The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1884-12-13
A GLITTERTNG GALAXY.
Detroit Free Press.l

A young man living In Tuscaloosa,
Ala, has conceived the humorous idea
of garnering in gorgeous album the
autographs of the leading humorous
writers of the country. So he labored
long and hard at letter inviting contri-
buttons to his album, and then sent the
book swinging round the circle among
zAe hum florists of the country.
'rhe young man has been very success
full in gathering in specimens. The book
has numerous illustrations by artists of
Puck and other papers, all depicting a
lures, and all dedicated in burning words
to Ralph. On one rage is depicted in
glowing colors 4 huge and ferocious
savage assaultng a weak, frightened
young individual with prominent Jaw
bones, presumably Ralph. On the same
page are these words:
IT'S with pleasure indite
A page to the man of might
The man OF brass, the man of gall,
In truth he doth surpass them all =
For pure, unadulterated, adamantine,
prehistoric, antediluvian, Druid like
cheek:
Oh, man of Tuscaloosa,
would word with thee,
Meet me in the cleaning
BY the deadly upas tree.
Opie P. Read, of THE ARKANsAw
TRAVELLER, writes on page, gaudy with
picture of bird, flying toward nest
Such pictures line from Longfellow
suggest
"There are no birds in last years nest"
In the upper left-hand corner of the
page he has rudely sketched a demijohn
and labelled it Arkansaw's Coat of
Arms"
The following is another tribute:
A modest young man from Tuscaloosa,
In Little Rock got full of booze, sab,
Although he seemed meek
He exhibited cheek
When he said to the cop" turn me loose,
sah."
But the policeman was up to that ruse, sab.
So he dubbed the young man full of juice,
sal
Till he threw up his paw
Cried: you've broken my jaw;
In fact, you have knocked fusk loose san -
Upon the side of this page is endorsed
in red ink of the wretch who per-
petrated this outrage were known, by
my halidome, he would suffer-" The
author had made a foot-note "Im
afraid to sign for,fear OF consequences"
Burdette, of the burlington Hlz0keye,
contributes this rounded couplet:
My compliments with all my soul,
To the bay window in your jowl.
Fiznoodle, of Puck, in a stiff, back
hand contributes his regards to the Auto
graph Fiend thus:
Tuscaloosa, the pride of the union
Your praise N my verse would speak;
You may boast as your chiefest distinction
You're the home of the man OF the cheek.
]. Annoy Knox, of Texas Sifiings,
gives genuine gem as bis return for the
letter of Mr.. Ralph. He writes round,
even hand, and spreads his signature all
over the bottom of the page. This is his
tribute
If you want to succeed in this wicked world,
and attain to wealth and fame,
Thy grave kept green by nations tears
And history trumpet thy name;
Have nothing TO do with the olden roads,
Go in tor the latest gatf;
Apply TO the SYIfGSS staff at once
BY mail for their autograph.
Shelman, of SJings, keeps up the
circus thus:
Oh, man of Tuscaloosa town, you are
strange enormity,
Go sell yourself to Barnum's show and gain
byyour deformity;
A face like yours is really odd; we can't find
words to speak OF it,
For none but Jumbo e'er displayed the
equal for the cheek Oft.
Another Sifffngs man, w. M. DON
nelly, neatly suggests the commercial
value of his signature in these words:
This volume-owned by James O. Ralph
Who lives at Tuscaloosa
He sends to US, and thinks it safe,
We IL write our anne l. amnsa-al