The Arkansaw traveler., 1882-06-25
VOL. I. NO. i.
EDITORIAL LIMNINGS.

E The army worm has invaded Ohio. II is no, likely that the navy worm will do any damage.
 Alabama has postoff,ce called Burnt Corn." Mashed com would. no doubt, 8IIbe a better name.
 n Lonsfellow must have meant a barber with s dull razer when he spoke of a & reaper whose name is death. q Teaeher-- What is a collective noun \ Shameless boy. The fellow that goes around with bills the first of the month" # The Little Rock Ga-efe heads dis patch Died by Mistake. This was . done to prove that the man did not com E init suicide.
 Freedom shrieked when koscixsko fell'' wrote the poet. but the first proof showed that the compositor, who had q been working for a paragrapher made l, Tread. :. Freedman shrieked cause his horse car fell -
 The other night burglars attempted to & rob the residence of Rob't Bonner. editor # of the New York LcdSer. and were cap tured by Mir. Bonner his son and police
 man. The burglars were young men and
 were no doubt readers of the Lfdger. & Senator George has lntrodaced bill \ appropriating sioo.ooo for public build ing al Nioksburg. If the bill passes IL sill S be the first attention paid by the govern
 ment 10 Nioksburg since General Gran, < attempted to improve tae city drainage q The Tcsas .Sifhngs speaks of man z who never attempted to tell the truth but < once. and that the effort was stimulated q by wager There are men in Little ~ Rock who would no, make the attemp; q even with such an inducement. Some < men won't bet when the chances are against them.
 The other night Oscar Wilde delivered his farewell lecture te an enthusiastic Boston audience. Probably Oscars good
 
 enthusiasm. It IS said that the poe, iIn- r proved wirh his wcstcrr, experience This
 IS encouraging to Oscars admirers. Im- provemen; in a fool is rarely conspicuous & enough ,o cause remark Capt. N. \. Webber psid this office visit x last Tuesday during our absence. which ~e very much regrei.-.tcsseoyr SfectGfoy: But which do you regret. your absence \ or the visi, from the honorcd secretary ot { the Arkanszw press associafion ef course \ 1t IS sad for newspaper man 10 come around during your absence, but you A should not tell the public of your mis- givings-
 Several Arkansaw newspapers are criti- cising Col ]. N. Smithee for borrowing
 SIo.ooo from Dos Passes. The constitu-
 ton of the United States grants 10 all
 newspaper men the privilege of borrowing money. and l; is no; right to criticise Col. \ Smithee- Some time ago the editor of this paper borrowed sSoo-ooo from Van derbiit- No one criticised the editor. but
 great many people said tha, Vanderbilt \ vas a fool
 w ]. Hampton, So well known as the humorist of the Sseubenyille HeyalG. but who IS now city editor of the CoHyfey- \ JoS~aai. sends us the following sad seanxa:
 There Is a time when all that grseves us Is felt with deeper gloom And the haunting thought ne'sr leaves gs That fhe bile ss on boom W I LaxPro~ P. .s--T2ke lemon juice m sat-r Yes, and in slightly altered measure
 you might say:
 There IS time ~hen sorro~ shakes as When feel a thousand Ills MIasma with a rough hand shakes us When we've gos ihe s~amP grip ehtlis- The ARKASsAw TRAvELEE ts delsghffui weekly brochure of ~It and hsrnors Opie Reads Hyphen-Dash's trises.- H1{wIzSssz tS. C. -sezr .Se&z1.
 This means that he hopes rha, the ed-
 prof this paper reads his HyPhen-D4sh
 tnhes- Ii IS A. grea, accomplishment to
 Ee able 10 dig out mans meaning. Ed
 ward Oldham is the name of the mar
 uho thus hreathes the breath of gloom
 into this office Edward an OAc ham kke you should not seek to desxruySA man
 happiness You could do b~xs<r. Osd
 ham, Why sir. you could have PGr hait
 peck of me=i into your hat and les rhe
 government issue you 10 the oxeraowed
 suf5ererx.