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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01
FINALLY WON HIM.

Several days ago party of exoursion- ists went from Little Rock to visit a mountain situated in a rather thinly pop ulated part of the country. It was only after much diff iou ul,y that the parry reached the top of the m mountain, as the path was very steep and rugged, and they were much surprised upon gaining the summit to ind small house. Coioaei Bill Bodkins, a well-known gentleman who once came within a few votes of be- ing elected governor of the state. re- marked that he would go over, speak to the owner cf the house and gain from him what inform ation he could with re- gard 10 the place. The parry went on and the colonel vent to the house h front of the door he found large, angu- lar, lazy-lookiDg man sitting on stump
 "Halloa, my good man l"
 "That's me-" he replied, throwing one leg over the other and shaking his foot,
 "Can you give me any information concerning this place2"
 "K.int give you nu,hin'. Times air too hard"
 The colonel was amused. He well un. derstood the character of the man with whom he had to deal, having met many squ1tters while he was stumpipg" the state.
 @How long have you lived here?'
 "I come here before the COWS went dry"
 "Yes, suppose so. My friend, a party of gentlemen have come here from Little Rock to take a look at this place and to determine whether or not it can be made a good summer resort. sup. pose there's a good spring near here"
 "Yes, fine spring."
 "I am glad to helr ii. How's the wa ter?"
 :" It's about as damp as any water as long as there's any of il left, but there ain't none now"
 You don't tell me SO ?"
 "Yes, do. If l didn't you wouldn't knew nothin' about it."
 The spring is dry then
 No, it want dry then but ii is now"
 Are there any other springs?"
 "Yes, plenty of 'em."
 How are they7"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01
VOL. '. NO. 10.
HIS LAME ENT.

De man whut it dis country fur ter sabe At las' hab laid down in CT glo'yus grabe. De blow ham, is CT so:ro'in' CT he turns de sandy clod, Fur de man whut freed de nigger am un'er- neef de sod. He wan't afeerd O nothin' on lam UT in de Fur his natur' wuz CT strong CT de storm-de- fyin' tree.
 Oh take, Mars Jesus, our Genn
 Grant home
 An let him rest erbove;
 He's weary an wore out wid his
 long roam
 Now take him ter yer perfeck
 love. De worl's great men will sing CT lament, Fine writ letters 'cross de searl be sent, But dar ain't no man whut feels a deeper sorrer Den de man dat walks berhine de shubel blow an horrer. Oh, yas, my frien's, de deeply griebiu' fgger Is de man whut stirs de dirt-de con iel nigger.
 Oh take, Mars Jesus, our Gen.
 Grant home
 An let him rest erbove;
 He's weary an' wore out wid his
 long roam
 Now take him ter yer perfeck
 love.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01
WOULD RATHER DIE.

Two acquaintaDces met each other ia the street. One of them asked:
 Hear about Saxton 1"
 "No. What's the matter with him P
 "Dead."
 What?"
 "Yes, he died just now of apoplexy. l was talking to him when he fell. He had been owing me for some time, but had repeatedly refused to pay me. became angry. and when I met him just now told him that if he didn't pay me would maui him. Just as he put his hand in his pocket he fell.
 Poor old fellow, but ! always did know that he would rather die than to pay . bill"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01
WHAT SHE HOPED

old Aun, Ciarisy, In deep distress, called on a lady, and, alter paroxysm ot grief said:
 Mir Smif, my daughters chile ia dun dead. an we'se gwine roun' 'mong de white folks .es gi, up CT nuf monsy ter bury dc iniun'. kain bar ter sec none O my aesh an blood 6li CT pauper's grabc."
 Mrs. Smith gave two dollars to the old negress. That afternoon a gFAni funeral procession passed the house. The mos, expensive hearse h town had been em- pioysd. and, through the glass. Ms:. Smith caught a glimpse of a magnificent me,alic case. A long line of hacks iol- loved the hearys, and in one of the ve- hieles Aun. Clarisy vas seated. The mex, day the old negroes again called on Mrs. Smith:
 "Lady." she said, Eve didnt quite hab CT nuf mouey yistidy ter finish payin' fur de 'spences, SO 1 thought da, would come back an strike yer ag'in."
 Mrs. Smith was indignant, but con- ceaiing her feelings she asked;
 "How old was the chiid1"
 "'Bou. CT week old. lady"
 Way did you wan. such an expsn- sive funeral
 "W'y ter show 'spees, . eo'se. Did yer reckon we wanted ter poke dat infun' in de groun' ike CT po' whits chile z"
 You foolish old thing, l wouldn't give you another cent to saye you"
 Now yer's ,Aikin' like yer's outsn ger head. spikes ter see a psssoa gid 90 much put on"
 Go on, won't give you another cent. You oagh. to have had more senss than to have spent 90 mach mossy ea . fupesaL"
 "Waii, ef yer doan' was,sr gin me dc money. gin me CT little plecs O meat far we aint got aushin' ter cat down ter my house"
 won't do M"
 Den l hopes dat some day yer own chiliun will be hoagry. You white folks wants 'ss 'pribs de poo nigger O ali dc Joyment Q dis worr. Ain't rid in CT eas- risge a5ore sense my fourth husband died, an now ger wanss ter shss me ost O dat little pleasure. Cin me CT haa1ai sr % c rsseAe6 coHee, woat yesT
 :. will give you nothing. Go on away from here"
 "oh, ken do das, sho's ysr bornd, ken. Oar ain't none Q de white folks ittIeness erbout me. kpowd dat jes' e 'oon'ez de dimmescrats got istes power far ~us gvips ter be hard times tar de digger. 'ss CT great mine ter say dss sebes viii wuck fur anudex white pussoa 'rgfn ez long ez de good Lavd Lets nc ib. Good bye, lady. ! hopes dat ds lay ain't fur when ysssef1i bs hengry, n when yer dies ! hopes dat ysr won't lab mach Q er funeral sohow.1
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01
NO JOKE.

A woman in Scott county, Arkansaw when told that her husband had hanged himself, said:
 Look here, man, don't come tryin' to play none O your jokes on me-"
 It is fact," her informer solemnly declared.
 " Not tryin' to play prank7"
 "Non
 Well, that's all right, then. do hate for a person to skylark with me when Pm busy. 1 wonder vhar Abe got the rope"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01
A GOOD ADMINISTRATION.

If there is anything despise," said Colonel Ipmuck, it is to see . wishy. washy presidential administration. In my opinion Cleveland is-"
 Here boy handed the colonel .ele- gram, infosaaing him that he had been given an office.
 "Yes, in my opinion Cleveland is q man of affairs, and believe that he'll make the best president we've ever had Nothing wishy-washy about his adminis- tYation.n
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01

Here is an excellent expression from the Sas FIaaciseas: "It is so much easier to justify doubt than to substantiate a cieed." The substantiation of creeds has required the argument of ages. A shake of the head and the honest declaration, "l don't know," justi6es a doubt. All creeds may be right, but to establish one above another is task difficult of accom- phshment.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01
HARD AND EASY.

A grati6ed author, showing his recent book to dyspeptic friend, said: C There's lcs of work on that description. It reads wen but it vas hard to write."
 "Yes," the friend rejoined, and it is e easy to skip."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01
4 LONG TIME.

hear that Patterson has stopped drinking"
 "Yes, for time he did"
 @How long did he abstain ?"
 ~Weli, he stopped the last of June and and didn't drink any more until the frss of July"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01
WHY HE WAS BLACK.

-Creat Cesar [" said man, looking at an old negro, "what makes you % black7"
 "'Case pse in mournin' fur Gen1 Grant," the negro replied.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01

The Cleveland Hoice, at the head of its society column, has a picture of the ace of hearts. It well represents the larger part of Cleveland's society.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-08-01
LIM

The prohibitionists can claim General Grant as disciple of temperance. The last word the great man said was water"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10
The Bows Tolerance.

Sometimes slight blow on the head
has resulted in death, CT, what is
worse, in the permanent loss of reason.
i mere scratch on the hand,or silver
in the foot, or a grain of dust lodging
in the eve, or the tiniest fish-bone en-
ter the wind. pipe, has proved fatal
Such facts may lead US to accept the
poets statement: "The spiders most
attenuated thread is cord, Is cable, to
mans hold Oh life" But there Is an
other class of facts quite as surprising
that are different from these,
An iron bar has been driven through
the brain, with considerable loss o.
brain substance, and yet no pelma-
nent harm has come to body or to
mind. The fact Is, while mere prick
in a part of the brain (the medulla
oblongata) may cause death, the great
bulk of the brain Is exceedingly toler-
ant of many forms of injury.
Even the heart is much more toler-
ant than is generally thought. The
physician may thrust his fine inStru
ment through it with safety. An in
sane woman sought to kill herself by
piercing it with hairpin, but wholly
failed of her purpose. although the
pin interfered with the natural move
ments of the heart.
A woman swallowed paper of
pins. The pins traversed various or
gans and tissues of the body, and yet
She recovered from local intlamma-
tion.
A boy was brought to the hospital
insensible and nearly dead from as
phyxia (want of breath). The doctor,
having rIn catheter down the wind
pipe, piece of chestnut was coughed
up. The next day there was evidence
that another piece was lodged in an
other of the bronchial tubes. 1t was
to dislodge it. There foil
lowed all the symptoms Of acute con-
(pthisis); high temperature,
se eating, emaciation, copious expec-
toration of offensive matter and
large cavity. Yet the boy in three
months returned home convalescent,
and six months later the cavity dis
appeared Companion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10
THE DICK ENAMINATION

The Witnesses f anime d by the State.
Yesterday Justice Purnell was oc-
cupied in examining three witnesses
for the state in the above-Damed case.
AS this paper has before published
the testimony of these witnesses, we
produce this morning only the main
points IN the testimony so far ad-
dressed
Mrs. Rebecca Christmas was sworn,
and said: Il was at my house on North
avenue, my daughter screamed to me
and ran to her, and just as l reached
the window l saw Charley Dick strike
her. When L reached there l grabbed
my daughter in my arms. He struck
me first and continued to strike me.
He first struck me on the arm, then he
struck me on the breast. He then
grabbed me and tried to pull me to the
window. l could not tell what l was
struck with. My daughter was struck
over the left eye; a hole was made in
the skull; it was broken to the temple
bone. The blow was three
cornered; you could see the
brain. My daughter is very low. She
was taken worse last night. She has
been confined to her bed ever since. l
have known the defendant for three
years. He has been married to my
daughter two years last May. They
were not living together the time he
struck my daughter. They have been
separated about eight months. They
have a child eleven IL onthS old. l
heard him say that he intended to
have the child; he said he would kill
both child and mother. He tried
once before to take the child. He did
not come into the window of her
room. 1t is not possible that l could
be mistaken about the identity of the
defendant. l was right at him. He
was touching me The night was a
moonlight one, nearly as bright as day.
\ lamp was in the room on the man
tel piece. The lamp was shining in
his face. None of the family, except
myself, reached the room before Dick
ran off"
Miss Emmie Christmas said that
she "was awakened by her mothers
screams. l ran into the room occupied
by my sister, and asked what was the
matter. 1 found my sister knocked in
the head. My sister seemed to be
sensible, but did not speak to her.
l heard Mr.. Dick make threats when
he tried to take the baby, some time
ago; said he would kill my sister. You
enter Mrs. Dicks room by a door eli
tering from my mothers room.
E. J. Christmas being sworn, said:
81 was at home on the night of the u St
day of August. | was sleeping in the
back part of the house, and heard d
scream, and ran to see what was the
matter. When l got there | found
my daughter lying on the bed with
her skull broken in. | went into the
y lrd, but saw no one"
The case will be resumed this nom
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10
FASHIONS FANCIES .

The prettiest sunshades this summer,
are made of canvas over colored silk
or satin.
The fashion of round waists and
sashes is coming more and more in
favor day by day.
For inexpensive shawls, a square OF
fine French cashmere IS used, with
two ends raveled for fringe.
Dressing saclues are made of the
muslins that are embroidered all over
in patterns of sprigs, leaves, and dots
of stars.
Buff lawns have been revived this
season, trimmed with white, and white
embroidery, and are very clean and
neat looking.
Attorney cream is The latest name
for the shade Of white with a tint OF
pale yellow in it, so popular in sum-
| mer Woolen fabrics, this season.
Low shoes are worn more out-of-
doors than they have been in any pre-
| yious summer. Patent leather is
much used for these low walking
shoes.
Twilled Gannels Of light quality,
with stripes of china blue or white,
or paler blue with pink, make pretty
wrappers, that nay be worn ali the
year round.
Buttoned boots for walking shoes
still remain in favor, made entirely OF
French kid with cloth tops and kid
foXing; still others have patent leather
tips.
A novelty Of the season is the pretty
| Jacket bodice CT white of buff eta
mine, trimmed with insertion and
lace to match, and very pretty to wear
with any colored skirt.
Slippers Of bronze kid are in great
favor for dress, and have gilt beading
on the toes, with sometimes ribbon
tied over the iDStep, or else attached
to the back and coming forward.
Gauze fans decorated with painted
landscapes ard mounted on pearl or
ebony sticks are the dress fans for the
day and general use, lace fans being
reserved for evening and full dress
toilets.
For everyday use the grenAdint
fans that initiate those of finer gauz >
while for church and for travelling
are pocket fans made with sticks thai
double. and are thus shortened fol-
carrying in the pocket.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10

London Land Agents Record.
An American visitor to one of our
stately homes cannot but be charmed
with what greetS his eyes-the spa
cious mansion, the ample park, the
strawberries and gardens, all in eX.
quisite array. "We have nothing TO
compare with this" says he with d
sigh. Very true, but there is another
side, and serious one, to this charm
ing picture. All these glories, together
with the inevitable establishment
which goes with them, are constantly
telling most OF their owners: You
have all this, you cannot have that
The well-to do American has no
parks and pleasure grounds costing
thousands year to keep up, but then
he is apt to have ready money galore.
He goes to Fenton'S in London, or the
Bristol in Paris, has just what he
feels inclined to have, does rot stint
his wife and daughters, and in fact,
experiences perfect ease in regard to
Xpenditure-such as, l fear three
parts in four of those who have ten
men in the garden and five in the sta
BILE rarely experience with US.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10
Spice.
Spice.
A blunderbusS- the WroD

A Misunderstanding the wrong
girl.
"She was finished cook?" "Yes,
she was finished at nine o'clock last
night" "How SOP" "rhat Is the
time we discharged her"
pa" said little boy, what is an
absolute monarchy ?" 81 can't ex-
plain it, my son, so that you can COM
prehend it. Wait until you get mar
ried, my son, and then you'll know"
A Pittsburg woman who watched
tTe th,SIlists, who were suitors- fight
sly - = rounds tor her hand, Wisely
cuncFdded to take the fellow who got
whipped. He was easier to handle.
The craze for lady BARRIERS is dying
out. After man has had his face
cut bias, his throat shirred and his hair
pompadoured, and been talked to
death, he naturally returns to the
male bal ber and takes chloroform or
laughing-gas.
"Oh, hubby. this paper tells of a
place up in British America where
sealskins are worth only 81 apiece"
"Yes, my dear, that's up North where
it's cold and the people really have to
hav, sealskin cloaks to keep them
warm"
a. shark follc wed an ocean steamer
several days a short time ago, and
nothing would induce him to leave
until some one happily conceived the
brilliant idea of dropping note over
board informing him that there was a
Law ger already on board the ship.
"Does your husband go to The lodge,
Mrs. Gibberlck?" well, he just
ioa't. l broke up that little game
quite while ago." "Why, how in the
World did you do it =" whenever he
started for TIE lodge went with him
as far rs the skating rink, and told
him to call for me on his way home.
1t only took few doses to cure him" :"
An accomplished Bridgeport lady,
who recently made some extra-nice
Charlotte-Russe, did not discover un-
til it had been eaten with great appro-
val byher discriminating friends. that
instead of sherry wine she had used a
bottle Of cough mixture" in COM
pounding the confection. There has
not been a cough or sore throat in that
vicinity since.
The venerable wife of celebrated
physician one day casting her eyes
OF hthe window observed her hus-
band in the funeral procession of one
OF his patients, at which she eXclaim-
Ell: Il do wish my husband would
keep away from such professions. 1t
appears so much like tailC- carry
ing home his own work"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10

Christian Union.
Mr.. InRerSoll at his summer resort
has made friends with a manly little
boy Just entering his teens, and the
two had become summer companions.
The boy was quite ignorant of Mr.
IngersolIs religious, or irreligious,
views. and when some one told him
that the friend whom he so greatly
admired did not believe in the Bible,
nor in Christ, nor in God, nor in a
future life, he at first resented the
accusation with Indignation, and then,
when it was confirmed, had good
cry over it. The summer coming to
its end. Mr.. Ingersoll was asked to
write something in his young friends
album, and what he wrote read some
thing like this: 1T has been said that
the best man is he who has the most
boy IN him. Judged by this standard,
| think my friend - ls the best boy
l ever knew"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10
the Sun Il ueY

1t may be asked: What suggested
the idea that the sun may be blue,
rather than any other color? My own
attention was first directed this way
many years ago when measuring the
beat and light from different parts of
the suns disc. 1t is known that the
sun has an atmosphere of its own,
which tempers heat, and by cutting
off certain radiations and not others
produces the spectral lines we are all
familiar with. These lines we Gus
tolnarily study in connection with the
alb ,orbing vapors of sodium, iron, NC,
which produces them; but my own at
tention was particularly given to the
region of ABSORPTION, or to the color
causer: and l found that the suns
body must be deeply blush, and that
it would shed blue light, except for its
apparently colorless solar atmosphere,
which really plays the part of red
ish veil, letting little of the blue ap-
pear Un the centre of the suns disc
v here it is thinnest, and staining the
edges red, so that two delicate tests of
the centre of the sun is pale aqua =
rire, and its edge is garnet. The ef-
feet [ found to be so important that,
if this all but invisible solar atmos-
phere were diminished by but a third
part, the temperature of the british
islands would rise above that of the
torrid zone; and this directed my at,
tention to the great practical impor-
tance of studying the action of our
own terrestrial atmosphere on the sun,
and the antecedent probability that
| our own air was also and independent.
kly making the really blue sun into an
apparently white one.-ProfeSsor
/ Lngley, in Science.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10
The Grent aiIacier of AIasI,n.

According to the San Francisco
Courier, the great Glacier of Alaska is
moving at the rate of a quarter of
mile per annum. The front presents
a wall of ice 800 feet in thickness; its
breadth varies from three to ten miles,
ani its length is about 15O miles.
Almost every quarter of an hour hun
dreds of tons of ice in large blocks
fail into the sea, which they agitate in
the most violent manner. The waves
are said to be such that toss about the
largest vessels which approach the
glacier as if they were small boats
The ice is extremely pure and daz-
ZHng to the eye; it has tints of the
Highest blue rs well as of the deepest
indigo. The top!s very rough and
broken, forming small hills and even
chains of mountains in miniature
This immense mass of ice, said to be
more than an average of a thousand
feet thick, advances daily toward the
sea
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10
Tariff Reform a Necessity.

1t is very much to be desired that
the manufacturers in every branch
should understand that the old policy
of chronic obstruction IN the matter
of tariff reform is directly opposed to
their interests. From any point of
view that they may take this is true
Ii they think that they have profited
j ne past and can profit in in the
. re by protection, they ought to
Gnat they cannot maintain as high
protection as they have heretofore
had, and must make substantial con-
cessions to save what they may think
they really need. If they take a
higher and more correct view they
will see that the have practically not
only secured the home market, but
have outgrown 1t, and will seek an
outlet for their products through
foreign commerce that can only be had
by reducing the barriers erected by the
tariff In the present state of things,
with production actually exceeding
and capacity for production far out
stripping the requirements of the
home demand, their opposition to all
change in the tariff is the foolish poll
icy of the dog in the manger. They
cannot themselves profit by it, and
they prevent every one else from secur-
ing any profit.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10

the shorts of which German export
houses have not, they think, sufficient
ly close relations. The vessel will first
visit the ports of North Africa, and
then the Levant, coming back by way
of Salonica, the Pir1us, Naples and
Barcelona. "The enterprise will not, ="
says the Export. "be confined to ascer-
tainIng in each port the special class of
goods for which there is likely to be a
good demand, but friendly relations
will be formed with German houses
already established there, so as to ex,
ercise constant influence upon the
market, while in each of the ports
where there is no German firm, a rep
resentatiYe will be selected from
among the clerks of the expedition,
and left there"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-09-10
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute.

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