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The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
TIE STTC.4 T1ON KW ARkAN-
 .SAU..-

Whenever an amendment to the con- sitution of any southern state is pro- posed. people throughout the north look upon the measure with interest: not tha, the north naturally feels an interes, in the south. bu, that for political reasons some new channel of vituperation IS opened. The first duty assigned 10 an English newspaper man when he takes place on New York paper. Is 10 write an article on The Situation in Ihe South He knows nothing of the south. but iae pre- cedeni of contemporaries gives him an ample held for ignoran, misrepresenta- ton. The true situation n ArkaHsaa. so far as constitutional amendment goes. IS. some people honestly believe that debts incurred by certain means should be pad. while other people. aho have the interest of the state a, heart. sincerely believe tha; the certain debts are traudu- lent and consequently should not be pad. No matter how fust the so-called repudia- ;ion cause may be. the northern press will denouncc II as dishonest. l. is a diffleui; matter h canxince 4 hard work ing man. who has tollcd honestly for el@Fy dollar he possesses. tha, he shoulc as4>Si n pa,ing debt which he honestly Dc!:eSe, he had no par, IT creating But there are others. equally a, careful uf their hard earnings. equally 4s honest, Nho believe that the cer.ain debts are 4ua. There Is. oi course. but one .way io sei:.e the question. and ;ha, is lc; ,he people feeide b. balio,. You nas ,as iha; 4, s former clec,ion the question wa> settled. !, aas eeidcntls no, se,,led hence the Presen; dlseussion Those .,ho sA; n Jutsmc1. on inc counting ot the votes were perfectly honest. ba, =, 4 srea, naax people are ne, ,aa>ned \ man ma! have iish, and Dc Whigpcd but he i> stll anN.ou. fof ano,he. ,r.al belcvins Ina, by he exercise of a ncN- born strength he car overcome h., ad- tcrsary | another ;lgh, ], desired let another t1gh, take place.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
HFE.

Several weeks ago. when lay Could n.- in Little Rock. he aas visited n his special car bv stranse-ioaklns. oddly dressed man.
 :. Nr Could, sad tic visitor. will you be generous enough ,o siNe me ;en minutes of xour ,'re:'
 Yes sad inc millionaire. IT a d1 la; veal serl of veicc.
 - Ter minutes. thank you ST; write ;he check =
 .Wha, 1hc7k: sad ,hc millionaire. n | Ik.s.i ef la>, month voice
 = Perhaps I'd better eNPlan. \ noted mathematician has eaicula.ed your .n- come = be ore dollar per second. With 4au. of course. ,s.ae is none. faee value Now. you have gwen me len mlnuse-- amounting YOU see. ,o si> hundred dol lars Have you go, the money abou, you, or Will yoa siec ne a check:
 The millionaire looked ,, the man n silence.
 III d. the far ,h.ns. Make j; i've hundred Hanged f don; be eaSy w5:h yoa. Make l; foar-blauic il. >ay uso hundred
 Alr. Could looked long and nqu.rinsly a; ,he man bu, d.dn' smile.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
EipL.4LsED.

No philosophy can explain why we should feel sad al one tune and gay al another. You may De in perfect health. with no cares weighing upon your mind. and ye; feel as sad as though corpse met your gaze a, every turn. No mind IS so bright. so free from thoughts of care, that in Us mansion there IS nor chamber where gleoors does no, come and spend a night. The man who laughs IS the man who weeps the boy with a pocket full of marbles is the boy with sore toe. Fear and hope. joy and sadness. But what produces 'hSe varying conditions: Hanged If II 'mus'n'i be the yellow ca, tha, goes under the house and dies. Did you. gentle reader. ever smell a yellow cat: Yen may think that dead ra, ex- ercises an influence. and you are ngh,. bu, for genuine git-up-and-whoop breeze of charnal house cast. buy pools on the dead cat
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
Pt.l.>

Dickens could not tolerate pun. His writing IS as free from this class of vii as the writings Of Josephus. The humor of Dickens is the humor of character: of in ciden,. English l,eranre. as rule. however. abounds in puns. Byron. Mil ton. and as the Eicsssfsd Ra!i-ls!y ioKy- nai remarked some time ago, Shakes peaFe's puns. many of them. are so vile that they would no, be tolerated by western newspapers Thackeray. with all of his beautiful finish. his pure though; flowing like clear waters from mountain spou, spnng. was something of puns;er. Once when Arthur pendcnnis was dining with a friend. the waiter. who had once been barber. dropped dish. The host remarked. pointing to the barber. ,ha, ,he accident was caused by the kear-grease on his hands. Then Pendennis. pointing to a rabbit, remarked: Shall we ask him 10 stay and cut the hare: Bu, the great harvest of punT;sis ~ss !c.; fer ;he American paragrapher. He has placed the hot iron of torture on nearly evcr> word m the English language
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
CREE7YlC>.

The following extracts from letters ,us; received. shows how enthusiastically TIE ARKANSAw TRAyELER will be received :: Professor Miniskliz. of Russia. says -I had rus, returned from days sport. where had gone to take few shots a, the Car Ni,t my new gun, when heard of your great enterprise. Mark me down Tor a half copy.
 James Filings. writing from England. says: Il had jus, E apped horse-p,>tol a, the Queen when heard tha, HE ARKAN- SAW TRAvRIER would soon be published Allow me to congratulate you. would subscribe. but living in the same house with Gladstone. can read his paper
 Oscar Wilde sends the following: -To show my appreciation of your paper. will send you one of my hitherto unpublished love poems:
 You arc s~eetcr than honey. n, Julia.
 Your eyes are like dew drops m lGne
 Don't think that l ever ~'ill fool yoE.
 For l'p not that sort of coon
 T iove ever, weed tta, YOU tread on:
 could k,ss ever. leaf that YOU pluck
 could march a;o heaven fl you lead on
 In fact. -ras dear g.ra, am stuck"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
GOxDsssy7HS TOR TIRE.

When Goldsmith dropped into an arm chair al the Boar's Head cas night and unused on the philosophy of Falssaff. he must indeed have presented sadly iadie- rous picture Worn out at elbow. run- down a, heel. wi;h crownless hal and ~ith a stomach that could have digested cu- cumber salad. he sat in the great arm chair musing upon the character of liter ature's most amusing creation. The cold wind without had no terrors for him while the door was closed. The pelting sleet against the windows did no, annoy him so long as the sash remained down. He went there 10 muse. and he WAS going to muse. 4 boy came in so :" feed the fire and struck Oliver accidentally with the shovel. bur still he unused. 4 car came in and purred wet-dog came in and shook himself under fife poets nose. but still he mused 4 coal of iire popped out and burned hole in his sock. bu, he smiled al Fals,aff He had came there 10 muse. The wind rain. boy. cat. dog. fire. could no, disturb him. for it has been hin,ed that he wcn; there 10 muse 4
 man entered and stamped around violent lv. \ in pan fell from ,he wall The poet never lifting his cyes from the philo- soph;oal embodiment who stood before him in imagery. Another man entered. and wi,h the man who had stamped. be- gan aloud eo nyersation. The poe. did not stir. T see in paper. sad ,he man who had lasi entered "!ha' . ~fi;er se:s of a To, of jokes on inc mule. ,hc cus,aFi pc. 'he wasp and the rle5er-tn-law.- The poet sprans ;o his fee,. rushed from ,hc room and s,oad on hi> head in the
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
ERon GENEROUS CHIc4Go.

4 Chicago paper says that an inde- pendent spirl, IS cropping out in Arkan- saw. and many expressions of disgust with the bourbors are heard from prarnl- inent democrats. An independent spirit in Arkansaw would be a curiosiiy. Such thing was never vet seen within sts boundarles- The people there don, know what the first symptoms of the sen- sation resemble An independent spir- i,' n .Arkansaw would be fully as great d rarity as one of her prominent demo erais. Independence. prominence and Arkansaw are not interchangeable terms by long shot Quinine- whisky and ig- noranoe do better m the climate of Ar kansaw. Next to the Missouri = Pukcs, the inhabitants of Arkansaw feit the deepes, bereavement in the loss of Mir. J. lanes. who was. in life. a fair representa- tive of Arkansaw = independence and Missouri cuisure.-Cff6ago Cheek.
 The editor of Ckerk was never in Ar kansaw. l, was reported that he had once lived here. but the penitenti1ry books fail to subssznsiafe the rumor.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

ANs< has attained healthfal etni- hence ot appreciation when he realizes ;ha; murders and scandals, although thcs are published as thc news of the day. ire ao, the features winch should introduce re, s- papers . ,he family -elfele. N gentle man would ike to ha.e !, said lha, he takes the PoLiff se:el home nl,h him. vel the onll difference between thc Palstt N<-es and the average dai., i> the pc ,ufes. The '9ardef> and scandal, are. as a Fulc taken from papcrs ;hTnashoa; inc ceuair and Illustrated
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

IT WILL soon be time for re~circula- ton of the report that Henry Wasserson IS to take editorial charge of the New York Hoyli l, would TO. be matter of much difficulty to and man who IS will ing to take charge of the New York HoyiI. because there are grea, many men out of business who are willing 10 do anything tha, requires but iirle work. But Mir. Watterson Is in pretty good or- cumstances- at present and of course would not agree to accept position on the Herk and practically retire from the newspaper business
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
ADVICE.

Ten nc ye ~hisperiag wiads q shc Said a man when the clock ssruck f} If I'm always to live within po<erysl film merely created to deivef" I've worked on the streets al . dollS
 day.
 And have saved every cent could nak=ss But dreary misfortune still holds iss os
 ssas.
 And now I'm poor as a snake" Then the wind in murmur said soft al
 sweet Q As ihn rustle of leaflets in May. The eorns Of misfortune will fail from 70,
 feet
 If yoa subscribe for THE TsayEIEs |
 das.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
.S.iLE

In presenting THK ARKANSaw TRAyEL- ER to the world d, large. the publishers feel tha, by making + marketable. ii will prove 10 be successful enterprise. The paper. beginning with ;he ,iss; number. will be extensively circulated. not only IT Arkansax ba, ,hroughou, the United States This paper Is no. m eutgroWih Of publication Of the same name. but IS sn entirely new venture.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

WE print to-day the original ARKaNSAw
 TRayELER. giving ln full the dialogue be-
 f~een Col. Sandy Faulkner and the squat ter. It has been printed many times. bu, its republication just a, present. in the first issue of paper, the naTiie of ~hies, he made international. Is be6tiing and we'll timed for the occasion Some time ago. in conversation with the editor of this pa- per, Archibald Forbes. the famous war correspondent. remarked. I, is as,onish- ing hos extensively the ARKANsAw TRav- ELER is known In England. people who live in retired districts. only know Arkan- saw through the story of Col Faulkner. In France every one has heard of the fa- nous 6ddler, as they termed Mir. Faulk- nez, and some of the more ignorant sup poe that he vas great violiniss. rivaling in rsp1eaGicn 0le Bun Alsug the Rhine, and ssen a,nong sAe people who live in oha seiGkhorhood of the Danube. the AnEAnsAU 7kkyEzxR is familiar name.s \
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

To PROVE that the ARKAN>aw TRAVEL FIR IS managed by compe,en, newspaper men, i, will only be necessary to reprin, the following journalistic adage: This paper has a larger circulation than any paper west of the Mississippi This is a very convenient quotation for if Little Rock were on the other side of the rlver, ~e could say. larger than any paper east of the Mississippi
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

Int MIN ques;loa hA, engaged ;h.> attention ei She esefnsaen, for wears. t,rcs; feit~Hss have ee,ss ,.i led n f,t..srlly e,en ath~F direction. Ihe gaeefass,cn; seem, ia bc able ,s handle any other sub feet. The Indian question. @hish la inc hlstee e. oGf government s~ one af ih. oldest. should. r seems. Ind d pefina- nen; ,heuH ni settlement, Ba, no. t.ne ], ahie l; lppc4rs. io 1ae!lt4nQ>ls handle ,hr ques,ien. i.sk.ns ! eorissss 7,s-serse new. 'he Indians must De ,abice,cd ,a the same rules ,ha, govern e;her people.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
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The neAe,; venture n the ncY.s spapcr world IS ,hc ARkAN, lwS STKAyrIEK. 10 bc pabli>het. II Little Rock. !, will be humorous and literary weekly. and fl the local is any 'uise of things. !, all be huge success. ople Read has made hts reputa:ion en he i-lt,!e Rock s..f-e.I. and has been quoted rom Name ,o California. been cTnbalncd in the pa;en, insides ard has eiher@isc accumulated fame F. D.
 SenhM is as good fellow as ,he sun eyer shone upon and VII add strength 70 ;he paper The following < from ,he,.a- -et:.: .Adi;io.al fame is soon ;o be added ,o the name of FHr AKkAN>Aw TRNyFLER.-yha;i is opic Read. who has won a national repu'a;ion as ] humoris,. has purchased the rish; h the ;i;le of ;ha, paper. and VII commence is publication n new form about ,he firs, of neN, month He ~ilf have as an associate and business manager. Mr. r. D. BenhaEn. one of the most capable of the young business yen in the ely. The new paper will stan ou, wI,h ar edition oi abou, ten thousand copies. so I, IS stated. and il may be sad that T will dcserse is anticipated clreula- ton. No more genial soul or wholeseuled humorist ever lived than opie. He has bralns and vii enough to make his paper readable. ahd ali who know him heartily wish that !, may be profitable.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

4 cAHifeRAM ta the New York H-y- .rkf scnsa'snnally announces iha, General Albedlnskl. governor If Poland. intends ie resign. The people of Arkansa~ have been frefae;4,i, warned not ,e place ;oe much confidence n Aibcdluski: ,ha, hss o-iy ot'ee, ~as ,e dctca, The deinocrs..fe pary and then resign. Nr. Albediaskl Wlll neger get another eete in Arkan>aw.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

Col (. G. NtwN,> has purchased a half in;eres, in the little Rock tiasefff. Col Newman is one of the b,-st newspaper business men in the south. has always been successful. and ~illt valuable acquisi,ion ,o eei.- ssA,,hec and his cx- tensive enterprise Mir. D. \. Brewer. who more than any one else has made the Gd=sttf good newspaper. will re main with the new frrn. Mir. Brower is modest. unassuming gentleman. generous and true 10 erery principle of manhood. He IS to-day the mos, thorough newSoa. per man in the south His far-sighied Judgment on questions of the hour. IS mar vicious He views every issue with calm ness and decisionsand In none of his con- troversial writing hss he ever employed a term tha, exhibited haste or anger. So long as Mir. Brewer IS in editorial charge of the Ga-sttf. the people of Arisansaw Aill have newspaper worthy of universal patronage
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
LOGICAL..

~I haven't any confidence in that fcl- low" said a Little Rock man to an ae- quaintance. pointing to a passer-by.
 Why
 Because l,orro~cd twenty dollars from him the other day, and promised faithfully so return the aE.ocns. but hanged if l have. So. have lost confidence in him and would see him hungry before I'd borrow from him again"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
yy,EiEh Titf.At.

To the Edi;eI
 am a minister. h-ve large con- gresa,ion. and. as a rule. am well oalca- lated ,o feed the flock; bat possess a faul. which :neg!d> ds>eredt te myself and satisfaction ;o seey cengrcga, (en. and ,ha, ls. an irresistible sPir.' o7 H. ;lmed ni1h. Sometimes Yhile preach ins. am seizcd w.lh nj oi>IAughins >o bois,erous tha; on several occasions ! have been requested by the deacons ,o leave the pulpit. and stand under ihe trees among the horses. What need i> some thing to make me sad. To me. gloom is the only lacking clernen, of success and the accomplishment, oi much good From what know of you. the ARKAN>Aw FRAyEitR is the very ;hinE In eed. By spreading i, oa the pulpi, n iron, of me and occasionally referring ,e IS columns. am persuaded that can keep a straight face. REV. JOHN OSHMAS.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

IF FRaSkIINis idea of Aa0PsaS tAe turkey as an American emblem esfee. dom had been adopted Thznl Sng day would no douhe be wore eef1zk observed
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
Tnf ErrxAttn kAllMAA in

Tnl EIFyAItn RAilWAl lol.RNts. n answer To a correspondent Who ,aan,> ;o kno~ why his old Bible na> dedicated ,a -jancs. King ot t.rcat Bri,aln. France and Ireland. says: The lame, io whom your Bible k dedicated Nas the tr>, of his name af English his,or1 and ,hc : <,h in the annals of Sco;land He va, no more king of France than firrara k queen of Arkan>aW l, i, well ,ha, i. popular error has been corrected. bu: some people sill suppose that hic,orla is queen of Arkansaw. But she is so,. The woman uho was a, orc uInc the queen of ArkansaA married a >nre-cycd man. and is now keeping boarding house.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

II Is ven dltficul, Tor people aho ll.e outside of this state ,o understand Arkan- saw politics. However. no national ca lamiiy Is Ikely ,o rcsul, from such igno- rance
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

A. TRUTH uttered, even m profanity, is beuer than falsehood ussered in prayer.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04
PxAxzH 770N PHxx xosOpHY

De desire dat leads a man ter 20 in debt is a unconscious principle ob dis honesty.
 Eddycaiion doan make man original. has kno~'d school teachers what didn', hab idee ob dzr own. an mighty fcw. can tell yer. what longed ter anybody else.
 De office holder minds me ob de hog da, grabs ear ob corn an runs away, sid a lot ob hogs follo~in' him. Every time he stops he shells off more corn den he eats. De offce holder is generally followed by To, ob hogs ~hs, picks up de shelled corn.
 Nine tunes eaten ten. de mar what IS unnecessarily polite in public is brute in lris family.
 lt doan make no difference what sorer logs de church IS built ob. Its de preacher ~ha, ough,er be made ou,en select timber
 Its de easy ,aikin' men .hAt o.1 skin yer de qulekes; les when ser thlns dat de man $ de ,enderes,. |, dc eer, tune when he's go; yer. De closer thief gi,s ter dc chicken roosr de lighter he puts his feel n de ground
 De tree am; 50 high nor de grave am, so deep Ter dr chile as II is Ter de ole man.
 I-if, E ike ridin' backwards or de hine eend eb car: yer doan see au,h'n tell ser, passed i:.
 De tr,ii le.din Ter eternal punishment is sFo~in colder cbery year. When @ 5oy de @hl,e folks as,er 70 rcach me dai hell want but few steps from me. ba, new. specially in de 'lee,len time. d. gi.cs ne Ter un'crstan' dat is nor 2 mic off
 Ch4r;y an; qni,e broad enough ,3. Ter excuse Al e.r7sIas. fur de cloak ob charity : sometimes used fer hide de ~,is, s,r,,r sinnsH. tar instance: De uddeF nigh, . big niEseT come obcr ter my house. ar ~hile Nc wa> engaged IT de ea4versa,ian ab de b"aF. seq C. ''4ie man. W ,h xer,d sin me d.. ole eoa; aber dar. far yer'> a Eict1 man sld rnea, balin' n dc pe;. while n. Pat's dan emp;. an' put under de dnp ;er ketch dc water from de hea5ens,' | eoulda'; stand petition like dil. so l tale hi:l iestake de eaai. Da; man tuck dl; eat s.5 e,..4ri,, - w.leIi .le ssir,.: aa; ! wan; iookIa'he put ober m. ,ct,ir' hen IT tuek her awax.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

LET Us have more libraries and less can't
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

IlsxsAlIry of mind is the father of
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-04

Est<.e ef af fae g'os..sss, q, Liai> Rofs. .fyk. as seeesd 1sfrf na3 vr ss-ry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-05

Some OF the sitting members of Congress are
being rendered exceedingly uneasy with regard TO
their reelection by what might be termed a fire
IN their rear 1t seems to be natural for a member
of a state legislature to aspire to seat N Con-
gress, and several OF the legislatures which have
been redlStricting their respective states have ap
parently been largely Influenced by this sort Of
ambition. Some score or more of congressman
IND themselves legsllted out OF their Old districts
and into new ones by ambitious state legislators
In their rear. The practice or gerrymandering
state for party purposes has been in existence for
many years, but that of dividing stite into all
sorts o; Irregular, crooked and districts in
the interest OF certain members OF state legiSla-
ture is new one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-04-05
The veto Of the Chinese bill did not create SUI

The veto OF the Chinese bill did not create sur
prise, as IL had been generally understood for
day or two that the President would not approve
It. Objections to several provisions OF the bill
suggested In the message but the real basis OF the
veto Is the clause suSpending Chinese immigration
for twenty years This the President regards as
virtually prohibitIve, and he phrases it, ga vo
lati0n OF our national faith" The President does
not indicate precisely what legislation tending to
restrict the immigration OF Chinese labOrer5 to
this country would meet his views but Is assumed
in some quarters that he would approve suspen-
sion for ten years. There is nothing in IT, veto
message upon which this opinion could be predi-
Gated, though IN a general way the President i'm
plies that he might look favorably upon moder tie
legislation for the restriction OF Chinese immigra-
ton The Indications are that a bill intended to
meet the Presidents views, as outlined In his mes
sage, viii be introduced at once.