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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23

II happened that little Alicc's mamma
had travelled in company with Mark
Twain and one or two other celebrated
writer's. The child had heard the matter
discussed and she electrified the household
by announcing:
You travelled with Shakespeare didn't
you, mamma | told the teacher today
that you did New York Mercury
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
The Danger He Is In.

Cawker-I am very much afraid that
Snod1ra will 90 blind He's such an
egOtist.
CumsO-How can egotism produce
blindness?
Cawker--He oyerworks his Detroit
Free Press
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
Remember Your Dentist.

No one who aims 10 be even negatively
agreeable IN person can afford 10 neglect
her teeth. \ semiannual visit TO the dem
tiSt, whether she seems TO need his atten-
tions or not, will save a woman money
and spare her much pain. ON her toilet
table should be a spool of dental floss,
some toothpicks. bottle of listcrinc, tooth
powder and fairly hard toothbrush. The
llsterine Is an antiScptic which renders it
invaluable rs "A tooth wash. Three times
day is not too often for woman To
use IL.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
It Was Elevatinp

"Hello, where have you been for 80
long,
"Out west "
"Sec any cycloness"
"Only one.
"What did you think OF it9"
81 was fairly carried away with it"-
Pittsburg Chronicle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
An EstrauCement.

Maude-iow is your friend, Miss
Flauntor now.
Ethel--he is no friend Of mine I'm
not on speaking terms with her now; we
only kiss when we meet.-Boston Tran
script
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
A Grent DrouUht.

In the year -. G.. 1875 there was a drought
extending all over Europe All the crops
failed, and whole districts were dcpopu-
lated At Rome thousands Of people
drowned themselves i'm the 1iber, and a
pestilcnce cusucd from the dead bodies in
the river and Oh the hanks
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23

Maryland, Massachusetts, and Vermont
are returned in the census reports ~ each
having one acre i'm flax, New Jersey and
Arkansas each having two.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
" w0MANS ILLS"

MRS. w. r. BATES, Of
DHW0yth, DHmbHH Co.
OHIO, writes
"A few years ago l
took Doctor Pierce's
Favorite Prescription
which has been a great
benefit 70 me. I am in
excellent heath now.
! hope that every wo-
man, who Is troubled
with woneu's ills.
will try the Prescrip-
ton and be benefited
as l have been"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
BUDS. eno;e.z

BUDS, Society
buds, young wo-
men just entering
the doors OF soCI-
ETY. or W y, q IL
hood, require the
viscst care. To
be beautiful and
c Il arming they
must have perfect
health, with all it
implies 49, a clear
skin, rosy checks,
bright eyes and
good spirits. At
this period the
young woman is
especially sensi-
tive, and many
nervous troubles,
which continue
through life, have
their origin at this
time. II there be
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23

sDaily. +Daily with Sleeping Car,
Drawing Room Cars between Saginaw and
Detroit.
Pullman palace sleeping car between Saginaw
and Chicago daily.
W c. BRITTON. Agent
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23

Connecting az Detroitin Union Depot with all
Trains Of Grand Trunk Ry Tor Canada sHd the
East.
1880 p. m. west. and 9:35 a. N. aud
500 p. IN. east. have elegant ParlOr Cars az
tached. Extra charge only % cents for any dis
tance.
ID Daily.
'Dally except sunday.
Steamer leaves Grand Haven daily. except sun
day. and Milwaukee daily. except saturday.
Chicago steamer leaves daily, except saturday
from MuskegOn
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23
LIVING On WARSHIPS
HOuSEh eEPiNo ARRANGEMENTS or
UNCLE SANS BOATS.

Something About the Messcs Their Table
Expense, Are Paid by the ohicer.-Ths
Enlisted Men Are Fed at the Expense
of the GnNernnent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23

BEN FLETCHER T. P. A Detroit, Mich.
JNo. W. LoUD Traflic Mgr. Detroit.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23

CHICAGO GRAND TRUNKRY.
Inconnection with trains OFT, A. A. & y M.Ry
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1895-08-23

Elegant Pullman sleepersfrom Du-aud to Chi
cago. and east 10 Toronto, Montreal. Niagara
Falls New York and Boston.
VIZ DAVIS G, c.. CRAtsiE,
GEN. Pass 4 TicketAgt., Trsy .PassAgt
Chicago Ill, Detroit, Mich
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-26

X. II. Lander Of South Paris has broad
cloth coat that has been In use 40 years,
n pair Of calfskin boots go years, n pair Of
pants 30 years, n pocketbook that was
his grandfather Landor's 1870 years ago, a
gun used In tho Revolution, an apple
grown I'm 1853, or AZ years ago. He also
has wagon wheel that was used by n
South Paris merchant I'm hauling rum,
etc, from Portland 10 years ago and Is
now In uso on farm wagon. on.-Portland
Press
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-26

And now Rome authority calculates
that tho pope will live TO DO 100 years old
Probably this prophecy comes nearer the
facts than the numerous obituaries that
hive been written of his holiness during
bis pontiflcatc. boston Herald.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-26
There's somsth,ng In That.

10 IL possible that the reason why men
sbjoct TO bloomsrs In that so few bloomers
Arc completely occupied. Chicago Trib-
ans.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-08-26

"MY DEAR FRIEND AND PRECEPToR--
The horror and remorse which overcame
me this afternoon when / again saw tho
poor match girl, Mary Lindsay, i'm the
street car seem to weigh upon me tonight
more heavily than ever Not even the
cause Of science for which did not hcsi
tate to attempt startling experiment, and
In which WAS almost completely success
full, may ever profit by my experience un-
less you sec fit To make this public Mt some
time when It's authorship can no longer hc
connected with my sudden death But
the circumstances by which was led TO
attempt what had hitherto been regarded
as an impossible feat of surgery and the
strange consequences of my audacity may,
when discretely divulged by you, servo M
q warming at least to some of my fellow
investigators.
"You remember my pet chimpanzec, and
how shed tears, to your intense amusc-
mcnt, when poor Bob was buried. You
thought l threw him out to bc hauled
away by tho offal contractors like so much
street refuse. But his skeleton, neatly ar
ticulatcd by his masters hands, IL I'm sight
rs I write these last words to you.
couldn't bear to part with him, SO I head
cd him up I'm barrel of qulcklimo In the
closet back Of the college disscoting room
and then boiled his bones until they were
as clean as tho paper write ON. For Bob
and owned between US q secret, tcrri-
bio secret, Of which you are henceforth
the only other witness. II you come here,
M should like you To do, and get Bob's
skeleton, you will find missing section
of the parietal bono.
"His skull was mutilatcd by. design,
not accident, and 1t Ia that thought which
evan now cuts me most deeply. Bob and
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SEVERAL Phillips county farmers have been able to pay up their debts this fall and are really carrying Q bank account. One, who has been unable to clear up the books of his creditors for several years, accom- plished that feat this fall and has quite a sum of money on hand as a nest egg. The cause of this pros perity is not wholly the good price they are realizing for the cotton crop, but the production of some thing to live on instead of buying everything from the merchants, as in other years. The moral is plain diversity your farming and live at home, and verify thou shalt grow fat.-Helena World.
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EDUC4TTON STATISTICS.

The report of the United States Commissioner of Education for the school year ending November 30, 1893, just published, shows that in the year 1923 the whole number of pupils enrolled in schools and col leges, public and private, in the United States was 15, O83, 63O, or g. 5 per cent. of the entire population. This was an increase over the pre- ceding year of 370, ,697. The enroll ment of pupils in the public schools for the year numbered 13, 510, 719, an increase of 1.92 per cent. for the preceding year, while the average attendance increased 345 per cent. There were employed in the year 122,0 male and 260,954 female teachers. The number of school houses was 236, 426 valued, with their contents and appurtenances, at $398, 435, 039. The school revenue for that year $165. 0000, GOO; the total expenditures were $163, 900, GOO. The number of public high schools re- ported was 2,812, employing 9,489 teachers and having 232, 951 pupils enrolled. Reports were received from l, 434 private high schools and academies employing 6, 6,261 teachers and giving instruction to 96, 147 pupils. There were 451 universities and colleges for men and both sexes; of these BIO were co-educational, an increase of 3 per cent. in two years. The total number of instructors were 10,247, and of pupils 140,053. Col leges for women alone numbered 143, with ?, 114 teachers and 12,949 students. As the result of profes- sional education in the year, there were graduated 4,911 medical stu dents, 2,852 dental students. 3,394 pharmacists, 6,776 law students, and 1886 theological students. The graduates of normal schools num- bered 1, 491; the number of students was B, 465.
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Commissioners Sale

Notice is hereby gived that. pursuant to order and decree. ot the U $ Circuit Conrt ah and for the Western Division of the Fast..ln F,st ID District of Arkansas, at Little Rock in ss serli State and District. made on July 9 lsQl ;s ;Ssd certaineas therein and then pending, ,wberaa9 bn . in Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage Trust Comna,es-- and samuel Ai Jarvis, Trustee, were plaintft.e,yy .aua Sul9man Franklin and Goldina FSSilss FranSliss ct als were defendants and in pursuance ,sAa ts al aIi order of said Court in said cause made ~, ~. the sth day of October 1895, ,Fhe nnderstonau aa uh a commissioner aDpointeds.dd execlife ss '; '; decree, will proceed on Saturday, Novem6taga 9th 1895, between the hours for judicial saieli and at the Courthouse door Of Jeffer."e,s County. Arkansas, to offer and expose f@a sale to the highest and best bidder at nnbi5l outcry. 10 satisfy the decree of foreciosuree of a mortgage lien thereon in favor of saia plaintiffs for the balance due on said deeraaa ,3ff 9.5l 94 and interest accrued and costs. tSs following described real property lyinO }e said County of Jefferson, Arkansas to1pi5.s is The north nalfgD of the sota Invest 1uarter =pD of the southwest quarter H4) of secfion C3l0) in township six @ south the fifth 65) D. m., containing in all twents, acres more or less. Terms cash
 E. ", IRWIN. 10 124wks Commissioner
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BICYCLES FREE. Eighty-Five Three-Months Subscribers 10 the Daily Graphic Entities Any Boy or Girl to a SIO0 Bicycle
 Free.

There are many deserving boys and girls in Pine Bluff and surround ing country who are not able to pay the enormous price charged for a bicycle, yet whose lives are almost miserable because they have not one of these modern luxuries and conven- fences. The GRAPHIC has come to their rescue, and now makes them an offer whereby they can get one of the best machines made for a few hours work a day for short time only. The offer is as follows:
 To every person who brings in eighty-fve subscribers to the Daily GRAPHIC for period of three months. or one hundred subscribers to the Weekly GRAPHIC for a period Of one year, will be given any Monarch bicycle shown in tbeir 1895 5catalogue. the value of which is $100.
 The price of the Daily GRAPHIC is s cents a month, or $1.95 for three months and the Weekly GRAPHIC is $50 a year. All subscriptions are payable in advance aHd no credit will be given the solicitor or noname registered on the subscription hooks unless accompanied by the subscrip tion price. Proper blanks for solicit ing will be supplied at the GRAPHIC office. This offer aDDlipS only tOnpyy- subscribers and to parties who are not taking either the Daily or Weekly GRAPHIC at the time this offer is made. However, subscriptions may be turned in by one person and cred ited to another, thus allowing friend to work for friend, OF one person, should he fail to get the required number himself, to dispose of them to some other person. Get to work early boys and girls, and you will find it an easy matter to get the re- Quired number.
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COL. IVAN N. WALKER.

Col. Ivan N. Walker, elected Com of the G. A. R. at the recent encampment at Louis vile, is native of Indiana. At the breaking out of the war, at the age of 21, Col. Walker was holding an important office which he resigned to raise a company flor the Seventy third Indiana, of which he was chosen Captain. In May, 1863, he became Commander of the regiment. For more than a year he endured the
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horrors of Libby prison, then escaped through the historic tunnel in 1864 He became a member of the 6. A. R. 1867 His work in the National encampment and as Chair man of the National Pension Com mittee during the past three years has been one of inestimable value to his comrades everywhere, and his
 manly, dignifed, and patriotic stand for the rights of his comrades has endeared his name to the soldiers
 throughout the Union,
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than is the one who has inherited his office. As it is, there are many Lords who are liberals and look to the interests of the people, aad some of England's greatest states men and the peoples greatest bene- factors are men who inherited titles and an office.
 Today there are oyer fve-hundred members of the House of Lords, all of whom hold office throughout life, except peers from Scotland. They are divided into Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, the former being Archbishops and Bishops who are Lords of Parliament but not peers of the realm Lords Temporal are peers created by the crown, and, as has been said before, the office is hereditary except to members from Scotland and Ireland. They are a part of the nobility of England and are divided according to rank, into Dukes, Marquis, Earls, Wis counts and Barons. When assem- bled in Parliament peers form the highest court of jurisdiction in the realm and are 9 co-equal branch of the Legislature, without whose con sent no law can be made
 To make the office elective by popular vote would completely revolutionize affairs in Great Brit ain. It would destroy nobility and aristocracy and, as is the case in this country, place everyone on equal footing. Titles would not be 8 consideration, and every per son would stand on his own merits only. It is also probable that Republican form of government would displace the King or Queen.
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70 REF0RN THE LORDS.

An effort is being made in Great Britain, and it is not antagonized by Lord Salisbury, to abolish the hereditary Lordship and elect the English members of the upper branch of Parliament, as is now done in Scotland and Ireland. In those countries the peers are elected by people of their class and in the latter country, hold office throughout life. Common people, however, have no voice in the cleo tion, and, of course, will not su pport a measure that does not give them as much power as their aristocratic neighbor Nothing but total aboli- tion of the peerage or election by popular vote will satisfy them, and as the peerage or aristocracy will never assent to this, reform in the near future is not probable.
 It is very doubtful whether the intended reform, if procured, would be of any material benefit to the people. A person selected by the classes is more likely to carry out their idea and vote for their interest
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onaaYl October 2l. l

BeiWecn fhe hours prescribed by law for il- diciaI Sales 10 the highest and best bidder,oh 3i credit of three months, with interest pun. chaser giving bond 10 secure purchase al1 the right. title and interest ei John NeciF. aiias John AeGallister, in the following described property fozwit: Lot f Four. Block or Square It. W0odruHs addi- tiou fo the city of Pine Bluff. Jeffers0e county. Arkansas, levied on by me as the property of John Nceley. alias John McCalli@ ter 10 satisfy an execution against him ia favor 0f Foster and Coleman. for SeYent3s five Dollars lS7500 debt, damages and costs
 C. H. TRIP!.lsTT,
 ShcPid Of Jefferson County. Ark.
 CIV. LINDSAY, D. N Pine Bluff, Sept. .6 fSq5. 10 4wa
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St. Louls and Return.

On September 3. 5, 10, F, r, 19, 24, 26 and October 1, }, l5 and r the Cotton Belt will sell tickets to St. Louis and return at rate of $l5.35. Tickets good five days for return, account St I.onis Exposition. On October 9th to 10th tickets will be sold at rate of $1l, ,5O account st. Louis fair.
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Through sleepers to St. Louis and shreve-
port.

The Cotton Belt route now oper- ates through sleepers to St. Louis and Shreveport in both directions. This is in addition to regularsleepers to Memphis, Ft. Worth and Waco. Makes direct connections in St. Louis Union Station for all points reached yia the gateway. For particulars address B. H. WILSON, Agt.
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There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together. and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For great many years doc tors pronounced it a local disease. and pre- seribed local remedies. and by constantly 1aiiing to cure with local treatment, pII- nounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be constitutional disease and therefore, requires constitutional treatment, Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by k, J Cheney < Co.,. Toledo. Ohio, is the only con. stitutional cure on the market It is taken internally iii doses from 10 drops to . tea spoonful. It tets directly the hlaad and mucuous surfaces of the system. They offer $lO0 for any case 1t fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address
 I. J, CHENEY < co, Toledo. 0
 ST Sold by drusgists. 775c. 7'ss'>,'
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BLOOD IN HER EYE.
Mary Sanders Attempts Murder Because Her Cotton 9gas Not Ginned
 When she Wanted
{

Mary Sanders fs the name ol q ncgress who lives near A1thcimer Mary owns q farm and is pretty well fixed in this worlds goods. She is q large. powerful woman. nearly white and has the reputation Of having q very high temper. andto= tally devoid eg tAc feeling known as fear
 Last Saturday Mary had some of her cotton hauled to the gin of Mr. NJ. l.. NlaYton, near Altheimer, to be ginacd. X negro man named Alex WhitesiGe is fu charge ef the gin. He ginned all of Mray ,s cotton that was at the gin and then began gin ming for another party. soon alter this a= wagon containing some more of Mary's cotton arrived and about the same time she rode upon horse back. Sue inquired of Whiteside why he stopped sianingo hercot- ton, and was informed that the first who came would be first served at that gin This angered the woman and she cursed Whiteside and finally struck him several blows accross the head and shoulders with q rid ing whip that she carried in her hand. When she did this Whiteside slapped her on the face with his open hand. By this time the woman was in q dreadful passion, and mounted her horse, saying that she would go home and arm herself and wou6 then come back and kill wbiteside
 sIn about an hour she returned to the gin, dismounted and walked upi the platform Whiteside was standing near the gin attending Co his duties. Mary saw him, and without a word began to draw a pistol which she had concealed in her dress. Mr Clayton saw her, and knowing of her threat to kill White side, attempted to prevent her from drawing the weapon. She warned him not to come near her and said that if he did she would k1l him Constable Busby. fortunately, was near by, and as the woman drew the pistol and aimed it at Whiteside be ran to her and knocked up her arm, and when the weapon was fired the bullet sped wide of it's mark. \ tussle between the infuriated negress and the office for possession ef he pistol then followed In the scuffie the pistol was discharged and the bali passed through one of the woman's fingers and badly cut another. Theoilieer, with assistance, finally got possession of the weapon and placed the woman under arrest. She was cared before a magistrate who released her OIL her own reconnaissance. Her trial will come l up this afternoon, on the charge Of i assault to kill
 Mary swears that she will yet have the life blood Of Weiteside
 because he slapped her, and those who know her say that she will certainly carry out her threat, II she gets q chance.
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TURKEY, after devouring so many Christians of late, should be in fine condition for killing on Thanks giving. And after such death, the world would be thankful.
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EDITOR J. ". QUINN has sold his interests in the Lincoln Ledger to MT. Alex Boyd and will retire from journalism. MT. Quinn is a good newspaper man and the Democratic party in Lincoln county will lose much by his retirement.
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Nervous PrOstrati0n
 Cured by Dr. Miles Nervine.

Prolonged derangement of the nervous system not only affects the brain and men tai powers, but develops disease in some Of the vital organs. The most dangerous Of these indirect results is when the heart is affected. This was the case of the Rev. N F. Surface, Pawn River, Mich who writes under date of Feb. 14, 1895:
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Wednesday. October 2, 2, 1895.

Retueen tha hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and o'clock D. m. tse following described re- estate, together with all appurtenanees N block 22 block west of bayou.
 Said property will be sold on q credit three months, the purchaser being requiff to give bond with personal security for pal mcpt of purchase money. Sale will not haduhiess fhe property brings fyo-thirds { ifs appraised value DAVID l.. rRTMBLE.
 lA4w5t EXecutOr and Guardiai
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EVEN the Choctaws will not be degraded by allowing the Corbett- Fitzsimmons mill to be pulled off on their territory.
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ELECTRIC street cars aud new railroad to Malvern would in a few years, place Pine Bluff ahead of Lit tie Rock both as to population and business. Both are early probabil ities. Prfacetonidn.
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ToM REED has gone in training preparatory to entering the Presi- dential race in earnest. Heis rapid ly developing speed on his "bike."
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Administrators Notice.
To all whom it may concern:

To all whom it may concern;
 Notice is hereby given that l will as Aa ministrator of the estate of J. ". Wriobt make application to the Jefferson county Probate Court at it's October Term, 1895. for a33 order to sell the real estate belonging to said estate for the purpose of paying the debfs probated against said estate
 ;. '. T. KNOX
 Administration October l0th 1895. 10 124wks
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TIE Corbett-Fitzsimmons letters. like Dunraven's communications, should be published in pamphlet form.
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THE early variety of Presidential candidates appear to have been nipped by premature frosts, and now another crop will have to sprout. This thing of politics is so uncertain. -Moaticelloaitoa.