The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-02-10
LIMNINoS.

There is no wsrd in all our nomenclature
 That sounds SO big to the dad
 Whose son IS serving in the legislature.
 As "Hoaorabie." there zint, be gad
 II was many and many a week ago,
 In prohibition town.
 4 maa there lived whom you ma. know
 As Anti Bilious Brown.
 And this man he lived with no other thought
 Than 10 drink al the whisky that other men
 bought.
 The grangers of Kansas wan, the office of secretary of agriculture created. This Is a very sensible idea. and no doubt that some well known politician, app pointed to the office, could materially im- prove the growth of cabbages and cause rhe silken constalk to If, its ,asseied top and nod with increased graceiulness.
 The transfer of head IT. she makeup of newspaper often causes distress and ill-feeling. The otAs9 day when the Not vile Roosfey came ou; the personal de- p2rtment headed Live Stock Items, and the cattle market headed = Personal" considerable excitement WAS exhi biied in the neighborhood of ,hc unfortunate publication.
 The song .Le; Me Dream Asa.n. may have been idly composed. but II finds grateful lodgment in the heart of the farmer boy when he hears the old gentleman step to the foot of the stairs and call, -Come, get up, John. daylight. Hurry up." He again calls as John. over come by the dreamy drowsiness of sum- mer morning, turns over and in the spirit of the song, breathes the luliing sensi- ment of "let me dream again"
 What did you think of our perform ance.n asked dramatic starr oi the theatrical reporter of daily paper. Beats anything ever saw -oh, sir said the star, glowing in grateful warmth. you do not know how deeply your words sink into an appreeiative heart. Will you please say as much in your oriti- cism.r -l will replied the reporter. and the two men shook hands. The reporter kept his promise, -for the next issue of the paper contained the following The performance las, nigh; bes, anything we ever saw, and even with the promise Of long life, we do not think ,ha, VIC will ever again see anything nearly so bad.
 Occasionally the newspapers publish an account of an eccentric old man who made his own coffin years ago and who has been sleeping in it every night since Us construction. The old gentleman Is now likely to give up his wild desire for sport, for a mischievous maehinis, who lives in the neighborhood, constructed several clamps to be worked by spring, and placed them in the bottom of the death trough The other night. the old man said, as usual, well, must get in my box, probably never to gel ou, again" When he Lay down, the clamps closed on him, and with yell he tore himself loose. The public is to be congratulated upon the success of the clamp addition, for |, will no doubt be several years ere the old man submits to another interview with a newspaper and allows his name to go forth as man who delights to sleep in esernity's repository.
 The Chicago CAsek does nc, agree wi,h Peck's Ssn in the assertion ,ha, rich men give largely to the poor. but so through life branded as stingy rather than ;o sss .sasa ssasSs=aa .= ,:5>-.. e-s, s.,s...- .he sings and arrows of such outrageous misfortune Regardless of cAeck's dis belief. we are inclined to the opinion that rich men are nos so .'close hsted- as they seem- Jay Gould is regarded by the public as man whose stinginess ap- breaches cruelty itself, but hundreds Of poor, obscure people have eaten bread a, his expense + $ not just to condemn man as miseriy simply because he does not parade his charity in print Some time ago when Jay Gould vas in Liule Rock he exhibited an unexpected gener- osify. While standing near his special eax. poor, raeged boy approached him and said: ~Misaer, I'm hungry; won't you please give me something to ezsF Whaf did the great man do, turn and w1lk away without needing the lament of the cAildf No He looked casiouxly around to make sure that he was not ad- verising his charisy, and gave the boy a three-cenf piece thaf he had been saving for hoeel waiter. and selling him to huny home with it he wiped his weeping eyes.