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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10
FROM CONVICTION

And you told friend of mine ,i.Ai l could not ,eli the truth, did you :'~ sad Colonel BIecksofae to Captain Glarde
 Yes, sir"
 By which you aeani ;kai ! an. A liar. suppose :'
 ''Nes. srr
 -Is iiyoar hone; conviction that 1 am liar =
 -li $.
 That's inc vay 70 talk yolHs man. Always speAs from conycuon~ When | was a young fello~ 1 stole hog hshrly. Jus; to s.iseri, iip the fcaihey poin,s of feei.ng u1:e. and ~as sent to the penI- :en;iary Ssnce then have been ae:ua- ted from A sense oi cpuvlcilon.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10
DE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY.

''l amt a g~ine ter pray in public no noah" sad old John ~ith vehe- menoe of expression ina; startled has hearers
 Have you los, faith 7" asked by stznder.
 '.. has los; 'coufagement. sah. n prayin' fer de public. I'se been perti- iionin' fur de public long time an ain, sor buf one par ob socks, % no~ Fse gsrine ter pray far nsysef or hab under standin wId rr outside cUInIIs sEsIIs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10

The manufacture and sale of -misht'' cloiksng. carpets. etc, has proven so rernu ne-s;ive that ni<fi'i neckties. pocket hand k-rchi-fs- sleeve buttons and Je~elry will shortly be placed On sale, and mishir drinxs s}ll De served cheap al number of progres- ssse saloons next sumner El~s ass9 RsIsscsy seayhsL.
 And 'misit7 policemen will ares, the '' misht~ men ~ho drink too much of the misfit7 whisky, and hit them with mis- St" clubs and take them 10 -misf,- s,a- ton houses and araisn them before "misht' judges and impose -misf,- fines upon them. les. the e misft- bus mess has become extensive. Dentists are advertising Inisfi,- teeth and pho- tographers have large number Of = r.is- a;T photographs, and Little Rock un- 6crsaker advertise fine zsso..men. o: nishtT coins.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10

In company. ksstle boy approaches his father and says: " Pa, are ses~2nd ma one!" Oh, yes," looking at the com pany. Do you wish ma was dead r Why, no; what makes you ask = "'Cause ma said she wished you was dead, and if you are both one she'd be dead too.'
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10

A young autograph hunter wrote to General W. T. Sherman, requesting him to sign his name 10 the declaration that The pen is mightier than the sword. ' The General replied, politely informing the young man of his relation to deli caseiy termed fool, and saying ,ha, Bull wer Lytton himself would no, endorse such political statement. He was will lng 10 take the full tex, and endorse Bul- .er. bu; no ga-bled statement could ind favor in his eyes. He though, ,ha, this had completely crushed the autograph hunter, but as the General signed his name to the letter, the handwriting hend was entirely satisfied and IS now prepared 10 receive a similar answer from any other celebrity.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10
 LIM INNINGS.

The newspapers announce Oscar Niides intention of becoming an actor The circus would suit him better. As d trek mule he nigh; become a celebrity.
 Peck says that he Is sorry that his bad boy aHscies are not more interesting. He's like the old negro who knocked friend down and then remarked wishes now dat had hf him."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10

Children" said rural Sunday-school superintendent, never strike a man :" Got that money yet: shouted a man looking through the doorway. :Unless you owe him. continued the supe-in- tendent and, seizing a bench leg, he made i, so warm for the intruder that he af,erward declared the thermometer ranged among the nineties.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10

The Prince of Wales, il is said. greatly prefers the society of Americans. This has caused astonishment throughout Eu- rope, not that the Prince would fail to find the Americans interesting. bu, on ac- count of an aristooratic idea. Times are changing very rapidly. Some time ago if king had associated with . stage driver, the gossips of the neighborhood would have taken up the affair and made |, unheaithfully tropical for the royal gen. tieman but now, m the days when the brightness ofin,elligenoe daz1les the eyes of false dignity, justice of the peace does not hesitate to shake hands with a newspaper man.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. |. s. A. SATURDAY. MARCH uo usss

ing her hand. he let her around the lo, and then back 10 the tree where they had
 been standing. ." We are Adam An Eve.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29

compensations being conspicuous exceptions.
1t is not easy to remedy these things, since
individuals and public are disposed to admit
only the pre-eminence of that which delights,
drawing rather close rein on that which
serves alone. Substantial benefits are not
accounted of as great value as the delicacies
that delight, else truffles would not be more
expensive than roast beef. To be the fore
most prima donna of the world is to occupy
place in art that no substitute can fill to
be eminent for instructive genius does not
preclude the possibility of substitution, since
the capacity for judging of respective educa-
tional merits is limited to the few, the ex-
pert, and it touches province in which the
masses are only specifically interested. If
the teacher strikes for extravagant pay the
school board can unhesitatingly dispense
with his or her services, knowing full well
the question of their authority to determine
her worth will be of thin piping voice that
the great public will neither hear nor care
anything about. The matter of colossal sal
aries is as much necessity as the economy
of small salaries in the general 1t does not
rest upon the mere demand of prima donna
that she shall receive thus and SO, but it de-
pends upon the responsive quality of the
public, the direct and selfish interest it feels
in the case cause. The public knows
nothing of the teachers of its young, and
therefore knows nothing of the value or i'm
portanee of service rendered. The public
does know everything respecting the quality
of popular favorite in any department of
art or beauty, and is willing to pay for the
enjoyment in direct ratio with the estimated
degree of the benefit conferred. Every one
is susceptible to the influence of song, and
hence every one is willing to pay liberally for
the song that Is most effective. This is not
true of teachine, it is not true of poetry, it
is not true of painting, it is not true of par
ticular forms of drama, and certainly it is
not true of literature where individuality is
lost.
Patti is guaranteed So, 600 night because
the manager, with his finger on the public
pulse, knows that she is worth that to him.
The teacher serves for $3.50 a year because
she knows how far away from the public she
is, and how easy it would be for the school
board to replace her with some one who,
however great the difference in qualification,
would be quite as satisfactory to that public
which gives too little attention to the ines
timable value of universal education. 1t is a
vast pity this should be the condition of af
fairs it is an insufferable fact that it is SO.
We howl at an advance of two cents on beef
while we empty our pockets to the honor of
Italian salads and the glory of French cham
payne.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29
Beer Shop Plumbing.

From the Fall River News

From the Eal h1Ver news
Innocent looking faucets, which would be
ordinarily supposed to yield pure Watuppa,
are made to yield lager to quench the thirst
of the Sunday imbiber. Varied and ingen-
ious are the devices employ ed pipe from
the beer barrel to the sink, with faucet near
the water pipe, furnishes, especially if there
is window convenient, very easy method
of making Sunday sales. Gas fixtures are
also deceitful, and one case had been recent
Iy before the court where beer was conveyed
several hundred feet to another building and
then delivered through an ordinary looking
gas fixture. We are informed that in anoth-
er house pipe was led from the barroom to
a sitting room up stairs,' and up through the
floor to marble top table where student
lamp, or what appeared to be such, furnished
an outlet for the foaning beer. Not very
long ago, plumber had occasion to do some
repairs at the tenement of IL liquor dealer,
and, while engaged in his work, he turned
the faucet of an iron pipe which he sup
posed contained Watuppa. The water had a
rusty look, and the thirsty plumber, who
preferred to take his iron bitters In another
form, let it run while he continued his work
en- another uipe. While thus engaged the
proprietor made his appearance and excitedly
demanded to know what the plumber was
doing. That innocent individual replied that
he was letting the water run until it got
clear, and the saloon keeper, in language
most emphatic, informed him that the liquid
was not water, but beer, and shut it off forth
with. This story is vouched for as strictly
true, and the only thing improbable about it
is the assertion that plumber would not be
able to tell rusty water from beer. Many
plumbers could tell some very interesting
stories concerning work done for saloon
keepers, but, as matter of business,
plumbers are not communicative about such
c1hiA
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29
EVIDENLY.

The almanac says that Venus now rises be-
fore daylight. Venus has evidently married
a man who refuses to get up in the morning
to make the fres.-Norristown Herald.
proud of it Pr he said, ''Of course am.
He stopped four days at my house and was
taken with delirium tremens. Shows I'm a
good entertainer, doesn't it ?''-Boston Post
In a recent poem the "Sweet Singer of
Michigan" alleges that she wants to die in
June. We Judge from this that she is the
mother of half dozen boys. The schools
close in nJune-Philadelphia News.
Self-preservation is the first law of nature
ssWhat makes chickens come out of their
shell, they must be so nice and warm and
conf fortable inside ?" ''P'r'aps it's because
they're afraid of being boiled !''-London
Judy.
In olden times Roman senator used to
shut himself up for three days after eating
onions The great man of to-day walks
right out of the house and begins to argue
with the first man he meets.-Detroit Free
Press.
And even now things go wrong in Oirland.
Scene-An Irish cabin. Pat is ILL., Doctor
has Just called. "Well Pat, have you taken
the box of pills I sent you ?'' Eyes, sir, be
jabers, have, but I don't feel any better
vet maybe the lid hasn't come off yet."-
London Judy.
when were these eggs bolledF" asked
man of negro lunch dealer. ''Dis mawn'
in, sah.'' ''Well, then, they're no account.
I can't eat an egg that hasn't been boiled
several days" ooh, does yer mean when da
was fust billed Da was billed fust las week,
an was only billed ober dis mawnin', sab. -
Arkansaw Traveller.
A Texas paper tells this cheerful tale of the
experimental school of medicine: 'tA wo-
mau came to a prominent physician and
asked for a remedy for her husbands rheu-
matism. The doctor gave her prescription
and said: Get that prepared at the drug
store and rub it well over your husbands
back. If it does any good, come and let me
know. I've got touch of rheumatism my
SELF"
Miss Jane Pickafaw, on hearing the
church soprano break forth into Lord,
now lettest thou thy servant depart in
peace" turns around in her pew for glance
at the choir, and then whispers, triumphant
ly, to her sister: 'sI'm not SO bad at guess
ing. reckoned twas something new and
satisfactory in the bonnet line, but it ap-
pears to be sealskin.'' Miss Maria Picka-
flaw, having also turned around for view of
the soloist 'tA woman of any refinement
would have held in her voice for week or
two At least until that new look had worn
off,"
young man who was deeply in debt
Began horne races to bebt.
But he felt much ia doubt
How his fate would turn oubt
If loss he should happen to gebt.
Detroit Free Press.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29
Great Bridges.
Some Facts of Interest Concerning
Them.

Some Facts of Interest Concerning
Them.
The following facts concerning the great
bridges of the world will be found interesting
at this time. All except the Allegheny are
suspension bridges.
The Niagara bridge was constructed between
1852 and 1865. 1t has a span of S21 feet
four inches between centres and towers. It
has two floors, an upper and lower one,
suspended separately by separate cables.
The base of the tower at the level of the
lower floor measures 60 feet by 20 feet, and
is pierced by an arch 10 feet in width, which
forms the entrance to the lower bridge. The
bridge has four cables, each 10 inches in
diameter, composed of 2,64O wires. The
suspenders, 624 in number, are placed feet
apart.
The Cincinnati bridge was commenced in
September, 1856, and completed in 1867. 1t
cost 81, 500, 900. The bridge has a single
span of 1,O57 feet from center to center of
towers and two half spans of 281 feet each
The total length of the bridge, including its
approaches, is 2, ,252 feet. Its height is 103
feet above low water. The bases of the tow
ers are 80 feet long and SO feet wide. The
total elevation of the towers is 230 feet above
low water. Tue floor is suspended by two
cables II 1-3 inches in diameter, containing
5, 18O wires
The Allegheny bridge was begun in 1858
and finished in 1860. The length is 1,037
feet inches, divided into two main spans of
344 feet each, one half span of III feet 5
inches and another half span of III feet
It is supported by four cables, of which the
two outer ones incline outward from the tow
ers, and the two inner ones incline toward
each other. The outer cables are Al inches
i in diameter. The towers are A feet high.
The Msnal bridge, which crosses the chan
mel of North Wales by that name, is a large
suspension bridge, forming part of the
great line of road between London and Holy
head. 1t was planned and executed by Tel
lord in 1925 at cost of e211, ,791. The dis
tance between the supporting pyramids, or
points of suspension, is $50 feet, and the
height of the carriageway above high water
is 100 feet.
The Pesth suspension bridge was COM
menced in 1910 and finished in 1849. 1t
connects Pesth, on the Danube with Buda
1t is l, ,262 feet long and has span of 666
feet.
The Clifton suspension bridge, over the
river Avon, was designed by BRUNEI. It
was commenced in 1882 and completed in
1864. 1t has a span of 7O2 feet and the
roadway is 245 feet above high water. It is
calculated to stand burden of nine tons to
the square inch.
The Fribourg wire rope suspension bridge
was completed in 1884. It is 905 feet in
length, % in breadth and 174 feet in eleva-
ton. 1t has span of $40 feet.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29
. SJM -.

In this sale we offer a large line of White
lawn and Cambria Suits. Also some very
handsome Madras Combination Suits and
other Costumes i'm Wool and silks. All new,
fresh goods, which every lady should see be-
fore purchasing.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29
The value of I.u1uries,


A New York schooImistress, said to be the
most successful member of her profession
in the world, has just petitioned the school
beard for an increase of salary. She now
gets but $3.50 year. She asks for So, 900
day. The lady very shrewdly urges the mer-
its of her demand from the standpoint as
sumed, though, of course, her claim is satir-
ical, not serious, its purpose really being to
secure, if possible, a readjustment OF com
pensation in educational institutions she
asks: aWhy, if Nine. Patti is hereafter to
areeeive $5, 600 night for her services, should
not be paid at least much for mine
She has genius for singing, and lit Is the
verdict of experts-have an equ-l genius for
teaching. Is singing to be regarded as of
pre-eminent account and teaching of no ae-
count? |? We are constantly reminded that we
should do our utmost to encourage the beau
tifuI since the useful encourages itself. Bat
1 submit, in view of my $3.50 a year, and
Nine PATHS $1,000 night, it is high time
that this particular piece of advice was re-
served so far as the variety of the useful
known as teaching is concerned"
There is, no doubt, a greater readiness to
pay extravagant sums for luxuries than cor
responding amounts for necessities, and
teaching is in many instances wofully under
paid compared to its importance to the coun-
try at large. But the same is true of almost
every department of intellectual work, large
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29

What to call New York and Brooklyn when
they are united in one big city is a question
which is now receiving some attention.
One of the latest suggestions is Sodom-and-
GoT,orroh
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

st. Nicholas for June is delightful num-
ber. It has for a frontispiece picture
which illustrates ''Grandmother's Garden, "
poem. Mr.. Trowbridge's story is contin-
ued and SO is s'Swept Away" the other
serial story and both are illustrated. There
are three more chapters of ''The Story of
Robin Hood" with several illustrations.
Among the other good things are these
''How Tommy Went to JAIL" illustrated ;
'"The Baptist Sisters" four illustrations
''Our Picn1c,'' verses, with illustrations
''The Fresh Air Fund.- eleven illustrations
"Work and Play for Young Folks, " sixth pa
per; ION the Refuge Sands" by Frank R.
Stockton" "
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29
D, M. WEIGH & SON,

r Os. 2S and 80 Congress Avenue
Eoojster conv my24
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29
HEADQUARTERS TOR SILKS
PROCTOR, MAGluRE & CO.
CloakS, SUITS and Shawl Department.

Our stock in this Department is too large and
we MUST REDUCE it. Owing to the extreme
dullness of trade with manufacturers and job
bers in these goods recently purchased
large lines very much less than cost of manu-
facture which we shall sell at lower prices than
the same quality of goods have ever been offer
ed in this market.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29
EDITORIAL NOTES.

What to call New York and Brooklyn when
they are united in one big city is question
which is now receiving some attention.
One of the latest suggestions is Sodom-and-
Gomorrah.
During all the public ceremonies connect
ed with the coronation of the Czar of Rus
sia one thing has been very evident and that
is that he has still strong hold on the
hearts of his people. If he acts wisely all
may yet be well with him and his great en-
pire.
The people of Georgia are apparently as
heartily down on" the Chinese as are the
people of California. A party of men drove
out a small colony of Chinese that
had settled near Waynesbero and de-
stroyed their poor buildings. The
Chinese minister invoked the assistance
of the general government and the Chinese
had the matter brought into the LEGAL courts
both on civil and criminal processes. The
grand jury has refused to render any bill
against the persons implicated in the riot and
Waynesboro dispatch says that this action
is heartily approved by the people whose
sympathies have been entirely with the young
men in this trouble"
The Roman Catholic bishop of Konigs-
gratz has issued \ strong and somewhat pc
culiar protest against the persecution of the
Jews in Austria. He is cenfdent that his
priests do not participase IN these unfriendly
demonstrations, but he warns his people that
whoever helps circulate or eEsn praises anti
Jewish literature places himself IN position
toward the government from which the
bishop cannot deliver him.. The position of
the Catholic clergy in this matter is defined
by Pauls prophecy of the Ultimate eonver-
sion of the Jews; and being the fathers of
future Christians the church protects them
against injustice. But the bishop gives an
other and rather curious reason for his own
feeling. The Jews, he holds, are living
testimony to the truth of the Old Testament
history; but for them many people would
declare the Bible gigantic falsehood in
vented by the priests and thus t'shake and
destroy the faith of many millions of true fol-
lowers of the holy church"
The Boston Herald declares that there is
one man the Republican party can elect in
1884 and that it is doubtful if there is a sec-
ond. His name is George F. Edmunds. Says
the Herald: ''Some of the most astute of
the Republican politicians begin to realize
that Edmunds is their only hope. They do
not want him-he is one OF the last men they
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1883-05-29
Superior to All,
- @ % - /!
We offer Great Bargains In
New and Second Hand
FURNITURE

For Cash and on Installments.
Black Walnut and Painted
Chamber Suites,
ParIOr Suites im great varie-
ty, Bookcases, Desks, Ward
robes, Lounges, Extension
Tables, Mirrors, Hair and
other Mattresses, Pillows,
Carpets, Springs, etc. Now
is your time to buy cheap at
JAS. BLEAKLEYsS New
York Auction Rooms, $50
and 452 State street, be-
tween Elm and Court.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-04-26
COurted Her Like $500.

There was man named Watkins in a
confederate regiment during the war, who
was well on toward middle life; but
when his wife came to camp one day, she
seemed to make him young by compari-
son. There seemed to be a century's
difference between them land the man, who
was rs ugly as Georgia cracker usually
is, was handsome beside his wife. "How
did you ever come to marry such an old
witch as that?" asked one of his superior
officers, taking him aside. ''Well, you
see," said the man, rather sheepishly,
''her mother kept a little grocery store
down on the corner of the street where /
lived, and used to 60 there to get what
wanted to eat. One day found the
old woman's ugly daughter all alone in
the store. Just as l came in heard the
clink of silver through the loose rafters
overhead and the old woman counting
'One, two, three and so on. L sat down
and made love to the girl, and the old
woman up stairs kept on counting. By
and-by she was away up in the hundreds,
four hundred, four hundred and fifty, five
hundred. courted that girl harder
and harder as the old woman got higher
Finally see stopped at nine hundred
Great Scott said to myself. Mine
hundred dollars! Beloved Sukey, will
you be miner She said she would, and
we were married that same day" swell
is that all?" "No, there were only thir-
counted them over thirty times.n Per-
haps it would be well to investigate 6
little every time
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1883-04-26
The Boss Meteor.

The story, as sensational as inn
probable, published in the daily pa
pers regarding the fall of meteoric
stone in Brown county, Texas, 220
feet high, which, in its fall, crushed
the life out of an entire Mexican fam
ily, turns out to be huge but sense
less hoax. Investigation by officials
of the associated press, shows the
Munchausen tale to be the invention
of Joe Mulhatton, a sort Of hanger
on to journalism, whom the Louisville
Coarier-Journal long since estab-
lished to be the most groundless liar
that ever aspired to eclipse the fame
of Ananias. Mulhatton once created
a sensation by fooling Louisville
paper into publishing a story to the
effect that English capitalists had pur'
chased the Mammoth Cave with
view to shipping all Of its features
with the exception Of the River Styx
!, and the bottomless pit, to the British
Museum. He had not been hear
! of for sometime, but comes to tn
front with . curiosity of fiction a
usual.