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on the top to wedge the upper stone firmly In it's place, and then filling in with small stone. This upper filling is important for otherwise the capstone may be moved sidewise and one of the bottom ones fall out of place. In taking up stone drain which had become choked 1t was found that by neglect of this, CT by the wrong doing of it, the drain had collapsed in many places, and the carelessness of a workman with the neglect of the employer to oversee and direct the work properly caused an ex. pensc for repair which was more than twice tho necessary original cost of the work.
 When only coarse gravel is to be pro. cured very good drains may be made in this way, The ditch is dug narrow, not more than six inches wide, or even less, at the bottom the largest stone is thrown in first and is covered with the smaller stone, which is trampled firmly with the feet Tho more firmly the top gravel is laid the safer will be the drain. A drain of this kind will carry large quantity of water, and will last indef- nitely, but the precaution to make the bottom of the drain hollow in the mid de to keep the water from cutting the sides must not be neglected.
 With all these drains, as the earth covering is not more than a foot thick, the surface water should be kept from sinking directly into them, by which the soil would be washed down into tho drain. IT. prevent this the soil should be well rounded on the surface and kept so if 1t is possible by blowing the land suitably; a. least this should be done for few years, until the earth becomes consolidated and firm, It is good plan when field has been drained 10 seed it with grass for a few years The grass does well on newly-drainoi land and if it has been very wet it will require this time for the water to find its way Co tho drains from the intermediate ground; after which tho land will be full of small waterways and quite spongy, so that the heaviest rain will sink at once into the soil and fin6 it's way into the drains in very short time, often not longer than three or four hours-N. Y Times
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Painting of MIX.

George A. Smith says: "A COW feeo- .ng on grass that grows in the immedi- ate vicinity of any putrid animal matter will give milk having the worst kind of a taint I have case that came to my knowledge last summer and which proves this quite conclusiyely. A fac tory in which chooses were well made had considerable trouble with the oheeses getting off flavor when they were about twenty days old. They started a thorough investigation and found that the trouble came from cer- tain dairies where the pastures bordered on a small creek. and upon examination of these pastures it was found that the offal from slaughter-house had been washed by the high water down along the banks of the creek and lodged where the COWS had been feeding. It spoiled the milk. that is, the germs of putretac tion from this decaying animal matter lodged on the grass and were taken inte the animal system. am well satisfied that if the requisite means are used the milk will come 10 the factory very nearly as good in July and August as in September and October The only ques. ton is-will the dairymen use the means?
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THE TIME FOR REST.
How to Cure the Indisposition Caused by
 Dycr-Much Brain-W Work.

When people become pecyish. nervous and restless from overwork, the class of medicine they generally seek relicffrom consists of such drugs as quininc. phos- phorouS. iron and the vegetable bitter tonics. These they expect to pull them together. and there iS no doubt they arc valuable medicines, but the error made by the sufferer is this-they do not first remove the cause.
 70, I cant stop working 10 rest" a man said to me once, II can go on as l am: can suffer"
 This might be all very wclIif he could go on as he was. that is. get no worse. One might suffer even the inconveni- ence of iIl-hcalth inordcr to supportone's family. but the thin end of the wedge of indisposition having once effected an entrance. there is no staying its advance except by using radical means.
 The indisposition caused by oyer-much brain-work, or 8 too prolonged attention to business, is very in~idious in its ad- vance. When once fairly established, its symptoms are patent enough to the invalid, and rest then becomes impera- tive. III ld'ts ne ln hlbNhtA bub Si time, so to speak, and wishes then he had noted his failingpowcrs before, and laid down his pen or closed his ledger.
 When then. is the rest cure indicated? Probably one of the earliest signs is slight dyspepsia, which can not be at tributed to errors in diet, want of fresh air. etc IL is nervous kind of atomic dyspepsia. sometimes combined with acidity from liver sympathy. There is not the same relish for food, and so relief from this state k sought for In piquant rclishes, wine or tea.
 Another symptom k an uneasy or tired feeling about the head, fullness 1t may be. or slecplessncss and stupidity, especially after eating. The brow Is often hot so is the top of the head, and the hand k pressed wearily across the eyes Life begins to lose its brightness, then things begin Co go a trife wrong. and there are moments of pceylshness and irritabilty. LOwness of spirits is succeeded by want of sleep. There is danger ahead, if not indeed close at hand, and happy is he who sees the sig nal in time. say most emphatically in time, for, effective though the rest cure may be, there is point of divergence from the path of health, beyond which no one can 20 with the slightest hopes of return or recovery. ] pray none of my readers may ever reach this point CaSsell's Family Doctor.
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with the fiat stones the manner of build ing the dam will be as follows: A stone- breaking hammer of six or eight pounds weight will he required, and with this the stones are broken into long narrow strips as nearly equal in width and thickness as possible. These piece. are placed lengthwise along the sides of the ditch and firmly bedded so that the tops are even with each other, and they will not fall inward. Flat pieces are then trimmed so as to fit across the ditch and lie firmly upon the side pieces as shown in Fig. l.
 This leaves a free channel for the water, with plenty of room al the sides for it to percolate into tho drain. To cover the top joints so that earth will not drop through, all the fragments are thrown into the ditch upon the cross pieces, and if there is plenty of stone 10 spare the ditch may be partly filled up to within a foot of the surface so as not b interfere with the flowing. It is then filled with the earth taken out in the digging. A drain made in this way at the foot of high slope to cut of the water from piece of creek bottom which was useless marsh nearly thirty years ago is still discharging large and continuous stream of pure clear water; it Is an underground brook, in fact, and works a hydraulic ram, which has delivered water at the house and barn to supply all needs since it was made.
 The round stones need different method These should be laid in such manner as to wedge them in the bot tom of the ditch in the manner shown in Fig. 3, and throwing other stones
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An Apple Picker.

have little device for picking ap ples of of high limbs that pleases me very much, says writer in the Ohio Farmer. l find the best apples grow or these high limbs, out of ordinary reach. Take a strip of muslin nine inches widt and twenty feet long; sew it together 1T a long sack or tube. both ends open
 Get pole as long as you can handle we'll. or make il out of light wood. Make
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hoop of sti1 wire and fasten it to top of pole, about six inches below the end. Fas,en three wires from the hoop up to end of pole. and sew the hoop securely in the end of the muslin sack or tube,
 to keep It open. The cut shows the method of using. The apples come out at the lower end of the poke as bright and sound aS a dollar. can pick with this device where no ladder can reach. have another device to send you soon.
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STANLEY'S NEW B0Ok.

j.uno good active agents wanted ai one. ch.us. sex, to inirodncr thi, great work Herr ,, whals for you An, one can sell the book a, ," fnli ,rcn,pi oT ,ll of Stanry's Exploration. in MTG. aud especially of his Latest ENpit'on ,,. .ntirr lief of Emu Key. About 1s pages a'n c,n,s.. I, new illustrations, maps. etc ,9mp',',s ou r., r.i,, of in cents Do mo delay in writing "ra.. outfit and get territory at once. i"' "''' inc new Sianlcv book ont, Addrts. r,
 HOLLOWAY ftBLI>HiNu ,,. Ma >iu Olive St, N'' '
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PRESCOTT. ARK, August Io Isso.

' NKK-IU UgTlI Iss0 tIwout R. b@L lra randp until May 25th,
 
 induced last esandno .won natua more w. Y. x, him had aIdc z. of RovalG lGernete o ale R. I. HINTON
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Measurements of the Great Lakes.

The greatest length of Lake Superior is 335 miles; its greatest breadth is l60 miles: mean depth. 6ss feet; elevation, s21 feet; area. S2. 900 square miles. Tho greatest length of Lake Michigan is 800 miles: it's greatest breadth los miles; mean depth, 6gO feet; cle ystion, 5oG feet; area. 23, O00 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Huron is 800 miles; it's createst breadth, 60 miles; mean depth. 600 feet: elevation, 274 feet; area, 20, 900 square miles. The greatest length O.: Lake Erie is 25O miles; it, greatest breadth s0 miles; mean depth. S4 feet; elevation. 26l feet; area, 6,000 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Ontario is 1SO miles; its greatest breadtt
 is G. miles: it's mean depth k 5O0 feet
 elevation. 26l feet; area, 6,000 square miles. The total of all five k l,26s miles, covering au area of upwards oi
 s. GOO square mil S. SL Loris Rep4b!ic.
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Wire Worm.

The wire worm dcpredates on almos, every thing except beans. peas and buckwheat The laryB of the wire worm usually feeds on rotten wood. Turn over q rotten log or piece of bark and you will likely find the larve. But they may attack the newly-planted po' tatoes and tender corn plants They re- semble in shape a wire and a worm. The beetles are spring beetles, that is, they have that peculiar power of spring ing up if they fall on their backs. This peculiarity will aid in distinguishing them. Fall blowing ana frequent har- rowing, to give the birds a chance at them. is recommended. In England they often bury a potato with stick attached to it to mark the spot. This is done before planting time. The grubs feed on the buried potato, when they arc gathered and destroyed. Gas lime and salt are also good remedies. These are put in with the sccd.-West- ern Rural.
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1 IMPROVED TRAIN SERVICE
 BETWEEN Memphis and the Southeast.

The Palace Car Line of the South-thc Kansas City. Memphis X Birmingham R. R. now has two through passenger train. daily between Memphis, and Birmingham, making close and sure connections with the trains of all connecting lines. Night trains have through sleeping ears bowecn Atlanta and Memphis Gin connection with the Ga. Pa. k. R.), the shortest route, quickest time and the only lnc running through ears be- tween those citic,. Day trains have Palace Reclining Chair Car, (seats free to holders of first -cas. through tickct,) through betwocn Birmingham and kau,os City. Thj- i, toauy miles the shortest and by far the best cqUip- ped Passenger Line between points in ihr East and Southeast and Memphis, and all point, in Arkansas, Texas and the West and Northwest Everything Lew and hr,t-clu,s Through tickets via this line on sale at al, through ticket offices
 For any desired information for large map and time table folder, address,
 I. E. LOCKWOOD, II. D. ELLIS. c, F. and T. Ap.
 Gcn A.t, 335 Main St., kansa. City
 Memphis. Tenn.
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Notice

Is hereby given that the under'ls;neSa, Sn.n nj de. ministrntor of the estate of Jno. E. Shc''; @ ceased. intends to apply t. tic conll,'h;r ,nwa8h;nr. CT of the ,icnerl Land office at ma.hr mss.h.r tn, D. C., for repayment of the Pdrth e'r the money pail bv said Inc. Sne,t nnder NWl SWt See. II, Tp. F, ska5 W" Washington, cash entry No: io92lo:
 Admr. Est. Jno. k. Snei'' ~
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ONE of the mistakes in setting hardy shrubs and roses is that the plants are often set too deep, As rule the best plan is to set about as deep as they grow tn the nuF cry, taking care always to see that the soil is well filled ia around the Fooz-
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Read the Eyidence-Testimonials,

ls unless think tell the else ,ni will s felt our tahe ' lhH "' l "'' ic oi tue many
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WHAT AN ALLIANCE MAN SAYS:

The nd popular stump for , asafrrc baf the of the land p had ihat
 
 and that inside of weeks Bro A' airsk snhhfe Tar county Texas.
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Rev. W. E. Martin. of ,leburnc, saw: RKN. D. [. HAHHARp. DnIla.. TeNas.

Re W.B Martin Q
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 StR the oft INy to the public that am cured of Dr~ and "eng PH person bead t foot from the ay his birth. and font the and well, with -,rs ,hs To-day she well Dr. King Royal dor Gdend for and afflicted Truly Your.
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THE consumption of oats is rapidly in- creasing everywhere. For young stock no grain makes bone and muscle so fast For horses at any age it is the best food, colts brought sp on oats prov ing more muscular and enduring than those raised on corn. For milch cows it is the best of all the grains, and 'o- children and old people it is highly e garded both here and abroad. In the Nosth west it Is as sure and generally as profitable as wheat, and the oat crop ought to have still more attention than 1t gets.
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For sale by Hinton Drug Company.
Dr ANx Pc AnK. October ,o Iss,

 suffer noHth- which l good medical , ~ip! and think made a well irflly children J. We bought the exclusive right for the sale Gemcur and will make liberal good agents Pike Polk Scott Montgomery Lafayette Miller Little Hampstead counties. Apply
 R. L. HINTON DRUG CO, Prescott, Ark
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We Also keep full Stock of Pure Drugs Leading Patent Medicines, Family Gro ceries, TObacCos and Notions.

Bibles and Tcstamens the Bible Society the Hymn Book. and will book thst sold by the Publishing House Nashville Tenn
 prices. R L. DgtG Co.,
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Southwest Arkansas Abstract
 COMPANY
 Now Ready for Business!

Wr harr Nevada county completed to datr and our work up aluut thirtytvc year, from thc or ever, one, having none in our employ but expert Ab~tFactDrs.
 W arr also ready for masking Abstract, In Little River county.
 For Abstracts. terms, etc, in Hampstead epuu, ty, call on or address Mr, \. r. Hawkins, at Wash mgtnn, Ara. For Little River county, r.. \. Free man. RChU;Oud, Ark.
 R. L. POWERS, Manager
 Prescott. Arkansas. Reference, Sam Gibson, Circuit Clerk Robt. W Jones, County Clerk and E. R. Williams, of Washington; J x. Meadows, Richmond. Ark.
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ROACH'S SHIP YARD SOLD.
An English Syndicate to Operate the
Plant.

twas learned yesterday that o syndicate Of
English capitalists had bought John Roach's
shlpbuilding yards, which are located at Ches-
ter. Pa. and that company has been incor-
porated IN England known as Roachs Ship
Building and Engineering Company Qimted).
The company has been capitalized at f600. 900
sterling and the securities are divided up into
preference shares to the amount of f30O, 900
and ordinary shares to the same amount Be-
sides this there is debenture capital of
$500, 900 in six per cent bonds at f20 each.
Charles d. Freeman Il Co.. bankers at No.
Wall street, have fathered the project in this
country and have issued a circular to their eli
ents and friends, IN which it is shown that large
profit can be made on this capital At Free
man u Co. g Office yesterday afternoon it was
said that the whole amount of stock and bonds
had been taken on the other side except about
E5O,OOO and that subscriptions for that amount
would be received here.
The Americans who are to figure in the board
Of directors and who are to have the manage
ment of the company on this side are John B.
Roach, president of the Delaware River Iron
Ship Building and Engine Works, which is one
OF the Roach companies; George L. Weed,
president of the Morgan Iron Works; Henry
Steers. president of the Eleventh Ward Bank
OF New YORK city, and who is also member of
the United States naval advisory board and
Wm. Rowland, a capitalist of New York.
There are seven English directors The
bankers are the National Bank of Scotland,
with headquarters in England There is a
resident firm of solicitors III London and Cary
Whltridge are to act the counsel in this
country. John Roach, who figured SO promi-
nently in ship building and who is now dead,
acquired control of the ship yards operated by
him IN 1871, and in the circular it is set forth
that these yards cost with the improvements
which Mr.. Roach made upon them, 81, 400 OOO
Concerning the trouble between John Roach
and the United States government, growing
out of the disputes between the Secretary Of
the Navy and Mr.. Roach over some of his gov
eminent contracts, the circular has not much
to say. 1t leaves out those years during which
the disputes occurred-1SS5 and ISS6-and
bases the computation of profit and business
done in the years from 1872 to 1885 and from
1887 to February Of this year.
The entire property was appraised by E. B.
.Ellice-Clark, Francis S. Bowles. who is the
Daval constructor of the United States govern
ment, George II. Scott, president of the New
York Real Estate Exchange, and Samuel A.
Dyer, president Of the Chester National Bank.
They reported two valuations-one being
s3,357 ,261, the other being 1866, 261.
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IN TROUBLE.
an illumination in colors, followed by a rich
stream OF brilliant fire; il next shows a fountain
OF reporting electric stars and termi-
mates with burst of fiery dragons
which are thrown more than fifty
feet in the air. There are the electric vol
canoes. cOlOred and reporting bombshells,
changesble star and other rockets, fowerets,
revolving tulips, meteor and colored Roman
candles, roset:es. radiators. pin wheels, de-
tonating cannon salutes. peacock feathers. bat
serles. &c. There are also about one hundred
and nifty exhibition pieces and many pieces of
fireworks intended 10 Do displayed on the sur
face Of water
Among the Chinese goods mentioned are
rattan bombs. red heads. arecrackers of various
kinds, punk or joss sticks and Pharaoh's serpent
eggs. Chinese lanterns and Illuminating
meteoric balloons will also be used a the cele-
bration Of Independence day.
JUNE THE BUSY TINE
THE latter part OF June, said another dealer
In pyrotechnics, lis the busiest season for
those who sell fireworks. The supply OF fire.
crackers this year is not as large as in previous
years and the prices are something like so per
cent igher."
What is the cause OF tn, increased price2n
queried the reporter.
"Why, because Of the limited supply" was
his answer. The firecrackers are ali imported
from China and they cannot be ordered and de-
hvered IN a weeks time. Two vessels carving
large eargoes Of firecrackers for American mer-
chants left China early In the winter and were
due IN New York three months ago but they
have not yet been heard from. Since that time
other vessels have started for this country with
arecrackers, but 1t will be later than the
Fourth OF July when they reach here.
The news that two vessels bringing large
consignments have not arrived frightened
some of the merchants, who thought the sup
ply would not equal the demand and thus they
increased the prices. / don't think the de-
mand IL going TO be greater than the supply,
although there Is y large demand for all sorts
Of fireworks about this time. Many of the
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larger dealers have good stock of hrsoracksrs
on hand"

NO USE COMPETING WITH CHINA
why is il that America has to depend on
China for our annual supply Of frecrackers?''
asked the reporter.
because" was his reply, 'it would not pay
TO manufacture them in this country. They
could be made here, it il true, for their con-
structlon is simple enough, but they would
cost so much that the boys could not afford to
buy them. box of frecrackers
from China - say IL contains from
$500 to 5000 crackers-with duty and all
expenses, paid can be landed for something less
than dollar; probably about IS cents. In this
country they could not be made for anything
like so small an amount The frecrackers are
made in China. the work being done by hand.
The work. which is done by whole families
men. women and children assisting-lasts the
whole year round and gives employment to
thousands When the work is done in that way
one can readily imagine how American labor
cannot compete with that of the Celestials.
HOW FIREcRAcKERs ARE MADE.
"As said before, the work Of making hre.
crackers is all done by hand. They are made
of the cheapest Chinese paper and are con-
s:ructed in the simplest manner. The paper il
wrapped around a small round stick several
times and then 1t is cut and fastened with glue
One end of the paper tube thus made is filled
with clay and then the tube is filled with DOW
der and it takes but very little bit of powder
to iii it. The other end is also stopped with
clay and short fuse inserted. The firecrack-
ers are then arranged in long strings and put
up In packs"
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Costly Counting i'm Philadelphia.


81 issued a warrant this afternoon for the
arrest OF man on very peculiar charge"
said an uptown police magistrate last even
ing, land as there is no likelihood of his being
captured l violate no ethics in telling you
about it.
This man, who hes heretofore been looked
upon as a Woodworking, honest mechanic is
the father OF two daughters, both of whom re-
celved young gentlemen callers at their home
During the winter these young men. when they
started to go home one evening, found their
overcoats missing from the rack in the hall
way. The theft was reported to the police
who blamed it on sneak thieves. One of these
young men had no less than three overcoats
stolen during the winter. and the other lost
two. besides his hat. Five other young men,
who had made informal calls, also missed their
coats. The father OF the girls was the most
active in denouncing the thief when the thefts
were discovered
Two weeks ago all of the coats were found
at downtown pawnbroker's Office and the de-
scr!puon OF the man who pawned them tallies
exactly with that of the father OF the girls
whether he got wind OF the discovery do not
know, but for some reason he moved away very
suddenly while the young men were deiiberat-
ing whether they should secure his arrest or
not Tho young ladies are estimable in
every way, and for their sake do not believe
any special effort will be put forth to appre-
bend their father. 1t is one of the straneest
cases that every came before me-"