The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-02

More peanuts than ever this season $ the cheering news from the states included in the peanut belt
 Crop reports show that the supply of meat will be so enormous that II IS simply question of time when prices will 20 down.
 Collectors of brie-a-br.e may be pleased 10 know that there are estimated to be hid away in caves of Egypt some 7Si 100000 mummics.
 The Salem RfgIsf., asserts that there was not single representative of the eol- ored race present at the celebration of Mrs Stoves birthday.
 Ruskin never did like Meissonier. and so the hrs, chance he got he sold at 500 per cent. profit. picture by the French artist which had cost him 5000.
 Dramatic Banacles Is the title ap- piled by an actor To the women of society ~ho contrive. by favor or purchase. ;o make debuts in leading characters.
 Wei put by the .4f7tcrkSfv:: :. No ora Tor can match Philips in audacious sur prises of rhetoric. Who can excel Curtis n charming cadences of argument:'
 No, more than az eighth of the Eau de Cologne sold Tn this country comes from the city whose two and twenty weii-de- med stenches were counted by the, fas- tldious ColerIdge.
 Two competitors for the championship ate. respectively. 10, and 9, eggs at one sitting. taking drink of whisky a, the completion of each dozen Niobrara. Neb.. was the scene of these exploits.
 IL takes your Irish journalis; 10 indulge ;;i ;.!l talk. Says the Ulster Echo. sure iy journalism in Ireland IS not so degraded that il will pander to the morbid craving for leprous sensatlonalism in the lovers of vice and crime"
 Mir. Alexander Dumas. IT,. has offended the ParisIans. who paid tremendous prices to see Sara Bernhardt al d per formanee given for a charitable purpose. by demanding his authors rights. which amounted ,o some Si 100
 Here is lis, of the fashionable color, of 1882, as decreed at Paris: Amorous frog (a shade of srecnl flora's triumph. roseate snow. dying green. virgin gold. comet. Bengal fire. mandarin. and a dozen others which defy translation.
 hN HI a Sult DtCHCn OI promise. at Brooklyn. ayers that he is so afflicted with a lung disorder that he Is unit 10 fulhl his contract -af marriage. and the court has appointed a commis- sion to determine the truth of his state ment.
 The Louisville CoHyier- foa-.:.! thinks that Kentucky ought to add to her boast of the fairest women. the fastest horses and the finest whiskey. tha, of having more and longer school cemmencements and less education than any other state in the whole union.
 They pulled down chimney at the Royal Mint, in Berlin. the other day. and II occurred 60 the architect that i, might be worth whhe to analyze the soot still ad- herring to the inner bricks. The result was that they found four pounds of pure gold. worth thousand dollars.
 The claim Is made that horse-racing has improved the breed of American horses. But. as il has encouraged an un- limited amount of gambling. with the at tendant evils of rowdyism and cheating, one may be permitted to question if the game has been worth the candle.
 Somebody writes to the New York Snr that ou, in the Sandwich Islands they pre- vent hydrophobia in one who has been bitten by mad dog on the homeopathic principle. by capturing the dog and ex- tracing from his mouth the frothy saliva. which they apply to or inject into the wound.
 Other faiths. so other manners. The Jewish Messenger scolds the women for not bringing their children to synagogue. and asks. Can II be that some mothers enjoy the serice better when their chil- dren are away. and they can see what is going on. and hear the latest news with out interruption
 Miss Zoe Lucy, Betsy Ro;hschld. re- gently married al Paris. has dowry of three thousand million of francs. But should misfortune oveuake her. which heaven forfend. she can earn her own iIv- ing. as she has a diploma. certifying her capacity to teach, which she obtained. like many other girls with fewer names and francs. from the Hotel de Vile.
 IL Is declared that the free importation of American cotton-seed oil into Italy is earnestly desired there. especially by the poorer people. who have learned 10 use it for cooking purposes. on account of its cheapncss. There can be no objection to the demand here. if only there can be as- surance tha, none of ,he stuff comes back to America labelled Sublime Olive Oil"
 They picked up on the shore of Cali fornia town. a box containing opium. which had been SO covered with canvas and coated with paint tha; il could be thrown into the sea without danger of in- lur from moisture. l. was q smugglers device. and in this instance was unsuc- cessful: but there Is no knowing how much of the drug. packed in similar manner. has found-iss way into the hands of the consumers wi,hou; paying duty.