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Costly Etiquette.

The latest pamphlet published by the commission of historical manuscripts is London contains the following intorest. ina and curious travesty es etiquette: 'sThe Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, having beer summoned to sppaar before the hoLSe of lords in i6ss in order ta plead their suit for divorce, it was de. bated whether the lord chancellor, sit. ting as chairman, should lower his dig nity by lowing 10 the duchess and speak. ing to her only with his cap in his hand. This question was argued fer several days in the house of lords until debate exhausted itself and several dueis result. cd. At length it was decided that the lord chancellor shouid first receive ths bows of the duke and duchess and rA- turn them with uncovered head and aft. CT that be should replace his cap" This rule was followed to ths letter and ia still adhered to today when similar eoa. tingancies arise.
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Walters Big Switch.

It happened in Missouri school Little Dick had been caught throwing paper wsds, and the teacher ordered him to step forward. Dick came reluctantly, hanging his head.
 Who would like to go out and got 2 switch for me?''
 Instantly every boy in school rose up in his seat and lifted his hand as high as he could Getting switches was a keen joy.
 You may go, Walter, !" said the teacher. and Waiter strutted out very proud indeed. 4 few minutes later he came back with huge switch and handed it proudly to the teacher. The larger the switch the more excitement there might be when the teacher came ts use it. The erFand being done, Walter went back to his seat and sat virtuously locking en-
 Dick wss switched. la the course of tine punishment he jamped up and dowR and screamed good deal The switch struck his shoe and suddenly snapped of short. The end went whizzing across the room straight for Walters seat, where it hit him squarely en ths nose. eatting & slight gash
 Dick, who had been waiIing Rlsua, saw the accldeRt and bUrst out laughing.
 Serves voa right, !" he cried as he dmpea array to his ss7ashh. ss7ashh Chicago --ifzia Record
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LOST Somewhere between Time and Eternity, fine, large job of prosperity, of q bright yellow color, with a collar of confidence fringed with national bank patriotism; when last seen was dressed in suit of corporation promises, made in glass houses of private property. A suitable reward will be paid for any information by applying to an un- employed or half paid du?e who voted to corral the animal last No yember.-Ex.
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NIKolA TESLA, the celebrated electrician, says that aIeep is en- mulative storage battery for human energy, and lie sees no reason with eighteen hours sleep daiiy, instead of eight why a mans fife should not reach 200 years, whereupon the Forest City Times remarks that if this be true, some folks around that town should live forever.
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Game sf Three Thines


 Thres things is & game played by any nnaber G persons sitting in a row OF circle. The one who begins gives to his left hand zssigsASoT tho nainc of three, things beginning with the same letter which the latter must then tonnect in some way and then give three other things to the next in Hne. When any one is unable to connect the names he receives, be mast pay forfeit, and the names are passed along to the next play. CT, Thus yhe player gives out, Hen. ham and heaviness. !" Tho second ssys: "The hen tried to est the ham and found that seaviness in the crop result cd. l giye door, dinner and duty. . The third says, opened the door te go in 10 dinner, when I had to go back to fnt- MI forgotten duty, and ae oa.--Ex. change.
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MAYOR WooDsoN, of Little Rock, has vetoed an ordinance increasing the salaries of several subordinate city officials. That was q very wise act. Ir times like these when the average citizen and taxpayer is scampering around to make both ends meet, is no opportune time for the raising of official salaries. X dollar now will go further than at any time during the last quarter of a century, and, if anything, there should be a general reduction, in stead Of increase, in official salaries
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he usually tilts his back in order to spill the load of headgear. Of course that means that the fellow who is making the awkward over is down, and the game begins anew. In. case hats is passed successfully, the next step is an over, and the hats are placed on the ground After the next over they must be picked up with the teeth and tossed backward over the boy who is down. To touch the hat of any other boy in the game, either picking up or after the toss has been made, is fault, The game is sel- dom played through, for the mischief, and therefore the enjoyment, consists in placing obstacles in the way of ones colleagues.
 In foot and half the down raises the elevation of his back after each over. Another variation is to increase the dis tanee from which the leap is made But this is dangerous pastime and should not be indulged in-
 In sailors bombay the fellow who is down stays, and every one who makes 8 fault goes down beside him until the number of humpbaoks bscomes too many to be 1eaped over.--St. Louis Republic
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THERE may be some ground for doubt as to the truth of some of the stories of Cuban victories which come through Cuban sources, but there is no room at all for doubt that the Cubans are holding all the territory which they ever had Spanish confessions are conclusive on this point The Spaniards are making no headway against the in surgents, so far as tue worldls able to judge. WeYier's campaigns have al been failures. This will not be a ten years war like the rebellion which broke out in Cuba in 1868. It is plain that Spain could not main tain a struggle on The present scale half as long as that It is a question of endurance between the two belig- erents. 1.-the insurgents can hold their present strength year or two longer victory may be certain. St. Louis Globe Democrat
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Aam,pi.trater,s Sale.


 By virtue of an order of tho Honorable Probate court of Jefferson county. Arkansas made on the 18th day of March. 1897, I, as administrator of the estate of Joel E. Bryan. deceased, will on the iTth day of April, i897 Rt o'clock D. tn., at the front door of the Court House. of said county. at Pine BlufF. Ark, offer for sale, at public outcry, an un. divided one-half interest in what Is known Rs the Clayton Place, in hichland township, in Said county, more particularly described as part of the n hf. part of nv qP. part of sW qe section 27. The ne fractional ar, the nv fFac. tional or and the se ar o section 8; the nc or Of section 29: fractional 0 hf of section 23; II part and part of the SC ar of sectio n 34: fracoional nv or fractional R hf of sw or and part of sw or of sw or of section35, all being in township c. south of range 7west, known as the Clayton Place, as aforesaid.
 he sale will be made to the highest and best bidder, as regulated by law for the Arst sale of real estate of deoedents, and on a credit until the first day of Nospmber. 1897. with interest at ton percent from date of sale and a lion will be retained on tho land for the payment of the purchase money.
 CHARLES H0wSON,
 Administrator. March i5 fSp1. IF w4w
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Bernhardt's Esfsy Aim.

In recent issue of Le Figaro Sarah nernhards says: ''I have been exposino 10 siie public ths vibrations of nay sonl the throSbings of my heart, the tears <, my eyes. l have wi1ied, have yiIlea araently. to reach the highest point in arr. have not yet attained 1t. I have less time to live than I have sl,Ssay lived, but what matters thst2 Exar. step brings nae elossr to my ideal Tbs aoars that have swept by, taking with 1hen ny youth, have left me my cour. A9s and my eheerfulHess. for my aim tsnding." = An
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obAas Debsis.

Obbie Dsbbis was baby
 Funny naRs think, don t yous TAis is what her papa called asr, ARd sne had another too. Funny ns.as aAA funny baby,
 Bith e1AniHg little face, ARd the other asHe they called hsr Vas tAs pretticr one of Graes, 0Rs &ay little ObiJis Debbia Langhed and laughed with all her sn iVss Locking into her dress sleeve, Eyes azd ness all hid from sieat. Aaasssa s;.Id II Why, what's the 1sAtterR is 1t req. or make hsIisve-- All tAis fslg' The baby snsvsrsd, AI sIa 'saghiA in sy s'ssve.n  In moment rsaasa hsrsd had aniA thesa words ena day. Little thl-- king baby pratt4s woald repeat them o'or in play Wisk Siaeh lltersi transtation- What an impress light words lsaVef-- PRpa's iittis Obbis Dobhia
 LSRshiR: in heF baby sleevs.
 -HAttis r. Bell in Wids Awake.
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kspi ea se nagry,s ol-a,la..

TekoN1 D. Nov on
 has replit rl to Rarrr,o .,,', l"ss9Oo 9audauH for the ss,.,,,;oa.ht. D14sHiSe 10 row says he gil, not he champion is allow sa fa;- e~-a, e . -'1 : ara unless he will con Il. to ryona.s ,s.-s9s' out II Barry any am ouut .shoa,, ~ VI "i'A TOW lsain for decline to do r~ 'ue Eaigll'hmaH on the 9iba,aas -. ss.1uasr VIII row him Gde sptinsi Tor eslB0 ; ... ! Krug. Jr., Of Kuase,. n,.h -. - lEssd suicide at Denisun Ter bg
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xndy Ifaytei.

Lady Ha, Ter, known in London as tne Aenobla of the Liberal party. is not only an acc pinplished womap. of the world, but llso one of tic uaost inde. ia'lgable of women travellers. With her husband. $ r Arthur Haytar, she has lourneyed t rice around the world hunt, v. ed Kangaro os ill Australss., elephants
 Ill Ceyion md tigers in India and has explored tn Yellowstone park and the iossmite alley. In splto of her taste Tor outdoor life, she is said to be a con, sunmate rtist in dress, and l,er toilets serve Ter tho frame to a charming
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Mrs. A. lneen, residing at72O Henry St,, Alton, IL, suffered with seiatic rheumatism for over eight months She doetored forit nearly the whole of this time, using various remedies recommended by friends, and was treated by the physicians. but re- ceived no relief She then used one and q half bottles of Chamherlain's Pain Balm, which effected a complete cure. This is published at her request as sine wants others similarly atfIict- ed to know what cured her The 9 and 50 cent sizes for sale by ". l.. DptV0Rdv
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TIE Free Presf desires to con gratulate the people of Pine Bluff upon the election of MT Bell as Mayor of their prosperous city, Mir. Bell is an up.to.date man, always alive to the city and States in terests, and has demonstrated his ability as an executive officer. Such men are needed in Arkansas. .-Stut- gart r e r css
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Americans are the most inventive peog le on earth. To them have been issued nearly 60a ,000patents, or more than nne-third of all the patents is- sued ii the world No discovery of modern years has been of greater benefit to mankind than Chamber iain's toiic, Cholera and Diarrhpa Remedy. or has done more to relieve pam and suffering. ] " Vaughn, of oakton, Ky, saws: Il have use,i Chamberlain's { ollie, Cholera and Diarrh9a Remedy in my family foe several years. and find 1t to he the best medicine ever used for cramps in the stomach and bowels. For sale by ". l.. Dewoody Co
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ElSn can't be as sick as woman
 As a mans organization is simpler and stronger, 1t follows that his ailments are less complicated. He is not subject to the chances and changes, physiologically, that come to the average woman.
 If woman is i'll good health there is TO more healthful employment than house. work. Generally speaking, there is no hap pier woman in the world than the one who IS well and busy all day long making home " for dear ones who depend upon her. But how different when every breath Is pain, every step torture This state of health, in nine cases out of ten comes from dcrange of the delicate. feminine or gai:s Of generation. The family doctor in. quires first concerning these. He most usually insists upon all examination n From this the modest woman naturally shrinks. She is right Excepting in very unusual cases of female weaknessn ex- aminations are unnecessary Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is simple, natural remedy for these ills. It cures gradually. safely, permanently. Here Is one testi- morial out of thousands
 T was i'll four years with female weaeness.' I took two bottles of nr Pierce's Fayorite Pre- scriptiou. do my house work now without pain or faintueSs.' T Yours truly
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me Postal at Stuttgart.

The Postal Telegraph Company will close the gap at Stuttgart by tomorrow or next day. and we will have another wire line open to the world. Tie office in Col. Crockett s building is being fixed up in good shape, and the local manager Ira CVtty, will see that the public is ae- commodated. 4he most important feature of the Po~tal system is the long distance telephone W whlch goes with it, This will enahle us to com municate voice to voice, almost face to face. with the people of a goodly portion of the country. embracing such points as Memphis. Little Rock. Pine Bluff, St. Louis, Chicago, Cin- cinnatti, etc Suppose you want to talk with busineoss man, your mother wife, husband. father. sister. brother, or even your sNeetheart. say in Chicago, all you have to do would be to step over to the Postal office and call up the parry and spell away. If the charges are not too high the phone will be used consid- crahly. There Nill be lots of satis- faction in being connected with the world in this way.-Free Pres, April l3.
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IF the Arkansas Legislature un- dertakes to enact into laws all the recommendations Of Gcy. Jones, it will be in session all summer and probably bankrupt the State.
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PERHAPS the claim of Sir Julian Panneefete, An saslteaissatlor- Of Eog- land to the United States, to the right to sit, atall social functions, on the right of the President of this republic, should be submitted 10 arbitration.
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PRESIDENT MCKINLEY has ap- pointed Senator Wolcott, Hon. Charles J. Paine and ex- Vice Presi- dent Stevenson as Bimetallic Com missioners to try and pull of an in ternational monetary agreement.
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FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
LEAP FROG.
4 Game of Many Variations, Some of
 which Are Unusually Exciting.


 which Are Unusually Exciting
 Leap frog, bombay, foot and half and sailors bombay are all forms of that game where 2 boy ties himself into knos and lets Rs companions dig their knuckles into the muscles of his spine and leap over him Leap frog is a sim pie jumping of one boy over another. In bombay those leaping have first free over, then they must leap upon the spine of the boy who is down first with their knnckles, then with slap on the part of his anatomy sacred to the slip per, then with kick in the same spot as they are going over. Then each lad must deposit his hat on the upturned back. Here is where the 6nesse comes in; also little strategy on the part of the young man who Is down. W
 When . companion for whom he has little love is making an over in "hot, "
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THE groeerymen and feed dealers are felicitating themselves upon the fact that in the future they will have an opportunity to sell feed and sup plies to the city. On the whele, tue grocery business is looking up.
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IT should be source of grati6ea- tion to all our citizens that hence forth those who have business at the Mayors office will not be forced to seek the same at the rear eud and chicken-ccop department of a gro cery store.
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NATURAL gas has been discovered at Chicago The public has been of the opinion that there has bean an extraordinary supply of natural gas about Chieago all the while.
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A KANSAS editor has created a disturoaaee by tue announcement that Adam and Eve were never mar ried. He ought to be 'ehurcheda at once.
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THERE is a general opinion that Representative Bailey, of Texas, and his aversion of the ''elawham- ner are receiving entirely too much public attention.
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JOEL CHANDLER HARRIs will 90 to Japan under Minister Buck as First Secretary of the Legation. While there an exchange says the Georgia journalist will study the people and introduce the Jersey COW. Perhaps be will also introduce Uncle Remus and Br'er Rabbit" to the Japs.
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DR. LYMAN ABBOTT has announced that there is no hell hereafter, but he gives it as his opinion that there is q place of eternal punishment for the wicked. Now, what is hcil but q place of eternal punishment.
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JoE BAILEY and his aversion to tle "claw hammer, and the British Ambassadors $ claim to be the ssn.aii.. guy on all social and diplomatic occasions, have set Washington society all agog and are stirring the social swim as it was never stirred before.
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WE trust Mayor Bell will give his early attention to street improve ment. Many of the streets of Pine Bluff have been suffered to sink under the past administration into aa almost impossible condition, and Y Vii require energetic work to improve them.
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The Pine Bluff GRAPHIC issued a beautiful Easter edition last Sunday. Bro. Adams knows his business. - Van Buren Tentare
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TnE WORLDS NEWSP4PERS.

TnE WORBD,S NE WJSPAPERS.
 The annual aggregate circulation of the world is calculated to be F, GOO, GOO, GOO copies. To grasp any idea of this magnitude we may state that it would cover DO fewer than 10, 450 square miles of surface; that 1t is printed on 791 250 tons of pa per, and, further, that if the number G2, GOO, GOO, ,000l represented, instead of copies, seconds, it would take over 333 years for them to elapse. In lieu of this arrangement, we might press and pile them vertically upward to gradually reach orr high est mountains Topping all these. and even the highest Alps, the pile would reach the magnificent altitude of 490, or in round numbers 800 miles. Calculating hat the average man spends five minutes in the day reading his paper (this is very low estimatel we find that the people of the world annually occupy time equivalent to 100000 years reading the papers.-7gpe- Fopader
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The Penis fgauik.

Why, how did those blots come to be there?'' asked mamma
 ''Oh, " said Mabel, 'I couldn't heIn that because the pen leaked r,-Youthis CbHpanipn.
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TnE people Of Kentucky are pay ing over one-thousand dollars q day to their "do-nothing" legislature. Senatorships come high in Ken lucky.
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In the above list are free silver, sound money. Republican. Democrat ic. farm and household publications, and every one can find a paper to suit him. The Farm News. Farm Journal and WoInankind are pub lished monthly; the Home and Farm twice n month: Commercial Appeal, Farm and Ranch, Courler-J ournal, and Atlanta Constitution, Weekly; New York World, three times week; and the New York Advertiser daily including Sunday.
 Parties should avail themselves of these prices Ut once, as they are sub ject Io change at any time.
 Select yourpaper, send the amount stated above, and your will receive the paper selected and the twice-a- week GRAPHIC for one year.
 wtf SEMI WEEKLY GRAPHIC.
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TuE Pine Bluff GRArHIos Easter edition is all right. Editor Adams is strictly up to date in matters of this kind Arkansas Democrat,
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TIE State Confedera+o

TnE State Confederate Veterans Tuesday elected the following off cers; K q Shaver, Major General Commanding; Bripadier Generals ex7Gov ]. F. Eagle, ex-congress. man J E cravens. Col, A. s. Nor. gan and Col. R. M. Knox.
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TIE Greater New York charter bill has passed the Senate over Mayer Strong's veto by vote of 34 to 10.
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THERE are enough factions in the Democratic party already without introducing the dress suit issue.
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Sue Kneyv Rats.x.

'Chasts moon. sang tho pset.
 At that the moon hid her face behind a cloud.
 Alas. that am aHworthy of his praisei' she sighed.
 She doubtless had in mind the asfori- ous fact that oncs 1santh she geo fuIl and staid out all nighr. .--Dstrsie Trih. una
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OUR CLUBBING RATES.
a ding Newspapers aIsue p'~ce when Taken with the sent
 Weekly Graphic.

The taice-a-week GRAPHIC has made arrangements with tho leadtpg newspapers of the country whereby t can secure them for it's subscribers at greatly reduced prices. The list appears below, the price named be- Ing for the twice-a- week GRAPHIC and the newspaper mentioned both for one year.
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TIE Jew, however mathematical and ealculaiiye in cefaeae rcia1 life, is alwa}s seen the tender zeaious father at the h ad of the family circle His family is one in him and he one in the family of bis people, all working together faithfully b lay tue seeds of immortality. No strietures are needed against intemperance, .bru- taiitY and gross corruption, for the moral lessons praetieed by father and mother teach the child to arm itself against oil the vices of life with determined moral spirit. And how potent are such examplesl The child with such patterns of morality aud sobriety before 1t, be comes a worthy and devoted mem Der of the family, an ornament to so- ciety and a law-abiding patriotic citizen of it's country From the practice of such virtues in the family spring all the pure, social and politi cal principles that advance the streng h and honor of any nation. But aiasl how often have nations failed to practice these principles and tried rather to secure a ringing name through pompous show than to secure a ringing name through their character, their steady intel leetoal growth and moral discip- line of their families. Memphis / ae sh SDectator.
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LEEonEs are on the free list in the Dingley bill. A protective tariff usually takes care of the 'leeches
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2 ehe Pine Bluff GRAPnlc issued a gorgeous Easter edition a week n advance. Stuttgart Free Press.
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MR OLNEY, it is said, will write q book defeadlng bis Cuban policy
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There is more Catarrh In this section of tho country than all other diseases put together and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doc tors pronounced it a local disease. and pre- seribed local remedies. and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pro- nounced it ineurable. Science has proven catarrh to ha q constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional tReAbment Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney X Co, Toledo, Ohio. Is the only con stituttonal cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a tea- spoonful it acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They otfeP one hundred dollars for any case ib fails to cure Send for circulars and testimonials.
 Address,
 r. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, 0.
 Sold by Druggists, 75e.
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The Arkansas State Poultry As sociation organized last February is encouraging the development of an industry that promises much profit to Arkansas farmeres. It is claimed that $500, GOO, ,000is paid out annually in the Uuited States for poultry and eggs. Arkansas is particularly well located to reach the Western mar kets for these products. Reeogniz- ing the fact that development along this line means lots of money for Arkansas, the Little Rock Board of Trade has invited the Poultry Asso- citation to hold it's next annual meeting iu this city, and tenders the use of the Board of Trade audi torium for the purpose. e.-Arkansas Democrat.