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Mir. Berry E. Lee

Elephant Flesh an African llelicacy.
 The flesh of the elephant is eaten ill it's entirety by several of tho African tribes A detail of the process of butch ering the animals is not pleasant read ing. The tools used are the assagai and hatchet. The rough outer skin is first removed in large sheets. Beneath this is subeuticle, pliable membrane, from which the natives make water skins The elephant yields large quan- titles of fat, used in cooking the na- tives' sun dried biltong, or dried strips of the elephants flesh, and also in the preparation of vegetables African ex- plorers of the Caucasian race agree that one part of the elephants carcass, when properly cooked, is a suceulent dish that will regaIe the most delicate taste
 This part, very strangely, is the first joint of the leg below the knee. which one would suppose to be the toughest portion of the animal To prepare tho joint hole three feet deep is dug in the earth, and the sides of it are baked hard by means of large live coals. Most of the coals are then taken out, and the elephants foot is placed in the rude oven. The hole is then filled with dirt, tightly packed, and 8 blazing fire is built on top, which IS kept repienished for three hours The foot is thus evenly baked, and when done, instead of strong, tough meat fiber. 1t is of a ge- katinous consistency that may be eaten with a spoon. Philadelphia Lancet.
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Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD.
SOCIAL MEETING.
Of Lafayette Lodge K. of F. at
 Their Hall Last Night.

Layfayette Lodge No. 10l +. Of F. held their regular quarterly social meeting Monday night at their hall. Messrs. N. k. Atkins, of Noble Lake, and J. W. Bigham, of Swan Lake, were initiated into the lodge.
 After the conclusion Of the routine business addresses were made by Rev. A. 0. Evans upon the subject of Friendship and by Hon. W. D. Jones upon the subject of the Brotherhood of Man" Addresses by Professors Thatch and Mir. Geo. E. Moore were postponed till the next meeting.
 The meeting was interesting and enjoyable throughout.
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FOR GRAND LARCENY.
w. S. Mcclellan Arrested for Re- moving His Trunk When it
 Was Held as Security.

MT. ". s. Mcclellan, fireman at the Dilley Foundry, has been arrest ed on q charge of grand larceny. He gave his trunk to Mrs. Grain, his landlady, as security on board bill. Yesterday fMonday) afternoon he went to Mrs. Grains and suc- eeeded in removing the trunk. Mrs. Grain then had him arrested for grand larceny.
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BROKE HER THUMB.
Miss Mary Huggard Precipitated Down Flight of Steps With
 the Above Result.

Miss Marry Huggard, ,stenographer for W. P. X A. B. Grace, while de- scending the steps in the Smart building, on Main street, had the miss fortune to fall quite a distance, re- sulting in q broken thumb. The ae- cident yesteday will prevent Miss Huggard from discharging her duties forsome time to come.
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BAND CONCERT.

Below will be found the program for the Phoenix Band Concert, of Mariana, at the opera house We'd nesday night, the 29th, in aid of the proposed State monument to the dead confederptes. This is a very laudable enterprise and is deserving of the patronage of our people The program is as follows:
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WAS ACQUITTED.
John Peoples Shooting of a Negro at Dumas Declared to be in
 Self Defense.

The examining trial of John Peo- pies, who shot and killed Dawson Mitchell, a negro, at Dumas on Christmas day, was held before J. P. Stovall, justice of thepeace, Mon- day. The testimony of witnesses proved that the shooting was in self defense, and Peoples was dis charged.
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LOST MARE.

Light bay mare 151 hands high about 10 years old. both hind feet white, small white star In forehead, foretop cropped, has collarmaf on right shoulder, mane and tail very thin. A liberal reward will be paid for her return. !. 4. LANGFoRD.
 d&w3t. Pine Bluff
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Misses Millie Van Valkenburg, Bes- sic Smith and Minnie Cook went to Lake Dick Monday and attended a dance at the residence of Mir. Geo. Madding Monday night.
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FOR HE DEffMDAMT.

The case of the Pipe Bluff Mercan- tile Co. vs. Mrs. A. NJ. Norris was tried by jury before Judge Elliott Monday.
 The ease was 6 suit on open account in the sum of $195.95. A verdict for the defendant was returned. The plaintiff was represented by Austin & Taylor and the defendant by W.D. Jones.
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Watch Night services will be held a. the First Methodist church on Friday night. There will be social hour for the church and friends be- aiming at about S:30 D. m. Then 0 musical program, after which Dr. Godbey of Little Rock will deliver the watch night sermon. Thepublic is invited to attend this service.
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PART II.

Classical Studies by Mir. T. Elmore Lucey.
 Terpslchorean Specialties by one of the South's mostcharming danseuses "who shall be nameless.
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MT. Frank Davis and wife (nee Miss Maud Furr) returned last night from Little Rock, and have taken up their residence with the brides mother, Mrs. Bell, on South State street. They were married in Little Rock Monday morning by the Jew ish Rabbi.
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AN OPIUM DIVE
On State Street Ralded by the Police.

The Chinese laundry on State street between Second and Third avenue was raided today by the po- lice, and the proprietor, China man named "Sam, was arrested for keeping an opium dive. The in- mates of sporting houses near the river are in the habit of frequenting the dive and smoking opium.
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A number of the members of Jew ish society in this city attended the ball ut the Concordia Club in Little Rock Christmas night. They pro- nounce the ball q most joyous occa- sion.
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"Women comprise more than three quarters of the church members and less than one-tenth of ethe criminals, J says Henry B. Blackwell.
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PROGRAM
PART

l. March-Palatinus tinus.................H Hall 2. 0yerture-0n Broad way. Beyer 3. Trombone solo-The Signal.
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MT. Harry Burgess.

MT. Harry Burgess. I. Waltzes-Trinity College. .Missud ,. Oyerture-Liviug Pietures... ..............,.............. Dalbey
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One View of the aE1a5ath.

Let Sunday be a glaA day, homo day, library day, Q church day, an art museum day, quiet park day, day without unnecessary work, D day when all that is best in the soul runs out to meet it's holier oppartunities and to prof it by them. Rev R. A. White, Uni versalist, Chicago.
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sueoess In Grace,s Kingdon.

Large asking and hard working should always go hand in hand. EtRnal indus try is the price of success in the king dom of grace. God is saying to the modern church chat territory shall be hers which she measures of with the soles of her feet.-Rev. A. IL Stephens, Presbyterian, Chicago.
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PART III.

Song and Dance-Sweet Little Daises. ........................S Seltzer Baritone Solo-Fasclnation
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MT. T. P. Cli

Mir. T. P Clifford 3. Oyerture-Fantastique.. Dalbey 1. Xylophone Solo-Lucky Dog Polka a.....s......-....s........... Bayllss
 Mir. Berry E. Lee. }. March-El Capitan...........Sousa To conclude with "DIXIE." Admission, 50 cents; gallery, 9 cents; reserved seat, 75 cents.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

graph, the Standard and the Chronicle.
 What they say or do not say, therefore,
 is comparatively unimportant as re
 specting their influence on English
 opinion. But a straw may show in
 what direction the wind is blowing and these London straws indicate that at present England is feeling somewhat sore as regards this country. The Ven ezuelan incident and the Sherman let ter still rankle and the undignified DOT ton of the press is undiplOmatic enough to disclose where the shoe pinches. The St. James Gazette, after discussing a schoOlboy hypothesis in a schoolboy manner as to what the United States may, might, would or could do in re- gard to Jamaica, hints of possible CO., alitiOn of England, France, Spain and Holland to protect their West Indian possessions and then concludes, very satisfactorily to itself: ''We rather fan cy that for a time at least the United States will be content with bullying poor little Spain" Possibly the United States would, if 1t were in the bullying business, but when it does go into that sort of thing it usually takes one of its size, as in that little Venezuelan mat ter. The United States has not bullied Spain and has no thought of bullying it. In the meantime, the London Chronicle, upon the outcome of the Greco-Turkish treaty, holds England responsible for what it says will be the disappearance of an independent, civ ilized, Christian nation, ''whOse one crime was that she set herself single handed to do Europe's dirty work and failed" England has not made such a success of her interference in Crete that she should seek to interfere ir Cuba
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and $350 in back pensions which had been paid him. Geare carried a mus ket in the war of the rebellion and be- came afflicted with rheumatism owing to exposure. After leaving the army
 he grew worse and applied for a pen
 sion. At first he was given $G a month
 and this was afterward increased to $10. He drew his pension for a time
 but as he recovered from his trouble he began to take care of himself and neglected to apply for the money when it came due. Of late his term of uOnapplicatiOn approached its end, and had he not appeared his name would have been scratched from the list. But Geare turned up on the very last day at the pension office in Indianapolis and received his arrears. As his disa- bility had now totally disappeared he felt that he was no longer entitled to the pension and accordingly returned the money and the certificate to Wash ingtOn. MT. Geare is a quiet, unassum- ing man of 57, with silver gray beard and hair, is well to do and has a fam. fly of four interesting sons.
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has just come home3 He hss my
 'No~ growled a voice. anI the door was slammed in my face 1 went to the next floor and repeated the experiment A young servant maid came to the door
 "No," she sad when I inIuired after | young man in a masquerade suit; no young man lived on their ore mises.
 Past our .own door I now stumbled and went to the floor above. My l.nock brought to the door a To oly-polIy little old woman in dressing sack and night cap.
 What is it, childE' she asked, anx- iously, for she knew me 'Is your mother Ill? Can we help you"
 "No," I whispered, but I nave just by mistake given our latchkey to a strange young man in a masquerade suit because I took him for ny brother. Does he live Wit you!'
 ''No, my dear young lady.
 ''But a young artist has just moved into the garret room. Perhaps he is the man you seek.
 Yes, 1t must be b. But how could I. young woman E4 to a young mans quarters in the mitdle of the night to demand the refuru 1f my latch key?
 My old friend came to my rescue, called her husbana. and sent him up- stairs to ask for my key. We could hear their voice first uniutelligible, and then the voice ol the stranger rang out in the tone of injured innocence.
 What; not returned the key? I laid it at the feet of the young lsdy|
 And so it wa When we three came down to our door and held the lamp close to the foor. we found it lying where he had said I thanked my neighbors for their kindly assistance and hastened t. the window to look out for Fred.
 There he stool Sb.veriDg n the cold, anxiously wait.Es for 8dmittance. He had not much 10 y, but grabbed the lamp and disappeared in his room. I did not blame him, though he was woe fully late in couin@ nome.
 Next morning We found that our mother was ur7w8le of the sdventure of the night. She had slept the sleep of the just, for which was profoundly thankful.
 Just as we were ready to sit down to dinner the bel raDE My mother opened the door and bowed a young man into the parioI
 'I came to beg your pardon for the disturbance I caused last night" I heard the voice of q young nan say.
 "Disturbance know nothing of it. Millyr'
 I came in, re- as q peouy, md ready to sink into tbe g1.r -4other handed me his card. "NL Charles Bowman. Artist it said
 You must tell ue all about it, MT. Bowman" continued ny mother, flor 1 don't know what ycI mean, really."
 And he told her just what had hap pened. MOthe s face grew longer and
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18
Value of Unpopularity.

AS the tall, angular, stoop-shouldered man went by the house the host took his feet down from the railing of the porch and, indicating him by a motion of his cigar in that direction, suggested to his guest that he was the only man in the whole neighborhood that he en- vied.
 "He doesn't look like a very jolly or companiOnable man," suggested the guest.
 "He isn't," replied the host. "He is the meanest, most disagreeable, and most unpopular man in the neighbor- hood. Why, it's popular impression around here that if boy ran across his lawn he'd blaze away at him with a shotgun loaded with rock salt. And he's always kicking about something"
 Il should think you'd hate him."
 ''1 do. Do you know, he even made a complaint to the police because the boys used his sidewalk for a bicycle path, and now there isn't one of them that doesn't take to the road when they come to his property"
 incredible"
 "Fact. And he raised such a fuss about the peddlers that there isn't one of them dares to go near his house. He's just as mean to people who solicit subscriptions for churches and chari- ties, too."
 Really"
 'Yes, indeed. Why, he actually insult ed the last committee that waited upon him to ask him to subscribe $50 to help build a tower on a needle-work guild hall. The women who composed it have sworn that they will never go near him again"
 But understood you to say you en- vied him."
 That's what I said," admitted the host. Tt may be big price to pay for it, but think of the advantage he has over the rest of usr'
 "AdvantageT'
 "Yes-the luxury of being let alone by his neighbOrs and his neighbors' children and of having his rights re- spected by everybody. Oh, it must be glorious?'-Chicago Post.
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ARCH ROCK WILL DISAPPEAR.

diameter entirely through the mass. Small boats can pass under the arch thus formed.
 Owing to the formation of the rock under water an area of 3O.OOO souare feet will have to be included in the o2- eratiOns in order that uniform depth of thirty feet may be obtained. Tun- nels such as were used in clearing Hell Gate will not be necessary, since the rock is so soft as to admit of attack by drills operated from boats. The work will require about two years for its completion, the climax being one tre- mendouS explosion, by which, if the calculations are correct, the great ledge will be instantly demolished. The spectacle will be grand in the extreme Chicago News.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

There Is something appalling in the thought of the vast increase of fears on the earth as the race progresses the anxiety of parents, of rulers, of the custodians of treasure, of the owners or paintings and costly treasures, the shudder Of the possessor of piled-up in- Vestments at every little social outcry, the moral apprehension of the good who realize the growing evils of the umes. What trembling goes round the world with the fall of night-what worry and pang of dread as mans be ing ripens, and he can be more hurt or destroyed.
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@ THE LATCH KEY. O.

sufticed to bring me within the shelter of our hall, and as ! closed the door l saw the tall strange 1ow profoundly, then all was dark I was terribly frightened at first, but when soon after l came to m senses ! realized that the stranger had my key. perhaps he had left it in the lock. I rekindled the lamp, arrange my toilet and descend ed to the iron door.
 No; it was not there. Tn my excite ment had forgotten to note whether the knight h. gore down or up the stairs, after ai4.tri1g himself with my key. There vas ueling left for me to do but to go from che floor to the other and find the cuIpr- I rang the bell of the lower fla saidly enough. It brought to the dor an old man.
 Have you a yosGg man Iodger who
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18
ARCH ROCK MUST GO.

It Is Dangerous and the Government
 Will Remove It.
 Arch rock, one of the sights" of San Francisco bay, will be removed by the government. It is the most conspicu- ous of the twentyfour dangers to navi- gation which have been located and charted in the bay. The rock is twen- ty-six feet long at low-water and rises to a height about equal to its length. It is of soft rock and the waves beat ing upon its base during uncounted years have worn a hole twelve feet in
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

There is nothing so exacting in its demands nor so serious in its obliga- tiOns as perfect freedom. It has joy of its own, but not of the giddy and careless kind. There are continual choices to be made, decisions to accept or refuse, actions to perform or leave undone, all fraught with consequences more or less important and far-reach- ing. Wherever authority is absent, re- sponsibility is present, and in the same proportion.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

Advices from India state that 1,131 persons in that country died from snake bites last year. The Hindu is forbid den to use alcohol, hence the sovereign remedy of Kentucky is unknown.
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Talking It Over,

Myrtle-They say that you made a regular fool of Algy Piersons, at the isl andS, last week.
 Maud-No, they are wrong. might have done 1t, but for one thing.
 Myrtle-What was that?
 Maud-Somebody had finished the job before I got hold of him.-Cleve- land Leader.
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An unusually wise young woman of Boston has discovered an unfailing cure for insomnia. "All one has to do," she says, 'is to shut out of the mind every thought excepting that of sleep just before retiring" How simple, to be sure! Does she favor chloroform or a club?
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

Machine shops are the last places in which female labor has appeared, a bicycle company in Toledo having put women at work on milling machines, drill presses and other machines used on bicycle parts. The "Iron Age" protests against this and with good reason. In the long run nothing will be gained by this and the next genera ton will suffer.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

A newly discovered letter of Benja- min Franklin to the British authorities is being published, under date of 1774, in which in speaking of the famous ''tea party" in Boston he declares that ''the Glamour against the Proceeding Is high and general" There were tories in those days.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

Somebody dropped $3,O0O in a Mag ara Falls Hotel the other day, and for got to return for it. Don't worry; some hackman, if he notices his loss, will stroll in and claim the money one of these days when he isn't busy.
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The scientific man who asserts that people can live 100 years if they choose to take the means, prescribes a regi- men which will make people satisfied to leave this life, even if the full term specified in the contract should not be concluded.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

Even the nuggets of gold which leave Alaska worth millions of dollars are so contracted by the intense cold that when they are unpacked and counted at Seattle they are found to be worth only a few thousands.
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In considering the advisability of stationing a naval vessel in Alaska the department should not overlook the chance to send one of those shore climbers to hold Chilkoot pass.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

! An Atchison woman was kept busy all summer putting up fruit and enter taining company, and she reports that scalding tomatoes is easier work than smiling at guests.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

Uncle Sam's fleet of five torpedo boats is called ga mosquito squadron" and if 1t lives up to its name the dis comfort of the enemy will be all that could be desired.
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The Brooklyn printer with a family who has successfully jumped from the Brooklyn bridge says he did so ''just for the fun of it." Luckily he was not tickled to death.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

The London press, or rather an impor- tant segment of it, is still harpinc on Cuba and the United States. The Even Ing News, the Globe and the St. Jamos, Gazette are merely the tail of the kite which is composed of the big London dailies. such as the Times, the TeIe-
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When They Are Nicest.

She-Are you fond of babies? He-Yes; girl babies of the reciprocal age.
 She-What's the reciprocal age? He-Sweet 16.
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In Switzerland a milkmaid gets bet ter wages If gifted with g good voice, because a COW will yield more milk if soothed by song. Ambitious amateurs please note.
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One deaf mute has sued another for $500, 900 damages for alleged breach of promise of marriage, and now they do not speak as they pass by.
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The French courts have held that titles are family property, just like fin ger rings and other jewelry. But they are not so useful, because they cannot be "hawked."
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Lieut.. Peary is entitled to some credit for having at least succeeded in bring ing something more merchantable than chilblains.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-12-18

There's a growing feeling in Indiana that lynchers hereafter must skip the rope or skip the State.
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Where Man Is Appreciates

There's no excuse for a man who's. wife does not appreciate him." said Mr. MeektOn. ''It's his own fault"
 "How is he going to help himselfY, "By purchasing tandem bicycle.~ Washington Star.
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The author of the song, "A Lesson in Kissing" was shot at the other night, but not hit Both the song writer and the marksman made a bad score.
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England may call fourth-rate pow CT if she wants to, but we have the best amphibious navy in the world just the Gamo
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The Greeks in Athens are now ciamorous for war. It is too bad that they didn't think of that sooner.
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The longer we remain in business the greater admiration we have for the people who can say a great deal in a few words.
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longer as he proceeded with his nar- rative.
 Stupid men '" I thought. Just at the end he showed a grain of sense.
 "When did all tbs haDpen? asked my mother, exciJedIg. T vent to bed at 10 o'clock. I hope that Fred came home at the proper lime. EIuly."
 The young mans dark eyes turned upon me.
 ''I don't know just b the minute. but it must have been about Il o'clock or thereabout."
 blessed hin for that yer.
 MT. Bowman first unfortunate visit was followed by many more. He be. came my brothers friend then my sweetheart, and now he : my be. trothed, Late in the spring we are to be married.
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The next embezzler, instead of start Ing for Canada, will probably make tracks for the Klondike.
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A judge at Stockton, Cal, wept on the bench because a lawyer had accused him of bias and prejudice.
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Not Half Rad

Simkins-Pm studying a work on en, silage.
 Timkins- Whats that? Simkins-It's the art of keeping any, thing that Is green in it's natural state diring the winter.
 Timkins-Oh, I see! You are making arrangements to live until next snrino,