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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-02

Fro1a E. Kinchioe, Physician and Drug
 gixs- ConsAy. Ark-
 J.E. SMITH & CO, S. LeHis :-Centle- nesse have been selling yoaS Bic Bezns Sur about one year, and they give good satisfacfion. have taken fhem myself and conadeT them one of the best pills with which am acquainsed, aad l would add thar ] think thsn the beR iivx pin ia the world. No family should he without them. Youn truly,
 J. E. KIHcHLoE, N. D. For sale by ali druggists-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-02

George Washington could as readily tell lie as any other man when poll. tician tried 10 pass one on h,r --C Cfseis. naH ComnsyTfaf Lasslk<
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-02

Mr. Peer Sezilmaan, ,Bennington Town. ship, Icwa, having suffered with rheu. mafism vas induced to try Ss. Jacobs Cl, the nasvelous pain-reiiever, and va, SA6Teiy cured by its use.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-02

By the will Of nature, honey is the uni versa. bee-quest. foak<rs Cssesfe.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20

ants good and tenants mean, but the one
that / like the best is child not more
than 10 years of age"
"A child?" everyone asked.
"Yes, a little boy. A few years ago
got chance 10 buy piece of land over
on the West side at reasonable figure,
and did so. | noticed that there was
an old coop of house on it but paid no
attention to it. After awhile man
came to me and wanted to know if l
would rent i! t. him.
What do you want it forp says /.
"'To live in,' he replied.
II told him it wasn't fit to live in. but
ne said he was handy with tools and
that he would fix it up some if | would
let him have it cheap.
"Well,' said l, go ahead. You can
have it. Pay me what ycu think it is
worth to you.'
''The first month he brought S2, and
the next month little boy, who said
he was this mans son, came with So.
After that saw the man once in a
while, but in the course of time the boy
paid the rent regularly, some times 81
and sometimes So. One day l asked
the boy what had become OF his faith
er.
Hes dead, SIR was the reply.
"'Is that so" said /. How long since?'
"More'n q year. he answered.
II took his money but mace up my
mind that would go over ana lnyesti-
gate; but che thing and auOti or prevent
el until finally he cane around again.
Then determined To- 20 anyway, and
the next day drove over there. The
old shed looked quite decent. | knock
eG al the door and little girl let me
in. l asked for her mother. She said
she didn't have any.
"'Where is she?" said |.
owe don't know, sir. She went away
after my father died, and we've never
seen her since
Just then a little girl about three
years old came in, and | learned that
these three children had been keeping
house together for a year and a half,
the boy supported his two little sisters
by backing boots and selling newspa.
rers, anl the elder girl managing the
house aud taking care of the baby
Well, just had my daughter call on
them, and we keep an eve on them now
| tt ought ! wouldn't disturb them while
t-ey were getting along. The next time
the boy came with the rent | talked
with him little and then l said:
"My bUy, you're a brick. You keeI
right on as you have begun AMI you
will never be sorry. Keep your little
sisters together AID never leave them
| Now lOok at this:
Il showed him a ledger on which
had entered up all the money that ht
had paid rle for rent and told him that
it was all his with interest. You keeI
right on says ], 'and Pll be your bank
er, and when this amounts to a little
more III see that you get a house some
where Of your own. That's q kind o
tenant to have" Chicago Herald.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20
Worked for the Company.

During a recent picnic on the banks
of the Chattahoochie some Atlanta
bloods attempted to engineer a skif race.
When the struggle was at its best one o!
the skifis upset and emptied its two oc.
cupants into the water. There was i'm
mediately great panic and effort to
save the two men. One old party on
the bank capered up and down, yelling
at evt ry jump:
Save that red-headed man For
heavens sake land that red-beaded
man! Great Scott, don't let that red
headed man drownp w.
And when they were both saved one
of the rescuers said to the cid party:
WAS that young, red-headed man
your son?"
"Not by blank sight" .fI.U
"Some relation, probably. .....
"Nary prob" t .' %"
well, why the devil were you SO anx
ious 10 have him saved, then" ... ,.
why, the blank fool has got a S10,00(
life policy in the company represent =
And theE it was only by good beeginl
that he saved himself from ride on
fence rail. Georgia Cracker. .'3..- J.,
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20
LITTLE DROPS OF WATER.

When you meet milkman in church
he seems like a 1ish out of water. Bos-
ton Budget. ..... ...a..
The Australians have invented ma
chine for producing rain storms. MIX
ought never to 60 above cents quart
there. Burlington Free Press.
Nearly all the milk used at Niagara
Falls is said to be brought from DIS
tance. This looks like Carrying Goals to
Newcastle" Yonkers Statesman.
st. John received large vote among
the milkmen of the country. You SEE
the milkmen labored-and they laborec
hard, too-under the belief that IN eas'
ST. John would have been elected thel
could hereafter put one-fourth milk u
the water they sell, instead OF hall, as
present. Kentucky State Journal.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20
Dur Gains and Losses.

What we often call our losses here
sometimes prove TO be the gains we could
not have acquired in any other way.
After the object for which we have so
long and arduously toiled is possessed,
we lament that much has been sacrificed
or compromised to achieve an end that
has brought us so little benefit or happi-
ness after our long and weary pursuit.
We cannot-we dare not-say what
we should claim or enjoy, for we are too
ignorant to know what our possessions
should be, or how to improve any bless
ings bestowed upon us. We repine under
failures and disappOintments, which II
successes, might have proved our ruin.
There is often a flowery path that
allures us by its beauty to some preclplce
pit fall, or quicksand; and when God
presents some impediment to turn our
feet aside, we murmur that we have been
frustrated in our designs, or that all our
plans have proved abortive in possess
ing treasure we were sure to find at the
end of the journey. And again We
| lTuuSt V -
the briery stony path, fYotsore and dis
appointed, when the All-Wise Father is
all the time leading US by the hand to
the green pleasant pasture that lies just
beyond the sunset cleaning, and which
without His love and mercy We might
never have reached.
Many of us compromise honor. con-
science, feeling, everything sacred, ior
what we hope will prove worldly gain
and in bitterness of spirit we find that
the hard earned riches and honors have
been but losses we can never retrieve
Duty and principle have been outraged
the public confidence BETRAYED, anu oui
good name and repose of mind bartered
for a shadow that ever eluded our grasp
MANY life defeat will prove for us
victory in the skies, and many loss We
have incurred as sore repulse to ou
earthly hopes and interests when unvell
ed in the great hereafter will be acknow
lodged as the greatest ana richest ol al
temporal and eternal gains. ....
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20
A ROUGH EXPERIENCE.
A Nebraska Wan Lynched and Resus.
citated-A Curious Story.

|
citated-A Curious Story.
Sheriff Joseph Warren, of Webster
county, aud his deputy. George Ball came
into Lincoln, Neb., the other day with a
prisoner who has undergone an expert
ence OF which few parllIels are on record.
The Journal thus relates the story: 1t
WAS Joseph Cook, who was taken from
the sheriff at Blue Hill on the 18th and
hung by a mob and subsequently tai en-
down and re>uscl;a.ed. He was brought
to the penltentiary for safe keeping. The
murder for which Cook is rnder arrest
was that of Leonard Rail, farmer liv-
| ing near Blue Hill, for whom lie had
been working. The murder was com
mit.ed on Nov. l, and Cook was captured
at ST. Joseph about a week ago.
The preliminary examination had
been completed" said the sheriff, and
we were just taking Cook from tie hotel
to a special train that was to carry us 10
Hastings and then to LiEcoln, when we
were surrounded by small crowd of
men, that poured out of the stables, and
alleys, and stores around until they must
have numbered 500. My four deputies
| and myself were armed, and we drew
oar guns and warned the crowd back,
but it was OF no use. Lynshers and spec
tators were mixed up indiscrlminately
and shot INTO the crowd would have
been as likely to kill an innocent specta
tor as anybody else The lynchers Were
ali armed, and We were covered by their
revolvers until we were seized ana held
while The prisoner was hurried away.
81 did think The steci of the barrels
fel. uI comfortably close once or twice,
but heard several Of them whisper,
BE careful and don't hurt the sheriff.
which made the situation less uncom-
Portable.
"I don't think ! saw more than dozen
or so that wore any disgnises whatever.
Most OF hem made no effort at conceal
ment. AS soon as the mob got good
start with the prisoner L was released,
AMI struck ont alter them. CoJk had
been strung up when I arrived at the
place where they went to hang him, but
most of the crowd was still around him.
| made my way through the crowd and
cut the rope. No resistance was offered, ,
although many yelled Stop him.
Don't lie. him cut him down. and SIM
liar expressions. think some of the
leaders had gone away. Then when
. they saw the man hanging up they real
lied more seriously what they were do
ing. After all, suppose they didn't
think he codld be brought to. put HIM
in a wagon and took him up town. he
was to all appe arances dead, but ply
, sician detected life in him and we soon
got him to going again. The hanging
was about o'clock in the afternoon, and
the first rational word he spoke was about
| 5 o'clock the next morning.
. "He wasn't bali as scared as l was
, He ate as hearty dinner on that day a:
he ever did, which was more than
could do"
e "His recollectons of his experience:
> must be very interesting"
"He doesn't recollect anything abou
il. The report that he was crazy wa'
i false. But there is break In his mem
e ory. and he gays that the last thing tina
he Can remember was my testitylng oI
= the stand, which occurred fully TIVE
: hours before he was hung"
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20
FLASK AND DEMIJOHN.

The real stuf-Whisky. Washington
Hatchct-
A sci, MT It says it is water, not food
that mike, people fat. This accounts
for the leanness of Kentuckians. They
never take water. San Franciso News
Letter.
In Canada newspaper men receive
lower wages than in any other country,
but then their expenses arc compare
lively light. Whisky only Ia cents
per gallon. st Paul Herald. ..
The invention of the drum is ascribed
BY the Greeks to the god Bacchus. This
is certainly remarkable. A drum is al
ways empty, while Bacchus was always
full. Philadelphia Call.
The man who got full last week be-
cause he ewas gloomy got full again this
week because he was happy. It's a day
when the mercury does not get up out
ofthe bulb that man who gets full
does not lind some excuse. Boston
| Post.
"Well,n remarked McSwiiligen t.
Fitzdoodle. 81 see your friend Bone
had more beIfzine aboard to-day tina,
he could carry comfortably" "Oh, that
nothingw replied Fitzdoodle, she's ben
ri le in that condition often" Oil Cit,
Derrick.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20
ADVICE FOR WINTER.

For those who believe in avoiding dis
ease when possible, the following rules,
published In the Farm aud Fireside NAV
be thought worth needing: ...
Never lean with the back upon any
thing that is Geld.
Never begin a journey until after
breakfast has been eaten.
Never take warm drinks and then 90
Immediately out into the cold air.
Keep the back-especially between
the shoulder blades-well covered, also
the chest well protected.
In sleeping in a cold room. establish
the habit Of breathing through the nose,
and never with the mouth open. -.-
Never 30 to bed with cold or damp
feet.
Never omit regular bathing, for unless
the skin is in active condition the cold
will close the pores, and favor congestion
or other disease.
After exercise of any kind never tide
in an open carriage, or near the window
of car for a momen!; it is dangerous to
health and even to lie.
When hoarse, speak as little as posi-
BILE until the hoarseness is recovered
from. else the voice may be permanently
lost, or difficulties of the throat be pro-
duceG.
Merely warm the back by fire and
never continue keeping the back exp0s-
ed to heat after il has become comforta.
bly, warm. To DO otherwise is debilita-
| ting. ...
When going from a warm atmosphere
into colder one, keer the mouth closed
so that the air may he warmed by its
passage through the nose, ere it reaches
the lungs. .as ...
Never stand still in cold weather. es.
pecially after having taken a slight de-
gree Oh exercise; and always avoid stand
ing on ice or snow, or where the person
is exposed to cold wind. ..,' 'ra'
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20
Presence of Mind.

Presence OF MINI is very rare quality
indeed. How few of those we meet,
though apparently cool and perfectly
self possessed, know just what to do in
an emergency. Itisa good thing to have
an active mind we'll stored with useful
knowledge, but sometimes it is good
thing to have less expensive style OF
mind, and have it calm and unruffied at
a moment when it is needed. ..
A friend of mine once put large red
poker chip in the church plate by mis-
take. Few people would have known
what to do; but he just went to the pastor
after the services were over and said he
had the money with which to redeem
that chip. He told the minister that the
chip was worth S. mp town, and he would
cash it at that price. The preacher took
the SIS and said he always knew that
these little red souvenirs came high, but
he didn't know they were Sd expensive
as that. = -
Another friend of mine who had nc
presence of mind whatever, went to
picnic and by mistake sat down on
baby that was asleep under a shawl II
the shade OF an outrageous tree, break
| ing it's nose-the chlld's nose, l mean
He was a candidate for the legislatur
and did not wish to offend the mothe
: or lose the vote Of the father and SO h
tried to turn the thing off as joke b
saving he didn't nose Is was there.
He was terribly showed under at tn
? polls, and he deserved it too.
l am rather cool in a great emergenc
Some years ago there was a shooting a
: fray in front of my office which termil
: ated fatally, and no donbt it would hay
d been still more SO if it had not been fl
4 my cool SELF possession and undauntt
courage.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20
THE MARCH OF PROGRESS.
Viewed by an Ancient Livery Stable
Man.

Yes" said the livery stable keeper,
81 suppose do have more custom than
ANYBODY else in my line, but it is simply
the result of keeping abreast of the times.
NY idea of introducing trained buggy
horses was great scheme, sir-a great
scheme"
Trimmed horses, eh?"
Exactly, the horse is very intelli-
gent animal, you see, ard can be taught
most anything. Of course, you know
that livery custom comes most all from
young men, who take their girls riding
Saturday afternoons and Sundays. Now,
nobody wants a slow team, and yet if the
horses are too high spirited, why there is
likely to be smashup when the young
fellow gets talking taffy and driving with
one hand. Catch the idea, don't you.
"Tve been there" said the customer,
with a sigh. 's
"Of course; and there's other things to
be considered. When the old folks see
their daughters young man slam up TO
the door with turnout of snorters that
seem to be pulling like a locomotive or
the reius, they say TO themselves, We'll,
there can't be much hugging going on in
that outfit and they're satisfied"
"LOoks all right, eh?"
Precisely. But, bless your dear soul,
no sooner does that team strike quiet
road out of town when it comes down to
the slowest walk you ever saw. That is
my teams do, for they are trained to
everlastingly throw gravel in the city
limits and while anything is alongside
on the road, but they simmer down to a
Methodist funeral gait wnen the yum
yum exercises::are opened, and don't you
FORGET it, Beside, they are taught not to
start up when they hear that peculiar
sound like pulling cows foot cut of the
mud, that Shakespeare speaks OF.
"Some of them old mashers-yes, Stree
there is nothing like keeping up with
the demands Of the age-nothing like it
You've got to keep up with the process
sioL or get left. Why, haven't turn
out that isn't engaged fora month ahead
not oner
So the customer bespoke team fol
the next Sunday six weeks, and walkec
thoughtfully away.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20
FIVE MINUTES OF SUSPENSE.
The bell That Two Women Waited
for with Anxiety.

"All women are alike in their fear of
the cars" said an Illinois Central con-
ductor. They carry treir clution to alb
surd extremes" That remicds ne of a
little story. Down in the southern part
cfthe State we have up at road crossings
some of the oll-fashioned signs, Look
out for the cars when the bell rings At
one efthe crossings the other day two
won en- came up, driving an old horse
hitched 10 buggy. They looked all
about AID couldn't see any clrs, but hap
pened to read the sign. Stop said one.
i hear beli.' They both listened, and
sure enough they heard bell tinkliEg.
Zone of the women got out and amid
consi ierable excitement took hold of the
horses bride. The other one tlglItened
her grip on the lines set her jaws and
prepared for the worst. They looked
anxiously up the track for the train, but
still coIldn't see il, though they could
hear the bell little palmer than before.
They waited and waited. Five minutes
passed, then ten, and still no train. The
old horse went to sleep, while the wom-
ems nerves from long straining threaten
ed to throw them into Mysteries. Nearer
and nearer came the bell against which
the sign warned them, and so they stood
still.
SIN about quarter of an hour an old
brindle COW came walking down the past.
uie Dy the side of the track, chewing hel
cud and monotorouly jingling her bell
One of the women cried from nervous.
ness, and the other one got mad at the
railroad company and said they were
nothing but mean old monopolies. any
way" Chicago Herald.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20
TERMS: $2.C0 Pc
4 STRANGE STORY.
n Community Of Prairie Dogs. Owl.

Editor Smith Of the Ainsworth (NebD
News, arrived at Omaha bringing with
him interesting specimens of petrified
prairie dogs, snakes and owls, to he add
ed TO the Nebraska exhibit at New Or
leans. The petrifactions have the APP
Pearance of being made OF heavy yellow
lsh clay, but are undeniably genuine.
The country about Ainsworth has long
been noted Tor curio.s fossils and petri-
factions. 1t borders on the "had lands"
of Dakota, and. while not so much of a
desert. has many of the same features.
Mr.. Smiths story about the finding of
his specimens reads like a fairy tale.
He says that some weeks ago party of
hunters struck an unexplOred canyon
near Plum creek. about twelve miles
northwest of Ainsworth. As they rode
into 1t, they saw prairie dog village,
and at the mouth of each of the mounds
was one of the little animals, sitting on
his launches, with paws folded across
hi' piSdo', iii d pcIiCCtlN IdtuItl Dllnner.
Contrary 10 their usual custom. the dogs
d d net dive into their houses at the
approach of the strange visitor. To the
great surprise of the latter they remain
ed motionless. Investigation showed
that every one of them was "stone"
dead. The whole village of dogs had
been killed at the same moment by some
unknown power. evidently ages ago. and
then petritied. Stranger still, the hunt
eIs found scattered among the dogs, and
in the same condition, the owls and
snakes which are known to share their
homes. Were it not for the specimens
brought in by MIR. Smith, and the fact
that he is known TO be a reliable man,
the story would be put down as Mum
chausen-like lie. There are many theo-
ries as to TIE entire destruction of plant
and animal life in the Dakota bad
lands" The most commonly accepted is
that of volcanic action; the overflowing
of the country with molten lava from
subterranean fires. The effect of this
was also probably felt as far east as Aims
worth. Whether The death and subse-
quent turning to stone of the inhabitants
of the prairie dog VILLAGE can be traced
TO tae same cause will make an interest
ing study for scientists.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-12-20

The city editor. Mr.. Barrow, was Just
reading me a column puff in type of a
new bank, and / was carefully revising
his grammar, with a large mallet and
chisel, when we heard a shot in front Of
the office.
said, Barrow, that shot?" He said
he guessed not, and went on reading the
puff
Pretty soon some one said "Bangl'
again, in loud tone of voice about h
caliber. Then everybody jumped for tie
stairs, printers and all. | saw that
could not get down the stairs in time to
get shot, and so | rushed out on the bal
c)ny and found myself directly over the
shoOtists. Windy Smith was underneath
and la no weapon, while Il gambler was
on top, armed with 4 beautiful pearl
handled, self cooking Smith & Wesson
baratone soloist; worth about S23, includ-
! ing freight.
There was a crowd of perhaps hun
| dred men standing around near by. Not
| too near, but just near enough. No one
seemed TO know what it was best TO do.
| Every one saw at once that it wasn't
| right for those meE tn be shooting each
| other and perhaps giving needless pain,
but no one seemed to have any presence
| of mind. That vas the state of things
when | came PROUDLY forth upon the
! balcony. / saw what must be cone.
Gentlemen" said |, IN tones that rang
] cut like bugle call, take that mans
gun away. Can't you see that if you
| don't disarm the gambler he is going to
| Kill some oneW
Then there was sli.ht pause, during
which everybody seemed perfectly
willing that the gambler should be dis
armed.
Finally, seeing that each man
| seemed to be waiting for the other,
called to a tall slim man who
stood right under me and told him
to take away the gamblers revolver;
but he said NO." he was only stranger
ia town, and the gambler was total
stranger to him. He wasn't acquainted
With any one and he didn't wan! to seem
| officious.
But l didn't lose my self control.
kept calling on different ones to disarm
the gambler until finally Biswell, the
sheriff, came along, and he did as sug.
gested.
OF course Smith died of his wounds
| but remember the thousands of other
| lives in the town that were saved by this
| cool, brave act. And still | would do il
right over again if the circumstance
were the same.
Some of my friends say that, though
brave, am little rash. One dear friend
who knows Inc best, and is very closely
related 10 me, by marriage, says that
aul so Iash that would rush in where
angels fear to tread" wonder if sht
means anything personal by it. Bill
Nye,