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The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01
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do not know how many hours have spent here working In their interest, but spur mo on, ye spirit of kindness. Let me make my letters round and beautif0l.' Thus have often musesi, my friends; thus havc punished my selt that your tasks might be easy. And now, thore comes a wave of ln- gratitude, chilling wave of ill-re- turn. An, hero comes candidate for sheriff. Gentlemen, pray you leave mo,s
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01
TO BE LOOKED AFTER.

School-h house in Georgia. Slim Boy (addressing teacher)-"Whut time does yo' blame shebang shet downi"
 Teacher-"What do you mean by thus addressing me2 Sit down there until you have learned better man. ners."
 rBoy sits down, but soon becomes restless.l
 Teacher-"Stop securing around on that seat. What do you mean1"
 Boy--"Mean that kain't set still. 1"
 Teacher-"What makes you 90 rest less?"
 Boy--"Wanter git outen here"
 Teacher--"What for?n
 Boy-"W'y, hearn some feller holler down wander in the bottom jest now, an bet he's treed coon"
 Teacher with enthusiasm) )-"why didn't you say so just now7 Why did you want to keep back such important information? Children, put up your books. We will go down and sec about that coon. Education can afford to rest, but coon up tree is some- thing to be looked after at oncc."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01
Written Jor The Arkansor Traveter.
 ODE TO A TURTLE-DOVE.
BY CHARLES EUGENE BANKS.

bird that sIttest thus alone In garb subdued, the pensive tone In rhy thmic, sad. recurrent moan,
 With list'ning pause Proclaims that thou hast anguish known,
 Yet hide the cause. Time was smiled to hear the coo. And thought 1t but thy way to woo A recreant lover to renew
 His broken vow,- My heart with thine is tuned too true
 To doubt thee now. Like thee, beside a ruined nest, Despair my constant, only guest, Beneath thousand cares oppressed
 sit and sigh; And ponder, duly, which is best,
 To live or die. I backward glance, a path of pain, Defaced with many sinful stain; A barren, fruitless, desert plain,
 The now and near; And from the storm beat futures main
 I shrink with fear. 0, mournful bird, had thy wings To soar above all earthly things, The sneers of pride, the envious things,
 "5in's artful snares," And all the troop misfortune brings
 Of cruel caresi Thou mayest hope; some prowler may, With unintended kindness slay Thee ere the twilight veils the day
 And give thee peace, whilst am shining cen to pray
 For like release.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01
Ean learning that with love comes

gan learning that with love comes sorrow.
 Her child sleeps beneath the rose bower where she sat in happy days with her lover, and he is a wandeier about the world.
 As she can, with closed eyes, recall every flower, stone and shrub that horders the narrow, sun- scorohed path, co also can she in memory live over every hour of kindness, sorrow, or joy she passed with her husband in those dear, dead years.
 His days arc joyless, his present and future hopeless. Tho little grave on the hillside is also in his heart the mothers tears arc not more bitter than his, and from the depth of her sorrow she can sec a star of hope, hear tho wings of answered prayer; nor is this denied him.
 Time, like the clamberipg roses, lit- ters every year his heart-grave with the falling leaves of change and the dirnming wear of life, but that pleas ant little patch on a broad sward of care and worldly sorrow, remains ever green and unforgotten.
 One summer evening long ago he sat beside the window, with his little girl on his knee, idly tapping the window pane. "Wait, papa" she said, "you taint sec outside now, the light is too bright" and climbing of his knee she crossed the room and ex- tinguished the lamp. Instantly the summer sky was studded with twinkling stars, as if called into existence by her hand. So with this bereaved man. His soul was so bound up ir his love for his child he could not recognize the hand that bestowed the gift; but when the light of his life was taken away, his eyes could discern the glory and beauty of the world to which she was called, where he hopes, humbly and trustingly, one day whom all days are ended, to meet her again. Thomai ". WaithoA.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01
WANTED HIS poo.

An old negro who had called on the governor of Tennessee, soon returned, wearing on his face An expression of anxiety.
 "Gubner," said he, "w'cn I come up yerc jest now fotoh CT little black. an'-tan dog wid mo"
 al don't remember" tho governor replied.
 "but does, aah. knows dat w'en l wnx comln' up dcse yere stops ho wns troitin' long at my heels knows 1t mighty well, fur ho tuck holt O or string dat hung outen my britohcs laig an come mighty nigh maxim me tall down."
 "I don't know any thing. about that," the governor replied, "but am safe in saying that he did not come in here"
 "O' co'se you's safe in sayin' 1t, sAh er gubner is safe in sayin' mighty nigh anything he pleascs, but does you think dat do statement is er fAckp"
 "Of course 1t Is. What do you mean1"
 "Wall, ] mean dis. Dat dog wux wid mo wen come in ycre, but doan sec him now"
 "You don't sce him because he Ia not in here."
 "Yas, aah, I reckon dat hab suthin' ter do wid 1t, but why ain't he yercl"
 "That is more than can tell"
 "it's more den you Is tole, know dat. Look yere, gubner, turn dc dog loose and let mo go bout my mighty 'portant bixness."
 "i know nothing of your dog, tall you. What do you mean by talking to me thus?"
 "I dosn mean no harm CT tall, sab, but does mean dat wants dat dog. Look yere, gubner, doan joke wid nc. Turn de p0 dog loose"
 "I am not joking, you old simple. ton"
 "Dsn you is in earnest, an ain't gwine turn dc po' dog loose1 Now, look yere, l doan wantsr make you mad, but l tells you whut Hlsbes. l bpebes dat wen went out you shet dst dog Sp summers. Ez ds subnsr . de state you is or smart man, an ez CT smart man you knows CT good dog wen you sees him. So, now, gubnsr, gin me de dog, case my folhs is waitin' fur me round wander at de wagin yard. You nesnter smile at me, cage know you got dat dog. Wy, here be k; come er trottin' outen dat uddsr room. GubBsF, you must skuze ms fur 'cusin' you, ssh, but sin't got 10 confsrdence in deze yere politicians, Dohow. Come yere, Jupiter; Come yere, aah. Oughtsr hab mo- sense den ter fool 'roun' dezs Dimercrats.v
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01
WELL INFORMED.

At Lincoln Park. Two young lady students of zoology, looking at . den of animals.
 First Lady-"Look at those moles. Their habits have ever been of interest to me-"
 Second Lady-"Why they sre not moies. They are : species of rat. Let us ask the policeman. know I am right. Mister, what animals gre these? Are they not species of rst?"
 Flint Lady-"I'1i tell you they are mo1es.s
 Policeman - "They are raccoons, mum.S
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01
WAS rN 4 HURRY.

In Chicago. First CitizsD---''H Heilos, old boy, which way7"
 Second Citizsn-"I'm going out to Lake vicw.S
 First Citizen-"Good; 70 am !. Let us take . cable CT and % together"
 Second Citizsn--AI would like to bear you company, but ss I am in . hurry to get there, have decided to walk"
 First Cftizen-"Ah, did not know that you were pushed for tims. As hsve two dayS vscation from busi- nsss, and like to make . study Of the; localities through which pass, Ihayes decided to take . North Eids grip-ear
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01

I fell in love with this girl and I want you to unite us in marriage. Here is the license"
 The judge performs the ceremony, then they all take a drink from a mountain jug. l-Opte ?. Read.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01
WOULDN'T BEG.

[Scene, United States court room in Tennessee. An old man and his daughter, handsome brunette, are arraigned under charge of illicit dis tilling.]
 Judge-"This is shameful specta- cle. A man, whose hair is catching the silvery seeds of time, and young woman, on whose cheeks the ripe plum's color glows, brought before court on charge so monstrousw
 Prisoner-"You air right, jedge the charge is monst'us monst'us bad fur me an Kit, I reckon"
 Judge-"Yes, such a charge would be bad for an angel"
 Prisoner-"But I reckon none but the angel that the bible lows fell would banker airter maxim licker."
 Judge "You are right, since whisky is naught but the juice of Satan"
 Prisoner-"Reckon that's a fact, looked at rum some standp'ints, but flicker is CT good thing in the right place, an the boys, it 'pears like, knows how ter put it thar"
 Kit-"Now, pap, you promised me that you wouldn't try ter beg of. The only way ter do is, when you git in difikilty, git out like CT man."
 Prisoner-"Don't fret none, chile. The ole man has been in many CT tight fix, aR nobody never hearn him beg none yit."
 Judge-"Let us cease this aimless talk and get down to the serious busi- ness in hand. There are no witnesses, I believe, except the men who made the arrests. Mir. Jones (addressing a deputy marshaD, make your state- ment."
 Jones-"Your honor, several days ago, in company with a number of men, whom I had under my command, went into a wii5 and mountainous district of East Tennessee. One after- noon we came, by accident, upon . small distillery situated in . rugged hollow. We approached and found the fires burning, but could find no one about the place. We destroyed tho still and started up the hollow, when we were fired upon. We saw that tho attacking party was behind large rock high up on the side of the ravine, and at once recognized our dangerous position, especially as one of my men had been severely wounded by the first fire. We could not, however, rs- main where we were, so, with des- perate rush, we charged upon the enemy, and, after having another man badly wounded, captured this old manand his daughter. They attempted no violence after they were captured, but peaceably came with us to the
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01

An inverted waste basket bound with black ribbon is said to form . cool and comfortable substitute for the ordinary silk hat during the pres ent waTm Weather.-Puck.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01

the girl"
 Kit-"Mr. Jedge, he neenter ax no sich CT favor, fur ex am jest ez guilty ez pap is, I Tow ter take the same sort O medicine that he does."
 Judge-"Do you mean that you really sssisted him in making whisky2"
 Kit-"Yes, sir"
 Judge-"But was it not at his com- manda Did he not compel you to assist him2"
 Kit-"No, sir; he didn't want me ter hep; but jest would"
 Judge-"Ot what did your work consist?"
 Kit-"Consisted uv maxim Ticker jest ez pap's did"
 Judge-"Yes, but what did you do?''
 Kit-"W'y, I hep grind the con, bile it an do everything else that need- ed ter be done."
 Judge-"Well, suppose you are as guilty as your father is." Prisoner-"No, jedge, I don't think she is, fur I told her that we'd better use yaller con, an yaller con makes stronger flicker than white con do."
 Judge-"That makes no difference to the government"
 Prisoner-"All right, then, 1t don't make none ter me-"
 Judge-"Have you money enough to pay a lawyer?"
 Prisoner-"Don't owe no lawyer nothin'."
 Judge-"But you must have coun- sel-some one to defend you."
 Prisoner-"No, don't want none. Elf Kit would let me I would make CT sorter statement"
 Kit-"We don't want no beggin', pap"
 Judge-"But if he has anything worth saying he ought to say it."
 Kit-"An' you won't tell it erround the neighborhood nowhar that we begged?"
 Judge-"Surely not"
 Kit-"Wall, then, pap, go erhead." l"
 Prisoner-"Jedge, it was thiser way, but don't want you ter think I'm beggin'. Never begged but wunst an that wuz wen CT feller got me down 'twixt two logs am 'gunter shove his thumbs in my eyes. reckon you air goin' ter call me powerful ignunt when I make this here statement, but l kain't hep that. Week 'fo' last CT feller come by my house an said the tax had all been tuck offen flicker. Wy, says he, this country is goin' ter leap ahead now like CT toad frog airter . cricket. Two fellers named Harrison am Blaine-powerful smart fellers-went to the government an' tole him that ther neighborhoods wuz bein' awful crippled by the whisky tax. The government he listened with his head sorter turned to one side, an flowed that he had been CT thinkin' erbout it CT good deal hisse'f. They talked erwhile longer am finally the government turned round am tole his clerk ter mark the tax all offen flicker, an he done it. Wall, jedge, when I hearn that, I drug out my old still tubs. They had been idle ever sense the war. Then me am Kit went ter work makin' uv flicker, an wuz gittin' Tong fust-rste, when one day ez we wuz comin' back ter work rum din- ner we seed some fellers t'arin' our stfll-house ter pieces, % we put back ter the house, got our guns an crip- pied CT couple uv the fellers. We didn't know they wuz government men till they cotch us, am we ber- came ez meek ez lambs, but we didn't beg none, dinged ef we did"
 Judge-T believe you state the truth, and, for one time I am going to take the law in my own hands. will imposs . light fine, and, if needs bs, lend you the money with which to pay its
 Jones (ths deputy marshaD-- --HYour honor, there is somsthing else that I desire to ny. While coming to town
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01
uN0RATEFUL MEN.

 ing office entered the "sanctnm" and thus addressed Colonel Enobobus Dabbs, editor of the Bald Knob A3i. leiM &oik,'
 "Colonel," said tho spokesman, "we have called upon you--"
 "So l see," the colonel broke In.
 "i say, air" the spokesman again began, "that we have called upon you in regard to our pay.'
 "Gentlemen, the times arc so hard that cannot for moment think of increasing your wages,"
 "Wc do not ask you to increase our wages, but simply request you to pay us what you already owe"
 "Mercifnl heavens, man 1" tho colo. nel exclaimed, "think you that have naught to do but to thrust my hand into cotier, signing and grooming with it's excessive fullness, and draw out pound after pound of glittering ore3 Gentlemen, I may Do made of generosity, but am not made of gold. Why, mark you, Johnson" addressing the foreman, "did not give you an order on Shslllnhe!mer last week for a pair of shoesf"
 "Yea, sir"
 "Then why do you join this clamor- ing organization of most unnatural discontent2 Have you lost all sense of gratitude?"
 "No, sir, but, you see, the fellow wouldn't let me have the shoes. He said that you had already overdrawn the amount of his advertiscment."
 "Ha, he did, ehi Did you call his attention to the ten.line local gave him free of chargep"
 "Yes, sir, but he said 1t didn't amount to any thing. Said that his house was already better known than your paper"
 "Ha, he did, eh! Johnson, we will be avenged. We will give him slam. Patterson"
 "Yss, sir"
 "Why have you come to harass me7 It cannot Dc possible that you need money"
 "But do, colonel"
 "What, in the face of tho fact---in the very grinning countenance of the fact that l gave you one dollar and fifty cents week before lastl Patter. son, am a social economist, and you must not expect me to uphold you in your wild extravaganza. I am will ling to excuse the folly of youth, but have no patience with the wsywsrd- ness of manhood. Jackson"
 "Ycs, sir"
 "And you too, Jackson, join in this clamor-you whose gentle patience have admired7 would not have be- lieved 1t, Jackson. Oh, this is the un- kindest dun of slll"
 "Thats ell very well, colonel" sAid the spokesman, "but we must have our money or we will quit work"
 "Quit work! Hear him, oil, ye out ragged gods. Answer me . few quss- tions, Potter, (sddressipg tie spokes- man.) Have not always prepared my copy with the utmost cas5" "Yes, sir"
 "Have I not dotted every and crossed every t7" "I think %, sir" @wouid you not rather set my man. uscript than reprint, Potter?" @Yes, sir,1 "Well, now, do you not know that such careful preparation involves great IabcT?1
 "I suppose 1t does, sir.D "Ha-hsi Bat for whom has ail this labor been performed7 For you and your co-wosksrs, Potter. It was per- formed in order that yonr labor might be q mere play. Many night when you and your friends hsvs been Idly loshng about town have bent over my task with mothsriy cars, and l many time have aid to myssIf, 1 sAh, these lines will bs grsat source 1 ~< x~ss~~A< x< = >~~.-~~sx~ a,2
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01

The uniform gsntility of soms cfl- cials l. sil in the uniform Y0akeys. aGzetts.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-09-01

[Scene, United States courtroom in Tennessee. An old man and his daughter, 8 handsome brunette, are arraigned under charge of illicit dis
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-12


A CHASTITY picture is the Death of Moses, nin
which angels bear the dead hero in their arms
to the Messiah. This is by Cabanel, and
another picture which attracts a great deal of
attention is Charlotte Corday in prison, in
which the pale face of the enthusiastic girl
looks with sad, determined face at you from
behind the bars THE Lost Dogs" by Van
Thoren, is another picture which has been
widely copied. 1t represents two dogs in the
snow hugging themselves close together,
while the snow falls and the winds blows, and
the cold surroundings are desolation persona
fled. This is a favorite subject for copyists,
and nearly every other house in Washington
has these lost dogs hanging over its mantel-
piece.
Some of the finest of the pictures are small
ones, and there is many a pretty little gem In
every out of the way corner. Some of the
landscapes are very fine, and one of the larg-
est landscapes is that of Bierstadt, being
view of MouEt Corcoran in the Sierra Ne
vadas. Another fine painting is a view of
the waves rolling in upon the New Jersey
coast and in another painting Niagara Falls,
with its rainbow and the ghsten of the
water, is plainly seen. You see the mist
rising, and you can almost hear the roar of
the waters as they dash over the falls.
Another fine painting represents an old
sailor, with bronzed face, pulling his boat
over the waves His little 4-year-old
daughter, whose fresh young face looks out
of a cap, sits beside him, and she has her
hands beside his on the handle of the oar.
The old fisherman smiles as he looks down
upon her, and the little girls face is full of
earnestness She thinks she is helping her
father pull the boat, and the picture is en-
titled ''The Helping Hand" 1t is an expen-
sive picture, and it cost considerably more
than a congressmans yearly salary. There
is a picture of a cow here, about three feet
long and two feet wide, that cost 81, 900, and
there are many expensive paintings.
The greatest of American and French
artists are here represented, and new pictures
are being bought every year. The visitors
to the Corcoran gallery are numbered by the
tens of thousands annually, and the students
who take advantage of its opportunities for
art study are hundreds. 1t will do more
good as the years go on, and it will help us
toward the becoming of an art producing
and art loving nation. Washington Letter.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-12

In the course of a lecture in connection
with the London Society for the Extension
of University Teaching, Sir James Paget
said science would supply the natural life of
man with wonders uncounted. He remem-
bered once hearing Mile. Janotha play
presto by Mendelssohn, and he counted the
notes and the time occupied She played
5,595 notes in 4 min. sec. 1t seemed start
ling, but let them look at it in the fair
amount of its wonder. Every one of those
notes involved certain movements of finger,
at least two, and many Of them involved an
additional movement literally as well as
those up and down. They also involved re-
peated movements of the wrists, elbows and
arms, altogether probably not less than one
movement for each note. As there were
twenty-four notes per second and each of
these notes involved three distinct musical
movements that amounted to seventy-two
movements in each second Moreover, each
of those notes was determined by the will to
chosen place, with certain force, at GER
tain time, and with a certain duration.
Therefore there were four distinct qualities
in each of the seventy-two movements in
each second.
Such were the transmissions outward.
And all those were conditional on conscious
ness of the position of each hand and each
finger before it was moved, and, while NOV
ing it, the sound of each note and the force
of each touch. Therefore there were three
conscious sensations for every note There
were seventy-two transmissions per second,
IA to and fro, and those with constant
change of quality Let them imagine it in
telegraph wires And then, added to that,
all the time the memory was remembering
each note in its due time and place, and was
exercised in the comparison of it with Others
that came before. So that it would be fair
to say that there were not less than 200 trans
missions of nerve force to and from the
brain outward and inward every second, and
during the whole of that time Judgment was
being exercised as to whether the music was
being played worse or better than before,
and the mind was conscious of some of the
emotions which the music was intended to
impress.-Fall Mall Gazette
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-12

Bulgarian peasant women are extremely ro-
bust and hardy, though they are as rule
short of stature. They are thickly set, their
chests well developed and their limbs mus
cular from constant exercise and toll in the
open air. Their Tartar origin shows itself
in their high projecting cheek bones, short
snub noses and little, twinkling eyes.
Social life among this class of the popula-
ton differs from that of the Greeks chiefly in
the position of the women A Bulgarian
bulka, or good wife, takes an almost equal
share with her husband in the bread winning.
and, consequently, her word has consider
able weight in the family council. Like all
women in the east, she is sober and thrifty.
keeps at least the inside of her house clean and
tidy, cooks palatable food, spins, weaves,
knits and sews all the clothes for the family
Her wardrobe consists of two suits, one the
gala costume, in which she was married and
which will last her lifetime for SUNDAYS
and prasnik, or feast days, and one of the
same pattern, but more homely material, for
working days The former consists chiefly
of long linen garment worked round the
borders and seams, a cloth coat richly en-
broidered, a large apron nearly covered with
the same ornamentation, but no petticoats:
and on the head a bordered white kerchief
artistically arranged and fastened with silver
pins and strings of coins.-W oman's World
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-12
COAL VALLEY.


The republicans hold their township
primaries Saturday evening.
Tho Catholics held service on the 4th,
Father Grieve, of Moline, officiating in
St. Marys church.
Notices are posted for the election OF
school trustee on the 14th, and for two
directors on the 21st.
The Rev VIM. Todd. of Princeton
Methodist church, has returned from
Streator, III, where he was called to the
bedside of his mother who is very sick.
There is an error in the reported re-
turns last week from our election. The
assessor, 8. D. Pace had 90 votes instead
of ~, and J. X. McMicheal. commission
er of highways, So instead of So
The report that our old citizen, L. N.
HoXsee, had persisted in the great biz
card last winter, is not true. Letters
have been received from the fanny
which contradict the report.
Samuel McCracken, who formerly
lived here, but for some years past in
Connecticut was drowned some three or
four weeks ago near New Haven. His
family was In Rock Island at the time OF
his deCease.
The German Lutherans had preaching
in the Presbyterian church on Sabbath
afternoon by the Rev. Mennicke. of Rock
Island. The District Sabbath School as
sociation have appointed meeting in
the Presbyterian church for the 22nd.
They meet at 3 o'clock p. m.