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NEWS IN BRIEF.

An earthquake frightened the
citizens of Santa Crus del Sur,
Cuba.
Lady Jane Francesca Speranza
Wilde, mother OF Oscar Wilde, is
dead.
After hot debate the District
of Columbia appropriation bill
was defeated in the House Wednes-
day.
Henry Nj. Stanley sides with the
Americans in the Venezuelan dis
pute.
Modjescka's condition is SO i'm
proved that she will resume her en-
gagement next week.
The House suddenly passed a
bill prohibiting prize fights on
United States territory.
The Scotch oil combine has gone
to pieces and the STANDARD Oil
Company is again in control.
The remains OF Prince Henry, of
Battenberg, were entered in Whip
bingham, Isles OF Wight Wednes-
day
The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee has reported substitute
for the Morgan Cuban resoIu-
ton.
The effect OF opening the bond
bids ON the New York financial
markets was to give everything a
better tone.
Richard klattke, Of Chicago,
murdered his father, mother, wife
and three children and took his own
life Wednesday.
Arkansas Democrats viii hold
their State convention in June to
name delegates to to the National
Convention and nominate a State
ticket.
The Citizens Bank of Corners
vile, Ind, OF which James n. Hons
ton, ex-Treasurer of the United
States. is President, has suspended
payment.
Openings of the bids for bonds
revealed an aggregate subscription
for $55S, $50 900 OF bonds, result
far in excess OF the most enthusiasts
tic anticipations.
suit mas been instituted ny At
torney General of Texas against the
Waters Pierce Oil Company OF ST.
Louis for forfeiture OF character for
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HOW INDIANS MEASURE TIME.
They Fix Their Dates by Sleeps and Moona
and Winters.


and Winters.
Our Indians measure time solely by
days, by sleeps, by moons and by win
ters. The Indian has no name for any
subdivision of time less than a day.
When he desires to indicate a shorter
period, he points to the heavens, and
measuring off a space says, "It was as
long as it would take the sun to go from
there to there. A day is from daylight
to darkness, "sleep," or night, from
dark to daylight. He has no name for
any day, nor has he any subdivision Of
time corresponding TO cur week. A
moon commences with the first streak
of the crescent in the west and lasts IN
til the next one appears, but the days of
the moon are neither numbered nor
named. From winter to winter is
the nearest approach he has to our term.
The year commences with the first fall
of snow. An Indian will tell you he is
so many winters old, but having no
months or days he never has a birthday.
The Indians who formerly inhabited
the southern part of Texas, where there
is no snowfall, are said to have fixed the
commencement Of the year at the first
"norther, - furious and chilling wind
that sweeps from the north and is of fire.
quent occurrence during the winter
months.
No year has any name or number fix
ing sequence or point Of reference, but
each band will designate a year by its
most prominent occurrence, as a fight
with hostiles death Of a chief, preva-
lenee Of disease, abundance or scarcity
of food, OF failing anything marvellous
or striking by the name of the stream ON
which was located the winter camp.
But these are mere remembrances, and
excellent as is the Indians memory
they, after few years, fade into a
tumble of disconnected facts without
sequence OF usefulness. Cincinnati En-
quirer.
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The Proper Time

When the most benefit is to he
derived from good medicine. is
early in the year. This is the season
when the tired body, weakened
organs and nervous system yearn
for a building-up medicine like
Hoods Sarsaparilla. Many wait
for the open spring weather and, in
fact, delay giving attention to their
physical condition SO long that q
long selge of sickness is inevitable.
To rid the SYSTEM of the impurities.
and To purify the blood, there is
nothing equal to Hoods Sarsapas
rliia, dl WI
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Wind wind! windl Life is too
short and the serious affairs OF life
too pressing for the editor OF the
GRAPHIC to waste any time or space
In replying to the inane vaporings oil
the silly old man who presides over
the destinies of the wayward Com
mercial. Grandpa Newman is get
ting very old-has passed the merid-
Ian of Life and is now entering the
occident where there should be a
peaceful and serene sunset, and 1t
shall not be our part to mar the
beauty and symmetry OF a final
pathway that should be pleasant.
We are therefore disposed to look
upon the 'sold man of the CONNER
ciar' with benign charity and SYM
pathy. We feel about his periodical
explosions of epithets about like the
girl did who allowed the young man
to squeeze her hand. She explained
that it didn't do her any harm and
1t seemed to do him a whole lot OF
good. So it is with our brother edi-
tor of the Commercial. II he wants
to fire" into the editor Of the
GRAPHIC, 1t won't do the latter any
harm and Il il ; ;s..sesassses the old man
we are glad Of it.
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Mai. Newman, editor of the Com
mercial, pays Oliver Doud Byron,
who presents the ups and Downs
Of Life" at the opera house tonight,
the following compliment: "The ed
itor of this paper wishes to say that
he is personally acquainted with Oh
liver Dond Byron. We knew him
when we were both boys. We have
seen him as an actor several times
since and in the characters he essays
and the pieces performed under his
direction he is eminently a first-class
actor, and the dramas given are OF
genuine worth. This in justice to an
artist deserving OF popular favor"
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Athletle Ezhlhitien- at 81 p....-

For above occasion, the Cotton
Belt Railway will sell tickets at the
rate Of one fare for found trip. Date
Of sale, February s, Q, 10, Il and p;
good for return, February o.
Limit of tickets will be extended
thirty days if presented to agent a.
I'll Paso on or before February POI
Cheap rates will be on sale at nj
Paso to all points in Mexico. For
further information, etc, call on or
address, III. Wilson :
Agent,
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The MYSTERY OF A YEAR.

a little while, year agone,
knew her for roInping child
A dimple and glance that shone
with idle mischief when she smiled.
Today she passed me in the press,
And. turning with q quick surprise
I wondered at her stateliness,
wondered at her altered eyes.
10 me the street was just the same,
The people and the eity,s str,
But life had kindled into fiame'
And all the world was changed fer her'
watched her in the crowded ways
A nolle form, queeEly head,
With al the woman in her gaze
The conscious woman in her tread.
"A. Lanp1nan in Youth's Companion.
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If you have any intention Of going to ta 4,
North or East this fall or winter, you shouil
advise yourself of the best route from nv
South and West. This is the Louisylhe
Nashville railroad, which is running aoupiS
daily trains from Memphis through to Loui.
vile. Cincinnati, Nashville, 0hatanooga, ~
ianta, Washington, Philadelphia, New IN IN
Chicago, Detroit, Buffalo and all points Noiss
and East. Pullman Sleeping Car sefsiss
through Specially low rates made TO ATLANTA
during the continuance OF the Cotton sss''s
Exposition. For particulars as 10 rates ~
through car service, write
Louisville, KY
MAX RAUMaAaTrN. Pass, Agslp asn
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Rot "A Soldier.

a certain solicitor general of Eng,
land visited Berlin on a vacation, and
being mistaken for bearing military
title was invited to review and mount
ed on charger. Being accustomed to
following the hounds. he made an ex
cellent equestrian. but when asked opin.
ions as to some of the manouyers was
obliged to parry the cross examination.
a similar incident befell the late Mar
shall BidWoll, an eminent New York
lawyer, i'll the fifties, who visited Paris
in long vacation. Presenting his card at
the gato Of the Tuileries. he was polite
" informed that the emperor was at
review, and if he desired dragon
should be detailed to accompany him
ON horseback to the Champs de Mars
" But [ am not soldier, said the old
lawyer. Mot soldier, and a mar
shal?" Examining the card "Wbat
droll country is America W-GEeen
Bag.
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Tho Laws of Nature.

The laws of nature are just, but terri
BILE. There is no weak mercy in them.
Cause and consequence are inseparable
and inevitable. The elements have no
fofbeaIance The ire burns the water
browns, the air consumes, the earth
buries. And perhaps it would be we'll
for our race ii the punishment of crimes
against the laws Of man We're as inevita-
BILE as the punishment Of crimes against
the laws of nature-were man as unerr-
ing in his judgments as nature Long
fellow.
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Good nirestIon.

A good digestion is as truly obliga-
tory as a good conscience; pure blood is
as truly part of manhood as pure
faith; a vigorous brain IS as necessary
to useful living as vigorous will,
which it often helps to make vigorous,
and we'll ordered skin is the first con-
diticn of that cleanliness which is next
to goodness. III. w Beecher.
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Take Il bicycle, balance it with one
hand, having one pedal at its highest
point, the other at it, lowest. 10 the
lower o4o tie asti.ne aud pull it toward
the rear Of the machine.
Which way win he bicycle gof
1t viii 80 backward.
Most people think it viii go forward,
because the string tends to move the
pedals IN tic direction they move when
the maohlae is gong forward. -Phila-
delphia Record.
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Wash Dukes, colored, was on yes
terday sentenced to sixty days SER
vice on the county farm and fined
$25 by Magistrate o. w. Alexander
for stealing lumber from the Cotton
Relt Railroad.
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The steamer John N. Hardin came
in from Memphis last night and all is
activity at the wharf this morning.
She brought in go bales Of cotton
and one OF the largest cargoes OF
freight of the season.
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Rev. J. f. Carr has been confined
at his home on Lakeside by illness
for several days. On next Sunday
the pulpit of the Lakeside Methodist
Church will be occupied by the Rev.
e. NJ. Pipkins OF Little Rock.
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The corporation heretofore exist
ing at the Honnet-Weil Dry Goods
Company has been re-organized. Mr..
We'll retiring, and it viii henceforth
be known as the Honnet Dry Goods
Company. About the LIST OF March
the Honnet Dry Goods Company
will remove into the building lately
occupied by the Great Red Store, and
the company win carry in the future
large and carefully selected stock
OF dress goods, dry goods, notions,
shoes, hats, millinery, etc.
Mr.. and Mrs. Honnet leave next
Friday for New York to purchase a
large stock of spring goods, and. in
the meantime, any OF their patrons
desiring to make special orders can
do so by calling on either OF them
before their departure and the same
will receive careful attention while
they are at the Eastern markets.
We call attention to the change In
the advertisement of the company in
this issue, and the public would do
we'll to read its announcement before
making purchases.
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Fuddy-You know there is no rule
without an exception.
Duddy-I believe you. never lay
down rule at the store but most of the
clerks take exception to it.-Boston
Transcript.
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THE PEOPLE BELIEVE what
they read about Hoods Sarsaparlila.
They know that it is an honest
medicine and that it cures disease.
That il why you should get only
Hoods.
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A Doctors Discomfort In a nigh PA

a boctofs Aa4scoAnfofG An High Place
Some Of the patients Of one of tbs
prominent physicians in Dorchester an
getting we'll pretty rapidly these dag
under the influence of "a joke which
they have recently heard regarding Their
1Esculapiu8@ It seems that this docta
has a honor OF high places and is al
ways dizzy when Gu lofty buildings
Not long aso some relatives from Eng
land visited him and suggested tfiB
to Bunker Hill, aud, in common with
about one-half Of the population Of Bos.
ton, the doctor was not only forced 70
acknowledge that be had never been to
the top Of the monument, bat vas
Obliged to accompany his guests to the
summit Of the granite shaft. 1t cannot
be ascertained whether the persons whom
they found there had ever heard Of the
doctor before, but he had not been there
many minutes when one of the strangers
was heard to remark that the sun had
such an influence ON the monument that
on warm days it warped it, This was
enough for the doctor, and, with a part.
ing remark that he would SOS his friends
at the base, he beat hasty retreat, 60
ing down, it is said. four steps at
time and not feeling safe until he had
run out on the lawn about the monu.
ment far enough to get out Of the way
in case it fell. The joke of it all is that
tho doctor, IN a state of absentminded
ness told the story himself, and now,
much to his chagrin, his patients are
laughing Themselves into good health
Boston Traveller.
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Tom Piatt is said to have his
agents all over the South to find
out what sized barrel it will take
to hold the Republican delegates
to the National Republican Con-
vention.
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Unique Pianos.

"All manner of articles in place of
wood have been used in the manafae
ture of pianos, says one of tho great
est English piano makers Perhaps the
most successful of these is paper, Of
which many pianos of exquisite tone
and appearance have been made. The
Duke of DeYopshire has one Of the finest
specimens of the paper piano, this heing
of French make, and decorated must or
nateIy with pictures by French artists.
the duke gave 800 gaiheas fof ills,
mainly, no doubt, on account Of the or
namentation. 1 suppose you know that
pianos for very hot and very cold eli
mates-all instruments for export, in
fact--haYe to be specially made, and in
this direction all manner of experiments
have been tried. Among others, a sort
Of cellulose, one factor in which is &c
tually common molasses, from which
sugar is made, is employed, and a com
position made from the chemical treat
ment Of gutta percha and leather pulp
has been tried. Ivory pianos are by no
means uncommon, and the dowager
Countess Of Dudley has a magnificent
carved specimen. Pianos of ivory are,
might say, lnado every year in numbers,
but chiefly for Indian princes and rich
Spanish Americans. Many pianos of
solid silver have been made; indeed,
one was only recently completed by
London fira fer the nizam Of Haidafa-
bad, and piano cases have at various
times been made Of bronze, a species Of
aluminiam, glass, porcelain and in com
bination mother of pearl. Exchange.
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"Our whole neighborhood has been
stirred up, said the regular reader.
The editor of the country weekly seiz-
ed his pen.
Tell mo all about it, he said.
What we want is the news. What
stirred it upt"
"Plowing, said the farmer. Pear
sons Weekly,
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Mr.. Ii. G. lie Fills, of Union City,
Tenn, is in the city working in the
interest of the Endowment Rank OF
mthe Order of Knights OF Pythias.
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The young people had a most en-
ioyahle party at the residence OF
Mr.. aud Mrs. j. p Angel last night.
A full account of this enterteftain-
ment will appear in the Society
Column" OF our Sunday issue.
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A Misleading Report.

81 hear the colonel. is hard drink
ar. "
Huh He's the easiest drinker ]
ever saw in my life. Detroit Tribune.
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Rot the p1nco Tor Tie eonn.

4 famous French prima donna when
acting delights in a big basin Of soup,
smoking hot and we'll favored with
grated cheese. On one occasion she was
engaged for few nights at Marseilles,
and her first thought en- arriving there
was to inquire where she could order her
favorito dish. She was recommended to
patrGni2e a humble restaurant Just by
the theater, and going there gave her
order in person.
At s O'Clock, as arranged, mine host
called his serving maid, and placing a
gigantic tureeu in her hands told her tc
take it to Mime. c. GA the stage. He
added that orders had been given to let
her pass with her bowl, and on the
girl S assurance that she would recognize
the cantatrice sent her off with the soup.
Everybody guYo way before the servant
carrying tho sacred meal of the star,
when suddenly between tho wings she
caught sight Of the prima donna, who
was singing tho finale of the first act Of
Lucia.
Rayenswood and his betr0thed were
just about to begin the passionate scene
which brings down the curtain when tho
maid entered and placed the tureen on
the messy bank in front-0f the fountain.
Then lifting up the cover and pIunging
in spoon she exclaimed 10 the stupe-
faction of actors and audience alike
Begging your pardon for interrupt
ing you, sir, and the lady, but hero's
the soup. London Tit-Bits
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III several towns in Holland birth Is
announced by exposing at the doof i
silk pincushion, covered and edged py
plated lace, the sex of the infaDs beng
shown by the eolor-for a boy, red .
girl, white.
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Mr.. John o.Connell informs us
that hereafter street cars will be in
waiting at the Opera-house after
every nerformance.
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Just as He snpno:sed.

Has anybody here corkserew ?''
spoke mp a sharp noeed old gentleman
in the sleeping car
Il have. " was the response from
nearly every seat.
Just as l Thought, " shouted the old
gentleman "And now who will be the
first to sign the temperance pledgo?7
Providence Visitor.
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Many of our citizens will take In
mardi gras at New Orleans.
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Deputy United States Marshall
Harry Robinson, of Little Rock,
passed through the city last night.
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The Missouri Supreme Court
decided that The proposed amend
ment to the Constitution, submit
ting the question ef capital removal
to the vote OF the people, is
valid.
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Judge George Mason died At
uaiVeston, Texas. He was D
descendant Of Governor Mason. one
y .he singers Of the Declaration Of
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FouND.-A gold tooth-pick. Own
er can have same by calling at the
Sheriff's office, proving property. and
having for this advertisement.
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Judge VIM. d. Jamison, OF Ell Do
RADIO, was registered at the European
Hotel last night.
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The real satisfaction which praise can
afford is when what is repeated aioua
agrees with the whispers of consclenos
-JoLMAon.
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what Gross Exsminetion Can Do.

What Cross discrimination Can Do.
Magistrate-Y cur name?
Bashtal Maidon--Anna Lang.
"Religion2"
protestant. "
"Age?"
No answer.
When were your parents marriodf"
"In 1863. &"
When was the first chriatening2'
Gin 1861.
How MANY brothers and sisters have
your
Five. "
Are you tho oldest?'
Eyes. .
Then you are 81 years of age.
Yes tSotto voce) I have given my
age away. l am surprised, "-Dorfbar-
bier
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To Name springaeld's -Four Hundred.

1t has been seven years since a Blue
Book was printed, and in that time there
have been many social changes. Some
have dropped out Of the charmed circle,
some of the buds have developed into
matrons, while others are still serving
us bridesmaids And Some of the pie
beians have acquired property or gained
culture and are knocking for admission
at soeiety's gate. All that is needed is
official recognition. We need L Blue
Book, the stars to indicate the crade Of
patricians. 1t viii be we'll for the com
piler to remain unidentified until the
book has been published, and then, as
in the previous case, to promptly leave
town-to so far away and stay away.
The Price e Lee company, which has
been compiling dry and accurate diree-
tories of Springfield, has the temerity
to announce that it is prepared to classi
~ Springfield society. The preliminary
circulars arc cut. Now is the time to
get into LIMO if you want a three star
grade iii the armament of the -Four
Hundred. The Blue Book enumerator
has not started Oh her rounds yet. En-
terrain and 60 to entertainments. The
sheep and goats are to lie divided and
it may again be soYen years before an
other Blro Book division is made.
Springfield (Mass ] Republican
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= A spirit Of revenge is the very spiTif
OF the devil, than which nothing makes
man more like him. If yonr revenge
be not satisfied, it will give you torment
now if it be, it will give you greater
hereafter None is a greater self tor,
mentor than a malicious and reveugeIul
man who turns tie poison Of his own
temper iii upon himself j. NJ Mason.
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Mr.. c. J. Hanks, OF Memphis, is
registered at the Trulock.
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From Fridays Daily,J

DIR. A. r. Sheriff., of Sheriff., was
in the city last night.
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Col. Met L. Jones has returned
from a legal visit to Little Rock.
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BLOOD AND NERVES are very
closely related. Keep the HOOD ricb
pure ana healthy with Hoods Sar-
saparilla and yop viii have no
trouble from nervousness.
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"ANTED---A young man with few
~ hundred dollars 10 take an interest in a
paying business; will bear investigation. For
particulars address r. o. box l15. Pine Blun.
ad6w1
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Modern inks date from 1898, at which
time researches of Dr.. Lewis and Riban-
court i'll the chemistry of ink began
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On entering a room where many
guests are assembled go at once and
speak to your hostess before addressing
friends who are invited guests. The first
and last salutation should he to those
who offer you hospitality.
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Col ]. w. Cercoran, OF Fairfield,is a
visitor to the city today.