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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01


 for r'iesquiso baf fo pst oVei me ne1t .ee 1 weh, ate, h< -ows an ,fe people al n saed a; me 7nf rh~r sa, aoxn or he fence to scfaPc the mud otf my ean1#y pants, Inc !e4con yelled ike he 6oes n the Iesis al. oniy he sad Come come. pro rasttazfion ls the thief of tune io4 gei sp and hamp yourself aat go and iced he pgs.' He vas so darn mean iha; could not he.p ,hros,tng A ocfdolk bur sa4.psf the siae of the rDw he was milking and \ .,rns heF nght m the flank on the other slde from where the deacon was. Well you'd d disie 10 sec the CO.'S Jump up and blA, All four of her ieet were or the ground ai ,ime. and guess mos, of them hn the deacon on his Sundsy vest, and the rest hii the milk pal. and the COW baked axains. the fence and b~llered, and the deacon vas all covered wlfn mix and COW hair. and he got rp and ,hrovcd the three lerget stool 4, the COW and hii her on [ horn and Il glzne ed off and hl, me or the pants las; as ~en, over ihe fence 10 feed ;he p'gs dsdn, kno~ deacon could .alk so sassy zs cos. and come So near swearing ~sthoa; actually sayinz cfss words. Well. l lugged s~li ussil l wss honnesiek to my s,orlach. and ,hen had 10 clean of horses, and 70 to the ne.ghbors Aboa, mile axay 70 borro~ los Of rakes 10 use the nexf day. was So tired ainos, cred, and then had 10 draw rwo barrels of water with A veil bccket. 70 cleanse for washing the next day. and by thai tune ] wanted to die If was r-oxe nine Q clock. and ! began 10 thinx Aboe, supper, when the deacon said zll they had ~as bread and milk for supper san
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-09-01

Rosne Lax so sepper tbz, she h sd sang there bewl.-hias.y. and ,a4; ta thank her he had given her costly bracelet. which bore .he double headed eagle of Austria in diamonds. Tse empress alone was ignoran, of ali ,his tittle-ta',ie. She had resolved 10 give concert and espec ally in honor Of Rosine Lcx. Tickets of invitation were sent ou, There was b;t one exclamation among the good souls ln pctticozss Of Vienna Good gracious. To invite her husbands mistress to sing in her drawn groom. that did really exceed all bounds of de- cency.' A countess raised her eyes to heaven and whined ~Ah, had your ajessy seen Rosine Lux's dress .'o;hef night a, Countess von Apranoff1s concert. Twas an attire splendid enough to damn a saint {; velvef. the color Of crushed strawberries. trimmed with sno.s, and ruches Of old lace ;ranshxed by diamond arows. l; made ,ha. old ninny de S, Jasmin eAolaim Nowadays '.is Venus who bears Cupid's lriver.
 Ina, night the empress found he following note in the empeross writing ID his own secretary
 Tonight. Rosine. will cal. at your lodgings afier the performance Say what you may, will nor quit you Do nos refuse entrance to paradise to ore rho lves only in you and for you.
 Unused ,o anguish. the empress bore IS agony ws,h the lofty energy of noble spirits. After the opera when her has band told her he would walk home, she made 10 objection. As the curtain fell she ordered 2 chamberlain 10 cary D Ros:ne L1x the letter he had previously
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-08
steam steering Gear.

Many of the ocean steamships, as thoss
of the White Star and Inman Lines. and
the Cunarders, are now steered by steam
steering machines The French and
German Steamships have the same ma.
chinery, and il is fast being introduced
tpon the steamships which ply upon the
iiland waters of this county, as the
boats on Long Island Sound. A m.,iari.
~ of the fast.steam craft built in Eu-
r. pc haze used it for same years. and
since the invention Is Of such obvious
and practical utility, it can only be "A
question of time when all steamships and
steam yachts viii have steam steering
engine.
1t is plain that an apparatus which
will give the pilot absolute AMI prompt
control over his vessel, easily worked.
and dispensing with half Il dozen, or
more, men eat the wheel" is a great ad-
vance upon the old hand power system
"f Stecring viii, the aid of steam tho
pilot can navigate much cinscr than was
before P''s>Iblc, turning the vessel more
quickly and in Il much smaller circle
Tie only. problems to he solved In
connection with steam steering were
ssnmplete control of the engine BY the
pilot, with the ability tn start or reverse
its action; an index tn show the position
of the rudder, aud an arrangement where
by the wheel III the pilot house may he
disconnected from the engine ut will
\ number Of English machines have
been patented, and several different ones
are in use on American vessels. II has
been found that the common winding
engine. ~ cailc'l, used for hosting pur.
poses, with slight qualifications, answers
every parpnse.
One pf these i, placed upon the hover
9lcek Of Ll,:' vessel. ar in any position
convenient To the pilot house i wheel
1n the engine is connected with the hand
wheel in the pilot hou4e by means of u |
strong rope, which acts as Il band. The
pilot, by the operation Of ii lever or
brake, has full eontroi of the engine, and
gilh tue greatest C;>o can start OF re-
verse it. 4 travelling cord, with taSsCl |
attached, indicates the position Of the |
rudder.
The power at the command of the pi. |
lot is ample for all purposes, aud as
lie has absolute command of the wheel,
the ship is easily managed. If, at any
time, an accident = Gould happen to the |
engine, the wheel the pilot house can |
be instantly discon lected. For stem
beats running on | my Island Sound it |
i necessary that Il c steam steerer should |
rum with us little Il lise as possible, since,
owing Ia The fng~ hich frequently pre-
vail, the pilot il ni ten obliged to steer |
largely by sound.
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4 Cabin in grcIamd.
{" asby. ]

The idea that human beings, made il.
Gods image, having the power to think,
to reason, and to act, could live, even
exist, in such hovel was incredible.
Wadfng through mud and slush, coming
over the shoe tops, bent my head and
entered. The room, if so it could be
Called, by any stretch of imagination,
was 50 low that could not stand erect.
The cold, bare earth that constituted
the floor was damp and slippery, as the
r..in came ;rick!ing down through the
open llla;ch aud formed little pools upon
iiu. gr"Iinl.
Near suggestion of II fire were hud-
died Woman aud four children, the
eldest not more than eight years of age.
As entered they all arose. ] WAS hor-
riiird To see that they were without
stockings and shoes, and their clothing
was - torn and ragged iilrt it afforded
na warmth whatever
Tue mother and her little girls were
blue with cpll Their FEATURES we're
pinr!ie,l with hunger. Their Whole ap
pcaranee indicated the want and suffer
ing they had been enduring far years
In one corner Ola room was what they
called bed. II consisted of four posts
driven into the ground. On striDgers
were laid four rough boards, and on
these boards were dried leaves and
heather, covered with few old potatO
sacks. There is where the family of six
persons slept.
There was no window in the house,
the only light and ventilation being
furnished by the door and the cracks in
the matched roof.
As. for meat, that is something they
never dreamed of eating. Only once a
year do they dare to hope to taste it.
On Christmas day they manage, if they
can. to boil the half of a pigs face, and
they mix their stirabout with buttermilk
to make a gorgeous feast. That is the
only meal they ever have, and the pleas
ure of this indulgence is Destroyed by the
terrible remorse that follows extraya
gance. Two meals Of potatoes a day
that is the diet they are born to, live
upon and die upon. As TO their cloth.
ing, that is something too horrible Il
talk about
In ride of FIVE miIes-from the dool
of the hotel in Cork to Blarney castle
/ counted over 500 women baFefOoted
whose feet had never known a stocking
or shoe.
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saved by IA Care>s.
Christian at Work.


A kiss saved me-" Immediately ev-
cry face bent forward Richly, dainllyr
T:lad women, aud moneyed men filled the
spacious room, but the silence that fol-
lowed could be felt. so eager were they
to catch every word.
Some one had spoken lightly of the
trifes that so surely make up the sum
Of happiness or woe. Triiies count for
nothing they thought; it is the great
events that determine the destinies of men
for good or i'll. 1t was this that had
drawn forth the statement and the ex-
PLANTATION that followed.
g! know nothing" he continued, "of
my parents or the circumstances of my
birth. Nothing in MI the bitter past
clings 50 close 10 memory as the ceTtain-
~ that belong 10 nobody and nobody
belongs tn me. III one of our large cit
les in Il locality where there are many
little homeless ones, where baseness il
the ruling element may or may not
have had my birth, at least, that was the
first | knew of myself. Poverty isn't 50
hard ii we've some one 10 love us; hut
nn one cared for me and all the days
we're alike, and the night seemed an
eternity of time. There is bitterness
of sorrow in The lives of the homeless of
which Cod only can know
''The snow had fallen and the cold
March winds were blowing, leaving ns
no choice, except the sunniest side of
the dismal street in which we found
shelter. /, with others whose years are
few, and whose homes are anywhere,
had sought the sunniest side, when a
lady paused beside us, smo0thed back my
tangled locks and kissed me. That was
the first caress had ever known, and it
saved me. ! slept somewhere that night,
and unlike all other nights that had pre-
ceeded it, | WAS neither cold nor weary.
The hand reached down TO lift me up
from the depth never unclasped its hold.
Angels sang their sweet song through
the long hours; the rapturous refrain
echoes ia my soul to night. II was years
before | grew out of that life TO a better
one; but whe ether ! had where to lay my
head, or not, | knew no WEAKNESS. The
warm glow Of a perfect day lightened
all the future, and in very dark hours
felt the presence of light foot fall, the
soft touch of Il hand.
''Out of the pure depths of her plying
womanhood she kissed me. 1t was a
triiling thing indeed, to kiss homeless,
friendless child; but because of that Kiss,
and with the Fathers help, / stand to-
day upon the firm basis of an honorable
manhood"
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HOW TT WORKS IN MASSACHU.
g RTtUC

ecII -
The Massachusetts railway commis-
sioners have made their annual report,
and it proves an interesting document.
The commissioners have been remarka-
bly, successful in settling difficulties be
tween the railroads and individuals and
have saved considerable expensive liti-
CATION. 1t has been alleged that freight
determinations would continue under
the commission system. The Massa-
chusetts commissioners had no difficulty
in meeting that abuse.
In one case railroad company was
charged with violation OF the statutes OF
Massachusetts, forbidding Il higher
freight charge for less distance from the
same point of departure in the same di-
rsction. The complaintstG tes that 81. Sc
was charged per ton for transporting coal
over the Norwich and Western railroad
Qeased by the New York and New Eng,
land railroad company from Norwich
To Webster, forty three miles, while only
90 cents was charged for transporting
The same or less quantities to Worcester
fOrty-nine miles. The board promptly re.
viewed the case, and presented An exten,
sive argument for the benefit apparent.
ly) of the railway corporation most in.
terested, upon which it gave notice thai
the public statutes had been violated as
charged, and recommended tina. the
company reyise the rates complained Of
"without awaiting further action by the
board, or for the result of litigation
which may last many years." etc. II
should he added that the freight tariff
was ut once revised as suggested and cor
responding reductions made for Other
stations than those named in the com.
nlAial
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-08

IL il clear that the senate tariff bill will
not be concurred in by the house if the
sentiment of the manufacturers of the
country is to be treated with ordinary
respect. Kill that senate BILL" Is GER
tainly a tersc and emphatic way Of in
dicating their desire. There will be no
revision of the tariff at the present SEES
sion of congress, aud the responsibility
for the failure of the practical measures
proposed should be placed where it be-
longs. The manufacturing interests of
the country have suffered seriously by
the threatening agitation, which has re-
suited in nothing definIte and leaves
the question in worse shape than before.
From the first day of the present session
of congress the ayowed purpose of the
Democratic members has been to pre-
vent all reasonable and definite action
upon the subject, and this. owing to the
small and consequently ineffective Re
publican majority, they seem to have
accomplished. Their action and the
expression of their sentiments and in
tentions has occasiOned the gravest
alarm among all the industrial and bus
mess interests likely TO be affected, and
where great firms like those at Chicago
seem To be falling to pieces, what bnsk
ness interest is not affecteds II Tho
responsibility be placed Y%erc it be
/ 1OnUo
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The X. II. Band.


7. c. Davidson will shortly wait upon
our citizens Tor present the claims Of the
K T band for the year ending January,
1884 As is known the band has Incl
dental expenses aggEegating about $500
per year, in the way of rent, fuel, sheet
music, etc, and the citizens have helpt d
them TO meet these in The past and we
feel ceit.ia they will cheerfulIy do
so again. The band this
year will have the gold medal which
they won at Topeka to hold: they have
to prepare for their trip 10 California
with the knights Tempiar and they Will
need al the encouragement tie people
can give them. They earned over S4O0
last year but lnore Than this was ex-
pended on new uniforms We trust the
friends of the band will be ready 10 see
Mr.. Davidson when he calls.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-08

New York Sdn: There is a peculiar
but highly successful colony of immi-
grants in Kansas, who call themselves
German Russian farmers. They are
probably agriculturisis from the border
country between Russia and Germany
or from one of the German settlements
In Russian territory. The Kansas settle
ment is called Herzog, and is situated
about a mile from the railroad station
of Victoria, on the Kansas Pacific rail-
road. These settlers are frugal, sober
and industrious in high degree. and
display intelligence and practical sense
in their labor. They show this partic-
ularly in the purchase OF the labor-sag-
ing machinery, without regard to its
cost. They adhere with singular per-
sistency 10 the attire which they were
accustomed 10 in Europe and the traveller
passing through their settlement be
holds costumes that belong 10 the pas
century.
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THE SUN,
NEW YORK. 1ssa.

More people have read The Sun during the
year just past ilian ever before since il was
first printed. No Other newspaper published
on this side of the earth has been bong ht aad
read by so many men and women,
We are credibly informed that people buy,
read, ami Ike The sun for the following reas'
ons, among others:
Because its news columns present In at
tractivc form and with the greatest possible
accuracy whatever has interest for human
Kind; the events, the deeds and misdeeds
the wisdom, the philosophy, the notable IOlly
the news of the busiest wOrld at present re
vOlvIng IN space.
Because people have learned that in its re-
Sun makes a practice OF telling them the
exact truth to the hest aI its ability three
hundred and sixty-iye days in the year, be-
whales as well as about the small fish, in the
face oil dissent as plainly and fcarlessly as
when supported by general approval. The
sun has absolutely no purposes TO serve, save
the information OF its readers and the fur
Iherance of the common good.
Because II Il every lDOsiy;s NEWSPAPER No
man is so humble that The sun is Indifferent
to his welfare and his rights. No man is so
rich that II can allow injustice to he done
him, No man, no association of men, is DOW
cTiul enough IT, lie exempt from the strict
application of its principles of right and
wrong.
Because in politics il has fought for a dozen
years, without intcTnissiOn and sometimes
almost alone among newspapers, the Eight
that has resulted in the recent overwhelming
is in power, The sua Sands ana will continue
to stand like Il rock for the interests of the
peOp,e against tho ambition OF bosses the
entertainments of mOnop01iSts. and the dis
honest schemes of public robbers
All this Is what VIC are told al most daily by
cur friends. One man holds that The sun Is
the hest religious newspaper ever pub
lIshed, because its ChTistiaBity IL uniiiutcsI
with cant. Another holds that il is the best
Republican newspaper printed, because II
has already whipped half of the rascaIs ont
of that party. aud is proceeding against the
other half with updiminishc vigOr 4 third
believes u TO bc the best magazine of general
literature in existence, because its readers
miss nothing worthy oil notice that IL current
in the world OF Thought. So every friend of
The Sun discovers ono of its many sides that
appeals with particular force 10 his Individual
liking,
IL you already know The sun you will OH
serve that in lSS; il il little better than ever
before. IL you do not already know The Sun,
you will find is To bc a mirror of all human
activity, q stOTchouse Ot the choicest prO-
ducts of common sense and imagination, .
mainstay for the cause Of honest government
a sentinel for genuine Jclcraonian Democ-
Tacy, a scorgc for wIekcdncSs of every spc-
eies, and an uncommOnly good investment for
the coming year.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-08

Senate bill No. 16S-An ACT TO amend
chan.er 13a of The. statutes of Kansas,
approyedlNiarch 3, 1858, the same being
an act TO prevent c.s1tain trespasses,
passed.
Senate bill No. lab. an act 10 preserve
tue purity of the Judiciary, passed.
The house In the afternoon passed
bill for the appointment of county
sheep inspector, and defeated Bills to
regulate the practice of dentistry; To es-
tablisll bureau Of emigration; 10 re-
duce interest to holders at tax sale Ger
tificates; To increase the pay OF county
commissioners. and one 10 give pay to
officers at the cities of the second class
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CONSUMPTION.

II is SAID that $4,000 people die an.
nually in the United States alone from
this disease. In some sections of the
country one death in every three is from
consumption. This can be, and should
be avoided; our people are too careless
about an ordinary cough or cold, and
the other symptoms of throat and lung
affections that lead tn this disease. You
should arrest it while il is in the germ.
Two or three doses of DIR. BOsanko's
Cough and Lung Syrup will relieve an
ordinary cough or cold. 1t does not
dry up cough like many preparations
on the market and leave the discase be,
hind it, but acts directly on the throat
and brORichai tubes, removing all the
phlcgm and morbid matter that accu-
mulates in the throat and lungs. It
allays all irritation, and renders the
voice clear and distinct Call for sam,
pie bottle. Sold by Charles Ryder and
J. A. Moore.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-08

The little leland in the Indian ocean,
the only spot of available land where
the coming eclipse Of the sun will be
visible, is Inhabited by thirty people,
all OF whom are cannibals, except one
white man, who has taken up his abode
among them. and for some unaccounta-
BILE reason will not leave. The natives
are quite savage, and it is feared they
win not allow the scientists TO land long
enough to take observations. unless they
take good-sized army along. The is
land is only Eve miles in circumference
at low tide, and is frequently almost
submerged by tidal waves.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-08

Edwin Booths present engagement in
Berlin has been a constant ovation such
as never before fell to the lot of living
actor His engagement opened January
IL, and has been twice renewed He
has impeIsonated Hamlet. King Lear,
Iago and Olhello before crowded and
enthusiastic audleNces. The Berlin
Fremden BlatI says Of his Hamlet (:
THE curtain Tell upon the most wonder
full impersonation of Hamlet that Ber-
lin has ever scen-an imDeTsonatlon in
which dignified grace, exquisite humor,
stupendous passion OF delivery and the
sublime power OF genius were ali blend
ed. The Hamlet was not played, but
lived. Aud So forever hc will live in
the memory of his lislners. Mr.. Booth,
amid spontaneous ouIburis of applause
was called upon the scene, and al the
close of the acts, no less than twenty
four times"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-08
A YEAR or DISASTER.

IL au inhabitant of Mars, after al
miriug the starry beauty of the earth
seen from distance of many millions
of miles, could approach near enough
to get birds. eye view OF what is now
going on upon its surface, lac would be
astohishc at the scenes of devastation
and ruin which had been concealed in
the serene rays of his evening star. All
quarters of our planet appear TO he sui
lering from extraordinary displays of
the destructive forces of nature. While
the Ihickiy populated valleys of the
Danube, and the Ohio have been desc
lated by great floods, severe drought
has prevailed IN the central part of
South America and Lake Titicaca, on
the borders of Peru and Bolivia, fam
Gus for its great elevation above the sea
and its islands, containing some of the
most remarkable ruins in the world, Is
reported 10 he drying up at an cxtraor-
binary rate. This has caused conster-
nation among the Indians in the neigh
borhood, who are reminded of acutiOus
tradition concerning subterTanean
channel connecting the lake with the
sea, which has come down from the
days of the Incas.
The disturbance of the eaIth's crust,
which was manifested by sharp earth
quake shocks in Europe, in New Eng
land, and in some of the Western states
few weeks ago, is yet felt in various
parts OF tile world. News has lately
reached US of great destruction of prop
erty, and the loss OF many lives by Garth
quakes In the island OF FormoSa, aud of
volcanic eruption on the shore OF Lake
Hakono, fifty miles from Yokohama.
during which ncighboring villages were
damaged 10y lava and falling rocks. The
mountain from which the lava burst
forth had not been known rs a volcano,
and this fact is all the more Interesting
because no volcanic eruption has occur
red IN that neiehboThood since the erup-
ton of the celebrated Fusiyama in 1907.
China. too, is suffering from Hoods.
The Yellow river burst its banks near
Wooting recently, and about 10000
square miles orterritOry were inundated,
IL Mother Shipton's evil prophecy had
been aimed AT 1888 instead of 1881, how
well all these events would have chimed
IN with the menacing jingle al her
rhymes.