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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
auYiNo RuslES IN BURMA.
YNeuitaY Method of bargaining Eos
Sha PrNcAoua Stones.

The peculiar business methods OF or.
entail merchants are illustrated by ths
msnnsr Of buying rubies In Burma. IN
che examination Of rubtes artificial
Nght is not used. the merchants hold
ing that full sunlight alone can bring
cut The color and brilliancy of the
gems Sales must therefore take place
betue een 8 a. m and 3 p. m., and the
sky must be clear.
The purchaser. placed near q WIN
Tow, has before him a large copper
olatc The sellers come to him one py
one. and each emptieS upon THIS piate
bis little bas of rubies The purchaser
proceeds to arrange them for VALUATION
In a number of small heaps. Ihe hrst
VISION is into three grades. accord
fpc 10 size. Each Of these groups is
again divided into three plies, accord
Ing to color. and each OF ll''st' piles IN
turn is agalu d divided INTO three groups
according 10 shape The bright copper
o]ate Has a curious use The Sunlight
reflected e. II ii through the stones
brings out with true lublcS color Ell
feet different stos:l tbat with red spt
ueIs ana toasmalines, which are thu
sasily separated
The buyer and seiler then 20 through
verg= Peculiar mefHad Of bargaining
bv silus. or. rather sIips in perfect 81
tence. After aegea.ag g@on the FAIR.
ness of IT,. classification fb"2 JON theif
right hands. coEered VIII handker,
chief OF. lie tap Of "a garment and by
grips aod press1rcs mntnai'y under
stood amonS all these dealers they
nlake modify and accept proposals OF
purchase and sale The hands are hey.
uncovered and the prices are recorded
~-JeWeIers Circular Il eehiy.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
JAPANESE PROVERBS,
ess,ey Arc More Picturesque In Lnn-
gua@e Than ours

TNpy Arc More picturesque as -
gua&e Than Ours.
"Roses have tbornss aud Walls haze
ears" are as common ia the japanese
speech as in oEr own. We say More
haste, Tess speed. bnt the japanese
nhrase is "If IN hurry 60 round
IN this country we very often remark
that "acei,!eutS vii happen IN the best
regulated families The laps. on the
other hand with an eye TO the pictur-
esQue. yitaIIZe Il, 50 10 speak, IN their
Even monkey sometimes falls from
9 tree" one of our useful English
sayings is Those who play with edged
tools must expect to cut their fingers
IN expressing a similar thought the
Jap goes Us one better so far as PIC
eures. tu4HeSs is concerned He says.
"If you Keep tigers you are likely to
Nave trouble one Of our standard
naxims Is to the effect that oil and
water WON'T mix" The Japs have not
improved Oh this. you can't rivet q
cail in custard' Is their way Of put
ting it The lotus springs f9oIa the
zaud" Is their poetical expression of
Che common thought that "out Of evii
good may come
What could be more suggestive and
al the same time SO poetic as thelg
.Seatteriae d fog With a fam" When
Jap undertakes the impossible his
no:chbors do not scotf at him or mock
bin. They simply say that he l.
'~ujding bridges 10 the clouds" or
that he is chipping up the ocean with
Shell Failure in such country
nust be as del&Atful as success in ohr
more material iaud. Thine own heart
makes the world is worthy of Emer,
sen or Browning dorchester Post-Ex-
press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
rn,,cr nf Ocean nrcnkcrs.

Experiments made at the Bell Rock
and >&crryV0re lighthouses. on the
Scottish coast, have shown that, while
the force et breakers in the German
oeean may be taken rs about ton aud
a lalt on every square foot of surface
Atlantic breakers fall with weight
Of ahort three tons to the square foot
on one occasion during heavy gale
hu4e blocks Of granite and limestone
were washed about like pebbles IT the
Plymouth breakwattr, carried 200 feet
up its inclined plane and scattered be
yond II in MI directions. 0ne of The
blocks Weighed nearly two tons.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
COMFORTING WORDS.
Many a Pine Bluff Household Will
Find Them So.

To have the pains and aches OF a
free from annoying dangerous urin
ary disorders is enough to make any
kidney sufferer grateful, To teal
how this great change can be brought
about will prove comforting words
tn hundreds of readers
w Fl. Houghland, steamboat engin'
eer in government service nine years,
residing at 220 Cross street, Little
Rock, says: ''Doan's Kidney Pills
are without any exception the best
medicine | ever used. Ny experience
conclusively proves that they do all
that is claimed for them. ! suffered
for years and also had a very annoy
ing urinary weakness particularly
observable a night. Learning about
Doan's Kidney Pills l gct box. The
results were entirely satisfactory
My kidneys act new properly. tae So
cretions are no; ulal and my back has
ceased to pain me. Doan's Kidney
pills must get the credit for the
change"
Plenty more proof like this from
Pine Bluff people. CAL at the Mann:
Tankersley Drug Cos store and ask
what their customers report.
For sale by al dealers. Price SO
cents. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo,
N. Y. sole agan nts for the Unjtej
States
Remember the name-Doan sand
5ake no other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
Fi-hf aaa !.eff !ian.I~ti

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&s as - Har 53 and
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z9sez - taam tae rlght
sEa=..z 92.=a4. 5s4-e4 s4rn Sound WIG
r--sac ~ ~t# ia working VITA a
.aala 4stl4a # Eight handed
9a-y te -padr Ht4 tAe left
.:ei .ta tEc itf1 foot ana
e. aaua. taa4sh WAeu 4slaL an ak
: -1me .5d .lua.a m91.l grasp
- aaFa7 with tar rlght-Cuam.
4o-@ J4.ra#I
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
The Defiant Drummer

1T was ri&ht funn|. said Uncle
Fosea. telling Of the orchestral een
cert. y smart Aleck loollin' fe..aa -
IN the middle. an aIl ter on..et tie
l.a nam at the end O, =" i5r.e -, tz.-
b. ,l3am a SISSY fap. -
y Ieeh fe5pr slsaGas q
q d8aaer a. ea.at docs
ter-Ep ag,iH jos f=g=ra5~
cood-gs the HeAt .a=H-
- d5eH't lab.- ~
10 4eIcas- sra...
becaa-p he .st
H. r.Irs l.
taaf Sex - e>z=:
IL Gida cat
rs 3sz
ea1 > tt.e t1s-.e 4sz : "a
ssat 1Husa t.aaer 4 att.e
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
SHE GOT OFF EASY,

Fuddy You know chat Miss Hon-
ney thraaJenel te 1@iue suit foe e
breach of promi4. a4a ast Tom 10
Iard. and t4at they dtsalIy asteed 10
leave il 10 arh;tration9
Dnddy-Yes. did h"al sonetain9
a. he SOFT How has e NE #oat2
Fuddy The arbitratars have unam
mously decided that Miss Bannev
oaght 10 giye Tom $looo9 for mea&
inc his peomise-Bost'h TRANSCRIPT
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
The Conditions Are Easy.

Letters should deal with tae writ
#r4's uxpor. ence since he settled il the
Southwest. They should tell ha~ much
money he had when he arrived. what
10 did when he FIRST came. what meas
rqre Of success has sine crowned his
efforts aud what he thinks Of thar Dor
Ion Of the country i'll which he IS
located. Letters should NET be less
them soo nor more than .51e words
" length and will be used for he pun
e, ese of advertising the southwest.
letters are desired not onlH tfo@
e..rnors and farmers. wives. bit also
from merchants. school teachers. eier-
avmen; from everyone wbo has a
story to toll and who knows how to
5elI IT, Pootieal contributions are
not wanted
All can not win prizes. hot by their
contributions they can assist the
Western Trail in its efforts to cello.
nize and upbufa the southwest.
Contest closes June 30, 19o5 Prize
viii be awarded as soon thereafter
AS results can be determined. Ad=
aross the Western Traif 77@6.1lf Van
R1rcn street. Chicage II.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
4 1. 0rnnn (natnnl.

Ia sat.4r 3Es5 3l korea and among
ser8e Eereat fanatics. II Is the custom
:a- brt"araefH 70 dwe. under the
Conss = t4eif Fathcrs IN law undl the
Grsf zon las 5raa born and attained to
yaars Of Hala..o9d Should any 10.
e@aH uo4e7.e -t8s III tire house Of his
SD beaa." tor more than three
ears aftaE lt. wedding, IL is com
paltad - remain f9r an rntle year
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
Thm NnrnA Turned.

Publisher cant see anything in
that manuscript Of yours. Struggling
Author presume not; but, YOU know
some Of your readers may be more in
telligcut.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
Jobbers, Wholesalers an
Manufacturers
OF PINE BLUFF ARKANSAS
BLUFF CITY LUMBER COMPANY.

BLUFF LUMBER COMPANY.
IN shlng!es sash "a
Doors, House Bills speci ty Cheap Lumber for ~
buildings buildings. panne door is ht cheapest -
.,.. ''< .'.s'z',.. ., ,,,,' .,...:y :y"r.ronn i:
Our strongest
wt-
able sabantate Hold until for pa -
euDDEPHATT FURNITURE COMPANY =
OFFICE SALESkOOM 423-425 MAIN STREET. =
Wholesale Third Cotton -
o cordial invitation extended to merchants while in tn city
us a. inspect
FOX BROS, HARDWARE 4
Leaders in Southwest Hardware, Main /
CUTLERY and Mill Supplies All orders shipped promptly =
OF anything in our line
o'u'
QuEENswARE.
eYLANp ouEzNswARE COMPANY.
OF queensware tinware,
ware stoneware glassware glasses
lamps China At
business day In the
DREyFus.
wholesale FurnM
ngs 1eyery and quantities to saH4
22 "a 26 and % Main street. flne BUN ARK
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
wEsreRook GRAIN AND COMPANY
sell Lime, Cement Plaster Fire brick Fire eA
Plaster Hair Etc Flour Neal Salt Potatoes
Hay Chops, Meal. shipstun Field Seed EFT
specially
COMPANY,
boilers
planning nlnry Castings and Mac1neH
Supplies
COLf4EGRS
JAMES PRACTICAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
he ambitious young meL and W2He
related studies @ an
night sessions. JAMES Prin. Pine Bur Ark
UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERs
HoLDERNEss.sE SEWARD
used IN the underSni
eceed quality and taste being cohis
specially. Open at al hours fet
and attention.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
Pretty Loud.

Il heard something about you yester
day; can't quite remember what it
was. however
"lt must have been that tie my wife
gave me, Wore that yesterday. :
Houston Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
TOO violent nm Iunovu,lan.

"Iou It'd ue Joa had aa original
!1e3 In y9nf novel,
7 ta,l5 1.4 TIE reply "huj the pub
Hsaer i covered It il the proof ateef-'
al H4ae me taae il ont Washing
sn4 ear.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
81 ||}|Iz2zz6E|IzzZ(g| 2, z}Rl|zZS

MS3| S| ZaZzS&
Spring meeting new Memphis Jock
ey club, Memphis, Tenn, March q
to April 10, 1905. For the above oc-
casion the following round trip rates
and arrangements are authorized to
Memphis. Tenn: Series one-Rate,
$3.50. Dates Of SALE March 26 and q,
1905. Return limit, April 10, 1905.
Series two-Rate, $500 Dates OF
sale, daily March 2S to April 10, 1905.
inclusive. Return limit, three days
from date of sale
S. NJ Dckey, Agent.
Annual meeting general assembly
Presbyte erian church. Fort Worth,
Texas. May 1S-26.-For the above oc.
casion the following round-Jrip rates
and arrangements are authorized to
L OIL worm, 1eAdS. hatc, oue ldi :
plus So for the round trip. Dates OF
sale, May 16, II and IS. Return limit
May 81. 1905. for leaving Fort Worth
Tickets will be good leaving Fort
Worth on date executed for return
tut in no case later than May 81
Speciai Cne-way second class rates
to the northwest. Rates From Pine
Bluff Arkansas, to llings, Mont,
$2465; to Hinsdale, Livingston, Lo-
san. Ciuna bar. Mont., s31.50; tc Hele-
ma Butte. Missoula, Anaconda. Mont.
S@1.5O; Spokane. WASH. s34; Port
land, Ashland, Astoria, Ore, Tacoma
Seattle, Wash, Victoria Vancouver,
B. c.. $3.50. Rates for children five
years Of age and under twelve will
! be one-half the adult rate. Dates
of sale-First series, March | TO Lay
Is, inclusive, second series, Septem
Der Is to October l5. inclusive Stop
overs will be allowed at various
points.
Special one-way second class colo
- rates to California. The follow
lg rates and arrangements are au-
thorized for the sale of one-way sec
4 ond class cclonists tickets to San
Francisco. Sacramento, Los Angeles
and San Diego, California; Ogden and
Salt Lake City, Utah Granger, Wy
9 Dmino. also to Prescott and Phoenix
Ar zona, and all intermediate points
on da ect lines to which the regular
/ second class rates are higher. The
same rates will apply to such branch
line points as ordinarily take the
California common point rate. Rate
From Pine Bluff $50 via Texarkana
and s31.G5 via St. Louis. Dates OF
sale-First series, Daily March l te
Nav IL, 1905, inclusive; second So
+ es, daily September 10 tc October
l5. 1905, inclusive Limits-All tick
cts to be limited for continuous pass
age. stop-overs-By special arrange
ment between California term ma
fnos stop-oyers will be allowed in Cal
norma at all points on the Santa Re
system and the southern Pacific com
sany. except San Francisco and Los
Angeles. also at Ash Fork Benson
4Iaricopa. Tucson, Williams and M
MA. Arizona. and EIko LoveIoek, Re
no aud Winnemueca, Nevada Stop
evers at each point not to exceed live
Gays Ticket TO be deposited VIII
agent at stop-over point Immediately
anon arrival and continuous passage
tickets good upon designated trains
to be ISSUED by agent at such stoG
over point when passenger resumes
journey.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06

F.e7 q uon marries In some other
- Ger 4o89 Wonders whathss he
T,1I 70 win has wife or she with him
Tgae hinStop Ca Democrat
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
prnnf pnnitIxN.

Tho IIelres9 Don't 5au think M Is a
sensible y9au4 @aaf Her Fpther- on.
yes; he wants to marry nice giri
whose father has lots ii money.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06

In areuaent Smiles are siEe s5a:S
In love they describe much, but prOte
nothing Prior.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
$500
For Letters About the South

Fer Letters About the South
west.
The Western Tfaii magazine offers
SIX prizes aggregating in value $500
in railroad transportation, for letters
from residents of Arkansas. Eastern
Colorado. Missouri. Kansas, Indian
Territory, Oklahoma, Texas and New
Mexico
1t wants letters that will induce en-
erget;c and ambitious men and VIC
aen to settle in the great and gre
ing Southwest, and there engae /
farming, cattle raising, fruit sfo" ing
and similar pursuits.
To accomplish the purpGse which il
has in view, the West#e, Trail offers
The following prizes in railroad trans
Eortation for the SIX letters which, in
the opinion of competent judge,
shall be deemed best suited to its re,
Quirements:
FIRST prize. s1oo in railroad trans
portation.
Second pre-. So in railroad trans
i rortation.
Third prize, SO in railroad trans
nortation.
Fourth prsze $25 in railroad trans
poltaticn.
Fifth pr.ze SIS in railroad trans
poration.
Sixth prize, So M raileaa1 rams
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-04-06
NEW SLEEPING CAR SERVICE
VIA IRON MOI.+-AlN RCUT,

NEW SLEEPING CAR SERVICE
VIA IRON MOI,t-AlN RCUT
Commencing August 8th, the Ire
Mountain Route Will establish throus
lailJ sleeping car service betwes
New Orleans aud st. Louis, via. Va
.ey Route and T. P on the follow1E
schedule.
Northbound.
Leave New Orleans 6:35 D. N.
Lease Zine Bluff a As p. n.
Arrive St Louis 7:35 a m.
SoQthbouno.
Leave 81. Louis 500 p, n.
.rrire Pine Bur 1880 a. m
Arrive New Orleans Y:55 a m
Far reservations apply to locs
agent
H. c. TOWNSEND, G. P.&T4
St Lou4 ID
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-06
PLAN FOR ADMITTING
TERRITORIES TO
STATEHOOD

recommend that Indian territory
and Oklahoma be admitted as one state
and that New Mexico and Arizona be
admitted as one state. There is no OBJ
legation upon us to treat territorial sub
divisions, which are matters of con-
venience only. as binding US on the
question of admission TO statehood,
Nothing has taken up more time in the
congress during the past few years
than the question as 10 the statehood TO
be granted to the four territories
above mentioned, and after careful con-
sideration of all that has been devel-
oped in the discussions of the question
l recommend that they be Immediately
admitted as two states. There Is no
justification for further delay; and the
advisability OF making the four terri
tories into two states has been clearly
established.
In some of the territories the legis-
latve assemblies issue licenses for
gambling. The congress should by law
forbid this practice the harmful re-
suits Of which are obvious at a glance.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-06

The government should aid in the con-
struction of q railroad from the gun
of Alaska to the Yukon river, in Amer
lean territory. In my last two mes
sages I advocated certain additional
action on behalf of Alaska. I shall not
now repeat those recommendations, but
l shall lay all my stress upon the one
recommendation of giving to Alaska
some one authorized to speak for 1t.
should prefer that the delegate was
made elective, but if this is not deemed
wise then make him appointive. AT
any rate, give Alaska some person
whose busines 1t shall be to speak with
authority on her behalf to the con-
gress. The natural resources of Alaska
ere geat- Some Of the chief needs OF
the peculialy energetic self-reliant and
typically American white population OF
Alaska were set forth in my last mes
sage. I also earnestly ask your atten-
tion to the needs of the Alaskan In
dians. All Indians who are competent
should receive the full rights of Ameri-
can citizenship. 1t is. for instance, a
gross and indefensible wrong to deny
to such hard working, decent living In
dians as the Metlakahtlas the right tc
obtain licenses as captains, pilots and
engineers, the right to enter mining
claims, and to profit by the homestead
law. These particular Indians are civil
ized and are competent and entitled tC
be put on the same basis with the
white men round about them.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-06
LAW TO PROTECT
PUBLIC AGAINST
ADULTERATED FOODS

/ recommend that law be enacted
to regulate interstate commerce in mis-
branded and adulterated foods, drinks,
and drugs. Such law would protect
legitimate manufacture and commerce
and would tend to secure the health
and welfare of the consuming public
Trafficking in foodstuffs which have
been debased or adulterated so as to
injure health or to deceive purchasers
should be forbidden.
The law forbidding the emission of
dense black or gray smoke in the city
of Washington has been sustained by
the courts. Something has been ac-
complished under it, but much remains
to be done If we would preserve the
capital city from DETACHMENT by the
smoke nuisance. Repeated prosecutions
under the law have not had the de-
sired effect. 1 recommend that it be
made more stringent by increasing both
The minimum and maximum fine; by
providing for imprisonment in cases of
repeated violation; and by affording
the remedy of injunction against the
continuation of the operation of plants
which are persistent offenders,
recommend. also, an increase In the
number of inspectors, whose duty it
shall be to detect violations of the act.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-06

States on April 23, 1904 on payment of
$4O,O00,000 to that company. On April 1,
1905, the commission was reorganized,
and it now consists of Theodore
Shonts, chairman, Charles e. Magoon,
Banjamin M. Harrod, Rear Admiral
Mordecai T. Endicott, Brig. Gen. Peter
c. Hains, and Col. Oswald Fl. Ernst.
John F. Stevens was appointed chief
engineer on July 1 last. Active work
in canal construction, mainly prepara-
tory, has been in progress for less than
a year and half During that period
two points about the canal have ceased
to be open to debate. First, the ques-
ton of route; the canal will be built on
the isthmus of Panama. Second, the
question of feasibility; there are
no physical obstacles ON this route
that American engineering skill will
not be able to overcome with
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-06
PHILIPPINES SLOWLY
RECOVERING FROM
SERIES OF DISASTERS

During the last year the Philippine
islands have been slowly recovering
from the series of disasters which,
since American occupation, have great
ly reduced the amount Of agricultural
products below what was produced in
Spanish times. The war, the rinder-
pest, the locusts, the drought and the
cholera have been united as causes to
prevent return OF the prosperity
much needed i'm the islands. The most
serious is the destruction by the rinder-
pest of more than rs per cent of the
draft cattle, beca use 1t will take sever
al years of breeding to restore the nec-
essary number of these lndispensa BILE
aids to agriculture. The commission
attempted TO supply by purchase from
adjoining countries the needed cattle,
but the experiments made We're unsuc-
eessful. Most of the cattle imported
were unable TO Withstand the change
of climate and the rigors of the voy-
age and died from other diseases than
rlnderpest,
Internal Revenue Law
The income of the Philippine govern
ment has necessarily been reduced by
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-06
F0RTIFlCATlON OF
HAWAII SHOULD
BE EXPEDITED

In my Judgment immediate steps
should be taken for the fertilization Of
Hawaii. This is the most important
point In the Pacific to fortify in order
to conserve the interests of this coun-
try. 1t would be hard 20 oVerstate
the importance of this need. Hawaii
Is too heavily taxed. Laws should be
enacted setting aside for a period of,
say, twenty years rs per cent of the
internal revenue and customs receipts
from Hawaii as a special fund to be
expended in the islands for educational
and public buildings, and for harbor
improvements and military and naval
defenses. IT can not be too often re-
peated that our aim must be to develop
the territory of Hawaii on traditional
American lines. That territory has
serious commercial and industrial
problems to reckon with; but no meas
ure of relief can be considered which
looks to legislation admitting Chinese
and restricting them by statute to field
labor and domestic service. The status
of servility can never again be toler-
ated on American soil. We can not
concede that the proper solution of its
problems is special legislation admit
ting to Hawaii a class of laborerS
denied admission to the other states
and territories. There are obstacles,
and great obstacles, in the way of
building up a representative American
community in the Hawaiian islands;
but it Is not in the American character
to give up in the face of difficulty.
Many an American commonwealth has
been built up against odds equal to
those that now confront Hawaii
No CooIie Labor
No merely half hearted effort to meet
it's problems as other American conf
munities have met theirs can be sc-
cepted as final. Hawaii shall never
become a territory in which a govern
ing class of rich planters exists by
means of coolie labor Even II the rate
Of growth Of the territory is thereby
rendered slower. the growth must only
take place by the admission, of immi-
grants 1T in the end to assume the
duties and burdens of full American
citiZenship Our aim must be to de-
velop the territory on the same basis
OF stable citizenship as exists on this
continent.
| earnestly advocate the adoption Of
legislation which will explicitly confer
American citizenship on all citizens OF
Porto Rico. There is, in my judgment,
no excuse for failure to do this. The
harbor OF San Juan should be dredged
and improved. The expenses of the
federal court of Porto Rico should be
met from the federal treasury. and not
from the Porto Riean treasury The
elections i'm Porto Rico should take
place every four years and the legis-
lature should meet IN session every
Two years. The present form Of gov
ernment IN Porto Rico, which provides
for the appointment by the president
Of the members Of the executive coun-