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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-30
A MISERABLE MAN.

"Watch that trunk," said the driver oi a stage-coAch to negro passenger, and if it falls oH, tell me-"
 "All right, sah."
 The coach had gone quite a distance when the driver, looking back, asked:
 Is the trunk all right ?"
 "Doan' know, sah. It fell off"
 "What."
 der"
 "Why in thunder didn't you tell me p
 Didn't Tow dat yer wuz in CT hurry"
 "I told you to tell me if it fell"
 Wall, ain't dun sole yer. Yer didn', say ter tell yer when it fell Car tez goodness de common white follu is a gessin' so cuis dat CT 'telligent pusson kain' hardly un'erssan' 'em. Oh, In ges of ei yer say so," proceeding to climb down. Hab CT fine time CT 6ndin' d., trunk, a haw, haw. Forgets de time da, yer fused ter len me CT quarter. Now yer's got dat trunk ter pay fur, hav, haw. Say, gennerman," addressing . pasaen- ger, "wush yer'd han down my baggage. Dat ain't de one. De udder one is it. No tain't, don't belehe. Fore de Lawd, dat wur my trunk whut fsll oG. Did anybody eber see sich CT eaper? Erhones' man aint got no show. Dribe on yer miserable trapshun, an let dis miserable man die in de shade"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-30

Silas and Horace finally drifted to Arkansaw and set up |" small store in Conway county, On the old military road,
 near the Wheelington plantation. They boarded with old man Wheelington, an eccentric old fellow who claimed to be a kaeal descendant of Washingson-de- elaring that the Washingtous were originally Wheelingtons, but that the name was changed in consequence of an early law suit involving the ownership oi large tract of land. The old fellow had two daughters, Lurine and Malbean They were beautiful girls, and although living in an out of the way" l" place, had been carefully educated. The casual reader will think that the two young men fell in love with the two girls, and tha, the tvo girls fell in love with the two young men. Of course they did. The casual rsader is right, but such anticipa. tions would not be indulged were not this true AssEsii0s. zHis is .Av i. k e dull. The dullest saoriss are alvay, tue-or ratAer the aanasoe vAsn he fnds that tAey have hIlen Aas, to shield him. ell, dsclasss that tAsy are true. old WAsa'ingtons houss vas . ness q love. The old man did not object, for he had declared that his daugAtezs should mary ncos but edueaAsd mea. Immediate marsiaee though, vas impossible. Early
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-30

becomes epidemic only when the excxe- tions containing the germ find a soil favorabh so its mulhplication.
 Chinese Alchemy.-An eastern writer declares that there is nov no reasonable doubt that the old Arabian alchemists and others derived their ideas oe the tzansmutasion of metals into geld and the belief in immunity from death by the use ot the philosophers stone from China. Mercury is ssased to have been the philos- epher's stone of which Gebe1 and others wrote, and cinnahar-red sulphuret of mercusy-was known to the Chinese as early as the seventh century before the Christian era, its occurrence on the eaSth's surface being said to indicate gold be- meath. Mercury vas excessively em- pl0yed by the Chinese as a medicine, and in the ninth century an emperor was killed by an ovezdose. Their medical booan ssy 1t tales 200 yeazs to psodsce cinsabar ; in 300 yeazs t becomes lead in 200 yeas more it becomes ilvx, and then hy obsainiag . traas6ssniag sub stance callsd "vapss et hasnsay" 1t b. comes gold. TAs docnne of the nans- formation of mercury into otAa metals is 2,ooo yeas old h China. TAs Chinese coaaend tAat yhen nescmy is talsn into the animal syssem 1t rot oaly pro- longs fife but expels bad vsposs. poisoe, and the gloom of an uneasy mind.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-08-30

the doctor replied.
 Why" asked the judge in surprise.
 "Wall, yer sec, de vine aid is only tended fur de DO. As I takes it, yerse'fs e rich pusson. De spirit doan wuck well fur de rich,
 @I am no; rich- have only a lev thousand dollars
 Wall, eben dat much makes de spirit look wid 'spicion On CT man. I'se erfeerd ter try it, sah."
 "I don't see why you could object," !" said the judge with an air of disappoint- ment 4 have come out of my way to see you"
 "Lemme tell yer. wants ter build CT hosspittle fur de po'. Ef yer will hep me, I'll do whus ken fur yer. Gin me five hunnerd dollars an I'll call on de sperit."
 The judge agreed.
 It will take ez mighty efort, " said the doctor. m gin yereds medicine an les yer put il ca ter night. h de mean time m pray. Gimme de moaey."
 "Wait until the cure is efected.n
 Fl ysr vass tx tampsr vid de higher power, all right. Doan' hiehe l'u take de case, nehow."
 Hese's the money,s replied the judge, feeling ashamed ef himsef He re- ceived the h0sfle of red medicine and in company with the captain, returned to
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05
Swept Into the Stream.
One Thousand Acres of Land and
Right Smart of Bears"

On the deck of a big Mississippi steamboat stood
aged Southern planter. Indicating by sweep OF his
the waters the boat passing he said TO
passenger from the North when was twelve years
old killed my first bear new plantation my father
then cutting out of forest that grew directly
the waters of this bend That was mighty good Plan
taton, and there right smart of bears there, too.
But that thousand of land went into the Ms
sissipp years ago."
1t is putting strain upon the figure TO say that
great forests Of youthful hope womany beauty and
manly strength swept in the same way every year
into the great turbid torrent of disease and DEATH Yet
It should be That ia so is disgrace well
loss. People largely too careless or too stupid to
defend their interess-he most precious OF which
health. That gone all is gone Disease is simple but
to reckessness ignorance the simplest things might
well be complex proposition in Comic Sections Az
the huge Western rivers which 30 often flood the cities
along their shores, in few mountain springs, so
all our ailments be traced to impure blood and a
small group of disordered organs.
The most Elective and inclusive remedy for disease ia
PARKER'S TONIC. 1t goes TO the sources of
pain weakness. In response to Its action, the liver
Kidneys stomach and heart begin their work afresh and
disease ia driven out The Tonic ia not however in
toxcan but desire for strong drink. Have you
dyspepsia, rheumatism troubles which have refused
to yield to other agents? Here Is your help.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05
Origin Of the POst-Office.

The postofii,e is an example of the
mode in which things change while names
remain. 1t was originally the office which
arranged the posts or places at which, on
the great roads, relays of horses and men
could be obtained for the rapid forward
ing of government dispatches. There was
chief postmaster of England many years
before any system of conveyance of pri-
vate letters by the crown was established.
Such letters were conveyed either by car
riers, who used the same horses through
out their whole journey, or by relays of
horses maintained by private individuals,
that is, by private post. The scheme of
carrying the correspondence of the public
by means of crown messengers originated
in connection with foreign trade. A post.
{ flee for letters to foreign parts was es-
tablished " for the benefit of the English
merchants " in the reign of James l., but
the extension of the system to inland
letters was left to the succeeding reign
Charles l., by proclamation issued in
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Men Who Cannot BE Tru sted.

Confidence" said the great Lord
Chatham, {" is plant of slow growth"
Those whose confidence has been abused
and subverted, know by experience how
true this is. There must be sure
foundation on which reasonable conf
dence can be built; and when men have
torn away this foundation they can never be
trusted, except by those who are ignorant
of their char acter. When man has once
been found guilty of falsehood, deception
and Misrepresentation, he cannot be
trusted by those who know the facts.
When Judge has decided a case urj Justly,
when jury have brought in false YER
dict, hen church or ecclesisstic body
has violated the principles of Scripture,
law and gospel, to condemn the innocent,
they have placed themselves where no
honest man can ever put confidence in
them, until by hearty repentance and
willing to begin a new life. A man who
has broken one agreement, cannot be
trusted to make another. A man who
has slandered those who have told him
his faults, may not have the privilege of
having his faults pointed out, but may,
perhaps, be permitted to carry them on
to the Judgment day without protest. He
who defends himself in wrong-doing is
likely to have his fill of wrong, and reap
its bitter fruits. Men who have sold
themselves for gain, or have bartered
principle for office or bread men who
have winked at lies told for their benefit,
and who have gathered the wages of I'm.
righteousness, and stifed their denuncia-
tions of wrong lest they should injure
their pecuniary prospects, can never be
trusted. We need men in this age who
will not lie, and who will not allow any
one else to lie for them. We need men
who shake their hands from holding
bribes-who cannot be bought, coaxed
or wheedled, or frightened; men who
stand in the strength and majesty of
God men around whom Satan fawns and
frowns in vain men who rebuke sin in a
friend as strongly as in foe, and who
deal with themselves more sternly than
they deal with others men who are often
alone with God, and in the white light of
hisrighteousness see their own weaknesses,
faults, frailties and sins, and who, COM
ing forth from bis presence, pardoned and
purged from all iniquity. walk in the
light as he is in the light, in uprightness,
in holiness, in purity and fidelity to the
end.-The Common People.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05
Competition In Girls Schools.

One of the practices most energetically
relied on in the higher class of girls
schools is that of the competition of one
scholar with another. In some of them
this competition is terrific. 1t extends to
every subject it becomes SO keen as to
put each girl who is in the foremost rank
in fever.heat of emulation before the
examinations. In some cases it overmas-
tiers every other feeling for the time being.
No doubt, from the schoolmasters point
of view, it is the very thing he wants. In
his professional enthusiasm he aims at
the highest mental result. He is not pro-
fessionally interested in the health or the
special nervous constitution of his girls
he does not regard them as each one
medico-psychological entity and problem.
| don't say this by way of reproach. All
good men try to attain the highest result
in their special departments. The educa-
tor has no means of knowing the constitu-
tion and hereditary weakness of his girls
that the mother of one died of con-
sumption, that the father of another was
insane, that neuralgia is hereditary in
the family of third, that one has been
nervous, another had commissions when
baby. another has been threatened with
water in the head, etc. His own educa-
ton and training have not taught him to
notice or know the meaning of narrow
chests, or great thinness, or STOPPING
shoulders, or very big heads, or quick,
jerky movements, or dilated pupils, or
want of appetite, or headaches, or irrita-
bility, or back aches or Discrimination to
bodily exertion. But all these things
exist in abundance in every big school,
and the girls handicapped in that way are
set into competition with those who are
strong and free from risks. 1t is the
most nervous, excitable, and highly strung
girls who throw themselves into the
school competition most keenly. And
they, of course, are just the most liable to
be injured by it. All good observers say
the intensity of feeling displayed in girls
competitions is greater than among lads,
and that there is far more apt to arise
personal animus. Girls don't take beat
ing so quietly as boys. Their moral con-
stitution, while in some ways stronger
than that of boys, especially at that age,
suffers more from any disturbing cause.
The whole thing takes greater hold of
them-is more real.- Popular Science
| MOnthly.
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Prayer.

Men are puzzled good deal about
prayer nowadays. Some men may have
stopped praying for some things they used
to pray for, and for some things God very
much wishes them to pray for still. But
the prayer of men for spiritual regenera-
ton, for newer, deeper, holier lives, that
prayer has probably not been much
affected by all the speculations about
prayer. 1t is prayed just as often and as
earnestly as ever and 80 it will continue
to be as long as mems souls continue to
bear witness to the power and reality with
which it is answered, "Create in me a
clean heart, o God, and renew right
spirit within me-" Men will keep on
praying that, so long as they believe
there is God, even if they have long
ceased to pray for the changing of the
wind or the stopping of the pestilence.-
Phillips Brooks.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-03-05
A Minister'S Experience with ChOirs.

Is art service ?" Does the exercise
of it in divine worship partake of the
spirit of the inspired counsel, "Whoso-
ever will be chief among you let him be
your servant -? This thrusting forward
of personality of display does not look
like it. Once our alto asked me, as | was
entering the pulpit, whether had any OBJ
jections to changing the closing hymn,
for she was expecting some friends that
evening, and they could not come till late,
and she wanted to sing solo. Aud once,
at weekday funeral, our tenor crowded
me, even to my embarrassment, with re.
quest that he might be permitted to pre-
cede the arrival of the train of mourners
with vocal piece in the gallery, for he
had Just heard that two members of the
music.committee of another congregation
would be present, and he wished them to
hear him, as he desired to secure the
place of conductor there. " Arts service,
mark |" But does it take the place of
the rest of the service also ? This entire
discussion turns at once upon the answer
to the question whether the choir, the Or
gan, the tune-book and the blower are for
the sake of helping Gods people worship
him, or whether the public assemblies of
Christians are for the sake of an artistic
regalement of listeners, the personal exhi-
bition of musicians, or the advertisement
Of professional soloists who are competing
for salary. In our travels some of us
have seen the old organ in a remote vii
lage of Germany, on the case of which are
carved, in the ruggedness of Teutonic
characters, three notices if they could
be rendered from their terse poetry into
Ems sh, they would do valiant servi Q in
our times for all the singers and players
together. Across the top of the key
board is this 4" Thou playest here not for
thyself, thou playest for the congrega-
ton so the playing should elevate the
heart, should be simple, earnest and pure"
Across above the right-hand row of stops
is this: "The organ tone must ever be
adapted to the subject of the song it is
for thee, therefore, to read the hymn en-
tirely through so as to catch its true
spirit" Across above the left-hand stops
is this {" In order that thy playing shall
not bring the singing into confusion, it is
becoming that thou listen sometimes, and
as thou nearest thou wilt be likeler to
play as Gods people sing."-Dr. Charles
S. Robinson.
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1886, may be said to have founded the
present post-ofice. By this proclamation
he commanded "his postmaster of Eng.
land for foreign parts to settle running
post or two, TO run night and day between
Edinburgh and London, to go thither
and come back again in six days, and
to take with them all such letters as
shall be directed to any post-town in or
near that road" Neighboring towns,
such as Lincoln and Hull, were to be
linked on to this main route, and posts on
similar principles were directed to be es-
tablished on other great high.roads, such
as those to Chester and Holyhead, to
Exeter and Plymouth. So far no monop-
oily was claimed, but two years afterwards
second proclamation forbade the carriage
of letters by any messengers except those
OF the kings postmaster-general, and thus
the present system was inaugurated. The
monopoly thus claimed, though no doubt
devised by the king to enhance the royal
power and to bring money into the ex-
chequer, was adopted by Cromwell and
his parliament, one main advantage in
their eyes being that the carriage of cor
respondence by the government would
afford the best mean to discover and
prevent any dangerous and wicked designs
against the commonwealth" The oppor-
tunity of an extensive violation of letters,
especially if they proceeded from sus-
pected royalists, was no doubt an attrac-
tive bait; and it is rather amusing to
notice how the tables were thus turned on
the monarchical party by means of one of
the sovereign's own acts of aggression.
However, from one motive or another,
royalsts and parliamentarians agreed in
the establishment of state post, and the
institution has come down, without a
break, from the days of Charles 1. to our
own.-English Illustrated Magazine
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Reliainns eMisrellang.
LITTLE HEADS IN THE PEW.

In the morn of the holy Sabbath,
like in the church TO see
The dear little children clustered
Worshiping there with me.
l am sure that the pastor,
Whose words are like summer dew
Is cheered as he gezes over
Dear little heads in the pew.
Faces earnest and thoughtful,
Innocent, grave and sweet,
They look in the congregation
Like lilies among the wheat;
And think that the tender Master,
Whose merces are ever new,
Has a special benediction
For dear little heads In the pew.
Clear In the hymns resounding
To the organs swelling chord,
Mingle the fresh young voices,
Eager to praise the Lord
And trust that the rising anthem
Has meaning deep and true,
The thought and the music blended,
For the dear little heads in the pew.
When they hear, " The Lord is my Shepherd"
Or Suffer the babes to Gomez
They are glad that the loving Jesus
Has given the lambs home,
place Of their own with his people;
He cares for me and for you.
But close in his arms he gathers
The dear little heads in the pew.
SO love in the great assembly
On the Sabbath morn to see,
The dear little children clustered
And worshiping there with me;
For know that my precious Savior,
Whose mercies are ever new,
Has special benedicton
For the dear little heads in the pew.
-Margaret E. Sangster, in Congregation hN,
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Mrs. s. T.. Whipp'e. Decatur, Michigan, writes
that her face head and parts of her body al
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The Gospel of HeIpfulness.

If one fact is indelibly printed on the
pages of the Bible, it is that Christianity
is religion of cheerful helpfulness. 1t
isn't casket of jewels to be shown to a
few friends, nor pair of brilliants to be
worn on an especial occasion, like crown
at coronation. 1t concerns not alone its
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TIRED ALL over.
What Rested and Refreshed Weary Man
In Memphis,

No, IT never amounted to an acute pain but con-
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writes Mr.. James Thomas, of No. 50 Madison street.
Memphis Tenn This was an oil experience. and life
became dull music. tired all over, with pain In
the lower limbs and habit of lying awake Of nights
Recently tried one of BkNSoNS CAPCINE PoR-
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did the work but give the credit TO Bensons Porons
Plaster" MIR. Thomas reverentia idea does him credit
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quickly In relief and healing, and renders life better
worth living. Price twenty-five cents. Look in the
middle OF the plaster for the word CAPClNE. Ask
your ply stefan about IL.
Seabury n johnson, Chemists, New York.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Stebbins. Bechertown,
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Scrona, salt Rheum, and Etyspeas ever since he was
born, and nothing could give him helped him until
we tried CUTICuRA REMEDIES which gradually cured
him, until he ia now as fair any child.
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Charles Houghton, Esd., lawyer IS state street,
Boston, reports of SAT- hheum under his observa
ton for ten years which covered the paenrs body and
limbs, and TO which al known methods of treatment
had been applied without benefit which completely
cured solely BY the CUTIcURA REMEDIES leaving clean
and healthy skin.
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FASHION is QuEEN-Fsst, brilliant
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colors. One package colors one to four
pounds of goods Ten cents for any
color. Get at druggists. Wells, Rich
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BIsoUIT.-Tske one quart sifted -four,
half teaspoonful salt, one measure
of Hosford's Bread Preparation, three
gills Of water, mix in pan with spoon.