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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-10

Weak as the forces are which France has
sent to Tonquin, they have been success
full in repulsing the attack of the Chinese
upon Hanoi, the Annamite capital. ms Is
only the beginning of hostilities with Chiha'
however, and despite the reinforcements
which NJ. Ferry's government has decided to
send out, this first victory is no guarantee
of what the end will be. The Chinese Gov
eminent has patience and great tenacity OF
purpose, and will not readily see france
Installed in one of its feudal dependencies
Between the two Powers, meanwhile, the
King of AMMAN seems likely to get badly
hurt. China claims his allegiance, and France
threatens him if he does not accept her pro-
lection. Thus far outside nations have taken
little interest in this conflict. But II emma
should become very much reused by 1t, the
authorities there might not make much differ
ence between one nation of barbarans and
another. In that case, the horizon of difficulty
would be much enlarged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-10

No one can be sentimental enough to regret
the first serious blow inflicted upon the Chin.
cahua Apaches, the credit Of which is due to
Mexican officers and troops. The horde of ma
RAIDERS who have SO long lurked In the Sierra
Madre have shown themselves iueconcilable
and by their deeds have earned all the punish
ment that can be inflicted. 1t is to be hoped
that Colonel Garcta's victory at Sierra Talmosa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-10

No Department of this city has ever been
known to lose chance to add to its patronage.
The Dock Department is no exception to the
rule Yesterday the Commissioners passed
resolutions declaring that as the HarbOr Masters
had been legislated out Of Office, their duties
should be performed by employees OF the
Dock Department. Unless this Department has
more men on its pay-rolls than are needed, Its
employees will not have time to perform any
extra work. But as the Commissioners
do not seem to be responsible to any higher
power, they probably will not hesitate to
engage more men if they see fit Some of the
other Departments of the city, which have
more checks thrown about them, might hesitate
before assuming duties which the law does not
authorize them to perform. Little obstacles
of this kind do not hinder the Dock Commits
sioners. Still, if the new law does not go
into effect until May "a, as the Captain Of
the Port claims, it might be wise for the Com
missioners to restrain themselves. Their haste
may prove to be waste if the Harbor Masters
whom they GUST SO easily should begin legal
proceedings against them for not minding their
own business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-10

Timothy Kelly, another Phoenix Park asSas-
sin, has been convicted of murder on his third
trial and sentenced to be hanged. This result
probably is due in part to the additional EVIL
dence furnished by Delaney and Caffrey, who
pleaded guilty some days ago. Delaney
declared that Kavanagh's and Careys testl-
mony was true, and as he had then little
chance of escaping the gallows he probably
told the truth. There is no doubt of kelys
guilt, despite his protestatiOns of innocence,
and no sympathy needs to be wasted on him.
1t is highly satisfactory, however, that YER
dict has been obtained in his case without re-
course to q commission of judges or change
of venue TO Belfast as was suggested. The
varying issues in these Dublin trials thus far
have sufficiently closed the mouths OF the
enemies of the Government who were ready
to cry out against packed juries and unfair
judges; but if Kelly had been convicted with
out jury, or in any place but Dublin, the
outcry would have been tremendous.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29

" son" said an indulgent father, " see that you cannot whistle a tune Go on of somewhere and compose an Enshsh opera."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
DION STEAL.

Gentlemen, sad an Atsansaw q! one. A he stood under the hmb of a tree from winch depended rope, | must protcs, my lnnoe enee l did no, steal the muse am above petty ,hef,. 1 know hat you all have the interest of the community a heart, and do no, blame you. but there arr tunes when ~e ar~ all hable ,o be too rash II had s"len he mu!e, my gull, would oppsess me unlil would beg to he put ou, ot the world in the mos, summary way
 The mule ~ss found m your po.ses- s,on. sad ihe leader of ,he mob
 ssty true. my dear sIf
 " b,d he lump into your To, z
 !" No, SIT. conducted him 10 lhe on- hnes of my piem,s~s
 !" Ind you buy the animal ~
 |" No, sir
 " Did you trade for him S'
 : d,d not
 Then who s,oie h,m Let do~n the rope. boys
 '' t.en,lemen. hope you ~.II give me a ehance to eaplAln. The mule in ques. ton was ,he property of our d.ssln guished fellow itIzen. Nj ayor Rugiesberry. oome tune ago the malor and l exchanged [ fe~ words of An uncomplimen,ary nature | ln,lma,ed that the majors blood would be highly satisfzctory to me. and the maJor sad that my gore would please hun nightly Well. we separated. thor oughly 4greeing with each other. The next day the major and 1 met go' what ls vuIgariy called the drop On him and relieved hum of ihe top of his head He was riding a mule at the tune, and when he fell off l sA~ that he no longei had any practical use fot the animal. se took charge of him so~. fl had dis mounted m the say he did. should have .nsespo>ed no objection ,o the alor', e,Aking my horse-
 hope. sr. that you ~'li excuse us. rephed ,he leader of the mob. We thosght tha, you stole the mule. Your explanation is most sztisfActory and hope you'll eaeuse us. Let us all take . drtnk
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29

jaws till his years rung. but he kep on bein sassy tell one day sebesal ob his 'quain,anoes jumped on him an put out his high,
 How pu, out h,s light. Uncle Ike =
 Killed him honey.
 He was bad. wasn't he =
 Monstrous mean"
 An was you glad when he VAS killed ?''
 "Yes. wut
 Why"
 "'Case wu. da,'s why
 Did he go to heaven :"
 Great l.aad honey yers wus den dat lay bird"
 "How worse"
 Akin 70 many questions. tsood gfa- cious. De coffee dun biled all CT way an de bottoms trapped oaten de pot. Oats whu, man gits by neleo,In his bus ness an iellin dc uur ,,ood bye. honey Blame ef l wouldn' futhet hab de dew-pifcn den ter hab los dat coffee. -
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29

Sac 10 the chicken thief. st many yeArs prison reform has been a sub,evt tor d,s- oussion and experiment, and Wsh to notify the i've year man that. If he at ,emp,s ,o run away again. he will be com pelled to serve the remAinder ot h,s term in the legislature. Pass the preserves to Hoy lack. Drunk hearty. gentlemen. Here. you. Horse Thief. try another bot tie of Mumm."
 Brocky lien being loudly called sos to respond ,o the toast of hog stealing. arose and said
 .' t.enefmens. Ii gins me grea, pleasure ter see yer all gedered aroun all d,s heah sweetenin' dis ebenin'. an 1 hopes ter meet yer on many 'eas.ons Q de same kine Hog s,ealin' IA great industry, an ha. tolleted Il ull has become somewhat kno sd Tn the perfession. De bes say tef steal hog IS ter shape de corners SO ye, won't gu oo,eh IL wasby no, obser.in, d,s rule dat yer all sees me heah dis eben,n' =
 Beneh Leg Dave spoke at length on corn ,hlevcry. and dropped many valuable suggestions Homlny hggle~otth. on man slaughter. ~as loudly applauded. and Waller Hammer Dan. on high way robbery. made the best effort of his life bu, Ii N an)ust to single out where all Are deserving of praise. The affair passed off m the mos, ctedltable manner. and when the pr,sen bell struck fouI A, morning. the merry rcvelers waving aside ( ltquo, snipe and currant leliy, hied away to the brick yard
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
HOW HE GOT IN.

The other night al the opera house. an old negro went to the door. feeling hls way along with a cane
 "Whar's de show man. he asked
 Here am." replied the manage. ef a Hump,ydumpty troupe.
 Would yer let DO ole blin man 70 inter de house ~
 q l, won't do you any good 10 go in, old man. You can't sec anything and there is no talking m this show
 Wall, femme go Tn anyway. am been ter ta,nment in SO long fSe hon gry fur H." : All right, old man, go up stairs" and a boy was called 10 show the old fellow ,o seat During the performance the manager looked up into the gallery and saw the old negro laughing " ht ,o kill himself e'oIng up and approaching the old fellow. the angry snowman sald
 "Though, you were blind"
 Sah 7" looking up with A puzzled air 
 "l say though, you were bltnd.
 Who. me -
 Yes you"
 .Whu, made yer ,hInk dat:
 '' Because you said 50.
 :. Nor, sah, l didn'. ased yer ei yef q le, ole blin man go inter de sho~ an yersef IS dc one whut sad oouldn sec
 Well. yosll have to ge, ou, os here.
 "Sah /"
 say you'll have to ge, out of here
 Who, me y'
 "ies, you"
 lies case 1 ain, bl.ne; Wy, man yer ough,er be glad dAt ken see. ieI ough,en,er want nobody ter be bhne les femme stay an I'll shet my eye, duria' dc res, O de show. Won't do 1t Huh, fus, man eber seed wha, wanted folkes ter be bline. Oh, I'll go out e da,'s whu, yer's h,n,in' at. Wants m. ter 20 jes' case l'se enJoyin' myself Oars some mighty funny folkes in di, heah worl, nohow."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
COULDN'T FIGURE IT UP.

The other night on an immigrant tram a young fellow from "Alabam turned 10 a rather old man and asked
 "Mls,er, ~hui time IS !; :"
 The man took out his watch, but as the car vas very dimly lighted, handed the watch 10 the young fellow, remark ing:
 @I can, see very well. Perhaps you can see better.
 The young fellow from AlabAm re garded the face of ,he watch intently for a moment and said
 I'll tell yer whu,'s fAck, mister, its been so long senoe ,osed one O them things ,ha, I've fsrgo, how to hgger up the calc1aiion.'
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
INDUSTRY.

"i haven, taken of my clothes lor three nights" said a man in an attempt n create the impression that he vas en- uemeiy industrious. No, sir. haven, taken od my clothes for three asxhis. 1, ~ork harder than any man in this to~n.r
 "Hsven's taken oa yoas closhes for three nights, eh ?" said byss2ndes.
 No, sir"
 @Weil, believe you, and % yoa bss- ter to the extent that don't thisk you've taken of your shir for tAree wseis.S
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
NOT 4 MAN OF LETTERS.

"I am sorry. said ,he justice of the peace. before whom old Sllas had been arranged, that man of your educa- ,ion and learning should be drawn sp for petty ihieving.
 "rse sorry, too, jedge. an ef dad !ss me had my way wouidn',er been heah. ]"
 Silas, you are an edacAted man, a man of letters:r
 Nor, sir, 1 ain us;er be a man O letters, but ain writ a letter in yeah. Pse . postal card man now
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
VOL. 4. NO. ,.
HIS REFLECTIONS.

WA-s i. rev year comes I'se gwine,er do better.
 Abraham, rocky my soul I'se .. ssincter kn ock on ole Satan's letter Abraham, rocky my soul tse ssFsed him now fur might, long time, Abraham. rocky my soul Ess s.s.aed my garments in dc dew ob crime, Abraham rocky my soul.
 Oh Moses,
 Whar IS yer man.
 uo ah, ah
 tn de promise Ian
 o-o-er, o-o-er, o-o-er, o-o-o. n .195,-r Mhui stole lse g~inetet take one.
 Abraham. rocky my soul Eu. .. sot in de iros' tell he's done los his 5amb.
 Abraham, rocky my soul i,t aeter git sorce from ob my ayes.
 Abraham, rocky my soul A = ie uddcrs ter refo m dar lives Abraham, rocky my soul.
 Oh, Aaron.
 Whar's yer calf
 c o ah, o-o ah
 Yer grabbed a, de ehaa
 q o-er, o o-er, o-er, o %.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
LIMNINGS.

Ea.Mayor Oakley Hall, of New York. has gone to London to practice law. Ben amin retired just in time.
 The democrats of the south want the tax removed from whisky. Certainly, free palio, box is greatly to be desired.
 t'ts. adelphia is struggling for ele- vaiec railways. The people of that city are ured of walking ten miles to their meas.
 " son. said an indulgent father, Il see that you cannot whistle a tune. Go on of somewhere and compose an English opera
 The New York Journal says tha, eff. Dan. once made Joke. Mir. Davis may pe man of enlivening humor, bu, he carefully excluded any of this quality from. his book
 \ aoating island has been discovered in me Mississippi river. The owner of the land con,emplates making marke, garden on the portable farm and sailing into market with his crop.
 The medical authorities have a, last determined how to tell when canned salmon is poisonous. If 1t does no, make you s! K it is supposed to be all right, bu, | il kills you it IS safe to conclude 
 What's the matter with this water !' asked man who took a drink from a bueke. in an Arkansaw country store. q Don't know. Did you taste anything wrong:' "Well. should say have" femme sec: Oh, yes. John, the old est boy, flung his shoe in the bucket ariy this r.ornin'. John, why didn't you take tha. shoe outen the water. Do you want folks 10 think you ain't got no senseT'
 Newspaper clipping is sometimes done so hurriedly that ludicrous mistakes fre- quently occur. A political editor read the following in an exchange and reached for his shears: "Colonel Mebore. II is said mas had three wives at once A fine man for ofice.- He missed the par agraph and clipped the one rus, above it. This IS the way the paragraph read in the morning paper: The bes, soap in ,own IS kep, by Ashman < Go. Call and see for yourself. .--HoggLesrAe Iioloe. Colonel Mebore is gentleman and the man who says he has ever had three wives al once is liar"
 The English government treated o'Doanell in very ungentlemanly man ner. To haul a man out of bed al eight o'clock at morning merely to hang him is shame. A mans sleep should De respected. The highest medical authori- ties say that waking man has dele,er- ious effec, on his heart, thereby shorten ing his life, and in the case of O'Donnell this IS eminently correct. The facts go a long way in proving tha, he wosld have lived longer if he had not been called at such an early hour. Dickens said :. When am awakened early always feel as though l am going to be hanged O'Donnell must have had similar feel ings.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
HOW rhkY SHOULD pik.

Colonel Abimelek lublin, some time ago. vas candidate ior congress. proposing to represent the t,kh dis- tric of Arkansaw. Dceming IL neces- sAry ,o v,s,, all the people m h.s district. and no, deslr,ng ,o wear him self out by horseback riding. he employed hack. They. the colonel and the Celtic engineer. drove for weeks around amoag the bAckwoods people who thought that a man who vas not able ts walk vas net able to take care Of the country interest, The ,oloncl had been reared ,n..town and kne~ nothing of the habits of the people ~ho made thess livsng between the r,s,ag and setting oi the sun. He thought that every man should he alive to the political interest ot his country. and he was much surprised to hnd that oa, besSecn the hog paths there were people who did not know ,ha, he ever entertained a political aspiration. One evening, Just AS the sun was casting h,s las, glow on the helds and woodland. the colonel stopped al the house of sovereign aud asked oi mas who came out and leaned m the sem blanee of a gate
 !" an you tell me hos lar II ls to where ,ap,A,n Harry Maynard lses 7"
 "No. sah.''
 l" Don't you know oap,a,n Maynard = No. sah
 "i though, ,ha, he lived somewhere in ,hls neighborhooA
 |" He did"
 Well. has he moved his re.,dcnoei" ?" Noah"
 Well, where does he live now r'
 Don't know
 " though, tha, he lived down here near the mouth of the branch He did"
 When dSd he move f''
 ' He didn't move"
 Where does he live now l''
 $o~hat Hes dead Why d,dn, you tell me that at hrs, - Why d,dn, yer A. me = My iuend, 1 am a candidate fos soa- gress. ain well-kno~n in the state Rad 1 wan, the people ,o vote for me 1 have come long ways to day and | nov want io know, AS my old trend IA dead. which ~ay 10 go to feaeh Solomon bend"
 "Wha, Solomon =
 lobe solomon, 1 believe He's dead"
 When d,d he die :"
 Las spring.
 What was the matter with him r
 "Saake bu"
 Am sorry ,o heae that, Well, I'll go to Mir Jay Nogies. Hos far s Il sa his house r'
 "He's dead"
 "DeAd wha, va. the matter wish him f''
 Snake bitr
 T declare that's a-fal Do you kaov the way to Major Ragiin's hoosei
 "No, sAh."
 Why, he lives here ID the ae,gAbor- hood"
 No he don't"
 Has he moved -
 No, he's dead"
 "GreA, goodness What ~as the mat ter w,th ham ~
 Sazke bii'
 Confound t. do all your people die tha, ~syf7
 Nov. look here. We've go, q ~Ay to go an ei you don't like if, you'd better travel. We've deeided thai ,o be snahe- bI, is the nigh, wzy. an hyou'ys got some- thin bssier, " open ap yoar school an' we'll all come 'soan'. h the neassime. don't think you can come aroun' an fosee us inter anything ou,isndish. If . ssaks- bite won't kiil christian, " he aiat a sAast -lt
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.

Good hufnor is de s4fes' quality in a man. As long ss de dog wags hs tail dar ain no danger in him.
 Ise spacious Q de man ~hut ooss low. De mole goes do~n mighty low. ba, ah. IAxd, ~hu, mischief he does
 DAr's no hope m dis wori an no hope in de naix, fus de man whu; doan lub his chile. In dis respeek he's ~ss' tes ds wolf
 Too close 'tenii oa ;e. h.s'Eess ain'i good fur dc system. De rooster what cro<1 all night, crows de weakes' in de mornin'.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29

Ea.Nayor Oakley Hall. of New York. has gone to London to practice law. Ben amin retired just in time.
 The democrats of the south want the tax removed from whisky. Certainly, a free aalio, box is greatly to be desired.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-29

pt..adelphia IS struggling for ele- va,ec railways. The people of that city are ured of walking ten miles to their ,,a.s
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-13
Slo11i> fSuiGuuc.
Published Wednesdays and Saturdays.
~ BODEEN, ,
Publishers.
STATE NEWS.
Scllai-WcplxIy.

Five insane people We're taken to
the hospital at st. Peter from Hem
nepin County, last week.
The annual convention Ofthe Catho-
lie Total Abstinence Union, of Minn.
will be held in Faribauit, Wednesday
and Thursday, June the Is and IA.
The Old Settlers association of
Fairbault and Northtield, which in
cludes the old settlers of Rice county,
are to have a grand reunion picnic at
Union lakes ON Tuesday, June 26.
The Winona Normal school fur
nishes eight more lady teachers for
the normal schools in the Argentine
Rebulic, South America. They will
sail about July II.
Little Falls has 4 case of body
snatching. Workmen who were i'm
ployed to remove the body of child
of ID. II. Ross, that died a short time
ago, found the coffin open and con-
tanning only the child's clothes rolled
up in bundle.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-13

A firkin Of butter weighs So pounds
tub 81 pounds.
1t is stated that fifty creameries will
be started in Minnesota this season.
Some one says he succeeded in eur
ing his hens of cgg-eating prOclivities
by filling shell with lard and cayenne
pepper and placing il in the nest. OEe
pill of this kind is sufficient for one
hen.
Cows unstimulated, but kept along
In natural way. will last much the
longest, re Cquire less labor to be looked
after, produce better offspring, and
milk and butter of superior flavor and
healthiness.-Cor. Livestock Jour-
nal.
The Philadelphia Record says
Tramps are getting so thick in the
country that no farmer considers that
he has a proper ontfit for agricultural
operations until he buys double
barreled shotgun.
Fhe Farmers Review says : Wher-
ever strings can be run up outside an
outbuilding, or other unsightly object
about the home, plant morning glories.
They will soon cover the unsightly
wall, will bloom until hard frosts
come, and will show fresh glory
every morning.
In all interview with a Pioneer re-
porter recently, Mr.. Paris Gibson, of
this city, who is largely engaged in
sheep-raising in Montana, had the fol-
lowing to say concerning that indus
try in the Territory '"There is no sec
ton in the United states better adapt
ed to the raising of sheep and wool.
There are now some 100000 sheep in
the Territory, probably 25O, 900 of them
in the counties of -Heagher and Cho-
teau. They are mainly blooded sheep
high bred MerinOS. The first sheep
which reached Montana were driven
in there from the westward, coming
from California, up through Oregon,
and from Oregon. This was ten years
ago. The yield of wool last year was
100000, and [ feel certain that ten
years from now it will be $4,000, 600
pound per annum. The business is
yet in its infancy. \ few sheep were
driN ell i'll ten years ago, but it is only
within the past four or five years that
it was begun in earnest. Montana
wool is the highest priced and most |
Of Territorial wool that reach
es Boston, our chief market, because |
it shrinks less and is cleaner than any
other. Our ranges are clean.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-06-13
THE NEWS CONDENSED.

The telephone tells its own story
and it sound one at that.
EliphOnt Clark. the oldest hOmeO
pathic physician of Maine. died las
Friday morning, aged -. He was th'
founder. with DR.. Gray, of New York
of the American Institute of IIomeo
pathy.
Three powder mills of Latian
Rand of Newhery. y. y. We're blowI
up last Friday by lightning. One
man was killed. Loss $4,000. Work
will be suspended Il month.
Clay county has voted against the
bonds for county buildings. The com
miSSiOnerS. in order to boom some
real estate in Moorhead. had gone Oh
and made several large contracts and
laid Il costly foundation.
Twenty-seven girls of Council Bluffs
by way of reminding their male
friends OfremisSnesS III the matter OF
taking them to entertainments.
bought seats for the theater one eve
ming. and went in Il body. with only Il
matron for escort.
The Merimac Touring mills. at Mer-
imac station. about eighteen miles
from Minneapolis. OH the Missouri Pa
cific railway. burned last Friday
night. 1t was owned by H. b. Eggers,
of Minneapolis. Loss, 100000. In
sured for sd 800.
In railroad collision Thursday
night at Nordland. d. T.. V. Barnes.
Judge of probate. was seriously injured
about the head. side and thigh. and
his physician says he is splitting blood
and sinking rapidly. Several other
passengers were slightly injured.
The President has directed the stls-
pension OF Charles {. WalcOtt. cOllec-
tor of internal revenue in the seventh
district of Ohio. and appointed VIM.
:. Furay. Of Columbus. Ohio. To fill the
vacancy. 1t is understood that the
above action is taken upon the silggcs-
ton Of keifer.
One day last week james MErry. ut
Fargo. aged -. ylrtllnAn in the North
ern Pacfic yard. i'll attempting to Jump
on freight engine lost his balance
and fell across the track. the wheels
passing over his body and Severing
both legs and one arm from his body,
also badly bruising his head and kill
ing him instantly.
1t is stated that Mr.. c. c. Baldwin.
president of the Louisville and Nash
Vile railroad: c. p. Huntington. presi-
dent of the Chesapeake and Ohio and
William Butler Duncan. president of
the Mobile and Ohio railroad, have
united in arranging dinner to COM
mittee of citizens representing the
Southern Exposition. to he held in
Louisville, beginning Aug. , and con-
tinlling 100 days. This will he a very
long dinner.
f. O'Connell, of Brooklyn, having
been complained of, for keeping nui-
sance in the shape of hundred noisy
pigeons, proved that they were carrier
pigeons and that he employed them
between his home in Brooklyn and his
farm in Wood Haven. They usually
made the journey in twelve minutes,