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The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01
It Deserves Some Credit.
Wa.hingtnn Criflc

Bah said disappointed citizen to Thompson this morning think the Fortv-ninth Congress i. the wor.t ! eyer saw
 What's the matter with it1 in- 4uircd Thompson
 IL won't do anything, and what t does do ism worth anything
 II did one good thing yesterday never heard of it What was I?
 IL adjourned
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01
Apple Feelings on the pavemen,

d!sturbs many and often upset- the peo- pie. but how much more does the green apple disturb the stomach and upset the bowels; which we are glad to -tate can be relieved by the Use of Dr Biggers' Huckleberry Cordial No family should be without a bottle on hand
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01

result heins achieved hN enr not work iuS under the auspices of the soclety, l can afford to smile at the jealous and cuvious spirit which was displayed feel. ing confident as de that rosteritN will do lustice to my memory. and measure mN discovery at is true value
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01
THE AnKANSAW VALLEY ROUTE.

LITTLE T1H,K < FORT sNfrH RAILWAY AND LITTLE tvHyk Alss7f-aiFpf EfvBEAfEkAs RAILWAY Ia shortest nSd fa freight ahd ta~a4n gers from I4taIs tt<k sfsd f~snt@ fp AfkAussS via ATkApAsN City L SrH iJrFalss aud ssi iSInta srItb and kas. and TiA Van B0fTn h ai i~na'- north AIsd Weat
 The fAttis E<ck 4 Fort hAHitA fsii~Ay hAA ff,s sA4s tlssJsG Df ths tss-si land in ths afhte Special ifldaeslnSuI~ DfsFsf b, iH5fDlkfaHts For information as b, lands, stl aPplT
 T. M DIIy~J@ HENRY WOOD Land Com nsi ssaosssS
 fs-i.- ss s-ss- J. 4. WarJtS<JS, 1Faiiac Manager.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01

The editor of morning paper knows all about the nights of labor -B1stgn CommsTciai Bal2sttn
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01

With that started off along the river to Dorchester, walking slowly, and con sidering in my mind. aS switched the fading ruShes, how oddly things seemed to be muddled up in my life, comparing my love for Hester and my old hopes about her with my present feelings, when all | could be to her was a mes senger to the man she loved as vainly as I loved her Moreover, the words she had spoken long before when she told my fortune and his came back to me and made me wonder-Seeing how true she had read my future-whethcr. in deed some part of what shall be k writ ten out on our hands. 50 that We carry our fate plain to read and vet all un- known to Us.
 Mir Arthur wasn't at his own place. and the landladV told me, when she saw wouldn't leave the note for him that l should find him at Dr BairdS So there l went, and when d rung the bell. I asked if could see him. l waited in the hall about ten minutes listening te woman voice singing very >weetlv in one of the rooms, and when the music ceased l heard Mir Arthur speaking After that d door opened and he came out
 Oh. it's vou. Pickles he said hope theres nothing gone wrong at the work>2
 Nc >ir-nothinE I've only come 'o bring you this note
 He took Hestrr> dirty packet in his hand. and looked hard at the ado rcs> before he opened 1t. The WI 'lng seemed quite unknown to him for he said half to himself
 Who the deuce k it from
 saw no reason to answer that aacN- ton. more especially as had my hand on the latch ready to go
 Be good enough to wait Il minute Pickles. he said that i> if you have time I'll just see if any answer k r"- quircd
 | wasn't in any hurry and what was more l wanted to see him read Il >" l stayed
 He looked first of all at the name signed when he had seen that he frowned and drew hi, lip~ together as if he wash best pleased
 The letter was Il very sh"r one. and when he'd give a glance over 1t. he looked crosser than before which Was the more noticeable because, as lv" said hc was such good-naturvd gentle man
 Who gave you this. Pickles he asked. quite >traighttorward as if he d nothing to blush for thought differ ent. .o answered quite as straight
 " That handsome gypsy girl who told your fortune one day oh the work her as lives down hv St Martin Hill
 Would it be out of your way to carry d message back to hcr2 he said half hr>tating and then. without waiting for ny yea or nay. he went ou Please tell her that l an greatly surprised at her thinking of writing this letter. and that l couldn't possibly that will dol couldn't possibly ito what she asks
 All right. sir made answer and then. while was longing to say many things to him which Were tumhling about in my mind h" had gou" back through tilt upctl ,tuui ai,,i hoard tie same sweet woman voice >ay
 N hu was 1t wanted yeu dear
 l didn't care to hurry back with my message knew il would bring any thing but comfort to poor Hester The afternoon was ,larkcning h"tor. | reached the cottage .lacky was in tn" jane throwing. ~t"hc- It the roo!>> as they gathered to roo-t on th" elm trees
 Wherc'- lIc-ter' asked
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01
" Where lIc,tel' l ask .f.,,,, Itll
" Gone m | hlll Al flow long ago

So started to follow her It., d steep climb to the top of St Martin s Hill and slippery ioi, when the chalk is damp as it was that night A, | clornh considered in my mind how if found her | should give tn. message Mr Arthur had sent Al last decided l wouldn't give il at all unlc,, she asked for il, seeing she had not hiddeu me bring one back And if she didn ask l meant Just to srem a~ though Inv rrrand had only been to look for her When l sighted the clunp of scotch frs there she stood leaning against on" of the trees, with her hand round her ear listening A she heard my step she came forward, and even in the fad- ing light l could see that flash of great gladness came over her face
 You've come to me, then dear heart? she said ' ou ve com" to tell me it's all pack of lies about Mis- Baird You ve come just a- wa. be ginning to give you up.
 Yes. Hester. I've come to see where you are, said, though knew her words had been meant fot other ears than mine.
 oh. she replied in a terrible sal voice |" it <, only you, Will Pickle-
 W hat are you doing here lie-ter2' l said taking no heed of what l under stood from her words-namcly, that she had come up there to wait for Mir Arthur Its getting late and chill my lass; you come along home
 cant
 You can't Why not?
 . D.. l.rs tt-ai, f.,r !.
 You q better by half wait no longer
 Why. didn't you find him al home? '
 No. 1 didn't had to go elsewhere"
 But You did see him. Will? You did give him the letter
 did
 Then tell me all about II Where was he, and what did he say
 III you if you Ii come along with me not otherwise
 II ain't much good saying that Will she answered doggedly for ] -hant stir q step till you have told me .
 And | won tell you q word, l said just as doggedly until you -;ar; ,o come down home-so there and laid firm hand on her arm
 She didn't want to stir, but she was obliged to, and We walked slowly on l told her word for word, all about it. without sticking anything in or leaving anything out.
 Say it again, Will, she said as if she couldn't follow out my story what was it he told you to tell me?
 She leaned against the railing at the top of our cutting waiting for my words and saw her tall slim figure, and
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01

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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09
Rescued from the Grave.

My wife for many years was atfiict-
ed with a blood disease which baffied
the most skillful treatment, and
finally resulted in very large ulcer
ated and ugly looking running sore
on one of her limbs, which had been
growing larger and larger for the last
four years, discharging qualities of
pus or matter, and was so rapidly
undermining her health that almost
despaired of effecting cure. l tried
every known remedy, such as the
sarsaparilla and potash mixtures and
prescriptions of the best physicians,
with no benefit in any way. A few
months ago my attention was called
to S. S. S. procured some of this
medicine, which she began to take, and
in a short time increased in flesh and
strength, and the sore, which was
then larger than my hand and reach
ed to the bone, began to heal. After
continuing its use a few weeks, she
regained her health and spirits, and
the sore was entirely healed. She
had been in such terrible condition
for years, and was so near deaths
door at the time she commenced the
S. S. S., that I RETAINED from making
the factsknownto thepublic. Though
Knowing or being satisfied that she
was cured, / feared the disease might
return; but as it has now been three
months since she stopped using the
medicine, and is in perfect health,
being able to walk several miles
without unusual fatigue, and attends
to household duties as she did before
she was so afflicted, l publicly make
this statement for the benefit of all
who are afflicted as was my wife.
w. NJ. GREEN.
Five Points, Jones Co., Ga,
May %, 1886.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer
8, Atlanta, Ga. l57 w. 29d ST., n. Y
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09
The Best of Our Good Luck.

After all, the most gratifying feat
ureof our country's progress and pros
perity in the past century, is the i'm
provement in the wages and social
status of day laborers.
Old records, diaries, etc., show that
in 1897 a Rhode Island farmer hired
q good farm hand at three dollars per
month, and five dollars per month
was paid to those who got employ
ment for the eight busy months of
the farmers year. A strong boy
could be had at that time in Con-
necticut at one dollar per month,
through those months, and he earned
it by working from day break to
eight or nine o'clock at night. He
could buy a coarse cotton shirt with
the earnings of three such months.
About this time the Schuylkill and
Susquehanna Canal Company adver-
tised for workmen, offering five dol
lars per month for the winter months
and six dollars for summer, with
board and lodging. The next year
there was a debate in the House of
Representatives which brought out
the fact that soldiers got but three
dollars per month. A Vermont
member, discussing the proposal to
raise it, said that in his State the men
were hired for four dollars per month
with board and lodging.
Farmers, at this time, were miser-
ably rewarded for their toll. The
prices of produce prevailing then,
would be hardly enough to pay for
carrying it to market, today. Butter
sold at eight cents per pound, and
when it rose suddenly to ten cents,
several farmers wives and daughters
went out of their minds with excite
ment. Women picked the wool off
the bushes and briars, where the
sheep had left it, and spun and knit
it into mittens, to earn one dollar
year at this toilsome business. They
hired out as help for twenty-five cents
per month and their board. By a
days hard work at the spinning.
wheel, a woman and girl together
could earn twelve cents. AS late as
1851 the best farm hands could be had
for twenty-five cents per day, OF
twice as much in moving time.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09
English Railway Cars.
Brooklyn Magazine.

Brooklyn Magazine.
Most English trains consist of the
three classes Of carriages-first, second
and third-each carriage divided in
to compartments, such as l have
described. In some carriages all the
compartments belong to one class, in
others, called "composites," one COM
partment is first-class, another second
and another third. The difference
between afirst-class compartment and
a second or third-class compartment
is principally in the furniture and
embellishments. There is about the
same number of cubic feet in both.
A tirst-class is softly cushioned and
carpeted, and its full complement of
passengers is six. A second-class
compartment is also cushioned but
the cushions are not so yielding nor
so handsomely covered as in the first
class; and though its size is exactly
the same as that of the latter, not six,
but twelve passengers are expected
to be comfortable in it. There is no
velvet pile carpet on the floor, only a
coarse hemp mat.
The cushions of the third-class COM
partments are false to their name, a
mockery compared with the Others.
They are stuffed with a hard SUBJ
stance and covered with unpleasantly
colored rep. Any sort of a custom is
luxury, which has only recently
been conceded to third-class passen-
gers. The space provided forsix first
class and twelve second-class is used
for just as many third-class passen-
gers as can be squeezed into it, and
the courtesy of the servants, as well
as the space, is invidiously apportion-
ed. The occupants Ofthe softest cush-
ions are treated with the softest man.
ners; the occupants of the hardest
with an appropriate asperity. "Tick-
cts, gentlemen, if you please" is the
form in which first-class passengers
are addressed, and then, this
becomes, in the case of the second
class passengers, "Tickets, please;''
and when the collector puts his head
into the third-class compartment his
manner was shorn of all civilty, and
he brusquely cries, "Tickets!!w
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09
Sighting.

Boston Courier.
There is plenty of sighting in this
world and especially in our own hur-
rying age, when nothing in the man
ner of doing thing seems to be of
so much Importance as getting it
somehow or other done; yet there is
room for some judicious instruction
in the art of sighting. Professor
George L. Vose, who is perhaps the
finest instructor in practical railroad
engineering in America, as he is ac-
knowledged to be the best authority
who has written upon the subject, is
accustomed to complete his courses of
instruction with couple of lectures
upon this very subject. "You have
had it constantly impressed upon
you," he says in effectto his students
just ready to graduate, "that the
value of your work depends upon its
being done with absolute accuracy:
it remains only for youto know when
it is best to slight your work, and do
it specifically" The whole of a
science having been mastered, the
student is able to perceive that there
are unessential details which should
be passed lightly over or left to take
care Of themselves altogether. AS a
clever man once put it, speaking of
this very branch Of knowledge: at
is of no use to plane the underside of
a barn floor"
1t must always be insisted upon
that the art or profession should be
thoroughly learned before one can
decide what to pass over. ga man
must know his trade WE'LL" a carpen-
ter onced remarked, "to know what
to slight" But once the principle of
not doing is mastered it is hardly less
important than that of doing. The
people who accomplish most in this
world are those who never do super
fuous things and by avoiding the
doing of things which consume time
and energy without any adequate re-
suits. They are the people who read
in book or newspaper what they
want to know and do not idly and
indolently dawdle through column
after column and page after page in
which they have no real interest
simply because it happens to be part
of the same sheet or volume as what
is of value to them. They are the
people who do what they feel to be
of importance and do not, from mere
habit or direction of the popular cur
rent, waste their lives in doing those
things which afford them neither sat
isfaction nor profit. "The art of read
ing wisely" a professor Of rhetoric a
Bowdoin College used to say, "i'
largely knowing what to skip;" ant
the principle is of the widest appli
cation.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09
A Trade Secret.
Journal of Fabrics.

Journal of Fabrics.
A trader who was fortunate in Civ
ing credit was asked the other day
by confrere, who, being less clever,
always had a lot of failures on his
hands, the cause of his success, and
he replied: "When a new customer
asks me for credit, if, upon taking
advice, 1 feel justified in giving it to
him, l subscribe for the local paper
of his place and study closely the way
he advertises. In the first place this
investigation shows what profit he
realizes on certain articles, and so in
dicates whether my customer works
on a good basis or not. Besides this
result, which cannot, however, be
always exact, in view of the sacri-
fees that are made in some cases,
/ learn also from his advertisement
what his standing is, as well as If |
opened his account books. AS long
as my debtors dvertises theoretically,
his advertisements well got up, care
fully looked after, and in good posi-
ton, he can get from NEAL he wishes;
he is a good risk. But if l discover
that his advertisements are badly ar
ranged and defective, I set myself
about settling his account and stop
ping his credit. The merchant who
cannot pay for his advertisements,
and who allows them to stand in the
paper as a contra-account and in a
defective shape because he doesn't
dare to take them out, is dangerous
customer. AS for the man who throws
away his money on advertisements
in worthless sheets, simply because
they cost less than those in good
journal, he is hare-brained fellow
who knows nothing about business,
and who must be dealt with only on
the terms of cash down."
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09

tits no longer fashionable to be I'M
healthy and delicate. The invilid
woman today is regarded with pity
and compassion, rather than with the
admiration which used to be accorded
her. Good health is no longer con-
sidered vulgar, and roses rather than
lilies are encouraged on the cheeks
of our girls.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09
Help Yourself.

The man who watts for some seventh
wave to toss him on dry land will
find that it is a long time coming.
You can commit no greater folly than
to sit by the roadside until some one
comes along and invites you to. ride
with him to wealth and influence.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09

To remove clinkers from the stove,
sprinkle common table salt on the
Innings when the stove is cold. Use
plenty oft. Build a moderate fire
wood and coal-and in a day or two
the clinkers will be gone.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09

A good bath is one of the most de-
lightful, yet one of the very cheapest
luxuries of life, and it is strange that
there are any who are unappreciative
of the benefits derived from bathing.
Perhaps its very cheapnessis one rea-
son why it is appreciated so little.
With water fifty cents a gallon, and
soap a rare article, bathing would be
all the rage. The benefits of the bath
tub to health and comfort would be
lauded far and near; bathing would
be regarded as one of the indispensa-
BILE luxuries of life, and classed with
the things of fashion, and the oftener
one bathed the more fashionable he
would be.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09

A new device for an umbrella is a
patent window to be placed in the
cloth so that the owner can see ahead
and avoid collision. 1t is better to
buy a cheap umbrella, and then you
can look through it in any direction.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09

Bismarck was an enigma when a
child, and he is an enigma still. He
never knows one day what he will
do the next day, and for years past
he has simply taken advantage of
present circumstances in directing
the affairs of Europe. The great
source of his strength is the facility
with which he changes his opinions,
abandons his friends, coddles his enc
mics and profits by the malice of one,
the hatred of another, the pride of
third, while he makes fools of them
all. His conscience knows no scruple,
and he processes an equally passion
ate fondneSs for the Bible and the
latest bad French novel.-From a
German paper.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-10-09
Individuality in Attire.

The women who inspire admira-
ton are not always the most beauti-
full. They are the women who COM
prehend their own needs and study
out the best means to improve and
make themselves attractive. Only a
very beautiful woman of a strongly
marked individual type can afford to
run directly against accepted fashion,
either in dress or of the arrangement
of the hair. Everyone can modify
the prevailing style sufficiently to
meet their own requirements. Plain
women can render themselves at
tractive by studying the becoming
ness Of all portions of their toilet.
This can only be done by comprehen-
sion Of ones self. The highest cult
walton of the one is that of individu-
atty, and in no other way is this
more demonstrated than in the gen
eral attire of women. The plump
woman of short stature no longer ar
rays herself in the modes suitable to
her tall, slender sister simply because
they are the "latest things out"
The woman with the high forehead
does not comb her hair straight back
because her nearest friend, who hap
pens to be blessed with the low,
broad, idealistic forehead that artists
love to reproduce, finds this the most
becoming way to arrange her tresses.
Women cannot fail to find modes,
fabrics and colors suitable both to
their individual styles and to their
purses, and it is their own fault il
their appearance is not pleasing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-15
The National Government and
the LiquOr-TrafIic.

The Louisville Ky) Worker in an
article on the liquor-trailic, referring to
lts relation to the national government.
says: The ends of government are
beautifully expressed in the preamble
TO the Constitution of the United States.
They are: CD To form a more perfect
union. Anything in the way of this
perfect union should be prohibited.
(2) To insure domestic Tranquility.
This is so important to state that
great watchfulness should be exercised
to prevent anything from getting in the
way of this grand feature of govern
mental science. (3) To provide for
the common defence. Some of the
greatest nations of the world have been
unable to do this because of the drunk
enness and debauchery of their sub
jects. Rome could not resist the in
cursions of northern barbarians. who
had not debauched themselves with
the luxury and refinement of the
provinces. Why will nation retain
the very things which eliminate in
its ruin? (4 To promote the general
welfare. The general welfare of the
country should be supreme in the
minds of all state and national repre-
sentatives. We need more of the
spirit of the fathers Of this nation, men
who would even sacrifice self if neces-
sary to promote the nations welfare.
(5) To insure the blessing of liberty to
ourselves and transmit the same to pos
terity. Many of the leading men on
election days have no conception of
liberty. They are the slaves of NOR
bid appetite and of an memorable GUS
tom. Instead of transmitting the bless
ing of liberty to posterity, they trans
NIT tendencies which are perfectly
disastrous. What can we say of the
United States, the model nation of the
world? Have the principles contained
in the preamble to the Constitution
been carried out? Far from it. The
greatest curse of the nation, and that
which contradicts every principle of
the Constitution-namely, the manu-
facture and sale of Intoxicating drinks
as BEVERAGES sanctioned by the
national government"