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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26
opERATIc icoNocLAsr

,ihsr asked .t young a4n ef his cyniaai parent what ts stsna opeta
 Il den', knew.
 "Ahy are some operas e.l!ea grand. whiie others Afe no; sa deslEnAted Il seems 'o me tha, # ,. composer seald wfi,e grand opera. he never would wflie any afher kRd.
 Well yoa see. l, E only b, eNpea- men; iha, composer ean determine whether or no' an opera Is grand II apon hts, pfe3aenon the ausle IS be yond the al.htes af1hc s0srfs. su1 'lafc, the Aud.ene its stAnd The ae..r, >asn of a man does more. my m ,o ieter- tnine the value ef sn opera than ihe h. ,. e, recommend t'ion from professional eii,ie af musis. IT, though, the slnger can cimh io the summit ui emcrg,ne and f the audience is pleased. the opef. Is uag gfand and the composer gee aaay dissatisfied. disappointed and dis- consolate. oamelmes the sonposer an correct the mistake brought to light on the proof sheet of hrst production. ou one occasion. a great conposef ptodut ed an opera which he hoped wogid be grand, t. the sineers dId so wea and the audience ven into such u,s of rapture and spasms oi enIoymeni, that the omposeF saw his work doomed to waywsrd life of inferior appreciation Af'ei the perform anee, he took the opera and sat up al night crossing out the mu- SIC fud marking in rasp 5t's and gusnes her shatps lie wen, ~iih hlsh hope iae acX' uieh, ;o set i revise. The audi ence be ime restless. Men began to t.ik business A harness and buggy dealer from | neip hbonng iown sold three bagges. iwo sets of harness, and nsuf. ea,ca,.Hely on an omnibus trade. Wamsn e'few .h-U sloaks atoand 'hcif ,hoaider- ana shNcrcd The goiecs on the age broke and fell m ha'tered ifag ncnls The composer ~en' 4@sy happ} n.s opera was grand
 ~Dsd the people oonunue ihelr patron age, after 'he music was marked ou' and the opera pronounced grand
 Bless yoar ignorance, yes Why the increase la attendance was wonderful prey7eus 70 an operas advent as grand
 rh4' $ before he mnsle is rossed oul only people sho really loved the ron cord 9, S~ec, sounda ven lo see f. but af-rFaris !, ~as alike to ai The man ~i,h ihe dulles; ear enioyea t 4u,te as much. or pre;ended 10. sh.oh !, all inc same. AS the person whose sp'rt was stirred by the gentle touch of soul born harmony
 Bat, father. lf there E really nothing sseet n the grand opera, ~hy do you take mother to see them
 Because am fool, son.
 les. but shy does mother
 Because she is fool, my boy
 Are all people thus actus,ed ''
 les tha, IS, all ~ho arc honest enough to confess it.
 Don, you believe there are people who enjoy grand operas."
 Oh. yes
 ] "They arc highly cultivated, are they no, =
 No, not necessarily
 Wha' kind of people are theyT
 Deaf people, young man"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26
PRICE, $ CENTS.
i-kp HIM Ou r

several days ago. when ,he doors of a iAAhianable church were thrown open. as Inc meisphet soes, for membership, a lean man at'sr from the congregation, and -apptPA hung the altar. selemnly shook hands silh the ptea.hets and eId- ers and rulers and scribe, there assem- hled.
 "Wha, IS your name 2" askcd the head ptea, her
 "Aisln 1 shanks
 Where ,io you live. Mr Shanks r,
 "l.ek,e~n. AfLsnssw "
 " |. there 4 shur, h ei our ienomiaa- tun in youi town
 Nai ne~. bai thar aseter he f
 What esused Us abandonment ?"
 "sa"
 '" ak what aused | le he neglected g''
 II alat entirely neglected. iat tAe meefiu house ts used hy old man scripts. what lsrs ies sstoss the road to put hfs foddo, m
 ' iou don't understand me. MT. shanks What want to know is. why arc aenloes na longer held m the church =
 'eaase it's fall n fodder. 1 leii you"
 Why was fodder put m tho hufeh f''
 Wall, you see. oid ssupls he owned stock n fhe establishment. tha, ,a. he pat ,n ten logs tour legs more than any ashe, man a town put n seupta hg- gcred around aa bought up the logs q diff ieteni parties tel he 8saed 4 eontlollia' interest ia the house hen he went ts thc pieas hes an' told him. says he. Par son. have bought the enuoiling ,nlruss n that church, an alter s,udyln' ascs the mAttci have come ,o the con, lus,on that need 4 iasidcf ban wua than this community does a eh1teh Ny religion |, sor,er ,unn,u' down at the heel. any. how. An needs half solln. but l amt got nmr ,o tend ,o II. M l have de.,ded to take the church
 What. did thc preacher gixe up the good ~ork on thls account z"
 "oh no. he done the squar ih,ug by the congregation. iai he dipped atound a, n,gh, and so, br~ to Inc fodder. bu, old y npss ~as on hands an put the ire ou,
 :" sm gfteved 'o hear thls
 "oh, he dene hts beh to burn the ,hing. bat you see t'
 !" mean that am sorry the preacher revenge
 oh, yAs 1 4ndetslAnd. but he done hia bea,
 wby t.dn., he preach tn some other hoass :
 Wall. you ser. after ,h.s ih- people >oi'er susp,t ioned hiia , s,esi,u' a hoss lie wanted to leave the country, an didn have money enough"
 Did ,hey prove that he stole the an,- maj 7"
 so, saf, oh no. They didn', ~si, for that. ,h~y lound htn ridin the ho4.. co 'heY strung him up
 Whs', hanged him Z"
 Wal yas. rather Ihey dida'i ask him | hr ssois the hoas. lst they didnt ~An' any ptooi II ihsy der sive him inc tune he fpau,er proved hia innof ence, bal the boys ~aA in hurry. 2s they wanted to get batk to gsther thar con, so ,bsy told him to eneuse era. an then strung bun up. . Nj friend. said one of the ministers, '' were you ever bapsi1ed f'
 Wall. l reckon ,ou rnout call Il that. The fus, time l jined the church . preacher d@pped his set hand on the top Q my head
 The preaehers could stand . bioed curdling recital, bp, when he spoke SO lightly of baptism. they could 10 longer tolerate him, and ~Ith unsen,Ie hands, they led him ou, and showed him into the street
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.

De fust step toward sPilin chile IS ter laugh an call him smart when he sasses yer.
 Sense doan allus win n business. De smzrtes' dog on de plan alton will some times bark al q holler, an afterwards fine dat de rabbi, ain't dar.
 A boy ken do wrong an ou,lise il, bu; i, aint often dat way wid a man. De colt ken slip down an jump up widou, much injury, bu, when de ole hoss falls he's ap'ter hurt hissef
 De oman what dresses ter please herself shows sense, but de oman what dresses ter displease some udder oman wid 'sperior tnery. is got saf; spot sum- mers near de top O her head.
 has allus heard i, said dat if yer'A arnly stick ter yer business yers boun te- win. bu, dis ain't true ip ebery Case When yer tries ter keep ole goose from settin', yer may take de aigs CT way, ar 's.roy de mes. bu, de goose keeps on CT settin' jes' az close ter de nes' ar sne ken get. Dis shows mighty fine termination but mighty DO sense.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26

!, Is said that Mr. Blaine works with the devotion Of an old literary man. His book wiIl be one of the most instructive poiiiiral Terks ever issued. sapplan,ing iz ex iting interest B.rton's Thirty Years Tn the American Senate, or Jed Davis Rise and Fall of the Confederzcy.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26
LIM NINGS.=

ohn Hay wants the public 10 under stand tha, he is 10, the author of the " Bread Winners" Al rish,. with three hundred other men 10 hear from, to say nothing of women scattered here and there.
 !, IS said ,ha, Tennyson is stinsy. but ihls did not keep him from accepting one thousand dollars for giving his metered opinion Of early spring. Such an early spring. we should think, would be the winter of publishers diseon,ent.
 The gloom of prohibition no otiense 10 the temperance cause -n mas been lifted from quite | number ot Arkansaw towns, and the long-haired man of the cross roads can now drink harmless beer lu- stead of the wild -~hoop liquor from the secluded stil-house. 4, Conway. the saloon law wen, into effec, at midnight. A fashionable ball was in progress, and ,us, a, twelve clock a man ascended the platform and sad t: ellow citizens. the saloons are opened. Three minutes afterwards no, a man was IF the hail.
 Sheriff Fletcher, Of Little Rock. h1s rus. received letter from hangman' $ rope manufactory of Cincinnati. :. IL IS with feeling of pride, says the writer. ",ha; we can offer you inc bes, hang mans rope in the market. We have given long study to hanging, regarding |. as one of the hner arts of civilization. Your geographical location is favorable in this way. and we doubt not that you handle many fine specimens, therefore, ;o secure certificate from you, we will le, you have To, of ropes, with our inn proved nooses. d, half price. A noted criminal recently made speech Tn favor of our rope m which he sad: My fel- low citizens, ! would rather be hung with such rope as ;h.s than to iiVe. Hoping 10 hear iavoraoly frsm you. we are yours. etc.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26

Oscar Wilde is soon 10 be married, but the name of the victim is suppressed.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-07-03
Breaking up . Refrigerator Man

Fifty dollars to the man who can prove
that any two things put into this ice-cbsst
will taste Of the other.
| Eshad . refrigerator run out to the curb
stone, tung the above fign over each side,
and retired in doors TO await the expected
run Of custaEers. People passed up and
down the street. jostlcd each other in
their hurry, glanced at the ise-box and its
sign, and west %. sfisr some hours Of
dirapp nn'ed hspss aud expectations tue
dealer NV ps.ieslrim halt, calpily pernss
the wonu eriuI announcement. suJ rather
besitatiDgly advance to the door.
ID you msau IN He inqsired 10 an anr,
iDux tone, pointing over his shoulder TO
ffAe s'isn.
Yes sir-es emphalicaIly responded the
da.dsx.
pm yonr money ". iusiuuaisl the
stranger
No, sir, k~plisd the dealer il . pom.
pous style, sy wori ~ AZ god - the
carlL
All right, III take you. responded
the stranger, as hs departed. SO ne tune
after hs returned with Loy unisr each
arm
Stick 10 your ayresmsatf We qrs.
ricd.
or course ! will. answered the dealer.
vsadering what in the namc Of Christie
pLes Columbus tho man had Ia view.
Tie strasger set his boxes down ON the
sidewalk. and crowd began to collect.
lie ioId this dealer that Is was afraid that
b. tbs lL4.lefl would back out sf the
bargain, but the latter asserted his readi.
ness to pat w the stamps II necessary.
The stranger opsSsd bor. lifted . CO.
out and placed her ia tie refrigerator;
then lie opened tbs other box and took
therefrom wire cage containing large
rat Nov. mister. said Ls. you just
shat that door ia hurry whes Hop tbs
rat inside. and III 80 you another hity
that one will taste oi the other 10 ls4s'n
i've niinptes.
The crowd yelled. and the drsIsr slsa-
asl ii.s refrigerator door asd slid into
the store. with remark about fools snd
swisIl~rs Hs still rsfase. 10 rseogsizs
the stranger. claim 10 tho $50 has
taken Lis sign ia.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-07-03

"Ifit wasn't for What folks. would say
Id isks him ~ my Lcnss," replied
Mas Abbey. II bsvent much 10 10.
and I've enough aud little 10 spare, thank
God.
That secms 70 be about the osly thiss
to bs done, said Simeon. warmly. aud
IN cssser to silssce all tongues Just
you 40 ahead, Miss Abbey aud III
back you up and simeos Knowles ~ss
man who would keep hn word Al all
hazards.
SO II VAS arranged, aud Tho subject
brcacbsd 10 the sick maa, bu, met No IN.
expected obstacle IA bis ga. setnpics
mo sir. Z" hs replied, faia,ly; FOLKS shalt
never say placed sny lad, iu an equi,e
cal position. his air o. isuni, paIss''y
making itself disceruabIc through all 81.
pain.
He adhered 10 his resolution despite al
arguments. and nothing they could ssy ot
do could change his mind. Miss Abby.
more truly unhappy than shs had ever
been il hor lie before, hovsrsd over him
like On anxious hen sverss chick. aud tried
with all hsr might 10 change his miad.
Al last she said: Samuel calling him
by his proper name for the first time In
her life--''ii you could only knew hsw
very unhappy you make mo by bsisg -
obstinate. you would agree to do ~ ! wish.
AID so saying shs.placsd her hssd o. hi.
wasted one, which rested on the outside
Of the covsrlet'
His thin Hagsrs closed on hers. snd
with q lock OF amusement he said; II
cant find but sneway TO manage IL, and
that is 10 get married, I'm psor sort Of .
fellow, / know" 10 went on, 10 brckao.
trembling tones. ''but know how to
treat woman kindly; asd you and / are
so alone in the world, il seems A. though
we might be happy TO. have and another TO
oare for.
Alas! Miss Abby, where now were oil
those fears and scrnples which have been
food and raiment TO ysu all your lifs9
Whittier hath gone the horror with which
you once locked upon the Matrimonial
Agency
Without one blush, without sns demur.
she bent and kissed him. saying: "Wcll,
Samuel. so let ii be- and Simeon, when
hs entered q few minutes later, stood
transfixsd on the threshold Of the door on
beholding Miss Abbey, seated prim and
erect, at the side of the sick mans led,
and siruking with loving touches the
poor waste,l iaud Her mir of proud
possession would have been lulicrous had
It not hal IN II y tonch Of true aud deep
pathos.
That evening the Congregational minis.
ter united Ia the bonds Of holy wedlock
abigail Tyler, spinster. aud Samuel Me-
ris,n II the bride being given away hy
Simeon Knowles.
Ills mt necessary to add that tho new
ly made husband performod the journey
TO his wife's house Without ssiions draw
back. aud was by her careful nursing
brought back TO health snd strspgtb In
due time.
So, after all, Samuel Morriman's nat,
trimonial bureau was not started Tor
naught iu the village Of Cohonset. = Coa-
hneat
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-07-03

A fiddle upoo vhieb Washington ssed
10 play ia Dov in tho possessicn ef Cole.
nsi J. Wsshingtos, aud AZ sffort is being
aa.leso raise 81 800 t. purchase il that
il n,s. ~ idae~f ~ Mrs Custis music'
ryoa u afust ysrson. wierr are are .dy
tho Larpsi -hord presented BY tbs gsasrsi
TO Ms. Cas,i. upon br weddisg Day
aud the tints upon wbieh be ussd 70 se
company her.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1884-07-03

Erynpelas and Salt Rbsan, VAS driven
-stireIs a~sy from Mrs. ). q. Asdsrsss.
Ps.Iiigo. Wis. by Buravek Blood Bit
hrs so equal As BIoed purihsr
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-21
Sunshine Once more.

While spring showers may be looked
for, for some time TO come, II Is safe to
assume that the sun will now have a
chance to do his perfect work. The
floods are over for tho year, and the rail-
way people will be able to settle down TO
the business Of establishing their
roads. Let MS hope that the work will
be done in a more durable form this time
than was thought worth while original
ly, and that the lessons which the water
marks OF the country ought to convey TO
intelligent men will he needed in the
future. The grangers are beginning
again TO show themselves in the city and
the same story reaches us from all bands
viz, Of the promise of unprecedented
crops. Never since Los Angeles was n
county has there been anything like the
area OF land sowed to the cereals, plant
ed in corn or set ont in orchard or vine
yard, as daring the present season. If
production on large scale is the key
note of prosperity, this county is most
prosperous. And still the croaker is not
happy. Confronted by from thirty to
fifty inches Of rainfall, according to
location, he has now executed n
maateily flank movement, and has
entrenched himself in the forlorn
hope that the growth Of wheat
and barley will be too luxuriant, and
that there is thus danger Of both lodging
and rusiing. We suppose we must al
low our local pessimists whatever of con
ISOLATION they may find in this last ditch
Of their hopes.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-21

Those who have raised such an out.
cry against public executions that,
as result, in great part they
have been dispensed with, will be
shocked to learn that Mcdowell
will be hung next Monday, II at all, in
the free light Of heaven. Such specta-
cles, II is claimed, are brutalizing and
tend to blunt the finer sensibilities. As
there Is no jail yard attached to the
San Bernardino Court House the author
tiles OF that county do not seem TO have
any choice In the matter. The cham.
pions Of private executions contend that
the secrecy and mystery of IN execution
In an enclosure or In corridor nre cal
culated TO strike more terror to the soul
Of the wrong-doer than public hanging
would do. The daily papers have made
every incident of such events SO familiar,
however, that, even with the greatest
privacy, an execution is realistic to the
extreme. Every detail Of the gallows,
Of the looks and general demcanor oi
the prisoner, his most casual words be-
ing taken down with photographic pre-
cision, are spread forth in the columns
Of the daily press, and with such vivid
ness that one can almost fancy that one
has been present OF the judicial sacrifice
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-21
IL Barkis Willin'y

Merely as piece Of partzan iinesso it
Is a pretty good thing for man who
wants an Office to say that he is not q
candidate for it. Take the cases Of Sam.
uel j. Tilden and James G.. Blaine, for
instance. Neither of these gentlemen,
If their own explicit statements are to be
believed, are candidates for the Presi
doncy, and yet the people are camorous
to have them in the White House, and
even the babies cry for them. There is
great reason 10 believe that Mr.. Tilden
don't want the Presidency. lie sent the
Hon. Daniel Manning to the Cincinnati
Convention in 1880 empowered to an
nounce, in the most emphatic way, that
under no circumstances would he be q
candidate, and to make his action the
more marked he sent his brother to Gin
cinnati with second and supplementary
message to the same purport. His
whole action was so direct and peremp-
tory that we are warranted in believing
that he now means exactly what he says.
Mr.. Blaine has given no such evidences
OF being in earnest, and, though both he
and his friends say that he is not can
didatc, they are quite evidently organic.
ing the strongest and most sagacious of
all their campaigns. He is hot favor.
ite with oil the field against him, while
even in New York he is infinitely more
popular than Arthur. A perfect whirl-
wind of Republican enthusiasm has been
evoked in Pennsylvania, and the only
weak spot in Blaine's armor is the fact
that he is the favorite and all the other
candidates will combine against him.
The colored man and brother from the
South will be used, in 1884 as in 1880,
to lay the White Plumed Knight low.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-21
Wednesday, the 18th bay of April,
1851

At II o'clock A, NJ, at the Court House door, in
the city and county OF Los Angeles, State OF Cal
ifornia, ali the right, title, interest and estate
OF the said Juana Reyes de Ramres at the time
oi her DEATH and all the right, title and interest
that the said estate has by operation Of law or
otherwise acquired other than or In addition TO
that Of the said Juana Reyes de Ramirez,,at the
time OF her death, in and to the real and per.
sonal property described as follows to.wit:
That certain real estate situate in the city and
county OF Los Angeles, State of California, be-
ginning oil the east side OF Main street at the
point OF intersection OF the east line Of said
street with tho northery line Of Morans lane;
thence northeasterly with the east line OF Main
street 1888. 80 feet, more less to the corner OF
fence thence with said fence s. ar Al east
20 10 feet; thence with said Fence =, so 80 east
I54 Sc feet to the corner oi fence; thence s.
AZ i5 west l56. Sc feet TO the north line OF Mo
rams lane; thence with north line OF Moran, 3
lane 1884, 05 feet to point OF beginning, being the
same property described and laid down on a map
thereof made by A. g. kuxton, filed as exhibit
No 10 petition for saie of real and personal
estate in this cause, said tract having been sub
divided into lots /, 2, 3, ard g. respectively
Reference is m dc TO said map for full partierl.
lars. Said land will be sold in one body
Also the following described PERSONAL property,
to. Wit One half cord frc wood ono stove and Gx
lures, one table. one half barrel OF lime, one
metate, old garden tools, and three bunchos
shingles.
Terms and conditions OF sale: Cash in L. s.
gold coin, ten per cent. OF purchase price to be
paid at time Of sale. balance on confirmation Of
sale by said Court Deed at expense Of pur-
chass WM. IT, N0RDHOLT
Administrator Of Estate Of Juana Reyes de Ham
i.gr, deceased.
March 20, 1884. mar2ltd
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-03-21
An Artificial Lake

Tho project which is now being moot
ID of converting the Sahara Desert into
. great inland sea Is exciting great deal
Of smulation elsewhere. Our San Ber-
nardino friends have caught the infcc-
tion and it is seriously proposed to con
vert Bear Valley into lake. A careful
Investigation has satisfied Mr.. f. Il.
Brown. who is a local scientist of con
siderable note. that that great basin,
which lies about twenty miles to the north
east Of San Bernardino, was originallya
lake. It is at the altitude, slightly in
excess Of six thousand feet, which char
acterizes nearly ull of the lakes in the
Sierra range of mountains. A company
has been formed to dam the lower end
OF the basin, which is five miles long by
one and half miles broad, and it is to
be used as great storage reservoir to
supply the people Of the San Bernardino
valley with facilities for irrigation. A
company has already been formed to
carry out the work and 1t looks as If
they meant business. What effect the
retention Of the melting SHOWS in this
basin would have on the supply of water
in the Santa Ana river and other streams
which abound in the San Bernardino
valley we are not prepared to say. The
project is bold and original one and its
progress will be watched with great in
terest by those who are interested in ir-
rigAtion.
Mr.. Judah, the engineer who con-
ceived the plan Of the Central Pacific
Railway, and who was man of great
and original engineering genius, always
held that the time would come when the
cahons and mountain gorges Of California
would be converted into mammoth reser.
voirs, and that through this instrument
tality regions which are now arid and
repellent would become the seat of a
prosperous agriculture and horticulture.
As our population increases no doubt
Mr.. Judah's dream will be realized, and
millions of acres of land, now regarded
as valueless on account of the scant rain
fall, will be converted into orchard and
farm lands. The sharp activities of the
Sierras make the work OF distributing
this water after II has once been stored
an easy one. The conversion of Bear
Valley into lake will be long step in
the direction of carrying out Mr., Judah's
ideas. II the enterprise shall prove to
be the success which it il claimed that it
will be We shall shortly hear of hundreds
of similar associations with lake on the
brain.