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The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01
Won By an Accident.
a poet.
Ynnth.s Cnmnnnion.l

When we say that something hap pened from chance we really mean only that it occurred, without or in spite of previous planning by the men who wished to control events History knows of empires which have been lost or saved "by accident" that is, as the result of acts which were not within the control of sovereigns and generals
 One such case-the story is narrated in the second part of the "Greville Me moirs was the victory in lS45, of the English over the Sikhs at Ferozeshah.
 At critical point in the battle, the governor-general of India, Lord Hard inge who commanded in person, thought the battle was lost Believing that his army would be destroyed. and not ex- pecting to survive the defeat, he gave his watch and some other things to one of his officers, asking that they might be conveyed to his wife with the assurance that his last thoughts were about her
 Just at this time, one of Lord Hard inge's staff, also in despair, having lost his head, through nervousness or fear rode up to the commander of the Eng fish cavalry, and communicated an order which he declared he had received, that the cavalry should retreat The com mander asked for d written order; the statf.otficer admitted that he had none, but spoke so positively as to the instruc ton which he was charged to deliver, that the commander gave the order that his men should retire
 The Sikhs, seeing the cavalry drawing off supposed the movement to be for the purpose of attacking them on their flank and cutting off their communica- tions. \ panic seized them, and they began to retreat The English com mander-in-chief noticed the disorder in the Sikh ranks, and ordered charge along his whole line which resulted in the r@u; of the enemy.
 This a victory which saved India to England was due to nervous officer who invented an order he had never re ceived. If the British troops had been defeated, the whole of India would doubtless have risen to throw of the yoke of those whom the Sikhs had beaten in battle
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He resumed his walk, continued it for a few moments, and then, with a sudden change of manner, said:
 We'll, I'll come over some other time and see you or, perhaps, it would be better for you to come over and see me.
 All right; but say, colonel, are you in need of money? If so l can perhaps make the last payment on the office be fore it s due
 Rest perfectly easy on that point, my dear boy, rest perfectly easy. l told you that you need never pay me for, indeed you hay" greatly benefited the communty-and l would not have accepted payment at all had you not forced it upon me.
 know that, colonel
 We'll then, be assured that l am not needing money. The matter of which l wish to speak does not refer to money. Gansett, have taken deep interest in you, and do not see why you should not become a great man. but turning toward the door, must 90. Come over Saturday night and stay all night with me He stopped when he entered the composing room Hard at work, I see
 Yes, rather replied Collins "Got delinquent tax list on hand and il keeps Us moving. l,srd up nearly all the sorts in the office
 Dry work, l dare say
 Dry to the reader Collins replied but pretty moist to the publisher Miss Hobdy delights in it
 No, don't, Ned replied getting off a stool and emptying stick of type. I'd rather set up an obituary any time. section so-and-so township what not and range this and that It's just as stupid as it can be
 "We'll have to be ikea fellow knew in Texas, Collins replied. The boys rode him on rail till he got SO used to it he wouldn't travel any other way. Hired two Mexicans to carry him around on rail His wife, with an eye to his comfort padded the rail but he couldn't ride it until he tore off the pad. Said that he appreciated her kindness but that he had to consult his own comfort So now, you see, We don't like tax list, but after We get used to them We can do without them
 Between the two, tax list and rail providing it be fixed mp with side saddle and carried by able bodied men, ! would choose the rail Ned replied,
 Gansctt said the colonel when he reached the door, please do not forget our engagement.
 TO BE CONTINUED.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01
Written for me ArkanSa,c Trareicr.
WILL HUBBARD-KERNAN.
By Thomas Colquitt.
TO BE CONTINUED.

| first came to know Mr Kcrnan as a in d small weekly newspaper in a small southern town, The paper was at the time an obscure sheet, but Mir Kernan soon caused it to be quoted all over the country, and it's subscription list leaped from hundreds to thousands in an in crcdibly short time. After awhile how ever, the brilliant young journalist Sev cred his connection with the paper he had made famous, learning l suspect that he had been casting his pearls be fore inappreciatve swine. Though diff fering politically from Mir. Herman, l had read his paper and followed his course with great interest and an ad miraton for his evident ability, and his striking originality
 Will Hubbard kernan is a born poet, and, am confident, will one day rank with the greatest in the land. He seems to have swept with master $ hand over the whole scale of human feeling, to have sounded in turn each of lite's notes, except that bright, joyous one in which the lighter poets so delight to revel The following lines from Joaquin Miller express the feeling with which Mir. Herman impresses me:
 '' picture him one who knew
 VIIow rare is truth to be untrue
 As one who knew the awful sign
 of death. of life of the divine Sweet pity of all loves and hates.
 Beneath the iron footed fateS.
 He appears to bear the unmistakable mark of rank in nature-capacity for pain and reveals it in such bitter, despairing way at times that one is inn pelled irresistibly to offer the sympathy which the poet scorns in every line He has striven after life's mystery, and his estimate of life and the pleasure he finds in his own share in it may be clearly seen in the following lines, from his Song of Hate:
 For since the first far morning of time with its tolls and tears,
 Down through the dim long vista of fleet and fugitive years
 l sec but one black picture, 'twixt cradle and cof
 iin-bed.
 Of conquering Snaves,
 And covering slaves And the doom that struck them dead"
 It's terribly hard and despairing view to take of the past, and promises nothing for the future, but, really, do we not all at times look at life that way?
 have read many of his poems trying to catch, if possible, clew to his relig- ious belief; but it seems that he no
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01
LEN GAuSETT.
BY OPIE P. READ.
CHAPTER XXI.

Suggestions of spring were hreathed in the air; the cold wind of winter soft ened into the budding seasons gentle sigh. The legislature had adjourned. Cookery, with his characteristic love for the discharge of duty had voted for an extension of the time The session had been extended. and during few more days the cX-editor had enjoyed the distinction of law-maker but now the distinction was gone, and he had re turned home to receive the praise and the censurc of his constituents.
 Gansett.' said Dockcry, meeting Len shortly after the praise, but partic- ularly the eensure had begun to sound in his ears, don't you think that dis chargedmy duty? Sit down here on this log they had met in the woods" and tell me like Il man. know you can talk like Il man when you want to Damn 1t! lowering his voice, my scn- slble constituents are pleased, but my weak ones have the temerity, or lack of sense, rather to insnuatc that l was not only dcrelict, but that--wcll, i'll short they impugn my motives. They have talked in this way until am sick, so now. my brave boy, 1 want you to say something to lift me up-point out in your own masterly way the good features of my stewardship. Just give il to them from the shoulder, In short, they ve got horse on me and want you to take up the thing and give them one dash out of the box What do you -ay2
 don't think that there's any use in saying anything Len replied. There is no campaign going on Let the mat ter rest
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where declares rosy immortal hope nothing beyond simple belief that right is right though not always the happiest policy He says in "Optis- simo
 It is best that whatever is should be:
 The hidden plan ot the universe
 l. perfect. Never crime nor cur>e
 But had it's mission,
 Whatever k il is best should be Surely no Hindoo with his calm sub mission to ali decrees of fate, unques- tioning and unresisting, could excel that ill philosophy. It is simply an ut terancc of the selfsacrifcing spirit that actuates the followers of Buddha. It is the expression of nineteenth century stoc
 Readers will readily discern the fact that Mr Herman life has at times been dark and dreary Every line of his verse, perhaps unknown to himself, be- trays the anguish of the singer Something has tested his capacity for pain to the utmost In his bitter ar raignment of the world of shame and sin with its glib-tongued rabhle
 of conquering knare>
 And covering slaves 1t may be he is only firing back upon them the iron arrows they have in the past hurled to rankle in his own soul He says, perhaps from experience; This wonderful world holds heaven and hell 'Twixt the christening font and funeral bell" l do not think Mir Kernan has ever loved and lost--the general complaint of shallow rhymesters do not be- lievc he has eyer loved Certainly no man who had eyer known tine love Mir Herman must be capable of feeling could have written the following, copied from his " 'nfulflled
 once in my fair fresh morning years dreamed
 oi day to be, When out of the infinite inner soul passion
 would come to me. ts the day spring comes to the drcary world, a>
 the blossom to the tree. When the one sweet soul of all other souls
 would certainly find my own, When the one true heart of all other hearts would
 certainly find my own, And never again in all the world would wander
 it> ways alone.
 " A touch of time in my raven hoif. vet never the
 thrill Went out from my heart la another heart and l
 know that it never will For age i> coming alace. alack' and oh' it s
 calmly ehill.'
 His heart is evidently d leahess desert. There are no graves in it. may be, cX- cept the grave of his dead self The leatless desert. however, k haunted by q ghost that often comes to Us all. Oh l was d boy in that bright old time that seems like Il dream to-day; i That seems like the dream ui an alien life in an
 alien land away
 A land in star, in an orbit far where goa> in
 their glory stay.
 Under green magnolia tent in the golden
 moonrays, Saw the ghost of myself one namrlc>s night, in
 summer that has swept by: Saw the ghost of my old, old self, and sank to
 the sod with low quick cry
 What d gratifying contrast is this | strong language of the heart and soul to the weak jngles of the vegetarian poets who chew daisies and dew-wct grass for inspiration, these later days The day is coming apace when Mir. Ker- mans name will rank second to none as ! q Doet
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-01

Deal is said to be the proper wood for card tables-Rarrord Journal We should say locust would be better when you want to make it clubs-Boston Com merciaL Bulletin
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Let hell rest
 Well, yes, let hell rest, for l should think that it needs one.
 That's good enough for side re- mark, but now, really, let Us get down to business l want you, as favor to me-you know that l elevated you to the high position which you now occupy in the great fraternity of journalism Yes, as a favor to me- to me, you under stand, l want you to give me Il few lines--wait minute Here is some thing I've scratched off I'll read it. V He then read the following
 There is no position more trying than that of legislator. It is impossi- ble to please everybody, and sensible men understand this, but there are a few cranhs who do not; The best peo- pie of this county know that the Hon. Mangus Cookery has discharged his duty, that he was the leading member of the house and chairman of one of the important committees, that his speeches were the best of the session; that he warmly supported the bill reducing the ruinous salaries of state officers, but there are few envious sore-heads who are growing at the Hon. Mir. Dockery. Chief among these is old Mat Mason. Everybody knows that Mat is fool, and that, for some of his little practices, he narrowly escaped the penitentiary several years ago. He is disgrace to this community. We have taken much interest-have studied with pleasure and profit the high political course taken by the Hon. Mir Cookery, and we believe that he is good congressional timber"
 How does that strike you?' Dock cry asked, carefully folding the paper and placing it on Lens knee Does she go?"
 I'll print it on one condition
 Name an honorable condition and will accept it. Gansett. What is the condition?"
 That you sign your name to the paper"
 My stars alive, man, that would never do"
 Why
 Why? Damn it, don't you know why? Old Mat came in one of going t, the penitentiary for killing man. | were to sign it he'd shoot me"
 "Yes, and don't you suppose that if
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ton and Wilson in favor Of it, an
Dickinson, Morris, HUMPHREYS an
Willing against it. Delaware was d.
vided until the arrival of Rodney, who
with Mackeard, carried the state il
favor of NE declaration.
The final passage of the declaration
was then postponed until the next day
On the I'd of july Dickinson and Nor
rison absented themselves and above,
Franklin, Martin and Wilson to cas-
the vote of the state of Pe~nnsylvani.
first, and the South Carolina member;
waived their individual opinions in def
erence to the majority, snd while New
York could not vote for the measure il
did not vote against it, so by the vot,
of the twelve colonies the resolution
declaring the independence of the colo
MES from Great Britain and the asser-
ton of independence was passed. John
| Adams wrote his wife on the Sd OF
July, saying: Yesterday the greatest
question was decided which ever was
debated in America, and a greater per-
haps never was o. never will be decid-
ed among mep. You viii see in "a few
days IA declaration setting forth the
causes which have impe.led Us TO this
mighty resolution, and the reasons
which which will justify it in the sight
of God and man"
On the 4th of July, the declaration,
being ~cngrossed, was signed by Han.
cock alone. attested by the secretary,
Charles Thompson. 1t was o unit.
the I'd of August the fifty-four or fifty.
five names were added. 1t is at this
late day amusing to hear that the an,
gust body of patriots, whose names
will 90 ''thundering down the ages
Were at this time interrupted and pain
fully annoyed ''by intruding swarms
of flies from a livery stable rear, which
came in through the open windows and
bit through the silk stockings in which
the legs of the patriots were incased."
This is gravely stated by a historian of
the period, and recalls John Ran
dolph's great remark about Trumbulfs
painting of the "Declaration of hide
pendence" in the rotunda of the capt
lol aI ashlnStOu, WHICH nc caIIcd
"tle celebrated shin piece" Bradburn
tells rs that John Hancock, when he
had finished his magnificent signature
TO the declaration, said, John Bull can
read my name without spectacles, "and
Harrison, who was a very portly man,
said to Gerry, who was a very lean
one, when the hanging comes you
will be kicking in the air long after it
is all over wit. me-"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17
A Small Boy. Troubles His Aunt.

One day | sat in a ear seat on the
Sagus branch of the eastern road be-
lind a pale, careworn lady who was
raking a little boy from Boston To NAL
len, AS the little boy was of an in
luiring turn of mind and everything
seemed to attract his attention, / could
not help listening to some Of his gues-
tons,
What is that, auntie?' the little
boy commenced, pointing to a stack of
hay on the marsh.
'Oh, that's hay, my dear" answered
the careworn lady.
What is hay, aunty?h
Why, hay is hay, dear
But what is hay made OFF
why, hay is made of dirt and wa
ter and air"
WHO makes it?'
God makes it, dear"
docs He make it in the day OF in
the night?"
"In both, dear"
"And Sundays?"
"Ycs, all the time"
''Ain't it wicked to make hay on
Sundays, auntieP'
"Oh, | don't know. I'd keep still,
Willie; that's Il dear. Auntie is tired"
After remaining quiet Il moment, lit
tie Willie broke out:
"Where do the stars come from
auntie?"
II don't know; nobody knows
Ibid the moon lay emp
Eyes, | guess So" replied the wicked
lady.
Can the moon lay eggs, toop"
II suppose so. Don't bother me"
Another short silence when Willie
broke out
''Benney said that oxins is an owl,
a%untie; is theyP"
ooh, perhaps So"
Il think a whale could lay eggs
don't you auntie?"
80 yes-I guess so,' said the shame
less woman
Ibid you ever see Il whale on his
nest?"
''Oh, ! guess so.'
''Where?"
Il mean no. Willie, you must be
quiet: I'm getting crazy"
What makes you crazy, auntiep"
"Oh, dear! YOU ask SO many ques-
tons"
did you ever see a fly eat sugar."
~ dear"
''Wherc?'
willie, sit down on the seat and be
still or I'll shake you. Not another
word?"
And the lady pointed her finger
sharply at the little boy, as if she were
going to strike it through him. II she
had not been a women she would have
sworn.-Binghampton Republican.
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T

John f. Lamb was nominated for congress
by the Democrats of the Eighth district Of
Indiana.
The Alabama Prohibition convention met at
Birmingham on the eth. The convention was
nearly divided as to the organization OF a party.
The opponents Of party organization we're in
the majority and held the hall. The Others
seeded and proceeded with the party organ.
ization.
The Republican state convention Of Ksnsas
on Thursday nominated John A. Martin for
governor: A. p. Riddle for lieutenant COVER
nor; f. b. Allen for secretary Of state; j. Ii.
Hamilton for treasurer Of state; Timothy Nc
Carthy for auditor Of state; j. II. I.swhead,
superintendent Of schools.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17
Browns Little Joke.

"Why, Brown, how short your coat is.''
said Jones one day 10 his friend Brown, who
wittily replied: 'Yes; bat it will be long
enough before ! get another" Some men
spend so much for medicines that neither
heal nor help them, that new clothes is with
them like angels yisits-few and far between.
Internal fevers, weakness Of the lungs, short.
ness Of breath and lingering coughs, soon
yield to the magic influence Of that royal
remedy, DR.. K. V. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery"
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

1t is said a Georgia congressman will be
left at home at the next election for the rea-
son that the garden seeds he sent to blt con
stituents proved to be worthless.
The Bartholdi statue Of liberty will be IN
yelled on September 3.
Tickling the nose is said to be q sure cure
for hiccough.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

As a hair dressing, Halls Hair Remover haI
no equal. Ask your druggist for 1t.
The only warranted cure for chills and fcyeI
is Ayers Ague Cure.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

If M boys and girls could take a
course at Elliott's Business College,
Burlington, Ia, it would be far better
than a dowry of a thousand dollars.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

Functional arrangement Of the female sys
TEN is quickly cured by the use OF DIR. K. V
Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" 1t removes
pain and restores health and strength. By al
druggists.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

1t is proposed to build a wire suspension
bridge 400feet long over Lake Quinsigamond
at Worcester, Mass. The expense will be
$50, 900 or $35, 900.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

The strike al Rend's coal mines at Nc
Donald, Pa, has been settled by Mr.. Rene
paying the price demanded.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

Diphtheria is frequently the result Of
neglected sore throat, which can be
ured by a single bottle OF Red Star
'ough Cure. Prices twenty-five cents
bottle.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

Lieut.. Goazson has invented a method for
firing dynamite shells from ordinary cannon,
which has just been tried successfully at San
Francisco.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

Five dollars saved yearly I'm boots and ehoel
by using Lyons Heel Stitfeners, cost only 25c
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17
The Country Flooded With Counter

~fcitcrs..
Look out for frauds, see that -ou get the
genuine. Take no other. The label on every
bottle Of the old, original and genuine Aliens
Iron Tonic Bitters,'' which have proved such
grand success, bears the signature Of j. r.
Allen, st, Paul, MINI. Look out. The coun.
try IL flooded with limitations.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

3 months treatment for soc. Piso's Remed,
for Catarrh. Sold by druggists.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

The bay window is gradually going out Of
favor In New York.
There are now only fifty Chinese in Seat
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-17

A Kentucky judge holds that dealing in
utures is gambling.
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of ed.
lily
The ~Flapjacks
of have discharged
ave their servan S,
tial barred up the front
With windows, and are
living on crackers
e a and cheese in the
ING basement of their
re- palatial residence,
e~conomizing prior
to the opening of
the fall season.
Sophia is impos-
lea ing upon the hos
OH pitality of Ezekiel
Snorkins. her ru-
q raj uncle at Straw
this berry Patch, Ia,
getting board for
the summer and
a chance TO wear
out her old
clothes.
Super ntendent
Of w olfe's { tie
Sab 5 h o rtage having
b a $ been detected, he
found it beneficial
to for his spiritual
welfare to skip by
the light of the
moon.
S a Anastasia, who
,elle was always home
ly, and just now is
ign budding into an
tique womanhood,
ons, mas finally caught
g al one of her fathers
clerks, the pre-
sing siding genius of
!. a ribbon counter.
sem NJ r. Rosenheimer
having realized
for well from q sale of
unre d e G m e d
lee s, h IA S
moved from the
north to the south
side.
Mr.. Gre 0
the asked the report
tai er to have a beer.
of The reporter ac-
So cepted.
cred
.ach-
nak-
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ELIx,S
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I i1as cu red befoy
The second bottle o.
Fly's Cream. BAN
naS exhausted. I pd
troubled with chro'pi
cdtdrrh gathering in
head. difficulty IN
breathing and as
charges from my ears
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Chestnut st., Phla
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