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Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-13
w. C. T.U. Notes.
BY MRS. T. A. DUNLAP.

BY MKb. L. A. DUNLAP.
The Prohibitionists of this city are
to have a paper of their own.
The Unions that responded to the
call for dues did grandly, sending
double the former amount. We did
not reach the thousand line because
so many of the smaller Unions did
not send. $4,000 was sent to the
National Treasurer for this half year,
$500 last, making $1,000 for this
year.
The new Union at Gurdon, organ
lied with the following officers: Pres
ident, Mrs. G. A. Oneal correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. S. E. Widener;
recording secretary, Mrs. S. G. Coop
err; treasurer, Mrs. f. f. Olmsted.
The Union starts out with great prom
Use of "stirring things" in the live
town of Gurdon.
Mrs. VIII. II. Shibly, financial
secretary of the State Union, is busy
at work collecting shares Those
knowing themselves indebted to the
share-books will confer with Mrs.
SHIRLEY at Van Ruren. There may
be those in the State who would like
to take S. share in our state work
1--WE invite the brethren to member
ship in our shares), if so send in
your name and 81 to Mrs. SHIRLEY.
She will send you one of the nice GER
tifcates, and ask you to pay the re-
naming 81 in yearly installments of
81 each. Now for the first.
Mrs. Hart organized at Nashville
with thirteen live earnest women.
President, Mrs. r. 7. Shirley; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. W. B.
Barner; recording secretary, Mrs
John L. Park; treasurer, w. W.
Madams W. c. Baldridge and j. L.
Harvey, superintendent juvenile
work; Mrs. j. 7. Coulter, superin-
tendent literature; Mrs. Bonnie Col
Inns, flower mission;' Mrs. W. W.
Turner, superintendent press; Miss
Lille Harvey, prison and jail. They
60 to work Immediately to circulate
petitions for the "three-mile law"
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-13

A Limit to Passion.-Angry sub
scriber (to editor)-'Tm mad all the
way through, an | want my paper
stopped" Editor-"Yes, sir; do
you want your bill made QUIT" "No,
| amt mad enough for that. - IN.
Y. Sun.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-13
SEALED PROPOSALS.

The Womans Exchange will receive sealed
proposals from any competent person who
would like to rent the privilege to conduct
d-day lunch, under their supervision, in
their new rooms, corner Second and Louisiana
streets.
Bids must be in by the 18th of October. Ad.
dress, WOMAN'S EXCHANGE,
Cor, Fifth and Main, Little Rock.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-13
Educational and General.

is there no. danger in some direc-
tons OF teachersintroducing to many
illustrations, and sometimes those
which are childish.
Every good habit formed, estab-
lished, woven into the very fiber of
thought, action or feeling, is IN intel
lectual, physical, or moral Blessing
all through life.
God is attracting our regard in and
through all things. Every flower is
hint of his beauty; every grain of
wheat is token of his benefcence;
every atom of dust is revelation of
his power w. H. Furness.
When a superintendent visits a
school he should be able to decide
whether good teaching is being done
without waiting for the result shown
by an examination.-Ind. School
journal.
yenerate old age, and love not the
man who can look without emotion
upon the sunset of life, when the dusk
of evening begins to gather over the
watery eye, and the shadows of twi-
light grow broader and deeper upon
the understandings gfellow.
The "Samuel Ready Orphan Asy-
lum'' of Baltimore (for girls) is
model institution of it's kind. 1t
combines a "thorough intellectual
training" with instruction in house.
hold matters and such industrial pur-
suits as will make the children useful
and self-supporting in after years.
TO the ordinary branches of educa-
ton, it adds instruction in music,
drawing, the laws of health, cooking
and housekeeping. 'Manual train
ing especially in sewing and do
nestle affairs, is made prominent
throughout the course. This is a
feature worthy OF imitation IN all in-
situations of the kind. No education
is complete unless it includes the
means of making the recipient self
supporting.
Mrs. Ella T. Young is one of the
assistant school superintendent of
Chicago, ILL.,, having been this year
reelected at an advance of salary of
$500, receiving now $4,000 per an
mum, Mrs, Young is president of
the School-mistress' Club of Illinois,
member of the Board of State Nor
NAL University, and is one of the most
brilliant in her profession.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-13
ARKANSAS
FEMALE COLLEGE.
The Only College in Arkansas ExcIu-
siveIy for Young Ladies !

Located in the pleasantest po1tlon
of the City of Little Rock, this Insti-
tuition offers superior advantages to
both day pupils and boarders.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1888-10-13

Emotion Injuries beauty; so try not
to feel too much.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10
Girl Athletes in England.

Ten or fifteen years ago no man would
have believed it possible that girls-that race
of whose sptitudes Tom Tulliver entertained
so disparaging an estimate-could ever have
become such brilliant performers in the lawn
tennis court. Even among men less preju-
diced than the young hero of The Mill on
the Floss" it had always been an article of
faith that women "can neither throw nor
leap" and that the day would never come
when tennis bat welded by female arm
would really and truly strike a ball instead
OF 'spooning" it. They knew not what could
be done with the female tennis player by
merely catching her young" The girls who
have learned their tennis in the school room,
so to speak, who began this game at the age
when they began their scales and Eek
ercises,a are very often nowadays a match
for their brothers. And of power has been
born grace. which, indeed. if it does not
always spring from power, must always
have power for one Of its parents.
No one who has ever seen a really skilled
competitor in a ladies tournament" but ill
ut once retract and apologize for the impious
word awkward" and ''unfeminine" if any
such ISLANDERS have ever passed his lips. L0wn
tennis has now fairly won its title to b con-
sidered fitting game not merely for young
men and children but for ''old men Tor at
any rate middle aged mem and maldens'
also have said my say on behalf of tho
latter, and as to the former they. if they are
sensible men, are hardened against riGicule.
Why may they not as legitimately breathe
themselves, though unskilled, on the tennis
court, as grasp the crab catching oar, or
mount the unaccustomed horsel Aquatic and
equestrian facilities, moreover, are less easily
come by than the opportunities in these days
! for bout AT lawn tennis.-English Illustrated
! Magazine
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

The best advice, am persuaded, that can
be given to brainworker is go to bed early
and sleep for ten hours 1t is true that doc
tors are addicted 10 working at night, but
they have the honesty to tell their patients,
both in this matter and in feasting flor there
is nobody so ''imprudent" as your doctor,
do as tell you, not do as l do" This cut
ting short of sleep is one of the snares in
which We poor literary folk are so often
caught and slain. What terrible examples
have not seen of it In the noblest and best
of us! Shakespeare understood the value of
sleep thoroughly, and has written the noblest
praise of it. The worst punishment even his
imagination could devise for a criminal was
that he should sleep no more This, be il
noted, was not because he had murdered his
king and guest though that, Of course, was
reprehensiblel, but because he had murdered
sleep itself, a very much more serious matter
james Payn in London Illustrated News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

Out on the pier one evening recently OBJ
served a considerable number of men and
boys strip for a swim, and was not little
astonished to note the many badges of super
stition worn next the skin. Besides the re-
lgious crosses and sanctifed sachets worn by
the Catholic boys and men around the neck
and never removed, in the belief that they
insure health and safety, saw charms and
fetiches against disease, accident, rheumatism
and drowning on many others, they being in
most instances bands of eel skin, snake skin
and other materials unknown to me, worn
around the leg, both above and below the
knee, around the arm and above the elbow
and around the body. The impression made
was that very many persons of the grade of
the wharf swimmers are deeply syperstitious
beneath their rugged exteriors and strangely
given to the mystic rites and weird faith
which underlies the donning of such emblems
as those which decorated fully three-quarters
of the swimmers whom saw disrobe.-Chi.
cago Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

Amelie hives English has been lavishly
criticised Now, if we turn to The Quar-
terly's essay on "Endymion" we find exactly
the same sort of criticism. After asserting
that Keats cannot write a sentence or spin
a line. The Quarterly goes on to find fault
with the new words with which, sin imita-
ton of Mr. Leigh Hunt, he adorns our Ian
guage We are told that turtles passion
their voices; that IAN arbor was nested,' and
lady's locks 'gordian'd up and to supply
the place Of the nouns thus verbalized, Mr.
Keats, with great fecundity, spawns new
ones; such as men sluSs and human serpen-
Try; the honey feel of bliss wives prepare
needments,' and SO forth. Then he has
formed new verbs by the process of cutting
off their natural tails, the adverbs, and affix-
ing them to their foreheads; thus the wine
out sparkled,' the multitude up followed.
But if he sinks some adverbs in the verbs, he
compensates the language with adyerbs and
adjectlves which he separates from the
parent stock Thus, lady whispers pant
ingly and close, makes flushing signs and
steers her skiff into 'ripply cove. Zip
dincott's Magazine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

No one can serve others without doing
good to himself A good reader, for instance,
gratities Others by reading aloud, and be also
strengthens his own body So wholesome is
the practice of reading aloud that medical
authorities agree in pronouncing its healthy
and invigorating exercise for the mind and
the body The late Sir Henry Holland, an
eminent London physician, says in his MED
zeal Notes" that persons who have tendency
to pulmonary disease should methodically
practice those actions Of the body through
which the chest is in part filed or emptied Of
air"
He advises that those whose chests are weak
should read aloud at stated intervals, and
even recite or sing, using due caution as to
posture, articulation and the avoidance of
excess. ''These regular exercises of the
voice" he adds, may be rendered as salu-
tary to the organs of respiration as they are
agreeable in their influence on the ordinary
voice. youths Companion.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10
Why Good Swimmers Drown.

"Why do good swimmers drown in the
scar was asked of life saver young Ed
O'Brien, who has become somewhat famous
along the coast here.
~ will tel YOU" he answered. ''The men
who are good swimmers, and who drown
while in bathing here, are fresh water swim
mers. They are good swimmers in smooth
water, but when they tackle the sea they are
no good A good many, when in the water,
60 out too far to show Off Then when it
comes to swimming back they give out and
go down. These fresh water swimmers have
an idea that they must get back on straight
line. They know nothing about tides or
currents, and they strike out to get back to
shore by the short route instead of finding
out the current and swimming with it. The
first thing they know they get into wave
that twists them all up. They don't know
when to cut through it, and all of a sudden
they loose their head, get out of wind, be-
come scared, and then comes the cry for
help. A fresh water swimmer coming to
any beach ought first to study the currents
and tides before he ventures out. No one
should venture out beyond the safety line
unless he is thoroughly posted, no matter
NOW bOpu SWlHliileI ue Is III SLlu water. II
he knows the current and the tide thor
oughly he will find it an easy matter to get
back TO shore in his own good time"
What do you first say to drowning man
when You reach him"
Il sing out to him as loud as can that |
have him safe. If | am in boat first
throw him a rope. When l 60 for drown
ing man | always think of life for a life
1t is always best to keep drowning man of
from you until you have him quoted down.
! If an excited man gets the best of you in the
water the chances are both of you will be
| lost"
What is the first thing saved man will
generally say to youl"
after he gets out and gets his wits bacl
again the first thing man generally does i.
to smile, shake his head and say That wa!
a narrow escape, sure Then he'll thank mt
over and over again, aud if he owned tn,
world he'd give three-fourths of it to me. A
good many l have saved rewarded me lib
orally, but have helped out some men Wit
promised me much, but never kept thei
promises Atlantic City Cor. New Yorl
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10
SKILL or THE HANDS.


The Wonderful Degree of Accuracy to
Which They Can BE Trained.
We bear a great deal about the wonderful
precision and accuracy Of machinery in
these days, and Of course it is wonderful; but
the degree Of accuracy to which the human
hand can be trained is equally wonderful.
Playing cards ara required to be cut with
the sides quite parallel TO each other because
If pack be trimmed BY the machine slightly
wlir at one end than the other, and they be-
come turned END to end7 in dealing, the ex-
cess IN width Of some cards over others at the
end of the pack will be double the variation
in any one card which would facilitate
cheatlnS, very minute variation being per-
ceptlDle The men who test these cards for
TINS make calipers Of their finger and thumb
ana by passing them along from one end to
the other detect a difference in width be-
tween the two ends which 1t is difficult to
measure by any other means.
There are men employed in factories where
dried yeast is made whose business it is to
put the yeast into packages weighing a GER
tam amount each. 1t is on table in front
OF them III larg3 plastic mass, and there are
the scales for weighing it, But the men do
not use the scales. They simply separate
from the mass with their hands lump of it
and put 1t up, and you may choose at ran
dom and put it on the scales, and it will
weigh exactly the right amount, the scales
beam balancing.
" rye numbers of eggs are handled
and shlpped to market there is process
SHOWN as ''candleing" eggs, which consists
In taking them up in the hands usually two
eggs III euch hand at a time,, and holding
them up before lighted candle The light
shining through them reveals to the prac-
ticed eye the exact condition of the contents.
But some Of the men soon get so that they
do not need to use the candle, the mere CON
tact Of their hands with the shells denoting
the condition of the egg Just as infallibly
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

The Christian at Work, abiding to the
proposed method of Transporting logs from
Nova Scotia to New York, points out that
the project has almost its counterpart in
the huge Rhine RATS which are foated down
that river every year. These RATS are formed
of several smaller ones which have been
floated down the mountain streams from the
Black forest, When they re oh the Rhine
one huge raft is constructed. Layers of huge
pines are placed upon each other, and over
all is laid rough deck of deal. Upon this
deck are erected small cabins sufficient to
accommodate, in some cases, as many as 400
persons, as the raftmen generally take their
families with them. Live stock is also put
on board, and the whole constitutes float
ing village at once unique and picturesque
The final destination of these RATS is Hol-
land, where they are sold for amounts rang
ing from sl00,O0O to $50, 900. The Epoch.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

But if a popular man be false, or an &C
cepted doctrine mischievous or an agreeable
habit dangerous, somebody must say so. In
this sense the censor, instead of insulting
other men, cheers and helps them. The
youth who is so censorious that be will not
associate with Lothario, and frankly calls
Lcvelace proAigate, is n social benefactor,
to whom every modest woman and every
gentleman is heholden. The merchant who
refuses to be associated in the conduct Of
business with men whom he knows to be IN
principed Is n censor of their behavior, but
he certainly insults no one. Indeed, the man
who is often described as a censor, and there
fore an insulter of others, is usually a man
who denounces the frauds and humbugs
which he sees around him, and who has
merely the courage of his opinions and prin-
ciples.-Harper's Magazine
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

Honduras has given q vast tract of land to
the American Honduras Company for the
purpose of bringing about the development
OF the natural resources OF that pleasant and
fertile little republic. The attention of
Americans has latterly been drawn more to
these Central American states, especially
Nicaragua and Honduras. Hubert Ban
croft's magnificent volumes led the way to a
better knowledge of our neighbors; but it is
now fashionable to make journey of six
months in the mountains, and then come
homo to write book. The land grant re-
ferred 20 is about 500 miles from St Louis.
The Gulf Stream touches it and SO makes a
grand highway to London and back again.
Steamers run to New York in seven days.
Honduras exports to us l64, 900 punches
bananas, 1,Ie4, 900 cocoanuts, l,05O, 600 plant
aims, with pineapples, lines, oranges, man,
goes, tamarinds, india rubber and lumber
Globe-Denocrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

Probably no one thing has caused such
general revival Of trade at Hartz &
Bahnsen's drug store as their giving away
to their customers Of so many free trial
bottles of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption. Their trade is simply
enormous in this very valuable article
from the fact that it always cures and
never disappolnts. Coughs. Colds Asth-
ma, Bronchitis, Group, and all throat and
lung diseases quickly cured. You car
test 1t before buying by getting trial
bottle free. large size 81. Every bottle
warranted.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

Those who attended the hop at one of the
summer resorts not long ago were startled
by the appearance of a Philadelphia lady in
decollete costume of pale heliotrope silk
1t was not the dress, which was altogether
CONNIE il faut. An intricate pattern in
bright pink was outlined on the ivory skin of
the fair Philadelphian. What artist had
thus decorated herr The secret was simply
this; The lady had been sitting half the
afternoon in the sun, clad in an airy muslin
waist, with an open worked neck. TIE sun,
shining through the holes, had imprin- d the
pattern in pink on the skin as carefully and
accurately as if it had been done by hand
Home Journal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

Who of us are without trouble be they
small or large? The blessings of health
are best appreciated when we are SIGH
and in pain. A hacking cough. severk
cold, OF any throat or lung disease are
very troublesome; but all Of these may be
quickly and permanently cured by DR..
Bigelew's Cure Safe and pleasant for
children. Price 80 cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10
In the pursuit OF the goo1 things

In the pursuit OF the goo1 things of
his world we anticipate too much; we
eat out the heart and sweetness of world
ly pleasures by delightful forethought of
them. The results obtained from the use
of Dr. Jones Red Clover Tonic far exceed
all claims. 1t cures dyspepsia, and all
stomach, liver, kidney and bladder
troubles. 1t is perfect tonic, appetizer,
blood purifier, a sure cure for ague and
malarial diseases. Price, so cents, Of
6ruunicts
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10
MIDSUMMER NIGHT.

Mother of balms and soothings manifold,
Quiet breathed night. whose brooding hours
are seven,
To whom the voices Of all rest are given,
And those few stars whose scattered names are
ted,
Far off beyond the westward hills outrolled,
Darker than thou. more still, more dreamy
even,
The golden moon leans in the dusky heaven,
And under her one star, point Of gold;
And all go slowly lingering toward the west,
As We go down forgetfully to our rest,
Weary of daytime, tired Of noise and Light
All it was time that thou shouldst come, for We
Were sore athirst and had great need Of thee,
Thou sweet physician, balmy bosomed night.
A IAmpinan in Scribner's.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

and much more quickly And they distin-
grish in that way not merely eggs which are
decidedly bad, but those which are just
barely beginning to loss their freshness
Here are three different ways in which ex-
IRENE skill of the hands is shown by persist
ent training: First, in detecting slight diff
ferences in magnitude; second, in weight;
and, lastly, in texture or character of sur
face handled. Machinist.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

Experiments made at the instance of the
Belgian minister of public works indicate
that wood cannot be rendered incombustible
1t may, however, be protected from fire to a
considerable extent, either by the injection
of certain saline solutions or the application
of a paint or coating. The latter plan is the
more practical, and the substances mcstlJ to
be recommended are cyanide of potassium
a dangerous poison-and asbestos paint
Arkansaw Traveller.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

find means of disposing of the many toilet
articles which ladies leave behind them in
the dressing ROOM Paints, powder, false
hair and channels skin do not retail at very
profitable price second hand. A Philadel-
phis photographer has established counter
where be sells these articles as a sort of an
mex to his regular business, The goods
are fixed up, put into new boxes and sell
nearly as well as when new. OF course the
ladies never return TO claim the property
Chicago News
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

The Burlington route, c., B. & @. R.
R., will sell from principal stations on its
lines. on Tuesdays, September 18th
and 25th, and Oct. 9th and 23d, harvest
excursion tickets at half rates to the
farming regions of the west, southwest
and northwest For tickets and further
information concerning these excursions
call on your nearest c.. B. & O. ticket
agent, or address P s. Eustis, Gen. Pass.
and Ticket agent, Chicago.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

May we be loved by those whom we love.
May we kiss whom we please and please
whom we kiss.
Woman-the fairest work Of creation. The
edition being extensive, let no man be with
out copy e1quisitely bound
Here is to brothers who are not bothers,
and sisters who are not blisters.
May every man lose his nose who only en-
ploys it to poke into other peoples affairs.
May every man be just as happy as he
wishes bis neighbor to be
And may we never have to shed the tear
of regret that we ever denied ourselves any
thing that we liked
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-10-10

The grave of Wendell Phillips, at Milton,
Mass, is unmarked. But a monument is
soon to be erected by Mrs. Green, the sister
of the dead orator. 1t will be rough,
weather stained granite bowlder about five
feet in height, and in the front center will be
placed sunken tablet bearing an inscrip-
ton. The stone will be placed in the rear of
the lot and in view of the pati--New York
Tribune