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Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12

Richmond, o., was fatally burned the
other day while hanging a picture over the
mantlepiece in her fathers house, her dress
taking fire from the open CRATE. Her
mother was badly burned in trying to OK
;inguish the flames.
Il FIRE destroyed the County Jail al
Columbus, O., the other day. orty-five
prisoners were safely transferred to the
city prison.
In Southern Illinois fruit experts report
heavy damage by the recent intense cold.
A PASSENGER train was thrown down n
five-foot embankment by a broken rail
near Valparaiso, Neb, OH the 9Th, twenty
persons being injured, six seriously.
FIRE destroyed Proctor & CANDLES soap
and candle works at Cincinnati the other
afternoon, causing a loss of S25o,GC0.
Four inches of snow fell on the 9TH at
Little Rock, Ark, and eight inches fell at
Memphis, Tenn.
FEW nights ago Henry and Edward
Shields and James Anderson, of Missouri,
were froz.n to death Will, hunting i'll
Chickasaw Na'ion, l. I.
y WEALTHY and prominent farmer of
Trumbull County, o., q. A. Gray. was
10 lg,d in Jail At Warren the 1th for
murder, af er which he made Il full con-
fession. He said that during quarrel
over wages he killcl his workman, a
Swcle, but claimed tie act was in self de-
Tense.
The Lee iSlature of Ohio organized on
the 9Th i'll both branches AMI listened to
the Governor IS message.
Ir was reported the 1;h that thirty y
| persons lost their lives by the recent burn
| ing of the convent at Bellevillc, Ill. The
remains of six boil had been recovered.
| ST. LOUIS on the 9Th was in danger of de-
| struct ion should fire break ou', owing to q
| water famine. ladders and hose were
buried il the ruins of recent confasra
! tions, ard one-half tho fire department
! was suffering from frosted hands and feet
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
From Washington:

TnE public-debt statement for Dccem-
her is as follows: Total debt (including in
terest), Sl,S13,415,923. Cash in Treasury,
S3.J,314 .201. Debt, less amount in Treas
ury, $1,49S, ,CiI,123. Decrease during the
month, SII, ,1+3,:ei11. Decrease since Juno
60, 1885,, SJS,o49,4S:'.
THE resignation OF George w. McCrary,
formerly Secretary of War, Judge of
the Eighth Circuit, was sent to President
Arthur on the ID, and the Judge has con-
tracscd with the Santa Fe Road to be it's
general counselor for five years, with head
quarters at Kansas City.
IN the Jnitel States losses from fire
during 1883 aggregated $1c3, ,OoO, 900. There
1886 fires where the loss exceeded
SI0,COl The December fire record showed
an aggregate 10 of Sl1,,O0,09O.
THE Treasury purchased AS, 900 ounces
of silver fer tie Philadelphia and New Or
leans minis on the Cd. The coinage of the
mintS for December was SJ,4S1,o41, of
which Sa,3ji,1 40 was standard dollars.
IT has leeu decided by Attorney General
Brewster that in order to lee entitled to pay
for issuing and paying money-orders, post
masters must personally perform the serv-
ices required in the business.
IN the United States 2Sl business failures
reported to BrddStrcet's during the
seven Gays enueu on the AN, twenty-twO
more than tie preceding seven days, and
13D NOR" than the corresponding time of
1882. About scventy-nine per cent. were
those of small traders whose capital was
less than 5000.
STAMPS valued ut SIo,011, 80 were sold in
tie United States during tie quarter end
cd September b, 1881. These returns were
for the quarter preceding the reduction in
postage.
sion Office were discharged on the 4;h by
Commissioner Dudley. on charge of fire.
qucnting gamhlin.-ilouSeS.
The PustmaSter-tieneral has informed
the employees of the FoSt-officc Department
that tn purchase of lottery tickets would
he regarded as sufficient grounds for re-
InOval.
II was announced on the 9TH by Pension
Commissipn.r Dudley that he would re
move any clerk ::ho got drunk fire.
quente a gamtling-loUSe.
THE President personally denied on tho
9th the rumors that he was in poor health
He said he felt better than year ago.
THE Secretary of the Treasury on the
1tlI reported tie exhaustion of one and
and asked Congress for an appropriation
to print Si,Olo,O1J of the former and -,
O00.OO) of the latter
DURING the week ended on the 9TH the
exchanges at twenty-six leading clearing
houses in the United S ats aggregated 81,
O31 SID, ,0S6, being Sl9l 104 ,263 greater thar
the preceding week.
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Upon What Success Depends.

The success of the farmer depends on
the skill he applies. The cost OF beef
begins with the seed of the crop. ana
not the breed of the stock. Secd-brced-
ing is as much an art as stock breeding.
The cost of al animal life hinges on
plant life, and good seed is founded in
correct breeding. The law of variation
enables the farmer to elevate the stand
ard i'm vegetable life. Never is stock
breeder successful unless he fixes the
standard in advance. First we should
breed for vigor, second for quality, and
third for quantity. The man who does
not breed an animal for vigor and con
stitut;on will certainly fail, for animals
are susceptible to disease, and SO with
plants. Therefore YOU must breed for
vigor. Millions are annually los& in the
lack of care in the selection of seed.
There is quality in plants, and as civili-
zation grows older it grows more par
ticular about these qualities. Pollett
went into wheat field and selected the
best typical head, from which he took
the best typical seed, and planted it for
a series of years, establishing Pollett $
pedigree wheat, increasing the size OF
the head from four to six and three
quarter inches, and the number OF SEED
from forty-seven to l53.
Corn Is one OF our STanu CToPS- III
selecting your seed take it from an ear
on the lower joint of the stalk. This is
a law of Importance in the tillagc of
soil which should be followed. Long
continued in-breeding impairs the vigor,
but the standard must be first estab-
iished by in-breeding. The wheat of
England won't make the maccaroni
which the Italians cat, and facts won't t
enable me to say whether Northern
wheat or Missouri wheat, planted year
after year, is best. The wheat of Cam.
bridge, England, carried long dis
tance, yielded better than in the Cam
bridge district, which is supposed to be
due to the change of soil and climate.
Potato growers are unanimous in the
belief that a change of soil and climate
is desirable. Large potatoes yield bet.
ter than small, ard two-eyel better
than one. and threc-eyed better thar
two, though there is much opposition te
this theory, the press generally holding
to the contrary. Turnip seed planted
year after year from poor turnips woul(
detract from the vigor of the product
but would produce turnips as long a.
| the seed germinated from turnips, be i
good or bad. The contrary of this il
pretty generally believed, but it is un
true.-Prof Sanborn.
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RcSpoctinr r tho early DoStal faci

Respecting the early postal facili-
tics in Texas a writer in the Galveston
Ncns says: .'Ihe intelligence of tho
death of President Jackson was brought
to Galveston by the master of an Italian
brig. whose craft had stopped at tho
mouth of the Mississippi and received =
New Orleans paper conta ming an ac-
count of the death of old Hickory
Neither the Captain nor any OF, his crew
being able to read English, the paper
was untouched until three days after
tho arrival of the brig at this port, when
it was accidentally discovered, and tho
iidings were given to the people Of
Texas fourteen days after the Presi-
dents death"
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
EpITOME OF THE week.
Interesting News Compilation.
SIyIIIth Congress.

MONDAY, Jan. In the Senate, Mr..
Mr.. Do.ph presented petition for the for
f.ii,ue of the unearnea land grant of the
Oregon Central Road. Mr. Miller offered
a resolution calling on the Secretary of
tie Treasury for information as to the diff
ficuItieS encountered i'll the enforcement of
the Chinese Restriction act In the House
bills were introduced. To prevent the
use of the mails to circulate adver-
tisements of dangerous medicines or
food: to pension all soldiers or sailors who
served three months in the war Of tho re-
ba.lion: to abolish the tax on tobacco; bor
n commission on the alcoholic liquor traf-
fic: to extend the time for payment of the
tax on distilled spirits in warehouses;
70 consolidate the internal reve-
nue. and customs districts in each
State; 10 prev mt an undue cHntrac-
tion of The paper circulation and to pro-
hihi. the issII. of Treasury and bank notes
for a less denomination than ten dollars;
for the es sabli>hmeI!t of a National Eiuca-
tionaI fund and declaring equal rights to
all cit :Zans OF the United States, without
regard to race or color.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12

Patrick Murray had talk about
matters with his wife. in New York re-
Gently. and she advised him to 60 to
confession. He went directly to the
Church of the Visitation, went into the
confessional and had just started on his
story when he fell dead.-M. Y. Mail.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
MOUNT PRAIRIE. MINI. Sept
KendaII's SPAWN Cure.

SACR&MENTo. CAT... Aug. Bird, 1882.
b. j. KENDAIL Il Co. Gcnts:-f have during
the last three years used in my stables your
Ifn{n,onf known Kcndall's Spa win Cure with
great success, having treated spIiuts spavins,
,.u,l,s and various kinds of strains 10 my H.
"a 10 satisfaction and in every instance where
have recommended II to my friends they have
hcen egualIy well satisfied, and do not hrsi-
tate " say that as n llnimcnt believe IL has
no equal, and thus believing ] checrfully
rcconimcnd it, to any one who may have occa.
sionto use a medicine of this kind.
RcsDcCtfully YOURS. LEE STANLEY.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
Kendals's Spavin Cure.

DowNEY CITY. Los Angeles Co, Cal, Oct. 5.'o3
DIR. u. J. Kendall " co, Dear Sirs:-l feel II
n duty aS well us pleasure to place my tcsti'
mony before tn" public In regard otl" merits
SPAWN Cure for the last three years. and in
every case have accomplished NOR" than You
claim il to do. | have cured shoulder lame
ness. stin joints, cub, capped hooks. dis.cHi-
and in fuct everything that hon SO Il subicctio,
and would chcrriuly recommend ii to all
horscmcn. Respectfully yours.
CHARLES II. TutyER.
publishers of thirr0p Ho'scmo,p. und"rd daic OF
Sept 3, 'S}, write follows: krnflnii'a Sparin
Cure is found AN invaluable medicine aad the
fact should become generally known to horse
men.
FREMONT, ONO, Sept. 2ith, 1855.
DR. B. j. kENDhII. S CO.. Gcntlcmcn:-
having hai nn opI o.tunity OF seeing your
.'Trcntisc ON the Horse this summer Tor thr
first tinc WIS induced tn try your kcndallS
SPAWN Cure on Il valuable hors: thai had been
SPAWN. had bistcrcd il several times and
concluded that my horse would never get over
being lame. Five weeks ago to-day com
mcnccd using kcndalis SPAWN Cure and nf-
ter using ~ three weeks the l:tInrucSs cntIrrly
disappeared. 1t has been worth 5000 to me.
II. ~. House..
MOUNT PRAIRIE, MINI, Sept. -, 1883.
DIR. u. j. KESphI.I n Co, G"niIcmcn:-Iast
Spring had II valuable young horse that from
sonc cause got II very laiRr lump about haf
long time. | had the best horse dortors cx-
anime her: some called IL one thing some AN
other. bnc said the shoulder was broken but
none could cure IL. After had tric, the cure
SPAWN Cure. did not use onc-half OF II 10
fore il was all smooth and clean. inncncss
uli gone too. As n horse linimcnt IL IL inval.
uahc. Respectfully,
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
KendaiI's Spawn Cure.

DENVER, Col, April 20. 1852.
DR.. B. !. Kendall " Co, Gcnts:-fuur years
ago while in the employ of y. l.. Pcrl"y " Co.
Dunvcrs. MuSS., had II horse that became
spawned during the FIRST year of my stay with
them, and remained so for four year.. though
we used every remedy we knew of or could
hear ot, but or no avail. Some time during the
1if:h year dor was in their employ between
five and six years. we were recommended 10
try Kcndulis SPAWN Cure, ana after using IL
two months the horse WIS cured the enlarge
mcnt having been entirely removed, and thus
hciicy wing IL to he n valuable medicine | fully
recommend it to all who have occasion Ia use
IL EcSupctfully 4. IA. IYDSS.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12

5 "A young child was taken to church
in Quebec, Canada, the other day, and
baptized, and when the parents and
friends returned home the child was
found dead in its wraps.-T Toronto Mail
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12
kENDALL'S SPAWN CURE
On Human Flesh.

SANTA Rosa, CAI.., Feb. 9TH lSS}
b. J. KENDALL. * 60, Gcntcmcn:-I feel It a
duty to others suffering with the piles and
falling of the rec, um to write you. l have had
the piles and pro!apsus of tho rcctum for hvc
years: for the past three years have suffered
the mCst a2onZing pain. Tried everything
wi hout relief, but after ten days use OF Ken
DALI S SPAWN Cure have not seen or hcarI OF
the piles since. One who hus not suffered rs
have can not comprehend the great joy tina. |
feel Mt being cured Of disease almost worse
than death. L had valuable young horse
that had a large bunch gather on his breast
bone. tried all kinds OF linn crts and had IL
cut open without any benefit. Saw your adj
vertiscmcnt and bon lht bottle of Kendals
SPAWN Cure and ordered my teanstcr to use
as directed. In less than one week the lump
had dsappca ed. Thinking that n linimcnt
that would do what KendRlrs SPAWN Cure has
done for my horse might benc ht more, tried
It a last resort.
With gratitude and best wishes for your sue
cess. am faithfully yours,
j. ii. GLENN.
Price 81 per bottle or six bottles for IS. Al
Druggists have IL, or can get IL for you, or T.
will bc sent to any address on receipt OF price
by the proprietors, DIR. B. j. KENDALL A
CO., Enosburgh Falls. VT.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-01-12


stroyed w. w. Chism & Co.'S store. Loss,
$4,000: insurance, 5000. The buildings
occupied by Anderson Roberts, Jacob
Shaul and ]. w. Hays were also damaged
Twenty or thirty colored people from
Sweet Home were in Little Rock a few days
ago in connection with the free fight that
occurred there on Christmas Day. From
all accounts it was simply that and nothing
more. Whisky had been largely imbibed,
and the fighting that disturbed the peace
of the community is traced directly to that
cause.
Dardanelle, Yell County, celebrated
New Years with Leap Year ball.
A few nights ago at Plummerville.
Conway County, MIR. Henry Jam and
wife went to a neighbours house to sit till
bedtime and let three children in bed.
The house caught fire from some unknown
cause, and with its contents was consumed.
One of the children was roasted i'll the fire,
and the oldest, a daughter, was badly
burned Mr. James was badly cut by
wiudow-glass in trying to rescue his chill
dren.
A boiler in the spoke factory of John
S. Reid & Sons, at Paragould, exploded on
Friday, injuring a number of persons.
Simon Cameron is at Hot Springs.
Delegates from several councils OF
the ROYAL Arcanum throughout the State
met in Little Rock recently, and were the
guests of Quapaw Council OF Little Rock,
who entertained them in a most hospitable
manner Among the festivities was a
grand banquet at the Capital Hotel.
Arkansas has five representatives, all
Democrats, only two of whom have had
legislative experience. They were all mem-
bers of the last House. All are lawyers,
and all five served in the Confederate army
A bloody fight between horse thieves
and a Sheriff's posse is reported to have
occurred recently in Northwestern Arkan-
sas.
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The Pronunciation of American
Names.

Without commencing upon the
Tagliafieros (.TolliverS) of Virginia,
there are the Cecils pronounced Sysls,
or SysSls). the Champeneys (Chaun-
eys). Rollestones (Ralistons), Leighs
Lees, Lays. and oftentimcs Lyes), the
Undertakes (Timliks), the Ashuests
(AshettS), the Blounts (Blmts), the
Eloarts (Ailests), Auchtenbanchcs
(Arbois). and the kers (kares). A
family reioiced in the name of Polly
The oldest son, an lnkempt youth Of
10, was called George Washington
Pollv But the name was always writ
ten Pauline Then the name Ralph
was always Rafe, and the name Hcle-
ma was accented on the first syllable
an English custom. bat one not usual
in the North.
In Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missis-
Sippi, maus other names occur, often
Of French, Spanish or Indian deriva-
ton. which assume a peculiar dialcctal
form Beauchamp pronounced Bee
chum), Daughty OotD, Dookery
(>omctimes spelt Dackery--a contrac-
ton. it was said, of the French Du
Chcrie). Des Moulin (Demlin), Dupuy
Dupee), Peyensy (Pinsey), and many
others which assume more or less va
rietv in expression and pronNnciation
The critic.
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Washington Streets.

An excellent Judge of such matters
asserts that this city has gained more
in outward appearance during the last
half dozen years than it had before in
half a century. 1t now has forty miles
Of better pavement than can be found
in any other American town, and which
compares f1vorably with any in Eu-
rope. This has made thorough street
sweeping practicable at small cost. and
it results that, although the city is poor
" supplied with water, it is little atflict-
ed with dust, and is beginning TO have
a refreshingly clean aspect. Bordering
these streets there now stands upward
of one hundred thousand wcll-formed,
nursery grown trees. Naples of sev-
eral species are the more common. but
there are representations Thy the hun
dred) OF at least six different genera.
They are at present but club-headed
saplin@s. hardly recovered from the
shock of ranSplantatiOn, or fairly set
lied in their new homes, am show
none Of the characteristic mature beau
" Of their several families They have
a vet, therefore, but little value ex-
cept as prOmiSsorY notes, their growth
to he discounted. Nevertheless, seen
as ,hcy constantly are Ill long perspec-
tive> of uniform mass ard color, their
effect on the city is absolutely trans
forming, and if all goes well with them
Washington viii in a few years be Il
new and gloriticd city-a capital that
Americans may bo proud OF,
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Aoonitowof ])i!ot.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1884. |
Bulldog and Pork.

Some time since a New England
schooner was lying at the Rice Mil
wharf. the captain of which was the
owner of a ferocious bulldog, whose
mouth watered at the sight of the ten
der-skinned colOred people. Things
We're scattered about the deck of the
vessel in loose manner, and the major
told the skipper that be should be care
full or he would have some of the arti-
cles stolen. The latter laughed at the
idea, and, pointing TO his dog, said he
would like TO sec any thief come aboard
his vessel, adding that anyone who
could take that half barrel of pork
pointing to one on the deck near the
dog-was welcome to it. He was very
emphatic "a to the result OF the visit.
and apparently had in his mind eye
the chewed-up form of the would be
thiet.
The major had noticed in the crowd
Z negro who had the reputation of be-
ing very adroit thief, but who had
never been caught-one of the kind that
when cornercd tells his brethren dat
de white man Is berry 'spichus.' Calling
Sam TO him he told him that the captain
of the schooner would give the pork to
anyone who would get it off the vessel.
Sam eyed the vessel, the dog and the
skipper. For true, captain, you ge
me de barrel if | take imp The skip
per said yes, he could have the barrel
and its contents if he could get it with
out the dog catching him. The sun set
in the west as usual, of course, and
when it came up. according to Parson
Jasper, on the other side in the morn
ing, the barrel Of pork had been spirit
ed away. The dog was still pacing the
quarter deck, with the air of having
performed his duty, and looking prob
ably even more defiant than usual.
As soon as the sun was well up in
the sky Sam came poking along. The
captain hailed him at once. Say, YOU
black rascal, you got the pork, did
YOU ''Oh, yes, sir; no trouble to do
dat Il will give you SO to find out
how you got it off the schooner right
under the very nose of my dog" said
the captain. ''All right, captain; you
put up de money, and | will tell you
how | did UNI, replied Sam. The so
was put up. You see, Marse' Cap
tain, / see your dog been lonesome: he
been a long time from home, so | bring
another dog, little comrade like him,
down wild me to play wild him. While
de dogs run about de deck and Jump on
de wharf to get acquainted wild de
selves. YOU see, took de barrel" The
captain said it was worth the pork and
the so to learn the trick. -tSaUa2nah
NcUS.
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His Wife Was Good TO Him.

He had failed for half million, and
his assets would not pay , cents on the
dollar. He gave up everything he had
20 satisfy his creditors, not even resery-
ing the watch in his pocket. And yet
they growled. An old friend called to
see him. He met him at the depot with
a $1,000 span of horses and conveyed
him TO a 500. 600 residence, where he
dined and wined him like a prince, on
the finest of china and costliest of
plate.
Why, Jones" said his old friend,
II thought YOU had failed,'
so have-giyen up everything,
absolutely everything, TO my creditors.
a. an honest man should. replied the
bankrupt, in a tone of self-abnegation.
why, you appear to be living pref
~ well. " remarked the old friend,
All. my dear sir. how mistaken YOU
are" returned the 2-Cent-on-a-follar
failure. Everything that YOU see is
rlv wife s-abSoiutcly everything. But
she Is too tcndcr-hearted 10 deprive me
OF their use on account of nay mlsfor-
tune -PWSJHrg Chronicle.
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Dr Forbes Winslow tells a stu,

DIR. Forbes Winslow tells story of
how presence of mind saved his own
life on one occasion in his lunatic asy-
lum at Hammersmith. He had gone
into the room of lady who had dis
played strong homicidal tendencies,
and somewhat incautiously closed the
door behind him. He asked the patient
few questions, when she suddenly in
terrIpted the conversation. producing
a knife and, remarking that it was well
sharpened. said: Il must really kill
you. doctor. | am very sorry, but it
can't be helped, can it?' Not unnat-
urally, the doctor was taken a little
aback. for the lady was abnormally
strong and had already advanced to eN-
ecute her purpose. just one mo-
ment." he said quietly. Don't you
think it would be shame to spill the
blood on this new carpet? just let me
call for a basin. Perhaps it would
but be as quick as you can. So the
doctor slipped out unhurt, but a little
scared
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PILES! FtlES!: pIjES!I!

\ St RE GU RE FOUN y L5S4
NO ON Il N hIID 8 FFER.
A sure cure for Bind, Bleeding, Itch
ing and liberated Piles has been discov
cred by Dr. William s Ian Indian remedy
called DR.. Williams Indian Pile Oiut-
ment. 4 single box has cured the worst
chronic cases of % or 80 years standing.
No one need suffer FIVE minutes after
applying this wonderful soothing medi
cine. Lotions, instruments and cleo
tuaries do more harm than good. Vii
liam s Indian Pile Ointment absorbs the
tumors, allays the intense itching, (par-
ticularly at night after getting warm in
bed, acts as Il poultice, gives instant re
lief, and is prepared only FOX Piles, itch
ing Of the private parts, aud for nothing
else. Read Whist the Hon. J. NJ Coffin
berry of Cleveland. say s about DR.. WI
iiam's Indian Pile Ointment: Il have
used scores OF Pile Gules, and it affords
me pleasure 70 say that | have never
found anything which gave snch i'm
mediate and permanent relief as DR..
Williams Indian Ointment. For sale
by all druggists and nailed 90 eceipt of
price, SOC and s10o. Sold by Henry
H:prjchs. 2oct65
FRAZIER MrDICINE Co, Pr prs,
Cleveland, Ohio.