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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-28
MATHEW ARNOLD.

Mathew Arnold's sudden death brought to a stop the discussion of his strictures on America. The critics sharp pen becomes tender when the death of his victim is announced. In life, one fault has stood out on hun dred virtues, like an ugly wart on a beautiful face in death single virtue casts the mellow light of palliating smile upon hundred faults. We do not believe that Mathew Arnold was a great man. He was a man who could wiring anguish out of fault, but who could not make virtue laugh. He was gleaner of faults, gatherer of the errors of other men. If he saw a smile, he turned away with a frown. If he heard laugh, he cleared his throat with harsh and grating sound. His intellect was bright, bn. !. wee cutting his mind was A mirror, but 1t only held itself up to those who had ugly faces. He was man of great learning, but he produced nothing that will live. He had great capacity of reception, but not the immortality of creation. He would have slaugh- tered Goldsmith, but Goldsmith wrote the "vicar of Wakefield; :" he would have scorned Dickens, but Dickens wrote "David CopperHeld." To Mathew Arnold, the weeds had choked the flowers to death. To him the poison vine had killed the honey suckle. A carper, a man who would condemn you if there were a turned letter in your composition man who shivered as he turned away from the sunlight, and who made himself felt because he was cold.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-28
A VACATION.

Several newspaper men were speak ing of how generous the proprietors of their papers were in granting them vacations, when a fellow named Skaggs remarked:
 "Yes, I worked for one of those fel- lows once. I asked him one day if he would give me a vacation. He replied that the granting of my request would give him great pleasure. went away and stayed three weeks-"
 "Well," some one remarked, twas there anything wrong about that?"
 About the vacation? Oh, no. The vacation was ali right, but the propri- etor made it too long. When I went back he told me to let it run on. That was five years ago, and it is still run- ming on. Very kind in him, must say, but one trouble arose. He stopped my pay"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-28

VOL. l2. NO. 23. OH

"Yas, tuck newmony am died. Uncle Jesse, I know it don't look we'll fur man to brag about his wife, but I kain't hep but say that she wuz the best hand ter kiver con with hoe l ever seed. Yas, an that want all. She could set out terbacker plants with anybody. Pore Liza Snatched right off when she wuz uv the most use!"
 "You have had bad luck"
 q reckon I have; but that want all. My yaller hoss fell ofi'n the bluff an wuz killed, ez ef the loss uv my wife want enough"
 "That wuz powerful bad, Dave"
 "I ain't through yit, Uncle Jesse. An then, ter cap the whole climax, one uv the boys chopped down tree, an it fell on my 'possom dog an killed him."
 "Whut, the brindle one?"
 "Yes, the one that Patterson offered me ten dollars for. l never will git over that loss, Uncle Jesse Jest ter think how he could go in the woods an find 'possum almost anywhar. No, Uncle Jesse, l never kin git over it."-Opte P. Read.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-28
A MODEST DOCTOR.

A physician who had put his pro- fcssional card Into country paper requested the editor to give him A po- ticc.
 "Just sit down there at the desk, Doc, and write out what you want" ss!a .he editor
 "Oh, dear, no; can't write about myself"
 "I think you can. Just give me the points, If you are too modest 10 say what you want, and will throw In the necessary strength"
 The doctor sat down, and, after much splnttering, produced the fol- lowing modest piece of work:
 "pr. Abe Collier, whose card ys print to-day, is without doubt the finest physician in our city. He is perfect gentleman, and is one of tine best surgeons in our city, If not the best. Hia charges are reasonable for . man who never loses case, and we are glad 10 know that he has refused . lucrative practice in another town in order to remain In our city. where he is 70 highly esteemed for his skill and gentIemanly qualities. He is not an old man, but he is thoroughly experi- enced and rarely loses A case. We congratulate the people of our enter prsslng and beautiful city shat he will remain In our city. Ills office hours are from morning till night when not engaged, and this of itself Is an accom- m0GatI0n t0 the people Of our citY.o
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-28
PREACHED A FUNERAL.

Young Will Penson, son of old man Bob Penson, sickened and died. Mrs. Penson, the young mans mother, was anxious that preacher named Dabbs should deliver the funeral oration. Old man Penson went to the preacher and said:
 "Parson, my wife is putty nigh dead with grief"
 "Yas, brother, I know that"
 "An' the children air awful stirred up."
 "Oh, yes, brother" the preacher re- sponded.
 "Wall, now," said old Penson, "I'm mighty glad you understan' the thing so well, fur in this here funeral ter-do, I don't want nuthin' said that will jerk the piller out rum under the head uv dozin' grief an cause fresh outbreak"
 "I understand that, brother"
 "All right, then," said old man Pen- son, "I want you to preach my sons funeral"
 The preacher came. The neighbors had come and had arrayed themselves into the most dismal of all assem- blages-a country funeral. The grief stricken mother, whose whole life had been centered in her son, mourned in a corner of the room, and the children, struck with awe, hung back and whis- pered to each other.
 The preacher arose and began to speak of the dead boy; extolled his virtues and spent many words in illustrating his manly qualities. The mother groaned. The preacher, seem- ing to take encouragement, began to draw about him the mechanical appli- ances of emotion. The mother shrieked. The friends began to wipe their eyes. The preacher threw him. self back and began to paint an awful picture of death and gave his hearers startling etching of the necessity of repentance. The mother groaned in anguish. The father ominously shook his head. The preacher .aved. He walked the floor and shouted with mourner's bench declamation. The mother fainted. The father shook his head and muttered something.
 At the grave the mother had become almost calm; the preacher began to speak of the noble qualities of the boy. The mother fainted again.
 One day, two weeks after the bur- ial, old man Penson called on the preacher.
 "Why," said the man of texts, HI did not expect to see you soon. Any thing you feel like giving me is all right, but we can afford to wait awhile"
 we have waited long enough for what I owe you," said old man Pen- son. ssI owe you a blame good whup- pin an it's got to be paid right now"
 "Why, don't understand you, sir" !"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-28
SHE THOUGHT SO.

In New York. Mrs. Pretense (to Mr. SwelD-"Oh, Mrs. Lake is % charming, 90 intelligent. really for- got to ask her where she was from"
 Mr. Swell-"She is from Chicago 2
 Mrs. Pretense-"I thought %. | really did. She is % coarse in her manners and 70 nngrammatical."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-28

"Yas, mebbe not, but understan' you. When axed you to preach the funeral sermon uv my boy you said that you wouldn't stir my folks up. l had talked ter my wife about grace am resignation till had got her al- most resigned, but you come an knocked it all down. You told her about despair when I wanted you ter tell her about hope. You painted pictur' uv what we had lost when l wanted you ter show whut our son had gained. Take off your linen, cap'n, fur Pm goil.' ter use you rough"
 "Why, I surely don't understand you"
 "Wall, you will. You shove out the black boxes uv sorrow whar you mout unfold the bright packages uv hope, you"
 He seized the preacher, choked him, beat him and then threw him out of the house. Penson was arrested and tried, but the humane jury rendered verdict to the effect that 1t is min- ister's place to brighten instead of to blacken; that he should console in- stead of deepen sorrow.
 The moral of the foregoing needs no pointing out. The haranguing preacher who distrcsses the mother in an ill timed funeral sermon should be suppressed. The tolerance of such a man is one of the evils of our pre- tended civilization.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-28

Bagley-"Why on earth are you wearing that fall overcoat in this weather, John? Why, the mercury's below zero"
 Gagley (sadly)-"6o is my credit, Tom--so is my credit. t.n-Judge.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-28
MANY CHANGES.

day and, upon meeting friend asked him if there had been any changes in the community.
 "Yas, Uncle Jesse, thar have been a right sharp chance nv changes, an it 'pears ter me that this yere community is gittin' faster an faster ever day. You know Boyle's old still-house?"
 "Mighty well, Dave.
 "Sold out, Boyle did, an the still has been moved away"
 "You don't say sop
 "Yas, reckon do. Know Lit Rob- bins?"
 "Oh, yas."
 "Flung by hoss an killed"
 "You don't say sol"
 "Reckon do. Know the old Mt Zion church?"
 "Oh, yas."
 "Frazier has turned it into still house."
 "Wall, wall. But with all the changes, Dave, thar pears ter be lit- tie improvement. Into a still house, eh? Wall, Frazier allus did have a desire ter help his feller- man."
 "Yas, that's fack. Knowed Aunt Nancy West, didn't you?"
 "Mighty we'll"
 "Snake bit her an she died"
 "Wall, wall. Good old soul, want she?"
 "None better, an she want no slouch in the jedgment uv flicker, nuther. Know Alb Henson?"
 "Yas."
 ''Wall, he has lined the church an lows ter preach"
 "You don't tell me 1"
 "Yas, reckon do."
 "I jedge then that he'll quit sellin' licker."
 "No, not jest yit. He's been fig gerin' aroun' tryin' ter find out how much the folks on the Piney Comfort circuit will give him fur preachin', an says that ef they'll make it wuth while he'll let the flicker go, but they've got ter make it wuth while. Lows, he do, that he won't ride ten miles an preach twice ever Sunday fur no brown jeans coat, par uv homemade britches, par uv fuz- luther brogan shoes an two par uv blue-yarn socks year. Lows, he do, that he jest nachnlly kain't afford it. I tell you whut, Uncle Jesse, the folks uv the Piney Comfort circuit have got a opportunity now uv hearin' some fust-rate preachin' ef they'll be sorter liberal. Alb he's great talker, an' when he run fur constable some time ago he jest talked all round the other fellers. Wy, he hit the table with his fist am stood right thar an called Newt Spears liar. Yas, sah, an you bet that when he gifts up ter preach nobody better not dispute his word. That's the sort uv CT preacher ter have, too, fur the habit that some uv the Piney Comfort boys have uv settin' thar an disputin' everything the preacher says sorter interferes with the good work. Wy, last summer one uv the Perdue boys told the preacher to hold on mint, am when he hir on, wy, young Perdue got into a argument with him, and got the laugh on him am chawed him shame ful. But they wouldn't argy with Alb but wunst, an then when they got through you could rake up enough wool offen the floor to stuff a piller with"
 "Yas, you are right, Dave, but tell me something about yourself"
 "Uncle Jesse, Pve had the blamedest luck a white man ever had"
 "Good?"
 "No, the wust in the world. Jest about the time spring opened, an when wuz so blamed busy plantin' corn that I didn't know whut ter do, wy, my wife died"
 "You don't say so?"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-04-28

Always coming out on top--hair.--- Burlington Free Press.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-23
NEWS IN BRIEF,

Speaker Carlisle left Washington Tues
day night with Mrs. Carlisle for Wichita,
Ksns., where their son Is Ill,
A Msthodist revivAlist ut Iron Noun
tain, Mich, turns out to be q detective in
search for murderer. He captured his
game and left Tor Janesville.
Jim Dorsey ahd Thomas Crosby fought
eight rounds on the Hudson river, In
which the former wsa declared the victor.
The fight was for $500 side.
MsrshRll KinBley, q Chicago youth,
fatally shot his father, man aged about
so years, Rs the latter was In the act Of
striklng his (ths father'o) vile.
William schudde, & brakeman In the
switch crew Of the Dayton & Michigan
Railroad, at Piqus, o., wss killed while
making a coupling in the yards at the de-
pot.
Henry D. DeBrun, q contractor and
builder, Of OhstGnoogS, Tenn, hRsskipped
for parts unknown, caused by the failure
Of young lady to become his wife as
promised.
The Senate Committee on Interstate
Commerce has directed an adverse report
to be made on the bill to license railroad
conductors, and the bill introduced by
Senator Butler fixing Q maximum pas
senger rate,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-23
A FR1GHTruL FxPLosIoX
Seriously IpJurss seven Men, Two of The
Fatally.

Seriously Injuries Seven Men, Two Of Them
Fatally.
MINNRAPoLIs, MINI, Feb. ga Du.
luth, Mimi, special to the Ersning Journal
ssys: At the West Fourth street rock
cut this morning, Just ns the commence
ment Of work occurred, sixty men employ.
ed in the cut had been at work but a few
minutes when sudden and unexpected
explosion occurred in tho northwest cor
ner OF the cut, Just where a large gang
was at work, and seven OF them were very
severely injured, two fatally, and half
dozen more somewhat hurt and bruised
by flying fragments Of great rock.
Others rushed down from the top, and
the sight which met their eyes was hoITi-
BILE. Seyep men, all bleeding and mangled,
were lying about on the rough Jagged
floor. One was thrown some twenty feet,
and from the side OF his face blood was
flowing in stream. Another was pinned
to the earth by great piece Of stone
and in sgonies Of intense suffer-
ing. Others who were slightly wound
ed with their faces blackened and
bleeding from slight aesh wounds, stood
about Rs II dH1sd, but in an instant sew
eral strong arms rolled away the stone
pinning man named Anderson to the
Garth and removed them all to the hos.
pital. There their wounds were dressed
and 1t Is probable that all but Anderson,
who was pinned to the earth, and Erick.
son, whose head was crushed in, will live.
The cause OF the accident was strange
one and apparently no blame can rest on
any person.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-23
MITCHELL WILL FIGHT.
He Replies in a Dignilod way to sull

ho hephob IN OiBuAhou "hy W ouAh-
van.
LONDON, Feb. 22.-Charley Mitchell in
letter denies the truth Of certain state
ments alleged to have bssn made by john
L. Sullivan in letter recently published
in America. he has not, he says, offered
s., 600 to a party to hire gang Of roughs
to prevent Sullivan from winning the
present fight, nor has he placed any
stumbling block in the way Of the contest
being fairly decided.
The gentlemen who will accompany
Mitchell to the trysting place are well
known, he asserts, and he is ready to
name them. II Sullivan objects TO any
one OF the ten names Mitchell is willing
to scratch it from the list. lie expects
Sullivan to Concede him similar privilege
as he (MitChelD desires to extend and re.
ceive lair play.
The statement attributed to Sullivan
that Mitchell does not intend meeting
him Is characterized as too mean TO notice,
let alone believe. His sole aim is to meet
Sullivan and he will try to prove to the
world that Sullivan Is not the terror his
scribbling friends would like to make him
out to be. According to them Sullivan
would gain no glory by defeating Mitchell,
and II the fight goes the other way the
American will be laughed at. Mitchell
assres his hackers that he will be there
and will not place anything in the way Of
the fight being concluded.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-23

The Christian and philantropic cltirsns
Of Wheeling and OF this State, will be lad
10 learn that the effort to establish in this
city home for friendless and destitute
women, promises at last to be successful.
The home is to be an institution in which
those for whom it 10 intended can find, at
least temporarily, shelter and protection
until something can be done to enable
them to care for themselves. The Society
having charge Of this charity has been
regularly incorporated under the name Of
"rhe West Virginia Home for Friendless
Women" A house has been secured
and arrangements arc fairly under way
for opening the same about the middle Of
April. This work cAnno. but commend
itself to all who have an interest in the
welfare OF their fellow creatures. Tho
venture should have the hearty "God-
speed" OF 8ll.
Those who have the hattor nearest their
hearts need no other incentive to future
efforts than they find In the words, "Inas.
much as ys have done II unto the least
one Of these, ye have done 1t unto me-"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-23
BRIEF ANp IMPREssIYE.
WashinEton's Farewell Address Read In the
United States Senate.


WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 22.-In the
Senate to-day, on motion OF Mr.. HoAr, in
consideration OF the fact that the day Is
legal holiday, the morning business was
dispensed with SO that the order Of the
Senate Of last Monday should be immedi.
atsly carried out.
The galleries were filed though not
crowded. Fifty Senators were in their
seats and maintained throughout the ses'
sion attitudes Of moet respectful attention.
The voice Of the President pro tenn,
though low, was distinctly heard to the
extremitles OF the chamber. BE read
from manuscript which lay on. his desk,
standing with his hands clasped behind
him, except as they were released from
time to time to turn the sheets Of the Rd-
dresa.
The presiding officer Mr.. Ingalls) rising,
said: ION the 18th OF September, 1895,
George Washington, being then ct nearly
the close Of hia second Presidential term,
delivered the following farewell address."
he then read the address, which was lis.
tened TO in profound silence and with re-
speCtiul attention.
The reading occupied little less than
an hour, and ct its conclusion, at o'clock,
the Senate adjourned.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-23

Very interesting meetings were held in
the Fourth Street NJ. E. Church yesterday.
This was especially the case in the after
noon, when the Temperance subject was
discussed in most animated ana encour.
aging manner. The audience Last evening
was large and the outlook for work good.
In tho services to be held to-day in this
church, the pastor will be assisted by Rev.
Joseph Il. Smith, Of Philadelphia. Mr..
Smith has afine reputation as an evangel-
istio worker, and It Is hoped by those
interested that his coming will be bless.
ing to the church and to the city. The
services for the day will be as follows:
10 A. M.-Genersl services, led by the
Presiding Elder, Rev. s. E. Jones.
M.-Prayer service.
3P. M.-Mr. Smith will be present and
conduct the service.
1880 p. M.-Preachirg and revival ser.
vice.
A cordial invitation is extended to all
to attend and take part in these services.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-23
DIsonARaEp AND n neINsrATED.
An old Soldiers Honorable Record Securol
his Place,


WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 22.-Yester-
day afternoon at one O'Clock John B.
Lynch, 3 wstchman in the money order
building Of the PostoiIics Department, re.
Ceived notification Of his dismissal.
He went home, got his records and dis
charge papers as a private soldier, and car
ried them to Mr.. Enright, the supsrinten-
dent Of the building. The records showed
that he had served throughout the civil
war with distinction; had been wounded
at Antietsm, and beinR disabled for field
duty, had been appointed orderly 10 SEC.
Tstary Stanton. After the battle OF the
Wilderness, when Grant had not been
heard from for seven days, Lynch was In
trusted by President Lincoln with the
dangerous task Of conveying dispatches
10 Grant.
Lynch succeeded In his mission and
brought back Grants answer, which con-
tanned the famous ssntedCo: II will fight
It out on this line II it takes all summer"
On learning these fscta Mr.. Enright
promptly rsinstated Lynch within an hour
Of his receipt Of the notification Of dis
mieaal
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-23
THE JOURNEYS END.
TnE pREsIDENr AND nIs PARTY
Arrive at Jacksonville, After a Brief but
Gala Time Spent In sayAnnAh-RsosiVsd
With Enthu,iAsm aud Formally We'll
coined to FlOrIda-ThsIr Plans.

SAVANNAH, GA, Feb. 22.-Prssldent
Cleveland and party arrived in Savannah
at S:l5 o'clock this morning, They were
met at the depot by Mayor Rufus E. Les
ter and q reception committee composed
Of prominent citizens.
The Georgia HussRrs and Chatham Ar
tillery were drawn up in front Of the de-
pot. Five hundred people cheered and
the artillery fred q salute as the train
rolled in.
The President said he could not spend
more than an hour in Savannah, and
after shaking hsnds with about twenty
city officials and leading citizens, the
members Of his party wore conducted to
carriages for drive through the city.
Mayor Lester and Captain Robert Talli-
CANT, Of the Reception Committee, occu-
pied seats in the cRrriags with the Presi.
dent and Mrs. Cleveland. The second
carriage was occupied by Secretary and
Mrs. Whitney, accompanied by General
Alexander and Fleming DuBignon, and
the third by Colonel and Mrs, Lamont,
Colonel Estill and Judge Adams.
The day was moist, but the President
rode most Of the time with uncovered
head. The streets we're lined with peo-
pie. The carriages started off OF 9 rapid
pace and were driven as quickly as possi-
bic through the principal streets. Only
one stop was msds-at the Telfair
Academy OF Arts and Sciences. Five
minutes were spent in looking at pictures
and the party then returned to their car
riages. The route followed was circuitous
and afforded the crowd an opportunity Of
cheering the President many times as he
passed. Tho drive YVES eight miles long
and including the stop was made in fl
teen minutes. The Presidant's carriage
was drawn by four white horses. The
cavalry escort was kept at gallop. Houses
along the route were very elaborately de-
corated. The President "did" Savannah
in an hour, and in aixty.four minuteD after
he arrived he was on board the "New-
port" again, and rolling out Of the depot,
en- route to Jacksonville.
After the President left there was q
parade Of military and civic bodies, and
statue to Sergeant William Jasper was un-
yelled. Governor Gordon delivered the
Grafton. The festival will be continued
tomorrow and on Friday,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-23

Tuesday ,evening about 4 O'Clock q
couple Of Mtngo officers came down to
WarTentoD, over the river, in search Of
some vlolatore Of the fishery law, who
have Of late been capturing lots Of the An
ny tribe by seining. The following per-
sons were caught IN the act Of hauling
good lcad OF fish from the creek known as
Big Short creek: William Leeper, James
Pickford, Josie Plckford and George
Boner. Albert Boner, another OF the
party, escaped. The officers were COM
PEELED to try their weapons on Jim Pick
lord In order TO arrest him. The prison.
ers were oil taken to s.eubenyille on the
$3.50 train that evening aud lodged In jail.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-02-23
FLEEING TO FRANCE.
Tho UrsuIine NuuS of PlttSburgh Leayi
the Convent,

Tho UrsuIine NuuS OF PlttSburgh Leaving
the Convent,
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 22.-It was learned
to-day by Chronicle Telegraph reporter
that the sisters Of the Ursuline Order, in
this city, who recently rebelled against
the church interfering with their temporal
affairs, are leaving quietly for their homes
in France. The sisters have handsome
convent here, which cost nearly $500. 900,
but the rebellious nuns have resolved to
desert their beautiful home and return to
their native land. A number Of the ais.
ters have already succeeded in eluding
the vigilance Of the superiorH, and the
others are watching their opportunity to
aacanh