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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-07-26

The newspapers say tha. the recent session of congress was failure. Fit1 John Porter no doubt thinks SO.
 The White House has red room and blue room. During theatrical sessions of the cabinet it no doubt has green room.
 The Creoles say that Cable, the novelist, misrepresents them. They talk as though they had sent the gentleman to the legis- lature.
 The Arkansaw pine lands have become immensely valuable. Would not re- duction on the lumber tariff hur this growing interest!
 It has been some time slnce the public has seen anything from the realistic pen of Mir. HowellA He is doubtless at work though, producing monosyllabio respon- ses for his Boston characters.
 "I have lost my dog," said Mrs. Rarity. "Why don't your husband look for him ?'' some one asked. "Who, Jim ? 1 Why, you know Jim's on the de tective force. He can't find anything
 Eli Perkins is writing a series of inter- esung letters from England. The Eng fish have written SO much of the untrue with regard to this country that Ellis in- vasion should be looked on as a kind of jus, reprisal.
 An old farmer, having read of the cholera at MarseiIles, said "wall, now, that is rather bad, an if it should come to this country an git in among the hogs we mout be sorter scarce O meat next winter"
 Official dispatch "For the first time in three centuries England concedes to another people the farthest trip north.' An, nov, have ve not cause to feel procd :. Let geographies be revised, for a latitude where the ice is much colder than the ordinary article has been discovered. Oh, yes, a number of lives were lost in the enterprise, but that makes no difference. Human life must not stand in the way q reseaEch. Engiand's humiliation at the thought of being surpassed by the Amer icaas ean uen he imagined llinisses Lowell uiIl Ieok on siaA an air of sd csaquess-6or Mr. Lowell is magnani- mcus-and the Ameficans vho have sEo.n ricA on psrk a.d sallo~ futures, and gooe to London to represent their country's wealth and cultivation, will slap Tough John Bull on the hack and say, 1I gsess we gus you that time.r
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-07-26

"I have lost my dog," said Mrs. Rarity. "Why don't your husband look for him ?' some one asked. "Who, Jim ? Why, you know Jim's cn the de tective force. He can't find anything.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-05-14
Why Eyes Shine.

Place a child because the pupils
OF children are large), and by pref
erence blonde, at distance of ten
or fifteen feet from a lamp which is
the only source of light in room,
and cause it to look at some object
In the direction of the lamp, turn
the eye you wish to look at slightly
inward toward the nose. Now put
your own eye close behind the
lamp flame, with card between
it and the flame. If you will then
look close by the edge of the flame,
covered by the card, into the eye OF
the child, you will see, instead of a
perfectly black pupil, a reddish
yellow circle. If the eye happens
to be hypermetropic, you will be
able 20 see the red reflex when
your own eye is at some distance
to ore side of the flame. This is
the true explanation of the lumin-
GUS appearance of the eyes of some
anmals when they are in COM
paeative obscurity. 1t is simply
the light reflected from the bottom
of their eyes, which is generally of
a reddish tinge on account of the
red blood in the vascular layer of
the choroid back -ot the semitrans-
parent retina, aRd not light that is
generated there at all. This re-
ldection is most apparent when the
animal is in obscurity, but the os-
I'server must be in the light, and
somewhat in the relative position
flndlcated in the above described
experiment-that is, the eye of the
observer must be on a line with
the light and the observed eye.
The eyes of nearly all animals are
hypermetropic, most Of them very
highly so, SO that they send out
the rays of light which have en-
tered them in very diverging
manner.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-05-14
Discouraged Vet COmforted.

When | was a little child l nc
member hearinge friend, who had
called to see my Gaother, say:
"The other day l felt nearly dts-
couraged, and went into my room
tor few moments rest and retire
ment. While there one of the
children passed my door singing,
odo not be discouraged,
For Jesus is your friend,
and ere the sweet tones of the child
ish voice had died away, my bur
den was lifted, and l was comfort-
O.. ed"
All! dear friends, what little
missionaries our children become
sometimes, and how in their inno-
-cence they lead las who think we
are leading.
Weary and discouraged mothers!
Take heart-be .aot cast down be-
cause your cares ,and perplexities
are heavy, and your efforts do not
Srlng forth the results which you
would wish. Coo knows it all,
only trust Him, and surely he viii
be your deli verer and friend.
In such moments what G.
strength and inspiration, and how
deubly precious are the following
BEAUTIFUL words:
Fear not, ! am with you,
Be not dismayed,
Fof am the Lord
And will still give thee aid
u strengthen thee keep thee,
And cause thee to stand
Upheld by my righteous
OmnipOtent hand
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-05-14
Family Religion.

Genuine heart religion will first
De visible in the family. Prayer
thatt-s only heard in the church OF
public prayer meeting, savors much
OF the street corner kind of religion.
1t has but little value in the eyes
OF discerning men, or of'God. There
IS very little power in it, howev-
er loud long or jealous. 1t lacks
concentration. 1t is too diffusive
to obtain an answer.
The conditions that obtain an
answer age, eff there is two of you"
there is always that number in
tamily-"shall agree on earth as
touching anything that they shall
ask, it shaN be done for theaa of my
rather which is in Heaven" They
must agree in what they want;
they must believe before they can
properly ask, and then ask wisely.
While all this may be done in
public, the most favorable place is
around the family altar, and with
out the family altar al religion is
vain. For God says, 81 will pour
out nay fury on the families that
call not upon my name"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-05-14
The Higher Motive.

John b. Cough, in temperance
lecture, related conversation he
once had with Christian gentle
man in England on total abstin-
once, The gentleman remarked:
II have a conscientious objection
10 federalism, and it is this: our
Savior made wine at the marriage
of GAIA in Galilee.'
81 know He did"
"He made it because they want
ed it"
$50 the Bible tells u.s."
ssHe made it of water"
Yes"
''1Nell, He perfcrmed's miracle
to make that wine"
"Yes.'
Then He honored and ,sanctifed
wine by performing miracle to
make it. Therefore, I'feel, that if
I-should give up the use of wine,
should be guilty of ingretitude, and
should be reproaehingsny Master"
Sir said I, ~ can understand
how you should feel so, but is there
nothing else that VOC put by, that
our Savior has donored ?"
"No; don't know'that there is
DO you eat barley bread ?"
"No;" then he began to laugh.
"And why?"
Because | don'ttlike it."
every well, sin" -said I, "Our Sa-
vior sanctified barley bread just as
much as He ever did wine. He
fed five thousand people on barley
loaves by miracle. You put
away barley bread from the Low
motive of not liking it. I ask you
to put away wines from the higher
motive Of bearing the infrmity O.
your weaker brother. and so fulfil
ing the law of Christ"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-05-14

A Lot IS feet front on Court
Street next to Mr.. Isaac Prayers
Dry Goods Store, for sale by W. F.
ATKINSON.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1884-05-14
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD,

BALTIMURE ANU UHIU RAILRUAD.
NN and after Sunday, May ls, 1883,
Opassenger trains will arrive and depart
on the following schedule, Baltimore time:
ARRIVING.
st. Louis Express, No. lo2; 10 :s5am
New York Express, No. .2:45pm
Cincinnati Express, No LOG. III :4op m
Grafton Accom- m odation, ex. Sunday 6:l5pm
Way Train. S:lupm
DEPARTING.
New York Express. No. 105-...............3:0 0am
Philadel. and n. Y. Express, No. los. ..-5 :S0pm
Grafton Accommodation, ex. Sunday. g Scam
Grafton Acc. No. 1877, :S0pm
Way Train No. :00am
WI CLEMENTS, NJ. T.
JOHN ADAIR, Agent.
C.K. LORD, General Passenger Agent.
JOHN ADAIR, Agent.
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Aurelia's face, laid her ON the sofa. and.
going to her parents house, near by.
told Mrs. Hastings that her daughter
was u1wen, and would like to see her.
He then started for the bank, and
was hailed by clerk, as he reached his
desk. '"a' 'J 5t7 no s -
"Oh, Shaw here are some papers
that came for You two weeks ago.. They
were mislaid, and only found them
last night after you left.
They were legal documents and
Shaw knew, then, why he had not be-
fore heard Of the proceedings of Mary
Peters, Jane Warden and Lucy Baker
against him.
He pocketed the papers, and, going to
the cashier, drew his salary up to the
end of the month.
I have some notes to pay this morn
ing, " said he, "and am going out now.
but will be back in half an hour"
He went; and don't think the bank
officers have as good an opinion of his,
veracity as formerly. They have been
waiting for him ever since, and ne
hasn't come back get.
Aurelia went quietly home to live with
her parents, and she always gives her
young-lady friends one sound piece of
advice:
Never, girls, be too anxious to mar.
ry man who has never loved another
woman"
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SPECIAL ANNOUNsRMENT-A large pro-
portion OF the readers of the 1Aibodaml
Sentinel are farmers many of whom desire
great deal more of farm literature tl,a,
We are able to give in our limited space.
L" accommodate all such We have mad
arrangements with the publishers of the
american Farmer to give it as premin,
for one year to every subscriber of tn
7hibodaar Sentinel who pays his -subscrir
tiOn i'll advance. The Americon Farmer is
il large Is page paper, published at Fort
Wayne. Ind. the subscription price VI
which is 81 90 per year. Every planter in
Lafourche parish should avail himself of
his magnificent offer.
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IAN THBaITH Avs 'V,wuA.

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ntteiDg speedy and complete restoration, of
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IN THE LANE

31ey mee In the lane by the pasture Qata
a bird sang -sweetly little bird ssne.,
- thought 1t was chance but he knev il vas S,An
:. SOn swsying tree-top ths bright bird sane.l
nave something TO tell you" he gently said.
Ne blufhed like . rosa-iesf and bent her had
Will loudly the gay bird sang.
~Aafk to the bird in the old oak treers E -
He Is bolder than I, let him speak for me
=. e. Now and forever the brave bird anal
-, hear his muric, but, Roy, I fear
when the snow blows into the waning year 3 Is
sasu forget the song hs sung!"
Listen, love, 70 the hopeful bird."
. Love. love thee. the fond bird sana,1
a. viii be true" the bold bird sanQ.1
trust me, my darling I, too, will be true.
ana my love shall make spring time tie
year through"
True, true" the sweet bird sang.
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Vavay than anvthinu

else in this world All Of either sex, succeed
from first hour. The broad road 70 fortune
opens before the workers, absolutely. sure.
At once address, TKyE & Co., Augusta, Ne
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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-06
THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION IN
LONDON

We should look with something akin 10
soIicitudc upon the proposed American
exhibition to he held in London next year
Something more should be known of the
men who arc to conduct it. If it is to be
made the means Of cheap advertising, or
to catch the pennies Of the English, or IN
decd in any shape a mere show or a
DO shopping" concern, this country Will
NOT only be Inundated, but actually in
juIcd rs we understand the matter, it is
proposed to open forsome months an exhibi-
ton in the city of London, in 1856, that shall
BE- typical Of thepeoPle of this country, their
arts, business, customs, industries, manu-
features and characteristics. Here is 4
field so broad ihat, unless it be placed un
der the most discreet management, we may
be in danger of being either burlesqued or
50 egroioUsly pulled as TO humiliate
us. Properly supervised, such an exhibit
ton, however may be made the means Of
much good of popularizins America and
her products abroad, Of correcting false
impressions concerning this country, and
of inviting 10 Us a desirable kind Of immi-
grafton. Itisintended 10 go to theextcnt of
Illustrating our business system with brok-
ers offices, banks, ETC. to give glimpse
of our school system with textbooks,
school appliances, maps, etc; to have a
full exposition Of gold and silver mining,
of field labor, OF food production, Of har-
yesting machinery, OF our railways and
their shops, OF our mills and their products,
elc 1t is obvious that the undertaking is
one Of exceeding magnitude, and that after
ID, announcement. there should be no fail
IRE The Honorary Council of Welcome
embraces a large number of names Of dis
tinsuiShcd Englishmen. The Executive
Council is not yet named The Executive
Commissioner is John Robinson Whitley,
and the Secretary General Charles Il. Nor
ton. An honorary American Commission is
partly selected \ General Council Of
Americans is yet to be formed. Some 200
American exhibitors have thus far applied
for space. Secretary Frelinghuysen, Pro-
fessor Baipl. the Governors of Pennsyl-
yania. Idaho and Minnesota and number
of prominent EnsIishmen have written
letters approving the proposed plans, as
explained to them, as also some prominent
American manufacturers. Exhibition space
is to be charged for, the minimum charge
being $50. Ten per cent of royalty is to be
assessed on all sales made in the exhibit
ton. Works of art mounted and frame
viii come in free. Each exhibitor and his
agent are to have free tickets. The Man
ager. General Norton. was the Director
General Of the recent foreign exhibition in
Boston, which was measurable success,
bat not such as was anticipated, lis scope
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-06

being too broad He has had more or less
to do with exhibitions since 1851, and by
the English press is spoken of in compl-
mentary terms. OF Mr. John r. Whitley,
the Director-General, or Executive Com
missioner, we have less information. The
American press at the East has very gener-
ally approved of the scheme and given it
kindly mention This is all we know of it to
this date, or can CLEAN from the circulars
issued. If it falls short of promise, it will be
most humiliating and damaging. 1t is 4
case in which we are deeply interested in
the predatory announcement. 1t is a matter
in which the great industrial and business
organizations of the country should very
early become active, to determine whether
it is worthy their appreciation, or deserves
their condemnation. To allow it to be
pushed on by its promoters without word
of protest or approval, may bring regrets.
The subject, since it has been preached
in England and 4 company already
formed to carry it out demands an
early anu SCAApdH NOAio4uIisi llpil "
all our own people. We confess
TO some apprehension concerning the
scheme II is to follow too closely on the
heels ofthe New Orleans Worlds Fair to
warrant our own people contributing
largely to it. 1t is to be opened at a time
when the business and industries of this
country will be recovering from prolonged
inactivity; whereas such an exhibition
can only be successful in the midst of
highly prosperous business and industrial
era. No prominent names i'll American
business or mechanics are as yet mentioned
as conducting the scheme as active pro-
moters; whereas such an undertaking
should be fortified by The best men Of bust
ness and the most prominent mechanics,
agriculturists educators, inventors and
artists in the United States. The possibility
of making the exhibition one of the most
marked events in the history Of expositions
is unquestioned, but it cannot attain high
place except it has the unqualified indorse-
ment, as well as the expression of good
wishes and kindly compliments on the
part of American nlan of business.
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the policy of this nation practically, as it
always has been nominally. For it is true
that the " free asylum" idea sprang up
independent of Congressional and constitu-
tional law. 1t is a purely sentimental doc
trine, having its origin outside of our gov
ornamental system, having never been held
in contemplation by the founders OF the
republic. We repeat, therefore, that it is to
be the policy of this nation that our hearth
stone is not free to all comers that it is for
those we choose, and no more The ext
gencv which made Us bidders for popula-
ton, regardless of kind has ended. The
time has come when the quality is to be the
test of desirabilitv. We cannot protect the
results of American labor and not protect
the laborer himself; we cannot protect him
and admit to competition with him class
that reduces him to the dregs of pauperism,
I But even if the country should ever aban-
don the protective tariff, protection to the
laborer should remain, since that is ques-
ton of civilization and the pcrpetuity OF
American institutions, for only by uphold
ing the character of American labor can We
maintain a high standard of American
citizenship. To put it anew:
We exclude the Chinese laborers because
they pauperize American laborers because
the latter, thrown into competition with
them, must eschew all those material feat
ures of home life, the distinguishing char
acter of American citizenship, the comfort
and the civilization which are the especial
reralia of our tradesmen and industrial
forces, who contribute to the material and
intellectual strength, the worth, culture and
manhood of free and selfgoveming peo-
pie Chinese exclusion is protection to the
American laborer, and nothing else is in
volved in it. The case of the laborers in
Pennsylvania is precisely like that of their
fellows in California, in principle; the ap-
plication is dissimilar only in degree.
In short, what reason, sense or rhyme is
there in excluding foreign cheap produc-
tons and admitting unreservedly foreign
cheap luborerS to make cheap manufact-
ures here? If we continue to do so we will
simply enrich the manufacturer at the ex-
pense of the consumer whom, SO far as he
is of the laboring class we will reduce 70
the lower levels of pauperism.
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any other A little effort will secure the
attention of immigrants and assuredly in
duce some of the thousands who are con-
stantly pouring into the State to settle in
our section. 1t has been demonstrated
time and again that northern California is
preferable TO southern, and we believe that
Butte is the choice section of the north
The Red Bluff Daily Sentinel says I'VE
take great pleasure in seconding the efforts
of our Sacramento contemporary in this
noble enterprise, and we most heartily
commend ii to the people of Tehama county
as proposition that is fraught with meal
culable good in all things that go to make
a growing, prosperous and wealthy county.
Tehama has resources that, if properly de
veloped, will make it the leading agricult-
ural, horticultural and manufacturing
county in the State What we want is q
class of men with pluck, energy and finan-
cial ability to develop untold millions of
wealth
The Grass Valley Ullio,, in a lengthy ar
ticle indorses all that has been said regard
ing the necessity for advertising central and
northern California, and for united action
by the counties interested.
The Marysville Appeal quoting from
the RECORD MON of the Sd that " from
every quarter there comes approval of the
proposed convention in Sacramento on the
second Tuesday of the fair, to consult upon
the best ways and means of inducing i'm
migration TO central and northern Califor-
MIA, says: I'VE fully agree with the
RECORD UNION III the above, and we hope
that some measures may be taken TO have
Yuba and Suffer counties represented by
some of our best men, a large number of
whom will be in Sacramento during the
fair There is no more important matter
than this one of attracting people here 10
settle our foothill lands and convert them
into orchards and vineyards. Let the
Board of Supervisors and the City Council
see 10 il that Yuba county is represented.
If delegates cannot be selected in thatsway
let there be meeting of citizens to choose
them. Who will move in the matter.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-06
ADVERTISING A SPEECH.

The Alaska Commercial Company is
publishing as an advertisement Senator
Miller's speech on the naval appropriation
bill. The speech was in advocacy of an in
crease of the naval force of the United
States; and the fact that the Alaska Com
mercial Company publishes it as an adver-
tisement, throws a cross light on the pur-
poses of the bill from the standpoint of the
company itself.
The Alaska Commercial Company has a
franchise for fifty years, by which it is
granted an absolute monopoly of the seal
fisheries of the Aleutian Islands, the Alex
andrian Archipelago, and, in fact, the entire
coast of Alaska
In the event of war between the United
States and any considerable foreign
maritime power, the company's in
terests would be without protec-
ton A single cruiser could destroy
its business, and suspend all its operations
during the continuance of hostilities. II
would require a powerful naval force to
protect inc company IN us property rights,
and to protect the ships bearing the furs to
San Francisco and other commercial ports.
In fact, it would require a navy strong
enough to sweep the north Pacific
coast of every hostile man-of-war, privateer
or armed cruiser. In the event of such q
war, any damage which might ensue to the
Alaska Commercial Company's property
| would result III a valid claim for damages
against the United States. But even in the
abs siee Of war an increase of the naval
force of the United States is necessary to
the proper protection Of the company's in
terests in Alaska. This accounts fully foT
the very reasonable interest manifested by
the Alaska Commercial Company in the
increase of the American navy.