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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
FROM THE COMPASS TO THE
 MYTRE

\ correspondent, writing to ;he New York E.es'itea R. .fi!sgay Journal, asks
 Mil you infcs,u me whether in Eng fish history there Is an instance ef a sea captain becoming bishop: l think l read of fighting chaplain passing from the qua1er-deck ,o he bench of bishoos, bu, not of a naval oi.icer of the lay order.
 In reply the .ioarn1l says;
 In the reign of Queen Elizabeth ] brave captain in the navy. named Lyons, distinguished himself oa the occasion of the Spanish invasion. He was presented at court and the story 90 delighted the virgin queen ,ha, sae assured hln, of promotion en ,he frs: vacancy. I: w.s no, long afser when the 3lshop Of Cork died. and he vacancv j. iha, see was es course announced. The <a.!an: captain sapposins hts golden opportunity oi ob- ,aining the blue ribbon had arrtye,., n. vacancy having oceGFre1. 1T he lrish sea. jos, no ;atae n appearing before :he queen ana pressing the falsllmen; ef her royal promise. The queen was ana. ed al his ignorance ana presumption. bu. he persisted n sayIns that there was VA oaacy IT the .rish sea. and that the word Q: the queen had been p.eaged to him for the position. Af;e- some time spent n perasa3s 0; the czEeas. and af,er II was aseer,al-e6 ;ha; he characte- oi .ae brave seaman would bring no scandal or cisereci, upon the church. inc vacant oisaorric was gwen him, the queen sayins she hoped he would be as usefal in ihe church as he had been ia the navy. He never ventured 10 preach in his d;o- cess but once, and :ha, was on inc death oi the queen. His sermon. probably written by another, was among the bes, of ;he day.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

me. He knew the way better than l did, and after got down into the valley, and was turning a great rock, 5ang! wen, Brother Hig- gins pistol and of went my hat. Then l few: oh, but flew faster than you ever saw a man fly. The darkness rushed past me, and wondered at that rate how long i, would take me to reach day. light. checked up little after a while. and was travelling along in a trol when bang went Brother Higgins pistol and my coa, tails dropped in shreds. Than l flew again. Oh, flew. and again the darkness rushed past me. At last day light came and found me near the river. swam across and struck out for the nearest town, which reached about din- ner time Ten years afterwards l went back into the neighborhood. in company with several brave men, and asked for Brother Higgins. 4 man came ou, of a cabin and exclaimed:
 ''' Hello, IS that you.
 T, was Brother Higgins, and rolling up his brooches he pinched out a shot, and continued, wall I'm glad to see you Ain, had no fun since you left. Have you come over 10 build that church. I'm still good member. Made that preacher pay for them logs. Malindy, fetch ou, that book an we'll have hymn
 Il remained in the neighborhood and built f,ourshing church. and l didn', have better member than Brother Hig- gins
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
DIDN'T LIKE THE GOVERNOR

"So you don't like the presen, sover- nor of Arkansaw," said state officer ad- dressing an old man who had expressed dissatisfaction concerning the executive department of the state.
 No. sir. mus, confess ,ha, don't Ain; the kind of governor we had in my day. Why, sir, in my time. governor was the boss None of your SC, around and talk business abou, him. When thar wan, any very pressin' work in the office he'd 8 or; md ,sh,.'
 "fish;,, '
 Yes, fight. l, was his duty to enter :ain his constituents ;n them days. One cay, long time ago. felier come up from New Orleans ,o whip the governor He fad cleaned up everything in Louisiana, an hearin ;ha; the governor of Arkansaw was su thin of man. he came up here He stopped ., the tavern an got me to So up an tell ;he 'squire-or the gover- nor. We used ,o call 'em 'squires in them days. Well. the squire was putty busy when wen, in, ixin up the papers 10 hang his wife $ cousin. bu, when give him ,he information, he throwed down the papers an come righ, outen the ex- e-a;.vc nest. When we got 10 the tavern the big feller was eatin' a wa,ermilion The governor wen, up and commenced 10 help himself 10 the thing.
 =, l eer ter be putty fond of wa,ermil- lion. lowed the big man.
 "' \ li;,le the sharpes, appetite for it of anybody you ever seed,' lowed the governor.
 Who are you:' asked the man.
 "' The governor, an unders,an' you wanter see me.
 Vas. rea,her,' he said. shu,,in' up his knife with a snap.
 '' Business. l reckon =
 "'Yes.' said ,he man. commencin' 10 I.skr oii h.s eoai.
 ~' Le, her stay et you wanier take her  win you, the governor said, an spi, on his hand i an' wen; I, t. They ou, fur aoo~; i've nin!is. and the big feller gun Ter look toward New Orleans with a mighty hankerin' 10 git away. but the governor kep' putin # onto him till al, las, he few down ;he street. The govcr- nor followed him an churned him til he flung up all er that wa,ermillion.
 'reers ,ha, watermil!ion don't agree with your s;um.ck. said the governor.
 "' No; al this season of the year the fellow said. scra,chin' to gi, away. Finally the governor turned him loose an ,cle him ,ha, if dur;n' his travels he found man any whar to send him around. No, 1 don, like the presen, governor. cause thar ain no fun in him.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
WASN'T STUBBORN.

Hes blind" said a gentlemen, to whom negro was trying 10 sell horse.
 blind. repeated the negro. con ,emp;uously. "luit CT hi,tin' a, his eyes da, way. He kin see as good as yerse't kin. an won, ba; his eyes case he's so s,ubbon.'
 Well. wanted horse, and had no objection to blindness !; in fact. wanted a blind horse for the children 10 ride around the yard bu, don, want a stub born animal"
 Boss. da, hoss IS de blln'es. hoss yer eher seed. an ,ole yer wha, did ter keep yer from pressin' ne inter lettin' yer hab him. case man down dc street sen, ar,er him. Oh. yes, sah. he's de bhn'es, hoss eber seed, bu, he ain, s,uhbo'n.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

(Which would you rather do, fight or be stuffed with poison ?"
 :" Let us so home," the gentlemen pleaded.
 Thea you don't want to hght:"
 .No, sir; we don't.-
 You may go this time. but le, me warn you never to talk about dueiing again. l, is oowardly and disgracefuL IL is an acient barbarism which canno, face the bright sun of to-day's civilization. If a man were to challenge me. should re- gard him as fool was once a dueiist, and murdered acquain,ances, bu, for the interest take in my abused and suffering county, have reformed
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

ARKANsAw is making extensive prepar- auons for inc display of products q, the Louisville exposition. The legisla- lure appropriated the royal sum of seven hundred dollars io aid in the coniinenda. ble enterprise. At the frs, glance, this sum. 70 a stranger. may not seem to be commensurate with the importance of the occasion: but when the facts are all con sidered-when you reflect ,ha, i, is a wonder the legislature even sanctioned the movement, you must acknowledge ,ha, the sum is very large. \ legislature, from an advancement point of view. is combination lock, with the com bina,ion of. IL IS yey difficult, to work. and the mere tea, of opening the safe should be q matter of great eongra,ula,ion- The outside world is in the mist in regard ,o the resources of this state, and the work of clearing away the obs,rNtiors. and letting the sun dispel the mist. devolycs upon every citizen who feels an inieses, in his commonwealth. The plow has long since taken the place of the bowie knife. and the man who could stand |. .ia,- footed and kill a friend a hundred yards, is now equally skilled with the mowing-machine- The state mos, cor dially invites the energy and capita: of the north, ard the idea is to show a, the coming exposition that the resources of the state offer advantages superior 10 those offered by any other southern state. This can be easily done, if every inter- essed citizen will lend his financial infiu- ence 10 the work.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

DECpRAliON DAY has come and gone This is fact that even the mos, sta,s- ;ical cannot dispute. l, is a s,a,emen, which we make te give a tone of truth fitness ;o ths article. The farther away from battle we are. the more glorious is ;ke fight This Is, perhaps. the req son ;ha, men engage in decoration day ser ces with such pomp and fearlessness. Men who, during the war, were sick and unwilling to participate in the fight, bravely drop into ranks Decoration Day, and wi,hou, any regard for consequences march. and afterwards drink beer and talk over the dangers of long ago. It is righ, that the dead should be remem- bered, but il is better to remember the living. 4 cabbage 10 a live man is worth more than q flower is 10 dead one While gorgeous procession was march ing along the street. bearing flowers and tender memories, one-leg man sa; on the sidewalk watching the men with whom. years ago. he had fought. '' Its strange" he said, "iha, the boys will so ou, yonder every year and pu, flowers on the graves of their dead comrades. but refuse to help living ones. My leg was shot of during the war. and those boys know that Twas a brave soldier. bu, to- day stopped one of them on the stree, and asked him 10 give me twenty-five cents. but he replied ,ha, he only had a dollar and was going to buy flowers with " --
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

AN Askansaw man who ran away with ] young lady who was engaged to be married 10 another man, has been arrested by the other man on a charge of grand larceny This point. however, eanno, be determined until il is known how much the young lady is worth. If she is a very small girl. the man who stole her can . only be convicted of petit larceny. bu, if | she is large and broad and healthy, the case will amount to grand larceny. In . ,he matter of stealing girls a man should be particular.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
LAID OVER THE DECK.

" Don. you forget" exclaimed a man. arising during discussion. ",ha, lay oYcr the deck
 "Doy you mean ,ha; you can whip me = replied long-haired Arkansaw man. also arising.
 No, sir. said the hrs, speaker.
 Then what do you mean when you say you lay over the deck:
 mean that am a steamboat man and sleep in the pilot house.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

NEARLY every paper in the country is nominating president. This is shaping public opinion. If it were not for this universal nomination the delegates to the conventions would not know how 10 act. When paper, printed on a novelty press, and containing column and half of reading matter. suggests prominen, man for the presidency, you may know al once that large price has been paid for its influence.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

l'NnEE the rcw penal code m NcN York. a man caB lc prosecuted for attempted suicide. IL supsosed that fl hc succeeds. nothing l" :. be aoae 10 hisl. He W.!! be allowed 10 sA! 4t..e;lY lt,o that bourne oi peace and res, from which ne traveller ever returns '- .MTrt4. !St.a;fey.
 The woald-bc suicide. under any law. should be indicted for assaul, with inten, 10 kill. The suicide is a murderer, and ou,rages the law rust as much as though he were 10 take the life of some other man. The man with the suicide germ in him is an unprohtable member ot society You don't know how soon he's going 10 draw pistol and shoo; himself. Asso- cla;ian with such ! man is uncomfortable
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09
WHY HE SAW HIM.

Didn, tell you tha; didn', wan, 10 sec you n this cour-roorl again asked police 'adge of an lrishman.
 ~Yes. sor.'
 And didn't you promise ,ha, would never see yca again :"
 II d.d, yer honor"
 Then why do see you:"
 Because ye are 10, bind, yer honor.T
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-06-09

Ent<yed ei ht f0sfetfee af Littl< ROek, Ark.. e Jecond fLsJJ wal mdfsxy.
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25
1.-the statements of :, Hopol

If the statements of ;, HOuOlulu
 ne wspsper are true, King Kala-
 haua is sitting npOn volcano that is liable to burst forth at any moment. It tells the King thai not o0e of his advisers has tn.
 respect of 'nr peot lr; that tho arc >quandering the public money t0 gratify persrual vanity, an'
 that they are sh mefulIy n+giec- ting the public interests. Tn
 Femai kaOle prosperity If the ra- ton il saSs alone prevents the people from giving vent to their feelings, but upon the first indi- cation that this prosperity has been ch hecked, he will hear from them In way that will make him almost wish he had been att lacked with the national disease, and bsnished to the retreat where there would be no one to modest him nor take him afraid-neither politicians worrying the life out of him with their Opportunities, nor the people giving vehement to their i' dignatiOn.
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25

Ths tslegraphers' strike Is at eaa end, and has been unsuccess- .fuL 1t was . lsmentable under taking and considering the odds 1t was . forsgone conclusion that The telegraph companies would come oil victorious. The strikers made many mistakes. In the first place. they were not strong enough in numb CTS and lacked through organization. They took the wrong season for the strike, it occurring at time when there was the least business to be trspsactsd. Then, their demands where such ss to cause the bitter est sutagonism. It is whispered thrs several of the leading spirits ia the movement where bribed iuto declaring the strike a fail !aFe. If such ds the, case there appears hat little hope for the Nniustly oppressed.
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25

An interesting legal question has arisen in the Supreme Court of California. In March last one Majors was found guilty in Santa Clara county of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to Imprisonment for fife at San Quentin. Subsequently he was charged with the killing of an- other man, also in the county of Santa Clara, and. on the order of the Superior Court of that county was removed to the jail of San Jose, where he now lies. His petition to the Supreme Court, after setting forth these facts, states that his proper place is in San Quentin, and that, being "civilly dead," he is not subject to trial fer the crime charged against him. Majors has applied for writ of habeas corpus, and Judge Ross has made the writ returnabIe before tn e Judge uf the Superior Court of Santa Clara county.-EX.
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25

Recent agricultural statistics of Ireland show that during the past year there was an increase Of 399 in the seperate farm hold ings of less than 1 acre; of hold ings of above 30 acres and less than 50 acres, 28O; of those above 50 and not exceeded 100 acres, 5S; of those above 100 and not ex- ceeding 200 acres, l6: of those above 200 and not exceeding 500 acres, 6; and of those above 800 acres, B. Holdings of between l and 5 acres decreased l,645 In number; those between 5 and 15 acres decreased 2, 167 in number, and those between Is and 30 acres decreased 422 in number. The aggregate decrease over the in- crease in the number of separate holdings was 3,532-which would seem to be an unfavorabIe slgn of agricultural progress in Ireland. -EX.
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25

results to both employers and employees, the principles ir volved in these two instances should be upheld by all fair minded people. As a rule printers are the most intelligent of all laborers who come under the name of artisans. The nature of their occupation necessarily educates them, and while engaged in their daily labor they are constantly gaining information and mental discipline which other mechanics have not time to acquire. They see the necessity for organizing themsel- yes into protective unions, and it is safe 10 say that their rules are formulated with more fairness to all parties than are the regula- tions of any other Trades Union. Whom employers demand con- cessiops which are in" conflict with these rules, fidelity to their union VOWS compels them to re- main firmly by their principles. h both of these cases cited the employers have been the aggres- sors. The Call and Bulletin peo
 pie wished to deny their prin- ters the right of associating themselves as a protective union, while the T! mes-well, Col. OtIs Is simply up to his old tricks.
 While at the head of the Santa Barbara Press thls gentleman was continually in hot water, and all because of his persistent warfare against union printers. There are a great many employers who have not a sufficient knowledge of the business in which they are engaged to make it profita ble. |. They do not know how to extend their business beyond certain limits, and as a result their cons
 tant cry is retrenchment in ex- penses. To men of this calibre,
 there Is only one thing te b e done-reduce wages. Their pro- fits have fallen below certain pc: cent, and their workmen must make up the deficit. Where the l2borers are intelIi- gently banded together these reductions can be resisted suc- cessfully and the managers are forced to administer affairs on better business principles. While we are opposed to strikes of all kinds We stIll cannot lhhOld sympathy for those who wo be- lieve to be unjustly oppressed.
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25

ATiEona papers are not the only ones which have not implicit faith in Gen. Crook. An Eastern exchange, esys: "Gensral's Crooks services are again needed In the Sierra Madre. It begins %o appear that his former expedi- tion was snot 6 tremendous suc- cess. He brought back to San Carlos band of bucks, but many red devils of the most savage sort remain in the mountains of Mex leo and are conducting themsel- yes in the old way, murdering white men and plundering ran echss. General Crook should try 1t once moEs."
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25

Last Sundays issue of the San Francisco Chronicle was one of If not THE. greatest journalistic sensation of the Pacific Coast. It consisted of sixteen pages, hav- ing IA columns of matter, 104 of which were pure reading matter. The bulk of the paper was devo. ted to ths history of Masonry and the order of Knights Tenn plsr, and taken "in connection with the interest centering in the present conclsve will prove q valuable number to preserve for reference. The Chronicle people are deserving of praise for their enterprise.
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25

This year Is keeping up lts re, putataon 8s a year of accidents by which dives and property are lest A few days ago a terrible accident occurred at Winchester, the eros sing of the Kentucky Central of the Chesapeake 6 Ohio Railroads The Lexington Accommodation train from Mount Sterling struck the Eesr car of the Kentucky Central tsaiu, containing four hsndEed kegs of the giant DOW der. The latter exploded with terrific force, tearing away the end of both the depots. The en- zine was blown to atoms. An eyewitness said that part of the debris was hl0wn Q mile high, but he was probably SO badly frightened that he could not tell the truth If he saw it.
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25

long and eventful life. He was horn in 1910, and became Jndge of the Supreme Court of Peunsyl- vania at the age of fl. He was Attorney General for three years under President Buchanan and Secretary of State during the last year of the Buchanan adminis- tration. Since that period he has devoted his time to the prac' tice of the law in the higher courts, having been retained in some of the great railroad cases in the East. He has written ex- tensively upon railroads ard oth- CT matters, one of his greatest ef forts heinz a reply to Bob Inger- soll's teachings. Just before he was stricken down with de ,th- dealing disease he published an published an article giving an account of events preceding the war, for which he was taken sharply to task by J.ferson Da- wis, who accuses him of a mis- statement of the facts of history. In his death the United States has lost one of it's ablest jurists- one whose place cannot be easily flied.
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25
The new schedule of passeno,

The new schedule of passenger Fate. adopted by the California Railroad Commissioners went into effect on Sunday last. This change establishes 6 maximum of elx cents persmiIe over desert and mountain roads, and four cents-per mile over the valley roads, except in such localities where the present lates are low or in which case there will be no change. This reduction will be a material saving to Arizonans waiting or having business in 'CaiiforniH, as the rate west of q. g Colorado river will be thereby ,e- reduced about twenty-five per cent. The greatest change is in the fare from Yuma to Los An. Selea, which Is reduced from $22 to $i3,e5, It does not cost a su,sll tortuns to go to California new, yet the R. R. company will probably profit ln the long run.
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25

Immediately following the printers strike on the San Fran cisco Call and Bulletin comes 8 little difficulty between the pro- Prietors of the Los Angeles Times and the printers on-that journal. While there is no denying the
 fact that in majority of instsn- I,ss these strikes are uncalled for, xhl aIc productive of disastrous
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25

Hon. Jeremiah s. Black, most celebrated constitutional lawyer, died at his residence in York, Pennsylvania, at 2 o'clock, 8. m., on the 20th instant. Judge Black was a prominent man in Ameri- can politics and affairs during his
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25
A good investment.

My wife said I was a fool when l brought home bottle of Parker's Ginger Tonic. But when it broke up my cough and cured her neuralgia and baby's dysentcry she thought it goed invest ment-N. Y. Tailor.
The Arizona sentinel., 1883-08-25

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 w Spring put Tn. 75c. Watch Glass put in, 1Oc Watch Key, Sc. Spectacles, from 25c upwards; pins put Tn brooch hes, 10c; Sto furnished, and setting in any article, 25c; ring made larger, 25c; any article mended from 10c to 15c. All work warranted.