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Big Black Crook.

Oh, what Q glorious and jolly night will be passed at the Opera house on the evening of Thursday, April ?, when the grandest of all spectacles will be given, The com pany is composed of 10 people and they bring and carry special set ol small scenery which is an exact du- plicate of the production this com pany used in New York. The reason for carrying a small set of scenery is so as to give 9 production from 3 scenic point of view as nearly per feet as possible.
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The Entre Nous Club.

The Entre Nous Euchre Club was royalty entertained yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Simon Bloom. Mrs. Louis Roth won the first prize and Mrs. M. J. Ringlehaupt captured the second. Mrs. Ehrman, of Helena, was awarded the guest prize. An elegant repast was served. The club will hold it's next regular meeting next Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Adolph Bluthenthal.
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An apron party will be given at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. !. W. Scales tonight by the Lakside Ep- worth League, Each lady will wear an apron which is to be hemmed by some gentleman, the gentleman do- ing the incest work to receive ] handsome prize, and the one doing the poorest work to receive booby prize. An admission of 10 cents will be charged, and q pleasant evening is guaranteed. d1
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COTTON BELT ROUTE.
Cheap Rates to Memphis and Return on
 Account of Jockey Club Meeting.
April9, Derby Day.

AfpiiiVB DClbN i'd
 April IS, Peabody Hotel Stake Day.
 April 25, Montgomery Stake Day.
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt Route will sell round trip tickets from Pine Bluff to Memphis and return as follows:
 For train No. of April s, and train No. of April 3.
 For train Nc. of April 17, and train No. of April IS.
 For train No. , of April 24. and train No. of April 25at rate of $5.10 Also tickets will be sold for train No. of April l3. and train No. of April IA; train No. ? of April 20, and train No. of April 2l, at a fare of $7:15; all tickets limited to april 2 for return.
 Train No ? leaves Pine Bluff at 1:30 pm. and train No. at l:3T am, w LA BEAuaE, J.N FARLEY.
 c. r. X T. A. Agent.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
As You Like It. 'i

A Shakespearin play in the hands of a competent company never fails to draw a good house of literary and intelligent people. Such was the audience that greeted that charming little actress, Rife Ellsler, last night in the bright and fascinating char aeter .'Rosalind, supported by a company of competent actors. As You Like It" is one of Shakespeare's most beautiful comedies and it was presented last night. Miss Ellsler added to her fame as an actress by her true interpretation and clever presentation of the noble character, sRosalind, while Mr Weston was a natural fool, Mr. Binn a worthy Orlando. The other members of the company were fair, each playing his part well.
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The Ancient Order of the Orient met last night and MT. ]. r. Cousins was duly ushered across the hot sands of the desert. After the Coun- cil adjourned an elegant banquet was given which was greatly en- loved.
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Miss Cora Brummett. lovely and accomplished young lady of Camden, is in the city, the guest of Mir. and Mrs. sam Kyle, Of No. 720 West Third avenue.
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Miss Juliet Peay, daughter of Maj. John c. Peay, died at the fam fly residence, l4l4 Spring street. Lit tie Rock, early Wednesday, morning, after an illness of four weeks. Her death was not unexpected, as she had been quite sick the past week. She was first taken with malarial fever, which became complicated with pneumonia, and this was the cause of her death. Miss Peay has often visited Pine Bluff and she had many friends here who dearly loved her for the many amiable traits oi mind and person which she pos sesed
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Mir. Geo. L. Smith, of the Geo l.. Smith Mantel Co.,. Louisville, Ky, writes Feb 26. 1s94 "For about a year 1 was a terrible sui ferer from heart trouble. which got so bad 1 was obliged to sit up in bed to get my breath. l had to abandon business and could hardly crawl around. My friend, Mir. Julius C. Voght, one Of our leading pharma- cists. asked me to try Dr. Miles Heart Cure. I had used little more than a bottle when the pain ceased and palpitations entirely disappeared. l have not had the slightest trouble since. and today am attending to business as regularly as ever"
 Sold by druggists everywhere. Book on Heart and Nerves sent free. Address Dr Miles Medical Co. Elkhart. Ind.
 Dr. Miles Remedies Restore Health.
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Defiance Bicycles $4O, $50. $6o and ' T'3, TOT glfis, boys, misses, youths. laules anu men. Manufactured and guaranteed by the Monarch Cycle '9' Oo.' ShleaSo. 12tf
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Juliet Lodge, Knights of Pythias, held an interesting meeting last night.
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Mr. A. Blum, the merchant prince, is expected home from New York Saturday.
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Mr. E. B. Houston leaves tomor= row morning on business trip to points in North Arkansas.
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Judge w. E. Hemingway, of Little Rock, is here on Il visit to his many friends in this city.
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Chevalier Division, Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias, will attend divine services at Little Rock Easter Sunday.
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Alderman Boyce is reported as be- ing somewhat improved in health today.
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Mrs. Wolf. of McGehee. was guest of the Arlington last night.
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There was little or no change in the price of cotton today.
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Holmes, the popular Second avenue meat dealer, today received a large shipment of lake and ocean fish. Leave orders with him for fish for Friday.
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MT. John Portis will leave for Memphis tonight toattend theraees.
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Miss Maude Dreyfus will entertain the Up-to-Date Whist Club tonight.
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Hoods Pills are easy to take. easy to operate. '''se'
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Capt. sam F. Lindsay, of Pastoria, is in town.
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"l was afflicted with sores and boils. l determined to try Hoods Sarsaparilla, and after taking only one bottle found myself sound and well. MALCOLM GUGG,
 Charlotte, Ark.
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nrmxv umMNEC CIIY IIHMOs

The Royal Arcanum meets to- night.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

not until the beginning Of the present
year did tho upriaing assume proper
tions Of such magnitude that the
Turkish war Office had to send special
troops to Canea and other strategic
points.
Nothing could give the reader q more
comprehensive idea Of the misgoverns
ment Of the Turks than g mere state
rnent Of the fact that the population
Of Crete, which was 100000 when the
Yenetians lost control of the island,
had fallen to 100000 in 1870, and to POO,
600 in 1890.
The massacre at Canea is seriously
embarrassing the governmental Greece.
The Cretans have always had the SYM
patty Of the people Of the Hellenic
states. and several times the royal
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

such is the irony OF fate, the fact u
ever thus. The ground wherein Brad
dock first set foot is practically the key
to the city OF Washington, almost equi-
distant from either end OF it and afford
ing to an invading force the readiest
approach by water.
AT that time, at the opening of the
French and Indian war, and for half a
century nfterward, there was no city Of
Washington. The country hereabouts
was a comparative wilderness. George
Washington was but a STRIPPING
colonel in the Virginia militia. No
one dreamed of independence Of the
British crown, and all of the English
colonies were bracing themselves to
resist the Entertainments of the French.
Alexandria, then a colonial village
eight miles down the Virginia side of
the Potomac, was the recruiting point
of Braddock's army. Thither his little
fleet of two warships and half a dozen
transports, under Commodore Keppel,
had proceeded from Hampton with two
regiments of 500 men each, to be aug
mented later by 400 Virginia troops.
Braddock, himself, with his own per-
sonal r~etinue, got separated from the
remainder of his party and landed on
this side of the river opposite Anolostan
island, at what is now at the foot of
Twenty-fourth street northwest, then
a stretch of woods. Braddock's vessel
was drawn close up to shore and
moored to a big bowlder protruding
from the bank. upon which, as we can
imagine, he stamped his booted feet
and struck a dramatic attitude in dis.
embarking.
The bowlder has ever since been
known. to those who have known of il
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

treasury at Athens has been compelled
by popular clamor. to assist the rebel
lious islanders with cash and provi-
sions. The present premier Of Greece,
M. Delyannis, is trying very hard to
continue a policy of neutrality in the
Cretan question, but the chances are
that, unless Turkey is willing to make
~far-reaching concessions, he will be
forced to recede from his position.
There is no doubt that the porte will
no longer be averse to granting partial
self-government to Crete, but the pa
triots have been deceived so often by
their oppressors that reforms which
would have been hailed with delight a
few years ago are no longer attractive.
Like the. Cubans, they are fighting for
complete independence and eventual
annexation to Greece.
Should the Athens government con-
clude to comply with the popular de-
mand and interfere in favor of the pa-
triots, Turkey would have to give UP
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM.
Tns Cretan Struggle Tor Liberty
and Independence
utzoien p splayed BY the Pooriy-Fed
Ratriots 81 the Island o. Greee-Turkish
cruelty Givea Renewed Strength
70 Their cause.


Recently the cable brought the ter
rible news that in Canea, the principal
city OF the island Of Crete, 1000 persons
aad been massacred by Turkish troops
Eiye hundred women ana children es-
capped from the i~nfuriated m~ercenaries
OF the sultan by seeking refuge in the
Christian churches. where they would
have starved to death had not the Eng
fish and French warships stationed in
the harbor come to their rescue and
furnished them with the necessities Of
life. All the bodies of the slain were
mutilated, and in many instances the
eyes of the victims had been gouged
out. And all this in the face of the fact
that six great powers-Russia, Ger
many, Great Britain, France, Italy and
acknowledgements pledged to pro-
tect the porte's Christian subjects.
The Turkish government excuses the
horrible crime on the protest that the
Cretans are in revolt against the pad
ishah, that $4,000 armed patriots are
lighting to overthrow the Mussulman
domination established in 1860, and
that they have been guilty of murder
ing Turkish troopssin cold blood. While
it is true that the Cretans are endeav-
oring to secure freedom, the charge
that they have been guilty Of anything
like the atrocities committed by their
-taskmnsters is absolutely silly. The
natives Of Crete love liberty, are re-
markable for their agility, activity and
swiftness, noted for daring and brav-
cry. are by some reputed t be vindic-
tive, but they are not cruel. Whenever
the patriots have met their opponents
on the field Of battle they nave treated
them fairly, and the Turkish gov
ernor has been unable to prove a single
case Of barbarity against them.
The Cretan is a classic people. His
tory tells us that the island of Crete,
or Gambia, which forms the southern
limit Of the Grecian archipelago, was
a~nciently settled by colonists from the
Phoenicians. Pelasgians and Dorians,
and fable has it that it was first gov
-erned by Mines. whose laws are fa-
emiliar to every student of Greek litera-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

The demand was rejected, upon which
a suit was commenced. But that fail
ing we were left in possession of the
royal donation, and the lions, uniforms
and hares made their appearance at our.
table,"
Gen. Braddock knew that he was not
undertaking a holiday excursion, but
must sscut bis way through unknown
woods for the purpose Of conquering
whole nations: thereby showing
that he did not underrate the savage
bands in the new world. He was a
brave and worthy soldier who has not
yet secured his proper place in history.
/ was reminded Of Braddock's march
and the disastrous Termination Of his
efforts BY being led to-day to an his
toric stone near the bank Of the Poto-
mac BY Al o~ldresident who showed me
Braddnel1a rock.
IL Edward Braddock, generalissimo
Of his British majcsty's forces in Amer
lea, were to revisit this earthly stage
and observe that the lonely spot on
which le d~seHhnrleed il 1855 to begin
his insafarfed expedition against Fort
DnqtAsne Is now the geographical cen,
~ the naticnaS american capital,
airing the name 81 his once humble
de.camp. George Washington, he
I'D doubtless exclaim, as he ex-
med r~ega6aing his disastrous de-
near Pittsburgh; eWho would
6 Thought t9
robably nobody would, for the co
idepce 100 extraordinary; but
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

'sNo," said Mrs. Trett, II always de-
my own shopping, and always buy tho
supplies for the kitchen. | cant trust
my husband to do anything of the sort
He hasn't a bit Of Judgment. a dry
goods clerk or a grocer can poke any
kind Of stuff off on him at twice its
value"
s'That's the way with some men,
responded the caller. 'By the way
what is your husbands profession"
"He runs a business college down
town."-Chicago Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
CAN'T IT.
TInquestionably Truo

Neighbor-Well, Patrick, I'm glad
your master is dead. He was an old
skin-fint, anyway.
Patrick (indignantly)-Faith, and Oh
bet if he wor alive you'd not be afther
sayin' you wor glad he wor dead
Bay City Chat.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

Husband "a literary MANI wish
you would stop watching little Dick fo1
awhile.
Wife-But if 1 don't watch him he'll
be in mischief.
"Yes, that's what / mean. When he's
in mischief he's quiet, and / want to
write. ".-N. Y. Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

shy DEAR said a wife who had been
married three years, as she beamed
across the table on her lord and master,
"tell me what first attracted you to me
What pleasant characteristic did / pos
sess which placed me above other wom-
en- in your sight?"
And her lord and master simply said:
II give it up."-Tit-Bits.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

Upon die bench he sat ard sat,
While others came and went,
His. face. half hidden meath HIS hat
Showed doubt and terror bient;
Els sweetheart passed he didn't rise;
She knew not what he meant
She little guessed the dreadful tics
That held him while she went,
For though with love his heart was filled
He moved to no extent
Because he sat where some n spilled
A tube of bike cement
cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
It Pleased Alcy.

"Oh, Algy, isn't it cruel2 Papa has
decided to move just when a new ice
cream parlor is to be opened in the
next block"
Dearest" exclaimed Algy, convuL
sively, 'this is equal to a raise of sui
ary!"-Detroit Free Press.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
strange Now Experience.

Mr.. Hiram Daly-Has the new cook
made up her mind to stay?
Mrs. Hiram Daly-I think so.
Mr.. Hiram Daly-Then discharge her
at once.
Mrs. Hiram Daly-Discharge herl
What for?
Mr.. Hiram Daly-We've never had a
chance of discharging one yet. want
to see how it feels.-N. Y. Herald.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
IMMIGRANT Distinction.

you've been going to see her three
years and don't dare to cali her by her
first name? Well, you are wasting
your time. You're counting the wrong
girl
"No, she's the right girl. I'm afraid
the trouble is that I'm the wrong man.
Chicago Tribune.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

II shall apply for q divorce. te ~
treating me like . dog, and lie Lies
INC work like a horse.
"Well. thens you should make ort
complaint to the Society for the PSfsc
ton Of Animals md not to the
-L'ulustre de Poche.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
The NTother-In-Law Joke.

Wallace-For the life of me, / have
v been able to laugh at one Of these
mother-in-law jokes yet.
Ferry-If you had a mother-in-law
worth $4,000, as mine is, you would
laugh at every joke she made.-Cincin-
matt Enquirer.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22
we can make i lives sublime;

we can make our lives sublime;
And, departing, leave behind us
FOOTPRINTS In the sands Of time.
There are footprints all along the
beach Of history. The waves may swell
the turf may beat, and the breakers
may seold and storm, but the footprints
made by some men win last forever.
No political or scholastic seismic dis-
turbance can wipe out the footprints of
Confucius, Zoroaster, Caesar, Crom-
well, Washington or Lincoln. Their
footprints viii last forever.
You all have read of Braddock and his
alleged vainglorious effort to conduct
an Indian campaign. Writers glorify-
ing Washington have unlimited Brad
dock, of the greatest military minds
Of his age. 1t is not true that he
marched against the Indians with the
expectation Of chasing them like rab-
bits. That story originated with
friends of Washington, and if he were
here he would repudiate the story.
Braddock knew that he was marching
into q hostile country, and would have
to compete with savages whose meth
DDS were new to him. He realized be-
fore he left England that he had a ter
rible and dangerous campaign before
him. But he was a soldier and marched
along the pathway Of duty until he fell
upon the field of noble, honorable bat
tie.
George Anne Bellamy, one of the
most gifted actresses in England, pub
lished two books in 1855, which showed
something about Gen. Braddock's life
which all the people should know. AS
the reputed wife of John Calcraft, M. r.,
she secured for him the agencies of pay
masterships of no less than a dozen
regimental commanders in the British
army, among them that of Gen. Brad
dock, thus multiplying Calcraft's i'm
come to a princely figure. On page 1893
of volume 2 Miss Bellamy says:
"Gen. Braddock, to whom / had been
known from my infancy, and who was
particularly fond of me, was about this
period appointed to 60 to America.
From our intimacy he gave me his
agency without my applying for it.
While he was making the necessary
preparations for his voyage he was
more frequently than usual at our
house. The evening before his depart
ure he supped with me, accompaniedb by
his two aides-de-camp. Maj. Burton
(who had just lost bis much loved
wife nnd my darling friend). and
Capt. Orme. Before we parted the
general told me he should never Z me
more, for he was going with a handful
of men to conquer whole nations, and to
do this they must cut their way through
unknown woods. He produced a map
of the country, saying at the same time:
we are sent like sacrifices to the altar
The event Of the expedition too fatally
verified the generals expectations. On
going away he put into my hands a pa
per, which provedt to be his will"
This will was drawn up in favor of
John Calcraft, to whom it bequeathed
property valued at $4,000. On page IS
of volume 3 the actress narrates further,
after referring to the news of Brad
docks death:
"a demand was made from the treas
ury for the government plate left us by
the late unfortunate Gen. Braddock,
-
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

"Look here" said the cynical friend,
"you don't mean to tell me that you
really meant what you said in your
speech tonight when you said it af-
forded you genuine delight to take ok
your hat to a workingmanP"
81 meant every word Of it" answered
the orator. 81 was thinking of my bar
Der at the time."-Cincinnati Enquirer,
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

Jollyfellow (aftcr an absencelA
10, Meakl Married yet2
Meak (sadly9-No; not married
Jollyfellow latter another absi
Hello, Meakl Married yet9
Meak (sadlD-Yess married ye
Y. Weekly.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

Edith-What a wonderfully enter
tanning man that Mr.. CARING is, to be
sure! He always has something to
say.
Ethel-Yes; I've just been coming to
the conclusion that if he had a little
less to say other people might have a
little more.=Town Topics.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

"This woman's paper" he said, look.
ing up from it, says that a woman
should never, under any circumstances
wear a street gown in the house,
"What of it?" she asked.
"oh, nothing" he replied, Except
that l should think it would be awk-
ward for a m to change her gown
on the front steps."-Chicago Post
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

"Just Think" exclaimed Stopaklok,
dear little Magg1e MAY admits that she
loves me-"
well, that proves it" replied Ten
spot.
"Proves what?"
"That love is blind."-Town Topics.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

Briggs-You knew Mangle recently
married a widow and went ON a we'd
ding trip, didn't you? 1 saw him yes
terday on his return.
Griggs-Anything happen while he
was away?
Briggs-Yes, He says that in a fit of
Observation-Disclosures she proposed to him
again.-Brooklyn Life.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

angels all have wings, haven't theys
mamma?' asked Robbie.
eyes: DEAR
Sand they fly with 'em every day.
don't they, mammal"
"Why, yes; / suppose So"
"Hm," said Bobbie. after a thoughtful
pause; 81 guess they lay off durlng
moulting timel"-Brooklyn Life.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

Man wants but little here below
Some r~ascal's sharp device:
lie craved for wealth himself, you know
And went to selling ice.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

He-That man Dearborn, they say,
nas had nine wives.
she-He must be the Napoleon OF
Matrimony.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1896-08-22

ture. He was succeeded by a line of
chiefs famed for wisdom and liberality,
and they in turn gave place to a semi
republican form Of government, which
continued until 81 3. c., when the island
became part of the Roman empire.
In the partition of the dominions of
Rome Crete fell to the Byzantine, or
Eastern, empire, by which it was held
until A. ID. 1923, when it was conquered
by the Saracenes. These daring sol
diers held possession until the tenth.
century, when the island became a
Genoese province. From the Genoese
it passed by gift to the marqnis Of
Montferrat, who sold it to the Yene-
tians in 1904. Venice, thenia the height
Of her glory, held it for four centuries,
In the course Of which Crete developed
into one of the most prosperous and.
wealthy states in Europe. After a
terrific struggle, which lasted ~
years, and in which a number of Ital-
Ian states took active part, the country
-was wrested from the Venetians by the
Turks, and made a Turkish province in
1869.
The natives were oppressed by their
conquerors and the numerous indus
tries established under the mild vene-
fian rule were taxed out of existence.
From being the most uf1uent people in
the Greek archipelago the Cretans be-
came the poorest. But persecution did
not extinguish their national pride, nor
did wanton. cruelty succeed in compeIl-
- N ff4 N7eN f4fsMn&sM = Ehrfafion 70.