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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-26
Abnormal Sleep. Exchange.

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 Familiar as is normal sleep, no one can fully explain it. It is, neverthe- less, blessed fact. Though it seems to take one-third from our life. it re- ally prolongsit by the daily renewing of vigor.
 Some of the abnormal forms of sleep exhibit strange phenomena. We need not dwell on sleep induced by opi- ates the lethargy of apoplexy and, what is doubtless akin to it, the sleep of the drunkard; the coma of Bright's disease and diabetes, and the almost irresistible sleep caused by freezing cold.
 The sleep of somnambulism is a very interesting form. The person will get up and go abroad in the darkness and into the most dangerous situations wholly without fear. The power of sight is often greatly ex- alted, and seems sometimes wholly independent of ordinary vision.
 Another form is that of catalepsy. In this there is an entire loss of sensi- bility and ordinary consciousness. The limbs may be placed in any po- sition, the most grotesque and uncom- fortable, and they remain 80, as if they were made of wax.
 Still another form is that of hyp- notism, or mesmerism, induced on susceptible subjects by skilled manip- ulators. The person becomes insensi- ble to pain, and his will is entirely subjected to that of the experimenter. The barest suggestion through any sense is sufficient to put the person under the dominance of the idea sug- gested.
 Akin to artificial hpynotism is a morbid condition into which persons of nervous organization sometimes fall. The celebrated "Soho Sleeper would, for many years, fall asleep for fortnight or more at a time, mean while exhibiting more or less of the peculiar characteristics of hypnotism. Many similar cases might be cited, for hardly month passes when the news papers do not tell the wonderful story of some sleeping girl" who has been living unconscious for weeks; but some of the cases are not only inter- esting scientifically, but pathetic.
 In 1745 the wife of an English col onel apparently died. The husband consistently refused to have her buried, and watched over her cold and motionless body for eight days. Sud- denly, on the bells of a church ring ing, she started up, saying, "It is the last prayer bell it is time to go."
 A lady patient was requesting to have hot-water bottle put to her feet, saying, "I feel -" when she passed into cataleptic state, and re- mained in it three hours. On open- ing her eyes, she ended her sentence,- Ca great cold over my whole body"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-26
The Shoe Was Laced Wrong.
New York PapeI

EcW Ofk EApeI.
 "No, Pm not betting today" said a turfman in down town pool room recently to friend who had a sure thing on the New Orleans races.
 "Busted?" was the laconic reply.
 "No; but I laced one of my shoes up wrong this morning. It's a bad sign. I'll let lem alone to-day"
 "Are you superstitious2"
 "I frankly confess am, and think you'll find nine out of ten sporting men are," he replied, as he lit cigar :; land what is more, I don't believe there is human being who is not superstitious. Some are more so than others, but take gamblers and horse- men as class and you will find each has his own peculiar quilp. Now, this morning I laced my shoe up wrong. If I had left it that way it would have been lucky day for me, but I did not. I unlaced it, and Pll bet you two to one If bought pool on horse he would break his neck before he came under the string"
 "That's quite interesting. Would you mind giving me some of your ex- periences2 What do you consider a lucky omen?"
 "You want to know what con- slider lucky omen, eh? That's just as the idea strikes me. I used to count white horses. Suppose I was standing at the corner of Broadway and Wall street. I'd take out my watch and time myself, and count the number of horses that turned into Wall street in five minutes. I would sometimes go on the odd numbers and sometimes on the even. Like this if I made up my mind on even horses and an even number went by during the five minutes, then I wonld be lucky, and Utce oers0."
 "You gamble on cards, do you?"
 "Oh, yes; I make my living as a sporting man."
 "Do your superstitions affect you in playing cards?"
 "Yes, indeed. If I am going to play cards for money, always hunt up beggar and give him some money for luck. have walked sometimes two miles to find beggar. I know a gam bier that goes to an Italian on Greene street, who has three little canaries that tell fortunes by pulling an envel- ope out of a pack. He always follows the advice of the bird, and I have act ually seen him shed tears over some of the slips he got, not from grief, but from vexation, if they went against his grain. I have had gamblers tell me that they had acquired the habit of trying their luck in different ways, but I claim it's not habit; it's na- ture-born in man and it never comes out. Why, know dozens of people, who laugh at superstition, who will have regular case of the dumps if they don't see the new moon over the right shoulder for the first time. They think if they see it over the right shoulder and make a wish they will get their wish"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-26
Both For the Price of One.

We have made arrangements with the publishers by which we can fur nish the popular St. Louis Magaztne with THE ARKANsAw TRAVELLER at the low price of two dollars and ten cents year for both publications. The price of THE TRAVELLER alone is two dollars a year, and for only ten cents more you may procure both TRAvELER and Adgastse. Subscrip- tions, accompanied by two dollars and ten cents, must be sent to St. Louis Xdgasime, 21S N. Eighth st., St. Louis, Mo-, or, Read & Benham, Publishers of THE ARKANsAw TRAv- EI.ER, 29S Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-26
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT.
Arkansas, and what Can be Grown in
 the State.
BEEBE, ARK, March 5, 1888.

BEEBE, ARK, March 5, 1888.
 AS l have been requested to give little of my experience in the way of fruit and vegetable growing, I will try to do 80. I moved from Illinois to Beebe, White county, Ark, five years ago, and ever since that time have been engaged in fruit and vege- table growing, making strawberry culture speciality. Last year from three acres I shipped $50 cases, they netted me--over packing and casting -$650. I set out one acre of toma- toes and shipped 455 one- third bushel boxes realizing forty eight and one- half cents per box. For the work of growing and cultivatiDg the same l cleared $200 per acre.
 Pears do well, but my trees are not yet in bearing. On the uplands of our state peaches grow to perfection, and I raise as fine grapes as are found anywhere in the Union. AS to ap- ples Arkansas cannot be surpassed by any other state. Radishes and lettuce pay from seventy-five to one hun dred and twenty five dollars per acre. English peas are fair crop and some years those who grow them realize large returns. Sweet potatoes yield from 100 to 200 bushels per acre, and when planted early Irish potatoes produce a good crop. All other kinds of vegetables with proper cultivation make a profitable return to the grower. Oats and corn when sown and planted early never fail to make from 25 to 30 bushels to the acre on the uplands and from 40 to 60 on the bottom lands.
 Beebe is growing town of 1,500 inhabitants situated on the Iron Mountain railway thirty-three miles from Little Rock and three hundred and twelve miles from St. Louis, with the prospect of two more railroads in the near future. We have five churches, one brick free school build ing with four rooms and school from six to nine months in the year. Our town is high and dry, we have good soft water obtained at depth of forty to fifty feet which makes both town and country healthy one. would say to those seeking a pleas ant place to locate, and congenial climate to live in, give Arkansas a visit before going elsewhere.
 A. l.. STowELL.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-26

"You can tell whether man is lazy or industrious just by the way he asks for work,1 observed a business man who had just dismissed an applicant with regret that he had no opening for him.
 "Indeedi I should like to know how"
 "Well, some men ask for posi- tion,' while others want ssit-ua- tion.' '"-P Pitts6urg Chronicle.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-26
Companion Pictures.

The historical pictures of the "Ark- ansaw Traveller" and "The Turn o1 the Tune," together with the original dialogue and music of the "Arkansaw Traveller" mailed to any address on receipt of forty cents. Read 6 Ben- ham, 29S Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-26
Alexander.

Nowhere within fourteen miles of Little Rock can be found 30 desirable 8 location for suburban homes as Alex ander. It is some hundred feet higher than Little Rock, has the purest of water, good soil and the surface of the surrounding country is gently undu. lating. It is near the summit on the line of railway from Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico. In this vicinity the peach crop has never been known to fail since the first settlement of the country. But short distance from Alexander, Governor Pope selected his home when territorial governor, appointed by General Jackson, and was % favorably impressed with the advantages of the location that he named the place Collegeville and made liberal donations of land for schools and churches. Within the past few years some of the best horticulturists in the state have located here and are making fine fruit farms. A number
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-26
What Arkansas Is Doing.

The state of Arkansas not only seeks immigration and capital, but knows how to go about getting them. No better programme could be suggested for state eager to develop its natural resources and to obtain an increase of population than that it has pursued. 1t began by holding state exposi- tion, at which every county was rep resented. Not content with this dis play, it has sent exhibits to every leading fair in the country and car ried off prizes innumerable. Remem- bering the remarkable horticultural exhibit Arkansas made here at the Worlds exposition, we are not sur- prised to learn that 1t has taken some of the first prizes of the state fair of that great fruit grower-California, while it's grasses, woods and minerals have attracted attention and admira- ton wherever shown.
 Not satisfied with this, however, Arkansas has followed it up with Q state immigration association, with branches in all counties, which will be chartered and legalized as soon as the legislature can pass on it, when it will advertise throughout the Union the advantages of the state, and arrange for favorable rates for those desiring to visit it or settle there.
 And, finally, it's various interests and industries have organized to set forth the special advantages that Ar kansas presents in each of them. Thus, a state pomological association has been formed to let people know that Arkansas apples are the best in the world. A state stock raisers' society has just followed, that will set forth the numerous native as we'll as culti- vated grasses that Arkansas produces, and it's adaptability to stock raising and daily farming.
 When we further add that the peo- pie of eastern Arkansas are finally or- ganizing themselves into levee dis tricts and contributing money towards re-erecting their levees destroyed dur ing the war, and that railroads are be- ing built in all portions of the state and minerals discovered and worked, 1t will soon be seen that Arkansas is going about the advertising of itself and resources in the proper manner, and that, despite the sneers of the Chicago NesCs and other jealous vest ern papers, 1t must secure large por- tion of the immigration now pouring southward from the north and vest Neso Orleans Times Democrat.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-26

"I hearn you done git marrid agip, Br'er Hamfat. Am dat so?"
 "Fo' fact, Br'er Squab. done git marrid agin my conscience. Dis leap year business slipped my 'mem- brance, an de widder lope on me SO suddint wid de perposal dat natter s'cumb." Yonkers Gazette.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-26

Are you going to Chicago via Cin- cinnati or Louisville? If %, buy your ticket by the aMonon" route. It is the daisy line between the Ohio river cities and Chicago.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-05-26

For full and complete information in regard to railroad lands in the state of Arkansas, write Hon. Thos. Essex or Hon. Thos. M. Gibson, Little Rock, Ark, and 1t will be furnished free.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1888-07-14
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SATURDAY, JULY 1855.
Famine lat TIE Butte.

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M---@& 4sa
Call this poor, stranser,I think. she
goes right to the spot, an
MIST be yonr f1uidRs milkif you call
this Ticker hot,
WY, you oughter wintered here at the
Butte tive years ago. 81
The winter when most ev,rything was
covered up with~sllew, > We
When there swasn'tsany trace,
OF d trail in any place,
An famine riz. right up among us'an
stared us i'll the. face -
No bread ! Max, grub was plenty-the
Ticker petered. ont.
The seriousest case l reckon that eve
happened Bout;
We couldn't get no more, an it kept
a-going fast,
So they took to 'dnlteratin' it to sorter
help itlast; tS4f&l
They used mustard and benzine.
Vinegar and gasoline, ET
An some o'.theln .sneaked in Il little
ink and kerosene!
They throwed in a dash of lard lie an
melted campfire gum,
An touched it up with arnica an
favored with bay rum,
An copperas, an %strychnine, an con
centrated lie,
Molasses, sulphur. .ars'nic, saltpeter
an hair dye,
Rough Oh rats an harness lie,
Hoss lin'ment in ev'ry style,
An still we faced the bar an took
our pizen with a smile!
They run in condition powder, axle
grease an paris green
An l reckon ey'ry color paint that is
very often seen:
Still we moseyed to the bar bout
thirty times a day,
An irer'gated all around in the reger-
latlOn way,
Till they tried to work some stuff
A little bit too rough,
An we told 'em that we reckoned we
knowed when we'd got enough!
We was i'll our reg'lar places, calm
for tOrty-r0d,
When We see the TELLER sneakin' in
stuff which looked kinder odd.
We asst him what it was, but he didn't
answer as he Oughter,
So we took it, argered some, an de-
cided it was arntcr!A
Then we made q. red hot kick
On this sneakh1 emery trick.
Cause we lowed this was plasterin' it
on a little mite too thick! 1
-Drake's Mdga=ine.
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Behind Time.

A great battle was heing fought.
Column after column had been precipi-
tated, for eight mortal hours, on the
enemy posted on the ridge of a hill.
The summer sun was sinking to the
west, achievements for the obstinate
defenders We're already in sight, and it
was necessary to carry the position
with one final charge, or all would be
lost. A powerful corps had been sum-
moned from across the country, and if
it came up in eason all would be right.
The great Conqueror, confident of it's
arrival, formed his reserve into an at
lacking column, and led them down
the hill. The whole world knows the
result. The Imperial Guard was dri
ven back. Waterloo was lost. aNapo-'
leon died a prisoner at St. Helena, be-
cause one Of his marshals was behind
time.
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Knew His Own Worth.

Burns vas standing one day upon
the quay at Greenock when a wealthy
merchant belonging to the town. had
the misfortune to fan into the harbor.
He was no swimmer, and his death
would have been inevitable had not 4
sailor, who happened to be passing at
the time, plunged in, aud at the risk
of his own life rescued him from his
dangerous situation. The Greenock
merchant. upon recovering q little
from his fright, put his Hand into his
pocket. and generously presented the
sailor with two shillings The crowd
who were by this time collected loud
" protested against the contemplate
insignifcancc Of the sum, and Burns,
with a smile of ineffable contempt en-
treated them to restrain their clamlor,
'for." said he, 1.-THE gentleman is, of
course, thu. hest Judge Of the value of
his own lite"
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Astronomical observations at Sea.

For all these reasons ''dead reckon
ing" is uatrustwortl,y. The captain
of a valuable ship, carrying not only
an important cargo, but human lives,
will not trust, if he can help it, to COM
pass and log. fine can see sun, moon
and stars he will appeal to them and
seek safety from their teachings. The
astronomical methods for determining
a ships position depend on simple con-
siderations, though their details are
often exceedingly complicated. IN
travelling over the terrestrial globe
the voyager changes his distance from
the equator THAT is, the circle midway
between the poles) and from the sflst
meridian THAT is, a certain circle
through the poles from which distances
east and west ire measured), or tech
nically he changes his latitude and
his longitude. Il.
Changes of the first kind are readily
measured, because the elevation of the
pole of the heavens increases, while
the elevation of the celestial equator
due south diminishes as the equator is
left, and vice versa. The stars, of
course, partake in these changes, but
the sun is the best object to observe
for its determination. His Distance
from the equator an any day through
out the year and at any hour is known.
If, then, he be observed at solar noon,
when he is due south and moving par
allel to the horizon, his observed
height at nee gives the means Of de-
Quoting the height. OF the celestial
equator-whence the latitude is de-
termined. For whatever the height
OF the equator at any place the lati-
tude of the place is ninety degrees di-
minished by that angular height
Richard 4. Proctor.
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Good Manners.

~ (s&# =" $50 E-HE #L
Good are among the great
est charms Il person can possess, and
everybody should cultivate them, es-
pecialiy young people. They I. are
something money cannot purchase, for
there is only u way of obtaining
them, and that is by habitual practice.
We know "a good mother who used
to say: 4
always use good manners at home,
and then when you SO among strangers,
you need never be. alarmed, for it. will
be perfectly natural to be polite and
respectful" 4
This is true, and we have always
thought that the best and easiest way
to do anything right, was to get into
the habit Of doing it.right.
Hardly anything is of more conse-
quence than good manners and polite
ness in a boy on girl. They render
those who possess them ~favOrites with
their relations or friends, and prepos-
sesses strangers toward them. Polite
ness costs nothing and at the. same.
time it is of the greatest value.
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He Re~e.berel His FatAer's Words.

Not long ago a yonng man married
and started. to California with his
yoangvxife. On leaving the old home
his father babe him good bye and gave
him the parental blessing.i'a"My son"
said the aged sire, shaking with emo
ton, remember these words if you
never see me again: Never go into q
place where you would not take your
wife"
The couple settled in Maliposa
county, and within asyear the old man
went out to visit them. Some days
after his arrival his son proposed a
bear hunt, and they We're fortunate
enough to track a grizzly to his lair
among some Of the boulders in the
chapparal. As the two approached
the bear 0 and set up a growl OF
defiance which shook the trees.
"Go in there and kill I'M said the
old man, excitedly.
The sol held back, further acquain-
lance with the bear seeming in some
respect undesirable.
"COunt me out" he said.
Have l crossed the seas and settled
in America to raise a coward 7" shout
ed the father, brandishing his gun.
"But l recollect your advice when l
left home,' was the reply. elbow can
l forget your sage precepts? Didn't
you tell me never to go into Il place.
where couldn't take my wife! Now,
how would Sal look in there with that
bear :"
The old man clasped his dutiful son
to his bosom and, us the bear issued
forth, exclaimed:
speaking Of Sally, let us hasten
home; our prolonged absence mi. .lit
cause her needless ALARM
In about fifteen minutes they had
reached the ranch, the old man in the
lead, and the distance was about four
miles.-Er. es
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Heavy Responsibility.

"Have YOU got any family ?" asked
Mac Anderson, a San Antonio LAWYER.
OF -eolered man whom he was ap-
pointed by the court to defend, the
latter being charged with having
stolen "A horse. e@
"l'se got no family yit. ! looks to
You for dat"
"Look to me to supply you with a
family ?" exclaimed the astOunded adj
vocate.
81 looks to you an de jury boss, !
does for a fac"
'.What kind of stuff is that YOU are
talkinsT
"Hit's just what / says. Miss Ma
Tidy Snowfall says eff only get one
yeah in lie penopotentiary she'll wait
for me, but eff l gifts noah, den she's
gwine,ter marry de berry fust niggah
whats comes long. So yer sees, boss,
what'a 's%ponsibility dar am restin' on
yer."-Ieris Sittiugs.
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