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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28
A New Way to Save Life.
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About thirty five years ago, when the German chancellor was only plain Otto von Bismarck, Pomeranian squire and inspector of dikes, he went out one day snipe-shooting with a friend on some marshy land, into which his companion, stout, heavy man, suddenly sank up to his arm-pits. Vainly struggling to extri- cate himself, the gentleman shouted for help, and, seeing Herr Bismarck ap- preaching hin very slowly and cautious ly, apparently looking out for the rising of some stray sniPe, piteously appealed to hiui to leave the confounded snipe alone and pull him out of the abomina- ole swamp. My dear friend," replied Bismarck, with the utmost calmness, you will certainly never get out of that hole; nobody can possibly save you. It would, however, pain me very much that that you should suffer unnecessarily by slowly stifing in this vile swamp. I'll tell you what, my dear fellow, I'll save you the agony of suffocation by putting charge of shot into your head. Thus you will die at once more swiftly and more respectfully" Are you mad ?" shrieked the other, struggling desperately to free himself. don't want to be either drowned or shot; so help me out. in the name of the fiendP Deliberately dwelling his fowling piece at his friends head, Herr Bismarck rejoined, in a sor- rowful tone, Keep steady for moment; it will soon be over Farewell, dear friendl I will faithfully tell your wife all about it." Stimulated to superhuman effort by the imminent peril menacing him, the unlucky sportsman contrived to wriggle out of the mud on all-fours, and, when he had recovered his feet, he broke out into storm of vehement reproach. Herr Bismarck listened to him with sardonic smile, merely observing, Can't you see how nght was, after all? Every man for himself!" while he coolly walked away in search of more game.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28
: My mother was an incurable.D .

My mother was an incurahle.D So this was what came of esrnestness Poor Fiswer Missionaries Deserted by Professor Nahs, they sat alone. covered with sh anne and c0niumely the h.stfs of the whimsical, the observed of all ob- servers, from the rector down to the in curables themselves.
 Yes but the next morning
 The next morning Professor Nabs paid a visit to the stuffy little incurable hos pitaL Half an hour afterward it was known all through Chumhleson that he had delivered over his big, old-iashioned house, and big, sweet-smelling garden, and comfortable furniture and piano, all | -for henceforfh and forevermore-to the incurables. In the morning he took small lodging for himself in St. Pesers Square and, to the immense disconoert- mcnt of the organist of S Peters, a big back pew in the organ gallery. The Flower Missionaries felt just . little bet ter when these things happened in the i morning.
 Day after day the incurables sat about the sweet lawns, and under the shady trees, breathing forth one long chorus of blessings to Professor Nabs. Sunday after Sunday Professor Nabs roared ts his hearts Csnient, under the very shadow ofthe organ, and then watched the incur ables from afar with twinkling eyes while the people in the pews below whis- pered to any strangers who might hap pen to be with them: "That's Professor Nabs I'll tell you afterward about-the conversion of Professor Nabs."
 l Whah tf l- hearted enough to say that they did net believe in his conversion at all? And what ii there were others strange enough to think he had been converted all along? The most and the wisest held up their hands in amazenent, that 8 great and wicked man, like Professor Nabs, could have been converted by the like of Flower Mission, and little Miss Isabella Lima poor creature.
 A poor creaturel Everybody won- deTed, after a little, how they could have made such mistake. Early one sultry autumn morning, Professor Nabs re- moved again this time to a larger house with larger and even s~eeter garden | than his own had been. Professor Nabs was married to Miss Linn, and went to live in Miss Linns house. And after a time the house became not bi, too large for its inmates, and there was not hap- pier household in all the country round. Well the Chumbleton people were getting used to surprises A poor creature in- deedI Everybody bowed low to the grea: Mrs. Nabs occasionally even add ing with sigh, which might mean many things: "Ah used to know her as little Miss Isabella Linr."-Aygosy.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28
Happy Though. in the Night.

For years MT. Jas. R. Ackley, of I63 West Fayette street, Baltimore, had suf- fered with neuralgia so that he could hardly sleep. But he writes. "One night was suffering very much, and the thought struck me that Bro~n's Iron Bit ters would do me some good, and per- haps cure me. It was happy thought, and to my grestj oy it has entirely cured me after using two bottles. Alter three mouths have had no return of the symp- toms. ! cheerfully recommend it as the best tonic have ever used." Neuralgia sufferers, take the hinti
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28

~Papa, didn't you say if was . good boy you would give me a cent3" queried a 7-year old.
 "Yes. my son." blandly replied pater- familias.
 ~Weil, then" said the young hopeful, "couldnt you make it payable in ad- vancep He got his cenf.-Nsw Ksvk Mail and E.xfvsss.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28

wro Match that Bonnetl Feathers. ribbons. velvet can all be colored to match that new hat by using the D;a- mond Dyes- roc. for any color at the druggists- Wells, Richardson & Co.,, BuriinSton, Vt
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28

zee Organic weakness or loss of power in either sex, however induced, speedily and permanently cured En- close three letter stamps for bosk of par ticulars. Worid's Dispensary Medical
 Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28

In Ceyion, the promise held out to women to be good and act pretty, is that in the happy hereafter they will become men. No wonder the Ceyloa wemea are not remarkable for sweetness of tempes. -7zSosgk Mail
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28


 shadows of darkness gathered about his white brow, and pain quivered around the eyes, until by-and-by he began to clasp and unclasp his hands, and to nut ter and shake his head to himself, until the surrounding pews were divided in feeling as to whether they should break out into tears or into laughter.
 There was one old woman who partic- ularly seemed to fascinate him. He turned his eyes upon her, then shut them spasmodically; only to open them and fasten them upon her again, a whole world of concentrated pain in their elo- quent black depths. And as time and the sermon went on he grew only the mere violently agitated, waving himself about, and leaning his head down. until at last the whole church was trembling with excitement to know what would hap- pen next.
 They knew before very long. All of . sudden he raised himself, and stammer- ing something to Miss Linn, crushed his way past her, and the other missionaries, ard the poor incurabies, and lied down the middle aisle out of the church, bang in6 the big oak door behind him.
 It vas all 90 sudden that for fully three minutes after he was gone neither rector, nor missionaries, nor congregation had been able to recover themselves. Besides which, even if they had been stones of the ground instead of stolid Eneiishmen, that poignant half whisper stammered to Miss Linn, must surely, surely have been pathetic enough t0 move them:
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28

gan to creep in, she came to such a tragical resolve, that the very horror of it made her bury her fair little head under both pillows, and soon she was fast asleep. When she got up in the morning. her feelings were, doubtless. much the same as those experienced by Jerome of Prague and John Huss few minutes before their execution; only that theirs, of course could not have been half so fearful, be- cause they were Jerome of Prague and John Huss, whereas this was only little Miss Isabella Linn, poor creature.
 At half-past ten o'clock she put on hel new lavender print and her white muslin hat, with the buttercups in the front oi 1t; and having filled large basket with the choicest hlies of the valley and whit. lilac in her garden, sallied out by the back way to Professor Nabs'.
 Nov it 60 happened that Professor Nabs had received by that mornings post . letter, signed by four bishops, earnestly entreating him to suppress a certain number of . certain pamphlet is- sued by him to the students of Chumble- ton university 1; and as he had not the faintest intention cf doing such thing, he was necessarily in high good humor and thought he felt very much like hav- ing tune upon the piano. Therefore, when the message came up stairs that there wasa lady waiting to sec him upon important business, he was a little rufilsd. Still he said he would sec her. Ae happened to drop his music just a the door opened aud had said q very repsehensible expression three times over before he dropped it again visA . deiib-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28


 about the incurables."
 He raised himself with a brisk move ment, and thundered the scale of ( from end to end oi his piano. "My dear," said he, little indistinctly on account of the noise, my mother was an incurable. !" "I am exceedingly interested about the barrel-organ man" he resumed, after minute. "Why in the world didn't they provide him with a barrel organ Why in the world don't they provide them all with piano 2"
 "l have told you that, even if they had one," replied Miss Linn, ~I don't think there is anybody who would be able to play it to them. suppose" added she, quite unexpectedly to herself, as if illu- minated by . sudden flash of inspiration, "yos wouldn't play for them sometimess" As soon as she had spoken, she al- most tainted at her own audacity. It did not, however, appear to have any psrtic- ularly alarming effect upon Professor Nabs. He sighed deeply, and ran his fingers ffuliy up chord or two.
 all am not accustomed to playing in public" he said at length.
 Would-would 1t make you ner- vous? asked she timidly.
 T dcnt know "replied Professor Nabs, getting rather rcd, and taking up the ques- ton with great seriousness. si have played occasionally 10 friend of mine, Mir. Spence. and l offered to play to MT. Kingston the other day, but he refused, not beng mnsical My window is also very oifen open when | play, but don't suppose any one remarks me. ! also played to you. But what is all this going to lead tors added he abruptly, and .ratAer 3oudiy.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28


 cursory glance at this meeting was the extreme earnestness of its members. A, the present moment great hush of more than usually intense seriousness had fallen over them. Suddenly a small wo. man at one end of the table rose and spoke.
 Ladies" she said, I've now proceed to something which is even more impor. tant to each and all of us than the be. loved work of distributing sweet-smellins blossoms to our beloved incurables. mean ~hat is commonly knoun amous us as Our Secret Mission. need net say that am sure you all know to what allude."
 A murmur ran swiftly round among the other hve. " The conversion of Pro lessor Nabs."
 "Just so," said the little Lady, shaking her head and sighing. Miss Smith would you be 60 kind as to read the re. ports ot the society upon this subject ?
 A tall, pale young person, with ele vated eyebrowa and pince-nez settled . httle awry upon an aquiline nose, opened notebook slc~iy- The little iaay sa, down. and Miss Smith, in . quaverine vosce, began:
 TAe conversion of Professor Nabs va. frst undertaken by this society upon the so.h of March last. Upon the evening of that day m anonymous letter VI posted. addressed to the professor, and eigned : A Sincere Friend couched in the following terms: Professor Nahs you are working the ruin not only ol yoursell but of thousands of innocent
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-03-28

ing up the battered plaster saints, and gloriYing the pure indestructible marble, and giaring 6ercely at the red cloth of the clumsy organ-gallery. It was nearly eleven, and most of the high-backed pews were comfortably filled. Little old women had begun to turn over the leaves of their aged prayer-books respectable heads of families fastened their eyes dreamily on the big wooden cross over the entrance to the chancel and thought of to-morrow's expenses; their fippan, sons and daughters looked at each other. And two or three, dotted sparingly about, were remembering that they hal come to pray; but even they had . general idea that it was oppressively hot, and that the lilacs and laburnums were smelling sweetiy outside.
 By-and-by the organ began to speak, and went laundering and singing elo- guently to itself in way so utterly be- yond and superior to everything else in the church-except perhaps the old brown battered saints lit up by the glow ing beams of the windows-that even the little old women shut their prayer books and listened with bent heads and hushed breath.
 Just as the bell stopped and eleven tolled out, the vestry door opened, and the long double row of white choristers trooped briskly in. Then the prayer books were opened again, and soon the whole congregation was declaring with one voice that it had done those things which it ought not to have done-whieh was indeed true.
 It vas just toward the middle of the sbsolution that noise in the middle aisle made every pew start round, as t
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22
Revival ofthe Hoop,kirt.

"Hcopskirts are certainly getting more
popular every year. said a manufacturer to
a reporter re Gently, land in the course of
years firmly believe that We shall have the
crinoline popular again.
what do you attribute their increased
popularity to-"
"For some time the Partisan fashion pa
pers have been speaking in high terms of
their use, and the modists have ad voc sted
their use very largely. They are much pre-
ferable 10 the hustle. Manufacturers OF the
steel hoop have now perfect that article,
and it Is now made as pliable as iibric
The new hoop is very different from the old
crinoline. Twenty years ago they used to
be made ninety to 100 inches in clrcumfer.
er &c, and We used TO laugh at any as small
rs ninety inches; now they are made fifty
four and ffty-six inches in circumference
isxpect in the course OF year so to have
them very populvr. A lady who wears q
htopskirt Of say, sixty-four inches in cir
conference, can make much better display
OF her dress than without IL. The style of
wearing these handsomely embroidered
fronts to dresses can be much improved on
by the use OF the skirts, the front being held
more in position and not hanging care
lestly.n
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22
JUST GUZZLE AND PAY.

The Unattractiyesess but Great Popu-
larity OF English Drinking Places.
Robert Laird Collier in Minneapolis Tribune
Drink is the curse CT England. England
drinks coarsely and 10 excess England is
just about one.third drunk most of the time,
and about one.third of England Is drunk all
the time. i write thus in exaggeratfon to in
dictate Just how abandoned to drink England
Is, Just as David said he "wept rivers ef
tears to give expression to how very badly
he felt. One can put mp with the drinking
habit OF France and Germany, but decenc y
is SO outraged that one can only look upon
the customs OF England with little less than
disgust. In the former countries there are
no classes wholly given over to drink and
its bruta tiles no class that spend all they
can earn, or beg, or steal, on drink. Bat
there are just such q asses in every great
town OF Great Britain. London. Liverpool
aad Glasgow are the chief centres OF this
wresched life. The public-house aud gin
palaces are the hane OF the working cla 'ses OF
England. They are. bv their very arrap ge-
ment, brutalizing in their tendency and ef-
feet. These are simply guzzling places, and
this Ii all they are meant to be. There is no
light thrown upon the picture. Not one
breath Of romance or poetry, not one sign Of
sociability or conviviality Is to be found In
these hideous places. You stand up at a bar
In usually Close, cramped, dingy little rooms
and pour down your rum, gin, brandy,
whisky or beer, and pay your four to six
cents for IL. There you. can stand aud drink
as long as you like so long rs you can Day.
No tables. no chairs, no games no papers
Just guzzle and pay.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22
rhn Prr.iaant,. ponble.

Washington Letter To Baltimore Herald.
The habltues OF the saloon nj Willarfs
Hotel were rather shook up to see President
Arthur walk In and order whisky punch.
From Wizards he at oiled down 10 Shoe.
makers, where he tossed OIL another punch.
He Was al by himself. and the unpreoe.
dented spectacle OF the President prompnAd.
Ing the avenue attracted general attention.
Everybody courtesied, but the President re.
sponded by stony glare Way Arthur Il
painting the town red. What does 10 mean
said every body. Down the avenue the Pres
idsnt went, hating mt harvard's, where he
absorbed gin cocktail, with three fried oys-
tep on fork. by this time the Presidents
face was unduly red. and his checks stuck
out like ripe tomatoes. But he bravey me.
andered along the avenue until he reached
hotel, when he again encountered n bar
keeper. Here bvstander made bold 10 speak
TO him, addressing him as "Mis,sr Presi.
dent" mister who?' replied the man
that's not my name; my names Appletoa.
Take sumthinw Appleton Is the caterer OF
a club In 81 Louis. He bad left his home
IN the glowing West Co incarnaiine the pale
atmosphere OF the East. In the morning.
with his elaborate toilet and his slightly
pinkish face, he was picture OF the Pres.
ident.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22

ny DE-. ). R MONROE.


4 he line at the hearth-stone Is broken
Closed the doors, and the saoles are hupgl
Last words and fsFeweiis have been spoken.
And hearts have been stilled or are wrung
Never more will the happy days come.
With panRs aud regrets unsiloyed:
Death has entered and rifed the home:
In the house aud The heart there's void.
And the blow was preceded by signs;
stars dstied athwart the sky;
And spider wove threads Into lines
Like a shroud in a corner near by.
The mouse and The cricket did squeak
In the closet and wall near the bed.
And voice in the dark seemed TO speak
Farewell 10 content: IL has fed
And the hail waking sense saw in dreams
Pale faces upturned II despair
And they hovered so close that in screams
he awoke and they vanished ia air
And just at the turn OF the night.
A hen in the baTn-yard crew,
And he cattle STAN pedet in fright,
And shutter slapped violently 70.
And the watch dog. with tremulous yowl
Ill omened and frtghtful to hear.
Walled dirge from the door. with an owl,
Perchtc IN a dead apple tree near.
Lent WHO'D wheos 10 the omens OF III.
While the Tapping OF wings and scream
On the roof made the heart stop still
In the midst OF the horrible dream.
And the dreamer, half reused with a shrek.
sew coffin a corpse ana tomb.
He sank back too exhausted TO speak.
And there lay dead man ia his room
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22
North Am.rlnnn Rsview.

Murat Halstead, OF the Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette, in the March number OF
the North American Review, contributes an
article en- The Revival of Sectionalism."
In the same number Archdeaeon FarrRr
presents his views on Future RstriDution,
and Professor \. X. Davis discusses Tine
Moral Aspects OF v.ysection" IN way That
brings together briefly nearly everything
that any person of note has said on the sub
ject Max Muller describes the astonishing
ideas of the Baddhists on the subject OF
Charity. and George John Romanes opens
up great subject with an article on Mind
In Men and Animals" The other articles
are one by Professor Gilman on Titles
(cbiefy scholastic). one by Judge John A
Jameson on Speculation in Politics" aud
one BY John w. Johnston on Railway Land
Graris."
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22
Taking Dare of Themselves.

Boston Letter IN Kansas tlty Times
Feminine Boston is attending this winter
emergency lectures Those are, no doubt,
of great value. IL girl clip down aud
sprsin her ankle, instead OF being Obliged TO
wait I'LL some man picks her up and sends
her home In n cab, she quietly takes oil her
shoe and stocking, tucks her skirts ON one
side. and performs the necessary surgical
operH lion on the spot. IL she feel faint ~ n
tall. instead OF looking around for a man TO
whom she has been introduced, and into
Whose arms che can without immodesty fall,
she quietly sits down on the nearest chair,
sends her escort for few simple remedies,
and applies them herself. suppose during
these beautiful snowy days che IL run away
with-fun away. with by horse, ! near.
While the horse IL tearing along | oking for
q convenient lamp poet To use la breaking
the sleigh this Boston girl, with the cooia
OF oalen and ;he qniet dignity OF Hlpp9ca "a
ties, selects from her bag some Imminent, one
or two spllnts and number of strips OF
linen, and when nt last she IL thrown across
The horpe's back against the side OF house.
instead OF screaming or fainung, she applies
the liniment r.aiy In her hand, baLdages
up the fractures asd walks qiietly home to
send one OF the grooms for her horse. / be-
lieve later In the season some oil the lectures
are 10 be purely practical, and We shall be
told how TO smile upon a mosquito 20 that
be will refuse 10 modest Us, or now TO lrown
upon q wasp so that the wasp viii drop dead
with fright, or how 10 convince oneself at a
moments notice that mouse lie more timed
than n 100 pound girl, and qaite unable 20
scale dress, either on the Ia the inside or
outside. unless helped by ladder. You see
there is no nonsense about these lectures ,
the girls are honestly benefited by them,
and they are becoming more and more pop
Mar.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22
Anti-woman's Rights Fable.

A bear once fell in love with a Setting
Hen, and told her one day that she might 20
to picnic and be would hatch out her eggs
for her. She consented, and the gallant
Bear took his position on the nest In the
regulation manner, bat soon got up, looking
as II be bad been reclining in bnwl OF egg
beg as a substitute for an arm-chalr The
hatching," he remarked to himself in great
disgust. as be took his melancholy depar-
ture. VI ha ched out the eggs at the very rot
clatter, but there are no chickens in them."
Moral: This fable teaches that some duties
pertsinir to the domestic economy are too
subtle aud mysterious to be brilliantly di-
charged by the Lords OF Creation.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22

Mamma Il sick. maybe she'.ldie:
She viii so 20 heaven, and I'll hold on. .
20 spoke ny baby boy one day,
Straight 70 my room his feet did a..
He asked me IN the sweetest tone.
''Mamms. take me when you 80 away."
One little month from that. and be
Lay dying how our hearts did ache
For he vas sweet beyond al words.
And then the thought came quick 20 me.
II Jesus must our darling take.
Let Us "hold Oh" sweet child. TO thee.
Oh. darling James, our sweetest boy.
A little while and you were free.
Life looked too hard. our love was gone.
And though we knew be had al JOY,
We couid not through the darkness e.
Till Jesus said. have faith" hold D.