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The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-04-07
Bernhzrdt and Suicide

The Paris correspondent Of the New
Orleans PieayEa< writes tina, paper that
they must not he surprised any day 20
receive telegram running Sara
Bernhardi had committed suicide. She
took morphine las, night, and this morn
INK was found dead IN bed. 4 letter or
her dressing table confessed the cr.ne
and attributed IL 10 incatfieable peegni
AIRY efnbauassmenis." Suicide j. cen
now, often on her ps. and even uas
often woos her and her best ffiene. ;ac
only physician thai e4a rare OF if.~
written troubles 81 tie BRAN. tier posi-
ton IS ~ell-nigh desperate. SIC has
more sheriFs than other callers more
Las wits than biIie,s doux. She han
never been housewife, has never
devoted herself TO anything. has never
shrank from debt. has always been averse
to using money TO get nd Of debt, has
Always been Unsuitable and ardent in pur-
sui, Of money, and, as il came, 80 ii went
easily. II was her cupldity which led her
TO venture Sd COO in mandatory which
:. vas sure to yield 10 per cent. a year
and which surely swallowed all her
SIS 900 and all the money that could be
borrowed. Il Was her cupidisy which
made het quit the French comedy. where
she vas sure Of $1,000 year. and always
cleared Si7,ooo, n least. by starring.
Twenty thousand dollars . year. she
said, was a palty sum Of money, On
which nobody could live unless she her
self went TO market and did her own
cooking. So she took French leave Of
the comedy and went xtIoiling. This
freak cost her $4,000, which. ed TO
SIS 600, makes her losses sios 80,
Sara Bernhard, has become
two theatres. in the first pscs "a. /:
love Of holding the strings and making
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-04-07
The Poor. Blind Tramp.
Ksn,sesy state Journal. }

+" Mother s4ld little Central avenue
girl. ~ she ran In the aide entrance Of the
house. here comes poor. blind tramp
And then the poor, blind tramp felt his
way with his cane 10 the side door IN
which stood the lady Of the house. Con-
fronting her, he sad:
Dear lady, would you be 50 kind ~
10 give me the small pssfance Of dime
OF sos am totally blind and have =
sick wife and nine small children TO 30 p
port
The woman gave him . penny.
The tramp took IT, looked II Il, put il
10 his pockes, and hen said TO the gives
Madam, 10 look 1t you. oas wouldn't
take you 10 be ~ ssingy ~ you are
why, thought you couldnt zee !"
she exclaimed.
well, ! couldn't when came in here,
but your extraordinary generosity has
opened my eyes You have restored my
sight. gracious lady. Take back all your
money. can now see TO make living
without begging
And he threw the penny at her feet,
and started on; of the yard 10 90 blind In
some others yard.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-04-07
Old Time Turtmen.
" ooalord San /

ndet this head X s.. eorrcSpnn
dent ot the Coa,if,- Journal says
Colonel Blackburn would have made a
reminded OF a remark made To Col Il
not long before his death. Or !. {
Stiles MAS on Visit To kentue Ky, and
was conducting 4 meeting in Midway
Or Stiles. Mr. aud Mrs blackburn and
several others went from church home
with a trend Ia dinner We were seated
III the pailot. DIR. Stiles and Mr. Black
burn leading the conversation. Mr.
Blae kburn gave expression 10 some opin-
ion in very emphatic manner. Dr
Stiles was standing. lie laid hts hand
afectona,ely on MIR. Blackburn shoulder
and sad "Oh, Uncle Ned; wha, a
noble. thorough going Christian you
would make" The love these two bore
each other was beautiful To witness d..
Stiles with his tender, loving words
Uncle Ned with his high apprea ,a,ian OF
the great man, would listen attentlvely
while that critical eye" was often mos,
with rnshe tears
Had ! the gif of ready writer
would delight In giving pen picture oi
several persons who composed that little
party Would tell OF Uncle Ned in a
social light: Of that great divine who
died with the gospel armor on; OF Mrs. b
that lovely Christian wife and mother
who was that day 80 deeply moved by
the sermon ION the efficacy Of prayer by
her dear old pastor OF the fair. gentle
girl who sang to us.'so swec,iy who, after
few year. Of welded life, faded and dice
as frail flower Of the tragic death a
few years aftcrward Of our hosp,,abl.
hostess. Nor would stop with those
Who have gone, where
he heart aches OF earth are refae.nb.re,
no more
but would tell Of the dark-halred g,f
Who married her frs, and only love, ant
IS now an active Christian in ne,ghbor-
ing city; Of the little boy Who was th,
idol OF the household. whose lie We has,
ever watched with interest, no~ with .
home and family Of his own OF an old
man who was also ono OF the party. who
has numbered his three score years ant
ten. Each one has a history worth re-
cording.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-04-07
Old English.

The words of our iorcta,hets were vst,
terse and expressive. and the English
language is losing much Of It's force IN
dropping is Saxon simplicity.
Thus. our torefather, did not call -
graveyard cemetery" bu, simply
Goods acre" They did no, talk abou, The
preface" Of a book TO them II was
only the @fore-talk. They said oe,e
bite instead OF Ito fascinaie,' want.
wit" instead Of folly" and in-~ii .
for knowledge" What a wealth a.
meaning there was in their word for
:" despair which vas "wan-hope." A
Humble ~as TO them simply "a finger
hut and a glove = hand shoe"
Words. too. are much changed IN their
meanings from the time ~ our great.
la the leroy bal
iAds. the poet describe lad, beauty
He says
iirr tsreh..fs they ser. AL Of sIk
Her teeth w.te shH~ as any NALL
Lasesopsr ot hse her hyde .
Lovesome IS rich old weird. but ~hA,
would be thought now days II NC talked
~ our lady loves hyde -
Ia Wyekiiffes TRANSACTIONS of the Cos
pei are many curious uses II words
Thus in the forc-t.lk," or preface, he
says, Paul, the knaye OF Christ, the
meddief'
Here the word knaye like the German
knabc. simply means a boy, OF servant
and The word med Tier means the one
~ho goes IN the middle, OF mediator
! has The phrase reads - Paul the srryan,
Of Chrs,. the mediator"
The xoIa " lad once meant a boy Of
rank prevent Sss to 20 before, az
- Lord, proven, rs IA ali our DOING =
Ito admire = was simply to wonder al .
and you could look al your best friend
.iih aasiaadseFslon,3 FOR the word
SIMPLY uas4at turning yoor mind OF
attention -.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-04-07
a Wet Honey moon
foaeoa fsisgfsph.


y exly-maffiea PAIR, ~ho arrived on
ihtf honeymoon inp al celebrated
Scotch sa,srlng-piAce, ~hen ancomno-
dzfion vas al premium, had a mattress
spread Tor them by compassionate mn.
keeper IN one Of his bathrooms. In the
middle Of he nsghs the house ~as
alarmed BY loud shfieka issuing from the
nup,lai chamber What vas the matter Z
Well. this: The young bride, wishing To
ring for a servant, had caught hold Of
what she supposed to be the beil-fope.
and pulled IL smartly. Cnhzppiiy Tor
her and her spouse, Il was the cord 81 the
shower-baih over their heads, and forth
with down plunged such deiuge of cold
water a. would throw dampes upon the
most devoted incoming couples.
Her husband, In dismay, caught fran
ucaiIy At another cord on his side Of the
extern porised couch, but the 6hiy re-
Spouse ~as an equally liberal deiuge Of
water, this time nearly boiling hot The
unhappy pair then screzmed in unison.
When the scrsants came, they found the
floor Of the room flooded with water, and
The wife was perehed, like monkey, on
her husbands back, uttering the most
lamenizble cries, while her good man
was fumbling about in the dark, trying
his best 70 find the door.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-04-07
WASTED AFFECTION.
rARuESAs MIX.

They SAT together by the crate,
He hisched little closer.
And said, a kiss would taste 6rsi-rate -
She eoldiy answered. 40. sir"
The fact vas simply this: the lass
Possessed another suitor.
And for this fellows iovesick gas
She didn't care 10 hoo,er.
Again he begged. Give me one kiss,
My dear, my lovely Carrie
One monetary taste OF bliss"
She simply ans~ erred, e" Nary
Then he replied but.reqaire
A single glimpse of Heavep,
She sasnet and sighed. Must retire,
You see the time s eleven.
One favor, thea. your John would ASK. g
He said On. don't refuse him.
Let me but for / moment bask
In bliss upon your bosom;
Let me but rest INV brow upon
Tina, sol, and hcayins h.lloW.r
she Simply said. Your head. nv son,
Is softer than the piles -
-.Nt.r York Ksre.Fr.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1883-04-07
Funny Men


ftiltoclst fts iinEs
Its an awful dismal thing to he
funny man on ne~spapei. II Is all
sell enough 10 describe half oif.is
around Fireplace and relate sofne jokes,
but when you come To reduce them t.
writing day in and day out. IT ia no ~onder
tha, your hair IL Spare and the doctor
tells you you will have TO eat phophorns
oF b~eome q maniac.
There arc lea people in ,his World ~ho
are calculated to be funny writers, and
there are fever people Who tumble 10
funny thing When they read IL We had
. large sired. egotissieai IDEA ore time
thai ~e were funny, and We ~, Job on
newspaper ~ an end man, which, OF
itself. was a dismal thing and ~e would
say 10 our young friends tina, any funny
youth who enters a newspaper Office
leaves hope behind. Al all events our
FIRST funny article VAS regarded by the
proprietor a. a paid local for an under
,akef, and always afsr that he made us
write all the obituaries. Still, we have =
snealng idea tina, II we had fair sweep
al IL. we could grind out pretty funny
thing. People think the EhhfHgf ~
la hfymose. and dismal and melzn, holy,
but give W. ,1Ine gisr Is. say inure~n
year,. and 4 &c don't produce brilliant
item in the interim. sell agree 10 seil out
a, fifty per cent. below cost. ene-haifeash
down and the balance IN yearly INSTALL
meHss.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11

Light penitentiary sentences have
been the rule, and many have escaped
without any punishment whatever.
Judged by this bloody record, it would
scarcely seem necessary that Herr
Most should go to Chicago to preach
the new and improved gospel of kill
ing which he has just promulgated,
The executive committee of the
National cotton planters association
have determined to postpone the loca-
ton of the cotton centennial exposition
until March l, 1883. This is on account
OF the existence of an erroneous idea
that the planters association wanted
$4,000 as a free gift from the city of
its location. Said President Moore
head: The planters association asks
no aims: it will be the means of giving
to the city of location of the cotton
centennial greater benefits than it will
receive. True, there was some am
blguity in my letter of invitation to
cities to compete, but we will soon
correct all misconceptions. The inter
est in the enterprise being manifested
all over the south will insure reaction
in the view certain cities have taken
in the matter by reason of existing
misconceptions"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11

the raising of barroom licenses to
sou year. 1t is calculated that this
would reduce the number one-ha.f /.
ana improve the character of those
that remain.
a man at GAINESVILLE, Arkansas. was
struck by lightning, which split open
his boots without injuring the man.
That Is probably true. We should
think that after lightning struck an
Arkansas mans feet it wouldn't have
enough strength left to do any great
damage.-Hawkeye.
"Are you the judge of reprobates p
said Mrs. Darlington, as she walked
into an Office of a judge of probate.
Il am judge of probate was the
reply. We'll, that's it, l expect"
quoth the old lady. "You see my
father died detested and he left sew
eral little iniidels, and want to to be
their eXecutioner."
The startling discovery has been
made by NJ. Pasteur that the saliva of
a person fasting is venomous. as it
contains parasites which will inocu-
late. Breaking the fast deprives the
saliva OF its poisonous quality, us the
parasites are then taken into the
stomach with the food. The eminent
biologist gives for the present only
the fact, and makes no attempt at eA
PLANTATION.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11

mindful of the difficulties that beset
the path upon which l enter, and
shall be quite content if, when the
end is reached, l may, like you,
look back upon an official career hon.
orable to myself and useful to the
people of the state. l cannot forbear
az this time to express my apprecia-
ton of the hearty kindness and con-
sideration with which you have at
other times sought to make easier my
performance of official duty.
FELLOW CITfZENs:-You have as
sembled to-day to witness the retire
ment of an officer tried and trusted.
from the highest place in the state,
and the assumption of its duties
by one yet to be tried. This ceremo-
ny, simple and transformations as be
comes the spirit of our institutions, is
yet of vast Importance to you and all
the people of this great common
wealth. The interests now transfer
red to new hands are yours, and the
duties here newly assumed should be
performed for your benefit and your
good. This you have the right to de-
mand and enforce by the means placed
in your hands, which you well know
how to use, and if the pub
lie servant should always know
that he is zealOusly watched by
the people he surely would be
none the less faithful to his trust.
This vigilance on the part of the citi-
zen and an active interest and partici-
patton in political concerns, are the
safeguards of his rights. But slug
gish indifference to political privileges
invites the Vaccinations of those who
want to betray the peoples trust.
Thus when the conduct of public
affairs receives your attention you not
only perform your duty as citizens
but protect your own best. in
terests. While this is true and while
those whom you put in place should
be held to strict account, their oppor-
tunity for usefulness should not be
impaired nor their efforts for good
thwarted by unfounded and querulouS
complaints and cavil. Let us to-
gether, but in our different places
take part in the regulation and admins
tratiOn otthe government of our state
and thus become not only the keep.
ers of our own interests but contribu-
tors to the progress and prosperity
which will await us. l enter upon
the discharge of the Office to which
my fellow-citizens have called me
with profound sense of responsible.
ity, but my hope is in the guidance OF
a kind providence, which l believe
will aid an honest design, and the for.
bearance of just people, which
trust will recognize a patriotic en-.
: d 'avor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
PERSONAL.


Mrs. Langtry is in the west; and so
is Gibbie.
Russian Minister Strive has reach
ed Washington.
Emperor Williams health is so poor
as to cause anxiety in his family.
Nine. Nilsson declined an offer of
S3OOO for three concerts in Portland,
Oregon.
Representative Perry Belmont has
been given a complimentary banquet
in New York.
Mime. Albani is expected to appear
at the New York Academy of Music
on the 18th instant.
Ex-Gov. Bowie, of MARYLAND, ex-
poets to put several fine racing horses
on the turf next season.
President Arthur is said to have
Killed the largest salmon ever taken
with fly on this continent"
Millionaire j. G. Flood gave $1,000
IN Christmas presents to charitable
institutions in San Francisco.
Chess Player Steinitz, during his
visit to New Orleans, will try to
cure" the insane Paul Morphy.
DR.. J. 5. Bond, a noted surgeon in
the Confederate service, died at Jack
sonvllle, Florida, few days ago.
Col. p. f. Hunley, who died at Tai
ladega, Alabama, last week, was the
somewhat noted leader of the
eighteenth Alabama regiment.
y special from Matamoros saws
that Angel NJ. HermOsillo, congress
man, and Senior Colina fought a duel
With fencing swords near Pachuca.
The former was wounded MORALLY.
Ex-Delegate w. II. Hooper, who
died at Salt Lake City on Saturday,
was an eastern Shoreman, having
been a native of Cambridge, Maryland.
lie served three terms in congress,
but grew to he so liberal in his views
that he was displaced by George Q.
Cannon.
Henry E. Abbey has leased the new
metropolitan opera-house in New
ork, and will open it with opera
next october. He has engaged Nils
son, Valeria and Del Fuente, and
Campanlni, at Milan, cables: Il ac-
cept seven months engagement, ten
times a month"
London Observer yesterday in its
retrospect of 1882, referring to the
obituary record of the year, SAYS "A
year which has witnessed the disap-
pearance of Charles Darwin from the
ranks of science, TAFT and Pussy from
the church, and Longfellow, Rossetti
and TrOllOpe from literature has GER
tainly levied tribute from us with NO
too Sparing a hand"
Miss Mary o. Thomas, of Baltimore
daughter of DIR. James Carey Thomas,
OF that city, has recently passed the
examination Of Doctor of Philosophy
at Zurich, Switzerland, and received
the degree of Phi. d., the highest honor
| ever conferred upon lady by the
university of that city. Miss Thomas
went abroad about three years ago to
complete her studies.
Washington Connor, Jay Gould's
broker, says Mr.. Gould, every day of
his life, works harder than any man
in New York. He is slave to his
business. L have often heard him say
that a man was Il fool for getting
more than a competence in this world;
that after he has made enough for his
support he only adds to his cares and
burdens 10y accommodating riches
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11

+ ay schools. The county tax is twenty
cents on the one hundred dollars. and
the city tax in LaGrange twenty-five
cents. There is a county debt of about
$1,000.
The Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal.
PRESBYTERIAN. Lutheran. and Roman
Catholic denominations have churches
in the county, and both the white and
colored population are provided with
good church cOnveniences in every
neighborhood. About 40 per cent of
the population is of foreign birth, d.
vided between Germans and Bohemi-
ans, and the spirit of peace and order
that characteriZes those nationalities
prevail in the county generally.
Chills and fever, usually of mild
type. occur more or less frequently in
and near the river bottoms in summer.
but elsewhere the general health is
very good. The mean summer tenn
perature is So deg, and mean winter
temperature, 45 deg.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
Sunday Laws Condemned From the
PULPIT.

Rev. Robert Collyer's sermon in the
church of the Messiah in New York,
Was entitled by him "A Defense of
sabbath Breaking" "a small body of
the community" he said, "haVe sought
To call up the ghost of the old Puritan
Sabbath and force people under pen
atty OF bonds and Imprisonment, to
pay the ghost proper regard. They
nave brought 4 dOleful sound from
the tomb that has been heard
with dismay by the poor, who
nave been only barely able 10 make
both ends Of scanty living meet by
the little trade they do on Sunday. /
SLY it is part of the narrow bigotry OF
Caivinisln, and cruelty and injustice
to the poor, that such law should be
on the statute books or should be en-
forced. thank, from my pulpit, those
magistrates WHO ignored the letter OF
this law and have shown in their ILL
| depreciation of it some OF the spirit
| of that Master who himself broke the
sabbath which the rigid religionistS
| OF His time were wont to follow.
Il say it has smitten the poorest
| with an unjust cruelty, and has let
| the rich go unscathed. Is 1T not the
large and free law that should belong
TO New York in the nineteenth cen
fury. Say once for all that l shall
| tight it with all the power l can sum-
mon DIS d law that gives birth to
| hypocrisy and double dealing, and that
comes OF the old spirit OIL bondage.
| 1t must be repealed and replaced 10y d
| new law that free men, broad minded,
deep thinking men, can endorse anu
respect and observe cheerfully.
II plead with all my heart
for day of rest. / would
nave it assured by law if need
the poor man work if he will on that
day, or if he can 1--we the easier for it.
would throw open the museums,
galleries and libraries on that day. /
would say to the boy, you can go to
skate or play ball, as you Will. I'd lay
no ban On the music hall, for pure,
clean music Is good. l would let the
lecturer speak as well us the preacher.
L would let linen go into the country
If they liked it Detter than going to
church. / would have Sunday mat
would give art and heart as free play
DIS religion"
In Christ Protestant Episcopal
| church Rev. DR.. Shipman said:
I There is d religious day OF rest and
Il civil day Of rest, Dut the state has no
right to command people to keep the
SABBATH as d religious Sunday. The
Two come on the same day, Dut the
state has not adopted the Christian
oaDbath-only the day on which 1t
falls. Church and state must be kept
apart, and the Sunday leagues do not
pee that Uneit SsigsSees;ryQuld be a very
dangerous precedent. WenHay5 sS,eliisS s
IfldC opening museums, parks ana
reading ROOMS Oh Sunday, or having
excursions by boat and rail are wrong.
Dut we have no right to ask the state
| to stop it"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11

Buried in the sand, on the top of "A
hill covered with dwellings, the re-
mains of the temple of Jupiter, at
Pergamos, have been found in a fine
state OF preservation by the same in
dustrious German archeologist who
found rich treasures at Olympia.
some OF the plaques" says the Build
er, "have been discovered as perfect as
il they had been wrought only yester-
day. The indications recovered have
been enough to justify complete
ideal restoration of the temple. Por-
tions have been found of all the essen
tial elements of the building-col-
umns, capitals, cornices, entablatures
with indications Of the exact dimen-
sionS of these main features, and
of the position which they occu-
pied in the building. Thus the idea
has been happily carried out of max
ing the museum for the exhibition of
the Pergamos marbles a reproduction
of the temple for which they were
sculptured. The plan of the temple
of Pergamos, according to the Ger
man explorers, differs from that of
any ancient temple hitherto known.
The architect has been the minister to
the sculptor. Instead of having to
display his figures in lofty pediments
at distance from the eye, requiring
some allowance for foreshortening,
the sculptor has here produced long
internal frieZe, which WAS brought
under close observation by means OF
a sort of gallery, reached by Il central
staircase"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS AND
THINGS.

Last year was too 2, and it does no
yet come handy to write 'S3.
Prick the tariff at any point. ant
somebody Is bound tosqueaI.
Nothing is ever said of Langtry's
getting on the stage. 1t is her acting
OH that makes her famous.
1t Is to be feared that PLAYS dosed
with the most slang and acted by the
worst actors, take the dramatic cake
this season.
Gen. Jackson's battle behind cotton
breastworks was nothing compared to
what is going on now behind cotton
bales In future rooms.
James Redpath VIII free Ireland
about the time Jobd b. Cough makes
..,e whole world sober. 1t is one thing
'o.scture and another to be patriotic.
IN reciprocity treaty is now occu-
Rylng ene attention of statesmen.
Inls Is best understood in the bar.
roolnSpf Washington. where treating
goes q turns.
Civity costs nothing. at the same
sllne u man who gets up to pass the
Iare OF . lady in a crowded car will |
lose ms Pat before he can get change |
ana retun to his place.
E The ke.of safe in a railp5ad Office
A. Joiioe' Linois, was lost, ind there
eDetag 10 no1est locksmith n town of
suinIiens a well-k[own bank
pulsiaf ms' .es'ployed to Eck the lock.
u II LISA Is saia ',n,sthe life Of the poet
NV hitter Is IS disturbed .by wo-
eoroposed to hihS ot J~ a snan.a,y
aaye made violee I've o ~ hin, ~ 'u;th
,rsut avail w " I'M Win
NJ MleuesSf. ar3 yGu 20 it stated that
2%ing " a lam, at .oubles" such and
AZ icn :, g IN . n vnm,Pted suicide, you
,<.~oa fros1hIinU him