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Glass New Furniture.

Wew wish to call especial attention to ohr
new assortment, just received by rail. Large
lot of common bedsteads and chairs. Beau
iful chamber sets, etc. Take a look.
ll-3w
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New Furniture.

HENRY GLASS has just received by rail- a
new and large lot of fashionable and common
furniture. which he has marked down to the
lowest figures for cash. Give him call.
m-Oct IA
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Young man said the Judge, :" did
You steal that piece of hardware 2 No,
sir" replied the prisoner Il don
steal hardware That isn't in my line Of
business Chickens and coal is my line,
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4" | had more money th.n he had to
carry on the suit" said very mean in
dividual, who had just won lawsuit ov-
er a poor neighbor: and that's where |
had the advantage of him, And then l
had better counsel than he; and there |
bad the advantage OF him And hfs fam
lily were sick while the suit was pending.
so he wouldn't attend to it; and there
had the advantage of him again, But
then Brown is very decent sort ofa man
after all" Yes" said his listener
land there's where he had the adyan.
.age Of YOU
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For (i,,einnafi

The Maumelle left Van. Buren Thursday
evening for Cincinnati. And leaves that
place on her retu about the 18th. All or
dcrs for goods left with Col Geo White, will
pe forwarded and receive prompt attention.
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Piper, the murderer Of little Mable
Young in the beifry of the Warren Street
church, Boston, last May, was YESTERDAY
sentenced to be hanSel
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TINE well known aud long estALsisheS
Il Ferry at Van Buren, ArkansAs. y nov
under the charge OF the subscriber. TheRre-
pi iietors having recently put on arEe Nxw
Steamboat. and %ith careful and experteuc-d
Ferrymen, they feel confident that they eas.
give universal satisfaction to the tras el!na
public. Their aim will be to meet the -.
creasing dem .nds Of the large cmigrant tFsv.
el to Texas.
The SC Lons. and sherman, Texas, y, :.
Malls are carried over this Ferry. which n :
coed guarantee that II Is the shortest NJ wsss
as the best route Tor travel Of all kinds.
This Ferry has the largest and best heat o.
the river, and can eross 10 wagons snd teame
per day. and no retention on either bank need
be expected. Enclosures for stock and sheds
for travellers are being bnilt ON both sadcs 81
the river. and no palms Will be spared to ar-
commodatc the pablic. We shall ssrivc 3"
continue to make thi. the popular route to
and from Missouri and Texas.
". Perry Aceosats wast be settiea
Monthly-No dcriatioa from thisrsls.
II. G. RO DARDs, Srerrists,,
Van Buren,. Feb. Z. IL. "
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ONE YEAR.

ONE YEAR.
l. II contains all the news Of the past seven days
collected by the agents and correspondents Of the
New York Daily World, and In fulness and aecsra-
cy and enterprise In this respect is unsqualled.
e. Its agricultural department contains the latest
news of farm experiments ct home and abroad. con-
tributions by homo and foreign writer's, full reports
of the Farmers Club Of the American Institute, and
quotations Of valuable and interesting articles ap
pearinE In the agricultural weekies and magazines
B. Its grange news to which attention is specially
called. ia feature which can bo found In other
paper. II the resources at the mand Of great
metz opolitan daily NEWSPAPER are employed In its
collection. and the result 10 page week, where the
members may And q comptste record Of the work oi
lhe order in every State In the Union for the past
seven daye: In addition to this weekly record. the
World gives tho cream Of all the local grange papers
u S'ess assT Thisdepartmsst e. .nd vim con.
members of the order.
1. For the Gresids department In addition to It's
other attractions such as poetry. miscellany, hu-
morous extracts. kc, during tho coming year. there
will not be less than one hundred shorl sales By the
best writers Of Action in England and America-
3. The market reports brought down to the hour
Of publication, the best that be made. Each
market 8 reported BY one whose special knowl ledge
and training make him the best auth ,rity upon that
gubcct in the United States. For accuracy and com
pIetencss. tho World market reports are unrivAled
The World is not only the best but the chea pest
nsyspaper ever offered the farmer. Semi Weekly,
gov no, 81 yedr. Daily t3lsl nos.), go per year
specimen s:9iss .spS w SBGn appiMicstor y address,
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New York City and Arkansas.
w. j, lARCEN.

REPRESENTS
Messrs. Clark Bros. 4 Co, Hats. Caps, and
Furs 326, 32s, and $50 Broadway. N. Y.
Messrs MOORE. JENKINS Il Co, Dealers In
Groceries.
Messrs. l.. Straus 4 Son Crockery. China
Glass, Lamps. dc, A Warren st., N. Y.
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W. J. Largin will spend most Of his time
in New York city. where he will be prepared
to fill all orders in every line; while II. T.
Largen will remain in the State for the pres
ent, exhibit our samples and forward orders
etc. All first class merchants solicited. Sat-
sfaetion guaranteed nov. 20tt
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NJ. Go to Louis Crafts for win
ter suits and cheap Clothing at
very low down prices.
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Dental Notice.

r will attend to all calls. either In city or
l. country. -
J. A. iARBRO.
febl5tf Resident Dentist.
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Tie Centennial History of tie United
States. from The discovery Of the Amertcan
Continent to the close Of the Fha Cent?
ry Of american Indepcndence By james
u HcGabt author Of 4 Manual Of
General Hstory, &" The Great RsPubiic,'
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to the flames. Water is almost equally
venerated, and SO, too, is mother earth.
Hencs this strange system has been in
vented, by which it is supposed none of
the impurities Of the corpse can effect
the elements, at all events directly.
And everything that can be thought of is
done to dispel the gloomy thoughts
which some parts Of the process natural
ly engendef. The chapels are situated
in a beautiful garden, where those who
attend the funeral may sit and enjoy the
beauty of flowers and towering shrubs
Those who deposit the corpses in the
towers go through publication, and the
garments they wear when in the Tower
of Silence are put away in another tower
erected for the sole purpose of receiving
them, and there they shoulder away.
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GRAVE md GAY.

The latest theory of the prosecution
In the Landis case is, that the surgeons
are the real murderes, having done the
deed with their little probes, but that
Landis was an accessory before the fact
because he made the hole for the sur
geons to put the probes in.
"A New Yorker, while journeying
the other day, was recognized by another
citizen doing business by the Bowery, he
being also away from home on business,
and after a little preliminary converse
tion the first remarked: "Well, l hear
that you have had to make an assign
ment." Yes, dat is drew" replied the
other. "And your brother over on
Chatham street; he assigned, too, didn't
he:s" "You zee it was Just like dis"
said the Bowery man, II was owing q
goot deal. / makes over my stock to
Jacob and Jacob makes over his stock to
me, and l do his peesl,ess and he does
my peesness, and dem vellers What was
after money doan get sonnet"
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minutes it abandoned hope, and shook
every house in the neighborhood for three
hundred seconds, with one dismal swing
per second, as groan Of despair" In
short, London represented to Dickens
not so much the metropolis of the world
as the capital of chimes, inhabited not
by 80 many million human creatures,
but by innumerable bells. He takes an
interest even in bell-ringers-mysteri
mouldy men, of a somewhat ghoulish
character from their association with
church-yards, and always shabby, like
" the whity-brown man. whose clothes
were once black, man with fue on him
and cobweb," and "the shabby little
sexton who rang the church bell, like
the bull in Cock Robin with his foot
in the stirrup." He lovingly fingers in
musty old belfries, "where the rules and
fines Of the ringers are painted in rhyme
upon the wallis" He is great on beadles,
like him of Eatanswill, ringing an
enormous bell, performing concertos on
it, and fantasias by way Of commanding
silence among the uproarious electors Of
that immaculate borough )" on the town
crier sent round with bell to announce
the opening of Crummles' theatre; on
the " Golden Dustman" Gin Our Mutual
Friend), "clad in red plush velveteens,
fan-tail hat, and hand-bell;" on "the
scarlet postman and his bell ;" on the
chimney-sweep's bell; on the muffin
boys bells Ito abolish which the public
meeting is called in Nicholas Nickleby);
on the bells on Jip's Chinese pagoda-
many of which bells, alas are obsolete !;
peripatetic bells, which have been swept
away by ruthless police acts, or have
died natural death, like those of which
Charles Lamb ask, "What is gone with
the cages with the climbing squirrel and
bells to them, which were formerly the
indispensable appendages to the outside Of
tinman's shop?" Gone, likesthe pass
ing-bell, the pancake bell, the thief and
riever's bell, morris bells, An-hallowtide,
Good-Friday, St. GATHERINGS Eve bells,
bell corn, bell courses, and bell prizes.
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The GOLD YIELD.-The mines in the
states and territories west of the Mis-
souri, river, including British Columbia
and the west coast Of Mexico, show q
yield of O,S89, ,O37 during the present
year, being an excess Of nearly Sc, 500, 900
over that of last year. Nevada, Colo
RADIO, Mexico, Oregon, British Columbia,
Montana, and Arizona increased. Cali
fornia, Idaho, Utah and Washington de-
creased. The decrease in California was
due to want Of water. The increase in
Colorado and Nevada was very notable.
The latter yields more than one-half the
whole. The present prospect Of the
yield next year indicates that it will
reach 500, 100000, Of which Nevada will
contribute $5O,0OO,000. Wells, Fargo
& Co. carried over 500, SOC, 900 Of gold
dust and bullion and over $41 ,0OO, 900 Of
silver bullion. The other SIG, ,000, ,OO0
was in ores and base bullion.
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LADY FRANKLIN.

In shadowy ships that freeze
We think Of men who sail, the frozen-fated
Tears if you will, rthese,
But oh the truest searcher of the seas
Ig the blown breath of English daisies waited.
And that forlornest frost
From the earth's edge (foa years and years slov
ereeping),
Where something sweet was lost,
Where something brave too bitterly was crosscd
Has touched the poor heart into tender sleeping.
pathway here or there
He sought, the old, unlighted pathway finalny;
Out Of the North's despair,
Out Of the South's flower burdened WASTES Of air
Into vnother world forever winding.
sadder pathway she
Sought seeking him. Pathway to Love! Wher,
hidden
Can that fair secret be-?
VINO wringS from any wave or any tree
Ise thing most preciOus-pearl or fruit-forbidden
Oh, after that vague quest
Among weird winds, in icy deserts lonely,
:, Has she lain down to rest
Under palm, whose light leaves on her breast
Drop balms OF Summer, sun and silence only!
Fas some one whispered, why,
o"oms faithful why this dark delaying
Outside the pleasant sky?
>, now could you seek me In the SHOWS when l.
here in the lovcliest land of all. was staying ?'
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THE GOOSE BONE AND THE WEATHER

According to the Louisville CONNER
cial, the goose-bone predictions are more
closely watched in Kentucky than any
where else, and it may be called the
Kentucky weather prophet. In many
parts of the state the farmers consult it.,
and prepare for handling their crops in
accordance with its predictions. The
Commercial says there is family in
Woodford county that have fifty of these
little prophets carefully laid away, and
declare that not one Of them made a
mistake in their predictions.
Let us turn to this years prophecy.
We must take the breast-bone of last
springs goose other will do, for
the prophecy does not extend beyond the
year in which the goose is hatched. It
must be divided into three different parts,
which represents the three divisions Of
winter. FThe breast-bone of goose is
translucent, but at places has cloud-like
blots upon it. These blots denote cold
weather. Looking at the bone before us,
we find little cold weather about the
LIST Of December, which we have realized,
and there is another blot beyond the
center of the middle of January; this
cloud we are passing now, and SO far ur
little prognosticator has guided right.
We are to have warmer weather after q
few days. but the worst is to come. The
darkest blots are near the end Of the
bone, and if the prophecy fails not, win
ter will verify the saying of coming in
like lamb and going out like roaring
lion. Our coolest weather will come
after the middle of February, and oul
warmest fires will be required for the
parting days of winter and the first dayl
of spring.
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THE UNITED STATEN FLEET.

The United States home fleet, iron
clads and all, is centering at Port Royal.
This movement, Washington letter
says, is in pursuance of a general plan of
the secretary Of the navy to make that
place the headquarters of the North At
lanticstation, as it presents many advan-
tages over any other port on the Atlantic
coast. The writer adds:
The climate is very healthful, and the
harbor offers every facility for the exer-
else Of naval tactics, 50 that the service
can be kept in thorough discipline. On
one occasion only during the late war
was the yellow fever there, and then for
only very brief period, while at Key
West, the former headquarters of the
station, it was often epidemic and caused
the vessels at that place nearly every
summer to be ordered to Portsmouth,
N. H., or some other northern port where
supplies, repairs, ETC., could be furnished
without delay. The geographical posi-
tion of Port Royal makes it the central
point for the North Atlantic station. and
vessels rendezvoused there can reach
Cuban waters and the gulf, where our in
terests most need to be looked after,
within forty-eight hours. 1t is the poll
cy of the secretary Of the navy to make
our home squadron larger than any of
those abroad, because he believes in be-
ing prepared for any emergency which
may arise out Of the present difficulties
on the island of Cuba. While there is
no official announcement in regard to the
condition of affairs between this country
and Spain, it is believed in well informed
circles that the uncertain tenure which
Spain has upon that island may cause
that government to become involved in
difficulty with the United States when
it sees that it can no longer hold the
island and then parts with it as a matter
of necessity. Another reason why yes
sells will be ordered to Port Royal from
northern rivers and harbos where they
have been laid up is to free them from
the ice during the approaching winter.
In case Of any difficulties arising it
would not do to have these vessels frozen
up at League island or some other north
ern port, where they could be Of no ser
vice; hence the secretary deems il ad-
visable to have them at Port Royal,
where there is no danger of an ice block
ade, and in case Of emergency they could
be used with effect.
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The government of Italy has thus far
received over half million francs from
the sale Of ecclesiastical property. Several
convent houses will be sold the Last of
the present month. Parliament has also
granted permission for the sale Of the
convent Of St. Andrew del Quirinale.
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A man in small town down in
Maine recently wrote to the Handel and
Haydn Society in Boston asking how
much they would charge to come down
there and give concert. The reply was
that it would be cheaper to bring the
town to Boston.
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BELLS.

The Use Charles Dickens Makes Of Them
Ia HIS FictiO,s.
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and in fact everything that can be printed all can be done at the HERALD
Office as cheap and neat u can be done elsewhere All JooS Will V' "''n'u
when time promised.
Give uS 9, Call
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T3EEEM'S
Chattanooga Commercial
College,
No 251 MARKET Sr. Poss' BLOCK,
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.

The undersigned would inform tho young
men of Clcyclanc and vicinity that he has cs-
tablishcd n Commercial College, IN the city
of Chattanooga, for the purpose of teaching
the science of Double Entry bookkeeping in
all its various branches.
The course of lessons will embrace forms
adopted to Wholesale and Retail Compound
Partnership, Commission Sales, Accounts
Current Account Sales, Commercial Cores
pondcncc, Mercantile Arithmetic, Pcnnman-
ship, &c.
His plan of teaching is practical. NO text
books arc used. Students will he require 10
Keep Books Just as they would be required
to do IN u Counting HoaR. This enables
him to aooaro the real practical knowledge
of Keeping Books. ,,
A course of lessons can be completed in
from & TO IL weeks. Time however is not
limited.
All will find q thorough buninoss cduco-
ton is of Importance, whether Farmer,
Mcrchapt, Mechanic or Professional man A
course of lessons in this school will give the
student a thorough business education, cna-
bling him to take charge Of a set of books in
any Counting House, ana conduct them with
confidence.
Tuition fec the course. $500 payable IN
advance. Satisfaction guaranteed
Penmanship extra. Students furnish their
own books. Address,
JFpEMlAH DEnN, Principal.
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Mr.. RUfslp OfGeOrgia.

A correspondent furnishes US
with the annexed account of the
perilous adventures Of Jake
Rump: Thirty-five years ago, or
thereabouts, there lived in South
west Georgia a wiry-haired, car
roty-heady, freckledfaced back
woodsman by the name Of Jake
Rump, who passed trough the fol
lowing perils before he arrived at
the age of twenty-five years: He
was first stricken by lightning;
then on two separate occasions,
bitten by large rattlesnakes;
then again, bitten by a cotton
mouth moccasin, afterward
thrown from a wild horse, and
had one leg broken. But a short
time after recovering from his
fractures he and a young brother,
while searching for theircow late
one afternoon, were attacked by
a large panther, which caught
Jake, dragged him at least the
fourth of a mile to a dense ham
mock, where he deposited his
prey and proceeded to cover him
with leaves and brush. The pan
ther then retired short distance,
when Jake crawled forth and
made his escape. The panther
was a huge animal, and had
crushed Jake's shoulder terribly,
yet he soon recovered. His trials
were still not an end. Soon after
his shoulder healed up he made
an ATTEMPT to run off with a
neighbor's wife; was pursued, over
taken, shot, badly wounded, and
afterward stricken several time
with a kniGe and left in the road as
dead. But NOT, Jake in time re-
covered, and stole from a neigh
Dor a long-nosed, piney-woods
pike of u pig, for which ho was in
dicted, convicted and sent to the
penitentiary for a term Of years,
where lost sight ofhim.
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The Trenton (N. J.) Gazette
gives this additional testimony
that the summer has been hot:
"Probably the tallest and heav-
lest man ever seen in this country
was at the Clinton Street Depot
yesterday. waiting for the $40 P.
NJ. line for New York. His height
is Z feet 10 inches, and he weighs
500 pounds. Before the warm
weather he weighed G37 pounds.
In Paris, says a correspondent
of the Boston Advertiser, we met
on the sidewalk the Marshal Pres
ident and wife. His pictures re-
semble him, but give the impress
ing of a much larger man than he
is. His face is oval, features
small and complexion dark. In
statue short, His wife is fat and
buXOm, and appears to enjoy her
position, and to be-as the Swiss
say Of Queen Victoria, who spent
e summer with them five or six
years ago-"a very respectable
woman"