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music during the evening" Refresh
ments were served in the car. and the
occasion was very delightful one.
The following composed the party:
Misses Vicie and Jessie Harrell. Nina
and Blanche Bartlette, Mamie Mann.
Hazel Peck and Birdie Cook, Messrs.
Howell. Reaben. Graves. Christian, j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howell Mr.. and Mrs
Peck and Mr.. and Mrs. Byrd.
Wedding Announcement
Cards have been issued announcing
the approaching marriage Of Miss
Laura Trulock of this city. and MI.
Harry B. Curtis. OF Bridgeport, Conn.
The ceremony will be performed by
Rev. w. d. Buclner at Trinity Epis-
copal church on May -.
ValhaI!a Euehre-
\ euchre was given last THU ;day
evening by the members of the Val
halla club. The game was an inter
estins one. lasting until II O'Clock.
The ladies prize. a chatelaina hand
bag. was awarded Miss Irene TAYLOR.
and the gentlerlan's, silver mounted
pocketEnife. WIS Won by NJ. Rot
Lee Misses Plunkett, Stevens, lIa''
bui ton and Apperson. visiting yr','i'-
ladies of Little Rock. were presF oulie
Miss HarrelI's Musicale
The musicale given ~
Harreil at Merrill lnsty MISS @ i''e
~vening was largely .eute last Friday
of high-class nnusi 'ttended y" Lovers '''
was well filled " Inc a"oi'ol'u'll .,n
u,.;cians elcia Ind the efforts of the
>s:-e. theleeeed generous applause
f, ON the audience. Miss HarGsl made
her first public appearance on this
occasion since her return Fl 1a9 Chlc2=
go. where she has been attending : IA
nous conservatory. and her many adj
: mirers are loud in their praise OF her
beautiful soprano voice. Mr.. Van
Dyne delighted the audience with
bass solo and was forced to res pond
to an encore Mrs Brindley s2ng &
solo aud her rich contralto voice was
we'll appreciated. Pine Bluff 8 sweet
voiced tenor singer. Mr. lrl Armstrong.
came in for generous applause on his
solo The music furnished by Le-
Mares orchestra was enjoyed. Mrs
A. r. Owen and Mrs. II. LeMaire were
accompanies and Miss Lizzie LeMaire
was the accomplished violinist.
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"A Pendleton correspondent writes
the Graphic as follows: One of the
most elaborate and beautiful germans
ever given in Arkansas was that OF
last Monday evening in honor of
Misses Apperson. Halliburton. Stev
ems and Plunkett, given by Col. and
Mrs. j. c. Cross, of Pendleton. No
ds.ail of luxury or elegance was omit
ted that might do honor to the falr
guests. The palatial home was ablaze
with lights and gorgeous with flowers
The ball room was lovely in its deco
rations of pink and green. Behind q
assiNe screen af palms. Miles string
1, of Pine Bluff, were stationed.
he end of the hall opening into it
arch overhanging with the ma
flag was the improvised punch
where punch WAS served the
Those present We're Mesdames
Buck. Clarence Philpot, Pine
l.. f. Burnett Pendeton: !. G.
Misses Marguerite ADnel son
Rock; Lucy Price Virsinia
crime Plunkett, Little Rock; FAY
ans. Little Rock. Fannie Chris.
Memphis: - Irwin. Virginia:
mes Halliburton. Little Rock Hat
&c Burnett Pendletcn: JAMIE Shaeke,-
fc:d PendlatGn: Lucy F. FHournoy
DR.. Price. r. I. Wilkins. J Il. Mitchell
and " !. Verne: n. NJ. Waddell
Memphis: J. Walker Zones. Hanna.
berry; c. f. Philpot. Pine Bluff: n H.
McPeak, Warner: S. II. Lenoy. Med
ford; E J. Morley. Cummins. l.. V
Burnett. Clay Cross. J. c. Cross Ir.
Flournoy Cross, w. r Kirby and DE-.
Minton. Pendleton; Chas and Willis
Willy. Oakley. !
Q -~se~
Trolley -a~ty-s-
A tro r.. s~-~~
nesd )lley party was given last We'd
ay for the first time since the in
.iatiOn of the street railway system.
is a novelty in Pine Bluff and bids
ir to be the most popular entertain
tent in the future. The party was
given complimentary to Miss Blanche
Bartlett. of Carthage Mo- by some
uf her friends in this city. The car
used by the party was brilliantly IL
Illuminated with incan6escent lamps Of
variegated colors which had been har-
moniosuly arranged on all sides The
route of the car took the merry max
ers over every mile of track of the
street car company. Miles orchestra
accompanied the party and furnished
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n. O. Gossett is figuring on putting
in an electric light plant at Fordyce.
All he wants is the promise of enough
patronage to Justify the enterprise.
There will be no difficulty in raising
the necessary funds if enough lights
are taken.
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There should always be enough kind
words to 60 around.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-05-11
FORDYCE NEWS.

Several freight cars were wrecked
at the depot at this = -
night. A long f.o = place oui't'>''
coupled p,iA1 eeight train came un-
oon,; Iear the middle as it was
dc .ng down the grade south of the
!, -pot and part of the train was left
behind The front part stopped at the
depot and the rear part followed. As
it came down the grade it gained
speed. until it struck the cars ahead
with tremendous force Several cars
were split into kindling wood.
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UNPOPULAR TALK.

Count Matsukata, formerly minister of finance in Japan, visited this country little while ago. and was much inn pressed by what he saw. He is now studying the financial and economic conditions of Austria Hungary, and has given the Vienna correspondent of the Associated Press some of his opinions. He thinks the commercial energy of the Americans incomparably surpasses anything in Europe, and that Europe is likely to be still more affected by it than she has been. But while the Count ungrudgingly praises our "go" and our "get-there" he sounds a note of warn ing. He says: But Americas progress has been so exceedingly rapid that I fear some sudden disaster. In my opin- ion too much business has been done on borrowed capital This. coupled with the magnitude of the commercial Oper- ations common in the United States, VIII pLObdDAS lCelN lO q peAAAAS ON @A@N first untoward circumstance, such as a bad harvest or similar misfortune. While there are many strong banks in the United States there are also many weak ones whose failure will render a crash inevitable. I fear that some of these banks are lending too much mon- ey to aid business enterprises"
 Such talk as this wont be popular in this country, where people have appar- ently made up their minds that the on- ward rush of United States prosperity is in no more danger of being checked by disaster than an automobiles on- ward rush is of being checked by a country constable. Still, it should be remembered that Count Matsukata is a good f1nancier, and has seen thing or two.
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SOM F HUMAN NATURE

Andrew Carnegie loves Pittsburg, and Pittsburg has reason to love An drew Carnegie, but MT. Carnegie is finding difficulty in doing a good thing for his beloved city. He has given $2,- 0O0,000 for 8 polytechnic school there, and he wants to give $5, 900 900 if the city will provide a site large enough for it to be spent on. This hasn't been done and Pittsburg is squabblng over the matter. What is called the Citi- zens' party wants fifty-two acre tract chosen, while what is called the "old Republican machine" thinks an eleven acre tract would suffice. The city of Pittsburg has enough money to buy the eleven-acre site, but to buy the larger one would have to resort to bond is- sue for s1,OOO,O0O; a proposition it would be necessary to submit to a popular vote. this being something that both sides are anxious to avoid
 Looking 8 gift horse in the mouth Is not polite, and there is fear in Pitts burg that MT. Carnegie may notice the actions of some of his former fellow citi- zens and be so discouraged by them that he may want to withdraw his ex- ceedingly generous offer to add $3,000,- GOO to his original gift. But MT Car negie is patient, and probably there will soon be harmony enough in Pitts burg to secure the whole S5,000,000. But isn't human nature human nature?
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the east coast, on Portuguese territory. to Salisbury, in Mashonaland. has been extended southward and joined to the main line at Buluwayo. It was origi- nally intended that this piece of road should constitute the first section of the main line northward to Lake Tan ganyika, but later explorations and the discovery of the Wankei coal beds have caused a route to be selected further to the westward. The line from Buluwayo will therefore be built northward to the coal lands, which it is expected will be reached this autumn, and then to the crossing of the Zambesl at Victoria | Falls before the end of 1903. From this point, under an agreement signed last | April at Brussels, the line will be con- 1 tinued still northward to and across the border of the Congo Free State as l far as Lake Kosali, the southernmost navigable point on the Lualaba, one or 1 the principal branches of the Congo river. From Stanley Falls on the upper Congo another road will be built east ward to Lake Albert Nyanza and rail and river communication thus opened with the Egyptian railroad system. The distances to be covered are, ap- proximately, from Buluwayo to the Zambesi at Victoria Falls, three hun dred miles; from the Zambesi to Lake Kasan, seven hundred miles; from Stanley Falls to the Albert Nyanza, four hundred and eighty miles. By way of the Congo river and the railroad from Leopoldvllle to Matadi on the At
 lantic coast the main line will have a western connection with the sea, and on the east there will be two connec- tions, one the route to Beira, three hum dred and fifty miles in length, and the other the Mombasa -Nganda route, ly- ing much farther to the north. On
 this line rails had been laid as far as
 Lake Victoria Nyanza last Christmas.
 The Dark Continent is rapidly be-
 coming lighter. Railroads and the
 Christian civilization that goes with
 them will soon make astonishing i'm
 provements there.
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appearance. They began to peck at their wings before they had thoroughly dried and wit hin few hours after they had left the shell. They began to shake themselves somewhat after the fashion of the older chickens when they walow for while in the dust.
 Chickens. you know, take a dust bath, and then 1iutter their feathers and shake themselves in order to get rid Of the dust. Well. these youngsters, before they had been out of the egg three hours, began to go through these motions. They began to fix themselves Up, I may say. They seem to know in- stinctiVely that a chicken ought to ar range it's toilet, just as other things in the broad kingdom of life, and so they went about the task. The expression As mad as @ wet hen is no doubt due to the hens displeasure at having her feathers soiled and disarranged by wa ter. What more melancholy spectacle can one find than the proud rooster whose plumage has been dampened by a sudden shower?
 "Yes, chickens are very vain, and they begin to show signs of their vanity early in life. I know of no other fowl that begins primping.so early in life as the chicken, and suppose my experi- ence is about the experience of every other man who has had occasion to ob- serve the conduct of these useful mem- bers.-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19
A WALK IN JULY,

Yesterday I went for walk. It was not necessary to look at the thermom- eter; certain tropical look in the sky and the dancing of the heated air above the white and dusty roads would have told me that it was hot, even if I had been disposed to doubt | the accuracy of my personal feelings. | It was one of those days when, even | in the country, the heat seems to rise l from the earth and smite one in the l face. As passed through the garden, I plucked a rhubarb-leaf which grew | in the shade of an apple-tree, and placed It inside my broad -brimmed hat, | having the greatest respect for the sun. Here, at this season, even as in | India,
 | You must wear your 'elmet, for all | that is said;
 If e finds you uncovered, ed knock l you down dead,
 | And you'll die like a fool of sol | dier."
 l For the most part, the birds were si- | lent The nesting season about over, most of them had retired to secluded spots. to moult. The moulting pro- l cess is a rather trying one for many birds, and it is not to be wondered at | if it makes them dull In some cases,
 the moult is so complete that the
 birds cannot fly, and they are there | fore much more liable to become the prey of their natural enemies Two bird voices only had their usual vigor One was that of red-eyed vireo. With the persistence of a John Knox or a | George Fox, the little preacher held forth from the middle of maple tree.
 regardless of the weather. The oth-
 CT voice was that of the indigo bunt- | ing, who, atop of an elm sapling. sang his clear little song with marvellous ienergy. Little companies of swallows, perched in line upon the telegraph wires, told me that the full migra ton had already begun. What an interest ing photograph such line of swal- | lows always makes. Not just a num-
 Der of little birds sitting in a row,
 but succession of bird studies, every
 subject appearing in a different atti- tude. One perhaps will be preeming his breast; another drawing his tail feathers through his bill, and a third
 stretching his wing over his out thrust foot.
 The trees were much darker than
 they had been month before, and the great variety to be seen in the
 foliage of spring was now missing.
 Nevertheless the wild flowers bloom
 ed bravely by the roadside albeit
 they were a trifle dusty. There I
 saw the yellow clusters of St. Johns
 wort mingling with the pa1er blcs-
 sons of the toad-flaX. The black-eyed
 Susans were at their best, as were also
 the azure bluebells, which had
 escaped over some garden wall. Here
 and there, wild morning glory thread
 ed it's way through the bushes along
 the lanes, holding out it's delicate cups
 to catch the sunlight.
 But I soon left the road and walked
 across the fields towards the river. As
 passed through a little patch of un- lmown grass, something moved at my
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19
pOOR POLICY,

Many a proud politician has found by sad experience that it doesn't pay to fight the administration" And yet every once in while proud politicians, unmindful of the fate of others, think they can do it successfully. It is inter- esting to notice that one by one the Re- publican representatives in the North west who pinned their chances for re- nomination to the fact that they op~ posed the Presidents plan for reci- procity with Cuba are finding out that their constituents are not in accord with the policy of obstruction. Up to date, four of the Michigan Republicans who were prominent in the defeat of the Cuban bill have been refused re- nomination to congress. Representa- tive Sheldon of the Twelfth district is the fourth Michigan man to be so turn ed down. MT. Sheldon played an im- portant part in the organization of the revolt among the Republicans of the
 house, and said that he was justified
 in endeavoring to kill the reciprocity bill from the fact that it's enactment | into law would ruin the beet sugar in- dustry in his district He maintained
 his hostility to the Presidents plan for ] the relief of Cuba to the last, being con- | fident that his constituents would in- dorse his course. But the Republicans 1 of his district have turned him down 1 just as was the case with three other
 Michigan representatives who acted with Sheldon.
 These Michigan congressman are now
 meditating on the sad vicissitude oi
 things, and wondering whether grati- < tude is extinct.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19
AWNUITIES

Prof. G. S. Grimes of Evanston, Ill.,, now o4 years of age, carried a policy of s5,ooo for many years and when he reached the advanced age of 7ohe despaired Of its ever becoming a claim, so he compromised with the company on the basis of an annuity of S4Ioper year for the rest of his life. During the past A years he has received his annual payments with regular ity and great equanimity of mind and, having already drawn So,84o, he has come to the conclusion that he has found the elixir of life in an Annuity. 9
 At age 70, s1,ooo deposited in The Mutual Life Insurance Go. of New York will yield an annuity of Sr34.77 for life.
 This great corporation is the most wealthy moneyed institution in the world and more than sIo,ooo, 900 in claims has been paid in this state through the under signed.
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only as a symbol of authority. By many officers 1t is discarded altogether except when the army regulations re- quire that it should be worn. There is much objection to it as clanking and noisy piece of ordnance that is liable to trip up an inexperienced officer. In the European armies the sword is rap idly being relegated to the shelf that is occupied by the spear, battle-ax and ether ancient instruments of warfare.
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PERM FITTED.

T never went to a circus when I was a little boy said the rather austere parent.
 Was that because your father would not let you go unless you would be good?" asked the youngstet in entire nnocence.-Washingto Star.
 And how were you finally cap tured?"
 T was completely worn out" an- swered the western desperado.
 By fatigue and hunger?"
 "No. Givin' newspaper interviews an havin' my picture took. Washington Star.
 Tt is an outrage" exclaimed Colonel Stillwell of Kentucky. Tt is an inex- cusable outrage!'
 ITO what have you reference?"
 This treatment of the Filipinos; this effort to compel them to partake of wa ter in excessive quantities. ."-Washing- ton Star. Mrs. Nocknoodle-Oh, Norris, if you would always be as good and gentle and kind as you are at this moment how happy we might be- MT. Nocknoodle Closing his temper in- stantly and believing at the top of his voice)-Do you mean to say, madam that am not always as good and kind as I am at this moment ?-Chicago Tri- | bune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19
THE VANITY OF CHICKENS
What an Unusually Close Observer of
 Fowls Has Noted.

What an Unusually Close Observer of
 Fowls Has Noted
 Speaking of chickens, do you know I am inclined to think the chicken is about the vainest thing there is in the fowl line" said man who lives in Carrollton, and who has made a raher close study of the seathery tribe, "and think I have good reasons for the faith that is in me. We are in the hab- it of using the expression as vain as l peafowl.' The peafowl is, Of course, very vain. They seem to appreciate tho beauty and magnificence of their plu- mage. They strut around With an ln- finite sort of pride, and they leave no sort of doubt in a persons mind as to the existence of an inOrdinate Vanity. Peafowls will actually go crazy if you rob them of their tail feathers. and have observed not a SeW instances which substantiate this fact
 But, recurring to chickens I have found them, as a rule, vainer than any other kind of fowl. I have | rather in- teresting brood at my place now, and have been making little study of the members of the group. They are now only few days old. They had not ar rived at the pipping stage before they began to display what I may call a pride in the matter of their personal
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19
After a Year.
The slender lilies nod their heads On either side the garden-way And all along the flower beds
 Tall foypIOVnS Stand in fair array

The slender lilies nod their heads
 On either side the garden-way And all along the flower beds
 Tall foXglOVes stand in fair array. The throstle, in the pear tree near,
 Still carolS as when first we came, The same old song he sang last year,
 And we, we are no more the same. How strong the lilies smell! How neat The ordered rosebeds. TOW on row. It's still the scene that seemed so sweet A year ago-a year ago, We noticed how that apple bough
 Stood out so green against the sky, It's just as fair as ever now,
 But we are altered, you and I. The days have come between us two
 And moved us ever more apart; We cannot ,as we used to do,
 Tell to each other all our heart. Only year since last we met,
 But In that year what things have been! We walk, we talk together, yet
 We cannot bridge the gulf between. All looks unchanged, save us alone,
 We've drifted into other ways: Time turns the page, the past is gone
 And naught restores the vanished days. The flying hours new scenes reveal,
 We never fanced, you and I, They could come when we should feel
 No longer sad to say good-by. -S. Cornish Watkins in Longman's Mag zine.
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4 GREAT AFRICAN RAILROAD.

Great changes are going on in Africa. One of the greatest is the Cape to Cairo railroad. A train de luxe will soon be running from Cape Town to Buluwayo, a distance of fifteen hundred miles. In the meantime the line from Beira. on
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19

William Rogers sent this straightfor- ward petition to the common council of lola. Kansas: T was unfortunate enough to be placed in the county jail I drank too much lola whiskey, Am fined s4 and costs. have not one cent nor any friends from whom to get one Am a perfect stranger here. There IS no way on earth for me to get any money here or elsewhere. Gentlemen please allow me to leave town ana ] will never come back any more. Please consider this and by so doing confer great favor upon yours respectfully.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19

The Shelby district Methodist cohter- ence. in session near Kings Mountain North Carolina, has passed resolutions condemning the use of tobacco as in furious to the body and nlind' and to some extent to the soul" pledging the members of the conference to set a wholesome example" by refraining from indulgence in the habit; and ex- pressing the opinion that mo applicant for license to preach or for admission into the annual conference who uses to- bacco in any form should be licensed or recommended to the annual conference unless he solemnly promises to quit it forever"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19

: The Christian Advocate thinks it dis cerns a growing inattention to the moral and religious training of the youth in many of our colleges-even fin some colleges and universities es- tablished and maintained by Christian churches" It suggests that colleges of its own denomination guilty of such neglect would have no further excuse for existing. It gives this advice to Methodist parents and guardians: 'The most dangerous period in the average young mans life is from fourteen to nineteen years of age. If he is under excellent influences during that time the best foundation is laid for a future steady, moral life; but this is the period in which students prepare for college. We therefore urge upon par ents to send their sons to preparatory schools where there is strong moral and religious influence, and not 10 those who pay no attention whatever to such influences. There are in this country a large number of college preparatory schools in which there is little reason able probability that the students will be powerfully affected religiously."