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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
The Black Cap.
iia,,crs Gazette.

The origin ot the black cap of our judges is involved in some obsouri,y.
 The "Athenian Oracle describes black as the tittest emblem of the grief ;he mind Is supposed to De cloudcd with up- on occasions of outward mourning. and as death is the priva,ion of life. and black a prlvation of light. !, IS very propable ;his color has been chosen 10 devote sad ness upon that account and accordingly this color has for mourning been pre- fcrred by most people througnout Europe" The practice of the English judges in putting or black cap before they pronounce sentence of death upon criminal is explained by some as hav- ing this general meaning Of sorrow, with perhaps remnant of the ancient custom of covering the head as token of grief Thus ''Haman has,ened 10 his house mourning, and having his head covered" (Esther v. i,1. David too "wept as he went up. and had his head covered and all the people that were with him covered every man his head, and they went up weeping IS they went up" tc Sam. NV. 5o). Darius covered his head on hearing ofthe death of his queen. and Demosthenes when insul,ed by the populace did the same while ;h~ mourn CTS at ancient funerals drew their hoods over their heads. Hence the black cap has a distinct symbolic meaning: the judge puts himself as ii were into mourn ing for the person who becomes doomed at the act. as though he were already dead. This, though throwing consider able figurative significa,ion round the act. scarcely explains how n became so de- cided d feature of our legal procedure. Another explanation of the solemnity. if il does no, contain the true origin of the custom. bears the impress of greater likelihood, the reasons of adoption being more definite. In early times the judges were for the most part ecclesias;ies, ard in spite of the church's prohibition that no one in holy orders should pronounce sentence of death. they were by virtue of their judicial otiice. often called upon 10 do so. Hence he judge. when the sen. ,erce Of death had to be passed. laid aside his clerical character. and putting or his cap to cover ,he clerical tonsure. thus showed ,ha; he acted now in civil capacity alone. The great number of clerical judges made ,he custom mos, universal. ard we do not hesitate TO aecep, this IS the reason why the ac, is observed to this day.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

any one been there could have seen the print in the snow. was so much as- tonished that could not speak for few minutes. At last my companion asked fine was dead. told him there was no one there, and he replied What's the matter with you: 1 see him right at your feet. This caused me to take the second look, but not the sign of a man could 1 find. got back into the cab, and. strange to say, could see that body just as plain as day. l sent my fireman down and watched him. He walked all over the body and came back in mo- ment with the whitest face ever saw on human being. Neither of us could speak a word. IL was terrible so I started up the grade, determined to get away from the horrible thing. When we passed over the spot where the body seemed sc be never heard such yells in my life They came from both sides of the road.r
 They both stick to the story and say others have seen it.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
PROVERBS APPLIED.
Boston IranscrIpt1

" The pen is mightier than the sword, as General Mcclellan remarked when he had finished writing his speech
 You can't make silk purse out oi your sows here,' muuered Bismarck. as he signed the edict against American pork.
 Nothing venture. nothing havc.' were the words of lay Gould when he gobbled another railroad.
 Least said. soonest men dead, mur- mured Brady and Curley. as they mount ed the gallows.
 Where there's life there's hope. ' whispered Samuel Hidden IS he thought of 1881.
 ' frocras,iration is the thief of time said iresidnet Arthur. as he began pre- paIa,ions for the next campaign.
 Haste makes waste. is the unanimous opinion of the counsel for the defense in tire s.ar-route case.
 There's many slip ',wixt the cup and the lip.' sighs Robert K. Bishop as he thinks of the past.
 Virtue IS its own reward, IS the com plaeent remark of the young christian soldier as he sits in the place of honor at the water board.
 "Of two evils. choose the least" said the Nlrginians when they elected little Malone. the gentleman who sings penny readlusted Is penny earned"
 Look before you leap" is the sad re- frain ot Roscoe Conkling as he reflects upon his resignation of lis senatorial seat
 Enough is as good as a feast" re- marked Frank Haiton as he named the seventh posi-ofhce after himself.
 Discretion is the better part of valor,' thought Senator Hoar when the inter- viewer sought his opinion on the political outlook
 If !, rirs, you don, succeed try. try, tsy. again. Is the advice of ihe lawyer to his rich client.
 /" The still SOW sucks the mos, swill," thr,-has been the guiding principle of Ulysses $. Grant.
 Two of a kind''-Conkling and Pla,,.
 Better luck next time soliloqu;zes James C.. Blaine.
 Six in one. half 2 dozen in the other cries Carter Harrison in burst of vinous confidence.
 Honesty is the best policy This proverb was the invention of the late Wm NJ. Tweed, bu, it has been exempliiied in the lives of several eminent gentlemen, both in and ou, of the peni,entiary. Space does not allow the mentioning of all of them. and l, would be invidious to speak of only few.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
" Border Life Literature. !"
Harrington IN. I.) Enterprise.

Harrington tN. J.l En,erprisel
 la the northern part of the New Lon- don county, Connecticut, most remark able band of burglars has recently been broken up. IL seems that three young men had organized "Iesse James company for the purpose of general rob- bery and the sale of the proceeds. After some fifty or more successful exploits by the gang, suspicion finally fell upon a youth of Y named William Russell. who lived in Taftville. He was shadowed for several days and nights by sheriff, John B. Rogers, who finally arrested him. He made complete confession, duplicating an other young man, John D. Nolan. aged I9 years, as the ringleader, and i6-ycar old boy, Thomas Nevin. Russell con ducted the sheriff to spot in some dense woods near Taftville, where a large amount of stolen goods was found several suits of clothes, parcels of jewelry, handkerchiefs, shirts, boxes of Jack knives. revolvers and a hundred or more miscellaneous articles of country grocery stock. Some bottles of cogn.c brandy. a caddy of tobacco. boxes of cigars and candy. fur-iined cloaks, etc. were brought ou; of natural cave. The spells were carried to Taftville. and were secured in time to allow Russell before daylight to conduct the sheriff to the headquarters of the desperadoes in the outskirts of the town. Ina shan,y nearly ready ;o fall into total ruins was found Nolan. He had heard the party approaching and held in his hands knife and . cooked revolver. The sheriff quickly disarmed him. and proceeded to investigate the surroundings. There was cook stove, some chairs, a table, yelow-cosered li,- era,ure. revolveFs. ard some plans for future burglaries in book of record. Nevin was also arrested. The amour. of the ,hefis was estimated at from szoo 10 Sl.ooo. The young burglars are al sons of respectable parents. They looked upon their ares, as simply an essential feature of the education of bandits. One of them said that in case they should be sent to the peniten,iary. they wished 10 learn the trade of a blacksmith. SO as to be able 10 make their own tools after the aspirations of their terms of imprison- ment. Their ultimate purpose has been to go west and become part of d second Jesse James band. The dep!orable mad ness ofthese youths, may in large par, be credited to the demoralizing literature boys can now get at nearly every news stand in the country.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
4 Dentist Tells a Queer Story.
New York Morning Journal.

Why" said prominent den,is, to Journal reporter. ' a beautiful young lady came to me and insisted on having her really fine teeth pulled out and false ones pu, in their place. protested ,ha, i, would be foolish. silly. sense.ess bu, sac said no. she would have them ou,, and ii l would no; do it some other dentis. would. My teeth are no, fashionable said she they are too long. and short little broad teeth. like corn kernels are all the fashion TOW. and 10 one admires my mouth. and will have them So made her the teeth. and they cos, her rus, ssoo. She eouldn', see any one fo. .wo weeks after pulled oe, her own. They were the upper ones only. and made them up with gold plates for q handsome young fellow who had his own teeth knocked cut in base ball game. The wors, of i, IS that he IS n love wi;h this very girl whose teeth he wears. ard she knows they are hers. Just ponder on that"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
The Prehis,orical Cemeteries.
Nfanc.an Pioneer

Two miles from Maadan. on inc bluffs near the junction of the liar; and Mis-
 soari rivers. is m old cemetery ef fully one hundred acres in extent. filed with
 bones of gian; race. This vast city of the dead lies Jus; eas, of For. Lincoln road. The ground has the appearance of having been filed with ;rcn hes piled full of dead bcdies, both man ard beast. and covered with several fec: of earth.
 In many places mounds fro:n eight 10 ten fee, high and some of then a hundred feet or more in length. have been thrown up and are tilled with bones. broken pottery. vases of various hrigh ,colored f'in;s and agates. The pottery is of ! dark material. beautifully decorated. delicate in finish. and as i:ch, as wood. showing the work oi people ski.,ed !r the ar:s and possessed of aigl, state of civilization. This has evidently been 4 grand battlefield where thousands ofnen and horses have fallen. Nothing like a systematic or in,e.l;gen; exploration has been made. as only little holes two or three feel Tn depth have been dug in some of the mounds. ku, many of the parts of an anatomy of man and beast, and beautiful specimens of broken pot iery and other curicsities. have been found in these feeble efforts a; excava- ton. Five miles above Mandan. on the opposite side of the Missouri. IS another vas, cemetery as yet unexpiored. We asked an Indian wha: his people knew of these ancien, graveyards. He answered ' Me know nothing abou, them. They were here before the red man"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
A CONTEMPLATING MEMORY.
Philadelphia Item.

George Harding. Esq, the dis.in- guished Philadelphia patent lawyer. IS remarkable for a retentive memory.
 On Saturday Mir. Harding rode down to Wall street, New York. in a Broadway omnibus. 4 beautiful young lady %, in and handed fifty cents 10 the a,tor ney, requesting him 10 hand i, 10 the driver.
 With pleasure said Mr. Harding. at the same tune passing the fifty cents up through the hole to the stage man. The driver made the change and handed forty cents back 10 Mir Harding. who quietly put it away n his yes; pocket, and wen; on reading a mowing g-rnachine brief
 Then all was silence
 The young lady began 70 look ner- vously al Mir. Harding for he. change :. Can it be possible that this IS one of those polite confidence men we read of in books" she though, to herself
 Then she looked up tinidly and asked Mir. Harding something abou, the BEosk- lyn ferry.
 Oh, the boats run very regular-ev- cry three minutes replied the inter- rupted lawyer, trying 10 smile. Then he went on reading his brief
 Dc the beats run from Wal street to Astoria - continued the young .ady. Il don't know. madame" replied Nlr. H.. pe,ulan,ly. l am not resident of New York I'm philadelphiaa.
 An. yes s-(thcn silence.
 Mir. Harding again buried himself in his brief, whi.e the young lady .hemmed and asked him what the fare was n the New York stages.
 Why. ten cents. madame. ten cents.
 But l gave you fifty cer.s 70 slve To the driver, interrupted ;ae young lady. " and"
 Didn't he return your change: lsi; possible: Here. driver" ,he lawyer con tinued, dropping his brief and pulling the strap violently. why the dickens don't you give the lady her forty cents. sir-forty cents. sir; forty cents.
 Il did give her the change gave forty cents to you. and you pu; |, n your pocket" shouted back the driver.
 To me- said MT Harding. feeling in his vest pocket, from which h,s fingers brought forth four tcn-cent pieces. Ora cious goodness. madame. 1 beg ten thousand pardons: out-hut-''
 "Oh. never mind" said he lady. eye ing him suspioiousiy: "yoG Srow lady in wicked city like New far,, has a look out for herself. It's ao .aa;;er-i, wash the forty cents bg, 5eiore ies, home mother oau;iones. ne aeaIns; peil,e confidence men. who iooS D gaaa or .he outside. but"
 "t,oodne,s gracious. my sfcsr wo- man exclaimed Mir Har4 s.-. while ali the passengers eyed Aim ~I.n sasa.- cien. Il assure you"
 i'u, the stage stopped. and ne young lady, holding fast Q her porte.nonnaie. go, oa; and led into :he cgs:o-a-house. while NIT. Harding wen; Q. ::i.ag up in :his form:
 "Goodness gracious, Did You ever o, Lord. what shall dc e.c
 The lawyer SO, so excited ,a5: he wen; back 10 philadelphi, in aurry. He even forgot to take , b.. fee ia | now ing-machIne case. He says ned rather pay ten thousand dollars than :o ie, the Philadelphia fellows set hold of the story,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
TO "MoNEYLEss :. :,
MRS. FLORENCE ANDERSON CLARK.

 There are places not secret, where virtue has
 birth, Where charity dwells on this beautiful earth. Where mercy and kindness are joined band
 in hand, And pi;y's tear falls a, the warm hearts com.
 mand. There are doors tha, the least gentle knock
 will unbar, And others that swing on their hinges aJar, Giving egress to angels who lovingly scan The woes and wants of the moneyless man. Does he workf Does he strive. Is he faith
 full and truei Does he know what man has done and what
 he may dol Or does he creep on with the sluggardis slow
 pace. And refuse to take part in ambitions proud
 race Does he drink. while his neighbor, with
 whole heart and soul, Is giving his strength to be first al the goal If such be his crimes. pity him if you can Content 10 be scorned as a moncyless man. Labor taught by the brain with it's strsng Has reared princeiy palaces over the land, And the man who will work will, sooner or
 late, Cease 10 sigh, like a sagrant, a, some rich
 mans gate. With purple and crimson his walls may be
 hung. While the chandeliers lgh, OCT the table is
 flung, With heart brave and free, ere he mcasu
 iife's span. He'll forget that he c'er was n moneyIess
 nan. There aIe churches whose lof,ies, turret and
 spire Have sprung from the depths of some poor
 boys desire, There are colleges, hospitals, founded by those But they labored. undaun;cd. with hand, heart and brain, And We know that such labor is never in vain. That man with his millions, when iirsi he be
 gan, Was known upon Change" " IS moneylcss
 man. Did he call on the ravens for meat and for
 bread. Or expect that his wife was by miracle fed While he spen, all his leisure looking for banks That would lend out thrir gold for q poor devils ihanksf Or a court where the law was so cheap and
 free That s client was welcome with never t fee No-f he had been of this base. shIitlesS clan. He. too. would have been moneyiess man. Nor do the portals of iaradise open for one Who las left any work that he could do un- done lis honors. its hiisses await the true men. Who. with ten talents trusted. have I.4de other ten. " He $ worse than heather who does not provide l CT lis oan.a and the judge of all lives may decide Tha, tfase, ea,nest labor beiae part oi li:e's
 pan. Heaven has no rewards for Au moncy.ess
 n IT.
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

You must, for you haven't any expensive habits that know off
 At first the young man blushed and seemed slightly confused. but recovering himself he told his employer in few words how he had come to leave Johns- port, and in what way the most of his money had been spent since tha, time. "This is surprise to me-" was the reply; "yet l am not sorry to hear it. tor it shows that you have the right stuff in you"
 A long talk followed, at the end of which the two men had come to a better understanding and were stronger friends than before. Not long after it was made known that Mir. Reade had found a part ner, and the new firm bore the name of Reade & Gordante. During the mex. two years they were strikingly successful, and this fact, as the end ol the time mentioned, led the junior member of the firm to take a(fying trip to Johnsport, where the object of his visit was made evident by the following item in the Daily Chron'ei<:
 "GoRDANTE AND HUMMEL--At the home of the brides parents, in this city.
 
 by the Rev. J. B. Maywell. Mir. Paul Gordante 10 Miss Annie Hummel. The wedding was private one. only the neares, friends and relatives being pres ent. Miss Blanche Hummel. sister of the bride, acted as bridesmaid and MT. Robert Dodge as groomsman. The bridegroom. who was at one time book keeper for Dodge & Co.,, is now a pros- porous lumberman of Chippewa Falls. Wisconsin, while the bride has long been leading society belle. The best wishes of a host of friends follow the happy couple 10 their western home."
 
 Paul Gordante is now the master of a pleasant home and far on the read to wealth; but he has not forgotten the bitter experience of the pas, and often affirms that never-nerer again will he be the debtor of anyone.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

They have pleasan, way of doing things down in Kentucky. Vaughan Helron lived near Jacksonville. that state, and the other nigh, he was awakened by some unknown men on a pre,ense of hunting for horse thief The unknown men are now supposed 10 belong to family named Barnett. which has fued with the Helton'S At any rate il was kind of the men to wake him up before they shot him. Some men would have gone on with the killing and left the deceased to find it ou, the best way he could--Ou Cir Bh--arG
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

For some mysterious reason the Berlin police have just seized Boccaccio's De cameron A number of functionaries suddenly appeared a. the publishing house of Messrs- Hoffman and carried off every copy they could find of Soirau's German translation a strange proceed ing. considering sha, the work has been h free circulation for more than swexy yearS--Nr-v lcyk .Sxs.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-10-14

Sprcmatorrhe, EsrOstatOrrhc, Emissions.
Impotency, Exhausted Vitality, Premature De-
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all it's com plicatiOns. and from
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Nerqes, Brain, Muscles, Digestion, Reproduc
tive Organs, and Physical and Mental Faculties.
1t stops an unnatural and facilitating drain
upon the system, preventing involuntary losses,
debilitating dreams, semile losses with the
urine, etc, destructive to mind and body
1t is q sure eliminator of all KIDNEY AND
BLADDER COMPLAINTS. 1t contains no
injurious ingredients. To those suffer-
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ful indiscs setiOM or excess. u speedy
thorough and perm anent CU RE
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bottle, or five bottles in case, with full direc
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GROCERIES AND HARDWARE.

GROCERIES AND HARDWARE.
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DEALERS IN
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Stoves, Tnware,
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AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS !:
Mowers, Reapers,
Plows, Shovels.
SPORTING MATERIALS:
Guns, Rifles, Pistols,
Hunters Outfits, Knives,
Fishing Tackle.
THE
GROCERY DEPARTMENT
MOST COMPLETE
III CARSON
A Full Line Of Family Groceries
Always on Hand
TT n . ITO Ps
Our facilities Of all kinds Of
Tin Wsrk. Plumbing, Gas Fitting
and Water Pipe work. are
not excelled in the State.
Miners and Ranchers are especially
invited to call and examine our CO =
plete and carefullyselected stock.
Mr.. JACOB MULLER ana Mr.. JOHN
SCHMTTT are now the mAna91rG
partners of the arm.
MULLER. SCHMITT 4 CO.,
Opposite County Building, Carsvn, New
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-10-14

Tkl8 Great
StrenSt N e n
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a N d n Q r = e
T<DNlC is the
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OF over twenty
years practice,and
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Nervous and phys
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ile w aa KIN eSS
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-10-14
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SAN FRAN CISCO, CAL.
Consultation strictly confidential. by letter
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have adopted private address, under which
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anyone applying by letter, stating his symp
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The Leading Hotel Of Carson

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ifA xuests. Two minntes' walk nom
the depot. Provided with all tine mOo
or, jmnrovements. The cuisine Is un.
d,.r tire manaxement Of experienced
wOks and il not surpassed in the s1ase.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-03-17
Marriage of Ex-senator Davis.

Ex-senator David Davis, Of Illinois, Il
native of this county, was married on We'd
nesday last at eleven o'clock at Tuka, the
residence of Hon. Wharton J. Green four
miles from Fayetteville, North Carolina, to
Bliss Addie Burr, Il cousin Of Rel 'resena1ive
Green. 1t was a quiet wedding. with few
guests, Rev. j. c. Huske officiating with
happy couple left on the steamer Murchi-
son, which had been specially prepared and
beautifully decorated, for Wilmington. The
brides troS.eau includes = number of dres-
ses made by Worth. She wore travelling
dress of brown silk AMI plush hat to
match, with plum-s OF ostrich feathers.
The bridal party will g to Charleston, Sa-
vaunah and New Orleans, and thence to
California, whence they will return in a
few months to Bloomington, IL, their fl-
ture residence Miss Burr, the lady in
question, is described as an exceedingly
pleasant, inteliectual-looking woman about
35 years Old. She is Meth or blonde nor
b unette, but 4 happy medium, with chest
nut brown hair and light complexion. and
weighs about 12O pounds. During last win
ter's festivities in Washington she chape-
roned Mr. Green's eldest daughter at numer-
GUS social gatherings, and made hosts ct
friends among the society people at the
national capital, and here Judge Davis first
met her. The groom is said to be worth the
comfortable little sum of s., 900 900.
20 Latest style Hats. Some of them
very pretty. REESE.