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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-09

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II you are going west bear In mind the fol.
owns and operates e7 miles. or 81 per cent. OF
the entire railroad mileage Of Montana, spans
west: is the shor, line to Helena; the oni "
Pullman and dining car line to Butte, and is
the only line that reaches Miles City, Billings,
BoEemAn, Mlssoula. the Yellow stone National
Park. and In fact. nine -tenths Of the cities and
points OF interest In the territory.
The Northern Pacific owns and operates 62l
OF Washing ton. It's main line extending from
the Idaho line via Spokane Falls, Cheney,
Sprague, Yakima and Eliensburg. through the
an. from Tacoma 10 Portland. No other trans.
continental through rail line reaches any por-
ton of Washington territory. Ten days stop
secondc class tickets at SPOKANE Falls and eli
points west, thus anording intending eettlere
an excellent opportunity to see the entire
paying local fares from point to point
The Northern Pacific 10 the shortest route
from St Paul TO Tacoma by so7 miles; to Seattle
by III miles, and TO Portland by 81 miles
time correspondingiy shorter, varying from
one TO two days. according to destination. No
other line from ST. Paul or Minneapolis runs
through passenger cars OF any kind into Idaho.
In addition TO being the only rail- line to
spokane Falls. Tacoma and Seattle. the North
northern Minnesota and Dakota. Montana,
Idaho. Oregon and Washington Bear In mind
thAt the northern facinc and shasta line IL
the famous scenic route TO all points In Cali
fornia-
Send for illustrated pamphlets. maps and
books giving you valuable information in ref
erence 10 the country traversed BY this great
line from Sc: Paul. Minneapolis, Duluth and
Ashland 90 Portland. Oregon. and TacomA and
Seattle. Washington Territory, and enclose
stAmps for the new Ise9 Rand Mentally
In colors.
Address your nearest ticket agent, or CnAs
.. FEE. General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
Sc. Paul. Nina.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-09

Most observation-disclosures (trem-
ulously)-"Emma, darling, say yes,
and there will be another"
Newsboy (outside)-"Big breach of
promise case! Extra l"-Life.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-09

the Of sunshine
oadbu
We believe the
vegetable remedies
reveals it, by long
attained Success extracting lf
from the vegetable Kingdom alienation
ny
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-09

manufacturers that will give satisfaction
As mVgOratng
oerworkd wornou rundown debitatel teachers. mllne
makers "shOTgirl"
generally i
boom being unequald cordial
soothing strengthening
equad Invaluable
exhaustion prosaon hystera other distressing
commonly attendant disease 1t induces
refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety dependency
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-03-09

for the cure Of all those ailme
neSSeS peculiar 10 women. :
gistS, under a positive guara
The Press., 1889-07-11
Blood Hu naaOFSe

, Boils, pimples, blotches on the skin, erup- tions, etc., evidence the fact that the blood is not in good condition. These symptoms re suit from the effort of nature to throw off the impurities, in which she should be assisted by Swift's Specific. This will remedy the dis turbance, and bring speedy and permanent relief by forcing out the poison, and will build up the system from the first dose.
 After recovery from a severe attack of con- gestion of the brain and stomach, my little son had 0 number of bad ulcers and running sores to come on his head and body, which lasted for four years. I tried all the doctors and many remedies which were recommended by other parties, but the sores still grew worse, until I did not expect him to recover. My friends were confident that if the sores healed it would kill him. at length quit all other treatment and put him on Swift's Spe- ciic' and less than three bottles cured him sound and well, and he is to-day sound and healthy child. s. s. s. also cured sore on another of my children.
 R. J. MCKINNEY, Woodbury, Texas. l Treatise on Blood and Skin Disease mailed free. The Swift Specific Co.,, Drawer 3, At lanta, Ga.
The Press., 1889-07-11
ONE SPONGE SHORT.

The physicians who were at the last meeting of the medical society were amused by story told by. one of the officers. It was about an absent minded female physi- elan of St. Louis. ts,
 This lady had a patient, a young girl, who was under treatment. for tumor i'll the stomach. After several months of fruitless medical treatment the female physician in charge, decided to resort to the knife. Accordingly the victim was placed under the influence of anasthetics, laid out on a slab in the presence of sev- eral doctors and nurses of the female per- suasion, and the carving began. The maiden was opened in scientific style and the tumor successfully removed, as were were also several large antiseptic sponges which had been placed in the abdominal cavity to absorb the blood during the op- eration.
 Then the incision was neatly stitched with silver wire, the boss surgeon had rolled down her sleeves and was receiving congratulations, when g young student, who had taken the precaution to count the sponges before and after using, suddenly exclaimed "Oh, doctor, you have lett sponge inside the patient P
 At first the doctor secuted the idea tha she could possibly make such blunder but as one of the sponges was missing which a careful search of the room failed to discover, she thought perhaps 1t nigh have got loss in the shuttle. s The stitches were removed, and sure enough there lay sponge as big as half grown mud turtle snugly reposing among the Latin arrange ments of the young woman. The sponge was rescued, and as the surgeon was sew ing the girl together again she calmly re called aID to the u matter, @ as that sponge i worth sixty-five cents. "-,St. Louis Chro'' ISaIo
The Press., 1889-07-11

4Ao poss aS LILO cnehposC, tuon puy DxuSholS soap, the best in use.
 The stories about Governor Hills in- tended marriage are finally discredited and he is evidently intending to reserve his personal liberty by maintaining his bach- elor state. It is possible that he has prof. tied by the testimony and example of his predecessors. A lady from Ithaca, the birthplace of ex-Governor Cornell and his wife, told me yesterday algood story ap- ropos of the perils of welded life, winch the governor told at his own expense. It seems that when in office at Albany he would sometimes return home late at night, after his wife had retired, and when she asked him what time it was, he would an- swer, "About IF, or a little after mid. night" One evening, instead of making the inquiry, she said sAlonzo, wish you would stop that clock ]; I cannot sleep fol it's noise." All unsuspicious he stopped the pendulum. In the morning, while dressing, Mrs. Cornell inquired artlessly ..s0h, by the way, what dime did you get homer" ''About midnight" replied the governor. "Alonzo, look. at that clock r The hands of the clock pointed to 2..3O. The governor was crushed; but he after. ward concluded that the story was, toe good to keep. Governor Hill may have heard him tell 1t. - Philadelphia Record.
The Press., 1889-07-11
HE ONCE MOULDED PUBLIC OPINION.

"Yes," said 2 man with his shoes tied with little pieces of wire. and wearing black derby hat with hole in 1t and Prince Albert coat, as he stood in the City Hall park and gazed at Newspaper. Row 'yes, I like to finger in the neighborhood, cause was once q journalist myself. "sl
 "Wel, you mustn't stand 30 as to block up the walk, said the policeman to whom he had addressed this remark.
 ''Oourse not, but I like to stay around here. Meat m drink, you know. It's hard on an old journalist to break himself of the habit I'm only jess temporaily out O the harness-T'n be back there a-writin' the proof sheets an a-editin' the galleys in few days"
 (Which paper did you used to work on ?" inquired the officer. 4..-..,. ........
 g "I've been on 'em all-they gen'rally bid for my services. I'm jess on my vaca- ton now, you see. Many a time I've stood by the side O the press when was man. agin' editor, jess ready to letter 90, when in would come 2 long telegram saying as how Queen Victory was cleaning house or sdriething, and the exchange editor and the stenographer would get excited, cause they were afraid we couldn't get it in, but was always calm, and says to the for eign editor :r 'Yank out that air big dry goods advertisement with yer composing stick and say that her majesty has got her carpets up. : Can't an old journalist drop
 tear on the scene of hls former triumphs ?" s i''Yes, if he don't get in the way" .... ,ssMany 8 time would say to the society
 editor when he was a-writin' the furren cablegrams, says I, Make lem red-hot, = | that's what I'd say-'make 'em red hot and hang the expense'-that was my motto
 thang the expense ; that's what made me
 so successful Used to give the religious editor BIO for every new thousand of circula- ton he'd swear to. Had the biggest cir Iculation in the world. I remember once when I'd wrote tariff editorials all day got enough wrote for month ahead l in. come the obituary editer and says we needed two columns of want advertise
 ments. I set right back down and dashed lem off inside O half an hour. Then
 wrote poem for the head of the commer. Icial page and went and roured another
 barrel of ink into the press and let 'er hum. I Oh, give me hoe press with plenty oi
 hoes, and mebbe rake or two, and" 4 Come, come, move on." T "Give me plenty of white paper and { Istereotype instrument, and if" |. ssMove on P
 Five minutes later he borrowed ten cents of man who was starting up the elevated steps and wandered down Frankfort stree away from the scene of his former tri ], umphs. -NeW York Tribune.
The Press., 1889-07-11

Ills GREAT MIsTAKE.-Ihe young pro- lessor of magic stood before his audience outwardly calm, but his heart was beating wildly. He was about to perform his greatest, most bewildering, most mystify- ing feat of legerdemain.
 In dull red brick building that stood in the middle of row of other dull red brick buildings in an old dull red brick town on the Mississippi river, short dis tance below Alton, was the hall in which the performance was taking place. On the outside the sluggish footfall of an oc. casional pedestrian making his way drear- fly homeward through the grass grown street could be heard. And in the stiffness that now reigned in the room, superadded to the almost sepulchral silence that brood ed like pail over the decaying village, the ear could could catch the faint swish of the grand old highway of rafts and mud cats whose waters, on their way to the dis tant gulf. smeared the piers of the East St. Louis and Oahokia bridge.
 The excitement of the prestidigitatol had communicated itself to his auditors. In breathless expectation they awaited his next movement. He stood with one hand restingly lightly on the cover of mysteri ous cylinder, and the other extended to- ward the audience. t.l
 "Will some person in the room please lend me handkerchief for few mo ments2" he asked at last, with winning smile. .t,
 No response. @,.@
 There wasn't handkerchief in tho crowd. He had forgotten he was in St Louis.
 *S Half an hour later crestfallen professo of magic was making his way out of town followed by gang of infuriated native who called him snide and an imposter and threw stones at him. His great tricl had been failure. Chicago Tribune.
The Press., 1889-07-11
After the honeymoon.

Alfred" :" a+,--.----- -
 'sWhat is it, dearest ?n .s i ; "You'n take me to the seaside this summer, won't you? p 1 < #
 ''Now, you know, darling, that can't get away; but if you don't mind going by your self''- { "Oh, Alfred, how nice you arei That was ever 80 much better than could have hoped. !" Judge.
The Press., 1889-07-11

BUcKLEN's ARN1oA SALvE.-The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruiaes, Sores, Ulcers, Sals Rheum, Fever ssoresg Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup- tions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by E. K. Taft.
 Cold, cough, coffin is what philosophers term "a logiuel sequence" One is very lia- ble to follow the other; but by curing the cold with dose of Ayers Cherry Pectoral, the cough will be stopped and the coffin not needed-just at present.
The Press., 1889-07-11

If honesty is the best policy, honest soap must be as well, and we know of none that is more honest than Brussels.
The Press., 1889-07-11

OFFICIAL Lasr OF PATENTS ISSUED TO C1T1- HENS or CONNECTICUT from the D. s. patent office for the week ending July 2d, 1889, as reported from the office of Simonds & Bur dett, solicitors of patents, No. Central Row, Hartford Conn.,:
 Roderick P. Curtis, assignor to Curtis & Curtis, Bridgeport, pipe threading machine.
 William Fl. Davenport, Norwich, breech loading fre-arm.
 William B. H.Davenport, Norwich, mechanism for fastening barrels to gun-stocks.
 Henry Eberhardt, Chicago, H., assignor to Gilbert & Bennett Mfg Co.,, Georgetown, gate hinge. ,ar.,. .,.... : Henry T. Hart, Burnside, paper bag holder.
 John Hopson, IT,, New London, draft reg uiator and therometer. Two patents.
 Ralph w. torres, Thomaston, machine for forming ornamental spiral grooves.
 Charles T.. Libby ,assignor to E. P. Bullard, Bridgeport, turret lathe.
 Benjamin Lyon, Bridgeport, assignor by mesne assignments to G. s. Smith, Norwich, belt fastener. 1T, ........r.. t.,..
 Henry A. Mansfield, Bridgeport, assignor of one-han to s. Babcock, Middletown, fire extinguisher. ." "ats4a- Charles Maschmeyer, assignor to D. Miller Co.,, Meriden, lamp standard. ...
 Joseph Mclean, Rockville, clip mold. Isaac E. Palmer, Middletown, mosquito canopy.
 Cola s. Peck and E. s. Davis, Danbury, hat packing support, ~ Edward T. Pollard, Richmond, va., and F. J. Ludington, Waterbury, cork screw. Theodore Saunders, Danbury car seal and press for car seals. Two patents.
 Carl J. A. Sjoberg, assiGnor to Smith & Egge, Mfg Co.,, Bridgeport, button hole at tachment for sewing machines. ... Sturges Whitlock, assignor to Whitlock Machine O., Birmingham, bed operating mechanism fir cylinder printing presses. | * es.7 !r.r-.. DESIGNS.
 Rodolphe w. K. Christensen, assignor to Russell & Erwin Mfg Co.,, New Britain, lock case. s,;~. .s..-4 .- ATNew York artist, who was in Charles ton oh pleasure trip, painted the portrait of 8 little darkey. She was encouraged to sit patiently by having seen beautiful 8 fair haired daughter of one of the proud est houses in Charleston, in whose service the young darkey's mother was laundress. trait was completed the artist brought it round to show it to the original. "Here you are, Janey," he said.
 .Janey looked at the counterfeit present. ment and burst into shrieks and howIs. She ran from the room to pour her sorrows into sympathizing ears. .t
 "Oh, Missy Grace !' she cried, ssMissy Grace, I never tink he would mek me look so didn't tink MT. Waller would do me so! He4 tex and mek me orful littte notty. headed nigger, an I fought I was ies a-going to be 8 beautiful little yaller-
 headed gal, with blue eyes and white
 face, ies like Missy Gertrude !''-Bosto,s
 Her0ld.
The Press., 1889-07-11
1889 PIANOS X ORGANS. 1889

am constantly receiving, and offer for sale or rent, Pianos and Organs of the best make, and ranted for five years Also vions and Bows, Ac- cordions Flutes, Harmonicas &c. The best of Strings for all musical instruments. Will promptly fill ali orders for anything in the musical line at able prices Call on B. F. TAYLOR
 No. South-st., Stafford Springs, Conn.
The Press., 1889-07-11

You can't help belng satisfied with Brussels soap, so it is no experiment to try it, but a sure thing.
The Press., 1889-07-11


 Martha'ss Vineyard Herald: asked an old salt the other day which was the swift or, flying fish or a dolphin. Why, a dolphin, of course. I have seen it proved. One day our ship was in the doldrums near the equator, and all hands were lolling about deck grumbling and whisting for breeze. had just gone aloft, and, stand ing upon the topgaliant crosstrees, with my body resting upon the royal yard, was looking off on the starboard beam. saw 2 flying fish spring up out of the water, followed by dolphin, and both, made straight for the ship. When they arrived at the vessel the dolphin went under and the flying fish went over, dropping square into the dolphin's mouth as he struck the water on the other side. The ship drew eighteen feet of water and only about nine feet above water, so ]; say, in this case, the dolphin was the swifter fish. -.n
 Business Woman's Journal Every win ter, farmers come in from the country and carry away loads of material to be made into garments by the wives and daughters living in their neighborhood. Sitting in their comfortable homes, by a blazing log, in the long winter evenings, they stitch away merrily. thinking, no doubt, of the few pennies they are adding to their bank account but, in the distant city, in some miserable garret, with pale, emaciated face, and aching eyes, working far into the mid night, is their competitor in business. To secure this work, they have taken it at a price which means little more than starva- ton to the woman who works for her daily bread. 92s..aasssA,., 42 9l4 4gsa t!5 ' ',t.7 < A JUsrTok or THE PEACE SAYS. Hon. John Nealy,s justice of the peace and ex-member of the house of representatives from Meredith, N. HI. was for twelve years 8 terrible sufferer with rheumatism. He says I cannot obtain any medicine winch does me so much good as your Sulphur Bitters, and I think it is the best medicine made
The Press., 1889-07-11

A SAFE INvEsTMENT.-Is one which is guar anteed to bring you satisfactory results, or in in case of failure return of purchase price. On this plan you can buy from our advertised druggist bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption. It is guaranteed to bring relief in every case, when used for any affection of Throat, Lungs or Chest, such as Consump- Asthma, whooping Cough, Group, etc., etc. It is pleasant and agreeable to taste, perfectly safe, and can always be depended upon. Trial bottles free at E. K. Taft's drugstore.
 A man in California has played 78,s32 games of whist during the last fifty-one years, and he thinks it is wanton waste of time for women to paint long-legged storks and water-ilies on brass plaques.
The Press., 1889-07-11

h.. who have items or articles for The Press will greatly oblige if they will send or hand them into the office as early in the week as possible, and not wait until Thursday, when the mass of matter be- comes so great as to necessitate abridg- ment or the leaving out of some of it in order to get it into type. We are always glad to have our friends favor us, but to do each one's contribution justice must in sist on an early presentation of s'copy'' each week. Before the printing of each edition of The Press is finished the setting of type for the next is under way.
The Press., 1889-07-11

A n6el0 excitement was created on Main street Tuesday evening by large kerosene lamp taking fire in the hardware store of D. A. Buck &e O., but timely dis covery prevented what might have result ed in the total destruction of the Nasso- wanno House block. The lamp was sus- pended from the ceiling in one of the show windows, and Charles E. Fuller, who was
 bse see nsss oao 'G @ water which was being used as an extin. guisher, proved of no avail, and rushing in fearlessly grabbed the burning mass and threw it into the street, paying little atten- tion to the uncomfortable singeing which one of his hands received. There was little damage by water to the goods which were in and near the show window, al- though the pecuniary loss is small. .-Pal- naer Journal
The Press., 1889-07-11

A dashing young damsel of Ga. Was moonshiner, burglar and ia. ;
 But her neighbors cried: My,
 What turpitude! why, ..- She's second Lucrezia Ba."
The Press., 1889-07-11

The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Go. have issued, price 5 cents, 8 neat pocket size pamphlet, giving laws passed at the 1889 session relating to investment com- panles, savings banks and taxation.
The Press., 1889-07-11

The Wales. Savings Bank pays q per cent. semi. annual dividend.
 The best is the cheapest, then buy Brussels soap, the best in use.
The Press., 1889-07-11
LOCAL roplcs-PENn'D AND sclssoRED,

Of the several local celebrations of the 4th none were more heartily enjoyed CT will be held longer in pleasant memory by fortunate attendants than that held at the residence of Willard Leach in Monson.
 MT. Leach's farmhouse is situated mid way between Palmer and Monson, and the guests bidden were from Stafford, Monson, Palmer, Springfield, Amherst, Holyoke and various other towns, Springfield furnishing great number. Those coming by rail found conveyance from either of the equi-s distant railway stations of Palmer and Monson, the larger part from Palmer. The conveyance of those who arrived at the Palmer station in the morning was one of the best experiences of the day. the two miles of distance being made in 'svestibule train" of ox-carts and wagons drawn by oxen, with tri-colored screens of cloth and decked with flags. The originally planned dimensions of the train were cur tailed on account of an anticipated reduc- tion of the number of arriving guests by the unkindly appearance of the skies, and the provision made proved just pattern, between 30 and 40 finding seats therein, and several carriages waiting for corners by later trains. In all some 90 to 100 persons gathered at the farmhouse, and those who rode through the beautiful valley of the Quaboag, and enjoyed the rain refreshed 1 scenery without and the merriment within the carefully conducted and engineered train, in that alone found food for the aesthetic sides of their nature, while good patriotic pabulum was afforded as we'll by the strains of fifs and roll of drum, which at all times kept in mind '.the day we celebrate. Leach's and Stacy's pre-. dominated in the party. How was the day passed9 Why it just rushed along itsef-wasn't half long enough. Between showers opposing 9's struggled in base ball match on the grounds of the school house close by, and nearly every time hit was made the hold
 CTS of bases leisurely walked home, while
 the outs climbed the -barbed wire fence af
 ter the ball. Then there was ''minstre
 show" arranged for, and those assigned
 parts were sparalyzed'' by the unexpected
 distribution among theauditors of printed program in due form, as follows: