The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-10-01

pcnitennary.
 The public funds of Milaaukee are sher; siSo.ooo. George Peck. of the ,lan. will no, be held responsible.
 The first duty ef a y..'iag law yer i-- -,.' become the silver ionsued orator ef the .oanty.' and then for several years his a,her will take pride in supporting him.
 Las, week St. Louis had .n earthquake. and now the Chicago hoard oi trade in- ,is;s upon an investigation. declaring tha,
 ne city by the lake and not St. Louis was entitled 10 the shock.
 What is the great lever that shoves
 he newspaper forward = asks Kentucky exchange. Since ,he passage of the tax .lst slaughtcring law. tine o.rcus adver- :isemcnt is the greatest lever.
 \ German ehems, has invented bull (, which breaks upon striking a person and renders him unconscious for twelve hours. The Arkansaw bullet does not break bu, i, will render a man per,na- gently unconscious.
 | New York man. Gc>irIsg ta ooaltu.t ss!i-
 de, shot al himself four iimr> without hU ing He will probably be gwen position n the American rifle team. n thc next lnter- national shooting match =Nssrizfo7..g Rerfif.
 Or come south and become profess onal duelist.
 The first act of devotion performed by a Russ an bride is to kncel in the pres ence of the company and pull off her husbands boots. The American wife !s, not quite so fast. and. being modest. does not pull of her husbands boots in com pany.
 An Arkansaw woman knocked down her husbands guS and was killed. One ofihe neighbors speaking 10 the husband about the sad affair. said '' Ina; was in- deed a sad affair. You can never replace her." "Yes," replied the husband. taking two of his children onto his lap. but there's one consolation. That old gun never has failed to kill yit.
 The editor of rural paper says: We had intended to write an article on the Egyptian war. but our wife was taken sick, our oldes, boy bit by snake. and we didn't feel we'll ourse,f. aside from running the ferry and pulling fodder. Just as we ali got we'll and saved the fod- der. the war ended, and concluding tha, i; wasn't much of fight nohow. all hands of us agreed to let the thing slide.
 4 young lady went into a book store and called for Walt Whi,man's Leaves of Grass When the volume was handed 10 her. she seized 1t nevously, and stood for few moments in,en,ly turning the leaves. Fraud" she finally sad, throw ing down the book. Why. don't see anything out of the way in it. did want 10 bay il. having heard so much about t. out the whole thing is an advertising dodge"
 And if" writes a young graduate n applying for position on this paper. my pen in iis finished curves. makes rsle eso- ,er;c, I will throw oil my mantle and grasp the commonplace ef iife. which stands in full view ot tac crowds du.i gaze" oh. young man. b,lndly drifting young man. ice from the wrath :o come. Get maui and wedge aud spii; Eals. Your learning will not make you esoterc. IL will only make you fool.
 The president of matrimonial assoc:- aiion entered into contract with land lady of boarding house. agreeing tha, if she would keep three kinds of meats on the table. he would board with her three months. The other day law suit grew out of the contract. and when the case came up for trial the president oi the matrimonial association. made state ment. declaring that liver was the only kind of meat furnished by the landlady. The woman in reply said: Judge. l promised to keep three kinds of mea, and have. 4, each meal l have had beef liver. hog liver and sheep liver. Ii that ain, three kinds of meat. I'm willing to surrender my experience and hire O.; as professional yellow fever nurse The judge decided ,ha, he wornans idea oi meat was correct and accordingly :a.ea the unfortunate president in inc cost