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Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-05-28
.cans TImes.Dcmocrat.

NOW OlItHuS } INES DcNlOCtdt,
The principal feature about the com
mon run Of eating houses south of the
Ohio river is the plain, unassuming,
little apple pie which they set forth.
You can buy the pie for only ten cents,
but it IS seldom that passenger eats
more than one in lifetime. After
you have eaten it and drank one or two
glasses of water the pie gets sociablc
and gradually impresses upon your
mind the fact that you viii not be
lonesome as long as it travels with you.
The strangcst thing is you never do.
About fifteen minutes after YOU have
made It's acquaintance the waistband of
your pants cannot meet is note and
demands an extension. A half hour
later, when You retire to your berth in
the sleeping car and fall into troub-
led slumbcr, the pie, not being at all
sleepy, concludes to have some fun.
The first thing You see i'm YOur dreams
is your own body gradually swelling
into the shape OF a balloon. The bal
loon gets larger end larger until it
pushes the upper berth to the top of
the car, and you hear the smothered
cries for help of the man it contains,
The swelling increases, and YOU mag
inc that YOU float upward and bump
against the roof of the car, like q toy
balloon which has escaped from the
grasp of q Child. The feeling lasts for
some time, but suddenly you swell un-
til YOU fill the interior of the car and
sutlOcate the passengers, when YOU eX-
plode and the train is wrecked Open
ing your eyes, YOU find the porter try
ing to pry your knees from under your
chin with crowbar, while q number
of passengers, aroused by Your sepul-
chral groans, stand around in their
nightclothcs and want TO know if YOU
feel sick. This tickles the little pie,
and it kicks up its little heels with de
light, and makes you froth at the
mouth and howl like a wolf. The ten
cent pie is proud of the fact that it has
taken hold Of q strong man, who had
been shot through and never murmur-
ed about it, and doubled him up until
his spine cracked, hurled him from one
side Of his berth to the other, and
made him below for paregoric like q
child. This is the sty lie of pie pre-.
pared by eating houses in the south for
The lcncit Of travellers. II weighs
four ounces, contains three dozen full
grown cramps, and can always be pur-
chased for the small sum of ten cents.
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The Shoalwater, Oregon, bay oyster beds
are giving evidence OF recuperation, and il
is thought the damage by last winters severity
has been over-estmated.
Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-05-28

CLEANING MIRRORS. Rs.-)uSL-clOthSy
and dish-cloths are good things, and
SO is a glass-cloth when its use is con
fined to tableware, but she who tries
to clean a mirror with cloth is foolish
and wasteful of time. Soft paper and
ammonia are the proper things, and
when they are used the mirror is lef
speckless and bright in very shor
time.
TOMATO ToAsT.-Run quart 0
stewed ripe tomatoes through a colan
der, place in II porcelain stew-paD
season with butter, pepper and salt
and sugar 10 taste; cut slices of breaC
thin, brown on both sides, butter an1
lay on "A platter, and just before serving
add pint OF good sweet cream TO the
stewed tomatoes, and pour them over
the toast.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-12
YE BARKING DOG.

This world of ours is full of bores.
 They're with us soon and late; Some walk on two legs, some all-fours, Some are insnimate: The shrill steam-whistle' deafening call, The man ,hai's always tight. But the greatest nuisance of them all
 Is the dog that barks all night. The tramp who hegs dime for bread and spends it for a dram, The man who comes with heavy tread
 And gives the door slam, The rooster's idiotlc squall
 Are awful. allow Bat the biggest nuisance of them all
 Is the nightly bow -bow-bow When. through day of ,oil you've run
 The gauntlet of the bores- The tramp. the agent and the dun
 Who visit yeu by scores And m your bed you respite seek
 From care's relentless spur, How pales with faint despair the cheek To hear the barking cur. = Bow-wow ''-all night the dread bow WON Of your mex, neighbor's pet, While he, unmindfnl of the TOW,
 Cares httle how you fret. hope that in that other land !"
 He'll be given mammoth ears, Al which dozen dogs may stand
 And howl thousand years.
 -ParmssaS Mir. ia Nese ierk .Hsyesyr
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-12

tanght the child. She does not believe in very small churches they are toe nar- row. too poweficss She wants some thing very large, very human and at the same time very divine. The letter shows a singular ignorance of theological mat ,ers. The truth is. that Madame Sand had been educated as catholic. As, in politics, her ideal was the state above the individual in religion. though she pro- tested against Rome, and spoke of the papAcy with singular horror. she had no other idea than a catholic church. in the Greek sense of the word SAe vas a rebel, but wanted to be slave: she felt the impotence of her own nature, and ionged For a rule.
 Her letters to Prince Napoleon became very numerous in this fourth volume. We see in all of them this same ten denoy-social progress, polieical prusress mus, be enforced on the people. The prince is slowly assuming, in her eyes, the proportions of a providence; sAe experts everything from him, as he isenlghScncd and progressive. She eonsenntly warns him against priests and priestcrak Her nature wes flexible she occasionally writes still line to some old republican friend. bu, had evidently lost all hope of a republic. She wanted now a substitute for i,-a liberal empire. Prince Napoleon was her ideal emperor. The fourth vol. ume of this correspondent brings us 10 the end of ISa4; the last years of the second empire. and the war of 1870. will probably not be wanting in interest.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-12

lookx Twas then - told him we had lost all our money. We mentioned not the name of the winner but the bright sunny look in leons eye betrayed only too plainly the depositary of our funds.
 The old man ordcsed him to pack his things and leave those whose kindness he had So hasely insalsed And ia the darkness Of the night our Spanish hero left us He with plenty of money. we with none: he to assume the character of some grand gentleman; to fare sumptu- ously; sc be clothed tn broadclcsh and cause ofhis iordly airs. hts many accom- plishments we to 20 on as before. through sunshine and scrm. through Joy and sorrow, the same old gang. some times doing good. sometimes imposed upon but in time of trouble. still .,rue to the core
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-12
Striking Bedrock.

Derrick Dodd in San Francisco Post
 The foo,pads and burglars are kick ing just as hard as anybody over the cx- unctIon Of the gas-lsmps. When the fog aids and abcis ihe darkness these olammy nights even the lynx-eyed garroter cant see to transact business.
 The other night the a,tache of iiye" contemporary, while feeling his way home from li,tle entertainment al Hayes val ley. was stood up by couple of foospads. who had been waiting for passers, not daring to pro~i around much for fear of breaking their own nesks in some open sewer or other.
 Come, fork over your watch now, and be quick about it- growled one of the pavement pirates.
 My friend,7 said the reporter ,hickiy. but blandly, : will no, deceive you have no watch"
 Then hand over your coin. Look sharp, there''
 Nary coin-not even a new nickel said the quill driver, as he steadied him. self against a iamp-pos,. and Iingied a bunch of keys in his pocket.
 At this ose of the robbers struck a match and held 1t to the beaming coun- tenance of the captive.
 Holy Moses rs exclaimed the other eurbsione gray, !" if il isn't one O the T dam newspaper feilers. Here, give him car ticket and lei him go.7
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-12
DOTItEBoYS HALL

An knglishrnan. nos contributing rceo,lccsions of Dickens io the New York
 I,i6.sr, thas refers to workable Dothc-
 boys Hall
 The mention of snike brings to my mind a lac, winch. by the way. 1 .h.ii never forget. that 1. the writer. was al school a, Dosheboya hall. Al least. have always believed so. so close was the resemblance between my school and indebted to Nicholas Ni.kicby for my release. for can we'll remember to this day on my return home seeing the green covered monthly parts of that work lying on the drawing table. Dickens loe ased his school tn Yorkshire mine was in Wesmorcisnd. the adjoining county. and only few miles from the border. ] wss eigh, years of age when 1 was sent down alone ey tnai coach. consigned ,o . doctor tn the tosa of Ap- pieby, who vas so sTznsfsr me to the shooi. arrived Al night, and pa, up at the principal inn. and can remember the iandlady. q bright-faced. buxom 70. man, taking me down into the kitchen. and giving me large bowl of milk. with cream on the top. and q huge slice of ginger bread. for my supper. ] sat upon z stool and ate t. l have never since partaken Of such an exqaisiie repass, the memory of t haanlx me even now.
 f Arrived a, school, which wxs kept by a Mr. Twyefoss, my dandy boots vere taken away and 1 vas provided with A coxrse pair of saisots s,lh wooden soles. 1 found iha, all the boys ~ore those things. ~hich cost one shilling sterling per pair. Al ths sshooi ~e were chiefly led oa great dobs of heavy ssii.beef. which smclIed bad, and hideons dishes of scm.-hquid blood pudding. It we could not cat this sesoiting auf zs dinner, t ~as put by for the febellioas stomzch's supper. and f not consumed tiyen 1t was served up fof breakfast next dAy, and so on til II was eaten. On Saturday nigh, a large tub of scaiding water and bran was brought into the sehool-foorn. and in ihis the whole school washed their feet. and often have heard the smaller boys ho~iing with pain as their tset were 6osced into the boiling mass by the bigger boys, while the master stood by with his cane so enforce obedience. The only supply of water for the hoys came from . large barrel which received the rain- fail from the roof This often got iow and puisid, and yes have seen the boys hanging into this bassel almost by their loes, head downward, trying to reach is wifh their noufhs. The rod was aiways going, and tke howl of pain coniinuous. Yef they were vesy passicuiax about their religious ezesciSes, and many . time have nezriy lainsed kneeling on . hard Gossn through long pssyers, and the Iinging of the morning and evening hymn."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-12

@The tendency of everything is to seek its lowest level remarked college pro- lessor: and when thick-skuilcd ssndens doubted the assertion. he knocked him down n illustrate his theory 7oi<do fm<yfcaH.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-12

our peace with the good God.''
 She adds this: '' If my pride had been incurable. it would have been all over with me: but had what you have. the notion of good and of evil. thing which IS becoming rare in our tune: and l did not adore myself, and have for Here we see Madame Sand come back to the morality of the Imitation of Christ . Her religion was vague and undeveloped, bu, the little flame was always there, un- der the cinders. When child Is born to her beloved son. Maurice. she writes a very curious letter 10 NJ Leblois. a pro- tes,ant minister of Strasbourg. Her son had been only civilly married, but when boy was born 10 him, Maurice, Madame Sand, and the mother probably the mother more than the two others. fclt a sort of remorse We asked ourselves all three if the child could be educated in the vague religious aspirations which may be sufficient in the age of reason, or if we should not try. in order to prepare him to become a complete man, to attach him to faith, idealisiic, sentimental. and rational. But where arc VIC to find A faith sufficiently formulated to be placed at the disposal Of child! We sought 1t in prosessansism chiefly because # IS a protest against the Roman tyranny She then makes objections: There are things in the French protestant church which she cannot admit but she has read his sermons. and she asks him to celebrate the religious marriage of her son Maurice. and 10 baptise her grand son. She puts questions being ignorant of tle protestant world. She hopes his church is no, intoieran, at the same time she feels that something definite must be
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-01-19
Playing Garriek's Famous Joke.
- -
" V A..n


A tradition is afoat Of the late Professor
Palmer that some time since he repeated on
a wager Garrick's old practical joke of fright.
ening the driver Of the foar-wheeler he had
hired to convey him home from the theatre
by calling through one window for cabby to
stop, and then leaping through the other be.
fore the poor fellow had time to open the
door. The amazement of the cabman bad
no bounds. He looked all around, even un.
der the s, at, and, at last, perplexed beyond
measure, climbed to his box and rode on
again. Soon after the professor, having Dor.
rowed hat and ulster of the friend who
held the wager, and who followed close be-
hind, called the cab and got into in again,
Presently he repeated the same man9uvre OF
leaning out Of the right hand window to tell
the cabman to stop. Meanwhile he had
again jumped out at the lett hand side and
run to the pavement, unperceived by the
driver. Again the same CONSERVATION and
the same perplexity. After proceeding lit.
tie way cabby was hailed by one Of the pro-
fessor's friends, but he shook his head In
evident alright, and exclaiming, "No, darn
me IL | take another fare; / have driven the
devil twice already tonight" drove of at a
perilcus gallop, while the wager was pro.
fairly won BY the professor.
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POETRY.
THE MINERS DINNER.
II. l.. wAs0N.

His lonely plate and sole tin cup
Flash out in jeweled splendor;
His meagre board is garnished up
Bv magic, rare and tender;
His table is a snowy cloth,
His can, new silver-mounted;
His solitary dip not 10th
As gas to be accounted.
His beans, dish of raspberries CLEANS;
His bacon, white fish toasted; -~
His sbapeless mass of biscuit seems
A dainty turkey roasted;
A coil of fuse to sausage turns;
A keg of giant powder,
Benignly in the sunlight burns,
A gallon pail of chowder.
A hanging coat bathed in the haze
Assumes the fern of human,
Presenting to his wondering gaze
The side view Of woman;
He rubs his eyes; that instant dips
Behind the hills, the sun,
Fast each belated tru ant trips,
e. His little task well done.
His home is dark, his board il bare.
Il must have been m istaken,
Twas a deceit, there's nothing there
But coffee, beans and bacon"
Well, from his pocket draws stone,
"By Jove, this is whopper,
Twill go 10, 900 to the ton,
Galena and gray copper.
"a million, cash in hand, no less
Can l afford to sell her;
For two, I'll let her slide, guess,
To that st. Louis feller."
So sweet Contentment, which is gain,
Sits down with Hope beside him,
More blest than we, tits very plain,
Who venture to deride him.
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WEIGHED DOWN BY ICE.
The Extraordinary Voyage of a Brig in a
Blizzard.
Feo York Sun.


The brig Daniel Trowbridge, of New Ha.
ven, captain Bunker, arrived below on Mon
day, from Martinique with cargo Of sugar.
She encountered blizzard on the way up
which captain Bunker says was the worst he
had ever seen in his fifty years Of life at sea.
The voyage was begun on November 10th,
with fine weather which continued until the
brig arrived off Hatteras. 1t grew colder
from that time until Fire island was sighted,
on last Friday. The wind was blowing a
gale, and the water that came aboard and
the spray that was dashed into her rigging
froze before It could run of. The ice coated
ropes became n thick as mans arm; the
sails were heavily coated with ice; there was
no getting into the forecastle till the ice that
had frozen around the doors was chopped
away; an immense quantity of ice clung to
the vessels bow. Captain Bunker estimates
that there were sixty tons Of ice on board.
The fore part Of the vessel was sunk low by
the ice there. This made the water in
the hold run to the bow, where IL could not
be reached with the pump, and sent the ves-
sells nose down still further, making her diff
cult to manage. The Ice on the ropes and
blocks still further increased the difficulty.
The ships men were kept at work pounding
the Ice from the rigging; but it accumulated
faster than they could clear 1t away. The
temperature was SO low that the men could
hardly endure the cold while at work. The
vessel beat about In the gale till Saturday
night. and was three times in sight CT Fire
island before she could lay her course for
this port. -
Mate johnson says that the vessel was at
no time In extreme danger, but that be never
before encountered so much diffenlty arising
from the freezing Of salt water on the vessel
and rigging. The wind was 80 fierce that -it'
split the sails, though the entire saitswas
new. =. -,
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A Story About Hawthorne
Phila. Bulletin.

A charming story Of Hawthorne was told
to Mr.. Conway by an intimate friend Of the
novelist. One wintery day Hawthorne re.
csived At his Office notification that his ser.
vices would no longer be required. With
heaviness Of heart he repaired to his humble
home. His young wife recognizes the change
and stands waiting for the silence to be brck-
en-. AT length he falters: II am removed
from Office" Then she leaves the room; she
returns with fuel and kindles brighs fire
with, her own hand; next she brings pen, pa
per and ink and sets them down beside him.
Then she touches the sad man on the sl,oul-
der, and = he turns 70 the bca,ning face,
says: ssNow you can write your book The
cloud cleared away. The lost Office looked
like : cags from which be had escaped. "The
Scarlet Lstterr was written and = marvellous
success rewarded the author and bis stout
hearted wife.
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The Latest Craze
Ne,s York Sun.


The pedestrial wonder, the bearded wo.
man, the wild Australian child, and all the
other curiosities In the Globe museum, at
29S Bowery, were agitated with envy yester-
day because Of the superior attractlveness Of
ten young women and six young men, who
sat on q acarpeted platform in row anxiously
watching spectators deposit votes In ballot
box. The hemliest woman is to receive q
prize of $75. The best dressed woman and
the one with the largest fool, will also receive
prizes. The man who is voted to be the
handsomesr by The patrons Of the museum
will get SIS. The one with the prettiest foot
will receive SIG, and the man with the most
beautiful moustache IS. The ten young wo-
men ars unquestionably homely. No. II
said abe va, from Chicago and prided herself
On tho magnitude OF her feet. The wild
Australian child and tbs spotted boy win use
her shoes = slesping apartments. When No.
% yawns, the Dahomey giant runs up stairs
and hides himself. The six young men wore
buttonho.s bouquets and were handsomely
dressed. Thsy suggested no idea which calls
for porpstuatisn In print
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KEEPING TALLY OF KISSES.
Maiden's Business-Like Preparations for
Breach of Promise Suit.

There is young man is this County of
Wayne, State of Michigan, who is going to
be terribly astonished before the year 1883 Is
more than a month old, says the Detroit
Free Press. The law will reach out and
clasp his throat just above the Adams apple,
and he will get such shaking up and mop
ping around that he will seem to feel his
heels beating tattoo on the back of his
neck.
They were in to see lawyer-Mary Ann
and her mother. Mary Ann was little en-
barrassed, but the old woman was calmness
itself. When they spoke about breach of
promise case, the lawyer asked:
What evidence have you?"
"Mary Ann, produce the letters" COM
msnded the mother, and the girl took the
cover off willow basket, and remarked that
she thought OPT letters would do to begin
on. The other 65l would be produced as
soon as the case was fairly before the proper
court.
"Outside of these letters ?" queried the
lawyer.
"Mary Ann, produce your diary. said the
mother. 'Now turn to the heading Of
Promise and tell him how many times
this marriage business was talked over be-
tween you,"
"The footing is PA times" answered the
girl.
snow turn to the head of Darling and
give us the number of times he has applied
the term to you.'
''IfI have figured right the total Is 1854
times.'
'I guess you have connted pretty straight,
for you are good In arithmetic. Now, turn
to the heading of 'Woodbine Cottage and
tell us how often he has talked Of such .
home for you after marriage"
"The footing Is 1896 times"
"Very we'll. This lawyer wants to be
sure that we've got . case. How many
times has Charles Henry said be would die
for you 20
.sThree hundred and dfty,' said the girl a.
she turned over leaf.
"How many times has he called you an
angelo"
'sOver 1000, mamma"
"How about squeezing hands ?"
sOver $4,000 sqneezrs."
sand kisses Pr
aNesrly 1900"
"There's our case " said the mother, - |
she deposited basket and diary on The law
yer's table. look over tie documents,
and, If you want anything further, can |
bring In dozen neighbors 70 swear facts. |
We sue Tor $4,000 damages, and va don't
ssttls for less than an 60-acrs farm, with /
In good repair aWe'll call again |
next week. Good day, SIR"
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.Elizobeshtoc.cn. XVI, Men,

Elizabetttocn, KY, Naos.
Living near Blue Knob, in this county Is
remarkably aged and well preserved
couple. "Unclen Johnnie Hill, aged 90, and
his wife, Fannie Hill, aged OF. They have
been married nearly eighty years and have
lived together in greatest happiness during
this long period. Uncle Johnnie is hale and
hearty, enjoys the company Of young folks,
and, although he does no work himself,
every morning, no mailer what kind Of
weather, he goes out and 'superintends the
feeding Of his stock. His wife 10 very cheer
full and bright, superintends her. housework
and does some Of II herself. She can read
very well without specks. Uncle Johnnie
tells some very interesting incidents connect
Cd With Ms young days, among other things
his trip up the Mississippi from New Orleans
on the frst steamboat ever on that ffssr.i
This ancient couple have lived 70 see ilhSir
fiith generation and have undoubtedly been
married longer than any coupIs In this
Stats.
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IN THE MATTER OF REST.

Judge Bleckley, of the Supreme Court of
Georgia, having resigned, read the following
verses en- the conclusion of his last opinion.
The vases may be found in 64 Ga, p. 1921
Rest for my hand, and brow, and breast,
For fingers, heart, and brain
Rest and peace A long release
From labor and from pam:
Pain Of doubt, fatigue, despair
Pain of darkness everywhere,
And seeking light in vain.
Peace and rest Are they the best
For mortals here below?
Is soft repose from work and woes
A bliss for men to know?
Bliss ofttimes is bliss of toll:
No bliss but this, from sun and SOIL,
Does God permit to grow.