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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20
Where Cow Trees Grow.


 The milk industry of the world is something immense, for nearly every where milk constitutes an important article of food. On all hands we hear, too, of the dangers of using 1t, because the COW may be diseased. At the re- cent congress in Europe for discussing the subject of consumption, it's causes, prevention and cure, very prominent topic of debate was the probability that this disease may often be given from the flesh or milk of consumptive cows. We know that typhoid fever, scarlet fever and diphtheria have many times been spread from milk. In my own opinion the time has come for us to invent a vegetable milk. That 1t can be done have not the slightest doubt. Some German food reformers claim already to have succeeded, but whether their claims can be substan- tiated or not do not know. They even claim to have brought out good substitute for mothers milk for babes when mothers unhappily do not sup ply the natural article.
 There arc several trees in the world producing milk. "The Cow Tree" of the Cordilleras, in South America, is perhaps the most noted one. That great scientist, Humboldt, whose pow CTS of observation have hardly been equalled, gave a most interesting de- scription of it. He wrote: "Among the curious phenomena that I beheld during my journey through South America, there was hardly anything that struck my imagination SO forci- ply as the COW tree.' It grows on the rocky side of mountain, scarcely in- sinuating its roots in the stone. Fer many months not 6 shower of rain falls on its dry leaves, the branches seem dry and dead, but pierce the trunk and a sweet and nourishing milk flows. At sunrise this vegetable source is most abundant; then the blacks and native people hurry from all parts provided with jugs to catch the milk, which turns thick and yellow on the surface" Nj. Bousingalt has analysed this vegetable milk, and declared be- fore the Academy of France that it most certainly approaches in it's com- position to the milk of COW, and con- tsins not only fatty matter, but also sugar caseine and phosphates. The relative proportions of these sub stances are greatly in favor of the veg etable milk and brings 1t up to the value and richness of cream. The "cow trees" also grow in Demerara, Ceylon and the Canary Islands.
 The psslque of the Mexicans takes the place, to large extent, of milk, and it is brought into the City of Mexico every morning on pulQue trains, as milk is on milk trains in our cities {; but it is quite different in taste and composition from milk.
 Some of our German friends claim that their lager beer is form of milk,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20
Alexandria, Minn,

Is quiet, thrifty little village. situate about lt0 miles from the twin cities" upon & high plateau, where the pure breeEes always blow F.
 and on two clear. transparent lakes which. with the rest of a chain of lakes, form cres
 cent on the north. IL has two banks. seven
 hotels. of winch the Letson house cannot he
 surpassed as a country hotel. and for one de- string rest it Is home like, attractive and
 comfortable, with genial and pleasant pro. prIetor. It has two hardware stores. three breweries-yet the town Is free from drunk enness and reveiry-a beautiful and oommodi. ous opera house, under which MOles Bros. carry a stock of dry goods, ladies' furnishing z goods and notions, such as will vie with like establi shments of our richer and more popu. lous cities. Here you always find corps of sAlesmen courteous, AffAble and Accommodat. ing at your service. ready to meet your slight II est wishes. The Ale exandriA Manufacturing company, though in It's infancy, is doing ex. cellent work in the furniture line. in which 1t | Is largely assisted by the natural woods that grow here, among which are poplar birch. ma. pie, ssh. oak. linn and elm. and equal the best
 in quality.
 Alexandria with it's water works. which fur nish the clearest, purest and most healthful
 waters; with its streets, business places and
 residences lighted with electricity; with it's excellent schools, many churches; with its enterprising. thrifty but careful and steady citizens, Is surely making progress which is
 solid and lasting.
 Hotel Alexandria. situate on the quiet and placid waters of Lake Genevs, stIll and placid as through the vista of many cycles past, and in a beautiful sylvan retreat covered by nA-
 ture's canopy. Here the seeker of a pleasant
 time Is free from the rush and care of society
 and business rest. Here as the shades of evening draw near come the youths and maid ens carrolling Come with me, the moon is
 beamIng. OCT the silver waters of the cry Ystal
 lake" Here the lover of sport finds pastime,
 exhilarating and healthful, drawing the "gAmy" Ash from the depths Of the pellucid
 waters of the chain of lakes. This hotel has
 been popular hotel in the past, commodious
 and to those who visit It again It will be just the same.
 Now thsre is more than pleasure here to
 those desiring to obtain homes, farms or start
 some other business. Douglas county offers a
 paradise with its open prairies, groves of tim Der, it's fresh water lakes, it's rlch soil aston
 ishing all who come here by its fertility and
 the abundance of it's productions, it's faciii-
 ties for dairy farming which cannot be ex-
 celled, the intelligence of it's citizens. its air
 clear. pure, dry and bracing. which tones up
 make this county desirable place to settle in. For further information inquire of W. &.
 Moles or Chidestsr Bros-, Alexandria. Minn-
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20
Heads and Brains.
Exchange.


 The more intelligent 6 man is, the more mysteries he will find; & remark which applies to phrenology az we'll as to the more exact sciences.
 Dr. Holmes sat in front seat of the car, and was entertaining fellow pas senger with some of his brilliant talk.
 A countryman, sitting in the little corner seat before them, overheard the conversation. Finally he leaned over, took the "autocrat's" hat, looked at the number inside, then at his own, and said
 "I read something in the paper the other day about the size of great mems heads, and l thought I'd like to know the sire of your'n. What bothers me is, my heads the biggest of the two !"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20

but for universal use we want it de- void of alcohol, and we want . richer supply of the albumenoids; besides. lager beer Is . very costly drink when we take into consideration the amount of nourishment In 1t. To illustrate {: The protein In beer at i've cents a glass costs e2.s5i a pound, whereas in corn, at New York retail prices, it costs only five and three e-quarter cents, in oatmeal six cents, and in wheat, rye, peas and beans the cost Is less than seven cents. The available carbo- hydrates in beer also cost about $l. 50 per pound, whereas in cows milk at eight cents a quart they cost less than twenty cents a pound.
 We have crude forms of milk in our soups, but they are not perfect, not nearly SO perfect as we might make them.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20

Religious Intelligence. - Wifs = "This religious paper hes long edi- torial headed, How Shall We Stop the Great Evil of Lyingf"
 Editor (sorrowfully)-"I don't know that 1t can Do stopped, but it might be lessened materially by the religious press giving proper credit to quotations from the humorous jour nals. s."- Te1ds Siftings.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20
LoBELIA'S LOVER.
BY CLARENCE 1T. PEARSON.

"1 es," said Uncle Eliakim Elder blow, as he lighted his pipe and tipped back in his chair, preparatory to emitting mingled volumes of smoke and personal reminiscence, told Larkin Loveapple was the marster hand for curus names that ever seed in all my born days. He'd his fust five childun christened Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy, but when the sixth got along it he'd the natrul contrariness to be a gal and even the oP man he'd sense enough to sec that it wouldn't do to label her Joshua, and SO he kinder switched off from the OF Testament onto Dr. Chase's Family Receipt Book and called her Lobelia. The neighbors talked con- siderble about 1t at the time, an oP Deacon Dockroot even went SO fur as to go and argy with him on the onsGitableness of the name, but he didn't git no thanks. Larkin allus was dretful sot in his ways an never would take no advice from nobody, an he just up an told the deacon that Lobelia suited him all right, an that was the main pint, an that when he got so he couldn't find names for his own children he would send for him. He said the deacon needn't begin to set up nights to study up pretty names just yet though, for he he'd an oP law dictionary thet he bought at Jedge Junegrasse's vendue so's to have sunthin' to fall back on when he'd uesd up all the names in the bible an the doctor book.
 "I knowed Lobelia from the time she walked, an she growed up to be & monstrous fine woman. She wasn't no serciety gal, Lobelia wasn't, but jest plain home lady, kinder bashful an unassumin', but handy to hev round the house an dretful useful in case of emergency.
 "Long in the fall of 1858 there was a feller come ter town by the name of Thaddeus Thistledown am started 6 dancin' school. Lobelia's father wouldn't let her go to no sech a place, ofcourse, but Tad he met her one night at Baptis' sociable an fell heels over head in love with her the very fnst thing. He used to go up to the house purity often evenin's for 6 spell, but after 8 while Larkin got to jawin' round am maxim things unpleasant, an ter cap the climax one night he sicked the dog on to Tad, am the ol' dog treed him over in my pastur' in & cider apple tree, an, kep' him there till went out with the keows in the mornin'. Tad was mighty cold an' stiff when went up an druv the oP dog away an let him down, an he was about the maddest crittsr you ever seed. He told me jest how he'd been treated, am as he talked he got excited, an he said that oP Loveapple's con- duo was an unwarrantable breech of hospitality. He used some other language, too, that was dretful for & perfesser ter listen to, but somehow I couldn't find 1t in my heart ter check him. hadn't got no call ter iedge him, an don't think no man has that hain't roosted in an apple tree all through a crispish October night. I doubt of even Moses hisself could "a straddled limb all night, waitin' for his sweetheart's father ter call of his dog, 'thout sayin' things in the
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20
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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20

Too great number of culinary assistants may spoil the flavor of the consomme to the man who falls into it, Today.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-04-20

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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-12-05
What Ro Missed,

There Is a namesake Of Henry Shaw
living near Lexington, Mo-, or rather
there was few months ago, when l was
in that neighborhood. This Henry Shaw
was not related to the st. Louis philan-
thropist and millionaire, but he once
met him under peculiar circumstances.
The gentleman l am abiding to was
connected with an aristocratic English
family, and many years before the war
he came out to this country. On reach
ing st. Louis he heard of and called on
the founder of Shaw's gardens. A
friendship soon struck up between the
two Henrys, and the wealthy one recon-
mended the newly arrived emigrant to
invest his capital in certain st. Louis
real estate The latter was then worth
about $12, 900, more than enough to pur-
chase the property selected; now he is
worth about the same sum, and when I
saw him last he said il he had taken his
namesake's advice he would have owned
property worth over 100000 at the
present time.-Interview in st. Louis
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-12-05

As you 80 down the ssssp Aia 40 the
new cemetery wAdcA Is~ds 10 the basia
Of the Ocopiloo. and whea aboaA hak
way down, ca Tia right aaA left yea win
see bed 81 sAolh Of marine asA h b
plainly dsAlea en- tho wall q eitAsT e@A-
bankment, and ws0A seem 10 iAdieAAs
that at ems PsriSd Of the werld's Aissory
our little OcepileO, ut tiass eAly q FEW
spans wide, was large salt water river,
with ebb and aow Of tide, and that soma
prehistoric race gathered oysters and left
the shells piled up whore they are now
visible. Who were they? The question
will doubtless remain forever unanswer-
ed Not q trace Of than has been found,
unless the oyster shells mentioned be
one; but it is thought by many that this
continent was inhabited centuries before
the Indians got possession Of it, and by a
race Of people well verSed in tho arts and
sciences. Recent discoveries Of ancient
cities buried deep beneath the earth, over
which forest trees perhaps centuries old
were growing, gives color to the belief
that our continent once led. the world in
fine architecture, in the science, and in
all the elegancies Of refined life.--Quit-
man (Ga.) Press
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-12-05
Gods or Shakespeare's.

The,vicar of Standardization preach
ed a sermon in justification of the pro-
jected further mutilation Of his church
by the erection Of huge and unsightly
reredos. The reverend gentleman's line
of defense is highly interesting. witness
the following:
Nobody needs accuse me Of want of
reverence for the poets memory, or
want Of care for his last resting place.
But, though | do not object to this
church being commonly called Shake
speare's church, nor to receive gifts for
it in honor OF his immortal memory,
still, our primary object in promoting
its Qualification is that it is Gods house. "
Candid, at any raseI When l want
money for it, it is Shakespeare's church
When want to spend the money in ac-
cordancs with my own ideas, and in de-
iance Of the general sentiment of the ma
ton, then it is Gods house. London
Truth
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-12-05

Most great works are accomplished
slowly.
The one prudence in life is ccncsnara-
ton; the one evil b dissipation; and it
makes no difference whether our disSipa-
tioals ayS coarse er Rns.-HMersoa.
The best instruction h 10 pracaics whas
you te&ch.
More is accomplished by doing each
days work faithfully than by orowding
two days werk into oAS.
The Lessons q life make deeper TN
pressians than the Lessoas OF books, be-
cause they touch the hsaxt bsRoco they
reach the head
Beware Of prsjudicss, they are rats,
and mems minds are like traps Preiu-
dices creep in easily. but it Is doubtful if
they ever get out
No one was ever corrected by sar-
casm. bat oftener driven further in the
wrong way. In teaching always be
kind and patient
There Is no surer mark Of the absence
Of the highest moral and intellectual
qualities than cold reception Of excel
lence.-Young Ladies' Journal
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-12-05


By the kindness of two Of my nisces,
daughters OF the late B. 3. Hotchkin,
ID, d., your former Philadelphia CORE
spondent, / noticed short article in
your issue from the pen OF the Rev. Syl-
vester Cowles. He says: Deafness has
come so that l cannot hear common
preaching unless sit near the speaker
and see his lips aove, and then, IL he is
half barbarian and don't shave his upper
lip, | can't understand much except
words which have b or p in them that
bring his lips together"
Now my own case much resembles his.
| am two years his junior and very deaf.
| usually take a second seat from the
pulpit, and if the speaker has clear
voice and no hair ON the upper lip, can
keep the rem of the discourse very WE'LL
but il he wears mustache l get no
food
I am glad there is one man who has
the courage to bring this subject up be-
fore the people. | personally know Of
cases where candidates. for good p~lpits
have been rejected because Of the mus
tachs on the upper lip,
To many In the hozss Of GAeA Il kooks
cranky, and Is diseAsbsfA. Ne ninistsr
has any right to dsspail his vodoc by fore-
ing it to pass thrsa&h look Ct hair bo-
fore it reaches the eaxs Of tie asdisnee.
-EvGngeAst
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-12-05
WHEN BABY SOULS SAIL OUT.

When from our mortal vision
Grown men and women go
To strange seas elysian,
And know what spirits know,
I think Of them as tourists,
In some sun gilded cline,
'Mong happy sights and dear delights
We all shall find In tima
But when a child goes ycnder
And leaves its mother hero.
Its little feet must wander,
It seems to me, In fear.
What paths Of EdeA beauty,
What scenes Of peece and RNh
Can bring content TO babes tAaA wsnh
Forth from . mothers hcwasAs
In palace gardsas beHsly.
A cAiid assray WIN sscaa,
And weep fer pleasures only
FsaAd n fss Aunhls heanA
n b Ass wen ~ npaee&ee
Nor Aoa@As ~ sssAAg taV&
To hide frea hAra h moAAev's am
Makes al LIN sam Of toyA
u must 10 when the baby
Goea ioslrAaytng OF alone
Some angel Hary, maybea
Adopts u ~ Aor owR
Yet whes . ohild b taken
Whose moshar zt&ys below,
With weAping syes through Paradise
seem 10 see it go
With harps OF angels trying
To drive away It's fear.
seem DO he&T b crying,
y wa0a nay nAa9AnsA heTe!"
Do nee osaLrs the tAHcy,
"a " act AaseA "a douee-
Ii is q thouGhb tAas comes ansoaght
When baby souls aaA cut.
Ella Wheeler WloeE.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-12-05
Would Not supply Geese.

Tbs momentous fact now bursts upon
the world that in the fourteenth year of
the reign of Ptolemy Philadelphus, one
OF the royal gooseherds wrote a letter
stating that he could not supply twelve
geese wanted for the kings festival. OF
this simple fact the world has been in
ignorance for over 1900 years; yet we
are now assured of it on as irrefragable
historical evidence as that which tells us
that the Pharaoh of Joseph's time i'm
prisoned his chief butler and chief baker
for probably rs small an offense. II
comes about in this way: The state pa
per concerning the regal seess was duly
paeecnhoied. and. afssx tie lapse Of
yeasa perhaps, was DISPOSED Of as wasbs
pApyruA Il fsA iA$s Ne hands Of -
undertakes, who used 10 aAonx with q
lot Of similar material IN making tbs
eartonnags headcass for . mummy.
This mummy was entonbed In the No
crepolis Of a little town (she site IL called
Tall Gureb ~ this day. wAich began to
fall into decay about the time Of Msnep-
thah. the supposed Pharaoh Of the EXC
dus. Il has been disintarred by Mr..
Petrie In the course OF his excavations
in the Fayoum- The headcase, with q
thin covering Of plaster over all. was
soaked In water, and the pNpyri Of which
1t Yves composed became separated with
oaat injury 10 ths original writing. Thus
we come 30 know Aboat the goosehard
and about greas many ether far more
Interesting facta tn connection with
every day hss and affairs Of the Eayp-
Gans Of THAI spooh Fer thsfs ana lots
OF mumMias and Qaiss q ssop cf Ptoie-
maSc documantS. and nAaAy a them viii
soon be In she acs@Al custody Of tho
bzisah nsssAm snahoGlties. Ooasldsr-
ing the Prs6roas THAI Aas hssa naAds in
k&ypssAagy &~r4ag sAs peessa4 ssaszry,
and The sh<=AdADse 81 Asa<A naAAsrAai that
has been srSaght 10 kxAE Il recent
years, tho nsxt ge@eraAIen May be ahle
to Learn ~ mach about EgypAlan ant-
Quitiss a. tina present ono can about Gre
clan or Roman.-Levant Herald.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-12-05

A pious and prosperous old deacon Of
Portsmouth. n. H.. had beeA specializing
In pork on margin" and for some
months wAs very sssceesstA in hh VEN
lures. 90 that he saw ~iaioaa Of great
wealth Ia ths near future. Bat AFTER q
anae pork did net pay 80 well. and still
he kept spsoulssiAs. aatl suddAa panic
in pork caused Ainl 10 lose heavily, and
to aQMAso hisAssk he placed an attach
ment TO the AlaAouAt he had lost on his
brokers, and sought to recover by law
what he had lost by luck.
This sudden catastrophe, Of course,
noised the secret Of the deacon's specula-
tons abroad, and his unseemly haste for
wealth became the talk of the town. But
the deacon braved it down and went
about the streets with his head as high as
ever.
One evening he attended prayer meet
ing at his church, and the pastor called
upon him to lead the exercises by asking
Divine guidance. The invocation was
after the deacon's usual style. Begin
ming with tho president and his cabinet,
he besought prosperity for all the rulers
of the nation, state and city in order
Then branching OFF into lesser affairs he
was praying eloquently for the financial
success Of all Portsmouth, enumerating
every trade and calling in succession,
when asinful, mirth loving boy in the back
part Of the church called out, whats
the matter with pork"
A large sized hush fell on the congre-
cation then and there, during which the
good deacon made haste to ''boil down"
his remarks and take his seat. Next to
having his Investments pan ous profit
ably the deacon has an ardent yearning
to find that wicked boy. lie wants to
talk with him. Boston Globe.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1889-12-05
Evolution OF tho Bootblacks.

think that nothing reminds me more
that styles have changed and are chang
ing than bootblacking. The small boy
who appeared from the most unsuspect-
ed places and yelled, "Shine, sahy" has
disappeared entirely from the New York
streets, and in his place, in uniform COR
ners, are very pretentious bootblacking
pedestals with two foot rests and plat
form for the chair, some of these not only
very comfortable but very elaborate, and
where one can enjoy rest, q cigar and
paper while having "shine. New
York Cor. Detroit Tribune.