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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18

aimed lick at him, and went tumul,u- ously through the hole as the goat struck the fence and bounded back.
 "Great gracious!' elaculaied Mrs Spoopendyke. swarming up the step ladder and squatting a. the top Are yor hHrt, dear!
 Hurr hovled MT. Spoopendyke, peeping through the hole and contempla, ting his wife with savage glare Think I'm a aaii, to come through board fence and be clinched without feeling is Can, you scare that goat away from this hole so can come back and comm4ne with him once more? Come down of that dod-raseed step-ladder. can't ye? Got a notion that measiy goat is coming up there so be scared? Come down and throw brick af him, viil yer
 aI haven't got brick" murmured Mrs. Spoopendyke. as she scuttied down the ladder, but m get 6af-iron," and having provided herself vith . weapon the use of which she undexssood, she sailed fosth to effect an exchange of situation beeween the goat and her hus- band.
 Nov 70 along." she exclaimed ssernly, holding out her var material at arms length. "Aint you ashamed of you.ss1 you nassy soAi' o.-~-"-!
 Bat llf. Spoopendyke, oonseant to his wanf q faifk in his vite's suggestions, internationally lookcd in, and he and the goat rolled over each othes in the vacant 6t
 ~Did the vhole business work in e.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18

cordance with the schedules~ he yelled, as he picked himself up and kred the remaan of his stick al the flying foe. Did the whole measly goa, get through, or Is there more to follow9 Dat omit s,anxa in this refreshing season oi ~or- ship, Let's have the whole hymn v and Mr. Soocrendske presented himself at me opening n the fence. with mud .;scskrd face and tsttered habihmenss
 Come in, deu,- said Mrs S2oopen- dyke, soothingly. Come la, nos. He's gone"
 "I know he's gone.' howled Ms. Spoopendyke, crawling through the hole !" saw him when he vent. On. you started him! When he saw .hat vigor- ous mind of yours backed up by dod- gsssed fat-iron, all he could do was 10 go! Another tune you sec me scaring a goa: out of,he yard, you let things slooe. wiIl ye: and Mir. Spoo2endyke hoboled in:o the house to change his clothes.
 II don't care,7 murmured Mrs. Scoop endyke, dragging a barrel against the hole as protccuoa against further incur sions- - don't care. The way he was chopping at that goat with his stuck, he wouldn't have had hlm out n a month. You want to treat goLt like q crease, and iron him out. or. she continued re- ferring to some serious experenc-. II you want to make sure of having II go out. you might hire it out as servant gull.
 And with these luminous rrfie c,ious. Mrs. Spoopendyke tore her skir ou A nail in the barrd and nned "a husband with B hundred consoiator csre<es
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18
has : lissle ssao ca do no Aarm.

that . 6ssle saap can do no harm.
 Wh,. you see tired faces h eveEy assem. blaze Stand oo the steps of your ofscs and look As the cro~d as II surges past mulsisudincusly What is the prevailing expression on the faces tha, go by Anx iety, disappointment. easesness. an.icspa. lion. desire, oo they go. followed by their telicws. everyone of whom bears the same tired. faded look. Why the characteris- tic ofthis great nation IS industry. Father Capel Is asses money himself but he would think t very strange d l were to say he vas working tor money as the chief atm and object of hts lite He wanss mooev because be has a use to pa, II to, and @ 1t Is with our people here. All wsn, money, bu, we don't. n any of as. As Il by. l, would be a good scheme If ~e d,d, bu, -e dent.
 Take my fnend Chanfrsu, whom have known for twensy yearS, and always liked and ai~ays admmed, as type oi man born iu this country ot poos, humble parensage, w,th no start in life untd Acct den, opened door. Through tha, pas. saee-way he jumped qaickiy. and ~as never pulled back. Sixsy-tve years ot skS. WOttu ali tue way rom so oko to SSoo, 900. he vas working like car horse A fresh season wAs Iuss begun. weeks and weeks of to,l and labor ior him. days ef travel. evenings ot exertion, nights of com parauve unrest were 10 his portion
 Why! Not for more money. He ~as rich enough. He loved ,o work. We all love to work. That IS the gtea, American trait. work and love of work. II ssat the money. II |; WAS ,hc money we were alter, wouldn't we hoard us Wouldn't our savings banks have greater assets than they have today. Work was Ghanirau's recreation. Work was h's pleasure. Work was his delight. Had any one suggested to h,m tke de. rrabilisy ot trip to Europe, with year among the re6uements and delights of the continent. he would have laughed the idea to scorn. Whyg To make more money! Not at all Because he loved 10 work, he liked to sec his name on the big bills, he liked to hear the cheering applause of his friends in the audience, he liked to believe tha, he was s,,ll the peoples favorite.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18
A Burning Bush of this Day.
ruscarora Times Star.

|
 There is a remarkable tree or shrub in a small gulch near some springs about twelve miles north o( Tuscarosa It is about six or seven feef in height. with a trunk which a, its base is three times the size of mans wrist It has innumera- ble branches and twigs and resembles somewhat the barbeuy tree. Bat its re- markable characteristic IS its foliage, which at a certain season of the year is so luminous that 1t can be plainly dis tinguished in the darkest night for a dis tance of more than mile, while in its immediate vicinity 1t emits sufficient light to enable . pesson to read the fines, print Its foliage Is extremely rank, and its leaves resemble somewhat in size, shape and color those os the aromatic bay tree Of California. The luminous property is evidently parasitic, and con sisss of sert Of gummy substance, which, upon being transferred by rub bing to a persons hand, impzrts to it the same apparently phosphorescent light, while that of the leaf entirely dis appear
 The Indians regard is with superstition and will not approach 1t eyen in the day time If they can possibly avoid it. They have name for 1t which, literally inter preted, signifies witch rse" An old Skoshone informed the writer that there were only two others in the entire county, but the olosess questioning failed to elicit the slightest information in re- gard to their localities He would only shake his head gravely and ejaeulate, !" Bad medicine"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18
Seeing and Hearing unde. the Sea
tLondon Teiegraph.l

tLohuon tetekfAphi
 "Can you see under water P
 "vezy seldom. remember yeass aso going down to have look al the wreck of the Fosfarshirc- d,veA Ja.t ou, oi curiosity, and saw the old hooker plain enough. Od that same coast I've oeen down in water % bright tha, I've stood among the weeds as tall as this room, a beautiful garden of them, and watched 'em with delight, almost to forgetting the lob was down there for, and ! sau all xinds of fish swimming about and appear ing quite close through the glass in my helmet, though if put out my hand ,o them found them to be fathosns away
 :" But as rule you capt see T'
 No more than n was looking through London fog. And then take a chip. Suppose you were so come into this room at night without a lieht--you couldn't sec. So 1t is with ships hold and cabin under water. It's pitch dark A man can only grope." 'lt must be dangerous work moving about among cargos under such circum. stanoesT'
 "Why, not when you're used to i,. 4 bit Of sea above is otten inconvenien, by making the vessel on the surface roll and tauten the tackle ssr heaving up the cargo, and SO rusning up a mass of dead weight on . sudden before you're ready and then letting is come down crash asain A ground swell-i mean the swell a, bottom-is also troublesome, for nT swing . man to and fro . distance o seven feet and more But this is only or deck. It's quiet enough in the hold.h Suppose such swell should dash q diver against anything It wouldn't hurt him, sir. The dres, makes him 70 light. 1 have faller through many yavu in the ship s decks St to break . mans neck and back, you might thnk for the depth of t. and hay. come up again just as qu,efIy."
 "Csn yos cduverse under watHy'
 "Yes, but very few know how i,'s done II you were to stand up face to face with another man each might burst himsei with yelling without producing tse fsis, es, sound. Now. how do you ,hiat 70, can hearY
 cannot imagine"
 By lying down You and your mate must lie down on your bress head tc head or side ht side. close, and ip ,har position you'll hear one aaother as ess,i, as you and ran hear each other m thi, room" S8
 ~I suppose tke sound IS caavsyed by the deck or saad, W whatever you lis upon."
 Possibly l only kno~ ii's true. When l found this out spoke to another dive. about II, and he would not believe me Well, one day we happened to 20 down to wreck together. 1 told hlm before. hand =as: rcs:::ss: :c r:: himself .a, and after we had been to work some time we came together and lay down as agreed and said: linn are there many more casks Iefs in the holdS Heaps he answered right of. And 90 you ean hear me* said ]. Aye he answered wonderfully plaia.' and with that be laughed, and % did l, and we both heard each others laugh jus, as ~e heard each others words"
 !" How deep down were you at the times7
 In about eleveo fa,homs."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18
The Red Horse Club.

James Lane Allen, in Msnhsi,an.l
 The first meeting of the acolytes was appointed by BAlxxc al restaurant upon the Qaay Eu;repot, at the end of the Tourneile bridge The sign ot this was a qusdruped and Balsac, who nigh, often be seen walking slowly along the streets with his nose in the air, searching on the signs tor names whGewith to bap- tize h;s characters, thus conceived the idea ot naming h,s association the Cheval Rouge. The members were rekerred to as horses the place of neeting- which was neveE to be the sane to avosd suspicion-was called stable" The "horses ~eIe nodied whoa and whore to come to the sable" by billet de livered by q truSy persou-the myssxious card invitation oesng stamped with the figure of . red horse. The aims of the Cheval Rouge were set forth at the first meeting by Balzac m speech of intoxi- eating, resistless eioquence-the horses' were to lend each other sid ss all occa sions, and to labox with all their might for the fortune or the success of the par eicular "hogse" requiring succor. Ot this succog there was to be adequase future return. II one of the "horses' had just put forth book or enacted a drama. all the other "horses" were to signaiize, extol and giorify hin in articles, notices and conversations. Oa the con- uary, if any "horse" showed hostility to any other, he was to be kicked by the whole stable.
 The result of such an organir ation was olrioux Thev vould fake nos<eSs,on of the journals, invade the theatres, provide themselves with decorations, seat them selves in the chairs of the academy, be- come the peers of any in France. All this was perfectly clear to the mind ol Balzac; he was already in actual demon sTable possession of it, just as he was oi the thirty productions, catalogued by him among his works, that were never written. Alas. that the history of the Cheval Rouge should be told SO easily on a page that order of literary knighthood in which the souls of all the members ex isted as one-where seif-sacriice was to be exactly equaled by self-aggrandizs- ment, and the most exalted philanthropy was made to harmonize with ideal selfish ness. Aher a few meeeings "most ol the 'horses' lacked money to pay Sos their oats in the symbolic maneer,n writes Theophile Gauuer, who vas one of them. "Bsch nov replunged alone into the melee of life. fighting his way with his own arms and this it is that ex. plains why Balzsc was not . member oi the French academy, and died a simple chevalier of the Legion of Honor."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18
l" Mood and Necessity.

Many newspsp9 men viil app,ecisse this reDaSk o( tha late Mn. Ciemmer vho oaes ful6lIsd . cossss<f io vYise s column of msfaer dsy 1os thsse yean " h vas toilsome dusy, bat is cssed me uaGiy q the msntai pezver.isy thas vsiis ior the inspisafios of creative moods to do sAat is secessasy to be dose" TAese iA indeed, soeAisg quite 70 elEsctive is bsinging os . smood" e the inpsiiiag spuT of absolute seoessity.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18

every community there are fellows to shom dollar is as big as a cart wheel, who take pleasure in the literal feas,ing of their eyes upon gold and evidences of wealth, but don't believe that to be the case with the majority of men.
 Why, jus: look at ii. The vast pre- ponderance of mankind is poverty stricken. Walk through the streets, look at them. Every mans in a hurry. Talk about the mice in the clock "see how they run," look at the men on the streets and see how they run. There isn't an ant-hill in chistendom ousier than t . streets of Philadelphia. Every fellow seems bent upon an grand of great im- poEtanoe, immediate Attention 10 which Is demanded It isn't confined to men alone, but to women, thousands and tens of thousands of them up early in the mosning, hard as work all day long, and at t late into the houn of the night, as industrious as the bee, as pezsevering as the spider.
 what fos? lift is money alone, what . disappoinfed race ve are! II ii s the mere getfing of wealth. hov sadly de6- ciens in success ve are. What . queer kiHd of Creator He must he to implans in the mind of every human being this gysed Or mopey. and then disappoint then in its satisEactios On, no, | is i'm, ia is pleAsure, t is psueatica, t is deaire to ras, thas maks men industrious and ac- tive and pushiag aad tiseisns; but they oever g9 to the point where they are wiling to take . cAair ed It down They neyer read thst eoal, vhicA is Q lar zloag sswasd the end of Ger jouRnsy
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18

Despise No, the Day of Small Things.
 Little things may help a man to rise bent pin in sn easy chair for ins;asee Dr. hesoe's reAsant Pargative Peilets are small things. paeAsaos to take, and ihey cure sick-hesdarhes, relieve torpid iiveEs and do wonder. Beang purely vegetable they cannot harm any one. Ali druggists.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18
Insulting q MiIkman.
Brooklyn Times !

"No, doas hke Ferguson; he in- suited me al my owu table as suppz the other night" remarked Williamsburg miIkman.
 "Why, hov is thzf9 l theught Fer guson . veEy entertaining feIlo~; iust back from Europe, with 10 end of anec- doees," replied friend
 "Yes, thas's just it. He talked all tAe time about the chalk clids q Eagiaad and how, when it rained, the vaAeT run- ning down leoked Ike milk. l Ksos knov vAea . man is gesfisg . dig Il na. Fagusoa be daxneds And the millrman searsed for . drugseose b bay . weeks supply q chalk.
The Florida agriculturist., 1884-11-05
To the Cotton Ginners Of the South,

MEXIA, TEXAS, September l, 1884
Believing that much benifit could be
derived by us from an interchange of
ideas, at a general meeting to discuss
ginning interests. ! am endeayoring to
get up such meeting or convention of
the ginners of the country. Nearly all
the other branches of industry and all the
professions have their annual meetings
to discuss mutual interests, and why not
we? In my opinion, no more appropri-
ate time and place could be suggested
than at New Orleans, during the Cotton
Centennial Exposition. Ginners will
naturally be attracted there by the cotton
feature of the Exposition, while the great
reduction in railroad fare will be an in
centive to cause many to go, if only for
pleasure excursion. By little concert
of action we may mingle business with
pleasure. My plan for a successful meet
ing is this: Let every ginner who reads
this circular send me, by letter or postal
card, his name and address, and suggest
some month and date which he deems
the most suitable time for the proposed
meeting. would like also for each one
to suggest one or more topics, of mutual
interest, to be discussed at the meeting.
After hearing from the larger number
of ginners, / will, with the assistance of
prominent ginners, select and appoint the
month and date agreed on by majority
of them, and will publish the same in a
circular and send to every ginner who re-
spends to this suggestion. l will also
publish, in said circular, all the topics for
discussion that have been suggested.
: Now, if every ginner who reads this
will send me his name and address and
do as requested, it can be easily arranged
for large number of us to meet in
New Orleans, at a stated time, and much
mutual good will, no doubt, be the result.
By way of introduction or personal
mention, would state that | have the
honor to be one of the commissioners
from Texas to the New Orleans Exposi-
ton. have been running gin and
studying ginning all my life and feeling
an interest in the matter proposed, ! have
taken upon myself the task Of presenting
it to the ginners of the South for their
consideration. trust that every ginner
who reads this circular will send me his
name and the time he would prefer for
the proposed meeting. Do not postpone
it till tomorrow or s'next week." but
send me, at once, your name and address
and the time you think the best tor hav-
ing meeting.
Yours Truly,
r. S. MUNGER.
at Mexia, Texas.
The Florida agriculturist., 1884-11-05

as Jacksonville and Gainesville, offices
for distribution, and warehouses for con-
centration, selecting competent agent
or manager, into whose hands they
would place the entire business, who in
turn would select, with their approval,
a representative in each of the principal
cities or distributing points in the United
States, for the sale of these products );
sending not only their own productions,
but all that should come to them through
the system thus created-the thing
would be done.
The benefits arising from such an or
ganization and such system would be
so apparent that the entire balance of
the crop would soon seek the same ave-
nue. to the market. Such a system
would not only do away with the present
competition of the fruit with itself, but
would be the inevitable means of bring
ing about the sale of a large proportion
or the products at home. Reputable
houses, finding that they could no longer
obtain the fruit from the growers on con-
signment, would come here and purchase
their supplies rather than to buy them
from the agents of the Exchange at their
several points, and in a little time the
bulk of these products would be sold at
the Offices here; only the remaining sur
plus would have to be forwarded for
sale. The same system would be
equally advantageous in the marketing
OF the small fruits, vegetables, melons,
ETC., etc.
The remedy is simple and easily at
tainable. If it could be put into immedi-
ate operation it would put more than
a half million of dollars into the State
the present season, on the present
crop. Can anything be done?
Trusting that the good sense of the
producers may come to the surface be-
fore it shall be too late, remain, yours
respectfully, +. BEAN.
Jacksonville, Fla, Oct. 22, 1884.
The Florida agriculturist., 1884-11-05

OF moderate means with sure invest
ment where they might not only make
homes for themselves but also have their
capital caring a little better rate of inter-
est than could be obtained in England.
We drove through the resonant pine
woods of a balmy October afternoon;
fiocks OF quail flushing at almost every
turn in the road while herrons and
fiocks of paroquetes with their bright
plumage; across little creeks, the clear
ness of whose waters enable you to dis
tinctly see every object upon the bottom;
fifteen miles through scenes of this de-
scription will bring you to the settle
ments, and as soon as the canal is opened
between Tohopekaliga and East Tohope-
kallga Lakes one can choose between a
trip by land or water.
The settlements show much improve
ment. A number of houses have been
erected; complete saw-mill put up,
and several prosperous young orange
groves present thrifty appearance.
MIR. j. b. Watson, a talented young gem
tleman from Gilthall, Carlisle, England,
is one OF the largest purchasers of prop
erty, and owns about five hundred acres
OF this rich land, which he is improving.
This gentleman is also erecting COM
AAAONlOOo i1ObC1 1OI OllC OF
new arrivals, and for those who WISH to
take advantage of the healthfulness of
the location and reman during the win
ter months only. The hunting and fish
ing in this locality are excellent, and for
those who delight in this kind of anuse-
ment plenty of sport can be found. Mr..
Watson, who is one of the most ener-
getic and ambitious members of the col
ony, is the author of an ably written
pamphlet upon Florida, which met with
a very successful sale in England, and
did much toward calling the attention of
English people to the State.
Adjoining the property of the English
company is block of rich land contain
ing II, ,260 acres owned by Messrs. Fell
and Davidson, two energetic young gem
tlemen. These two tracts taken together
are what is commonly known as the
English colony. The lands are very rich
and productive, and the prospects are
that the population will be largely in-
creased by arrivals from England during
the winter.-Ir Tropical Paradise.
The Florida agriculturist., 1884-11-05
Fires Furious Work.

Fire was discovered last Sunday even
ing under Wilkinson's store, at Rock
ledge. Everything being very dry the
fire spread rapidly until the store and
the Rockledge House adjoining were
completely wrapped in flames. The fire
spread SO fast nothing was saved from
the store and only the piano, buffet and
part of the dining furniture from the ho-
tel. The hotel was one OF the largest and
best kept on the river and is an irrepar-
able loss, not only loss to Mr.. Wilkinson
but to the whole river. Mr.. Wilkinson's
loss is estimated at $4,000 no in
surance. AS to the origin of the fire
opinions differ, there are as many opin-
ions as there are people and nothing def
mite is known. The hotel was widely
known and we'll patronized and could ac-
commodate IS to 100 0guests, and arrange
ments had been completed and work
commenced to increase the capacity of
the house to double the original sleeping
accommodations. Not only the store and
hotel were destroyed but the oranges on
the fine grove in which the hotel was sit
uated were roasted on the trees, and it is
feared that the trees have been killed
over many acres in extent. The Tropical
House to the northward seemed to be in
flames running from tree to tree in that
direction but fortunately an addition to
the dire calamity was averted in that
direction. The people connected with
the hotel and store did not have time to
remove their personal effects and almost
every person lost something in the flames.
To add to the trouble the books of the
store were consumed too. The coming
season promised to be one of unusual ac-
tivity, and great influx of visitors and
settlers were expected, and the hotel no
doubt would have been full the whole
winter. We hope Mr.. Wilkinson and
family have the sympathy of the entire
community.
Notes from the Sun extra.
Mr. Wilkinson, the landlord, an old
gentleman of abont 20 years of age and
an Invalid, showed remarkable courage
and nerve, as he viewed his property
falling before his eyes. His calmness
was only egualled by that of his wife and
daughter. Jas. F. and Thomas Mitchell,
couple OF young men from Scotland who
are improving homestead on the Island,
had their trunks and other effects stored
IN the store and lost everything. Loss
| about $500. They arrived from down the
river in time to see the last of the burn
ing building. The upper story of the
store building was occupied as SLEEPING
rooms, by the employees of the store.
who barely escaped with their lives.
All the books and papers of the stor e
| were lost.-Stdr.