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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-04-28

Tho now law closing aaloona ON Sunday IN
Ohio, went into effect laat Sunday for tho
frat time. II wan generally observed in NIL
Tho large cities except Cincinnati, where u
largo number remained open, which indicates
that the liquor dealers are bound TO test the
authorities ability to enforce and maintain
tho law.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-04-28

Mr.. blaine, while before the Committee ON
Foreign Affairs tho other day, ahowcd up
Shiphcrd 10 bo mn nrrant bumbug, and that
tho Coolet claim waa simply gigantic
bubble.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-04-28

shows That polls were opened by the voters,
and that one II. T.. Holcombe, who had been
appointed by the County Supervisors M an
inspector. refused 10 net, although present.
Tho election was quiet and orderly during
the voting, but about tho time the polls
closed said Holcombe appeared I'm the room
and claimed the box, and, against tho pro-
test OF tho officers, took the box and put II
In carpet -aack or aatchcl, in which he had,
In the opinion of your committee, another
ballot box stuffed for the OCCASION and which
he, after dsputing with the officers Of the
election for n time, took out and left instead
of the ono no had taken from tho table and
II appears fully and conclusivcly that the
box stolen by Holcombc contained 3ib votes
for Smith aud 30 for Shelley, and tho one
substituted only q votes for Smith and the
balance for Shelley.
In some PRECINCTS no election nj NIL wm
held, M there wcrc no inspectors present
where thcy wcro held, boxes were either
! thrown out altogether or the returns were
falsHod."
In this manner Smith, the Republican
candidate, waa deprived of over 1000 votes
and the certificate Of election given Ia
Shelley. In no congressional disirict Mt the
South wan pucb baro faced fraud and champ
ON bulldozipg over performed, as in the
| Fourth Alabama district last election.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-04-28

Tho total amount Of tho contributions OF
Now York City 10 the Michigan frc sufferers,
@ sit7OiOiC. A worry gracious gift.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-04-28

II ia reported that Schuyler Colfar has
said that tho most available candidate for
President In 1894, IL or.Secrctary Window.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-04-28

Tie eiitSr - INC Sps8nei ssyS s4hai
lSsS~p has heea chsiress rio ~ his keororS~
az thst ss ~, ttt >f1algi W.. M, dsus.
vVnierV u KICK 81 tila non, ths r.cr.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05
ROBUSTNESS.

Qgi;e sensational performance has just taken place a, Ozark. Arkansaw. Dr- ring the distribution of books al Sunday school. an old book. of whose contents the superintendent and 1t seems every one else was ignorant. was gwen 10 little girl. She tool; i, home bu, before she had chance to read |. her father acci- den;ally discovered tha, |, was an old abolition work. bitter in its denunciation Of slayer. The father was very ang, and took the book from the child. Las. sunday ne went 10 the school and made a long speech IT which he reviewed the wsrk with words ef wrath and deciarei that !: should no: rema,n in the Sunday school libra. At length !, WAS decided tha, a vote should be taken and ,ha; the disposition of the obnoxious publication should depend upon ,he result. The vote did not seem 10 De satisfactory. for one man made speech agains, quiet expul- sion. and moved an amendment, tha, the book should be publicly burned. This idea me; with applause and would have have been executed had no, a man named A. H. Bowles declared ,ha; such course would be unwise -Nha, would the world think of us. he he said. Why it would be almost as fool; ish as the punishment, of witchcraf,. If the book Is not worthy of place in our library. le; US quietly exclude it." The Sunday school children. young men ard ladies. being ignorant of the books contents and supposing that l, was of d highly sensational nature. became very much interested and Mr Bowles toN@hori the work Was consigned. declares ,lpat he has had a hundred applications for 1t. No poli.ica! Do '; should find a place in a Sunday school library. bu; in case i, did ger there Elias you could remove il quietly and without making yourself IT. dieuious. 4 srea, many books now in sunday school libraries should be de- siroyed,no,ably the biography of,hat good little boy who suffered death rather than forego the pleasure oi attending services al church.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05
IMPOSITION OF PROHIBITION

The prohibition movement has lm- posed hardship. not to say danger. on the people of the Yellow Swamp district. This neiahboshood is well-known to be the rcsort of ra,;iesnakes Scareeiy day passes in the summer that some one Is not bitten In the absence of whisky. the bite of a rat;lesnake IS uncomfortable and discouras!ng. but with whisky. it has been cultivated and developed into d pleasure Before the three a.le temper ance law was enacted. everybody in the Yellow swamp distric, carried bottle. .oaylord, a justice of the piece. in speaking of the subject said .'Hes. sir: we are all Tn danger now; but. sir
 II would have done your hear; good ;o have seen the way things worked ou, there before temperance came around. One day linn Gray was s;aniing in the court house 9yard when rattlesnake came along an bit him. Jim stepped to one side and tuck | drink. The snake fol- lowed and bi, hiHl again and linn took another pull. Finally the snake got tired and went away, In that country when a man goes through the swamps he carries a bottle in his hands and if he's quick, he generally gets his mouth full of liquor by the time the snake bites him One time y,, ,Yot a In, of Y,,eap ,,b;sl.v ;r ,ba na,yb borhood and il came very nearly killing all the snakes. You see when snake would bite man, Il would poison him. One day was walking along when big snake came out from among the bushes and drew back to strike me drew my bottle The reptile looked a, me for moment. shook his head and wen, away
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05
ANNIE EVA HUMBUG.

Several nights ago. Annie Eva Fay, the medium who astonished the Duke of Ed inburg and made the Prince of Wales hop up and collide his heels together, gave performance in the Little Rock Opera House. l, was advertised that the lady would make pianos walk on three legs. chairs hobble in advance stages of lameness and aceordeons float around over the heads ef the audience lamen,,ng the de, line of he old fashioned sheep skin bellows The people of Little Rock are devoted lovers of the humbug. If d good show comes along. the native dra- ma,ic critic pronounces i; fraud but when genuine humbug comes along, he declares. Tn a stnklngly original way. that 1t lis the bes, thing of the season.
 The Opera House was crowded. Peo- pie whose duty..i; is to attend church de cided to forego the pleasure of hearing the reverend gentlenan's we'll worn ser mon and attend the ghost exhibition. When it became impossible for another person to secure seat. the palavering guy whose business i, Is to shun the truth aud "whack up" with the devil. made hi $ appearance and said Ladies and gentlemen. hope you will all keep yer, quiet this evening. In order to see this exhibitor you mus, no; make any noise
 We have advertised that we will give an illustrated lecture. am giving you the lecture now-boys, keep quiet-and hope that there will be no disturb ance in the house. Miss Fay has Appeared before the greatest scientists oi be still there, boys-Europe and none of them have been able to un. ravel the mystey-l must have order which surrounds her. Before get through with this lecture. i, is my desire to say few words to the boys in the gal lery. This is no show. l, IS Miss Fay: religion. and now if they don't keep quie
 on this Sabbath evening they shall b. promptly attended to. Mind that. now. Here something seemed to distract th, gen,leman's attention, for he deserted hi: lecture and introduced the medium whs made her languid appearance. Miss Fa, is woman whose suspenders seem to b, too long for her. Her waist start, from the neighborhood of the shoulder. and shows no sign of a change of phys
 ical programme until it goes down far be
 low the territory fondly elasped by tn, conventional corset. Her face wears 1
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05
THE VALUE OF LITERARY PRES.
 TIGE

Some of the bes, novels tha: hav2 ever been ritten have ne.er beer published. and some of the best articles have been relected by magazines. 4 writer of es- ,ablished reputation can sell the ,rashies, kind of nonsense. while unknown writers may produce the finest Of essays and never succeed n disposing of them. Editors of magazine claim to read. or at least to ex- anime. every manuscript that is sent them. If they do. they sometimes exhibi, ex- ceedingly poor taste in their decisions. Nearly all writers make their debut in newspapers. The newspaper editor is never too busy to discover merit for t Is his business to i'll his sheet with interest ing matter. regardless of the names of the writers. This theory could not be better illustrated than by the following anecdo,e whose credit is unfortunately lest, and which We find in an exchange: :-.J lanes Russell Lowell. favori,e contributor to the .Akanflt, and one of the brightest of all our magazine writers. concluded 10 play a joke upon the popular monthly. He accordingly wrote long clever ar ticle, which he called the Essence of American Humor, and read il to a num- Der of his friends. who said l. was one of the very best of his compositions. He employed some one ,o copy f. and sign it W. Perry Pane. and send [; to the .4Hanhc with the reques, that. as i, was a maiden effort the editor would give an opinion n writing 10 said Paine. He waited q fortnight but heard nothing from his paper. when, being Tn Boston, he dropped into the of- fee of the Atlantic. and meeting James T. Fields. adroi,ly turned the conversation upon humor and remarked !: was singu- lar so little was written on the subject. Fields replied, We get great deal oi manuscript on humor. bu, i; Is so poor we cannot use it. threw into the waste basket the other day long screed oris- tened the Essence of American Humor. which should have been styled the Essence of Nonsense, for more absurd farrago of stuff have never seen. Lowell. much to the surprise of the editor. burst into 2 roar of laughter and informed Mr. Fields of the authorship of the article. The cd
 tor turned all colors and swere it was one of Lowell's jokes. Indeed i, is, res bonded Lowell, and ,he'b one l ever played. never thought highly of my scnbling, but. by love. didn't believe it was the most ridiculous farago you had ever seen. By way of self deience
 Fields declared he did not believe that a man who signed his first name with the initial and the second full could write fol the Atlantic. That was about as inge. nious an excuse as he could make for hi: partiality, but the story gives just idea of how magazines are edited and contri Buttons regarded"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05
MUSICAL DIFFERENCES.

Until recently 1t was supposed that or rather eNeruciate, on the fiddle The lmpetuosi,y with which this theory tra,- C ed. unbridled and unfeuered. met with a sudden check the other night, 4, a dance down in the country. the fiddle was passed to gentleman who seemed to be taking considerable interest in the pro- ceedings. Il don't play" he said. An excitement which II rarely falls to the lot of man ,o witness immediately followed this sensational announcement Two stout young men were preparing to deal summarlly with the fellow who had neg lected to aequaint himself with the musi- cal mysteries of the bow. when in tone ofvoice, ,inctured with pain, he said: "My friends. do not deal harshly with me, tor i, is not my fault that cannot play used ,o play. Oh. could make the strings cluck like hen. bu, an acciden, befel me and l now wear couple of cork arms.
 The education of an Arkansaw fiddler begins a; at an early age. There is no regular mode of teaching. Some begin by learning chicken in the bread tray. while others first acquire hold by mas tering nigger on the wood pile" This. of course. has created two schools. Pro- lessor Jones. whose following Is large, de clares that chicken in the bread tray" is the best air for beginner. He ex- plains the beauties and graceful twists of this stirring tune and feelingly disoourses upon the bulge which its acquisition gives young man just starting in life. but Pro- lessor Shanks. who also has large retinue of arden, disciples. eloquently advocates i the claims of |" nigger on the wood pile.
 Hehas numerous testimonials from prom ] inent men. which clearly show that his fla vored tune has taken deep hold. The question of which tune should be adopted i as county air was brought up before an exciting meeting in Lokskillet county sew eral days ago. The county judge made long speech from carefully prepared notes. He declared without fear of sue cessfsl contradiction that the chicken in the bread tray was the most successful and should be adopted by the county. "lt i appeals alike to us all, he said. -and do
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05

tired expression, and her hands, when she hasn't any particular use for them. fall listtessly by her edge-or rather side. After a few smirks and weary smiles. she was tied by committee of ambitious and designing young men and placed in the inevitably spiritualistic cabinet. Some critic may say that the committee of de- signing men was not young. that t was composed of chanoeY judges and doc tors. bu: reckless and regardless fellow citizen. you must not oritieise criticism. Everybody expected 10 see the piano raise U ,. squeal like a mule and kick at the committee. and 10 see the guitar blow is nose and wipe it or the carpet, bu, everything passed of quietly. The wo- man was tied and shu; ou; from the vul- gar gaze. She taamped- -taRabeuFife. lingled bells and threw bucket over the head of gentleman. bu, the piano kep, its feet ard the guitar kept its nose a, home. Finally, the people re allzed ,he fact tha, they had been hum busged This was m awakening toward which they had fondly looked. When the curtain went down nearly every man wanted some friend 10 kick him conhden,ially. The whole thing was profound sell, and the truth dawned upon the audience by slow bu, unmstakable degrees. Around town now. sore men when asked why they walk sideways, say. T wen, to see Eva Fay and hired drayman to place his foo, against me-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05
WOULD READ IT.

The editor of a religious paper was complaining ,ha, people would not read his editorials. when a sly old brother remarked. "I can write an article for your paper and warran, you that nearly every man and every woman who sees the paper will read il,
 -On what subject will you write it..
 Ii makes no difference Let i, be sermon on any text you may dictate
 Do you mean to say that your sermon will possess unusual interest. =
 No. il will be commonplace
 Then why will people. particularly women. read il
 Because will head i, A scandal in high life
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05
ELLEN's WARNING.
( Exiaor e[tA< ArkanAsss Trcrel<r

l Ta A< E8fsor ef 1Ae ArkasArg Trgr<L<y.
 Several weeks ago. my old friend. Sol. F. Clarkson. published poem in the Lit tic Rock Ga-etke. urging a young and presumably handsome girl known as Ei- Ter to come to this country. have known Mir. Clarkson for number< <of years. have carefully observed his eSey- day walk but not until recently did kaoW tha: he cver measured his thoughts and chopped them of into feet. I, is not my purpose to view this poem with the squint-eye of literary envy. for am will ing that my old friend should grapple with the muse. bu; think that he has made a mistake do not think that he properly appreciates the situation held down by the muse l was sitting with him one night. discussing points of legal difficulty. when a cat on the roof of the house began q serenade. Sam. he said. while shadow of emotion fitted over the serene expanse of his deep, ex- pressiye eye, have inducements 10 at- temp, poetry. for don't you hear::' " Hear what" asked. and pointing to- ward the ca, he replied. Why, the news" As stated a moment ago. do no, intend 10 criticise Clarkson's style bu, do propose 10 warn Ellen. She must not come here. Clarkson is an old man and Ellen is young. He has been corresponding with her. a fact which the following scraps, found on his office floor. substantiate. Ellen. love you with vigorous. yea. original variety. am young and fleet man. and if you- will come to the south. 1 will pay your railway fare am glad that saw your name, advertising for correspondent, for your letters are comforting to me. Al night. when my young and boisterous companions have lief, my room. l seize your precious communications with giddy eagerness and devour the lines. think that am old enough ;o ge, married. Good night sweet" Dear Sol, the girl says. on piece of pink paper. !" |, makes no difference how young you are After l see you and learn to love your face as do your love letters. am will ing to follow you
 Now. you see. this business has gone pretty far. entirely too far for the welfare of the young lady. wrote to the girls father, but he answered by postal card merely saying Let the boy alone. Ellen knows wha, she's about
 Don't you come to the Southland, o beau
 ;.ous Ellen
 Don't xou come though your heart may be
 sHIgin.And swe!!.n'. Dont let an old buck your spring time be-
 guile
 For it's not love that's seized limits bile
 Ellen, bile.
 Don | come to the South when the summer
 w;nds sigh
 For they II rumpic your >k,r,s and throw sand
 IT your eye.
 Clarkson may tell you of beautiful bowers, Ba, blamed fl he knows dog fennel from
 flowers.
 Here the sun is no, soft, like New England
 fog.
 Bu, Il strikes iAan the shoulder-',wo ould
 blister frog.
 The lasH ar dances er stretches of heat, And the sishs of ,hc iat man are heard Tn the
 s'rcct.
 SAM. N. WILLIAMSON
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05

THE other day. while Mir. Jay Gould was in Rochester. x. N.. he came very nearly being run over by locomotive he,onging 10 Mir. William H anderbiis. |, $ minated tha, one of Vanderbilt 's men. learning that Gould was in town. sent a locomotive in search of him. The engine proceeded quietly until within a few yards of Gould when il jumped at the great man. Vanderbilt and Gould. though. are still on speaking terms.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05

THE Book heepey, of New York, is one of the most humorous papers in the United States. Its matter IS sometimes too sensational for home use. but as rule it is fo!icsomely healthful. An article in the last issue. Small Economies in Book Keeping. bristles with new gags" and local hits Maturity accounts" IS also me articie, put II IS too suggestive 10 be enjoyed by the average reader for it is to the maturity of accounts that many men owe much of their embarrassment.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05
TO OUR FRIEND. HENRY.

Mir. Beecher announces that he has
 sought inspiring solitude. For years this theological phenomenon pointed the way
 to glorious life beyond the undetakers ]; shop, and some of the most learned men
 of the nation have lived and died by the
 liberal doctrines which he taught, but now,
 in old age when life either has the ere
 dulity or skepticism of childhood. NIT.
 Beecher turns from the grea; Congrega-
 tional body, which his own heart had
 warmed. throws up both hands and says. T don't know" The keepers of the rec ords and seals of different religions find
 faul, with the old man and declare that his faith has never been God-siven and
 divine. This Is cant. Beechers religion has been the teaching which urged men to do better and to hope for d future of unrufiled sublimity. intellectual pro- gression. materialistio investigation. that unavoidable. though you may call 1t ille- gi,imate. offspring of scientific study. compels him. bound by conscience, to stop and question himself If he hon. es,ly finds ,ha, the doctrine which he has hitherto preached won, stand the soap and water of to-day. why honor him for making the honest declaration. But not within the neishborhood. yea, no, within a Sabbath days journey of the outward lines of the Bible, can Mir. Bcecher find a theology to suit the man of to-day's world Old gentleman, if you are search ing for an undiscovered religion which will Ii, he rich and poor alike, stop. This advice comes from away down Tn Ar kansaw. but stop. No man can under stand why the rich should be favored. and no rich man can see why the poor should wan, iayors. You mus, either be- come poor or rich mans preacher. II you wan: to preach 10 rich mer, VIC will listen to you. Ifyou ever banker after handing ou, divine truths 10 be received on silver salvers. we will take them-the silser salsers. If you desire ;o roll out etiolated facts and drop them on the out stretched tongues of intellectual mon- archy. the propretors of this journal are your .'hoss dies. Bu, don't. Mir. Beecher. attempt to incubate any more new hereafter theories. Great Goll ah we have had enough. Why don, you say, "t,entlemaf. blamed fl l know. That's the way to talk. If you don; know anything. say so. If man were to ask you whether or not he could ind wa ter after crossing Jenkins ferry you would say yes or no. you were unaequain,ed with the country you would say don't know. in regard to the hereafter. which we reach by crossing the great ferry, say that you don't know You may hope. and believe. bu, don't declare tha, you know. Above all. Mir Beecher. don't start humorous paper. that is, fl you intend to form some new plan by which men may be saved. The average con- ductor of such journal has an implicit faith in the great Scientis; of Life and be- lieves that He is going to do pretty much as He thinks best regardless of new creeds or old dogmas.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05

A AGENrLEMAN, writing from Fla, Rock. says '" have been elected to the legisla- ture and would like for you to send me a speech so can learn it by the time the legislature meets. want something tha, will make an impression" We haven't time to write an impressive speech for the gentleman. and can only send the fol- lowing which will be the average speech of the session. NIT. Speaker-ahem-I
 belong to the grand old party-Mr
 Speaker and sir, l have never failed-Mr. Speaker. and sir. when the dark days of
 reconstruction were -ahem-Mr. Speaker. and sir. what would our liberties be worth sir. if VIC were not sir. to-ahem-stand to the-Mr. Speaker. sir. have nothing fur ;her to say on this-ahem-sublec,. sir
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05

WE publish this week an illustrated poem by Edward \. Oldham, editor of ihe Wilmington. N C.. Neso .SoHth. Mir. oldham is a rapidly rising literary lourn- alis; and his writings are copied through GU, the entire country. 'The Legend of ;he French Broad" which Mir. Oldham wrote for this paper. possesses genuine merlt and speaks well for the gentleman $ poetic abilities.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05

As THE autumn approaches. stealing along like the gradual creeping of a shiver, the grasshopper comes around and sets in the door way. He loves the warm noon sun. for his old joints are getting stiff. Dry leaves futter in the eullies and at night the oricke, sings be- hind the chun. The farmer boy takes down his mildewed shoes and spreads ,allsw them over and the legislator cleo, makes his tenth attempt to read the con- stitution.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-05

Il HAVE promised you time and again that l would write you an essay on any leading subject of the day. said a liter ary gentleman entering a daily newspa- per office and addressing the editor. T have dropped in to dash of my promise. ' The editor did not look up. T say tha, have come in to throw off something Wha, shall write about s' Write abou, one line" said the editor.