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Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
AND TEXAS DEL
EGATION.

The Arkansas delegation to the
national convention, will leave
Little Rock via Little Rock and
Memphis railway, Sept. 10Th, at
$50 p m, by special car at great
ly reduced rates, provided a suf-
fcient number go to Justify the
deduction. 1t matters not how
small the number may be. it will
not cost to exceed for the round
time within thirty days from
here, S18.15; Brinkley, $14. 4.55'
Forrest City, S14.O5. The Para
more road will intersect the Mem
phis and Little Rock road at
Brinkley, giving the passengers
the benefit of an air line, reaching
Louisville in twenty-three hours,
without changing Of ears, arriv-
ing iii Louisville in daylight,
getting a full view of the exposi-
ton grounds while on the cars.
The following members of our
delegation have signitied their
wish to secure transportation:
S ii Holland,' Chicot; L G Nor
ris, Helena; II w Wadkens, Cal-
heun: Nj NJ Murray, Mars Hill;
S j Hollensworth and Ferd IIa-
Wis, Pine Bluff; G w Keattes,
Henry Simkens, j G Corbin,
NJ w Gibbs, Little Rock, G A
Clark. Marlanna; NJ A Ridout,
Merilton, and we invite the Tex
as delegation to get their tickets
via Memphis and Little Rock
railway and as many others as
wish to get the benefit of the
cheap and pleasant ride to the X.
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j Pennoyer Jones of Desha
county, in a speech before the
late state convention of the col
ored people Of Arkansas, came
very nearly demonstrating his
unfitness for party leadership,
when he loudly proclaimed that
the colored people of the south
were not indebted to the republi-
cans or anti-slavery citizens of the
United States for their freedom.
He should apply Ills versitahty
of talents to the teachings Of the
philosophy of history and the
logic of events. By so doing he
may be able to discern the differs
ence between the Lincolnian
and Davisonian policies previous
to and during the war of the re-
bellion. Had not the policy Of
the former prevailed, most of
these smart, bright fellows, would
doubtless TO day be doing duty as
house servants, or if cover pert"
field hand dntyo on some far south
plantation, instead Of exercising
the right of a freeman before a
free mass assembIaye Of his fell
low citizens.
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Notice for Publication.
No. 92S.
Land Office at Little Rock, Ark, !
August %, 1888.

Land Office at Little Rock, Ark.
August %, 1888.
AuOTICE is hereby given that
IN the following named settler has
filed notice of his intention to make
final proof in support OF his claim.
and that said proof will be made he
fore the Register and Receiver at
Little Rock, Ark, on Sept. 22, 1883.
VIZ: Samuel J. Bahil, who made
Homestead Entry, No. 1896. for the
S f quarter : f quarter Section 80,
Township 3 n, r II west.
He names the following witnc sses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation OF said land.
viz: Peter Andcrcr, of Argenta,
Pulaski county, Ark; Joseph Eden,
of Arsenta, Pulaski county, Ark;
Martin Castcllonc, of Argenta, Pu
laski county, Ark; Wilhelm kohn,
of Arsenta, Pulaski county, Ark.
NJ. W. GIBBS, Register.
c. r. KELSEY, Receiver.
august 23-5t
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Total number of delegates,

Total number Of delegates, 2S4.
Yours for the interests of the race,
Frederick Douglas, chairman; j. G. Grego-
ry, secretary; Arthur Smith, corresponding
secretary; =. II. Carson, John +. Cook, W.
X. Laws, Geo. Williams, Collins Cruiser, G.
b. Fisher. j. Brooks, G. S. Boston, $. G.
Brown, W. A. Talliafarro, X. T. Greener.
John NJ. Brown, w. c. Chase, John A. Gray,
W. NJ Booker. j. W. Freeman, j. A. John
son, J. II. Smith. X. J. Collins, F.. A. Atkin-
son. j. r. N. Wilkinson, r. Laws, NJ. NJ.
Holland, committee.
Allowing for increase of population, G.
3Ss delegates.
We reproduce this for the satisfaction of
the thousands of enIuirers, both white and
black, as TO the Intention of the convention,
but should the convention see fit to branch
of and take up new matters. it Is Its pleas.
ure, SO watch and pray.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
DERMOTT, ARK, Sept. 5. 1888.
Editor Mansion:

Editor Mansion:
Dear Sir--After the adjournment of our
convention of 2Iih ult., 1 learned that 1t
was thought by number of prominent
delegates that We should have selected a
state committee, consisting of one member
from each county in the state, with a view
of being better able to carry out any sys-
tenn of Improvement that might be mapped
out by the National Convention. At first
view that plan appears good, If not essen
tial. but If we expect to improve the con-
dition OF the colored people of the state we
must give due consideration to the greatest
element of financial success, which IS econ
omy. Each meeting of the committee
large as suggested, would occasion an out
lay of seven or eight hundred dollars. a
great part of which would go to increase
the dividends of the railroad companies.
My Idea is that by prope rly org lnizing each
county, all needed information as to plans,
and their details, can be m ade known to
the chairmen of the various county CON-
mittees by the state committee, and by them
to the people. as promptly and efficiently as
by any other means. In fact, if the National
Convention will mature plans for the ad-
vancement of the people, and the state
committee goes earnestly to work, said
plans can be carried out by q systematic
method of correspondence, at comparative
ly no expense as to their workings.
Hoping that wisdom and discretion may
control our efforts, am,
Very truly, yours,
s. n. HOLLAND.
1t is in your power to complete the ap-
po1ntment Of all necessary committees and
have their names Dublished-TED
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
SPEECH OF HON. M, w. GIBBS.

The following IL the speech delivered by
Hon. NJ. w. Gibbs, before the state Colored
Convention, Oh being elected a delegate at
large
l thank the convention for the honor of
electing me as delegate at large to the
national convention, to meet at Louisville,
and would say that l have been almost q
silent obser. er of the doings and conduct
OF this convention up to now. l felt glad
last night during the wee sma' hours that
1t was night. and that we bad none of our
white feliow-citiZens to witness: all in
black. In the blackness of night we had q
jolly old time. l felt ashamed Of the want
of tolerance, the disregard of parliamentary
restraint exhibited. But l remembered
that there had been such exhibitions even
in the halls OF congress, and l remembered
the great necessity of moral and mental
culture to enable us To deliberate wisely.
of many Of us has been gratified by being
selected as delegates to the
NATIONAL CONVENTION;
but 10 this our whole duty. believe that
the important work of this convention has
yet to be done. (Cheers) The hour to de-
noers.. epon our educational wants-the
necessity Of obtaining homes-expression ons
as to more liberal labor laws-and to pro-
nounce in no uncertain tones upon the
failure OF the criminal laws to protect or
give us Justice. 1t is easy for us to de-
nOunce in uumeasured terms the democra-
cy for their sins of commission or the re-
publican party for their sins of omission,
but Is this the measure OF cur duty! 1t Is
unfortunate that political affiliation can be
known by the color or class of citizens in
our republic; but this we all know; that
until, as Il class we receive better treatme mt
at the hands of the democracy as a party
the republican party is the only sheet an
chor Of our hopes. But the
MATERIAL AND EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS
of our race are of paramount Importance
How shall we obtain competency and lnde-
pendence! BY becoming possessors of the
soil we cultivate. and leaving cultured
brain as heritage to our children. To the
man standing on his land, cultivated by his
own brawny arms, and bedewed by the
sweat Of daily toll, have no political ad-
vice to give. Fl will vote in the interest
OF self-protection and good government;
nor will fear of the midnight rider drive
him from his home. (Applause.l HIS ex-
celency, the governor. who honored us
with his presence and q speech replc.e with
wholesome suggestions, on yesterday stated
1t had been said the colored man could not
get
JUSTICE IN THE COURTS
of the state; that the fact was that the white
man sometimes got injustice from the
hands of the law, was proverbial from time
immemorial. This may be true, but our
quarrel Is that in these cases of outrapes
the colored man. Our hope and only trust
Is In reliance upon its faithful execution
and by incessant appeal, that light and jus
criticism may create a healthier public sem
timent. l know the convention has i'm
portant work, and that speech-makipg
should be brief, therefore I will cease.
(Applause.)
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
BOURBON INCONSISTENC CT ES.

/
Senator Sherman of Ohio, in a
recent speech delivered in that
state, dealt the democracy some
very hard blows when he called
attention to the fact that upon
every great issue between the two
parties nov in existence the peo-
pie have sustained republicanism,
and what is more, the democrats
themselves have. somewhat reluc>
family but none the ,ess plainly,
conceded that they were wrong
and the republicans right. If the
democrats could have everything
their own way to-day they would
not declare or make the war for
the Union failure; they would
not restore slavery; they would
not dare to overthrow the national
banking system nor restore the
old state bank system; nor annul
the constitutional amendments,
and they would neither destroy
nor initiate the currency of the
country. But during the time
that those great subjects were
under consideration, and were
open questions IN american poll
tics, the democrats were always
found OH fhe wron side. The
only one OF the questions suggest
ed upon which they ever differed
among themselves, except in de-
gree and bitterness, WAS finance.
And even there they were all
wrong. The eastern wing favored
contraction, the western imitation,
and the republ can party lad the
good sense to avoid both errors.
The record of the democracy for
at least thirty years is more uni
form than Sahara, for every oasis
of wisdom is in an after-thought.
It's eyes are in the back of its
head, and it's wisdom tooth only
grows in the coffin. This is doubt
less true of the better, or ruling
class Of the demscrats north, but
satan only would trust your un-
reconstructed Bourbon.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
THE ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY
OF PIONEER LIFE.

A popular account of the heroes and ad-
venturers who, by their valor and war
craft, beat back the savsges from the bor-
ders of civilization, and gave the American
forests to the plow and the sickle. etc.
Royal octave, 1000 pp., 100 illustrations, by
a. L. Mason, A. NJ, with an introduction
by John Clark Ridpatn, LII. D. Jones
Brothers Il Co., publishers. Cincinnati,
Chicago, st. Louis, and Dallas, Texas.
Sold by subscription only.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
WARNING ORDER

In the Pulaski Chancery Court-N arning
Order.
Leah Jones, plaintiff.
vs..
Sesborn Jones, defendant.
The defendant. Seaborn Jones. Is warEf d
to appear in this court within thirty days,
and answer the complaint of the plaintiff,
Leah Jones.
JW. CALLAWAY, Clerk.
September 3, 1883.
A true copy from the record
Attest: J. W. CALLAW Az. Cierh:
Mclaughlin & Duval, solicitors for plain
tin. sept At
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08

DR.. W. Fl. Griffith. a welI-known divine
and once member of the b. NJ. E. church
In Canada, died last week in the city of
New York Of heart disease, excited by a
little trouble between himself and Bishop
Brown whom he charged with taking a
bribe Of 500 from Rev. w. B. Derrick, now
pastor of Sullivan street A. N. E. church.
New York, vice w. h. Griffith, removed.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08

1t is no longer "tariff for rev.
enue only" or only a tariff for
revenue,'' The latest democratic
dodge is constitutional tariff. y
And we see it.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
ADVERTISING RATES.

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insertion S1.OO; so cents for each
subsequent.
Local notices 10 cents per line.
Business cards-not exceeding
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Ali advertisements due alter first
insertion.
For special rates address the bu-
siness manager, H. SIMKENs.
Notices of births, deaths and mar
riages, not over six lines in length,
free.
Articles more than a column in
length will not bo inserted, unless
by special arrangement.
Anonymous communications Will
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Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Invariably iii advance.
The names and addresses must ac-
company any and all communica-
tions, plainly written. All money
letters must be registered, and post
Office orders drawn in favor ot and
addressed to
HENRY SIMKENS,
No. 1l9 Main Street.
Little Rock. Ark.
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Memphis L Little Rock.
Little Rock No l 1910 am
Little Rock Nos 1905 pm
Memphis No2 3,5 p. n
Memphis MOI 1850 pm
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-09-08
Arrival and Departure of Trains.

St. Lonls. Iron Mountain < Southern
Trains going Nclth. Arrive. Leave.
No. Express 3-25 pm 3:45 pm
No. 4 Express lu:u5 pm 1925 pm
Trains going South.
Ne l Express 1920 am 1886 Am
No } Express l2:lOp.m 1870 pm
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Railroad Time Table.

September SIT
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-08-29
Fencing Out the Rabbits.

In Contra Costa and Alameda Coun-
ties there are sections in which the land
is almost useless unless it Is inclosed by
rabbit-proof fences A. Livermore
farmer has devised a cheap fence for
this purpose, which is very effective.
It is made of split pickets or shakes,
posts and wire. The four-foot redwood
shake bolts cost $3.50 per cord in Santa
Clara, or Sl2 delivered in Pleasanton.
These were split so as to make three
shakes to the inch, as near as prac-
ticable. A furrow was plowed on the
line of the fence. six inches in depth,
and post set every sixteen feet. A
plain No. 9 wire was stretched at three
and half feet from the ground. The
shakes were set at q proper distance
apart, with their butts in the bottom OF
the furrow and their tops bound to the
top wire by means of strong spool wire.
A furrow was turned against the bottom
of the fence, burying the shakes to a
depth of twelve inches. A barbed wire
was stretched on top of the posts. To
guard against decay, the butts of the
shakes were treated with pyroligneous
acid, being set upright in a trough con-
tanning foot in depth of the liquid,
and allowed to stand for twelve hours.
The acid actually impregnated about
half the length of the shakes, and left
them black A mile and three-quarters
of this fencing cost $500, less than 81
per rod.--Sdn francisco Alta.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-08-29
The Hooded Leopard.

In Africa and Southern Asia the chez
tab or hunting leopard is important to
the sportsman. The animals resemble
the common leopard in their markings,
but are more slender, having long legs
and certain external canine characters
tics that are very noticeable, so that it
was long thought a connecting link be-
tween the dogs and cats. In Persia it
is called the youze, and they are car
ried to the field in low cars, whereon
they are chained. Each leopard is
hooded. When the hunters come within
view of herd of antelopes the leopard
is unclaimed, his hood is removed, and
the game is pointed out to him, being
directed in the pursuit by ,his sight.
Then he steals along cautiously and
crouchingly, taking advantage of every
means OF masking his attack, till he
has approached the herd unseen within
killing distance, when he suddenly
launches himself upon his quarry with
five or six vigorous and rapid bounds,
strangles it instantaneously, and drinks
its blood. The huntsman now ap-
proaches the leopard, ,caresses him, wins
him from his prey by placing the blood
which he collects in wooden ladle un-
der the nose of the animal, or by throw
ing to him pieces of meat, and while he
is thus kept quiet hoods him, leads him
back to his car, and there chains him.
If the leopard fails, in consequence of
the herd having taken timely alarm, he
attempts no pursuit, but returns to his
car with detected and mortified air.
The hyena and ounce have also been
used in hunting, while the wild dog of
Africa is often in demand In Asia
tiger-hunting would be practiced less
were it not for the elephants, who seem
to enjoy the dangerous sport as well as
their riders, who are safely housed on
their backs. These intelligent animals
are also used in capturing wild animals
of their own kind, and are important
factors in the training and subduing
process that comes later. The horse
was formerly used in England to stalk
animals They were trapped so that
the rider was concealed, and so feeding
along the animal gradually brought the
sportsman nearer the game. In the
inventories of the wardrobe belonging
to King Henry VIII. is the allowance OF
certain qualities of stuff for the purpose
of making stalking coats and stalking
hose for the use of his Majesty.-M Y
Evening Post.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-08-29
HOME and FARM.

-Cucumbers, according to NJ. Deliee,
caterer of the New York Club, should
be peeled and put to soak in ice-salt
water at least an hour before served
The salt extracts the poison and the ice
renders them brittle and easier to Be
digested.
For breakfast try this: Take the
skin off q nice piece of salt Goldfish;
wash 1t in several waters, and lay 1t on
gridiron to broil. 1t should be broiled
for about twenty minutes, and must be
turned often to prevent burning. This
is nice for tea CHICAGO journal
"A correspondent of the HtlsbdndnaH
uses his buckwheat chaff as an absorb
ent in cow-stables. One and half
bushels will be sufficient for ten COWS
over night. keeping them clean and dry.
In addition to his own he buys from his
neighbors, paying one dollar for load
of fifty bushels.
1t is advisable to give the chic Ks
which are with their mother feed eayly
in the morning, another feed in the
middle of the forenoon, then at noon,
followed by feed in the middle of the
afternoon, and again late in the even
ing.-Cincfnndt Times.
To expedite the making of lemon
pie use hot water in place of cold. stir
the cut-up lemon, the sugar and corn
starch or flour and eggs together, as II
you were making pudding sauce; then
pour in hot water; II the pail or basin
containing this is then placed in q vessel
of boiling water 1t will cook in five min
utes.-M Y. Post.
Lift is possible so to arrange the order
of dinner getting, do not shell TIE peas
until a few minutes before they are to
be cooked. They lose much Of their
fine, distinctive flavor if shelled some
time before cooking; and do not wash
them. What water is so clean as the
lining of the podP-Erchan1e.
Early Hoeing: By this we do not
mean hoeing eariy in the season, but
early in the morning. In the early
morning the dew is on, and this Is
charged with an available amount of
ammonia, which, of course, feeds the
roots below. If the surface is neglected
a crust forms and the air does not circu-
late in the soil. Get the farm hands to
the morning, and give them the same
time at noon to rest--N. Y. Herald.
Farmers, observes q recent writer.
are very negligent in regard to keeping
well-informed as to prices. Two cents,
or even one cent, on the yearly butter
product of twenty or thirty cows, is no
small loss for any ordinary farmer. No
loss can be averted and gain insured
without radical improvement in the
manufacture of the butter. The best
brings the top price; the poorest is hard
to sell.-PrGtyie Farmer.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-08-29
The Season OF Lilies.

To perfect their glorious color the
full heat of summer IS required. They
come with the golden daisies, the st.
Johnswort, the yellow-topped aster, the
evening primroses, and other glowing
tints of July The first of these lilies to
appear is the smaller orange species,
with flower erect, like some precious
cup or holy grail. 1t is the Philadel-
phian lily of botanists, and grows in
dry or sandy soil; for that matter, it is
quite various in habit The perianth is
spotted within with purplish dots, and
the whole height of the plant is from
two to three feet. Ere this passes out
of flower, we will find in wet meadows
the yellow, or Canadian, lily. There
are from one to several flowers to plant,
all of these gracefully nodding, and
spotted with brown Again, still later,
comes the Turk's-cap lily, Liliuns sup
erltfn1, L., perhaps the finest of our
wild species. The flowers are often
numerous, and the plant may be six or
eight feet in height. These plants are a
magnificent sight in their native loca-
ton. and may easily be made to grow
in gardens. They have the sepals or
divisions of the flower strongly curled
backward or revolute. The flower il a
yellower orange than the tiger lily Of
the florists. and is spotted with purple
within.
1t is, perhaps, unnecessary to say
that the pond lilies, which gladden. our
city streets in summer, are not true lilies.
The family Nymph9acee, indeed.
are quite remote in relationship, finding
their nearest allies in magnolias, butter
cups, and the like. They attain their
highest expression in the famous FIc-
toTid Regia of the Amazons, the leaves
of which, floating on the water, will
support q child. 1t was from the extra
ordinary veining of these great leaves
that Paxton is said to have derived his
plan for constructing the roof of the
Crystal Palace in Sydenham. All the
rafters, so to speak, are curiously but
tressed and supported, giving the
greatest strength with the least mate
rial. The flowers of the Victoria are
among the most superb of natural OBJ
jects; they are magnified and trans
cendent pond-lilies. With all their
beauty, however, we doubt if they can
excel our own lovely and sweet-scented
flower.
The wild lilies, like many natural OBJ
jects (notably sea-shells and marine
life of all sorts), lose much of their
beauty in the prosaic environment of
our homes. They are ''lilies of the
field" and there we must go to see
Journal.