The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-01

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 BoosA shessapsa rang sAe bsn. a6d vAA the boy prsssnasd Ainssal caIlsd tor . hihae. Garcna disappeared, asd cane back soon with hihle on . oaiser. Our traeedian took the hook, and pro- ceeded 0 srgue his poins by mea.s q texfs selecsed ski]nully hese cd shere. from Genesis to Revelsficn. He rsfeued to the fact that it was not till aker the deinge men were allowed, for the hard ness of theif hearsss e he maintained to cat msaf. But h the beginning t vas not %; only herbs were given to man, at irst, for food- He qnoesd the psalmiss (psalm civ. I4) to show that rnan's food came from the earth, and was the syeeu herb and ccntended thas the recon vhv Daniel and his friends were fairer and fatter than the children vho ase sheir portion of meat vas, that they ate only pulse Daniel r7 is)- These are all ol his s1ipeuFal arguments which l nov recall; but thought them very ingenious as the time.
 The argument took some time. Then he recited one CT two pieces bearing on the same subject, closing with B, ron : " Lines to his Newfoundland Deg
 !" In connection with that poem,r he continued, Ca singular event ooce hap pened to me. vas acting in neeersburs. Virginia. My theatrical enRasemenf vas inst concluded, and dined with . party of friends one afternoon before going away. We sat ahes dinner, singing songs. reciting poetry, and relating anecdotes At last Tecised those lines of Byron on his dog. vas sitting by the sre-place. my feet resting against the lamb. and a single candle was burning on the man.el. It had become dark. Just as came to the end of the poem
 To mark friends remains these stones arise. 1 never knew bu, one, and here he lies'- my foot slipped down the lamb and struck dog who was lying beneath. The dog sprang up, howled, and ran out of the room, and at the same moment the candle went out. l asked whose dog it was- No one knew. No ore had seen the deg till that moment. Perhaps you will smile at me, sir, and think me super stitious, but could not but think sha. the animal vas brought there by occult sympathy
 Havlng uttered these oracnlas words in very solemn tone, Booth rose, and taking one of the candles. said to me. Would you like to look at the remains P
 l assented. Asking our silent friend to excuse us. he led me into an adjoining chamber. looked toward bed in the corner of the room expecting to see a corpse. There was none there. But Booth went to another corner of the room where, spread out upon a large sheet, l saw-what do you suppose, dear reader9
 About bushel of wild pigeons
 Booth knelt down by the side of the birds and, with every evidence of sim cere affiiction, began to mourn over them. He took them up in his hands tende1iy, and pressed them to his heart. For tew moments he seemed to forget my presence. For this vas glad for 1t gave me little time to recover from my astonishment, and to consider rapidly what 1t might mean. AS l look back nov and think of the oddity of the sisua- tion. rather wonder at my own seli- possession. Al first l thought it was a hoax-An intentional piece of practical fun-'of which 1 was to be the object. But even in the moment allowed me to think, decided that this could not be for recalled the long and elaborate bible argument against taking the life of ami mals, which could hardly have been got up for the occasion l considered, also, that as joke it would be s;,o poor in itself and too unworthy a man like Booth So decided that it vas a sincere conviction-an idea exaggerated perhaps to the borders of monomania, of the sacredness of all life; and determined to treat the conviction with respect, as all sincere and religious convictions de- serve to be treated.
 also saw the motive for this pzrtieu- lar course of action. During the week immense quantities of the wild pigeon (passenger pigeon Coiumba migrasorial ! had been flying over the city, in their way to and from a roost in the neighbor- hood. These birds had been slaughtered by myriads, and were fog sale by the bushel at the cosneTs of every street in the city. Although all the birds which could be killed by man made the smalless impression on the vast multitude con- tained in one of these 6ocks- computed by Wilson to consist of more than twensy-two hundred millions-yet to Booth the destruction seemed uAs,eful. IwAnton and from ais point of view, was . willful and barbArous murder.
 Such . sentimen, vas perhaps an ex- aggeTasion; still could not bu, fe>l a certain sympathy with ifs humanity. |, was an error in good direction. If an insanity, it vas better than the cold. heartiess sanity of most men By the time, therefore, that Booth vas ready to speak, vas prepared to answer.
 Yos sec" said he, these innocent victims of mans barbArisy. wish to test-fy in some pubf way against this vAnson desurcsiea VI lite; and l wish you to help me. Win youF'
 Hardly" replaed -I expected something very different from this when l received your note. ! did not come to see you, expecting to be called to assist at