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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10
HONEST MEN.

Old Abraham Diilinger sued nill Hiliiard for calling him a liar. He thought that his character had been damaged to the sxtea, oi 6heea dollArs, and, for that amount, brought sat, before justice of the peace. Just before court met, Hilliard. approached Dilllngsr and sad;
 Hook here, Ahe, you know your character aint been hurt 6feen dollars wuth, |"
 "Yas, blamed st It haInt."
 Nov, Abe, b1ieve tha. i've dollars will kiver up all damages, fur, Abe, you know well enough that you aiF liar"
 "Yes, 1 know all that, Bill, but it's ons Q them sorter truths that despise."
 "i don't van. no lawyer es peckin' as me, Abe. Tell you what m do. I'll give you five dollars"
 "raint enough. Bill.'
 "WAll, now. wan, to do whut's right. We arc both homes, men an good citi- rens. l'll give you the fifteen dollars lf ycu'll go before court, say .ha. you was a liar an withdraw the suit"
 "Give me twenty. Billie, an blamed of don't do n."
 "i'm your man."
 The money was paid, and aAer tho court had been called to order, Absa- ham stated tha, as he "mout" have told lie, he would withdraw the suit. We'll" said he. after making the sc- knowledg meat, "b'leve I'll be goin', as it's geuin' long tosAEd the shank O the evenin'. Coin out my way, Blllr
 No, right now, Abe. Say, hold on . minute. ledge. 1 want this man tuck up for false arrest. He has acknowledged that he is liar"
 Let me see you minute, Bill, called Abe.
 Bill went out and Abe said:
 "Look here, what's the matter with you"
 "No.hin, only I'm going to have the clamps put on you"
 "i'll give you ten dollars to wipe the thing out"
 "Now, Abe, wan, to be Tar an a9uar. Gimme thirty dollsr= sa' eas she goes. ken send you to the pen for this, Abe, an 1 consider thirty dollars mighty cheap"
 " m give you twenty-five"
 "Thir,y, Abe"
 "You must be fool I"
 "All right, Abe.'
 "Sayl"
 "Well"
 Here's your monsy. I'm gsstin' tired O this blamed law businsss, fur thar aint no honesty in iL Ses,le her up an Let's be usvelin'. 1 wouldn't be { lawyer fur nuthin'."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10

tent suffered, ye, the increduli,y of the

tent suffered, yet the incredulity of the congregation amused him. @Parson," said he, Eve will not further discuss the question of whether or not am judge, for, on an occasion of this kind 1t really makes no difference. How is it, my good friends, that see no women in the congregation ?"
 "Becase thar ain't none here, reckon" rj ,ined the preacher.
 Yes, very likely that is one reason"
 "An' anuther Eesson," continued the preacher, lis becase they didn't come"
 This logic was so convincing that the congregation laughed.
 Why did they not come P asked the judge.
 "Wail, they had to stay at home an take kere O the chillun. The wimmen folks don't need no preachin', fur, bless 'em, they are good enough without it."
 "Well, gentleman, as services are closed for to day, do not think that there would be any impropriety in taking little something to drink. have some excellent stuff here," continued the judge, taking out bottle.
 "I,Il j'ine you," said the preacher, throwing out quid of tobacco. Turning up the bottle, he took lingering pull, '' and said:
 "Ah, boys, blamed if l don't believe he is judge"
 Turning up the bottle again, and he's itating some time before he took it down, he wiped his mouth on his coat sleeve, and declared: "Boys, blamed if don, know it."
 Pass the evidence this way" said the deacon. "-after a protracted up ward gaze-"he's got the proof Ali that want to be satisfied jest come up to the moumer's bench. Nobody but a jedge could toat this sort O licker."
 The entire congregation, becoming re. pentant, crowded around the mourner's bench and, as a hymn broke forth, the judge was lifted from the floor and borne on the shoulders of the ardent wor. shippers. All of the brothers assisted him in finding the blazed trail. "Never since that time," said the judge, in speaking of the event, "have found a church where l was held in such high esteem"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10
A CHRISTIAN GENTLEMAN.

Old Alph went into a grocery store and approaching the proprietor who stood behind desk, asked:
 Busy, boss F
 "Yes, what do you wantr
 "Wali, l wuz in heah yistidy ter buy CT side O meat. ToIe lem ter sem it 'roun' ter de house but"
 |" 1 believe you are an old liar. If you had bought the meat it would have been sent"
 Ain't gwine ter coneck de mistake derr
 No, get out of here."
 All right boss, suits me well CT. nuf. Ordered CT side O E-es. ss' paid fur it but yer folks made CT mistake an trapped me of CT barrel O -four an CT lot Q hams. Didn' know ] wrz tradin' wid sich CT christian gennerman. Good day, sah."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10
A SOBER MAN.

@l plead not guilty" said man who had been arraigned on charge of drunk enness. "i was perfectly sober"
 SThe officer says that you were stag gering along the street"
 Possibly"
 How do you account for it?'
 Well, judge, with me it is this way. drank . great deal several years ago, taking regular sprees. Exercising q mighty e6ort l stopped, but ever since then, when the time Sog . spree cones around, 1 stagger Ike a drunken man.s
 4very unfortunate, really, but the ex- ample was just as bad as though you had been drunk. won't ine you for being drunk-D
 z Thank you, judgen
 But viii assess yoa for staggeziag."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10

THE recent dynamite plot to blow ap . London tunnel was wTcsg. h fact, t was . violation of the lav. Whss ths sext legislature meets h Londos, the blowing sp q . tunnsl shou,d bs msdea . capital o6enss. h the msandns iee tbe dseectives view the smoke.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10

Or course every one pities General Grant, but is he worse of than many men vho took . prominent part in sabduing the rebeiiion7 His greatness, unlike the greatness Of many man, has not zone without recognition. The American peo- pie are either severe CT maadiin. The cry that the general is su6erinS shseugh want of H1e's actual necessities l. nop- sense, bat congress should piscs him on the retired iist. We should think thas hs wouid be ashaned to receive individual subsczipsioss-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10

VI the boy looked as though he wanted to throw up, but these conditions were to be expected from a life so devoted to trying application.
 "Go. anything on hand p asked Mir. Biddleworth.
 "Yes, got little gem"
 The printer took out manuscript copy of Poe's Raven"
 "That aint slow," said the old man, when the tramp had read the production, "but don't you think that, rooster would do better than ravenS'
 "No, think not"
 "Yes, fur thar aint no ravens in this here country. Say, how would a crow do 2"
 "First rate"
 "Wall, jest make 1t crow"
 The old man, in speaking to his wife, said: q am nightly hope up abou, Harvey, for he's goin' to be poet as sure as you live"
 The mother of the promising boy was delighted. Reuben she said, you don't know how proud it makes me Suppose you git holt O one O them pieces, an take 1t to the newspaper. do so much want to see Harvey's name printed in thar. IL would make all the wimmen folks in the county look 30 quar-"
 Hanged if don't do It. 'Riah. you are the smartcst oman ever seed"
 Biddieworth secured the "R Raven,' or rather the crow-as his advice had been followed and took it to the editor of the village newspaper. He explained why he had hired the poet, and how he had been deceived In the appearance of the great man. "Yas, sir" continued the visitor, "i don't know that poet-what in thunder air you laughin' at Ain't l, good piece, cap'n 2"
 The editor explained, between fits of laughter. Tha, fellow" ," said he "wo' ked in my office. but disappeared suddenly, about the same :ime with nearly all tho movable furniture in the establishment. Those poems are only copied by him. I'll show you,' and turning to book, he ex- hibited the " K sven." "Much obleeged, cap'n," said the old man, arising.
 "Won't you sit lougerf"
 "No, I'll go an see how the poe, is a ge,tin' along. 1 reckon he's got the Sans O old David copied of by this time. Good day"
 Az the old gentleman ascended the stairs leading to the lin,-roon, he heard a song, accompanied by the shufiling Of feet, but when he entered, he found the poet and the student bending over A table.
 "How air you get,in' along, Mir. Poetf"
 "Fnst rate"
 Got anything else I Any sn ore jam l'
 "Any more gems, you mean.'
 "Yes, any more gems!'
 "Have little one here which we wrote just now"
 "Read her"
 The poet read the "The Old Oaken Bucket" "How does that strike you, old gentleman r
 "Fust rate. Say, to make the thing more nachul like couldn't you have the bucket come oa in the well an have a old feller ishin' airter 1t with a pole z"
 don't think that would make bis."
 "Wha. poet wants is to make hit, eh r
 "Yes, sir"
 "Well, I'm somsshin' O poet sense l got to 'socis.in' with you, an believe i'ii make hit" and hauling of !" witn his ponde1ous hss, he knocked down the as- tonishsd tramp and kicked him down stairs. Looking around fos the boz, he found him putting the piow gear on the <,lA sao<t>A r,,ule
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10
FELT BAD.

Publisher to a writer of Amssican real. ism: @Can you get up that article for me to-day r
 @No, Sssl very dnll- really cast say anything."
 Going to rest to day, sh r"
 "No, am goisg to work on my ssw noxei.S
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10

The new literary venture. Editor to contributor" Your story is too long for one issue" We'll, then, print it in two." Editor (reAecting se- riously). "My dear sir, there will not be two issues."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10

An old negro, who in speaking of an attorney, but who could not think of the term, said: "Oh, yes, he's up dar now, doin' CT good business CT guessin' at de law"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10

Tennyson's new drama, Beckett" is said to be the dullest piece of work that the poet has yet accomplished. The old gentleman must be gaining strength with age.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10
JENNINGS.

Hot mush parties have become popu- ar among the young men of New York. They are learning to talk like Henry irving.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10

"DArk Days" by Hugh Conway, au- thor ot Called Back" is not 50 popular as the sudden fame of the writer war ranted. At least, it is not so much ap- preciated by men who hang around saloons" It is dark day when they do not get drink, while to be called back suggests the liberality of some one in the party.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10

AennySon, several oayS ago, mace the following remark to a friend: "The weather greatly influences me in my work. If sit down to write, and hear the rain falling, cannot help but yield to its influence" This is true, at least we have found it so. The other day, during the season of extreme dampness, we" we" used advisedly, upon advice ot aphysician-wrote the following which, at first, gave promise of being great poem l:
 Drip, drip, drip.
 Oozy darkness hangs o'er the land Shivering the bare. armed orchards stand; Bedraggled roosters croak in dreary strain, And muffied birds fit through the chilling
 rain,
 Drip, drip, drip.
 Drip, drip, drip.
 The battered dish-pan in the hall Catches the rain drops as they fall The tucked-up housewife drowning, speaks or how the old time mansion leaks. Drip, drip. drip.
 Just about the time the last line of the above was finished, the wind whisked around, the thermometer became de- pressed and the hand of nature wore a rigid glove of ice. Under such circum- stances the poem could not be continued, for there was no "drip, drip, drip" Blow, blow, blo~, might have been substi- tuted, but such change would diplease the critics, both foreign, domestic and calico. Now, as the muse which was damp and dripping shakes the icicles from his rattling mane, the poem shall be printed merely to illustrate the truth of Mir. Tennyson's remark.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-01-10

General Albert Plke's ability to eat is still wonder to his friends. Years ago he made reputation in this line, and he is one of the few men whose early promises have ripened. Recently while visiting in Little Rock, he took dinner at the Capital hotel. When asked what he would have, he replied: "Well, having eaten a fate breakfast, am not very hungry. Bring me dozen raw oysters, some mashed potatoes, a dozen fried oysters, baked duck, couple of slices ofham, a geod size beef steak, piece of shoat and a red snapper"
National Republican., 1885-10-07


In so far as American sympathies 90 out
land, il Is natural that majority Of our
people should give the liberals the prefer
ence. The progressive and democratic ele-
nents of the British people are in the lib
eral party. America and American insti-
tutions have more friends in the liberal
than in the tory party. The theories that
are most disliked by liberal-minded Ameri-
cans are those to which the tories are III
dissolubly welded
There are many Americans who do not
understand why Mr.. Parnell and his asso-
ciates have not steadily allied themselves
with the liberals. The detection of the
home rulers and the consequent retirement
Of the Gladstone ministry are not well
understood by many friends OF Ireland on
this side Of the Atlantic.
In q speech delivered at the great Par
nell campaign fund meeting in Chicago last
week Mr.. Alexander Sullivan addresses
himself to the task of explaining this mys-
terry. Mr.. Sullivan finds that the people of
the United States are, as rule, inclined to
estimate the historical relation Of the
British liberals toward ireland by oratoricol
professions. But he urges that the Irish
people, whose lives and destiny are in
the issue, must Judge liberals and tories
alike by their acts. In political literature,
he says there is nothing more auspicious
and enticIng than the promises which the
liberal party have made to Ireland. But
when we scrutinizo the performances that
have followed these promises, he says, little
is found in them that is not Intellectual or
brutal
Going back TO 1900, when the Irish par
lament "wGs abolished by force and fraud"
Mr.. Sullivan shows that since that time two
great acts Of remedial legislation have been
passed, The FIRST gave religious liberty to
three-fourths Of the Irish people. That was
the deed Of the tories. John Bright only
repeats the tory minister, who passed the
bill, when he says II was extorted by the
threat Of civil war. The second was the
National Republican., 1885-10-07

Hon. jeff Chandler's Brentsyllle speech
on civil service reform is new departure
for Democrat. lie stands up boldly be-
fore the Virginia bourbons and unqualih-
edly indorses the Presidents civil service
policy.
Now that Mr.. Chandler has gotten his
hand in, it..might be we'll for him to devote
some portion of his rhetorical eloquence to
the advocacy Of free speech in the Old
Dominion. A course Of lectures on this
theme in the city Of Alexandria would be
useful as preparing the way for civil service
reform and other features OF progressive
civilization.
THE REPUBLICAN, earnestly sympathizes
with the President in his efforts to adhere
to his reform pledges. This sympathy de-
rives intensity from the fact that most Of
the members Of the Cabinet and their sub
ordinates are evidently opposed to him.
The President will undoubtedly find much
consolation and timely support in the ex
tract from Mr. Chandler's speech which we
print this morning.
National Republican., 1885-10-07
ABOUT PEOPLE.

PROP. Henry MITCHELL, of Boston, is at the
Ebbtt.
GEN. BRADLEY 7. JOHNSON, of Baltimore, Is at
the Ebbitt.
HENRI DE EADADIE, of Paris arrived at the
EbDitt yesterday.
EX-REPREsENTATIvE LEONARD MYERS is at
the Riggs House.
REPRESENTATIVE W. s. SCOTT, of Pennsyl-
vania, is at the Arlington.
CHARLES II. CRAMP, shipbuilder, of Philadel-
phia, Is at the Riggs House.
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE CoLMAS has
gone to Boston to deliver an address before the
forestry convention.
Mr., BARSuM appointed collector of internal
revenue for the first district of Missouri Is a
prominent citizen of st. Louis, where he is en-.
gagged in business rs manufacturer He has
always been identified with the Democratic
party, but has not taken an active part In poll
tics of late years. He was strongly indorsed by
Senator Cockrell, Representatives Glover and
Clardy, and many leading business men OF st..
Louis
National Republican., 1885-10-07
Effects of Seryile Labor.

When the white men Of the south recog
nize the fact that the labor of the colored
man is now his heritage, won for him by the
expenditure of the blood Of tens of thou
sands of white men and OF treasures almost
illimitablc, then they will understand that
free thought and free speech are part of
this heritage, as inseparable from free labor
as is the marrow from the bones OF living
man.
No free people can exist, no republic be
permanent unless labor secures its proper
remuneration, thought is untrammeled, and
speech free.
Nor does this idea imply RIGHTEOUSNESS in
thought or speech, but only that free speech
which gives TO every man the right to express
his opinions upon any question affecting him
or,the interests of the whole or part of the
people.
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, has shown
that in the black belt of the south free
labor docs not exist. 1t is this cankerous
sore upon the body polite which affects the
whole south. The canker must be cradl-
Gated before the body can become sound.
While 1t exists the whole system is un-
healthy.
Free thought cannot be tolerated where
labor is unrewarded. Free speech must be
crushed or labor will claim its reward.
The logical sequence of underpaid negro
labor in the black belt was the driving Of
John Wise, by n mob of white Democrats,
from the stand In Alexandria, where he was
endeavoring to use free speech.
The north cannot stand idly by and wit
ness the Suppression of thought and speech
in the south, because IL was just that and
nothing more which made servile labor
possible, and 1t was servile labor which
made the war Of the rebellion necessity
and cost the nation million lives.
No new form of servile labor can be per-
mitted which may render necessary, in the
future, another holocaust of victims upon
the altar Of liberty. The sons of the SOL
diers who saved the Union from destruc-
tion, because labor was not free and
thought and speech were trammeled, must
not be called upon to undergo the dangers
and hardships endured by the fathers. The
ballot properly used now will avert all
danger of more serious conflict in the
| future.
National Republican., 1885-10-07

IT is the misfortune Of the Salt Lake
saints, not the fault of the country, that
they did not live in the time Of the patri-
archs. Living in very different age and
under totally different conditions, they
must be made to obey the law that con-
demns the central tenet Of their religious
creed as a beastly felony. The people of the
United States cannot be induced to believe
that lust is an element Of holiness. In this
republic the majority must rule. If the
polygamous Mormons could outvote the
rest of the people they might make mo-
nogamy felony and send men to prison Tor
refusing to take liberal assortment of
wives. Lacking the voting strength re-
qulred for the carrying out OF such pro-
gramme, the brethren must be persuaded
or punished into compliance with the laws
of the land.
National Republican., 1885-10-07

To SHOW that the war is over and the sad
past forgotten, Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and his
campaign cavalry dress in confederate gray.
Undeniably they have legal right to wear
clothing Of any color that plcases their
fancy, but they make the most direct and
fOrcible appeal to war memories when they
display the uniform Worn by the armies
that fought against the Union. The RE-
TIBLICAN has no harsh words for the eX-
confederate soldiers because of the part
they bore in that great struggle. Their
sincerity is conceded. But those Virginians
who are now riding over the state in CON
federatc gray "to stir up the voters are
doing all that Is possible to rckndle the war
feeling. And we want to remind the solid
men Of the Old Dominion that this sort of
folly will oiTectually bar out Of the state the
capital needed to develop It's resources.
National Republican., 1885-10-07

SATURDAY is the great purchasing day OF
the week. Saturday night the masses make
purchases. Merchants keep their establish
mcnts open until 10 o'clock. These facts
are sufficient to demonstrate that Saturday
morning is the best time of the week on
which to advertise.
National Republican., 1885-10-07

THE impression, prevalent in some quar-
tcrs, that the text Of the civil service law
has been generally violated in the depart
ments in Washington is erroneous, as The
REPUBLICAN, has repeatedly stated. There
have been few direct violations of the let
ter Of the law and Commissioner Eaton
would not interfere when his attention was
called to them; but it is simple justice to
say that, as a general thing, the letter of the
statute as well as OF the rules has been and
is observed. The Republican party can
afford to he fair.
National Republican., 1885-10-07
DOsTOFFIUE NOTICE.

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Foreign mails for the week ending Oct. 10 will
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THURsDAY.-At 1890 p. m. for Europe, per
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France, Germany, ETC., must be directed '.per
many, ETC., per steamer westphaiia, via plymouth.
Cherbourg,, and Hamburg (letters for Great
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HENRY q. PEARSON, Postmaster.
PosTOFFICE, NEw YORK. N ", Oct. 2, 1885.
National Republican., 1885-10-07

LEGISLATIVE independence for Ireland,
leaving the question Of separation to the
future, is the policy announced by Mr..
Parnell. lie puts 1t so clearly that misun-
derstandng is impossible. What he de-
mands is the right of the Irish people, and
England will be compelled to grant it in
the not far distant future.
National Republican., 1885-10-07

IT has been discovered that a number of
influential Republicans, including states
men and political writers, have changed
their minds on various questions during
The last quarter of a century. 1t has not
been discovered that any Democratic leader
has seen fit to make a change in the outfit
OF opinions which he inherited from his
ancestors.