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The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
THE LIoHr-HousE ROCK.
BY WILL WALLACE HARVEY.

o..r the shinsle and down in the lane, The wave breaks over the lighthouse rock, Lived the lady they called the beauty oi Spain; o,, the dead can never come hack again, When the wild sea chickens begin to flock. Aver ,he shingle in 'Sixty-nine. The wave breaks over the lighthouse rock, The sun came up in bath of wine, And ,he reef was ragged and jagged and bare,
 With a scowl on the sea and it ia the air, And the wild sea chickens began to flock. The wind blew west and the rain was black. The wave breaks over the light house
 rock,
 And snip came in on the starboard tack; Blu, the wind turned south and the rain was
 white,e
 And the ship was a splinter of chips by
 nj ht,
 Over the shingle and over the sand, The wave breaks over the light house
 rock,
 A corpse took hold of my ladv's hand. Ii said, You have come for your salvage,
 ma'am.
 The south brings sorrow, and here am, Where the wild sea chickens began to
 flock" She made him a shroud of her satin gown. The wave breaks over the lighthouse
 rock,
 She brought him in state into lighthouse
 Town;
 This was my husband. cruel and cross, Bu, the south brings sorrow, and life is loss, When the wild sea chickens begin to flock Over the dead mans ship they passed, The wave breaks over the lighthouse They kindled the corpse candlest on the
 mast
 But the Magdalene sea in its christen trough Hath secured my sia and his sorrow off, When the wild sea chickens segin to flock. And he lies like a nobleman in his shroud, he wave breaks over the lighthouse
 rock.
 And the hear, within me was glad and
 proud, For ,hi, was the salvage owe to him, 1.-the keeper who lets his lamp burn dim, When the wild sea chickens begin to flock For death brought the dead love back to
 life,
 As the waves broke over the lighthouse
 rock,
 And [ am the dead mans own true wife, For the mad sea, stricken with passion and
 pain,
 Has brought me my true love back again, When the wild sea chickens begin 10 flock When the winds blow into the harbor mouth The waves break over the light house rock And the rain turns white in the windy south Like ghost on earth or a wrath in air Is the song of the lady with snow-white hair The wild sea chickens begin to fl hck,"
 -soHthsrn 8tVouae. srhe storm rains of the tropics come in a thick white mist
 tGobular lightning on the rigging, so called.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
A Noted Liars Nice Wife.
[China Review.

A noted liar once told friend that he had at home three precious things: q bullock that could run hundred miles a day; f,wl which crowed at the begin hing of each watch, day and night, and a dog that could read books. The fiend iDumated that he would lose no tune in seeing. with his o~n eyes, these marveis. The man did not expect this, as his house was somewhat diitant. so he went home and told his wife that he had got caugh, at last, and that to-mosTow the man vould aSrive and he would be disgYaced. " Never msnd '" said his spouse, "leave that to me; 1t will be all night; only you must keep out of sight Mex, morning the visitor arrived, aud being met by the miyress, asked where her husband was ." He has gone so Pekio she replied. Whea vili he be back!" "ln e,xht or nine days" "Why, how can he be back so quickf" "He mas gone of on cur tast bullock, and can do 1t easily - hear you have also . wonderful fowl, v sad the visitor, and behold, aS be was speaking, q small cock crew. "Tbsl's n," said the wife. he crows as the be- ginning of each watch, and also when a visitor arrives "l would also like tn sec the learned dog he said. "Ah. she sad, " | am sorry but you see ~e are very poor; 90 he keeps a school in the city,"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
The Man Believed to be Dead.
 tDenver Opinion.l

More than one great man of letters has been tormented by the most horrible of all fears, that of being bured alive They have even left strict testame ntary irjunc- tions as to the care that was to be takeu in ascertaining their disease. In Ger many ssmewhere Ia geographical indica- ,ion about as defio,te as the Asia Minor to schoolboys) a bell-rope is placed into the hands of the diseased that he m ay ring if there has been q mistake. and Shirely Brooks ghastly q rotation oo this topic from Locksley Hall Dis sufficient ly we'll known. Premature burial was the gaqne-pain of E igar Poe, who has at least three variations upon this dismal note. including The Fall of the House of Usher" People naturally wonder what the sensations of m ID may be who returns from what seems visit to the realm of death, and is aroused just before or even after his too hurried inteTment On this sutje tales have been told from the time of Pla,o's era to that of the med aval monk. But we seldom get an accurate historical account of what the apparent corpse remarked on his recov- cry Such an account comes from Teign.
 hOobu, WuCtC ndu, oGuCvCu tO oC oSAu, Sat up and asked what it was all about" He does not appear 10 have given any such description of hades Ls the native of New Caledonia, who not only returned from the dead, but brought back axe heads with him of a material which en- sirely D, zzled his scientific cououymen The Romans would have compelled the man of reign mouth to go out of doors and come back through a hole in the roof; thus, at least, they treated persons who returned to their friends after being reported to have died abroad.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
Mrs. or.n,,s Big Cheek.

New York Letter Ia Cincinnati Gate,te.l
 Mir esse Grant sad on Monday that bis mother had received her hrst check from the publishers on occount of " Gen. esal Grants Life" have not seen the fact mentioned in the newspapers. How much do you suppose that check vas for1 No lessthan SiSo GOO -"the lAsges, sum ever paid Pt oue tune for literary work, he sad. The nsx, largest check. he thinks, was paid to AcaulAy-a hun. dred and 6f,y ,hous Id copies Of his wonderful history havid& sold w,.hin four weeks. But 1 think Walter Scott, who was the idol of hi, generation and who wrote against Time, Death and the 5 iss- i6 is entitled to this second plsoe. lf am not mistaken. he received 31oo COG from Constable a, one time jss, esio. he vas made a baionet, and he eaTped Stoo coo Aest fer psi rlv s6oTe vs ars
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
Mir. Farweil and the Lawyer.
iChicago News.

tSuiCAkO
 "What was the second mortgage made for [" asked MT Corkllng of Jake Sharp,
 ITO issue bonds replied Sharp.
 e But what were the bonds for2 2"
 "To be issued"
 This calls to mind some aps~ess once made by the Hon ( 'arley Farweii oi this city, to too il q iisitive lawyer Mir FArwell had o~neo the Wes, Division post-e flee building at the corner oi Washington and Halsied streets, and had traded it for building oa East Wash $ ooo cash d fl renee Some time alter ~ard A real estate agent called Mir. Far well as witness to establish the value of the vest side building
 "Ms. Farwcll, you formerly owned the property at the corner of Washington and Halsted streets, believe" said the law. yer
 "i did" replied the witness.
 And you sold it!"
 "I traded it for another building and gave s 900 T. boot
 "Wsii, Mir Fnwell, what did you con- sider your bailding worhS" asked the lawyer.
 "Abou' s GOO less than the other gen. tlemaL's"
 "Yes, just so and now, MT. FAfwell, what did you consider the other gentle. mans budding worth. sir ?"
 Well" said the politician, slowly, "l had vague sort of rotion that 1t was worth- will about do2"
 "Yes. sir tel me as near as you can, sir, about hos much it was worth"
 Well, i, was worth about $ 900 more than mine"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
4 Slick Swindler of the War.
Detroit Free Press.

iDcron Free PreAs.
 Our reg,ment was ono of the 6rst to 70 to the iiont afteT Sumter was hred os and we had scarcely gone into camp a, Washington when a tall, distip guished. looking stranger, who claimed to have served through the Cnmea as lieuten ant. colonel of an English regiment, appeared al tfficers' quarters. He had a steel breast- plate oi his own invention, and one which had saved the lives oi hun dreds of off cers in the Crimean and other campaigns. The steel plates were to be placed in the vest one on each side, and when buttoned up no one could distin- guise is from an ordinary vest. He fur nished vest and all for $50. and to use his own language:
 That is very small sum for preserv. ing e mans life through the var. Ssatis- tics show that nine men are hit in the chest where one is hit else where. war ran, this vest to safely turn aside even a grapeshot. while bullets will rebound from it like peas"
 None oi us wanted to die tor our cou o,ry and we didn't mean to if bells,- proof vests would preveHt. There wasn { but one sisgie ffi CT in the regiment who didn't give him an order, and don't be- lieve there were more than i've out of the brigade We got our vests just before the advance on Ball Run, and we took c hand in that light feeling real sorry for rebels who had no chance to psotect their precious fronts by east-plates. We los. an oficcr shot in ibe shoaldeS This to shoS you that we were in the thick of it
 Well, we kep. copgr atulating ourselves over those vests until one day, two or three weeks after Mcclellan had assumed command, had . business call at he captains tent It vAs ho. day and his coat and vest hung on the center pole. He had been buying . new revolver. and in exhibiting 1t to me 1t was accidentally d,scharged. We heard a sound like . oean striking tin pan, and both knew that the bullet proof vest had been hit. Come to take II down we fouad that the bullet had gone through both sides. H'm-i see ! gro wled the captain, as he surveyed the holes. "Let's take lit- tie walk.'
 We passed out Of camp to . thicket and he hung his vest to stump and be- gan blaz,sg away. The six chzrges made a collAnder of it. Then hung up mine, and 1t was done for in the same fashion The matter got noised around, and in i~o days it vas known that ~s had been sold out for cent Not 2 vest in the brigade would asnd pistol bulist, ies alone an ounce ball from . musket, and tha, gAnder shAnked Eoziish man was . big poodle ahead
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
POETIC COMPOSITION.
tFrom the Preach of Victor Hugo, by CAllit
 l., Bonney.l

lFrom the FreasA of Victor Hugo, by CAllis
 l., Boa1ey.
 Poetic composition results from two intellectual pAe0omena, meditatloo and inspiration. Meditation is c faculty ; is gift. Ali men. to . certain exteut, may mediate, thougA little in- apired. SpiFitus 6At uhi oull. h medi- tation, the mind acts; in inspiration. it obeys, the 6Ess is within man, wAile the second comes from above stronger than wS are. These two opera eions of thought untee closely in the mind of the poet. The poet calls inspiration by meditation, as the prophets raised themselves to ecstasy by prayer. Ia or der to awaken the muse within him. i Is ascsssarY that he should in c measure lose his material existence in calm, silence and recollection. He must be isolated rom exterior life, so enjoy fully that ia- terior life which develops In him as new being and 1t Is only when the physical werld has disappeared rem his eyes tAa. the ideal world can be manifest to him. it seems that poetic exAltation has some thinK too sublime tor tho common nature of man. The blrth Of genius would not be accomplished if the mind were not first purified trom all vulgar or common pre-occupatious of life; for Thought can not take wings unttl he has dropped hts burden, Th,s without doubt is why in. spiration comes only preceded by nsedi- taiton. With the Jews, the people whose history abounds iu mysterious symbols when the priest had raised the altar, he liRhted tt ere the terres,ial fire, and |, was ouly then that the divine ray descended rom heavsa
 ii one should accustom himself to con sider literary compositions from this standpoint, criticism would probably take a new direction tor 1t is certain tha, the true poet, fl he Is free to choose his med itations, Is by no means free to select the nature ot hs inspirations Ills genius co that he has rcccived, and not acquired - often rules him and it would be A,ngu lar, and perhaps true, to say that what one has written as poet Is perhaps tor eign to the man. This idea without douh, appears paradoxical at first lt h moreover, a question at what point the song belongs to the voice. and the poetry to the poet.
 Happy he who feels in hi. thought this double power Of meditation and lnspira' ton, which Is genius Whatever his cen tury, whatever his country, n born in ,hs midst of domestic calAmIties, or h time | of revolution, or, what is more deplova. ble still, in an epoch of indifference, le' him conhde in the future for, it the present belongs to other men, the taturs Is his. lie is of those ehoSen beings who may come 10 a day ot victory, sooner ol later that day comes and It ts then, that s,reng thened by thought and inspiration, he may boldly show himselt to the multi tude, repeating the sublime cry oi the poet -" Voici mon Orient, peu pies lew les yeux "- TranIiaIed by Earl 3fat6is
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06

box. I told my wife about it. and she reminded me that had copy of' Black stone, And advised me to read up on the punishment of treason !"
 Dotton paused . moment, and then said,
 You see, vas SO badly scared that was afraid to consult anybody, and be- sides there vas no lawyer at Blue Rock. had heard a heap about Btackssone and supposed everything in it was the law of the land. So that night 1 got the book down and my wife and l looked through 1t. give you my word that what we read made our hair stand ou end. Why, sir, we learned from that in- feinal book that was liable to be con- victed of treason, drawn to the place oi ex. cution on a hurdle. hanged, divided into four quarters, besides forfeiting my property and having my blood corrupted My wife burst into a food of tears and threw her arms around my neck. l blubbered little, too,
 Just to think, said my wife, that my ,mmie must be cut into four Quar ters hke beet. and be hanged, and all sorts ot horrid things
 "' It is duEned bad said, land then | see my blood is to b. corrupted
 "' How can that hurt your asked my wife, after you are dead
 'Dunno,' said, but l doL't like the idea
 Well, the long and short of it was, we decided to skip. made my arrange men,s about the property as you know and we slid out one s .turday night. We never stopped till we got way out here It was on the frontier then, and, bles. your soul, the war never bothered us We never saw a soldier"
 |" But" said l, didn't you find ou very soon that your fears were withou foundation ?"
 No, sir it was years and years betors felt safe In fact 1t was some time afte the war ended. had begun to accumu late property. My ranch was turning ou we'll, and had leisure time to re ad book, and newspapers. You bet looked u, that treason business, and found what : monumental fool had made of myself
 leaned back in my chair and laughed heartily.
 Oh, you may laugh" said D ltton but my folly and ignorance were ,h' making of me"
 You would have done we'll if you has remained in GeorRia," replied.
 No, wouldn't I'd have stuck tt Blue Rock, and perhaps been postmas ter there yet on a salary of S7s a year Now ] have a ranch worth $Iso ooo have knocked about in the ~o.Id. Igt every year to St. Louis and Ne~ Orleans and am beginning to erjny life Come home with me and see. live only twent, miles from here"
 had to decline the invitation, as 1 wal going to leave the next day
 You can tell the boys if you like said Jim at parting. "Some of thos, B ue R ock t.llows are as green yet as used to be, and don't care what the] think about it And, colonel, tell them that me and the old woman are getting along just splendid. and that my twt sons and two daughters are the finest lad and lasses in TtxaS'
 As l rode ( fl turned when ] came tC the first hill top, and half mile below in the village street could see the ex postmaster of Blue Rock waving hi sombrero after mo.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06

Special notice = Brown Iron Tonic.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
Senatorial Opinions. iChinawa NA-al

Senator Edmunds, can the president remove"
 Mot without the consent of the sem ate, sir
 Bot mean can he discharge a Fed exal-"
 -Yes, l krow what you mean. and 1 say he cannot without the adrce and con- sent of the senate"
 No, no; mean can the president dis charge . Federal obligation with an eighty-cent dollar 2"
 "Oh Well, yes, suppose he can"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06
I Had a Dreadful Cough.

and raised a considerable amount oi blood aad matter besides, l was very thin, and 90 weak could scarcely go about the house This vas the case of a man with consumption arising from liver complaint He recovered hts health ecm bIefslr by the use of Ds. Pierces -Uol- den Medical Discovery" Thousands ol others bear similar testimony.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06

Under a large cut of razor in the Ba,6eSJ' G0zetke is the advancement el the celebrated |" Philip Hahn R,oste, Razor " Ex President Hayes, beng a rooster raiser, prob ably uses this kind.- PseRs .SHs
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-03-06

Never borrow tTonbic. The interest you have to pay fcr the accom- uodxsiop is excessive. Pifa6syT C6rasiek.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-30
Convention Notes.

AS for Wellsburg's hospitality,
with one accord, the delegates all
exclaim with the Queen of Sheba,
"The half ,oas not told usP'
The admirable spirit and true
womanly courage with which Mrs.
l. II. Duval led and conducted the
opposition side of the discussion of
the 'vexed question:" won the ad-
miration and confidence of the en-
tire Convention. 1t is a mistake
to suppose that harm can come of
such earnest, honest contests for
the "faith that is in u.s."
1t was a common remark heard
on all sides during the two busy,
profitable days, awe have just the
incest home in the town."
General I. II. Duval was one of
the most faithful and devoted w.
G. T. UPS. in all the Convention,
present at every session with
words of encouragement and cheer
at every point. After the close of
the sessions, he said, II have been
in many conventions, political and
otherwise, but in all my experience,
| never was in a body where SO
much intelligent, practical work
was done in 80 short time"
The State officers elected for the
ensuing year, are:
President, Mrs. Jane A. johnson,
of Parkersburg.
Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Emma A. Fowler, OF Wheeling.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Lizzie
Clayton, of Fairmont.
Treasurer, Mrs. H. B. Hubbard,
Of Wheeling.
Miss Willard addressed crowd
ed house, on Wednesday evening,
and, as usual, carried all hearts
whittier she would.
On Thursday evening, Miss Jen-
ME Smith made the leading adj
dress, to a packed audience.
The Freeman representative
was drawn into the open-doored
home of Bro. Jacobs, of the Herald,
and was made glad,
This Freeman is more than full.
We have book full of notes and
incidents to draw on for future is-
sues.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-30

for guidance, wisdom, grace and
harmony.
We are bold to say that the State
OF West Virginia has never known
public discussion, in which there
was at once such intense earnest
ness and purpose, directly opposed,
and at the same time such spirit
of Christian charity and considera-
ton, overshadowing every keen in
tellectual thrust and passage at
arms" and accompanying every
seeming or real victory or defeat.
1t would have been good for our
politicians and Legislators to have
heard this debate. And we are
very free to say, we cannot share
the fears that were expressed by
some of the earnest delegates, good
and true, that harm would come
OF the discussion. No fear of that
at all, 1t is by just such earnest,
honest strife that truth is evolved,
and truth being found, the crucible
fires through which it comes will
be quite forgotten in the common
and absorbing Joy of all, that truth
IS found. Whether and when it
is found, time always tells.
But this must suffice just now,
save some Convention notes at
random. You shall have the ma
ny good things of the Convention
in next Freeman.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-30
West Virginia ". C. T. U.

President-MRs. ]. A. JOHNSON, Parkers-
burg, W. va; \, pox. Nou
Rec. Sec-Mrs Lizzie Clayton, Fairmont.
Cor. Sec.-Miss Emma A. Fowler, 1856 Main
St. Wheeling.
Treas.-MrS. Henry Hubbard. Wheeling.
sUPERINrENDENTs OF DEPARTMENTS.
Titerature.-Mrs NJ. ]. Porter, New Cum
SOCIAL PURITY-Mrs. ]. A. Johnson.
Fvangelistic Mrs. M. M. Love, Grafton.
Young Ladies' Work
Juvenile Work-Miss Ida Taylor, Ravens :
wood. 1. c,.,,
Martinsburg. -. ooo,
Chapine ST., Wheeling.
Sabbath School Work-Miss Emma Fow-
Ter. 936 Main ST., Wheeling.
Legislative Mrs. Gen. 1. H. Duval, Wells
burg.
Influencing the Press-Mrs. Ellen Thomp
son, Keyser.
Scientific Instruction-Mrs. Isaiah War
Hygiene and Heredity-Mrs. NJ. L. Chal-
Unfermented Wine-Mrs, r. L. Kendall
Parkersburg.
Flower Missionaries Flora B. Siler,
Berkeley Springs.
State and County Fairs-Mrs. E. F. Nine
Keyser. ~.
Work among Colored People-Mrs. Isaiah
Warren, Wheeling.
WEST VA. FREEMAN and Union Signal
Mrs c. d. Merrick, Parkersburg, W. Va.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-30
Vote of the Churchman.
JENNIE SAYRE.

I'm a Temperance man, will do what can,
will earnestly talk and pray;
| will labor with might for the cause OF
right,
But cannot vote that way
With eloquence warm will urge reform,
Let all the world take note,
1 never shirk from Temperance work
Excepting when l vote.
l will labor so that the world may know
I'm jealous Temperance man;
I will talk of laws that will aid the cause,
But cannot vote the plan.
MY tongue shall delight to talk of right,
will speak its praises each day;
I will urge it strong on the listening throng,
But 1 cannot vote that way.
A vote for the right is lost from sight,
For the cause is weak to-day;
1t might grow strong if helped along,
But cannot vote that way.
With the party strong, though the cause be
wrong,
My vote will still be cast,
Though want and woe in streams may flow,
And whisky rule at last
The widows groan and the orphans moan
Shall not affect my WILL
pity them though, and tell them so,
But vote for whisky still.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-30
KINDERGARTEN LECTURE.
Let Everybody hear Miss Pol.
lock.

Miss Susie Pollock, Supt. Free
bel Normal kindergarten Institute,
Washington, D. c., will, instruct a
class in kindergarten Methods at
the First Presbyterian Church, on
Juliana Street, tomorrow at "a P.
NJ, and will deliver a Kinder
garten Lecture at same place in the
evening.
Parents are especially invited to
bring their children in the after
noon, and the public is cordially
invited to the Lecture tomorrow
evening.
Miss Pollock will receive callers
at Mrs. DR.. Kendalps parlors,
Thursday forenoon, where she will
be glad to meet friends and any
who are interested in Kindergar-
ten methods and work.
We may add that she delighted
the w. c. T. .. Convention at
Wellsburg with most pleasing
lectures and instruction, and will
at once commend herself and her
work to all who may hear her.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1886-06-30
Double Headed Freeman.

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