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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
NOTICES FROM THE PRESS.

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Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-15
RAILROAD
Heavier Equipments and n More Sub
Stantial IeOad-Bcd Now
the Hobby"


inulhnlHols' ouTnui'
Arrangements of both eastern and
western roads are now worrying their
brains of where they can economize in
in operating expenses; Office expenses on
most roads have been reduced to Il mini
mum, both in salaries and the number of
men --cmployed. Now arrangements are
turning their attention to moving trains
more economically. This has led to the
building of heavier locomotives, 10000
pounds now being considered a fair-sized
locomotive, 80, 900 ten years ago being
the standard weight for freight engines,
the capacity of cars has as well been in
creased-15,000 pounds 10 years ago was
the carrying capacity of box cars; now
10000 pounds is the standard, and some
roads are building cars of 500 0 pounds
capacity. The weight of a passenger car
has bean increased from 2 5000 to 45, 600
pounds, and the parlor cars now used
weigh 20. 900 pounds. With this there is
a proportianate strengthing of bridges, the
laying of a heavier rails embarrassing the
number of cross-ties per mile The last
two years all new rails laid on the Penn
sylvania system, west of Pittsburg, or on
the Vandalia, have weighed GA pounds to
the square yard; the Cincinnati, Indian
apolis, st. Louis and Chicago already
have 40 miles of road laid with a rail
weighing az pounds to the yard, and this
month are putting in II miles more, On
some of the Pennsylvania roads this inn
|provement is to be carried still further.
The Philadelphia and Reading railroad
company has determined to manufacture
n longer and much heavier rail than that
now i'll use. The length of the rails now
used is 80 feet, and those of which the
company will soon begin to manufacture
will Just double that length, The weight
of the latter will be 20 pounds to the
yard rs compared with 6S pounds in the
former. An especial feature of the new
rails will be the uniting of the ends by
an angular splice-bar, which has been
much improved and strengthened. 1t is
claimed by the officers of the company
that the increased length of rails will pos,
sess Fmany new features Of economy.
The proper keeping up of the joints al
the ends of the rails is a care that entails
considerable expense, and it is a car,
that any reduction in the number of thes,
|, joints will be attended by a correspond
ing economy. The increased length o.
the rail and the decreased number o
) joints, it is claimed, IN the language o
t railroad engineers, give the rail increased
life, and in n corresponding measure de
crease the wear and tear of rolling stock
Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-15

but in Nashville there lisa license of 800
a year, and an evasion is punishable with
$50 and costs. In Memphis the fee is
so q week.
Texas has recently changed its license
law. 1t now imposes a tax of S25 on
every salesman, with penalties for evasion
from S25 to 500 fine.
In Utah there is no general law, but
Ogden city charges $40 a quarter for a
license.
Virginia imposes a tax of $3.50 a year.
For violation of the law the penalty is a
fine of 5000 for the first offense and $500
thereafter.I
Neither provinces of Ontario or Que
bee tax travelling statesmen, but several of
the Canadian cities do. In Sorrel the
tax is $40 per year; in Quebec, $50; in
Halifax, 800.
The subject has of late assumed so
much Importance that it sill be brought
before the forty-eight congress and a law
will be demanded which will put at rest
the whole question. During the last
congress a bill was introduced to remedy
the evils complained of by Mr.. Brewer,
of New Jersey, and it will be brought
forward again when congress meets. In
the case of the Maryland law it was
decided to be in effect unconstitutional in
that it Disseminated against other states.
1t was argued that all laws are %unconsti-
t%utional which interfere with
between states. THE question: it is
said, "is not simply a legal one, it has
important sentimental aspects. These
49, III --
merce of the country, which the consti-
tuition has forever declared shall be free.
They are opposed to the spirit of the age
in which we live. They are of the same
nature as the old feudal taxation in Ger
many, when merchants were considered a
legitimate prey to every petty baron"
What ever else may be said, free trade
between states is desirable, and since the
constitution provides that it shall be free
the states should not interfere.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-15
LICENSED.
No More Fortunes % be Made by
Police Dignitarics.
Sacramento Bee, Aug. @.

Sacramento Bee, Aug. 9.
Various members of the police depart
mcnt are at present in the position once
occupied by Othello. Their occupations
gone. No longer will the coin of the
realm be left at the "vanishing point to
swell the purses of the finest police force
in the world. No longer will the mys-
FERROUS "sack" assert its potent sway.
This morning the board of trustees de-
termincd that the city should receive the
money which, it is asserted, has hereto
fore been going into the pockets of some
who should be the last to obtain it.
They came to the conclusion that gam
bling is an evil that cannot beabated. The
love for speculation is inherent in man
kind, and humanity i'll general
takes to games of chance as naturally
as a Western Union plug" operator
does to blunders. SO this morning, at
the meeting of the board, an ordinance
was read by Mayor Brown, and passed
unanimously, which Ii enses gambling
dens and makes the owners contribute to
the city treasury, in the place of assisting
in the support of defenders of the peace.
The ordinance goes on to say that every
place where games of chance are run for
money must pay a license of 800 per
quarter, or $50 per month, invariably in
advance. All such games must he con-
Quoted on the second story. Minors are
prohibited from playing at these games,
and the owners must not allow them to
enter. If they do, they are liable to a
fine of 5000, or 60 days imprisonment,
or both fine and imprisonment. Trustee
Nelson wanted the words except dur
ing fair week" inserted after the second
story clause, probably thinking that the
city wouldn't wear its usual smiling
countenance if rondeau and all the other
costly amusements OF that
costly season were not allowed to
go on openly and above board. The
mayor demurred, however, and the point
was not pressed. The ordinance was then
unanimously passed, to 60 into force i'm
mediately. 1t can safely be asserted
that, though many good citizens will OBJ
ject to the city licensing an evil of this
character, the majority of the people will
applaud this action and uphold the trus-
tees therein. All the statutes in the
world will not stop men from gambling,
and if they are to persist in the practice,
the city should receive the gain. and not
any of its officials. Besides, this act will
not lure any more to the green cloth than
go there now. Men love that which is
forbidden, and observers in this line as
sert their belief that as many go into
gambling dens now as would if the doors
were thrown wide open, and everybody
invited to enter.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-15

81 amperfectlyc cured, "said Jas. Corbin,
of Washburn, ILL.,, "thanks to DIR.
Richmond's Samaritan Nervine," At
Druggists.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-15
sntisfnctnrY Eyidence.

J. w. Graham, wholesale druggist, of
Austin, Tex, writes: ! have been handling
DIR. WM. HALLS BALSAM FOR THE
LUNGS for the past year, and have found IL
one d the most salAbls medicines l have ever
had Ia my hOuAs for Coughs Colds and even
Consumption, always giving entire satisfaction.
Please end noe oHs gTosa by Saturdays steam
"a.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-15

The standard estorative-especially in
cases of nervousness Samaritan
Neruine.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-15
ThG Secret.

The Baltimore News, says it is pre-
posterous to speak of substantial success
without intrinsic, unquestioned merit.
st. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-cure, is a
most pronounced example, Its immense
sale is due to its merit.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-15
WARNINGS.

How many people ruin their stomachs 10y
swallowing cold drinks on a hot summer day,
when they could avoid all danger by adding
10 drops of tngostura Bitters, besides
imparting a delicious flavor 10 their summer
beXprages.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-15

*Among the most etiicaclous OF reme-
dial agents are the medical preparations
from the laboratory of Mrs. Lydia E.
Pinkham, LYNN, Mass,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-08-15

GOV. Patrick, of the Dayton home, dis.
charged two more inmates Of the soldiers
home and will discharge eighteen more ON
"Wednesday
Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-23
NV Answer is "Yes."

The following little romance is being
told this season on the piazzas of the pop
ular Seashore House at Old Orchard
Beach. 1t may and may not be true, but
it is worth the telling at all events. The
alleged hero is rather a. royal looking
fellow, who. year or two since, was a
Harvard senior his presence at the beach
recalls the gossip. 1t seems that during
his last vacation, in the delightfully."- I'M
conventional way in which acquaintances
are made at watering places, he formed
IN intimacy with fascinating pair of anne
thyst eyes possessed by an exceptionally
charming young person. Toward the end
of the summer matters came to crisis.
At the midnight intermission of grand
hop the Harvard senior pressed his
claims and asked for an answer. The
evasive maiden told him she '.would
like an ice," and would think the matter
over while he was getting one. On his
temperance she passed him a glove,
leading the German. He protested that
he didn't want glove: he wanted an
answer. She returned with seeming
cruelty that he had his answer. No
wonder our hero from the classic shades
was discomforted; but he endured through
what he regarded as his defeat. though by
no means with patient resignation. To
the middle of the college year he strove
in vain to bury his wounded feelings
beneath unlimited installments of Greek
and Sanskrit. About that time dainty
missive came to him. enclosing an invita-
ton to the nuptials of the seaside beauty.
1t can hardly be defined as an exhilarat-
ing thought which led him TO bring forth
from the receptacle, wherein 1t had been
desparingly cast, the memorable glove.
1t was wrink led and faded and stained; it
called up experiences sweet at first but
bitter in the sequel. While examining it
crumpled little card which had not been
noticed before fell out upon the floor. On
it were written the words, my answer is
yes. Prom the Ne,cdrk. N. j., Sunday
Call.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-23
EXTRACTS FROM LETTERS

Mr.. Lazy Eaton, Hampton Falls, writes that he
was given up 10 die of consumption. but by the use
of Swedish Remedies he cured.
Miss Sadie Breton, Lynn, Mass, writes that
Swedish Remedies have cured her Of consumption
after her case had been pronounced incurablc.
Mrs. Eta Mclaughlin, Newburyport, Mass,
writes: Eminent physicians considered my lung
disease hopeless bur, thanks TO your swedish Rem
edies, ! am well and strong"
Mr.. Char.es smith. Lynn, Mass. writes that bis
complaints, Indigestion, nervousness and general
debility, for which have spent over $780, but she
received no help until she commenced to take
swedish Botanic Compound, which has entirely
ured her.
SMrs. VI. A. Baker, Lynn, Mass, writes: "Five
bottles of Swedish Botanic Compound cured me OF
dyspepsia, constipation and nervousness"
Mr.. T.. F. Hoyt, Gloucester Mass, writes that
Swedish Botanic Compound has entirely cured him
. OF nervous he adache and dyspepsia.
Mrs. Clara Moore, Worcester, Mass, writes: 81
cannot praise too highly the Swedish Lung Balsam
for coughs and colds.
Mr. X. Il. Hathaway, Salem, Mass. writes that
and kidney complaints, from which he a great
sufferer.
Mr.. Geo Holbroek, East Saugus, Mass, writes
that he has tried all kinds of medicine, but received
no help for d. dyspepsia and general debility "until
commenced to take swedish Botanic Compound,
which has entirely cured me" Ssx1
sw edish Lung Ba sam. large, ;, soc; small, 2Je.
Sw edish Pepsin Pills, 25c.
swedish Remedies for sale by all druggists.
aUc2IreOd&wly-tc
Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-23

The Awakening.

q F ~ "
Great things are going on this morning.
Out in the orchards under the coarse bark
Of the apple trees; over in the woods be-
meath the rind Of the birch and the maple.
the chestnut and ash; under the dead
leaves on the hillside, where the arbutus
is struggling into life; down in the mead
ows, where the brown grasses are bright
enifQ out on the lawn, where the emerald
is lust beginning to assert itself over ma
ture's winter wear OF sober gray. without
noise or friction or any visible movement.
millions of horsepower are at work.
There's a stir in the grave of the crocns !;
the dead spears of last years lily of the
valley begin to feel a gentle pressure from
below; in tufts of yellow grass green
blades thrust up their heads; roots OF the
dandelion rustic in anticipation of COM
ing coronation, and on every fibre of the
oak and elm force which no man may
number and no human power resist is
marching straight upward.
A great army of sappers and miners
has been burrowing under US. It is the
same whose hurrying flight we saw in last
October's golden glories. that hung upon
the sumach its fiery defiance and f1aunted
at us yellow and crimson from birch and
maple, and as it sullenly fell back beyond
the further ridges of the hills; the same
army that having stormed and possessed
a world, and made its brief and merry
season OF carousal. went off in highest
feather, leaving behind all the storehouses
il had endowed with plenty. all the grana-
ries it had filled to bursting. The forests
bowed their heads and moaned, and the
world put on sombre garments at its de-
parture And now it has come back. The
work Of its sappers and miners is begin
ming to appear. They are pushing up
their spears in meadow and held they are
climbing to the battlements in forest and
orchard. They hover on the hillsides and
pitch their tents in the valleys. Their
legions are tramping noiselessly but con-
stantly into the tree-tops, each with its
folded banner. Presently, when each has
reached its station, even to the furthest
twig, there will be flutter in the orchards
and when the world awakes it will be to
find itself once more possessed. with the
hampers waving over it, of the apple and
the peach.-Erchange.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-23
A Successful Feminine Trick.

At q masked ball i'm one of the larger
German cities a young man was fascinated
by the form and conversation of a rose
colored domino, whose youth and beauty
he felt sure must be equal to her wit. He
pushed his suit so well that he secured
the promise of second interview. He
was TO meet her, she said. at the approach
ing concert of certain female pianoforte
player; he was to secure a place in the
front row. and he could not fail to recog-
nize her. The pair separated after the
young man had promised most earnestly
not to miss the appointed rendezvous. In
the course OF the evening, however. he re-
peatedly came across his domino on the
arm of other gentlemen. Driven by
jealousy and desire, he followed
her after putting on a domino himself.
Towards morning, when the hall began
to get empty, the unknown, evidently
tired out, took refuge in the gallery. Her
follower man9uvred so well as not to lose
= word that passed between her and an
older lady, who had evidently been wait
ing tor her. ''How have you succeeded"
asked the lady. Very well. mamma"
was the triumphant reply: 81 have given
rendezvous to more than fifty gentlemen
Every orchestra chair at my concert will
be filled" Cruelty disenchanted. the
young man had only the melancholy salts
faction of seeing ON the evening Of the
concert the fifty dupes seat themselves in
fifty orchestra chairs and glance round
uneasily for the enchantress of the masked
ball, whom not one recognized in the
skilfal pianoforte player.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-23
vital Questio,ns.

Ask the most eminent physician
OF any school. what is the best thing in the
world for Quieting and allaying all irritation
of the nerves and curing all forms of nervous
complaints, giving natural, childlike, refresh
ing sleep always?
And they viii tell yen unhcsitatingly
'.Some form of Hops" & IL
Ask any or all of the most eminent pfy-
scians:
.sWhat is the best and only remedy that
can be relied on to cure all diseases of the
kidneys and urinary organs; such as Bright's
disease, diabetes, retention or inability to re-
tain urine, and all the diseases and ailments
peculiar to women
'.And they will tell you explicitly and en-
phatically 'Buchu.'''
Ask the same physicians
''What is the most reliable and surest enre
for all liver diseases or dyspepsia, cons'Ipa-
tion, Indigestion, biliousness, malarial fever,
ague, &c." and they will tell you:
Mandrake. . or Dandelion.'
Hence when these remedies are combined
with others equally valuable
And compounded into Hop Bitters, such a
wonderful and mysterious curative power is
developed which is varied in its operations
that no disease or i'll health can possibly exist
or resist its power, and yet it is
Harmless for the most frail woman, weakest
invalid or smallest child to use.
CHAPTER II.
"Patients
almost dead or nearly DYING
For years, and given up by physicians OF
Brigbt's and other kidney diseases, liver COM
plants, severe coughs called consumption,
have been cured.
Women gone nearly crazy!
From agony of neuralgia, nervousness,
wakefulness and various diseases peculiar to
women.
People draw out of shape from excrucating
pangs of Rheumatism,
Inhamatory and chronic, or suffering from
scrofula.
Erysipelas!
Salt rheum, blood poisoning. dyspepsia, indises-
ton, and in fact almost all diseases fral
Nature is heir to
Have been cured by Hop Bitters, proof of which
can be found in every neghborhood in the known
world aprl3ieOd&wlmtc
Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-23
Gentle
Women

Who want glossy, luxuriant
and wavy tresses of abundant,
beautiful H air must use
LYONS KATHAIRON. This
elegant, cheap article always
makes the Hair grow freely
and fast, keeps it from falling
ont. arrests and cures gray
ness, removes dandruff and
itching, makes the Ha ir
strong, giving it a curling
tendency and keeping it in
any desired position. Beau
tiful, healthy Hair is the sure
result of using kathairOn.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-23

HOW. WATCHES ARE MADE.

1t will be apparent to any one, who will
examine SOLID GOLD WATCH, that aside
from the necessary thickness for engraving
and polishing, large proportion of the
precious metal used is needed only to stitfen
and hold the engraved portions in place and
supply the necessary solidity and strength.
The surplus gold is actually needless so far
as utility and beauty are concerned. ln
JAMES BOSS PATENT GOLD WATCH
CASES, this waste of precious metal is over
come and the SAME soLIDITY AND STRENGTH
produced at from one third to one-half of the
usual cost of solid cases. This process is OF
the most simple nature, as follows; plate
of nickle composition metal. especially
adapted to the purpose, has two plates OF
SOLID GOLD soldered one on each side. The
three are then passed betw cen polished steel
rollers, and the result is a strip of heavy
plated composition, from which the cases,
backs, centres, bezels, &C., are cut and
shaped by suitable dies and formers. The
gold in these cases is sufficiently thick to ad-
nit of all kinds of chasing, engraving and
enamellng; the engraved cases have been
carried until worn perfectly smooth by time
and use without removing the gold.
THIS is THE ONLY CASE MADE
WITH TWO PLATES OF SOLID GOLD
AND WARRANTED BY SPECIAL GER
TIFICATE.
For sale by all jewellers. Ask for Illus
trated Catalogue and to see warrant.
apr2ldtf
Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-23

KENNEBEC CoUNTr-Ia Probate Court,
at Awgwsfd. on the second Monday OF April,
1888.
A CERTAIN INSTRUMENT. purporting to be
IA the last will and testament Of Enoch Plum
nSer late of Vassalbore. in said county, de-
ceased, having been presented for probate:
tnSs nus,se e, snssos n " Wnan res s.
May next, in the kenuebec Journal, .
newspaper printed in Augusta, that all persons inter-
ested may attend At Court of Probate then to be
holden at Augusta, and show cause. ifany. why the
said instrument should not be proved. approved and
allowed, the last will and testament Of the said
deceased.
EMERY o. BEAN. Judge.
Attest: HOWARD OWEN. REGISTER. ywl6s
Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-23

KENyEBEC COUNTT-h Probate Court, al
Augasfa. on the second Monday Of APrit,
1883: -
A CERTAIN INSTRUMENT, purporting to be
~ the last will and testament Of John Sautee,
late of Sidney, in said county, deceased,
having been presented for probate:
ORpEREp, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successfully prior to the second Monday OF
May next, in the kennebec Journal, news
paper printed in Augusta, that all persons interested
may attend at a Court of Probate then to be holden
af Augusta, and show cause, II any. why the said
instrument should not be proved, approved and al.
lowed rs the last will and testame@t OF the said
deceased.
EMERY o. BEAN, Judge.
Attest Howard OWEN. Register. 3wl6s
Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-23

KENyEBEC COUNTY-In Probate Court at 4n
gasta, on the second Monday Of -4pril, 1883:
4 CERTAIN INSTRUMENT, purporting TO be
"A the last will and testament Of Simeon Leighton
late Of Mt Vernon. in said county, deceased, having
been presented for probate:
ORDERED, That notice thereof be given three
weeks successiyeiy prior to the second Monday OF
May next, In the kennebec Journal. a pewspapel
printed in Augusta, that all persons interested may
attend at Court of Probate then to be holden a,
Augusta, and show cause, II any. why the said
instrument should not be proved, approved and
allowed. the last will and testament Of the said
deceased.
EMERY o. BEAN, Judge.
Affeaf. HOWARD OWEN. Register. SUl6s
Daily Kennebec journal., 1883-04-23
Railroads ai,b Steamboats,.
Maine Central Railroad.
Change Of Time.

On and after SUNDAY. OCTOBER 18th. 1852.
trains viii leave Augusta 7si
For Portland and Boston at 500. 1000, A. NJ, and
lo.55 p. n. tA
For Portland and Lewiston. 500. leoo. A. H.;
as and loss p. II.
For Rockland, 6.eo and 1000 AM.
For Farmlngton, 1000 A. n.
Fer Bath, 800, 1000 A. NJ; 2.45 r. n. t10-55
p. II. Satnrdsys.)
For Walsrville 2.es. sT A. H.; and 4.i2 I. n;
500 on Saturdays.
For Skownegan, Belfast, Dexter. Bangor and
vanceboro, 2.25 A. NJ; 4.l2 P. n.
Night Pullman Trains each way every night. Sun
lays included.
Gardiner Accommodation Train.
AUGUSTA TO GARDINER.
Am. Pm. Pm
Augusta, w., s.25 zoo SIS
Hailswei, w., s.33 EOS 6.0
Gardiner, ar, e-56 21 o.ae
GARDINER no AUGUSTA.
Gardiner, w., 7.A LOO 4.4e
Haliovell, w.. so2 LIS o.o1
Augusta, az, s.1o LIS $40
FREIGHT TRAINS.
For Portland and way, s.45 and l2.2s P. n.
For Vanceboro and way, l2.45 and 40 P. N
Due from Boston and way, l2.s2 and 40 p. n.
Due from Vanceboro and way, s25 and l2.05 p. NJ.
Through tickets to California and all points south
Augusta, the only office selling via all routes and
checking baggage free of expense.
PAYSON TICKER. Gen'l Supt.
+. 4. BOOTHBY, Gen.l Pass. and Tiki Ag't.
rorushd. Oct. 18th. lss:-