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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-10
The Champion M,ser
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 laeNut county ls entitled to the bcl, tor Inc ehampion stingy man. His name iS AhSaiom Sptague, and te save ink he mn,c> Il \. Sprag- He built large tcs,. deHec he s very wealthy out oi the pro. ced> galued bv selling batter and eges. iie~ouid ee te town with a pound oi butter and few esgs. and return home with board ot t~o
 Some young neighhaf boys were al Clinton on the Fourth of laly and asked Nj; Npiague to have >u,hen :" .' lan't driuk or smoke. sad he. but II ,i's tho same ,o you I'll take len cents out oi the drawer
 When his wife died the kind neishbots came to bury her, they wanted to pass through a meadow II was m the spring tune ,o reach the graveyard He would not allow them ,o pass over his meadow but made them lay down h, Gh iail icne C and dtive through d hogEy eotnheld to the grave. The lumber wagon [ sntain ing the oorpAe and nesIl, all oi the fol lo~ets. stalled m the mud and were obliged ,o wade ou, ,o the meadow and walk Ia the cemetery.
 hard working but indignant, farmer. 'aitd Al elhaAHt Hban1 one evening and found the old mlset hugging a feN smeuldetng soals m .,n open ibe-plaee No she, hgh, dispelled the pr,N ading gloom When ,he ncighbor announc ed himself, eprague arose and lighted ,ai- low dlp eandelabta.oy rAn and hlIed with hog oil and wooden tag. style oi Henry the Ftf,h. " Ah. sad the nelgh hor, have come to chat ~l,h you upon an lmpof,an, subject" Sp,ague's eyes gl's,cncd as sisions oi 4 copper cen; came before htm like speeue " have al ways worked hard, been far tn my deal Ings with men sut nos at the end oi \ long life, hnd m, self poorer than ever You arc d saving man too, and you have be- ome roh. Now tell me the secret of your success in saving
 Is that all you came io talk about"
 It Is. my dear neighboI"
 Well fl that's all. we can talk Tn the dark lus, ss well, and he blew out the hgni and covered up the Smnuldenpg coals.
 Nc believe ,ha, he would steal money ou, of hls lcit pocket ~nh hls ugh, hand h h~ want ahaid his Jeff hand would catch him 4, the u,ek and expose hum. He IS one of those kind of men tha, would no, be satisfied ~i,h the earth he would want the moon thfown in
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-10
svinbure on vie,os Hugo.
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 Hugo. for all hls dramatic and nara tive mastery of effect. wall always prot,- ably remind men rather of such poets as Dante CT lssiAh than of such poets AS oophot les or shakespeare. We cannot oi course. imagine the flofentine CT the Hebrew endowed ~iih hia infinite va reiy of sympathies. of ini-fests and "i powers but as bi,ie can we lmagine m the A,henixn such heigh, and depth oi pass,on. m the Lnglishman such un- queno hAble and sieepiess ire of moral and prophetic faith. And hardly in any one ot these, though Shakespeare may perhaps he excepted. can ~e recognize the same buoyAnt ard chiId like e4ul,a. ton in sueh things as are the delight of a high hearted ehild m free glory of adventure and ideal daring. ln the tn- umph and rapture oi reiniess imagina- ton, winch gives now and then some ex- cess of ftodlike empire and supefhuman klnship ,o thcir hands, whom hiA hands have created to the lips whoss life ,S bfe4,hed into them rom hls o~n. By the Homeiic stature oi the soul he meas ures the capacity of the sword.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-10
A PROFITABLE JOB.

in diary little once m a shi1se ih NAin- Ca, lissle, old, fsi editor, target for ill- of5ce vas deserted quite; the !" hands ' 'A> --she foEs that hung ro ,he two lean typos were not thia-the ainner bell had rung, uh,l, he scribe. through economic rules that in home held sway, ,,,,,,a dine al three-or four-or ave-he ate two meals day. vhls sitting there in solitude, attempting 10 compose ,t.,s-r ,kat W wouid paral,ze his journalistic soman's step was heard outslde-some lass m search of glory o.,h ,p, some pale poetic a4ss or maiden giih 4 story. 4, ,,y rate. the editor threw on his thread bare coat. l .,..nreG his hair ttx best he could. and
 cleared His husky throat. n, woman was a raraiist, so said her dress and men;
 u., age was hfy something, and her figure
 spare and lean ua,le Ter saffron coiored features and her .e8cr grown rather rough, pr,,4ict. \ .ong acquaintance with the syt of
 dipping snuff. st. were l big san bonnet which was st fl as tine iih starch | .,s .orfned above her head in front a highly
 ru;fied arch. .t recsaa von re th. printer Wall. 1 want ,o5ae lettcrs struck" Inns spoke the rural female to the target of J. suck The editor delighted ~ith the hope of cash, replied:
 . B. seated. madam, all your wants shah soon
 hesatished-
 u.re. take this ian .yoa look 70 pale yo.. re
 aearied. I'm airatt.
 is.. keep your sea,-I'il soon return and
 br.ng some lemonade. sss swallowed all the lcn.ouAas--'twa as
 dashed si,h good old Sine- TAen. taking breath. she rttonmeReet and
 cobbied all the rind sse sewed she'd have that every day f she
 were onis richer, Ind then threw out modes, hint that she would like ihe pitcher. The editor sad certainly he eoaldn' | Mell refuse her. She | spoken of some work and he Mas fear ial lest he u lose her -Yoa wished some printing he inquired "Waii. yes.n the oman sad. |~ Ny Ephraims lately tuk some strange
 proud notions n hts head He's gelne To travel clear ont vest dis
 remember ~har- To-day he bought fiu two store shirts and
 dTa~ers-l believe t"o pair He says thai folks IS travels have their shirts
 all stamped ~l,h ink Now could you stamp ms Ephtaim's name
 on his shift>. do you tA.ak :"
 -Pa,megal .Mr. ia " I. .Ms,S.ys.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-10

to the teeth with buck says and saw buckA and axe&. and before a widow knc~s what kind cf a gang we are, ~e are going to saw up her wood and spli, is. and carry it in. We made the darned. es, mistake last night on the south side. though. We found load of wood next to poor widows house. and sawed u up. and carried it in. and after we had go, |, all done. Dutch cigar maker. next door. ~ho owned the wood. got mad abou, it and made us pay four dollars kr the wood, IL took all the money ~e had, bu, II was tun. and the widow never kne~ where the wood came nom. 1 had Ia sell my skates to raise my share, but there is ris' ice. anyway. suppose tha, de,ec- tive thinks he will run on to Xiii af bur siar tools when he makes . rad on us ln the barn. bat he will ind Us filing saws Ia says Us boys have struck a lead nov that makes him proud of us. and fl we can't md wood enough to saw he will buy some. li he docs we will give |, to somebody that Is poor We arc not saw ing wood for people ,ha, are able 10 hire fela, kcr to saw Il"
 Well. yeu take the cake" said the grocery man. as he cleaned ue the sinllc sfume that the tramp lei, "one spell expected you would hung up m state pr,scn. and now l wouldn't he surprised any Sunday ,e 50 ;e church and md yon ,n the pulpit
 No. you ne~dn't expect 10 hsd me m 4 pulpit. sad tho boy. as he >,ta,e he'd match on his pants to hght the uamp> rpe Il shall practice. and no, preach.
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-10
The Hsirp.n Fool
tjetroi, Chsa

There arc aiinos, AS many varieties ot fools as there are of men, but the flosi pi,iable of all ls the iooi sho s too fiat ,o even be laughed al, The la,es, develop rneni of thia class of lmbes lle is inc hasf- pm toilesior. sn nArs creature ~ho for ,ofne tune has infested the large eastern e.,ies. and sho s Iast beginning to de- velop in the west. The yirs.fns os the har-pln d,seAse provide ,hems-Iyes wi,h albums m which ihey fas,sn hAr pms they beg or steal from ,heu female fneads. They ~rite under each trophy the date Of I,s aequisition, the name oi the onginsi owner. and such other p,fnts as they deem of interest, and ,hen in company with other equally idiosiS " l2-de-das examine the collection and ecsnmen, upon the peculisri'ies physical and osher~ise of the ladies they have tzxed. Some of the papers waste words and space in denoaneing the przetice. II is perfectly harmless, and the brsisiess creature lnduiging in il is in ali prob~, bility undergoing as much mental labor A he is able to sustain.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-10
Emotional inAAniiy


 Emotional insanity is mAlady oi purely Amer an otigin. ant ~as orlgin- ally desised as a plea in murder casss where that of self deiense 0as ob. siousiy uu,ebsblc. X defense of pure insanity had The inconvenience of re- quiung the fsndani io be really mad but emotional .nsAntty is r. nsenteut and elAs,tt and thc person afiils ted in ,his ~ay might cofnn,a mgfa-ef ~hea the hu- u9f seited bm. ~i,b comparative im puniiY. though a' other tunes and io ,hc dip hargs oi has ordinary asoeAilons oI life be might knos hask irom hand sa~.. Many oi our most i.los,fioas crmisaIs have escaped hanging on ,his plea. and are no~ waking sboa, under the blue vault ol heaven ~iih pistois in iheif hip DO, keis. otnsmcnts and ,effofz oi the community. l, ia gratifying ,o re- feet. ho.eyef gratifying. s' least. ,o the EoH mafdstous portion of the eotn- fnanity that emotional insanity is be coming. to use An honeiy bai mos, ca pfess'ye phfAse. played out. l. has been osefdone somrhoS iher~ has gen ef@ily been Anoshcs motive anesHhri in the colss< of murder uials sh,eh sup plies tangible req an enough for the erim- ipals conduct ~.thout scare b.ng through the unreal Ana v,saooAry phsn,oins Of an emotional lsnS,ie bran Revenge. lust os greed Of gain have been not unusual conc osnitxnis of suc h fits of emogsoaal ln- sanity A have ruIrninAied n murder. so jur,es arc beginning to dissrus, the piea, and judges m general. and this /sd,gs in particular. are glad of it The trouble v.sh emotional insanity !. .h<. il give. 10 , preylous ind.e s,,oa of lis murderoos pro- clisiiies Ill Il pan. the pistol and shoots. asd then the diseAse is too far advanced fos any bu, the most heroic remedies. The hangrnan's rope peshxps has been fouad, in the rare eases to whieh if has beer applied. the most cfec:uai and i1pefmaneni cure.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-10
Reminder Of the Franco German War
 Philadelphia press1

To perpe;uaie the memory of the raw ages caused by the German shells in the large greenhouses of the Natural History Museum m Paris, which were unrlvalea in the world. the following inscription has been engraved on one of he walls of the building :. The Jardin des Piantes Med icinales. founded at Paris in i736, by an edict of the king. which became the Nat ural History Museum m I7e4- was bom- bArded under the reign of William l., king of Prussia, Count Bismarck. chan eeilor, by he Prussian army, in the nigh, of January S. 1871. unul then II had been respected by all parties and al! nx- uonal and foreign powers
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-10

When the widow buries her 6rst hug band she becomes pensive, but after she gets the second she is usually eapensse = T.sk<yg CGxesf<
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-11-10

IT was nOtSI Indt tFentfA nlJdcdir. minister of var. was not a, the depot ~Hh other o:iicial dignitaries, 10 receive the king, although II was gwen out that he was iii al home. Much blame has been thrown upon him on ,his account, and because, kn owing the state of feeling that the Chlan eoloneicy had created, he had not taken proper measures to pre- vent or suppress hostile and insulting demonstrations. Yesterday ThI5audin sent ln his resignation, and |, Is sad thA, he was requested 10 do so. In fact, the general admits as much. But he says a pretext was only required by his enemies. and ihis was what hs absence from ,he reception afforded. Opposition has been accumulAting agzins, him some time l, appears that he has been too much in the habit of fou,ing the authority of his colleagues and acting on his own respon- sIblity Many considered his appoint men; as a disgrace 10 France. because he broke his parole of honor during the war with Germany Tn which be vzs mAd~ prisoner. On ihis ground Germany se- rioGsly reelected on the adyisabili,y of discontinuing diplomatic intercourse with France when the appointment was first made but II concluded not 10 confuse the office and the person. France has had fourteen var ministers since the down. fall ofthe empire. Such rapid sucoess,ons are not calculated to add to the efficiency oi national army.
 Allow me to speak of ne~ enserpnse ia the newspaper way that is rapidly growing in Paris. l; IS a daily paper printed in English. called '' 7h< Morn ing N<sr5, ~hich has only been gong A Is,ie over t~o months but Is already 4
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-17
oyer a Precipice.
Santa Barbara Press 4

The stage coach which runs daily between
Santa Barbara and Los Almos was wrecked
yesterday afternoon while coming down the
grade on the south side of the Santa Ynez
mountains, about ten or twelve miles from this
city. Soon after leaving a steep rocky slope on
the mountain side, rightly named Slippery
Rock" and where the descent is at an angle of
forty-five degrees, with sheer fall Of precip.-
tous rocks of fully 200 feet on one side, one Of
the lead horses became unmanageable and
started to run. Butterfeld, the driver, did his
best to hold in his team. The brakes were put
on tight, and as the horses commenced to 90 at
reckless, breakneck speed down the crooked,
rocky, narrow incline, the driver realized the
impossibility OF stopping them. There were
several miles of steep grade below, and it was
narrow, rocky and crooked. To stay on the
stage was to go over the preciplce and be
dashed to pieces. Having decided that the
stage could not be saved, Butterfeld shouted
to the two passengers inside to Jump out and
save your livesl" At the same time the driver
dropped the lines and whip and sprang from
his seat upon the rocky bank on the of side of
the team. Mr.. Ben Leibes, who was one Of
the passengers was the first to jump out. He
was light and fell like feather right side up.
The other passenger was r. Estill. He was
less fortunate than his companion, and in
jumping among the rocks was badly hurt.
The stage, minute after Estill had jumped
off, went over precipice into chasm on the
left of the road, about 200 feet deep. The
jerk with which it went over broke the coup
lings from the two lead horses which went gal
Looping down the road unhurt. The wheel
horses were dragged backward by the stage
coach and went all together to the bottom Of
the precipice The stage was badly wrecked
and the baggage reduced TO small pieces. Sim
gular to relate, the two horses, which were
dragged after the stage, were found among the
wreck almost unhurt.
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-17
THE SENATE INQUIRY.
A woman Condenns ,he Tr,,,es.rr,;,

A Woman Condemns the Trasles.Union,
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-The United States
Senate subcommittee on labor and education
continued its session to-day. Mrs. L. Twitchell
of Brooklyn testified that she was formerly
president of working woman's association ia
San Francisco, and also Of the Female Shoe
makers Association. She had been member
of various other trade organizations She
said there were many women who had been
brought up in comfort who were now unable
to make enough to support themselvef. There
were at least 5000 women in New York and
Brooklyn who would be glad to obtain work at
any price. This had been the case ever since
immigration had grown to its former proper
tions, and would continue as long as immigra-
tion was unrestricted Trades-unions were
also the means of preventing many women
from obtaining work, as 1t was the policy of
unions to restrict the number of its members
Labor in New York city was controlled by the
trades union, and it was the object Of the
union to create corner in labor until they
could get good place for themselves aud then
desert their followers. The government, she
thought, should assist unemployed classes to
60 where they could obtain employment. This
surplus only existed in the large crowded CEN
tres of popula ton in the East, and the witness
thought that il they were assisted to 60 West
the pressure would be relieved.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16-Samuel Campers,
chairman Of the federation of the organized
traders and labor unions Of the United States,
testified in regard to the condition of the work.
ing people and the cause of strikes
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-17
OUR PRESIDENT
Enjoying Him..ls in Inc Ear west.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.--The President and
party were encamped at the forks of the Wind
river yesterday upon the same ground occu-
pied last year by General Sheridan. The
camp was then named Camp Bishop, in honor
OF Mr. III. r. Bishop Of New York, who was
member Of the Generals party. and the name
has been retained for the present camp. The
party remained there for the double purpose of
anording an opportunity for various members
to hunt and fish and to arrange the pack loads
This is the supply camp, whence the party
Will have to take ON the packs, ratons and
forage enough to last through to the Yellow
stone Park. The President, who is in fine
health and spirits, went on horseback with
General Sheridan a short distance up the
main fork of the Wind river, where the Presi-
dent caught some fine trout, and the other
members of the party either went hunting or
fishing. The march of nineteen miles from
Camp Stager to this point led through the
beautiful scenery of the upper Wind river
where gorgeously colored and Enthusiastically
shaped mountains alternate with those which
are covered with grassy slopes and timbered
ravines The weather is delightful, and the
march was thoroughly enjoyed by everybody.
Three antelopes, q bear, several grouse and q
rabbit were brought into camp by hunters Of
the party.
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-17
ASSAULT ON COURTNEY.
The Oarsman Felled with Sand
Bag.
Probably Mistaken for Another Man
Was Not Robbed.

WATKINS, N. Y, Aug. 16.-It is rerorted
that Courtney, the oarsman, was assaulted
here Tuesday evening and received quite seri
GUS injuries about the head. He would allow
nothing said about 1t until after he had pulled
the trial heat In which he was entered yester
day, for he said the papers would at once jump
on him and declare he was always meeting
with mishaps and wanted to avoid rowing. II
seems, however, that the attack was made
under Misrepresentation, and was not intended
for Courtney, but for another man who was
supposed to have large sum of money about
him, and whom it was intended to rob.
The facts, as near as can be ascertained,
seems to be that Courtney went down to his
boathouse quite late in the evening, accom-
panied by Mr.. John Cree and another gentle-
man, the latter being we'll known to be pcs
sessed of ample means. AS they walked up
the railroad track, they met gang of twenty
men and heard one of them ask If the man
with the round hat was Courtney to which
another replied no, that the tall man was the
oarsman. On their return the track was
apparently deserted. Courtney's companions
left him for few minutes, and he stood wait
ing for them beside the track in the shadow of
the storehouse whore his boats were kept
Suddenly he received blow on the head.
which telied MIN, and, his companions return
ing, found him on his knees in a dazed sort Of
state, unable for some time to tell ws.sst bad
happened He was taken to his sisters house.
where he has for some time been sojourninp,
and medical advice was summoned. The ply
sician who called gave 1t as his opinion that
the blow was struck with sand-bag. The
bruise on the right side of the head was pain
full, but the more serious effect was sharper
pain at the base of the brain, which prevented
Courtney from getting much sleep.
1t is supposed, and Courtney thinks that, as
he stood in the shadow, he was mistaken by
his assailant for his wealthy companion, and
that as he fell forward into the moonlight the
error was discovered and the sand-bagger fed
This supposition is sustained by the statement
that the moneyed man was subsequently at
tackled and escaped only by pulling revolver.
Courtney had watch and over $400 in money
with him, but lost neither.
Hanlan says that the defeat OF Courtney was
worth $2,0c0 to him in qualification alone, for
it went to prove that all he had said Uf the
Union Springs mans inferiority as a sculler was
trre. He didn't begrudge the 500 he had
given Ross and Lse to divide in case they both
beat Courtney, and declared it was the best
investment he had made in long time.
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-17
FOREIGN.


DUBLIN, Aug. 16.-It is intended to organ
ize a company for the purpose of raising fund
to supplement the government grant for immi-
grafton in ireland. Special appeal for sub
in America.
Electric Light i'm Vienna.
VIENNA, Aug. 49, Electrical exhibition
opened here today by Grown Prince Rudolph
with grert ceremony.
The NihiIisfs.
ST.. PETERSBURG, Aug 16.-A new socialist
paper called the New Era has made its appear
ance. 1t says that the present inactivity OF the
Nihilists is not resul of weakness.
The Bonaparsisfs.
PARIS, Aug. 16.-At banquet held here at
which 1909 persons wer present, speeches were
made in favor of Prince Victor, son of Prince
Jerome Napoleon, as the chief of the Bonapart-
list.
A Jew Expelled.
LONDON, Aug 16.-A British Jew represent
ing Raphael Tuck & Sons, a business firm of
London, and who arrived in st. Petersburg
yesterday provided with proper British pass
port and credentials to banking firms, has been
expelled from Russia by order Of the authori-
ties The newspaper Jewish World of London
announces that Count Tolstoelhas ordered the
enforcement Of the decree forbdding Jewish
manufacturers from employing Christian
workmen.
The Flag Hoisted.
The flag on the Italian Consulate Tougher
which was hauled down yesterday has been
again hoisted and the panic among the people
is subsiding.
Bedouins Defeated.
SUEz, Aug. 16.-Two thousand Bedouins
attacked sanitarium at Sinkat, and were re-
pulsed with the loss of go killed. The soldiers
defending the place lost seven men and the
civilians lost five.
LONDON, Aug. 16.-Sinkat is fifty miles from
Suakin, town on the Red Sea. The attack
was melted by the False Prophet 1t is re-
ported that Suakin is also threatened with an
attack
Railroad Accident in Relgium.
1t is reported that an express train on rail-
road running from Paris to Amsterdam has
met with an accident between Malines and
Vilvorde in Belgium and that several of the
passengers on the train were killed
ParneiI Threatens England.
This evening, during the debate over vote
for expenses of the land commission, Parnell
declared that unless the deficiencies of the
land act were speedily remedied, he would
lead deeper and more desperate agitation
than any that has yet been witnessed. The
act, he said, has been applied with slowness
and inefficiency, very different from the way
in which the coercion act had been applied.
The English Land Bill. .E1
The agricultural holdings bill passed its
Amendments we're adopted limiting the scope
jected by the House of Commons.
The Portland daily press., 1883-08-17
At Msranocook sunday.

The most complete arrangements for the
convenience and comfort of all wishing to at
tend the fine sacred concert to be given at Lake
Msranocook next Sunday have been made.
Cars will be attached to the train as required
and all crowding avoided, and the hours for
leaving the city, nine o'clock a. M, and start
ing from the Lake on the return, 4.30 p. m.'
are judiciously chosen. 1t will present to many
people an opportunity for most enjoyable out
ing, as well as to hear the choicest band music
of the State, both Chandlers and Glover's
bands having been engaged, and the pro-
gramme embracing five distincts concerts dur
ing the day.
The natural attractions of the resort do not
require to be forced upon the attention ,of our
readers.