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Notice to Tax Payers!

viii be ut the several voting pre-
cincts in Pope county, Arkansas, for
the purpose OF collecting the taxes on
real and personal property for the year
1883, at the following times and pla-
ces tO-wit
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In the Pope liicnit Court.--G w higgins, Ptn.
vs.. Ella higgins, Defendant.
The defendant Ella higgins Is warned to APP
pear In this court within thirty day. anil an-
swer the complaint Of the plaintiff, % w Rig
gins. Dec. It'll .iSss JAMES POTTS, CLERK.
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Go 10 Ilarkcy e Bros drug store aud
ret l.. A. Livingstonc's Wonderful
Worm Tonic, the best medicine IN the
world for al sick a ID puny children.
PURELY EGETAB BILE. 1t ID a good
Tor teething children, regulate stom-
ach, bowels, and stops spasns IN few
minutes. Nov. Ism.
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The Coleman Cleaner Beats all
Rivals.

4&Av&4A0s
Mr. w. c. Coleman on yesterday
received the following official notice
of the first prize being awarded &c
the Colman cotton cleaner at the
Louisville exposition. 1t was in
competition there with the Ralston
cotton cleaner. the Clark cotton
cleaner, the Davis cotton cleaner
and the Peerless cotton cleaner. The
award is as follows:
THE SOUTHERN EXPOSITION AT LOUIS
WILLIE, KENTUCKY, 1883.
The board of directors has con-
llrmetl the following report Of the jti
rors on awards for the Southern ex
position of 1883, and decrced an
award in conformity Herewith, as
follows.
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NINTH YEAR.---NO. 40.
slts RHsstllsilIs aI}tstla Eaenpttal.

'gR RUssELLvILLE PRINTING AssocrArios
Propristors.
!. L.. SHiNN, President,
GEO. u. HOWELL, yice-Prcsidcnt,
y. #. MUNDAY, Secretary,
4. III. BAIRD. Treasurer.
81. Il. JOE. Business Manager.
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Church and Society Directory.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
HB Miner pastor. Preaching each I'd an ]
4th sabbath at IL a. IN, and 1880 p. IN. Prayer
meeting every Thursday at 1880. y. IN, Sab
bath school at Q a. IN. every Sabbath.
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CHRTSTYAE CUURH.

CHRISTTAN CHURH.
Preaching the LIST and I'd Lords Day in each
month by Ed. G. w. liarkey. Sunday school
/ at $3.50 a. M. each Lords Day. and prayer
meeting at night. All are invited.
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REPORT on AWARDS.

Product: Cotton cleaner. Exbib-
itor: Colman Cotton Cleaning Com
pany, Little Rock, Ark. Award: A
medal for the best cotton cleaner.
The award, as made above, is now
in the hands of the engravcr and
will be delivered as soon as complet-
ed. j. M. WRIGHT,
General Manager.
Louisville, KY, Nov. 20, 1883.
w. N. Haldeman Of the Courier
Journal has been elected an honor
ary life member of the Louisville
Board of Trade.
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aETH0BrsT EPISCOPAL cKURcH.
j. T.. Uendrickson, pastor Preaching list
nd Sd Sabbath. II a. m. and 1880 pm. Prayer
Eaccting Thursdays, T:30 p m. Sabbath school
70 a. m,
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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.


COUNTY COURT:
\ At Dover. on the 4th Monday liz March and
1st Monday in January, July and October.
PROBATE COURT:
At Dover, on the LIST Monday IN May and Sd
londay in January, July and October.
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R1pTIST cHERCX.

BAPTIST CHURCH.
J.P. Weaver, pastor. Preaching every q
aud 4th sabbath at II am. and7 80 pm. fray.
CIR meeting every Tuesday night. sabbath
school 8 a. m. every sabbath
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LIST OF FRIES.

1861 Prizes. amounting to ....... CESS, 500
Application for rates To clubs should only be
made to the ofiice Of the Company in New
For further Information write clearly, giving
fun address. Make T.. o. Money Orders
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METHODIST CHURcH, SOUTH,
J. l.. Massey, pastor. Preaching LIST and Sd
Sundays at II a. IN. and 1880 pm. Prayer meet
ing Wednesdays, 1880 p. m. Sabbath school
70 80 n. m.
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A SPLENDID OPPORTUNI-
TY TO WIN A FORTUNE.
FIRST GRAND WING,
CLASS A. AT NEW ORLEANS.
TUESDAY, January 10. 1854
164th Monthly Drawing.
CAPITAL PRIZE, $4,000.
100000 Tickets at Five Dollars
Eeach. Fractions, in FIftlIs
in proportion.
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incorporated in 1868 for rs years by the Leg
isiature for Educational and charitable pur-
poses-with n capital OF 81, 0O0, 000-to which a
added.
ny an overwhelming popular vote its fran
chIse was made part of the present state
Constitution adopted December 2d, A. D.. 1879
me only Lottery erer roted and endorsed
By NE people ofaAy state.
n necey scales ar Josfpones.
ITS GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAW
l\G~ take ulace monthly
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-07

Wrestling matches between camels
is an amusement in which the Turks
take great delight, although they some
times get fine animal manned in the
sport The camels are trained to
wrestle when quite young, and take
much pleasure in the fray. A cores
pondent writes: We had a young one
on board, only month old, and as he
was born under the flag he was chris
tened "Uncle Sam" One of the Turks
amused himself on the voyage making
''pehlevan' of him, and when he was
six weeks old he was more than a
match for his master, using his legs,
neck and mouth with such deXterlty,
and displaying such wonderful
strength in so young thing, that he
became very rough playmate, and
often hurt the men by throwing them
down. This feature seems to be nat
ural to the camel, for when two
strange ones come together where
there are any females they have a
wrestling match for the supremacy
and the conquered one ever after ac'
knowlelge his inferiCrity by not SC
much AS daring to glance at a female,
Well-trained animals seldom injurt
each other, being taught to throw
their antagonist by getting his neck
unde' their fore leg-the right one
and tnen throwing the whole weight
OF their bod;snn him and bringing hin
to the ground
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-07
Nautical EIOqnence.

A speaker who attempts to use nau-
tical metaphors should be thoroughly
familiar with the sea and the W orking
of a ship, or he will strand his speech.
A clergyman was once supplying a
pulpit by the seaside Thinking to
impress the truth more distinctly upon
the congregation, many of whom were
seamen, he drew the figure of a ship
trying to enter a harbor against a high
wind.
Unfortunately for the success Of his
metaphor, he knew little of seaman
ship. After putting the ship into sew
eral singular positions, he cried out in
a tone intended to be emphatic;
"What shall we do neXt?'
"The Lord only knows" exclaimed
dsgusted old tar, "unless you let her
drift stern foremost
The prince of sailor-preachcrs,
Father Tay.or, was once silenced by a
compliment to his eloquence. He had
depicted the impenitent sinner under
the figure of a storm-tossed ship, with
her sails split, and driven by the gale
toward the rock-bOund coast Of Cape
Ann.
80. how" he exclaimed, in tones of
despair, shall this sin-tossed sinner be
sayed?'
Instantly an old salt in the gallery,
who had listened with open mouth and
straining eyes the preacher, Jumped
to his feet, aud in a VOICE that would
have sounded above a hurricane, shout
ed: .......
Let him put his helm hard down,
j:Nnl Lear away fer Sguam,"- ceatlaI
! CHRISTIAN ,AdrOcots,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-07
Seen in Colorado.

Since | came into Colorado, writes a
correspondent, | have played at snow
ball with John Sutman on the last day
Of July. | have seen ladies' scrape
away the snow and pick flowers from
the ground under the snow, and | have
seen red ripe Strawberries picked from
green bushes after kicking off foot Of
snow from them. This at Alpine Pass.
have seen lncn on horseback along
the railroad tracks, where we have men
afoot, as track-walkerS; have seen
these horsemen draw out rcd Tag,
and ride bareback a daredevil galIop
over the ties to flag train.
have seen the ticket agent at Mar
shal's Pass, 10, 12j feet altitude, sitting
by roaring fire in his office, July 80,
while outside, the ladies' Of our eNcur-
sion were gathering wild flowers and
berries, thermometer Al degrees in the
shade.
have seen in the streets of twenty
saloon towns open gambling hells,
with sign, Cards and Rum
| have seen mountains Of rocks
thousands Of feet high, with the stones
arranged layer upon layer, as if built
by Il mason, as regularly and carefully
laid, and | have seen standing in the
middle of Il plain fat stone on its
edge $50 feet to the top. And | have
seen in the ROYAL Gorge, a mountain
over ?000 feet high, all seeming one
solid stone. without a crack or creyice,
actually one big solid rock.
l have seen a girl, dashing over the
plains on horseback, dislnount to pick
bouque. for her has, and, calling her
Newfoundland dog, styp on his back
and remount.
Ihave seen an open Bible, lying on
carved oak altar at the entrance Of II
rum shop and gambling den at Lead
vile, and above the Bible a sign paint
ed, saving: 'Please, kind friends.
don't swear" Think of SUCH an ap-
neal, made in such a way, by the keeps
er of drinking den.
l have ridden in a palace car on the
Rio Grande railroad, the name OF
which, painted on its side in gilt
letters, was The blood Of Jesus fol-
lowed by another car named Heart
! of the Saviour"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-07
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

BY careful measurements, Prof u.
r. Penhallow has determined the rooc
and the leaf areas of the indian corn
plant TO be approximately equal
The last observations Indicate that
We are distant from the sun about
O2, 100000 miles, These are figures
obtained as near as may he from the
observations of the last Venus tran
sits.
Prof. f. Farsky has Experimental
with sulphulic acid as one OF us
sodium compounds for manurlnS
clayey soil. Both were without action
upon moist soils, and caused redl'c-
ton Of the yield Of dry soil.
Were a man weighing $50 pounds
endowed with the strength OF
beetle, some time ago exhibited by DR..
Thebod at scientific meeting, he
should be able to move l9S, 9S,OOOpoundS'
or nearly 100 tons. The insect weighed
two grains, and moved 2,GtO grains
Tince the construction Of railways
in Italy malarial disease has become
more prevalent and more severe t'lah
before. it is supposed that this eilect
| is due to the influence cNcr'ed by the
numerous earth cuttings necessary lor
the laying of tracks, and to the greater
use of stagnant water,
The introduction of electricity as
substitute for lamps and candies on
board ship is making rapid progress
There is one source Of safety in this
to the ship and the passengers, All
lights are put out at II o'clock. After
this time people may talk in the dark
but there is no possibility Of reckless
use of lights and lamps.
The hen has in her oyaries, in round
numbers, more than coo germs which
develop gradually and are succes5lvely
laid. Of these 600 the hen will lay
twenty in her first year, l35 in her
second and Iii in her third, In each
one of the following four years the
number of eggs will be diminished by
twenty, andin her ninth year She will
lay at most ten eggs. In order to Oh
tain from them sufficient product to
cover the expense Of alimentation,
they should not be allowed to live over
four years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-07

The umbrella is an institution in
japan. Whether it owes its invention
to this people or not, they avail them
selves largely of its uses, The Japan
eSe umbrella is a sensible article in its
amplitude and lightness, being made
of paper and bamboo. When under
one Of them a man is nearly as safe as
if he was under shed, 50 far us the
falling rain is in question, and the
shade it affords from the sun is "like
unto that Of a great rock in weary
land.' When folded, however, it pos
sessps a volume that is rather un-
wieldy and inartistic in appearance.
The average japanese is seldom seen
without his umbrella. 1t is an indiS-
pcnsable article of comfort, and rain or
shine he places himself under its pro-
lection. If the same array of
umbrellas was to be seen on our
streets that is constantly in sight on
the street here it would be novel
spectacle, especially on bright, sunny
day.
The garment most commonly Worn
is'suited for all the needs Of warmth
or coolnesS. 1t is made with wide,
flowing, square sleeves, and it is
wrapppr-shaped, open in front from
TOP to bottom and confined at the
waist by long band wound around
the body number Of times 1t is a
very simple outfit. Comfort cannot
exact anything more simple. In the
cold season these garments are dupli-
Gated by the addition Of wadded arti-
cles Of the same character. The great
multitude wear for headgear simply a
piece of blue cloth tied about the
temples, though the straw hat is fast
coming into use with many. OF
course, there are many who have
adopted the European styles of cos.
tune throughout from head to foot
The native dress Of the japanese is
not a costly one. One of the garments
in use in summer will cost about one
dollar and half if made of cotton
more, of course, if silk.
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Children's Games and FrOliCs.

AQultJ Dllnu llHll Jun Sdile NNiCl
may be played in the house is known
by the euphonious name of "Still pond
no moving" One child is blindGolded
and stands in the middle of the room,
counting hundred by lives, then calls
out ".Stll pond no moving" The
others hide in some part Of the room,
and the one who is "it' gropes about
until he catches some one, whom he
must name. If any one moves, then
he is blindGolded and has to be "it.'
A lady in Brooklyn, who has four
little girls and three small boys, has
game for them called housekeeping"
Every morning they clean up their
nursery. Two of them have little
brooms and they do the sweeping,
while little tot of three years in a
pink cap and apron takes up the dust
in a tiny dust-pan. The boys move
the furniture about and then they all
dust. They also dust the two parlors
every morning, and seldom break any
thing. This is good exercise for them
and they enjoy it greatly. No grown
up person bothers them while they
work, bat their mother inspects it and
points out improvements after it is
done.
"Oh, how | wish it was warm
weather, so the children coull play
out doors" is an exclamation often
heard during the months Of cold
weather. But the many hours Il child
spends indoors during winter ought
to he filed with play OF an amusing
and instructing character. In the
first place do not forbid the children
the kitchen, for in that most busy
room OF the house they may learn many
useful things; and what child does
not like to see cakes and pies made,
and have the dish the cake was mixed
in after the CAKE is in the oven, or
make little pie or cake of his own
out of piece of dough?
Another mother in the city who has
a large family of children has Il game
for them which they play every night
1t is called Circus by the children
and affords an excellent opportunity
for exercise. They all form in Il
straight line with their arms folded
behind them, and march backward and
then forward to gay music played by
their mother, singing some simple
music, such as
"Six / tile children all in row,
| Backward, forward, here We all CO.
Then they place the hands clasped
over the heal and march again sing
ing; then they place their hands on
each others shoulders and march. One
child recites a little poem every night,
and is crowned with wreath of iloW-
ers. the children forming circle about
her and singing, Then the father
holds spelling match, over which
they have great fun, after which they
sing Il hymn and go off to bed, their
eyes sparkling with fun and exercise,
and their memories, voices and lungs
gaining strength BY the game.
A useful and instructive game for
children little older is called "Find'
ing" Each one has map, say of
Asia, or they all cluster around a big
map. Some one of them says "Finl
Pekin.' Then they hunt for it and
whoever finds it first and locates it
properly has the next turn.-NeH
vorL Jo,yrn11
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In n Persian City.

Resht contains over ten thouSan | in
habitantS, and is important as being
the principal Persian city On the Cas-
pian, SAYS correspondent. 1t is noted
for its tobacco, which is very delicate
and mild, and for a sort Of embroidery
on broadcloth called Resht work,
which is sometimes seen in America
in the shape Of table-cover; and sota-
cushions The city is very unhealthy.
owing to malaria from the low grounds
and the stagnant pools of water which
cover the numerous rice-ilelds, The
streets are narrow anl winding; tho
houses low and built for the most part
of mud and sun-driel brick, anl
thatched with mud and straw. soma
of the summer places in tie neighbour
hood are very pleasantly surrounded
by rose gardens, and have ''ne avenues
of shade trees In II visit to one t
these in company with Il Persian Vf
high rank, we were both amused AMI
disguised at the absolute control ho
had, not only over his servants, but
over all interiors as well. As we cana
to Il party of boys bathing IN a small
river the humor seized him to mako
one of his servants hathe and, not cCn-
tent with this, he male other servants
throw several Of their fellows INFO tn,
water with their clothes on. ana wa1
quite delighted at the sorry rlighj
they We're in as they came ashore. lis
had the boys, who came up beggin ;
for "shia's," thrown heels over hca |
from high bank into the water. Or>
little fellow was seriously hu1;. Ti>
gentleman thought. when his fan.wai
over that he had settled all scores ly
tossing y few silver pieces among
them,
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"ForecIosedw shouted Stephen Greg

"Foreclosed" shouted Stephen Greg
son. "Not if | know it. And the
thing never would have been thought
OF If the lawyers | wrote to in New
York hadn't been scamps and cleared
out with the money l sent 'em six
months ago to pay up the mortgage.
However, here l am in time at last,
with the amount of the debt | owe you,
safely lodged in the Wickham Bank
and enough besides to settle up all
costs and charges. Why, how we'll you
all loolil And Miss Abby Miller has
actually grown young, and Ursula's
cheeks are as pink as crape-myrtle.
Yes, yes, Ursula, our old dreams have
come true. I've made my fortune, and
Pve come back to marry YOU"
All, inconsiderate lover that he was
thus to blmt out his courtship before
the old people and Miss Miller.
But it never was Stephen Gregson's
way to be secretve; and they all
seemed to be as much interested about
it as Ursula herself But they had
the discretion not to look toward that
particular part of the kitchen where
the big tish-geranium grew in paint
ed tuh, when stephen and Ursula had
gone there to look at the new scarlet
buds, just opening out.
ut seems like dream" said Ursula
ecstatically, as she and Stephen togeth.
er stood at the window, watching the
moon wade through the masses ol
struggling cloud. "Grandfather and
grandmother provided for; the deal
old home all our own; you back here
faithful and unchanged, and our we'd
ding to be in February. Oh, how car
eve: be thankful enongh?"
While Grandfather Hall was saying
the same thing by the lireside.
ave shall keep Thanksgiving to,
morrow, with good reason, eh, moth
er?' he uttered.
And old Mrs. Hall answered, fer
vently:
81 shall keep Thanksgiving all my
liCpw
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Thanksgiving.

Come one, come all! Come home, como homo
From desert sands and ocean ioom
Beneath the honored homo rooi-lree,
Join hands and hearts, and you shall ace
Sweet thoughts, pure love, md hone.t living
Flow from the keeper of Thanksgiving,
'Iis then the dead brcome most dear;
'Iis then the. living bring most cheer;
lis then the best within us seems
Aspiring toward our youthful dreams,
And life looks eally worth the living,
In the old homestead ut thanksgiving,
Thanks, grim old Pur.tans, to you,
Who "builded better than ye knew
True, yc were hard and stern, It's sNid,
lntolerant and bi .oted,
But one sweet gifI is OF your giving
Thanks. sad old pilgrim, i,r Thanksgiving!
Chloe .MarweH
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WHOLE NO. 2l44

and the herdsmen were divided, striv-
ing as the herdsmen Of Abrams cattle
strove with those of Lot. But this
was no case of an immovable body op-
posed to an irresistible force, and
therefore the opponents of Clinton
gave away, though not without many
expostulations Here was the begin
ming of the movement which led to the
first Presidential proclamation nation
alizing Thanksgiving day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1883-11-07

BERWICK HOTEL.

G f. RaCIaARDSON, PrOnr,
RUTLAND VERMONT
Heated Throughout by Seam.
Good Sample Rooms. Billiard Room aud
Livery Stable connected with tho Hotel
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1883-01-06

The fundamental evil does not lie in
the existence of useless letters, which in
so many cases are, in addition to their
uselessness, the records of fictitious his
tory or perverted etymology. This is
something that needs especially to be in
sisted upon, because it is against these
Interesting encumbrances and anoma-
lies" rs the London Times calls them,
that efforts at reform are naturally at
first directed; and what is only side
issue, though an important one, becomes
to the minds of many the main issue.
This fundamental evil, as it is generally
stated. lies in the fact that our language,
as at present spelled, has multitude of
signs for the same sound, and Q multi
tude Of sounds for the same sign. But
an abstract statement Of this kind means
little or nothing to the mass of men; a
few examples may make it mean great
deal. Letus take, for instance, the vowel
sound, which is seen in the words met,
sDeat, amy, said. says and leopard. Here
is one sound. that of short e. which is
represented in these various words by
six different signs. by e, by Ge. BY
a, by al. by az, by oh. Take
again the vowel-sound heard in rude,
nsoUe, rood, routine, rheHm, drsae.
shoe, rsted, and brstise. Here the same
sound is represented by niue signs: by q,
by o, by 90, by on, by eu. by esc. by oe,
by ne, and by III. Take again the sound
which we call "long c" which was
originally with us represented by 1, and
which is still so represented in other
languages. It is found in nseei, 'nete,