The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-08
JENNINGS.

A Florida judge descended from the bench and whipped lawyer. An able man. He should be elected governor of the state.
 It is said that honesty ss scarcer now than ever before. This is evidently a mistake. The world is full cf honessy. 1t is little shy. of course, but it is here. The man vho clips articles without giving credit is paragon of honesty. He is % honest that he desires to rescue his brothers from the obloquy of producing poor literary matter.
 Bad pennanship, we would hke to im- press upon the minds of certain cores poe8snts, is not the main feature of literary success. There have been many great men whose chisosrapAy could be deeiphssed. There are many justices of the peace, it is true, who cannot write legibly, but this fact should not influence those who are struggling for renown.
 The other day an old negro who en- tered doctors office, held large turtle under his coat and the turtle held the 6nger of the bearer. "Boss, Pse come in ter see ef yer kain't 'suade dis thing ter turn loose. Ben on dar eber sense dis mornin'. Caught him down in de swamp an he cosch me bout de same time" "Why didn't you kill him ?" asked the doctor. "Would CT done it, sab, but de preacher whut libs on our place he say it wuS bad luck, so thought I'd come ter yesse'E Oats right, thankee sah. Uh, huh ! finger dun gone. Whut',l yer gin me fur de turtle, boss ?"
 It is dangerous to quote the wit of the politician. Last week we published, with reasonable exaggeration, the remarks of . gentleman who came down from great constituency to attend the Arkan- saw judicial convention. While the gen. tleman was making . speech, intended to send home his cognomen on streak of fame. some one cried Louder Throw ing himself back with what seemed to be a happy inspiration what we have since discovered to have been opportune recollection-he declared that if Gabriel were to come down and blow his horn, some fool from Little Rock would cry Louder !" The writer made use of the Chit" sttributing 1t to the gentleman from the northwest: several days after THE TRAvEL1R vas printed, he saw the same idea, credited to Tom Marshall. It had doubtless been going the rounds of the press for yeara, but somehow e. caped the notice of THE TRAvELER man. Yes, sir, if you quote the wit of the poli- tician, you are likely to be lead into un- conscious plagiarism.
 As civilization advances, the man who uses the quill toosh-pick, gradually re. tires. Of course the statutes do not fur nish law to justify the severe punish ment of the man vhe picks his teeth with quill, but this is the result of over sight rather than leniency on the part of osr legislators; for no man, provided vith . full complement of nerves, can con- template the goose-quill barbarian with out feeling a strong desire to do him bodily injury. This man, when he has finished the atrocious work of gouging his teesh, keeps the quill in his mouth and nl1n thro1gh t. He mahes some sase-like remark and then sucis the Suill as though he vould draw back his vosd& II he should be sanding. and you should be occupying similar posi- tina, he yin approach. poke his face usdeE, tAebsim sf your hat and whistle hs words h ysGr hce. Th0 hs vill snhe ont the 4uil cd Aip tAe cpgn-hrsaA oG sAe peint, put t hack into his mousA aad vhisde . rsnazk sArin cad eoanoaplaes. Then hs vill cAsw tAe qsin a.d male it 0ap and Psp-taks t eat again, flip oG . piece of hesf nuscie and then-throv it avayf No, sir. he puts it into his assaA and cruncAss t. Hs nay be . nan q high sanding; he may bs the mnnn1l1A q eAnrcA e he sold cot smn sf temple q jusics. but wiah an. As | . hsakhsa- as has 70 resPec1 fos hs1an eaisaencs. He hes ne rsspea fr shs hnma. body vAsss svsy mo,scu3e usnhie vAa As cones asoand vifh his dlaAs1kcalqsiA. llan sf hsuaial issaiscss, - Ain = hnnos1 s