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A aIarrsleas reat oe aIemorz.

Maretus tells us that during his trav- els oyer Europe he met the marvel of marvels'' at Padua. Tho marvel in question was a young Oorsioan, who was in the city fer the purpose Of par. suing his studios at theuniyersity. Ma retus, havin heard that the young man was gifted with an extraordinary mem ory, desired to put tho student to the test.
 The person who had informed the traveller concerning the wonderful re- teniiyeness of the young Corsicaa'a memory declared that he was so gifted in that faculty that he could repeat as many as LOGO words if read over to him but once. Maretus and three distin- guishod Venetians agreed to test the ac- curaey of the statement. A committee visited the student of extraordinary memory and found him willing to sub nit to the ordeal. Accordingly thera was read over to him an almost inter- minable list of words strung together without any consecutive order and without any meaning whatever.
 The young man stood all the time with his attention deeply fixed and his eyes half elosed When the long string of words had been read off, he looked up cheerfully and repeated the whole of the uninteresting catalogue of words without single fault. Then, to show how carefully his wonderful memory had retained every word, ho went through the list backward. When that task was finished, he took each alter nate word--frst, third, fifth. etc. -and repeated them until the company was thoroughly convinced that they were Il the presenc of the most wonderful prod igy of mer1ory that the world had ever produced. st. Louis Republic.
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COOKS ON A PILLOW.
Domestic Eaonumy Ia Wong Seeks Tin
 Chinatown Home.

Domestic Eaonn3ny En Wong Seeks Tiny
 Chinatown Home.
 TBo smallest residence in San Fran eiseeis If eoursa. located in Chinatown t is not, fovever. al the end of dark alley in a dsNp eellar. Inmany of thesa are some vely diminuti7e roostins places, but they arc elegant homes and flats ccnlpared to Wong Seeks private residence OH tho corner of Wayerly plaoa and Clay street.
 Wong g's nome is about as big as hia skiH--a triGa larger, of course. to allow for his wooden shoes that go to bed with him, hut tlse Inference is not material Wong bone i box nailed to brick wall over tile fruit stand where Wong makes q living that would not keep a white ba5y faF
 Directly spnesiie.--tliat is to say, on the southeast carner of Nayerly place and Clay sffe655-ihere is another China oaan who has I residence similar to that e9 Wong Bnf his is larger than Wong's --whethef wing to olargef wooden shoes 3r to jl hai is not known. But it measures fully T foot moro in length and is an inch CT go more in thickness
 The dimensions of Wong private residenoe-ha lives in 1t all by himsell .-are 5 feet in length, 3 feet in wiltb with ceiling height Of 3 feet clear of tho gas fixtures. For q pillow Wong has 90 cent oil stove, and in the morn. ing he cooks his breakfast on his pillow He uses & rope ladder to get into bit home, and when he has tucked himself in for the night he pulls up his ladder and is safe.
 Wong is saving money and will some day take the steamer for China and cart off 200 or 300 American gold dollars to the slums of Hongkong, where he viii live like prince. San Francisco Gall
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Dellelous snalla og Proyence.

The Proveneal snails, which feed in q gourmet fashion upon vine leaves, are peculiarly eslioious, and there was 8 nurniur of delight from our company as the four women brought to the table four Dig dishes full of them, and for a while there was cnly the sound of eager .munchiug, mixed with tho chatter on china of the empty shells. To extract thola we had tue strong tborns, three or four inches loas, of the wild aeaeia. and on these the bttie brown mcssels were carried sesigssiie eel te tho avid months and eaten with bit of bread sopped in the sauce, and then tho shell was subjected to 0 vigorous sucking, that not a drop of sauce lingering within it should be lost.
 -Thomas A. Janvier in Century.
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Y.M.C CA.

At the regular meeting of the Board of Directors last evening the following figures were given in the General Secretary E. report, showing the progress Of the Associati, n during the past year:
 Membership Jf the Association in March 1896, senior 152, Junior g, total 175.
 March 1897, senior, 225, junior, 54, total 279:
 Visits to rooms-Mareh 1886, aye rage daily B:
 March 1897, average daily St:
 Number of gymnasium classes
 March '96i 4, average attendance 10:
 March 97, 2l, average attendapep g:
 Mems Meeting
 March '96, average attendance 35;
 March '97, average attendance 4s;
 Boys Meeting
 March '96, average attendance II; March '97, average attendance g
 Growth in other particulars was also shown.
 The aeasd of Directors also voted to send the General Secretary to tie International Convention of the ! M. C A and the International See retaries' Conference to he held al Mobile and Selma, Ala, respectively, the convention meeting from the Fist to 27th inst, and the Conference immediately following.
 Mr. Kineaide will leave the city next Tuesday to be gone over ten days.
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Statr CanVe1ltion.

The opening session of the Y. M. c. A., State Convention will be held tonight at the Merrill Institute, and the address will be delivered by J. T.. Buchanan, President of the State University of Arkansas.
 The public generally is invited and 1t is expected that the hall will be filled. The delegates to the onyen- tion will arrive in good numbers tocay. The delegates appointed to represent the Pine Bluff Association during the Convention are the fol- lowing: R. H. M Mills N. B. Tru lock, V. o. Alexander, J. W. Adams, E. Laine, F. NJ. Hudson, J. G. Alex ander, A. W. Mills, c. J Higgin- botham. J. P. Alexander, Chas. E.. Hearn, Hinton Ferguson, Rigby Valiant, Yates YanYaulkenhurgh. G. E. Valiant, Walton Seymour, E. Richards, A ". Mills, Milton Me cara and J. ". Day.
 The Women's Auxiliary and the Girls Aid will also have delegates in the Convention.
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BACON, BREAD AND SOUP.
Qnveynnaent Board Decides on .'Emer-
 gency Rations" For Soldiers.

9nveennent Board Decides on 'Ismer~
 gency Rations" For Soldiers.
 Hard bread, bacon and compressed soup will probably compose the semer. gency ration" about to be adopted by the war department. Some time ago it was decided by the secretary of war to make a practical examination of aI goods in order to discover the best ration for soldiers on a forced march. A board was appointed, and after q thorough ex- animation 1t recommends tho menu given above. This recommendation hab been approved by the assistant secretary of war. It is HOW being considered by Secretary Lamont.
 In the long list of foods considered ny the board oatmeal bread, bread made from whole wheat. pemmieans or meat paste, corned beef smoked beef and canned cooked beet were found espe. oially nutritious 9ut all had to stand aside for breaS. bacon and soup, The board also recommended coffee as Q part of an emergency ration. It suggested that .ea, when called for, may be sub. etitpted for coffee,
 The beard considered tho efforts at concentration ef coffee 10 be practically failures, dcdlairDg tire selid extracts ta have taste of coffee, while the fluid ex- tracts have more Gaycr of chicory than of coffee. The weight of one ration as recommended by this board is 33.1a ounces. In dire emergency one-half this amount daily would sustain life.
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Services at the Temple.

The Feast of the Passover will be celebrated at the Temple tomorrow (Friday) evening at 6 o'clock. On Saturday morning at 10 o'clock ser vices will also be conducted at that place of worship, at which time Rabbi Becker will deliver a sermon tie subject of which will be; Re, spousibiIity of Religious Liberty Rabbi Becker is fluent speaker, profound reasoaer and a welt grounded theologian, aud this ser mon promises to be an unusuaiS able one. The music at these serVi- ces will be something grand, for the choir, large aud well trained one. has made speclal preparations for the occasion.
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ALPINE EIkRpsWOMEN.
qisey Wore Tsoeseva Before Bioone-s
 We're Heard of


 Were Heard Of
 Long befere the days of hloomors women oa the higher level Of the Algs wore trousers. aud no one thought ar. thing about t. The 4 Alpine women wesr ths bifureaf Ii garment for utility aad not for bear Y, as one may judge if he CT she has seen one of these girls. Come. Illness aud the Alpine herdswemen gre far apart, but the style of the garments they wear and the hard life that Is theirs are at the root of the trouble.
 These women haye little of the grace and agility seen in the maidens of Nor way. They will leap across ohasIns with nonchalaacc, but there is nothing wild and free about their movements While she is talking to you the Alpine herds- woman is quiteapt to thrust out an un- .gainly leg, plant heavy boot on the neck of goat and stand thus while she eonyerses.
 With the exception O. the blacks who endure a life of hunger in the interior of Africa there is hardly any one in the world who fares so badly as tho herds men and women of Switzerland. They cannot affofb to eat the berries they find 9n the mountain side, and they cannot afford 10 drink tho milk supplied by their doeks. Their fare is meat that has been dried, salted and turned into un. savory leather, rye bread that is like blaokened einders and cabbage stalks in pickle, that contain about as much nutri. ment as . walking stick. Hungry as the herdswoman may be on her return home she must eat but sparingly of thee dainties, for fear they should como to an end before another trip to the valley can be made.
 These women breakfast at 3 in the morning and then answer tho response of the cattlo lowing at the door of the chalet, begging to be attended to and driven up to somo favorite Alp. They eat again some 19 or Ii hours later, when the weary tramp back to the chaletis about 10 begin. Between times, with sickles, they reap tho long, coarse Alpine grasses, which are to serve ls food for tho cattle during the winter.
 This grass is bound into bundles IS large as the women themselves and car ried on their backs down to tho home- steads. The winter llrewood is brought the same way. The chalet, the homo of ono of these women, is the most piotnr. esqua of my peasants dwelling place. but inside it is not desirable. It is usu- ally perohed on the crags of the Ober- land and is dark, for the windows are constructed net so muph to admit lipht es to keep out tho heavy snows of tho winter In one corner is a low, broad platform with sacks of hay and a oou- pie of blankets upon 1t. The less luxuri- ous dispense with tho blankets and tho herdswoman usually goes to rest in the same attire she wore during the day. In the autumn, when the cattle are driven down for the last time, a dance is given by the herdsmen and the women, and on these occasions tho girls exchange their troRsers for the usual skirt. -Kansaa City Times.
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4 volca r-n.n Lha r,snI,a.

A,savin of my country7 We'll. I guess Iva
 done ny sharei Two tended every meetin that they got uS
 anywhere.
 I have leired tho oratory by renalkip of
 "uaDr9ylii An I've sineeo my hair an whiskera at the fire.
 works display keep a-;oin ies the best can, But it's all fur disappointment thet plan. Fur republics is ongrateful.
 An I'm gittin sorter hateful. Where ustei truly !cve my feller man. A-savin of my country9 Amt sot up late an
 talked,
 When seed there was sprospeck of my party's
 getting balked2 Ain't l aTgyed long an earnest fur this land 50
 psoud an free An wasn't Asa Billings made postmaster
 'stead O ne7 Yet I never fail ter rally round an shout, Though ] think it's eomethin to complain
 about,
 Thet they doH give ang pensions Fur a-goin ter conventions An a-yellis. tiil yer lungs is tuckered out,
 Newspapers as fnleI Vapcil-rs.
 Some hint as to how ex-Ghief Byrnes of New York was successful as thief taker comes out in the claim of an ex- detective, Tom Adams. who asks Slo,e GOO for the press clippings he had fur pished Byrnes. It seems these clippings are an essential to the rogues gallery. and contain pictures and descriptions of every we'll known rascal the world over. So it seems the newspapers are the best thief oatchers after all
 The merchant was not slow. in put ting his discovery to practical use. Hs coiled . wire around the tank and made q connection to the electric light wires in his store The current from the city plant was disconnected, and 1t was found that the fisl. served the purpose as well. h addition 10 being his cleo. tric lighting plant Mr. Emmet's electric fish arc also great attraction, for peo- pls from miles around come to see the wonders. .--Cieyeland Plain Deals-.
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SOLD AN ENTIRE TOWN.
The Deserted Village of Halbertson Bought
 For @2.OOo.

Sheriff Allen R. Shinn has just had the unusual distinction of selling an en- tira town. Two thousand dollars was the pr1oe paid, and the title of the He brew settlement of Halbertson, N. J., passed at public sale from the Cumber. land Land and Improvement company to the New Jersey Loan and Investment company who had Q mortgage upon the entire tract and foreclosed on it.
 What they will do with the place ls not known. Halbertson was started some years ago to provide homes for the Russian Hebrew immigrants. Twenty two houses were erected on the tract and large factory put up. For time the village prospered, but the class of people there were not active and thrifty, and gradually it became deserted vii lage, not one of tho inhabitants re- maining
 Maurice River township built large schoolhouse there. which, like the oth. CT buildings, is unused. This is be. leved to be the first case on record of q aherif selling an entire town --Phila delphia pregs-
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Gs JUST AS C0GD FOR ADULTS. WARRANTED Fkgg@E 80 o9s.
Ee.stnel.g.s rat Boy.

Caney's Fork. Ky. comes to the front with q fat boy that lays Fred Dur ham, the Middlebnlg kid, in the shade. His Dano is Master John Brown. son of Mr. J. H. Brown, au entarprising farm CT of that section While Johnny ie only years old ae weighs 13d pounds and is gaining rapidly. Fer his age he is no doubt the largest boy in tho state. MT Brown has refused some fss.ss;l osfffsrg from circus nsen wlso wantea to exhibit Master John iil their side shows,
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Utilizing Hiq College Education.


 4 tramp appeared at the house of J. H. Barton, three miles south of Colum. bia, Mo, one morning and asked foi cold viotuRls ii Greek. IIIIe IIIIe stated tha. he was 2 graduate of Princeton MT. Barton, himself a Greek scholar, was just about to start for Columbia, and bis horse was hitohed in front of the house.
 Jestingly he offered to give the tramp the horse if he could recite the Greek alphabet without mistake. The tramp looked at jle horse and then at MT. Barton. and Then inquired if the bet in. cluded the saddle and bridle. Mr Bar ton said that it did, and then went into the house 10 get q Greek book.
 Returning. be found the tramp mount. ed on the horse. As MT Barton stepped from the porch the e.tramp rattlod off the alphabet without mistake, and, turn ing the horse's head, disappeared in cloud of dust. The animal on which tha Princeton pilgrim rode away was one of the best btoo1ed horses in Boone county, noted for its blooded stock. -Philadel paia Press,
 A simple Tailor Costun,a.
 A simple tailor costume easily copied has skirt of russet brown cloth with sleeves and boltro of brown silk velvet. The back of inc jacket Is closely fitted, and in froD5 tarns baeA, with largo Ta.- vers of ecru cloth. trimnedon the edges with q narroW roii of dark mink Tire seven gorel skirf $ finished with three narrow bias bands of the brown cloth, showing a mere line of velvet at the edges The vest is of ecru cloth fastened with snall e0ln ind bronze buttons and sriIasael Wifh machine stitched ssraps. anotl,er similar model for more youthful weaser has q middy vest of the ecru cloth. with rows of brown gimp at the lower edge, and five rows around the n@ck under the straightcleth collar. This vest has no opaning on tho front and is hooked up he back. A third cos tune of tan colored cloth is trimmed with bands of white cloth strapped over with rows of gilt and brown braid in groups of three and finished on tho front with small gold buttons. A very costly and elegant costume Of dark russian green cloth has bolero of sealskin. with 8 wide collar of tho fur at the back. A large ''grannie'' muff and cloth and fnr toqpe are on suite. Nav Ynrie I7sses..
 An international congress is to take place at Brussels next summer for the purpose of discussing the subject Of &C., cidents to workingmen.
 ] The federal council at Bern has unanimously decided to bring forward a bill for the amendment of the Swiss constitution. The revision proposed is in tho direction of unifying the civil 1 and criminal law. New York Trihupe.
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The Texarkanian says: ''There are lots of dead beats" in the world, and the editor of this paper gets taken inp occasionally, as well as other people. Butthe same man can not beat us the stcond time"
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Two years ago R. j., Warren, " druggist at. Pleasant Brook; \. an a3 bought a small supply of Champer, ,7 lain's Cough Remedy. He sums up the result as follows: At thai tune lt the goods ..were unknown II. IT. this section; today Chambeflmli ,s D Cough Remedy is a household wora. It is the samein hundreds or com ,..-!I.- lnu- mites. Where ever the good qnallt,les ,pa of Chamberlain's Cough Remsdy oe, a come known the people Will nave nothing else For sale hS ", L. Dewoody < Co.
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Three beautiful medals, manuiae- tured by the Jewelry firm of R. Il. Stearns & Co. to be awarded to the vietors in three athletic events to take place under the auspices Of the Y. NJ. c. A. at Jones' Park Saturday afternoon, are now on exhibition ih the show window at the establish smen,, of R. H. Stearns & Co. The medals are beauties, handsome in workmanship and lovely in design, Have you seen tbem2
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The citizens who live in the " "es' End, above Cherry street eomplain that that portion of the city badly needs attention in the matter oi drainage. The matter IS respec.'u'7 referred to the Street Commission ar and we feel sure that he will give the matter his personal attention inst as soon as he is able to do &C.,
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Mrs. j. " Lalefora and two daughters, and Miss Birdie Cook, ofI Bentonyille, Ark are the guests of the families of M ssrs. ". ". Byrd and Frank smith on Lakeside.
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Dr. J L. Buchanan, President of the Arkansas Indust,ial University, is registered at the rrnlo4k He will address the Y NJ. C A State Con vention at tie Institute tonight.
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lsrig.Gen. Knox.

1t is no longer Colonel" it is now ...t;enerai. R. R M Knox. At the State meeting of ex-Confederate Vet erans at Little Rock Tuesday 9oi. R. NJ. Knox, Of this city, was elected Brigadier General of the Association. The Veterans made good selection and we congratulate Colonel no" Brigadier General Knox upon hls newly acquired title and honor
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All the witnesses in the case of the State vs. Daniel Haynes have been examined. There were over seventy i've of them. The arguments in the case will be made this afternoon, and probably the case will go to the Jury tonight
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qI,e orro 4ns.aA.

At least two of Kentucky s most ia nous distillexies have failed recently. This. too. ill face of Joe Blackburn statement that the gasg cf Kentucky cannot be stilled. --Pn nfin6el lphia Gan,
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Enforce the Dog Law.

onr people. as whole, are thor onghly in accord in the belief that there are too many worthless uoss in this city. and would hke 'o es0 them thinned out.
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MT. Cecil L. Gates, of Kansas City, general secretary of the Y. NJ. C. A., arrived in the city today to attend the State Convention.
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Judge ". E. Hemingway came down from Little Rock this morning on legal business.
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Meeting Internaiional Kindergarten Assn At st. Louis, Mo, April l9 to 2s. ,. For this occasion the Cotton Belt
 Route will ssll tickets, fine piu'' = st. Louis. and return at one and one C third fare. sl5.4s. on the certificate ,',an Tickets on sale April l6 to ~ lss7. Return limit April 26' lss'-
 '0v' r ". FARLEY. Agent.
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The Orient held sesslonla night at which candidate was initiated into the mysteries of tfe order.
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Nr Sam Knox, who has been con fined 10 his room for the past week. is again ut his post of duty
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Col. c. B. Greer. of searcy, is in the city today looking utter his interests in this county.
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MT. H. C Hinton, of Roe, Ark. is at the Arlington.
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The ceremony uniting in marriage Nr. Walter N. Trulock and Miss Eliza Orto, will be performed by Revs. J. L. Caldwell and G. Gordon Smead, at the First Presbyterian church. Wednesday. April 2l, at 9:45 4. m. No cards in the city.
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Trinity Church, roof and corniees, is being treated to coating of paint.
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"CoI." Win Fox, of Star City, is circulating among his Pine Bluff friends today,
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:. W. Gates, of Fordsce, is here on d business trip.
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Services were held at Trinity Church at s o'clock this morning.
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Mr. c. ". Gates, of the Fordyee Lumber Co., came in on the noon Cotton Belt train
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An Unfortunate Boy.

Just after the conclusion of the eS- ercises of the gymnasium class at Merrill Institute last night, Ed Wal lace the l3 :, ear-old nephew oi MT. v O. Alexander, while playing III tbe gymnasium hall. broke both homes in ore of his arms. just above inc wrist. A physician was sum moned and the broken homes were sat and the little boy was carried to his home here he is doing nicely to- 1,S
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MT. ". T. Traweek, Of Star City, is in the city today.
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A tremendous downpour of water fell in this section last night
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Mr. Frank Scott is registered at the Truloek.
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Miss Lockheim, ot Little Rock, is the guest of Miss Hennie Blum.
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Mrs. Dr. Alexander is quite sick, but not serious.
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Capt. K. R. Adams, of Nobles Lake, is visitor today.
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Farmer T NJ Phillips, of Altheim- CT, is in the city today,
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Mir " L. Dewoodey has returned hume alter q business trip to
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A Sure Ad.

''Haye We Lad q protest from any ora recently?P asked tho sultan as he lit g fresh cigarette.
 "No your Iaajegty," replied the grand yizier.
 No nation has deigned to cry out against ths continuance Of the Otte. man ampire:9 said tho sultan. scowling.
 "Eona, your highness. ?
 "Fhen have some moro Armeniar7 ! killed at once. [ VIII not Do neglea, in this shameful manner. - Lcnd1l Fun.
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Dr. c. o. Hankison is a visitor to the city today.
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Mrs. D. II. Rousseau is critically ill.
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About the Same.

By the way, where is the major nowadays?9 asked the mutual friend
 "Ho is il an institution for the treat ment of the feeele minded. said the colonel. with trace Of acrilnony in his
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Memphis
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tFiom We6 nesday's Dany.)
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Mr J Y Tucker is a prominent pIanter-visitor to the city today