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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20
READ HISTORY!.t
Eieyated Railway Journal.

Elevated kai4w2y JouFna4.i
 It IS considered always proper and com- mendable to advise young people to read and study history. When you see boy boring over Sinbad or Aladdin, or a girl devouring the last new novel, you can always make them uncomfortable. and fia,ter your own sense of self-importance and superiority, by telling them to throw away that trash and read history. True, they have been given the same advice be- fore, they have heard it repeated over and over, and they feel sense of guilt in no, acting on it at once. and forever ihro~ing away their pernicioas light reading which makes them unhappy. Still, the tale and the novel are SO inter esting. the situations so thrilling and the heroes and the heroines so courageous and noble, that they follow them to the close and then get other books of the same kind and peruse them with the same earnestness and zeal, leaving your advice unheeded. Then you should ask yourself Tn an inqulring tone, in which regret and ego;ism are blended, why is 1t that the youth of the present day will not read history! It is not necessary that you should know anything of history yourself ,e ask this question CT give this advice-not at all-lt 1t were, very few would be in position to so advise or in- quire, for in reality history is one those branches of learning which is much more generally commended than studied and always has been. The majority of those who pass for fairly educated people know little more of is lessohs than they do of the mysteries of the Rosecrucians, and oi those who have skinned over a few pages of a volume or two purpor,ing 10 De history. the knowledge they have thus acquired Is of no more practical value than the proverbial fifth wheel to the coach. l, Is no, our intention to deery the study of history ii we really have anything worthy of the name. We branches necessary to a " finished educa- ton" but what Is its comparative prao- ,ical value: To what real account can one young man in a million turn his knowledge of pompey's battles. Cesar $ conques,s. the triumphs of Alexander. or the brilliant victories of Napoleon, ad- hitting that he Is familiar with all that has ever been written concerning them : What lessons of practical wisdom can the girl derive from studying the lives of Dido. Cleopatra, Elizabeth or Ca,harine, IS they are presented by the ancient pr modern historian: We do not appfe- bend any danger from too much atten- ton being given to this branch of study by the youth of either sex. whether i, is as the cider Walpole thought. nothing but lies. or as Macaulay dehned il. philosophy teaching by example" IL Is grea, deal more ex,olled than read and much more commended than studied, and Ii Is likely so to continue.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20

widow on the grand stand. Bowed to her. Cold cut. Viewed the big OK. Saw a wi dow in Honey hall. Raised my hat. Got left. Feel blue
 As that was the last entry it would seem as if he gave up in disgust and started for home. A person supposed to be him saw widow at the depet Fri- day afternoon, and became so obnoxious ,ha, she hit him over the head with an umbrella and two or three men reached for him with cowhide boots.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20
TEN TO ONE.
If ai market thou shouldst be, And the butcher said 10 thee, Daas ,e a tspdAr Sshake haf

If at market thou shouldst be, And the butcher said 10 thee. Dees IS tender sthake Ihaf Shoosi so sofdt und nice like calf
 Ten 10 one iis tough. If your bathroom needs repair And the plumber should aeS.ate That the money Le requires Hardly pays the hep hc ...es-
 len b one he lies. Ii you want to buy some clothes And the tailor should depose That his clothes are fines; ma And his goods vii! never fade
 Ten 10 one ke cheats. Thus lives the tFuti Of what vas said By the gay old Mormon .ong since dead That the love oi ready pence Is the root of al offence
 Ten i0 one he quoted.
 -Hia5hlsSf0s CzSkai.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20
The Arkansaw Valley Route,
 (L. R., M. R. & T. R'y.)

Ofters 10 the public faci,.,;es uneeualed for the transportation ot freight and passengers 10 and from al, points IF Southwest Arkan- .a~. Through bills of ladlng issued by con- tractisg agents al all the Hrincipa. ci;:es of the United states. IL Is the short lne from L,t,le Rock 10 all southern points Makes connections ,t Arkau>aa City Wl,h the finest steamers plying the A.lssisspri river, and at Little Rock w.th all the lines for tie North. East and West. The equipment ot ttis line $ new and elegant. The tack has recently been put n hrst-elass order. and passengers vii. Ind II a most pleasant ana speedy route 10 points in the great Cotton Bel; ot the Ar kansa~ and M.ss'ss.pp valley. Large quan- ii;.es of the finest farming lands in ih- orld. are for sale along this route. and no better location can be offered ilnml grants and home seekers. or 'ar;he! ls.'oiua .;or. t..;es uiS ps iol6cfs. e;C.. apply 10
 K. D. LEWIS.
 Gen. Fteigt, x Pass q. L A. WOOpSON.
 General S,.p',, Little Rock, Ark
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20
The Memphis < l.lt,le Rock Rv

This pepuia, and reliable route. N IL ,,s two double daf.s passenger trs.Gs. .s ,ee d. rect and quickest route io f, points East. South. Southeast, Close tona.cilons al Lii tlc Rock and Nempt Pullman s.ee1ers on night trains. on.y one ch.rlgr from Little Rock 10 New Yots. Five hours quicker than any other route. Specia, Inducements offered To erI,cran,s,
 For information in regard To lands apply l..
 THOMAS ESSEN.
 Land Comms toner. Llit.e Rock. Th> great through freight line between Little Rock and Eastern eities-Cinclru.iI Louisville. Memphis. etc Through bills of ladng 10 all points. do- mes;ic and foreign.
 For full information, witt maps, schedules, rates. etc, apply to
 D. C. ROBERTS,
 Gen. Pass and Tioke, Agt.
 F. K. SHELBY.
 Receiver and General Manager.
 Little Rock, Ark
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20
FOR THE WEST

A-J A There are number Of routes leading 10 the above mentioned section, but the direct and reliable route is via S,. Louis and over the Missouri Pacinc Railway. The two trains daiiy are run from the Grand Union Depot, St. Loais To Kansas City, LeavenwoEth, Aich- ,son, >t. Joseph and Omaha
 Pallman Palace Sleeping Cars of the vs.y finest make are attached 10 all trains
 Al Kansas City Union Depot. passengers for Kansas, Colorado, New MeNico and Cal- i,oTnia connee, ~ith express trans of all lines.
 Al Atehison, connection is made with ex- press trans for Kansas and Nebraska points Al Omaha, connection Is made with the Overland train for California
 This line offers to parties ea route to the West and Northwest, no, only fast time and superior accommodations. but beautiful, scenery, as il passes through the finest DOT ton of Missouri and Nebraska. Send for illustrated maps. pamphlets, etc, of this line, which will be mailed free.
 F. CHANDLER. (. R. RINNAN, Genl Pass. Agt.
 Asst Genl Pass. Agt.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-10-20

Died in the wool-Mary's famous ,i,tie lamb. .-.Nr.. lvt N.:,S.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-10-11
The Bottom Of Lake Winnipiseogee.

Captain Eugene Sullivan, sub
marine diver. from Boston, who recently
made an unsuccessful search for the
body of E. L. Dunklee, drowned in Lake
Winnipiseogee, saw some things of an
interesting characterwhile under water.
What is known as Eagle Island, he says,
is really the top of hill, which rises
some one hundred feet from the bottom
of the lake, with just the brow of the
hill protruding from the water. This
hill is very steep, and is covered with
cliffs and lodges, many of which are
from thirty to forty feet high. At some
distance from Eagle Island is a vast
plain thickly covered with eel-orass and
literally alive with eels of all sizes.
Captain Sullivan also encountered large
shoals of horn-pouts near this plain,
and, in fact, reports fish of all kinds to
be very numerous, and in some eases
very large. The ''finny denizens Of the
deep" seemed to take kindly to the
human intruder on their domains, and
swarmed around him in large numbers,
nibbling at his arInor and carefully in
specting every portion of ''the rare
curiosity from up above The diver
also discovered spring of very cold
water bubbling up from the bottom OF
the lake, and surrounded with quick
sands, into which he walked and com-
menced sinking, but was promptly
pulled out by his men above when the
proper signal was given. OF course, If
the body of person who has been
drowned should rest on the quicksapds
surrounding one of these springs, it
would speedily be engulfed never to
appear again, and perhaps this will
stand for one reason why bodies OF
many persons lost in the lake have
never been recovered.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-10-11

"Pardon me-" l 5said, sarcastically,
' but those are N initials And
held up the hadle for inspection.
"Then, where is the umbrella that
was in the cab?''
1t was really rather difficult to ex-
plain; my real reason for returning the
article by my friend was that l had
doubts of the cabman's honesty, but /
could not tell him that So / had to
narrate to a by this time considerable
audience, including policeman, who
was looking at me with great suspicion,
that I had sent the article away by a
friend, for the purpose of returning it
to its owner.
''Oh, that's pretty story" cried the
cabman (and / felt that it was so, and
would be worth telling). "Just look
after this party, policeman. 81
L had never been in such false posi-
ton in my life, though, as the reader
knows, had suffered before from my
great presence of mind.
'.You had better go back, my good
friend, to the gentleman at the club,
who will doubtless reward you,' said
/, in a conciliatory tone. Then, sud-
denly remembering it was this abomin-
able claimants own fault all along, /
added in a much more natural way:
''How dare you take second fare, be-
fore you have done with the first?
Don't you know the regulations under
which yon hold your license?"
"But | thought, sir, as you was the
same gentleman''-then knew (by his
civility) that l had conquered.
Thought, sir.'' / put in; ''it would
be much better for you if you used your
eyes, instead of thinking. The mans
a fool - And then I.walked off ma
jestically, having already, as saw, inn
pressed the tickle crowd with the same
opinion.
But Twas quite aware, for all that,
that the whole affair might have been
very unpleasant, and that | had been
very nearly getting into a second hobble
through my too prompt proceedings,
and my fatal gift of presence of mind.
james Pay'a, in BelgrGUia.
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Not New to Him.

A group of ladies and gentleman sat
upon the hotel veranda. The subject
of their conversation was bathing, and
right merrily the nimble tongues rat
tied. Miss A. had to tellhow dreadfully
frig htened she was when hefirst entered
the surf; Mrs. B. gave her infallible rules
against chills; young Mr.. C. boasted of
his natatoriai exploits, when the la
dies gazed upon him admiringly; Miss D.
told for the twentieth time about her
having s'such time this morning. in
in the salt sea waves, and messieurs and
mesdames the remainder of the alpha
bet added each his and her quota to the
edifying conversation. As Fogg, who
sat near the party, had said nothing all
this time, it occurred to one of the
ladies to remark:
81 suppose our conversation dosen't
interest you very much. Mr.. Frogg?"
ssNot particularly, hereplied; s'the
subject hasn't the charm ofnewness to
me, you see. frequently battle when ]
am at home. .n-BoSto5 Transcript.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-10-11
gne Convict Camps in Alabama.


The condition and treatment of the
convicts employed In the phosphate
mines and upon the railroads in this
State, bad as they are, do not compare
in brutality with the record that has
been made by Alabama. In that State
conviets are employed in the coal mines,
and the report of the State Health Off
cerwhich has just been published shows
that during the past six months the
death rate among these unfortunate
people has been most appalling. In one
of the mines the death rate during six
months and q half reached 87.5 per
1,000 All of the convicts who died in
this mine were eolored. In another
mine the death rate was even greater,
reaching, it is said, 150per 1000 for five
months, which is equivalent to $50 per
LOCO per annum. "That is to saw"
the Health Officer remarks, IF the same
death rate was kept up they would all
die in less than three years" In striking
contrast with this dreadful mortality Of
convicts in the coal mines is the fact
that during the present year. among a
total of 246 convicts engaged in other
labors, mostly farming, 237 of them col
ored and nine white, there have been no
deaths at all.
The reasons alleged for the death
rate among the convicts employed in
the coal mines is that their quarters are
imperfectly ventilated and very much
overcrowded; that their clothing and
bedding are extremely filthy; that the
means for ablution are inadequate, and
that the cooking arrangements are de-
ficient. A large number of the convicts
are physically unable to work in the
mines. The excessive death rate
among the colored convicts is said to
result from their greater liability to
pulmonary diseases, and because of
their greater dependency and demorali-
zation. They are kept at work when
in an enfeebled and sickly condition,
and owing to the imperfect ventilation
of the mines they are obliged to breathe
unwholesome gases, which completely
undermine the constitution and are
sure to result in the contraction of dis
! eases from which there is no recovery.
In other words, the coal mines are
slaughter-pens into which the convicts
are driven and from which they do not
escape, except when death speedily
comes to give them relief. 1t is said
that certain Improvements are being
made in the discipline of eoal-mining
camps which will insure the better
treatment of the oonvicts; but whatever
these Improvements may be and what
ever good results they may secure,
there can be no justification for the
criminal neglect of the past.
The system of hiring out convicts is
blot upon the civilization of the South,
whether the prisoners are penned up in
a coal mine or employed in digging
phosphate rock, or in building railroads,
1t is cruel, inhuman and murderous. II
should be abolished, and the sooner the
better Charleston Is. c. Ne1os.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-10-11
A Husbands Fiendish Joke

He came home with serious face.
She, who was all love and smiles, saw
in an instant that something was the
matter. He turned his face away when
she attempted to plant the warm kiss of
greeting on his lips. Her soul sank
within her. 1t was the first time that
he had repulsed her. George she
said eagerly, ''tell me what it is. Has
your love grown cold? Treat me
frankly. 1t is better to know the truth
than to be kept in suspense" He kept
his head averted minute, his lip
trembled, then he said: so, heavens!
Florence, how can you wear that mask
of deceit when | know all?'
"All!' she repeated, as her face grew
white "All what?'
'sSpare me the sad recital, he con-
tinued. ''There are some things that
are better left unsaid.
II will not spare you. insist upon
knowing what it is you mean. Tell me,
and at once. Some perjured villain has
abused your mind.
"Alas, no!'' he said 81 was an eye.
witness of it all. Do not add deceit to
your other crimes. was there and
saw it. y
'.Saw what?" she cried. sWhat have
you seen? Are you mad?"
"Calm yourself. madame. ! saw
you-you, the wife of my bosom when
you did not think my eye was on you.
You were on Broadway, mingling with
the giddy throng. Hewas hurrying on.
You beckoned to him. You made tele-
graphic signs until you attracted his
attention"
''Merciful powers ~ she gasped.
''You see | know all, he continued.
.'You did this on the public street. At
first he would have gone on and disre-
garded you, but you were importunate.
You caught his eye, you beckoned. He
smiled, and you went down the thor
oughfare together"
'''Tis false, as false as"
s'Madame. it is too true; tell you saw
it. Let us have no nonsense about it. !"
Then she sank upon the sofa. Again
he turned his manly head to hide his
emotion. The diamond tears began to
come through her fingers. Helplessness,
together in her soul.
Suddenly she looked up. 'tPerhaps,
sir, you will tell me who he is. +"
Certainly" replied the brute. ''He
was the driver of a Madison Avenue
omnibus. - Then he went suddenly out
of the door as if fearful that one of
the statues would fly after him. And
| she dried her tears and said somebody
was fool.
She was right, only she got the per-
son wrongly Y. World.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-10-11
A Turkey Charmed by a Snake.

A correspondent writes from Aqua
Limpia to The Los Angeles Times as
follows: Last week IN my cow corral
was little snake four feet long, and in
his mouth was a cotton-tail rabbit.
The rabbit was a common-sized one,
and its head was down the snakes
throat to the shoulders. 1t was fear
full sight and frightened the COWS, also
the boy who shot it with a Winchester
rife. Two days after l heard turkey
making an alarm. I went TO it, and a
turkey, half-grown, had its feathers all
the wrong way, and its head near the
ground, and was within fifteen or
twenty inches of a black rattlesnake
and was getting nearer. Neither of
them noticed me until l disturbed the
snake with stone, taking him by sur
prise The turkey seemed to be re-
lieved. What the snake would have
done / do not know, but it seemed to
me that he had the turkey under his
control, and would, in a very short
time. have Strnck If.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

RATHER says the cures effected BY
laying on of hands is an old story with
him. His mother often INDUCED in
the past-time in times past.-Bost0D
Courier.
"A man named Darling lives in Far
go, and when any one calls to him on
the streetevery young lady within three
blocks bushes and looks around.--BGS-
uaarcE Tribune.
"A stranger in the city, seeing the
places of public resort full of young
men, night after night, asked if this
was the land Of the midnight SON.
Boston Transcript.
1t is said that a grasshopper win
kick thirteen days after being deeapi-
tated. According to.the rules of dyna-
mics, then, a mule ought to kick 1000
years. Barlingto1s Free Press. y.
Here is another point in favor Of
the Darwinian theory: There is boy
in Norristown who .'sprang from
monkey The monkey belonged to
an organ-grinder, and attempted to
bite the boy. Norristo1On Herald.
81 need have no more fears from
that quarter is what the storekeeper
remarked as he threw the counterfeit
25-cent piece in the fire, which had
come back to him several times. - Y0f-
kerS Statesman.
The guinea hen lays up her treas
ures on the earth. And that's the Yea-
son why you never find her nest until
you step in it, and lind yourself knee
deep in about two bushels and half of
eggs, largely fractured and possessed
Of marked individualitY.-Burdette.
When young man tries for three
minutes in church to brush sunbeam
off his coat, under the impression that
it is a streak of dust, and then looks up
and sees a pretty girl laughing ct him,
he kind of loses the thread of the ser
mon, temporarily, as it were. Hart
ford Pest.
-s'Wel,'' said a jaunty son-in-law,
lounging in from the Office with his
fathers mail, you've got postal
from ma, and she says she's met a cy-
clone" ''Pity the cyclone, :" was the
old gentleman's crusty reply, as he
| iabbed his pen into the inkstand. Bur
Etssgton Haa0k-Eye.
--'Ethel, asked the teacher, whom
do the ancients say supported the world
on his shouldersP'' '.Atlas, sir. ~
"You're quite right, y said the teacher
ssAtlas supported the world. Now who
supported Atlas?'' II suppose" said
Ethel softly, II suppose be married 8
rich wife. ELL Perkins.
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on The BEACH.

-,..,od il, mine her tender hand,
lIl1d nj side by side, with lettering pace,
anJ ,,ausing sometimes, face to face,
va rardered slowly on the strand.
We left behind laughing crowd
We fele no need OF company;
ourselves. our thoughts, the beach, the sea,
the clear blue heavens that Ger us bowed,
Made us perfect solitude,
Where ali with peace and JOY was filled,
where Earring fears and cares were stilied,
.nd speech were interruption rude.
90 oon we wandered, hand in hand,
n'erglad to be to each so near,
so heart-content, so fond and dear,
Alone upon that pleasant strand.
And when our footsteps we retraced,
The comrades we had left behind
Exclaimed: "Well, what's upon your mind,
ali boy? What fancies have you chased
.iWhiIe wandering slowly and alone?
you are not WoIs5 to stroll away:
what do the wild waves say to-day,
nv ms unfancied and unknown
T smiled. They could not see the hand
Tclasped in mine, the upturned face;
Their duller eyes beheld no trace
ofiittle footprints in the sand.
put that sweet hour along the sea
win never vanish from my heart,
When, silent, from all else apart,
walked with unseen company.
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