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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-20
-Ierbaceous Paeonies.

Since hardy plants have come to
stay, it is we'll to know those that will
give the best results for the care be-
slowed on them. For a grand display
it is difficult to imagine, and impossi-
BILE to find flowers that are more daz-
zling and beautiful that bed Of we'll
selected paeonies.
They thrive in any soil or location,
and are hardy as an oak. We have
never known one to die from neglect
or the vicissitudes of the weather.
any part of the root, but it is desira-
BILE to set well-rooted crowns, in OctO-
Der or March, of six to eight eyes.
They will bloom the next season.
They increase in size very fast, each
stalk having at it's base two or more
dormant eyes for next years growth.
A clump of twenty-five or thirty
strong blooming stalks is the most
desirable size, the bloom being infe-
rior when they become too crowded.
Yet they bloom fairly we'll if never
divided, and will live on for a lifetime,
not, however, increasing in size of
clump so much as in the number of
stalks after the first fifteen years or
so. The bloom will be better if one
half or more of these shoots are
pulled out when one foot high, when
it is not convenient to divide the
clump.
Their growth from seeds is very
fascinating branch of Horticulture.
The single ones furnish most OF the
sedes, but if surrounded with the best
double of all colors, they will bring
double, semi-double and single ones,
ranging in color from pure white and
yellow through all shades of pink and
red to a blackish crimson. The single
mems as large as silver dollar, which
greatly enhances their beauty. The
best single white is our nearest ap-
proach to the magnolia grandifora.
It closes at night, being scarcely less
beautiful in bud than in the expanded
flower. 1t has from five to eight
blooms on each stalk the size of tea
plate The capsules are very large,
each quarter being the size of ones
thumb, crowded with seeds as large
as early garden peas, their weight
bending them to the ground, where
the hot July sun bursts them, deposit
ing the seeds literally in heaps. If
not disturbed, the foliage will fall
and cover them, securing the proper
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-20
Water Plants.

plants that even the amateur can not
resist, hence we find one or more in
almost every collection. Most COM
mon is the Chinese lily. It's culture
simply consists in placing a few peb-
bles in the bottom of glass bowl and
filling up with water. The bulb is
placed on the pebbles and the water
replenished from time to time, as it
evaporates. There is pleasure enough
in watching any water plant grow,
even if the bloom of the majority
were not unsurpassed.
Perhaps the next most easily grown
one of this sort is the Water Hya-
cinth. These may be raised in as small
vessel as gallon stone crock, and
a few we have known to be grown in
pitchers Our best success has been as
sured by the following process. Take
small tub-not necessarily wash
tub-fll it nearly half full of common
garden soil, then fill to a desired
depth with water. The depth de-
ponds upon the size of the young
plant. Set the latter in so that in a
little while the queer mass of blue
rootlets will reach the earth and the
plant still be able to float, by means
of the inflated leaf stalks, on the sur
face of the water. A few bits of char
coal in the water will tend to keep it
sweet. These plants grow to i'm
mense size; indeed they usually out
grow their vessel, however large it
may be, in little while. A friend put
one in large tub on the lawn, in the
early summer, and before the season
was ended it was out over the edge
and seemed, she said, ''to be making
for a stream of water in the dis
tance." The flowers closely resemble
those of some of the choicest orchids.
but sparkle as if covered with dia-
mond dust. AS one of these plants
costs but thirty cents, and they are
very hardy, it will pay any one to in
vest. In our home well grown one,
occupying one end of the kitchen
sink, by a window, was the mecca of
all flower lovers who came in.
The Golden Water Lily is another
favorite that resembles the White
Pond Lily in it's bloom, except that its
flowers are golden yellow. The foil
age is also more beautiful. These
grow in tubs as well as the Water
Hyacinths, but are not as great curl
osities.
Last, but not least by any means,
comes the Sacred, or Egyptian Lotus.
This plant is worshipped by many of
our Oriental brethren, and if any
plant is worthy so high an honor, it
is certainly the lotus. This being SO
expensive-coming at from seventy
five cents to one dollar fifty apiece
puts it beyond some Of US. We have
never owned one, but a friend has
been very successful in its culture.
She says it is so hardy that nothing
but letting the water freeze dry
around it's roots endangers it. They
can 'be easily grown where the mer-
curry reaches fifteen degrees below
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Violets in the South.

The open border is the place for
violets in the south. They are peren-
NAL, and the rich dark green foliage
forms a fine decorative binding to
beds and borders. Solid beds of VIC
let's are also very effective.
Their culture, here, is simplicity it.
self. Fresh beds or borders are made
either in the spring Or fall. The
plants set in spring will be in prime
blooming order by fall, but those set
in autumn will not bloom worth men
tioning until the next year. The soil
is made rich with leaf-mold, chip dirt
and compost from the cow pen, iber-
ally mixed with sharp river sand. The
plants are set thickly, not more than
three inches apart in the rows and
from plant to plant. They mat to-
gether in rich green mass as soon as
growth advances well. There is, there
setting new plants. Year after year
these violet beds and borders enrich
the garden with bright and fragrant
flowers, from October till April, if a
few simple directions are followed.
am sure that violets in bloom are the
sweetest charms of gardens during
the balmy, sunshiny days of our mild
winters, and in her adverse freaks
nature finds them beautiful mediums
for interpreting her moods. For in
stance, let a heavy fog settle over
land and water through the morning
hours, when it lifts and the sun
breaks over the face of the earth the
viOlets are fresher and sWeeter fol
every drop of moisture from the fog
Violets are surface feeders and the
art in their culture lies in giving
them rich, soluble plant food through
their surface roots, rather than in
giving bottom heat. Liquid fertilizer
is of every advantage, and may be
stronger than for any other plants. A
top dressing of light and friable, but
rich soil, with bone meal applied
around the plants and over the sur
face of the soil feeds the numerous
roots that spread out and around the
plants, rather than under and down
from the main roots. Thousands and
thousands of 1OnU-Stommnd 1aroo
rich, sweet scented blossoms blow
fresh with each dawn of day. They
succeed each other as fast as the bios
SONS are cut. A we'll kept bed or Dor
der is always, from fall to spring
blue, purple and white, according as
it is Marie Louise, Lady Hume Camp
bell, or Swanley White with which
they are planted. The Gar in single
but in rich dark purple, with long
stems, exquisite perfume and contin'
uous blooming, is ever favorite.
Violets bloom cheerfully here in Oc-
tober, but do not eliminate in a full
and riotous outburst until December
This heavy forescence lasts until
March and we'll into April, when 9th
er flowers must be depended upon.
The violet takes it's season Of rest
about Easter. The only rest the
plants require is the cessation OF
blooming that nature. accords. The
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-01-20
FLORAL DEPARTMENT.

AID irsss I'LL comm lnicatio to Floral Depart
ment AGRIcULTURIsT, D.i.and. Fla
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Lord Palmerston.

A minister who kept race horses and had at his command a good store of very blunt vernacular, who could not be got to admit that he understood an abstract thought. who always knew what he wanted and was determined ts carry it out regardless of the opinions of others, who conceived his own ideaS to be superior to those of other people, who never looked farther than tomorrow and much preferred not to think beyond this evening. but who at the same time was determined to establish the priyi- lege of an Englishman to the sidewalk all over the world, while men of other nations might step into the gutter this minister represented aspirations which had long ago siokened under the rounded periods intended to convince humanity that bread and calico summed up their total requirements and were more sufficient for rational happiness. This was the popular conception of palmerston when, in 1855, ho became first minister of the crown =" Yoke of Empire, by R B Brett.
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 Tho Anne Parish Club.

It is said that Anne Parish. Quaker spinster, born ill l7G0, founded the first woman's club in Philadelphia 102 years ago The Federation of Clubs has been immortalizing Hannah Adams and hailing her as tho pioneer clubwoman, but this story of Anne Parish will somewhat interfere with tho Hannah Adams theory Tho Anne Parish club was composed of 23 young women of excellent families, and they devoted themselves to philanthropie work. They met every week and devised plans for relieving tho sufferings and necessities of the poor and afflicted. The grand daughters and great-granddaughters of tho members of the original society still carry on the work Passing down through tho oldest daughter, the present officers of tho club are two "clerks, , a treasurer and an executive committee of 13. The membership supports a homo, where nearly 100 old women who arc poor and needy go every day and read. sew, knit and darn and are paid for their labor and get wholesome meals as we'll.
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Woman and Church Organizations.

Tho time is coming, " says The Con gregationalist of Boston, "when organ izations for women only in tho church. es will be as exceptional as similar or ganizations for men only Tho Ameri- can board will havo women in it's cor porate membership and on its pruden- tial committee. They will be found in tho executive committees of the other societies They comprise about two thirds of tho membership of tho church. es, and they will assume their part in the management of the work of the churches They will no longer think of eonfning their administration to the affairs of their own sex, nor will men wish them to do so. We may not all ap- prove of this change which has become so manifest. Some of us may study ways of rotarding it. Tho Congrega- tionalist would not be understood as positively advocating it It cannot af
 ford space for tho controversy that would follow But if others hasten tho inevitable we shall not condemn them. ,"
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Women and Clean Streets.

Since Mrs A. E. Paul was appointed stroet inspector for the business district of Chicago one of the sweepers was ask cd how he liked to work under wom- au. He answered
 We liko the woman. She does not curse and swear at us. Man foreman drive us around lilzo slaves and call us bad names We don t like that, SC when he go way to get drunk WIG loaf on the job. Foreman como back full of whisky and find work not done, he swear lot more. Woman sho comes in happy in morning and stay so all day. She say, How do? and other nice things, and then wo do good work She see it and say so. That makes us feel good, and we work more Woman all right. D Woman's Journal
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Some Natty Costumes.

Some natty costume of ladies' cloth designed for slender young women are made of two shades of the material, the fronts of the blouse trimmed with cloth straps completely covered with rows of handsome braid OF silk cord applique. The arrangement of braided or machine stitched straps and tabs of the dress ma terial is greatly varied this season.
 Some show lines that run horizontally across the waist front. others simulate norfolk jacket, and again the bands go round the figure from under tho arms, and over the arms from the shoulders are laid similar straps On gowns just mentioned the darker shades are used for the straps, and the skirt is of one shade opened up each seam on the front and sides, with stitched bands of the other shado inserted. Now York Post
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 A Permanent Pnste.

Soak an ounce of refined gelatin in cold water for m hour, then drain off and squeeze out tho water as much as possible Put the gelatin in jelly pot and place the pot in | pan of hot water over the fire. When the gelatin has melted, stir in slowly 316 ounces of pure alcohol. Put ill wide mouthed bottle and cork tightly This glue os paste will keep indefinitely and can be melted for use in T few minutes by set ting the bottle in basin of hot water As It contains q very small percentaga of water It affects the gloss of the prints but little aud dries almost i'm nsediately -Harper'e Round Table
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A Prettr Frenoh yol,o.

Says New York Fashion writer A pretty French yoke. en jabot, is mado to fit around tho neck like an or dinary. yoke, which is also taken in with tho shoulder seams. On each side of the collar is narrow box plait, and this descends and widens to the lower edge of the yoke, which is partly hid den beneath tho shirred top of the full waist below. On this yoke the lower edge Is left to fall en jabot, and this unconfned portion is edged with ribbon or insertion and narrow lace.
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Hoyts Comedy Companye, ,ineient- ly supporting tho clever actress, Miss Hazel Harrison in a repertoire of the latest popular comedies and dramas, are to be at the Opera House all next week. beginning Monday night December IS, with the emotional drama entitled "Wom- ans Revenge" Through the plot, which is intense in tone, there runs n very pleasing vein of Comedy which serves to make the play one of the most popular of the season.
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The 3-year-old boy of j A. John son, of Lynn Center, ILL, is subject to attacks of croup Mir. Johnson says Ire is satisfied that the timely use ol Chamberlain x Cough Remedy, during n severe attack. saved his little boys life. He is in the drug business, member of the firm of Johnson Bros, of that place; and they handle a great many patent medicines for throat and lung dis eases. He had all these to choose from, and skilled physicians ready to respond to his call. but selected this remedy for use iIt his own family at q time when his child's life vas in danger, because he knew 1t to be superior to any other, and famous the country over for its cures of croup. Mir. Johnson says this is the best selling cough medicine they handle, and that it gives splendid satisfaction in all cases. Sold by W l. newoody x t'o., druggists.
 Practical ideas are more valuable
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hunting trips, with brother for her only companion. Her usual weapons arc q I2 gauge shotgun and 33 winchester rife. In addition to her sportsnanship Miss Plateau plays tho violin with pro- fessional skill Incidentally sho is q re- markahly handsome young woman and the pride of Texas. St. Louis Republic.
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Fountain pens arc rather older than most people imagine. As long ago as 1S24 they were in use, for in that year Thomas Jefferson saw a eontrivance of this sort, tried it and wrote to General Bernard Peyton of Richmond asking him to get one of them Tho pen was Of gold and the ink tube of silver, and, according to Jefforson's $ letter, the mak- CT was Richmond watch repairer named Cowan.
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Hon. \. W. Boyd, formerly prae- ticing attorney Of this place, but now resident of Houston, Texas, is in the city on n business visit.
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Mr. and Mrs. ". II. Nottage, q bridal couple from Cairo, are quar- tered in the elegant bridal chambers oi the Tulock today.
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MT. ]. W. Crawford has let con tract for an addition to be made to his residence on south Chestnut street. The contract was secured by Mir. ". $. Helton and work has be gun on the addition.
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Mir. W. P. Tomme, of the Cotton Belt shops, made a business trip to Little Rock today.
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Miss Eretta Klein, daughter of MT. F. A. Klein. of Wabbaseka, passed through the city today enroute to her home in North Arkansas.
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Anticipate the wants of people and you force business.
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Mir. Geo. B. Wright went South on the Valley train this morning in the interest of the Pine Bluff oil mill.
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Prices, 10. 20 and 3o cents to see Hoyt's Comedy Co.,, next week at the opera house.
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Hon. k. c. Fuller came up from Fordyee last night and k registered as the Arlington.
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Gunther's famous choenlates and honbons at Mitchell's, only. POS Main street. Ii 15 If
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Messrs. E. r. Ladd and John ,add. of Llt;le Rock, are registered at the Trulock today
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Buying newspaper space is like buying goods. Get tIiat which you can handle to the best advantage.
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The good of the goods and the good of the advertising should go hand in hand.
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Drink Coca-colo for headache and exhaustion, at Mitchell's, POS Main street. II h If
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There will be literary entertain mont and musicale Ut the ' M II. A. hall next Sunday afternoon.
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A full line or canned soups, shrimps and Holsters at dtf l. II. Talbot & Co.
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IIow to C,lre Rilions Collc.

] suffered for weeks with collie and pains in my stomach caused by hiliousness and had to take medicine all the while until used Chamber lain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which cured me. I have since recommended it to a good many people.-Mrs. r. Butler Fair haven, Conn. Persons who are subject to bilious eolie can ward off the attack by taking this remedy as soon as the first symptoms. appear. Sold by W. l.. Dewoody X Co.,, drug gists.
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MT. M. ]. Manning, of larendon, is in the city today.
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New mince meat. iellies and pre- serves Ut J. H. Talbot X Go.
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MT. Leander Mccomment, of Bla- densburg, Ohio, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. ". McWnIiams.
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THE PRIDE OF TEXAS.

< Handsome Yonng woman shoots Well
 nnd Plays the Violin sIsilifully.
 The most interesting young woman ill Texas, Miss Plateau, lives in Dallas. She is the first woman in the state to win q championship fer wing shooting She shoots from q trap and goes on long
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New millser's herring and extra fat bloater maekeral at Joe C. Meyers.
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The '. NJ. H. A will give a full dress german at their hall next Tues day night.
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Mr.. c. Dille has resigned his DO sition as collector with the Pnddc- phatt Furniture Go. and is nolong- CT connected with that firm
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Fresh salmon, steak and aspara- gus at ]. II. Talbot x Co. H 2S
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Judge ". $. Mccain. ofLittle Rock. is in the city today onlegal business.
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Miss Ella Matthews. oi Redtield, arrived in this city this morning, on a visit to Mir. and Mrs. Chas MeNew.
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Advertising space IS likely to be your best investment.
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Business is never so good but that judieious advertising will make if better.
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Call on Talbot X Co. for fresh K. c. Ribs and sausage. dtf
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Just received q fresh shipment Of Log Cabin Maple syrup and new Buckwheat. JoE C. MEYER.
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A fresh lot of pure comb and strained honey, extra clear. Just re- eeived. ,IoE C. MEYER.
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There are moro than 100, 900 chis. dran in the national schools af Germany who shutter
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Our stock of holiday goods has ar rived. Call and inspect our stock before purchasing A. J. Mitchell,
 a0S Main street
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On next Monday night any lady, accompanied by lady or gentleman holding one paid reserved seat ticket will be admitted free of charge to see Hoyt's Comedy Co. produce the five act emotional drama entitled a "Woman's Re-
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"lhe worst cold ever had in my life was cured by Chamberlain E Cough Remedy, writes ". II. Nor ton, Sutter Creek, Cal. "fhis cold left mo with Il eolgh and l was ex- peetorating all the time. The rem cdy cured me, and want all of my friends when troubled with cough CT cold to use 1t, for it will do them good" Sold by W. l.. Dewoody X lo., Druggists.
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kr. F. Killgore, of Magnolia, is q Pine Bluff visitor toEay.
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A borrowed idea may suit your purpose as we'll as an original one.
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Mir. l.. Byrne, of Holly Grove, is a visitor to the city today.
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At the tea to be given Tt the re si- denee of Mrs ". H. Parker, on South Olive street, next Tuesday afternoon and night. the young Indies serving the tea will be attired in Japanese costumes.
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DURE BLOOD is the foundation ofhealth. Hoods Sarsaparillamakes the blood pure, rich and nourish' gand givesand maintains good Fl E EAkTEs
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If m article is worth selling, 1t k worth advertising. ~-ss
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Mr. k. F. L.. Johnson, of Para gould, is in the city.
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Rev. q. Gordon Smeade wentup to Little Rock this morning to meet Rt. Rev Brown. Coadiutor-eleet of Ar kansas. Rev. D. H. Ramsey, of Cam den, passed through the city Wedncs- day en route for. Little Rock for the same purpose.
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Don't run any risks about health. Avoid coughs, colds, levers, pneu- monia, and all other similar ailments by keeping your blood rich and pure with Hoods Sarsnparilla.
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Practical ideas are more valuable in ad vertising than technical know le,lpn
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It takes judgment and goods to make profitable advertising.
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Mir. Frank McGebee. Of Double Wells, is n visitor todny.
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Mr l.. " Clement came up from swan Lake this morning
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Mir. <. B. Brownfield, of Fairfield, is in the city today.
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PINE BLUFF. ARK. DEG 3, 1887 --------------.------
 CITY ITEMS. Mr, I. I. Altschul is in the city
  Advertise for today's needs today Luck pays sometimes judgment always.
 Honest advertising will sell honest goods.
 Think your plan out to it's prolita- ble conclusions Mir. R. E. l.. Johnson, of Para gould, is fin the city. If m article is worth selling, 1t is worth advertising. Advertise psAsistently that you may d- 1'.,..sfness proftably. Mr. Frank McGehee. Of Double Wells is n visitor today.
 ~---A==----- MT. l.. W Clement came up from swan Lake this morning.
 --
 Mir. $. B. Brownfield, of Fairfield. is in the city today.
 ---z==4 Mir. E. A. Kline, of Wabbaseka, Is n visitor to the city today. cobana, the finest ef all eoffees, Tt II 2s ]. IL Talbot < Co.
  It takes judgment and goods to make profitable advertising. A borrowed idea may suit your purpose as well as an original one.
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Advertise psfsistently that you may rn I s...siness proftably.