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The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11
ONE DAYS FISHING.

Ore n,o-ding when Spring ~as in her teens, morn to a poets wishing, Al, ,Inted in delicate piuks and greens Mss Bessie and wen, fshiny. IT my rough and easy clothes, W,,h my lace at the sunshine's rlercy, St. xith her ha, tied down to her nose. And her nose tipped-siee versa. v;,h my rod my reel and my tcoks. Ard hamper of lunching reeesses' ,ts wjth the bait Of her comeiy look. Ard the seine of her golden tsesses. So .e sal down on the sunny 6ike, Where the white pond lilies tee,er. Arl went a-6shing like quaint old Ike. Ard she like Simon Peter. AT ,he morn lay in the light of her eyes, Ara areamily watched ard waited. ps: ne fish were cunning and would not rise And the batter alone was b.ited. A.. when the time of departure came, The bag was as fat as feante. aat Bessie had nea,l, hooked her game, hundred ard eighty pognder.
 -0y.srsss,s ist.rai!
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11

Soo years has guarded the symbols of our national power. It is true that. in poirt of picturesque beauty. the Tower must yield to some of its younger rivals. It is not the mountair-like grandeur of the Palace of the Popes at Avignon, nor the fairy beauty of the Dcge's Palace at Ee- nice, nor the skyline of the Old Palace at Florence. or of the Castle a, Prague :; much less has |, the weird impressiveness of that skeleton of castles. the upper city of Carcassonne, or ;he piles of Loches. Chinon ard fingers. The glory of the Tower of London lies in it's ma;chless historical record. Carcassonne has been ruin now for six centuries; the civic palaces of Italy. Germany and the Ne ,herlands had history a, mos, for a few hundred years: and Avignon records hu, an episode in the career ot the Papacy. seventy years of seyili,y, feroci;y and vice. The building of all others which in historic dignity approaches mos, nearly the tower Is tha, fragmen; of the grea, palace of the Cape,ian Kings beside the Seine, which now survives under the name of the Conciergerie. of which ,he Pala;s de Justice is the transformed Court of Justice, and Of which the Sain,e Chapeile of St. Louis was the proper Chapel. Behind that screen ofhrand-sew
 Gothic restorztions with which the N,o.- lets.le-Duc have everywhere enteloped the ;ncien: monuments Of France. ar isisns, If they only knew l.. might sill find the fortress of their ancient monarchy worthy to compete ir historical impor- iance win the Tower oi London itself
 We are ia too ap, ,o think of the Tower Is q mere pr.son. and ,o dwell too long upon its bloody memories Prison
 !: is. tay the mos. r'emera5lei the world, or a; least second only 10 ;he Mamertine prsieE by the Capitol. Be, l; IS re; a whit more prison ii n IL Is foruess, or palace, or sea, ot government. or court et judgment and cont oi record. II IS a prison by accident. os " consequence : TO. tha. t WAS built IS ] prison. or ever destined to be prison bG; because all governments seek to have prisoners oi s,a;e in the mos, central and secure sea; of ,heir power. The Tower Is no; more bloody than the Crown of England or the history of England. It has been the home of some of our greatest rulers, the scene of some of the wisest councils, the treasure-hoHse of the most precious things, and the subject of some of the nobles, poetry in our language. The Tower has really four-fold character and four fold history. It is palace, fortress, trea- sure-house and seat of government; it is only prison as part of the functions of a fortress. Perhaps the reason why we Londoners usually regard the Tower as a prison is that too many of us visit it as children, or in company with children, and then the tales about racks, martyrs the young princess and the Traitors Gate form the na,ural staple of the talk
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11
How Ideas Come
C.nanaA,f sa,et 4a, \ sl

4 certain lawyer Jus,lhes hts pc; hobby. which IS carpenter work. not merely by the healty relaxation of nervous tension and exercise of muscle II brings hum. bu, chiefly because he works oG, his legal problems. plane in hand. Old law read ing comes back to him then, GU, of the way precedcn,s recur to mind. the very text of the law book is never so clearly before him as then. He has glimpse of the column and page, and the very part of the page on which Is some needed citation for which he would otherwise have long to seek
 Nor is Il only memory whfeh works when he IS half engtossed with the tiiais of h,s handicraf. onginal thoughts arise and igenious devices clever com bina,,ons take shape oi themselves The case works ;selt out. ana mental ilhoI Is only pleasurabie eNeruun. us; T. his amateur handw ork Is. Hawthorne com posed walking. Musicians arc seized wiih ideas. and modem playwnshts seize upon others ideas. q, the mos. uneN- peeted moment. Business men have been know 10 depend upon iheir medi- ta,ions at dead of nigh, for sound review of the present. and forecas, on which they base ,heIr plans. When we arc hurried. we long for rest, to think over things" and decide ra,ionally bu, re- lieved from pressure. we" think oi noth- ing al all" Comes the moment for ac- ton. We settle in three seconds the con fusion of days, and. for good or il re- suits, our plans are a, least clear. What IS needed IS not tune nor w1li. but rather the favorable momen, when there IS har- nony. Then, like the electro message. thought is swtf; and sure The idea which we have long waited for arrves no, as the certain resul, of earnes, thought bu, as the reward of thought. rus, as hon. orable fame IS the reward of noble deeds but not the certain fesul, of them
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11

bones all screamed out for the man with the bogus gold pieces, and he drsw down his Jeff eye as he though, ho~ they'd take him for hay-s,ack and get sold Hewas an internal idiot. That's me.
 ~Yes.-
 Well. as he was standing there and feeling how sharp and cute and cunning he wAs. up comes a man who waS breath ing hard and looking scar,. and says he 10 me in whisper You look like friend to the unfortunate lean zee by the cut of your face tha, can trust you have wounded a man who insua1ed my wife, and mus, skip ,o Canada Q escape arrest l have no money. but here is hundred dollar bond. Lend me Sso and keep the bond until see you That Is wha, he said. The douhle-jinted idiot from the country took |, all in like boy gulping do~n sulphur and lasses. That's me some more
 I'm listening
 The greenhorn was haftered and tick,ed. He saw a chance 10 make $50 on that bond. The bomb. proof. back-ac- ,ion. oopper-,,sesed. agricultural peach blossom figured AS how he'd cash tha, bond to-morro~ and sklp. and as how the man ln haste to reach Canada would never ind him. and as how them sloo would buy d yoke of oNeu, and so he passed aVe: his greenbacks and pocke;ed the bond. Yes. the ba,d-heaied. cross eyed, oa"-leseed ,ufn.p patch did tha, very ;h.ns. Ina, me 10 A de;
 "ls |: possible -
 And heres the bond-worthiess And here ans strapped And somewhere tip town Is ;ae shape. -ilek!ed halitc death a, the way he p..yed me Say
 ''ies
 Hun, up 4 born f,o.. catch crank. scare up dude. bnns in an old man wi.h l ihitd wife. and aoil 'em all down ard bas up the bones and cal the ,hlng losepheus hissweod That me
 And he walked ef to nhd the plank road running west. waving the bogus bond wi;h one hand and helpns 10 kiek hlm- sell with the o;hef. HAlt block away he h.l;ed and looked back. and seeing the eti!oet s;iil there he gave himself three kicks and shouted eg; in a lonesome voice
 Don; you forge; i;-tha,s me
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11

chum eangAt Ais toa ia the caspss anu fell down, and that loosened the plaster overhead, and about . basAsl tsll on the crowd. Pa thought lightning had struck the house. the minister though, it was a judgment on them all fos play acting. and he began to shed his Hamle, costume ~itk one hand and pick the plaster ou, of hts hair with the other. The women screamed and tired to get the plaster ou, of their necks, and while pa V as brushing off the choir singers ma said the rehearsal ~as adjourned. and they all ~en, home. ea, ~e arc going to rehearse again on Friday night. The play cannot be con adered a success, hu, VIC ~,li bring u out all right by the time the entertain. nent is to come of.
 [" hy gum,' sad the grocery man. would like ,o have seen ,ha, miais,eI as Hamlet. Didnt he look funny
 Funny. Well, should remark He seemed 10 prciominatc. That IS, he was too fresh. too numerous, as Il were. But at the next rehearsal am so,ng te work in an ac, from Richard the fhtfi, and my chum Is going to play the Ch,naman oi the Danl,es. and guess ~e viii take the cake. Say, want tc work in an idiot somewhere. How would you like so play the idiot, You woulda', have to trhearse ot anything
 \, th,s point the bal hoy nas seen to gc out of tho gre sr, req sp,s talic@ ed hy box of wooden elothes pius thAt ihe grocery man had ,hrosa Ai,e h3u
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11
Topnoody.
Merchant Ira. e,e-

When Mir. Topnoody came home 10 tea. Thursday evening he found his wife in new calico dress and looking quite tidy.
 Aha. my far one" he said ga!lan,ly, you look charming
 How" sad she. looking a, hm closely.
 You look charming. my dear
 '' Been drinking agaln. have yor =
 ' No, my dear. bu, yoc do make a fire appearance this evening. and fl there is one thing admire more than another II IS a handsome, well dressed woman"
 ' In hve-cen: calico. yes. suppose fl you had paid :, yard for thls. you ~ouldn', be So complimentary. That's men's way"
 :" But. my love. dress need not cos, much money to be becoming and ,ha, one makes you really pretty. A fuend to-day down street was experimenting you on your good looks
 Is that SO. Was he after you fer subscription of some sort
 No. my dear, |, was a case of spon. ,aneous admiration"
 NAts1 Ss'~4 a ft4tt~A- yV1 also
 ' Nof he said, with an lnquiriag smile and smoothing GU, of his face.
 Yes; lady told me she thought you were such good man. and ,ha, when she looked in your face she could sec in is evidences of kindly spirit. good heart. a generous nature, a manly courage, a noble soul, and all the other evidences of a model husband"
 "Ah, my dear" and Mir. Topnoody's face was one broad expansion of self-sa,ls- ned smile, tha, was delightful to you, wasn't i,: And what did you say
 Oh. nothing much.
 |" But, my dear, you should a, leas, have thanked her
 Well, did thank her
 Nothing else :"
 Yes. told her tha. appearances were always deceitful. and ,ha, i; wasn'; a good thing to Judge of las. years corpse by the frasraa; flowers on the grave.
 Topsoody ceased smiling.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11
That's Me,
De.:ot, Free Press.


 He drove a policeman into doorway on Woodbridge street Sunday evening and began:
 About two hours ago a cadaverous wooden-head nigh, have been seen gawping al the river from the foo, of Ran dolph street. He didn't kno~ enough 70 chew gum. Ina, was me.
 "You, eh: We'll"
 Well, be ga~ped ard ga~ped. and he knew he had s,o in his pocket. and he ohuckled and tckled and said he had come to ,own 10 look around and see things and go home and be lion. Ina, was me agin.
 Il see
 He les, fairly ached 70 have a bunko mar come up and slap him on the back and call him Iosepheus Lasswood. and ask how pa and ma and the children all SC, along. He i;ched 10 have three card monte man tickle him under ;he chin and cal him ! red fox from lonia county. and open p has li:tle g.rae His
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11
The Eye.
The eye shows character. The eyes of ,reat warriors have almost always been

= gray. their brows lowering Ike thunder clouds. Inventors have large eyes, very fuii. Philosophers ihe mos; il.asulous have had large and deep-se: eyes. The poets all have large. fuil eyes an3 ma,s- clans eyes are large ard l1stiNas
 Butfon considers tha; the nos; oelst,- fui eyes are the black and blue. Ne think we have seen black and blGe eyes ,ha; were far from beauti;a.. Byron says the gaelic will weep q, the sound of music, The gazelle's eyes have been called the mos, beautiful n the world, and the grea,es. compllmen, an Arab can pay his mistress 's to compare her eyes to gazelies The power of the eye was well illustrated in Robert. He was taken to Edinbutgh very faach as Samp- son was taken to the ,emple-,o amuse the Phillistines. He was otoGgh, 10 the palace where the grea, men of Scotland were 10 be entertained, and was pu, Tn a back room until the time should come when they were ready for him. When they were, he was brough: n. and having measured the company with his eyes he rec,ted his immortal poem. "is there for hones; poverty Carlyle says that when he finished. the nobles and gentle men covered and shrank before his eyes. We think his words had as much to do with i, as his eyes.
 Cleopatra had black eyes. Mary Queen of Scots had liquid gray eyes Dark eyes show power, light eyes gentle ness. and gray eyes sweetness. There is grea, magnetic power in the eyes ot several of the lower animals. The lions, the tigers, and the serpent's eyes are all magnetic. l, Is well known the serpent vii. charm birds ,ha, are flying above i:, until IT great circles they will sweep down 70 the destruction tha. awaits them. 4 friend of the writer I doctor. was one day walking in the fields. when he saw an adder lying on rock. He drew near to examine i;, and presently looked a, it's eyes. He was attracted by their. grea, beauty. and involun,arily stepped for ward two or three steps. Beautiful ligh. flowed from them. and seemed to bathe the very coils of the serpent. Gradually he drew closer. until, just as he was al- most within the reptiles reach. he fell. feeling. as he said afterwards, as though he had been struck by stone. When he became conscious his head was in a friends lap. His first words were, Who struck me .' No one struck you, doctor. saw you were charmed by the snake. and struck i, with stone ' He had struck the snake. and ,he doctor had felt the blow.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11
A Perfect osn,l.msn

Derrick podf, it San Frzseises Poa
 Who is the man who has just yose oas~ asked s globe troties of bar keeper in Deadvood City. the other day
 That" replied the gin lsskef, + thas's perfect gentleman of the mos, perfect gentlemen in this camp
 "lndeed :" said the surprised stranger
 You be- he is; shy. the other nigh, over al Jack Bowie's game he killed ! man for someshing or other, and the ne., day he paid the undeYiaker's bill GU. of his own pocke, and sen, the widow bar. rel of four. l,'s true. he made bls winni1g, ard all that. bu, how many men do you meet now-a-days with a grez. bss heart like iha;s He's perfect gentle uaa, sir :"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11

A %ew Yorker, while in q somnzbu. Iis,ie condition. plays the aeeosdeon. As he is no, responsible for his acts while in this state, he has only been sho, al seven- tsen times. and his next door neighbors, believing ,ha, if would be wrong to Xiii a man while he is asleep, are living in hopes that he will soon sorlnambulaie out of q third story window. Ao,,l5- is-n ietzIi
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11

Oscar Wilde in his recent lecture On Ameuca said he refused to buy pea-nuts from boy in this country bscanse the lad ~as selling Oscars @pirated poefns al ten cents Oscar did perfectly night. He should also have given the boy few vig- orous kicks. A boy who would ask ten cents a copy for poems worth only three cents. is young swindler, and should be punished. torriskows Herald.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11

What is the difference between cos turner's and customers 70 L know '' Ho; love soon runs cold That's ow- ing .o the sishs off; -Hgsf9s T,av<lls,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-08-11

lfaman canno: cu; he grass IT f,on, of his hoase he raigh; as Heii be ro IaoRer-.At-4. Grhesrf /. ,fKHe
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

THE HebretO Leader, a prominent
newspaper organ Of the ancient
people, enters an earnest complaint
against papers needlessly and invtd-
iously specifying the religion of the
Hebrews whenever one of their
people is referred to in print, the
appelation Sew" being almost in
vsriably employed. The Leader
suggests that the people of no other
religious faith are so treated. If it
be an error it is one of ignorance
rather than of intent, for newspa-
pers do cot speak of Jews in a
deriSive or insulting sense, but
merely as peculiar people, as they
certainly are. Not many know the
difference between the terms Gle
brew" and Jew" the majority of
moderately well.informed editors
using them synonym9usly. News
papers refer to Jews as they do to
ScOtchmen, Germans or French.
men, aud not with any intention OF
referring to the religion of the
Hebrews.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

OUT of a total population of about
fifty millions, there were in 1850 a
little over a quarter Of million OF
people insane, idiotic, blind, and
deaf and dumb in the United States
In every million of population there
were 1884 victims.of insanity, 1883
idiots, 976 blind, and 675 deaf and
dumb. Out of a total of 1897 in.
sane returned in 1880, 44,4OS were
males and 1889 females; 65,651
were natives and 26, 94G were foreign
So, $40 were white and 6,157 colored.
We see, therefore, that insanity at
tacks more women than men. Of
idiots, however, the total of $685.
was made up of 1880 males and
31,5S6 females. The negro popula-
ton, too, is much more liable 10
idiocy than insanity, the number of
colore3 idiots being $50, to 6,157
lunatics. The foreign population,
however, contributed only 4,Co7 to
the idiots, while its insane num-
bered z6,346.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

CHICAGO Is getting up quite an
excitement over the mayoralty
question. Carter Harrison, the pre-
sent mayor of the city, is candi-
date for reelection, on the Demo
cratic ticket, and is supported by an
exceedingly strong ring and if the
feeling against him had not grown
to such formidable size, he could
easily secure a reelection. The
public sentiment of the better class
of Chicago's citizens is against him
and the Christian sentiment is
thoroughly aroused to secure his
defeat. A committee of citizens
who are ready to start an independ.
ent reform movement and Ia com.
mittee of the Republicans have
agreed upon candidates for LAW
and order ticket.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

PosTNAsTER-GENERAL HOWE is
the first member of the cabinet who
has died in Office since the death OF
Secretary of War Rawlins in 1869.
the following are mentioned as pos
sible candidates for the vacancy
First Assistant Postmaster General
Hatton, Chauncy /. Filley Of Mis-
souri,, ex-Congressman Butterworth
Of Ohio, ex-senator INi ldom and
the Hon. John e. New. The 0nly
othe- postmaster-generGl who died
in the service was Aaron Y. Brown
of Tennessee, March 5, 1853. IL is
mentioned as a singular coincidence
that since May. last ex-Postmaster-
Generals Dennison of Maryland and
Jewell have died.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

THE MAJORITY in the Illinois
house of representatives in favor of
che bill INJECTING whipping as a
punishment for wife-beaters, was
seVenty-Seven. Slowly but surely
this humane method of treating in
human wretches is coming into
vogue. The whipping-post seems
the only adequate punishment for
the brutes. who maltreat their
wives. As there are some alleged
men in Utah who indulge in wife
beating it would be well enough for
the coming legislature to place the
territory in the front rank Of those
chat furnish this protection to
wives.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

HE NEW YORK Herald fund
Tor the relief of sufferers by the
Goods On the Ohio River, amount
ing to more than $4,000, has been
collected by the Herald and distri-
Suited by its representatiy es at its
own expense. Particularly needy
cases, which have perchanee es-
capped the eyes of the various chart
table committees, have been sought
out and aid has been given where it
would do the most good, and relieve
the greatest suffering, A great
amount of work has been done and
well done.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

IT IS evident that Salt Lake will
be compelled TO Immediately deal
with the tramp question. On sew
eraI occasions heretofore the city
has been under the necessity OF act
ing vigorously in the suppression of
the nuisance, and the time has come
for another application of the cor
poratiOn power in the premises.
The town is literally crowded by
dirty, thieving, lazy vagabonds, who
seem to have gathered in here at
this time by some mutual arrange
ment. Where they came from no
body seems to know, for other places
have noted no diminution in their
numbers; but their object here all
should understand. 1t is to beg and
steal, if not to garrote and burglar
ize. Ii citizens are wise they will
maintain careful watch on their
premises during daytime and al
night place everything movable
under lock and key. A little energy
and earnestness on the part of the
police and police magistrate viii
soon scatter the disreptuable mob
and restore degree of confidence
to people. There is nothing the genu'
inc tramp so much dislikes as work
and it so happens that the labor
remedy can be applied with ease in
this city. The streets need an
abundance of the muscle of which
the tramps are so well supplied. Let
a few examples be made of the
thievlng, loafng gentry, and the
others will take fright.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

TIE CONTENTS Of the HERALD
this morning are as follows:
isF PAaE-Lalest Telegrams---CoU-
eleTcis., etc.
ID FAaE-TelegrAphic News-Aiscels
laneOus.
Al PAaE-Tslezrsphic News - Miscel-
laneous.
aFH PAaE-Editorisis etc.
sTH PACE Hotel Arrivals. - Local
LENS.
srH PAoE-TeieSrsohic NsWs-Miscel'
laneOus.
7rH PAaE-Telegrsphic News - N O.
Passion-The Irish.
SRI PAaE-City Council Proceeding
LEGAL Items.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

The GROWTH of the telephone
business is wonderful, indeed. It
is only about six years ago that a
telephone was exhibited as a curl
osity with perhaps a future. Then
scientific men experimental upon
10, and it WAS gradually perfected
and brought into common use. Now
there are more than 100000 instru-
ments in use. The company which
owns and runs them is an immense
corporation Of ten millions of dol
lars capital. A telephone is now an
every day necessity, and we can
only wonder how we ever managed
to get along without them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

CHIEF-JUSTICE CARTIER, of the
District Of Columbia supreme court,
has not high regard for men and
their love for money. In a will
contest tried before him, a lawyer
remarked that the making of q
VIII was one of the most noble acts
Of q mans life" Cartier denied this
in somewhat emphatic language,
concluding as follows. If a man
could take his possessions with him,
al the property Of earth would now
1e either in heaven or hell. In the
eyes Of the justice the compulsory
aband9lRent of property robs the
act Of T4sposiug of it BY VIII Of all
nobility.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

VANDERBILT'S GRAND fancy
dress ball at his New York man
sion the other night, cost 100000,
The next day the engineers on one
Of his railroads were informed that
il future they must work twelve
hourS day, instead of ten, their
ray remaining the same. 1t is
necessary for the rich to economic
IN some way to make up for their
extravaganza. Vanderbilt will soon
make his engineers pay the expenses
# the ball.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-04

ApUBLIc highway law has been
put III force in Florida. Under it
svery citizen is compelled TOP per-
form on the roads six days work
n each year, and a failure TO do the
labor or pay equivalent in cash,
which the law fixes at so cents per
day, is made a misdemeanor pun
ishable by fne and Imprisonment.