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soUrHANPrcN, March 27. Kid Mccoy, champion middle-weight, arrived here from Africa today on board the steamer Moor He left for London to match with Ryan or Creedon, the fight to take place in rnerica
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INVENTIONS DROWNED.
\ Roat Containing Thirty Occupants
 collides win Steamer.

CoRUNNA. SPAIN, March 2g A dispatch from Ferrol, twelve miles distant, announces that Q boat with thirty occupants was sunk ia colll- sion with a steamer Twentysol.ss persons were drowned.
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INCREASED THE VERDICT.
An Interesting Railroad pamm"ge Suit
 at Harrisburg.

at Harrisburg.
 HARRISBURG, ARK, March 2i.- Circuit court is in session here thls week. Mary witnesses being de layed on account of the high water caused the court to be dull one.
 One case of interest is the case ot Mrs. D. Martin vs. the St. Lotus, Iron Mountain and Southern kall- way for s32, GOO on account of the killing of her husband at wynn about two years ago by a tram This case has already been to the Supreme Court on Judgment III Mrs. Martins favor of s7Ooo, anu was reversed and remanded. At todays trial the jury awarded her s25, 600. The railroad will appeal the ease.
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How Win Yom Yote2

Ep. GRAPHc:-The voters of the city will notice on the ticket at the election, April Gfh, the following.
 " t'or Annexation
 Against Annexation
 l believe there are quite number of our people that need some expla- nation hcre to vote inteligently.
 Now, there is a strip of land lying b tween the east boundry line and north Of Third avenue. situatcd be tween the city beundry and the property owned ly fhe Cotton Belt shops. The owners of this property want to come inte the city. There k q saloon on il now that pays no city license, aud is relieved from police regulations. The rest of the property that is to be annexed is lying east of the present banndry line. and takes iu Mr. Barrow E residence and property adjoining.
 l am inforMed that the owners of the property, with very few exeep- tious. desire annexation and hope our people will take potiee and cast their votes for annexation.
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OFFICERS KILLED.
Charles Ciayburn. of Clarke County Com
 mlts Terrible Crime.

ARKADErPniA, ARK, March 27-
 At 0kolona this morning Charles Clayburn shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Sol Rollins and Constable Joe Dickerson. Tic officers were attempting to arrest Claybarn, who first shot Rollins, and as Dickerson
 came to aid lis friend was shot also.
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nm Ens
.Alaerman frnnl Iairsf MI.

Mr ]. r. hutt and faHil9 will leave for Little Rock ssis moruIng, " here fheg ga to attend the fnneral Of Nr. l.. Baker. Mir. flutt's broth .er-iis-lan.. who is tss hssh.srie.l in that city today.
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New Siiits Filed.

W. a Mcfiehee va. Annie Jones, suit to enforce mechanic lein.
 F $. Aliheiner ys. L. Scharff, for S50, 600 damages.
 sam Builett yA. Josie Rallett. for
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mee,Iag Arkan.as nankers' Asaoc.At.on.

Meeting Arkansas Bankers' Aaaocistion. For the above occasion the Cotton Belt route will sell tickets Pine Bluff to Little Rock and return at one and one fhara fare. $l.70. on the certiti- cate plan. Tickets on sale A;ril l2th to 18th. return limit April 18th, 1897.
 J. W. FARLEY. Agent.
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River.
a Card of Thanks.

To my Friends at the Railroad shops; | wish to return my sincere thanks for your kindness and Interest tender ea me. together with my best wish for you all.
 Yours Sincerely,
 WM. COOK.
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SILVER oaaANIzArIoN INrAer
ssnator Jones Talks of the Political

Situation
 AsHNGToN, March q. The silver men insist that their organization is still intact; that il has not been weakened bg anything that has o. cured since November, and that matters fer 1898 are ebaping them- selves precisely to tbeir liking.
 senator Jones of Arl,ansas talks in thia strain He has just returned from q tIip west, where he traYeled as far as salt Lake City, ard confer red with number uf silver lsatirrg In conversation with q i:eou iie correspondent, Mr. .tones sgee
 ''l found the people etill pinched for mony. and impatlently waiting that wave of prosperity IL vas first booked fer the 5tltnf November. then for the 5lh instant. and now the promige held oa k that it will ecrtaialy arrive as sa5n IS the fari9f biil becomes q law. pheY do moi. of course, expect 1t at all ny he means now being employed to produce it. They know that it eauaot be pro. duced by increased }axation. They are still for silver ana ready for the next battle in behalf If silver. They believe, too, thatthe next battle will be won for silver
 Mir Jones was asked f the adop- tion of he single gold standard by Japan had grovcd diseoa aging to the silver men in this country.
 Not at all, he replied. "Why should it2 Ii the uevs we have re- Eeeived about the transaction is cor rect, our contention about money is sustained by Japans action. We in. sist that gold has been constantly approaching as money ever since silver was demonetized. Japan comedies this. Her gold ven, which she nov makes her legal tender, will Ieontaia only half as much gold as formerly. That eqnaliaes her fixing of the parity between gold and silver 32 to l Suppose the United States should fix the amount ot gold in a goid dollar at , and a fraction, wouldn't fhat be confession that gold as money has appreciated2 TIn- doubtedly .lapan's action will not affect sentiment on the money ques- lion in this country at all"
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A Cyclone in Texas.

\ telegram received by the Pine Bluff Board of Trade this morning. states that a storm swept through Texas last night and did great dam- age The damage to buildings iii the city q Austin will amount to more than $loo,oD0. At Calvert the fury of the wind also wrought great destruction. Traffic is at Il stand atm
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DoN'T WORRY about ynnr health Keep your blood pure by taking Hoods Sarsaparilia and yul aFea not fear the grip. colts, bronchitis. pnenmonia or typhoid fever.
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ccROFUkA in it's worst form - yields to the blood cleansing power of Hoods Sarsaparilla. Thousands of easea have been perfectly CURED.
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Mr. Y. E. Price. of Camden. is in the city to organize a local lodge of Red Men''
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The company has secured a pleas ant and convenient office on Man street, between Barraque and Dee ond avenue, and we trust that when it is opened up for business they will receive liberal patronage from the people of this city.
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From the 81. Louis Globe, Democrat.

From the 50. Louis GlObe- Ienocrdt.
Old Hiram Howard Of Saline county was the cham
pIon corn raiser Of central Missouri some years ago.
His feel Is were amazing. When tho crop was ready
to "lay by" old Hiram hitched a horse TO a nat rock
and set u 10y driving up and down the rows. The
rock Iert n layer of fine. packed dust. That dust not
only closed the soil pores aud kept the moisture he.
low from coming up, but II absorbed moisture from
the soil above.
The flve weeks drougl; Imperfect the cotton neds
OF Arkansas this year, A Northern man was per
picked by the conflicting advice OF his native neigh
bors. some Of whom told him to cultivate. while
Others recommended that the soil lie left alone. He
came IN Mr., S%trOthcr. and the latter. recalling Hiram
i0wari's trick. said;
"Fol0w neither. get a nat rock, hitch a horse 10
II. and let your boy drive through the cotton rows"
The Northern man got two HAT rocks and. boring
nulcs In Them. fastened one behind the other and had
them haulrd tandem between the rows. When cot.
ton was willing In all az the adjoining fields of the
natives. the plant stood fresh aud bright on the land
or The Nurtherner. The %nrighbors came. and pokinE
through the dust founi the soil underneath thor.
ouglly damp, They concluded:
" .rhat dugEone roek OF Strother's must have done
us work"
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rACHTs IN WINTER QUARTERS.
Great Care Taken 10 Protect Them from Cold
and storms.

The value Of yacht property floating in the
waters of and adjacent 10 the shores of New
England and the Middle States is in itself an
amount surprising to those who have given
only a passing thought to the subject. When it
can be safely estimated that inv ested in the lux.
urious pastimc is n sum equal to the taxable
basis OF n city almost the size OF Hartford,
Conn, much of which is thoughtlcssly exposed
10 climatic and other conditions which rapidly
dcpreciatc its worth, IL will be realized what a
large amount of property is constantly placed at
the hazard OF unusual risks. This is especially
noticeable during the winter months, when the
pleasure yachts are out of commission and arc
often left in charge of q single keeper, whose
position is even more responsible than that of u
Captain in the summer season. The latter. il
anything unusual occurs, has the entire crew
at his ommand to avert the impending dis
aster. This is not so with the boatkccpcr. who
is forced 10 cope with any emergency single
handed.
The principal basins wherein yachts are
stored for the winter are interesting in the OK.
trcmc TO the enthusiastic yaChtsman. With few
exceptions. the larger boats are stripped of
their sails ana running rigging, and are moored
in some sheltered spot that offers protection
from the fierce storms OF the cold season. Their
bright work Is covered with tarpaulins. The
wise yacht owner takes the additional prccAu.
ton TO select u spot exempt from deleterious
manufactures that tend to pOl!utc the waters.
Smaller, yachts are hauled gu; OF the water.
covered with canvas. They are not left in this
state throughout the frosty weather, but when
ever there is II bright, warm day storm covers
are thrown off. lntchcs opened. and tho sun.
shine is allowed 10 stream in for a few hours.
Fires are also kindlcd in both galley and cabin.
So rs 10 thoroughly dry the air.
Sails require more care than the layman
would suppose. Not only does the clever yachts
man. who values his property correctly, store
them in u perfectly dry place, hut three or four
times during the winter he will haul them out and
givca chance 10 odd sol - TO dispcl any tendency
TO mildcw. Then. too, the luxurious furnish
are quito as elaborate and expensive as arc to
bc found the homes Of their owners. require
the same considerable care as the household
effects OF the mansion on shore. lnfavorablc
surroundings or unpropitious conditions create
a ruinouS effect upon nice materials. bringing
from. which is tho discreet thought of every
careful yachtsman.
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CHANG ES At HARVARD.
a Tendency Toward subOrdlnntinE the College
TO the Graduate schools.

CAMBRIDGE, Oct. 30.-Within the last year
the Faculty OF Arts and Sciences has revised
and increased the entrance requirements for
Harvard College and the Lawrence Scientific
School, The revision is made possible by the
great growth of the college proper within tho
last few years. The constantly incrcasin. sizs
OF the entering freshman classes warrants u
more rigid series OF requirements. Although
the entrance examinations for Harvard have of
late been considered moro severe than those in
any other American institution OF learning, the
Harvard faculty deems II advisable to make
them still more rigorous. This is probably in
keeping Win the sentiments OF President Eliot
ana some other members OF the aculty favoring
three ycnTs residenCC, instead OF four, for the
degree Of Bachelor of Arts.
II ~ bccoIninS more and more evident that
there IS u distinct tendency Mt Harvard toward
sub9rdlnatlng the college TO tho graduate and
sites, using the. college proper as n sort OF urc.
Iar3lorE school for graduate and professional
medical schools requiring the degree OF \. Is.
before entering, and tic rapid gIOwth Of the
Er1dTIte ana professional schools connected
VITA Harvard, are evidences OF the development
ana sc4pc OF the university apart from The col.
I1sr. Increased requirements Tor entrance To
Harvard College will no doubt bring To Harvard
many young men mentally equipped 10
pnrsue ne regular college course in three
ir"rs' VINO VIII be ready after That
studies Of the graduate and professional schools.
ne inra OF n three years residence for the \.
is. degree Is considered perfectly feasible. Every
year n number OF students complete their roi.
lego work AZ Harvard in three years, and then
20 into the law or the medical school, although
In The majority OF cases they do not receive thcIr
college degree untll The following June. Again.
if n student mas nearly. though not entirely,
Colni'l"ird M college course III three years, ho
may enter IN" law or the medical school and
take the work required in addit on To his deli
]CicuC!cs IN college. The sentiment; is rapidly
gaming gI"und ~. Harvard that four years 81
college work ana three years In n professional
ssu"ol Constitute too long a p"rio in which to
prepare Tor ones life work. Instead uf dr,,raa.
ing the time required in the professional schools.
il is proposed TO shorten The four years OF co..
lCgr work
The Official figures OF the registration O, the
different classes In college up to the present
time are a. follows; seniors. ;37; juniur-. 80;
The total Is l.796, which shows AM Increase III
II over last year. Although the academic class
OF lnUl IL three less In humble than last years
sophomore class. the entering class as a whole.
including sncciG!S and ilrst year scientific
students, is the largest that has yet registered.
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Party Went ON Ju.t tho same.

From the Americus tGaJ Times Recorder.
A young buck belonging to colored swelldom was
uptown yesterday looking for a doctor who could
repair his chewing works. The gay reveller attended
a moonlight festival the night before. ana during the
revelry a companion smote hin, in the mouth with a
boulder. knocking ten teeth down his throat and
fracturlng II ~Jawbone. The festival was a most en-.
Joy able AFFAIR throughout.
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Fom The Pdducdh tKV,) Register.
Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett Haynes arrived In the city
Wednesday from Marshall county. Mr.. Haynes and
wife are over 80 years OF age each. They were on
the site now occupied by the thriving city of Paducah
as early as 1929. when the town was q wilderness.
Nearly nifty years ago the aged couple planted a wal.
nut in the yard. from which sprung a tree. 1t grew
to be a large tree. and a year or two ago was cut
down and sawed into timber. The lumber is now at
the Haynes home, and is being saved to mako tho
cofnns OF the eccentric couple when they die.
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Uniform whip for Della ware.

TTT TIT = FFTFTFF'TITFFFT TFtUUTU'
WILMINGTON. Del, Oct. 23.-There Is talk OF a bill
being introduced In the next Legislature providing
for uniform whippings OF convicts In the three coun,
ties. In New Castle a cat.o'nine tails is used; in
Kent n rawhide, and in Sussex a gum switch. Sussex
folks think the punishment In New Castle is too Se-
we're, and in Sussex It Is too light. The Kent plan
may be agreed upon.
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From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Several days ago one of the local banks discovered
hat a check drawn In favor OF the Methodist Book
Concern, which had been deposited by It and gone
through the Clearing House IN regular form. was a
forged one. As the check, however, was only for %,
instead of sending It back TO the clearing bank the
teller took It to the Methodist Book Concern and told
them It was a forgery. After looking at It carefully
in u thoughtful manner the head or the Arm said that
the man purchased a Bible with that check.
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Mule Cut His Masters Throat.

From the OgIefhOrpe (Gd) Echo.
A mule cut a young mans throat In Madison county
last week, Henry Hart was leading a muIe and peel
ing an apple, The mule got frightened and jerked
the young mans arm back. bringing the knife across
his throat, making a bad but not dangerous wound.
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politics 80
$50 they do"
well, they argue over It every time they meet"
That's because they don't know what u b tAsg
agree o."
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From the Atlanta CohStitutiOn.
Hiram Walters. living on Puncheon Greek, in
Magonin county, is 81 years OF age, has reared four.
teen children. all of whom are living, and has sew
eIy -four grandchildren and one great.grandchild.
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make, protensIons and is better only in comparl.
son; yet the stock Of the Pttit Journal i%sanotcd
at S245 on n par value OF i0 op n I nar ,nino Of
40. Tho former paws dividend of Ia per cent,
and the latter one OF 10 per cent. ana ne stHSK
OF each has been handsomely watored. IN other
words. the net profits OF the 1rst nNerhGo SIuu..
600 yearly, and OF the, second *Sao,uUu, even
hiuh cost of nnner in France, and the many
Onerous taxes that IL newspaper ID S"oJec'e" 10
The adyvertisIng in n French paper is not
profitable, As 4 rule It d9Gis Is mot not t tbe CUP GnT,
bills pasted on dend walls, nearly, all the adver.
Using is done in a anal pG lhTah dn called ronsu ,hs
in the cafes. The paternalsm OF the Govern.
mont. too. supplies the place of advertising
to some extent, II not only sells you matches
and cigars and lends You money on your watch,
but 1t takes you under its WING when You wal
a servant or a midwife, ana a mas ,y HIS III la "a n wnn
can consult free Of charge; Then there Isl
great deal OF free adrertising done by tho
newspapers in the way OF uufts. II one has pat
the influence TO procure n puff. it is notorious
that the financial and theatrical columns of all
body al a fixed price. pufTs In other parts OF
the paper cost from 81 TO $S n line In all except
e ebSr rsss $50 S9"' For ,S Ts' price 9 the PAPERS ,ssaV viii say say
anything you want them to say. 50 long as I Is
not contrary TO lay. FOR orHi ns fyon nu we
line in the papers OF small circulation to S1.2O
in, the Figaro, the PETIT Journal and a few
OlnpT5.
The cost OF producing the Paris paper IL much
larger than its printed appearance would seem
to warrant. The reporters get from $40 to 800
n month, the editorial writer's from 5000 to $500.
The cost Of the telegraph service is small. and
nearly all tho expense Is in the actual printing.
The PETIT journal. for instance, gives its yearly
expense account as follows:
Editorial stan and telegraph tolls ........... $4,000
Typesetting. 49,. $4,000
Stereotyping III. nam. ............ lb,0O0
Paper. ........ d4u. 900
Presswork 2t,00O
INK OIL, fuel, &C.. .,..'''''''''........ io.OUo
-
Total ........ 5000, 900
As these figures are for LOO. 900 copies, the
cost of the average French newspaper. which
circulates lot more than -, 900, would be about
$li. 600.
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misunderstanding Contest 10 Ray = Church
Debt.


A unique method was adopted by the members Of q
colored church in south Georgia the other day 10
raise funds. They had a gingercake.eating contest.
having two cakes eighteen inches long, and the per.
son eating his cake in the shortest time was declared
In a good sum.
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As these figures are for 100000 copies, the
circnlates lot more than %, 5000, would be about
&1I 600
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men: the 'IhlI ulNtF-ltrS. the local men OIL
OF the street. All thcse reporters are cut out or
the same block. They have a dress which is
nearly II uniform SILK hats with wide. fiat briIns,
very long frock coats, and flowing ncckties:
They all wear the hair long, sport sticks. and
carry flowers in their buttOnhole, have boards
fashioned to II point. and wear yellow kid gloves
throughout the year, Their great dream Is TO
be mistaken for a bOuiCrGrdicr.
The method of work of these gentlemen is odd.
If they receive an assignment say n scnsa-
I ional murder or suicide ~case-thcy all go to a
see which shall he the man 10 20 to the police
station OF the quarter in which the event oc-
cured, The nnlucky one finally goes-strolling
as far along the bonlcvards as possible. At tho
police station he receives n written slip. perhaps
thirty or forty lines. telling, all that the police
IS the name of a victim or of a murderer
given out, and The reporter has to. be
s Irc,I win win initials; and lie returns urn o, lSis:
That is all, Al the papers print the paragraph
IN" neNt morning, and the public is satisfied.
Thai is how all Tie criminal news OF Paris Is
gathered. Sometimes, however, one or more Of
the papers get beaten on the item because their
reporters had another engagement at The time
OF the grand meeting OF The reporters. Then the
beaten paper checrtully reprints the item on the
late. 1t makes no difference.
An instance OF this slipshod way OF doing bust
ness occurred N August. One TUESDAY morn
Iis u man killed his wife and committed suicide.
All the papers Of Wednesday had the news OK.
Ccpting th" Eri"H' and tho .id"rmni. On Thurs
Wy lNfN' wv lhbcIs, Seeing lnhl IHtS NCTt
beaten. printed the item. hut made the event oc-
,ur on W cdncSday morning. On Friday morn
! Z all the other papers printed it, again. under
the misapprnhgnsion that they mad been beaten
the day before. hut made the killing and suicide
happen on Thursday. o fcourse this was all Tho
ial,lt OF the secretaries de reduction But they
are hard worked.
II is curious 70 note how a paper like he PCtf
.jDHJIGt can sci! daily l 100, 900 copies. II IL the
typical paper OF the French masses, ana contains
less real news than two stickfuls uf THE SUNS
" Jnttings About Town. Its success can only
he ascribcd 10 its hold on the lower orders of in.
tclliguucr. with its blUOd.and-thunde continued
ond in circulation with $4,000 copies daily,