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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28

STEPHENS, an Irish patriot" has an- nounced an effective system of dynamite. Balloons will be employed. These air vessels will sail over England and drop showers of dynamite on the cities and towns. A grand convention is called to meet in Paris. whither delegates from all parts of the world, and particularly from Chicago, viii hasten. |, $ undcrs,ood that England mus, not employ balloons, but NIT. Bull, who generally en,ertains his own ideas of warfare. may transfer his navy 10 the blue space above. Such advocates as Mir. Stephens never fail 10 inlure a cause.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28

COLONEL GEO. Nj. EI6AR, of Bowling Green. Ny, has been elected presiden: of the Arkansaw Industrial University. II was the writer's pleasure, years ago, to meet Colonel Edgar in Franklin! while the colonel was president of d college a, that place. He is poll lshed gentleman, of highes; moral principle. and, wi;hal one of the mos; competent educators in the south. Under his energetic super. vision the Arkansaw Industrial Uniyer s,ty will grow in prominence until ii shall attain a high raak among the colleges of the country.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28

His mind. understand" continued the drummer, 6 has for years been grow ing weaker. Elsie, he is not king"
 She looked at him in alarm.
 No, he is simply an American citizen and has no more power than any other voter oi Arkansaw. The royal blood idea is an illusion
 Then am not princess"
 You are a charming girl, bu, are no, princess
 Am ! charming" looking at him with eyes that were melting.
 "Yes, you are ihe mos, charming girl have ever seens
 Then am content, for to be consid- cred charming by one whom we know is charming, is quite as eonsoling as the though, of being princess. All charm ing women are priEcesses."
 You are young lady Of emalkable sense, and it pleases me to see iha; you are placing oorrec, estimate on life. i handsome woman Is indeed a princess, and her realm IS the broad held of mar kind,
 :" But you are prince. are you no, 7"
 No, l am plain business man. saw you and loved you. Having heard of your fathers peoulian.ies. l assumed the title of prince and came hi;he. 10 be near you, 10 w,n you
 Il dream of you"
 She did not finish ,he sentence. He had caught her in his arms and covered her beautiful lips with a mustzcne which he had begun early 10 cultivate, and which in later years had no, been ne glected. She would marry him To be bride was swee:er :han to be princess. The common idea which descended from Eve had taken pretty strong hold on her
 We mus. deceive your father" said he. Twill continue 10 be ] prince. We will mary. and leave him with the ir,- pression that we have sailed for Europe. We will go to Chicago where the ice cream plate ra,,les the whole day through, and where :he fat face boy with red bordered napkin keeps the tiies of the frcit cake
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28
injure a cause.

Yoang man don, lose confidence n your self. Base your confidence, however, on other than seli-coaeei, and be not deeelved by fa,,ery. Make 4n effor; 10 a,tain 10 a higher plane intellectually. but do not s;oop 10 anything questionable 10 attain tha, position. Remember. Il .s not aspiration alone but acts iha, count. Take an inven- tory of your resources and then add 10 ,hem by hard work.-Pees'> S4..
 And above all, young man, don, speak of your father as the old man, or of your mother as the old lady There was once governor of Arkansaw who had great respect for his parents. All governors have, understand, but this particular one had more than ordinary respect. A young man was sentenced to be hanged. When the execution day ar- rived, the governor having discovered proof sufficien; 10 warran, respite, hur- ned to the Jail and sought an interview with the criminal. .'l viii gran, you two weeks respi,e," said the governor "Oh, thank you, sir. This will give the old man time to come and see me-" "Whai old man = asked the governor. " My father, sir Here, Mir. Sheriff." exclaimed the governor, take this fellow out and hang him. He is unquestion- ably guilty"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28

PROT. JoHN CARROLL, of Arkansaw, has jus: published new grammar of the English language He discards many of the old forms so difiicul, for a student 10 learn and so easily forgotten and sup plies many good and sutficien, reasons The work will no doubt mee. with gen. eral favor. The book is published by A. M Woodruff, Little Rock. Ark.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28

THE Rev. B. Wilkins, writing from Car ondale,, Mo. says: Although am a minister of the gospel. believe in TIE TRAyELER and must have it. If we could get our church people to read THE TRAvELER they would become more cheerful and liberal and consequently better men and women, which means they would be better christians" This man, engaged in the work of making the world better and brighter, believes with Carlyle that "No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be irre- claimably bad. How much lies in laugh ter the cipher key wherewith we deciphef the whole man. Some men wear an ever lasting barren simper in the smile of others lies cold glitter. as of ice. The fewest are able to laugh, what can be called laughing. but only sniff and litter, and snigger from the throat outward, or, at best, produce some whiting, husky cachinna,ions, as if they were lang hing through woe: of none such come good. The man who cannot laugh is not only St for treasons, stratagems and spells, but his whole life is already treason and . ssraiagem." The long face christian ? does not fill ca generous space in life" He would convert sunshine into gloom l; he would snatch the merry laugh from the boy and give him tear. This paper does not claim to be a publication cl langhter. Would that it were. The trus laugh is the brightest wave on the sassan q life. The criminal veeps, but he dees not laugh.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28
CHAPTER III.

The king, arrayed in his morning gown, was walking in the garden. Hayfoc, ap- preached him and said:
 My royal host, l would speak 10 you upon question of grea; moment
 II will listen with the attentive ear of one who is interested replied the king
 " l vii. no: thrash Satan around the cypress knee, but will 3, once come 10 the point l love the princess. She loves me. ask her hand in marriage.
 ..The princess shall be your wife. |, IS time ,ha, she were choosing a hus- band. This is the hrs, offer ;ha, she has ever had from a man of royal blood When do you desire the ceremony to take place ~
 'A As soon as possible
 ''The somewhat depressed condition of my state, foreign wars and in,ernecine disturbances, will render a brilliant we'd ding impossible. One of my largest ships was blown up las, week, and recen, advices state that my army has suffered in Flanders. The refusal on my part 10 bestow the title of Augustus on young Crispus, has offended the, people of Rome. The imprisonment oi Gallus. and the powerful influence recently a,- tained by Eusebius, will likely .esul, to my disadvantage
 Hopelessly insare," said the drum- mer, 10 himself, bu, the old man heard the remark.
 Nc" said he. 'Eusebius is no, in- sane. wish he were. for then. his influence would be gone.''
 We do not care for a Dr.lhan. cere- mony,' MT. Hayfoot declared Royal people can afford 70 be plain. My mother and father were married in a sleigh
 Indeed. l, must have occurred during a troublesome war. We must no; be too plain. The ceremony shall be performed in cour, and bright lights shall flash and bright eyes shall dance, rosy lps pout and he ca, in the corner will watch :he roasting meat the quails will brown on their toast and the hornpipe man, with a yellowish leer will dance by the light of the moon, bam, bam dance by the light of the moon" and the old fellow hopped on bed of marigolds and made the dust fly with pigeon-wing."
 The old mans whims were obeyed. The throne was gaily decorated, and the negroes md overseer, having been prc- vided with tin shields, formed a glitter ing array. A number of the neighbors were knighsed for the occasion. The old king was the picture of pride, and moved to hberality, he bestowed upon the knights and ladies, grea, estates, and to the officiating minister. he gave the river Nile with all of its commerce. Iuss before the ceremony began, he handed to Hay foot the title of the city of Cons,ansi- nople. The bride was beautiful and consequently happy. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the negroes clashed their shields, the band began 10 play lively air and the knights and ladies joined in dance. The old king sa, on his throne, with his head resting on a elump Of roses. When the dance was co1cluded, the husband and wife ap- preached the throne and made a courtiv obeisance. The king did not move. The bridegroom touched him, and with an expression of korrcr, exclaimed My God he is dead.r |
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28

POLITICAL CATEcHIsa--W When is the great man osrao.?
 When his name $ mentioned as available presidential timber
 When does he become pauiot:n
 When he writes . le.-er declaring that he has forever withdrawn nom pub lie hie.s
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28

THE sreerbackers entertain a fond hope ,ha; Butler will be indorsed by the democratic convention. Tkese reform CTS should 10, be so greedy. General Butler has already secured two nomina- tions. Probably, though, they desire his election. The country is hardly large enough to contain sufficient number of conventions 10 secure such an expe- diency.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28

WILL ,he democrats nominate Mr. Flower: Ii they 60, an election this fall will be unnecessary.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-06-28
To cexTRIBr TORS.

To CONTRIBUTORS. Manuscripts Eraccompa.ied by stamps, will rot be returned. We do not pay for matter unless II se specially ordered.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-03
A Nirninrr.s Fmrmnccs.

lFur~il,n Cor Kansas City Journal
After two days out the cnal bcgan 10 grow
ts.,r, quite common occurrence In these
waters The steamer had come out from
N.nice with I .'sp taais of coal aboard, bought
Ter the l-s-t This proved toward the bottom
b. h. exsrfahls stuif. and every day each fur1l-
ace hal Ia h. CLEANED twoor thr,e times, which
signifis-l ise of five or six tons III coal each
time The c,ai would clog Vid settle down
,si the iunt-l~. This would heat them to
such n patrh ~ to oa,lsc them To melt.
tn. prsssss ~ replacing thes, bars is awful
heyund comprehension. The live Goals are
hanl,.i cut 1T IA" furnace. bundles of bags
~. thrown In ulH,u the almost red hot graf
ingu and a pppr human wretch rtishes in
With the i,ar Tie eau only stay inside for an
instant, AMI N b. d,r~ not succeed in getting
the lar In tlncc another man has to 20 in to
iuish the iub
You who have never bsen below In c
steamer IN the tropics have not the faintest
lsi.a of how hari ipt Is that of not incon-
.i,lefnils fraction Of humanity. went down
-, q raw October day In the Pacific passage,
sni was ainakssl iriesi an the Regal in the
Arabian ~sn. and actually could not get down
Ar staggered hack after the third trial the
wunis tlt~t from my lI~ involuntariy:
"lfrai hsaVrts. can II In, that men are work
ing in tii- inmI-fnture every day" "Six
h,,urx ~ n sir'trh" was the reply; 1--WE are
a little saort n"w The regular watch II only
four h,mr~ have 40 words nt my COM
tuamI in which a. charnrtrrize the awful
hsat Ut th.'~ l"wer regions of the steamer.
I saw any down. down. far below the waters
oisr. nr'n Walking letwcen rel hot fuiila, es,
nni un tho tnl~ ~ h,ilrr>', with not n breath
~ lsir alr. despite the appliances for thrii
r.liei ftem tfni day lung,'i for the end
- the ,nNagr. that might no longer prp.t
~ snch % ieriil'lr cvlH'n~' uf physical c;rlnr
ansf. ilio engineer i"ld me- the temperature
never wont 'slw i@ drgr"~ down thorc.
sn.i fr-,ntffil, higi'i-V-r mi'h h -ln9.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-03
PICTURE or A POETESS.
Ao Interview with Mrs. Ella
" Wbrelcr wilcox.

NrW ORR lsfter
The other day | met Ella Wheeler. the
Wisconsin poctrss, In Mrs. Frank Lcslie,s
pfice. She has Just married. as every
bal, kn.w-. Mr. Wilcox. an intelligent
aud Wealthy manufacturer. of Mcriden,
Conn. and they We're lingering here on
their hidal trip before regularly estab
fishing their honeymoon in the wooden
nutmeg state Mr.. Wilcox had special
Interest for me. because she has sold
MON dollars worth OF the muses. pro
duetluns than any other American poet
not excepting Whittier, Longfelow.
II II aud Louise Chandler Mouton.
She i between ~ and ~, not hand
~nnr, but with u bright, piquant face,
weighs ia0 perhaps, NJ her best is a
,iyaoiuuS talkrr. and wears her dress
with Iaunty grace Her costume, by the
way, wa- u slate colorcd nuns yelling.
drgss and hat to match. with mantle
made of camel, hair shawl | asked her
Ia tell me how many poems she had
written. adding at random that | had
read coo II don't know how many"
shr said. Nv hen counted them last
year thcr were I, ,2OO have the
NtH''f ttlHN isttbi iiWhitN -tdH prO-
ducr. almost impromptu. that easy
writing which Byron said was awful
hard r,a'lng Byron didn't say awful
though.
''She sometimes sends In = dozen
poems at "a time here" said Mrs. Leslie;
and. hy the way. this establishment
paid her the first money she ever earned
Tor verse"
six dollars. chimel in the author;
II r,memlrr IL very well, and how near
! canr Ia not getting it,
III was M exceedingly strong and
good. explained Mrs. Leslie, "and yet
wss written In such an Uniformed hand,
That W. supposed some school girl was
trying Ia impose on rs, and We wrote to
Miss whele and asked her if she was
SUR she wrote Il hcrself.'
II ilrSt wrote, continued Mrs. Wilcox,
when ! was ycars-a novel, with an
original verse at the head of each
chapter. Aud IL you are going TO say
anything about me, say have never
written poem ON spring. In fact, the
onl, nature care for very much is
human nature.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-03
The Peruvlans' Coca.

The coca is "a peculiarly American
plant and is used only in South America.
1t is bush about six feet high and is
cultivated almost To the tops of the
Andes, the leaf only being used The
plant was in high favor among the Peru
vians when the country Was conquered
by the Spaniards, and though the latter
adopted every means TO stop the practice
of chewing the leaves, their efforts were
unsuccessful. When Peruvian is ready
to take his coca he stops work, seats
himself, Or lies down, and gives his mind
to it, chewing the leaves with a little
lime. So well known is the practice and
so acknowledged is the necessity of the
Others who employ Indians set apart
half an hour three or four times a day
for the chewing process, and no Indian
will work for men who refuse this priv
ilege.
Like some other narcotics, it seems to
enable the user TO resist fatigue. and so
highly is it esteemed that it was formerly
employed in religious ceremonies, and
many surerstitiOus rites are still con-
nected with the use of it. Miners will
throw it on the stone to soften the ore;
it is sacred to the household, and to in
jure man with whom you have chewed
coca is considered most detcstable The
abuse of it is not frequent, but when it is
abused at all the consequences are said
to be very similar to those which follow
from the excessive use of opium. 1t
does not satisfy the appetite, but, in
moderate use, is said to increase it, and
the Peruvians, when ill, use it as an ap-
petizer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-03
His House, or Miner

lCh1caHO hefaIu "lrdln 1alk.
slows business now in San Francico?"
inquired one passenger of another as the
train sped through Iowa toward Chicago.
bad, very bad, was the reply, especially
in my line. I'm mining stock broker,
and haven't made enough in the last two
years to pay my taxes. There amt any
thing doing in mining stocks now but col.
Letting assessments and selling EN- out un-
der the hammer when the holders refuse
to whack up 1t makes me sick to think
of the good old times. Queer how got
into the brokerage business was out to
Frisco to see the sights, and was stopping
at u hotel there when along came q rich
friend of mine from Boston. A broker ac
quaintance of mine agreed to give me half
all he could make off my friends business
if Id induce the Bostonan to speculate in
stocks. | worked him nicely, and for
nearly year lived on my share of the
commissions and laid away money. Then
| went into the firm as partner, and in
twenty-One months was worth $3.50, 600
My Boston friend was the only customer
we had. lie turned his money SO often
that the commissions gradually eat it up.
We had his money, you see.
But what came of the BostOnian?"
Why. he suddenly disappeared, and
| didn't see him for two years
when went out to the hill
one day. where was building
a handsome new residence. There was my
Bostonian, in a red shirt. mixing mortar
for my house. He had the gall to speak
TO me and get of joke about it being
doubtful whether that house was his or
mine
You gave him lift, didn't you?"
"Should say did. Lifted him one with
the toe of my boot and then had him ar
rested. No played out spectators from
Boston can insult me with impunity."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-03

II rccoll.ci, Will. In india," ssid
Superintendent thompson, ~ the Ron
logical garden, "a yoans knsisshHaa
had coin. out there and pnruha~ssl 4
sugar plantation. tine day ! called %
him, and after dinner sa ssi In the
shade smoking our chesoots. suddenly
he heard the cry ~ q blue buck--a xI,s
cies of small antelope. The cry wns on~
of pain, and Ne knew at ence that
python had II. Let's ~ aud kill The
snake. suggested my friend. oh, NO.
aid |; Just wait until he finishes Ma
meal, aud then we'll ~ ard catch him
alive. You sce, knew The blue.
buck was gpner, ana ] was
after live specimens. Well, we sst therv
for some time, and then secusei 4
blanket and stsrsesl for the cane, followed
by the Englishman. when he saw Ne
coming the snake made for tbs cane. hat
headed him on and then he eoiled him.
self. | threw the blanket over him,
waited until he bccome quiet, tnckesl
him nicely In. and then threw him over
my shoulder and carried him 10 the
house. What arr you going % do with
himr saii my friend. who woulsint
come neu me. Get me . cofes saek
and I'll show you lie did ~. shook
the blsnkc, Into thu ssek, then pulied
y out. ticd the sack up, and ,hers ! hsd
Mr.. Snake.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-03
A Marvellous millionaire.
Long Branch Letter


Mr. Moses Fraley. the millionaire, is
proud Of his wife. She is Mrs. Merdle
to him, living, walking and wondrous H.
lustration of his power of money getting
and money-spcnding, and with each sue
cessive change of toilet, which occurs
three, four and five times day, he beams
apl roval.
Though he seems Unconscious of it, Mr.
Fraey is regarded as more marvellous than
even his wite's clothes. II, the millionaire.
who. but short time ago bankrupt. paid
hi, creditors dollar for dollar. though he
chose to do il in his own peculiar way
Soon after he failed am told, he sent
to Chicago. where most of his creditors re-
sided. asking that three of them bc ap-
pointed Il committee 10 visit st. Louis and
come to terms of agr, emcnt His request
was complied with, and the three gentle
men chosen net Mir. Fralcy al the South
ern hotel. where he put them the unvar-
nished question
How much will you take on the dol
lar"
After some debate and argument, the
gentlemen agreed to accept 80 per cent.
Holy Mosesl" exclaimed their debtor,
80 cents; it is an impossibilily: say
20, and I'll listen" More arguing fol
lowed, AMI without much avail. and
finally, with a feeling that they We're being
done hy II little Jew." the sum of 30
cents on the dollar was accepted.
Its settled, then. 80 cents on the
dollar?" chuckled the sharp speculator.
1t is" mournfully echoed the Chicago
cOafreres, thinking of their brethren in
grief at home.
We'll. ihen," SAID Moses Fraley, hay
ing for his amusement indulged in the in
stincts of race, Il will show you am an
honest man. Fifty cents on the dollar you
shall have today, and in thirty, sixty and
ninety days the other fifty shall he paid
in And he kept his word, and made il
honored. Since then. am told. he has
made 50. 0O0, 900 in grain speculations
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-03
READING HUMAN LIPS.
The Wonderful skill In Li?-Readln.
shown by Two Deaf Girls.

tNew \ ork Herald
The convention of teachers of the deaf
and dumb was resumed Yesterday at the
New York institution, Lexington ave
nue. and East SiXty-Seventh street. At
the morning and afternoon sessions O.
number OF papers were read on lip-rcad-
ing and methods of instruction for the
deaf and dumb. a resolution was
passed on motion of the Rev. Frederick
ii. Wines, that the attention of wealthy
and benevolent persons be called to the
fact that the improvement of the condi-
tion of the deaf and dumb would be ma
tcrlally furthercd by the establishment
Off school for instructing teachers in
articulation.
At the evening session paper was
read by Miss Fletcher. of Boston, on
Newspaper Reading" In this paper
Miss Fletcher set forth that she had
found it an excellent idea to allow the
pupils to ask questions concerning what
they had read. Mr.. Greenberger, of the
New York institution, described the case
of IA pupil who slept with servant girl.
The two were heard talking together in
the night. AS there was no light in the
room it was evident that the CONVERSE
ton was not carried on through the me-
dunn of lip-reading. Inquiry was made,
and it was discovered that the pupil was
in the habit of putting one hand upon
the girls chest and the other upon her
throat, and aScertaining by the vibra-
tiOns of sound the words she uttered.
Some interesting exhibitions of the won
derful aptness of deaf mutes fol-
lowed. y pupil of the New York
institution, comely girl Of 16
years, was called to the platform Al
though deaf to the loudest noises, she
readily understood by watching the mo-
tons of the lips whatever was said to
her. Mr.. Greenberger addressed her
with his face turned full toward, then
with the face sideways, and next from q
distance of some fifteen yards away She
was enabled in each instance to under
stand his words which We're uttered in
the ordinary conversational way both as
to rapidity and pitch.
He subsequently read passages from
Roman history, which she repeated after
him with accuracy. Even when the un-
usual and difficult remark, "Ohio is the
see-saw state" was addressed to her, she
readily dcciphercd the words. A girl of
Is years, pupil of Miss Fuller, of
the Horace Mann school, of Boston, dis
played similar proficiency in lip-reading,
and the twOpupils next held an animated
conversation with each other, utterly
Oblivious of loud noises, which were
made behind their backs to illustrate
their utter lack of hearing. A notice
able feature of the voices of the pupils
was that they both had peculiar Ian
gushing, waiing tone The teachers
state that they expect to conquer even
this popularity in time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-03


The Philadelphia tlmA says that "at
ths rate ~ whicl the drill has l~en
ra.h"i is the ,s.t ten years sll The
tapwn oil ,ritltfF IN the state vi he
dtris,i uvef in lssss than another ,iecade. -
ffs'ss'as lhe oll rs>rf,oirs ~ renn.,l.
sssla ~ill ylrli their las, gallon i~foe
ssn ,ears The yseid since isso has
s.~a enormous There arr ~. 900, o00 or
ta.neo ''''o iarris on hand nuw
snd The prpprie,oFv pror,~e Ia
shut d,sB their ~ells Hut the
vosld j. M, d'1pspslsn, fur oil on Penn.
eIsahla Their i- plenty - oil In Nir
Fsnla AMI krnsucky. and the Rrea, Rus.
sisn oIrtalur- ~ the oil field stw.-'n
lhs ta.plan and l'lack -eas arr h., Ing
ts'es -sas of lsiril,nm and arr supply
~ hussla, Central Asia aud Persia
There !. vast oil r'sinn Rlonn the cham
uf ths taurAsns and IA various Asia,ic
ptatinces ~ the csar vet undetehspssl
shb'h u pr,lsalis ~ rich ~ the la, ~
Hslh. aane ~ whish suumss anything
tsef knpnn la lennsl l,anls for pro
amfitenssx