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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-09
Skin Diseases

Fifteen years OF Sunering.-Bodyc covered
Tai% S o": %%Sr ssoo,LNo Cnr.srNo elE yHssS Hops.
will now state that I made n miraculous of
one OF the worst Of skin disease known. The
patient is man forty years old; had suffered fifteen
presented a frIghtful appearance. Had had the al.
tenton of twelve different physicians, who prescribed
the best remedies known to the profession, such
iodde, potassium, arsenic, corrosive sublimate
parilla, etc. Had paid $500 for medical treatment
with but little relief. ! prevailed upon him to use
ly, and the CUTICURA and CuTICURA Soar ex-
ternay. lie did so, and was completely cured. The
skin on his head, face and many other parts Of his
body, which presented u most loathsome appearance
is now soft and smooth a infants, with
or trace of the dis ase left behind lie has now been
cured twelve months Reported by
+. Ii. BROWN, Esq Barnwell, $. &.
Reference, Dr. II. BAER, Charleston, s. G..
Helpless for Eight Years.-Unable To Walk
for One Year.-(sOt about Hands and
knees.-A Wonderful Cure.
have had most wonderful cure of Salt Rheum.
For seventeen years suffered with Salt RheuIn;
had II on my head face, neck, arms and legs. was
not able to walk. only on my hands and knees for
one year. have not been able to help. myself for
eight years. tried hundreds of remedies not one
had the least effect The doctors said my case was
incurable. SO my parents tried everything that
came along saw your advertisement, and con-
cluded TO try CUTICURA REMEDIES The Cuticura
brought the humor to the surface Of my skin. II
would drop off as II came out, until now am entire
ly well. All can say is. thank yon most heartily
for my cure. Any person who thinks this letter a
fraud, let them write come and me, and find
out for themselves. WILL MCDONALD,
2542 Dearborn st., Chicago, Ill.
The Cuticura Treatment, for the cure Of
Skin, Scalp, aud Blood Diseases, consists In the
internal use Of CUTICURA REsOLvENT, the new
Blood Purifier, and the exter 1al use OF CUTfCURA
and CUTIcURA SOAP, the Great Skin Cures. Price
of CUTICUBA, small bsxes. 80 cts. large boxes, e1.
CUTIcUgA REsoLvENT 81 per bottle. CUTICURA
SOAP, 25 cts. CUTfcUgA SHAVING SOAP, 10 cts.
Sold by all druggists.
Potter Drug and Chemical Co., Boston.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-09
Vegetine
Superior TO any Family Medicine.
Puri6es the Blood, Renovates and
Invigorates the Whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES ARE
Alternative, Tonic, Solvent, and
Diuretic.

VEGETINE is made exclusively from the juices of
carefully selected tarks. roots and herbs. and so
strongly concentrated that il will efectually eradi
cate from the system every taint of Scrofa, Scrcf
Hious Humor, Tumors, Cancer, CdRceroas Aamor.
Ergspeids, Sal. Rheun, ,Sgphilitic Diseases Canker.
Fainness at the Stomach and all diseases that arise
from impure blood, Sciatica, Iaadmmdtory and
Chronic RheuRatiSm, Neuralgia, Goat and Spissd1
Complaints, only be effectually cured through
the blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptire Diseases Of the SKIN,
Pasfules, Pimpies, Biotches, Boits letter, Scald-
head and Ringrorm, VEGETINE has never failed 10
effect permanent cure.
For Pains in the Back, Kidney Complaints,
Dropsy, Female Weekaess, Leuc0Trhad, arising
from internal liberation, and uterine diseases and
General Debility, VEGETINE acts directly upon the
causes of these complaints. Ii invigorates and
strengthens the whole system, acts upon the secre-
tive organs, alays tnfammatons, cures ulceratons
and regulates the bowels.
For Catarrh. Dyspepsia. Hd6itudi Cosfireness
Pdlpitdtton Of the Heart Headache, Piles, Nerross
ness and General ProstrdtioR OF the Nervous
System, no medicine has given such perfect
satisfaction the VEGETINE. Ii purfes the blood,
cleanses all OF the organs, and possesses controlling
power over the nervous system.
The remaI kable cures effected by VEGETINE have
induced many ply sicians and apothecaries whom We
know, to prescribe and il in their own families
In fact. VEGETINE is the best remedy yet discovered
for the above diseases, and is the only reliable
BLOOD PURIFIER yet placed before the public.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1883-06-09
Railroads anb STEAMBOATS,.
Maine Central Railroad.
Change Of Time.

On and after SUNDAY. OCTOBER 18th. 1882.
rains will leave Augusta-
For Portland and Boston at 600, 1000. A. M, and
l0.55P.M.
For Portland and Lewiston, 600. 1000. A. M;
245 and 10 % T. NJ.
For Rockiand, 600 and 1000 AN.
For Farmington, 1000 A. NJ
Fer Bath, 6Vo, 1910 A. NJ; 2.f5 +. N. (lu.os
7. M. Saturdays.)
For watsrvilie 2.25, S.47 A. NJ; and 4.l2 Pm;
500 on Saturdays.
For Skowheg gan, Belfast, Dexter. Bangor and
vanceboro, Z.l5 A. M; 4.l2 r. NJ.
Night Pullman Trains each way every night, Sun
days Included.
Gardiner Accommodation Train.
AUGUSTA GARDINER.
AN. Pm. Pm
Augusta, w., 80 z.O o.N
Hallewel, w., sS zoe o-0
Gardner, ar, eoe <'<o e.'e
9AKDIHKx TO AUGUSTA.
Gardiner,lv., 74o Loo a.ae
Halowell, w.. SU lis e.W
Augusta, ar, s.lo I.~ ~
FREIGHT TRAINS.
For Portland and way, s45 and l2-2s T. NJ
For Vanocboro and way, l2.f5 and 40 +. a
Due from Boston and way, 12.s2 and $50 L. NJ
Due from NRnceboro and way, S.25 ana l2oo T. M
Through tickets to California and all points south
and may be had of 4. II. Walker, ticket agent,
Augusta the only office selling via all routes and
checking baggage free Of expense
PAYsON TUCKER. Gen1 supt.
y. 4. BOOrHbY, Gcn,l Pass. and T'kt Agt.
tvrtIanu. Oct. 18th. iss
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
CONTINUE AS USUAL.

Readers of THE ARkANsA~ TRAVEL ER along the line of the NJ. & L. R.. L. K. & F. S.. and L. R. V. K. k T. rail- ways. who have been used 10 buying pa- pers from ]. N. Knott who has the news privilege of these roads are requested to send their subscriptions to this office. On account of the influence of this paper in advocating the bill against pernieious literature which has lately passed the Ar kansaw legislature, Mir. Knott has re- garded our efforts x literary reform as a direct blow al his business and m blindness 10 his o~n interests. has further diminished his income by refusing 10 sell THE AREASsAw TRAyELER. While Mr. Knott has the news and peanut privileges of these roads he also has the privilege to discriminate against any publication 10 which he may ose personal grudge
 Notwithstanding Mir Knot, and his butcher" privileges, and his refusal to supply the railway demand for this paper, THE ARKANsAw TRAvRLER will continue to appear every Saturday as usual.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
SCORED A HIT.

Under the head of successful newspa- pers (. E. Meade. journalistic critic. says in the St. Louis /oSvnai:
 While my number two IS still long enough to grasp between the thumb and hnger. cannot lay it away wi,hou, pay ing my respects to another brigh, and oreexy paper which halls from the salu- orio2s state made famous by the very name the.paper bears; for THE ARKAN- SAW TRAVELLER has scored a hit. and is eagerly sought for and read by all who admire originality and genuine humor without the taint or touch of the vulgar. l admire its clean face, i,s tidy dress. and it's bright sayings. and it's coming Is as pleasant an event as circus to the boy n country hamlet Mulki,,le's boy and the Plantation Philosopher are features that make Il alone worthy of place q, the head ot the class In fact. ever'- thing in its fory-elgh, columns are pure and Readable.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
LEGISLATIVE HUMOR.

The Arkansaw Senate IS avery humor- ous body of law makers. Some times. during the discussion of m important question. visitor would naturally sup pose that he had stumbled upon a con- vention of '.paragraphers." Proctor Knot, IS the cause of all this legislative levi,y. Since the delivery of the Duluth speech. a piece of humor which made the coun- try roar, but which. had i, been written by modest man and published in a magazine would no, have found mirthful recognition-the law maker wants 10 tickle somebody. He wants somebody to say did you hear that thing Senator Blagg go, off:" He wants somebody to say that man Blagg knows more than all of 'em." He don't van, this said on aceoun, of bill he has introduced or any impor- tan, measure he has suggested, but on aecoun, of that "eeSihsh fine thing he got off." There are several styles ofles- islative jokes, but none of them are new. and we don't see that they have been amended or otherwise improved since year before last. The mos, accepted tab afated statement of a joke is to move ,h., some railroad. suffering from ,ha, ill-eom-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17

pared companion piece of hades. high water. be declared navigable stream. This never fails to '.bring. g.down the Sen ate" IL is fun l; it is kind oi humor that admits of no argument. You can dispute the humor of Charles Lever and deny the fine satire of Thackeray; you can find false fee; in Pope and shake handfuls of ashes from the burning coals of Byron you can knock down the over drawn romance of Augusta l. Evans or dispute the Indian character in Fenni- more Cooper you can say that Irving was no, smooth. tha, Hawthorne uas not refined. bu, you must not sit in the Ar kansaw Senate and fail to laugh when a railroad IS declared to be a navigab,e stream. The following is part of the senatorial proceedings published in the Little Rock Gazette.
 Senator Thornton introduced bill to create the county of lack AgeY, from Perkins township. SAhne county, Eagle township, Pulaski county, all that par; of Lonoke county known as Gum~ood. and , all tha; part of jefferson county known as Barrasue township, and tha; unul otherwise ordered the county seat shall be located al Red Bluff: also. ,ha, until the government IS organized Jack Agery will take charge of said county and run it in the interest of free election and fair count. Grea, laughter.
 Senator Thompson offered the follow ing amendment:
 Section ,. The county of Jack Agery shall assume all the indebtedness of the counties of Pulaski. Saline, Jefferscn and Lonoke. The manager of said county is hereby authorized to issue gold bearing i bonds for said amount Bonds to run tor two hundred years without interest tLaughier
 President Judkins. The bill and amend ment not providing for the iimi, of SIX hundred square miles, declare i, can. no, be entertained. Laughter.l
 GreA, laugh,er-uproarious laughter, intensified squeal. Magnihcen, gleams of humor. Certainly the state should no, refuse to pay six dollars per day to every man who engaged in this great work of levi,y. The president. An, gentlemen there IS man of "sportive tricks" Grea, laughter. The senate should app,in, a committee on humo. and allow i; 10 re- main in session several months. The following report of the committee, in case one IS appointed, can be adopted
 The committee appointed 10 invesu- gate humor beg leave 10 submi, the fol- lowing chuckle. lLaugh,er.l We have examined the books entrusted 10 us and should smile. Awful laughter We do no, find any one short in his lparalyzi ng ] ticklel accounts
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
Grant on Lineoln's Assassina,ion
Boston Traveller.

General L. 5. Grant. in a recent con- yersation. said: The darkes, day of my life was the day heard of Linooin's as- Here was the rebellion put down n the held and starting up again in the guuers; VIC had fought 1t as war, now we had to light ii as assassination. Lincoln was killed on the evening of the l4,h of April. l was busy sending out orders 10 stop re- erui,,ng, the purchase of supplies. and 10 muster out the army. Lincoln had prom ised 10 go to the theatre. and wanted me to go with him. While was with the Pres ident note came from Mrs Gran; say ing tha, she must leave Washington that night. She wanted to go 10 Burlington to sec her children. Some ineiden, of a tE.fiing nature had made her resolve to leave that evening. l was glad 10 have it so, as did not want 10 go 10 the theatre
 50 made my excuses 10 Lincoln, and a, the proper hour we started for the train. As ~e were driving along Pennsylvania avenue, horse drove past US on a gal lop, and back again around our carriage, looking into it. Mrs. Grant said There IS the man who sat near us at lunch to-day with some other men, and tried te over hear our conversation. He was so rude that we Jeff the dining-room. Here he is now rding after us. though, is was only curiosity, but learned after~ard tha, the horseman was Booth. l. seemed tha, l was to have been attacked. and Mrs
 Grants sudden resolve 10 leave changed the plan. 4 few days after received an anonymous letter from a man saving that he had been detailed 10 kill me. tha; he rode on my train as far as Havre de Grace and as my car was locked he failed to get in. He thanked God tha, he had failed. remember thu, the conductor locked our car. ba, how true the letter ~as cannot say. learned of the assas- sination as was passing through Phila- delphia, turned around, took special train. and came on to Washington. It was the gloomiess day of my life
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
Electric Mechanism.
Boston lou.nal

Ne mentioned. in recen, issse. the case of a young man who started his fire n the morning by means of wire at ,ached 10 the dampers. Now young man from Somerville claims tha, he has go, ahead of this He has constructed an electric circuit. which. al the appointed hour. awakens him by the incessan ringing of an electric alarm bell. This would continue indefinitely unless at- tended to. thus preventing further slum- Der. Arising. he breaks the current and stops the ringing. Then. by touching a knob in the wall. mechanism is set at work in the kitchen by which the fire in the range is started. This last event is announced by the ringing. automatically. of the froni-door bell Recently he has perfected his apparatus so ;ha; the plates of his battery are lif,ed out of the acid. after having accomplished their work. by electric mechanism. All this was done from the chamber. without moving from the spot.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
THE BLUE PENCIL.

Frank Gilbert. of the Evansville .4rsH5. strikes the blue pencil fiend heavy blow Gilbert has received attention from the ,oad-s;ool humoris,s. This $ an extract from the A.gas:
 So this briilian; fellow would like 10 get into the ring. He took ,he Ye.7- wors, way 10 do so. The writer who has to mark bis lokes 10 ge, them read. ail. never make a name for himself: When ever paper comes 10 us wl,h the alleged loses marked. we al~ays look for the name of the editor. certain ,ha, we will md new man al the helm. And these new men after briei SIT ugsle to achieve fame AS parAgraphers or sSetea writers, and being unable to write anything worthy of being copied. generally ge, hot under the collar and blast all the editors who have some real claim to be called funny men. and swear that they belong 10 the mutual admiration society We remember some time ago. some me,eoric light shot athwart the editorial Armament with the following brilliant burst of hu- nor How much did the hallway ?'' This was copied by the editor of some 4ttle sheet who cudgeled his brain al week and then added. "Or why did the fence-rail:" Then some one added. And who did the elder-berry:
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
Mir. H. E. Higgle gave you the informa-

Mir. H. E. Higgle gave you the informa- tion-
 "All right. replied the newspaper man, turning to his work. Mir. Higgle left. but in a momen, returned and said. Be sure and not put title 10 my name. please.
 "An right" answered the city editor. He wen, away again, but came back again and sad;
 Don, forge, no,to call me by ti,ie. ]"
 "lll attend 10 that" replied the city editor.
 He again left. but soon opened the door again and called out:
 Say. those fool fellows ou; my way call me Colonel. Jus, say Colonel Hig- gle. please This oonfounded ,i,le busi- ness Is enough to make man sick. Say. don't forget to say Colonel Good night. Say Colonel. remember"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17

SOME time ago. as II has been pre- viously mentioned. THE ARKANsAw TRANELEK published several editorials in discussion of the evil effects of perni- eious literature. The legislatures of Ar kansaw and Tennessee, acting upon the suggestions oi this paper. enacted laws prohibiting the sale or offer for sale of certain illustrated papers, prominen, fea- ,nres of which tend to cultivate anything ou, healihful literary taste. THE TRAv- KLER is rather pleased al the influence II exerted. A humorous and literary pa- per should aim al reform. not the blatant howl of political reformation, bu, gen. me reform in intelligence, in literary cir eala,ion. After the passage of the bill, ]. W. Knott. the man who has the news privileges on the Little Rock and Fort Smith, Memphis and Little Rock and the Arkansaw Valley route, came to the office and discontinued his TRAVELLER order. This is man who is supposed to accommodate the public. No one though, that his success in business depended en- ,irely upon the sale of such injurious pub lications as the sensational stuff which is working such injury in this state. The increases of one mail amour, to more than Kno,t's order, for from the frs, he showed disposition to hold back" on THE TRAVELLER. and we care nothing for his preludiced patronage, bu, simply desire to call the attention of the railroad companies to the kind of news dispenser to whom they have granted an exclusive privilege.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17

TtK Nashville B1n1ey does not ex- pres a very high appreciation of inc dra- ula,ic talent employed or one of i,s con- remporarie> The dramatic genius of ;he Us,.d. says the B.nnt,. ..sho floats in the ozone Of a Websiers na- bridged dictionary. speaks of Miss Rose Ey,Inse's performance as showing the versatility oi her genius Tn every phase. continually revolving with kaleidoscope rapidi,y her many sided accomplish men,s and says ;ha, from one dizzy neigh, ,o another. carecring oon,in- uslly by precipces, she kep, seal ing until the climax was capped Tn he las; aci.@ l. is Jus, such efforts as hese ,ha, make man "tioa, n the ozone" of an insane asylum. This IS mild. compared 10 an Arkansaw critic. who. in speaking of an actress. said ''She arose n high-boEn and n-bhnd-budled malesty. and from the nosIrils oi her the atrical snort. snoued snor, of frenz ed appTeC. a.!on.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17

refinement and politeness. When a ty- rant arose in England. the Englishman awaited by nature his removal. When a tyran, arose in France, the Frenchmen chanted The Marseillaise- and removed him. Which served better the interests of yoked humanity: Gambe,ta may no, have been so profound as the aged Glad stone neither was Washington so deep as Alexander Hamilton. ye, he was more of patriot.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
THE FRENCH.

The best piece of criticism ever publish ed in an Arkansaw newspaper, and one of the most finished pieces of writing ever de livered to southern public. was the crit ical essay of NIT. Daniel O'Sullivan. pub hshed in last Sundays issue of the Ar kansaw State Gz-ef!e The Eclectic so- ciety. of Little Rock, had expressed itself in regard to Gambet,a and :he French people, and the article in question was a review of the opinions delivered by the disti nguished thinkers ~ho make the so- cie,y an institution of universal interest. In opposition to the old lawyers and men ~Lo have presumably spen, their lives in the study of law. state and international. the veteran Arkansaw journalist. O'Sulli- van. declares that the French people do know the meaning of liberty: tha, they know wha. constitutes good republic. and ,ha, to their mighty efforts does all Europe o~e the knowledge of freedom. Viewed from the stolid standpoint of Eng fish estimation. the Frenchman may be light and wayward. but taken in the light of worlds history. he has stood on the mountain top and shaken from its base the carved statue of oppression, which. in all previous ages. no nation could dare displace. He stood on the battle field and dictated terms 10 nations: he sa, in the drawing-room and taugh, the world
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
iee from mistakes.

TIE average publishing house. of course. expects 10 make money. Hence the vas; amount oi sensational instead of instructive literature ina, floods the eoun- try-Fae reform in Us mos: effective de gree. ies with parents. Dime novels. not all novels ina; are s9.d foT ten cents. ba, that pernicio1s ani sensauonally adventurous class calculated 10 drive a boy away from hourc. should be moved heNnni his reach.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17
OPPOSED TO TITLES.

The prevailing idea ,ha, an Arkansaw man insists upon being designated by a title is mistake. The other night farmer ~ho had nothing to do with the war wen, into newspaper office and gave the city editor piece of very important informa- ton.
 What Is your name ?" asked the ely editor.
 -Higgle: Colonel Higgie. they cal, me. but don't want any title. Jus, say sha,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17

ALlXANaER STEPHENS death was caused 5y mental exhaustion. This may resne he old oef ot " do no; over,aN the mind. oH so familiar and one so readily taken up by the editor ~ho writes three columns of matter week and com plans oi intense mental weariness. IL should De remembered. though. that for years Nir. Stephens has imposed tax on his mind that few men even of strong CT constitution could stand. The mind Is capable of grea, deal oi work. The schooiboy may persude his mother that he IS studying too hard and ,ha, unless he be allowed To fish more his mind will go ;o pieces. bu, the truth IS, more injury arlSes from 100 much rest of the ns,nd than from too much mental eNer,ion.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17

o. laHN WHiIE. ,he negro overflow prophe; who predicted ,he great floods of las; year, and who. several weeks ago. aeain came 70 Li;;le Rock and preached of a com ng ish water calamity. seems 10 have better idea of comm events than ,ise managers c. weather sere@as- The old man is never seen n ihis cl,y only as herald of eAiam.;y The only trouble IS ma; he does no, iore,ell pFos- perity He has such an eye for the de siruc;.ye that he predicted an extension of the Irkansaw legislature.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17

GilIoaLcr', Eseh;nss, of pit,sburg. Pa. very young journal, and which a, first did no, give promise of the honesty i, has since attained. is one of the must humor- ously illustrated papers in the country. It is attractive in make up, pleasant, in com7 position and deserves success.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17

The Arkansaw Post. published a, Dar- danelle, Ark, by Williams X Skinner. is a model of typographical nea,ness. Their office Is one of the most complete print ing establishments in the state. and under it's presen, able management, Is deserving of the success i, enjoys.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17

E~wP;on. of the Drnn'n'fr. Is publish ins Continued poem. This is new feature of American journalism. l, is to be hoped ,ha, the genial Hampton may live long The public-but in refined revision of anderbilt. hang the pnblic Hampton has done ~ha, many men have failed o1do. He has compelled the pub iIe. by tender persuasion. to read his elongated poem.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-17

TIE Louisville Poft heads an article. The Democratic BluEder. There mus, have been some mistake ia this an nouneemen;. AS :; Is a we'll known fac; that the Democra:s have never made a blunde-. The history 0. politics. from the time oi jefferson down 10 the las; cartoon by N4>.. shows ;ha, the Democratic party has tee. free from mistakes