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The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1885-03-14

A young P.ttsburger who recently went
into the mountains to shoot wrote home
that he had shot . magnificent buck.
His elated friends were somewhat astco-
ished In reading the concluding portions
Tor his letter to learn that he had also
came near hitting the saw.-PikfsdS,yh
Chronicle 7Ik<gYab1.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1885-03-14

There are swest unspoksn thanks b.
fore q fair seems OF mature; ~ sun-sst.
ting below . glorious sea o. nscon aaA
a host Of stars shining over Il u . beach
Of children playing in the street., ~ .
group Of flowers by the hedge side, Or .
Bird singing there Naeksyet.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1885-03-14

s'ss Piles, fstulas and rupture rad
ically cured. Book Of particulars two
letter stamps. Worlds DispensaIy Med
ical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1885-03-14
The Blaze Of an Open Fireplace.
lFmesson.I

have seen respeciabiiisy and amiabil-
ify grouped over the alright stove !
have seen virtue and intelligence hover
ing over the register; bat have never
seen true happiness In family where the
faces were not Illuminated by the blaze
Of AZ open fireplace.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1885-03-14

A lightning rod agent is the chap Who
likes to give points to the peopIe.-Nssv
York Journal.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1885-03-14

Englishman soon after returning to his
hotel received the volume. He read as
follows:
sit is a story of high-born youth
with noble estates, enamore of damsel
of Low life, an unknewn race, but very
beautiful and gifted. His family oppose,
and his mother calls to her aid her con-
lessor, Father Schedoni, hypocrite and
profigate. who by his wiles succeeds in
throwing Vivaldi, the lover, into the dun
seon of the lnquisition, while Elena is
carried by the pitiless monk to an OBJ
scure den, where he resolves to murder
her, but when in the act of raising his
arm to strike the fatal blow to his horror
he discovers her to be his own child.
"Vivaldi, blindfolded and put upon
the rack, hears the voice of mysterious
agent who has repeatedly crossed his
path, but always eluded bis search, and
his presence and interrogatories seem to
fill the assembly with CONSERVATION.
We cannot trace the story farther
there is ruined palace and tales Of hor-
ror, mingled with which are fine word
paintings of Italian scenery.
Mrs Barbauld says of Mrs. r sdclihe :
"The author seems perfectly to under
stand that obscurity, as Burke has as
serted, is a strong ingredient in the sub
lime: face shrouded in q cowl; q mar
rative suddenly suspended; deep guilt
half revealed; the untold secrets Of q
prison house the terrific shape, if shape
It might be called that shape had none
distinguishable-ail these affect the mind
more powerfully than any regular or dis
sinrf inn of dancer ar NJ woev
Mrs. Bar5auld aso says that many in
dividuals Of eminence in taste and liter
ature have expressed themselves in strong
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1885-03-14

OSSu tuC POPuLoAiAy OA Inc NUuaouSe
Of the Forest that the publisher felt safe
in offering what was then considered an
unprecedented sum OF 500 for the man.
uscript. The title was fascinating. and
those who had had taste of Mrs. Rad
cliffs's mysteries. however unsatisfactory
in their solution, were eager for mere, and
the volumes fiew from hand to hand
when the family was numerous studies
were neglected, work huriedly performed
and the midnight oil burned low, while
curiosity was wrought to the highest
pitch as chapter after chapter of thrilling
incidents and mysterious shapes and
sounds were eagerly devoured. between
the romance and the mysteries there is a
general aspect Of similarity. The latter
however, is on larger and more sublime
scale; the descriptions of scenery fines
and more poetic, though there is more Of
wiidness, terx and the seemingly super.
natural We say seemingly, for it is i'm.
possible to imagine that there can be any
natural causes for so much that is CHASTITY
and demoniacal, and II is the entire alb.
sence of the supernatural and the pres
ence Of things so very trivial introduced
IN explanation at the end that the reader
SaonW neaP Icciux tAah nc ndS DScn
greatly hoaxed, to be wrought up so high
only to be plunged SO low.
Mrs.. Radclihe's next work was entitled
The Italian" II was received with en-
thnsiasm, and added to her fame, but fol
some reason never understood the autbo,
wr0se no more, though she lived twenty
years after that
The Italian appeared in 1897, and
for the manuscript she received ESoo
She selected the new and powerful
machinery afforded by the psPish relig.
The Arkansaw traveler. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1882-1???, 1885-03-14

Similarly through this wonderment at
luxury and these obeisances to swallow
tail coats we see the weakness Of the
writer and detect his bringing up.
The complaint Is not that he writes OF
simplicity and ipexperience, but that he
assumes TO write of them ~ a spectator,
and not 40 an honest participant. This
Is not frank.
The we'll bred man speaks Of good
dinners and rich clothes as he eats them
and wears them. So does the clown and
woe to the latter IL he try to conceal his
ipexperience, or rather, pretepds to
what he is not. We shall surely de-
tect the counterfeit.
have noticed, by the way, that the
persons most likely TO turn up their noses
at country people are those who have
bat lately Left the country and know least
Of the great city.
Friedrich Arnold says: There Is .
point OF view from which the most ordi-
nary novel has its moral and psychology
cal interest. II 1t tells us little else, Il
tells rs q great deal about its author.
The hero may stop, or moi, the runaway
horse with its lovely and senseiess burden;
the unjust will may stand or be critically
ovenhrown as the Judge Is about to sum
up; the viilaia may leave, OF may not
leave full confession Of bis guilf (; 70 far
a. We ourselves are personally concerned
the narrative may quite fail 10 excite our
tagging interest. But il 10 really worth
while 10 examine the particular kind Of
mind which has produced . parficussr
kind of novel. The novelist really an
sgers q good many intenogasosies which
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29
Devourer and Douvered.

:
The sheep question is Important, bul
IN North Carolina Ii has Comparatively
but few friends. The average North
Carolina legislator has great dread Of
protecting sheep husbandry at the ex.
Pfnse Of the awful dog Rehind him
Stands large majority Of The ferocious
and very hungry canincs, with the mas.
tcrs' ready to jumpupon thcpoor fellow
tl.at lays "shecp, and dogour him
politically 30 Legislators in North
Carolinado not commit harakirion on
the dog question. Not much.
The Georgia Legislature is in session
and the dog and sheep question will Of
course come up. Whether the Georgia
Solon has more pluck on the sheep pro-
lection question than the North Carolina
Solou possessss remains to be shown.
The cry for adsg-law Is heard oil around
from State to State, but the dog is as
yet a free dog aud at liberty ID devour
all the sheep he can come up with in his
numerous nocturnal incursions into the
farms Of the sleeping and unprotected
husbandmeu. The Augusta Chronicle
says: #sf -
IAN effective deg law, as we once be,
fore observed, is that which taxes the
male animal one dollar and the female
i've dollars--the tax being rigidIy en-
forced. II we were to raise many sheep,
our people would be better fed and
woolen manufactures would prevail. But
y is declared impossible for Georgia to
be anything Of sheep raising common =
wealth with dogs are permitted to breed
as multitudinous nuisarc es. .n-Wil
Star.
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s.p0EYRY.s,
A LESSON TO LOVERS

Il IA &
She, with milk pail on Ier arm,
Turns aside with her young cheeks glow
+ ing
And sees down the lane the slow, dull tread
! OF the drove Of cow that are homeward
going.
Bessie" ,"h he said; at the sound she turned,
Her blue eyes full of childish WONDER
My mother is feeble, and lame. and old
Ineed q wheat my farmhouse, ycnder'
my heart is lonely, my home is drear.
need yonr presence ever near me;
VIII youba my guardian angel, dear,
Queen fmy houshold, to guide and cheer
me?'
1t has q pleasant sound" she said, Is
"a household queen, q guiding spirit,
70 warm your heart and cheer your home
And keep the sunshine ever near it. ~
But am only simple child,
So my mother says in her daily chiding
And what must a guardian angel do
When she first begins her work of guild.
ing?9 L
swell, first, dear Bessie, a smiling face
Is dearer far than the rarest beauty,
And my mother, fretful, lame and old, s
Will require daughters loving duty.
You will see to her tiannels, drops, and tea,
And talk with her of lungs and liver;
Give her your cheerful service, dear;
The Lord He loyeth q cheerful giyer.'
"Yoa will sec that my breakfast is piping
And rub the clothes to snowy whiteness.
Make golden butter and snowy rolls
And polish things to shining bright
ness;
VIII darn my stockings and mend my coats,
And see that the buttons are sewed on
tightly; -.
You will keep things cheerful and neat and
sweet,
That homes altar fires may still burn
brightly.
You will read me at evening the daily
news,
The tedious winter nights beguling;
And never forget that the sweetest face
lsa cheerful face that is always smiling.
In short, you's arrange in a general way
For sort ofsublunary heaven;
For home, dear Bessie, say what We may,
is the highest sphere to woman given"
The lark sang out to the bending sky.
The bobolink piped in the nodding rushes,
And out ofthe tossing clover blooms
" Came the sweet, clear song Of the msa-
dow thrushes.
And Bessie, listening, paused awhile, .a
Then said, with a sly glance at her neigh
Dor, :,
But John-do you mean--that is to say;
What shall get for all this labor?
"To be muse, companion, and servant girl,
To make homes altar fires burn brightly.
TO wash and iron and scrub and cook,
And always be cheerful, neat and spright-
III;
To give up liberty, home, and friends;
Nay, even the name Of a mothers giving
Todo all this for ones board and clothes
Why, the life Of an angel isn't worth liy-
ingw . -
And Bessie gaylY went her way
Downthrough the fields,of scented clover,
But never again since that summer day
Has she won a glance from her rustic lover.
The lark sings out to the bending sky;
The clouds sail on as white as ever;
Tn, cloyers toss in the summer wind,
But Bessie has lost that chance forever.
Chicago Tribune.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29
Tie Arkansaw Man.
TELLS OF SAM JoSEss PREACHING
fArkansaw Trayeller.T

TELLS OF SAM JoSEss PREACHING
tArkansaw Tnyeller.[
Martin Griggs, known in eastern
ArkansaH as Bad Martin, was in
Little Rock the other day. He did
not, through evil deeds, gain this
uncnyiable name, but won it by his
paroxysms ofrage and by his almost
ceaseless habit Of swearing.
"MartiD," said q friend, "they tell
Inc that you have professed religion"
"Yas, Abe, its q fact. / amt
cussed none fur more than two
months. Wy, sab, luther day when
the old spike-tail hoss bit q mouth
ful o hair outen my head, / gritted
my teeth, but didn't cuss. My wife
expected 10 hear mo cuss sulphur.
Gus streak, but smiled after awhile
an quietly took the hair out Of old
Spike Tails mouth. Here, mother
says !, haddin' the hair 10 my wife,
you can stuff your pin cushion with
this" .z.~
"What was the cause Of this great
change2
"Sam Jones and the Lord"
"You heard Sam, did you?
"Oh. yas. went up to. Nashville
70 make arrangements for sellin' q
lot Of Arkansaw whisky for Robert.
son county. lhadn'the hearn q sermon
seEce was q boy. My wife, she
couldn't gitme to go to church. Wall,
the iini night artcr got TO Nashville
was walkin' round and seed a big
tent "IIello" thinks /, here is q
show. Ill jes' 20 10, for L amt seed
a prarL hOss in a long time My, l
never did see such crowd. Folks
jammed agin one another like they
wuz afeerd thar want goin' to he
seats enodgh. / scrouged my way
along, but couldn't find the ticket
wagon. ] seed sich a crowd pourin'
In that / thought mout slip In, an
/ done IL as slick as o WHSLE. /
looked round for the animals, but
couldn't see none, so / tuck q seat
an waited fur the fun 10 commence.
Purity SOON a snallish sort ofa fel-
ter hoped up. 'Thar's the ringmas-
err thinks /. lies goin' TO tell Us
about the concert thatll take place
arter the show Is over but, bless you,
be commenced ~ give out a hymn.
As wicked as I was, | couldn't help
but think that lie was carryin' the
burlesque teeiis too fur, but. what
was my 'stonishment when The folks
took up the hymn an commenced to
sing il. | leaned over 70 an old fell
Ter thaL bot close 70 me an whispered:
i liyo Out in Arkansaw whar d man
that las the cramp because he wants
to fight 60 rad can always find com.
mvdatiou, but they don't jump up.
aud fall down on the gospel this way
The old feller looked mighty hard at
ue, but he didn't say nothin'. Arter
the .irgin', some feller put up apurty
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29
Attempt at Train Robbery.

Atlanta, A deperatc attempt
to rob the Richmond a. Dan,
vile pay car was made ia this city
this morning at about 4o'clock. The
car reached Atlanta Monday, and
during that day the pay.master dis
tributed $4,000. IN Monday night
the pay.car and supply-car we're piac.
ed on the main line near the Mark.
ham House. A.S.Grose, pay master,
and his cook occupied the car. Mr..
Grose expected to be moved early
this morning. AT about 3 o'clock he
awoke and found the car in full mo-
tion. They were moving at least for
ty miles an hour. The rapid speed
aroused his suspicious. He arose and
opened the car door and put break
on. The car was moving up a steep
grade and the brake soon brought It
to standstill. Grose then climbed
upon the supply car and approached
the engine. When he had made half
the distance be observed a man clim,
bing off the engine. "Where are you
taking me too?" demanded Grose.-
"Belt Junction. was the answer.
"For what !" Grose asked. "You will
find out soon enough; you are the
man we want" was the reply, and at
the same instant the man aegan firing
at Grose. The bullets whistled aboul
his head. He made for his car and
placed the cook to watch one door.
He then sprang from the car and ran
for help. He returned to his car in
half and hour with help, but found
the men gone. The safe contained
about $4,000, but had not been mo-.
Tested. Three men were seen near
the place where the car stopped, and
one man has since been arrested. The
work was performed by railroad
men.
ia j All .
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Highly Colored Arkansaw Justice

= "Parson, yer knows how
fer tell tale, but on dis heah 'casun
yer doan know who yer Is foolin wild,
Yer didn'. know yer was gwine ter
fool wild cr cannerdate fur de- s'preme
bench, / recon. De case is clearly
erpin YER L.
"Agin whof"
4Agin vessel parson.
Il doan see it in dat sorter light"
"Wall, yer will afore yer gifts outen
jail
Look heah, yer amt gwine TO put
me in jail, is yeri"
"Zackly what Use gwinc Ter do
"Jedge, lemme tell yer suthin'."--
Leaning over the prisoner whispered:
"ps got all dat twenty dollars yit, an
Of yer does de squar thing ! will gin
it Ter yer"
"Gennermen," said the judge, "der
culperit am right. Dat young gen.
herman am er daim scoundrel. Par.
son, 20 long bout yer bisness, but
doan yer fail to call on me dis ebenin,
Doan yer hear ?"-Arkansaw Travel
Ter.
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THE CROSSING OF THE RED
SEA.
A Wake County Explanation.
Detroit Free Press. =.

1t was ut n big August meeting II
Wake county, N. G., and there wer,
acres of darkies present. The "Cros
sing Of the Red Sea" was the sabject
Of the discourse, and the Rev. Mr.
Dukes, q mancipated minister wa.
treating il in a most frigid manner
He had Just closed by saying, Nose,
and the chilun OF Israel crossed obel
the Red Sea on the ice, but when
Faro and his numbering big chariots
come long, dey broke fru the ice and
dey was all drowned" when young
man from the town aroSe and said:
"Brcr Dukes, will you low me 10
ak you q question: .z II
"Sartainly +; what Is it 7"
Well, Brcr Dukes, Is bin studdin'
geography, and geography teaches
me dat de Red Sea am in de tropics.
What I want TO ak Is dis: Whar dat
ice cum from whar Moses crossed
ober on /" ..-...~. a-.a.
Brer Dnkes cleared his throat,
mopped his brow hesitated q moment
and replied:
"well, I'sglad you az dat question
Il gives me an opportunity 70 .splain.
Ny dear young brer, yov nius'n.,
think cause you war store close and
bln 10 school, dat you know every
thing. This thing I'm preaching
about happened q long time ago, fore
dere was any Biographies and fore
dere was any tropics.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29
Dissolution Notice,

DURHAM. n. e., July .. 1855.
The partnership heretofor &
existing between Brodie l.. Duke,
benjamin n. Duke, James d. Duke,
George W. Watts aud Richard II
Wright, under the name and style ol
". Duke, Sons & Co. Of Durham. r..
c., with branch Factory at New
Ym K ellis hereby dissolved by aiiluxion
OF tie time limited fur lis duration Of
said firm.
Richard II. Wright Is not liable al
bound for any deots, contracts or ell.
gaVen,ents made or assumed after this
date, aud Ice las no power or authority y
10 bind said firm or It's members by
any contract, debt or engement he
may make or assume.
The business Of Manufacturing
s,nokIn tobacco aud Cigarettes will
lie continued without any break al
lie olJ stand by the undersigned, uu.
der lie firm name Of w, Duke, Sons
a o., who will collect and receipt for
MI claims due the late firm.
BRODIE L. DUKE,
BENJAMIN ~ DUKE
JAMES B. DUKE,
.e!(. .HGEoHGE w. WATTS.
July 3. -
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| good sort o a pra'r. I whispered I'd
the old man ar said that il was d
blamed shame. The old feller looked
hard at me, and said that if ] didn''
hush he would have me Tut out
This riled me. ! told him that thai
mout be men enough in the show tc
put me out, but agin they got through
somebody would ruther 90 home than
to stay an laugh at the clown. Then
he perlitely told me that itwan't nt
show; that Mr.. Sam Jones. the greaI
reviyalist, was going to preach.
thanked himfor his information, tuck
a chaw terbacker an lent back, con.
cludin' that it didn't cost me nothin
and that could stand it till they
passed the hat around. When San
commenced to preach, / chawed my
terbacker an didn't pay no attention
to him, but purity soon it appeared
like he was playin' on a banier. i
stopped chawin' an looked at him
Then he tuck up the purtiest, Cute
ever hearn. flung out my terback,
er an listened. The fust thing j
knowed he had put down the flute en-
tuck up a fddel. Laws massy,
never heard sich music in my life.
commenced to git sorry that 1 had
ever snapped hosses on Sunday, an
it wasn't long till | would have give
apurty eff hadn't p'izened Weller's
dog. ! thoughto' things that stole
when wuz boy-thought o. the
thousand O. lies that ! had tole, an
the tears commenced to run outen
my eyes. thought o. my wife; how
true an how patient she had always
been, an how often ! bad hurt her
feelin's; thought o my children--the
little boy thatI whipped few days
before he died, come up before me.
! drapped on my knees an cried,
oh, Lord, have mercy on me, a sin.
ner.' ] didn't care who was lookin'
at me. / wouldn't have cared ifthe
whole world had been thar. 1 hum
bled myselfin the dust, an deep in
my heart / vowed that never again
would | do anything wrong. A flash
ofwarm light entered my soul. A
great gladness spread over my heart.
! got up. Thar, standin' close to me,
was Sam Jones. He reached out his
hand an said:
Brother, the Lord has been
kind to you.'
Il don't know how 4 got outen
that tent, but l know that while ] was
walkin' along the street, everybody
seemed to want to want 10 shake
hands with me. / went strai, tway
TO the depot IN tuck the fus train
for home. When my wife a nd me
comm she walked slowly to meet me,
but, sir, the blessed woman, seein'
something in my face, uttered shout
and rushed into my arms. Right
thar l atoned for every time l lad
burt her feelin's. That was the best
show / ever went TO, Albeit was q
show whar every man had chance.
/ amt done nothin' wrong senec, an,
as told you, / didn't cuss when old
Spike Tail bit q handful O. hair often
the top o. my head"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29

The French Senate has adobted q
bill to issue bonds for thirty years to
the amount Of $4,000 francs for the
purpose Of Improving parish roads
and schools.
The Paris Temps denies that
France Is trying 70 stir up agitation
In Morocco. The French hfinisterto
Morocco Is instructed TO maintain
ordial relations with the Sultan.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-07-29

cratic newspapers are awakening e
the stupendous idiocy Of the eivi
Service law.-Cin. Enquirer.
/ Malone doesn't evince any inclina,
tion to run himself for Governor oI
Virginia. He has probably heard
the buzz saw buzz.-Phil. Times.
A young Southern man, the heir
TO vast estate, having lost confidence
in his judgment and fearful Of temp
tation, deliberately appointed a
guardian for himself and property
Ga. Chronicle.
Senator Malone is no longer a
pivotal person in the Senate; the Re-
publicans can get along without him.
Heshould have led his ace-taken the
nomination himself-in the Virginia
contest. A.weaker card will not win
Phil. Record.
Mr.. Davis protests against the use
of histories in our schools which are
calculated TO teach Southern chill
dren that the Federal Government is
sovereign. This will be taught out
Of the schools. It is question Of
politics Of the future. History is q
photograph Of the past.-New Or
leans Pieayune.
Mrs. j. +. B. Stuart, the widow Of
the dashing Confederate cavalry gen
eral, is visiting her father, General
Philip St. George Cooke, Of Detroit.
Mrs. Stuart married six months be-
fore the war broke out and the faith.
er and son.in.law entered the oppos.
ing armies. General Cooke was op,
posed TO General Stuart only once on
the battle field.-Phil. Times.
Bret Harte Is consul at Glasgow.
but he lives in London and devotes
himself TO literature. This is his
best hold, but he should not do il at
government expense. He is not a
very offensive partisan, but be is
worthless as an oficial.-Boston
Post.
T. b. shillaber (Mrs. Partington)
has Just celebrated his seventy first
birthday, but he is not too old, he
thinks, TO undertake the duties Of
postmaster at Chelsea, Mass.--N. Y.
World.
While Emperor William was TAX.
ing drive at Ems on Sunday, a
miserably dressed man threw a flow.
or pot at his carriage, exclaiming:
"Thus will the empire break" No
damage was done. The man was
arrested. lie is supposed to be in
sane.
Miss Mamie Larkin Hatchett, in
her salutatory as editor on the Hen.
derson (N. @. Southern Woman"
writes "a callow birdling nestles
among you, its unacdgcd wings
eager for fight, eager to penetrate
the mysteries of the bright far'Off
canopy Of blue and revel amid the
dreamed Of beautieo Of the wide, wide
world. Whispering faith and hope
| in each vocal breath, what shall be
lis fateY Shall Il minglc It's joyous
carols with the spicy odors Of It's
native groyesf Or will you cast il
il out to seek refuge in some alien
woodland, there to warble out its
] early death lay, unloved, forgotten
and alonef
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ALABASTINE.

is a valuable discovery. II consti-
tutes a permanent finish for walls,
assimilating with the plaster, and
will not rub of. 1t does not deteris
crate by age; in this respect il is un.
like all other preparations of a SINH
lar character. Alabastine is disin.
fectant, and renders apartments
healthful. Cracks in the walls can
be filed by mixing the Alabastine
thick, which cannot be done with
Kalsomine. Five pounds Of Alabas.
tine will cover so square yards, or
450 square feet, two coats. Sample
cards showing a variety Of beautiful
tints. For sale by
I, I'll. BRIGGS & SONS,
Raleigh, N. @.
Mention this paper. ap 15-tf