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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-04
He Wrote Too Well.
New York Mail and Express


 "Yes, that K certainly very fine pcnmanship." A reporter was exam ming handsomely written letter which young man was exhibiting as specimen of his skill.
 "You ought to be able io get good situation as a book keepcrI"
 "So 1 thought when first came to this city. But l haven't succeeded yet"
 "Why not?"
 "There are A good many reasons. In the first place l am graduate of 4 business college. That k regarded aa bar by q large number of business men. In the next place an A stranger in New York, and lastly write too we'll"
 "Write too wcllI"
 "Yes, 1 have answered every advcr- tisemcnt calling for book keeper that has appeared fin the daily papers for n month past, and have only heard in reply to three. Each of tho fnen who wrote to me said that my peDmanship ? was too fine. find that business men don't like nourIshes on their books. They don't want coppcrplate penn,an- ship. One man said to me that he wanted book keepcr whose chirog- raphy showed moie individuality more character than mine. And so lost the situation. It is my experience that \ plain, flowing, rapid hand Is the very best that an applicant for clerical work can have"
 What do you propose to dor"
 "I have not decided. may secure work as a card writer, or teacher of peDmanship. If can do that l should like 1t, but if 1 fail in that direction shall try and unIearn all the fancy penmanship acquired. Lshall adopt plain but graceful style of writing, and shall conceal my business college education from merchant as though it were \ disgrace. don't know whether my experience is that of most applicants for clerical work fin this city, but l an satisfied that l an right and shall govern myself accordingly"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-04
Don't Hawk, Spit, Cough,

suffer dizziness, indigestion, infiamma. tion of the eyes, headache, lassitude inability to perform mental work and indisposition for bodily labor, and an. noy and disgust your friends and ac- quaintances with your nasal twane and offensive breath and constant ef. forts to clean your nose and throat when Dr. Sage's "Catarrh Remedy will promptly relieve you of discom- fort and suffering, and your friends oi the disgusting and needless infiction' of your loathesome disease?
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-04
One Fac.

Is worth a column of rhetoric, said an American statesman. It is A fact, es- tablished by the testimony of thou sands of people, that Hoods Sarsapa- rilla does cure scrofnla, salt rheum, and other diseases or affections arising from impure state or low condition of the blood. It also overcomes that tired feeling, creates good appetite, and gives strength to every part of the system. Try 1t.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-04
4 Cheap Pair of Pictures.

For forty cents we will mail, post paid, to any address, the splendid col. ored engravings, the "Arksnsaw Tray eler" and The Turn of the Tune " also, without extra charge, the orig inAl story of the "Arkansaw Traveller" as told by Colonel Sandy Faulkner, and the music of the "Arkanssw Trav- eler" arranged for the piano. The pictures are gotten up in the highest style of art and possessing such his torical interest they should have . place in every household. Postage stamps taken. Address Read 4 Een-
 ham, 7s Calumet Bldg, Chicago, Ill.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-04
EXHAUSTED VITALITY

More Than OWs Mtttt@W Copies Aata. Tf tTrats upon Nervous and Physical Debility, rfr. .k- matnrn ntniine, Exhausted Vitality Impaired VlsnF and impurities uf the nLod. and the untold mtscriea eonssslnnHt thereon Contains aU pasrr substantial eo,isiaa"si tindnR, fd Riit Warranted Ihe hest popular medai tr"atisr pnhitshg in tho English ianRnAsn, Price nnlY eihS mall postpaid. and concealed ih plain wrapper Illustrative sample free 1T ynu send now
 Pabi.shed by the PkA HODy MEDICAL. INSTITUTE. No. 1 Hataach ai.. Hsssss. Mass.. WI. u, PAHkk XII, M.U., Csasstt iaH Phy ysirtNn. 10 whsw all araeps shsHlA he addresseJ.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-04
Ivriaen for The Arkansaw Trareter. TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT. On the Twentieth Anniversary of Their
 Wedding Day.
BY E. W. L.

Respectfully Dedicated to Her. Roll back the years and let us see The happy pair Tn youthful prime: How deep his love! how fair was shei How sweetly rang the marriage chime! Two decades have passed since then, And still we see this loving pair For her he is the prince of men; For hum she's all that's bright and fair. Time, do thy worst! Thou canst not mar The joy of love so true as this! Though age may come, twill leave no scar, For age will bring yet purer bliss.
 Respectfully Dedicated to Him, Twenty years of married life!
 Twenty years of ceaseless strifel Twenty years of a woman's tongue A brighter fate had he been hung!
 You bet.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-04

ter, always written by coward : Dev- ertheless, he found such precise details of things that he knew to be true, and which he thought to be unknown to others, that he could not help give credence to the whole letter.
 The third letter contained a steno- graphic account of conversation that recently occurred in a club, of which Fernand de Roquefeuil was promi- nent member. It was a sort of run ming commentary of the principal members of the club on the merits and character of Fernand himself The latter was by no means fattered on the contrary, he was regarded as the most insignificant of men.
 "Well, these are odd series of coin- cidences," exclaimed the undeceived Fernand, as he proceeded with a sad air to complete his toilet. "Just think of it! Fortune, friendship, social con- sideration, all gone! Not thing left me. Oh, yes, had forgotten. have still got the devils card"
 The idea then struck him to look at the card again and to scan it more closely than he did the evening before.
 The signature was still illegible, but q few words traced with 8 pencil in first rate French told plainly enough that Satan was man about town. This is what Fernand read under the redoubtable scratch:
 RERxAND: 1.-The Devils Part" will be played this evening at the Opera Comiq ne. Come there at o'clock; knock at the third box. You will be sure to find me there Your oldest friend, THE DEVIL
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-04

Wife (to unhappy husband)-"I wouldn't worry, John; it doesn't do any good to borrow trouble"
 -"Borrow trouble? Great Cesar, any dear, I ain't borrowing trouble; Pve got it to lend. ."-Epoch.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-04

Pain frem indigestion, dyspepsia, and too hearty eating is relieved at once by taking one of Carter's Little Liver Pills immediately after dinner.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-04

chiidssn Cry Sos Pitchers csstosia.
 -A1U.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-02-04

A kneaded reform-home- made bread. CzeUelaad Sun.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-12
South and West.

FIVE convicts, leased to the Missouri Pa
cific Railway Company, made a break fol-
under an armed guard He fired upon them
killing John Davis and Chris Wells. Two
swan Trinity River and escaped.
DESPERATE BILL WHITLEY, for years 6
terror to Texas, was killed by a deputy
United States Marshal at FloreSville, Texas
GENERAL STANLEY, commanding United
States troops in Texas, has issued an order
to the Fort Ringgold officers, telling them tc
use the United States regulars in enforcing
order at Rio Grande City, where the Mexican:
have been threatening to murder the Ameri
cans.
SOME cattle were being transferred across
the Missouri river in flatboat at Glasgow,
Mo, when they stampeded and the boat was
swamped. There were seven men on board,
and three were drowned.
A CORNER IN September wheat at Chi
cago forced its price up to $1.25 bushel.
THE Northern Pacific Railroad has nego
tiated sale of zoe, 900 acres of its land grd n
in Dakota.
GOVERNOR GUY marched to the Chickasav
Capitol at Tishomngo, Indian Territory
with an armed force and took his seat by
force. Guy was legally elected Governor
but counted out by the Byrd party.
and Byrd took the seat as Governor
Governor Guy quietly went to gather some
of his party and took the Capitol and the
Byrd party by surprise
SENIOR FLORENCE LUITZ, :. wealthy rancl
man and an old Indian fighter, killed himself
at his ranch near Sonora, Cal.
Two workingmen were burned to death il
the fire which destroyed S. @. Wilkins 6
Co.'S furniture factory at Chicago.
PATRICK DUNN,a fireman ON board thu
steamer San Marcos, plying between New
York and Galveston, Texas, jumped over
board and was drowned while the vessel wal
entering the Gulf of Mexico, in order tc
escape the brutal treatment of the Chic
Engineer.
THE Sioux Commission, recently ap
pointed by President Cleveland, have re
turned to Washington. The Indians decline
to accept the terms of the treaty and surren
der their reservations.
STARVATION and cannbalism is reported
among the Indians of the Northwest Terri
tory.
The September wheat corner at Chicago
ended after cash wheat had been forced VI
to 81 bushel. The losses to the shorts were
enormous
SERIOUS damage is reported to the tobacco
crop in Virg mia by heavy frOsts.
A SNOW storm which lasted two hours
occurred i'll Mary and, and there were light
falls of snow in various portions of Virginia
Mrs. LOUIS HILDEBRANDT, the handsome
young wife of a we'll known resident OF
Wheeling, w. Va, has died from the effec
of pistol shot wound inflicted by her hus
band in a fit of drunken anger
AT Nuzums Mills, w. Va, William Will
Jams knocked, his wife down with q chair
the woman dying from the effects of the
blow. Williams is eighty years old and his
wife was seventy
FIVE men were killed at Helena, Montana
by the dltching of a freight train.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-12

A FIRE in a wooden house at CronstadI,
Russia, caused the death Of fourteen persons
A NUMBER of persons were shot by soldiers
who were quelling a religious riot between
dindoos and Moslems in India
IN a battle in Samoa King Tamsese was
defeated by partisans Of the deposed ring
Malietoa and Mataafa was proclaimed King
~ the vlctorS
PRINCE BISMARCK has made report to
Emperor W illiam giving reasons for douoG,
mo the authenticity of the matter puoIlshed
in the DeutSche RtndSchdu purportlng 10 De
extracts from the diary OF Emperor Ere
derrick The Emperor has authorized the
prosecution of the publishers OF the paper LOT
revealing State secrets
HEAVY firing has taken place at Suaklm
between the rebels and the British forces;
leserter reports that the rebels suffered Sc
yereIy Seventeen were killed by the e4-
plosiOn of one shell.
NJ. V1ETTE, French Minister of Agrlcul-
ture reported to the Chamber or deputies
hat the grain harvest amounted TO ZiS,ooo'
100 bushels.
Mrs. PARAN STEVENS, famous anu
wealthy society leader OF New ORR cry Ia o.
been robbed while travelling IN Europe Va
Jewels worth 100000.
PROFESSOR GEFFCKEN, who is charged
with furnishing for publication the extracts
from the late Emperor Frederlcks olary' has
been arrested
A HURRICANE in the West Indies caused
great damage to life and property four
American vessels were wrecked OH uTk
Island and great many seamen perlsheu-
THE mysterious fiend Of London, VINO mas
passion for numbering women IN 't I tiOoC
brutal manner, has added two more vlcUl1nS
to his list, this making six females IN an
whom he has murdered and muUllaIeu Win
great atrOcity.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-12
RESTRICTING CHINAMEN.
The Bill Excluding Them from
This Country Becomes a Law.
The President Sends a Message to
Congress Relative to the Bill.

The President has sent to Congress his ap-
prevail of the Chinese Exclusion bill, accom-
panied by reasons therefor in a special mes
sage, and the suggestion that joint resoiu-
ton be passed allowing the admission OF such
Cinnamon as are now on their way to this
country.
The bill, which was introduced in the
House by Congressman Scott, forblds the
admission of Chinese into this country,
whether for business or for the purpose OF
travel. 1t revokes all permits heretofore
granted by which Chinese laborers on visit
to their native land are allowed TO return;
The bill was passed both in the House and
Senate by substantial majorities, but final
action was long delayed by the Senate
owing to some doubt as to whether
China had rejected the treaty by which
some of the benefits of the treaty were
secured.
In his message to Congress the President
SAYS: 1.-The experiment of blending the social
habits and mutual race idiosyncracies OF the
Chinese labOrlng classes with those OF the
great body of the people of the u United States
has been proved by the experience OF twenty
years and ever since the Burlingame treaty
of 1868 to be in every sense unwlSe, lmpolItlc
and injurious to both nations"
After tracing the history of negotiations
With China, the President continues:
THE admitted and paramount right and
duty of every government to exclude from
its borders all elements of foreign population
which for any reason retard its prosperity or
are detrimental to the moral and physical
health of its people, must be regarded as
recognized canon of international law and
intercourse.
"Chna herself has not dissented from this
doctrine but has, by the expressions to which
| have referred led confidently to rely
upon such action on her part in cooperation
with US as would enforce the exclusion OF
Chinese laborers from our country.
This cooperation has not, however, been
accorded us. Thus from the unexpected and
disappointing refusal of the Chinese Govern
menU to confirm the acts of its authorized
agent. and to carry into effect an inter
national agreement, the main feature OF
which was voluntarily presented by that
government for our acceptance, and which
had been the subject of long and careful de-
liberation, an emergency has arisen, In
which the government of the United States
is called upon to act in self-defenc by the eN-
ercise of its legislative power"
The President concludes by recommending
an appropriation of S21G,6 -, to be turned
over to the Chinese minister at Washington
as an indemnity to his government for losses
and injuries inflicted on citi ems of China in
unsettled parts Of this country.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-12
EDISON'S REMEDY.
How The Great Inventor Would
Destroy Yellow Fever Germs.

Mr. Thomas A. Edison thinks he has dis
covered a remedy for the destruction of yell
low fever germs. His experiences have been
with familiar and cheap substances in use as
disinfectants. ''Mv experiments" says Mr..
Edison in recent conversation with a New
York Herald man. have been purely Senti-
mental, and from the results obtained I
feel confident that l have at last found a
means of stamping out the fever germs [
am convinced that the fever germs must be
either Of two thingS-animal organiZau. on or
fungus growth. It is not due to gases, or
the whole of district would be affected at
once"
Mr.. Edison then explains the virtues of
gasolene and rhingolene in the destructio of
germs by the production of cold, and pro
ceeds:
''Gasolene has the peculiar property also of
displacing the water in all organic matter
causing it TO perish. But as gaSolene IS easily
absorbed by wet ground and would. probably
fail in a measure to do its work [ have dis
covered that cauStlc soda will answer the DUR
pose in these Instances Micl oueS being or
ganic must contain certain fatty acid and
caustlc acid Will sap Nifty anything contain
ing fatty acid. So, in the wet places | would
literally sprinkle caustic soda, which could
be done at a very small OSt with the aid OF a
street sprinkler. The houses and dry places
could be protected with gasOlene.
''Our experiments with microbes have been
encouragingly successful, and not havingaIy
of the yellow fever germs to work upon we
can only draw our conclusions by analogy"
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-12
4HE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

A HEAVY northeast gale, with rain. pre-
vailed generally over New England. Ieie-
graph wires were wrecked and trees blown
1own. At Gloucester and Rockport the gale
was terrific, and the rain was a deluge con-
verting the streets into rivers The sea rose
higher thaa was ever known before, and the
pray was thrown hundreds of feet inland.
SAMUEL J. RANDALL was renominated for
Congress in his old district in Philadelphia
W. E. WREN, a wealthy dentist of Brook
lYn, y. Y, who the inventor OF the
process for making gas from petroleum, com
mitted suicide at his residence by lnhahng
gas.
JAMES STONE and wife. an aged couple of
Poland, n, Y. while driving home from
Randolph, y. Y, were struck by an Erie ex-
press train. and both were killed.
ENGINEER ALFRED MILLER, of the steamer
Eolus, died at Newport, r. l. ON the steamer,
from injuries received by nitric acid ex-
plosion. Miller was in the engine-room near
by and was compelled to breathe gases from
the acid. He stopped the engine and turned
on the fire pumps before leaving his post.
thus averting dreadful disaster at the ex-
pense of his own life.
A FURTHER defalcation of So, 900 was dis
covered in the accounts of absconder Will
lam r. Foster, Jr. with the Gratuity Fund
of the New York Produce Exchange
LEWIS COBB, of Gloucester, Mass. about
sixty-fve years old, committed suicide, In
Boston, by throwing himself in front of a
moving car. He had been suffering; with
rheumatism
THERE has been a light fall of snow in New
Hampshire, Pennsylvania and New York.
The fall was heaviest in the Mohawk Valley,
where a storm ragged for several hours.
MICHAEL WHALEN, of Danvilie. Penn. who
has been in poor health for some time, cut
his wifes throat and then his own. The life
less bodies were found lying on the bed, and
there was every indication that the woman
had made desperate struggle to escape the
grasp of her maniac husband.
THE newly appointed Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from Persia.
Hadji Hos>ein Ghooly Khan Motamed ell
War, has arrived in New York. His Ex-
cellency, Kouli Khan, is the first Persian
try, although there has been a treaty between
the United States and Persia since December,
1856.
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-12
WaShIn0 tOn.

TIE President has sent the following nomi
nations to the Senate: Jonn H. Oberiy, Of
Illinois. to be Commissioner of Indian AT
fairs vice John u. ATKINS, resigned; Sarnue
H. Albro of New y ork. to be Superintend
ent of ndIan Schools; Van curt G. Yantis
of Missouri. to be Assayer in charge of Shf
United States Assay Office at st. Louis.
THE President has sent to the Senate tn,
nomination of George S. Duryee, of New
Jersey, for [ nited States Attorney for the
district of New Jersey.
The special Congressional Committee in
veStigating tue charges against MIR. Stahl
necker for connection with frauds in the con
Structiou of the new Library building, de
ended thaS they have not been substant aztec
by proofs. and exouerated that gentleman.
y CIR TAKY las has sent an important
letter to the principal Chief of the Cherokee
Indian Nation, not flying INN that any lease
or contract tor grazing on the Cherokee
outlet" IN the Indian Territory made by hin
or his nation VIII be illegal
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-12
PILLORY AND LASH.
Ten CoIored Men and Six Whites
WhiDped in Delaware.

The whippings at New Castle DELI jail
'ew DAYS since were remarkable for the num-
Der of Victims the heavy penalties, and the
number of lashes laid on. Not for many
years have such large number been made
% thug the post in one day. There were
zen colored victims and seven whites. One
nan got forty lashes, four twenty lashes, nine
;en lashes, and three five lashes In all there
we're 225 blows struck. an average OF over
l3 blows.
In addition to the whippings five men were
compelled to stand for an hour in the Pill;
lory. Sugar Awful" one of the co!ored
eight years He has been thief for twelve
years. and has been before the Chief Justice
eight times. The Court that sentenced him
this time will proba bly, not have another oP-
Dortunity, inasmuch as it is hardly likely, in
5he general order of things, that they will
i've until lawful" serves his term of ten
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-12
THE NATIONAL GAME.

The New Y OrkS lead IN neldlnS.
BURNS, of Wilkesbarre, uses fiat bat.
THE Washington Club has released catcher
Tom Deaslev.
SHORT STOP LOWE, of Milwaukee, has a
fractured colar-bOne.
JOE QUEST is considered the best umpire in
the Western Association.
BILLY HOL1ERT couldn't be sold, so Brook
Ign released him outright.
The League, and not the indianapolis
Club, reserves Glasscock.
MORRIS, Of Pittsburg, never had finer
control or greater speed than now.
GUMBERT, of Chicago, is said to be one of
the best put up men on the diamond.
SILVER FLINT will accept Coleman's offer
to wrest!e any man in the League for Slooo
side.
Pop SMITH says he will not play in Pitts
burg another season, if he can by any means
get away.
TOMMY ESTERBROOK has signed with Louis
vile. He will strengthen the club in weak
spot-first base.
RYAN, of Chicago, has made the most base
hits in the League; O'Neil, of st. Louis, the
m )st in the Association.
NOT New York PLAYER has been fined or
reprimanded by the management this season.
This is record to be proud Of
FIFTEEN HUNDRED dollars is said to have
been the price paid to Baltimore for Pitcher
Smiths release to the Athletics.
CONNOR leadS Cne New OrkS III DdCGlnS
and Ewing in fielding. The former has an
average of .307 and the latter 800.
MANAGER SULLIVAN, of the Washing
toms, is negotiating for the release of Silver
Flint, the veteran backstop of Chicago.
BROUTHERS is in favor of putting the
pitcher back five feet Conway holds that II
This is DONE bunting should be abolished
ABALL player will give you anything ex-
cept two things: They will never give you
their ages nor lend you an old practice ball.
PITCHER RIA iSEY'S vanity received a
grievous wound when Won der Abe selected
Chamberlain of the Louisville Club instead
of him.
Two hundred and three home runs were
scored by the New England League this
son. They also made 154 triples and 40
doubles.
TENER AND FARRELL who form the bat
terry of the Chicago Club are about the tall
est players in the profession. Their combined
height is twelve feet five inches.
CHICAGO is in bad way for catchers.
Darling is out of practice TOR want of work.
Flint IS sick and DAILY is lame. Farrell is
therefore doing all the backstop work.
To date Keefe has won "a and lost IL
games. Welsh won 25 and lost II, Titcomb
won 10 ard lost s, and Crane Won ana lost
4. keefe also played in four tied games and
Welsh in two.
Two American baseball clubs will go to
Australia to play exhibition games during
Chicago Club; the other, picked nine. They
expect to leave Chicago about October 2 til.
PRESIDE NT ROACH, of Philadelphia, says
that little dependence can be placed on OIL
cial averages. Raising ball PLAYERS co sell
has become such a branch of the business
that it appears as though scorers had been
instructed to fatten the mems records
Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-10-12
Foreign.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND gave a specia
reception at noon to buffalo Bill and the
me Lers of his Will West troupe. including
tt e ndians who appeared in their most brill
liant native cCStum s
kim dom of Ton "a has exchanged ratI
fcatiOnS with the L n ted States n treaty
of commerce and vigaton, and the Presl
dent has proclaimed the fact.