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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
Wasted Sunbeams.
Youths Companion.


 The relation of sunshine and oxy- gen to health was not at all under stood century and a half ago. No one knew that it was the oxygen oi the air that purified the venous blood of its effete matter, and that the same element was absorbed by the corpus cles and conveyed through every part of the system for use in it's complex chemical processes.
 No one knew the disinfecting power of oxygen out of the body, nor, until quite recently, that the sunshine itself was one of the most valuable disinfee- tants in nature.
 Within late years we have learned that contagious diseases are vastly more curable and less liable to spread, when treated ill shelter tents than in our homes or hospitals; and we are more and more caring for the venti- iation of our dwellings and school houses and churches, preferring the sunny side of our houses for sleeping rooms.
 We are building our cities with wider streets, and providing access to clear sunshine and pure air in exten- sive parks. We are, moreover, de- manding more scientific and faithful plumbing, and looking out better for the condition of our cellars. But we have not reached the limit of what is possible or desirable in this matter.
 The Medical Record for April 21 has suggestive article on the sum- shine wasted on our house. tops. It says: "Cannot architectural ingenu- ity contrive some method of using the thousands of acres of house. tops on this island,-New York,-so that roofs. now SO useful in affording in- door protection, can be made addi- tionally useful, at certain seasonss, by adording outdoor recreation and protection from invalidism? Cannot the same skill contrive new designs for the upper and most salutary sto1 ries of our dwellings, playing rooms and summing rooms, adapted for the winter season, but so fashioned that too intense beams can be excluded in summer?
 "ln the more spacious dwellings, the upper floors could be revolution ized; ventilating shafts introduced ]; broad windows made to run the width of the house both front and rear :; ready accessibility to the roof af- forded; and at least a part of these floors made attractive to children and invalids.
 "A pleasure resort might ornament each residence; neighborly consent could widen the range, and turf and flowers brighten the plain.
 "For the higher grade of tenement houses, such fresh air facilities would probably be hailed with delight by the inmates. Summer moonlight evenings could have new aspect and round family lantern groups might gather, to read, sew, or engage in games, and thus a home felt pleasure could quiet restless spirits, craving questionable or illicit amusements."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
Where the Shoe Pinches.

Certain dentists who have tooth nostrums to sell, and who find that the SOZODONT is taking the place of every other deDtifrioe in the land, shake their heads knowingly and hint that it is deleterious. If they mean deleterious to their interests, no doubt they arc right. Were it destructive to the teeth, these cavilers, would have nothing to say against 1t, as evil et- fects would bring grist to their mill their motives arc too transparent not to be seen by every intelligent person.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
Great Luck.

"Papa," said beautiful girl. as the old gentleman came in fate, ''did you notice the dead body of a young man in the yard?"
 "Why, no; what's the matter2"
 "I refused young MT. Paperwate to- night, and from the hopeless, despair ing look upon his face when he stag. gered from the house I fear he may have killed himself"
 "Well, Pm glad you refused him,' said the old man spitefnlly; "he has just beaten me five straight games of billiards"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
A Girlish Confidence.
Detroit Free Pres

Detroit Free Press. "Oh, Kitty, Tve something the best to tell youw
 "No?"
 "Oh, but I have, thought" "Do tell me, quickw
 "You'll never lisp it to any one?" "No, indeed !"
 "I wouldn't have you breathe it for the world!"
 "Oh, I won'tw
 "Not to any one, remember" "No-hope to die if do." "Well, then-oh, it seems so funnyw
 "Oh, do hurry up and tell me-" "Pm afraid you'll tell"
 "Oh, indeed, indeed won't" "l'd never forgive you if you did" "Well, but won'tl"
 "He might not like it, you know" "Who's he2"
 "Oh, l forgot. How foolish \ lam :" "Are you ever going to tell me?" "Yes, yes-I said to myself right away that I'd tell you anyhow" "Well, do then"
 "Well, then-oh you'll be awfully surprised!" 1" "Oh, do hurry and tell"
 "Well-I-Pm engagedl" "No?" "Yesw "Well, who tor" "To Charlie Lawson.s "Why-Lol-Brigham" "I amt" "Tee, hee, hccw
 "Isn't it tunny?"
 "Why, you old darling!" "Don't you congratulate mel" "Of course I do. Charlie's per. fectly lovely! Pm awfully glad rol you both."
 "Oh, thanksl"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14

l ever knoWed. I've got clean pushed out"
 "Mam's a-bawling 1" snickered the oldest.
 "Shet!" 1" exclaimed the father as he reached over and cuffed the young- ster's head.
 "I purfess that we haven't got rich," slowly replied the husband, "but tain't all my fault. Wasn't claw'd by bar? Didn't I fall fum a tree? Wasn't the young uns down with the measles and things?"
 "But you ain't used me right 1" sobbed the woman. "Look at these duds-the best I hev! I've worked and toiled and saved, and what hev I got fur it? Who be I but ram- shackle squatter's wife, a-hevin' chills all summer and goin' b'ar'fut in the winter? Where be we and what be wei"
 The children set in and began cry ing with their mother, and the moun- taineer drew his sleeve across his eyes and whispered:
 Stranger, talk to her soothin' like. She's powerful good hearted, hut lia- ble to spells. She's got spell on just now"
 "Perhaps things will soon mend," I said as the woman controlled her emo- tion little.
 "Whar did ye find me, Samuel Jar vis?" she suddenly exclaimed.
 "At yer pop's."
 "Yes; at my pops, whar was brung up like lady. What did you promise?"
 "Heaps, reckon"
 "So you did! I was to hev muels and kerridges and niggers and silks. Whar be they?"
 "We've bin misfortunate, Nancy. The stranger will fetch with me that man hain't to blame fur his misfor- tunates. Come, wife, take off your things"
 "What fur?"
 "To stay, of course. See them young uns a-weepin' and see me a-askin' it of you."
 "You said could go if I didn't like your style."
 "I was only funnin', Nancy"
 "Ma's a-gittin' the upper of dad! l" snickered young Hiram.
 "Shet '" called the father, getting in double cuff this time.
 "Well, 1 might stay on account of the children" said the wife.
 "Yes, they are pore things"
 "And mebbe you'll do turn bet ter"
 "I will, Nance-durn my buttons if I don't"
 "But the stranger must fetch with me that Pm a-doin' it to please you and the children"
 "Yes," I said, "your duty lies here. You must not desert your family"
 "Ma dasn't go, and pop dasn't let her !" called Hiram from behind a stump, and then we went inside. We had a "smack" of bears meat and cornbread, and as evening came down they gathered in front of the fire to hear of the wonders beyond the Cove. Railroads? Neither mother nor chil- dren had ever seen a track. Steam boats! They could hardly compre- bend. New York, Boston, Philadel- phia, Chicago! They had never heard the names. Telegraphs and telephones -pianos and organs-reapers and mowers-steam engines and electric lights! Each was wonder to them. Neither man nor wife could name five states. They had no names for oceans. They could name only three large rivers. We talked and talked, and when midniOhf came fha euuoffor reached over for my hand and said:
 Stranger, don't it make yer head ache to carry all them knowledge aroundw
 And the woman added:
 "Dog-gone my shoes, Sam Jarvis, but we's got to be aristocrats purty soon or Pll hang myself ?'-Detroit Free Press. Gsr1sak HAoEAA~~A
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14

"Why, George, what on earth did you get me such monstrous corsage bouquet for? It actually covers me so that one cannot even see my face.''
 George-"Perhaps it does; but for all O that, I never saw you look so well in all your life."-Boston Trans cfTpt.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14

When the head feels dull and heavy, the skin appears sallow and greasy, and the stomach refuses food, take Carter's Little Liver Pills. Don't for get this.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14

Amy-"I like Charlie; his kisses are So nice."
 Belle (with enthu siasm)-"Aren't they !"- Tid- Bits.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14

Passengers who once try the "Mo- non" route, which is the model line from Cincinnati and Louisville to Chicago, never name it but to praise 1t.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14

Somebody has said of Volapuk that that it can be learned in five minu tes. Prof. March replies: "It may be so it can certainly be forgotten in five seconde."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14

The Monon " route is the shortest, speediest, Afest and best between Louisville and Chicago.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14

The young artist sent abroad learns first to draw drafts on his father.- Picaysfne.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14

cAndrsa csy sbg Pischss's cassozia.
 -Adn.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
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The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-07-14

In the universe every thing is changing
and every thing Is in motion, forInotion
itself is the first condition Of vitality.
The firm ground. long thought to be
immovables b subject to sincessant mo-
ton; the very mountains rise or sink;
not only do the winds and ocean cur
rents circulate round the planet, but
the continents themselves, with their
submits and valleys. are changing
their places and slowly travelling round
the circle Of the globe. In order to
explain all these geological phenome-
M 1t is no longer necessary 10 inn
a9ine alterations in the earth's axis,
rnptures of the solid crust, or gigantic
subterranean downfalls. This Is not
the mode in which nature generally
proceeds; she Is more calm and more
regular in her operations, and, chary Of
her right, brings about changes OF the
grandest character without even the
knowledge Of the beings that she nour-
ishea She upheavcs mountains and
dries mp seas without disturbing the
fight Of the gnaf. Some revolution
which appears to us to have been pro-
duced by a mighty cataclysm has. per-
haps. taken thousands Of years to &C
complish. --Scisnce.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-07-14
The WATERFALL

Not far away, IN . quiet spot,
Where oft 20 when my head IL hot
And my feet are tired. Is waterfall
That dashes over q garden WALL
And this Is the song 1t sings to me:
True, true to eternity"
Sometimes 60 in the winter snow.
When the icicles hang like coral row.
Chiseled and planned by master hand,
Greater than any magician's wand:
And then, as ever, 1t sings to me:
"Pure, pure to eternity"
Sometimes when meadows are fair to see
And the bride of the zephyr, anemone,
Is nesting under the leaves Of spring,
With the violets blue as o bluebird's wing, :,
It's then the waters sing sweet to me;
Hope, hope to eternity"
And oft in summer at sunset hour,
When the soul communes with higher power
And the fosming waters are gold and red,
Taking the hue Of the heavens oerhead,
Then softer than ever IL sings TO me:
peace, peace TO eternity" ~, is
should like when I 60 to the world above,
Where the birds viii sing. and the trees love
win shade me ever, to hear the song
OF the waterfall, as II glides along,
Exchanging ever, the same to mo:
True. true 70 eternity"
-S0rdh X. Bolton, in Clereldad Leader.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-07-14

as wonderful gains But they have
carefully omitted all reference to re-
suits in other places in which the
Democratic gains were decided and in
many instances remarkable.
The spring elections in New York
State have been especially and uni
formly favorable to the Democrats.
The other day Albany elected the whole
Democratic ticket by an unprecedented
majority. A few days before the
Democrats of Albany elected Cleve.
land delegation to the State conven-
ton. Such results are not chronicled
in the Republican organs. But il
Squedunk or SwampoodIe elects Re-
publican burgess or constable grand
and glorious victory is heralded by
them in staring capitals. This simply
goes to sh ow the straits in which the
Republican organs find themselves
They must do something to cheer the
desparing hearts of the rank-and-file
of their party and they are only too
happy if occasionally they can record a
victory of small dimensions in places
which have voted Republican for many
years. p
But local elections are not safe cri-
terra by which to judge of the drift Of
public sentiment in regard to National
politics The personal merits of the
candidates as well As issues of a purely
local character usually determine the
result at such elections 1t is true that
party organization counts for some
thing ct local as we'll as general s'ec-
tions. The Democratic party, it must
be confessed, Except in the State of
New York; is not and has not been
for years SO well organized as the OPP
position. 1t is high time that this de-
ficiency were remedied. Thorough or
ganization Of the Democratic element
will be necessary in the coming Presi-
Dental canvass. In order that such
organization may be had work upon it
must begin forthwith. II should not
be delayed day longer To wait un-
til after the National convention shall
have been held is to postpone action
until it will be too late to prepare
thoroughly for assessment and regis
tration of voters and other preliminary
work Of the canvass. Now, too, is the
time to distribute reading matter and
otherwise disseminate political infor-
nation among the people. A good
Democratic newspaper in the hands Of
a voter from this time until election
will accomplish more for the success
OF the party than any other possible
agency. Organize! Organize !-Har-
risburg (Pa.) Patriot. Fsa
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-07-14
DUST the Wife He Wanted.

She--I confess, William. that your
proposal gives ms pleasure. 1t would
be foolish to pretend that it does not,
yet W
He-Yet whatP What possible OBJ
lection can you have to becoming my
wifef You know that l love you, that
am able to provide for you
Eyes. but lfear Iwouid be but sorry
housewife"
why SOP"
because have never been to cook
ing school"
IAN the better. dearest; all the
better"
'.All the better?"
Yea You viii stay at home and At
tend to the cooking instead of wanting
to 60 out and lecture on the culinary
art You are just the kind Of wife !
want Boston Courier
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-07-14

A. @eRnot1ofaph il making wonder
ful sttza6s. 1lle other day man took
. photograph Of ballet shot from =
gun. rs ),
R-While It was in the ARP
why, certainly"
'Td like to zee that photographer.
I belfsve he could photograph the sud-
den tisAppearsnce Of my week 8 salary
whom my wi6e- buys new spring bon
net. I'd like 10 see him try It any
how. = 1txos Sit5jpda
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-07-14
DEMOCRATIC NUGGETS.

The Democratic club movement
is progressing throughout the country.
Every ward and township should have
one of these organizations - Cleveland
Pain Dealer.
Who says that Ingalls, recent
speech in the Senate was devoid of
any great political effecte Look at
the big Democratic majority in Lou
isiana.- Chicago Herald s.i =
The people and the country move
one way. the Republican leaders and
the high tariff advocates the other.
The Democrats can await the result
with satisfaction. -Manchester IN H.)
Union.
Now that General James Mad
ison futile has retired from the COM
mand of the Iowa Grand Army men
the country can probably fatter itself
that it has heard the last of him.
CHICAGO News. fss ~ y'sis'
With j. Warren Keifer pro-
nouncing q eulogy upon John Shers
man one is reminded of q funeral.
The only difference is that at funeral
the corpse does not pronounce the
eulogy.- Chicago Times 'iiafs7f
Governor Foraker has pardoned
. life prisoner in the Ohio penftentiarys
who Immediately went to Chicago.
Can the Governor have hopes OF the
Illinois delegation to the Republican
National conventionp = Harrisburg
Patriot.
The Cleveland. Administrator
has been just as well as liberal in its
pension policy. and the President has
never hesitated to use his authority to
prevent liberality from degenerating
into largess. His latest pension We
toes show that this policy has not
been changed in the least by the
clamor Of largess-seekerA Isl Louis
Republican
John Sherman is not very old
man. but he hiss Jagged too long on the
stage as . candidate for the Presiden-
cy. His wrigglings, twistings, Aop-
pings and lodgings as the bee buzzes
about bis ears, are becoming pitiful
rather than amusing. When even the
solemn Senate filters at them, he might
suspect that the country is very tired
of them. 81 Loxts Post Dispatch. =
The Globe believes. and desires,
that the Opposition may again present
Mr.. Blaine, because he, of all the men
that have been mentioned, best rep
resents the knavery, corruption, lib
erality, immortality, spoilsism. toryism.
etc. that compose the aggregate po-
litical idea of that combination, il it
has any political idea. He is more
kinds Of q political knave than, any
other celebrated American citizen,
and he is the man, therefore, who has
the best claim of right to be the OPP
position standard-bearer. - Chicago
Globe. 81
The Republican organs are not
SO extensively about the re-
demption of Rhode Island ~ they
were few days q ter the election.
The shameful exposure Of bribery and
corruption used BY the Republican
bosses to effect their purpose can not
be stomached by Republicans with any
pretensions to decency. This Is the
last year of Republican rule in Rhode
Island The so. 900 newly enfranchised
citizens will make short work Of the
oligarchy when they get a
chance to register their viii in the bal-
|ot-box.-Sk Louis Repwbsican.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-07-14

PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
The rainfall 10 California has been,
increasing ever since the country was.
settled.
Strawberries never are good until'
they are cheap. ANY clearinghouse
keeper can tell you that mnch- q
sPicayuwc.
Bacon probably had his next door
neighbours piano in his minds eye when
he wrote. Full of sound and fury, sig
nifying nothing"
An impecunious negro in SAgannah,
Ga. stole watch. and With the
advance given him on it at tho pswn-
siop took out marriage certificate.
Z Young bachelor-'.I see Mrs. John
Sherwood says American men are the
most indulgent husbands in the world. ~
Married man-"Humph! We have to
be. Omaha World.
Discrepancies in my accounts?'>
repeated the bank cashier Indignantly
mot bit of it. The accounts are ali
right to mill. The troubled Is with the
cash. Somerville journal.
DIR. John Hail. Of New York. il
worth million. and breaches to cssn-
gregation worth s4O0. 900. 900. Let the
camel be creased and have the needles
eye reamed nt-Aha California. 4
: 1T is curious thing that SO many
people who sell goods below cost man.
age to use pure cream in their coffee
and keep two base burners in operation.
-Lincoln Journal.
Washington hostess giving an
evening party -"James. are the am
balances at the door?'' James
Eyes, ma arm. "--..Washington hostess
Then you may announce supper"
Life. os
Minister IL understand that you
do not believe that person is suffi-,
GENTLY punished on the earth for his
misdeeds?' Neighbor-"O yes. / do
now: but l didn't until l heard you
preach. - Ionkcr's Statesman.
"A scientist says that the reason why
people blush in the face is because that
is the only portion Of the body which is
exposed to view. This scientist is not
in the habit of attending balls. Bur
Einqton Free Press. {
81 wish knew what to preach
about next Sunday" said Rev. Mr.
Smoothtext. Preach against the evils
of riches" suggested the elder; ''therc
isn't man in our church worth over
s.. -Burdetsc.
IL think an egg would make thst
coffee settle, Mrs. Scadgers," said tee
impecunious boarder hecdlessly. 'lf
the recipe is . sure one. pray let rae
offer you an egg, Mr.. Sloapa," re-
sponded the landlady severely and
then the conversation languishcd. -
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
Miss Marlboro-''I had such a mis-
fortune to-day. professor. My parrot
escaped and l haven't seen It since"
Professor (of mathematical .Indoedp
How sad! And yet do you know, Miss
Marlboro. your afIliction could be beam
tifully diagrammcd." Miss Marlboro
-'.Ah?" Professor it's pol
ly-gonc. "-Detroii Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-07-14

My own political life has been very
humble and obscure one, and there are some
shipRs In II which, In looking back upon IL I
wish were otherwise; but have never had
doubt that the humble part which was per-
mftted, By the confidence Of my constituents,
70 take IN the creation Of that tribunal, and
the humble part was permitted to take q Z
member OF IL by the confidence Of the House
OF Representatives., TO which I then belonged,
arc among the most honorable, the ,nOst use-
mi, and the most satisfactory actiosS Of my
life" $50
The fraud issue will never he dead
issue, SO long as these gentlemen live
and boast of their part in the fraud.
They need to have the sense of guilt
whipped into them. Mr.. Vest did
well to lay on the first lash.-M Y.
Sun. 1t -.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1888-07-14

s<~>HS>@ ~ sAAO OhAtCu OSdtCS, uc kOSb us
land through not having complied with
some formalities; and. Of course. he lost
his Office as we'll Congress. however.
some years later. when he was seventy
nine years of age. made him grant Of
eight hundred and fifty acres of land
in Missouri. upon which he lived in
peace and plenty, surrounded by affec-
tionate grandchildren.
Audubon, who visited him in Mis-
eouri, speaks Of him as . magnificent
specimen OF manhood; and another son
OF the Wilderness who visited his cabin
when Boone was past eighty, testifies to
his venerable and winning appearance,
neatly dressed in garments woven and
made in his own cabin.
"His c0untenance." says this friend, ''wss
pleasant, calm and fair; his forehead high and
bold and the soft silver OF HE hair was in unison
with his length Of days. He spoke feelingiy and
with solemnity OF being creature Of Providence,
ordained - pioneer in the wilderness 70 ad-
vance the civilization and the extension OF his
country"
To the end Of his days he repaired
rifles, carved powder horns, made moe
casins and snow shoes, and liked NO
feast so well Is . slice Of venison
toasted at the end of > ramrod. He
even made his own coffin. and kept 1t
under his bed for several years He
died in 1890 aged eighty-six. His
remains now repose at Frankfort. in
Kentucky, where . monument marks
his last resting-place, -Jdm<s Parton,
IN N J, Ledger.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1888-10-12
Arcadia

Jonathan Courier, it is reported, has
sold his farm to w. 5. Turck.
Mr.. Irish is visiting the scenes of his
boyhood in the western part of New
York state.
The air hereabouts was perfumed by
orange blossoms one day last week, or
in other words Mr. Fred Abbott. Of
Pine River township, was married to
Miss Hattie Courier. of Arcadia. The
ceremony was performed at Ithaca, by
Rev. Jacoes, last Thursday. Their
many friends tender congratulations.
They will commence housekeeping at
once.
On Wednesday, September 10Th, the
children, grandchildren and friends of
Nrs. Webb gave her a birthday party at
the residence of her son Charles. it be-
ing the anniversary of her 62nd birth
day. Several nice and appropriate pres
ents were made her. nice dinner was
served, and very pleasant time enjoy
ed by all present.