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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-12-06

It is the manufacturing chemist who always has . Setors ready.-ExeAasgs.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-12-06

THE best and purest English spoken any where in the world is in the United States. The reason is obvious. We speak the lan- guage spoken in its purity in England nsre than two centuries ago. Our fathers brought it here and we hold the heritage in perpetu- ity And with the vernacular we have re- tained numerous excellent and expressive words which :ong have been obsolete in England, and which Englishmen turn up their noses at and laugh at as "American provincialisms." But they are pure and good English, and they properly retail their place in the language where it is correctly spoken.
 English scholars of two centuries and more ago would find themselves perfectly at home in this country; but it is doubtful if Shake speare would understand a line ia one of his own plays if Irving were to read or recite the play.-Nez0 York World.
 Some of our leading institutions of learning are using every possible effort to "undo" the English language. Such men as Irving and Oscar Wilde have ,own unhealthful seeds in the country, but of course none but the weak and foolishly initiative arc affected. It seems that there are more fools in the English than in any other language. Why pet . pie should attempt to weaken a lan- guage, in which their immortal poetry is written, is something that cannot be explained. The negroes of the south speak better English than Mir. Irving. This is surely not saying much for the negro and, it is not high compliment to Irving.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-12-06
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-12-06
APPROPRIATE APPOINTMENTS.

Nearly every crossroads politician in Arkansaw has written to Senator Gar land, making a request something like the following: "I need this office very much and hope, when the time comes, you will take the president of to one side and tell him what rip staying good fel- low l am. As you know, have been a democrat all my life, and although l have been several times defeated for county office, yet know tn t am com petent to discharge the duties of gov ernment appointment"
 A well-known citizen of Little Rock, appreciating the position in which MT. Garland is placed, sent him the following letter several weeks ago: "I want an office. thirst for slap at Uncle Sam's revenue like young calf longs for the return of the COW. No little post-office, though, will suit me. As you have doubtless discovered by the mellewness of my brogue, l am of Irish descent. I want the Cork consulship. If can't get that, send me to Belfast or Dublin. l want to seize the British lion by the tail and give it a vigorous twist. Your friend, the doctor, also wants an appointment. After reading this letter, have decided not to be so particular. I'll take any thing you give me-"
 To this letter Senator Garland replied as follows:
 UNITED STATES SENATE,
 WAsHINGToN, D. C., Nov. 24th, 1884.
 DEAR SIR-t shall have pr. - made commissioner of agriculture, to raise wheat at Holniny Hill, and you his chief deputy to raise turnips at same place. Hoping this is perfectly satisfactory toxcu both, am,
 Fraternally yours, A. H. GARLAND.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-12-06
CoM1sied Iov Zhs ASkaxsaw TreveRer.
 SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

A rainbow about twenty-five minutes after sunset was recently witnessed in Ire land. It was evidently caused by the light reflected upon the clouds from the glowing western sky
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

From without, the gloomy, dark in
terrier of the fishing hut is significant
Of the drudgery and apparent joyless-
ness of the fisherman's life. But this
view is superficial. The Norman wife
has housewifely ambitions. Poverty,
as we understand it, has here no mean
ing. Her home is the abode of de-
cency and cleanliness. OF such. Mere
Gradot is type. In front Of the
dingy gray hut, with its little windows
hap-hazard breaking through The stone.
her fsh-market stands. newly built of
brick, with pots of geranium brighten
ing the air. The narrow, crazy stairs
pierce the gloom of the interior.
Below, half buried in the ground, is
the kitchen, with its widc-mouthed
fireplace and petit tour, on
which the pot az feu fills
the air with its savory smell.
The brick floor shines with frequent
securing. Old Rouen faience, such as
the bric-a-brac dealers on the Rue Al
phonse Karr tempt the summer loiter
ers with, makes bands of color range,
endwise on the buffet shelves, and two
silver tankards are conspicuously dis
played. The buffet of shining yellow
wood is brilliantly polished, and with
the great MORE, euriously wrought a;
to hinges and fastenings, is here a;
elsewhere the joy of every fishwife':
heart. Above the fireplace hang ;
few kitchen utensils Of copper. as re
splendent as decorative ri q les. Tn,
light from the window, half above
ground, falls through blue curtains
and thus softly subdged the room il
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
Launching a Chinese War Junk

1t is very amusing to watch tn
ceremony of launching Chinese war
vessel. 1t is always customary before
junk sails on any voyage to sacrifice
cock and sprinkle its blood on the
bows Of. the vessel, among much beat
ing of gongs. Bat on this occasion a
very especial blessing is invoked on
the new undertaking and the court at
Pekin sends its imperial commissioner
to offer sacrifice, as the representative
of the emperor. Two affairs are there
fore erected on board the new ship,
one for the Goddess Of the river and
other to the Goddess of heaven. To
the former are sacrificed two goats and
two pigs, and to the latter. who has
less to do with the shipping, only the
heads of one pig and one goat. But
quantities of joss paper, Inscribed
with prayers for good luck, are burned
on each altar, and showers OF prayers
on gilt paper are thrown into the sea
to propitiate the Sea Dragon. Then,
amid deafening beating Of gongs, FIR
ing of guns, shouting and general up.
roar, the vessel glide5 into tie river
Philadelphia Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
AN INDIAN CASE,
Important Decision of the United States
Supreme Court.

Important Decision of thc United States
Supreme Court.
The decision just, rendered by the Supreme
Court Of the United States on Indian rights, is
in another OF the long series of cases which
have arisen out of the adoption of the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments to the Const-
sion. The present case, which is that of J John
Liz, plaintiff in error, against Charles Wilkins,
Is ~ suit brought by an Indian against the regis
trar OF ono OF the wards of the city of Omaha
tor refusing to register him as a qualified voter
therein. The questions presented are whether
tho pi;ntiif in error is citizen Of
the United States and whether he has been
denied any right guaranteed him by the fifteenth
amendment to the federal Constitution. This
court holds first, that an Indian who is born a
member Of one of the Indian tribes within
the United States which still exists and is re-
cognized as a tribe by the government, and
who has voluntarily separated himself from
his tribe and ta9en up his residence among
the white citizens OF the state, but who has
not been naturaliZed, or taxed, or recognized
as a citizen either By the United States or by
the state, is not citizen OF the United States
four; eenth amendment. Second that the
plaintiff in error, not being citizen Of the
United States under the iourt amend
ment, has been deprived of no right secured by
the fifteenth amendment, and cannot maintain
this acti m. The judgment of the circuit court
is affirmed. Opinion by Justice Gray. Justice
Harlan read dissenting opinion in behalf of
Justice Woods and himself
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Girls In odd stockings.

"Searlet stockings9 Yes, they're
all the rage" said n Chestnut hosiery
dealer yesterday, but that isn't the
latest craze by any means"
"What is the latest fashion
theng"
"Why, on Saturday morning l had
three young lady customers who came
in and bought three pair of red and
three pair of black hose, | was some
what surprised and asked the object.
In each case ] was told that it was
not considered the proper caper to
wear two red stockings now, any
more than to wear two black ones"
"Well, what on earth were they
going to do?"
Wear one of each kinda scarlet
stocking on one foot and black one
on the other. It's fact, l assure
you. And the fashion is gaining
ground, for this morning have had
several more customers on the same
errand. Black and red, you know, are
striking and at the same time becom-
ing contrasts. philadelphia Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
CUrtnineu Hsantel.

Now that the plain white mantel is
out of fashion, a device for covering
it, which will produce the popular
effect, may be acceptable to many.
The supposition is that the mantel
shelf is supplied with a lambrequin,
and we desire to cover the bare white
ness of the mantel front. Of the
lambrequin material make two cur
tains just reaching to the floor and
meeting in the center directly over the
fire front. The curtains are suspend
ed by small rings on a slender brass
rod placed under the mantel shelf.
They should be sparingly decorated
with embroidery or whatever class of
ornamentation is put upon the lambre-
quin.
Another means of transforming a
white mantel is by the use of paint.
Where it is found necessary to doover
the woodwork of a room. have it done
in the fashionable cherry or mahogany
color, painting the mantel in the same
Have the usual black fire front done
10 initiate copper and gold, and the eff
feet is new, novel and pleasing.--C
cinnati Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
CannIDaIIsm.

Until Mr., Hutchinson wrote 1t was not
generally credited that the Western Afri-
cans were addicted TO cannibalism, but
his evidence is not to be doubted, Gin
1882 he says, "human flesh was ex-
posed as butchers meat in the market at
Duketown, old Calabar." 1t almost
seems that some religious grounds may
actuate them, as the same writer says;
SIN Brass Tor the Mimbe country oanni-
balism often occurs. Even within the
last year a chief of that district, named
Imamy, killed two Acreeka people who
were sacrificed to the names OF his
fathers. In Brass, as in Benny, they
eat all enemies taken in war, and they
put forth, as justification for this, that
devouring the flesh of their enemies
makes them brave" The account given
by the same writer of the killing OF a
native for the purposes of cannibalism,
OF which he was an eye witness, is most
admirably graphic and striking. Gen
Ueman'S Ma0dsiue
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
A kOmanca In Mining History

Under the Spanish regime in Peru, as
far back as 1860, one of the richest
silver mines was that known as the
Manto, owned by two Andalusian
Spaniards, the brothers Jose and Caspar
Salcedo, and the mineral was found in
large deposits of virgin silver, which
was sent directly to the mint at Are
quipa, just as it came from the mine.
Quite a large city, San Luis de Alva,
soon grew up around the habitations
of the Salcedos, to which resorted the
wild, adventurous spirits from all
quarters of Peru, in quest of some
share in the wonderful output of silver
whether by craft or force. Soon a feud
broke out between the Andalusians and
the Biscayans, who had come to outnum-
Der the former. Bitter conflicts took
place, and in one of these, it is said, as
many as thousand men of the two
parties were left on the field of battle.
The incessant bloody disturbances finally
provoked the Spanish viceroy, Don
Pedro Fernandez y Andrade Condo dc
Lemos, to go to the scene with con-
siderable force in June, 1868. lie burned
San Luis de Alva to the ground and took
away from it the title of city, which was
transferred to the neighboring village of
San Juan Bautista, with the name San
Carlos de Puno. Don Jose de Salcedo
sought to placate the viceroy by tho
present of the bars of silver with which
he had paved the pathway from San Luis
to his own house for the viceroy to
walk upon, but while the silver was &C.
oo,+a1 tl,o for 10 SolnoIn
placed in irons. The same night there
was affixed to the door of the lodgings
of the viceroy these words: Count de
Lemos, abate your zeal, for if not We
shall see." This pasquin, so to speak,
having been carried to the viceroy, he
wrote beneath it: "We shall kill. We
shall hang. Afterward we shall see"
This was then re-attached to the door,
the chiefs of both parties were hung, and
Don Jose de Salcedo was strangled at
the mouth of his rich silver mine, which
was confiscated to the crown of Spain.
The other brother, Don Gaspar, who
meanwhile had fled to Spain, demanded
restitution of the property and justice
before the council of the Indies for tho
execution of Don Jose, by whose death,
he declared, the Spanish crown was a
great loser, inasmuch as the mine when
worked by them, had paid to the king
in the preceding two years and half as
much as 81, 744, 900 as the crowns share
of the whole product of So, 760, 900.
After seven years of solicitation he
gained his suit and recovered possession
of the property. But meanwhile all his
fortune had been spent in Spain, and the
mine. having been left unworked, wa:
filled with water; consequently he was
wholly unable to meet the heavy expense
of reopening and working it. So he dice
inpovelty, after having been possessed O
an enormous fortune. Subsequent,
others were ruined in the effort to rid Z
Manic of the water, until it fell into POI
session of English parties, who have mar
aged to work it proftably again. -Nea
York. MINING Record.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

A physician of Brighton, England,
hit upon an ingenious method of max
ing himself popular among the middle
aged ladies' who visit that watering
pl5ce. Until his idea took possession
Of him, and he carried it out, he
trudged on foot to his patients, who
generally resided in the back streets in
the billy part of Brighton; but now he
drives one Of the best broughams seen
along the Kings road. This eminent
gentleman announced that he had
made profound study of the effects
of tight lacing, and the conclusion he
arrived at was that for middle-aged
ladies, especially under his treatment,
tight lacing is positively beneficial both
to the health and the complexion. He
is now the fashionable physician on
the south coast.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
THE WEEK
In the United States ana the
Old World.
SUNDAY RAILROAD TRAINS.
Massachusetts Board OF Railroad Conn
missIonrra HenaLI ON n Petition.

Massachusetts Hoard OF haiiroau toh-
missioners Report On re'i'ioh'
The above Board of Railroad Commissioners
have rono,,sd rnop tho net,,ion If sOO cit 'zens
=,
eMehy OF dampaoh county, III "h'ch tue l"h'
TONERS request that il, in the Judgment OF the
board, the Boston & Albany OF any other COM
peting railroad is violating the Sunday law OF
the Commonwealth the honorable board may
give notice thereof in writing to such corpora
tion, an l. il tho violation is continued, may re-
port il to the attorney -genoml, The report
states that tho board care of tho opinion that
it is not our duty to enforce the general penal
laws OF the state, even against railroad COM
panies. The general enforcement OF penal
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
Creeping Rails,

In an article read b fore the 81. Louis Engi
neels' Gu on the Creeping of Rails on the
st Louis Bridge" j. b, johnson said that ON
the st. Louis bridge proper the rails hid been
known to creep 26o ieet in one year, and on
the bridge approach 400 feet. This creeping
varied with the amount Of traffic or with the
weight carried over the raj. On the s..
Louis bridge the rails crept in the direction
of the traffic. The reason givel Ivy Mr. john
son for the creeping was mat the rail, being
held fast on the extended ties, is caused to
measure its length across the bridge on its ex-
tended fiange whenever heavy weig 1t pass
ing over it causes Wave in the rail. This
wave has been known to raise the rail between
the two trucks OF a car threc-eighths of an
inch, and creeping has been measured, and at
times has amounted to one-half to rec
Quarters of an inch
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

Whom the Mason & Hamlin Company an
nounood the accomplishment OF great i'm.
provement in Upright Pianos, which they
would soon give TO the public, much was OK.
poctel, because OF the vast improvements
which had been effected by them in reed in
struments, and the acknowledged superexcel.
are fully justified by the pianos which they
are producing, which have extraordinary
purity and refinement of tone, Every me
chanic will sec that the pecularities of their
construction must add greatly to their dura-
bility and especially their capacity to keep in
good tune.
This company have as great future in
their pianos as they are already realizing IN
their organs, which are confessedly un.
equaled among such instruments, Boston
Traveller.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

Info nation has be n received, says the San
Francisco Bmitt', concerning operations of
the Chinese at the North, which serves to H.
lustrh III new way the Ingenuity expended
i'll attempting to enter the Count y. Chinese
go from here to Victoria, or SOM of them 90
from Victoria 10 Westminster, on the Frazier
river. Tney cross the river mt this point and
are IN the Unitel States. walk through the
woods brings hem tn Whatcom. Here thew
take n boat for Port Townsend. They are in
the territory If the United States but their
baggage is in Victoria. How shalt they get it :?
They 20 boldly 10 the customs authorizes at
Port TYwnseni and get certificate which en-.
ables them to go 10 Victoria and return. They
secure their baggage in Victoria, and can come
back to San Fianci-co with it, after a few
weeks, on any coast vessel, without moles-
tatioD.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

Just off the Bowery in New York
is unique sign, David Dobson, Ears
and Noses Repaired" Mr.. Dobson, a
small man with red beard and nose
of Ike hue, said to q reporter for the
New York MoyniRg Journal: Last
week q beautiful lady drove to the
door in fine carriage and came
quickly up the stairs. Her head was
wrapped around with a silk cloth, and
when she discarded it l found that
her left ear was cut off near the base
1t had been done several days before
and was hardly healed. l took the
plaster cast of her other ear and made
one to order just like it. The lady
paid me several visits, and was de-
lighted when the work WAS DONE The
false ear was delicately painted to re-
semble the natural one, and was then
fastened on by spring to the shreds
still remaining. 1t can be taken off
at night and easily refastened. She
paid me 5000 for the ear and she could
afford it. The lady would not tell me
how she met with such an accident,
but her maid informed that her mis-
tress was jealous of her husband, a
well-llnown physician, and while
eavesdropping at the door OF his
study, where he was attending q
patient, the door was suddenly opened
and her ear was jammed to jelly
Nobody not in the secret would be-
lieye it to see her now"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
10 New York in Six Hours.

Beginning Nove'nb2r 10, the New York &
New England railFr al will run II new train, TO
be known as the New England limited" in
connection with the New ork, New Haven &
Hartford rilrold, between Boston and New
YorS, via the "Air Line leaving either city
at 3 p. M, and being due i'll each n, 0 p. IN.
This train will be run through in both d,rec-
ii ms without change oil cars, anil will II axe
no stop between Boston and Wllimantic.
ira ms from Providence 10 Hartford and
Waterbury will connect with this train west
bound and trains from Waterbury and Hart
forl will connect With it eat bound at Will.
mantle. The equipment will consist of five
WARRIOR cars and passenger coaches, having all
the latest appliances for safety and conven-
fence. The trains will step at Willamette,
Middletown, New Haven and possibly Bridge
MOTT,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
ANXIETY IN LONDON.
Great Excitement Over the American
Presidential Election.

Intense excitement was manifested in Lon.
the United States, and the announcement of
the result was mxiously awaited
The steadiness of American securities on the
stock exchange under the election excitement
was the subject of comment hy the press. The
Pail Mall Gazette holds that this stcadness is
a striking illustration Of the stability of demo-
cratic institutions. a similar crisis in any
other country would convul5e prices. A nation
OF 50,0OO,000 peorle decides the fate of the
government in a closely contested election,
which is conducted with wild excitement from
the shores OF the Atlantic to the Pacific, with
less effect on the stock market than report
that King Alfonso had cold in his head would
lave upon the Spanish bourse.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
PERILS OF OCEAN TRAVEL.
Steamship Companies Not Furnishing
Adequate i-ife-SayinS Apparatus.

Steamship companies MOI
Adequate i-ife-Savin- Apparatus.
The Treasury Department Is So d TO have
received number of complaints against
steamers running between New York and
Liverpool for violation of the law on Ile-
saving appliaf ces, which provides that every
steamer navigating the oceln, or any lake, bay
or sound of the United States, shall be provId-
ed with such numbers ofiile-boats, floats, RATS,
life-preservers. and drags as will best secure
the safety Of all persons on board such vessels
in ease OF disaster, and that the owner OF any
such steamer who neglects to provide such ap-
pliance shall be fined $1,000 A gentleman
lately returned from Europe on one OF the fast
steamers reports that the vessel carried in all
!, 300 persons, and that, in case of wreck in
mid-ocean, more thsn two-thirls ofthem would
inevitably have been drowned, as all the boats
could not accommodate over 400, and no float-
or RATS were to be seen. Another gentleman
who frequently crosses corroboratcs this state
ment Of neglect, and, although he has frequent
IL complained to tho authorities, has been un
able TO secure a hearing on the subject.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

From John Kuhn, Lafayette, Ind, who
announces that he is now in perfect
health" we have the following Gone
year ago was, to all appearance, in the last
stages of consumption. Our b asst physic ans
gave my case up. finally got so low that
our doctor sad | could not live twenty -four
hours My friends then purchased a bottle
of Dr.. VIM. Halls Balsam for the Lungs
which benefited me- Icontinued until took
nine bottles. l an nov in perfect healts.
EaviNr nsnd no nthar me IiciHs. .
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
TRhyERSINS THE NILE.
Great Praise for Cana.lians--Dis stei
Almost Certain without Their Aid.

Great Praise for ster
Almost Certain without Their Aid.
The London Stan iar4'S Semneh CORE
spondent states that tie Canadians say thai the
boats that were expressly built for the expe,
dition are not nearly strong enoTgh for the
service, and their construction with reels WAS
great mistake. They pronounce the navigation
Of the Nile Us not especially dangerous, but it is
exceptionally laborious and trying. The sol
diers londly praise the skill OF the Canadians
without whose direction and cnolness it would
be altogether inPcs ible to get the boats up
the Nile. They say that, without Canadian
1T the nclm disaster would be almost certain
TO any boat