The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-05-02
VOL. 6. NO. 23.
JENNINGS.

It is not likely that the political spoil system will ever again be openly prac- ticed in America. The idea of civil ser vice reform has become so popular that without making pledges in this direction, no man can be elected president of the United States.
 It is impossible to please some demo- crats. A politician, upon healing that a certain man had been appointed as min ister to one of the South American coun- tries, wrote as follows to the president "i am mighty s'prized at you that feller ain't no preacher an why you send him of as minister is big s'prize to yourn truly"
 A picture, showing how President Cleveland sits in church, adorns the pages of the illustrated press. MT. Cleve- lands manner of sitting is not materially different from the manner practiced by other people. fife were to stand on his head, during services, or it he were to sit on the floor. people would then have cause to make remarks and artists would have cause to sketch the president; but, we are credibly informed, Mir. Cleveland has developed nothing new in the matter of listening to long sermon.
 At the present writing, England and Russia are flirting with each other. Some of the English newspapers are loud in their condemnation of Mr. Gladstone's policy of great 'forbearance, and even Biackwood's magazine arra;sns the pre- mier at the bar of English pride and sen- timent. Either one nation or the other must squarely back down or war cannot be long averted. Wars, we have all seen, are dangerous. History has yet to record an account of the war that was not hurtful to the feelings of those who were engaged in it. Somebody gets hurt every time battle is fought. Mir. Gladstone seems to be thinking oi this.
 The balloon is likely to become an important factor in future warfare. It would be an easy matter for one man in balloon to destroy the largest war-ship. A dynamite bomb, dropped on vessel would strike with distressing effect. It would then be impossible for the boy to stand on the burning deck. You might ask the winds whither the boy had gone, but you would not be likely to receive a satisfactory answer. If balloons come into general use, one nation will have as good a chance as another nation, Perhaps one nation will even have fairer chance than the other. A heavy draft, iron-clad balloon, meeting another heavy draft iron clad balloon would present a fair illustra- ton of the tug of war. The subject, though, is painful.
 Some people wonder why the exces- siyely tall boy should be so unhappy, but to any one who has had the misfortune of being an excessively tall boy, the reason is plain. Superior height said Chesterfield, requires superior grace. The tall boy does not possess superior grace. Gracefuiness of demeanor does not settle upon lank, eighteen year old boy, no matter how far above suspicion his family connections may be. To enter a room and not knock down a chair or tread upon some ones foot, costs him great effort. In company he is misera- ble. His head towers above the heads of prominent men. When he talks, his voice breaks, and shattered, his words fall without effect The only hope for the excessively tall boy is quiet resignation.