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Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08

II has often been said that the father
who takes wine before his sons, or visits
his spirit eioset in their presence, sets
them, although unintentionally, n per-
nicious example that may possibly bear
bitter frEit in the years TO come. How
much worse, then, the example of a tip
pling mother. even though the beverage
be the ''harmless and popular one of
beer. The result can not be other
than unfortunate. Children form their
characters on the m cdels of their elders.
and are very quick to observe and
| ready to initiate. Parents being the
family arb:ters of right and wrong, chill
dren naturally expect practice rs well
as preaching. and are more prone to
follow the former than The latter.
Both the use and abuse OF stimulants
by women are largely upon the increase
in this country. The police returns of
this city are atone sufficient evidence of
this. No reasoning individual but must
see and appreciate the fact that if, un-
der the strict ''old- fashioned ideas re-
garding the use of liquors hy women. 4
thousand women, gathered promis-
cuously from all classes. yielded ten
inebriates, now, with the doing away
of those ideas largely, and the more
popular introduction of stimulantS ~
-
will yield fdcicc as mapy hard drinkers
as the first thousand. And the FREQ
use of stimulants is on the increase.
Beer has been and still is the entering
wedge that is opening 4 fri@htful gap i'll
the happiness of our homes and the
purity and modesty of our women.
The prison, the almshousr, the police
court-av, even the scailold-bear teS-
timonv to the dangers of this deadly
stmulant. Wrecked homes. broken
hearts, blasted lives and hopes, grow
rank upon this soil The ghastly rel
les of once pure and modest woman
hood lcer at us from the dark streets:
staggcr, tattcrcd and bedraggled
wrecks. into the grog-shop; gaze, pale
and wasted, from the hospital cot, with
large. hungry, mournful eyes; stare
stonily at us from the marble slab of
the morgue, or lloat aimlcSsly out TO
sea with the changing tide.
1t is a sad subject from any and every
point of view, and the frecr use OF slim
ulants and narcotics by all classes is be-
coming a problem of serious proper
tons The question meets Us in every
walk os life, whether as private citizens
or public officials, and demands careful
consideration and painstaking invcsti-
cation. Woman herself, however, holds
the key 10 the whole matter, and de-
cidcS for or against according rs she m
dulreS in or colIntrnanccS the free use
of stimulantS, of late become 50 popular
Her duty To herself, her children and
her sex bid her use every effort to ds-
countenancc and check by every means
in her power this growing evil.-Iiur-
pcr'S Eu.Gr.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08
Temperance Reading.
THE I'ENPERANCE SHIP.

Take courage. Tcmpcraut workers!
You shall not suffer wreck
While up to God the peoples prayers
Are rising from your deck.
Wait checrily, Temperance workers,
Tor daylight and for land;
The breath of G. I'D is in your sail,
Your rndIer III His hand.
Sail on, sal on, deep frcighted
With blessings and with hopes:
The good of o.d, with Shuiowy hands,
Are pulling at your ropes.
Behind yoU, holy martyrs
plitt the palm ana crown;
Before you. unborn ages SCr.l
Their bcncdictionS down.
COURAGE! your work is holy,
GOiS crraniS never fall
Sweep on through storm and darkness.
the thunder ana the hail,
Work on, sail on. tn" morning Gomez,
The port you yet shall win;
And all the bells of God shall ring
The ship of Temperance in.
-.JIHl e.. Whittier
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08
Pratt'S PeculatiOns.

ST. Louis, Mo, March 3.
B.W. Chapman, special agent of the Nc.
Corinick Harvester Company, of Chicago,
who has been in this city for the past four
weeks investigating the accounts of the
Company's office, on Saturday sworc out
warrant against Mr. VIM. Pratt, charS-
ing him with the embeZzlemcnt of 1000.
Pratt was arrested and gave bail in the
sum of 50 900. The circumstance has re-
vivcd interest in the defacation and ut
tempted suicide of Hiram Post, which oc-
CURED about 4 month ago. The Company
seem 10 have been peculiarly unfortunate
in the selection of agents here.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08
Ho:sted by Dynamit itc.

HARRISBURG, PA. March J.
Fifteen pounds of dynamite in the lower
part of the city exploded Saturday morning,
damaging sixteen buildings on Eleventh
street. The dynamite was in cartridges
placed on shelf to dry by men employed
in Il quarry. During the absence of the
men the shanty caught fire, the supports
to the shelf burned away, the dynamite
fell, aud exploding, not vestige of the
house remained. The houses of Isaac
Pearson, S. Brown, j. Clany and G. Eek
ert were shaken apart. Of the siXtccr
houses nea: rot q whole pane of glass
is left The wife and two children of
Brown were cut by flying glass.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08
4 Reverend Horse Thief.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. March ).
The Rev Mr.. Mcdonald preached an elo
oucnt and intcrcstin" sermon to the citi-
zens of Auburn, this county, last evening,
and spent the night as the guest of Mr.. Eos
ter, Il resident of the village. This mornIn.
Mr. Fosters horse was gone, and his rev.
crend guest was Unexpectedly missing
The police of this city were Immediately
informed OF the singular coincidence by
telegraph, and in an hour the preacher
was found in Springfield, riding the stolen
horse and wearing suit OF stolen
clothes. He was arrested and placed in
iail
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08
The East.

Mrs. CORNELIUS VAN RIPPER, aged thir-
fy-two wears, was EilleI by leaping from
n window during fire in a New York ten
emens Louise on the 2Sth ult.. and her h':s-
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08
KendaII's SPAWN Cure.

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Aug :}rd, 1882
II. J. KENDALL. * Co. Gcnts:-I have. during
the last three years used in my stables your
lnimcnt known ls kcndal!s SPAWN Cure with
great success, having treated spIints, spavins,
curb- and various kinds of strains to my
tire satisfaction, and in every instance where I
have recommended il TO my friends they have
been equally we'll satisfied, and do not hcsi-
tate to say that ms liniment believe IL has
no equal, and thus believing | chccrfully
recommend it to any one who may have occa
sion to use "A medicine of this kind.
Respectfully yours, LEE STANLEY
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08
KendaII'S SPAWN Cure.

DESvER, Col. April -, lSS2.
DIR. II. j. Kon:lll Il CO.. Gcnts.-Four years
ago while in the employ of \. 4. Prrlcy y CO..
DauVciS. Mas. we had II horse that became
spawned during the first year OF my stay with
them, ana remained 80 for four years, though
We used every remedy we knew ot or could
hear ut, but OF no vail. Some time duru" the
hf:h year dor WAS in their employ between
five and six Nc3rG we were recommended TO
try Kcndalrs SPAWN Cure. and after using II
two months thu horse was cured, the culargc-
mont having been entirely removed, ana thus
believing il to hc Il valuable medicine | fully
recommend it to all who have occasion to uS,,
q Ilas trIlll Ii INnAS
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MONT PnNInIE. MrNx.. Sept. u. Iss:l.

DIR. Il. j. kESDAf.I. X Co, Gent "utl"m"n:-I.ast
Spring had n valuable yOung horse that from
some cause got II very atg lump about hall
way on her shoulder and was very lame for "A
long time. had the best horse 10 tors cN-
anime her: som" called IL ON" thing some AN
other. Que said the shoulder was brokcn but
nonc cuuld cur" il. After had tried the cure
an went and bought one bottle of kcndalIs
SPAWN ( urr did not use Onc-half of il 10
FORE. il WAS all smooth and clean. Lamcn. .ss
al gone too AS Il horse linimcnt it is inyaL
uab!r. Respectfully,
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08
KENDALL'S SPAWN CURE
On Human Flesh.

SANTA Rosa, CAL. Feb. 9th. 1888.
b. ]. KENDAI.I. CO., Gcntcmcn;-I feel it a
duty to others suffering with the piles and
falling OF the rcclum to write you. ! have had
the piles and prolap.us of the rcctum Tor five
years: for the past three years have suffered
the INC 81 agOuizing pain. Tried everything
without relief, but after ten days use of Ken
dalls SPAWN Cure have not zen or hcar ard of
the piles since. One who has not suffered as /
have can not comprehend the great Joy thai I
feel at being cured of disease almost worse
than death. | had n valuable young horse
that had large bunch gather on his breast
bone. tried all kinds OF liniu cnts and had il
cut open without any benefit. Saw your ad-
vertiscmcnt and bOu hit bottle OF Kendalls
SPAWN Cure and ordered my tcamster to use
IA directed. In less than one week the limp
hal disappeared. Thinking that Il linimcnt
that would 90 what Kcndairs SPAWN Cure has
done for my horse might benefit more, tried
II as a "a Il resort.
With gratitude and best wishes for your sue
cess. am faithfully yours,
J. II. GLENN
Price 81 per bottle, or six bottles for s.. All
Druggists have it, or can get IL for you, it
will be sent to any address on receipt of price
by the proprietors, DIR. b. J. KENDALL ~
Co, Enosburgh Falls, VT.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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FREMoNT. ONO. Sept. 2Ith. 1888.

DIR. B. j. kESpNII. X co. GCutlcmcn:--
having had OPP o.tuniiy of seeing your
"Trcatisr on the Horse this summer tor the
first time was induced to try your kcndalis
SPAWN Cure on "a Naluabl" hOrs that had been
lame since the first of April from "a bone
SPAWN. | had hlSrUrCJ il several times and
concluded that my horse would never get over
being lame. Five weeks ago to-day | com
mcnc"d using k"ndailS SptNin Cure AMI af-
ter using il three weeks the lancneSs cnti rely
disappeared. II has been worth SsUUJ to me.
IA
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08
Kendall's SPAWN Cure.

DowNEY CITY, Los Angeles Co, Cal, Oct. 5,'S3.
DT. u. j. Kendall y 90. Dear SnS:-l eel IL
Il duty as well as II pleasure to place my t"s'i
mOuy before the pubic IN regard to the merits
of your medicine. | have used krndall's
SPAWN Cure. tor the la~t thr"" years. and in
every cas-" hav" accomplished more than YOU
claim il to do. | haze cured shoulder lame
ness. still joints, cuib>. capped hooks, dst"m
per. kicks. cuts. bruises. SIaNins, sore throat,
and in fact everything that horse is subject to-
and ! wCuld chcuriully recommend il to all
horscmcn. Respectfully yours,
CHARLES H. TUNYER.
M"ssrs. II. IIinty " CO., Chicago, Illinois,
publishers of tHic,,pp HOJScmGn, under dat. of
Sept. >. 3d. writ" as follows: k"ndaii's SPAWN
Cure is found AN inNalunbl" medicine, ana the
fact should become generally known to horse
men.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08

frank Randr, the sied-IIaEdcd Desperate
Confined in the Penit iteuti;try at Joliet, ILL.,,
Makes Il Nure.,rouS Assault the Dep
UFy Warden. in:i:ctin., Probably Fat al
Wounds, Il nd is Ii lnsclf ISadiy Wounded.
,IOrIE.r. March
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-06
THE STATE CONVENTION.

The Republican State Convention to
choose delegates TO the Chicago con
vention has been called TO meet at
Grand Rapids April 24th. The selec-
tion of place is wisely made. The sec
ond city has excellent accommodations
for large gathering, both in the way
OF hotels and public halls, and the
session of the convention will serve to
arouse enthusiasm and stimulate cam
paign work in that important section
of the State Now let Republicans i'm
the various towns and counties attend
the primaries in good numbers and see
that representative men are chosen
delegates. The convention should re
fleet the best sentiment and contain i'm
its membership the best men of the
party. With judicious action Michigan
Republicans may exercise an import
ant influence upon the National nomi-
nations, and may inaugurate cam
paign tlat will end i'm one of the old
Time. rousing majorities.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-06
NOTE THE DIFFERENCES.

The calls for the National conven-
tions Of the two great National parties
are now before the public. They pre-
sent striking points of differences. -
| Both conventions will meet in Chica-
sc. whose people will have an oppor-
tuilty 10 see with their own eyes the
| differences between the two bodies. -
First, the democratic convention will
be only half as large in numbers as tho
Republican convention. The Repub-
Leans allow two delegates from each
Congressional district, and two for
each Senator; the deia aocrats allow one
FOR each Senator and esentative.
Second, the Republicans allow each
Congressional district 10 elect it's own
delegates; tie democrats reQuire the
whole number from each State To be
chosen by n State convention. The
Republicans thereby have abolished
the unit rule, through which party
bosses were accused OF casting the vote
of a State solid, regardless of the wish
Is OF any Congressional district; the
democrats have retained the boss rule
Third, the Republicans allow each ter
ritory to send delegates, Lut do not
promise that they will be admitted to
seats, saying that this question is re-
served for the convention to settle af-
ter it organizes. Fourth, the Repub-
lican call invites all citizens who favor
correct political principles; the demo
cratic call is confined to "all demo
cratic conservative citizens exclusive
ly. Fifth, in the Republican conven-
ton the majority will rule; in the dem
ocratic convention two-thirds vote is
required, for the express purpose of
preventing the majority from nominal
ing unless the minority is barganed
with, and enough of the members sat
isiied 20 make up two-thirds vote
Under this rule the notorious scandals
about Presidential candidates making
use of barrels Of money" have grown
up.-Post and Tribune
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-06

The following letter from S. j.
Murphy. of Detroit, widely known in
connection with his large numbering
interests, we received in reply to one
asking for his experience i'm using salt.
He says:
''ln the spring OF 1878, / broke up a
field on my golden Greek Farm. near
Vasser (Tuscola County, Michigan, }
of "a acres; the soil was light sand Of
the poorest kind, having been heavily
timbered with pine. it had laid for
eight years was considered utterly bar
ren. | seeded with oats and clover
seed, and top-dressed the field as the
oats were coming through with q
bushels of REFUSE salt to the acre. The
result was simply astonishing. / had
as fine growth of straw as ever saw.
and on threshing the crop had 1.200
bushels of oats, weighing 40 pounds to
the bushel. Notwithstanding the
growth OF the oats. the clover
took well, and ] have as fine field of
clover as you will zee anywhere; the
sorrel is almost gone. Since then
bave used another carload and find
the same beneficial results whenever
| have used it. shall continue 10
use salt as long as | keep the farm,
considering 1t the cheapest fertilizer
there is in the market.
i may say that was led to the eN-
pertinent by reading an article in the
Edinburg Scotsman, that farmer in
that country had written after using
salt as "A manare.
think that my experiment was
more profitable than his on the same
Kind of soil Not being a sentific
farmer, | cannot explain the cause of
the action of the salt on the soil and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-06
SHE COULD KEEP a SECRET.

Were bound to be equal to you
nm said the Masons wife; I'VE
found secret society Of our own last
nighr.
Indeed. " said the W'orshipful Mas
ter, composrdly; then | hope, my
dear, your project will be successful.
Is it benevolent society, or what
That's none of your business. II
is secret society, and we'vi sworn by
solemn oath not to divHlge anything
relating to it.
Very good, my dear. observed
the Worslipful Master" returning to
hi. paper; I'm sure | do not wish
you TO violate your oath"
1T wouldn't matter if You did, /
wouldn't. You keep your secrets close
enough-and to think of that stupid
Mrs. Furbelow! She could rccollect
neither the grip nor the si,n. 1t took
Us an hour to teach her When
gave her the sign, like this (suiting
the action the word) she would make
it in this way, ha ha Her. stupidity
would have been eXasDerating if il
hadn't been ridiculous; and as for
learning the grip, why she would have
1t that 1t was this way--give me your
hand minute-there, she would have
it that way while it was this way; and
this pass word She couldn't keep il in
her memory two minutes. Over and
over again told her it was BE list
and fear not. and she would have it,.
Swear not at all, or DO unto Others
as you would be done by, ha! ha! we
almost despared of getting it through
her head But NE made her under
stand at last. oh, yes; we are agoing
to have ilourishing society, and we
an be rs secret about it as you men
are about yours
Then the lady went of to attend TO
her household duties, and the wor.
shipful Master smiled. - Yonkers
Statesman.
Miss Eta kellogg of Macon. Lena
wee county. was married February "a
To young man from Leslie. They
had never met previously to the oc-
casion and knew each other only by
excnangc Of photos.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-06
CHIT-Cu1T ABOUT WOMEN.

Wise women are now saving time b,
making up their ginslIams ald white
dresses for summer.
Mrs Gon. Mel liant, who has lately
died, full Of years and honors, was 50
beautiful II wonIon in her youth that
men took off their hAts TO her as she
passed on the streets. Much of this
beauty she retained in her oid age.
Mr.. Ruskin lately advised a young
lady who wrote linn for directions
about 81 .dying art, that il would b.,
better to write less and cultivate "a fnc
handwriting; for no one WHO writes
as 'ou do could make good artist, ="
he said; and it took FIVE people to de-
cipher lis characters.
The late Mrs Cutharine Dix proudly
filed the place OF wife of senator.
Governor, and Foreign Minister. She
was sympathetic, courageous, of nat
urally joyous temperament until Scr
rows overslIadowed i "a humorous con.
versat.onalist, and an earneat Chris
tiau.
Miss Strong. OF San Francisco, now
studying in Paris under Van Marche,
the cattle painter, is spoken Of as The
SUCCESSOR OF Rosa Bonheur. She sent
her first contribution to the salon last
year 1t was "A large dog, life size, and
although lacking in finish, IFS general
excellence was such that it was accept
ed and hailed as work of promise.
Van Marche regards iliss Strong's tai
ents SO highly that lie has forbidden
her to paint pictures for sale, desiring
to train her to the highest excellence
before she gives any OF her works to
the world
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-06
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

The Chicago delegation to Washing
ton prevailed, and the next National
democratic convention is TO be held in
that city. Mr.. w. G. Goudy, the
member of the COM 9rittee for Illinois,
is a long headed lawyes who knows
how to "set the pins" and he was
backed by able representatives of the
pursuits and occupations which chiefly
interest democrats, and so tn, great
! western summer resort is to entertain
the representatives of the party of
non-moral ideas in Juy.
The meeting will have especial in
terest from may associations with the
past. 1t will be held ON nearly the
same ground covered by ths temporary
structure in which the democratic con
vention met 20 years ago. 1t will be
controlled by the same spirit which ac
tuated it and nodded its proceedings at
that time. Then the issue was sharply
defined between loyalty and rebellion
between supporting the government
and yielding TO the power Of slavery.
The convention declared i'm so many
words that the war was failure. This
year it will change the wording of its
resolutions and declare that the Re
publican administration OF the govern
ment has been failure.
Possibly some OF the delegates i'm
July will wander up to the corner OF
Michigan avenue and South Water
street, where the Richmond House
stood in 1864, and call t. mind the Sc
cret meetings that were held in the old
hotel by members of the convention
and delegates not accredited to the
convention who found it convenient
to conceal themselves by day and m0ye
about the city by night in disguise. -
They n9y rcncmber, perhaps, Cf the
plottings that toOh place in retired |
rooms for the liberation OF confederate
prisoners at Camp Douglas and at
Jolnson's Island and the organization |
of an army out OF the material So fur
nished 10 plunder and burn northern |
cities. 1t will occur to a good many |
Chicago people that during the da ~
and nights of that convention in 1864 |
the air Of that city was filed with the |
pestilentiul vapors OF disloyalty a. ii
never had been before and never LA,
been since.
Perhaps the democrats have eonclud-
ed that their safest way is TO begin at
the point OF their greatest degradation |
and build up n new reputation for
themselves. They may ,hnk the new
tree will grow best where the old one
fell into utter rottenness.
Whatever their hopes may be, they
will find that malodorous associations
will come back to them in Chicago. 49,
The only democratic convention that |
has been held there left its faint in the
air, and not all the breezes of the lake |
can blow it away. Perhaps it is fitting
that the unterrified democracy should |
again assemble on the ground which |
was cursed by its presence at time
which seemed to be the most critical
in the Nations history. - Detroit Post
and Tribune.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-06
A LIFELONG MICHIGAN DEMO
Graf ON FREE TRADE.

In the preTs dispatches the othe
day was u statement that 5000 work
men an the National Tube Works a
Mckeesport, Penn, Lad accepted ,
reduction of wages amounting to 2.
per cent. Ii will be well enough fo
laborng men TO note this and remeu
Der that this reduction of wages /,
chargeable to nothing else but the de-
rangeAlet and loss of trade CONSEQUENT
upon threatened breaking up of the tan
III system. The only way such an estal
llsliinent as the above can run at all is
by reducing wages-and this reduc
ton will not stop with the pre3,nt one.
either Wages in our main iron es
Establishments must continue TO 90
down until they get to point about
equal to that paid in England, who is
our chief competitor in the iron trade.
The mills must stop unless the con
cession is granted. One of the pro-
voking things of this matter is the con
tinual cry of the free traders is that a
iadorlng man can live chaper i'm En-
gland than in this country. This may
be possible when we consider the wav
European laborers live. But very few
OF them ever own a home of their own
and they live in such quarters as no
one would wish to see our laborin.
classes inhabit. We supply very large
iy England with her breadstuffs. her
meats and her raw material. What a
iaboIer ana his family eat constitutes
II great part of his expenditure. Now
no one will believe in view of the large
of provisions we ship to
Eh hgland, they can be cheaper there
than here. It is not reasonable to be-
iieve this. The same may be said of
many OF the coarsor grades OF goods,
such as boots and shoes and cotton
goods. which we are constantly shin
to E.sland No, the difference is
American iaborers want to and ought
to live better here tlan in England
Besides labor is looked uponwith more
4 gnity than in Europe, and no one
wants TO see our laborers redu ed 10
the social scale they are in Eur.pe.
lie thing for our workincmen TO do is |
10 study their interests and act accord !
ingly. .! all classes i'm this country
lie Liboring man is most interested In
protection. 1t Keeps up his wages at
home our goods can be made at home |
instead ol IL foreign country and If the
line ever comes that free trade is |
dopted in this country, it will be
the greatest blow ever dealt 10 our
.hriity lahorers. 1t will reduce labor
% iiie European standarl-there is no |
)iher conclusion to be arrived at in |
iiis hiatter. Saginaw Times, Dem.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1884-03-06

Mrs. r. w. MITCHELL,
xillirer and Dress-maker,
sRAYLIES, MICH.