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The Green Forest tribune., 1892-04-14
Advertising Fakes.
BY l.. }. vsnse

They are all sorts and sizes.
Some work their flakes" on large
scale, others do kind of petty
taking. However, it is often from
more profitable to "rope in" thou
sands than to catch few country
men
The American people are always
on the lookout to obtain something
for nothing. The bunco advertiser
takes advantage Of this feeling, ev-
cry time. He bats his hook with
the magic word, FREE. He never
fails to get many nibbles and bites.
1t keeps him busy pulling his lines
in.
I am surprised that high grade
magazines and periodicals lend
their columns to this sort of thing.
They must know that the advertise
ment is q deIusion and n snare.
have before me now the March
mum Der of a magazine, bearing the
name of an honorable publishing
house. Yeti find several "fakes" IN
it's pages. For example; under the
word FRRx, which is, of course, in
big, bold letters, there is the old
crayon portrait fake. This is the
Especial Offer" Wewill make you
a cRAYos PORTRAIT FREE oR CHARGE,
provide you exhibit it to your
friends, AMI use your influence in
securing US tutare orders" The in
dividaal who last worked this fake
in New York ased to make his prot
i. on the frames, which were snp-
piled At certain price, or nc pic.
turv. His career came to an untine-
~ cad. The r. y. to the above adj
vertiseAisAl fsaSs. ~ . will tssfait
The Green Forest tribune., 1892-04-14
XShot by the Wayside.
I'd BrasweIl Shot by Buster Terry On
last Friday Evening.

About 9 O'Clock last Friday night,
Ed Rraswell, a youngman who re-
sides near Braswell Springs, tour
miles northwest of Green Forest
was going q foot to Sam Hatten's
place about five miles north Of
where he lives. On approaching
Hatten's place he was met Dy three
fellows who were also q foot and
one Of whom shot Braswell twice
inhicting two severe wounds, one
ball passing through tho muscle of
the LETT arm just below the elbow,
the other striking his thigh at the
middle passing between the femoral
artery and the bone, lodging near
the knee joint.
Braswell was brought to his
brother, Frank Brasweips, near
here and DR.. Wade was summoned
and cut out the bullet which WAS
lodged and dressed the wounds,
and he is now in fair way to re-
cover.
Braswell's story of the affray is
about rs follows: "AsI WAS going
along the road near Sam Hatten' 8
place on last Friday evening, l met
Buster Terry, Link Hatten and Lee
Boles, all OF them foot. l said
'hellow Buster and he says yes and
drew a forty-tour.. pistol from his
pocket and aimed it AT me; l knock
ed it from his hand and we both
made q grab tor it, but he succeeded
in getting it and sho. me here in
the arm, | started to run and Lee
Boles yelled out, skili him, it will
not do tor Us to let him get away
Just then bali stl uck me here in
the thigh. | succeeded in getting
away from them, or presume they
would have killed me as that was
undoubtedly their intention"
There is y great deal underl ying
the cause OF this shooting, which,
when brought to light, will give
some vent on some other criminal
matter.
The Green Forest tribune., 1892-04-14

Halt the people read an adver-
tisement as they do a::novel-hastily
and skipping parts. That is one
reason why they do not see the de-
coy.
Take the very common adver-
tisement, illustrated with what at
first glance looks like a watch and
chain. The head lines are: "The
New American Stem Winder and
Setter. Only 81. Just patented.
Entirely new"
The next paragraph states the
number of watches made in a Con-
necticut town. The New Ameri-
can Stem Windcr and Setter" is now
described. One would think the
article was q watch, but it isn't.
Nowhere in the advertisement is the
stem winder called a a"watch." The
advertiser was arrested, but he es-
capped his reward on account Of the
wording of the advertisement not
coming within the letter OF the law.
But the post-office authorities sup
pressed the man, who was sending
out stacks of Bibles at fifty cents
each to erOtic men and women who
wanted 1.-The most vuigur book ever
printed"
Such is "fake" advertising. /
have pointed out the wrong. Who
will apply the remedy?-Printers
Ink.
The Green Forest tribune., 1892-04-14
Moe Of the Multiplied Disasters.

Flood disasters were multiply
ing a, West Point, Mississippi,
Monday an the news budgets were
brought in by sk,ffs from various
sections of that country. One far
mer near West Point had resided
there tor fifty years and for the
first time he Is rushed out of house
ard homo by the angry waves dash
ing in at his door. Every bridge in
the county is gone and railroads
washed up, so it is impossible to
know yet the full extent of the
damage done; but the account al
ready in place it far beyond any
thing over known in that county.
The banks OF creeks are lined
with dead cows and horses, and
the crops completely ruined.
West POINT has bsen a veritabie
island tor several days. The
winds of Sunday WORKED still
greater danss.es 10 telegraph wires
The Green Forest tribune., 1892-04-14
the TOMo!eDEE ORzzRFLOWS.
Fearful Floods in MiSsis-
sippi and Other Parts or
the South.
T'las Delayed and Communication
EA Cut or.
The past few days have beea the

The past few days have seea the
o,casion of n,ost distressing
times ia Mississippi as we'll as parts
of Georgia and Southern Arkansas.
TaeTombgbee river had been over
flowing in mississippi for almost
aweek. and Ut last account the con-
dition OF the people was very hor-
rifying in some places. AT Colun-
bus ahe river was seven feet higher
than it WAS ever known to have
been before. The city OF Colun-
bus WAS surrounded by water tor
tive miles in every direction, spd as
:. result of the great disaster many
lives were lost and property dam
aged T. an amoant that at present
is incaiculable. Hundreds II homes
were swept away, miles and miles
OF fencing destroyed, while the
loss of mules aad cattle has been
fearful. There are no less than
800 homeless negroes now Oh the
mvrcies OF the city OF Columbus,
their homes having been washed
away. The mayor OF Columbus
bas apy ealed 10 tho federal govern
ment ter aid. The railway tracks
through this section has been great
ly damaged being washed away
for miles in some places and tele-
graph wires were down at last re-
port SO it WAS impossible to COM
municatc with people at other places
:long the Bigbee. Later reports
from these places will doabtless
show enormous destruction Of live
and property.
At Graneda, Miss, many miles OF
fencing were carried away and
thousands of acres OF crops washed
up, and an occasional loss of lite.
Several miles of r. r. track was
carried away. 1t will be almost
impossible for farmers to replace
their fencing in time to make Il
crop now, should the waters
subside. 1t is predic' ed that buffa 6
guats in myrid mum bers will succeed
the overflow, but correspondent
thinks that the people of Mississip-
pi can stand anything SINCE the
last legislature.
The southern part of this state
has also suffered somewhat by the
recent floods.
The Green Forest tribune., 1892-04-14
CHAPTER ".
Comparison Of the wave and Cerpuscu.
lar rTheOries-COntinue

lar Theories
We will now notice the well
known phenomena Of the ref dection
of sound, which corresponds to the
same action in light and heat. The
wave-theory teaches that sound,
light, and heat are all based on the
same general principle OF undulato-
~ movement, and are simply modes
of motion. The theories of light
and heat originated ia the hypothe-
sis Of air-waves a. transmitor.
is recognized by most writer's on
sound that there is no forward
movement of the particles constitu-
ting the wave. The forward move
ment which takes place is not of
the particles themselves, but the
continued progressive swell is caus-
ed by the local oscillation of the air
particles. They also claim that
there can be no forward movement
of any matter whatever in wave.
The following is the explanation of
the above given by the corpuscular
theory: "Without the forward mo-
a.. Il ao~.o l~:ol IS ,,b,+.n+;,l
atoms there can be no reflection
since rejection consists Of the re-
bound OF II body under forward We
locity, the rebound taking place in
direction corresponding. to the
angie of incidence. A wave Of
water is the best illustration OF
this. Let the wave diagonally strike
a perpendicular surface. Instead
of aarting olf in direction corre
spending to the angle Of incidence
and at the velocity with which it
came, il will simply run along this
barrier, recoiling slightly upon the
succeeding wave the motion being
thereby hrokee up and distorted
into u mass of indistinguishabie hill
locks. Thus we see when waves
strike Nh obstacle and rebound they
are wholly destroyed by the sue
coeding wave" This, because OF
tbe resem blence of air and water
waves, must also be true of air
waves, therefore, it We have to de-
pend upon air waves to reflect
sound, We shall mover hear an
echo.
The Green Forest tribune., 1892-04-14

500 to any one sending us photo and
not receiving crayon picture free as
per this offer" And that is where
the joker lies.
In the same number of the maya
zine I read under the heading Given
AWAY, "This is the--which we
give entirely tree," and further or,
in nonpareil, ito our customers of
1892"
Without looking far for fragrant
cases, pick up "a paper for children
and mothers.
Here, again, the FREE racket" is
worked for all its worth. One ad-
vertisement reads: "You can get
FREE a steam cooker that fits any
stove, and cooks all kinds of food at
the same time" Before sending the
postage stamps place the accent on
the word "can" in the quoted sen
tence.
Another advertisement in the
same paper reads: at you want
-, address -. 1t will aston
ish and please. FREE.
. One of the bcldest "bluffs" is that
OF ''chord instructor" printed in
the same paper. 1t reads: of you
do not play, you can, with assistance
of the music published for the chord
instructor without any previous
knowledge of music, learn hsrmo-
ny, and you can learn to accompa-
ny song on any instrument IL
few minutes" The deception is
apparent.
In one of the we'll known maga-
ziues for March there is this "offer':
Every person who answers this
advertisement can obtain ring
FREE" A picture of q jewel case
containing "our l8 K. solid gold
genuine chemical diamond ring
(whatever that kind OF ring may
be-, is given with the rays flashing
from tie stone.
Here i. the fake. "It you wish
to secure this valuable present
measure your finger with a string,
to insure perfect fit, then cut out
this advertisement, and return to us
with 10 cents in silver, and We shall
mail to you A golden Box .F
GOODS, that will bring you more
money than anything else in Ameri-
Ca" etc.
Could anything be more ingen-
iou,, yet more deceptive? There
is some difference between a "chem-
ical diamond ring" and u golden
box of goods" take it.
About this time OF the year
advertising "takes are abroad.
They reap their harvest in the
spring months. II is then
that the American people feel
" tired y; have aches and pains,
dyspepsia, b a d b o d, torpid
liver, teckles, coughs, colds, ca'arrh,
constipation. and the other ills that
flesh is heir to.
In this article l do not refer to
the various medical fake" auver-
tisements, but rather to advertiser
meuts like this" MoNaY Fos TaE
Honest, in amounts Of $50 to $500,
on one to ten ysars'time Our new
plan available TO all, burdensome
10 none. State amount you can
use, also age and occupation. The
syiem in fall, with forms, cts, tree,
on receipt OF stamp Who can
guoss what the advertiser is driving
at?
Such An advertisement as the fol-
lowing bits us all after y winter sea-
SON of the.,ee ers, aow"rs, etc: "AKH
YoJ BsoKEy VII help you to save
money at once. In one month your
pockets will bulge ont with silver.
The Green Forest tribune., 1892-04-14
Sound Investigated.

BY B. B. EsLINGER of Green Forest
school.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-07-21
Tariff Reform.

In his speech nominating Grover Cleveland Governor Abbet, of New Jersey, thus recounted the achieve menfs of tariff reform:
 In every state of this Union that policy has been placed in Democrat ic platforms, and our battles have been fought upon it, and this great body of representative Democrats have seen it's good results. Every man in this convention recognizes this as the policy of the party In Massachusetts it gave us Russell, in Iowa it gave us Boies, in Wis consin it gave us Peck for governor and Villas for senator, in Michigan it gave us Winans for governor and gave us democratic legislature, and will give us eight electoral votes for president. In 1889 in Ohio it gave us James Campbell for governor, and in 1892 to defeat him it required the power. the wealth and the ma chinery of the entire Republican party In Pennsylvania it gave us Robert F. Pattison. In Connecticut it gave us a Democratic governor, who was kept out of office by the in famous conduct Of the Republican party In New Hampshire it gave us legislature of which we were de- fraaded In Illinois it gave us Pal mer for senator and in Nebraska 1t gave us Boyd for governor In the great Southern states it has continu ed in power Democratic governors and Democratic legislatures. In New Jersey the power of Democracy has been strengthened and the leg islature and executive are nov both Democratic. In the great state of New York it gave us David B. Hill for governor and Roswell Flower for governor Continued cheering
 With all these glorious achieve ments 1t is the wisest and best party policy t0 nominate again the man whose policy made these successes possible
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-07-21
WeaYer's Pet Bill.

Memphis Commercial: Gen Jas. B. Weaver, the candidate of the Pop ulites for President of the United States. introduced while a member of the House of Representatives the most pernicions bill in the way of pension legislation that was ever of fered in Congress. This bill was nothing less than the proposition in- tlorsed in the St Louisconference. and doubtless was inspired by Weaver himself, to pay all ex-Union sold iers. sailors. teamsters, musicians, etc. the difference between the value of the greenbacks in which they were paid and gold. The bill pro vided for an appropriation Of $500 COG. GOO for this noble object. which was to be scattered among class of people nov drawing nearly s2O0, 00O. 600 per annum from the govern ment in the way of pensions One of the great evils of our present cur rency system and of the manner ln which the peoples taxes are expend- ed is that the money drawn from all parts of the country instead of flow ing back through the same channels is concentrated in the North and East. Weaver would intensity this evil by still further taxing the peo- pie of the South in order to heap further benefits upon this already outrageously panpered class Of Fed eral pensioners. The bill of which we speak was introduced in the Eff fieth Congress and he had introduc- ed the same bill in two preceding Congresses. It was his special pet the object of his deepest and dearest love. We shall be very much sur prised if the people of the South throw up their hats and applaud such measure or the man who of fered it.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-07-21
Blow Your Nose.

Alas. foo often an admonition of q mother to her child. The poor inuo- cent has probably Inherited cat2rrh and is not responsible for is sore and filthy Hostriis. Did you know thaf tender soft thin skin lining the nos lfils, called the mHeus membrane, ex- tends all oyer the body. Every organ iu the system and every oriiice at the surface has this thin delicate lining as a protector. So you see what q fix the body is thrown into when the mucus membrane becomes iFritated aud in- flzmed by eoastant friction with poison- ous matter iu the blood. Catarrh, leu corrhea and piles result freq eatly from this condition of affairs. These diseases are mere g mpt0ms of impOy- erished blood. Now B. B. E. Botanic Blood Balm, will by enriching inc blood cause all such symptoms to dis appear. Give il trial.
 HenrY Reeves, Sheilman, Ga, writes :. "Any man or woman who IS suffering from piles andwiii not use Botanic Blood Balm, is a fool. snd 1t hkss me 10 tell them so. for l suffered for two years with bleeding piles. and B. B. B. re- lieved me at once.
 J. J. Hardy. Toceoa, Ga., writes :: "B, B. B. Is quick cure for catarrh. Three bottles cured me. l had heen tl oubied several years
 James W, Lancaster. flaw kinsYille, Ga. writes: "My wife was in bad health for eight years. Five doctors and as many more patent medicines had done her no good. Six bottles of B. B. B. cured her.
 For several weeks many families in the overfiowed districts of the lower Arkansas river have been subsisting on fish and trQrtle eggs. Others are mortgaging cows and horses for sack 0f meal aud a few pounds Of bacon.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-07-21

Is the national convention of 1876 Tammany Hall fought Tilden- and Tilden carried New York and was elected In 1880 Tammany Hall supported Hancock and Hancock lost New York and was defeated. In 1884 it fought Cleveland and Clere- land carried New York and was elected In lsSs it supported CIeYe- land, ostensibly. and he was defeat ed History. therefore, shows that Tammany's opposition in national conventions is rather to be desired than regretted New York has a very large independent vote which it never fails to cast against what it re gards as questionable in politics It made Cleveland governor and presi- dent. It will make him president again. And not only will Cleveland get the independent vote, he will get the Tamnany vote. It cannot 20 for Harrison Add to the prospect in New York that in Indiana Hi nois. and even in Iowa and Massa- chusetts, and the democratic skies are indeed bright all about.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-07-21
The Pension Deluxe

New York World The senate committee has added sl1,912.s24 to the enormous pension bill passed by the house.
 The astounding total is now sl46,- 73T. $50, nearly double the cost of the list in ISs7-an increase in the five years of sl0,000.000. more than the entire cost of the government in the year before the var
 Is there no limit to the pension fo0ds
 Apparently not.
 In an official report just issued by Commissioner Raum 1t is shown that in the past eleven months there has been added to the rolls 2s0.l56 names, the first payments upon which amounted to S3S, SS6, ,6l5-oT more than the entire cost of the pen sion list fifteen years after the close of the war
 And this with a treasury defi- ciency in sight.
 Is it to be bankruptcy. new taxes, a new debt. repudiation crreforms
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-07-21

The grand reunion of the ex-eon- federate veterans at Ft Smith Sep ternber %, 2I and p, will be just such a gathering Of old soldiers as every survivor of the lost cause will delight 10 attend and be abundantly repaid for so doing Col Ben Du- Wall and an able corps of assist ants are in charge of the arrange ments, and nothing will be lacking to make the occasion one long to be remembered We shall refer to this meeting at greater length in future issues.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-07-21
TIE more it is discussed the mo

THE more it is discussed the more apparent it becomes that the appoint ment of John w Foster 10 be Blaine's successor as secretary oi state is most disgraeeful one Eos ter isthe paid attorneyof foreign gov ernments in their suits against this country and he has most unsayory record in connection with the Chil- Han affair. His selection is the worst piece of business that the liar rison administration has been guilty of, and it did some bad business be fore.
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-07-21

THr sherman bullion bin of 1890 about which the peoples party or ators talk 60 much is one of the most pernicious measures ever pass ed by congress. Ii provides among other things. that, the treasury notes issued under it's provisions shall be redeemed upon demand by the sec
 retary of the treasuay in gold or sil- yer at his option, thereby clothing that functionary with the power to discriminate in favor of either metal,
The Russellville Democrat., 1892-07-21
pnllsscal pninsers.

Stewart silver coinage bia was lafi aside hy the house f0r tEe ses sion
 Iowa repuhaicans are alarmed lesf the pfohilitionists name state ticket
 President Harrison hy proclaim tion ordered sise Idaho striking min CTS to dishand
 The republican national commit tee will establish branch headqnar- ters at Chicago
 The hiil to permit the institution Of suits hy poor persons in federal courts passed the senate
 Only the deficiency appropriation bill for the last fiscal year remains nndisposed of in the senate.
 Senator Brice thinks Harrify of Pennsylvania will be head of the Democratic National Committee
 Business k being hurried in Con gress and adjournment will probably be reached next Saturday or Mon { day
 Green B RaHrn's mismanagement of the pension bureau will he report ed in the House during the present week
 Representative Bailey. of Texas declines 10 accept pay when absent from his seat in the house for other cause than illness
 Chairman Carter of the Republi- can National Committee had con ference with Boss Thomas c. Platt- but obtained no encouragement.
 Thomas H. Carter. a Harrison United States Land Commissioner of Montana was chosen chairman of the Republican National Committee
 The Harrison campaign in India na is in very bad condition One member Of the state committee has resigned, and county chairman has followed his example.
 Retaliation on fish importations and land and water transportation is suggested bv a house bill to meet Canada's collection of tolls from American vessels passing through the Welland canal.
 Chairman Oates of the House committee created 10 investigate the Homestead trouble will hear the Pinkertons in their own defense if they desire to appear before submit ting his report
 Cleveland. in letter 10 former Republican who will vote the Dem ocratic ticket this fall because of the Democratic indorsement of tariff re form, replied that the fight would be on the lines laid down at Chicago.
 The Congressional Committee at Pittsburg Investigating the Carne gie riot has concluded its work there and returned to Washington. It will go after the Pinkerton's next At Homestead martial law has been de clared. The foremen of the mills at a meeting decided not to work if non union men came in under guard All the union men in Carnegie's Pitts burg mills have struck in sympathy for their Homestead brethren