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The Brinkley argus. (Brinkley, Ark.) 1883-current, 1898-06-16
FROM MONROE STATION.

Jim Thomas (the peddler) was
here Monday.
DR.. Geo. D. Gray, Of Blackton,
was here Sunday.
w. D. Dixon and v. T. Smith
were in Brinkley Saturday.
Dave Holland has left our city,
possibly to log somewhere else.
We learn that there will be a
wedding soon on the upper end Of
the Ridge.
A hne rain fell on last Saturday
and Sunday which was very much
needed.
r. w. Pledger can beat any
man IN Monroe county killing
squirrels
W. G. Jones, one OF Blackton's
'hustling business men, was here
this week.
Dwight Knifin is hauling con-
siderable timber for his mill just
now.
/ Miss Julia Paisley, Of Brinkley,
is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Ollie
Morris.
Our city has one more resident
in John Camp, who moved from
". 4. Smiths farm.
Labor is rather scarce just now
and farmers are needing consider
able work done in this section.
Our minstrel club gave q free
entertainment on last Friday
night which was o success in every
way.
There is q bowling success at J (.
w. Deshazo's. Joe thinks he
will call him Dewey or Hobson.
Joe is all smiles just now.
Well, c., the answer to one OF
your questions will be found in
second Chronicles 9th chapter 7th
verse. If am permitted to ans
wer, / will answer the other.
The Queen Of Sheba gave Solo
mon hundred and twenty tai
ents of gold. How much would
that be in U. S. money!
Childrens' day was observed at
Owen Chapel Sunday AID a sool
attendance from Blackton, Brink
ley and Holly Grove. w. M,
Hawkins and Mrs. Lily Hinton
were down from Brinkley. DR..
Geo. D. Gray, Mr.. and Mrs. a. NJ.
Dunlap and Willie Barker, from
Blackton. The exercises were
splendid aud the dinner grand.
BILL.
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CHURCH NOTES.

ST. LUKES EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Services every Sunday morning
at ii o'clock and Sunday school
at ten o'clock. Regular services
by the Rector, Rev. E. j. P. VIII
liams, every 3rd Sunday morning
and evening.
E. }. P. Williams,
Pastor.
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LOCAL..

IF G. Lloyd is IN Lee county
looking after his farming inter-
ests.
-R. Elicit Palmer is improving
after several weeks sickness, we
are glad to say.
Mr.. and gsC. F. Greenlee
visited in Ljtts Rock the latter
part of laskweek.
--MM Mamie Mitchell, OF
Hunter, visited IN the city, the
guest.of Miss Cora Crutchmer, the
past week.
Mrs. Will Neagle. nee Hen
ME Cargill, of Thornton, is in the
city visiting her sister, Mrs. A.
ID. Brooks.
Hon. C. F. Greenlee has been
confined to his bed several days
Of this week by sickness, but is
up at his post Of duty again.
Miss Katie cannon, one of
Blackton's sweeteA young ladies,
was IN the city tbs week the guest
of her uncle, Maj. Jno. G. Palmer.
Mrs. BenaH Jack Ind daughter,
Miss Sara, return Monday from
Little Rock whar6 they went to at
tend the funeral Of Judge Murphy.
Mrs. w. S. Mccullough is at
home again after several weeks
visit to her old home at Mllledge-
vile, Ga. She is much improved
in health. =
The Brinkley School Board
will meet on Saturday night and
will elect teachers then for the
Brinkley schools for the ensuing
year. Numerous are the appi-
cations.
Mrs. v. E. Sumpter and
children are at home again after
a delightful visit to Mariana rel
atives. Of course Doc is not
looking SO much like lost sheep.
Capt. W. sAMcCdflough is in
Washington, D &c, where he
went as Supge6e Representative
from the Arkansas Grand Lodge,
K. of II.
The ladies of st. Luke's Epis-
copal Guild were entertained on
Tuesday afternoon at the hospit-
able home of Mrs. Frederick T..
Sapp, and the refreshments
served, characteristic, especially
that cake and cream. "A SAMPLER.
Our clever friend, g. w.
Bratton. of Blackton, was in the
city Tuesday evening, accompan-
led by his pretty little daughter,
Miss Lula Belle, to meet his step
son, j. f. Thompson, who has
been attending school at the Uni-
versity at Fayetteville for the past
year.
DR.. NJ. ~ Stinson, the old
reliable dentist hvssst-wssaa-at
Fscnest-AsiIas, is in Brinkley
again. Gs-saslv--t0 soc him III
you rvally want that dental work
done that y0aheve been postpon-
ling so long Thes6rst thing you
know, the dentist wlA be gone
Iord xyo,, will crrolxy NAOMI vyn,,v
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BRIlkLEY
HAS
Over 5000 Inhabitants.

Over 1900 InnaDltants.
Four competing lines Of
railroads-more than any
other city or town IN Ark
ansas.
A large Cotton Oil mill
railroad machine shops, car
works and big lumber mills.
Ice factory, two stave
factories, a tannery, gins,
and otherminor Industries.
Beautiful streets lighted
by Arc Electric lights.
A Fine new Public
school building.
More good people to the
square inch than any
other city of the same size
on earth.
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METHODIST.

1st Sunday, filed by Rev. 7
FL. Howard.
End and 4th Sundays by tho
Pastor, Rev. Graham.
3rd filed by Rev. 7. j. Brickell.
Regular services Of Sunday
School and Epworth League Sum
day at usual hours. Come.
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HOLLY GROVE NEWS

Messrs Reid and MoAllister
we're in H. g. Sunday.
Miss Maggie Sawyer, Of Claren-
don, is here attending the normal.
Miss julia Paslay, Of Brinkley,
Is in II. G. attending the normal.
]. M. Kerr LETT last week to be
!, gone several weeks selling frnit
trees,
W. C. Swift spent Sunday down
at the Bay with his friend, L. 2.
Haynie. ~
~ Rev. Joe johnson went. to. Ray
lnond Sunday to fill his sregular
appointment out there
Misses Pauline snde derson and
Earl Underwood alnited 81: ~. one
day last week. ii y "A d
Il fHf9
Miss Mamie Wy1eusr of Van
Buren,, is hare on asvisit ito her
cousin, Miss Nova Taylor.
Sheriff jackson and John Davis
passed through II. q. Saturday
enroute to Indian Bay on business.
\ Z 81 vi
Several Of the Clarendonites
we're down to. attend the K. Of P.
suppere last Tuesday night, June
7th.
Miss Valley Robinson. of Lam
berton, spent part Of last week in
d. G. visiting her friend, Miss
Boyce.
Rev. j. X. Farris and wife re-
turned home Saturday from Mar
veil, after spending several days
with friends.
Prof. T. E. Helm spent Satur-
day and Sunday in Clarenpon, re-
turning to Il. @. Monday NOR
ming to attend the normal.
Judge Harrison, of Pine Blnff,
was over to attend the supper and
deliver very interesting address
to the Knights, which was ap-
preciated very much.
Miss Katie Gamfon went to
Clarendon Saturday to visit her
friend, Miss Maud Mllwee, who
has been visiting relatives in
Texas for several months.
Miss Nova Taylor, one Of III.
US. charming young ladies, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs.
DR.. A. T. Mcmillan, in Little
Rock, returned home last Monday
afternoon.
Miss Matte Richardson, who
has been visiting her cousins,
Kisses Lamberts, returned to her
bone in Devalls Bluff, last Sat-
aqay, after spending several
seeks III Il. g.
The X. of p. gave q supper
uesday night, June 7th Il was
Drtalnly success in every way.
mink they made 0no hundred
20 thirty-seven dollars. The
oaquet which was sold TOR forty
e dollars and ninety-five cents,
= presented by tho knights to
ass Daisy Boyce, for being the
ost popular young lady in H. g..
With much success to the ARGUS
ID its. force.
THIsBE.
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BUCKLEN'S A~~s"s ak5SxE.
THE BEST SAA-
wcrId for Cuts, Bruis,
Ulcers, Salt Rhenm, Fever
letter, Chapped Hands, CHI.
lains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, aud positively cures Piles,
or no pay required. It is guarsn-
teed to give perfect satisfaction OK
money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. FOR SALE BY G. 81.
Paslay.
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MORE FROM HOLLY GROVE

Awful hot all last week.
Good showers last Saturday and
Sunday, which were much needed.
Crops all in good fix. There
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CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN.
Rev. H. D. Kennedy, Pastor.
Sunday school at 9:45 a. n
Preaching IL o'clock 4. n. and
&c o'clock p. m.
Christian Endeavor Sunday
afternoon at 2:30. Come.
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BAPTIST

BAPTIST.
Services 1st and 4rd Sundays
by Pastor, Rev. S, L. Holloway.
Sunday School every Sunday
morning, A. Flora, Supt.
Union prayer meeting on We'd
nesday nights.
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CATHOLIC,

CATHOLlC.
i Services inlthe Catholic church
every Sunday in the year except
the second Sunday in each month
by Father A. Demurger.
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DARK CORNER RAYS.

The following letter came too
late for publication last week.
Thellocust continue. to sing.
Some sickness in the Corner
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q. a. r. MEETING

Alvin p. Hovey Post No. los,
meets first Saturday Of each
month. at Brickell's Hall.
VIZ u M.N,.lfor.s.ln fsassass
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ZENT ARGUSITES.

HI. G..
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-02-27

Twin together: but they couldn't stand
it no way. So they separated again.
only this time he kept the instrument
of tOrter, and she took the table.
well, this worked pretty we'll She
ate off the marble-tOp table, and he
played all he wanted to- They lived SO
for most six months
They'd quarreled together so much
that l S'pose they thought consider Bile
of one another. Anyway, they tried
Twin together again, and made it work
all right finally"
How'd they manager"
We'll, they eat off of the table, but
they have a felt coverin' and a table
cloth over it; and he only plays on the
bass viOl when she's away, or in the
morning when she's doin' her work
And on her birthday he gives her a
nice new tablecloth, and they eat off Of
the bare table.
And on his birthday she gives him a
new set of strings and lets him play
till midnight if he wants to.
I'm that way they get on together as
slick as a mitten."
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This statement took away the breath
of the court. The silence was unbroken
for full minute; then the chief Phoon-
eye said: "Hpo Thit is telling lies; he
has hid it. We must swear HIM"
YES" said the deputy commissioner,
''he must make oath to that, for.things
were better done judicially."
He ordered the clerk 20 swear him on
the oalm-leaf Burmese Bible.
NO, Thakine," said the priest, in
terruDting, "he is not q disciple OF
Buddha He is a jungle man. and we
must swear him on IA branch of the
leDDan."
But after the oath it was the same
the red stone was in the police Tina
kine's body
y think it is the truth" said the dep
uty commissioner.
1T is true" said the priests, land the
police Thakine must give up the
Beda.''
We'll. we'll see what c1n be done in
the matter" answered the deputy COM
missioner; and Hpo Thit was remanded
to await developments.
by Jove." said the surgeon, when he
heard about it, that accounts for the
internal thing taking that corkscrew
course"
you'll have to get it out of him some
way" said the deputy commissioner,
for it is worth about two lakhs of ru-
PEGS, and, besides. it won't be healthy
for VALENTINE to live in Burmah with
the eye of a Buddhist god in him.
Look here, Grey said the surgeon,
Il am jiggered if probe for the cursed
thing again. I nearly let Valentynes
life out of him the other day for fear of
poisonous consequences. for l thought it
was slug. But if it's a good clear-cut
ruby it will probably never hurt him,
and I'm not going to take any chances"
The deputy commissioner was in de-
spair. The Phoongyes. headed by their
archbishop, haunted his office and his
bungalow night and day. clamoring for
the ruby, for their sacred .Beda," for
the eye of their Buddhist god.
But the surgeon was obdurate.
VALENTINE is a friend of mine" he
said. and I'm not going to murder him
to please any yellow robed Phoongye.
! wouldn't do it even if he were
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What did he want of the bass viOl?'
1.-The land knowsl He used to hear
her first husband play on it, and-weIl,
1 s'pOse he got kind of lonesome and
wanted something for company. That
all l can think on to account for it,
You couldn't say he ever got any music
out of it.
We'll. they got married, and after
that. every night you'd hear the old
bass viol gruntin' and grOanin' away
enough to give you the nightmare
That's where the trouble began.
She declared that he played the old
thing so late nights that she was broke
of her rest; and most of the neighbOrs
could feel for her there; but he told
her she'd no need to listen if she didn't
like the sound.
In sech cases there's most always
another side to the quarrel, and there
was to this. 1t was the tablet
What do you s'pose that woman had
done? She always was as odd as the
hills. She took a notion to use that
marble-top for dinin' table. My
table cloths. is most wore OUT she
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80 THE EYE OF A GOD. o.
BY W. A. FRASER.

Copyright, 1898. by w. A. Fraser)
When the strong arm of the law
reached out for Meung Ouray and gath
cred in Hpo Thit instead, it was this
way:
The gray Burmese night was thick
when Hpo Thit glided like snake up
the steps of the police bungalow, and
told VALENTINE, the superintendent, that
Moung Ouroy had opium-many balls
of it-hidden away in his house.
When he spoke of Moung Ouray, Val
entyne started little. for Ouray was
Mi Mra's brother. and Mi Mira she was
but this is a, story of Hpo Thit-
How do you know of the opium?'
asked VALENTINE. Did you put the
beastly stuff there yourself, and then
come to cacl1Ie of the eggs of your own
laying?'
No, sir. Abdul, who is a dog of a
Mussulman, saw Moung Ouray take it
off the 'freboat' which goes up the
river"
Did Abdul, who is a Mussulman, see
where Ouray hid the opium
mo, sir; but will not a Burman put
his jewels in the strong box that he
keeps near his bed?'
There was a soft rustic just beyond
the plated bamboo wall, close behind
Valentyne's head. 1t was the soft rustic
of silk as Mi MIRA wrapped the lemon
colored scarf about her throat ana
slipped like a gentle shadow down the
back steps of the bungalow
VALENTINE gave a toss in his chair and
coughed long and Justify. That was dip
Iomatic, for jungle men, like Hpo Thit,
have sharp ears.
In and out among the mangoe trees
the girls slight figure fitted, as she
sped swiftly through the grove toward
Moung Ourays little bamboo house.
THE Thakine, who makes Mi MIRA
laugh. asked Hpo Thit, if he had laid
the eggs in brothers box. Perhaps he
did; we shall see-ha, ha. ha"' and her
teeth, which were pink from the juice
of the supari, CLEANED like coral beads.
VALENTINE pondered for few mo-
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have the ruby out of VALENTINE. even
If it costs him his life.'
Then the Phoongyes got up mon
strous petition, signed by all the Budd-
hists, living and dead, in the whole
Burman empire. 1t was cleverly word
ed, having been drawn up by young
Burman barrister. who was the gold
medalist of his year in England.
The petition was to be forwarded to
the viceroy through the chief commits
sioner, and prayed that the superin-
tendent of police, VALENTINE, should be
delivered over to them. that they might
regain the most sacred relic in all the
Buddhist empire.
They were willing to pay an indem-
nifty to his family, but the ruby they
must have.
For time it looked rather blue for
VALENTINE. for the viceroy was a man
who had great ideas about the rights
of the natives; in fact. he went in for
it very much as a baboo plays lawn
tennis-without much science in the
game, but with his whole soul and
ponderous body dead on the ball.
The papers at home took it up. and a
nice gentleman one evening at Exeter
hall pointed out to the 3. p. that evil
IDENTIFY it was another case of oppres-
sion of the poor native. One of their
temples had been desecrated; one of
their most sacred idols violated; a
jewel, to which they attributed mirac-
ulous powers, stolen. and the jewel was
now in the possession of one of the
government superintendent of police.
There was a cock-and-bull story, he
said, about IL having been shot into
his body, but even If it were so, they
could not set a whole nation of Budd-
hists by the ears. for the sake of one
man. In common honesty they must
give the Jewel up, and if this man
couldn't part with it. why he would
have to go with it, that was all.
The viceroy seemed inclined to look
at ii in this light. too. and ii really
seemed awkward for VALENTINE.
In the meantime, a civil suit to re-
cover the value of the ruby had been
instituted in the courts in general, and
VALENTINE in particular.
Luckily for VALENTINE, the secretary
of state was hard-headed man. not
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says to me, so I use this table, and it
saves lots of work; 1 think it's real
pretty, too
But he didn't like that cold marble
to eat off Of. and you can't blame him
for that. He said the dishes clattered
on it, and ii was so cold it made him
catch cold. She told him he needn't put
his elbows on the table if he didn' [
like the feeling; and it wasn't genteel.
anyway. And that's the way they had
it. back and forth.
Finally, one, night, he'd played IN
usually long, and 1 s'pose the poor
woman had got ali out.Of patience. She
packed up her things and carried 'em
over to her house. She had to make
three or four trips. and the last one
she logged that big bass viol home.
They lived SEPT rate that way for
most a month. and then they tried
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BONES OF CONTENTION.
A MoNoLeuE.

How'd they come to get married in
the first place? Mercenary motives? %
Well. I don't s'pose you'd hardly
say airy one on 'em married for money
exactly. l allus sized it up about this
way: She married him for marble
top table. and he married her for bass
viol that belonged to her first hus-
band"
Was he a bachelor?'
''Oh. law, yesl And his own house
keeper for years before he married her.
They lived opposite one another. and
she used to, go over once in awhile and
slick up for him.
That's how she come to fall in love
with the table. 1t was a great ark of a
thing. and heavy as lead, but she
thought it was beautiful"
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A Gradual Chance

Elk: A Kentuckian who moved from
place to place and at last landed in west
ern Texas. was asked If he liked the
place. He answered: There was once
a man who moved from Kentucky to
Nebraska. from Nebraska to Arizona.
from Arizona to Texas. and then he died
and went to he'll. but the change so
gradual he never noticed it,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-06-26
TWO ST0MACHS.
The Upper For the Proteids and the
Lower For the Greater Part
of the Food

1t is an interesting study to observe
how the digestion of food is accom-
plished. The greater part of vegetable
food is starch, and this is never digest
ed in the stomach proper, nor is it eff
fected by the pepsin in the upper
stomach.
Starch "a carbo-hydrate) is passed
out of the stomach into the duodenum
or second stomach. and there treated
by the pancreatic juices, when, in time,
a microscopic fungi is grown from a
part of the grain, if that has been
eaten, and these elements, with mois-
ture, heat and time, transform the
starch into gTape-Sugar, which is the
first act of digestion.
The processes are duplicated in an
artificial or mechanical way in the
manufacture of Grape Nuts, the new
breakfast food made by the Postum
Cereal company, Linn, of Battle Creek,
Mich.
In this food one finds the delicate,
sv eet taste of grape-sugar, and when
eaten it viii be found TO quickly digest
and fatten and strengthen the entire
ho6y.
It's especial mission is to nourish and
rebuild the brain and nerve centers-
A certain definite feeling OF strength
AMI stamina comes to the individual
after few days use of Grape-Nuts at
breakfast.
Being a condensed food, one does
not require more than three to five tea
spoonfulis at a meal, which is worth
considering from an economical stand
point.
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nine furlongs pole, Pink Coat, Warren
ton and Isabey, who had been slow to
get in motion, attending him. Martin
called on his mount three furlOngs
from home, and he drew away from the
field. apparently an easy winner.
Mirthful shut up like a clam when
pinched, but Caywood made one Of
his stretch strides, and it was nip and
tuck to the last sixteenth, Martins
riding landing the horse a winner. Re
suits:
First Race (the Renewal, one mile).-
Macy won, The Devil second, David
Tenny third. Time-1:4415.
Second Race (six furlongs).-Ben Ha-
dad won, Traverser second, Whitcomb
third. Time-1:17 1-3.
Third Race american derby, so, 600
added. mile and a halD.-Pink Coat,
127 CIV. Martini. to 1 and to 5, won;
Warrenton, 122 (Caywood), 10 to 1 and
3 to 1, second; Isabey, 122 (Knapp),
to l. third. Time-2:42A. Mirthful
Bannockburn, indian and Eva Rice
also ran.
Fourth Race (mile and a sixteenth).-
Hugh Penny won, Brawlad second, Al
avado II third. Time-1:50.
Fifth Race four and one-half fur
longs).-Jinks won, Queen OF Song sec
ond, Josephine B third. Time-:57%.