Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-04

CU0 or nearly or fourth Of the S5,-
Geo 600 900 of gold in the world.
The total nun,ae, of all known varic
ties of postage stamps. not including
errors" issued by all the govern
n ents of the Void up to the present
tine is 1922.
About one-fortie,,a 70 the total popu-
l.;icn of Chifa :: slaves. Every fam
~ of means keeps its Girl slaves, as
il i; cheaper - buy thrm than oire
tl(m.
In Germany county and city fairs
are very popular. and in Saxony II is
customary to close fac cries and
mills while they last SO that everybody
may attend.
Lord Curzon is sending a message
in the form of a gramoph ne record to
the native population OF iudia, with
translation of his words into the
provincial dialects.
A school for training servants is
to be established in Hamburg. 1t will
not compete with existing schools,
which provide training in domestic
science for girls of well-to-do fam
flies.
A man with the statistical mania
has figured that $25,000,000 is spent
on cabs in London each year. He fur
ther figures that over $7,O00.0OO OF
this amount is for tips and over
charges.
The Bishop of London recently ap
pealed to Bournemouth audience
to sell their motor cars, golf clubs
etc, and apply the proceeds to the
payment of debt of the East Londor
church.
In China all fruits are picked greer
and ripened off the plant. as the Chin
ese farmer is too anxious to sell hi
crop or too much afraid of thieves t.
wait until the fruit is properly ripen
ed.
James McCardle of Jamaica Plains
Mass, who will be 100 years old soon
has since 1852 been drawing a pen
sion as British soldier for disability
His allowance is sixpence day
about $11 a quartec.
Queen Amelia of Portugal has beer
studying medicine for some year.
past, and now that she has returned
to Lisbon from visits to England ant
France she is going to work hard tl
get her doctors degree.
At certain points along the street
car routes in London the posts are
painted white, and the cars invaria
bly, stop at these posts, consequently
there is never any trouble over wheth-
er CT where the car will stop.
Two thousand acres of farming land
in eileen county, California, have been
purchased by drunkards of eastern
states, who will settle there with their
families. The land will be divided in
to forty and eighty-acre tracts.
Some one has estimated that John
D. Rockefeller's wealth in silver dol
lars would weigh as much as two first
class battleships; in 81 bills it woult
make a double girdle around the
earth and leave remnant 1,5Ot
miles long.
BY order of the emperor biogra pf
pictures of the German navy are be
ing shown in all the German town
in order to stimulate interest in th
development of the service. TIL
lUcd pIONcu cISCtlfS III SOAAi
time ago, where it originated.
Lieutenant General Chaffee has
brother twelve years older than he is
who fought on the Confederate sid
during the civil war The brothe
was made major for gallant col
duct at Shiloh, having served on th
staffs of several Confederate general
Recently the Sultan of Sulu CAV
the pearl fishers about his America
kingdom sieves and told them tn;
they could have all the pearls whic
fell through the mesh, but he woul
keep those that remained in tt
sieves. Although he took particul;
Mains tO nrOyide them with Sma