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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
WANTED MORE.

A Georgia man while working at . cotton gin had one Of hIs hands so badly crushed that the amputAtion of two of his fingers was rendered neces- sary. A physician who happened to be passing the place was summoned to perform the operation.
 "This will be s rather painful affair."" said the doctor, especially as l have no chloroform or anything to deaden the nerves"
 "Ain't you got nothin' a tall w the wounded man asked.
 "I4et me see. think have some old brandy in my saddlebags."
 The Georgians eyes brightened. The doctor got the brandy and, after giving the sufferer drink, performed the operation.
 "Say Dock" said the injured man, "don't you think that other finger oughter be tuck off"
 "N0."
 "I think 1t do."
 "Why man, 1t is not injured"
 That mout be but think 1t oughter be tuck off."
 "Why so, if it is not hurt ?"
 Wal, 1 lowed that ef you agreed to take 1t of you mout gin me another drink uv that Ticker"
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WAS DIsAPPoINTKD.

A Little Rock negro went up to ths general delivery window of the post. office and asked if there were any let. ters for Mr. Phil Potter.
 "So," the clerk replied.
 Look ysre, sin' you sorter wraapg bout dat!"
 "I tell you there h nothing for you."
 "I know you tole me dat, but rs got reasons fcr bpebin' dat you's wranBg." 1"
 "I don't care what you've got. Get away from bere." l.
 "I ken do dat, sAh, wid de grace O de possuIs, but it's mighty cuis dat dar sin' no letter yare fur me, 1 ken tell you dat right now"
 He turned swsy, and, muttsring to said: Mighty strange whut
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
ROCK. ARK, SATURDAY,

"lf you don't take your damned old kit and spit. box, and your lousey old carcass out of here In two minutes, I'll kick you into the street and throw your dirty plunder after youi Get out, and don't you over come prowl. ing around here again. or rll have y ou arrested! ["
 With this the old man hustled his kit and other belongings to tho side walk, where he left them until he could hunt another hole, as 1t were.
 On this occasion he called upon \ man named Martin, who kept shoe store and who happened at that time to need a cohbler In the back room to do little odds and ends in the way of mending.
 Weekly approaching the merchant, old Mastin asked him for eonliden- tial talk for moment, and the mer- chant complying, the ancient cobblcr said in n pleading undertonc:
 "Mr. Martin, would you be so good as to let me set up my kit in your back shop2 I've been working for \ time around here at si Loomiscs, but he Is sometimes fl very dimgrocablo man and comes to the shop In an Ill- natured way nearly every morning. He keeps up such limiting around that l begin to think that he wants me to leave, and things Is becoming 30 unpleasant that if could get another place l would move"
 Considering the earnest rcmarks of Mir. Loomis, as quoted above, this was drawing 1t quite mild. The rcsult of this last conference, however, was that Cobbler Mastin worked his "kit" un. der shelter again, and remained until he got to missing his spittoon too frequently with his tobacco juice, and making himself otherwise obnoxious when Mir. Martin gave him a gentle hint, also, and the nomaiic Crispin moved on some more.-- W,H Visschcy.
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some i'll luck falls upon our plans. Isn't he magnificent specimen? See what 8 graceful neck he has. Oh, he is man to challenge the admiration of the gods. Don't look at that fel- low in that cage to the left. At one time thought we'll of him, but he has deceived me. A few days ago his prospects were bright, and he would have been hanged to-day, but he secured communication. Wonder is 8 fellow in whom l had placed no confidence. I didn't think there was anything to him, and didn't expect anything but communication of sentence, but, sir, he is to be hanged next Friday. You see we can't all ways tell by mans appearance what he is. Men in whom I have placed the highest confidence have disap- pointed me, while other fellows, whose countenances were against them, have, using slangish but military express sion, come to the front. There's a crippled fellow over wonder. excuse him. l always sympathize with the physically unfortunate. l don't blame him for asking for communication for he is not really able to go through with the exercises, but that big fellow over to the right is a brute. His papers were all made out and he would have been hanged to-day if he had shown any manhood. He has simply cheated me. You see get a certain sum for each man that is turned off. How do such fellows ex- pect a man to live? tell you, sir, that this interference with estab- lished American industries is ruining the country. Now just look at the foreign element that is coming into this community. None of those fel- lows are willing to be hanged like me. No, sir, they fight against it, and I tell you what is a fact, a little of the Know Nothing principle is what we need out here. Do you know, sir, that some of those fellows would see me starve rather than contribute a few dimes, in legitimate way to my support. Heaven knows I do my hanging cheap enough. Well, let's move along. All these fellows are frauds. Each one of them has cheated me out of my commission. ."-Opie P. Read.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
He Took the Hint.

Olc Sam Mastin was a cobbler who lived come years ago in Lafayette, h. diana. He never pretended to have s shop of his own but would secure the privilege of "kit" room in the estab- lishmeDt of some moro pretentious shoemaker or dealer in tue boot and shoe line.
 After securing one of these places, he would for time be quite humble and would work away, vigorously and quietly. As he would become more familiar, however, he would grow independent and impudent-- sassy" we call 1t down south. Shortly thereafter he would be in- continently .fred," and sometimes with accompanying remarks which wouldn't be complimentary to that sneak thief of the plains, the coyote.
 On one such occasion his election was followed with the declaration
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
PRICE, 6 CENTS.

como Q dat letter, fur put it in dar las night mcrscf. Fotch w lot CT niggers down yaro ter sec me glt dat letter out. an 1t aln't on de premises. Mebby dat white man ,ii,in' put my name on 1t right, Folks kai' speck mo ter bc CT mudwump et tia treats mo like dis. Gwine lose my 'tiuence ef CT change aln't tuck putty soon. Gwine git somebody tor send mo one dexe yare tilly-grams."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IT.

Stephen Philpot, dark gentleman who at one time was the most promi- nent ferryman on Bayou De Muckle, was appointed by the Oak Hill con- ference to call upon the governor of Mississippi and ascertain few facts in relation to free trade.
 "Now, gubner," said the old fellow as he covered up spittoon with his hat, "what do it all mean, nohow?"
 "It simply means revision of the tariff"
 "Whut is de tariff, gubner?"
 "Why, it is the duty which the gov ernment imposes upon certain articles which people of other nations send here"
 "Whut sort O articles2"
 "Oh, almost everything"
 "Wall-er, does we need dem arti- eles?"
 "Yes.n
 "An' we charges dem folks fur fetchin' us whut we needs5"
 "Yes."
 "Wharfo'?"
 "Because it protects our own peo- pie. By paying more for some of those articles, you help men at home who, by means of the tariff, are ena- bled to sell their wares at 6 higher price,"
 "But, look yare, who pays dat higher price?"
 "You do."
 @Wall, now, who he'ps me dat CT way7 Does you know Q anybody dat is payin' mo- fur CT artickle jest ter hep me7"
 "No, I can't say that do.D
 aDsn why is I spected ter pay mo- den CT thing is wuth ?"
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"To keep up our industries"

gro keep up our industries"
 What is de industries doin' fur de niggah ?"
 "Why, they keep prices up-it Is said"
 "On things dat we buy UT things dat we sell ?"
 "On things that We buy, believe" :"
 Wall, now, look var. Pse wuss of den I wuz 'to' came up yare. Tell you de truf I doan blebe no man un'- erstan's dis blame bizness."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
VISSCHER'S STORIES.
Some Other Guns.

Some Other Guns.
 "Great improvement in holiday guns since 1 was boy" said Colonel Hi Hawkins, of Kentucky, fast Fourth of July night, in Chicago.
 "Thar's one of 'em now :"
 And he jumped four feet high from the explosion of cannon cracker un- der his feet.
 "That minds me of sounds l heerd all along the line, ever day and night, in Georgia, when we-all were givin' sherman fireworks reception from Buzzards Roos' to Atlanta. He kep' CT comin' hows'mever, and recipro- ] cated the fireworks. Some right booty sights we used to see.-Look at that dratted thingw
 The colonel ran into doorway to avoid "nigger-chaser."
 "Them days" he continued, I didn't mind noises like this, but some- how uther, they sorter jar on my nerves, as grow older. Les Journ to one CT these var bathroom and take dram, whar can tell you all about it.
 "Whut you gwine to take? Jis cl'ar whisky's good enough for me.
 "Whut's that you said about mint2 Well, l declar'! l didn' know they kep' it. Of co'se, jis mash little mint in mine. Minus Kaintucky inven- tion.
 "Well, as was sayin', holiday noises have been nightly improved on.
 "We didn' have much Fo'th-er-July shootin' in the days when was boy. On that day we uster have picnics, and barbecues, and the like CT that, and about all the shootin' we had wuz whut little extemporan'ous shootin' the boys got up among therselves Tong to'a'ds the shank CT the evenin', after they had h'isted in a bucket or so of these var things"
 He lovingly eyed his julep with this last remark.
 "Speakin' of those picnics, remem- Der, one Fo'th-er-July, a lot of us fel- lers fun down on Flat creek went up to Mount Cyarmel to picnic, and we had gorgeous time. Among the guests met thar that day was a gen. tleman fum southern Elinoy, who was commercially fond of hoss- race could take dram evah time he was invited; treated jis' as offen as any. body; was handy with his gun, an he want no slouch st seven-up CT draw poker, nuther. Fact was that he was consid'abie of a southern gentleman, in some ways, and it was satisfaction to know that he come fum sompen that was southern-that is to say southern Elinoy.
 He was fum Dixon's F erry, and he rid as booty a little Glencoe mar AS ever sported white hind foot. Blivins was his name.
 @Blivins got to foolin' 'roun' Jim Sanderses sweetheart, and Jim was sorter techy about it-well, to make long story short, Jim and him got into differently, and Bliyips was buried, next day, in graveyard j'inin' the picnic grounds. They give him a big funeral, the neighbors did, and 90 many of the people who tended the picnic stayed ovah to the funeral that it was monst'ous nigh as big a time as the getherin' of the day befo'. .Still and all was sorry that Jim done that fur Blivins was . fine feI- Ter and : promisin' young man. As Blivins didn't mean no harm, I nevah thought that Jim, reely, had sufficient provocation, but he sid he
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14

had, and as Jim and me were friends | respected his word very highly--be- sides the little differently added to the intrust of the picnic procecdin's.
 "This Is sorter digressin', hows'- meyer, and leat!!a' away from the sad occurrence had in my mind, and which l wanter' tell you bout.
 "I rid a colt that day that had a strain of the best hoss- blood of Kain- lucky in him, an l thought heap of him. His name was Scooter, and he was all that the name implicd-A heap mo, ef you hear me. Us tellcrs had been pilin' In tho 'yarbs' booty lively-'yarbs' was sort of nickname we had for these var things"
 Here the colonel again eyed his sec- ond mint julep.
 "I didn't think 1t was right for we- ali to set thar and hist in 'yarbs' all evenin' and all mawnln', too, as to that--and let Scooter go dry, without anything like Fo'th-er.July drink, for l always b'lieved-and do vii, as 10 that--that a hoss--a good hoss--has got heap CT human in him.
 "So ef you b'lieve me, up and or dered negro to give that colt n bucket of ice-cold lemonade, and tho damn fool niggah done 1t.
 "I had the notion that quinchin' that hosses thirst on lemonade was not only treatin' Scooter like colt of his standin' ought to be treated, but mo- than that, thought it would show style.
 "My friend, that hoss took the collie and died bcfo' could do anything for him hows'mever l killed the niggah
 he was the pootiest sing gle- footed racker ever saw.
 "You'll pardon my emotion, but never think of that colt, cut of right at the beginning of his usefu lness, without being moved to tears.
 "But whar were me?"
 A sky-rocket came in through the open window and distributed things for few moments, then exploded, after which the colonel resumed.
 "Oh! I was sayiR that we didn't do much in the way of Fo'th-er.Juiy poppin'- crackers and the like when was boy. Christmas was our time. At hog killin' the boys would save up the hogs bladdahs, blow 'em up and leave lem that way till Christmas, then they'd bust lem with a loud explo- sion by jumping on lem, CT some other way. Those, with shotguns, pistols lots of Us had derringers that were awful handy-and other contrivances, made up largely the Christmas shoot in, of country boys, in my region in those days. Charging hole in an an- vii with powder and settin' another anvil on top of 1t, then 6rin' lem of, would make noise that would make one of these var cannon-crackers ashamed of themselves. But one of the best contrivaDces we had-loud and cheap-was to lay live coal on a stump, spit on it and hit it with an axe-say, have one with me. That's as fine julep as evah laid lip ovah."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-14
SELF-MADE MEN.

Under tho head of "The Self. Made Men oi Our City" the 'Possum Walk, Ky Seif- Cooke, publishes the following;
 "it does us great deal ol good to bo able to publish thc-c hero facts con- cerning some of our most distinguished and useful citizens. Uncle Jerry Bolea was born in North Carolina, don't ex. Aetly know how many years ago but it has been right sharp while, wc reckon. At All carly Rgo Jerry went 10 work in well-known stilI-honsc and so attentive to businsss was he that at the age of seventeen ha was advanced to the rusp6naiblr position uf lickcr-tastcr. lie held this position for many years, then moved lo Ken. lucky and started saloon In our town. He has recently added shed. room to his establishment, using ii for store room and sleeping apartment. Uncle Jerry Is n thoroughly self made man and we congratulate him.
 "Andy Burnett was born in this city thirty .one years ago. He father, n man of exceedingly humble protcu. sions, apptesticed young Andy 10 q silvcrsmitb In Louisville, but he ran away, went to Frankfort during a session of the legislature and secured c position as bartender. In this reapon- sible position he gave such satisfaction that some of the leading people Of the town, the governor and judges of the supreme court among tho number, ad- vanccd him money enough to buy out his proprietor. Iie did ali excellent business until tho session of the Grange legislature, in 1873. He had counted upon his usual legislative pat ronage, but those close listed fellows, having brought their Ticker with them in jugs, forced Andy to sell out to the secretary of the state. Andy then rec turned to our town, and, aided by people who had known him since his infancy, he opened the Dew Drop saloon, which, we are proud to say, is still doing \ rattling business. We congratulate him.
 "Among our self made men VIC know of none more deserving than John W. Horn. He began his career as law. yer, but as that profession was too slow for his active mind, he soon went into the saloon business, having mar ried the charming widow of Mike OBroil. The widow, brave little wo- man that she is, helped him behind the bar. He is fairly prosperous now, and we congratulate him.
 Judge Pepperson, who was defeated for constable last fall, has opened saloon out at Drake's Greek, where he will he pieased to sec his many friends. He Is in every way seif-mAde man, HHFWk BVuo AubD LIE 8iOOu DueASSs when he was quite young. We ex- tend to him the right hand of our most hearty congratulations.
 "We here seize this method of com- municsting to our readers the fact that we are going to retire from the news paper business. We have done our best, but realize that we are not fitted for the prosaic duties cs the position. We beiievs that every man is espe- ciaIly cut out for some certain line of thought or action, and we have bought out the saloon formerly run by Nat Festhcrstone. We expect to kesp on hand . line of the livsli- sst liquors in the market, and shall be delighted to ses our old friends who have stood by our paper while we were manfully battling for tho right. We congratulate oursslk"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-22
LOCAL BREVITIES.

| The eldest daughter of John Garrett Perkins,
of Perkins Station, while out riding Last week,
fell from her horse and broke her arm.
The candidates on the Democratic county
ticket will speak tonight at the corner of
Fourth aud K streets They expect to have a
lively meeting
man named Friley, who was stabbed at the
Stone House, near Winnemucca, by man
named Stoddard, was brought TO the Railroad
Hospital in this city yesterday.
The Sacramento Market received ON Saturday
seven carcasses of venison from J. +. Farmer
Almaden, Oregon. They were received by rail
i'll good condition, and were quickly sold.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon a poplar
tree on the north side of j street between
Fourth and Fifth was blown down and fell
across the street. Two men driving i'll a cart
had a narrow escape from being crushed by it.
The following dates are announced for the
concerts to be given this winter by the First
Artillery Regiment Band Monday, November
26th; Monday, December 3lst; Thursday, jan
uary 3lst; Monday, February 25th; Monday,
March 25th.
a. w. Carr, a brakeman of the Southern Pa
cific Company, was caught between two cars
and pretty badly squeezed on Friday evening
last. On being taken to the Railroad Hospital
It was found that his injuries were not serious,
though painful.
Captain Karcher has in his possession at the
station-house black valise found few days
ago by longshoreman under the wharf at the
foot of K street. 1t contains mixed lot of female
wearing apparel half a dozen masks, some per
forated cardboard and various trinkets.
Many of the awnings on the north side of
street are in a dangerous condition and ought
| to be ordered down at once. One was blown
down yesterday. All OF those on the north side
of | from Second to Third, with the exception
of the one at the corner of Second, are unsafe.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-22
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

+. Il. Powers, OF san Francisco, was in the
city yesterday.
William Miner and II. Clay Chipman went to
San Francisco Saturday
Mrs. George F. Bronner and children went to
San Francisco Saturday
Chas Bell and wife left on the overland last
night for hew York to be gone few weeks.
Miss Minnie Dennison left last Thursday for
San Francisco, where she will reside in the
future.
Mrs. Hanlon, accompanied by her daughter,
Mrs. adore Townsend, went to the Bay yester-
day for couple of weeks.
Colonel ]. J. Tobin came up from San Fran
cisco on Friday, and Oh Saturday went to Ply
mouth to make Democratic speech.
Antoine Menke aud Miss Louisa Graft were
married yesterday at the residence of the brides
| sister, Mrs. NJ. Danioth. DR.. Taubner officiated.
The bridal party left in the afternoon for Los
Angeles.
Arrivals at the Capital Hotel yesterday
]. A. Merchant, city; John Dagget, Sskiyou
County; Geo. Fitzler, Biggs U. S. gregory, lone;
J. A. Culver, Colfax; Ed. Ryan, Wizard Oil
Company; NJ. p A. Trembly, Alta; J. NJ. Steph-
enson, franklin; J, X. Deming, Auburn; J. w.
Mickle, city; j. Martin, Reno; D. Schneider,
city; H. Ford lone, Cal; W a. eugene, Jr, San
Francisco; W. Ii. Lee, Yuba fity; C. C. Cook, Los
Angeles; ]. f Manlove, Brighton; LAbbi A.
Cournier Bona, Algeria, Africa.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-22
Forty Miles an Hour.

The average Signal Service Temperature on
Saturday was 62s, being 10 warmer than the
normal for that day. The highest and lowest
temperature was soo and 4So with gentle to
brisk ana , fresh nort,hefiy ,Iy W winds & ana clear clear
The temperature at A. was 500; IL NJ, 7oo,
and p. N 75o The average temperature yes
terdsy at Sacramento was 90, being 60 warmer
than the normal for that day. The highest and
losest temperature wss 80 and $50, with light
northerly winds and clear weather, the extreme
velocity being 40 miles an hour. The temper
accompanied by stationery barometer.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-22
The staamsr Rrnka Down.

The Odd Fellows General Relief Committee,
accompanied by e few of their friends, number
Ing in all about seventy, left this city yesterday
morning at 9 clock for their annual excursion
on the steamer Dwyer, Captain Wilcox in com
mand and Captain Diekerson at the wheel
The wind was blowing strongly from the north
vest and the steamer proceeded slowly up the
liver with her merry passengers until opposite
the Bryte ranch, where she broke her shaft and
was carried by the wind and current against
the west bank OF the river and was safely tied
up. The Relief Committee and thu ir friends
were not disposed 20 give up taeir days pleas
ure, however, and passed the time in social
conversation and various amusements. Al
noon splendid luncheon was prepared by the
ladies OF the party. AS evening approached
teams from o. A. Lovdals farm near by were
sent for by that gentleman, and the excursion.
lists were conveyed back TO the city, somewhat
dusiy, but to all appearances well satisfied with
the dar's Outiur
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-22
PISTOL SHOOTING.
The Signal Corps made the following scores
with the pistol at 60 yards:
A SwindIing Bepear.

On Friday night woman was arrested for
being drunk and sleeping in doorway. In the
Police Court Saturday she gave the name of
Mary Cornwall, and was fined IS. When she
left the city prison, after paying her fine. she
had 81 Is. On Saturday night she was arrested
again al the depot, by officer Green, for being
crunk. When searched at the station-house
she had receipt in her pocket showing that on
that day she had sent II herself at San Fran
cisco, under the name of Carrie Brannon, s45 in
oa nc,obae hy H rir arshs Ke o ahs,, .e ~
Marysville, reading as follows =" Permission is
given to Mary Brannon to solicit for money in
the city this P. NJ. only" She must have been
very successful in her begging Saturday to raise
her exchecqusr from s27 Is to SIS in so short a
time.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-10-22
MAKING 1T LIVELY.
Early Sunday Morning Fights-Dsad
WeaHnnS DraMn.

/
/ Things were lively in the lower part of the
city late Saturday night and early yesterday
! morning Drunken and bolsterous men were
numerous and the officers on beats two and
! three were kept busy. About two o'clock sun
day morning, Charles Dallman, William Jordan
and Harry Weston got into row over dice
game in the Postoffice Saloon, on X street, near
Fourth. During the fight a revolver was drawn
but not used Officers Ash and Franks arrested
the three men few moments afterwards at the
| italian Saloon at Second and l. streets, on
charges of battery.
On returning from the station house they met
Joe Swager, L. Eldred and John Wilson, who
reported that Swager had been assaulted and
struck on the head with a shotgun by J. Bald
win, the keeper Of saloon on Second street, be-
tween K ana L. They also said that when they
went back to the place to get Swagears hat,
Archie Wilkes, the bar-keeper at Baldwins,
had come out with the shotgun and driven
them OFF. The officers went to the place and
arrested both Baldwin and Wilkes. The former
was charged with assault with deadly weapon,
and the latter with exhibiting deadly weapon.
Swager was pretty badly cut on the head.
About the same time there was u lively fight
at Third and L streets, during which butcher
drew pistol. The officers did not get around
in time to gather in this gang OF rioters.