at anchor
in roadstead, dreading an attack from
some sea hornet and making her best de-
fensive preparations. Her torpedo
nets are hung around her. and her crew
are on the alert. At almost numberless
guns men are stationed, and the muZ-
zles command an area of sea in which
a destroyer cannot live for more than a
| few seconds. The odds are seriously
against the commander, but he has
| made up his mind to face them and take
his chances in grand and daring rush.
The die is cast. 1t is touch and go
with death. The destroyer gives no
mercy, nor does she expect any--she
would not receive it even if she did. Full
speed ahead she rushes towards her
quarry-the vast bulk whose search
| lights send out intense beams which are
| like gigantic feelers on the face Of the
| waters, feelers for that ruthless enemy
which can dash. up, fire, and disappear
almost before her presence has been
| guessed. These very searchlightsi
prove the battleship's undoing by act
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"sDot" cotton-that is. cotton in bale,
ready for delivery-being confined TO the
Liverpool exchange. Liverpool, curl
ously enough. has never been manu-
facturer of cotton, and sees cotton only
In transit on its way to and from Man
chester in one form or another.
To see cotton in the process of manu-
facture it is necessary to leave that not
very lovely city and journey to towns
even less lovely. The visitor can take
his choice of 80 good-sized towns with
in 20 miles of Manchester. He may go
to Oldham and find town the size of Ed
inburg quivering with the vibrations
from countless mills; he may go to Boz
ton and find town larger than Dundee,
with mills in almost every street. Ash
ton-under-Lyne, Haywood. Middleton,
Castleton. and Rochdale will give him
ample opportunity of further study OF
the process of manufacture. if his educa-
ton is not yet completed. One thing
he will find difficult to decide is, which
is the ugliest of all these swarming hives
of industry. The cotton trade has
brought many blessings to Lancashire.
but. it has destroyed the beauty of one
of the prettiest counties in England
How pretty ii was may be judged from
the few remaining spots of beauty which
the cotton mill and coal mine have left
untouched
In every respect the cotton trade is
unique, but perhaps its most striking
feature is the relations which exist be-
tween employers and employed, In no
other industry is there the same mutual
confidence and respect between masters
and men. Since the great strike, and its
settlement by the Brooklands agree
ment. there has been peace. and the
terms OF that agreement seem to render
any future strike out Of the question.
Under that agreement the representa-
tives of the men have access to the books
OF the employers. and so the sliding scale
of wages can be easily determined with
out friction or suspicion.
Much misconception prevails with re-
gard to the cause of the cotton crisis.
and much indiscriminate criticism has
been passed on the American spectators
in futures" Although the action OF
those spectators has been detrimental
10 the trade, inasmuch as their dealings
have tended to unsteady the market and
cause unnecessary fiuctuation. specula-
tion alone Is powerlees to fetter greal
Industry The causes Of the crisis are to
y raced back far beyond the handful
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quantities; but Lancashire satisfied
with the American supply, and falling
to foresee the lean years. forgot to
think imperially" She has belied her
proud boast of anticipating the thought
of the rest of England and her want OF
foresight has cost her dear. But the
lesson has been learned. and with char
acteristic energy Lancashire has lost nc
time in taking steps to guard against
disaster in the future
The shortage from which Lancashire
is now suffering has perhaps only called
attention to problem which will be
solved in time to avert a greater catas-
trophe to Lancashire and the empire.
When the manufacturers of Lancashire
found themselves face to face with the
crisis they rose to the occasion with
, admirable courage and energy They
Instituted general short time-that is
TO say, it was agreed that the mills. in
stead of working Ga hours week, should
only work for As hours. Recently it has
| been decided to still further reduce the
working hours to 40 The object of this
reduction was to reduce the demand Tor
the raw article and prevent the price
from rising beyond a certain point
Had manufacture proceeded at the or
| binary rate the price of cotton would
have risen to such point that manu-
| facturers would have been unable To
sell their products at a profit, and finan-
| cial disaster would have overwhelmed
! Lancashire. Moreover. the reductions
! of output tended to minimize any Of
! the evil effects OF the speculation of the
| cotton kings" in New York. The hard
! ships entailed by short time have been
borne without murmur by the men.
| who are. naturally. the first to suffer
from the crisis. Indeed, it is not alone
the men who are the sufferers. In al
most no Industry does female labor play
/ SO important part 1t is a common
thing to find husband and a wife and
children working practically side bv
side IN the same mill. The workers both
men and women, recognize that the
/ steps which the masters have been COM
I PEELED to take are in their ultimate in
terests, and they cheerfully bear the i'm
mediate loss for the sake Of the future
Normal times are shortly expected r.
return. In the opinion of those hest
qualified to Judge, the mills, on the ar.
rival of the new crop, will be able tr
resume full time in October. and IN,
crisis. the sevenest since the great cot.
ton famine during the civil war In ths
United States. VIII be over.
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N SM ASHIRE.-England is
!: !: ! !. !: !: !: ! !
Am anxiopsly looking forward
IN TO the new cotton crop from
N America The partial fail
Nm ure of last years crop and
NSo the high price demanded for
4Lir rto nlo nrOdnnt hrn,,ob Z
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She is doing her top speed, and you
may know it by the mad rush of the
water past you. the metallic rattle which
almost deafens you, the crazy trembling
of the deck beneath you. and the furious
belching Of the smoke from the fun
nels, to say nothing Of the showers OF
fine cinders which are shot out of the
stacks and are carried overheard or fall
in myriads ON the deck.
In the brain of the ship appropriate
ly situated in her heads the CONE
mander. This brain is the coming tow
er-that circular structure under the
forward gun-platform. just ahead of the
bridge, which is more than likely to es-
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Studied His People.

Lord Curzon would never have
made such a brilliantly successful
viceroy had he not previously pene-
trated behind the vein which conceals
the tortuous workings of the subtle
Asiatic mind from Europeans. This
insight cannot be acquired from books.
nor does it go hand-in-hand with lin
guistic attachments, however thor
ough. There must be personal resi-
dence and personal touch, not with
one Asfatic nationality alone, but with
several. Lord Curzon travelled far
and wide in Asia. mis- mind always on
the alert to catch characteristics OF
any people with whom he came into
contact.--London Graphic
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GOING AT FILL sPEED.
ing as a target for the swooping foe
The commander is greatly daring. and
luck is with him He approaches his
prey and runs up within striking dis
lance unpbserved, for the strong beams
have momentarfIy left the course he is
taking and leave black space in which
he can steal onward unseen. A signal
from the conning-tower, and the first
torpedo is discharged. Another order
and the second goes, lest the first should
have missed the target.
But the luck of the bold has been with
the commander, and both the terrible
missiles have struck home. BY the
time they explode the destroyer has
turned and is racing back into the
dark night and safety. OF retaliatory
FIRE there IL none, since hopeless panic
has fallen upon the battleship's COM
pany when the roar and coneussion
have pronounced her doom
A few lives are saved. but she herself
and nearly all her crew have disap-
peared. It is q noble victory greater
than annihilating a regiment on land
could be, because another regiment can
be raised in few dayr or weeks, men
being plentiful and cheap: but battle
ship IL the work Of many months. ana
with pncat nations, several years.
WALTER Wo0A
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have played such a promi
tent part in the present war that they
fave aroused a new and keener interest
II themselves on the part. not only of
he naval authorities of the world, but
If the lay public. This interest is req
on enough to warrant the printing Of
N article describing these internal ma
hines of the deep.
Let us begin as she first puts to sea
quest of her prey, and outstrips
verything that is going her way. Ii
t should be your privilege, as it has
been mine, to be aboard, you feel the
oy and pride of the young commander
nto whose keeping a destroyer is given,
BECAUSE you know that under your feet
S a ship which is the swiftest, most de-
tructive and most merciless of all the
hips of war that float
From time to time wave slaps heavf-
against the bow. and you feel the
hiver of it throughout the ships frail
ength. A destroyer is flexible in her
construction, and is built to give" to
he seas. After all, she is simply thin
kin of steel on light framework, and
ometimes you can see her ribs show
ng through their covering, like those
# lean. sinewy and enduring runner
Pitchings, rolling, wallowings, twist
ngs. dippings-all the sea gyrations
hat ever were--are loved and practiced
" the destroyer. In these marine gym
lastics she stands an easy first, for
which reason. in bad weather, the COM
nander has his spells of sickness, and
he toughest seaman keeps him sympa-
hetic company.
Thel work of the commander is not
ancy work. nor is his ship fancy ship.
There is no poetry of sail about her,
| 10 evidence of luxury: but if you care
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Preparing for Trouble.

us come fer to ask fer a permit to
carry concealed weapon" said the
ebony faced caller at the police station.
Want to carry a pistol?" asked the
captain
No, sab. list razzer, sab
What do you want to carry a razor
for?"
Well. rs been delegated to pass ID
contribution box in our church, sah,'
Yonkers Statesman.
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of gamblers in the New York or the New
Orleans pits" The direct cause of the
depression was the shortage in last
years crops. Within recent years there
has been tendency towards shortage,
aid that tendency was last year accentu-
ated. Even if there had been no larger
shortage, sooner or later crisis would
have come. The producing power of the
world has grown, and the area of cotton
. cultivation has not kept pace with the
growth of the manufacturing capacity
In way the stoppage Of the Lanca
shire mills may in time hurt the price OF
American cotton. England has for some
years been experimenting in small way
with the growing of cotton in its African
dependencies A small degree of sue
cess has been attained along the west
coast of that continent and also in the
Soudan. but so long as the American
supply kept the spindles going the ex
periments attracted but little interest
or attention. Now both the manufac-
turers and the workingclasses are clam
Oring for the development of the cotton
resources of Africa They are calling
ire present crisis sharp lesson in Ga
feCt imperialism" and say that had the
l2t1nt cotton-growing resources of the
empire been developed the crisis in the
cotton industry could not have occurred
Government officials point to the fact
that cotton of good quality has been
grown for centuries in West Africa
Cotton, too, of a promising quality has
been coming from the Soudan in small
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New warships for France.

The French government will lay down
SO new vessels this year. consisting of
one armored cruiser, four torpedo yes
sells, and eight submarines. to be built in
the various government dockyards,
whilst 20 other submarines will be baili
by private firms.
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The Difference.

Diplomat-Why -io the Chinese eau
us foreign deyilsf"
Escaped Missionary-To distinguish
as from the domestic variety Detroit
Free Presz
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dire disaster to, Lancashire industries
from which it is hoped the new crop will
rescue them.
Statistics tell US that the cotton indus
try is Englands greatest industry but
a visit to Lancashire will bring home
the truth of that statement more con-
vinclngly than any array of figures. 1t is
only necessary TO see the gigantic ware
houses of Manchester and the long pro-
cession of "1urries" piled up with by
draulically compressed shirtings and
calicoeS through its streets. to realize
what is the magnitude and Importance
of the industry Of which Manchester is
the center The number of mills in Man
chester itself is more comparatively lin
ited. the tendency being to separate the
places of production and exchange
How vast and complicated is the process
of the disposal of the manufactured ar
ticle glance into the huge cotton ex-
change which stands in the heart Of
Manchester will show.
Good citizens of Manchester point with
pride to the size Of the exchange and its
1000 members who swarm on the floor
and overflow into the adjoining streets.
Practically only manufactured cotton is
dealt with in Manchester, dealings in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-29
NO DEMONSTRATION
 AGAINST THE NEGRO
GOVERNOR vARDEMAN TAKES COMPANY OF MILITIA AND GOES AFTER cULPRIT HlMSELF-MuR- DERED A WHITE MAN.

Jackson, Miss, February 2S.-The Green wood military company arrived at Jack son this afternoon having in charge AL bert Baldwin, negro. who it is said Killed Engineer Fogarty of the Valley road two weeks ago. The negro was cap tured at Batesville and was to have been taken to Tltwiler.
 When Governor Vardaman learned that he was to have been burned there to- day he acted promptly to save the negro. He and Adjutant General Fridge went with the Greenwood company on special train to Batesville and came back this afternoon. They met with no resistance. The sheriff of Panola county had taken every precaution to keep the negro from falling into the hands of the mob.
 Before the governor and the company arrived. the negro was taken out of jail and walked to Sardis. ten miles distant. and back again so as to keep him out of the way of those looking for him. The governor and adJutant general report that the trip back here was made without in- cident and that there was no hostile demonstration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-02-29
TOGO'S GUNNERS
 BEAT RUSSIANS
JAPANESE VICTORY WILL BE THE MEANS OF REoPENINc THE SEA TO HER MERCHANTMEN FOR SHIPPING.

Tokio, February 2S.-On account of Ad- miral Toga's success at Port Arthur the reopening of the sea to Japanese mer- chantmen and the revival of shipping the government does not anticipate that it will have further need for the auxiliary cruisers America Maru and Yawata Maru, and they will be disarmed and re- turned to their owners. Nothing now prevents the America Maru from resum- ing her place on the San Francisco line. and the Yawata Maru on the Australian line.
 In preparing for the war, Japan armed a big fleet of fast auxiliary cruisers on account of the inequality of naval strength between the Russians and Jap anese, but 1t Is believed that the auxil- iary cruisers are no longer needed. It is expected that other auxiliary vessels will be dsarmed and released.
 Admiral Togo's reliance particularly on gunnery is fully warranted by his gum ners clearly outshooting the Russians. He fought at long range, punishing the ene- my severely and escaping without serious damage. The personnel of his forces IS shown in another way by the superiority of officers and men who are anxious to undertake hazardous duty.
 Admiral Togo's ships are In better con dition than the Russian ships. The SCOT Ing of the torpedo craft Is one of the surprises so far. Foreign naval experts say that making every allowance for the daring, skill and persistency of the Japa- nese, the Russians are largely to blame for a lack of watchfulness and poor marksmenship.