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Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-07
Splint Coal is the best.
Mousseline De Soie in all colors at 38c at Hirsch's.
 Order Splint Coal. sun&wed If,
THE KICKER.

The "Kicker" department will be devoted exclusively to registering legitimate com plaints of citizens and only those coming from reliable persons will find space in this column. Persons having kicks" to register will address same to 'The Kicker" t
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-07
FIFE NEW RABYI

oepsrds Tor it's nourishment upon the weak mother, who, if she is wise. will make herself strong by taking Anheuser- Busch's Malt-Nutrine-the greatest Of all Malt tonics. To be had of all druggists. $
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-07

History and Destiny of Satan" "Prophe- cies Relating to the Final Triumph of the Gospel" All are cordially invited to attend. There will be a question box. Services will begin at 7:30. r
Birmingham state herald., 1897-02-07

COAL AND LUMBER.
 Best coal and lumber in the city at Heidt- Nelson Coal and Lumber company, Avenue A and Twenty-first street. Phone 043. s.m Io-6-tf
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Frnit roods.

Each year folks grow toappreoiate moro fully the value of fruit and eat it not as a luxury, but 0s a staple article of food
 Fruits are nouishing, refreshing, appetiz- ing and purifying, and consequently have effect upon the health and the complexion
 Yet there arc differences. Grapes and ap- pies are highly nutritious. Grapes usually agree with the most delicate persons, for they are so easily digested Nothing Is easier to digest than a baked apple taken either with or without cream. Oranges, lemons and Hines are of great value as means of improving the complexion, and they are especially good if taken befnre breakfast. Ripe peaches are easy of digs ton, and are fattening Nothing is better to enrich the blood than strawberries, which contaiH larger percentage of iron than any other fruit. Fruit with firm flesh, like apples, cherries or plums, should be thoroughly masticatedi otherwise they are difficult 0 digest. The skin of raw fruit should sever be eaten, and before eat Ing grapes oR any email fruit care should be taken to remove all impurities by wash ing. Never swallow grape stones. Stale fruit and unripe fruit should never Do eat en. and very acid fruit should not be taken with farinacecus foods unless the person aea 2 s.snrens digestion New York SzE-
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The Eeerc1, For Truth.

Tn the search for truth no aid is so effective as the ever ready spirit of a9- tivity. He who postpones putting what he knows into practice until he knows more will find his journey a long and diseoaraging one. Carlyle well says; Conviction, were it never so excellent, is worthless till it converts itself into conduct. Nay, properly conviction is not possible till then, inasmuoh as all speculation is by nature endless and formless. Most true is it, as a wise man teaches us, that, Doubt of any sort can not be removed except by action. On which ground, too, let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this other pre- oopt well to heart, which to me was of invaluable service, Do the duty which lies nearest to thee, which thou know est to be a duty. The second duty will already have become clearer.
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A MARKET DAY.


 Twas market day in Dublin town,
 Rnd the boys and girls were going down With their wares to soll-1ne ducks and geesA Lambs and mutton without their fleece, Onions, cabbages, boets, what not Culled from many a garden spot,
 And there, on top of her market cart, Sat Maggie Moran, the pride of my heart. Says to her, 1t is time, guess, That you were buying your wedding dress. For my heart you are using rather rough And have kept on a string quite long
 enough
 She laughed, and, shaking her frowsy head, s'I'm not quite ready to marry she said, "And if you're in haste the better plan Is to turn ycar back on Maggie Moran" "Maggie Moran is tho girl I'll wed, And nobody else in this world, ? 1 said And jumped in her cart us she turned about And held her fast so she wouldn't fall out, For she drove us home at a rattiing pace, With roguish smile on her blushing faes. And the nimble pony soon set US down Far and away from Dublin town Said Maggie's mother, My girl. what lucs Did you have in selling your garden truckfe And Maggie said, with hearty laugh, "J sold my geese and brought homo Q calfis, Oh, the very next morn w'e both went duwn To the parish priest in Dublin town, And he made IS enc with little delay, And it's out of the market we are today: --1osephine Pollard ill New York LedzsF.
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SHE GETS THE COIN.
Texarkana Boasts of Female Boot
 black
The Texarkana Texarkanian says:

The Texarkana Texarkanian says:
 A lady shoe sinner made her ad- vent here today. She is about 9 years old and a good judge of human nature. She singles out her "huck- leberry" or rather 'easy thing with muddy boots or shoes on, and telling him he reeds a shine starts in on his footgear before he can re- treat or offer objection. She puts up a good shine and takes all a fel- low will give her, sometimes getting as much as a quarter for single shine. Ifyou see a fellow on the street today with fresh polished boots you can bet he ran up against the little woman with a satchel who has selected a novel way in which to earn a living
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GRAY CLOTH GOWN.

kind in which red predominaGes or Of blue and green, make very pretty little gowns, especially when trimmed with narrow black velvet or ribbon in bands or with black braid. Cashmere and henrietta oloth are also suitable for school wear, and the heavy wool erepons, in which there Is no silk. Serge is perhaps the most servioeable of any goods for the purpose, as 1t endures all sorts of hard usage without being spoiled. As far as hats are concerned, felt trimmed with ribbon is always approp7i- ate Feathers and flowers on school hats are out of place and soon go to destruction.
 Black stockings have for many years on. joyed universal popularity and have been worn by rich and poor alike. Now an at- tempt Is being made to introduce white and colored ones again, but 1t has not as yet proved successful in America. In Franco there is a decided liking for fancy hosiery, and white stockings with black and eolorod dots, and especially plaid stock ings, arc aren't favorites
 Today's sketch shows costume of pearl gray cloth. Tho skirt opens at each side of the tablier over a panel of white cloth, which is framed by bias bands of black velvet and crossed by black cords fastened by small silver buttons. The close bodice Is trimmed with bias bands of black velvet and is open over wide plastron of white oloth trimmed with black cords and silver buttons. The collar of white cloth is trimmed in the same way. The hat of black felt is ornamented with pearl gray satin JuDIC CHoLLEE
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A1aking Love Up g rrss.

Billing and oooing among the Fiiians is a curious feature in their social GUS, toms. It is decidedly against the rule to do any oourting within doors. The gardens or plantations are the spots held sacred to Cupid, and the generally ap- proved trysting place of lovers is high up among the branches of breadfruit tree.
 You may often walk around planta. tion on moonlight night and see couples perched 40 feet from the ground in the breadfruit trees, one on each side of the trunk, a position which oomes fairly within tho limits of q Riiian maiden B ideas of, modesty.
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Betrayed by a Flower.

To the monastery of the Grand Char treuse women, as rule, are inexorably refused admittanoe, only very few having had the privilege of seeing tns Carthusians (monks of the order) at home. A story is told of French daughter of Eve, blessed with even 8 greater share of curiosity than that pos gessed by the generality of her sex, who, having heard from her husband and brother of their late interesting visit to the monastery, tried by every means in her power to effect an entrance there, but all to no avail Determined, however, by hook or crook, to succeed, she at last hit upon the happy idea of presenting herself there dressed as a man, managing to persuade her husband to allow her to do so, and to take her with him on his next visit.
 On arriving at the gates of the mon- astery she entered unohallenged with the remainder of the party, but while in the garden the conducting monk, leaving her side, gathered an exquisite rose, which he brought and presented to her with a courtly bow, proving that he at least was not deceived by her dis guise. She, too, foolishly betrayed her self by her ready grace and charm of manner in accepting the rose, which she did most willingly. Needless to say that after this incident she never pene- trated into the interior of the building nor saw what she was dying to see, but returned unsatisded, a sadder and a wiser woman, with high appreciation, however, of the keen disoernment of the oloistered ones.
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Matched.

"Here eEe a few letters I wish vuu would mail for me, dear" :" said Mira Tenspot to her husband, who was nre- pairing to go out.
 As Mir. Tenspot took them he glanced at the stamps and asked:
 My dear, why did you put 15 cent stamps on these letters9 Two cent stamps would have carried them. {"
 I know it, replied Mrs. Tenspot but how would a red stamp look on envelopes of that lovely violet sbadeP This new stationery is of an exquisite color, and could not think of spelling Its effect with stamps which did mol harmonize. These purple I5 cent stamrs are the nearest match the postof3oa keeps. "-Harper's Bazaar
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A dedication service will be Feld at the Riverside Metoodist church tonight at 7:30 o'clock, Bishop Hendrix officiating. The Riverside church has been recently bought and paid for. The cost of the church was 5000; the parsonage, $900. The erection of this church has been largely due to the energy of Rev. J. F. Carr. The congrega- tion is to be congratulated upon having this new edifice, and being free from debt.
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Enormous Lifting Power.

The shelless limpet pulls 1, 084 times it's own weight when in the air and about double when measured in the wa. ter. Pleas pull 1 1,493 times their own dead weight The Mediterranean cookie, Venus verrucosa, can exert pulling power equal to 2,071 times the weight of it's own body. So great is the power possessed by the oyster that to open it a force equal to 1.319.5 5 times the weight of it's shelless body is required. If the human being possessed strength as great in proportion as that of these shellfsh. the average man would be able to lift the enormous weight of 9,076, GOO pounds, pulling in the same degree as the limpet And if the man pulled in the same proportionate degree as the cookie he would sustain a weight of no less than 8, 1O6, 800 pounda-Worthing- son's Magazine.
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Wrong Conclusion.

Tine Canadian Gazette tells an anus ing story of one who was too quick at drawing an inference. It happened that a Glasgow professor who was visiting Canada with the British association in 1884 was desirous of seeing something of northwestern life, and for this pur- pose repaired to an Alberta ranch.
 fixed him up as well as could, the raneher says, but he complained that he did not like sleeping with his clothes on. So alter the first night stretched a cowskin across tine shack and told him he might undress if he liked. He took off most of his garments and put on a long white nightdress. In the morning my foreman came in while the gentleman was still sleeping. Observ- ing the white nightdress, he said in & whisper:
 ''Rather sudden. eh?''
 "What?' l asked.
 "The death of the old man. "
 He's not dead; he's asleep. ex- plained
 "Then what's he wearin them billed clothes for?" was the reply. Never saw chap laid out in billed clothes afore 'cept he were dead.
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NO PERFORMANCE
 LAST NIGHT.
Wm. L. Roberts Co.'S. Scenery and Baggage Failed to Arrive.
 Will Play Tonight.

A large crowd had assembled at the opera house last night fWednes- day1 to see Wm. L. Roberts and his company in their performance of Don Cesar De Bazan. Shortly be- far 9 o'clock the announcement was mace that owing to the failure of the company's baggage and scenery to arrive there would be no perform ance that night. The company has on open date and will play here to- night. The tickets purchased by the audience were returned to them.
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How's This?

We offer slOO reward for any case of catarrh that can not be cured by Halls Catarrh cure
 FL. CHENEY & co, ,1Props., Toledo O.
 We tho undersigned, have known Y. J, Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable m all business transac- tions and financially able to carry out any ob- ligations made by their firm. WEST < TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
 WALDING. KINNAE $ MARVIN. Wholesale
 Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
 Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intarnally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free. eaS Halls family pills are the best
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The Cloud Trial

The GRAPHIC is not reporting the details of the Fred Cloud trial for reasons that will be obvious. The GRAPHIC is read by the men, women and children of Pine Bluff, and it does not care to flaunt into their faces daily the disgusting details of q bawdy house murder.
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Police Court,

Three cases before Judge Brown this morning, wherein the charge was petit larceny, were discharged.
 Ella Phillips, Lula LawsoM and Irwin Moore (eol.) were before the Court on a charge of assault with deadly weapon. The case was con tinued till o'clock tomorrow.
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Gar Load of Cripnles.

There is a general suspicion that car load of tramps found their way to this city last night for the reason that the streets have been infested with a lot of beggars to- day. All of these mendicants ap- pear to be cripples, and are making a systematic and repeated canvass of the city
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A Safe Chicken House.
Atlnnta Constitltion.

man at Cartersville purchased the gallows on which a man was hanged and built n hennery of the lumber. He has never had a chicken stolen from 1t, and 1t is said that the colored brother won't gt within q block of it if he can possibly avoid doing SO.
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ClEaaA but Neoessarg.

The Eskimas dread the winter aaaa Sake early precautions to provide againss famine. As the season approaches the great herds of reindeer migrate south ward, and the walrus or the seal are ell that remain for food
 When an in wind is blowing, the wal rus is easily found on the outer edge Of the ice packs When it is blowing oM the shore. however. the ice packs sail put to sea with the walruses on them. The natives then class their numbers in a list from the strongest to the weakest. The food that is ill store is divided up, the weakest having the smallest quan- sity, the strongest the largest Thus tho mightiest hunters have strength to pro. vide for the others.
 It is a cruel system, but, nevertheless. 8 necessary one. If all were weak, al would die: if some are strong, they wAIi save many of thR weak.
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SCHOOL COSTUMES.
Bright PIaids For Children-oolored steCk-
 lrea hn Ha XRnrn.

Bright PIaids For Children-Oolored sback-
 ings to Be Worn.
 The question of school dresses is one that Is ever ripe for discussion. School gowns see such hard service and are worn so con- stantly that they are by no means joys for ever, even whom they are things of beauty in the beginning. It is never worth while to buy very expensive or delicate goods for them, because If they arc not worn out they are outgrown in Q very short time. It is of course necessary that they should be neat, woll made and becoming, but simple materials, trimmings and styles are best on every account
 The most suitable place for plaids is on shiidren, and bright plaids, whether of the
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Autunln Tallor nown.

An autumn tailor gown of Russian green English serge, says a New York fashion writer, has jacket bodice fin, ished with short fiat basques. It open. over a vest of soft old rose oolored Ia. dies cloth, @ pale tan and gold braid. ing nearly covering its surface The skirt hem is braided in tho same design. and tho reVers and standing collar arc made of green velvet. Another model has the back of the jacket cut into short postilion basques, the fronts in bolero shape, opening on a vest of soft corded silk, under the belt of which is an add cd basque cut ill circular form. This can be sowed permanently to a belt or pointed girdle, or it can be made adjust able, and, when added, converts a houss dress into a street costume.
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Jesse Towns, Q colored farmer who was on trial Tuesday before Justice Vance, charged with embez- zling his partner out of half the proceeds of Il bale ofcotton, was dis charged for want of sufficient proof to convict.
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Miss Emma Gibbons, formerly the efficient stenographer for the South ern Grocery Co.,, left yesterday fTuesday) for her home at Colorado Springs, Col. She goes hoping to re- cover health.
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Rev. o. ". Jennings will deliver a lecture entitled .'The Yesterday, To- day and Tomorrow of Dixie Land, ? at the Merrill Institute next Wednes- night under the ausp piees of the Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church. Those who attend will be entertained and instructed, as well as contribute to good cause.
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Goods advertised in this newspa- per are for sale in this town. You can get them without trouble if you refuse substitutes and press your de- mand for genuine articles.
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A man in the penitentiary for embezzIement told the chaplain that his first step in wrong was subscrib- ing for paper and not paying for it -[Arkansas Methodist.
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The delegates to the Episcopal Council of the Diocese of Arkansas left for Little Rock this morning. The Council conyenes today at the call of the Bishop for the purpose of electing Bishop Coadiutor.
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Hon. James H. McCullom, formerly prosecuting attorney of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, arrived in the city this morning to attend the confer ence.
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Capt. Bob Adams returned this morning to his home at Noble Lake. He has been in the city for the purpose of having a finger treat ed that was hurt in his gin several weeks ago.
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The performance at the opera house begins tonight at o'clock sharp in order that those who desire 1t may attend the Bluff City ball.
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Mir. Robert E. Craig, of Hamburg, is registered at the Trulock today.
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Hon. W. Jaspar Blackburn, editor of the Free South, came down from Little Rock last night Wednesday, and is the guest of the Trulock.
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The Cotton Belt has completed the pavement between It's tracks on Main street and that thoroughfare is finally open its entire lenth.
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Rev. A. NJ. Robertson, of Rison, is visiting in the city as a delegate to the Conference. He is the guest of Mir. Arthur Holland.
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The Discovery of Iron.
Iron Tn Architecture.

The use of iron in architecture is not so new as people are accustomed to think At Delhi is forged iron column 60 feet high Itis 16 inches in diameter at the base and 12 inches at the top. It's weight is estimated at about IF tons. From records extant it is reason, ably certain that it was already in ex, istence 500 years B. C.
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MT. and Mrs. John H. Moore, of Hot Springs. are in attendance at the conference. They are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. c. Voss.
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Mir. W. D. Hearn, cashier of the Bank of Pine Bluff, is in Little Rock attending the State Poultry Show.
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Dr. J. H. Dye was among the ar- rivals of delegates to the Methodist Conference this morning.
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Mir. D. B. Niven, Q prominent and prosperous merchant of Rison, was a visitor to the city today.
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Mrs. William Strong, of Stuttgart, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. NJ. j.. Mead.
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Madames Penberton and Mimms, of Little Rock, and Mrs. Hotchkiss, of Hot Springs. are attending the conference. They are the guests of MT. and Mrs. W L. Deweeay.
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Mir. R. L. Martin came up from McGehee today and is registered ut the Trulock.
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Capt. L. P. Drake came down from Little Rock this morning and is greeting his many friends in this city
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UNNECESSARY HERolsM.
A Connecticut Mans Experience With Q
 Substitute Bathtub.

q Connecticut Mans Experience With Q
 Substitute Bathtub.
 One of the most ridiculous situations which at the time bring the coldest sweat out on mans brow and ever after remain with him as a constant source of mirth occurred to e Shelton merchant. He thought he would take a bath, and as his flat is minus one of the chief requisites for the job-a bathtub he extemporized ono out of q small washtub and enjoyed cooling ablu- tion.
 He had just concluded and stepped from the tub for the towel, when sud denly the top hoop of the tub burst with q sharp report, and the man saw to his horror that the whole contents Of the tub would soon be flooding the floor. At the same moment he thought of the store beneath and the amount of dam age the water would do as it ran down through the ceiling. He is man of quick thought, and in a moment he did the only thing possible-threw himself down beside the tub and, clasping his arms around it, held the already fast swelling slaves together. He was suc- eessful in keeping the water in--but what 0 situationl He dared not yell, for he was hardly in a condition to receive callers. especially as he knew that all in the block at the time were of the gentler sex, and he realized at once that the only thing left for him was to stay in that position until the return of his wife, who was out on a shopping expe- dition
 Like the boy who saved Holland, he manfully remained in his most uncom- fortable position until relief in the shape of his wife appeared. Then, to cap the climax, when he asked her to get a rope or any old thing to tie about the tub, she, after a long fit of uncontrolIa- ble laughter, asked him why he didn't carry tub and contents out to the sink room and pour out the water. With 8 look that froze the smile on her face he did as she said and without word don- ned his clothing and wandered out into the cold, unfeeling world, a crushed and humiliated man.-Ansonia Senti. nel
 The Discovery of Iron.
 According to the traditions of the Greeks, the first discovery of iron by the human race was made on Mount Ida, by tribe called Dactyles It is said that the forest was set on fire by lightning, and so intense was the heat of the great masses of fallen trees that the bed of iron beneath was melted and trickled in small streams down into the
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Messrs. c. A. SuIlards and ". ". Willis, of Roe, Ark. are registered at the Truloek.
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Mir. Geo. Madding came in from his home at Cornerstone this morning.
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Mrs. J. J. Dicken, of Monticello, is visiting Mir. and Mrs. $. G. Sea- brooks, at their home on Lakeside.
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Mrs. Monroe Perdus returned this morning from Little Rock, where she has been visiting her parents.
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Rev. J. NJ. Brown, of Fordvce, is in the city today.
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Nr. A. Perdue returned today from Little Rock this a. m.
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Mr. ". II. Quigg came down from Little Rock last night and is regis tered at the Arlington.