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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-01
lno 2l-eoi2wl
= 80
LINE. CEMBNT. As.

LINE, CEMBNr. As.
. QkQ BARRELS FRESH ROCK.
%sCOO LAND LINE daily expected
per schooner Alftsd Keen.
ROsENDA1k CE1EST daily sxpsctsa
per schooner q, w. Anderson.
FRESH ANCHOR LINE received daily.
This Lime 10 equal 70 Rackland. and Z
preferred ~ great many erAek-DA-
On hand. PORTLAND C1uINy, CALe
ciNED PLAsrkR ylHmnnIQxn -.
Foot Seventeenth ssrsss. sonih d. nssk.
S Sn:s A. hksSsp ~ essaaA 49,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-01
THE PUBLIC DEBT.

WASHINGTON, November 30.-lt is
said at the Treasury Department there
has been an increase instead Of the
usual decrease in the public debt dur
ing the month of November. The re-
ceipts during the month have been
light and the disbursem' rs unusually
heavy. Payments on account of PEN
sions alone amount to about ll,O00,-
600. The debt statement will not be
issued until Wednesday.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-01
NEW YORK COTTON FurUREs.

NEW YORK. November 3o.--Cotton-Net
receipts. 9l7 bales gross receipts lO,50l
bales Futures closed steady sales ~. 700
bales: December, s0.3Sas9.3p January,
50 4daseI7; February, s9.56as9.67; March,
50 dsas060; April, So 79asg.SO: May.
S. aOaSpgl; June SlOaslO.O2: July.
$40. ogssI0.iO: August, sl0.lsaslO. 10 Sep
fenber SO paafg qS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-01
PORT OF NETWORKS NEWS. Nov. 80.
lBy telegraph

Barkentine Hildur Swedish, PettusseI
Rio Grande do sui or Pelotas, -four.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-12-01


reception. One thousand tickets have
been issued for admittance to st.
Psul's Episcopal church, where the
services will be conducted, and the
orders are such that no one will be ad-
mitted to the edilce in the absence OF
the proper card. A detachment Of SOL
dierS and police will be on duty to see
that this order is carried out. In the
funeral procession there will be seven
teen carriages for the exclusive use
of the relatives and intimate pri-
waite friends. These will follow
the hearse from the family residence
to the church. The procession will be
formed at the church. The remains
will reach the church promptly at IL
O'Clock. The line Of march to Crown
Hill cemetery, where the remlins are
TO be inferred, is fully five miles, and,
owing to the length Of the procession,
any delay in its movement might neces-
state the performance of the conclud-
ing rites at the grave after the shadows
of afternoon had begun to fall, and,
owing to this fact, the committees have
sought to assure promptness in all
movements.
At midnight the sky is overcast and
the probabilities Of rain tomorrow are
stronger. The hotels have received
large additions, especially from points
In Indiana and Illinois. Ex-President
Hayes has arrived. General sherman
is expected early tomorrow morning
MEETING IN CHATTANOOGA.
CHATTANOOGA. November So.--A
public meeting Of citizens tonight, pre-
sided over by the Mayor, passed resoiu-
lions of sorrow sod coincidence AZ sne
death of the late Vics-President lien,
dncks, requesting the closing Of Oh
business. houses tomorrow from 2 70
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17
French and German Vanity.
tCornhill Magazine.

Not long ago l chanced to be speak. ing to Prussian gentleman about the lil-teeling which existed at that time be- tween his country and Russia, and which seemed likely enough to culminate in an outbreak of hostilities. He assured me that the ill-feellng vas entirely on the Russian side.
 ''We have nothing against them," he declared, "and we want nothing from them but they are angry with us, and that is easily explained. They cannot get on without us; they are obliged to employ our people everywhere instead of their own, and they are furious because they have to acknowledge the superiority of he German intellect.S
 remarked that the superiority of the German intellect was manifest; where apon he shrugged his shoulders quickly. and snorted in the well.known prussian fashion, as who should say Gould any one be such fool as to doubt itr'
 went on to observe that ID philosophy, science, and music Germany ted man kind. He agreed with me, and added, :" Also in the art of war"
 "The Germans," proceeded. ara shs best educated people in the'woFld Ad he replied, No doubt" &w
 "And they ars the pleAsAntesI com pany."
 Certainly" answered he, that is SO
 And what adds SO much to the as. tractiveness of heir conversalion, con- tinued. ais their delicate wit and keen perception of irony"
 confess that after l had made this outrageous speech l shook in my shoes and looked down at my plate. ought never to have said it, and indeed would not have snd il if he had not led me on until it became irresistible. But there was no occasion for alarm. When raised my eyes to my neighbor's face. found it irradiated with smiles. He laid his hand on my arm quite afectionatcly.
 What you say is perfectly uue," he cried but do you know you aie the very first stranger have ever met who had the sense to discover itr'
 And then he explained to me tha, the Germans were absurdly considered by Frenchmen and other ssper6ciaI observ- CTS to be a rather dull -witted and heavy ra(R
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17
More abou, Read and co~les.
New York Ioaraals.,.l


 Everybody WAo has ever done any newspaper work in Ohio has heard of the lasy and very eccentric editor of the Cleveland Les&u, Mir. Edwin Cowles. Cowles ia the father of quite tsz.i.Y q boys, and several years ago, upon the graduation of Gene from Cornell, tue old man turned hum loose as managing edt. tor of the keaAsr. Gene wAs \ good enough sort ot fellow, bat his ignorance ef the ne~snaneE business vas profound and unlimited. He was given full and complete sway in the absence of the old man, and the exuberance of his ignorance %sty frequently pAFaly sad hts staa, Some ot his widest efforts were put in in writ ing display heads, and his iabors in sh;s direction were characterized by wild free dom from the trammels of rules, added to eccentric grotesqaeness. Oae ef the hrst things the young man did was 10 talk h.s father into securing the services ot professional humorise. All the great papers of the country employed their own shouldn't be bshind-hand. That settled 1t with the old man. Negotiations were entered into with Opie Read and hnaliy that hig-heasted and big bodied fun maker went on to Cleveland to assume a place on the k1sass. Old man Coslcs stipulated that all of Reads humorous sketches and paragraphs should be sub mittcd to him for inspection before they appear ed in the Leader. Frequently the sketches were 50 mangled alter leaving the old mans hands as 10 draw tears from eyes anaccustomed to weep. One day Read submitted to tho old man really beautifully written aud very humor. ous sketch. Cowles read 1t over without the fainiest relaxation oi features, and when he came to the point upon which the whole article depended. merciiessly siashed II out, and turning to Read be pretty fair thing Read took the sketch back to his desk in the telegraph room and carefully iatsi!ia;HK whs; had ssea cut out, sent the article upstairs. Cowles never read his own paper, SO he did no, notice Reads article after 1t appeared. Several days aiterward the Chicago 2sie. ESf reached the Leader office and con- tained a reprint ol Reads sketch. Talk ing the paper across the hall he said i; See here, Mir Cowles. these Chicago fellows have some appreciation of what humor really is. IT you notice, the very thing tha! you cut out they've inserted. They knew what was drivins- at. and where the poin, came in, so they fixed It up after you had mangled it." The old man was paralyEe but it IS doubtful lf he has learned the true facts oi ,he case up to the present time. Read lett the paper soon after because of the unapp'e- ciatlve management. and started fHk ARKANsAw 1RAyELER, in which he lampooned CowIca for months.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17
An Authors Good Luck.
tExchange.l

Speaking of money, if Henry Guy Carleton keeps up the quality of his lit- erary work the probabilities are that his pen will make him a rich man. His start on the road to fortune is simply phenomenal. MT. Wallack pays him Szoo a week for Victor Durandn during its run in the city, and will pay him SI5o week while it is performed elsewhere. This is brilliant financial beginning for a young playwright, but still more bril- liant-unprecedentedly so, think-is the young mans fortune in getting a SI2 900 order from MT. Irving for new play before his first production had yet seen the footlights. The contract with Irving was actually signed ten days be- fore "Victor Durand" was produced. MT. Carleton's case seems to be the most remarkable on record of great success in advance. Most writers for the stage have had to work themselves upward very slowly, while he reaches the top at a single bound. Could he fill all the orders which have poured in on him in the past two weeks, he might make Szo GOO in the coming year. Victor Durand is really a first. class play in the two essential respects it is good acting play and a good reading play. Its scenes are vigor- ously dramatic, and the text is strong, crisp and clear from the first to the last. All the chances are that its. run at Wal lacks will be long one, and it may afterwards be kept on the road couple of years. It remains to be seen, though, whether 1t will suit the country as well as the city. Sometimes New York suc- cess, especially in such house as Wal lacks, does not take with the out-of-town folks at all. But the almost boyish look ing young man who wrote "Victor Du- rand !" has undoubtedly made a strong hit and is on the way to make lot of money
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17

picket the Rio Grande from Eagle Pass to Brownsville, and kept Mexican cattle thieves from depopuIating Texas of cattle l suppose in 1885 nay regiment saved millions cf dollars worth of cattle to the Lone Star state. We had to kill few Mexicans to do it, but know your peo- pie will lot lay that up against us, at this late date After the war Texas was at the mercy of Mexican cattle thieves, and they used to steal droves of a thousand or more and start towards the R,o Grande. Occasionally they got across with small drove. but usually our Wis conSin horse marines would catch them In the act, stampede the drove and send them back toSards San An,onio, and scare the daylights out of the Gre, sers, If we couldn't kill them. That was before your Texas Rangers had got 70 going, after the war. i don't 7sk any compen- sation from you fello~s, but have often thought the state ought to give me the freedom of the bar-rooms If I should couie down there some tune. Anysay, we saved cattle enough belonging to the Brazeltons, out near the Neulsces, so they could afford to send me a nice pau of shoEns for my office, if they are on earth yet. And so you think you can tell the old man anything sbent tam ales, and tordflos, and fandangos, and peeled dogs, and jack rabbits, and Greasers, eh ! However, thanks for the tamales you sent. We had them for supper last night. couldn't get them down any body but my little seven-year old. He has great confidence in his father, and if l eat dog he would, and call it good. The tamales took me back twenty years. was about the first union soldier that entered San Antonio, after the war. Be- ing provost marshal of the brigade, l happened to be ahead of the procession when we marched into the beautiful little city that July morning, and then we went up the springs and camped. Head quarters were right beside the grave of General Worth. Do you know, since l have seen the great mo unent on Mad ison square, New York, to General Worth, II have wondered if the people who gazed upon it, knew that his remains were down there beside that beautiful springf Maybe they are not there now. Well, excuse me for so long letter. didn't know l was loaded. Give my love to all the brave men in Texas, if you meet them, and believe me, a friend of the Lone Star state, which be. ieve will, some day astonish the world in population and business. But, confound your peeled dog tamales. They are relics of an age of old back numbers. You must swear of on tamales and educate your Greasers up to pie, and all will be we'll with you. Yours truly,
 GEO. w. PECK.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17

toes in lax.seea poultices and feel ashamed of themselves Sor thirty days or during the var.
 It there Is anything that makes a fool of man woEse than all other things, H is to make an appointment for dress parade before the Almighty In scanty raiment, and then Aavc the Lord tele- graph at . critical moment that He cAn- not come, and stand around barefoot in the snow and have dirty sinners in iut caps, ear-muffs, arctics and cveES oats, lean up agains, the fence in comfort and laugh at their efforts to stand on one leG and Warm the other foot ike chilled hen. lt will burst their chulch and cool the ardor of their faith, and the next time they get ap an entertainment for the heavenly hosts, they will hx the date on a moonlight night in August The fourth day of Jauuary, when the thermometer is twenty degrees below Eero, is not the right time to talk to ihinly clad saints about heaven Under such circumstances. the abode of s,he devil hath greater charms. and gc1d many of the faithtnl are liable to back. siide. There was once very wise, hAid-headed Mormon, who tGtnaAACO kHhk AnGAG N q tune 10 Alk things,s but he was too smart to hint that when the Manitoba wave hloweth whe,e ii iistsss, ;AS people should go forth in linen duste,s and snow. shoes 10 meet the Lord.
 The Almighty knows more about His business than these long-eared enthu- siasts do, and He is not going to endangef the health of hls angels by ordering them out to hold Sunday school picnic when it is so cold their harps will stick to their tongues and their glad halleluiahs freeze up before they reach the ears of the audience. We advise these fanatics to put on flannel drawers and undershirts and stay close to their base burners on the fourth of January. They can have a good deal more fun cracking hsIel-nuts by the fire than by uufurling their ascen. sion-robes to the blisz ard on the summi, ot some high hill on that occasion, and their chance for heaven will 5s much better.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17
Caught by an Octopus.

A diver who was trying to ind pearls of the Alaska coast, found none, but found himself, all of sudden, in the grasp of an ugly octopus with arms twenty-seven feet long. Such an ex- perieuce is rare bat there are thousands Of people who are caaghs by dyspepsia, which n quite q bad An octopus hates to let go. So does dyspepsia. Browns Iron Bistsrs settles dyspepsia. and makes it loose its crnei grip. Mu. Schmidt asd her daughter, of I36 Conway street, Bal timore, were both cured of dyspepsia by the use of Browns Iron Bitters.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17
Rules for Press Writers.
IIeG. Ioslyn, in Iingo.l .

First-When you have filled both sides of the sheet, turn back and cris-cross the lines with some more chirography. This will make you favorite contributor with the powers that be-"
 Second-Always, in sending an article to the editor, accompany it with a note, saying, This is one of my best efforts" He will take your word for it, and accept your effusion for publication, without reading the same
 Third-Don't fail to enclose q good supply of postage stamps-not necessa- riiy as guaranty for the return of your rejected MS, but the office boy may need them in corresponding with his girl.
 Fourth-f your "rot is in rhyme, bring it up in person to the sanctum. The boneyard proprietor-with whom every newspaper publisher has contract says that dead poets make the best kind of soapfat!"
 . Fifth-Never dot your is, or cross your t's." In all we'll llregulated editorial rooms there is man who is paid large salary for that special duty.
 Sixth-n you desire remuneration for . forwarded contribution, you can use your own judgment as regards drawing on the editor at sight Maybe he will honor your sight draft, and maybe not; probz- bly, not by d-d sight!"
 Seventh-The last and best rule is, to muzzle your cacoethes scribendi-and write not at ail" 2
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17
The End ef The World.
Through Mail.l

The Second Day sdyentists have finally concluded that the 4.h day oi January, 1885 l. the day set apart fer the coming of Christ b earsh agafn, and they are making themselves night-govps oi white linen to wear when fbey 70 GU: dressed in lou necah and shost sleeves to meet Him. They ara bent on receiving Him as they think becomes His station in life, and are 70 sure He viii be on hand in acccEdance wish the terms of theiY invitation, that they call man liar. when he hints to them that ous L0sd and
 Master has more important engage went. All ~e can do is to lct the poor fools % if while they are young. By the tirEe they are . month older, they will have sesioas dosbts about Christ's in. vitations to come down here in mid- winter and review . torch-light proces- sion of people in their bibs and tuckeTs. They will do up their fsossn ears and
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17
From Death,n Door.

Nj. Nj. Devereaux. of Ionia, Mich, va. sight ,c behold. He says "l had no action Of the Kidneys and suffered ter. ribly. My legs were as big as my body and my body as big as a barrel The best doctou gave mo up. Finally 1 tried Kidney Wort. In four or five da,s a change came, i0 eight or ten days l was on my teet and now 1 am completely cured. l. ~as certainly a miracle.' All druggists keep Kidney-Wor which is put ap both in liquid and dry form.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17

Mir. E. C Palmer, North Monroeville, Huron county, Ohio, writes: Permit me 70 add my unsolieised testimonial to your list My little bSy, two yeass old, A large, black and blue bunch rzised and svelled rapidly. We immediahely ap- pied St Jacobs OI and the swelling and discniorstion disappeared. We would not be without it and have used if often with ike effect"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17

Now really do no. see how any one is to help liking nation so happily self. complaeeAt. The Russians are sAid to be arrogant and oyefbearing but 1 don , think they are so, unless they are rub bed the wrong way; and what pleasure is there in rubbing people the wrong way When Victor Hugo announces tha. France is supreme among nations, when he invites us to worship the light tha, emanates from the holy city of Paris, and hints that we might do well to wor. ship also the proclaimer of that light, wc are half shocked and half incseduIous. The bombast seems too exaggerated to be sincere 1t has the air of challenging < and expecting contradiction. We fad t impossible to believe that any sane man can really mean much of what this great poet tells us that he means. French vanity-and Victor Hugo, whe her ai his highest or al his lowcst, is always ea- sentially FTench-is not amusing. 1t is the kind of vanity which is painful to witness, and which eaano. but be de. grading to those who allow themselves to give way to it. But in the placid nonh German self-approyal there Is child. like element which is not uppleasipg nor even wholly undigni6ed. It may pro- yoke smile 1; but the smile Is friendly one. These excellent stout professori and bearded warrioTy who are 70 thor. oughly pleased with themselves, and who never suspect that anybody can be laughing at them, command our sym. pathies--perhaps because John Bun him. self is not quite stranger to the sensa. tons that they experience.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-17
MILWAUKEE, Dec. z7, 1884.


 Deay Jfr. PAskkiss- Boz0en :-Yours reed, enclosing tamaies. need not say to you that the tamale editor of the SHa was out when the article you allude to appeared. am the tzmale editor, and suppose when you wrote the letter you did not know that had lived in Texas, and eat tamales until was loaded to the muzzle. If l had as many dollars as have fired Texas and Mexican pelon dog tamales dswn my neck, could buy a brewery, glass fl beer at a time, on in- stallments. s;a '6s and '66, my regiment, tbe 4th Wisconsin cavalry, vas stationed in Texas. For two months l wrestied win San Antonio tamales and Hezs, and the balance of the time 1 vas on the Rio Crande. When Major Darling and five other men were kiIled by Indians af his Souse ranch-I doa't know as fhat rzeth is spelled xishk-I took a squad8 8fcav- airy from Ls1edn. and weut {oa niles in about three hour, took sAe N6men hom the house where they ver4 bazricaded and barieA the dsad- Asve helped
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-02-21
Ohills and Fevers.

The operation of cold aud It'll avia.
poisons rec. ived through aud tut
The lungs often gives rIse Z" aches.
chilly seCsa,ions aud chills and severs
Take time by the forelork aud che. /
4 nj once. Mans6eid's Chill aud
Fever Tonic ia natures true rein-d,
TOR this disease, which, # neglected
eud in dropsy, rendering the poo'
sufferer unit for the duties at l'tt
,nd end in death. It will positively
cure, and one dose taken each morn
ing before meals for ten days. Is the
"st alternative and antlprri"''
known to the world Fer sale l.,
lrnggists, Prepared hv the Ma"s'
field Medicine Go, Memphis. Tenn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-02-21

That pahic-spir.ted gentleman.
G ut Sam n Houston, bas presented
tus parish with y handsome corner
stone FL the new court house. The
stone hears tie inscription, Louis
,asa Mardie. 1884, aud is from Cap'.
II ,astou's marble quarry, ia VIM
puri,h. 1t 10 very fine specimen,
aud is said H. be superior 10 the bes'
Italian marble. Through tue genet
osity VI Capt. Houston. 1t. Tammans
euloys the proud distinction Of being
the irst p srisL in tue Safe whoss
court house curtains corner ston.
Of Louisiana marble, aud this honor
IL highly appreciated BY orr citizens
Tue stous will be placed in position
next M"nd.y. with appropriate csrs
monies. ST. lsmmsuy Farmer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1885-02-21
Tempt Me Not.

The following soul-burning and earn
eat expressions, in easy flowing and ryth-
mic lines, we're written by D.. Charles d.
Eggleson, noted physician who diel
With yellow fever at Natchitoches some
years ago. They were written some time
about l849, (may be 1889. DR.. Milton A.
Dunn, who furnishes them to the CHaoN-
lcLE not benz able to say. For num-
Der Of years they have been in the pos
session of the late Mr.. Alfred Waddell
and have never been published before:
Tempt me not with the bowl-'tis Ariel
/ find,
syrt to the high-soaring hopes Of the
mind,
A vllture that gnaws Us, a plague-spot
that ciings,
A fever that scorches, an adder that stings.
Tempt me not with the bowl-on its sur
face see,
Like bright writhing serpents. all pas
sions that be;
Fell Hatred that blanchea, fierce Rage that
inspires. :,
Remorse that carodes Us, and Envy that
tires.
Tempt me not with the bowl-of life tits
the bane
Which poisons the future. the past will
its stain;
Dark visions OF horror arise to the view
And Hope. lingering long, at last bid
adieu.
Tempt me not with the bowl-in its sac
moving train
Rush onward all ills that infest as amain
Squalid Want, secret Shame, red Reum "
the rear,
In the van IDIOT Laughter and Madness
appear.
TEMPT me not with the bowl - in th,
draught there is hell,
A witchery, a sorcery, soul-oind'n;
spell,
Where Virtue and Honor, the charms o
the Mind,
And Heaven-kindled Genius sepulchur
find.
Tempt me not with the bowl-rve alread
my fill
OF the fountain of Bacchus-the Phiege
I'll touch not, I'll taste not III handl
| no more,
Though Ganymede carried the cup Is
yore.