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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31
SNAKE HILL.
Why the Soldiers of D.nssen, Armies
 Mingled in Harmony.

Why the Soldiers of Different Armies
 Mingled in Harmony.
 In iSn3. when the rear of Marmadukes army vas fitting through southern Mis- souu like the ag,,a,cd cracker oi a whlp, Colonel K. (. Ne~ioas regimen, conssi. suted the rear guard. One night New tons command reached bill which grad ually arose from a section of damp bot tom land. shortly aItes~ the men weat into hivouae, the cry ot ssss,ie- naks, look ou, for the raitie-snake .a arose The h,ll had been selected as den by rattle snakes, and the whole face of the earth seemed to be alive with the reptiles. The ground was actually hissing with them. and from every log turned over hy the soldiers. there ~rithcd oa, ser pent mass. Colonel Newton soon discovered tha, ii would he impossi- ble for his men to camp sn ths neighbofhooi. and wl,h three enormous rattle -snakes tied together like sections of ropes. he sent his compliments to Csa- erai Marmadnke, explaining the snaksy situation. The command vas al once ordered to move, not, however. until oue company alone had killed one hundred and seven,y-,hree snakes. The ecnteds crate forces were closely followed by vandervers Iowa cavalry. When these men reached the hill which Newson's men had been compelled so evacuate, they decided 10 go into bivonae. A fsw moments later the cry of ratsle-snakeF Y arose. "The deviIish things" as an eye witness expressed ii, " seemed 10 pour out oi the ground" |, vas soon diseov- cred tha, a human being could not live on the knoll, and regardless of the fact that the enemy occupied the bottoms just bs- low, forward movement vas ordered. The advance guard had not proceeded far when native of the neighborhood vas met.
 "What do you call tha, neighboshood back here {" asked an officer.
 "Aint never heard no name fur It." | Il didn', know bu, |, vas called snake Hiil.s
 Wall" replied the native. "i reekia there air few snakes up thar enduriu, the right time O year. bu, ii's too early now fur many O them to be out" When the advance guard Of the federal fssees overlook the rear guard of the con- fedefa,es. no fighting occurred. There existed between them bond of symps- thy which the angry dogs of var could no, gnaw in two. Humanity, whether there be peace or war, turns from per- sonal grievances unto the innate, Adam animosity to the snake.
 Couldn't stay up there, eh '" yelled .he ee.9>4e.sss=.
 No" replied the tedsrals. shsy were too thick for us"
 They agreed to camp together, aed during the social night. when rsb" asd yank" sai around the same fire, the grea, bloody var vas forgotten. Each man-~tru human natuFc--told lies of the number and sizes of the snakes hs had killed. This ~as the fins true evidence oi coming peace. is proved ,o men who never before had seen each other that shess esi.sed s great enemy of nsskiad againss which they should all be us.ssd.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31
WARM UP YOUR SOUL.

All some folks wants is ter ca, ant sleep. Oh, de nigger better warm up his soul; An thinks de true CT 1igion am powerful
 cheap.
 Oh, de nigger better warm up his soul. De time am CT comin' when de Lawd will
 frown,
 Oh, de nigger better warm up his soul An yer better look erroun' fur de brigh,
 weddin' gown,
 Oh, de nigger better warm up his soul.
 An warm yer soul wid de lub O
 de Abraham CT,
 Warm yer soul by de bright light
 erbove,
 Ur ryer1l be struck down like de jay ur de yaller hammer Better fly home wid de wings O de dove. 4Gabriel's trumpet will hab CT mighty ringin', Oh, de nigser better warm up his soul; kcun' like CT thousan' ole bull-frogs CT Fl singin',
 Oh, de nigger better warna up his soul De pol white man will cut sorry hgger, On, de nigger better warm up his soul; Won't hab CT good CT chance CT kidney Fl footed nigger, Fl Oh, de nigger better warm up his soul. Fl An CT warm yer soul wid de Tub CT de Abraham CT,
 Warm yer soul by de brigh; ligh' Fl erbsye. sI Ur yerll be struck down like dc Jay UT de yai.er haminer-
 Better fly home wid de wings O dc
 dove.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31
EXPLAINED.

The other nigh. rather hssd-looking man vent to Lssle Rock hotsl, asd after registering said:
 -wish you voaid live nc . quiet room, for have been dsinkisg vgy heavily asd voald sos bs surprised t had dsiirism sssmsss bsfcss morning.
 The cissk assipsd him so . ehssslsi spom snd ths sssmsloss mas, dsciising several isvisssisas so drink, wens up se his ~dsn-" Alsss sshiIs, tAe cissk, ksas. isg tssyihis seiss, ran sp te the trsms- ioss mas's room asd fsssd tkss gsads- nas bsiabesisg tks hsd with his boss.
 What's the mae1M
 .Msaaes.~ said fhs mas. sdent yea sss she infesnal butterflies, dirf-debbas, ssA ssskeAeea4s4r
 sWheseF
 ~Thess on ehe bed-r
 Ny poor frissd. you arc dscsissd. This is oaIy cary qsiis- Thsss ass nse bues, but the odds ssd eds q aeu6le- nsss wardrobe. Hsss, Jshs, bsAsg . ssaaibse qsils fes shs ssnesnas-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31

The editor of London PnneA receives salary of twenty thousand dollars a year. As the gentleman no doubt reads the proof of his matter, the supposifion is that he earns every cent of the money.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31

 . salary of twenty thousand dollars a year. As the gentleman no doubt reads the proof of his matter, the supposifion is that he earns every cent of the money.
 A patent medicine advertisement says that much of the illness of the pres ent day is caused by humor in the stom- ach. There is great deal of truth in this statement. Many of our ills, and especially our sickness of stomach, are caused by the minstrel "gag."
 Lawrence Barrett, when he next makes tour of the undramatic United States, can probably get his heels dorn to the sidewalk. Hi. recent failure in England, while it does not prove him to be an in- fezior actor, shows that he is not im- mortal. Of the stage the actor is no, the old Roman whose character he tries toportray. MT. Barrett dangles the tin sel in his private life Stop it. Mr. Bar ret. You can be a great actor and a profound scholar without wearing a kand-spike under your coat.
 Several weeks ago an Arkansaw gentle man started newspaper. The second issue contained the following. "O%ing b press of other matter our valedictory was crowded out of the issue which con- szined our salutsfory. Those ~ho do not receive this paper regularly from this time forward may wisely conclude that it n not their fault. The man who hasn't any more sense than to start newspaper with seventy-hve cents of borrowed capf- tsl and handana handkerchief full of old type ought to be ran over by sprink- ling cart and bitten by a loggerhead fsssle, huf unfortunately such is not the case. leave this town with regret. lave to yak. Hos ar will be when ovsEsaken, the fasure will disclose. The shiu which borrowed from the mayor sAali be returned. have turned if once and when the present outside becomes peesumahay diTsier than the present in-. id& shall tusn II again. think that shirt msst have been washed oa . resurn- IT board. The people of this oonmu- ny gre welcome so any pso6t or insezuc- s@ sAe5 esy h4se rerei~ed fsn@ ne- Gsncas.isg the profit and instruction, hoUever, tAeze exist grave doubts in my UfnA h1ve made several mild e6osn n be hosess, asd # have failed-which au1posifion fear can be sustsined by uosE-I am sozy. Every honest man 11o5osnsa fniIurer
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31

It is said of Demosthenes that he attempted to speak with pebble in his mouth. In imitation ofihe great Grecian, the American orator too often attempts 70 speak with brick in his hat"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31
LIMNINGS.

An Arkansaw paper says: " Grant and his sons were Wards ducks" Yes, and seem to have Been taken to a rather poor Jmarket.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31
SHOULD HAVE BETTER SENSE

"l don't believe that I'll fine yos, ' said police jsdge ie yossg maa vh< had ben asysigsed les dsuskesssss.
 "Thask you. judgs. for this l. the 6ssl time 1 vas ever asrssted for bsiss drunk.
 @Whsf = tAs jsdge sxeiainsA. Thil t.s ssss isS-s. Ssss s*<:: sss yss, fss . nan vho vss nsvsg dsunk beGcss shcuid have bsssss ssnss than to fes drunk the krss time.s
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31

The base-bsM fever h raging in ths sessh. Physicisns tkiak fhsa aching bss coid vsa1hu can IoDsen fke disensG
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-05-31
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.

Hate is de pizen weed O de human mind, bu, love is de flower.
 De 'quainiaace whut woup rush ercross de road ter shake hans vid yer, voup sometimes climb CT fence ter hear yer slandesed.
 It ain de pusson vhut takes de bath de ofenes' dat is de ciezaes' De duck washes olzencz den de rooster, yis he's xlius got mo- dirt on him.
 De saddes' tkiaS ses me is de death Q a child adder den de death Q a Rrown pussen, fur de grovn passen is con- dennsd siEser . trial, while de child is eut eG vidost q judge q jury.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18

not been sustained. At the request of Gen.
erat Swain the court took q recess until
Monday.
CTRTIs on CLEVELAND.
Tha Washington Star says the following
reply 20 an inquiry sent to Mr.. George
William Curtis by government employe
here has Just been received:
West NEW BRIGHTON, Nov. Il.
DEAR SIB-I have your letter of the
18th. There 10 no doubt that Mr.. Cleve-
land will encounter q tremendous demand
for clean sweep, but i think that while
changes will be and ought to be made for
perfectly Legitimate reasons he will respect
the letter and spirit of the reform law and
that non-poliiical officers who have been
honest and eff; ctiye in the discharge of
their duty and who have not misused their
positions for political or party ends will
not be arbitrarily dismissed for politicians
Of course / have no authority to speak
upon the sole knowledge of his character
and Convictions. Truly yours,
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.
APPOINTMENTS
The president to-day appointed Otis p.
q. Clarke. commissioner of pensions, vice
Dudley resigned, and Calvin b. Walker, OF
Indians, at present second depuy commits
sioner, TO be first deputy commissioner /;
Vice Clarke, promoted. He also appoint
I'd Dewitt Clinton Wheeler, of New York,
K. B. Langdou, of Minneapolis and A. Nc
Donald, of New York, q commission to ex-
anime and report upon thirty-seven miles
of the Northern Pacific Railroad in Wash
ingtor Terri DRY.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18

The raising of the white flag, cry
the Press bureau in yesterdays dis
patches, and the taking possession of
of their munitions by the enemy, re-
veals some of the strangest and vilest
laid schemes for capturing New York
for Blaine, that ever human ingenuity
devised. We commend to the public
a careful study of the plan as devised.
1t bears its own evidence 30 plainly
that there is no need to mistake, and
if there be a single Congressman elect
who does not see in it the immediate
and imperative necessity for the crush
ing out of this monster, and the es-
Enlistment of an impartial telegraph
system. Then his constituents, no
matter what their political complex
lon, have made a mistake in electing
him,
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18
MISSOURI POST.OFFICE.

The following list of salaried post
Offices will not prove uninterestiug to
the public just now.
The post Offices in the state of Mis-.
souri,, known as salaried or presiden-
tial post Offices, in which the salary
is 81 900 per year or more; st. Louis
salary, $4,000; Kansas City, $4,000;
St. Joseph, $4,000; Sedalia. 80. 900 ;
Hannibal, $500; Springfield, 3d.
400; Carthage, s2,400; Jefferson
City, S2,100; Columbia, Moberly
and Mexico, 81, 800 each; Chillicothe,
Clinton, Joplin, Louisiana, Marys-
vile. Nevada and Warrensburg, ST.
500 each Rich Hill, Marshall, Ma
con City, Kirksville, Lexington,
Lamar, Independence, Butler and
Boonville, $1,000 each; Carrollton,
Cameron, Fulton, Holden, North
Springfield, Pierce City, st. Charles
and Trenton. 81 800 each; Pleasant
Hill, Cape Girardeau and Brookfield,
81 800 each; Neosho, jacksonville
and Lebanon, 81 400 each Appleton
City, Canton, Fayette, Stansbury,
Plattsburg, Palmyra. Rolla, Men,
phis, Liberty and Glasgow, 81 300
each; Bethany Brunswick, Bowling
Green, De Soto, Edna, Hamilton,
Higginsville, Slater, Washington,
Richmond, Shelbina and Paris, ST.
200 each; Albany, ROlla, Browns
vile, California, Gallatin, Montgom-
cry City Princeton, Salem, West
Plains and Windsor, sl,100 each /;
Troy, Savannah, Mound City, Hunts
vile, Munroe City and Milan, $1,000
each. Besides these, there are 1900
smaller offices in the state whose al
lowance ranges downward from 5000
to five cents year, according to busi-
ness performed. In all the Offices
where the salary is $1,000 or more
per year the postmaster is named by
the president, 10 all below that sum
he is appointed by the postmaster
general.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18
BARTHOLDI.

The name of M. Auguste Barthol-
di which will hereafter be as in
seperably linked with history of the
United States as that of Lafayette be-
cause of the great statute of liberty
bearing his name and presented by
France to this government was born
in France in the year 1885. He was
educated in the Lycei of Louis lie
Grand. He was a brilliant scholar.
His taste for art attracted the atten-
ton of the well-known artist, AIRY
Schaeffer, who opened to him his
studio. His preference was for
sculpture, and at the age of % he
executed the statue of Rapp.
During the Franco-Prussian war
he was engaged as an organizer of the
Nat. Guard later attached to the
staff of Garibaldi. At the end of the
war NJ. Bartholdi came to this
country, and conceived the idea OF
erecting in the harbor of New York a
statue of Liberty Enlightening the
World" monument to his own
genius and a sovenoir of the services
rendered by France to the cause Of
liberty during our revolution.
This statue is by far the largest
ever attempted. 1t is four times the
size of the tabled Colossus OF
Rhodes" The dimensions of the
statue are as follows: Height from
base to top of torch, 151 feet 1
inches; from toe to top of head, Ito
feet 6 inches. The first finger OF
right hand is s feet % inches long
and 4 feet 10 inches round at second
joint. The head is IA feet 5 inches
in height; the eye 2 feet 2 inches in
diameter, the nose 3 feet 8 inches.
Over forty persons sat down at one
time in the head during the exposi
ton of 1878, and the chamber in the
torch is capable of holding twelve
persuns at once. The total weight
of the statue will be 100000 lbs, Of
which 10000 lbs. will be the
weight of the copper sheets forming
the exterior of the statue, and 264,
900 lbs. in the iron fastenings and
frame work within. The base Of
granite is ITO feet high hence, the
height of the whole statue will bs
S21 feet, from surface of ground to
top of torch. When finished it viii
be the wonder of the world.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18
WEEKLY BAZOO.
SEDALIA, Mo-,
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1884.
SUNDAY.

After the noise and trials of the
week once more "another Sunday has
5egnn" and we can but pause in
ahaakfulness that to rich and poor
alike its benefcent gifts belong. Who
IAN tell what chaos to most of us
this life would have been had we not
had a Sunday day in which to take
mp something better than money lend
ng or money getting, and like a
seary, thirsty, wayfarer. whose jour.
asy has led him Ger sandy wastes and
who sees at his feet the silver waters
of a gently flowing stream which
30 ens to have musical voices calling
his name, so is Sunday.
We look into the 9 nshine of the
morning and it whispers of God; we
hear the church bells Ginning and
astinctively the Imagination pictures
thousands and thousands of worship
CHS kneeling at the shrine of the Naz-
anime and forgetting in the light OF
faith all the SORROWS, all the losses, all
the broken. dreams, all the partings,
al the petty enmities and all the
wrongs which the world brought and
laid at their feet like gift of misery.
HE children break up the ''tender
silence of the Sunday" with their
Innocent prattle, perhaps, but armies
If tbsm throng to learn the lessons of
Fife everlasting, and We grow more
asftened, more human like as we
watch them and remember how we
Go in the olden days when trust and
rath pinned the drapery of our days,
wandered to the old meeting houee
and got nearer to that Christ whose
invitation to "suffer little children to
sone unto me" must hive sounded
kke the purest sweetest strain of har-
1Onious music.
Truly Sunday ia the "golden clasp
x the week" and in it is rest and
peace, happiness and hope, which
Als az balm on the wounds of HUI
asnity and bids it to push on for be-
ysnd is the morning of a Sunday
whose eternity holds the hour glass,
md Gods hand counts the sands.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18

ing article to the celebration at st. Paul
yesterday, in honor of the centennial of
conservation of the first bis hop of the
American Episcopal church, in the course
OF the article. The Times SAYS, eff ever IL
is Separated from the state, the church of
England may learn from the American
precedent that il need not fear extinction
or humiliation. The American church has
set an example which the English Oh urch
would do we'll to initiate. In enlisting the
services OF laymsn on equal footing with
the clergy"
The Times believes yesterdays common
or alton will do much TO protect the spirit
of good will between the two great branches
of the ANGLICAN churches.
PERKINS WINS.
In the rowing match to day, on the
Thames, from Pu,ney to Mort lake betwean
Lubesu and Perkins, for two hundreH
pounds. Perkins had five seconds TIE
start and won the race.
ELECTED LORD RECTOR.
Professor Lushipg was elected Lord
Rector OF the Glasgow Diversity, and Pro-
fessor Alexander Balm elected Lord Rector
of Aberdeen university to-day.
NsURREcrIoN FEARED.
A detachment of police and military
started for Isle of Skye to-day. A general
instruction of crafters is regarded immi-
nent.
MAARRIsMA MURDER CASE.
Timothy Harrington, member of prlis-
ment for Westmeath, is gathering addition
al evidence In regard to the Maantisma;
murder case and trial. This evidence the
Parnellite members of congress have DE- :
cided to submit to the government, with a
request that an inquiry into the whole case,
may be conducted by the English lawyers.
CHOLERA IN LONDON. !
r. ports are current in Paris of Oh
spread of cholers this city, where TIE re
ports state the disesge is raging.
Paris Temps saws there were 1877 cases IL
this city last week. The Anglo Phobist
journals of Paris announced an average of
nine'y cases daily 10 London, but nothing
is made known here concerning the OUT
breaks of disease IN the metropolis. The re-
port has treated q great sensation in Paris.
The weather in London is cold, bracing
and sessonable, and not a case of cholera
is reported for months past. London news
papers sscribe the above reports to French,
cbargrin at the immunity of England from
cholera
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18
&C. NJ. Harrison, of Upton, was regis
tered 81 the City hotel Tuesday.

&C. NJ. Harrison, of Upton, was regis
tered st the City hotel Tuesday.
DIR. J. II. Traughber, of the PHO
Grove Union, wss in Town Tuesday.
Mr.. Gill Jewett, of the p. G. c. g.,
was visiting in Boonviile this week.
We noticed Caleb Muir, % Sedalia, a
the great democratic ratification here
Mr. 8. l. Highleymsn, of sedsIia, was
in the city few days during the week.
j. Ed. Crumbaugh, of Columbia, wa
among Boonville's visitors, Wednesday.
james Wilson was passenger in to
Boonville on the branch train Tuesday.
Rev. james, the evangelist, is conduct
ing protracted meeting at Mt. Hernon.
"A. v. Bevill, of the Graham Paper
company, 81. Louis, was in town Tuesday
-Ruburt Cunningham was visiting Mr..
w. r. Hutchinson in Boony.lle, this week
w. W. Trigg and wife left for ST.
Louis Tuesday morning to be absent several
days.
Rev. NJ. Morton, of Kentucky, will
preach in the Presbyterian church Sunday
Miss Carrie KInseler HIS returned
home after few months sojCurn in ST.
Louis.
"A. L. Ulrich, the we'll known travel
ing msn, Iegisler,d st the City hotel Tues
day.
Mrs ]. II. Woodbridge, Of tLis city. has
been visiting friends and relatives III Kan
sas city.
-McCoy's Troubedours played to a
small house Thursday night at the Thes-
plan hall.
Miss V. Musiettee has returned home
after whiting in Kansas City, Sedslia and
Wyandotte.
Frank George, Esq, sold VIM. Scote
this week forty head of the finest hcgs VT
have ever en-.
We regret TO learn tina. John O'Brysn,
jr., who has been very sick with rhedms-
tism, is no better.
The n. M. B. club will give a dance at
the residence of Major Fl. NJ. Clark, Mon.
day, the 17uh inst.
Will Muir, now employed at Port
land, Oregon, has been visiting old friends
in this city this week.
Miss Hattie Beach. of Columbia, Mo-,
passed through Boonviile recently, on q
visit to friends in Bunceton.
Mr. Nat Richardson, of Mt. Leonard,
was in town this week on business cou-
nectsd with his fathers estate.
Mrs. Jessie Main has been Ill over q
week with pneumonis. Her friends will
be glad to hear she is now improving.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18
THE LESSON IN IT.

Whatever else may or may not be
accomplished by the scrupulous
a.a exact count of the vote Of
he state of New York brought
shout by the closeness of the contest.
D. certainly reveals fact of which
every American citizen regardless of
esrsy ought to feel proud, and one
which should forever hush the eternal
zy of fraud and corruption at the
1sas. Nowhere else in the world
s1sside of these United States can
Asre be found an instance of q mil
zso AMI half of people divided by
aAa Interest political opposition cast
ing their ballots for their respective
candidates with so universal freedom
iora every faint of trickery and cor
rsption as has been revealed by this
nyestigation, and yet stronger is the
iet that knowing how very little of
ansairness was required to be develop
nd 10 turn the scale of victory, so
satle effort and so little recrimination
sss been INDUCED in by either side
sx that purpose. And laying aside
every feeling of partizanism. there is
MT an American citizen who can
10 otherwise than admire the forbear-
ance of the defeated republicans in
shis respect, whatever else may have
been their failings, whatever else par
fsanism shall lay to their door their
Seaerable course In this contest must
1rever stand monument and wit
sess of their quick, sincere and pat
MOTTO zeal in bowling to the will of the
asiority no matter how small; and
sAn act must stamp them forever as
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18
The Exposition.

New Orleans, Nov. 15.-Directot, Cen
ersl Burke has issued q circular Today
advising all exhibitors for the WorldA Ex-
p. .sition 10 ship their exhibits at once, in
order to guard against delays in transit and
be in time for the opening, December 10th,
Machinery for use at the exposition should
be in place ready for steam by December /.
Four thousand horse power of boilers are
now in position and the foundstions for
the engines completed. The engines are
being placed. One half the shafting is in
position. Application for space will re-
ceived until November 18th.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-11-18
How III Works.

Columbus Ohio, Nov. 15-The Colum-
bus board reports from the committee ap-
pointed to investigate the losses sustained
by the strike In Hooking valley, that since
June 9th, the loss of the trade to men,
bers of the board and the Coal
company Is one million six
hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
Business men outside OF board, $780, I;
loss of freight to railroads centering here is
one million one hundred thousand dollars.
The loss to the furnaces in the valley two
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
The aggregate losses are tour million
eleven thousand dollars, of thi, it is estim-
sted the loss Of Columbus is three million
Eve hundred and eleven thousand dollars.