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she watches now. The dead, too, might
stay and no cattle should tramp across
the graves, but the tombs and stones
must 60.
1t is easy to see with one wide sweep of
must come-all the tearing down of life
work that must come. because this man
would do as he liked with his own.
There were pathetic scenes. The statues
of the cigar-stands wers' at the prospect of
a life with nothing to lean against; clerks
in the employ of the City wondered how
long they were to kill tine with no office
to lounge in and no salary to draw; BIZ
cyclists m ourned to lose their smooth (?)
spins down Market street, and women
said, ~ to you So"
The civilized nations stood aghast that
such things should be- but they had al
wavs agreed that man might do as he
pleased with his own land, and their
hands were tied.
In this extremity three men formed
themselves into a committee to convince
this strange being. to whom gold was
dross, that he had no right to land others
needed more. 1t was crazy IDEA. and
one of the men had long been considered
harmlessly mad.
Diego had gone to Mexico to report his
progress TO his gentle mother, whose eyes
had filled with tears as she thought of the
sorrow of her sisters at leaving their
homes Softly she spoke to Diego of the
better life among the people who had
known them so long and tried to persuade
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nor who served his King so we'll that in
return the sovereign was willing TO gi We
him what he wished and of parchment
deed TO land near the Preside of San
Francisco and the Mission Dolores. The
deed was there in the stone casket, with
all its signs and seals, and, most wonder
full of all, the royal signature. All formall-
ties seemed to have been compiled with,
all record made; yet Diego knew it was
unknown to the world.
The story Don Diego had told Josepha
was one of bribery, wrong and Danish
ment for the son of the Governor, and his
hope that the great-grandson might re-
venge his wrongs. Diego should claim the
land in the great city, should take it and
bring back again the green hills and val.
leys of old. 1t was his and 1t should again
support focks and herds instead of busy
people.
Long Diego brooded and considered.
The training of his grand dfather pre-
vailed. He would claim his land.
The deed, the proof OF its validity and
the maps were taken to San Francisco and
produced in the great City Hall.
The news spread like 4 fire at night on
level prairie. A maniac from Mexico
had claimed large part of their city.
The people laughed. That had Deen tried
before, but they still lived in their own
houses and planted flowers in their own
doory yards.
The poor would care little if the land
did change hands. 1t meant to them only
a new land ord, who might have ideas of
plum bing and paint. So life went on
without a break.
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at last the victory was declared for those
who now occupied the land. There were
professions and jubiiees and speeches, in
the midst of which Diego's lawyers were
taking their case to the Supreme Court
Here there was none of the local pressure
and after many days the decision revers-
ing that of the lower court was given.
Diego Borica owned San Francisco
What would he do with it? He would be
very rich beyond compare.
Those who owned ragged. threatened
even went insane. Those who rented
waited curiousy for the new landlord,
who surely could afford to fix up lit
tie"
Yes, what would Diego do?
And his plans. They were simple. He
would change the landscape 10 that his
grandfather's ewes had rested upon. He
would tear away all the unslghtly struc-
lures that spoiled the picture let loose
cattle and sheep on the stately slopes and
build cottage for Josepha aud himself
in the valley. No m re should the whir
of ma chinery be heard or the ceaseless
tread OF footsteps over the stones.
The engines shrek should oe stilled
and all human sounds of Joy or woe. The
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chance on the daily papers."

chance on the daily papers"
1t is not considered good form to act
the part of Mr.. Dick and 'set right" those
who occupy the rostrum at public meet
ings. Moreover, it is doubtful if any
present on this occasion were sufficiently
well informed themselves to controvert
the assertion made thus openly and in all
good faith. even had they possessed the
moral courage necessary to enable them
to take issue with speaker at such a
time and place.
A little after inquiry. however, among
those who are in a position to know
whereof they speak mi ade it plain that our
newspaper women owe their present posi-
tions not to the pleadngs of kind -hearted
phHanthropists anxious to enlarge
woman's sphere, but to the fact that they
are wsrthily following in the footsteps of
one who, without friends or in fiuence save
what her own ability gave her, was the
first, and for some years the only, news
aper woman on the coast. Z
Various conflicting statements have been
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During the Worlds Fair at meeting of
of our Californian poet Ina Coolbirth, the
brilliant Miss Krout, in speaking of
woman reporters, gave Annie Laurie the
credit of being the first to have an ac-
knowledged position among the far
Western journalists. Mrs. Ella Sterling
Cummings claimed that honor for Flora
Haines Apponyi, now Mrs. Loughead. but
Miss Coolbirth. from data in her posses
sion, was enabled to definitely settle the
question.
Without doubt Mrs. Caroline M. Parker
is entitled to all the credit that belongs to
the woman who ''blazed the way" for us
who have come after her.
Mrs. Parker is native of Boston and
descendant of warlike ancestors, since her
maternal grandfather was a revolutionary
soldier and her father was in the war of
1872 Coming to California in 1858 this
brave little woman endured all the hard
ships which fall to the lot of her sex in
newly settled regions, and in 1867 came to
San francisco from her home in Hum
boldt County, broken in health and almost
entirely dependent on her own exertions
for livelihood for herself and her little
daughter
Her initial newspaper work was done
on the Pioneer. the first woman's suffrage
paper published IN San Francisco. The
remuneration was very small but the
practice prepared her for better things,
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So Diego prepared proclamation.
The lawyers thought success had turned
their clients brain. This notice 10 the
waiting people of the city owned by one
man was short and direct 1t said that
Diego Borica desired only his land with no
people on it. He would neither rent nor
sell a single acre, and not single build
ing would he have. The former citizens
OF the San Francisco that was no more
must move away. Their buildings they
might tear down and take and for one
year they mi ht carry away. After that
he should raze and burn and allow nature
to cover the blots made by art. Any who
were TOO poor to move should be conveyed
at his expense.
The condition of the City after this no.
tice was beyond description. What was
to be done? Should they endure 1t?
Where were they to go? What was the in
terror to do without port or shipping
center? They would com bine and keep
the invader out. Never should he set
foot In the city he would destroy. They
would appeal to the Nation.
"a man may do what he likes with his
own
That was a hard argument to be an
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not own the land neither could they.
The rich shut grasping hands and cried:
"The land is mineI 1t represents my
money!" The poor said, Ny lot is mine,
hard earned, and a resting place for my
family"
The suit came on. The whole city
listened. The validity of the deed was
proven and the straight descent of our
Diego from the Governor. The story of
the tampering with the records and the
banlshment Of Don Diego in his youth,
all was told and borne out.
On the other side old deeds, claims and
grants were prod uced. some of which went
back to the time of the Spanish fathers.
Long and bitterly the battle ragged, and
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sional reporting and special work for THE
CALL, Bulletin, Chronicle and Post, but
after a few months experience as a free
lance was given regular position on the
Post. of which Henry George was then
editor, and remained with that paper
steadily for four years.
An account from her own lips OF her ex-
periences in the days when woman re-
porter was q lusus naturae in our City
Is interesting in the extreme.
Fate has been unkind to Mrs. Parker.
hard fortune hassbeen her lot, and for the
lastte years the bright. active, am bitIons
and hard-working little woman, who was
a quarter of century ago one of the
sights" of San Francisco, because of the
oddity of her avocation, has been a
prisoner in wheeled chair victim of
rheumatism in its most painful form.
Nothing of repining or unhappiness is
seen in the face which greets especially
favored visitor who is admitted 10 her
presence. Patience under affiiction, a
child-like faith in the All-Good, and a
M nd which refuses to dwell on the dark
side of life and delights in every hint of
beauty and blessing that comes into her
shut in" world, makes that face as
sweetly placid as that of a saint.
The newspaper woman of the past well
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land was his, conceded by the highest
court in the land. and why should he not
do with it as ne cnose? And he chose to
have the people go away. He chose to
have solitude and nature around him.
He chose to have the reality of his grand
fathers tale.
Wealth he had in plenty to provide him
books clothes and food. More he desired
not, and from the cares of property he
shrank.
Those great piles of stone and brick
were nothing to MIN and he wanted none
of them. Those novels where misery and
vice bred miserable vice were not his. Let
the people go and take their property with
tnem
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remuneration would undoubtedly secure
a foothold. l took the hint, but. with a
CLEAN of triumph in the luminous gray
eyes, l served no apprenticeship; / was
fortunate enough to be paid from the very
first"
One of Mrs. Parker's dearest treasures is
letter from Mr.. George, in which he
says that she had been zone of the most
valuable memb bers of his staff" possess
ing ''perfect reliability, clear, concise,
vigorous style and great power of original
observation"
There were few things in the daily
work OF newspaper that you could not
do, the letter states, ''and some things
that you could do better than any one
else"
Surely such letter is well worth cher
ishing and it should be matter of pride
to us present dey workers that our first
representative was a woman who, by her
own unaided efforts, won the right to be
spoken OF in such way.
FLORENCE PERCY MATHEsoN,
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coined the newspaper woman of to-day
with sisterly cordiality.
DO you know" she says to me. that
it was one of the editors of THE CALL
who first suggested 10 me the possibility
OF making my living by journalism. 1
met him at small social gathering, and
he, knowing Of my having written for the
woman's paper, said that there was room
1or woman reporter in San Fran cisco,
and that woman who would work for
while on the different papers without
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since the space allowed her was very lin
tied, and she was obliged to thoroughly
master the invaluable art of condensa-
ton.
Early in 1872 Mrs. Parker began profess
sional work on the City dailies, doing occa-
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made as to who really was the pioneer
woman reporter and special writer here
the feminine Arnold Won Winkelreid who,
bury ng the spears OF uniriendly opposi-
tion and insdious criticism in her own
breast, made way for US to come after her.
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The Victoria lily of Guiana has q circu-
lar leaf from six to twelve feet in diane
ter. 1t is turned up at the edge like a
tray and can support, according to its size,
from 100 to $50 pounds.
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GUESTS FROM WAY BACK.

some Amusing Stories Of Their i.Innders
 h Hotels Of Big City
 Inc clerks at several of tho hotels tell amusing stories about some of the guests who como in from the rinal districts Anaged couple ea4o into tho Moser and wanted I room When informed that there was none, the woman turned to the man and snapped out
 Ut serves Us right. Nc will have Co walk the streets tonight
 When asked for an explanation. the man said chat they had arrived thai morning aud raid for q room u some house in advance fm the Weck He said they forgot t0 take the number and street and had locked for throe hours fer the house and then given t up They had moi Che aIightesH Idea wheIe the place Was
 \ man from Arkansas told the house. keeper at the M0ser that be Waa going oat and might not De back for supper but she need not wait for him.
 Another man came iAt6 the St. James and, seeing m advertisement on the blotter iH the register headed, 4 friend in need is d friend indeed. asked for the address
 That's the man I've been looking for, he said T Was robbed last night and I want to borrow money to get homo on.
 4 man at the Rozia1 apolosized to fhe night elerls fer keeping hia up ua= till o'clock fia said he hadu fnotica1 how late it was.
 \ well dressed man at tho S5 Niche las told tue clerk that thcro was no oil in his lamp 8a8lein tlight. \ bell hoy went up aHa turned an the iacaa= descent and ted che guest thst he had forgotten to tura up tHe wick lfe ag= EaoWledsad thaf he had
 \ man and woman were registering fl the Aaser when a hae6mau eame and asked them t0r his money for hauling them up from tha t'nioH satjou
 WhE, you ainst gotns 10 eltuse It's are yoa asked tRa man.
 Sure cried the haeSHan
 Didn't yo0 asIs Us t zg5 wanted te rldes" demanded inc man
 The haelmsa sad he had
 V ell, t4en, exclaimed T1v-- Qiaa. " na5s t5a you want us t9 pay fen ,. The clerk explained matters and tas visitor to the city paid tho bill. lie 10. marked that th8t was tbe first time ho had ever known of any one being inYi5 ed 10 ride and then asked to pay for it -St Louis Republic
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An Intersstlng meerlne.

The Pine Bluff 0ratorical Assoc. ation beld t regular weekly meeting at the eonri house last night to I large audience Tie subject selected for the occasion Ras Resolved that wolaan boeld have the right 5f saes tage Messrs. H K Tone7. Albt kaWeii aad Bono Altheimer, iH their masterlE style represented the af- ffmati9e side of tbe question. while Ben J Aitheimer and e K. Womoek by their staIWart defence Of their side acquitted themselves with glory
 After l spirited fght the decision was awarded 10 ibe negative. The pcograme was concluded with dec- famatiou entitled, College Oil Cans by Edwin J. Kerwin, who en- tertained his hearers fiji q manner that reflected great credit upon himself.
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Manlonl l.al.lon!! Nanlan!..

No douht many pcople are awar that Eupion tlu makes I much bet ter light than the lower grades oi coal otl, het we doubt i there are any the NHow that a gallon Of Eupion lasts loneor than cheap oil. Then; why not have the best light when the difference in cost is scarcely nothing EupioH is sold at the fol- owing places.
 Mccain Grocery ce. john H Talaot X Co Robinson < Gfecnheid. J l.. Ltoyd Ma an-Tankefsley Co I Rros " {. neweoay & Co Houston $ Roaue. L E oldsmitlt < e., rhalheimay Bros Ferguson & Russell r. 3. Mercantile % +. E. Ssvelse. lHm8kin J E simmons Rlaa gitv Lumber Co. fss \ Hort nrns Co. M Seaad osatf aie Hearin X Alexander
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The 3-vca-old hav 0i # John son. of iYnn Center. TIE, K subject to attacks uf eraHp, Mir Johnson says he is satlsGed that Che timely use el Chamherlain.s Cough Remedy, during Il severe attaeks saved his Httle boy : life Ile is in the drug business, q member oi tue firm Of Johnson Hfes ei that place. and they haudle gceai many patent medicines Tor throat and hung dis eases. lie had all these to choose from. and sbi.led physicians ready to respond ta his es3l. but selected this remedy for ase in lis own family at d time when his child < lie vas in dauger, because he kugw it to be superior to any other and famous the country over for its cures oi ero0p Ar. Johnson says this is the best selling cough medicine they handle. aud that if ei9t@ splendid satisfaction in a1i cases. Seld by " | Dewo0dY t to. druggists
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NO POLICEMEN NEEDED
Only Fsso 4hcfts in Iceland In a Thousand
 Years.

Only Iso Ihefts in Iceland In a Thousand
 Years.
 In Iceland there are no prisons. and the inhabitants arc 50 honest in theiI habits that such defenses to property =as locks, bolts and bars are not required, nor are there any police in the island. Net its history fer 1,eB0 years records DO moro than two theits. Of these two eases one was that of a native, who was detected after stealing several sheep but as he had done 50 to supply his fam fly, who were suffering for want aI food, when he had broken his arm, pre- visions were furnished to them and work was fouad for him when able to do it, and meanwhile he was placed un- der medical cane. but the stigma attach ed to his crime was considered sufficient punishment
 The other thaft was by ! German, who stole r sheep
 Bat as he was iH comfortable eiream- stances and the robbery was malicious the sentence passed upaa him was that he should sell al his property, restore the Valna of what h. had stolen and then leave the country or be executed, and he left at once But though crime is rare in Iceland and is inhabitants are distinguished for honesty and puri- tg of morals there is, of course, proYi- sion fer the administration of justice which consists first of all, in tIie sheF- ll '5 courts; next hv appeals to the court of three judges at Reikiayik, tho capital and lastly in all cnminal and nest civil cases 70 the supreme court it Gopenhagen the capital ef Denmark, Of which kingdom thcisland forms part. The island of Panaris. enc of the Lipafi grapp, is equally fortunate in having neither prisons nor lawyers and being absolutely destitute of both paapers and criminals Boston Transcript
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How 10 cure 8iIIoRs Colie.

suffered Tor weeks with eolie and pains In my stomach caused by bili0HsHess and had to saae medicine all the while mfa ] used Chamber lain's G0iie GHaiFFa aHa piarrHppa
 Remedy which eared me l have since recommended it to a gQe,1r many people.-A Mrs. + Butlfrs air haven, Conn PersonSss-Tho arc subject to bilious @ ef.Gan ward on the attack bI tslGlog this remedy aa soon its eafAt symptoms appear. 9Qld 6lsE.4esr. I. DeWoody < Co.,. drug
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.EncIs. Tnr,s Brnlr.

4 sailor was recently brought before 3 magistrate iar heatiug his wife, when tue magistrate attempted to reach his heart bN asking him fl he did not know that his wife was the weaker vessel. 7
 If she is, she ought not to carry so much sail, replied Jack London Tis
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Nnt So In praciloe.

Do you aeeept the theory that man Is a free neral agentg'
 Well, il may ho alI right in theory. but I've been married % yea4a. --tlhi cago Journal
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Mir l. S Mummy, maehiaist at the Dilley Foundry es hus the aym- pathy ef his friends iu the loss af his infant child. was a baby darliae but year old and has thus suddenly been taken away. leaving an aching voisl in is fond parents hearts.
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Mrs. ". A Isehel6tfeer, corset maker of Hot Spflazs, will be at che Arlington. far q short lime oalY, cutting aud Httiae e9rsets ato order. All Indies cordially invited ta call and examine tbe#afk. II d3t
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Sgou NEED ise1 sarsapariQs
 II your blood is impure, yourappe tite gone, vour health impaired. Moth ing builds up health like HOODS

Conductor F D Atwood k taking lay off 10 attend the marriage df his son. Harry to Miss Annie Law tan tAmorraw es ernaun. Mr Atwood says thas ae is going to give the groom away
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Telephone this office when yo6 are in need of rubber stomps, cheek perforators, stencils, ctr. dtf
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The Homlinson-Roane nuptials will be celebrated at Trinity Church tonight at SEQ o'clock.
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eascarets stimulate liver, kidneys CT grippe. l2.30 cod 1T
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Air. Arthur N Mills left fer Little Kaek, Yia the Cotton Belt this after noon, on a bushes, 6ip
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Standard sugar cured hams for this week al 10 cents per pound 1ld7t MetAfN GROCERY CO
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Mr. \. H Dougheriy came down from Little Rock last night.
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When bilious CT custive. eat a Gas earet candy eatharlie. cure euaran- teed. l0e. 25c 12-a0 eodtf
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There were five eases before Judge Brown this morning wherein pleas Of guilty to violating the stock law were entered .r
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Mr. | Q. Hutehesen,, ,of Magnolia, is registered at the Arlington.
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Mrs. k. |. Lee aaa son arc exs pected home from Altheimer tonight where they have been visiting Mrs Lees parents
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Mr l ". Adams, accompanied hy his little daughter, Elizabeth, leaves this afternoon fer Little Reek to see the Brownies at the Capital fheater tonight.
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Mr. sam l.. Allen, ot Little Rock. k q Pine Bluff visitor today
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Judge T. r. serrells came ID from -is~lssnle in the country today.
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Just try a 1ae. box of easeareta che finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. i2.30 cod if
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Mr ]. r. Walls canr down from Little Rock yesterday aud is at the Arlington.
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Miss ItHa Brooks, of Shelrfl, k visiting in the city.
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iBfTee s5HAFmc-Pleaae tate in 5our valuable paper Chat 1 never signed Ferd iIavis petition for pnst- master, neither did ] give him a per- spno lettef endorsing hiia fo1 fhe position faiusea a3 da 6eth
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 tteaH aaa nice H8He.maaa candies alwaxa on hand at tae kanaf Kitchen Main st4et n 1dtf
 Health mean. q pcrieet eonditloH ul the whole system Pure blood is essential to perfect healtb Hood $ Sarsaporill4 makes pure blood and thus gives health and t'he8as
 Hood pals are tHei9 r.te fami- lv eathnriie and liver medicine. Price 75c.
 We offer for luis week only one pound of reasted coffee as good as ArbHeklcfs. 8r any body l9tants per pound.
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 WANrED-Nill pa. cents euct for copies of the GRAPHIC dateoi August 21, tsal Bring papers t8 this otliee
 "The worst cold eyee had in my life was cured by Chamberlain $ Cough Remedy writes N H. Nor ton. Sutter Creek. cal This cold left me with q cough and l was eX- pccr0raring all the time. The rem edy cured me. and l want all of my friends when troubled with q cough or cold tO use it, Tor it will do them rood Sold by N. l. Hnwoody & Eo.. Druggists
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Mr. !. E. Williams, af Little Rock. is in the e!ty.
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VIM. WELLS,
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 -07 ALi. KINDS-- --nO. BIO MAIN STREET, Both Phones. Free delivery A share 0f your trade solicited
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,r \. E. Loving has rented the Harding house on south MHin street and will move his family into the same Tn ftW days.
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WASrEB-Will pay cents eael for copies Of the GRAIgHe. d8feoi August 2I, fsal. Bring papers to this otliee
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tteaH an3 nice b8Hc-ma 1e candies always on hand at tae Eanaf Eitehen. Naia stI4et. ll 1aIf
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PINE BLUFF DAILY GRAPHIC.

PINE BLUFF. ARK. NOY.1o 1897
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Hoods Fals are tHela r.te fami- lv eathnfiie and IIHtf medicine. PfiFP=