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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

instructions for use, and as soua a you arc competent to make true xnEvey you will ind both interest and profit in the work.
 lf yOa have any taste for pen-wosk cultivate ie. You write . very readable hand now, but improve is if vou can. AS to writing articles foT the press, donA give up the idea becausa some one laughs as you, Take alt the items os ae~s h your neighboGhood-sales of real estate, accidents, crop repoSts, etc, write them up in as good style as you can, and send the article to ycer ccunsy paper. II you dont see the letter published you can blame me for the disappointment.
 As to mechanical tools, use. them whenever you have . moments leisure. Every farmer has need of hand-saws, planes, files, drsw-shave, aasers, bits, etc, and he should know how to use them.
 Just word more. Don't let yourself grow rusty in German. The fact that you can speak the two languages would go far toward securing you good posi-. ,ion in store or office if you leu the farm,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
Facial Neuralgia.
Evansville Argus.l

It looks as if it was mighty nice to be able to sit by nice fire for a week or so with nothing to do, but we had rather maui rails than do 1t. It's nice, very nice, to sit tilted back in front of fire, with plenty of cigars and a lot of ex- changes, novel or so and pair of slip pers. Oh, yes, it looks very nice, indeed to the man who is not sitting there. With his throat wrapped up in an army blanket, big towel tied around his head, bottle of liniment in one hand, hts temples held in the other and wad of cotton saturated with laudanum and
 ammed down onto a row of aching teeth, he is an object of the most sincere and heart-rending pity. He takes up a novel, and just as he gets to where the loving maiden says: "Yes, darling, they may say that you are poor, but love you for your true worth ; be patient, dearest; twill be but a few brief hours till will see you in" Tophet (this last word is used by the man sitting by the fire, and whose worst jaw tooth has sud- denly walked up and gone into business at the old stand Down goes the book and tue sufferer jumps into the center of snS AoOi anu SAS~osCS c sSW etSRS suaA Highland fling girl in variety show might be proud of In rushes the faith ful little wife, and for few minutes the odor of laudanum and hot to wells fills the room. Then the "bad" tooth goes to sleep for a while and the sufferer gets back into the easy chair and takes up the book again. But it don't interest him. He has suffered so that the drops of agony still stand on his forehead and he don't care whether the hero meets the heroine all right. or whether the old man puts load of duck shot into him just as he (.he hero) has reached the lattice and is whispering: Flee with me, my own" About that time the little wife comes up with a nice dinner for papa" !" and PSPs's eyes glisten as he sees the neat tray with its cup of steaming coffee. He gathers it fondly onto his lap and takes first sip of coffee, but alas! the bad" tooth and feur others of it's brethren on the upper jaw decide they don't nke coffee and rise right up on their hind legs and howl The sick man howls, too, and by the time this little matinee is over, he feels as if he didA't want to eat anything for the next ten years. Then afer dinner (the dinner he didn't eat) is over, in comes the consoler. The first thing he says is: "Why don't you get it pulled?" It! There's where the joke comes in. When a man gets neuralgia in the head he might stop it by getting all his teeth, his forehead, his nose and both ears pulled, but we douit it. When neuralgia tackles a man it don't go in for any four rounds, Marquis of Q rules it just comes to stop and visit him awhile, and it don't allow itself to be neglected or forgotten during its visit. Any of our readers ~ho have waded through the abo se will understand why we are glad to "be on the streets again." N. B.-For sale one case of neuralgia (warranted full case). Bid ders for same can make their own terms by calling at this office.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
The aiieni Smoker.

Among the "reminiscences of the war the following extract from an interview with an old Virginia Methodist preacher Is interesting:
 i "Yes, my house was full ot generals last night. There was Sheridan, Humph. reys, Meade, Custer, Ord and quite . number of others, and they were lively set and full of fun, and all quite jolly with the exception of one offer whom l noticed sitting in the corner smoking and taking bu, li.,le part in the sports in which the rest were engaged. They all went out of the house but this solitary, silent man, and as was going out he asked me where the pump was, as he would like to get drink. On offering to get him some water, be said: No, sir, am yoanger man than you, will go myself, and as passed out he came up behind me. When in about the mid de of the hall my little granddaughter came running toNard me, but the silent man spreading out both arms, caagh, her, taking her up, fairly smothered with kisses. said: This reminds me of my little girl at home, and makes me home sick To the question, Where is your home !? he replied 'Calens, H., bu, have my family as City Point, and am anxious to get back to them.' said, ( Will you permit me to ask vcas name, sirT Certainly, nay name is Grant { Grant exclaimed |; General CraniT and stood there ave stricken and par. alyred with sstonishment, while my heart went out after this man. tbougbt to myself, here is . man whose name :s now in the mouth Of man. woman and child throughout the civilized world, and yet withsi Es exhibits no emotion and seems unconcesned and unmoyed until the little child reminds him of his loved ones as home, and ! fairly broke down, as General Grant had been pictured out to rs as bloody butcher, and had looked for a man as savage as . Comanche Indian. To say ! vas sgreeabiy disappoissed when saw Cr3nt expresses my feelings but feebly."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

get us some blankets which We knew must be serewn about in the weeds where they had been thrown away in the action of the morning. agreed to the propo' sition, and soon after dark we set cut on our journey. It vas clear, bright night with fuli moon, and as we descended into the raxine past the picket guard whom we told we were going only down to the little brook fer wAteF-the moon beams peeEing down between the branches Of the great trees ab I've us. fell upon the most unutterably weird, desc late and ghostly scene that'i have ever witnessed in this mournful world. Scat tered all through the timber, and all along the margin of that little brook, whose busy nurmur now tell with pain ful sound upon my ears, lay the dead, just as they had fallen during the fight. Some were lying upon their faces, some upon their backs, and some half sitting and half reclining had met death leaning against the trees. Cropping around among the dead, and the debris of the attle, my companion found a blanket, but was not so fortunate in my search. Al last, seeing one spread over the un- even surface of something which | was at no loss to conjecture must be the body of fallen soldier, hastily resolved, un- less the man was still alive, to take .th at, Geing up to the body, with not little of that awe at the close proximity of the dead common to all human beings, but which a soldier soon learns from habit and association to discard, cautiously pulled back the edge Of the blanket in order to discover if the occupant had any further use for the covering. AS did so a sight met my vision which time and the flight of years have never been able to entirely dispel. As the man fell to the earth in the agony of death, he had grasped in his hand short piece of wood ana convulsively placing 1t in his mouth had died with it clenched between his jaws One eye was tightly closed, and the other, wide open and illuminated by the pale moonbeams that were streaming down through the trees overhead, stared me in the face with glitter that froze with terror the very blood in my veins. dropped that blanket. did not want it And as fled with the speed of wings out from the "valiey of the shadoav o, dfafh," all the immortal souls ot the dead host about me seemed dancing in the moonlight among the glis,ening leaves And all night long and many night aud day, and week and month, and year aftel that, saw, and still do see in my dreams that borrid face, and that glittering eys peering at me from inconceivable nook: and corners, and windows, and oper graves.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

"Bill, how is your law practice 2"
 Law practice! Do you take me fos . fool ?"
 ~CeTtsiniy not. had expected you were almost erudite enough by this time to get judges commission"
 ~WelL you see, my dear boy. starved along at law until got tired. It vas too slow work. Then l got . situation as coachman when coachmen were elevated to the aristocracy, but failed to reach an heiTess, and % nov I'm giving pri- vate roller skating lessons. have lots of pluck. asd viii strike t rich some dzy.o-Defyeff 75mes.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

NoTR.-David Pearson, incidentally men
 tioned in this sketch, fought bravely through all the battles and skirmishes of the Atlanta campaign and the march to the sea, and, go- ing home after surviving the peris of the war without a scratch, went to work at his trade in his little shop, and was soon after killed by an insignificant stick throw from rotary saw while engaged in saving broom handles
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
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lnlantile Slin BaautIners- Appeal to
 hothsE ...Tfy Them.

teoR Cleansing the Skin aud seAin et ntrth Ha- mers. h'' allasias Itch as, Hasaias Asa tuaAsa- mAtnh fnt cufinR up Hrst sS lapiutaa at kVketaA faorsAais ehk Craet trall Had seTufalA Aad ntasf iahertted Aih and hiaod atAeases, cUHtulRA 2usre sAla heen ihsr, eNtcrnaliy, and CUrfCuN4 hesnLVENT, he new haod fatlaer, tnssrna b, are insihhle, Absolutely pure,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

There vas caucus h oae of the sub- nrbs the other night, and the burden Of all the speeches wss that the best man shouid Dc voted for. Aftss the. ballot t was discovered that every man had voted for himself It is always pleasant to find men who are true Co sheir principles.-- Boskss TrassrSibI
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
]" TERRIBLY AEFI.lcrRp !.

Mir. and Mrs. tNsrett stebhlns. Bsirhsstowa Mass wtitVi oar lltiie boy wAs terribly Atuiotsl with erSNlA, sat hh1rm and Etyslpstas vxst since hr wAs born, and nothing c,aid give kltt. hslped him anut wo utsd CurIetHA kknknig gs which grad A'ly cured hun, anii he ts nos As iA,r as any Vhilh. "
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
Johnny's Charity.
lKentucky State Journal.

IKentucky Stafe Journal.I
 ~Johnny, why don't ysu rock the baby ? You'd lei it squeal its life out"
 "I would if could.n
 @Why, Johnnyl Want your little brother to die l" "Well, doggone it, wouldn't it be a good deaf better fur him to be up in heaven Ayin' around than to De layin' . sQueatin' in that 'ere cradle S'
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
FROM hEAp TO PERT" !"

Charles ka1Fr HHhie, Jeesst tttt heiEkta, N. ]. i, wFiteai Nh sos, q lai at twelve years ~As eauls pi. tel, nnrsd at ierr le 0ass aT Erssma nf tine tutiNpHA RNAEntks. From The isn .T hia head "a the a'es eT hia feet ut atis 's ttetl other teaiod, Asd pas siaises had bsea tried ID NAln.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
"s,oo FOR NOTHING |"

Wm. 6otdps, S Arlington AvU. thAfirsln~ H Macs ~rites "iiatlas rstd sbunt [ eo Ia aFsts ctsse doet"ts tn cure Niy habY, Sithanl sasepas. tried the CtTitUHA Eshtnths, which cnaapls isiy cured, afief using thf eu pa. kAEos
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
FOR PALE. LANouIp.

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25
BEST FOX THR SKIN

Your CuTtcrHA HkaEpiR- art ihs beat fof aaln iis. ssss hstn sVst Eaid Aad gUuf ttfirntA HoAF ths aRsst uisdia Ai teliHt spaF tu ths nsasst
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

Huid every Sbsrs. rTirsi CtTtsUht. n eestsi HEE'stfSsf. 4i.@il Boar, A cunts, Prepares bF FotrEH bHt W tsi' '';Ssis&L Ca, hsstan, AAss. hsnA fsF "ssaW ta CsVs ahts = nissases."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

Take none but Bro ~n's Iron Tonic.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

Orotnef Crlpptc, ana ! am com mpelte0 10 remain on the farm. should prefer to be a bookkeeper, mechanic, chemist or civil engineer. Could learn any of these things at home during spare mo- mentsi 1t also seems to me that have some talent for writiag, although may be mistaken in this have also prac- ticed littie in making pen pictures, but every time undertake anything with the pen or tool the other members of the family make fun Of me and discourage me in every way possible, until give up the undertaking.
 I would be glad if you would give me your advi-e, and also whether they sse right in discouraging me in my under takings. You mus, not think that am not satisfied at home. I am very well satisfied. can read and speak both the English and German languages.
 Ycu can purchase works on chemistry, civil engineering. etc, but it is doubtful if they would interest you as much ss you think for. There are certain mat ters, however. which would be of some practical benefit. There is a small book called: Easy Lessons in Chemistry." If you can get copy you will find many pages of 1t devoted to the information of farmers. It anaivzes all the soils, tells you the values of different fertilizers, and contains many other valuable hints.
 you can't be a civil engineer why not be a surveyor? I'll venture the as- sertion that you haven't two farmers in your county who can survey their fields. You can buy works on surveying, and also the necessary instruments, with full
The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-25

ger, that your manner inspired me with courage, and don't believe could ever have gone another step if you hadn't said what you did"
 On the morning before that terrible battle, the officers of our division, sus- pecting that an attack would be made, fooiishly ordered us all to leave our knap- sacks in the rear, and in consequence of that foolish order, never after repeated in the long campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, when the chilly night fell upon the field of a drawn battle between the opposing forces, we were compelled to lie down upon eur arms without tents or blank .ts.
 The attack in ovr immediate front had been failure, and the advanced line of battle, which had charged through the deep ravine, across the little brook at the bottom and up the hillside beyond to take the rebel Notifications, had been re- pulsed with great loss, and, finally, falling back again across the ravine, occupied at nightfall, after the battle, the ridge from which we had descended in the morning, CT rather in the earlier part of the day In that hollow and along the line of that brook in the weeds, now between the two hostile lines of battle, were lying hun dreds of dead men who had fallen there in the battle of the day As the chilly dews of night began to settle down upon the scene, Win Wright, my bunkmate, a soldier who never knew the instinct of fear, proposed to me that we pass by the pickets, and go down isto the ravine where the charge had been made, and
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-05-15

o,une is ..Wm. w. Wal'lrop,' was
a visitor to the Exposition on Lou
i,iaua Day and, in a recent let'er
to the Clarion. after portraylng the
wonders of the ''big show thus
graphically describes meeting with
our genial friend and prominent
citizen, Senator Sellers:
j ran across E. Tom Sellers,
the illustriOuS Senator from Union.
mere on a beer saloon street the
other day, and !on should have
seen us ..pilr on airs" and get out.
side of the foaming, amber-colored
beverage which all great men So
much enjoy. Tom was down here
on a frolic aNl he was lively and
careless. If you ever meet hun
give him four UltS, for You will
Justly owe it to him for the fun
sou will have in hearing him
laugh. He can laugh all over
town--clear up to the tower ut the
Exposition. Tom is a good man,
and hates the Louisiana Ring as
cordially as | hate prOhibition.'
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-05-15
we are glad that it meets with

we are glad that it meets with
public favor.
There is considerable force IN
What our correspondent states III
relation to to the publication OF
evidences in criminal cases III adj
vance of the final trial; but sup
pose we neglect or refuse to chron-
icle events that are Of public inter
est. what would our efforts toward
furnishing home news amount to :
The newspapers of nelghborlnS
parishes would probably hear that
certain crimes had been peri'et.a-
ted in the parish. and would nat
urally condemn the local paper
for failure to chronicle the partlcn-
lars. Besides. our readers would
charge us with bein: -unfaithfui
and apathctic. Again, there IS
no secrecy as to public records and
no way to prevent any one, wish
ing so to do, from peruslnS the
evidence Oh file in the cOurt-rec-
OrClS.
No. we verify believe that we
would br recreant to duty should
we keep back any news Of Il pub
lie cha "acter from our readers OF
which We gain possesslon; but tn"
trouble alluded to by our CORES
ponlent could perhaps be Obviated
10y having the law, which disquali-
fies the intelligent juror, amended.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-05-15

We learn from the Echo that our
friend Chas. Pate, residing near
our old home OH Dry Greek, was
recently attacked by \ strange me-
gro man who, with drawn pistol,
ordered him to give up his money.
As Pate put his hand in his l,ock
ct to get the money out, the COW
arkly assassin fearing that lie
might draw weapon instead of
money, jumped behind u tree and
snapped his pistol at HIM. At tbls
chance of escape Mr.. Pate dashed
Of at full speed, the dastaraly
I iend firing two shots at him, but
ithout effect, as he retreated.
r. Pate, with = squad of meu,
went in search of the villain, but
up to the latest accounts had not
succeeded in Overtaking him.
This was indeed a bold ATTEMPT
at robbery; We congratulate "Char-
lie" on his escape from the clutches
of the william.
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-05-15

Mrs. Anna J.. Steinreide wife OF
DR.. J. J. Steinreide, ali eminent
physician of Memphis, elcped with
her coachman on the 18th nit.
Mrs. s. is said to be about ~ years
very handsome, accomplished and
we'll educated. The husband is
almost frantic and is doing all he
can to recover his wife. He said
to . reporter ~ want to find her,
and will freely forgive her for what
she has done, as ! think that she
Is suffering from q mental malady,
probably Inherited. l have two
children to whom am anxious to
restore her.
IA for Irwin, the police informs
me that the only thing that could
be done with him, under the State
laws here, would be q prosecution
for adultery. OF course, ! don't
want to get into any trouble here,
- have = family on my hands,
but l wish I had the scoMndrel
down South. / wish l was single
man, and / would never bother the
police with the affair; Is | could
settle il 10 my own satisfaction.
I 40 mt think of anything now
bat ging my VIE
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-05-15

To the Editor of the HOME ADVOCATE:
The weekly visitatlons Of your
most excellent paper are hailed
with joy not only by myself, but
by every member OF the family.
| heartily concur with your sub
scriber Of Oakland, as stated in
his note last week, in saying that
it is the best paper eyer published
in Farmerville. l congratulate
you upon your return to your old
home, and am gratitie.l to note the
remarkable progress YOU have
attained toward establishing a
first class MISUNDERSTANDING
home interests ard furnishing home
news-Over what may be deemed
almost insurmountable obstacles.
The testimony adduced on the
trial of parties implicated in the
Mabry murder was read with ill.,
terest, but 1 have some doubt Il to
the propriety of newspapers max
ing public the evidence which
must he used on the final trial.
Ihe most intelligent portion of
the people-those best qualified to
serve as jurors-are more than any
others prone to read the newsl'a.
pers, aud, it occurs to MT, that
there is danger Of their making
themselves unacceptable as jurors
by having formed and perhaps ex-
pressed their opinion in the case
before the day of trial of the ac-
cused, while the illlterate, and
therefore incompetent, are permit.
ted to serve. believe in the pu-
rity of the ballot and l be-
lieve that you will join with me in
the advocacy Of the purity, i'm
Partially and intelligence Of those
who are selected to serve as petit
jurors. A READER.
We thank our correspondent for
his congratulations, and greatly
appreciate his commentators Of
the ADVOCATE. We are giving
the publication of the paper our
undivided thought and care, and
The Home advocate. (Farmerville, La.) 1885-1???, 1885-05-15
THE OTTS.pOKE'N SENATOR.

A considerable majority of our
State exchanges think the Ian
guage of Senator Eu>tiS, relative
to President Cleveland's COURSE i'll
making appointments and his
hardness in removing Republican
officials was an unwarranted, in
discreet and spitcful assault on
the Chief Executive and his Cabi-
net. 1t is trne that Senator
Eustis in a recent interview put
lshed in the n. @. States makes
use of some very forciblc language
and it is to he regretted that there
should have been any occasion for
it. Nevertheless there are no
doubt many that entertain about
the same ideas as those announced
by the outspOkcn Senator, who,
are deferred from expressing them
bv reason of a bitter feeling exist
ing against our State admlnlstra-
tiOn-cllarlcteri>eda as "Rlng- rule
with which Senator Eustls is
sail to be in accord.
We are as vehemently ard TN.
compromisingly opposed to any
thing which savOrs of riDg-rule
and official mal-adminlstratiOn as
the most caustic of Senator Eus-
it's critics, but we do not feel that
it is lust to condemn this Senator's
course in attempting to gam rec
ogn1ti0n for the Democratic party
with it's chosen executive, by in
sisting upon the appointment of
long tried, staunch Democrats to
prominent positions, when they
are equally as competent as Re
publican applicants. The action
of the President in appointing
Mr.. Kernocl,an Naval Officer in
the face of the protest Of MIR.
Euslls is to be deplored, as it is
we'll known that kernochan is not
a Democrat and did DOT sustain
the party in the late election for
congress, and therefore has no
right to the benefits Of a victory
which he SO strenuouSly sought to
defeat. The appointment of Pear
son, who never was Il Democrat,
to an important and opulent posi-
ton in New York, to the exclusion
Of a lifelong Democrat, equally
competent, is certainly carrying
ciyil.scrvice professions beyond
what Is just and legitimate.
We believe, however, that Sena-
tor Eustis' conclusions and strict
ures are premature; we believe
that President Cleveland will yet
fulfill the expectations Of those
who elevated him to the high
station he occupies, by removing
obnoxious Republicans and filling
their places with competent, relia-
ble Democrats.