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was four feet nine inches. The tempera-
ture of the water WAS 70 degrees. The
moaicsl testimony disclosed the fact that
the deeeaecd had eaten heartily just be
fore entering the water, or, at least, had
nos given his food time to digest. lie
had vomited large quantity oil 1000
and when found his mouth ana throa
were full. The opinion was expressed III
tho medical testimony, and indorsed by
the verdict Of the Jury, that death result
ed from epilepsy, brought on by the dan
gerous pac;ica Of entering the wat
Immediately after eating meal
pt-ihe ladies' ike 10 see afeenbacks
converted into pinhacks
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STATE OFFICERS.

A. II. GARLAND, Governor.
Il. Il. BEAVERS, Secretary of State.
WM, L. MILLER Auditor.
tt. GnuRCnIrI, Treasurer
$, L. lluGnEs, Attorney General.
j. n SMIrHEE. Com. of Public Lands.
j. K. EAkIN, Chancellor,
A. K. WITT Clerk Pulaski Chancery Court.
j.. II. English, Chief Justice.
W. II. HARRISON. DAVID WALKER, Associate
Justices Of the Supreme Court.
Fifth Judicial District.
unties of Pope, johnson, Franklin, Craw-
ford. Sebastian, Saroer, Yell.
w. W. MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge.
J. Z. BYEEs, Prosecuting Attorney.
Crawford County Officers.
u. II. CRfEKMoRE. County Judge.
En-. \. SGoTr. County Clerk
w. j. ALEXANDER, Assistant County Clerk
]. i. NtNFEEY, Sheriff.
Z. ". DAVIS, Deputy sheriff.
Charles RiBIISG and W. l.. TAYLOR, Notary
Publes.
of Van Buren, Township.
j, G. GRADY, Van Buren Township Constable
Van Buren, City Officers.
+. NJ. NEAL, Mayor.
JAMES l.. WHITFIELD, Recorder.
j. ). IL. IIoUCK, Marshal
pHuIp SMITH, Cemetery Sexton.
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Rules for Farmers.

\ young man Just married and with
little means wants to know how to start
right in farming. This is imposinga a Sc
rious task on us W. of course know no.
thing of his habits of ndutery his love
of labor, or his qualification for the
business he seeks. Above all, We do not
know what kind ofa wife he has scle> ted,
Ii he has chosen unwiscly in this partic =
ular no after wisdom will ever repair this
greatest ofmissteps But we will lay down
some general principles wece may do
tor others if not for him.
/. Buy none but the best land. Ten
acres of the bes is better than whole
section of poor land
,. Keep it clean of weeds.
. DO nothing slipshod Plow well and
cultivate thoroughly
A Do every thing in the right season.
5. Procure good implement and take
care Of them.
6 Raise nothing but good animals
suitable to the country and climate.
Z Keep out of law
s. When you go to town, mover sit
down nor stand around the street
rights or perpetual motions
Keep strict account Of income and OK
penses,
IL. Keep out Of debt,
II. Keep clear of security notes and
out of rattle snake dens
l3 When you leave home tell your
wife the exact hour you will return and
if youarenot punctual do not hray for
forgiveness untilyon conquer this evil
propensity.
|. Be ghaitaple, but pay your debts
firt. ssEfk fsEt
I5 Have nothing to do with travelling
aeelts or strolling peddlers Deal with
those who have local habtaton and
name.
lG. Take the best Diapers and keep
yourself posted as to markets, news lit
eratnrc and, politics.
II Read your Bible. instead Of dime
novels.
Is. Rise carly,quit early in the evening
SO as to have the chores done before the
shades of night.
ID. Live at peace with all Your neigh
bors, even if you have TO make all the
concessionsand submit to all the wrong.
90. Live at peace with your wife. If
you can not, coax her to 60 to KAN
schatka and you 90 to Australia until
you ventilate your affections.
Il. And above all study to know your
whole duty to yourselfyour family, your
contry, and your God.
Follow these things, and they will
afY,r1 l.. L. ! :
good farmer, good citizen, good
Christian, and proserous and happy
man, and then when Rosselas comes
along he will find what he long has
sought
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EH- 1t has long been known that it is
injudicious for any one to go into the
water to bathe, just after eating a full
meal, but it is not so welt known that the
practice may result in death This lat
ter fact seams 10 have been demonstrated
by the recent death in bath in Bristol,
England, OF hoy thirteen years old.
He had never had ct, and is believed to
have been IN perfect health When found
in tho water the crown Of his head was
just above the surface, aud be was stand
ing in STOPPING position with his face
just under the water. At the place where
he VAS, the water was only three feet
four oches deep, while the boys height
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NEW ARKANSAS FORM BOOK.
\ Manual
For Justices, Notaries, Clerks, County
and Probate Judges, Sherifs, Coro-
ners and Constables.

Containing in small space, all the forms need
ed by either-based upon Pixies Form Book, to
comply with late constitution and laws. 1t ia al
so a form book for business Men, containing forms
Of Deeds Wills, Agreements, and many other lu-
struments Of daily use. Medium l2mo in form
about geo pp., bound in law sheep. Published
for the author. JOHN NJ HARRELL, at the Ga
2ettc effiee. Little Rock.
Price i, and postage if sent by mail The
work is nearly oue,thiri printed, and will be
ready for delivery earlY in May Address all or.
ders 10 " l.. WOODRUFF, JR.. Little Rock,
and nnnLH enrlN as the edition is lmted.
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THE WEEKLY SUN.
177G, NEW YORK.

EIGuTEEN hundred and scventy-six is the Cen
IL tenniul year 1t is also the year in which an
Opposition House of Representatives. the first since
the war, will be in power at Washington; and the
year of the twenty y-third election of President Of
| the United States. All these events to be
of great interest and Importance especially the two
| latter; and all of them, and everything connected
| with them will be fully and freshly reported, and
! expounded in IuE sun.
| The Opposition House of Representatives, taking
up the line of inquiry opened years ago By IHE sun
will sternly aud diligently investigate the corrup
tions and misdeeds OF Grants administration; and
WILL 1t Is 10 De hopea' lay the touudatlon lor new
mud better period in our national history. Of all this
The Sun will contain complete and accurate ac-
counts furnishing its readers with early and trust
worthy information upon these absorbing topics
The twenty third Presidential election, with the
| preparations for it, will be memorable deciding
upon Grants aspirations for third term of power
and plunder, and still more deciding who shall
be the candidate of the party OF Reform as well as
jccts The SuN who have the constant means of being
| thorourhly we'll -iptprmc6
THE WEEKLY Sry. which has attained a circulation
of over eighty thousand copies, already has its read
crs in every state and Territory aud We trust that
in ne to be thorough newspaper. All the gene,
Son, Of the day will he found in it. condensed
rat n,, rlportant, at length II important, aud
when up, st. treated in clear, interesting and
always; 0,.y we we H. ahe The WEEKLY Sun the best
1r IN, t ne world, and shall :ontin
ramiy nc,yspapcr ip q. large amount of mlsoella-
uo to give IN It's columns si tF t,', @ a.
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TnE NeERtY .>'N. eight pages, with fity-siN b. "
is 10 ce.7tsa year, postage prepaid, :,
tbis price barely re2a the cost Of the paper, de-
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PgstmastoIs, or any one. 81
The pAHy' 6rv, a large four cage newspaper of
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THE Sun. New York City.
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HAVE YOU a DOLLAR!
FOR ONE DOLLAR
We viii send postage paid
TnE WEEKLY WORLD
ONE YEAR.

!; 1t contains all the news Of the past seven DAYS
SpHeGttH ny we agents and correspondents of The
Ne" ofk Daly World and in fuliness and qceura-
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:. lts&Rrlcnitufal department contains the latest
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Manhood : How Lost, How Re-
stored

I UST PUBLISHED, new edition of Dr.. CULVER
y wELL' Is tElEBFATEn Essay the radical cure
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Ne. .t- T.. A..
ng-Price in sen 'od en-, JopG! Only a tx m eentS
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simple, certain and eifectual, by means OF nav Sr
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-12-13
WHO ELECTED TILDEN.

In yesterdays paper we referred to
GRANTS great mistake in relying upon
the people of the great Middle States,
which are the conservative and control.
ling States of the Union, to support him
in the premsditsted Napoleonic dodge
OF controlling the elections by the strong
arm OF the government. We find in the
New York World some interesting
figures on the same su bject. The World
says:
The six great central States cf the
North lying between the Hudson and
the Mississippi, the great lakes and the
OHIO are in certain and very impor,an,
sense the governing States of this coun-
try. New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana contain
nearly ono-halt Of the voters and more
than OF e-third OF the population of the
Union. In the civil war these great
States furnished u vast preponderance of
the men and the means by which the
victories OF the Union were won. Taking
these States collectively, which in esti-
mating the popular sentiment of the
North rs to Presidential question is the
only fair and conclusive way of getting
at the truth, now did they vote in 1872
and in 1876.
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They state further that they will have
copies of al the documents made for the
committee if the committee will provide
the necessary means; that the State
Legislature had made no Appropriation
for them, and they cannot therefor
furnish the copies unless the committee
furnish the funds. These copies, they
say, will be made as soon rs they are
through with the documents, provided
the funds are furnished.
When the communication hsd been
read, the Chairman asked If Mr.. Wells
was present, and being answered in the
negative, he instructed the Sergeant-st
Arms 10 notify the members OF the Re.
turning Board that their presence would
be- expected ST ii A. NJ. on "Wednesday
in obedience 20 the orders of the Speaker
of the House ot Representative OF the
United States Another rcUmmunication
from ChaS. A. Bell, secretary OF the Re-
turning Board, was then read, in answer
70 the subpoena daees teeim served on
him,
Deeiiuing To Furnish the Documents,
as be had been instructed not to do So.
These refusais created considerable ox-
cItement The room WAS crowded with
spectatorst and witnesses.
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WashiuStOn GOSSIP.

WASHINGTON, December l2.-The
ce.eral feeling of the House Is to adjourn
ut An early date until after the holidays
if the Senate will concur, or otherwise To
meet to adjourn every third day until the
House investigating committee returns
from the South. u
The postal appropriation bill as re-
ported by the House Committee on APP
nr,ations. To dav, shows n reduction ot
about 81, 800, 600 from the amount oi last
sessions postal bill and a reduction ot
S26 600 600 from the department estl-
mates of the amount required tor the
next fiscal wear. 1t is estimated that the
ra,a;pts during the same period Will be
$50 6i5.l55, and tie bill, therefore, con
templates an sctual appropriation OF only
S2.33S. 400. ,,,.
The fertilization appropriation bill Is
The same as that reported last session eN-
cept that the amount for sea coast ariha-
mrqt is reduced S65,OO0.
The bill introduced by Senator Win
dom for the relief of settlers on pubhc
Iands authorizes the homestead or pre-
emp,ion settlers on any public lands or
nre. emption settlers on Indian reserVa-
lions, where the crops were destroyed or
seriously injured by the grasshoPpers IN
the wear 1876, to leave and be absent from
said lands until the first OF July, or II
the grssshoppers reappesr next year TO 4
like destruction or injury of the crops, 10
remain away till July, 1878 without
impsiring the rights of homestead or
p redemption if they afterwards resume
and perfect their settlements.
The bill also expressly extends their
time for making final proof and psy-
ment for one year after the expiration OF
the term of absence above contemplated.
and furthermore provides tba. all the
proposed rights and privileges above
stated shall apply to and include settlers
nader the timber culture act OF 1878.
.Jere Haralson, colored member OF
Congress from Alabama, says thst, nav
inc been re-elected but counted out, he
intends to contest the seat of his oppo-
nent, who holds the certificate OF cleo
ton.
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Action Of tke Tsouse Judiciary Com
miItcc.

WA-HISGr,S. December l2.-The
House Judiciary Committee. hy II vote
# even TO three, decided u rcpor. that
i. Z. Bralort should be admitted - n
.asl A. member Of C3ngre,- from
Colorado. Tn" affirmative votes we're
,Iycu by Mr-.rs. Knotc. Lyude, lord,
McC-ary. Frye and lIoar. M"s.rs.
Hurd. nun,ou a0I A-nr will present a
minority report. taking Al opposite view.
Mr.. Laurence wss not pr,s'nt, having
gone % South Ca.o,.na.
The committee also resolved 10 rec0m-
mend the appointment of a-Peciai House
cOmmiite. d inquire into the ppwers and
duties O. the HOu.y under to- existing
law s. 90 the counting Of the electoral
vote, etc. sud y resolution for this pur-
pose vii! he reported f. al additional
clause To the McCrary resolution, which
PROVIDE for -. creation II JOINT com
mittee 70 frame AZ &C: 0r constitutional
amendment IN regard 70 counting the
votes for President and Vice President,
at4
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amendment was to cut of any hope of
Office that Supreme Court judge might
expect at the hands of President.
Mr.. Edmunds said he would net oppose
the amendment submitted by the Sen
stor from North Carolina Mr.. Merri-
mon). He did not understand that the
measure now proposed would impose
q political duty on the Supreme Court
any more than its duty now when called
upon to decide the constitutionality OF
any law passed by Congress, was po.
litical one. This measure was 10 apply
the supreme law OF the land to state
of facts presented to the court.
Mr.. Merrimon argued that the effect
of this proposition would be virtually to
make the Supreme Court a national re-
turning board for the election OF Presi-
dent, and 1t would be brought INTO con-
tempt. The dignity, integrity and ss-
credness of that court should be preserY-
ed, not only by the legal profession, but
by the whole American people, from the
calumnles too often INDUCED in by both
political parties. The amendment OF Mr..
Merrimon was agreed TO.
NJ. Conkling, in reply TO a question of
Mr.. hey, said the one object OF the Ju-
dietary Committee in requiring the cleo
tors to vote uiUa roce instead OF by ballot,
was to have the provision in the constitu-
tion forbidding electors to vote for can
dldates for President and Vice President
from the same State carried out. 1T al
lowed to vote by ballot, this provision of
the constitution could be violated, but il
electors were required to vote rird rore, 1t
could not be violated.
Pending discussion, Mr.. Oglesby in
troduced a bill to amend the act OF
August llth, 1876, providing for the sale
OF the Usage ceded lands in Kansas to
actual settlers. Referred.
After All executive session the Senate
adjourned.
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'"RtEINPOKTNNT POINTS.

-7 Washington correspondent OF the
amor" 81. presents these three inn
~ points. which may MS we'll be
" E'mn"ntIy in view:
-.." Very important points are de-
oy review of the manner OF
..- 'Ae electoral vote, all Of which
-. .I,'"h'lat consequence at this time.
~. '-st from 1893 down to 1873 the
' '.e two Houses counted the
.-.. handed the resa.t 10 the Presi-
...-. 10" senate, whose function con-
>...,' merely announcing the result.
.... NAT long prior TO the
d" the twenty-secOni joint
&c.,. Tue two Houses affirmed
--,. "-lt 10 scrutiniZe the
n-,. d. a. vote and decide upon the re-
~,,- ~, ~, h"i'-reception OF the vote OF n
....r 'u.ri. that the two houses by
O.. -. vote established decision which
81. .t.- 1,a'"rI a. unreversed and urquestion-
.l-- 49, years, that poStmasters and
sgsa,,,' officers are not eligible TO
lN..,, aS electors. and that u resig-
t,, no, ,' 'uelr Offices after appointment
,u.Iy -, remove that ineligibility. 1t
~ r...s .srh rs fit would take more than
pint. nan ingenuity to get over these
'-l,4t indeed, Gordian knot is pre-
eb,,., 'l7In which eau only be cut BY
l..cs5o,e. disregard ef law, custom aud
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In the election of 1876, as we see,
TILDEN received an absolute though II
small majority over HAYES IN these six
controlling States, on q total vote nearly
one million larger than in 1872. Com
pare now the results of 1876 with thoee
of 1872; the strength of TILDEN that is,
III the colossal vote Of this year, with
the strength OF GRANT in the
vote of 1872, and the results are
still more striking and significant. In
1872 GRANT received in the six control
ing states of the Union total vote OF
1891 .3O3. In 1876 TILUEN received in
these States a total vote OF 1899, 4l9,
being an excess over GRANTS vote in
1872 of POS, l0G votes, and an excess Of
increase over .he Democratic vote OF 1872
as compared with the increase of the Re-
publican vote in 1876 ovsr.the Republi-
can vote in 1872, of 329, 1856 votes.
So much for the great central States.
In the Union at large TILDEN has a
majority in round numbers of $4,000 in
the popular vote, en- the largest poll ever
made in this country. His aggregate
vote in the country at large exceeds that
of GREELEY in 1872 by about 100000,
and that ofGRANT in 1872 by about 500,
600 votes.
If we come now to the undlsputed
States taken all together and to their
electoral votes, what do we find? We
find that TILDEN has lS4 uncontested
electoral votes, and that HAYES, leaving
ont the one contested vote in Oregon,
has only los votes. So that if Florida,
Louisiana and South Carolina were out
of the Union, TILDEN would be unlyer-
ssllv admitted to be the uncontested
choice of the electoral colleges, as ne
already is universally admitted to be OF
the American people by whom these COL
leges are created.
What, then, can President GRANT
mean BY his reported abuse Of The people
who have veted for TILDEN? lie stlg-
ms,izes large portion of the voters as
being "adopted citizens" How long has
American citizenship been enjoyed by
the million and more of negroes who
voted for himself in 1872 and voted ROW
for HAYES? If we are to weigh ss well
as count votes i'll this country, 1t Is not
In. voters for Governor TILDEN VINO
have sny reason to dread the result.