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The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22

of hunger and die in my violin, than be priest and renounce music"
 That was ambition that counted for something. A few people have it in every age of the world Talent ambi- ton and dauntless energy to be crushed back and smothered by false sense of duty, is not that one of the most ter rible things upon earth2
 That one can have an ambition, not for the sake of personal aggrandizement, not for applause, not for making money, people either do not, or will not under stand A woman whose soul finds su- preme satisfaction in keeping her kitchen and pantry in perfect order, de nounces the woman who finds her hap piness in interpreting the grand lines of Shakespeare to the world. cannot see why one ambition is not as legiti- mate as the other.
 The schoolgirl who is simply stage struck and who is imbued with the fool ish sentimentalism of so many girls of sixteen and even twenty, deserves no encouragement. It would be cruelty to give it her. But the girl or woman, who, looking bravely in the face of hard cir constance appreciating the realities of any consecrated life work, then says in all earnestness of soul, this Is my work. will give the best of myself to 1t. , Such woman deserves encouragement. There is no danger that the wives and mothers will decrease in number The plough-horse is the general rule, Pegasus is the exception.
 Ambition means hard work It means putting ones head under the yoke like an OK and pulling long and steadily over rough and over smooth places up hill and down, days, weeks and years. But to him who has like Jacob had a vision of the ladder that leads to the skies, every effort that tends upward will be a joy, an inspiration. The ninety and-nine of the world are, like Tito, do ing the easy things that come naturally to their lives. All honor to the brave one who climbs the mountain, carries out step after step of the upward journey.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22
Travel a Century Ago.
John Fisk, in Atlantic Monthly

John Fisk in Atlantic Monthly
 At the time of our revolution the diff ficulties of travelling formed an import ant social obstacle to the union of the states In our time the persons who pass between New York and Boston in single day by six or seven distinct lines of railroad and steamboat are mum bered by thousands In l1N3 two stage coaches were enough for all the travel, CTS, and nearly all the freight besides that went between these two cities The journeys began at 5 o'clock in the morn ing. Horses were changed every twenty miles, and, if the roads were in good condition, some forty miles would be made by ten O clock in the evening In bad weather when the passenger had to get down and lift the clumsy wheels out of deep ruts, the progress was much slower. The loss of life from accidents in proportion to the number of travel CTS, was much greater than 1t has ever been on the railways. Broad rivers like the Connecticut and IiousatOnic had no bridges. To drive across them in winter when they Were solidly frozen over, was easy; and in pleasant sum mer weather to cross in row boat was not dangerous undertaking But squalls at some seasons and floating ice at others were things to be feared More than one instance is recorded where boats were crushed and passen gers drowned or saved only hy scrambling upon ice-hoes. After a week or ten days of discomfort and danger the jolted and jaded traveller reached New York Such was journey in the most highly civilized part of the United States. The case was still worse in the south, and it was not SO very much better in Eng land and France. In one respect the traveller in the United States fared bet ter than the traveller in Europe-the danger from highwaymen was but slight
 Such being the difficulty of travelling people never made long journeys save for very important reasons Except in the case of the soldiers, most people lived and died without ever having seen any state but their own And as the mails were irregular and uncertain, and the rates of postage very high, people heard from one another but seldom. Commercial dealings between the differ ent states were inconsiderablc The occupation of the people was chiefly agriculture. Cities were few and small and each little district for the most part supported itself Under such circurn- stances the different parts of the coun- try knew very little about each other. and local prejudices were intense.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22
A Myth.
ILNchn,lre

Mir Barnum says he has wasted $i GOO on the boomerang tlffuwcrs ou ve heard of Australian bushmcn he said who hay" weapon made of il bent stick that they throw with wonderful skill, hitting the prey unerrinRly the boomerang returning of itsrlf to fall nt the feet of the mark sman' 1 hnd an agent go from London to the wild- of New south Wales but he writes me that the accounts are two-thrds lic-. and the remaining third isn't worth bringing away The hoomcrang is "A fact. and the nativ" Australians fling IL at game missing about as often as hit- ting; and it will return if it strikes no thing to somewhere near the starting point, bat with no sort ol certainty My man searched thoroughly nnd witnessed the fcntz of the best experts to be found but they amounted to nothing in par ticular The famous boomerang IF prac- tically Il myth
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22
The Demand Rapidly Increasing.

E. J. Madden, Damascus, Miss, writes You will please send me ANOTHER Case of Hughes Tonic, to Forrest Miss. 1t is astonishing to note the rapidly increas- ing demand for Hughes Tonic; to sell one bottle of it INsuREs a much larger sale We pronounce it by far, the best medicine we handle, and cheerfully recommend it to all those troubled with Chills and fever
 Prepared by R A. Robinson & Co, wholesale druggists, Louisville, Ky. Sold at retail by druggists generally
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22
The Power of Music.
French Fun

The other evening long-haired plan ist was punishing tic in.trsimcn: -:.t epileptic gestures. and developing whaI was supposed to be descriptive music An old lady went into ecstasies of ad miration. How fne." she exclaimed one can hear the roar Of the cannon the town has been taken by assault they are fighting in the streets the sol diers are already giving thenselves uf to pillagethe-
 "Oh sighed a TaFhbor, if the sol diers could only carry off the piano.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22

Legal Satisfaction-A citizen who was bitten by a dog wrote to his lawyer asking what to do about it. The lawyer was bit puzzled, but wrote back: " De- mand satisfaction of the animal, and if he will not give it, sue him for damages for mayhem. If he is a gentleman, however he will settle, and you will have no further trouble, save, possibly hydrophobia. This is the best way out 7" -TrEB.fs
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22
A Box of Tobacco for Sz.oo

In order to introduce our fine Havana Cured" brandy-peach favored, Turf " chewing tobacco, we will express pre- paid during the next three months, a two-pound sample box, containing six twelve-inch plugs, to any address in the United States, on receipt of $2-00
 RUDOLPH FINER ToBAcco Co,
 Louisville, Ky.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22

Ex-Governor Charles Foster, of Ohio. says that every man in Ohio with an ounce of brains and A thimblefui of blood in him is for Blaine A man with two ounces of brains is generally opposed to Blaine -B Bost1n PDst
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22
[oia Il MonaTEhist.

was calling on Nj. Emile Iola says a writer m the iHfa. ptste. when the con ecrsatier turned te the political situa tiou m France, amt | was not little astonlshcd to hear tho creator of natur alism state that he had no confidence in tue Repuhlioanlsm of the Freuch nation
 W" are by nature monarehal ho said our history, our traditions our very blood iS deeply tinRcd with roy alN even the working classes like monarchy Why, i"t prince declare himself king here in Paris. with flags flying and huGles blowing and in halt an hour he will hav" an army of faith nl followers behind hm, and among them many laborrrs
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22

Have used Tongaline in neuralgia with perfect success. one was case of neuralgia of the heart. J. II. Clarke, NJ. D., Cuba, Mo.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22

Oh if only had her complexion. Why. 1t is easily obtained fse Poz- zonis Powder For sale by all drug gists and fancy goods dealers
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22

Repletion. - Robert =" Pudding or cheese, sir?"
 Abstracted Editor" Owing to pres sure of other matter, regret we are un- able to find room for it. "--Pnch.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22
" Harkt What's that7

"Ob, that is in Bumblebegs He. got the German band. |.
 "The deuce he has, Why don't he do something for it2 2"--Bost1n Tyanser.pt
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22

\ musical journal says that the i'm. preSslon o. the sound al the hagppo received on the tympanum ot the rar affects the stomach Correct IL also affects the liver, and the heart, and the brain, and the thoraN and. in fact, thcro k not Il portion of aman anatomy that II doesn't affect, if he has an car for mn sic lt makes him feel like demon Narr4Sfpmn HerdI3
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22

Those who manufacture dynamite bombs should be made to swallow them and then kicked-Detrmt Free Press.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22

Chew Finzer's Havana Cured to- bacco for health instead of heartburn.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22
COTTON BELT ROUTE
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-22

pointed nose. bitter tongue
 Proceed I'd rather lar Ice hung
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07
CONGRESSMAN REED.
rRoston Racord I
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

George Eliot and Her Heroines A Study.
By Abba Goold Woolson. New York Har-
per Il Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmony This little book is interesting as
an estimate by one woman of another wo-
mans work in department in which the
critic has made no venture, and in which her
success would probably be small. Mrs.
WoolSon's forte is that of an essayist rather
than writer of fiction or other creative
work. In her own field she has demonstrat-
ed the ability of well-educated woman to
do good and valuable literary work, but in
reading these essays one cannot but be
struck with the difficulties under which a
critic labors when dealing with writer larg-
er than herself. The procrustean method is
adopted. The subject must be brought down
to the critics standard, and the naicete with
which that standard is applied is suggestive
of the difficulties of the situation. Mrs.
Woolson sees everywhere the limitations of
George Eliot's genius. Her ethical standard
is all wrong. Her philosophy of life is too
narrow Her intelligence does not reach be-
low the surface of things, and her notions of
duty have no stable foundations In her ethi-
cal creed. Mrs. Woolson thinks George Eli
OF would have written better novels if she had
had more faith, if her religious nature had
been better developed. Perhaps Mrs. Wool
son is correct, but we cannot help feeling
that where the keen intelligence, ripe Gull
ture and broad sympathies of George Eliot
failed, the. inspiration of her critic would
prove inadequate to the task. The under
current Of philosophy running through all
her works is quite as likely to, stand the test
of time as much as the hazy transcendental-
ism which arrays itself against it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07
A Word About Catarrh.

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drawn breath of misery and disease, dullng the
sense of hearing trammelling the power of speech,
destroying the faculty of SMELL tanting the BREATH
and killing the refined pie assures OF TASTE lnsldl
ously, by creeping on from a simple cold in the
head it assaults the membranous lining and en-
velopes the bones, eating through the delicate
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

1t appears to be matter of uncertainty at
present whether the conservative men OF the
Powderly stamp or the hot-headed admirers
of Martin Irons won the victory in the
Knights of Labor convention. The future
acts of the executive committee will howey-
err, remove all doubt. Ii 1t turns out that
the radical wing has got control we may ex-
pect the order to rapidly degenerate and the
promise which itgave of becoming the means
of elevating the workingman go unfulhlled.
The confidence of the community is essential
to the success of the order and it can not
be gained with men of the Irons variety in
control. Furthermore we believe that the
bulk of its best members will retire under
such a condition
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

The general tie-up of the street car lines
in New York was of short duration, the ex-
ecutiye committee Of the Empire Protective
Association having withdrawn their order
for general strike after conference with
the managers of several of the car lines The
sole purpose of the tie-up was to compel the
managers of the other lines to coerce the
Ihlrd Avenue road to come to terms with its
iate employees who struck some six weeks
ago to compel the discharge of six drivers
and conductors who did not belong to the
union and had been guilty of 81 eaking light
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

Mrs. Muloch- Craik's King Arthur is win
ming and delightful, but we must contradict
the authors declaration that it is ''Not a
Love Story" for it strikes us as essentially
that, and good deal more. The simple di-
recness of style, the pure sentiment and
keen perceptions of intellectual and moral
conditions, for which this writer is so noted,
are all to be found in King Arthur, which is
familiar to many readers through the col
umns of Harpers Magazine. New York:
Harper &Brothers; Portland Loring, Short
81 HARMONY
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

Secretary Manning has proved himself an
able and conservative inancier, and the
treasury department under his administra-
ton has been wisely managed. He was by
all odds the most efficient of the Cabinet
ministers and his retirement will prove a
misfortune to the administration and to the
country In his letter to the President ne
administers a merited rebuke to the Demo-
cratic House for its failure to pass the Dill
for the suspension of silver coinage, re-
buke which the President reiterates In MS
reply. But it will do no good. The Democ-
racy are tainted with financial heresy to
hopeless degree.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

The Massachusetts, Senate has passed the
soldiers exemption bill, and it now awaits
the signature of Gov. Robinson, which the
chances are it will fail to get. The bill was
passed partly to catch the soldier vote and
partly to stab civil service reform in the
back. There is no doubt it will do the latter
but it is by no means so certain that it will
accomplish the former. The independent,
self-respecting soldiers didn't ask for it and
didn't want it; and they throw the largest
part of the soldier votes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

The National Democratic platform which
the Bangor convention reaffirmed, declares
opposition to sumptuary laws. This is, we
believe, the first time, for good m any years
at least, that the Maine Democracy in con-
vention assembled, have openly expressed
hostility to the prohibitory law,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07
A REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION
WILL BE HELD IN
CITY HALL, LEWISTON,
"Wednesday June 9, 1886, at II o'clock a. NJ.

For the purpose of nominating canaluaee , ioi
Governor to be supported at the That NAV
ton. and transactfng any other DusiioS' 'ii' may
properly come before 1t. Ill, no az follows.
The basis of representation VIII III, he entitled fo
Each city, town and plantation WIN w Votes east
one delegate and for each seyentS-naaT IN ~
for the Republican candidate fof g f f{
an additional delegate. and Tor a. Gditiy
votes in excess Of seTenty-fye votes an adoition
al delegate. mia in session in the
Reception Room of the Hall az n IN " " .nio
morning of the Convention lor Wy pun po'o u ~
eeiying the credentials of delegates. os ,,,a,,
All electors of Maine who are III inS9l vi da
tanning Protective Tariff; VINO Mni JUN ~ re-
sisting tbe attempt now being maae ~ q Dello-
cratic House of Representatives 10 lnlure many
If the leading Industrial interests Of MAINE; VINO
s1.e in favor If elevating and dlgniylng human Ia
Ior by securing to the laborer ms JUST reward
who demand freedom of suffrage tnfougnout the
rennbic and an honest counting OF tne Dallots;
win uphold all iudicious measures LOT Ihe encouf-
seement Of American shipbuiiding; VINO beneve
n an honest and responsible civil service and in
IN a ecnnomicai administration OF the Government;
Who anproye the Prohibition OF the Liquor Traffic
a Mng tte nromotion Of the cause of Temperance,
re cordially invited without regard to past polit
ISL diffeTences to unite with the Republicans in
lie selection of delegates to this Convention.
Per order Republican State Committee.
JOSEPH ii. MANLEY, Chairman.
WILLIS H. WING, Secretary.
Augusta Me-, April 16, 1886.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

Mr.. J. ]. Clancy is still sanguine that the
home rule bill will pull through notwith-
standing Chamberlain and his followers are
unreconciled. He looks for great results
from Mr.. Gladstone's closing speech. The
majority of the correspondents, however,
look for the defeat of the bill, and that will
probably be the outcome though the number
and rapidity of the changes of sentiment
that have occurred in relation to this bill
since the eventful day on which Mr.. Glad
stone introduced it leaves some ground for
hoping for different result.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

The laws against polygamy are bearing
fruit. A ear load of Mormons has just
been brought east to Michigan penitentia-
ry Some means ought to be devised to head
off the car loads of foreign recruits which
90 west only to violate the laws.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

1t is said that there are 1850 Mormon yot-
ers in the southern part of Idaho. There
were less than $1,000 voters in the whole
Territory in $780, With such an element
there must be great changes before Idaho
can hope ever,to become State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

The object which the Dominion has in
view in prosecuting our fishermen is to COM
pei us to open our markets to its fishermen.
The passage of Congressman Boutelle's bill
to increase the duty on fish weuld close our
markets tighter. 1t would do good therefore
by showing the Canadians that their present
course will accomplish precisely the oppo-
site result from what is intended.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

The city of Dover, in New Hampshire, is
experiencing the perils of standing army.
On Friday night members Of the High School
Cadets pummelled two stiff-necked members
of the city government who had voted
against buying guns for the cadets.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

The Hon. William H. Clifford remarked to
the Bangor convention that s'old party Re-
publican hacks are not exactly the timber of
which to construct the shining temple of
pure public service" Nevertheless that's the
timber of which the Maine Democracy is
largely constructed Witness the Hon. Simon
s. Brown, the Hon. Harris M. Plaisted, the
Hon. Benjamin Bunker, and many others.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

The Boston Herald says Mr.. Reed will
probably have the hardest fight this year that
he has ever had. Everybody about here
knows that the Democrats have been hunt.
ing for weeks past for somebody foolish
nepough to run against him and haven't sue
ceeded in finding anybody yet. The Herald
has been misinformed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

The danger that the Mediterranean would
get monopoly Of the sardine business has
been averted. Canada has decided that the
treaty Of 1918 does not apply to the small her
ring used by the Eastport packers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

The North Atlantic squadron has been or
dered to the Nova Scotia coast. The admin
istration is slowly waking up. By the time
the fishing season is over it will probably be
thoroughly aroused.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

The Democratic papers seem to be dread
fully anxious for the Republicans to pitch
into Col. Edwards. They are not likely to
be accommodated. Republicans have moth
ing but kindly feelings towards the Colonel
though they think he has got into bad COM
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07
The fierce attacks of the English pres

The fierce attacks of the English press
~upoT Nh. Blaine will not hurt him in this
country. On the contrary, except with few
who ape everything that is of English origin,
they will increase the estimation in which he
is held. AS showing that he struck telling
blow for the oppressed and misgoverned peo-
pie of Ireland this English frothing at the
given
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

ly Of the Knights of Labor, and who are now
out of job. These were no grievances. A
strike for such purpose did not deserve to
succeed, and the executive committee in Or
dering it off have taken the wisest course.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-06-07

Aliette LA Morte) by Octave Feuillet.
New York: D. Appleton & Co; Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmony This is trans
lation of the latest novel of one of the most
brilliant writer's which France has produced.
1t was first published in the Revue des Deux
Mondes, and those who have read it in the
original, will miss in the translation some
thing of the gallic salt with which it was
seasoned. While not an offensive novel in
its tone it would not be French did it not
trench upon subjects which are tabooed IN
good American society. The facility with
which the French tongue lends itself to the
treatment of dangerous topics in refined and
delicate language cannot be reproduced in
our clumsy, conglomerate English. We no.
notice in several places that the translator
has deemed it necessary to tone down the
frank realism of the original. 1t is story
well told-too well told to be spoiled by an
abstract-and we recommend it to lovers of
modern French literature.