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'' You shall. :"

As the preacher rode alone, he said to himself; Perhaps ought not ,o have slapped her, bu, then she should have understood her duty"
 A little child climbed on to fence and l..:heH
 You little sinner," said the preacher, You'd better be praying for the saliva. ton of your soul" Wegnell arrived at the church and preNhed threatening sermon, He spoke pArtie ularly of women and declared it leh alone they would "giggle them selves into he'll"
 AS the preacher was going home he was overtaken hy heavy s over oi rain. When he reached home he was chilled through and through. The next morning he awoke with a burning fever. He rapidly giew worse. His wilc faithfully waited upon him, but she spoke no, a word. He had crushed her spirit had broken her heatt. The doctors gave him up. He called his wife and said
 "l am going. have done my duty as l read the lines. fl have mistreated you ask for pasdon."
 She turned her face from him. When she looked back. she saw that he vas dead.
 A wagon containing the coffin was slowly drawn along the road. A little child climbed on to a fence and laughed
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-09-12
COMPELLED HIM

Several weeks ago a gentleman from Boston arrived in Little Rock, having come hither to inves, in pine lands. Now, in Little Rock, there arc several peculiar men to whose lives practical joking Is a soothing balm. They ue harmless, SO iaS >os~; ,s s:,s> i,o.. o; paay s., s. la jury Is concerned, but unfortunately they have the appearance Of be,ng rough eus- toners " from the place where the spou, spring sometimes Rushes blood, One of these men John Flinx met the Boa,on gentleman and, Attracted by something about hts appearance, stopped him on the sidewalk a=d said:
 Stranger here '"
 "Yes, sir," the Boston man politely re. piled.
 Expect to stay here very long '"
 "No, l shall go away on the mex, train"
 Do you ever drink anything ?"
 Never took drink In my liie."
 "Go, a pistol about you ?"
 Mo, have no use for one"
 "Wsll, my friend, am sorry ,ha, ne. yc."
 "Why 90 ?"
 "Well, made bet this morning that would make some solemn looking man take a drink"
 You must excuse me"
 Impossible" said the joLes, putting his hand behind him. " Come on here"
 "You really must
 "t said come on"
 The Boston man saw that a despetado had confronted him. Naturally despising bloodshed, he accompanied the awful looking man.
 Several other practical okess ven, iu.o the saloon and compelled the venerable looking man to drink with them. lt was an excellent joke and they laughed heartily. Shortly Aher the Boston man was permitted to leave the saloon, the chiei oi the jokers tell over on the saw dust and laughed, lift to kill himself"
 Whats the matterfp asked a we'll known citizen. The joksrs told how they had made Puritan drink whisky.
 Who, ,ha, old fellow that jus, went outf"
 Yes" replied the chief joker.
 !" |, Is really good joke," the promi- nent citizen replied, bu, not on that old fellow for 1 sa~ him pawn ing for drink this morning.
 The jokers kicked themselves.
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BRING.

Man from the country-"Y the weather is awful dry out in my neighbor- hood an don't know what we are going to do."
 Town grocer" Crops are suffering for rain, suppose"
 Man from the country" don't know about that but know that if we don't have rain putty soon we'll suffer-"
 Grocer-"Yes, daresay the crops are burning up."
 Man from the country" On, hang the crops. We want water to run the still house with wanter make up what old corn we've got"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-09-12

Poor old Missouri has had another train robbery and the governor has of. fered his annual reward. Missouri Is the home of the train-robber, for in tha, state he is never captured. Sometimes the Ko-erso. hires some one to kill the sd- venturous gensiemen, but % long as de- pendence is placed on the officers Of the law, the robbsr is safe. Nov, h Arkan- saw it is different Within the past i've years, three trains have been robbed in this state. These robbeYies were com mitted by eleven men. Three were sent to the penisentiary to enter upon the serv- ing of ninesy-rine years sentence fo3r were hanged at Clarksville one turned states evidence two others were sent to the penitsntiary and only one escaped. These robberies were committed on dif- ferent roads ia different parts of the state, but the outlaws were captured with . psompsness that surprised them. The trouble is that too many people in Mis- souri hasbor men who should be in the Such state of aaairs l. de- piosable. Justice in that state shouid take . few lessons from laughed-as Arkansas.
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4 PARADISE.

l, Is difficult matter to impress upon the mind Of the rural man of Arknansaw the necessity Of paying immediate atten- to the heathen. During camp meeting in Saline county, a preacher from Little Rock made an eloqusn, appeal in favor Of the poor wretch who eats harmless missionary instead of eating hurfui bulk pork. When the preacher had concluded, an old exhorter arose and said:
 !" Bretheren, I've been nightly inter. es,ed in this 1ectioneerin' fur the heaihen an would now like 10 know something about him"
 Then addressing the minister who had just taken his seat, the exhorter said:
 " Brother. ] would ike to ask you . lev questions. The boys all say that they are waitin' to see what stand 1 take, % you won't object to a iew questions, will you z"
 Certainly not"
 Thankee. Wall, now how's polite ness in the heashen's country1"
 He knows nothing of poli,eness.
 "Ah, hah. Wall, how's the question O capital an labos1s
 4Thsse is no cspisAl-ao iabor."
 No ssTikesS"
 "No."
 Cot no canderdates ?"
 No candidates.'
 Don't have to wear no clothes, fl 1 understand the situasion.n
 "They have no clothes"
 No lsvyen there, 1 reckon ln ."No lawyens."
 "Waii. parson that's the country Pm lookin' fur an sf . emeEgrssion agent vas to como here he'd kssch every sem sible maa h Saline county. Boys, don't thisk ws ken give Mir. Hsaihss aaythisg. It would bs as foolish as haulin' water as' pourin' t h the river.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-09-12

The Arkansaw man who invented the flying machine has been supplied the capital with which to perfect his inven- ton. It is really balloon rudder and the fact that the money has been ad- vanced by New York bankers is rather significant
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VOL. 7. NO. 16.
LIMNINGS.

If the people only knew how tired I am," said a humorous writer "they could not help sympathizing, with me-" "Yes," a sarcastic acquaintance re oin ed @snd if you knew how tired the people are you could not help sympathizing with them"
 The Chicago Current, regardless of the fact that its collapse was recently an- nounced, continues 10 be published. The Current is one of the best publications in the country. Probably too much oi its space is surrendered to the discussion of dry subjects, but upon the whole it is a credit to the west.
 In biographical sketch of ]. Annoy Knox, published by the Journalist, ol New York, occur these words: "In 1880 he met Alex. E. Sweet, who was then one of the editors of Texas paper, and who had made local reputation as humor- ous writer" This statement is an inius- tice to Sweet, who, before Knox ever saw him, had made national reputation, first on the San Antonio Herald, and alter ward on the Galveston NtaVs. The NezVS, during Sweets connection with it, was the most extensively copied newspaper in America Sweets reputation was so far from being local that the New York G,aphtc published picture and bio graphical sketch of him. We have no desire to depre'iate Knox. for he is an able man, but the truth is, had it not been for Sweet the Texas Sffhngs would never have been started. Sweet is the editor of the paper and has done two-thirds of the original writing that has appeared in it's columns. He is modest man. His genius is of the quiet order. No jour nalist in the country does more work than he. Avoiding rather than courting no. tonety, he pursues his modest course, writing articles that are copied through out the entire country. The /oNynaHsf should have looked into the matter be- fore giving Knox the entire credit of creating one of the most successful hu. morous papers in the world.
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The National Guard.

WASHINGTON, December 15.-The
fourth annual convention of the Ma
tional Guard Association of the United
States met this afternoon. The associa-
ton consists of five delegates from the
militia of each State. Eighteen States
were represented at the meeting.
President Geo. w. Wingate, of New
York, called the meeting to order, and
in his opening address said the objects
of the association had been thwarted IN
the past by objections that it was the
intention to deprive the States of their
authority over the militia, and then on
the other hand, that it was desired TO
make money out OF the treasury of the
general government for purely State
without permitting proper
by the War Department.
but the greatest obstacle they had to
was the apathy among the
people, the militia and in Congrt IS, in
regard to the entire question which the
association had at heart. He thought
now that the situation was more favor
able and that bills before Congress
would receive favorable consideration
General Taylor, of Colorado, was
elected recording secretary; Colonel
Charles E. Bridge, of New York, was
corresponding secretary.
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HORRIBLE !
Railroad Accident i'm Georgia
With Efightful Results. =
NATIONAL GUARD MEETING.
81 }8fl E-1-z4 f0H
The Merchant Misunderstanding the
Pirates-NOminaiion
Banking-Fire-Etc.
Horrible casualty.


ATLANTA, Ga. December 15.-One of
the most terrible railroad accidents ever
known in Georgia occurred at mid
mig t, fifteen miles from this city on
the Georgia Pacific road. The East
Tennessee and Georgia Pacific roads
use the same track to Austell, and last
night the Georgia Pacific mixed train,
with coach and one sleeper, stopped
at tank for water; the coach and
sleeper were on a treStle thirty feet
high; the East Tennessee passenger.
g jing at a speed of thirty miles per
hour struck the sleeper and went nearly
half way through it. The wreck was tei-
rible. The fireman sprang overheard
and received slight injuries The engineer
held to the throttle and was unhurt.
The following persons on the Georgia
Pacific train were killed: Boinfin PetOn,
OF Charlottesville, Va; Nathan Hanley,
OF Admission, Ala; Jacob and Mary
Banks, OF Jonesboro, Ga; B. Bright
and wife and two children, of Jones'
boro; wealthy Texan named Pierce.
OF Aberdeen, Texas, and others of East
Point, Georgia; two children who are
unknown. The following were fatally
injured: Mrs. Eliza Brown, home un-
known, who was in company with
Pierce, and about ten others were more
Dr. less seriously injured. The dead and
wounded have been brought to Atlanta.
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ON READING AND FILING THE PFT1
" ton Of Elizabeth B. Robson, ,executri1
OF the last viii and testament of James Rob
son; deceased, setting forth that she has fiIed
her hnal account Of her administration unon
said estate in this Court; that all the debts
have been fully paid, land that a portion ~
said estate remains to be divided among the
heirs OF said deceased, and praying anono
other things for an oHSeF of dfstributio5
OF the residue OF said estate among the per
1t is ordered that all persons interested IN
the estate of the said James Robson. de-
ceased, be and appear before the Probate
Court OF the County of Salt Lake, at the
Court Room of said Court, in the Connie
Court House, on the 2Sd day of Decembers
1885, at il O'Clock q. m, then and there ~
show cetlse why an order settling ssid 40,
count and of distribution should NOT he
made Of the residue of said ests te smonS the
heirs and devisees of the said James Rob-
son, deceased, according to law,
1t is further ordered that the i'lerk csuse
copies of this order TO be posted in three
public places in Salt Lake Cruntv and nnh
liSheG In The SALT LAKE HERALD. q neIvS-
paper printed and circulated in SaIt 49,
County. three weeks successfully prioT 10
said sd day Of December, a. ID. 1855. ~
Dated November 18th, 1885.
ELIAS A. SMITH.
Probate Judge.
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Routing the Pirates

PARIS, December 15.-General De
Courcey, commander of the French
forces in Tonqu1n, telegraphed the war
Office to-day, that General De Negr1er
has cleared the Marble Mountains north
OF Mai Duong, of Black Flags and
pirates, capturing number of fortified
caverns and large quantity of arms
and ammunition. One cavern was des-
perately defended and fully 100 pirates
were killed before it could be taken.
Numerous war junks were sunk between
the rapids and bamboo canals. The
country has been pa0ifed.
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Never Give Up.

If you are suffering with low and de-
pressed spirits, loss of appetite, general
DEBILITY, ,dlsordered blood, weak consti-
tuition, headache, or any disease of q
oilious nature, by all means procure >
bottle OF Electric Bitters. You will he
surprised to see the rapid improvement
Inat wiz follow; you will be inspired
win VIII new lie; strength and activity
VIII VIII TIe return; pam and misery viii cease
ana hencetorth you will rejoice in tbs
praise OF Electric Bitters. Sold at 6ftS
cents bottle by 2. c. Nj. "s'y
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Mandamus.

COLUMBUS, o., December 10 The SUI
preme court, this morning, on applica-
ton of the attorney general. granted a
peremptOry writ of mandamus to com
pei Clerk Dalton, of Hamilton County
to make return of the election abstract
A special messenger was appointed nv
the court to serve the writ this evening
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TERRITORY OF UTAH,
COUNTY OF SALT LAKE S..

I, John c. Cutler, CLERK of The proboto
Court in and for the County of salt LAKE, i,5
the Territory Of Utah, do hereby certify that a.
the foregoing is full, true and correct conv
of an order appointing time and Mace foy
settlement OF account and to hear petition
LOT q qa IN the matter of the estate
record in my office, - - pe0'AS VI
In witness whereof have hereunto cot
my hand and affixed the seal 81
SEAL. said Court, this 28th fiav nj NoTe, ~
Der, A D 1855. LII
JOHN c. CUTLER,
Probate CLERK
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A Good Schema

OTTAWA, December ia report is
current here that the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company is urging the British
government to buy large quantities Of
Canada Pacific Railway stock. in order
to secure control of a transatlantic
route to the sea. w
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Nominations

WASHINGTON, December Is. = The
President sent in the following nomin-
atoms for postmasters: John F. Ward
at Modesto. Gala; John C. Bell a,
Astoria, ogn. a.
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Crooked Banking.

WOOSTER, Ohio, December 1.-THE
Orrville Farmers Bank, private insti-
tuition, run by prominent citizens of
orrville and vicinity, suspended on
Saturday. 1t was reported shaky some
time ago, but was reorganized and was
believed to be solid. 1t holds the funds
of several townships and school DIS
tricts on deposit, and it is reported that
stockholders are so situated that
depositors will lose all. Depositors
have consulted lawyers here, but re-
turned to Orryille, convinced that their
money was gone. The failure is said to
have been caused by outside specuIa-
ton. Definite particulars are not pro-
durable. -,
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Climbing Un

BERNE, December 15.c o. Adolnb
Deucher, at present Vice-President 81
SWltzerland, has been elected PresidsS4
Ior the year 1886. He is a Radical.
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The Grass valley Dioces.

ROME, December 49, The Vatican
has ordered that the seat of the bisbon
. the diocese of Grass VaHey. CaI;foIp
MIA, be transferred to Sacramento
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Fire

WILMINGTON, DEL, December Il .
laIngton Cotton Mills burned here to.
Jay. Loss, $4,000.
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WILL you SUFFER with Dvsnsr.
S1a ana Liver ComplaintP S6iIp65s
Y RlIanzer is guaranteed to cure yo,, .
s Sor SAFE at a. G. Smith & Co.'S Dfnc
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Order Appointing Time and Place to hear
Petition for Distribution.
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE on
JAMES ROBSON. "
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LEGAL NOTICE.

IN the Probate Court in and for Sail Lax
County, Utah Territory.
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BOYS SUITS, all ages, $3.50 and I'D
wards GOLDSMITH q Co.
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THE EARTH.
How This Terrestrial Habitation OF Ours IL /
Growing.

How This Terrestrial HabitatiOn OF Ours ~
Growing.
Careful mathematical calculation,
have been made recently to ascertain
the residuum left on the earth by the de.
post of meteoric matter. 1t is known
that the region along the earth's orbit
abounds in meteors. and that at two
points the orbit passes through streams
of meteors where these little planetoids
are unusually thick. These two points
are encountered in August and Novem-
Der, when the precipitation of the little
bodies marks the armament with lines
of fire. But meteors are falling to the
earth all the time-in other months of
the year as well as August and Novem.
BERN the day time as well as at
night. Very brilliant ones have been
seen shooting across the sky in broad
daylight, and one who observes the sky
patiently and attentively any dark
night may count them A careful esti,
mate makes the average number to be
seen by single observer in limited
quarter of the sky about twelve per
hour; and another estimate makes the
precip tation of meteoric matter TO the
earth from the whole heavens two and
a half tons per hour. In rare instances
the meteorite, or part of it which is a
solid body, reaches the earth in an uncon-
stunned state. but far the greater number
are entirely consumed in the conflagra-
ton set up by their passage through the
earth's atmosphere. and only the ashes
or meteoric dust reaches the soil. But
even when the meteorite is thus burned
to ashes, no part of it is lost. All its
original elements survive in the residu-
um OF ashes and vapor, which, thence
forth, belong to our earth. These
meteorites or planeto:ds are iron rocks.
and if one of them as large as the st.
Louis court house, in passing through
our atmosphere, were entirely burned
up, it would still bring as much incre-
ment to the earth as if it fell to the sur
face in solid mass. The estimate OF
this steady and perpetual increment to
our earth's weight is two and half
tons per hour, or sixty tons day, or
Zl,9O0 tons year, or over :, ZOO, 600 tons
every century. 1t would take 100 ordi-
nary railroad freight trains, therefore.
to haul the meteoric deposit which the
earth gathers from the sky every year,
and if this matter could be gathered
into one mass and made to revolye
round our planet it would make re-
spectacle little satellite added to the
earth every year. The earth is demon
strably growing in size and weight all
the time. Relatively, however, the in
crpment Is ANAL fbour,j - a,.,.o.~.
large when considered by itself. The
earth has been weighed. If anyone
wants the figures, here they are: 6, 0O0,.
600. 900, 000, ! 00. 900. 600 tons.
1t will take ages of steady precipita-
ton OF meteorites to appreciably in
crease this enormous mass of matter.
and the estimate of it recently msie
has no other interest, therefore, than as
an astronomical curiosity. Louis
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one day whether l hung up my shoes at
night to keep the insects out of thema
l try to imagine man taking the
trouble to hang up his shoes before 60
ing to bed, but can't quite do it. Cent?
pedes are more plentiful than scorpions,
but not quite so likely to sting. l have
seen barefoot man step on one
without being hurt. probably because
the insect had no chance to turn and
use its claws. They are just about on
a par with scorpions as regards the eff.
feet OF their poison. In some places the
effect of centipede's sting has been
fatal, but it is not so here.
/ wanted to end this chapter on trop-
ical nuisances by saying something
about my ancient enemy, the sand-fly,
but words fail me. 1t is very seldom,
and then only on remarkably still DAYS,
that there are any about in the winter.
But during the rainy season they are ex-
ceedingly thick. No mosquito netting
will keep them out. they are so small.
They give no warning, like a mosquito,
but proceed at once to business. You
feel sting on some part of your
skin, and perhaps see there a black
speck about the size of pins point.
But he must be full of poison, for the
bite swells up and itches. and you get
twenty more of them, and you scratch
till they're all sore and get Little scabs
on them, make and you look as if you
had smallpox. When / get back to New
York no mosquito shall ever tempt me
into impatience. I'll just think Of the
sand-hies and be content Nassau (Ba-
hama Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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TOUGH TO THE LAST,

An Authentic Account of the Last Hours
of Yankee sullivan.
l was very much pleased to meet last
week with Judge MCGOWAN, one of the
Argonauts who. in 1919, discovered the
golden fleece, which has-to coin a
term--rOyalized California. In the
course of our conversation the Judge
told me the concrete history of the
tragic end of the famous prize-fghter,
Yankee Sullivan.
Sullivan, whose real name was Am
brose Murray, was arrested and inn
prisoned. He feared that the Vigilantes
would put him to death, though, as
Judge McGowan tells me, his appre-
tensions were unfounded. The purpose
of that body was to shin him back to
Australia on the first clipper ship that
sailed to Melbourne, it having been
definitely understood tina. Sullivan. or
Murray. was an escaped convict. The
poor devil, however, was so affrighted
that he took no stock in the hope of es-
cape from the harsh business of Judge
Lynch. He called eagerly from his
prison windows for a priest. feeling that
death was settling close around him.
but was answered by jeers from the
mob without. Finally, in sheer des-
peration, he opened the veins of his
left arm with case-knife and bled
himself to death.
Yankee Sullivan was one of the finest
prize fighters in the records. WASHING.
ton Hatcset.