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The Press., 1884-12-18

Chronological Journal: People speak of "brave as a liony.' The lion is not brave he is coward when the royal Ben gal tiger, regard d as his equal, is present. ed; he hesitates, makes a great parade, but does not get very near. The dog, on the other hand, will assail lion, tiger, a grizzly bear, an elephant, dog, or man, and he does not stop to count the size of his opponent. Many man has been saved because his little dog, who is as quick as flash, has annoyed bear be- hind that was pursuing the man to the death He would turn to take Care of the dog, which would of course dodge back and keep out of the way of the bear, while the man would be gaining distance; and when the bear turned for the man again, the dog was at his heels biting his ham, strings. We know of nothing but the dog that will fight a foe forty times his big ness, or one of it's own kind and size, to the death, with such unqualified and emi- nent bravery and therefore we count the dog the bravest animal that lives.
 FARn1ERs-TRY 1r!-Wells, Richal dson X Co.'S. Improved Butter Color will be found to be the only oil color that will not become ran- cid. Test it and you will prove it. It will not color the butter-milk; it gives the bright est color of any made, and is the strongest and therefore the cheapest.
 HIS SLIPPERY GLASS EYE.-s'The Squire, ' says the author of ''The Hoosier School master" "wore one glass eye and wig. The glass eye was constantly slipping out of focus, and the wig turning around sidewise on his head whenever he addressed the people o1 the Flat Creek District" Sad spectacle. Par ker's Hair Balsam preserves and promotes the growth of the natural hair. It also re stores the natural color to hair which has faded or become gray. Clean, elegant, ben efcial highly perfumed
The Press., 1884-12-18

Hartford Courant: What in the world would become of our farming communi- ties, if it were not for the villages and cities? The whole market of our Connec- ticut farm produce, except tobacco, IS found in nearby towns. They buy every thing that is raised, and the value of farm land IS very largely guaged by its nearness to town. The town looks to the farm for food and the farm in turn is maintained by supplying the town with what it wants. There is no antagonism between the two, and the appeal to the farmers to take the defensive against the towns is the veriest bosh to be found. It Is like urging store-keepers to put sentinels in the door, way to keep out customers. The farms of Connecticut were worth $91 100000 in 1860. In 1880 they were worth $121 ,00O, 900. For twenty years they have been been growing in value at an average rate of $1 ,5O0, ,000 8 year. And why? It isn't | because of any increase of acreage. The territory of Connecticut is a fixed fact, and the perhaps more careful measurement of the 1880 census shows about 5O,000 acres of farm land less ill 1880 than in 1860 in the state. The figures are 2,504, ,264 against 2, ,453, ,541, a decline of 60, 723 acres. Part of this decline may be due to more careful figuring; part is probably due to the failure of the most inaccessible agr.- cultural lands, which have so been let fall back to negl ct. No. This growth f $1 ,5OO, 900 year is not due to any increase of the area It is direct response to the growth of our manufacturing interests. These villages aud towns and cities have grown up wonderfully, and they have made the farms worth what they are Farms far away from these centers are worth less.
The Press., 1884-12-18

PHYSICAL. PATCHWORK In Rheumatism and The medicines taken have not gone to the seat of the diaease Not so with Athlophoros. It expels Rheumatism permanently. case in point int of William B-adley, BOA Col umbus Avenue, New Haven, a driver for Adams Exprass. He says: "Was driven from my business for three months by an at tack of Rheumatism. q One bottle of, Ath O. phoros cured me. Have been on my wagon every day since rain or shine"
The Press., 1884-12-18

Mr. Edward Wendell, Fetterman, West Va, suffered terribly with neuralgia, and doctors failed in giving relief He was cured by St. Jacobs Oil, the marvellous pain-cure, and says he would send hundred miles to get it.
The Press., 1884-12-18

''How much did you say this was?" ''Oh, dollar and half ''Thats big price, isn't it p HsNE g. ''No, assure you. The drugs are very costly"
 But am a druggist myself" ''Oh, you are. Wel-of course-ffteen cents."
The Press., 1884-12-18

Ha1e's Honey the great Cough cure. .25c ,5oc.& s1 Glenn's Sulphur Soap heals x beautiies, 25c. manCOrnRemOverki kills Corns Bunions HiPs Hair and Whisker Dye-Black and Brown, soc. Pike's TOOthache Drops cure in l Minute. .25c Deans Rheumatic Pills are a sure cure. 5oc
The Press., 1884-12-18

ScoTT's EMULSION OF PURE Cop LIVER OIL, WITH HYPoPHosPHITEs, IS VERY PALATABLE AND AGREES WITH THE SToMAcH.-Dr. J. Wobring of Newark; Ohio, says: 1T have used Scott's Emulsion in comparison with the plain oil and acid emulsions and find it to agree much better with the stomach, and give. better re- suits in the diseases in which Cod Liver Oil is useful. a
The Press., 1884-12-18

Grasp no.nore than thy hand will hold. PoTAsKA, genuine physician's prescrlptien.
The Press., 1884-12-18
Good clothes open all doors.

PorAsKA cures all throat affections.
The Press., 1884-12-18

Stage scene - "Hullo, Bob! the coach is full. Guess we'll have to strap you behind J Bob-''No you don't had enough of that when was a l,oyn
The Press., 1884-12-18

AN EMINENT Temperance lecturer in New England, Mrs, John Barton, says: I was subject to those deathly sick headaches and also dyspepsia. Sulphur Bitters cured me when all other remedies failed Mrs. Barton is the wife of John Barton, Superintendent of Repairs, Pacific Is, Lawrence, Mass. Ri.
The Press., 1884-12-18
(New Britain Herald,) THE NORMAL SCHOOL.

INTERESTING FACTS IN CONNECTION THERE
 w1TH-REoENT GROWTH OF THE INsTITU-
 TIoN.
 Steady growth has marked the history of the past year. Never since the school was first established has it been in so pros porous a condition. Some interesting facts may be gathered from the new cata- logue. The attendance has been larger than ever before
The Press., 1884-12-18

PoTAskA, indorsed by the medical facyity.
 "Wil you have salt on your eggs" asked the hotel waiter of the guest. 70, no, thanks. They are not at all fresh." Then the waiter went out to consult the landlord to see if the hotel had been insulted.
The Press., 1884-12-18

CREAM AND CoLD WEATHER. luxury is Q bath in summer. Surely, but greater luxury is a clear head in winter; just when almost everybody is sneezing and snuff1ing with a cold in the head. But when you are attacked use Ely's Cream Balm. It cures colds in the head and what is better, it cures the worst cases of chronic catarrh and hay fever. Not liquid, not a snuff. Pleasant to use. Quick relief Radical cure.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
What an Insurance Man Noted.

In one of our largest cities. contain
ing great population of hccr-drinkcrs,
[ Lad occasion to note the deaths among
large group of persons whose habits,
in their own eyes, and in those OF their
friends and physicians. were temperate;
but they were habitual users of beer.
When l began they were, on the aver
age, something under middle age, and
they were, of course, selected lives.
For two or three years nothing remark
able was to be noted. But presently
death began to strike the group; and
until il had diminished to 4 fraction the
mortality was astounding in extent, and
still more remarkable in the manifest
identity of cause and mode. There
was no mistaking; TIE history was al
most invariable robust, apparent
health, full muscles fair outside, in
creasing weight; then touch of cold,
or Il sniff of malaria. and instantly some
acute disease. almost invariably typhoid
symptoms, was in violent action, and
ten davs or less ended life. 1t was
as, if the system was within eaten to Il
shell, and at the touch of d .scasc there
was utter collapse. every fiber being
po- soncd and weak. This, in its main
features, has been my observation of
beer-drinking everywhere - peculiarly
deceptive at first, thoroughly desiruct-
i've at last Colonel Green, President
Commercial Mutual Life InSnrdncG
COmDu1U
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
Arthur's Coats and COnkling's Trousers.

Mr.. Arthur has the honor of patron
izing the tailor of his ideal in dress,
Mr.. Conkling. 1 askel this tailor tie
other day what kind of a customer the
President was, 1.-The best one on my
list" he answered, enthusiastically.
He has a figure that is almost per-
I ct from tailors sta idpoint. He
is we,l-rounded, perfectly developed
and always moves, stands and sits in
almost the same position. l mean that
his shc hculders do not drop over at one
time, square themselves at the next,
and 60 up and down at int rvals. He
stands easily and naturally on his
heels. and his waist-line, as we call it,
is we'll defired. His clothes fit With
out wrinkle when he first IutS them
on, and he is never irritable or unrea
s nable. | imagine he is rather fond of
dress, for he wears more clothes than
any ct er customer that we ave.
He has a particular fon lness for
five button cutaw aS coats of anv da k
ma er.al. They are made to fit very
snugly in the ba k. and his 81 ewes are
reasonably tight They ertainly S ow
his figure off to better Advantage than a
1rock coat. In the matter of trousers
he is parti ular. They must be cut in
the military style more than anything
cut straight up and down, like the
trousers of the officers at West Point. y
And a out Mr. Conkling?'
He ciffe greatly from President
Arthur. He has all sorts of sp. cial
ideas about his cloth $ and insists on
our carrying them on to he let or. He
really 10 es half the points his figure
in h s notions in regard to clothes. But
so eminent Il man, and SO agreeable a
gentleman, has the right to have his
own wa. The IL per part of Conk-
lIng's gure is that of an hdonis. He
is 4 great 10 .cr and athlete you kn W
and his houl ers Il c 5 ua e and mus
cular. His waist is small and his ack
veil turned, A rock coat is he most
b, coming one for him t, wear. In ihe
matter of trousers e is a. it. unman-
ageab!e. He wears the mo t extraordi-
nary BAGS w eve made. He has an
d,.a that his legs are to- lonr in pro-
portion to his body, and insists upon
having his trousers made three or four
times 90 short at the tops o the legs
for him. SO S to offset tn alleged de
fe It. In point If fact e is Il we'l-made
man throughout, but you can't make
h IN believe it."-N. J. Cor. Atdaty
journal
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
Temperance Items.

In the half-dozen years of its exist
ence, it is estimated that the Blue Rib
bon movement has secured four million
adherents in England. The sixth an
nivcrsary of the Society's formation IN
that country has just been celebrated.
PRIZES amounting to fifty dollars are
offered by the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union of Burlington, Vt, for
the best essays, written by pupils in the
high and grammar schools OF that city,
concerning the evil effects of stimulants
and narcotics.
MAN in Nebraska City is actively
promoting starvation by giving away
flour tc the poor He distributes it in
sacks, one to every purchaser of one
hundred drinks at his bar; and, under
the circumstances, the winners are
bound to be losers.-N. Y. Sun.
A CERTAIN Western clergyman de-
nounced saloon keeper whose whisky.
it was thought, took away poor man
senses and put him in the way of death
on the rail. The .liquor-scller respond
ed with a vote of thanks for the gratui-
tous advertising, accompanying his
note with a bottle of the stuff that sup
posably did the work. Thereupon the
minister gave him a little more free ad
vertising The whisky was sent to a
chemist with the following returns rs
to analysis:
Fieohoh fnsI oi, fnoison, 10 Pcr Per cent cent
Pierotoxnc deadly poisonl. D per cent
Acctic acid tvipegar). ----..- 10 S'cr cent
Aqua Cwater,. 45 per cent.
-Chtcd1O Standard
The Toledo BLade has been leading
crusade on beer, supporting its state
ments of the harmfulness of the bever-
age with an array of facts that may
well make the stOutest advocate of the
1cutonic drink shudder. If any one is
competent to judge regarding the
effects of beer on the physical system,
the skilled physician is the man. Nor
can the doctors as class be accused
of being at all fanatical in their opposi-
ton to the use of the milder forms of
! alcohol, at least for semi-mesiicinal pur-
poses. Yet in the estimation of large
mum Der of leading physici"ns, whose
opinions have been published in the
aforementioned paper. beer, so far
| from being a general tonic, in most
cases lowers the tone of the system,
! and c1akes it far more susceptible to
the attacks of disease. e-insurance
companies realize this fact AS we'll; for
/ they are very reluctant to take risks on
! the lives of those engaged in the manu-
| facture and distribut on-and hence
! almost unavo:dably in the consumption
/ of the sO-called "most harmless 81
| drinks. IS. S. Times,
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
An Ugly Visitor in a Bedroom.

Levi Iahar, of PnrNtown. Pa. had a
terrible fight with a wildcat in his bed
room the ether night. TIE animal en-
tered through a large window pane
which had been lrol>en and was COW
cred with u piece of cloth nailed to the
sash. About midnight, after Labar ha |
gone to bed. he heard 4 strange noise
in the room, and upon jumping up TO
make an investigation terrible yell
WAS @iven by the wild cat. abar seized
Il piec. o. wood and without stopping
to make Il light attacked the animal,
witch at once sprung u.on his should
crS. La ar shook it OF and gave it a
stunning hloN with his club. For
fifteen minutes the conflict ragged
ticrcely, the brute leapin@ from vail TO
wall. ciin@in~ to the paper with its
$. arp claws and then bounding upon
lis opp; neat, Screeching with ur.t, and
with eyes shining like Goals of fire. AT
las: Lahar dealt the cat a death blow
Just aS it was about To leap on his head
from the top Of an open door. The
animal WAS one Of The lar-eSt ever Sc II
i'll that section of country. ab:,r was
seriously lacerated ABOUT The fire. aid
4 ms. ihsiu ,lytit TtmgCS.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
r Jcannette Investigation.

WASHISGTON, ID. c., April 9.
Befor. the Jeanette Committee this
mornin Seaman Nondermann testified
that it vas his opinion that had the party
on the retreat been properly guided and
equipT ed with proper instruments they
could have reached point of safety on
the Siberian Coast by a journey of 300
miles. He had heard complaints by some
of tic officers during the retreat on ac-
count of delay. There was special COM
p!aint at the delay of eight days at Ben
nctt's Island, and had there been no delay
he believed a place of safety would have
been reached before the severe weather.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12

TnH best interests of humanity depend
on the good health of our women folks,
and yet those with brightest intellects
seem to suffer most with ailments peculiar
to female life. l, is well to remember that
the whole female sys EN- can be built up to
a proper state of endurance, pimples, sores,
swollen limbs, monthly pains. and other
indications of female disease, made to dis
appear and robust health of mind and body
take the place Of illness and distress, if
timely use is made of DR.. GuysottS Yellow
Dock and Sarsaparilla. 1t restores the
blood to perfect health, it strengthens the
muscular and nervous system. 1t gives
tone to the digestive and urinary organs.
1t allays all irritation of the mucous menu
brane. In word, it is perfect fema'e
medicine, and aids every function of fe-
your druggist got it. Take no substitute.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
Temperance Reading.
SHE WCULD ONLY WE'D 4 TEN
PERANCE MIN.

She loved him, but she saw him drunk:
Ali fearful sight for her to see;
And though it broke her heart, she safo
That married they 1uid never be.
And other lovers crowded near
To breathe their fond hopes in her ear'
1t puzzled me to see her smile
On others while she loved him so,
For none of them were hat so brave:
Or handsome, straight and tall as JOG.
/ think that that was strange,
Don't you.
But then they all wore badges blue.
Joe went and took the pledge and said
CHc'd never stain his honor more;
And soon he ON his manly breast
The badge of his redemption wore
And when his darling heard of that
Her faithful heart went pif-a-pat-
She sacked her lovers all and flew
TO lay h T. head against the breast
Tina. wore the blessed badge of blue.
/ think that that was sweet,
Don't YOU:
Oh bonny, bonny badge OF blue.
We're I n girl wouldn't wed
\ man thai .-IIZZicd rum. wouii your
I'll give the chances all to nun
W no worr the little badge OF blue
And ii lie wOnl,iut wear 1t.
Would pin il on and tell him why:
'Twould save us both from grief and voc,
Aud every misery cold ana black-
1t made another man of Joe.
And now hes got the inside track.
i think IN talking sense,
Dent you!
Then wear the bonny badge of blue. A.
Toronto Truth.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
A Distinction With q Difference.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April 8.

Mr.. Walsh has written letter to
Mr.. Springer, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Expenditures of the Department
of Justice, intimating that he CWalsh)
was very good witness for the prosecu-
ton in the Star-route cases until he be-
gan to expose Mr.. w. p. Kellogg, then
[ nitcd States Senator, but that after
that period his services were not in de-
mand, and that ever since Secretary
Chandler and others have been trying to
crowd him out.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
TIE enron s UICTIN,

Down 10y Il gentle, purling brook,
Where daisies bloom and blow.
Where birds sing all the livelony day.
And where the fir..-tiic, glow,
Th.r,' j. Il slab of marble white.
\ ~:,"w-drift trimmed with flowers
.anvc an unTr ,t"ntiou> grave,
Exposed to AR showers.
Beneath the marble and the loan
\ Youth ! >i"nping there.
The deep cternai sleep OF death,
The sleep that knows no care.
Tn, re rests ne till the angel
Sha touch thc lifriC>S ciuy,
hnd trf2T forth from IL da -kneS5
The IigE, el heavenly day.
How softly in i.@s narrow bed
lie sleeps away the hours
In utter drpam3CSSisD-~ beneath
His cONcTicJ OF lInwcFS.
"TI~ we'll that he has fouIis. the rest
The gray alone will bring
To restless. wii'i. pathetic SGIlz--
lie wrOtr an ode to Sr"fug'
-I'TchuHt TTdrCIlcr
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12

A gentleman residing at Aiken, s.
c., recently >ent a pair of ronies that
had been driven to the family arriage
for numLcr of years and the coach
dog ut to his plantation to be kept un
til the roads Il d up. Shortly after
that he bought :: pair of horses. which
lie drove occasionally, but which were
intended fer the farm. One day the
dog visited the family residence and SAW
the horses hitchel to the carriage, which
evidently caused grave suspicious to
rise in It's mind. Without remaining as
long as usual it hastcued back to the
farm, and the next morning returned
with the ponies. The driver firmly be-
lieveS that the dog told the pon'e that
they were about to lose their places
and they came to see about it.-N. u.
Iimcs
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
Cancer for Fourteen Years,

SPARTANEURG, 5. C., March II, 1854.
lave for ii years been suff ser from
III ming sore on my face that everybody
called IA CANCER. l have used over SI ~
worth of mcdicin" and found no rcli, E.
About four months ago bon ,ht one Eot'le
of Swift's Specific from DIR. II. 4. HeiaitsN g,
AMI since have bought five others, have
taken and they have CURED ME sou Id
and well. My ia ,e is as Tree from n sore
as any hody's, and my heath is perfectly
reslorcd. l feel like forty years had been
lifted IF my head. Hou!s thankfully.
ELIZA TINSL'Y.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed Tree. The SWIFT Specific Co,
Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
buying a Good Mans Coal OIL Land.

AT the beginning of the oil e cten ent'
in Pcnn>yl ania a very religious %
farmer who owned torty acres iii the
ccn:cr of tn belt' had offers for his
farm until he couldn' s.cep nights.
1 hey began at $4.ouO ard went up to
so 90 but to each and c,cry would
be purchaser the old man steadily re-
piled:
If the ord has put ooal-lle under
M farm it isn't for ne to dispute his
will.'
One day, howe er. the agent of a
syI dicatc came a ong and asked what
figure the old man would set on his
acres
I've tccn oifercI S5O0O0."
res
pc bin saying as how the l. ord put
the lie here fot so-Le parpose of his
own"
"it> actly."
..Weil, now. if you could convince
me that about one barr In ten OF tho
lie fro II this arm would be used for
people to read their Eiblcs by. l reckon
I'd set my iiYgcrs at about s6o.COJ.'
In Ic than thr, C hours the farm
changed hands. Val Street NcWs.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
Datrynb-n Prefer II.


MESsRS. WELLS, RICHARDSON & Co.:
Since the introduction of your Improved
Butter Color among my GU ,tomers, it has
given universal satisfaction. The leading
dalrymen of this .ction who have cl it
give it the preference over all other colors,
of whatever name or nature.
They are especially pleased with the fact
that L does not lccome raHci 1, Ike other
OIL cOlors and tlcir product brings highest
prices il market. w. =. NAY. Drug .ist.
UNDERHILL, VI, April ). lSS2.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
They VIII Surely Find You.

They are looking for you every where.
Drafts of air in unexpected places, going
from hot rooms to cool ones, carel :ssness
which ends in a common cold in the
head" Unless arrested this kind of cold
becomes seated in the mucous membrane
of the head. Then it is Cstarrh. In any
and all It's stages this disease always yields
to Ely's Cream Balm. Applied to the nos
trils with the finger. SAFE, agreeable, GER
tain. Price fifty cents.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12

ABOUT thirty years ago prom nent p vSi-
clan by tie nam. OF Dr. William II Ii dis
covered n remedy for diseases of tn. throat, /,
CHI st and lungs, which was of such Won
der ul efficacy that it sooa gained wide
reputation in this country. The name of
the medicine is DIR. WM. HALLS BALSAM
gOH THE LUNGS.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12

THE Philadelphia father who made his
daughter eat onions every night for din
ner, to prevent her seeing certain young
man, has been ihwartcd. The young man
eats onions himSelf.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12

LAST years fashions are out of date, but
last years friends are still our own. This
is why Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound never loses favor; every lady who
knows its worth land who does not y feels
t.iat the kindly face of Mrs. Pinkham is
that of an honored friend.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12

"WHAT are pauses!" asked the teacher
of the primary class. "1hings that grow
on cats" ppe,t the small boy ut the foot
~ y Journal.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12
The EumScller'S Artifice.

If, as some aver, rumselling is open
and free in Portland, why the necessity
for such articles as the following, which
we clip from Portland paper: 1.-The
shcritis visited the old Printers Ex-
change on a tour of inspection. In ex-
amining the Iii iercnt rooms they came
to what appeared to be a chamber. In
the room was bed neatly made up
and to every appearance ready for an
occupant. The led was so low that
the officers thought nothing could be
there. But Gribben's curiosity got the
better of him and he looked under the
bed. Under it were some tubs, boilers
and other rubbish. and that appeared to
be all. Gribben, taking the small iron
bar that is used to pry open doors,
struck the bed clothes in various places,
and striking at the head of the bed
struck something that was evidently too
hard for pillow. On stripping the
bed a full barrel of beer was found.
The parties owning it had taken enough
stats out to allow the barrel, when ly-
ing ON the floor. to protrude through
the open space, and then had made the
bed up, which with the rubbish under
meath the bed completely concealed the
barrel To the barrel was attached a
rubber hose with II faucet which was
used when beer was wanted. "-Icn'-
perGace Record.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-04-12

'WHY don't you favor Nr. Archer, my
child" 'Oh, for the best of reasons, ma.
One can't expect to make much of hit in
society with an old ia Shioncd cross beau"