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ST. PAUL's ROCKS.
4 Submarine Mountain In the Middle of
 the Atlantic Ocean

4 Submarine Mountain In the Middle of
 the Atlantic Ocean.
 Almost at the very center of the Att Iantic ocean-onIy a trife north of the equator and about half way between South America and Afrioa-is a sub marine mountain so high that, in spite of the immense depth of the sea, it thrusts its peak 70 feet above the waves. This peak. startling from its position, forms a labyrinth of islets, the whole not over half a mile in circumference, known as St. Paul's rocks. So steep is the mountain, of which this lonely rest ing place of sea birds is the summit, that one mile from these rocks Q 800 fathom line with which soundings were at. tempted by Ross on his voyage to the Antarctic failed to touch bottom.
 Were the bed of the sea to be suddenly elevated to a level with the dry land, St. Paul's rocks would be the cloud capped peak of a mountain rising in sheer ascent in the midst of a broad plain. They are supposed to have been formed by the same disturbance of na- ture which separated the Cape Verde is. lands from Africa.
 Treaoherous currents make navigation in the vicinity of these rocks dangerous. A Brazilian naval officer, who passed them on an English steamer, tells m6 that the evening before they expected t sight them he was told by the oaptail that at o'clock in the morning they would appear about five miles west. Al, that hour the officer went on deck and looked to the westward-nothing but an expanse of heaving sea. He chanoed to turn, and there, five miles to the east ward were-the rocks. The currents had, in less than 12 hours, carried full powered steamer ten miles out of her course. Gustav Kobbe in St. Nioh- olas
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Conaiemnn,l Pettiehats.

In Berlin, at the recent international congress of women, the petticoat was condemned as a ridiculous invention of the sixteenth century. The clothing of men was approved from practical and sensible point of view The costume worn by Queen Louise of Prussia, moth. CT of Emperor William I, was decided ly favored, and motion was made to adopt it.
 It is believed that the temperature oI the earth at | depth of 900 miles is not less than IS, GOO degrees E.
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ALPINE hERpswoMFN.
They Wore Trousers Before Bioomors
 Were Heard Of


 Long befcro the days of boomers wcmen on the higher level of the Alps wore trousers, and no one thought any taias atont it. 9he Alpine women wear the bifurcesad garment for utility and not for bea v, Bs one may judge if he or ste has seen one of these girls Come liness and tho Alpine herdswomen are far apart, but the style of the garments they wear and the hard life that is theirs are at the rect of the trouble.
 These women have little of the grace and agility seen in the maidens of Nor way They will leap across ehasms with H0nchaianee but there is nothing wild and irae about their movements. While she js talking to you the Alpine herds woman is quite apt to thrust out an un- gainly leg, plant heavy boot on the neck If a goat and stand thus while she oonverses.
 With the exception of the blacks who endure a l.ts If hunger in the interior ol Africa ,Aere is hardly any one in the wori1 who fares so badly as the herds men and women of Switzerland They cannot ada.5 to eat the berries they find on the lnodatain side, and they cannot afford to Grink the milk supplied by thoir Gooks Their fare is meat that has been drie sal1cd and turned into un- sayery leather, rye bread that is like blaekentd eiudefs and cabbage stalks in pickle, t1at contain about as much nutri- ment as walking stick Hungry as tho herdswoman may be oil her return home, she must eat but sparingly of these dainties, for fear they should come to an end before another trip to the valley can be made.
 These women breakfast at 9 i'll the morning and then answer the response of the cattlo lowing at the door of the chalet, begging to be attended to and driven up to some fayorite Alp. They eat again some t2 or II hours later, when the weary tramp back to the chalet is about to begin. Between times, with siellles they reap the long, coarse Alpine grasses, which arc to serve ss food for the cattle during the winter.
 This grass is bound into bundles as large as the women themselves and car- E16u ou buelE bt&GkS uuAIl LO hIlu uOIu0= steads. The winter firewood is brought the same way. The chalet, the home of one of these women, is the most piotur- esque of any peasants dwelling place, but inside 1t is not desirable It is usu- ally perched on the orags of the Ober- land and is dark, for tho windows are constructed not so much to admit light as to keep out the heavy snows of tho winter. In one corner is a low, broad platform with sacks of hay and a cou- pie of blankets upon it. The less luxuri- ous dispense with the blankets and the herdswoman usually goes to rest i'll the same attire she wore during the day. In the autumn, when the cattle are driven down for the last time, dance is given by tho herd 7men and the women. and on these occasions the girls exchange their trousers for the usual skirt, -Kansas City Times.
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Manning and the Jesuits.

Edmund $. Purcell, whe wrote the biography of Cardinal Manning that was so widely discussed and ill some quarters condemned, wrote a paper fol The Nineteenth Century entitled "On the Ethics of Suppression In Biogra- phy, " in which he makes all interesting statement concerning Manning's rela, tions to the Jesuits
 Cardinal Manning could not endure lit was not in his nature-to be looked upon by the Jesuits as an enemy of vital godliness. They fell under his ban Metaphorically he "cursed them with bell, book and candle. In a laughing fashion their retort came quick:
 Cardinals may come, cardinals may go,
 But we go on forever.
 Cardinal Manning, as is known of all men, regarded the suppression of the Society of Jesus in 1773 as the work of God s hand. He likewise looked upon it's restoration in 1927 as Gods work. But his abiding hostility to the Jesuits, based, as he declared. on their corporate action in England and Rome, was testi. fled by the prediction which he uttered on various occasions, q foresee another I773. |"
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: eARIs4 eooK alNpINoe..' :.
They Are In Bad Taste and Are Disliked
 by nookworm and Scholar.

by BookForm and Scholar.
 Books have & right to be, first of all, books, not purveyors of whimsies in color and design. As matters are at this moment three-quarters of the new books look more like some strange en- tree at feast than like everyday edi- bies. You take up one, and it has the air of Q curious ragout; there are un- known fragments of design floating in sauce of queer elemental color. The next one has an air as honest as apple sauce at first glance; 'tis pale greenish thing, but presently you see that the trail of serpent is over all it's border. And who can hope for content from a dish thus garnished?
 Again q book, and this one burns bright red and yellow, like a pudding on fire with oognao, which is all very we'll for pudding. Another has cover which looks like resisting beefsteak pounded by the stern hand of fate in boarding house; another reminds you irresistibly of coffee wherein ohiokory has too much inserted it's diluting aid and cream is missing But, first and last, the new books are ever more prone to resemble small plots of deceptive stage yerdure than honest, simple souled books, It is impossible to help doubt ing the value of the literary pasturage to be found in such inclosures. Bortu- nately one is sometimes most ioyously deceived. Authors have little "say' concerning the garb of their volumes, and often-good luck to them--they rise superior to tho mechanical makers of books and rojoice the souls of their readers ill spite of the bindings
 And it must be repeated that in tho present. bizarre and excessive faneies in binding there is seed of abounding hope for the future. Publishers are groping for something; few of them know what But they will learn, and the world will be made glad by genuine revival i'll the lovely old half forgotten craft of bookbinding. In that happy coming day there will be great honor for the men who lead tho taste of this country to, ward better things in bookbinding, sim pier and saner and more sincere. .-Bos ton Transcript.
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The oountaaa of neaeonsaeld.

Speaking of hiswife shortly after hdl death, the late Lord Beaoonslield said to q friend, .Shewas al excellent woman, but she did rot know who 9as first, tl1e Greeks or the Romans Bepjapiin Dis. raeli has only been dead f5 ge9is, but memo longer consider historical or oti-. er iglloranees tae test of woman SeSsel. lenee. At the salie time, men ,sYeuR probably not Do atft'acted by tho lat Countess of BeaeousfaEst, iii sIjite Of hef well known goQQness of heart flor she neither sacr. io6d to tie graces nor to the muses. There is 9. hapRy medium and the gotess wllo Nse1os so 3telnhtia ally silent OF fashion and eGtessfaYe aIi parently not been able to hitTo1 it..
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A Sure Ad.

"Have we had protest from any op4 recently" asked the sultan as he lit a fresh cigarette.
 "No, your majesty" replied the grand yizier.
 No nation has doigned to cry out against the continuance of8the Otfo- man empire"' said the sultan, scowling.
 "None, your highness.
 "Then have some more Armeniars killed at once. twill not be neglect in this shameful manner. - Leuden Fun.
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He Rosnonded.

The late archbishop of Canterbury had favorite dog named Watch. Once as he lay on the mat at the open door of the chapel, the archbishop read impresa- lively this sentence of the Scripture lesson, What l say unto you 1 say unto you ali--watGh The dog sprang np, came forward aud lay down before the reading desk ar his masters feet, One nearer at least needed the lesson and responded. -Congregationalist.
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mer .elfl Q eelenpe. .

Before her death, which occurred ib New York city in 1878, Mrs. M K. Benehley, the widow of a folnlalNliesl- tenant governor of Massachusetts, willeG her body to the Woman's Medical col lege According to tho prov isions of thls queer will the body 9g. Mrs. Beuchley was to be carefully disseGted and ho1 skeleton hung ill the college snluseunls : As far as we have4berie'abl to leaEn, this is. the only instance oifreeord where all educated wofisn has deliberately sent her body to tihe dfssecting room 1aud her bones to the showtomns of musenu1. We can cfta several instances- where the progressive class of Wonien thinkers have given. erders that thei
 bodies should be- creaIated, but this Is the only instance on record where tai ented womal has made such q gift to science f
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Leotnrinr asa nusiness.

q young girl who happened to know great deal about certain country in Europe decided last winter that sts would try at an entertainment given for a Charitable purpose to tell her friends what she knew and zee how they enjoy ed lt. The experiment. was q success-- such Q success that after awhile she was asked to repeat it oftener than she bad tlmo to- So she decided 10 ask $25 for the evening, and she got it without any difficulty Her profits during the season were enough to enable her to go to Flu rope and have number of photographs of the country taken to be used in her lecture. This winter as soon as the sea. son commenced there was another de. mand for her lectures, and it was enough to justify her i'll asking S100 for the en- tertainment. At that gate she got aa many engagements as she could fill. She is a pretty girl, with an engaging man. ner, and her lecture consists in reality of nothing more than series of aneo- dotes agreeably told. Her engagements are usually to lecture before women'a clubs or societies of some kind, and tho occupation is free from all the unpleaa- ant features of some phases of profess sional life. She began the work as an experiment, and her success shows how unexpectedly woman may find employ ment of an agreeable and profitable kind New York Sun.
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ing bedrooms the favored spread is one of ehmtz or cretonne in colors to match the decorations Cotton fabrics for this purpose are great specially Of uphol- stery sections and range from IS cents to 8 per yard. These spreads should be lined and finished round tbo mattress edge with heavy cotton cord. They may hang over the sides, finished with fringe or tuck in according to fancy Very dainty youthful bed covers are oi silk or satin covered with made up spreads of lace insertion and pufIinga The roll shown is covered with one of these fancy arrangements and finished at the ends with wide frills of laee and ribbon bows. Satin coverlids in delis cate silks hand embroidered, are also fashionable luxurics
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Tnhla nannratinns.

No longer are tall Towering planb used for decorating the table.s Instead there are low dishes tastefully arranged with choice. flowers and delicate trailing plants, mingled with appropriate leayss and ihosses. Another pretty way to ar range flowers for the table is to fill 2 low dish with small blocks of ice and BY eet smelling buds and blossoms.
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He Got fl,n p1aee.

Great Editor-You have your theory, of course, as to how newspapers should be conducted?
 Applicant (fresh from college e)-Not the slightest, sir.
 Great Editor tamazed)-Is it possiblef My dear sir, you can have your pick of any department in this ofice-that is, if you have not already arranged with a museum. Buffalo Times.
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Baroness Rnr.lett.contts.

Baroness Bufdett= Goutts seems to be e1haustless in her plans of social amel- iora ion She is said to be a,great ad- maar of the pluclz.nf Cecil Rhodes in bis forts to develop Bhodesia. Foi ev- cry oelected young man who promises tO settle in that possession and who chooses a wife from among. the young women ill her charitable .institutions sho will present them with e100 MT. Rhodes will undertake to find employ ment for the husband Thei baroness is the youngest looking of all the aged la dies who still abpear id genefaILond6n society. She is ass. str4ight a3 , rush and recalls the grace and el4alms of the most elegant ladies to be gmat with in -any' country Of her threeprivate seeretaries' two are ladies. Proverbiallylsin heart
 ed as is the baroness, she has nst.ataste fer pets Perhaps they would take up too much of her time
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A sprintIng Match.

Governor - You've been running ahead of your allowance, Jack
 Jaok--I know 1t, dad. I've been hop ing for long tiue that tine allowance would strengthen up enough to overtake me. me.-Household Words.
 An international congress is to take place at Brussels next summer for the purpose of discussing the subject of ao- cidents to workingmen.
 The federal council at Bern has unanimously decided to bring forwsrd q bill for the amendment of the Swiss constitution. The revision proposed is in the direction of unifying tha eivil and criminal aw.-New York Tfibnne.
 It wasn't Ills Fault.
 Jacks Mamma-There were xthree slices of cake in the pantry, Jack, and now there is only one. HQNas does .thgt happens s--r1ss'ssss
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Col. Rakar,a snccaasor.

,,4sr. LoUIs, March sO.-T. P. Cook, assistant superintendent of the western division of the Western Union Telegraph Company, was to- day appointed superintendent to succeed the late Col. L. c. Baker, deceased. He will make St. Louis kis headquarters.
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Post A, Arkansas Division of the T. F. 4 E., is making great pgepara- !. stiOns for the entertainment of dele sgates to the State convention which :. meets In Little Rock April the 2nd
 aad ard. All members of the Divis- s.;a0nsare Invited to attend the banquet night.
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] Ady Hayter.

Lady Hayter. known in London as the Zenobia of the Liberal party, is not only an accomplished woman of the world, but also one of the most inde- fatigable of women travellers. With her husband, Sir Arthur Hayter, she has journeyed twice around the world, hunt ed kangaroos ill Australia, elephants in Ceylon and tigers in India and has explored the Yellowstone park and the Yosemite valley h spite of her taste for outdoor life, she is said to be con. summate artist in dress, and her toilets serve her as the frame to a charming -.;et..-a
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Trieher and Cooper.

WASHINGTON, March 3l.-The Pres ldent today sent to the Senate the blowing nominations;
 Justice-Jacob Triebcr, of Arkan- sas, attorney of the United States for the eastern district of Arkansas; Henry NJ. Cooper, Marshal of the United States for eastern district If Arkansas.
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RspIiss to narrx,s Challenge.

TORONTO, Nov. 2o.-Jacob Gaudaur has replied to Barry's challenge to row for the championship. The champion says he will not go to England unless he Is allowed fair expenses, but if Barry will come to Canada he will row him for any amount. Should the Englishman decline to do this Gaudaur will row him on the Thames next spring for e250 5 Eds.
 A kilogram, or 1000 grams of the Fyenoh system, is about equivalent to 2sssnounda
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Ills Chance.

Timmins-I have a notion to write one of these Scotch dialect stories.
 Simmons-But you don't know any thing about Scotch dialect.
 Timmins-I know as much about it as the people who buy the stories In. dianapolis Journal.
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Chas. Smith. the negro boy cap tured here Monday, on the charge of stealing a suit of clothes and some diamonds in Little Rock, was car ried back to that city today by Ghiet Stawart
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The GRAPHIC is pleased to chron- icle the fact that Mir Drew White is again at his post of duty with the firm of J. H. Talbot & Co. after q hard spell of sickness
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Mir. and Mrs Norris w. Quilting, of Pendletcn. arrived here today and accompanied by Miss Bertie Price left for the latter's home at Mt Adams.
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A large delegation of Pine Bluffl- ans witnessed the races in Little Rock yesterday. Some came home hEoke while others had no reason to regret their sporting procIIyities.
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Mr sam Katzenstein leaves for Little Rock at noon to take in the races. He goes prepared to hit the "bookies" hard blow.
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Capt. Hellums, and Messrs. Gus and Sandy Reeves left for Grady, the scene of yesterdays cyclone, this morning They will return here to- night.
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On the l6 of this month a grand fox chase will take place near Lees Springs. The participants will con stitute the fox ehasers of this county and enthusiasts from Little Rock, Louisville. Ky. and other points. The pack of dogs will be the largest and finest In the South.
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TOR SALE-In instailments; an s-room
 r house on Walnut street. close ln; lot D by IFS $50 cash balance sl5 per month same :,s rent. no interest,": price only SiD5g Also, a Broom house on Sixth avenue; lot bO Dy io4' s5O cash, balance like rent. no interest: price si ffs1 see THOS CHRISTOPHER.
 ! f3 sisr Al Arlington Hotel.
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Mr. George F. Burchard is calling on the trade today

Mir Geo. W. Clark. ef L,ttle Rock, Rtock holder and director ia tGe Postal Telegraph Company, is in the city.
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We Hre pleased to state that Mfr. DE0W White has recovered from his sTecent months Illness and is now 2: :. alls to be up and out again.
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The Elks of Litrle Rock will hold social SC sion in that city tonight and many Pine Bluff Elks will att tend the same.
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Mir R (. Thompso II. ] " Adams and others will leave for Little Rock this afternoon ta attend the meeting of the T. F 4
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Attorneys M. A. Austin and W. w. Woodbridge left for MeGehee this morning where they go on legal business.
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Dr. q. A. Hogg, who arrived from Altheimer this mOrning, reports that the cyclone passed over that section yesterday afternoon, and that the roaring made by the wind could be distinctly heard A heavy rainstorm occurred at Altheimer and vicinity.
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Some joker rushed down thestreet t0 the court house at an early hour this morning and reported that MT. Newt Boyd, an old citizen of this place. was assassinated at his place near the water works last night. Several citizens and number of officers hurried out to investigate, and found the old man in perfect health.
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Mir. V. o. Alexander left for Grady this morning to view the destruction done by yesterdaY's cyclone.
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Robert Downing and Miss Euginia Blair will appear at the opera house shortly after Easter.
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41 The Hanf Furniture Co. has nov sd into their new quarters on West .BaFraqus.
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z The UnIted Benevolent Assocla ton aVwin conduct an oratorical contest
 :at Merrill Institute on April the l9.
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The Resuit of D spree.

A spree in North Miami, Fla. has broughtone Seminole Indian into deep disgrace before his tribe Some one cut his hair, and he has been forbidden to return to the tribe until it. shall have grown again. His fellows think mean white man trieked him. =
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Tta Amusing Side,

There is an amusing side to the story of how the female suffrage bill came to pass the New Zealand parliamcnt The government promoted the bill ill ao cordance with electoral pledgss and supported it every shosg of. enthpsi- asm ill tie lly But they did not want it 5o baes R relied upon the up. per house t throw # out The majority of life senatols a9 ia the scar and vel. low leaf, s9no ol them having sat since the colony obtained self government, and have to be trundled down to the houso in beth chairs when occasion arises. Unfortunately the female sui. frage bill came on at an hour when the veterans on whom ministers relied for rejecting it lad hobbled off to bed. Be. fore they could be brought back to the house in blfnl1ets the matter had gone too far, and tho bill for female suffrage became law, to the constelnation of those who had only made show of de. .siriag it.
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Rapid progress Is being made on Nr. Alex Perdue's new residence on West Sixth Avenue.
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..s Word has been received here that
 the Rev. k. q. Pierson is slowly but surely improving at Hot Springs.
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Mir. J. Gray Atkinson. of Star City, is patroni4ing our wholesale merchants today.
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Ar. W. S. Ballard. a former Fine B,ufiau, hut now of Hot Springs, sa ia the city.
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NIuzzled.

He (telling a hairbreadth adventure) And in the bright moonlight we could see the dark muzzIes of the wolves.
 She (breatillessly}-Oh, how glad yoe must have been that they had the mus zles onl-Pearson' Weekly.
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A Card of Thanks.

We extend our sincere thanks to those who were so kind to Us and rendered such valuable favors upon the occasion of the death of onr lamented mother. Mrs. l.. J Wood all, who departed this life on the 29th ult. WuoDALL BROTHERS.
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Residents on Fifth avenue areeom- plaining greatly of the fast and dangerous driving indulged in by thoughtless persons on that thor oughfare. The police have been given orders to arrest all persons who violate the city ordinance regu- latIng driving in the city limits.
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Capt. Ed. l.. Taylor. who has heen attending the races at Little Rock, returned home this morning
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.Ar. L. P. GammIll, a merchant at AiHVille, is visitor to the city to- day.
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Mr. simon Bloom returned home : ghis mornin from Little Rock.