The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-31

That they are Holstein cattle Is pruhaA.e, as they are covered with large black spots oa which are hsaH6ed various words like check baby act,s etc. They seem to stand on posss set into a fcunda- ton of fine scroll saws, edge upwards. OnS animal is stepping SquaFely on the word "Lucky," which means peoAahly that 1t vas lucky that it vas not resting on the saws.
 Next are three specimens of civa en- gineering relating to a certain bridge across certain river. The most prcmi. nent features about these are the fhree little islands built up in the raging ssream to accommodate the name of the artist " Hawkeye, sc" The river in each one seems to be running down hill at an angle ot about 45 degrees. and a man and horse are represented as fording the dangerous stream, tas alleged alleged water only reaching to the supposed horses knees.
 Then we have . realistic picture enti- tied Duck Hunting" The same river, made by sousiDg straight lines across the wood from right to Jeff, the banks made by gouging lines at an angie, . something intended to represent log, another something purporting 10 be . man, half submerged in the rush. ing foed, and grasping the log and his gun, and black spot supposed to be duck close by.
 These are the leading features. The artist, for some reason, omitted the island with his name on, and simply put his initial in circle floating away down stream.
 But it is in portraits our Iowa artist ex- cels. He has one entitled " The Dude and What He Nose" The dude is smoking cigar which looks like rail- road spike driven into his face. Little pigs tails, or maybe they are pretzsls, are suspended above the end of the cigar, to represent smoke, probably. The eye Git is side or pro6le view) is set back mid way between the top of the nose and the ear, and looks like an italic burnt hole in a blanket. The hair stands seven ways for Sunday, instead of being sleek" as the hair of dude should be represented, and the shading is put on the face hit and-miss, being mainly on the nose and cheek, and resembling pieces of mos quito-bar stuck on. It is too utterly utter"
 There are other sketches, but we for bear. Each one is worse than the rest. And yet the paper in which they ap- peared says: By combined efforts of the pen and the artists skill, the - will flourish, and don't you forget it.n In various other places tour artists !" Is re- ferred to with pride, and now he is un- happy because he cannot get a position as engraver on Har6e,'s Wfekly, or some other illustrated paper.
 This is an extreme case, of course. He had the disease bad, and was totally un- fitted for an engraver, while, very likely, he could have done well carving bric.a- brac and tobacco signs--sonething that does not require fine lines and is not printed rem.
 There are plenty of printers who can do little coarse-hand engraving oeca- sionally, to buriesque . subject, and do 1t well; but they do not overdo the thing by building little islands to carve their imprint on, and never fatter themselves that they are engravers. There Is vast difference between putting an outlandish engraving in a paper occasionally, As . burlesque to illustrate funny occurrence, and publishing them in every issue, be- lieving them to be genuine and valuable for their artistic merit Therefore, young fellow, don't fool in an amateur way with jack-knives and maple but if you really desire to be an engraver, go to some city and learn the art in the regular way.