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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-10
Twelve Tons of aOld Melted.

Philadelphia, May 9.-Twelve tons of virgin gold today were reduced to a molten state at the United States mint here. At the same time the Treasury Department began the work of convert Ing the mass into golden eagles, To- morrow twelve more tons will be re- melted. nd within the next few days about s12O00.00O will be coined Most of the gold came from New York in bullion. The melting of twelve tons of gold in one day is said to break all records for mint meltinr
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-10
Abandoning Newchwang.

Chefoo. May "A letter received here from Newchwang says the Russians are maintaining only a small force at that place. Chinese carts are not allowed to leave Newehwang as they are wanted for use in the removal of Russian effects. The exportation from Newchwang of bean cakes and other produce is not restricted and a number of steamships are going there for cargoes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-10
Story of Epidemic Denied.

St. Petersburg, May 9.-(1O:35 D. m.)- Count Vorontzoff Dashoff head of the Russian Red Cross. authorizes an abso- lute denial of the report published by news agencies in the United States that an urgent telegram had been received at St. Petersburg from Mukden asking for the immediate despatch of one hundred extra doctors and announcing that an epidemic of typhus fever. dysentery and smallpox had broken out among the Russian troops,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-10
The Virginia Editors.

Roanoke. Va, May 9.-The Executive Committee Of the Virginia Press Asso- ciation met here this afternoon and de- cided to hold the annual State convention of the Association at Blue Ridge Springs near Roanoke. beginning July 'A
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-10
TO PREVENT PrrLAGE.
Russians Will Leave Rear Guard
 nf NeWchHarir.

ht NcWcAWnHH. Ssa
 Shan Hai Kwan. May 9.-The evacua- ton of Newchwang continues The Rus sian authorities have promised to leave a sufficient rear guard to prevent pillag- ing by the Chinese bandits. who are in the vicinity and awaiting an opportunity to get into the city.
 Nothing further has been heard of the Japanese transports which we're seen re- gently near Kai Chau. The Russians are communicating cattle on the west side of the Liao River and the Chinese ara indignant at this procedurs. Eight hundred head of cattle have been seen at Kin Row. A Japanese spy has been discovered. at Newchwang. He was ap- preached by Russians. who pulled at his que which came off. He was taken prisoner. but subsequently, escaped with the help of some Chinese who distracted the attention of the Russians
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-10
Part of Fleet Cut Off.

London May 10-The Daily Telegraph's Seoul correspondent says; Tt is believed here that a portion of the Russian vladlvo- stok fleet has been successfully shut out and it is now in tse sea of Japan, trying to evade the Japanese"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-10

tfrement of at least four of the pres ent bishops. These will be. cit ts said by q prominent leader in the church councils. Bishops Andrews. aged 79. Ma1lolfeu. 75. and walden and Vincent. 73 Bishop Andrews Is the same age as Bishop Merrill. who has asked to be retired. If this forecast is correct. at least seven new bishops will be elected by the present general confer ence.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-10
JAP LOSSES SMALL.
oficiaI Report of Casualties on the
 yaI,s

yalu.
 Tolcio. May 5--S D m.--The official re- port of the Japanese casualties at the battle of the Yaiu May 1. shows that the guards lost one officer and twenty men killed and had seven officers and one hundred and twenty men wounded The second division lost one officer and eighty four men killed and la oficcers and sos men wounded.
 and seventy-dx men killed ,& i've offl- cers and 2e3 men wounded
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-10
COAL IS SCARCE.

Provisions at Uort Arthur to Feed 5000 Men Three Months.
 TIai Kwan. May s.--A merchant who is in a position to have trustworthy in- formation, has informed correspondent of the Associated Press that at Port Arthur there is only coal sufficient to last the warships for sly weeks. and that the food supply there will feed 5000 men for three months only.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16
The Knocker.

From the Battalion.
You may put your whole soul in your
work if you will,
But the voice of the knocker will follow
you still;
You may labor from dawn till the stars
rise at night,
You may try to treat everyone justly and
right;
You may pay out your nerves doing that
which You ought,
But the knocker will bring all your efforts
to naught
What you have accomplished will give
him no pause.
With an eve microscopic he'll pick out
the flaws
IF you've painted a picture that's won
You fair fame.
The knocker viii point at a scratch on
the frame;
If you've written story that's brought
you renown,
At its length or It's brevitY he's sure to
frown;
Il You've been piling bricks with a
manner elate,
He'll tell your employer you've not piled
them straight.
If You quietly give to the needy and
poor,
Hell say that You seek notoriety. sure
He always Is busy with Others affairs.
Your errors to him are the graves OF
cares,
Aud whatever omissions he happens
across,
Hell hasten to tell to the ears of the
boss.
The moat in you eye he 50 often has
shown,
Hes completely forgotten the beam in
his own;
And he never can see, for his eyes
are 50 small.
It's himself he is knocking the hardest
of all.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

LEST we forget, here 5 thanks to
Bro. Johnston, of the Yoakum
Times, for his timely hints on how
to make a gasoline engine run.
Did you think, brother that we
coolly took our seat beside the
offending engine, with folded
hands and trusted to luck that the
machine would some time exercise
an attribute that has always been
delegated to the quakers, and
when the spirit moved, it would
run like a scared rabbit. Not so.
brother. We tinkered ard cussed.
and tinkered some more, but still
it wouldn't so. Every man that
thought he knew anything about
gas engines, was called in, but all
went away sadder. but not a bit
wiser, and left rs IN the same fix.
AAt last a telegram was dispatched
to Corpus. an expert came, and the
engine works now We have stu
died Is parts with a persistency
born of desperation and a desire to
avoid the primitive methods recent
~ spoken of, but are not exactly
sure yet whether we could make
one or not. Sometimes during
the inactivity of the aforesaid ma
chine there was danger of the gas
cline tank in the engine room ex-
ploding. by reason of the lurid and
suIphurous language used, but the
engine now waits ready at mo-
ments notice for a tank of the cleo
tric spark and, a dose of the life
giving fluid to DO It's duty well.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16
News Items.

The organ grinders in Philadel-
phia have organized.
Father Igratius, a monk IN
Wales, says he has performed mira
cles.
Amicable relations have been re-
established between the United
States and Colombia.
Peace treaty between the Para
guayan Government and the rebels
has been signed.
An irrigation project for $4,000
acres along the Rio Grande above
Laredo has been chartered.
San Antonio. proposes to provide
adequate terminal facilities for all
time to come.
Shaking dice by machinery is
declared a violation of the law by
a Hil1sboro Justice of the Peace.
Receiver Guild of the Southern
Textile Company, Newark, n. j..
is ordered to sell the property.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

4 STRANGE thing, and one that
has puzzled the brain of the news
paper fraternity for ages, is why
the small merchant who IS solicited
for an ad will assume a knowing
expression and say nobody reads
them, when the most successful
business institutions of the world
are extensive and persistent adver-
tisers. 1t would seem that those
whom success has already visited
would cease advertising and con
time business upon the reputation
thus made, but such IS not the
case. The success Of the persist
ent advertiser goads him on to in
creased efforts and the result is
eminently satisfactory The mer-
chant who said if he spent $1,000
for clerk hire, he would discharge
one or two ana use the amount of
the salaries paid them to increase
his advertising, had the proper
idea, and keeping persistently at
it, is the only sure means of sue
cess. Spasmodic advertising, like
spasmodic blowing, brings spas
modic results, and often no results
at all, but the up-to-Gate, sensible
advertiser will receive many times
the price paid for the space he oc-
cupies. The moral is; Put your
ad in THE HERALD and keep it
there.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

When the bill comes in the eco
nomical husband varies the words
of the popular song and asks his
wife. Why did you get that hat?"
-Somerville Journal.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16
TIE IK4Y TO PORSPER AZ
HONE

Better farming and less acreage
should be the motto of every
thoughtful soil ti1ler. Stop NOV
ing to new section to obtain fresh
land, as the land you now have IS
doing move for you than you are
doing for the land. Turn up new
soils on the old farm; put twenty
tons Of stable manure per acre,
SOW clover, COW peas, say beans,
or alsike clover, and next fall in
oculate alfalfa, seed and SOW FIVE
ares Of alfalfa, and that will con
vert your old lands into a new
farm, and prosperity will smile on
you.-Southern Agricu1turist.
A better way is to come to the
Brownsville section where the
virgin soil needs no fertilizing,
and prosperity will be yours with
out all this extra work.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

II takes money to run for office,
even in Texas. Here is what Hon,
John n. Gamer says it cost him
last election: An nouncing $685.,
postage sos, printing cards, pos
tiers, etc. S2l, printing name on
tickets and expenses in holding
primary elections $40, rent of hall
for speaking $3.50, travelling ex-
penses $500, hotel bills $3.50,
telegraping and telephoning S64, 90
Total S1,410.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16
A Peripatetic Christmas Gift.

Some years ago a Christmas gift
Was sent me, but alas
II was thing no use to me-
And SO it came to pass,
On thrifty thoughts intent, I laid
If carefully away,
And sent it to a bosom friend
OF mine next Christmas Day.
Since then, as surely is the SHOWS
In Reecy beauty fall.
And mistletoe and holly wreaths
Are hung upon the wall.
By mail, express or messenger.
Each second year, alackl
When Christmas gifts are going round
I get that present back.
-sIinna Irving. il Christmas Town Topics.
Old papers for sale at this Office
15c per 100.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

ANOTHER assignment of Guate-
malan ants has arrived, and will
proceed to rega1e themselves on
boil weevil maybe. They were
packed in glass jars containing dirt
taken from the hills where they 1iv-
ed. There were more than $500 Of
the Golamity critters.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

AT last the meanest man in the
country has been found, and he
comes from Indiana. His wife is
suing him for divorce, and in her
allegations says ne has a habit of
laughing and then refusing to tell
her what about.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

A DISPATCH from Corpus Chris
Ii, under date Of December Is,
says the grading work on the Sin
ton Robstown extension of the ST.
Louis, Brownsville & Mexico road
is being rushed with all possible
speed. The work Of building the
long bride across the Nueces river
has begun and the heavy timbers
are arriving on the ground.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

IT it now stated that headquar-
tiers of the St. Louis, Brownsville
& Mexico railroad viii be estab-
lished at San Antonio instead Of
Houston as vas formerly inteaded.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

May Young, 10-year-old New
York girl, drops dead while re-
hearsing for Christmas entertain
ment.
Postmaster General Wynne re-
moves from Office on charges of in
subordination the heads of the Ma
tional Association of Rural Carriers
and the National Association Let
ter Carriers.
If a woman and the weather can
persuade a man to put off till the
first of the year the purchase of an
overcoat, the Christmas bills will
come in then and put the purchase
off another year.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16
Notice.

I will be in the city few days
and am now ready to put your
pianos in frst-class condition. Or
ders left at Putegnat S Drug Store
will receive prompt attention.
12-7-tf. john B. VIANO.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

FIVE inches of snow fell in
Oklahoma en- the 18th, while the
sun was shining brightly in the
Brownsville country. Come here.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16
Some Christmas Nevers.

Never buy more Christmas pres
ents than you can afford. This i.
very good advice, and, of course
you won't follow it.
Never ask a girl for kiss wher
she IS under the mistletoe bough.
Take it.
Never try to give your wife a
$500 sealskin sack if you are some
body's cashier on an income of 81
a week.
Never get mixed and give Mrs.
Jones the present she sent you last
year. She may recognize it. Never
warn woman that she is standing
under the mistletoe. If she's home
ly, she will be your enemy for life;
if she's pretty she will think, not
without reason, perhaps that you
are a ool.-Selected.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

There are three lots in Browns
vile and ninety house blocks ]
want to sell. Do you want them
Apply to A. H. Weller. 11-23-tf
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1904-12-16

Hearing of tax assessor who
had been waylaid and shot by rob-
bers, Brother Dickey said: How
truly do de Bible say, De way of
de tax assessor is hardr-Atlanta
Constitution.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19

Johnson
and United Minister England
constitutional e
IN arecentleter n w.
"No should suffer
ceSsbie knowledge OF my
friends that it is
suffering
.'--Lou -m.n
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19

what it says, aud they go struting out
with the 10-inch, ugly, globular, leath-
ery-looking thing they came for to play
the last game cf the season And
And here he comes The mirror says
SO, but in a very quiet way. And he
hasn't any vanity. Of course, he isn't
vain, because he sits down with his
back planted squarely in the face of
How could anything SO big and strong
nave anything weak about it? He
looks as if he could take every piece of
furniture in this room. mirror and ALL
pile it mp in a heap and walk Off bodi-
" with il, as if there wasn't an earSl-
ly danger which he couldn't face, if
need be. without the quiver of nerve
as if there We're no moral foe that
could meet him in single combat with
out getting fel7ed to earth. He does
not sit here long. lie walks away 10
the larger room withcrlt even know
ing that there is mirror here. By
nd by he comes back 10 the safety
waive. Presently he stfolls out again
and presently he comes back aGain.
This time he isn't alone. 'rae mir
ror says SO. That's how | KNOW, ana
wouldn't move the fraction Of an
inch now for anything The mirror
says there is somebody with hip,, and
that they two have reached a stage IL
their affairs or maybe in their affair,
where their feet move by tacit conscnt
through the toCr of the little back par
lor. where The mirror is. 1t isn't the
mirror he is coming here for. Il,
doesn't know there's a mirr'r here.
1t isn't the mirror sne is coming here
for, though she knows about it well
enough.
If it told me what it tells her, I'd
give it questioning look, as she does,
I'd give il more than one. as she does.
She is otherwise much occupied,
mucl7 moved. The mirror says So 1t
is the hour of destiny for her and for
him, as he knows and as she knows.
Yet she he's time for a questioning
look at the mirror, and who shall s. y
how much and how little is the mir
ror's share in their fate? NJ I, sure
ly.
He hasn't any vanity? Ask tie mir
ror. He hasn't single weakness?
Ask the mirror. Why it says that he
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
COTTON BELT TIME TABLE.

North, No. 2. Arrive Pine Bluff al
Tao p. m; arrive st. Louis 7:12
a. m.
North. No. 4, Arrive Pine Bluff a
1855 a. no.; arrive at st. Louis g.: Sc
p. m
North, No. 32, Leave Pine Bluff al
$50 o. M, arrive at Little Rock 6 &c
p, III.
South, No. /, Leave st. Louis at
9:45 p. M; leave Pine Bluff at ::15
p m.
South, No. 8, Leave st. Louis u.
s:hG a. M; leave Pine Bluff 2:05 a. m
South. Nc. 81, Leave Little Rock
at 2.05 a. m.: arrive at Pine Bluff
1926 a. m.
S. NJ. DICKEY, Agent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
On Lord Aberdeen.

A characteristic remark of MI
Choate was made about Lord Aher-
deem at dinner in New York, where
the then Governor General Of Canada
was the principal guest, appearing in
kits, in honor of his Scotch enter.
tainers. Aberdeen had made a neat
speech and the applause had hardly
subsidized when Ghoate was introduced
and proceeded to say some compli.
mentary things OF the last speaker
end to declare that if he had known
that he WAS to be permitted to sit next
to nls distinguished Scotch friend, the
Governor General of Canada, this
Gordon of Gordons," he, too. would
haze come without his trousers. It
was au.!aci"us, but the killed st
was soonest to catch its h d
led the laughter 1t produced. "
vorE N'orId.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
VALUE OF COLLEGE TRAINING
hwakens the StuGent to the proS,ems
Of the World

1t may as we'll be admitted chat
college training does not teach a mar
to keep books or to sell goods. What
education aims to do is to educate
to develop the man, to awaken him
to the problems Of the world. tor
widen his horizon. There is TO dan
ger that not enough attention shall he
given to commercial develcpwent-
But there is a possibility that the
business man may become narrowed
20 his task and fail to take ;ln inter
est in the world of ideas about him
Education ought not to prevent Il
man from acquiring the necessary de
tails of business. Aud It ought tt
make him a more valuable citizen
That most successful business me;
believe this is shown by the fact tha'
they are sending their sons to reliese
kansas City Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
has both, That just so surely as he

has both. That just so surely as he
hasn't once looked into the face of
the mirror, just as surely he has a
weakness, which she knows about,
though she doesn't call it by that name
though she wouldn't tell anybody
about it for the world. AUDI just as
surely as she has looked into the face
Of mirror, just so surely can she lead
him, if she will. by that vanity Of his,
which he doesn't know about and she
does. That's what the mirror SAYS
And mirrors know. You may be very
sure our mirrors know. know your
vanity and mine, I hone they won't
tell Don't you?
FLORENCE HILL FOSTER.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
The Hotel Surgeon.

The hotel surgeon is a necessity t.
the house aud q luxury to the sunsts.
Each house Of apy Importance keeps
one OF these 5!lcaI gentsem en-. Al,
they pay ni;n IS the free use CT an
office aud q Sleeping rooIn. TO pay foc
this he must lopn after he hcalth OF
the help, whic,o is no small job as
there are from zoe to soc rleI AID
women on the pay roll. lis free pa
tients will average twenty per day,
The Yaest OF tie house is the one
who pays the !re. sat. A man or
woman wfo is t2sen i'll doesn't stop
to ask what tie coet will be. The
louise surgeon is saGt far immedi
ately. he is there instantly and he
calls as often as possible Wuen the
patient is ready to move, he nnts
the surgeons bill a part Of that o.
the hotel.--New York Letter.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
Pine Bluff Trust Co.
1t7 Pine Street.
III Pine Street.

In the matter Of he estate cf w r.
Barton, deceased, Mamie r Burt On,
adI.iinist stIatriN
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that tie u.lao"-
signed will apply to tie jeffaf' ca pro.
bate court on the 20 lav = February
1901. for an orjcr dire; ting her Us
an alminis;r ;rtttliX 10 sell the fOIloWins.
described property for The paymeat c.
the debts pr '5atei aSatnat said es
tate, towit
Lot in block II, town o. Sheriff.,
NJ kansas Respectfully,
MAMIE r. BURTON,
Administratrix.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
J. @. KS Restaurant
MOUED
TO 1928 MAIN STREET.

On or about January 18 ! will have
my restaurant and bar moved to 123
Main Street.
am desirous to have my old pa
irons remain with rue and have made
this change in order that I may give
my trade better accomm 1dations and
better service. Ny new plant will be
fully equipped With AL modern conven-
fences for the quickest service.
viii continue to give the well
tc2own 25e Merchants Lunch. All
Ge,ivacies Of the culinary art will be
keft in stock day and night.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
RYAN'S CATARRHLINE

Is Gods gift to man. 1t IS a positive
cure for catarrh of the head ard nose,
hay fever, asthma, headache, and will
cure a cold in one nights time For
sale at al drug stores.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
he firm of &. l.. B0We and Company

The firm of e. l.. BoWe and company
consisting of e. l.. Bowe and j. S.
Barraque and doing business at Alt
hcimer, Arkansas. has this day been
dissolved by mutual consent. J. S.
Barraquc retiring from said firm. Mr..
E. L. BoWe assumes all obligations,
and is alone authorized to ce:,ect all
debts due the firm.
e. l.. BOWE
J. S. BARRAJUE.
January 19--5t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
Table Repartee,
January 19--5t.

What makes you look SO hollow
,pd lorG-faced?" asked the forx.
oh" replied TIE spoon. II suppose
,s's because I'm always In the SOUP"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19
Catarrh= =PoisOns.

Catarrh is capable of changing all the
life-eiving secretions of the body into
scalding fluids, which destroy and in
flame every part they come in contact
with, Applications to the places affect
ed by catarrh can do little good save to
soothe or quiet disagreeable symptoms.
Hence it is that gargles, sprays, atom
,ers and inh"lants only serve AS tenn
ssiarv relief.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-19

There is but one remedy that has the
desired effect, and that remedy is Pc
runa. This remedy strikes at once to
the roots of catarrh by restoring to the
capillary vessels their healthy elias.
ITCHY. Peruna is not a temporary pal
liative, but a radical cure.
Send for DR.. Hartman's latest hook.
sent free for a short time. Address The
! Peruna Drug Manufacturing Co., Co.
lum bus, Ohio.