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The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-24
Keen Sight.

Any one who has watched the gulls and other flsh-oatch- ing birds along our coast, can not have failed to notice how cunningly they discover a school of mackerel or porKies long before a nn has disturbed the surface of the water. Mr. stewart. a Scottish nasuraliss. recently had an opportunity of putting this quickness of sight to a very practical test. for the ediacAtion Of . eompan- Ion who was somewha scepsi. cal upon the subject.
 The steamer was going very fast in the rapid s'raee" of . spring time ebb. something like twenty miles an hour. and a bakers dozen Of gulls wels following in her wake-follow- ing easily and lsxiiy. without apparent effort aud with but httle beat of wing. eircllng and wheeling in graceful curves above the boiling waters just escaped from the torture of paddles and keel, as they spread In . broad belt os hiss. Ing. gurgiing foam astern Of us.
 The gulls, we saw, were keenly on the watch for any- thirg that might ee tArown overheard. Running down into the cabin. we got 6 small water biscuit. win which we re- turaed to the quarter deck. prepared to overwhelm our sceptical friend with proof positive and practical that there is perhaps no other bird Of land or sea 90 keen of sighs As the common gull of our own shores.
 Breaking the biscuit into four parts. the largest of winch was less than an inch square. for it was a very small biscuit. we handed one of the fragments to our companion. directing hin to drop it quietly into the surging. seething waters jest ah&ft the starboard paddle wheel. It was Of the same color as the Missing foam into which it was dropped. and by which.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-24
THE srAR-cRowN.
sY GEORGE vRKDKRIcK PARK.

She lay 90 patient there. calm still. It seemed a ain to wake her from that sleep Whose mystlc.dreams did her tired senses steep In Lethean dews. ana all her being nll With toy as if cen now she heard the thrill Of angels' harps stealing OCT the deep Whose unseen ways forever wash and weep Around the haliowed baSe Of heavens hill. Day went, and twilight through the easement stole And drew a ahadowy curtain round her bed. And while we watched the passing 0f the soul star burst forth Just as her spirit ned And then knew that she had reached her goal. And that her crown had kinded on her head.
 -Nsse foTk Mercury
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-24

traordinary working power by using brain And arm.
 No more cruel law. 10 law more opposed to the great snd of prison discipline. wac ever enacted ia America than the one which deprived oonvicss of opportunities for labor. Death itself would be preferable to the insanity. vice. disease and general deterioration of tAs whole man. physically. meat. ally and morally, which are the natural rssults of such a ds- privatIon.- rossfA's conspaafon.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-24
SPANISH EXECUTION.

The steamship "Huchnson" from Havana brought, be- passengersA gentleman who had execution that city by the spanish of consorp dier named Aguo Agullos onense the murder of commanding sergeant Tts Desaocraf reporter obtained gentleman description military execution
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-24
all Put On.

Omaha Housswfs-~Yss Norah. iks you wsli and want o stay. hope my husbands gruness wili away. You must listen sayA bothsrs him-"
 Norah-.No indads Tn of hlm. Hs ticklsd my hiu. and said. Go away, I'll slap your nosn Hsrugd.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-24

"At i've o'clock in the morning steadily to wind their way toward Casteo Principe Elias chief of police And the colonel inspected square formed by military northwest quarter the esplanade. in the direction of the chorer.
 "The condemned soldier. accompanied by Charity saiutcd each onlooker with his ing death stood a the where had been placed him to lean await his ousness He was heard to remark Il coward. Killed him while he was asleep That badly done Ia the preparations going around hm took active the direction of thing thca calling geAnt from some distance bade him When the sol der to place the oandage his he told them putting his hands his face, There no necessy of oAndaging but absolutely necessary
 will bAndage them self He took his handkerchief for this purpose loosely tied that he could the edges. This he told would his nngers shook under the strain his fegs and of the chapans stepped forward securely knotg
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-24

dead soldiers sea- the pltless carrying out of the of conscrpkNs Q teans rat
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
BELL Roy.
Spirited Bidding at the Sale of the Fa
nous Young Stallion.

nous Young Stallion.
LEXINGTON, February 22d.-Bell Boy
beat the American record here yesterday by
bringing S51, 900 at W. T. Woodward's com
bination sale of trotting stock. When led
into the ring the 5000 spectators gave a
swelling cheer. J. II. Ryder of franklin,
Pa, set the ball rolling by bid of $4,000,
but the bid had hardly been made before
w. I. Woodward raised it to $35, 1000. Mr..
Ryder followed by noddiDg his head when
Colonel Edmonson. the aIctioneer, called
for $4,000. Here a lull ensued, but only
for moment, Mr. Thompson, representing
the Hermitage stud of Nashville, Tenn,
bidding S45 600
Mr.. Ryder then retired, but J. II. Clark
of the Genesee valley stud of New York a;
once took his place and bid $46 600. Mr.,
Thompson RESPONDED with SAT 600, Clark
said $4S, 600, Thompson $50 900, when Clark
again raised him thousand Mr.. Thomp.
then stepped out of the ring. and in spite
of Colonel Edmonson's earnest pleading
refused to return, and amid great excite,
ment the grand young horse was Knocked
down at SOL 600. the highest price ever paid
for horse at either public or private sale
in this country.
In England both Blair Aihol and Don.
caster brought higher figures, but in this
country. WIN the exception OF Bell Boy,
no horse has ever approached this figure
Kentucky; and Maud S., both sold pri.
yately, being the closest to him, each selling
for 10000.
Bell Boy was sold jointly TO Mr. Clark
and G. II. Hopper, Of Unionville. Ohio
and his destination is the stud at Geneset
Valley Farm, Elmira. n. y.
In many respects Bell Boy is cne of ths
most wonderful colts ever foaied, his breed
ing being OF the best, his conformation per
iect aud his turf record phenomenal Hi:
stud book both for this and next season i.
full at the large fee of $500. Outside O
Bell Boy, the sale still had many sensa
tional features, high prices ruling through
out. The average was the greatest of any
day S s-nilsr sale ever held in the world.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
rhe Epgllsh Channel runn.l.

We clip the following from London Iron:
1t is stated that, notwithstanding the
threatened opposition of the Government,
the Channel Tunnel Company will proceed
with the bill which it proposes to bring
before Parliament and take division upon
next session. 1t is said that since last
year the promoters have received great en-
couragement to proceed, particularly from
large number of persons connected with
the large manufacturing and commercial
centers of Scotland They have also, we
are assured, in many cases been promised
the support of several members OF Parlia-
ment. The machinery which was used for
boring the tunnel is still in the heading.
and is periodically set in motion to keep It
in order; but no attempt is made to ad-
vance the heading, the length Of which
measures about 2,l00 yards. 1t is now two
years since the works were stopped. and
the tunnel Is said to be so far impervious
to water that on an average not more than
400 gallons has found its way into the en-
tire heading in the course of twenty-f5ur
hours. The boring operations for coal
near the mouth OF the tunnel still con-
tinue, and depth of about 1000 feet has
now been attained The character of the
strata is such as to encourage the continu-
alton of the operations in the hope of ulti-
mately finding coal. While the prosecu-
tion of the borings for coal ought to he
encouraged in every way, the same cannot
be recommended for the tunnel works, for.
in the present state of public opinion, the
money spent in that way viii only be
wasted
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
A NEW scHEME.
Western Stock-raisars Form a Great
Commission Company.

Commission Company.
KANSAS CRY, February 22d Represent
atlves OF the stock-raising industry from
nearly every State and Territory west of
the Mississippi river and from illinois and
Kentucky, practically completed work of
vital importance to the cattle men to-day.
For long tine the cattle men have
thought thai they were losing through a
combination OF the commission men and
large packing houses, which resulted in the
sale OF their cattle at ridiculousiy low
prices.
The scheme Of forming an immense CON-
mission company, composed o! stock -raisers
themselves, had been broached. end
month CT so ago meeting was held for the
purpose OF taxing the opening step prepar-
atory to such acton. To-day the work was
practically finished. and the meeting ad-
Journed until March 4,h, when the election
OF oDcers OF the new company will lake
place
The idea OF the promoters Of this move
ment IS to enable them to sell their stock
at the highest price and with the least ex-
pense possible, and with that end in yieg
headquarters will be established at Kan.
sas City and Chicago, with branches at
Wichita. Kan. and Fort Worth, Tex. and
possibly Omaha where stock viii, be re-
ceived and sold on the commission plan.
The new company will not confine It's bug
mess to It's members, bnt Will do g general
STOCK commission business on q large scale.
IL IS thought thai as the movement be-
comes generally understood nearly every
cattle-Taiser in the Yves. will Join the COM
pany and make It a gigantic combination,
which viii enable stock raisers TO practi-
cally Go their own selling.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
rELEGnAPHIC BREYlrIgs.

George W Cranes printing establish
ment, at Topeka, Kan, was burned vssfer-
day. Loss, S250,000.
1t is reported that Robert Carr 5 health
is SO improved that he contemplates leav-
ing in q few days for Mexico.
A duck hunter named Bob Urvaeh was
drowned al Boul6in Island, near Stockton,
on Thursday evening, by his boat upsettipg.
On Thursday { light John Moran, of San
Francisco, ATTEMPTED 10 shoot bel-5oy in
the Commercial Hotel in Stockton. de is
evidently insane.
The bill providing for the protection of
railroad employees in Arizona By making
train robbery capital offense has passed
the Council and will no doubt become a
law.
There Will be no war between the citi-
zens and halt-breeds in Roilrtte county,
Dak. The entire matter of taxing the half
breeds has been submitted 10 the Govern
ment.
Miss Jennie Flood, Mrs c. x Alexander
(nee Crocker), Mrs. Leland Stanford and
Miss I.alhrop, neiee of Mrs Sialf1ra, ere
classed among the thirty wealthiest ladies
in the United States.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
lance with Emin Bey for the purpose of
sapturing Khartoum.
BALFoUa's BRUTALITY.
Parnen Vigorously Attacks the Policy OF
the Irish Secretary.

LONDON, February 22d.-In the Com
mons today Parnell described the treat
inert to which Carew had been subjected
IN prison. He had been stripped fosciblv.
his hair and mustache shaved OF. and com d.
PEELED 10 lie one day on a plauk bed be.
cause be refused 10 put on t6s prison
garb. Vas it the Chief Secreisrr's duty
70 insure what was partially ngrasrg Was
he going 10 leave Carew without even a
flannel shirt? Should he diwe.srd the
warning of the late Vaudeville sasir aud
persisl in bis rigid adherenes a. law
which he wss mainly instsou.en3sf IN
passing, and under which 10 diilsrencs was
! made between political aud ordinary
prisoners2 The judgment OF tae country
would not hold him guiltless OF The conse-
quences.
Ballour replied that he had 60 know
ledge of the matter. aud hinted that Par
neiPs s5yioss might be inaccurate He
adhereS TO the position that all prisoners
must be treated alike. To say thAt man
was Kept naked because be refused 70 don
the clothes provided for him, was gross
misuse OF the English language. The
prison statistics seemed to show that there
was some connection between physical
weakness and Irish Nstionalism.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
STILL THEY COME.
Visitors Still Continue Forcing Them
selves on General Harrison.

INDIANAPOLIS. February 23d.-This after
noon General Harrison received fifty veter-
ans OF the Vicksburg campaign, who are
holding Convention in the city for the
purpose Of organizing a new Veterans So
ciety, 10 be known as The Society of
Nicksburg." They were received inform
ally, no speech-mal1ing being INDUCED in.
Later in the afternoon number of de-
egates attending the annual meeting of
the Order of Chosen Friends were received
by the General. He also had two visitors
from Texas, Judge W. W. Burkhart and
r. II. Taylor, who, it is understood. came
TO talk about Federal patronage in Texas.
LATEST CABINET GOSSIP.
Nothing reliable can be learned as to the
Cabinet. though there have been many
rumors of changes that are 10 take place in
the slate. 1t is generally believed that the
Navy and Agricultural Departments are
still untitled, and that Seaator Palmer OF
Michigan is likely TO take the latter The
Navy, lis thought, will go to the East, bat
no name has been agreed upon, but II is
said that Warner Miller could have it If be
desired. This Is based as much upon Gen.
eral Harrison known friendship for Miller
as anything else.
The California situation is still one of
uncertainty. The pressure on General Har-
rison TO take 3 man from the Pacific sicpe.
il is tbeught, has weakened the chances of
w. II. H. Miller, OF this State. as it is
thought the Department OF Justice is the
one that viii be given to the slope
Nothing can be learned definitely as to
the War Department. bat the best opinion
is that it will 20 to Rusk. There appears
10 be no longer any room for 6oabt that
Wanamaker will be the next Postmaster
General.
Gossip is now confined almost entirely to
discussion os the chances OF the Pacific
States There seems 10 be weil-defined
impression among politicians here that the
taking into consideration of what trans
pired at Chicsgo cannot well be left out if
an acceptable man can be found, and this
hes strengthened the belief here that Estee
will be named for one of the Departments.
The South has ceased to be talked of
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
Science of the stomach.

The science of digestion is lust now be-
ing discussed in the English papers in n
light quite different from the generally
accepted theories in this countrv. rs NAV
be seen from the following, which we elm
from London Iron: The fallacv Of "plain
living" has long been exploded. and it has
been proven that the stomach never per-
forms It's duty so efiectually as whsa called
upon to act upon a variety of food mo-
vided, OF course, that the food i well
cooked The popular opinion now is that
dinner consisting of three or four yar;e-
ties of solid food is more easily digested
! than the meal which is confined to one sort
only. The old-fashioned notion of a single
joint and simply pudding is pro-
nouneed to be fruitful source of indises-
ton. On this subject DR.. George H. Tay-
lor says in the Sanitary Ne,rs
Ready digested and easily digested
foods are the abomination of dietetics
| they prevent normal incitation OF the di-
gestiye organs, necessary for normal seere-
tions; they encourage false notion that
| nutrition can be assured without refer
ence to expenditure or to providing anv
use for nu,ritive material, and thus are
| liable to cause unnatural, irregular, un-
manageable increase of the unstable ingre-
dients of the organism, which react iniu-
riously upon the digestive seeretions,
especially those of the liver. The preva-
lent recourse to these presumably enforced
methods of nutrition are, IN short, vio-
lent and abnormal reaction against the
former prevalent reign of physie, deple-
tents and so-called alternatives. These old
methods actually provide modes of dispos-
ing Of unused nutritiye supplies, althous h
they be morbid modes.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
NOT QUITE KECoNsTsUCrEp.
Fi'zhugh Lee Makes an Anti. "Nigger'
Speech at New York.

NEW YORK. February 22d-The New
York Southern Society held its third an
nuai dinner tonight, Three hundred
guests attended, and were formed at table
ID fashion which spelled q Washington .
Governor Lee. OF Virginia. in an address
on : The South since the Rebellion. main
tanned that The South hsd a right to secede,
but that issue had been settled forever.
The result had, however. raised smother
issue, as to whether the South should be
governed by blacks or whites. So far as
he was concerned. he demanded a white
mans Government, if there was to be
peace, and he. appealed to the North 10
promote such a condition of sfairs.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23

Senate its substitute for the House bill, on
the ground that The Senate's action was un-
constitutional in originating a revenue bill,
and Mr. Randall was again at the head of
the majority in the House.
The Committee on Rules had decided to
report favorably Randall's proposed rule to
fix a day for the consideration of the
Cowles bill to repeal the tobacco tax, re-
ported favorably fron the COMMITTEES on
Appropriations, and be raised the question
of consideration as against Mills motion
to call up his resolution. The free trade
leader was beaten, and to night he declares
that he will ilibuster, if necessary, till
March 4th to defeat the Cowles bill.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
ARrzoS
Money TO Imprsve the cap,tsI-Boancing
Bad Character-Esc.

had Sharacfer-Efc.
PH1sIx, February 22d.-The City Coun-
ell has authorized the issuance of 15.00C
additional bonds is denominations OF $500
each and bearing interest at per cent. per
annuu, for the purpose of finishing and
furnishing the City Hall, now also used as
the Territorial Capitol, and to improve,
beauty and ornament the plazas and to
build tire-engine house.
at the request of several prominent citi-
zens, Mayor Meyer yesterday called upon g
hatcher named Smallwood and gave him
tweniy-fonr hours in which 10 leave town.
BE IS strongly suspected Of being inp party
who made three unsuccessful attempts
within the past two weeks 10 burn the
Alexander block. corner OF Washington
aud Cortez stresss. SmaIlwood left before
daylight. and thas saved the county cons
cradle expense, ii not his own neck.
The Legislature adjourned over until
Monday, and several Representatives from
tne southern counties have gone to visit
fheir families-something that was impos-
sible when the Capital was located at Pres
cott
There are at lesst one thousand strangers
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
NOT BORN TO BE KILLED.
An Iowa Mayor Lives Through Two At.
tempts on His Life

t6mpts on His Life.
DUBUQUE Ga J, February 22d-Lawyer ].
D. Alsop is Mayor of Dyersville, village
thirty miles west of this city. On Wednes-
day night Mr.. Alsop went into his office to
read newspaper He flung two sticks OF
wood upon the fire and sat down. A ter
rife explosion followed.
One of the sticks was an internal ma
chine. When il burst it tore out one side
of the room, hurled the stove to the ceiling
and scattered fire and ashes in all direc-
tions. Mr.. Aisop escaped through the
smoke with his hair singed and his clothes
afiame He was not seriously injured
Five years ago Henry Gould, farmer,
shot two bullets into Alsop's abdomen.
The shooting grew ont of some legal
wrangle. Alsop did no; prosecute his as
sassin. who is now living in Cedar Rapids.
Aisop says that he will yet live to die s
rlafnral death
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-02-23
:. aEN OF STANDING"
The Kind of Creatures That Hang Ne,
prnea In Mississipni.

AgrEsIA miss J. February 22d.-D. n.
Smith, a negro from Forest City, Arkansas,
who has been collecting negro workmen
and shipping them 10 Arkansas, was
lynched by being hanged TO the limb of a
tree yesterday. The Coroner is investigat-
ing. The evidence so for indicates that
the hanging was done BY two citizens of
Oktiobeha county, and one from Lowndes.
They are men of standing in their COM
munities
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aw-o-wY %
Drunken Ex-Rebsi Rosser Wants to Chew
Up More Yankees

AftoaASh t1A-Nrbrt IkOhsef w ants 10 Chew
Up More Yankees
BALTIMORE. February 22i.-At the annual
reunion of the Society of the Army and
Navy of the Confederate States many
distinguished ex-Confederates were pres.
ent. The annual address wss deliv-
cred by General Thomas L. Rosser. He
said thar the South wss able to maintain
an unequal combat for four years and was
victorious in every bsttle was tact. Nir-
ginia yielded only TO starvation.
Ii Is still 3 facI that Southern gentle
man can whip a puriisnical Yankee every
time.
9 am prepared said he, ito convince
that poor. old, souTed, decrepit, politically
disappointed sud bloodthirsty Sherman
and that blatant big mouthed Foraker that
this declaration is absolutely true
He also said: Il am tired of the Geitys-
burg reunions and Blue and Gray love-
feasts while old Sherman dare call loyal
citizens OF the South traitors Every brave
Confederate soldier living to-day is more
loyal TO the constitutional Government OF
the new United States than are the rank
and file of the Grand Army of the Re-
public
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SAVED HIS BACON.
5 Young Villain Escapes the Vengeance
of a Wroneed Parent


NAPA, February 22d-Elmes Billings,
charged with tne abduction of Sylvia Wi
kins, the seventeen-year old daughter of a
well-to do farmer living near Napa, an
account of whose adventure and arrest at
Modesto appeared some days ago, was dis
charged oa motion of his counsel.
Billings had to uadergo a technical and
lengthy examination sn6 his dismissal
occasioned much surprise, inasmuch as the
feeling toward MIN was very bitter and the
presumption strong that he was guilty.
The father OF the girl was soon on the
war-path, vowing he would take the life OF
the seducer of bis daughter.
Immediately on his discharge, sud sp-
pretending personal violence, Billings
sought refuge in the County Jail, and,
awaiting favorable opportunity, soon took
fight, leaving Napa on the mex. train
Another warrant for his a;rsst was soon
prepared, but not soon enough, as Billings
was by that time beyond reach and in
what direction he had gone no one seemed
to know
Billings is connected with one of the
prominent families OF southern county in
this State
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Say, Chollr,p asked one newsboy of an
other, what's payin' teller y He's
de man what pays out de money" An
what's a receivin' teller ?" He's de man
what takes in de money An what's
de cashier" 3 He's de feller what gifts
away wia de money. -Halpey's B.1sar.