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The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-09

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-09

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-09

THE weather ior the pas; ie~ days has been as gloomy aS | sreenback news paPeF-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-09

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-09

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-09

HE FIGHT agains; Sunday newspapers has TO; been vey successful 4 hyh, againsi intelligence does not. as a ruie. amour; ;o anything. The var on sunday papers. says ,he S,- Lolls Rtc2tl.r7n. has broken ou, IT Philadelphia. and 4 Presbyterian minister T ;h4; el:y : fring sal.znily ai ,he saere!,Sogs press lie Profcsses to speak as a2 eSper on the sGblec:, claiming ;5 have himself heic eve3 position. from cempas.tor ug To editor. or : newspaper. 5u; he seems 10 have leaned ve-- l..Ile n hls newspaper career. for he has-, n-a-d te SAY as4.-s. he N0ada. papers. Anyood. ~ho h4s ever been abou: < daily neas2zPe, et75ce sno~s ven. Ue.l ;ha, there .s more sunday work done or he Monday papers than n the e-aday. Ne szsses, b he phila- delPhia preache. ina: he ~ili never De eonsss;en; n hls onslaught on .his sor- of Sabbath de>ec-a:io1 antil he makes var oa the Monday newspapers loo. No. a.i tha, brinE h.m quite or the agh: platform. He ms; tu1 his denancia- ;.aas asa.ns; al sor-s 2: ne~ssz;heras and no; s-a.le upon the ublq.,;ous re- 2or7er 2; sorE or Sunday. This business T s:ePp.ns ;he Sunday papers opens up z broad aeld. b.; none of :hase who s.4r in;o !; can excuse themselves | they tenn poTlse ~ith or pardon .ns phrase of he esii shi-h thex deaogace.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-09
TERMS OF SECRETION

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-09

xho.in attempting 70 ge, our of the way fell =7;h his feet ioSard the entrance of the cave Before he could ise his boo.s xere drawn of and earned away. The other day the same party visited the cave The ar ~4s s;ill rushing T. but suddenly Ii stopped. and then. IT a moment the ar began 10 rush out :Af,er while show CT of hats came pourng oul Then came pair of boots and Las, years dos. !; $ indeed wonderful cave, and one of @hieh ihe s;a.e may ~ell feel proud
The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-07-09
BRIEF JoTTINGs.
Boston Transcript

Alligator steaks are no~ served on ,s. orezkias; tables ofthe residents a, Tara.s fonda
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18
Uncle Alvin interviewed.


Uncle Alvin Joslin played to a packed
house last night. Every one said he was
at his best, and many who had witnessed
his former efforts were of the opinion
that the old man never appeared to bet
ter advantage in his inimitable role.
The audience were kept in one continual
laugh whenever he appeared on the
stage. The play has more laughs in it
to the square minute than ANYTHING on
the boards, and Mr.. Davis always makes
the most of every situation. The writer
was particularly impressed with the
lively manner IN which the old man
6 hustled " with the boys in the wicked
city OF New York, especially since he
had heard day or two since that Uncle
Alvin WAS somewhat under the weather.
Repairing to the Walker House after the
play was over, the writer was shown to
the rooms of the great comedian. He
was received with one of those peculiar
smiles which makes the gallery stand on
its head and the whole house to break
into an emphatic laugh.
Uncle Alvin" said the reporter, 81
heard that you were indisposed a few
days ago, but were lively as a youngster
at hushing- bee tonight. How is it? -
You see, my dear boy, the rheuma-
tism tackled Inc sometime ago a few
hundred miles east Of here, and, to tell
the truth, it got the better of me.
have suffered considerably with it, which
made it pretty hard work for me on the
stage. But guess l have got the whip
hand of it now, and am full as lively as
need be-"
"Was it sufficiently severe to confine
you to your room 2"
ooh, as TO that, it was sufficiently
painful for any purpose, but L kept
hustling' all the time. One night on
the Z. P Road [ suffered horribly, and
/ paid the porter of the sleeper to give
me good rubbing with ST. Jacobs Oil.
| received great relief from that remedy.
[ went to sleep afterwards and slept very
sOundly until morning. [ have also
taken advantage of baths for relief, and,
between the oil and the bath, [ am all
right"
els the St. Jacobs Oil good remedy %
"Bless your life, yes In the east
everybody uses it, and when a man has
rheumatism it is the most natural thing
in the world for him to employ it.
used two bottles of the Great German
Remedy, and received immense relic!
from it. [ can certainly recommend it
very highly as a good liniment."
Bidding Uncle Alvin goodnight, the
reporter departed, rejecting upon the
above statements and strongly impressed
with the feeling that if it had not been
for st. Jacobs OIL Alvin Joslin would not
have been able to delight our people as
he did last night and Will do tonight.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18
Stick TO II.

Learn a trade, or get into a business,
and go at it with q determination that
defes all failure, and you will succeed.
Don't leave 1t because hard blows are to
be struck or disagreeable work to be
performed. Those who have worked
their way up to wealth and usefulness do
not belong to the shiftless class, and If
you do not work while a young man, as
an old man you will be worth nothing.
Let perseverance and industry be your
motto, and with a steady application to
business you need have no fear for the
future. Don't be ashamed of your plain
clothes provided you have earned them.
The people who respect you only when
well clad viii be the first to run from
you in the hour of adversely.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18
An American ProVinciaIjsm,

"Will you try" said my opposite
neighbOr, handing me dish OF potatoes,
broken up in milk and butter, "will
you try some of these fxings?" There
are few words which perform such duties
as the word elk" 1t is the Caleb Quo
TEN of the American vocabulary. You
call upon a gentleman in a country
town, and his help informs you that he
is "fxing himself just now, but will be
down directly, by which you are to un-
derstand that he is dressing. You in
quire on board a steamboat, of a fellow
passenger, whether breakfast will be
ready soon, and he tells you he should
think so, for when he was below they
were g fixing the tables, in other words,
laying the cloth. You beg a porter to
collect your luggage, and he entreats
you not to be uneasy, for he'll I" fix it
presently" and If you complain of in
disposition, you are advised to have re-
course to doctor SO and so, who will " fix
you b" Ia no time. One night [ ordered
a bottle of mulled wine at hotel where
[ was staying, and waited long time
for it. At length it was put upon the
table with an apology from the land
lord that he feared it wasn't "fxed
properly" And / recollect once at a
stage-coach dinner, overhearing a very
stern gentleman demand of waiter who
presented him with a plate of underdone
roast beef, "whether he called that fix
ing God A'mighty's vittles. Charles
Dickens
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18
Saved by PainkjEIer.

Ernest Staples, a well-known New
York sportsman, had thrilling and dam
gerous experience in Florida recently.
and for the benefit of his many friends,
sent the following to the New York Sun:
L suppose you and other friends fancy
me dead on account of my long silence,
Sad silence was forced on me by a rat
tlesnake. For some time l have been on
the shelf, plumb laid up. l had a fight
with Florida snake. Cozzens and /
were shooting near Enterprise. We had
Killed torty-seven quail and were going
back to the wagon, when my dog took a
trail and walked me up TO a bunch of
birds IN the scrub. When they arose /
killed pair. | went to pick them up.
My gun was in my right hand. I
reached for the quail with my left, and
would have got them, only the snake
was there before me, and reached for me
and got me. He bit me on the left
thumb, rattling after he struck. In ten
minutes my hand swelled as big as a
balloon. 1t kept getting bigger for two
days and then subsided.
Strange as 1t may seem, we had no
whisky, although we were twelve miles
from home. Lucky for me, however,
the old colored coon who drove us found
a bottle of painkiller in his pocket. He
SAID that it was a great remedy for snake
bites. He insisted upon my drinking
the greater portion of if, and 1 did so. |
also rubbed little on the wound. 1t
saved my life, and [ am now well. Long
live the coon, and long live the PAIN
killer. My recovery makes this cure 3
legal tender in Florida. The snake
measured four feet and two inches. [
shall present him to the Smithsonian
Institute
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18
GODFATHER DEATH.

Once upon a time there dwelt n stout
and jovial farmer, by name Jean Phil
iPpe, at the hamlet of Quesne-RaouIt,
about four bow-shOts from Conde-sur-
pEscant. He had a wife and twelve
sons, solid, chunky lads all of them, and
he himself, though his hair was griz-
zling, was straight as a poplar.
In the year OF grace, no matter what,
his wife presented him with thirteenth
boy rs a New Years gift, boy that did
not give any sign of resembling his
robust brothers.
You are as thin as a cat IN May, poor
little fellow" said his father, and, be-
sides, you have dawn al unlucky mum
Der in the lottery Of life; but there is
one way to conlure evil fortune away
from you, and that is to give you just
and honest man Tor godfather. That
VIII be easy enough to dc.
But when he sat down and began to
run over the list of his friends and
neighbors he found that the task was
not such an easy one after all. One
man had tried to swindle him out of four
feet of land; another had killed his hens;
third had cheated him at cards one
Sunday as they we're playing at the tav-
ern utter vespers. So he rejected all the
dwellers in the hamlet, and then all his
acquaintance at Condo and the notables
Thereof; yea, even the justice of the
peace and the priest, the former because
he had decided against Jean Philippe in
a case about fence, ana the latter be-
cause at catechism he gave the first place
IN the class TO the burqomaster's son,
who, saving your presence, was not SO
bright as Jean Philippe's own boy, but
was indeed an ass.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18
An Old Claim Revived,

The heirs Of Nicholas and Mare An
tome Fonquet, who came to America
with Lafayette during the revolutionary
struggles, are only now appearing be-
fore congress as claimants for money due
their ancestors. They were expert
makers of gunpowder, and passed a cou-
pie of years in the continental service,
commissioned as artillery officers, and
specially charged with promotion of the
knowledge of their art as manufacturers
of powder. The value of their service
was admitted, and the continental con-
gress at the close of the war, allowed
them 934, 559. The elder Fonquet re-
turned to France and mysteriously dis
peared. The younger married in
America, but, owing to the absence of
the father, the allotted compensation
could not be drawn. The grandchildren
of the younger Fonquet, who died in
1872, now claim the amount due The
papers relating to their claim came into
their possession but recently, and upon
their face are so convincing that the
house committee on claims has reported
recommending that the heirs have leave
to go to the court of claims, there fully
to establish their right. If they can col
lect interest for hundred years, they
will have a pretty fortune.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18

Besides, it'll only let the good man en-
ter upon his reward so much the sooner,
don't you see?
Impossible, friend, impossible. Last
week when you were in search of god
father you couldn't find one rigidly hon
est man among all your acquaintance;
luckily you stumbled upon me. What's
the consequence? As soon as you have
found just person you try to buy him
up with miserable pot of beer. You're
a queer Christian, you are ! "
Jean Philippe was about to make some
reply when we heard faint crackle and
a sort of sigh in the first gallery, third
section, on the left-hand side.
His lamp had gone out
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18
JESUS THE CARPENTER.
BY EDWARD LIDDELL.

Isn't this Joseph's son ?"-ay, it is he;
Joseph the carpenter-same trade as me
thought as I'd ind i'll knew ii was here
But my sights getting queer.
don't know right where, as his shed must ha
stood
But often, as I've been a-plaining my wood.
I've took off my hat, just with thinking of He
At the same work as me-
He warn't that set up that he couldn't stoop down
And work in the country for folks in the town.
And III warrant he felt bit pride like I've done
At good job begun.
The parson be knows that IN not make too free.
But on Sunday feels pleased a. can be-
When wears my clean snlock, and sits in a pew
And has thoughts few
| think of as how not the parson hissen,
As IS teacher and father and shepherd o men,
NOT ne knows as much OF the LORD in that shed,
Where He earned His own bread.
And when goes home to my missus, says she,
Are we wanting your key?"
For she knows my queer ways, and my love for the
shed,
(We've been forty years wed.)
And / turns the old pages and has a good look
For the text as I'Ye found as he tells me as He
We're the same trade me.
Why don't mark it? All, many says So
But I'd think I'd as lief, with your leave let it 60;
1t do seem that nice when l fall on it sudden
Unexpected you knoWi
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18
A Cow Funeral,
From the Columbus Enquirer.

TON Tue OOlullDu5 EU4tIEtT.
Yesterday there was quite sensation
among tbs COWS on lower Broad Street,
aud also among the citizens who did not
understand the cause of the commotion.
A cow got her leg broken and it became
necessary for the animal to be killed.
This was done, and the blood was pour
Ell into the sewer near the intersection of
Brood and Baldwin Streets. The cows
as soon as they scented the blood, came
in droves to the place and paved up the
earth and beloved in a most woeful
manner. The COWS from all that part OF
the town were drawn to the spot, and
those who saw them estimate that not
less than 100 were believing at one time.
1t attracted considerable attention. and
was the biggest COW funeral of the sea-
SON
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18
Y II.

While the farmer proceeded on his
tour Of inspection, Death sat down and
began putting an edge on his scythe
against the days work. From time to
time EXPLANATIONS of surprise or merri-
ment came from the gallery, across the
sound Of the stone passing over the
edge. Presently Jean Philippe reap
peared, looking decidedly astonished.
81 say, Death, " he cried excitedly,
"I've com. to tell you that my lamp is
almost out of oil.
"That is likely enough" replied
Death, running his thumb along the
blade.
1.-The deuce you say! Then it pretty
near my time?'
Death nodded.
81 say, perhaps you are sharpening
that scythe Toto"
Precisely - and Death gave a scien-
titic whet to one part of the edge that
seemed trIhe dull.
why, bless me, this is very unex-
pected!" said the farmer; then siding
up TO the mower, he went onmysterious-
ly: 81 say, old boy, you see [ consider
you as one of the family; is there no
WAY l could smuggle a little oil into
that lamp? ?"
Smuggle little oil into that lamp
Why, what do you take me for ?"
"We're alone, you see, and Provl-
dence'u never suspect anything irregu-
lar"
It's against the rules. You had bet
ter fall to your prayers, friend /!
"Oh, bat between old chums
"1hat's all right; but fall to youl
PRAYERS, chums as we are. +"
"All | care for is to hold over til
Lent, so that you and 1 can have lit
tie Mardi-Gras festival. I tell you, sir,
wen have such a time as you never
saw; pancakes till you can't rest, and
beer-it'l be my treat all the time.
"No nonsense, friend. This scythe Il
about ready"
"Merely a drop or two. You car
take some from that big pot-bellied lamp
of the parish priest of Conde-lts 81
full that it's fairly choking up the WICK
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18

William j. Coughlin Of SomerviIe, Mass, says: IL
the fall of 1876 was taken with bleeding of the lungs
followed by severe cough lost my appetite and iles
and was confined to my bed. In 1917 1 admitted to
the hospital. The doctors said rhad hole in my lung
big half dollar. at time report went
around that was dead. gave up hope, but friend
told Of DR. WILLIAM HALL's BALsAAr FOR THE
LUNGS. | got bottle. when, TO my surprise, com
menced to feel better and to-day feel better than for
three years past. write this hoping every afflicted
with diseased lungs will take DIR. WILLIAM Halls
BALsAM, and be convinced that CONSUMPTION CAN BE
CURED can positively say it has done more good Jnau
all the other medicines have taken since my sickness
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18

Jean Philippe went home with light
heart. "Wife, said he, Eve secured
a famous godfather. and if he only takes
am interest IN the child, it won't die
teething. But as women. particularly
when Ill, are apt to be easily alarmed and
upset, he did not enter into any further
explanations. r..
When Sunday came round, Jean
Philippe donned his bottle-green velvet
breeches, his silyer-buekled shoes ana
his camlet waistcoat, to do due honor TO
the distinguished godfather. His wife
and tbe bows. and the godmother as
well. were arrayed in their Sunday best;
In due course the godfather arrived
wearing long coat that tapped about
him ike the sail round the mast OF q
wrecked ship. He was universally voted
lean and elderly, )ut it was admitted
that he had a distinguished air.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18

Four bales of cotton have lust been
sold III Georgia town which were grown
and gathered in 1860, and have been re-
posing IN the owners Clubhouse ever
since. These four bales are left Of over
a hundred bales he had at the close of
the war, when he was offered 473 cents a
pound, and he would not sell because he
thought the revenue tax of three cents
per pound was unjust, and he said he
would rather burn the cotton than sub
NIT to such an injustice by the govern
ment
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18
Read This Now or Never,

The very best remedy ever invented for the
cure Of general Ill health, especially dyspepsia.
bad blood, nervousness, universal lassitude,
sott's Yellow Dock and SarsaparilIa. 1t will
not harm the most delicate invalid. It's use
wonderfully REEVES the mental faculties. in
creases the power of physical endurance, and
makes the blood rich, red and pure, enabling
If to counteract the effect of exhaustive and de-
bilitating diseases. In localities where this
remedy IS best known, druggists find it difficult
to supply the demand. 1t contains Yellow
Dock, Sarsaparilla, Juniper, Iron, Buchu, Gel
cry, Calisaya, etc. Every physician knows the
merit of such ingredients.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1882-03-18

After the christening, which took place
at Conde-the little stone church at Ma
con had not then been bu1lt-and at
Wnlch Granther Jacob played "Kipg
Dagobert on the chimes, the party re-
turned to the farm, where a notable feast
was served. The farmer had killed his
latest pig to do honor to the occasion,
Lit was pleasure to see Death eat. To
his own plate he disposed of as much as
| all the other guests-ffteen In all, and
all Jennings, and Jean Philippe could
not help envying him his appetite.
When at 10 o'clock the curfew was
sounded at Condo the stirrup cup was
| drained, and the godfather, having
smiled benevolently upon his godchild
and embraced his gossip, babe the fam
lily good evening.
Jean Philippe insisted on seeing him
home, at least part of the way, and they
set out, arm IN arm, singing.
From time to time they stopped to say
their prayers, as the saying of the coun-
try is-that is, to toss off pint or light
a pipe at any house where there hap
pened to be a light visible / may add
that the whole country side twinkled
with chapel-lights as the sky with stars,
for, you see, it was Twelfth Night, and
everybody was celebrating the Feast of
the Bean-even the policemen-so they
net no one on the roads.
Say, friend, remarked the farmer,
as they walked along; though you
have a famous appetite, / no longer won
der that you have so little fat on your
ribs. You must have busy time of it.
How much-that Is to say, how many do
you NOV day, eh?"
ooh, bout sixty thousand a day, [
should say, on an average; sometimes
more, sometimes less"
Sixty thousand day Dear, dear |!
and how many did you NOV down to-
day, if it's fair question
Not a single one"
"Not single one Dear, dear!
Why, there are 90, 900 Christian fold that
ought to be under obligations to me-"
Well, not exactly. You see 1 take a
holiday now and then, and this happened
to be one Of my lazy days; else | could't
have accepted your kind invitation. :"
But how do you tell whom TO cut
down and whom to leave, because I dom
suppose you do it at random?"
"Of course 1 don't, but if you will
come home with NE III show You with
pleasure. Oh, no; it isn't far-a mere
bowshot from here"
Jean Philippe looked about him.
They were on the verge of the forest of
Baudour From chapel to chapel, as
the saying IS, they had been walking a
good six hours, without his not notic-
ing it.
The residence of Death was a mean
and poorly furnished hut, its sole orna-
ment the big scythe, which in the rays
OF the moon, shown as if it were made
of silver.
For master-workman, such as you
are, quoth the farmer, q must say
that you are poorly lodged"
"O Oh, that makes no difference. The
pot isn't the beer, you know. And, be-
SIDES, L am not married. But come
down stairs till show you"