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The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-12

Another night. when we had been awoke in the usual way. there was ar agreeable variety in the entertainment. \ delicate. iute-hke sound proceeded from the closed dining room. Again and again. distinct and long-sustained mu- sical note a- 9f some small pipe. Then the hfth of that note. then the octave. re- peated many times then the seventh and octave over and over again. We were grez.iy p.-zzieyi---The piano as-Eoi in tha, room And the sound certainly sug- ges;ed wind instrument of sae eet tone.
 wen; dossn eaTls next morning. and found to my surprise conoertina lying on table. Hired the handle. and there came forth long drawn note. the very note had heard in the night. Ny wife called out to me from up stairs. That's il that's it. What IS Ii
 Without attempting 70 disentangle her speech. 1 held up the concertIna.
 "Oh. that Is phil's. He mus; have left if behind. But l; was the very note there Is no don6, oi it.
 We locked the thing up in its box, and put Ii inside bookcase and next night we were treated 10 repetition of the mu- sical notes. oniy muffied.
 I, was rot only during the night that the noises were heard For instance: was reading by the fading afternoon light. when chair on the other side sf the room seemed ;o be moved from its place so that l Instinctiveiy turned my head to see who had entered the room. Again. I was about to go down the cellar steps tn the afternoon, when heard heavy pick ling pan dragged along the stone floor below. l quite thought some one was down there: but, as usual. there was no one to be seen. and the pan was in its place.
 Al IT o'clock q. m. my wife and Still were on the landing girl was telling her mistress tha, she had heard Mrs. N-'s voice the evening before. Her mistress told her she was giving way to faneies.
 But Mary Jones heard i;,oo. She had just brought in the eggs. and stood listen ins 70 the singing in the drawing room. Then heard MFs. N-'s angry voice again. on the stairs. and Mary said. Who's shouting said didn', know. ard she said l, mus; be the missis LOT. how angry she Is @ holler like that, Doesn't she like 'em .o slng:
 In an old house like this" began my wife. : there may be many noises caused
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-12

The incarnation of stupidity ard sto- .ldi,y. said my son primus.
 The very thing for us. said his moth This girls name being stillw ell. soon he1a corrupted into Saltwater or. for snort. Still
 l. was splendid skating weather The .QW-ly ing meadows were flooded .o the depth of a foot or more. and one .,lided ever acres ot smooth. green. ;ranspaient l,e. Every day we sallied for;h. m, three boys, their sister and l. to take our nil of enjoyment m this icy paradise coming back to baSk all the ( ening before the 51ght golden sunshine and the silverN ashes of q north country coal ire.
 My wife has the weak habit of going to ;aek up" her boys after they are n bed. One nigh, their voices sounded 50 angry that she ran up in haste to see wha, was wrong. On entering their room she found the two elder boys sitting up in bed harling injurious and derisive epithe,s a, some person or persons unknown.
 l-e, me just ind out who you are and you'll get such a jolly good licking IS yopN remember" announced Prinus, gazing wra,hfully al the ceiling.
 'Oh. you blooming idiot. l wish I'd your boots. I'd throw them !, your head Be of lm taking q sigh, a, you. shouted Secundus, nose and fingers up- turned in the same direction.
 Are you both mad = inqu.red the stern. maternal voice
 It's that fellow, mother. ,hat l told you about Hes on the roof again. lust listen to the row he makes"
 Nonsense. said his mother bu, she stood listening for some time.
 Oh. you coward '"
 An. you funk proceeded from the two beds. Not sound above.
 "l have heard no TOW on the roof. re marked Mother, with dignihed emphasis and having performed the usual eereno. ny. she departed and came and told mt of the whole affair. concluding with. ..l wonder II il can be rats ~
 Not doubt of ii"
 Next morning the boys were tul Q iheir nocturnal visitor. and declared that no sooner had the drawing room doc shut than the scrambling and ,ramplin. began again.
 History tells of certain cat who wor, top boots; but l never heard of rat adopting the fashion, remarked.
 Rats, father why we know the soun. of them well enough. And they run be tween the ceiling and the roof. But thi
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-12
NO FICTION.

The ediiot D III pos,e.= ,ton al II aafne a' ihz ,uiho, If ibc oioW IHg agsIf,s:4ltrt,tsr l. -. uf itc place it winch Il happened and ka5 ctcts tcason To 'sc satis'I"t Uf taT cutfr' e.is oi thr Wfltrr a clergyman of tsr C44r,t of England N .hl..e5 NsZt.isf.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-12

In few days we had shaken down and the verdict on our new home was {: Not grand. but decidedly cosy"
 \ tall solid, freshly, rosy young woman had undertaken to be our servant. Spar lnc of words was she but no, sparing of
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-12

is unmistakable boo:s. with hplenty of hob nails in them. too. on the outside of the roof We expected every moment to see the fellows legs come through plaster and all. think may De permitted 70 speak with authority on the subject of boots and roofs ln conjunction.
 He certainly might for he had peram- bala;ed the roofs of all the onthouses at --, to the great detriment of tiles and
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-11-12

The incarnation of stupidity ard sto- .!di,y. sad my son i'rimus.
 The very thing for us. said his moth
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
Uan'f Afford it.
Greensboro North State stalwart.

Greensboro N orth State Stalwart.
The great Importance attached
to the dissrtion from the Democrat
ic party to the Republican ranks of
Col. Johnston, Maj. Price, and a
few others, is rather amusing IN
some respects. 1t looks big, prob
ably, IN Washington, to zee a few
Colonels and Majors come forward
and announce their new allegiance.
Bat where is the army which is to
follow them! We cannot afford to
take our leaders from the other
sidc-put them on commission
and then place them in command
Of our faithful soldiers, who, for 10
these many years, have, in the face
of ostracism, abuse and every ad-
versity, bravely marched to the
polls ana voted the Republican
ticket. Who are these men who
are presented to the president ss
political bonanzas which the "bar-
nacle brigade" have discovered 7
Are they cherished Democratic
leaders who have seen the error of
their ways and now espouse the
Republican cause; OR are they a
few disappointed and sore-headed
Office hunters who seek pastures
new2 We will net attempt to give
an answer, but will conclude with
one of Sydney Smiths anecdotes.
Smith said that farmer could al
way tell the number of coming
litter by counting the teats provid
ed by nature for the approaching
family of swine. The witty sgd
ney said that there was generally E
''teat" for each pig, but sometimes
through an eccentricity Of nature
Ole or more pigs appeared thar
had been provided for. In thii
case the poor extra pigs went fight
ing from teat to teat, driven off by
the lawful possessor until driven by
hunger and desperation they woule
at last seize on the caudle appen-
dage of the Indifferent mother, ant
suck and squeal and squeal ant
suck, until exhausted nature fount
reliet in death. ..-z
/ We want something better thar
:. dead political pigs to add to on
vigor and strength. Wo prefer ac
qnisitions from well fed Democrat
ic Litter.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
NO. s..
MonopoIies.

Senator Vest of Missouri always
makes a good speech. In closing
his speech against Sherman's fund
ing Bill the other day his eloquent
words rang with the divinity Of
truth. Hear him:
What to-day ia the great funda--
mental principles of our American
Government Freedom to all,
protection to all, exclusive privi-
leges to none. That is the great
cornerstone of this American fab
ric OF equal rights and constitu-
tional Union. Every man should
be free, free in the pursuit of hap
piness, free in the accumulation of
wealth, without government mo-
nopoly or interference; IS free, un-
der God,
AS the torrents which leap our mountalH
And plow our valleys without asking
leave.
| am now, henceforth, and for
ever against this and sll other mo-
nopolies. l am against every
scheme that puts into the hands of
few the power to enrich then--
selves St the expense OF the many,
and by oiling up millions upon
millions o! corporate wealth at last
be able to seize the Government
itself by the throat, and in the name
of protection to the capital Of the
country strike down the liberties Of
the peoEle.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
Tobacco Industry of Richmond.

According to the Richmond
Dispatch, there are in the city of
Richmond SIS establishments max
ing chewing and smoking tobacco,
employing 1921 hands, represent
ing $2,831,00O capital IN business,
and an annual sales value of 3d.
OIL 900; 80 tobacco stemmeries
and reprizers, employing 597 hands
representing $4,000 capital, and
sales to the yaluo of 1926, 900; 40
cigar and cigarette manufactures
employing IT'S hands, representing
$324, ,915 capital, and sales to the
value of 81, ,346, ,025. The city ha,
also 8 cigar, tobacco, etc., box fac
ories, employing III hands, repre-
senting S164, 1000 capital, ane
$685., 400 value Of sale. ss9s 8
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
Letting a Dog Loose.


Detroit Free Press.
A saloon-keeper on Gratiot avenue
paid certain parties in Chicago S25
for a stuffed lIoE to add to the at
fractions of his saloon, and as the
place was being scrubbed out the Ii
on was placed at the front door to
keep him out of the wet. Half
block down the street farmer was
having his wagon:repaired, and big
bulldog was chained tosthe axletree.
He grew uneasy the minute the lion
was rolled out, and it needed only a
few encouraging words from TIE boys
to render him half frantic. He growl.
ed and plunged and tore around and
attracted quite a crowd, among which
| was man who remarked:
That's purity brave dog of yours,
stranger
Brave! I'd like to see the man or
beast he wouldn't tackle = replied
the owner.
81 dunno about that. Never saw .
dog yet who would stand before IL
on.
well here's one who'd stand be
fore two lions. See how anxious he
is to get there?
Yes, but he puts that on because
he's chained. IL he was loose you
couldn't get him within rod of that
specimen
Couldn't eh? Maybe you want to
hear yourself talk
well, l dunno. I'm opposed to
betting, card-playing, dancing and all
that, but seeing you are rather sassy
about this, I've got half a dollar here
which says that you can't get that
dog to 90 within six feet Of that lion
put up the money-put up the
money! shouted the farmer as he
went down into his own pockets for
the coin.
The money was put up, the crowd
fell back and the farmers face wore
smile of triumph as he still further
excited the dog and then slipped his
collar. With a yell of rage the Ca
nine made a bee-line for the king of
beasts, and in another moment there
was reason for a terrific yell of ap
plause. Dog and lion filed the air,
so to say. The lion was rolled over
and over, grabbed by the throat and
shaken around, drawn across the
street and back by the ear. and when
the dog finally let up on the corpse
the battle-ground was covered with
hair and hay and saw-dust and glass
eyes. AT that moment the saloon
keeper rushed out, a policeman came
up, and for five minutes the ali was
rent with shouts and eXclamstions
and iexpostulations
1T was all in fun explained the
farmer.
Dot lions cost me s25 in Sheeca
gon protested the saloon man.
Who put up this job?' demanded
the officer as he glarcd around on the
the crowd.
BY and by q deep silence fell upor
the crowd, and in a voice which hat
only kindness in it the owner of the
lion said he must have his So or b,
would start for the Police Caurt. Th'
, policeman said it was certainly a cas-
: for the courts, and the crowd sait
the farmer might have known wha
, would happen. lie protested but fl
, nally came to time, and when he ha'
, passed over $40 bill and given hi
note for the Balance, he had only on
sentence to utter. That was:
Now, then, I'll give any Of yo
five acres of land to but me face l
; face with the outlaw who put up thi
f job on hard working, innoceu
. mani
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
Misunderstood Him.

A half-drunken man was yes ter
day hanging to the city hall fence.
when a benevolent-looking pc
destrian halted beforo him and
said
= am truly sorry to see You in
that condition.
.Yesh-bad condlshun," replied
the inebriate. s'M too fur gone to
walk 'ome, an not drunk nuff to
be locked mp
'I,'s shame
Shame! You bez it ish! Here
Pm only half drunk and dead
broke!'
sAre you ont of money?
'Ouz OF money! Course ! am!
'Spcse Pm putting of this drunk
to go to funrrala Doan' hurt my
feelings If you can't help mel'
Washington Territory is another
applicant for admission into the
Union. Mr.. Brent, its delegate in
Congress. has already introduced the
necessary bill which provides that
three counties shall be taken from
Northern idaho in order to make the
proposed new State large enough.
This, i: is claimed, will give Wash
ington the population emitting it to
be come state. This Territory had
only $4,000 inhabitants by the last
census. 1t is not probable that there
! is much increase since or that Con
gress will pay any attention to this
proposition. The country will not
stand the rotten borough system
again.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09

Pennsylvania courts refuse to
charter any more of the marriage
insurance companies on the ground
that their business is corrupt and
fraudulent. What remains to be
done is to wipe out the swindling
concerns now in operation. Recent
exposures OF the methods employed
by some of them. to defraud young
couples of their money leave no
doubt that the institutions are a
disgrace to the State. Cincinnati
Times. ts
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
A manageable Young lady in

A manageable young lady in St
Louis writes TO the Gtobe-De0aocrat
''to demonstrate against the hardship
of our present customs in regard to
making acquaintances. She "blush-
es to confess" that she desires to
meet suitable admirers, bat unhappi
ly social customs so hedge the wo-
men of to-day about that she dare
not look" at ''interesting" young men
whom she meets casually upon the
street, and so she ''can only fold her
hands and wait while the probabilities
increase" that she may never meet
the man of her heart. This is quite
too distressing, as some of the asthet-
ic might remark /; but the "nIarrlage-
able young lady" should not despair.
AS rule, it may be remarked, hns-
bands that are picked upon the street
often prove entirely too-too, and,
difficult as it may be for ''a marriage
able young LADY, TO conceive il, are
frequently worse than none at all. Ii
is sad to think of young lady pining
away for the male affinity who comes
not, and fading like the lily waiting
in vain for the light Of the aesthetic
sunfower. But alter all, such Il fate.
terrible rs it is, is not near SO bad as
marrying an ''interesting' looking
young man about whom she knows
nothing, and finding that she has
linked her fortunes irrevocably to an
adventurer or vagabond.- Baltimore
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09

of his choosing her IN preference to
Ediths or any other of these pre-
ty girlss' said the gosslps, behind
their fans. my dear, she must be
thirty years old, if she is day.
To that sin, if it be one, Elsie
Chetwynd pleads guilty. But in
the eyes of her husband she is still
as fair, as fresh, as lovable al when
they parted secretly, with tears
and kisses, half sadly, half hope
fully pledging the troth to which,
IN spite Of all that fate could do to
seperate them, they were both so
true through years.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09

Buckle: A woman reaches her
prime between. 35 and 40, for
though her beauty has then lost the
charm Of youth, it has acquired tina,
of expression.
Thomas Nash: Ever since Eve
was tempted, and the serpent pre-
vailed with her, women have
taken upon. them both the per
son of the tempted and the temp
tor. s.l-.
Byron:
Some reckon women by their suns o,
years;
I rather think thss.moon should date
the dears.
Ralph Waldo Emerson No one
can be a master in conversation
who has not learned much from
women their presence and IN
spiration are essential TO its sue
Gees.
Miss Thackeray Providence
made a great mistake VIXEN it put
hearts into girls-hesrts all ready
to love and admire, and be CRATE
ful and happy with word, with a
nothing.
Anon
A woman's heart, though delicate. Ii
strong;
Like virgin gold, it takes the furnace
heat
Giving to history an immortal song
A glow ofheroism pure and sweet
Sydney Smith When I have
seen fine eyes, beautiful complex
ion, grace, and symetry in women
l have generally thought them
amazingly we'll informed and ex-
tremely philosophical.
George Elliot: Who shall meas
ure the subtlety of those touches
which convey the quality of thu
soul, and make mans passion fo
one woman differ from his passio,
for another, as the morning ligh
over valley aud river and noun
tain differ from the light anon.
Chinese lanterns and glass pan
els!
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
EE 2 e.

I saw n cloud sail DER the morning sky,
AS dawn awoke;
And trailing with its snowy fleece on high,
Afar it broke.
I caught ana nestled In my breast bird,
Whose thrilling lay
Within my inmost boson II gently stirred.
Then flew away.
had loving friend whose spirit bright
Around me shed
A blessed spell-a rare and mellow light,
He is with the dead.
And cloud, and bird, and friend, alas! are
gone
From earth and strife:
Like fading dewdrops from the sunlIt
lawn,
Oh! such is life!
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
Deserted.
Greensboro Moth State-stalwar.,

Greensboro Moth State-Stalwart.
The Wilmington Post has at
last deser ted the Republican party
openly and comes out IN its true
colors. In its last Issue it advises
the Republicans in this State TO
select II Democratic leader. and
follow him. What glory there
would be, iu $4,000 Republicans
snrrendering to owe Democrat J
That would be supnrb management
The colored people can zee whss
the Post has in store FOR them.
The journal is suddenly struck
with a virtuous spasm. 1t now dis
covers chat the Legislature Of 1Se8
and 1869. was a bad lot, and that
the movement Of Gov. Holden TO
suppress the ku-klux, was without
warrant and by the bayonet.'
That sngar-coats the Republican
pill for Bill Johnson and Charles
Price. They can swallow the
thing little better in public now.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
The Happy Wite.

good advice floating around the
world for those who need it. The
difficulty is to bring the advice and
the needing person together at the
proper moment, that the one may
take hold of the other in a way
that will do the most good. Few
people are SO much in need of good
counsel probably as the man who
is selecting a wife, and a number
are doing this all the time. For
the benefit of this ambitious and
hopeful class some philanthropist
has set afoat some excellent sug-
gestions about seeking women w no
are happy in preference to those
who have only beauty, or talent,
or style. The complete soundness
of the advice may be understood
from the philosophical summary
''the sweetest wives are those who
possess the magic secret of being
happy under any and every cir.
cumstance."
A man may marry happy wo-
man !; it is easy indeed to do that,
because nearly every woman has
the good sense to be happy at mar
riage, and she has vague sort of
idea, doubtless, that she will DC al
ways the same. But she will not,
because no human being ever has
been, and in half dozen cases ont
of twelve, she will have a good
cry and threaten to go back to
her mamma before the honeylno on
is half over.
When she thought how happy
she would be she never contem-
plated the picture of a husband
coming home as cross as a bear,
and going to bed without even
speaking to her; she had never
thought of the long evenings when
he would not come at all or his
bringing some one home to dinner
without warning Or preparation; of
his awful profanity over so trifiing
a matter as the gas bill. She had
no idea, in tact, that there could
b anything but happiness in mar
ried lite, and she had determined
to be happy and to distribute her
happiness to those about, her fault
if she doesn't succeed.
1t is impossible to 90 on throug b
life with never shadow across the
path, bnt there is nothing danger
ous in a sorrow that's rot nursed
and encouraged. The man who
cannot turn from the pursuing shad-
ows and threatening clouds OF his
business life to to heart giving
cheerfnlness at home, must, in
ninety nine cases in a hundred,
count his human nature failure
he is a deplolable wretch, indeed
, for he has doubtless himself hung
his home with clouds, and driven
out, not only from his heart, but
other hearts, the sunshine happiness
that he ought to have aided to gold
Advising a man in'search Of a wife
to select happy woman is a good
: epough suggestion on one side, but it
? may as well be accompanied by ut
tie advice to young women in searci
! of husbands to beware Of man who
, doesn't know enough about cheerful
ness to understand its value in dali,
life. Such man would improve the
, first opportunity to grind the cheer
!, fulness out of his hohe, to frightel
a sunbeam into shadow, and thel
: wonder what the deuce is the mat
ter. Such is no better than no hus-
n band at all: and when you want
husband go find somebody else, some
D body who will give you at least som
chance to be happy far into life be
q yond the honeymoon.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
Senator Davis, Of West Y

Senator Davis, Of West Virgin
ia, declares that the pension roll,
under the recent arrears act, viii
require a sum Of money larger than
tho national debt. Senator Logau
replies that it will only require
50, 600, 100000 or $30O,oo0,000
more. "Only" is cool in speaking
OF a sum of that magnitude.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
Women.

Buckle: A woman reaches her
prime between 35 and 40, for
though her beauty has then lost the
charm of youth, it has acquired that
of expression.
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09

The Chinese manufacture yearly
730, 100000 yards OF cotton cloth.
They use hand-looms entirely and
have 10 machinery. The other
countries, according to late English
authority, make by machinery
Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1882-02-09
Total .S1348 10000

Total. 81 ,348.310,O0o
Great Britain employs 100000
operatives, with 100000 spin
dies. The United States employ
1S1, 900 operatives and runs TO-
100000 epindles. Frahce has
10000 operatives, Germany has
100000, Rnssia has 10000, o:her
countries 252, 900. The total OPP
eratiyes employed / .571, ,0S0, run
ming 73,350,00 spindles.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-06-25
An Orn ampnt =

a high fence is being erected about
the vacant lot opposite the Ormsby
House, which looms up above the first
story of the hote,. This fence is to be
used for the highly illuminated posters
of the circus which will appear here on
the 2lst of July. As an ornament to
the main street of Carson We are in
clincd 10 think that it is failure but
if it is merely calculated to attract a
large mob OF street Arabs and unkempt
Indians to that particular locality, then
it will prove an eminent success.
When the posters are pasted on that
fence, the occupants of the upper floors
of the Ormsby House will have the
satisfaction of listening to some of the
choicest morSets of circus criticism, cx-
pressed in the talscSt terms, ny the
Carson ganajn, that ever greeted their
ears.