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the knocker early in the Christmas morn
ing, proved to be a gathering of French
heels in the corridor. They stopped at our
door. Then with vixenish glee the old
knocker proclaimed the arrival. Rye
speedily disappeared.
There was a stiletto glance from the
eyes 1 confronted on the threshold-Miss
Parsons, as knew it would be.
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
Samuel Bowies.

From George s. Merriam's "Study in Independent Journalism, in the October Century, we quote the following:
 " The faculty in which he first showed eminence was skill in gathering news Said Mir Bryan, who was added to the papers force in 1852: He and l would go into little reYaurant on Sandford s;reet, and one andNanother would drop in and exchange few words, and while we were eating our lunch he would pick up half column of news.' Said friend in neIghboring town ] would meet him on the street, we would chat few minutes about the events of the day, and next morning would fod in the paper every thing l had told him. In the political conventions which he attended and re- ported, he was in his native element. He button-holed everybody and offended mo- body; found out the designs of every clique, the doings of every secret caucus got at the plans of the leaders the tenn per of the crowd, sensed the whole situa- tion and the next mornings RebubHcan gave a better idea of the convention to those who had stayed at home than many of its participants had gained These re- porting expeditions were full of education to him. His mode of growth was by ab- sorption. Other people were to him sponges out of which he deftly squeezed whatever knowledge they could yield.
 " It was commonly said that to seek re- dress from the RfbHbhcaH did more harm than good. This trait was partly due to deliberate unwil!ngness to weaken the papers authority by admission of error. But 1t was probably more due to per sonal idiosyncracy. iii many ways a most generous man, Mir. Bowles always hated to admit that he had been in the wrong. Sometimes he did it-nct ofte in private life but in his paper never, when be could help it. We sometimes discussed this said Dr. Holland, and he once said: sympathize with the Boston editor, to whom man came with the complaint, your paper says that hanged myself and 1 want you to take it back No said the editor, we're not in the habil ot doing that, but we will say that the rope broke and you escaped
 But 1t must be said that this fault lies at the door of good many papers be- sides the R>5H6hean. It is character istic sin of lournalism-one of the vices of irresponsible power"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
Pretty Good.
i Exchange.l. II.

A party of English tourist were coming from the Yosemite last week, when one of them, who had been dubbed the interro- gation point of the crowd, espied pair of brogans sticking in the face of the bluff, toes down. Nudging the coach-driver, who chanced to be Bill MoClenathan, he asked "Ah, driver, l wondsh what the doose those boots are doing up theah ?" Old Bill scarcely looked up as he replied |: {" That's a man buried up there, and the boys were in such hurry that they did not dig deep enough to get his feet in.' " Bah Jawve, that's very strange, ye knau. I'll make note of that. But l say, driver, the toes point down. He must be buried on his face, dye knau2 P "Yes,' said old Bill, musin sly, he was an Irish man." "But what's his being an lrlsh- man got to do with his being buried with his face down P asked the now thorough ly aroused Butisher. Old Bill looked at him in pitying manner for some sec onds, and then, in tone full of deep sor- row and astonishment, at the tourist s ignorance said Well, do you see, we've got sort of superstition out this way that on election day every dead irishmsn gets out Of his grave and votes, and so lately we've got 10 burying them on the top of the hill, face down, so that the more ,he corpse tries to dig out the deeper he gets down" On, yes, see" said the Eng lishman gravely," I'll make note of that for my book"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
A KIND HEATED TEXAN.

Colonel McB cBnde Sumpter, of Austin, while in New York, dropped into fash ionable restaurant, and having surprised his stomach with small repast, asked the waiter what was the damage. On be- ing told, Colonel Sumpter handed out a five dollar bill, but on receiving back his change he made the ghastly discovery that there was dime missing. He de- manded an explanation from the waiter who WAS Frenchman
 Ze di ne is for my douceur?'
 " didn't order any, and won't pay for it" retorted Sumpter.
 ' mean, sare, ze dime is for my pour boire"
 " It's for your poor hoy, is it? That's different thing. 1 didn't know you had sickness in your family. Here's quar- ter for him, poor feller."
 And with the consciousness of having relieved the sufferings of the sick and af- fiic'ed, Colonel Sumpter put his hat on the side of his head and sauntered out of the hostelrie.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
Unrestricted Immigration
[C. T. Hopkins, in Overland. |

The effect of the wholesale immiora- tion of the lower and more ignorant classes of foreigners into our country has been two-fold. In the economical sense, we have greatly gained in wealth from the increase in the number of the labor ing and producing classes; but in the social and political sense, we have greatly suffered from the vast concourse of foreign born people, whose presence has changed or ignored the once prevail ing American ideas We have taken in this foreign element faster than we can assimilate it. Consequently, wherever it preponderates, as in most of the large cities, it has crowded the American ele- ment out of the control of public affairs, and fostered bossism, corruption, and fraud to such an extent that municipal government in the United States is gen. erally conceded to be a failure. More over, public lands of good quality, throughout our vast domain, have been becoming scarce for some years. We have now none to spare for the pauper classes of Europe. We have not enough left to supply the demands of our own young men for more than two more gen. era,ions. Why, then. continue to sell or give lands and provide money to halt million of foreign immigrants per annum We have begun partial exclusion of the Chinese why not now announce to the world that we propose to Americanize our present foreign-born population by one or two generations of purely Amer- can breeding and education, before ad- hitting any more and relieve our insti- tutions, our society, and our public sen- timent of the strain we have hitherto borne, before it wrenches the national structure entirely out of it, orignal shape !!
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
The Work of a Song.
lExchange,I 1

remember going to the great exhibi- tion in London in 1862, and in the Ro- man room there was one particular piece of sculpture which liked to see, but it was not easy to get near it, as there were so many that wanted to see it. It was really an American work-that is, it was done by American fingers, though it was in the Roman room because it was carved in Rome. It was called, "ListI Oh, Listp
 The story is that number of red men had made a raid into the United States and had burned village and tom mahawked many poor creature and slain and quar- tered many more, and then they stole a little white maiden. need not tell you how the poor mothers heart was broken when she had lost her child, and there was no day and no month and no year but she was pursuing the question, "Where can l find my lost child z" At last, after many years passed report reaches her, There is white maiden among the red men wonder, nearly thousand miles away 1" There was no rail, no road, but off set the mother, and she went over prairie and maSh and moor and river, and at last, after many a toilsome day, she arrived where the white maiden was.
 She thought, "Oa, that is my child !" The face was much altered, it had become indianized. There was the mark tha she had come from the white race, but it had become indianized. Its language was Indian now, and the maiden had quite forgotten her mother. All her love now was given to the red squaw of the woods that had brought her up. When the mother tried to go near her the young woman repulsed her, and the poor, heart broken mother knew not what to do.
 At last good thought struck her She sat down and began to sing a sweet lul- laby song that she had always sung her little one to sleep with. At first she lis- tened listlessly, bat in little while (you know how an old tune will fetch up an old thought) the maiden began to listen, and she stood as if her soul had got into her ears It was in that attitude that the sculptor carved her listening; and the story went on to say that after little lis. tening it seemed as if the lullaby had un- locked the cells of old memory, and in little while that poor maiden was in her mothers embrace -ReV. s. Cokey.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
HOPE FOR HENDRICKS.

There is story told of gentleman in a street car, who persistently kept his seat instead of offering it to an old lady who was standing up. Finally, as if he had just found out that this old lady wanted to sit down, the gentleman got up and politely offered her his seat, and then jumped off right in front of his own house.
 We mention this incident to encourage Hendricks, who is the old lady in the case, to keep holding on to that strap When Mir Cleveland has ridden as far as he wants to, he may possibly offer his seat to the old lady, if she does not pre- viously become disgusted and quit the car.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24

forced upon me, and think in my case 1t was pardonabie. Oniy the saints cards, and those pious books 1 that was a grievous sin, and have done penance for it since, may tell you"
 have given the substance of the story, but the manner of the narration cannot be reproduced. The lovely, white haired old lady, telling her little love story of half century ago, now with smile and then sigh; her soft voice, and the ten- derness in her eyes as she spoke of her husband and lover, would have impressed the most careless listener; and by one who heard her the story of that evening will not soon be forgotten.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24

of the gentlemen present, to test the obedience of the dog, said to the proud owner:
 If the dog is so well trained, tell him to get up and go out doors, and then we can see if you have got him under con- troll"
 Grover" said the man, "you get up, and go out"
 The dog got up, but instead of going out, he walked up to his master and bit him on the leg.
 "Or bite me in the leg, if you don't want to go out" sad the owner of the animal
 Moral.-It would almost seem as if the Democracy had Hot yet got the presiden. under complete controls
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
THE WIFE S sTRATAGEM.

A bank clerk called at the residence of Colonel Yerger ts collect draft. He was met at the door by Mrs. Yerger.
 "ls the colonel in 2"
 He is in, but"
 "Bu, what2"
 " He is indisposed.'
 "Yes, that's what expected. He is always indisposed when come around with draft"
 "I don't wonder at it. It was getting in the way of a draft that gave him the rheumatism. How is he to recover If he exposed himself to drafts3"
 "l don't see how we are to recover either, if he keeps out of the way of the draft. see he is in pain"
 "No, his payin' days are over for the present" replied Mrs. Yerger, as she quietly but firmly closed the door.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
THEY ARE HUNGRY.

Colonel Wi,herspoon, of Austin, is a very close man, who does not give his servants enough to eat
 One day last week he said 10 Uncle Nose who drives his carriage:
 Nose, you are getting right fat"
 No, boss, Pse fallen off ebery day l jess blows myself out ter make folks bleeves we gets lots ter eat"
 Is not the Democracy blowing itself to make the general public believe tha. their boss, Cleveland, is giving them as much as they can eat.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

A professor at the university of Texas, was explaining some of the habits and customs of the ancient Greeks to his class
 " The ancient Greeks built DO roots over their theatres" sad the proie ,sor
 "What did the ancient Greeks do when 1t rained" asked Johnny Fzz!etop.
 The professor took off his speetacles. polished them with his handkerchief, and replied, calmly:
 They got wet. suppose"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24

Managing mamma (to MT Featherly) That is my daughter to whom MT. De Lyle is talking" Featherly-" An. in- deed. What a sweet modest looking girl she is" Mamma" Yes, Clara is a very modest girl. Even the slightest inn proper remark will make her blush '
 Featherly (gazing in admiration)-" Yes and do you notice how becoming heI bushes are as they come and go ?"-LVe
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24

"What we learn with pleasure we never forget"-AJyed Merefey. The followip g is a case in point. II paid out hundreds of dollars without receiving any benefit" ," says Mrs. Emily Rhoads, of McBrides, Mich. "l had female complaints, es- pecially 'dragging-down,' for over six years. Dr. R. V. P,erce's Favorite Pre- scription did me more good than any medicine ever took. advise every sick lady to take it." And so do we. It never disappoints its patrons. Druggists sell 1t.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
THE NEWLY MARRIED AT MARKET.

THE NEWLY MARRIED AT MARKET.
 A newly married lady, who recently graduated from Vassar college, is not very we'll posted about household mat ters. She said to her grocer not long since:
 "l bought three or four hams here a couple of months ago, and they were very fine. Have you got any more like themT'
 Grocer: "Yes, ma'am, there are ten of those hams hanging up there"
 Are you sure they are al! of the same pigp"
 "Yes, ma'am."
 "Then I'll take three of them"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
MATRIMONIAL STATISTICS.

Jim Benson is clerk in the store of Nose $ haumburg. One day last week he said to his urbane employer:
 /" If you please, I'd like to get a couple of days off"
 " You want to go fishing again, eh ["
 "No, Mir. Schaumburg, the truth is that l want to get married"
 !" Not much, ven knows myselef. Ef gives you gouple of days off to get yourself wife, den you will be day of every week or so to have dose papies baptized"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
ROUGH ON ELIAS.

"Where did the Prophet Elias go?" asked Texas Sunday school teacher
 He went into the desert."
 "What was Elias while he was in the wilderness
 "i dunno what he was while he was in the desert, unless he was deserter," re- piled the hopeful pupil.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
SWEETS SASS.

Alex. E. Sweet, in Texas Siftings.l Agent: "I have one lady 20 years of age who has $3o coo in her own name" Customer: Is she good lookingp Agent: "No, but she has got the consumption"
 Customer: "Just the kind of wife to make me happy. Trot her out"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24

A Chicago boy swallowed some needles about seven years ago. and now they are working out of his calves. That's noth- ing. We know an editor who swallowed some campaign lies when he was boy, and they have been working out all over his paper for several years.-Pxek.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
A RAD SCARE.

Cleveland has been doing to some of- fensive psrtisans in office, what little Johnny Flzzletop out in the country did to the hen. Johnny wrote home:
 "l cut off Uncle Williams hens head yesterday with hatchet and it scared her plum to death"
 There is a difference, however. The cfhoe-holder whose head is cut of keeps on making noise. The hen is silent.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24

"Much reading maketh a man full" said Bacon. This settles a question which has, at different times in our check cred career, occasioned much thought and not a little cogitation.-OH City Blizzard
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
THEATRICAL NOTE.

see woman has started out with a stick to walk all the way to California That's something new, isn't it ?"
 No, that happens all the time"
 never heard of another case"
 "Whatl Did you never hear of ID actress travelling over the country with half dozen sticks. And some ot them make money at it, too"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
They Never Saw.

Why are persons born blind unfit to be carpenters? Because they never saw. But when they have pain in the bowels they can soon feel the effects of Dr. B,g- gers Huckleberry Cordial, which cures diarrh9a and dysentery. Send two cent stamp to Walter A. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga, for Riddle Book.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
A SILENT SOUND.

"Has yer rung de bell for ebenin' sar- vices" asked Parson Whangdoodle Bax- ter of the sexton.
 "Foah God, done forgot all about hit. didn't tech de bell"
 "Neber mind, den, as long as nobody heerd yer"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
NOT WELL TRAINED.

A certain man who owned fine large dog was bragging about how well traine l the faithful animal was, and how he would obey any order that was given him. One
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24

"Are you the cashier of bank ?' asked the doctor, who is of a suspicious disposition.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24
A SUSPICIOUS SYMPTOM.

A young man recently called on Dr Perkins Soonover, of Austin.
 "Dootor, am not feeling right l be- lieve change ct climate would do me 0r0d 0
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-10-24

Nothing like Browns Iron Tonic.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
DYNAMITERS IN ENGLAND.

The boldest and most diabolical
dynamite outrage yet perpetrated in
England was on Saturday last, when
an attempt was made to blow up the
parliament buildings and the Tower
of London. A series of explosions
completely wrecked the interior of the
house of commons, destroying mason
rS decorations and sculptures, while
at the tower considerable damage was
done to the building and to the arms
contained therein. 1t is estimated
that it will take three months to effect
repairs. Many persons we're severely
injured, but as yet have died from
their wounds. That the loss of life
was not frightfully large is almost a
miracle, as at the time Of the explosion
the buildings were thronged with
sight-seers, a fact which intensiies the
horror with which the event is uniyer-
sally regarded.
There is not The slightest doubt but
the outrage was perpetrated by Irish
dynamiters or their American sympa-
thizers, and as a result the heretofore
stringent laws Of tho United Kingdom
will bs made ten-fold more stringent.
The blow dealt on Saturday was a
blow to Ireland rather than to her
enemies. Ithas completely revolution
lied the opinions of liberal English-
men heretofore favorable to her cause.
just what is expected to be accomplish
ed by this diabolical method Of warfare
is difficult to comprehend, unless it is
to frustrate the plans of those who
seek to remedy existing evils by the
only true method, that of legislation.
The dynamite campaign will cripple the
strength Of Mr.. Parnell in parliament
far more than the sharpest tactics Of
his adyersaries, and at the next session
this true friend of Ireland will be-
obliged to commence again at the foot
of the ladder. All this is mortifying to-
true lovers of liberty, and still more so
when it is considered that large num-
bers of the dynamite fiends are shell
tered and protected by the govern
ment oil the United States. The
sooner extradltion treaties covering
this lowest class of criminals are en-
tered into the more oreditable it will
be to the civilization Of the nineteenth
century.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

A BILL changing the boundaries of
Sphinx county and locating the county
seat at Ashton passed the council on
Saturday. The bill adds a tier Of
townships from Faulk county on the
west and cuts off two tiers of townships
from the south. Another bill forms
the new county Of Garfield from these
two tiers Of townships and tier from
Beadle county, with the county seat at
Altoona. These bills will be hotly
contested in the house by other aspir-
ing towns, and a lively set-to will be
the result. Should they pass, and be
submitted to the people, Sphinx county
will have one of the hottest times on
record.
A monster meeting was held in
Huron on Saturday night protesting
against the formation of the county of
Garfield, censuring the scheme as being
opposed to the wish Of three-fourths
Of the voters interested and declaring
that such division is in opposition to
the platform upon which the members
from that district were elected. Red
field, also, is up in arms against the
movement, and, to put it briefly,
"there's music in the air."
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

The yocations of members of the
Dakota Legislature are classified as
follows: Council--Farmer 6; law
yers, II merchants, 8; physicians, / /;
editors, ! I; real estate dealers, !; engi.
neers, /. House-Farmers, 25; law
yers, IL; merchants, 8; physicians, 2 ;
editors, l; druggists, |. Their nation
alities are: Council-Americans, 5 /;
Norwegians, 2; Scotch, /; Irish, 1 !;
Canadians, 2; English, 2; Welsh, l.
House-Americans, So; Norwegians,
5; Irish, 3; Scotch, 2; Canadians, 2 +;
Welsh, / !; German, 2.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

.
Ex-Goy. ORDwAY is "riledD over
the manner in which his name was re-
ferred to in the council on Saturday
IN connection with certain town in
this county bearing the same cogno-
men. He denies having had anything
whatever to do with the naming of the
town, holds the railroad responsible to
the people for the malfeasance, says he
prefers leaving that sort Of self-glori-
fication to ambitious members Of the
legislature, and suggests that the burg
be rechristened 1Pickleryille." Tally
one for the old man.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

Mr. JOHNSON has introduced a bill
abolishing the board Of county com
nlssioners as it now exists and yesting
the government Of the county in the
chairmen Of the several boards Of
township supervisors the system 50
perslstently advocated by The SUS.
The bill provides that this board meet
twice q year and that its members re-
oeiye salary Of two dollars for each
day Of actual service and two cents per
mile as mileage fees. The prospect Of
tqe bill becoming a law is fair at the
PRESENT writing no visible opposition
oeing as yet offered.