The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-08-20


 His polite al prospects are bright.
 A correspondent asks: Was Cleopatra fair." yes. in all of her dealings she aas perfectly fair.
 "Why do you call your rt, poison .Physcian:' was asked ofa eolorei man. -Case ef il doan kill dc rats it'll make ,cm powerful sick. sah.''
 The discovery of the north pole has never created nearly so much interest ID Arkansaw as the discovery. attefsan election. of the ballot box.
 Carlyle said ;ha: no nation that borrowed its language could be great II he had said that no man uho beuo~s a newspa- per can be great the American press would have sustained him.
 Governor Colqui;,. ot Georgia. has s- sued thanksgiving proclamation, to take effect the 3Ist ef August. No; to appear hoggish. the governor issued the procla- nation during the dog days.
 The Modern .ft> Q says that the AR KANsAw TRAvELfR is the best humorous paper published. Here take ;his ppe and this Kentucky natural leaf. A!r l. 2. l, is all we possess. but h-.'p yourself.
 Sydney smitl, said ,ha, | k :. man I,,,. ,0 ,,.,,. ,,1,,tfae ,I.,, ,,o,,. ro,,.. and enjoy himself for ,he present. iroba- bly, MT. Smith never arose at morning and found il raining when there. was a oifcus Tn town.
 A physician. writing from Iowa. says wanter lokate in little rock to practl, my profeshion am | good doctor and am first olas when sl, a hoi, of chils is there any ohano for me n your town. fcs. there Is chance in euf t"An. \ chance to go 10 the peai;entary ier tiolation of a law for regulating the practice ai mcdi- cine
 Greek student, are represented as set ting a, the fec, If their masters. niess the ancient foa; Na, milder ia tone than the modern .,oot. the t,reek student occupied an unenSlablc position. The ancien, nose may not have possessed ,hc ahliiy which the modern nasal organ las acquired. or probably the master wore tn stockings.
 Il often cross the stree, ;o avoid meeting aman. says Mr. Iict her. no; because have anything against hin.. hu, simply because do no; feel ike speaking to hlm suppose all men are this WY" Ncs. nearly all men gre that way. Nr, Geeeher and we are glad tha, you have mentioned the subject. for !, liVes IL oharee to agree with a great man. We sometimes cross the stree, and ei.mb fence l. asoid meeting man. not that We have anything against him, bu, because he has some thing against us: a bill. Mr. Bcceher.
 In this issue ac publish TWO poems by A. W. Kelly Parnenas MiN one written for the Cenfa1 TI7a game. the o,hes for the ARKAN>AW TKARLiER. Of course II is not the object of this paper 10 break down the CeHfsel.r. sill. II wc can sec are its best contributors. We shall Go be- liesing that our readers are entitled ;o ;h,e fines, literature. Tse repor, that the ARKANsAw TRAvEIER has declined q stoy from Towels ls Tot true. How ever. II A Modern Instance were offered us, we should wal, until we were mighty scarce" of copy before accepting it. This paragraph does ne; sa.rs, ,epi., Nr Howells.
 Managing editor toci;y edl;or-s' Col Smi,hton sent in long interview with himself ! pu, !, on your desk. Look over i. and correct l. lis 4 miserable piece of slush. bu, Ict g.. smi,hion hasn !, go, half sense, any way Next das the paper contains the tollnaing head lines over an article. Co.. Sm.th;on. What one of our most prominent citizens thinks !. Of the Narrow Gap railroad. The aFJic.e begins by saying: Yesterday our repor- ter met Colonel Smilh;on. by chance. who when questioned n regard ;o the Narrow Gap road. said: do not desire Q be interviewed. as nesef ike to see Iny Tame in print. but if you ~ill pronilsc not to identify me in ;he report I'll tell yen what progress VIC are making. Ire Coiencl worked two days ID wr.tinr the article bu: