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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18

Ny dear fellow," he said, "ho~ Ire
 didn't know but what l knew the man, for one meets 90 many people of his kldnsy; and for aught l could tell, l might have been hospitably entertained by him somewhere or other up the country. % that didn't like to confess my ignorance of his name and quality. And we walled very cordially together towards Ss. Martins church.
 When vas the last time we met ?" said my new friend. "Surely at the governor generals ball at Calcutta.
 Never vas at Calcutta in my life,n said .minss the Bombay presidency ,
 "And I've been taking you all this time for Colouel Scoop. Is 1t possible that Pm deceived P
 always teea, with the least dexree oi sogenao when h Eagland, that my friends in the militasy bsanch have somewhat the puu ovW us civilians in the matter q Sitl0; but b lndiA collecsor b . vssy mueh moeo inpogtane tiilo than colond, but poopao do9t - to undorssand tAai cd sue us oa . leve3 wiah tho tax-eakhrw. I'm t uas witA . slieht deeree oi acehily rep1ied thae was 70 colonel q all bue mege civil sorvanG
 Mose vuadafhlF' cried ny fiend Never was sscA n extzaordinazy rs- oanh1anca PArdua the uncouscious uheEly rve taksn.s
 Wol1, - vsse vszy poaits b oas an- ofAw, and ashsd alher this man and she eehMs uho0s psAaps. we might both
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18
The Word l" Homely."

l"Spectatof," in Christian Union.l
 One Of the first things that man should do who proposes to enter the liter ary profession is to get a ertic-a per sonal, private, individual critic. A good critic is as essential to the literary man as good valet is to a viscount. They each give those final touches to the dress and appearance which are necessary in order that public approv u may be won. The Spectator is fortunate enough to have the personal services of a good critic at his command When he read to an ac- count of his ride in tho suburbs of Boston, she exclaimed:
 "Why do you say elegant but homely houss3' Everybody knows that you have an unwaranted prejudice, but 1t seems to me pure spite to confess and deny the astractiveness of Boston's villas in the same breath"
 My dear critc," calmly returned the Spectator, you utterly miscons,rue my meaning. Unfortunately, VIC have let drop from our vocabularies q beautiful meaning of the word homely. There is scarcely a dearer English word than home. Why should ve make it's first descendant the adjective, . repsoach in- stead of an honorf The first and bess meaning of hdmely k belonging to home.' It ought to be the only meaning. That it's commonly accepted significance should be that of disagreeable plainness is only an illestr1tiou of how evil associ- atioos can degrade. The ideal house should be elegant but homely."
 "l remembes,s sad the crisic's daugh- ser, vho is said hy everybody to inherit Ax beauty from her moshex, how sur rrised l vas during my visit last winter at Mous1eal b have Miss M@ say tc me, We vish yeu wos,sd make us . visit again, dsar child. Yoa are 70 homsly.'
 !" That is !, replied the Specsasor it is delightful gusst vho can adapt her seaf to the home she is in. Why nol avail ourselves of word tAat means e much
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18

ARTISTIC: AMusISG.. HIsToRIcALr:
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18

Advices from Louisville state that rain dsd eIeat damage last Friday. The kentuckians are fast learning that there is something else besides corn juice to swear by.-Byoskiys 7fass.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18

A justices pantaloons can hardly be called breaches of the Bossex RHiLeha.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18

How shall slsrp:' asks a corres- pendent. Try to stay awake to catch some train.-lAiikos Neus.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-10-18

A trade scsatsr-IAe drumm@.-B Bes- Abs Pesf.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

NoRwALK, Ohio, March s.--The bonds
men of default;ng county treasurer Vanfeet,
thirty five in number, came to Wakeman to
take action relative to the defalcation. They
voted TO off-r a reward of 10 per cent. of all
moneys belonging to the county, which may
be recovered. Special Examiner D. A.
Baker, has made a report to the com
missioners. He finds the amount Of short
age to be SAG, 605.S 81. A detective is here in
consultation with the bondsmen and commits
sioners as to the best method to follow the de-
faulting treasurer No successor has yet
been appointed. 1t has been found that Van
fleet recently won $4,000 in grain gambling
operations with Boston firm. There is a
suringency in the money market here, owing
to the excitement caused by the defalcation,
The banks refuse to loan a dollar Oh any
kind of security, fearing that depositors in the
heat of excitement might make a run on the
banks A petition will be presented to the
| legislature asking the passage Of a law
authorising the county commissioners to bor-
row $50, 00O to meet their present very press
ing wants, as there is not over $500 in the
! treasury
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

SUAKIN, March s. The greatest activity
prevails in the British camp. Everything is
being got in readiness for forward move
ment. Scouts were sent out early in the
morning to learn the exact strength and posi-
ton of Osman Digma's forces and skirmishers
are preparing to follow, The artillery has
been limbered up and an immediate advance
on the enemy's position has been ordered.
a severe battle is imminent The latest in
formation received from the rebel camp in
dicates that Osman Digma will make a
determined resistance and is much better
prepared to give battle than were the rebel
forces in the recent engagement at
Teb The active preparations made
by Graham have caused CONSERVATION
among the rebels and the sheiks
of a number of tribes are arriving and offer
ing submission under the terms of the joint
decree, recently issued, granting protection if
they came in. Others are said to be waver-
ing, and many deserving Osman Digma,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

New YORK, March e.-lt Is proposed by
parties here to construct a canal 800 feet
wide, to connect the Hudson and Harlem
rivers at One-Hundred- and Thirty fifth street
in this city. The plan is to form company
with capital Of S25 600, 900, and, after get
ting special charter from the legislature,
buy up the property through which it is pro-
posed TO run the canal, and also all
the property for three or four blocks
on either side of the canal using the latter
for warehouses The promoters believe that
all railroads coming to New York would
build their freight stations along the canal,
and that the Jersey City railroads would
reach it by means of a bridge across the
Hudson from the Palisades to Washington
Heights. The cost of the canal, including
the property on either side, would be from
S., ,OO0, 900 to SIC, 100000 The company would
be reimbursed by wharf fees and tolls on the
canal The company is now being formed.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
CHEAP FOR CASH.
Five Hundrsl Dollars Reward for the
Arrest of n Rad Man.

COLUMBIA S. c., March s.--Three days
ago Chief State Constable Richbourg was
ordered by the governor to proceed to Cheraw
for the purpose of ascertaining why Sheriff
SpoffOrd had failed to enforce the warrant
for the arrest Of W. b. Cash,
the murderer of the town marshal
of Cheraw. Capt. Reichbourg re-
turned to this city and submitted his
report to the governor He found that
the sheriff was feigning illness, and that his
deputies would not act. Tho warrant had
been sworn out byJ T. McNair, intendant
of CheraT, and last Sunday the intendant
and posse of ten resolute young men had
rendered their services to the sheriff,
VINO declined to accept them. The
sheriff and a deputy, both friends
of Cash, called at tho Cash residence,
where they dined, and the report that Cash
declinel to be arrested was then given out
Capt. Ricnbourg states that the citizens of
Cheraw are in a great state of alarm, and any
posse summoned in thc community would be
unreliable in their present terrorized condi-
ton. The most prominent citizens Of Che
raw eod State Prosecuting Attorney New
ton, who was present told the chief con-
stable that it would lie useless sacrifice of
life to attempt to arrest Cash by posse in
the present state Of public feeling in that To-
cality, where one-half the people were in
sympathy with the fugitive. Many of the
people of Cheraw believe that the arrest of
Cash would be the signal for laying the town
in ashes Capt Richbourg had no warrant
of arrest, nor no power to summon posse,
and says he would have failed to secure a re-
liable party had he had the power to sum
mon them.
The governors proclamation, offering a re.
ward of $500 for Cash's apprehension, de
scribes the murderer as about six feet three
inches in height, weight about $50 pounds,
| and about 2S years old"
A special from Cheraw says: Col Z. B.
! Cash said that his son w. B. Cash was moi
| now at his house; that he had not seen him
| since Monday, and that he had fed. Thi:
story, however, is not believed, as it is vel
| known that the murderer has never left the
| county. The last seem of him was Monday
when he was promenading the platform al
| Cash's depot, armed with a Winchester rife
1t is said by those who profess to know thai
| he is now fortified in barn about 800 yards
| from the Cash mansion. Two negroes art
| posted on the outside on the lookout.
This town Is filled with ali kinds of wild
rumors as to what the Cashes intend to do
| One rumor is that Col Cash had threatened
to burn the town of Cheraw if his son i.
shot; another that W B. Cash intends Il
shoot McNair, the intendant, on sight, /
is thought that W. b. Cash vii! not leavt
the state. There are I0,0uo acres of swami
n the immediate vicinity of his home anG
n the wilderness of the Peedea he coul.
doubtless evade arrest much more easil,
chen in another state, where re1uisitiol
papers could reach him and officers he foun,
| to serve them.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

WASHINGTON CITY. March S.-A nen
scheme to defeat the tariff bill has been de-
yeloped here. 1t is to present bill i'll the
house wipiug out the tobacco tax, and after
passing IL send it to the sen ate, where it is to
be amended, so as to wipe out the entire in
ternal revenue tax. Passed there and sent
back to the house in this form, it would, it is
believed, pretty surely pass the house, with
the united vote of the Republicans and
Randall's followers, aided by a
good deal of strength from the south
where the internal-revenue system is espec-
tally unpopular Of course, this would kill
the tariff bill, for with the removal of a sys-
tenn now bringing $3.50, ,0G0OOO a year into
the treasury, it would be impolitic to make a
tariff reduction, at least for the present
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
Our Foreign Commerce.

WASHINGTON CITY, March S.-The treas
ury department hes just issued a statement
giving in detail the exports and imports dur
ing the year 1883 1t shows the exports to
have been $777 OOOOOO, against $3.50, ,OOO, 900
in 1882, and the imports $6S7, ,060, 900
in 1888, against s752, ,0OO, 900 in 1882 This is
a decrease of S6j, ,000, 900 in money paid out
for imports, and an increase of $2T ,000, 900 in
money received for exports-a net gain of
nearly $l00,0O0,0O0. as compared with our
foreign commerce of last year.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
My wife suffered from rheumatism 70,

My wife suffered from rheumatism for
months She tried a number of medicines
but received little or no benefit. She
commenced taking Athlophoros three days
ago, and l can safely say she has already
received more benefit from it than from
all the medicines she had taken before "
J. Stephens, Hazel Green. Grant Co,
Wis. the universal verdict as to Athlop
horos is that it cures where other remedie;
fail, What an amount of money might be
saved if sufferers would go directly fol
this recognised specific.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
ACincinnati Mans Views.

NEW YORK. March S-Julius Refs, of Gin
cinnati, who was a Tilden delegate in the
Democratic national convention Of 1880, said:
"If Tilden wants to be nominated
for president he can have my vote and infiu-
ence He could be elected. The American
people believe that ne was defrauded and
that he ought to be righted think, how
ever, that Mr.. Payue will be the nominee In
spite of the talk of Nj. Pendleton's friends
Mr. Payne is very strong in Ohio. / only
know of one man who can compete with him
john Sherman. 1t would be nip and tuci.
with them
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
In Congress.

WASHINGTON CITY, March Sin the
senate, Pendleton presented resolutions of the
legisl sture of Ohio urging the passage OF
legislation prohibiting the importation Of
foreign labor Conger presented a petition
of the Cherokee Indians against the construc-
ton Of a railroad through Indian territory.
In the house the regular order was de
manded and the speaker proceeded to call
committees for bills of private nature, and
a number of bills were reported and placed
on the private calendar.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

WASHINGTON CITY, March Sat the re-
cent meeting of the national Democratic
committee in this city the treasurer submitted
his books with reference to the Hancock cam
paign. This showed that among other con-
tributions to the campaign fund the following
were made: By Samuel J. Tilden, of New
York, s5l 800; by W. H. Barnum, of Con-
necticut, $4,000; by W L. Scott, of Penn
sylvania, $4,000; by Henry B. Payne, of
Ohio, $4,000; by Oliver B. Payne, of Ohio,
sSl 900; by W, J. Gordon, of Ohio, s., 900
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The consumption of tea in Great
Britain is about six pound, to one pound
of coffee.
The Queens youngest son and his
wife are not allowed to accept invita-
lions of any sort whatever without hav-
ing first obtained permission from their
royal mother
1t is asserted that there is no coun-
try in which the press takes a greater
number of holidays than in Germany,
and none in which it can do so with
much less loss to its readers.
When Captain Cook first visited
Tahiti the natives were using nails OF
wood, bone, shell and stone When they
saw iron nails they fancied them to be
shoots of some very hard wood, and,
desirious of Sc euring such valuable
commodity, they planted them in Their
gardens.
In Italy the only fast train is the
mail train which goes from Bologna to
Brindisi, Az miles, IN fourteen hours
ffty-six minutes, which, including three
stops, is at the rate of thirty-one and
five-tenths miles per hour.
The Paris police have lately spotted
an enormous system of fraud in cigars,
| by which Belgian three-centimes cigars
have been sold as Havanas at seventy
five centimes. Twenty thousand boxes
were seized and eight depots for sale
were found. The game has been played
for some time.
M. Pakovitch, a young Russian
officer at the age of twenty-siX, speaks
thirteen languages and has besides mas
tered three different japanese, one
South African and two Chinese dia-
lects. Mezzofanti lived till he was sew
enty-fve, and before he died he spoke
fifty-eight different tongues.
Curious cases of crankism are re
ported in London. An old costermongeT
Irish woman directed in her will that at
her funel al fifty dollars be spent on re
freshments and two dollars and forty
cents on tobacco and long clay pipes.
| A Welsh doctor, who is fanatical on ere
nation, was arrested by the police and
nearly Iynehed by mob because he
tried to cremate a dead infant with
Druidical ceremonies on lonely Welsh
| mountain.
The lap-dog in London must have
a wardrobe as complete as his mistress.
For his morning stroll he wears dark
blue paletot lined with scarlet flannel,
the monogram of his house embroidered
on the back and a gorget coming ur
high under his bell-hung leather collar
with a bunch OF flowers on the lef;
shoulder For his afternoon drive his
coat is lined and faced in silk and the
collar is velvet. If the glass is at free
ing point he wears sealskin, and fol
travelling tartan with red leather har
ness and reins.
Four hundred women of Ward q
Boston, have signed remonstrance t
be sent to the Legislature against grant
ing further suffrage to women So
seems that women are now-a-day
obliged TO go into politics, # only i
order to keep out. Dear, dcar!-B0sto
| IfdRScriDt.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

PROVIDENCE, R. l., March SIN the suit
of the.Union company to eject Ex-Governor
Sprague from his home, recently bought by
the company, the supreme court has decided
against Sprague, and a writ of eiectment has
been issued, returnabls in fourteen days.
Sprague will probably go peaceaby, and he
has now no place to call his own. He appears
downcast and is uncommuuicative. The
above proceedings were delayed as long as
his mother lived.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

BERLIN, March SIT has just become
known that Prince Bismarck recently had d
very narrow escape from a very violent
death. The carriage in which he was driv.
ing was crossing railway track when au
unlooked-for train suddenly dashed upon it.
the coachman being barely able to urge the
horses forward in time to clear the rails al
the locomotive swept past.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
Surrounded.

LONDON. March S.-Kassala is surrounded
by the enemy. The garrison viii soon be in a
position similar to that of Inflated Sinkat
Advices from Khartoum state that q caravan
has arrived there direct from Dongala by
the route which has been closed for years.
and is now opeied, owing to Gen. Gosdon's
decree.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

When in Chicago. stop at the Atlantic
hotel, the best So day house in the city,
The genial landlord is W. P. F. MeSeroe,
who was proprietor of the Palmer House
before the fire. The hotel is situated on
the corner of Van Buren, and La Sale
streets opposite the Rock Island depot
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
Lansdowne Couldn't stand 1t

OTTAWA, Ont, March S-Sir William
Richie, chief justice, was appointed deputy
governor general for the purpose Of asserting
to the bill giving $50, ,O60, 900 to the Canadian
Pacific railroad It is asserted that Lord
Lansdowne does not approve of the measure
himself, and so got out Of signing it by ap
pointing deputy.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
TELl..E1GRAPEHIC. Ell
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH.
He Denies the Charges Against tho
Western Associated Press.
Ex-senator Spencer on: the star
Route Scandal An Issue of Fact
with MIR. James, Capt.
tai Notes.

WASHINGTON CITY, March e.-Hon. Will
lam Henry Smith, Of New York, appeared
before the sen; te committee on postoffices and
post roads, in behalf Of the Associated Press
Smith procee led to read from manuscript
n statement in refutation of the evidence given
tending to show that the Associated Press is
a monopoly. The Ward monopoly in con-
noction with the Associated Press, Smith SAID
"is due to misinformation; it is news asso
citation, free to all desiring it. The govern
ment charges rich and poor alike forpostage;
the Associated Press discriminates in favor OF
the poorer papers" He took up the testi-
mony of Walter Phillips, Of the United Press,
and proceeded to deny the statements
therein seriatim. 1t was untrue that
it cost the United Press as much to serve one
paper at Chicago as it did the Associated Press
to serve seven. Exclusiveness, as far as
city was concerned, was not recognized by
the Associated Press. He referred to the
long struggle of the Associated Press in
building up lis business. and asked if it was
the intention Of the 'committe to sweep
all away. In his opinion, if uniform rates
were established the large papers would be
benefited, AMI those Of the second class killed
off In conclusion Smith Submitted the con-
tracts between the Associated Press and the
Western Union, with the understanding that
they were not to be made public. Hill Oh
| iected to them as not being true copies
Smith said lie would certify that
the papers were true copies. They were then
received. Smith said the parties now re
| ceiving news have the right to elect whether
they will admit other newspapers or not
No reasonable application had been re
| fused. Smith said the Associated Press
| had never sent out incorrect news: that they
! couldn't mslead the public, because they
| represented all classes Of papers in every
community. Concerted action with view
( of the misrepresentation Of facts was abso
lutely impossible,
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
SasyatI0niSts Fined

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, March s-Capt. Annie
E. Dixon, Annie Mather, Addie Richards,
Lucy Reed, and Waldham Nelson, members
Of the Salvation army, arrested for violation
Of city ordinance by parading the streets,
were each fined 81 and costs or fifteen days
in Jail. They refused to pay the fine and
were committed
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

Kemp's Balsam fer the throat and lungs
1t is curing more cases of coughs, colds
asthma, bronchitis, Group, and all throa
and lung troubles, than any other med
icine. The proprietor has authorized O
Grotjan to refund your money if, afte
taking three-fourths of bottle, relief i
not obtained Price so cents and 81.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

Henry Willard is to be presented
with clock, the frame of which is tc
he made from the last tie which re
ceived the 'last spike" that was driver
in the Northern Pacific railroad ~ 7
Herald
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

Senator Spencer and the Star Routes.
WASHINGTON CITY, March S. Ex-senator
George Z. Spencer, of Nevada, was heard
by tie house committee on expenditures in
the department of justice concerning the
star-route matters. 1t seems that Spencer
was among the first who called the attention
of the department to the alleged dishonest
transactions of the contractors. He cited a
route in Nevada leading out Of Eureka,
where seven mails a week were paid for and
only three received. Later the witness went
to New York, where a warrant was served
upon him to appear i'll the Dorsey-Brady
trial He protested and complained of being
subppnaed in New York; the process should
have been served upon him at his home in
Nevada He thought it bad policy to call
him as witness; he knew nothing that
! would aid the prosecution. Attorney Bliss
promised several times to talk with him. but
| did not The witness finally told Secretary
| Chandler that he didn't want to talk as
witness until he was on the witness stand
| Witness went to New York, saw Roscoe
| Conkling and showed him the subpoena
| Conkliug said the service was Illegal and ad-
vised witness to go about his business and
pay no attention to the subpoena. Witness
considered this good advice, went to Nevada
and heard no more until November 21st,
when the government brought him here upon
an attachment, The case was heard by
Judge Wylie, who decided the service Illegal
and discharged the suit He never saw Dor
sey and Brady together, consequently never
saw Dorsey pay Brady money or give him
an envelope with money.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
Nancy for the Census.

WASHINGTON CITY, March S.-The house
census committee met and agreed to report a
resolution appropriatins $50, 900 for the COM
pletion of the work of the census bureau.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08

If you suffer with Sick Headache, Con
stipation, Sour Stomach, or Bilious at
tacks. Emory's Little Cathartic Pills will
relieve you.-15 cents.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
TAXES

The taxes for Rock Islani for 1888
are now due and should be paid at once
at the mayors office in the Armory TO
JAMES JOINS On,
12 If Township Collector
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-03-08
Tho Best.

Benson's Capcine Porous Plasters are
admittedly The Best" for local rheuma-
tism, and neuralgia. 25 C.