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 NciI-Ph hiIlips.

Invitations have been received in this city announcing the wedding of Miss Clara Neil and MT sam Phillips. which will take place in the First Methodist church at Batesville at high noon on January 3. Rev. J. M. Haw- ley, Of this city, will oficiate. Miss Neil is the daughter of ex-Congress man Robt. Neil, of Batesyille, and is a most charming and accomplished young lady Mir. Phillips is a promf- nent young business man at Newport. They will be at home to their friends at Newport after January 16.
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Lite Pendente.
UNCLE JACK

An article as sordid as it is diaboli- cal, appeared in the Commercial Fri. day in regard to the book agents. If was unjust, uncalled for and an at. tack upon defenseless woman. Parents all take unto yourselves these words imbibe them we'll. Let ad- Versity assail you, leaving widows with children to support and educate. , Widows and children placed by the cruel wheel of fate adrift on life,g turbulent sea, without pilot or com. pass, save the great love of the rather above, to giude and comfort them, whose sole support lies through their own exertions. Then lat your strength fail you for every walk III life, such as sewing, teaching cierking, etc, hwat would you do?
 An what would you do when con fronted 'sth the appalling thought that just lover the hill lies the poor house" Oh, friends, brothers. sisters all, take unto yourself this grewsarne thought and weigh it well. In conciu- sion, will say that each and every lady that I have called on has treated me With the profoundest respect. Will also state that canvassing and being out in the open air has proved a great paniascea- Nevertheless, I am forced to take Dr. Kings New Dis covery. Now to the. editor of said pa per will say that there is nothing disreputable in honest labor.
 MRS. ALICE D. ESTES. lit
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WAS HE SUCCESSFUL?
Mr. Keyser, the Street Railway Man,
 Again in the eity--That Franchise.

MT. w. H. Keyser, the Chicago elee- trie street railway promoter arrived in the city this, Sunday, morning from Memphis, via the Cotton Belt, but it being such late hour, the Graphic Representative was unable to inter- view him.
 Monday MT. Keyser's franchise ex- pres. If MT. Keyser fails to. make good his promise by twelve o'clock Monday night he will forfeit his franchise and Messrs. Udall and Crater will take hold of the enterprise and attempt to carry it through. If they are sue eessful they will relieve suffering public of the want of an electric street railway system and furnish bet ter lighted streets.
 Mir Keyser was expected to arrive in the city Saturday evening from Little Rock, but he failed to show up. A short time afterathe arrival of the Little Rock accommodation MT. Hugh E. Westbrood received the following telegram from .Mr. Keyser. from Mem phis Will arrive early Sunday via the Cotton Belt. Matters look we'll , Several days ago he sent MT Vest brook the following telegram: Re sponsible party will build railway complete. Take bonds for pay, if Pine Bluff will take part of the bonds"
 MT. Keyser= did not state that he had the proposed enterprise assured fl Pine Bluff and it is thought that he will again ask the city council te grant him further time It is hardly probable that the council will grant the request. if it is made, for the sim pie reason that they have granted Messrs Uda11 and Crater a franchise to take effect as soon as the franchise
 now held by Keyser expires.
 Friday night Mir F. j. Fuller, o Nashville, Tenn, stopped over here :. few hours while en route to his homt
 from a vfsitzto Fort Worth, Texas. I
 soon became noised about that he wa.
 in the city as a. representative of ]
 Nashville. Tenn, bank, and was her , to look into the street railway matter
 He had private consultation witl
 Secretary B. D. Russell Of the Com merciai League
 A Graphic representative was late informed that he had nothing whatexe , to do with the street railway enter prise, but was here n the interest c the Nashville bridge company whic recently drew up the plans for tn proposed bridge to be put across tb Arkansas river at this place The It ter statement is given more credeIce : than the first, but nothing defrite : could be learned from Mfr FulleI Jas 1 he refused to be interviewed
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CUPID STILL AT WORK
Three Couples to Wed-count Clerk
 Doing a land-offb0e Busrss.

It will be generally aelSr'wledged here that little Dan Cupidslas been making more mischief in Zine Bluff .this holiday season than one ever believed that that small god could, and the large amount ofbusiness he has brought to the CouT4 Clerks of flee sets one to marvelin over his ex- ceedingly great ability6o do so much in so short a while. glat the fellow with the license has ben doing a reg ular land office buildiss in Pine Bluff for the past several nonths cannot be doubted.
 The following couies were granted licenae Saturday:
 MT. J. L. Honey to Miss Geney Cheek Both rosie in this city and are quite well knr7n.
 MT. ". B. Nixn and Miss Emma Singleton, of Iiroln county. Mr. Nixon is a son ( MT. A. J. Nixon, well known platter f Lincoln county. Miss Singletons a member of one of Lincoln's cunts oldest and best fam flies.
 Mr A. J. Broux and Miss Hattie Cross Mir haroux is popular em- ployee of tH Cotton Belt shops. He is a young ian of excellent qualities and has nay friends. Miss Cross is a popular oung society belle of the East End nd has many friends and admirers
 To thesappy couples the Graphic extends $ best wishes and eongrat- ulatins.
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MT. Sol Miller is on the sick list.
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briefs catalogues, pampleJs, etc more rapidly than heretofore, and places it in a position to- compete with larger offices in bigger cities.
 The Mergentha1er Linotype is the best and most rapid machine on the market for type setting or rather the moulding and making of type It in wolves as large an expenditure as is ordinarily invested in the. establish ment of an entire printing plant for the publication of country daily Tie purchase price of two letter, du5 plex fitting Linotype is S3,s75 at the factory. 4 Linotype for Pine Bluff is therefore a pretty large proposition. but the Graphic is a progressive news paper and =endea7esr to keep abreast of the times, and we believe the peo- pie Of Pine Bluff are 8ethy of and 4iH eherfulIg support tAe enterprise.
 Some of eef friends have expressed an interest in our new Linotype and q desire to see it's operations. To accom- modate thena5 and such others as may desire to see the workings of this wonderful machine, the Graphic has decided to keep 4open house" next Teusday afternoon, New Years Day, from to o'clock D. na.. and will be pleased to show one oftbe greatest inventions Of the age to ali who may call between the hours aforesaid Each visitor will be presented with a Linotype slug with his orhe name on same as a souvenir of the occa sion. New Years Day is the begin ming of the Twentieth century and the day is most suspicious for the ex hibiton of what is practically 8 Twentieth century invention Don forget the day and the hours
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Dan O'Conner, the white man who struck and paralyzed a4barber near Senyard's saloon in this city several weeks ago and was afterwards fined $100 and costs in Vance's court for the violation, was Saturday taken to Gracies convict farm Robert Brown, a negro. who committed a holdup on Capt. Lindsay's place near William Fette and was fined $50, was also car, ried to the farm.
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 A Dining.

Miss Mary Gillespie entertained with adining at her home on West Fifthayenue in this city Saturday. TheNlests were Misses Mae Hudson, of Nskogee, I. T., Marion and Reba Dewody, Owen Hogg, Winifred Ad- der3n, of North Carolina; Amanda CAwell, Mrs. F. E. Renfrow, Mrs. Rrt. Trulock, Mrs. w. N Trulock, as. Mrs. Pat Knox, The luncheon asisted of several courses and was i elaborate affair.
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Humber of Little Rock young la- are seriosuly contemplating a ge of residence to Pine Bluff. De- pmerfts in the matrimonial market to tue the attraction It is said
 fifteen marriages of note have ? place in that town since Mon
 Little Rocks record is tbree.- s Rock Correspondent to Com 'iaI Appeal.
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ypama aed.

lr esteemed friends of the Courier the extreme misfortune Saturday Hffer serious damags to their cyl ! newspaper press temporarily llng it. The damage may neces-
 F the purchase of new press. In |neantime however, the Courier |pe issued from the press of the |hlc. We extend cur sympathy to
 |cnurier in it's temporary misfor=
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I above is a very correct likeness Hr new Linotype machine, manu- #red by the Mergenthaler Limo l Company. of New York. It is a letter, duplex fitting machine all #atest improvements. The larest Slt on the machine was issued Nc Der $, 1900, and our Linotype was Slfactured and put on the floor at Eaetory just one month later on Ember 6, 1900
 se machine purchased and install N the Graphic is the best, highest @d and latest improved in the # Over 8.60o of these machines En use in the United States, being Billed in all the metropolitan of E in the country. the New York Hid alone employing 72 Hinotypes= # linotype installed by the Graph EoWeYeE ia a combination ma
 being adapted to newspaper @ziae or book work.
 e Linotype has greatly increased Eeapacity Of printing establish
 s over old methods. The average #lut of composition by hand is |. Eelns" Der bour. The average com Eion by one operator on . Ldno-
 is 5000 @emss per hour, and
 are instances of where one oper.
 made @ record of over 1000
 per hour for every hour owrk- Turing the year. The lowest aver
 of Linotype, therefore, is over
 times as great as that of one
 py hand
 De installation of a Linotype VIII Ple the Graphic to greatly increase &amonnt of reading matter given Subscribers each day. It will alsh
 ple our plant to turn out law
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THE LAST WEEK.
The Piano Contest Will Close
 Promptly at 12 p. NJ. Moneay.

The piano contest closes Monday night, December 31, at midnight and all votes must be put into the ballot boxes before twelve o'clock. At the regular count Saturday night the Elks still led the ticket with the Baptist Church not very close sec ond, the exact difference being 218,- 998 yoaes. While there are others, the lodge and church mentioned seemed Ito be the only ones II it. From whaG we can learn, however, there are go- ing to be some big surprises at the final hour and the church folks and lodge members will have each other guessing with little uneasiness on each side Now it would be alto. gether wrong to orget the dark horse, for we understand that he will be on the track and hs rider will be a regular "Tod Sloan.'
 The total vote of the first ten in the race as counted by the jndges Satur- day night, is as follows:
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The ballot boxes can be found at Strauss & Miller's s A. Rosenberg's and Bradford & Knoxs
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ROGER WOLCOTT.

class of 1870. In college he ranked high
and was the choice of his classmates for
orator. He was graduated from Harvard
Law school in 1874 and was admitted to
the Suffolk bar in the same year. He
practiced but little, however, his time
having been largely occupied by his du-
ties as trustee of various estates and in
the management of financial matters.
Governor Wolcott's public career be-
gan in 1877 as a member of the Boston
common council, in which he served three
years. Then he was elected to the lower
house of the legislature, where he served
from 1882 to 1884, taking a position
among the leaders and winning distinc-
ton as a hard and trustworthy worker.
He was elected lieutenant governor in
1898, 1894 and 1895 and upon the death
Of Governor Greenhalge became acting
governor in 1896. In the fall Of 1896 he
was chosen governor, and in 1897 and
1898 he was reelected.
Shortly after the, resignation of Gen
eral William f. Draper as ambassador
to S,aly in 1900 President Mckinley ten
dered the post to Mr.. Wolcott. The offer
was declined on account of the pressure
of private business affairs.
On Sept. 2, 1874, Mr.. Wolcott was
married to Miss Edith Prescott, grand
daughter of William H. Prescott, the his
torian, and great-granddaughter of Colo
mel William Prescott, who commanded
the provincials at the battle of Bunker
Hill. They have four sons and one
daughter now living.
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The Nebraska senatorships.

LINCOLN. Neb., Dec. 24.-Assistant
Secretary of War George d. Meiklejohn
has arrived in Lincoln to assume personal
management of his canvass for a seat in
the United States senate. The Nebraska
legislature, which convenes on the first
of the new year, will have two senators
to elect, a successor to John M. Thurs
ton and one to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of M. L. Hayward, which is
being filled at present by William V. AL
len by appointment of the governor. Both
houses of the legislature are Republican,
but the majority is small in both branch
es. There are a dozen candidates for the
vacant seats, the more prominent aside
from Mr. Meiklejohn being Edward
Rosewater and Congressman Mercer of
Omaha, former Congressman Hainer of
Aurora, L. d. Richards of Fremont, e.
H. Hinshaw of Fairbury and former
Governor Lorenzo Crounse of Fort Cal
houn, himself member of the state SEN
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ROGER woLcoTT's DEATH.
Massa chusetts' Former Governor
Passes Away.

BOSTON, Dec. 22.-Former Governor
Roger Wolcott died at his residence on
Commonwealth avenue late yesterday
afternoon. He became i'll with typhoid
fever several weeks ago.
The disease was probably contracted
either while on shipbOard or soon after
he landed in New York after his Euro
pean visit When seized, he was almost
in perfect physical condition, said his at.
tending physician. He was possessed OF
a stalwart constitution, but all the re.
sources of medical science were exhaust.
ed in the endeavor to save his life.
Roger WOlcott was born in Boston July
10, 1S47, the son of J. Huntington and
COrnelia rockingham Wolcott. He is a
descendant of the Roger Wolcott who
was second in command in the expedition
of Sir William Pepperell against Cape
Breton in 1745, which resulted in the
capture of Louisburg.
Another ancestor was Oliver Wolcott,
one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. Both of these Wolcotts
were governors of Connecticut. One OF
his ancestors, on his mothers side, was
active and prominent during the Revolu-
tiOnary period as member of the
Charlestown committee of safety, and an
other took part in the Boston tea party.
Roger Wolcott was educated in Boston
private schools and at Harvard univer-
sity, from which he graduated in the
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HUMOR OF ROYAL FOLK.
Queen VictOria's Immediate Descend
ants Have a GOOdIy EndOw-
ment of Wit.

One of the hardest workers in all
Europe is the prince of Wales. His
correspondence is immense and he at
tends to it all personally. In addition
he is in constant demand at scores Of
public functions. Sir. William Mac
Cormac, as one of his most trusted medi-
cal advisers, is continually telling him
that by invariably responding to the
many selfish demands of a loyal yet
somewhat thoughtless British public
he is doing himself serious harm.
You tell me not to do this and that;
not to go here and there" once said
the prince to Sir William after the ia
nous surgeon had administered one of
his usual medical lectures" as ne
termed it. 81 must, however, fulfill my
engagements; cannot break my prom
Uses" "Ah!" said Sir William, with
resigned sigh, your royal highness
thinks far too much of the English con-
stitution and far too little of your
own!" you mean to say, then, Sir
William, smartly answered the prince,
laughing, that 1 pay too much atten-
ton to the constitution of England,
and frequently neglect the constitution
of Wales!"
The duke of York, son of the prince
of Wales, is a great cigarette smoker.
and has been told by his medical men
over and over again that he ought to
knock off, the deadly cigarette" en-
tirely. Anent this the following good
story is tod for the first time. A GER
tain clever, but very bigoted and can
tankerous old physician was contin-
ually DINING into the dukes ears not
only the danger of smoking but the
wickedness of it as well. your royal
highness," once said this privileged
medico to the duke, whenever 1 see
any of my patients smoking heartily
wish, sir, to speak plainly, that the
devil himself had the cigarettes! sand
1 expect, DOCTOR" said the duke, quiet
ly, that when you have sent your pa
tents into another world they them
selves heartily wish that the devil had
the cigarettes!"
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Manchester Out of Debt.

CINCINNATI. Dee. 24.-The Duke OF
Manchester's debts in his native land
have been paid. His three castles and
his $1,000 acres of unproductive land
are no longer weighted with | o u in
eumbrances. These facts are practically
admitted by Eugene Zimmerman, father
in-law of the duke. In all 100000 good
American dollars were deposited in Lon,
don last Friday to cover and liquidate
the Indebtedness of the bankrupt duke
His grace at the early age of % can now
begin life anew. AS to just where the
money came from Mr.. Zimmerman is not
so free in expressing himself. But in
his reluctance there appears to be more
of the natural coyness of a fatherin-law
in touching upon the personal affairs OF
a priced son-in-law than anything else.
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Freight Rates to BE Reduced.

PITTSBURG, Dec. 25.-Railroad Off
Gals announce that the freight traffic
managers of the initial roads leading out
of Pittsburg have decided to reduce the
rate on coke from the Connellsville region
80 cents a ton to Philadelphia and Balti-
more and proportionately to other points
on the eastern seaboard. 1t is stated
that the rates west to Pittsburg and Chi
cago will not be touched for the present.
About one-fourth of the entire output of
the Connellsville region goes out east.
The reduction will mean much to the
Connellsville operators and eastern buy
ers. The operators have demanded re-
auctions for some time, but they were
particularly interested in the rate to
Pittsburg and the west.
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c.,,.ntrx Caused HI. Death.

SUSQUEHANNA, Pa, Dec. 25.-
William Carter of Paterson, N. j., 9
passenger conductor on the Erie railroad
is dead as the result of the loss Of one
Of his legs which occurred in this place
a week ago. He was injured while es'
corting an Oswego lady who had taken
the wrong train at Binghamton to the
train which would take her home. He
had been in the employ of the Erie rail.
road for 80 years and was very popular.
He was a veteran Of the civil war and
leaves a widow.
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A Charitable MAYOR.

SALEM, Mass, Dec. 24.-Mayor Elect
John F. Hurley of this city, pawnbroker
and real estate dealer, has planned to
give his salary of $4,000 year, which
he is to receive beginning Jan. l, for ad.
ministering the affairs of the witch city
TO the poor. He will not hand over the
money to a charitable institution, but
will disburse the amount himself as fast
as be earns it.
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tn. pacific Revenue Fleet.

SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 25.-Chiei
Engineer James A. Doyle of the revenue
cutter service has completed his annual
inspection of all the vessels in the reve-
nue. fleet on the Pacific coast, finishing
his work here, where he examined the
Bear, Grant, Rush and Perry. he has
already issued specifications for the usual
annual repairs to the vessels and is now
preparing his full report. The present
Pacific coast feet, he says, is in fine con.
dition.
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ROCHESTER,, Dec. Palate Satur.
day night a "Tivoli" raid was made on
the Empire Music hall by the local po-
lice. About 200 women and men were
present. After taking their names they
were let go. William Abbott manager
of the hall. was taken to police head.
quarters, charged with running a music
hall without a license. The vaudeville"
entertainers, FIVE in number, were also
arrested. After giving bail in $50 each
they were released.
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DEAD TO HER FAMILY.
HiEh-Caste. HindOo Girl who Was
Ostrnciscd Because She Became
u Christian.

a young Hindoo girl, convert tic
Methodism, has been on a visit to Bos.
ton during the past few weeks. Hel
name is Sooboonagam Animal. which is
shortened to Sooboo for purposes OF
friendly converse ton, says an eastern
contemporary.
Sooboo is particularly interesting
from the fact that she belongs to a
high-caste family-a caste deemed su.
perior in India to ordinary mortal as.
ISOLATION. The girl heard the mission
preachers at first with contempt, but
she ended by running away from he1
aristocratic home to the mission and
said she had become Christian. In
leaving her gods behind her she left
also her jewels.
First the angry and desperate father
came to the mission and threatened tc
put Sooboo's new friends in jail for kid
naping. The girl was produced and
elected to stay where she was. The
father went away uttering the final
word, "Outcast!" which is a sentence
of death"
But soon the broken hearted mother
who never goes forth and whose visit
to the mission was contamination
came and pleaded with Sooboo to re.
turn to the home of those who had
reared her and had loved her. The girl
declared her love for her mother, but
refused to go back. Then came flu.
neral services, as of one dead. The
mother, called "accursed" because OF
her visit to the mission, could not be
present, but walked,1 900 miles to the
river Ganges and held mourning serv.
ice there. Then she came home and
walled up the door of Sooboos room.
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Railway Wreck In Texas.

DALLAS, Dec. 24.-Texas and Pa
cific and St. Louis and Southwestern pas.
senger trains collided at the crossing of
the two roads nine miles west of Tex
arkana. Fireman Edward Cotterson was
killed and Engineer James Hubbard ia
tally injured. The mail and express cars
were demolished.
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Bank burglars Surrender.

MONTFORD, Wis, Dec. PA bur
glar giving his name as Henry Kennedy
and citizen named William Henke were
shot during a pitched battle between
bank robbers and posse of citizens yes
terday. For half an hour there was a
fierce fight, during which 20 or more
shots were fired, the burglars finally sur
rendering
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TO THE MAN WHO THINKS.

6E7OOK yourself squareIy in the face and see
ml if you are not half ashamed to be without
yo o S S' R xbon nPGss Wof bsd n snoueb
for man, though man often doesn't care how
his comfort is mis-spe1Ied. Bot woman misses all
these little helps to housekeeping. And Ivory Soap
is one; its great potency makes it actually cheaper
than yellow soap for general work. 1t floats.
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UnreasOnab

Bacon-When you are in the city
drop in and see me.
Egbert-I thought your Office was on
the eighteenth floor?
$50 it is"
"And you want me to drop in; do
you suppose I'll be in a balloon pc
Yonkers Statesman.
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STOCKHOLM, Dec. 24.-The weather
in Stockholm is the mildest that has been
known here for many years at the Christ.
mas season.