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EFFECT OF coLoRs.
It Should Be Studied We'll Before a
 HOuAc In DRp0rafed

There are colors that are refreshing
 and broadening, others that absorb flight and give boxed-up appearance 10
 a room, others that make room with q bleak northern exposure, or with no ex- posture at all, appear bright and cheer
 full; some that make room appear
 warm, some that make it cold The thermometer seems to fall six degrees when. you walk into blue
 room. Yellow is an advancing color; therefore, u room fitted up in yellow will appear smaller than it is. On the other hand, blue offa certain
 shade introduced generously into a
 room will give an idea of space. Red
 makes no difference in regard to size.
 Green makes very little.
 If bright. sunny room gets its light from space obtruded upon by rnsset- colored or yellow-painted houses, or
 else looks out upon stretch of green grass. it should be decorated in color very different from the shade chosen if
 the light comes from only an unbroken expanse of sky.
 Red brings out in room whatever
 hint of green turks in the composition
 of the other colors employed.
 Green needs sunlight ia develop the yellow in it-and make ii seem cheerful. If olive or red brown he nsea in con- l junction with mahogany furniture the effect is very different from what it
 would be if blue were used Blue would
 develop the tawny orange lnrking in
 the mahogany.
 If a ceiling is to be made higher. leave 1 it light. that if may appear to recede. Deepening the color used on the cell l ing would make it Rower-an effect
 desirable if the room is small and the
 ceiling very high. Various tones ot
 yellow are substitutes for sunlight | IJpholSterer
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THE HERoN'S NEST.

Down in the sedge by the river That flows from the south to the west, By the iris blue pennants, a-quiver, There buiided a heron her nest. With hay from the lowland meadow, With twig from the forest tree, With moss from the woodland shadow, She wrought it cunnngly. Then. with mother love, she brooded above, And-hark! to the children three. In vaporous wreaths to the sky The heron, her wings unfurling, Went forth from her childern's cry. When the lamps, she said. "of Heaven Shall burn OCT the land and the sea, In the cool of the dewy even To my home I will hasten me-" Then, in search of food. went she from her
 brood,
 And-alas. for the children three The eve was fled, and the stars had burned
 them
 Adown to their sockets edge. The dawn was chill. and the nestlings
 turned them
 In lone unrest in the sedge. But home no more came the heron ever From over the land and the sea: Through the even song, and the dawning,
 never
 In all the years came she; For the bullet had sped, and the heron
 dead Lay-afar from the children three. Emma M. Long. in N. Y. Independent
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To yyhiten the K

A homely set of teeth will spoil <. < prettiest mouth ever fashioned after Cupid's bow string. On the other hand, q commonplace face becomes positive ly attractive when the lips open and dis close two rows of clean, well-kept worries They need not be Ike ,lenti- frice advertisements. says an cxchapge. and the ''pcarls" of the old-fasbioned heroine are in this practical age but lightly esteemed Rut therp< must he about the well groomed mouth whole some. cleanly look. Precipitated chalk will keep the teeth in fine condition. Have a box of it always on your toilet stand, and see what it will do towards freshening up dingy mouthful of feafh
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had rise 5eu,ssx
 aside his covering.
 chime, itself well proportione1 10 the largeness of the task, moved slowly along the margin of the grain field, unt raveling the blanket in strips 20 feet wide. This modern evolution of the sickleand the flailcutthe grain, threshed it, put it into sacks. and scattered the straw. Forty mules. eight abreast, tugged and sweated at their task as they dragged the machine upon the long slope. \ cloud of protesting locusts in front, dust and chaff cloud following these with the four men of the crew were all the life and all the movement within the prospect.
 This is q fine morning-I don't think" said the man at the water-butt, putting his head into bucketful. 'Is that breeze never a-coming? I've seen the sand-augers down the valley for al hour"
 Hand me up q can of that stuff and don't get inpatient replied the driver. "It is only about ten o'clock. You'll have chance to sizz.e, for an hour yet" ]"
 The machine groaned and numbered along to the next corner, where q halt gave the kicker d chance to resume: Say, is this place actually hotter than every other place?'
 "Oh, I don't know," was the re- joinder; "but know vou wila think So wherever this
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: THE PROMOTER. /! } By G. B. Dunham.
~e~o~e1~oo~o~e~e~

HE SCHEME of the California Con-
 solidated Ditch company com prised a dam across mountain stream, q storage reservoir, a canal several miles in length curving around the base of a granite butte, and farmers galore upon the subjaeent plain. The com pany was capitalized at s1 1,000,Go0, and it's sole assets consisted of articles of in corporation, office furniture, and pro- moter. This may seem high inventory value for a promoter, but a good one is worth it, and this man certainly had his work cut out for him.
 With an empty treasury, it became necessary to reverse the rule obtaining in similar engineering operations of be- ginning at the head of the works, and to secure first the land, secondly the set tiers, and lastly the water. The lands included in this proposition were in use as grain fields and sheep ranges, and as such were valued at but q few dol lars per acre. With water for irrigation, they could be subdivided into ten-acre fruit farms and sold for 2o-fold their present value. The problem before the promoter was to buy these lands With out money, 10 sell them without water. and to get rich from a commission of 15 per cent. The company's problem was to build the irrigation works out of the proceeds of land sales, and to pay for the land later from money received for water tolls. The promoters instruc- tions were Biblical: What thou hast to do, do aal;c,,.. Y, lor..r me
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 day; "that is, if we can ma1ss4 here .''
 'sThere are twenty ways of doing that" he answered; land the man said the orchard would be productive in three years"
 "But the water?" she questioned. "Oh, the superintendent is sure the canal will be finished before next spring, and he says that can have work with the construction force all winter.'
 Two years later the bubble had burst and the canal company was hopeless lyinsolvent. lthad furnished much work and little pay to Fred and to a hundred other settlers as unsophisticafed as he The canal was ineomplete; not drop of water had ever reached the parrbed soil upon the little knoll they called their home. Even the customary rainy season had failed them, and the effort to raise a crop of grain upon their small holding had resulted only in loss of la Dor and Of seed. The wife had been hopeful and helpful untilthe baby came to the cabin for little time and thence to neighboring cemetery. Now she was very i'll, and Fred was impover- ished.
 The old farmer had foreclosed on his blan' mortgage, and already with
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FRAME FOR BRIDAL PARTY.

should De chiefly of gilt, oil the life ground. q touch of color being giicn jy Il dainty I,iiils, blue or green. forming the main decoration en tifezto of e.lcF oval (cXccpi lsc central ones), aisd out li-cd with gilt, as also are the broken .iaes of the mosaic pattern.
 The &arolconic wreaths arc of cuHrse ih., color used ill the other decorations The heading about the central open ings is also gilt.
 4 pretty variation of this design may consist Of vine of leaves, forget-ine- nots. pink rosebuds, or any flower de sired, inclosing the rim of the oval, which latter still remains gilt, the flowers being added to the design as it now appears,
 When the painting is fiuished the DOT traits should be glued into position, and the whole framed in rassepartout, the glass being securely held by a linen tape, which, when bound about the edge. lasts longer than paper and may be either left white or glded to match the rest of the design.
 On the back, which should be of thin bristol board, fasten with loops of the linen fape, two little brass rings to hang the frame by, and ask all the mem- hers Of the group to place their auto graphs in this space, and in this way may he obtained a pretty. durable and exceedingly inexpensive souvenir of 8 happy occasion. If more elaborsY frame ie desired the same general I si,n may be reproduced in cmbrodeiet' using gold thread instead of gi!tPrg and working upon white satin by the tssae's gown if possible. S stanley, in i.eaisville ConrisssS
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Keep the saucepan Covered.

The contents of . saucepan should never cook. unless the recipe expressly states to the contrary, without q cover over them. Not only is the stcaming usually beneficial to the article in ques- ton. but when that steam is allowed 10 fil' the kitchen it harms the walls and furniture. Moreover. it imparts that smell of cooking, not to the one room, but more or less to the whole house, which is so disagreeable and Is what is often graphically, if somewhat unkind- ly called, "the boarding house odor."
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ditch around the side cf that butte, ana. anc5her garden of Eden b.osscining out right here where we are standing!"
 "Oh!v said the oiler.
 "Oh, the deuce!" said the kicker.
 The promoter went to big eastern city and opened, an office on busy street. Conspicuous signs announced cheap and fertile irrigated lands in the golden west. Few in the passing crowds noticed. but many saw, the win dows dressed with tempting fruits. Some entered. the office. Baxter street methods are not available in the real estate business, but once inside his doors our promoter asked odds of no dealer and, rarely failed of interesting and convincing those who crossed his threshold. His forte was frankness. A plump and healthy-looxing man. with nothing sinister about him except ! habit of looking out at his customers from under half-closed eyelids, he re- ceived them without effusion and opened upon them in this manner:
 Fruits in the window raised on our lands? Certainly not Our lands have no improvements whatever upon them. That's why we offer them so cheap $50 per acre. and half on time. But look at this map. Right here is our property. Just seven miles north is Highgrove, the famous orange colony. these specimens were grown there. Land worth $500 an acre. Ten miles west of us is Colside--finest decidmous land, except ours, in the state. These cherries and apricohs grew there. Come in next week and see the early peaches from that section. We combine thu advantages of both these communities Level, fertile land pure mountai, water. We can raise anything on earth Why has our tract not been improved before? Because it takes large capita to bring the water to it. We are capi- talized at one million and can get more if we need it. Here, take a copy of our prospectus-and, hold on, just fill your pockets with fruit, and when you get home tell your wife of this chance we are offering people to secure home and a profitable business in the fruit belt of California. at a nominal cost We raise the price to $2Oe per acre next month. If you buy before you start you get one-half your transportation
 Among many who hearts this siren song was young drug clerk, lately married, who was looking about for something better than the living af- fortedl by his present employment. After several visits to the land agent he one night astounded his wife with the announcements that he had,bought ten acres of California land and haa given up his place in the store tog west. She cried a.little--women are s deficient in enterprise, so fearful of th ] new and untried-but early autumn ] saw the plan carried out.
 It was in the month of Septembes : that Fred Fisher and his wife first saAs their California fruit farm.
 among the first arrivals ili
 -''d the big field Ra
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GROTHE'S BREAD.

Remember that it is cheaper to buy that fine, nutritious Crean, Bread of Grothe's, than it is to cook your own bread.
 Fresh Cookies, Cakes and pies always on hand. Ont of town orders promptly filled.
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wedding party has been more eXredient than the one with the greater nulaEcr of participants.
 The frame is very simply matle. on . piece of wafer color paper Of any size preferred, the oyals being first earefnl- ly drawn in position and the ,!ccora- tions then put in place. This latter
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PICTURE FRAMES.

Largest Stock, LOWEST PRICES. Embroidery frames nonnted for a trifle. Fancy Moulding for home decoration delivered to read. CTS of this ad at wholesale prices.
 LADAvnzE $ Go. 236 Main St.
 Memphis, Tenn. 2-15.
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RU GOING TOLITTLE ROCKi

If you contemplate a trip to Little Rock to attend Madi Gras it will pay you to read the Lit tie Rock Shopping Guide. Something there that will surely interest you.
 The ARGUS vouches for every one of the well known firms rep resented there, and if you are going to buy away from home it sciN pay you to patronize them.
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SENSIBLE REVIVAL
Old-Fashioncd LlrcssinG Table Sets
 Are in VOEnc How.

Old-Fashioncd HrcssinE Table Sets
 Are in vOgnc Row.
 It is feared that the day of silver toilet articles is going out, and that of the old silk and satin ones coming back. Some of the finest shop windows show pincushions, scrap boxes and boxes, all made of pasteboard, covered with silk and chiffon in the old though useless way. These take the place of the silver pin tray. he silver cup and the silver box, which has been feature of the dressing table for he last two years.
 The pincushion that is coming in is square and stuffed very hard. It is covered with heavy satin, over which embroidered chiffon of pale yellow or lilac is tightly drawn. It is trimmed with rutHe of the chiffon, caught with
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he action of the Democratic party
 ~For photograph work of all
 nds go to see Baker, at the
 hughan old stand.
 Wood Paisley, of Forrest City
 as in Brinkley Sunday,
 FEC. Brown and son paid
 larendon a visit Sunday.
 -Col. D. c. York of Cotton
 liant visited the city Monday,
 -C. H. Myers and family have loved to town for the summer.
 R. w. Pledger and wife were the city Monday, shopping.
 MT. F. Carmody, Bowling sreen, Ky. is guest of relatives.
 -Jno. T. Orr, of Clarendon, Eas a recent visitor to the city.
 The infant child of Edgar Me freight is quite i'll this week.
 Commercial traveller D. C. Harrington spent Sunday in the |ity.
 -Geo. Durham, of Hunter. was h the city the first of the week on business.
 ID. H. Gideon, of Dark Cor her, was a guest of friends Mon bay. -R. w. Payne of Wheatley made a business trip to Brinkley Ehis week.
 Mrs. ". D:-G |Gsas VI enter. lain the Rainbow Club Monday Feb. Fist.
 MT. John Hurst of keeyll Township paid our city g visit Tuesday.
 Steve Boardman, of Claren-l don, paid g business trip to Brink ley Saturday.
 -J. c. Cain, one of Monroe's leading citizens was in the city Monday on business.
 For photograph work of all kinds go to see Baker, at the old Vaughan stand.
 Rev. T. A. Clagett, passed through our city Monday enroute' from Cotton Plant to Lonoke.
 Merchant Henry Wolf was in Forrest City yesterday on busi- ness.
 Rufus Anderson and w. IL. Brookes were over from Wheat ley today.
 -Dr. J. H. Dye returned to the city early in the week. See notice of appointments elsewhere.
 Miss gs}lle Simmons, of Mo lCrory, is guest of her brother, T. c. Simmons. z
 Mrs. E. c. Brown spent sev- eral days last week in Clarendon visiting relatives.
 MT. and Mrs. w. R. Williams of McCrory are guests of T, c Simmons and family, -P. A. Galispie and family, o1 Hunter, were in the city Monda, visiting friends and relatives. c. H. Paslay hal been a severe sufferer this week from neuralgia of the face. Mrs. Fred and Miss Minnie Neely, of Wheatley, were shop ping in the city yesterday. >x-Master Harry Norman is thu proud owner of pretty new blus Ajax bicycle.
 We rejoice to sec our brigh
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YOUNG MAN WAITED.

To open branch office in Brink. ley. Address at once.
 STAR TAILoRs, 5l5 Main St. Little Rock, Ark.
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FINE LAND FOR RENT.

One hundred acres fine land, 13 miles south of Brinkley. in good settlement, for rent or. on the shares. Apply to
 J. P. SMITH. Say you saw it in the ARGUS.
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Chocolate Biscuit.

Chocolate biscuits are a novelty for a luncheon and are delicious when care fully prepared. Break six eggs, sep arating the whites and yollss the yollSs half ~cs-44 sugar ar
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eAAAo VVChs
 Hon. H. A. Parker, a prom nent attorney of Clarendon. was in our city this week on business
 Rev. w. NJ. Womacls. , prominent citizen of Blackton visited the city first of the week
 Services at the Episcopal church on Sunday morning at II o'clock, conducted by A. Gordon Robinow.
 1T-J. W. Carter, Lem Evans and other prominent young planters, from Cypress Ridge were in the city yesterday shopping. l -Miss Carrie Kelly will leave Monday for her home in Memphis after delightful visit to her many Brinkley friends. Mrs. A. J. Gashen and son will leave this week for New Orleans to attend Mardi Gras and visit relatives.
 Rev. H. D. Kennedy has re- turned and will hold services Sun day Il a. m. and 7:15 p. m. at the c. P. church. All cordially invited.
 Hon. c. F. Greenlee accom-. panied by A. J. Vaccaro Esq, went to Clarendon Tuesday behind one of Simmons & Co.'S. swiftest teams.
 Our clever and appreciated old friend John Gum, of Mem- phis, was in the city last week looking after his extensive busi- ness interests here.
 Friends of Wiley Jimerson are glad to see him on the street agaln after so serious an accident as he recently had in the loss of an arm at the Oil Mill.
 -Robyno and Davis travelin g elocutionists will give an enter tainment on Monday night next for the benefit of the Episcopal church. Local talent will assist.
 -J. w. Terry, c. s. Belsher and ". F. Underwood, of Mar yell and Poplar Grove, were in the city Tuesday en route to How ell where they expect to open up a big store.
 ER. E. Palmer, one of Brink ley's promising young men, has opened feed store in the build ing next to Grothe's bakery. We wish him success in the enter prise.
 IS. A. Moore, | young attor. ney of Searcy has moved to Brink ley and will henceforth make his home here. Surely Brinkley does grow, scarcely an available resi- dence now in the city.
 Mrs. D. Wm. Grothe enter tained the ladies of St. Johns So- E; .:ss.z ,s;s ie ia g happy manner on ysssss ffrday afternoon. Elegant lunch Ion was served and the ARGUS force was kindly remembered by our big hearted neighbor, the hostess.
 Mrs. Wm. B. Folsom attend ed a meeting of the Executive Board of the A. F. w. Clubs at Little Rock, Friday and Saturday. The next convention will be at Hot Springs, April, 20, 2l, P. A fine program and meeting is all who attend.
 There is one thing dead sure if you want to reach the good people of Brinkley and Monroe county there is only one way to do it and that is through the OLD ARGUS, It costs more money to talk thro' the ARGUS but it pays to have the best If you want to talk to aU of the people.
 The subject for the c. E.. Society meeting, 2:3O Sunday at c. P. church will be Every Christian a missionary Acts Il Ill. Leader. Ars. I. Hartley. Each one is requested to bring some aem of interest on mission ary work or a verse from the Scripture relating to the cause. A shoit business meeting will be
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$1OO RE " ARD!

Will be. paid hy me for the arrest tim her oR my 1ands in Monroe, Lee and St.Fran c1s C0Smtie4.
 S-l.6m. Memphis, Tenn.
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Mrs. Dula of Mississippi was through the city, last week e- route to Little Rock and was a guest of Mrs. A. J. Gashen while in the city.
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FOR CONGRESS.

he ARcrs is authorized to announce the Hon.
 Brundridge of searcy u Candidate for rc cleo. 1 to Congress from this, the 9th district, subject khe action of the DeInOcratlc party.
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BRINKLEY FEED STORE,
 DEALERS IN. Hay. Corn, nran. 0ais. Chops and Cotton Seed Meal,
 Cement, Lime and Coal.
 Opposite Post Office, B BRINKLEY. ARK.

said the driver; "she game is q big. ditch around the. side cf that butte, amt ano5her garden of Eden b.osseining out right here where we are standing!'
 sOhl" said the oiler.
 s1Oh, the deuce!'' said the kicker.
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For the Bnby's Boudoir.

The newest convenience for the baby's boudoir is big-bowled. long handled spoon of yellow wood. The bowl is painting of scene from the land of fairies or nursery ditties. The classic COW performing her little aerial feat. Simple Simon. Little Boy Blue, Little Nan Ettycoat and other familiar perscnages ornament the bowl, whose curling edges make q frame for the gay little figures. All along tlH +Ts of the spoon are placed hra when it is faste~@'
 larger and
 the bact
 varv
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LOCAL.
Deal Gently
ANNOUNCEMEN ENTS.

he ARGUS is hereby authorized to anno unce B, Maloney as candidate for City MRfe hall,
 Eect to the action of the voters in the April kfi0n. he ARaus is hereby authorized to af1Spiice 2. Haynss as candidate for City Marshall, Iicct to the action of the voters in the April hiOn.
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Mrs. Madden, of Memphis, is in the city visiting her friend Mrs. D. Wm. Grothe.
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2-15
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-09-30
JOHN AND TOM.
John Wife Imagined That John Wa a
Wicked Man.

wicked Wan.
There was trouble in the house Of
Boland last evening-that Is. the broth
ers. John and Thomas Boland. who live
in the eastern part of the city. and the
wife of John wanted her husband ana
the wife Of Tom arrested and put i'm the
Jug" but she did not get her wish.
Mrs. Boland appeared at the police sta
ton about Z o'clock, in a very excited
frame Of mind. She wanted to know Il
there were any officers in town, ana
said If there were she had not peeh
able to find one. Detective Murphy in
ouired the woman's trouble and from
Mrs. Boland's statements was led 10
believe her husband was violating his
conjugal vows with n wife OF Tom,
and that when she interfered they had
both assaulted her. Detective Murphy
decided TO accompany Mrs. Boland TO
the house and investigate. On the way
she kept hedging a little at a time in re-
Spouse to his questions, till he became
convinced the story was largely imag-
mary. and on reaching the house of Tom
| found the trouble of a decidedly differ
ent nature.
The officer raped and Mrs. Bolano
came to the door, prepared TO give mel
caller a warm reception, evidently eX'
| pecti her sister-in-law. Wlth ont
hanu she opened the door and in tht
other she carried a stick of stove wood
The cudgel dropped to the floor very
suddenly when she recognized her callel
as a limb of the law. The officer founC
only the family of Tom in the house
and on inquiring the trouble was tol'
Mrs. John had kicked up a rumpus dur
ing a social call Of herself and husband
hut in reality there was very little II
the matter. as there had been nothinl
more serious occur than an exchange o
natirons impelled by more or less physi
cal force. No one had been hurt, now
ever. and John, siding with Mrs. Tom
had compelled his wife to leave IN
house. officer Murphy concluded theI'
was no occasion for arrests.