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FORT SMITH, ARK.
The Frisco Railroad TO Kun Through
the Indian TerrftOry-GOssip
Of the Week.

Regular Correspondence of the Appeal
Fort SMITH, February 9.-Mr. Meriweth-
er, of Merirether's Weekly, is in the city, and
will lecture this evening.
On Saturday evening last the jury in the
case of the State Of Arkansas Us. Thomas 3.
Slaughter brought in verict Of not guilty.
The indictment charged an assault with in
tent 10 kill upon Samuel Wakefield, On July
"a, 1882.
The sidewalks and streets are in bad
condition, caused by the three-inch fall Of
snow a few days since, followed by misty
rain and sieet.
The engineers of the Frisco railroad have
suspended q survey of the Southern route of
that road. 1t is still believed that the road
will be built to Hackett City, from thence
through the Indian Territory 10 Tescas.
Capt. George Tiles, our handsome and
enterprising cigar manufacturer and book
dealer, arrived on Wednesday night from
Little Rock with his bride. who is one of the
most beautiful women of the capital city.
There have been but three failures in Fort
Smith this season. This shows good re-
cord for the commerce and business of the
place.
The proclaim alton OF the mayor suspend
ing all public gatherings has been rescinded,
and the public schools have been opened
again.
The people are pleased with the good work
being done by the Legislature. That body
is composed of good men, who are anxious
to effect practical legislation-uhich is much
needed.
The Circuit Court adjourns 90 Saturday
evening next. Court will be convened al
Malvern on Monday.
Miss Trader, OF Memphis, is visiting the
family OF Maj. W. ]. Echols.
Coal is in demand on our streets at thirty
1--WE csntsper bushel. Expensive necessary
L IAXEII
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THE HUMAN MONKEY
Now on Exhfbtifon 81 the Aqaarium,
Westmfester, London.

A correspondent in Nature writes of "Krao,
the Human Monkey" that through the
courtesy Of Mr.. Fsrini, j have had an inter
view with this curious little wall, which Is
now exhibiting at the Royal Aquarium,
Westminster, and for which he claims the
distinction of being the iong-soughi-for
missing link between man and the anthro-
poid apes. Krao certsinly presensz some
abnermal peculiarities, but they are scarcely
OF sufficiently pronounced type to jns.lfs
the claim. She is, in fact, distinctly hu-
man child, apparently about seven years Old,
endowed with an average share Of intelli-
seuce and possessing the faculty OF articulate
speech. Since her arrival about ten weeks
ago in London, she has acquired several
Enelish words, which she uses intelligently,
and not merely parrot-fashion, as has been
stated. Thus, on my suddenly producing my
watch at the interview, she wss attracted BY
the glitter, and cried out cock, cock
that ia, clock, clocki This ,howed con-
siderable powers OF generalization, sccsn-
panied BY somewhat defective articulation,
and i, appears that her Phone,ie sys'em does
NOT vet embrace the liquids and 3. Bot in
This and other respects Hsr education IL pro-
pressin1 fayorably. and che has already 90
f,r sdsptrd herself to civilized ways, thai
The me,s thleHf 20 be sent back to her own
peop,e il alxsYz sufficient to suppress any
SYMPTOM, Of nnruly conduct. Physically,
Krao presents several .peculiar features.
The head and low forehead are covered
down 10 the bushy syehrows With ths deep
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TYING THE KNOT.

: This is a trlse-loUer's knot" he said,
AS he twisted over q bit Of thread,
And carefully drawing the ends out straight,
Presented the form of the figure eight.
II is my darling, double moose,
Pretty to look at IL Left quite loose,
But two hearts closely We may unite
By pulling the ends of the cord up tight.
This is = o0trsins knot quoth he.
To the merry maiden upon mis- knee;
And terrible things on the mighty ship
Would happen, you know, II this knot should
slip;
In dropping the anchor, in hoisting SAIL
In make safe from the fearful gale;
And the bowllne knot you VIII understand
should never be made by carele IS hand.
= And this is a lUeGucr's knot my dear;
An intricate puzzle to you, / fear;
But you'll find you'll often have use for it
When the children's stockings you learn 10 knit
o, what confusion and loss beside.
II a knot in the warp were left united!
Hither and yon would the stitches run,
And the weaver's weaving bs soon undone.
- In tying a knot, If you tie it wrong
You can't depend on 1t very long;
But If made as 1t ought to be-frm and fast
Twill hold and tighten, and always last.
Now which of these knots do you like the best?
Said he-and the maiden whom he addressed
Like q woman answered, snd queried, too,
81 ] like the true-lovers knot. Don't your
JOSEPHINE POLLARD, in the Continent.
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OLD PARSON GRAY.

When was boy, and a country boy
That was forty years ago
There was one old form on our village street
That well used to know.
figure old and bent, but still,
Whether hot or cold the day,
1t went hither and thither on errands Of love
Twas good old Parson Gray.
For two-score years he had lived with US,
He had reaped a harvest Of friendship rich,
And very small stores of gold
And there wasn't q man or child in town
That hadn't word 10 say
OF love or respect or gratitude
For good old Parson Gray.
His old black broadcloth coat YVES worn,
And long, and of ancient cut;
But they didn't care much for looks or style
In the widow s humble hut.
And they never looked at the cut of his clothes
When he came TO watch and pray,
And to nurse and help by the sick mans bed
Our good old Parson Gray.
He could talk to the women about their work,
To the farmers about their crop,
With smile he could shame the idle group
That hung round the village shop
And on every Saturday afternoon
And he said that their youth made him youni
again
Our good old Parson Gray.
He is resting now by the village church
That SO long to him was dear;
And the boys that he taught have been out In IN
world
And at work this many year.
But of all the flock that I've met and known
Along Lies troublesome way,
Not one skipped of with the Sunday school fund
Like good old Parson Gray. [PacE.
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black, lank, and lusterless hair characteristic
OF the Monaghan races. The whole body is
slso overgrown with far less dense coating
of soft, black hair, about quarter of an
inch long, but nowhere close enough to con-
ceal the color OF the skin, which nav be de
scribed a. of dark olive-brown shade. The
nose lie extremely short and low, with exces-
sively bread nostrils, merging in the full,
pouched cheeks, into which she appears
to have the habit Of stufiug her food, mon
key-fashiop. Like those Of the anihropoids,
her feet sre Also prehensile and the hands 90
flexible that they bend quite back over the
wrists. The thumb also doubles completely
back, and of the four fnger-, all the top
joints bend at pleasure independently
inward. Prognathism seems to be very
slightly developed, and the beautiful round
black eyes are very large and per-
fectly horizontal. Hence the expression ia
on the whole far from unpleasing, aud not
nearly 80 spe-ike as that OF many Ne CRITICS
and especially of the Jsvanese 'Ardi,
figured by me in Nature, Vol. %. p. 200.
But it should be mentioned that when in g
pet, Krso's lips are said TO protrude so far a
to give her quite chimpanzee look"
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AnAmrR,oAN nooK IN ENeLAnp.

AN AMERICAN BOOK IN ENGLAND.
The interference by Mr.. Glsdstone's legis-
lation with the feudal power Of the land
owners in Ireland, the legal recognition of
the fact that tenants have rights which land
owners are bound to respect, and he practi-
cal assertion that the "vested rights" 50 Long
CLAIMED and acted upon by he landowners
are NOT beyond the interference and control
of law, are naturally producing their effect
outside OF Isssaad a. we'll as upon Irish soil.
In Scotland, as in Ireland, there are land
owners arbitrarily ben upon carrying out
their own will, or furthering their own in
terests, without regard to the sentiments,
feslings or welfare oil the tenants. Whole
districts nave been cleared OF the small ag-
ricGilurists renting the lands, in order that
room might be made for hunting pur-
poses, or to be thrown into exten-
tenAiye sheep.farming. The people in
some localities have determined to submit
with docile patience no longer to be deprived
of thsir homes by naughty lordlings and cal
culAting capitalists, and they are taking up
the Irish method of resistance. Last month.
in the Isle OF Skye, ak policemen, who had
been sent to Glendale 10 assist in a service
OF which the tenants were to be the victims,
were opposed by large crowd of men and
women, the former armed with sticks, and
were driven of. The landowners are, of
course, highly indignant that "their right to
do as they please with their own" should be
disputed, and an sgitation ia likely to be the
consequence, which will probably, in the end,
prove defeat for the opprsssors. On one
side will be attempts to force and drive, on
theother stubborn Scotch resistance and de-
termination to hold the land. Occurrences of
this kind are arousing deep interes. in social
questions, and the people are asking
by what right few landowners assume the
power to deprive, at their will, few honest
and industrious men from earning their
bread by the cultivation of the earth; by
what right these lords hold portion OF the
surface Of the earth as their private proper.
ty, and why the land should be their prop.
erty any more than the air that circuiates
or the rain that falls from heayenf The dis
= ara rrsatlv for.
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KAVANAGH'S STORY
The Carman Who Drove the Assassins OF
Lord Frederick CaTendish and
Mr.. Burke 10 aud
From Phenix Park, Turns Informer aud
Describes the Whole Affair-HOW
the Deed Was Done.

DUBLIN, February 10.-Michael Kava-
nsgh, the czrmsD, has turned informer against
the prisoners charged with conspiriDg 10
murder government officials. He will be the
FIRST witness examined in the investigation at
Kilmainham. He will testify that he drove
aud was employed by the assassins OF Lord
Frederick Caveudish and Burke in Phoenix
park, aud describe the whole affair.
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n.r.s.II JeweiI crs,Ie.IIy III.

HARTFORD, CoSs., February 19.-Ex-
Cav. Asrshall Jewell lie critically i'll with
pneamonis. DR.. Loomis, Of New York, was
sent for sssi night and arrived by special
train early this morning. Gov. JEWELS
daughter, Ars. Dodge, came on the same
train. His other daughter has been sum.
moned BY telegraph from Dstroif, and his
brothers have been also called hsne.
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Cetsse.NsIIs Clsssd.

WILxIsGTos, DEL, February 1o.-The
Arlington Coiton-Mills closed to-day on ss-
count of strike, throwing out Of employ
men, 500 hands. A reduction of three per
cent. in wages was made month ago, and
yesterday notice was given for a further r.
ductiou Of ten per cent. The manager salc
the prevailing duliness of the cotton trade
was the cause OF the reduction.
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Horsford,s Acid Phosphate.

DIR. G. Kaiser, of indianapolis, Ind, says:
81 have prescribed it for dyspepsia, impotency
all cases it has given general satisfaction"
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BIRMINGHAM, ALA, February IO-The
living about Alabama by Northern Repubii.
can Journals has commenced, and even SOM
protessedly independent papers have Joined
One Of the latter, the Boston Herald, ssys
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Nara ~ mafher.

You will End Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
Syrup an invaluable friend Il cures ysentery And
aiarfhea, regulates the stomach and bowels cures
wind collie, soffens the gums. reduces infiamnns
nation and gives tone and energy TO the whols
system. In almost every instance where the in
FAINT Is suffering during the teetning period Toe
pain and exhaustion relief will be found IN nfseer
or twenty minutes after the Soothing syrup hai
been Administered Do not fail 70 procure II
Price Is cents o bottle. For sale esefV"here.
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CHARLES D. BUNKER, commissioner OF
immigration for the State Of Californis, is
under arrest, charged with being defaulter
to the amount of $4,000. His friends claim
he can show he has made no misappropria-
ton.
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BRows's Bronchial Troches for coughs
and colds: 81 cannot very well do without
them. There is nothing 10 be compared with
them" Rec. o. d. Raikin,, Walton, Ind.
Prics Is cents . box.
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rns Inperf.i plctionary.

New YoRK, Februsry 10.-The Century
Company have undertaken The revision of
The Imperial Dictionary, new edition Of
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THERE is picture of Senator-elec, Tabor,
of Colorado, in the Louisville Courier Journal
OF Monday, and if il is good Likeness, we
would not be surprised if he would steal the
Capitol building and commit dozen muir
ders during his short stay in Washington. o
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Mr. GEORGE T. DowNINe protests against
any colonization movement 10 Liberia for
the colored people. He says that Liberia is
retrogressive, not improving morally, INTEL
lectually or materially.
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Gov. IRELAND, of Texas, has advised in a
message TO the Legislature that vaccination
be made compulsory in that State. 81 am,
as rule" he says, "very thoroughly opposed
10 psternal governments, but on this subject
/ am as & rmly fixed"
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A MEMBER of the Connecticut Legislature
submits the draft of law forbidJing the
killing in any way of the bird "known as
the American eagle" The proud bird of
freedom is 10 be held sacred in that State, il
In no other.
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The Boston Herald has gone wrong. The
man who gamblsa in grajnwith the States
money is NO more @perfect gentleman" in
the South than Jersey City Cashier would
be good Democrat at the North.
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The correspondent Of the Springfield Re
publican at Washington says that 1t is fact
that Derran B. Eaton. who drafted the civil
service reform bill, offered it to three Repub-
lican senators to Introduce and they refused
10 do 30. He then went to Mr.. Pendlstop.
who accepted the trust. Gen. Hawley was
one of the three Republican senators who
declined 10 introduce the measure, and one
OF the Massachusetts senators was another.
But when it was found that civil service re.
form was popular, after the late election,
then these three Republicans were willing TO
champion the bill.
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FREEMAN II. MORSE, who was member
of the Twenty eight Congress-1843-45-and
who, with Hannibal Hamlin, is the Oldest
ex-member from Maine, is now living in
Liverpool, England, at which place he has
made his home since the expiration Of his
term as consul at that place many years ago.
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THERE are some mysteries in Mississippi
which the people would like to have some
light thrown upon. We just mention two:
WHO got that cerlifcate?" and "What was
the cause of the Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College row." Don't all speak at once.
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Bsrr remembered, says the Boston Herald,
that the combined idiocy and mulishness of
the Coinage Committee OF the House, in
adhering 10 the cestly aud dangerous policy
th at is heaping up short-weight silver dollars
in the interest of the mining kings, is due 10
the action of The Republicans Of the House
in eecting Speaker capable of appointing
such committee upon this important sub.
iect.
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AN Arkansas politician was approached
by man, who said: Colonel, please give
me a nickel; want to cross the river"
Haven't you got nickel?" 'No, SIR" 81
won't give you one. A man who hasn't
nickel is just as we'll off on This side of the
river as the other" H
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SENATOR STEwART has introduceda bill
in the Pennsylysnia Legislature ito eman-
cipate the people from bondage to the poll
ticiaus and TO preserve the self-respect OF
candidates for Office" 1t forbids persons
running for Office TO solicit votes in their
own behalf, or to pledge money or place to
voters or to pay for carrying them to the
polls.
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Kayauagh's Story.

The court was again crowded this morning
with privileged spectators, including many
ladies. II is expected that after the present
hearing the case will be adjourned until
Wednesday, and the examination thereafte
proceed at shorter stages. Joseph Brady,
Timothy Kelly, james Carey, town council
lor, Carman Fizhsrrip, and seven other
persous we're pl laced in he dock to-day.
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GEN. CHALMERS has commenced taking
testimony preparatory TO his contest for a
seat in the Forty eight Congress. Col. Hsr-
ris is attorney for Gen. Chalmers, and Ed NJ
Watson, Esq, for Col. Manning.
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DIR. GEoRsE B. LoRINe, United States
commiasioner OF agriculture, seems TO be hav-
iue the vhsle field to himself as candidate
for the next Republican no animation for gov
etnof of Massachusetts,. The other aspirants
sre holding back and waiting to see which
way the Butler cat is going to jump. II
Gov. Fuller stic<s 70 his expressed intention
of retiring at the close Of his present term,
there will be enough candidates to contest
for the honor Of the nomination with DIR.
Loripg. But should the widow decide
to run again, there will be = scramble to
keep off the ticket in order to wait until the
Butler cyclone has passed over.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-16
CNttjI1g Rates.

An Oshkosh paper, speaking of the cut
in rates between Milwaukee and that place,
says:
The competition now existing between
the three direct railroads running into
Milwaukee from this city has resulted in
an enormous cut in freights. The regular
rates between Milwaukee and Oshkosh are
as follows: First class, So cents; second
class, 80 cents; third class, "a cents; fourth
class, 20 cents. a short time ago cut was
made by one OF the roads, which finally
leaked out, and the other roads followed
suit and went one better. The rates
dropped to 20 cents per hundred for all
classes. Then they went down to Is cents
on all classes. Two or three days ago the
Central and st. Paul roads came down to
eight cents per hundred, and last evening
Mr.. Martin, agent for the Northwestern
road, sent out postal cards to all agents,
placing the rate at five cents on all classes.
This was met by the other roads to-day,
which also announce rates at five cents per
hundred. 1t is said that the Central road
proposes to make the fight hotter, and will
shortly carry freight for nothing and throw
IN chrome.
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A MISSING LAWYER.

And No Way TO Account for His Absence
for Nobody Knows of a Woman in the
Case.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 15.-There are no
tidings yet from Alexander Thacser, the
missing lawyer. In the latter part of last
week counsel for the Mintzer estate OBJ
tanned writ OF sequestration, and the
writ was executed by service on Thacker
as clerk, enjoining all interference with
the missing mans property until return of
the writ in November. VIM. A. Henderson,
who is attorney for the missing man,
states that an examination of Thscker's
accounts proves them all right. Mander-
son added: 1.-The estate is worth about
100000; there is 100000 mortgage
securities in his Office, and $4,000 in real
estate on Arch street, in his safe which is
locked up. do not doubt that the bal
ance of the estate will be accounted for.
1t would have been absurd for him to ab-
scond on account of any dedication. His
practice was large and worth at least $15,-
coo a year. His clients are among the
most wealthy and respectable people in
the city. His friends would have made Up
any amount for which he had defaulted,
even ii he could not have made it good
himself. In addition to this he was very
steady, not at all extravagant, and never
specialized. There is no way in which /
can account for his disappearance,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-16

San Francisco. The business preferences
IN the assignment are $4,000.
Inc hrm consists of William and Edward
nyams, tins manufacturers in this city at
o. Read utreet. Their place of business
oeing IN San Francisco, under the man
ageneh. OF Hyams. VIM. Hyams esti-
mates the liabilities at between s50 OOO
and 100000. VIM. Hyams said to a Post
reporter: Il am at work figuring out the
actnai liabilities ana every creditor will be
paid hundred cents on the dollar. Our
assets amount to twice the liabilities. We
have been established in business in this
city since 1867, and have always borne a
good reputation. Elias Joseph is .be as
fignee." The following is list of the
creditors, among whom is distributed the
$4,000 preferences: Emana Hyams, Selig
Hyams Arnold Harris, Joseph Lilienthal.
Syman Enoch, Philip Leslies, Henry John,
j. L. Lindheim, Tradesman's National
bank.
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Suspended.

NEW YeRK. Oct. 15.-The commercial
agency report Hyams Bros, large firm
of New York and San Francisco, in the
Wholesale clothing trade, have suspended
with liabilities of $250.000. There are
runors as yet unconfrmed of a still larger
failure in the same line. Hyams, speak
ing of the suspension, said that judg-
ment for $88, 900 had been obtained against
his brother Edward IN San Francisco,
where the latter has charge of branch
house. This judgment was against ms
brother individually and did not effect the
firm. The creditors in New York becom-
ing alarmed, Hysms made the assign
ment to avoid any attachments. Inc lla-
bilities in this city, he said, would not
amount to over $4,000 and in San + Fran ran
cisco probably not more than sioo,ooo'
Hyams was positive the firm would pay
hundred cents on the dollar and that the
trouble would be merely temporary. The
assets, he said, would have to come from