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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-19
Fire for Bait.
NeM York Sun

The very latest Yankee notion is fish ing with the electric light. In the steamer Albatross the fish commissioners have been fishing down Delaware bay in a,ers tha; are very deep and that are re- corded on some of the coast survey maps as bottomless.- The fishing has been done with three large electric lamps car ried and protected Tn a glass Jar con- structed for the purpose. This electric lar is thrust down half mile Tn the water. and half mile beneath 1t is dragged an elaborate net-tray, so rigged that fish once in cannot escape. In this way great mul,i,udes of fish have been taken, some of them of strange species and grotesque appearauce--the creatures of the deep that never voluntarily come 10 the surface. These are calculated to resist the pressure of great depths, and when they were brough, from the homes shere they dwell into the rarer air at the surface some of them burst asunder on the deck like collapsing bladders, and some of them were killed by being sud- denly disemboweled, their entrails com ing out of their mouths. Great scientific results are anticipated.
 stepped into Ed!sons this morning and saw the lish,-lar. In the water II IS like an inverted acorn of glass, foot in diameter. ,he upper part. where # Is fast ened to the cable, beatI.g on its lower side a concave mirror. and the remainder being glass half an inch thick. .incloslng the electric bulbs. This last IS le, dosn
 into the sea half a mile or mile. and then suddenly lighted. l, tiasl.es mile further through the submarine darkness in every direction and the hsh. .i.led with curiosity concerning the character of the brilliant stranger, hurry from afar and gather around to investigate. In hve minutes thousands have assembled 10 study the phenomenon. when the net comes from its ambush below and takes them in. used 10 catch eels in this way up in Connecticut, holding a lantern above the water 10 daxzle and attract them, while 1 speared them. and even then that seemed cruel sport. But this seems still crueler-a more wanton be- trayal under the guise of friendship. IL looks like putting penalty on inteih- gence and enterprise. and premium on fools. If iish can't study electricity with out such perils. don't see why they should go in schools any more These dredgen may succeed in finding a fsh that is apparently a combination of an eel and coal-hod. like that in the last Pop nLay Sei<ses .hoskaly, or fish that brings down his game with pop-gun. like that known to Japanese waters. or an angler Ssh that turns lsaak Walton. and catches other fish with bone and line, or a fish with tail under his nose, or his mouth over his left ear, but how can this. com pensaie for thus triding with the tender cou6dence of animated nature? That's what I'd like to know.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-19
Topnoody.
The Drummer.


 Mrs. Topnoody was smiling when Mir T. came home. Thursday. ard II embar- rassed him, but he sa; down. smiling re- sponsively. to await developments.
 My dear she began. doesn't the dramatic festival come of mex, week? ?" What dramatic festisal:'
 "Why, the Cincinnati one. of course, al Music hail."
 "Oh. yes: forgot. believe did see something abou, 1t in the papers.
 Ain't we going?'
 .Who."
 Me and you of course
 |. 1, costs too much, and 1 can't stand it."
 And you won't take me
 ''It looks that way, my dear
 "All right. Topnoody;" and the smile had disappeared like a sun behind . shunder-cloud. "All right. II you think it costs too much to take me to Music hall. we'll stay al home and have a littie show of our own and I'll give you muse and haul you over the coals in way to beat any tragedian in town, and it shan'' cost you . nickel. No, Topnoody, not a nickels The show shall be absolutely free, for you and if you don't think I'm a star in the strong passages, then your wife has opened the volume Of her un- derstanding at the wrong place; that's all"
 Topnsody was seen, Friday, looking for tickets.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-19

What is my opinion of education! We don't, as a people, want too much of IL Theorists may say that education is all we need to make the world happy. but it is my experience that the more we know, after a certain limit. the less satisfied we are. Everybody should know how to read and write and have general com mon school knowledge, bu, beyond that, only the able few should go. A boy or a girl with capacity to get . smAtierIng Of all branches destroys his or her useful ness and turns out only a fourth rate teacher ai starvation wages. Those who have the sand to educate themselves thoroughly are the only ones who have the sand to use if bene6ciaily and be somsshing above the common level. The world has too many people in if already who know just enough to know how little they really do l<now.-T Tze DyEmm<r.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-19
cHIPErA's ADDRESS TO THE
 uTES.
TRANSLATED BY FILL ME.

People of my uibe. the sorrowing widow of the dead oursy speaks to you. She comes to you. not as the squaw ci the dead chietain, to rouse you 10 val and victory, but 10 weep with you over the loss ofhef people and the greed oi the pale face.
 The fair Colorado. over whose rocky mountains we have roamed and hunted in the olden time. is now overrun bs the silver-plased senator and the scft-eyed dude.
 We are drisen to a small corner of the earth to die. Shile the oppressor digs gopher holes in the green grass and sells them to the speculasor of the great cities towards the rising sun.
 Through the long cold winter my peo- pie have passed. in want and cold. while the conqueror of the peaceful Ute has worn two hundred and fifty dollar night shirts and filled his pale skin with DIG.
 Chipeta addresses you as the weeping souaw of great man whose. bones will one day nourish the cucumber vine. Ouray nov sleeps beneath the brown grass of the canyon. where the soft spting winds may stir the dead leaves and the young coyote may come and monkey OCT his grave.
 Ouray was ignorant of the ways of the pale face. He could nos go to congress for he was not citiren of the United States. He had hot taken out his second papers. He was a simple child of the forest. but he stuck to Chipeta- He loved Ch,peta like hired man. That IS why the widowed squaw weeps over him. A few more years and l shall toln Ouray-my chief. Ouray the big lnlun from away up the gulch. His heart is still open to me. Chipeta could trust hini. even among the smiling m lidens of her tribe. Ouray was true. There was no funny business in his nature. He loved not the garb of the pale face. but won my heart while he wore saddle-blanket and look of woe
 Chipesa looks 10 the north and the south, and all about arc the graves of her people. The refinement of the op- pressor has come. with its divorce and schools and gin cocktails and Hour bread and fall elections. and VIC finger here like boil on the neck of ia, man.
 Even while l talk to you. the damp winds of April are signing through my vertebre and I've go, more pains In my back than a conservatory.
 Weep with the widowed Chipe,a Bow your heads and howl. for our harps are hung on the willows and our wild goose IS cooked.
 Who will be ieit to mourn al Chipeta' $ grave! None but the starving papooses of my nation. We stand in the gray mis, of spring like dead burdoeks in the field of an honest farmer. and the chilly winds of departing winter make us hump and gather like burnt boot.
 All we can do is to wall. We are the redskinned wailers from Wailtown.
 Colorado is no more the home of the Ute. 1t is the dwelling place of the bo- nanza senator, who doesn't know the diff ference between the plan of salvation and the previous question.
 Chipeta cannot vote. Chipeta cannot pay taxes to a great nation. bu, you will be apt to near hcr gentle voice. and her mellow racket will nil the air till her tongue is cold and they tuck the buffalo robe about her and plan, her by the side of her dead chieftain. where the south wind and the sage hen arc singing. -F,ee Prfs5
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-19
TIMES REVENGE.
WALTER IEaRNEp.

When was ten and she sfteer- An. me . how fair thought her. She treated with disdainfui mien The homage that brought her, And. in pafronising way, Would of my shy advances say: ~ It's really quite absurd you see: He's very much too young for me" I'm twenty now, she twsnty-hye- Well, well. how old she's growing fancy that my suit might thrive If pressed again but, owing To great discrepancy in age. Her marked attentions don | engage My young affections, for, you see, She's really quite 100 old for me.
 -Eae4zEgs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-19

A Baltimore commercial trayeleI sued the Georgia Central railroad company for damages, because he vas put ofi train for persisting in sitting ir the ladies car ~itE his coat oG The court held that the rule of the road vas reasonable and proper. therefore the Baltimorean was compelled to shell out the costs oi the suit, This served him right, for no gen. tleman would sit in the presence of ladies with his coat of. Such a man would hardly be worthy to travel in hog car.-- H<sk<ya CommfycIsi Zyavelfy.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-19
The vieilantes.

fCari Pretre,'s National Weekly.
 Four well-known citizens organized themselves into vigilance committee. for the purpose of arresnng some bur glars that had committed a number of depredations in the vicinity of their resi- dences. They met together and swore
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-19

THE ARKANSAw TRAVELLER, ssooh YRfR scEHTs 4 COPY Contains the h~s; original humorous sketches. the choicest gems of original and selected
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MEDICINAL
IXIHAT STRUCK AN OLD SOLDIER.

w
st will soon be twenty years since the war
closed" o,, , ~,
Under the hot sun of August, 1SS2, the village
of Mover. N j., Law still as tho sphinx in Egypt,
while Elijah Sharp, of that place slowly ana SOFT
lv smoke of the past. Yes" he said, i was III
the army and saw many of the sights OF thoSe
fearful years. was finally discharged from as
ability, resulting from sunstroke. l came nome
miserable in health and spirits; so eniecoled that
took cold on the slightest exposure Lille sceH'
ed worthless to me lived only in memory.
THAT was sad enough l said, dlvldinS Ill! E'Sl
That's so," responded Mr.. Sharp; but got
oter it. Outgrew it ? Not exactly. When IN that
condition began taking PARKEEs TONIC. ana
NV health commenced to improve right away. l
was astonished at it, and so was my VIE plieo
on the flesh and could cat anything. My ambition
blazed up l could attend to business, and now
executing that have to take care about exposing
myself TO the hot sum am well as was the
day / enlisted. What differences there are IN
things-guns and bayonets kill: PARKERs IONIC
saves.
This preparation. which has been known as
pARKER's GINGER Tonic, will hereafter be called
simply PARKER's Tone. Asunprncipcd dealers
arc constantly deceiving their customers by SUD
stitutinp inferior articles under the name oi gll-
ger. and as ginger is really an unimportant IN
gredient, we rop the misleading word.
There ~ no change horersr, az the preparation a..
self, and all bottles remaining III the hanoS ct
dealers, wrapped under the name OF fAkkhH 5
GINGER ToSIC contain the genuine medicine IL
the fac simile signature of HIscoX " C" Is aI INC
hattom of the OutSidC wrapper.
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NHELLIN'S FOOD, at
Wl nev12 JOHN D. H. LUNTS
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DRI GOODS.
To Read This, is to Save Money.

We are rot out with flashing Newspaper Adver-
tisements as we are too busy without them. Al
though we employ ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY
Statesmen AND SALESLADIES, our Customers
would suffer by the rush, if it was larger All we
want to call your attention to is our Stock OF
LADIES AND CHILDRENs CLoAKS,
All Of the most fashionable styles. We have mis-.
calculated the QUANTITY Of our purchases, and
find that if we sell at the rate of one hundred q
day until the LIST of January our assortment would
still be large enough to stock any two houses In
this city.
We therefore have concluded not to wait until
the latter part Of the Season. but to reduce prices
at once to such figures rs will make them sell.
Our TES-DoLLAR RADAME SATIN CIRCULAR,
QUILTED LINING is WORTH FIFTEEN DOLLARS.
All our goods are made
EXPRESSLY FOR Is, OR MANUFACTURED
BY US ON OUR FOURTH FLOOR.
DO not neglect this opportunity, but call at once
A few words about our STOCK OF BLANKETS.
We have attended three TRADE-SALEs OF BLANK
ETs in New York, and find we have over
ONE HUNDRED CASES
on hand. The goods were bought Az per cent.
Cheaper than last years prices: which lnsures us
against loss even if we would carry them over to
next year. What we dread is the idea of carrying
them. for want of Storage Room. We shall there
fore sell them. with s!nH!! advance on cost, by
the single pair at prices which will throw all
competition in the shade.
We arc selling 1O-4 Blanket At Sl.2O pair.
We are selling an all-w0oI. warranted . lbs, at
$40 pair.
Wholesale dealers arc selling them at $3.50, and
all finer goods in proportion. We have them as
large rs lii. and guarantee you saving oi at
least 40 per cent.
We trust that oar long and well established
Reputation for Reliability. will place, with an
Intelligent Public all Statements oi Interruptions
Competitors on their Respective Merits
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A DELIGHTFUL MEDICINE FOR COUGHS
n AND COLDs.-Gibsons Medicated Tablets,
consisting of twelve favors, viz: dorehound,
Strawberry, Malt, Chocolate, Lime, Lemon Green
Gage, Vanilla Orange, Cherry, Ginger and Cap
sicuun in h. bottles or by the ounce For sale
hv A. A. WAKEFIELD,
Successor to Janney & co.,
noyS 152 King street.
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WHY LUTHER TOOK y MONASTERY.
Returning to Erfurt in the summer OF
1905, from n visit to his family at Mansfield,
Luther was overtaken by storm. The
lightning struck the ground before his feet :
he fell from his horse. "Holy Anne" he
cried to the mother of the Virgin, "help me;
I will become q monk" Next day at En-
furt he repented of his vow, for he knew it
would grieve his father but his life had
been spared he believed that the VOW had
been heard and registered in heaven, and
without waiting for his resolution to be
shaken he sought and found admittance IN
the Augustnian Monastery in the town.
His career hitherto had been so brilliant
that the old Hans had formed the brightest
hopes for him. He was bitterly disappoint-
ed, knowing, perhaps, more Of monks and
monkdom than his son. lie consented,
with sore heart, perhaps hoping that Il
years experience and the discipline Of
the novitiate would cure momcntary
folly The Augustinans owned no proper
ty they lived on aims, and the young
Martin, to break his pride, was set to the
lowest drudgery in the house, and was sent
about the town to beg. Luther, however,
flung himself with enthusiasm into the
seYerest penances. He tasted, he prayed,
he lay on the stones, he distracted his
spiritual adviser with the reiinement5 OF
his confessions. The common austerities
failing, he took to nair shirts and whips,
and the brethren supposed that they
had growing saint among them. 10
himself these resources availed nothing. The
temper which he hoped to drive out OF him
self clung to him in spite Of all prescribed
remedies But still he persevered the novi-
tiate ended, ,andhe took the VOWS and became
full monk and priest. His father attended
the ceremony, though in no pleasant humor.
"You learned men," he said AT the convent
dinner, "havc you never read that man
should obey his father and mother?" They
told him his son had received Il call from
Heaven. "Pray God" tho old man answer
ed. ''it be not trick Of the devil. ! must
eat and drink with you, but would gladly
be gone" Two years passed away. Luther
occupied himself with eagerly studying the
Bible, but his reading would not paciGy his
restless conscientousness The Vicar Gen
eral of the Order, Father Staupitz, q wise,
open minded man, saw him, heard his con-
fessions, and understood them. He pcrceiv-
ed that his mind was preying upon itself,
and that lie required to be taken out of
himself by active employment. The Elec-
tor Frederick, Frederick the Wise, as
distinguished from his brother and his
nephew. had lately founded university at
Wittcnberg, a considerable town on the
Elbe. The Augustianians had an affiliated
house in Wittenberg, and Staupitz trans.
ferred Luther thithcr to teach theology and
philosophy. Luther WAS now %, and there
is a gap Of two years in his history. He
must have observed and thought much il
in these years, or the tinder would scarcely
have been kindled by the sparks which fell
upon ii at the end Of them. The air of Ger
many was growing thick with symptoms Of
storm.
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FIGHTING WITH AN OCTOPUS.

The occupation of diver is one that Of
fers but little attraction to those who by
temperament hnve no fancy for exploring
the mysteries of the Deep 1t is, how
ever, not so monotonous an employment as
might be imagined and divers occasionally
| meet with exciting adventures while en-
gagged in their labors. One of these the
other day fell 10 the lot ola government dI'
yer in Victoria, Mr.. Smale, while at work
on the bed of The Moyne River, at Belfast,
| in that colony. and from the account he
gives of it in the Melburne ArguS, it must
| have been more exciting than pleasant.
Having thrust his arm into II hole, he found
that it was held by something; "the action
of the water was stirring up the clay, and
therefore could not sec distinctly for
| few minutes but when it did clear away
I saw to my horror the arm Of large
octopus entangied around mine like a
boa constructor; just then he fixed some
of the suckers on the back OF my hand,
and the pain was intense. | felt as II
my hand was being pulled to pieces,
and the more | tried to take it away the
greater the pain became; and from past ex-
perience knew this method would be use
less but what was to do lying in this po-
| SlllOu. udu Glio StcIleSe oiiiiSui'y ~ N>Sp
ing nv feet down, as the air rushed along
the interior of my dress and inflated it; and
if my feet had got uppermost l should have
become insensble, held in such position !;
and also, if I had given the signal to be
pulled up the brute would have held on,
and the chances would have been that |
should have had broken arm. had
hammer by me, but could not reach down
TO use it on the brute. There was small
iron bar about FIVE or six feet from me, and
with my foot dragged this along, until
could reach it with my left hand. And now
the fight commenced; the more | struck
him the tighter he squeezed, until my arm
got quite benumbed after awhile | found
the grip began to relax little, but he held
on until had almost cut him to pieces and
then he relaxed his hold from the rock and
l pulled him up. l was completely ex-
hausted, having been in that position over
twenty minutes. brought the animal up,
or rather part of it. We laid him out, and
he measured over eight feet across, and l
feel perfectly convinced that this fellow
could hold down FIVE or six men,
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Soap, and for the Baltimore River Steamers.
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LOTTERY,
LOTTERY.
A BRILLIANT SCHEME.
THE DISMAL SWAMP LOTTERY.
Of NORFOLK, Y.
- 600 TICKETS .356 PRIZES.

25,0OO TICKETS BOD EKITES.
The franchise Of this enterprise is based upon
the charter granted by the Legislature Of the
State to the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, and
its legality has been fairly tested before the court
The object in view is the Improvement and
extension of the Canal, and that full oppor unlty
NAV be given for the purchase Of the tickets of
which thcrc arc only
$4,000 WITH 35G PRIZES,
tho Drawing has been fixed for the
2od of NOVEMBER. 1883.
at which timo WITHOUT POSTPONEMENT, it
will be made in the city of Norfolk, before the
public, and under the supervision of a committee
Of reliable citizens and in like mannc: each sue
cceding month
Ei,- Tickets bearing date September 2Otii hold
good for the Drawing of 22d November.
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